Jessica Carmona.

Jessica Carmona (Millie)

Jessica was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and raised in Rochester, NY. As an actress, Jessica has worked in various theaters in New York City, including the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, The Producers Club, Danisarte, the Julia de Burgos Performance and Arts Center, & the Blackfriars Theater. She is a graduate of the acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Jessica is also an accomplished playwright. She wrote and starred in Elvira: The Immigration Play, a new play about Elvira Arellano. And she has worked behind the scenes as a stage manager for The Dramatic Question Theater, Rochester Shakespeare Players, and Worldview Productions.

She has appeared on Law and Order, and in the film Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Millie & The Lords marks Jessica's feature film debut as a leading performer.  

​www.jessicacarmona.com

Mateo Gomez.

Mateo Gomez (Mateo)

Mateo recently won the Best Actor award in Spain for his role in the short film Circus. He has many years of experience performing on Broadway (including a role on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire and Night of The Iguana).

In regional theater, Mateo has performed with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Hartford Stage, Papermill Playhouse, and the Spanish Repertory Theater. Favorite roles include Santiago in Anna In The Tropics, Gonzales in Summer & Smoke, and Tom in The Glass Menagerie. Mateo’s talent has been seen on television in popular soap operas such as As The World Turns, Guiding Light, and One Life To Live. Additionally he has appeared on Law & Order, SVU.

Alfredo Huereca.

Alfredo Huereca (Antonio)

Alfredo is an award winning actor who is currently starring in the new telenovela La Cosita Linda on Venevision/Univision.  He is a graduate of the MFA Acting Program at the University of Austin, Texas. Alfredo was recently awarded the Best Actor Award for both the Latin ACE and HOLA Awards in New York City for his performances in Cayendo Con Victoriano  and for Muerte Subita. Alfredo’s many acting credits include the role of Molina (lead) in Kiss Of The Spider Woman at the Alliance Theatre, Juan (lead) in Yerma at the University of Austin, Texas, and Voltaire (lead) in Candide.
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Alfredo has performed with The Lark, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre and Spanish Repertory Theatre in classics such as Life Is A Dream and Blood Wedding.  Alfredo is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Millie Tirelli.

Millie Tirelli (Lloyda)

Millie Tirelli is a native New Yorker, born and raised. She has appeared in motion pictures, television, and many commercials throughout her career. Her movie credits include Maid In Manhattan, Girl Fight (Sundance Film Festival’s 2000 Grand Jury Prize Award-Winner), Double Whammy, Kill The Poor, Taino, and Rooftops which was directed by Robert Wise. Most recently, she appeared in Broken City with Mark Wahlberg. 

Her television credits include recurring roles on Kidnapped and Conviction. She’s also guest starred on The Good Wife, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Royal Pains, New York News and New York Undercover. In daytime soaps, she’s appeared on All My Children, As The World Turns, and Sesame Street.

Her theater credits are The Many Deaths Of Danny Rosales, La Bodega, and she played the lead role of Manuela in The Government Man on the main stage at Milwaukee Rep.

Alex Hernandez.

Alex Hernandez (Roberto)

Alex is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Recent acting credits include Richard III at The Public, The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Diety at Dallas Theatre Center, Life Of Galileo at Cleveland Playhouse, No Such Cold Thing  with the Drama League Directorfest, and Wanderlust at La Ma Ma.

Television credits include Law & Order: SVU, Black Box, and Hemlock Grove, among others.

He is represented by Harden-Curtis Associates. 

Felipe Luciano.

Felipe Luciano (Himself)

Felipe is a founding  member of the Young Lords Party, a radical Puerto Rican Group modeled after the Black Panther Party that fought for social change and for the rights of Puerto Ricans in New York City.

​Today, he is a dynamic speaker, lecturer, poet, Emmy Award Winner and advocate for social change. He grew up in poverty in Spanish Harlem, and after  a short period in jail he dedicated his life to education and fighting for change in his neighborhood. He went on to graduate from college and become a well respected speaker, fighter and leader of the Young Lords Party.

Cedric Leiba, Jr. 

Cedric Leiba, Jr. (Andy)

Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Cedric attended Stetson University, receiving a B.M. in Vocal Performance. Beginning his professional career performing in reputable regional theaters, he then pursued a M.M. in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory. Upon graduating, Cedric toured nationally with Miss Saigon (Ensemble), Rent (Angel), and Go Diego Go Live! (Diego).
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He then relocated to NYC and made his debut leading the cast of The Public Theatre’s world premiere of Kingdom (Juan). Other NYC Theatre credits include Yellow Brick Road (Lion), The Happy Embalmer (Tenzing), Neon Baby (Juanito Xtravaganza), Sweet Charity/Caridad (Vittorio Vidal) for which he won the 2013 HOLA Award for Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Actor. He was also nominated for an Audelco.  

Film credits include Elliot Loves and Last Night At Angelo’s. Cedric is a proud ensemble member of Pregones Theater, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and the Bombazo Dance Company.

Carolina Ravassa.

Carolina Ravassa (Lucy)

Carolina is  an actor, dancer and voice over artist. She’s lived in many different countries, and she’s fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. She spent her childhood between Colombia and the US where she developed a passion for acting. She then went on to study in Spain and Italy, and discovered the power of socio-political change through Theatre of the Oppressed with Augusto Boal in Brazil. She received a Theatre Arts degree at Boston College and continued her film studies at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Carolina had her film debut in Disney’s Step Up 3D and, since, she’s been indie films such as Maybe Tomorrow, I Am Julia and Nueva York, and all have circulated the film festival circuit. She recently had a recurring role on Showtime's The Affair. She also plays Taliana Martinez in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V, which was just released.

Carolina is also writing and producing her own work in NYC and soon in Colombia.
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www.carolinaravassa.com

Maria DiDomenico.

Maria DiDomenico (Diana)

Originally from Newburgh, NY and of Dominican decent, Maria DiDomenico made her first appearance onstage in her hometown theatre as Abigail Williams in The Crucible. This fueled her passion for acting and encouraged her to pursue performing arts at SUNY New Paltz, where she received her degree.

Maria acquired her first on-screen break, co-starring on NBC’s Law & Order SVU as Gina Gomez. She currently performs improv in the all-girl indie team Frau Club, and as an active member of her church’s Drama Ministry, Maria uses her free time to aide the department in ministering through the art of performance.

Geisha Otero.

Geisha Otero (Bookstore Owner)

Geisha Otero has performed in notable productions at The Public Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, Henry Street Settlement, La Mama E.T.C., Spanish Repertory Theater (Repetorio Español), and The Nuyorican Poets Café, where she was awarded the AUDELCO for her performance in the musical, Shango de Ima.  She was also awarded the AUDELCO for the Off-Broadway musical production of La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny at the PRTT, and the production of Coda for Freddie Blue, in association with The Dramatic Question Theatre, at the PRTT.  Geisha has also toured with the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Anna In The Tropics. 

TV credits include a recurring role on Guiding Light, as well as roles on Damages and in the films, Phil Spector, Reservation Road, The Children of Hip Hop, and most recently, Hungry Hearts.  

Geisha sang with The New Xavier Cugat Orchestra and she continues to sing in cabaret and jazz establishments.

Modesto Lacen.

Modesto Lacen (Enrique)

A native of Loíza, Puerto Rico, Modesto developed his connection to the arts via his neighborhood movie theater. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Puerto Rico. His TV credits include roles in Second Honeymoon for CBS, alongside Roma Downey and Tim Matheson; Mi Familia, sitcom for Telemundo, PR; When Love Awakens, soap opera for PBS, PR; the hit TV series El Don for Telemicro International and Relaciones Peligrosas for Telemundo, US.
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His work onstage is also extensive and most recently includes Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz, the smash Off-Broadway musical in which he originated the role of Pedro Knight (aka Cabecita de Algodón). In 2013 he obtained a degree in Arts Administration from NYU’s School of Continuing Studies.

Gabriel Castillo.

Gabriel Castillo (Luis)

Born in the Bronx to Dominican parents, Gabriel Castillo started his acting career by performing for his siblings, then as a background actor on the film Shaft. From there, Gabriel studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, The William Esper Studio, and the Susan Batson Studio.
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Currently, Gabriel is working alongside legendary acting teacher Wynn Handmann, under the guidance of Billy Lyons. Gabriel has appeared in a national commercial, Sex & The City, and Law & Order.

William Cheung.

William Cheung (Jimmy)

William is a graduate of Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences and he has appeared in independent films such as Golden Boy, H.O.M.E. and Dreaming As Adults. He is happy to be part of the cast of Millie & The Lords.

Lou Torres.

Lou Torres (ROLE)

Originally from the Bronx, NY, Lou is an actor and producer. He has been seen in major feature films such as Spiderman, Fantastic Four, Music and Lyrics and Taxi. He trained at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, in the Raul Julia Training Unit.

Natalie Carter-Prince.

Natalie Carter-Prince (Francis)

Natalie Carter-Prince studied at Carnegie Mellon University, obtaining her B.F.A. in Drama. 

Her tv appearances include The Celebrity Apprentice, Another Earth, Pariah, Law and Order, 30 Rock, Third Watch, & Late Night With Conan O’Brien. She has also appeared on HBO’s How to Make It In America and In Treatment.

She has appeared in work at Sundance and the Tribeca Film Festival (Best Narrative short, Shock Act, and the award winning, Driving Fish). Her feature film credits include Ali,The Elephant King, The Adjustment Bureau, and The Challenger. 

She is the creative writer of and performer in the music video documentary, Hail Mury. Natalie also received an Award of Distinction for On-Camera Talent from the Videographer Awards for her work in the documentary, Look Where I Stand Achievement Centers.


Her regional and Off-Broadway musical theater credits include The Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Marathon piece, One Mo’ Time, The Colored Museum, Big River, Five By Tenn, Ain't Misbehavin', Nymph
 Errant, Mahalia Jackson, and From The Mississippi Delta.