TAMARA TUNIE (Prospero) The Tempest is Ms. Tunie’s Pittsburgh Public Theater debut! Credits include: Broadway: Julius Caesar, Dreamgirls, Oh, Kay!, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. Off-Broadway: Familiar (Obie Award), Building the Wall, The Library (Public Theater), Troilus and Cressida, (Delacourt), Sheba, Loose Knit. Regional: American Son (Berkshire Theatre Award).  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Tartuffe, Antony and Cleopatra, All's Well That Ends Well, The Two Gentlemen of Verona.  Film: Flight, Snake Eyes, The Devil’s Advocate, Wall Street, City Hall, Eve’s Bayou, Caveman’s Valentine, Fall to Rise, Bad Vegan, Irreplaceable You. Television: “DIETLAND” (Hulu), “Black Earth Rising” (Netflix), “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Red Road,” “Better Call Saul,” “ Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “Billions,” “24,” “Alpha House,” “The Good Wife,” “Zoo,” “Survivor’s Remorse,” “As the World Turns,” “Sex and the City,” “NYPD Blue.” Producer: Spring Awakening (Tony Award), Radio Golf (Tony nomination), Magic/Bird, and Frog Kiss (Virginia Stage Company), The Dutchman (Cherry Lane Theater). Director: See You In September (film), Jazzland the Musical (theater).

Jamie Agnello, "a human, not a puppet (The New York Times)," is an actor, puppeteer, teaching artist, Sardine, and maker from Oil City, Pennsylvania. Locally, she has appeared at Pittsburgh Public Theater, Quantum Theatre, Bricolage, and New Hazlett Theater. Selected New York credits include Lincoln Center, Park Avenue Armory, St. Ann's Warehouse, and La MaMa ETC. jamieagnello.com, @sardineoftheallegheny 

DEENA AZIZ (Alonso) has worked across Canada and internationally in theater and film. Based in Montreal (Quebec) and Pittsburgh, Deena’s stage credits include the Canadian premieres of Dust (Alberta Theatre Projects/Human Cargo), Rice Boy (Canadian Stage; Stratford Festival), Intractable Woman (Imago Theatre), and the multi-award-winning productions Sherlock (Segal Centre), Bombay Black (Nightswimming/Cahoots Theatre Projects/Vancouver Arts Club), Another Home Invasion (Tableau d’Hôte Theatre), and Homebody/Kabul (Mercury Theatre). TV/film credits include Guy Maddin’s silent film tribute “Seances,” the Syfy series “Being Human” and “Helix,” CBC’s “This Life,” and a chorus of variously ethnic docs and shrinks. Deena also works as a dramaturge, coordinator and producer, and is an active champion for promoting equity and inclusion in the performing arts.

BETHANY CAPUTO (Stephano) credits include All My Sons (with Alec Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf), the premiere of Shakespeare in Hollywood at Arena Stage, The Merchant of Venice at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Stronger at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, The Underpants at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arcadia at the Court Theatre, among others. Bethany’s television and film credits include “Law and Order SVU,” “Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” and “Who Framed Tommy Callahan.” Bethany is Executive Director of The Actors’ Ensemble in New York where she and company adapted, developed, and produced Henry James’ novel Washington Square. She will perform The Trip to Bountiful with the Ensemble at PS21 in the spring. Ms. Caputo is on faculty at the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio NYC, and with The Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA), as well she has taught abroad at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, Zurich University of the Arts, and National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney.

LAURIE KLATSCHER (Vera) appeared here earlier this season in Marya Sea Kaminski’s The Tempest, starring Tamara Tunie. Ms. Klatscher and Ms. Tunie then co-starred in The Roommate at City Theatre. Other City Theatre credits include: Tribes (co-production with Philadelphia Theatre Co.), and premieres of Precious Little (2011 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year), Compleat Female Stage Beauty, and Red Herring (directed by her husband, Gregory Lehane). Other premieres include Quantum: Inside Passage, Chickens in the Yard, Electric Baby, and Dogface (remounted Festival de Otono, Mardid). Playhouse REP: Endless Lawns and Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods. Recent TV: “Outsiders” (22 episodes) and the web series “[Blank] My Life.” Ms. Klatscher is currently writing a musical inspired by paleontologist Mary Anning; its first act was warmly received in an incubator presentation with Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh. Indecent is a much-needed opportunity to honor the memory of Jerry Rabinowitz, and the other beloved 10.

RAMI MARGRON (Tonio) Off-Broadway credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shake and Bake) and Angry Young Man (Urban Stages). Regional theater credits include Angels in America (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Pericles, Macbeth (Berkeley Rep); Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Lady Windermere’s Fan (Cal Shakes); Moll Flanders, The Clean House, The Country Wife (Pacific Rep); Around the World in 80 Days, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Marin Theatre Co); The Lily’s Revenge (Magic Theater); Precious Little, Dog Act (Shotgun Players). Film: Al B. and the Concrete Jungle, Burn County, Messina High, Love AnyWay. TV: “FBI.” Over the years, Rami has been a member of several wonderful companies including Crowded Fire Theatre (edgy new plays), Woman’s Will (all-female Shakespeare), The Original Action Pack (improv comedy), Mugwumpin (devised theater), and a handful of dance companies. Rami is also a dancer and choreographer. For four years, Rami co-hosted The SHOUT, a popular monthly storytelling event in Oakland, CA.

SHAMMEN McCUNE (Caliban) Public Theater debut. Pittsburgh: Inside Passage, Yerma, 36 Views, and The Task for Quantum; Romeo and Juliet and Oedipus Rex for PICT; B.U.S. for Bricolage; Mercy & the Firefly and Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods for Playhouse REP. Regional: Barter Theater, Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati, First-Stage Milwaukee, Phoenix Theater, Stage One, New Harmony Theater, American Players Theater, Native Voices at the Autry, Academy for New Musical Theater, Theater Neo, and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, where she is a co-founding company member. Television/film: “Arrested Development,” The Last Witch Hunter, “Downward Dog,” and the board game, SpyQuest.

EMMA MERCIER (Iris) is beyond thrilled to be returning to Pittsburgh Public Theater after making her debut as Lydia Bennet/Lady Catherine in Pride and Prejudice earlier this season. Emma is a recent graduate of Point Park University, where she received her BFA in Musical Theatre in April 2018 and was seen in the Conservatory Theatre Company’s production of The Sea. A San Francisco native, her Bay Area credits include Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), Carrie the Musical (Carrie), 110 in the Shade (Snookie Updegraff), Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story (Maria Elena), and The Philadelphia Story (Dinah Lord). www.emmaemercier.com  

RAD PEREIRA (Ferdinand) is grateful to the Erie and Potawatomi tribes for having us as guests on their land. They are a proud immigrant from Brazil by way of Florida and Michigan. Rad is a social practice artist/educator/healer/experience curator based in Lenape land (Brooklyn). Their work has been supported by more than 30 NYC cultural institutions including Queens Museum, La MaMa, Abrons Arts Center, National Black Theatre, Theatre 167, Ars Nova, Bushwick Starr, New Ohio, The Public Theater, and The Flea. They can be seen on screen on MTV, PBS, Multishow, FOX, “[Blank] My Life,” “The Pioneers.” Rad has spoken at Peace Table, The 8th Floor, Working Woman of Color Conference, Dance/NYC symposium, Culture/Shift, Rio de Janeiro Museum. Rad is an EmergeNYC fellow with Hemsipheric Institute; 2017 NYC Public Artist in Residence; Director of Engagement with You Are Here. Interlochen and Pace University grad. @____rad__

JULIA de AVILEZ ROCHA (Ceres) is a local Pittsburgh actor and student, and is thrilled to be making her Pittsburgh Public debut. She is currently finishing her last semester at the University of Pittsburgh where she studies English Literature and Theatre Arts. Some notable university credits include: Recoil, Our Town, Hair, and she was the recipient of the 2016 Best Actor Award for her work in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Professional credits include: The 2018 Young Playwrights Festival (City Theatre), Findings (Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company), and she was an acting apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2017. Julia is classically trained with the Shakespeare Theatre Institute at Shakespeare and Company, and with the American Repertory Ballet. juliadeavilezrocha.com

ARYANA SEDARATI (Sebastian) Aryana is a multidisciplinary artist living in New York City, specializing in acting, photography, make-up artistry, and visual design. She studied at Montclair State University where she earned a BFA in Acting. Previous credits include two seasons with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival as an actor and an educational artist, appearing in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, and Macbeth. Other credits include: Bee (HB Studios, NYC), Women Rising (Jersey City Theater Center, NJ), Seminar (Middlebury Actors Workshop, VT). While at MSU, she produced and performed in three seasons of V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls. aryanasedarati.com

JANELLE VELASQUEZ (Ariel) is thrilled to make her Pittsburgh Public Theater debut. She is an original cast member of David Byrne’s Off-Broadway musical Here Lies Love at The Public Theater. She has performed regionally at Seattle Repertory, Williamstown, The Hollywood Bowl, Cabrillo Musical Theater, South Coast Rep, and Boston Court. TV credits include “Younger,” “Awkward,” “Switched At Birth,” “90210,” “Madam Secretary,” “CSI: Miami,” and “Forever.”  She holds a BFA from Ithaca College and an MBA from Pepperdine University. She is a proud member of AEA.   

KERRY WARREN (Miranda) is excited to make her debut at Pittsburgh Public Theater in The Tempest. Her New York credits include The River on Broadway with Hugh Jackman (u/s Woman), Good Grief at Intar (Jessica), This Is How It Ends (Anti Christ) in Summer Shorts at 59E59 Theatres, and Much Ado About Nothing (Hero) with the Mobile Unit at The Public directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. Regionally, she has performed at Dallas Theater Center in Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), at Berkeley Rep and Long Warf in Office Hour (Genevieve), at Center Stage in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Cassandra), at Arena Stage in The Originalist (Cat), and at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Twelfth Night (Viola) and The Book of Will (Alice). She is a graduate of the Juilliard School Group 42.