2026-27 Mentorship Cohort Bios
Victoria Bartolotta
Victoria Bartolotta is a Queens native and Brooklyn-based actor, writer, singer & dancer with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. She has never known life without acting, and considers it a lifelong practice of curiosity, truth, discipline, and discovery. Her work spans theater, film, movement, and original storytelling, most recently appearing in Nun Play at Stone Circle Theatre. She is grateful to participate in The Actors Center’s Mentorship Program for Emerging Artists ’26-’27. Repped by TCA Mgmt. @victoriabartolotta
Tommy Bo
Bringing the heat from suburban Florida, Tommy Bo is an actor based in Brooklyn, NY. His stage credits include Henry VI (NAATCO at The Public), House of India (Old Globe), The Far Country (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Snow in Midsummer (Classic Stage Company), and The Great Leap (Portland Center Stage). He has made appearances in film and television, including Cupertino, Law & Order: Organized Crime, FBI: Most Wanted, Boogie, and Hit and Run.
Growing up gay, Lao, and a third thing, he has always strived to be a multi-hyphenate, and boy, is he working on it. Through stories of identity and love in all its tenderness and destruction, Tommy hopes to broaden how queer Asian men are portrayed, making room for the fullness and complexity of their lives. He is particularly interested in how masculinity, family, and culture shape the ways we learn to love, express love, and sometimes hurt one another. Rooted in his own desire to be seen and understood, he hopes to investigate these questions through his work as an actor, writer, and visual storyteller.
Tommy is also a movement professional teaching Pilates at East River Pilates, where he believes every actor should “get in on it.”
Mace Cowart
Mace Cowart is an actor and director from Texas. Credits include Off Broadway: On The Evolutionary Function of Shame (Second Stage). NY Theatre: Romeo and Juliet (Boomerang Theatre), On The Evolutionary Function of Shame (Columbia University), LINO (Theatre East). Graduate of Southern Methodist University (BFA Acting). Mace loves theatre more than anything in the world, but he also loves sandwiches, birds, and collecting glassware. Honored to be a part of this incredible community.
Mia Cusianovic
Hailing from Southern California, Mia Cusianovic is a first-generation Chilean-Croatian-Peruvian actor, singer, and writer based in New York City. New York Theater: Three Sisters (Invulnerable Nothings, Stage Russia), A Lie of the Mind (American Theatre of Actors), Moonshiner (Lenfest Center), Wildman/UFO (En Garde Arts), Laurel Canyon, 1979 (Irene Collective), Hockey Wives (La MaMa, Eugene O’Neill Semi-Finalist), HOWLING, TEXAS (Rattlestick Theater TMI), Verity Sits in Her Apartment (The Tank), Le Meurice (Atlantic Theater, Matchbox Productions), and Lavinia Andronicus Is YOUR Spin Instructor! (Concord Theatricals OOB, Classic Stage). Regional Theater: Afflicted: Daughters of Salem (La Mirada Theatre), SLEEP/WAKE (Echo Theater Company). Screen credits include FBI (CBS/Dick Wolf), What Brings You Here Tonight? (dir. Anjali Moorthy), Bubblegum Babe (dir. Kai Tomizawa), and Too Late (dir. Ellie Pink). Mia holds a BFA in Drama with honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained at Stella Adler, ITW Amsterdam, Atlantic Acting School, and The Classical Studio. She is a National YoungArts Winner in Theater and was recently selected for the inaugural Los Angeles cohort of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. She loves trees, laughing until she cries, and the poem “Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Laméris. She is overjoyed and beyond grateful to be a part of The Actors Center Mentorship Program. Big love, always. AEA/SAG-E. @miacusianovic | miacusianovic.com
Alaman Diadhiou
Alaman Diadhiou is a multidisciplinary artist from Los Angeles, CA. He aspires to be one of the world’s premier live performers and storytellers, honoring the traditions that precede him while innovating with his own voice. Trained at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Alaman is a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts (Tap Dance) and a graduate of Yale College (Comparative Literature). Television: Damian in ABC’s High Potential. Off Broadway: Jean-Michel in La Cage Aux Folles (New York City Center), Young Jelly in Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center). National Tours: MJ/Michael Standby in MJ: the Musical. Regional: Spunk (Yale Repertory Theatre), 3 Summers of Lincoln (La Jolla Playhouse), Anything Goes (The Muny), Twist (Alliance Theater, Pasadena Playhouse).
Danny Gómez
Danny Gómez (He/Him) is a Colombian‑American performer from Queens, New York. Regional: Somewhere (
Arman Hakimattar
Arman Hakimattar (he/him) is a Canadian-raised, New York-based actor and creator. His upbringing in a large family of Iranian immigrants has nurtured his sense of global citizenship and a deep commitment to exploring how his interest in social work can intersect with his artistry. Television credits include FBI: Most Wanted and CIA. Select theatre credits include Hamlet (Piedmont Shakespeare Company), Small Mouth Sounds (Southern Plains Production Company), and the first workshop of Almost Like a Dance (Carolina Theatre Workshop). He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and oh so lucky to be here.
Healy Knight
Healy Knight is an NYC-based, New Haven-native performer. She has performed with Good Apples Collective (Benevolent, cover), Target Margin (We’ll Jump Off That Bridge When We Get There), Eno River Players (The Angel that Troubled the Waters), Sophie McIntosh (4044, Ex Tape), TwentySomethings (Gutbelly), AMT (Ze Follies Dorie), The Tank (Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California), the 938 Collective (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, No Exit), New Relic Theater (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Alien Theatre Collective (Twin’s Pizza) and most recently with Nico Krell and their company (Object Permenance). She performs regularly with Mom’s Against Sketch Comedy. She is thrilled to be a part of this ensemble and hopes to make theater forever.
Dylan Lesch
Dylan Lesch is an actor based in NYC. He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in finance before pursuing acting. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has continued his education in New York with teachers such as Jessica Hecht, Budi Miller, Chris Bayes, Jon Shear, and many others, all of whom he is deeply indebted to for their time and guidance. You can see him in the upcoming series The Body premiering on Netflix Nov 11th and will be shooting a recurring role on the Paramount+ limited series 9/12 later this fall. Theater credits include Let’s Talk About Anything Else (The Flea), Macbeth (RADA), The Seagull (Columbia), The Aliens (Columbia). He is thrilled to be a member of the third cohort of emerging artists at The Actors Center and to join such an incredible community. www.dylanlesch.info
Anaela Lia
Anaela Lia is an NYC based actor, writer and artist originally from Jersey City. As a SUNY Purchase graduate, her focus in acting didn’t deter her from exploring her passion for literature, which led to a further passion in writing. After graduating she continued her training at Woodie King Jr’s New Federal Theatre. Some of Anaela’s NYC credits include Get Through (Spark Theatre Festival), Julius: Harlem’s Caesar (El Barrio ArtSpace), In Conversations of Love (New York Theatre Festival), The 24 Hour Plays (Classic Stage Company), and Sweetie Pie (Ensemble Studio Theatre). She can also be seen modeling for small clothing brands as well as major retail brands. Anaela is an artist who, quite literally, brings herself into everything she creates. She’s beyond grateful to be part of this year’s cohort as she’s excited to dig into her artistry and make new discoveries. Anaela is looking forward to her experience with The Actors Center.
Emma Mineo
Emma Mineo is a Berkshires born actor/singer/musician and is exploding with joy to be a part of The Actors Center Mentorship cohort this year! Emma grew up frolicking around western Massachusetts performing and training at regional theatres such as Shakespeare and Company, Barrington Stage Company, and Berkshire Theatre Festival before getting her BFA in Acting at Boston University. Some favorite credits include Radio Man (SheNYC, Award for Best Actor in a Play), Lorena: A Tabloid Epic (Boston Playwrights Theatre) and the touring production of They Built America (Capital Repertory Theatre).
She is especially passionate about developing new work, recently playing the titular role in a site-specific adaptation of the sapphic vampire novel, Carmilla, appearing at Joe’s Pub performing songs from new musicals by the brilliant Ethan Carlson, and most recently starred as Widow Clack in the NYC premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s new folk-horror musical, Tomorrow, The Island Dies. @emmawoops www.emmamineo.com
Josca Moore
Josca Moore is a creative writer, performer, and activist based in Brooklyn, NYC’s culturally explosive Bed Stuy neighborhood. While Josca’s first love began with writing, their attraction to the arts quickly extended to years of training in Dance, Acting, and Casting. After working as a Casting professional in New York and addressing inaccessibility for underrepresented actors growing their careers, Josca was inspired to start Goon Gym, an artist collective where creatives exercise and enrich their craft monthly for little to no cost. Since its inception in January 2025, Goon Gym has produced two live shows at Dixon Place, offered free and discounted professional headshots to our community, and provided meeting space for workshops on acting, filmmaking, writing, directing, wellness and more. As a budding producer of their own writing and stand up comedy, Josca is grateful to The Actors Center for the intentional support in this era of their artistry. Outside of generating art, you can find Josca relaxing in nature, reading, wandering through a tarot deck, or learning manifestation techniques for a peaceful life.
Camila Rivera
Camila Rivera (she/her/ella) is a New York City-based actress and performing artist from Puerto Rico. Camila has starred in the award-winning, Oscar-qualified live action short film, SHALLOW END, written and directed by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff. On stage, she has starred in Teatro SEA’s The True Story of Little Red and performed in cabarets at venues like 54 Below and Don’t Tell Mama. Her most recent credits include A Tru-Biz Cabaret! at The Green Room 42 and Nine The Musical.
Camila holds an Acting degree from Pace University’s Sands College of Performing Arts: International Performance Ensemble Program where she built a strong foundation in physical and devised theatre, collaborated in innovative productions, and performed original plays. She is so grateful and excited to be a part of the 2026-27 mentorship cohort!
IG: camilanrivera | website: camilanrivera.com
Dan Teixeira
Dan Teixeira (He/Him) is proud to be joining this program and the legacy of this community. A Brazilian actor from Miami and self-declared theatre-maker at the ripe of age of six, he made his way from the Casa do Teatro Célia Helena to the New World School of the Arts, Tring Park School (U.K.) before graduating with a BFA from Penn State University. New York Theatre: Off-Broadway runs of The Night of the Iguana (Signature Theatre) and Harmony: A New Musical (NYTF). Regional credits include productions at Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Group, Capital Rep, The REV, North Shore Music Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse and New London Barn. Developmental projects with Two River Theatre, Signature Theatre and the York Theatre. Dan thrives around the people and projects that lean into our sensitivity, curiosity and value belonging. Much gratitude to The Actors Center for championing life-long learners and to my grandmother, Edna – who first ignited my imagination. www.danteixeira.com
Julian Tushabe
Julian Tushabe is a Kenyan-born storyteller who grew up in Jinja, Uganda. His theater credits include Twelfth Night (The Public Theater); Abe Lincoln in Illinois, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and The Skin of Our Teeth (Berkshire Theater Group); and As You Like It and Julius Caesar (New Swan Shakespeare Festival). He can be heard voicing multiple roles in season 2 of Audible’s sci-fi audio drama, The Prophecy, and as Beethoven in Testament, Saratoga Shakespeare’s audio play about the great composer’s life. A recent graduate of the MFA Acting Program at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, he also holds a BS in Business and Theater from Skidmore College.
Outside of acting, he is a certified personal trainer, a self-proclaimed DIY king, a die-hard Manchester United fan, and a lover of butterflies. He is honored and grateful to join the third cohort of mentees at The Actors Center. juliantushabe.com @juliantushabe
Lexie Waddy
Lexie Waddy (she/her) is a Jersey City-based actor hailing from Delaware! She graduated from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts with a BFA in Acting. Her Rutgers Theatre Company credits include Sandra in Angela Davis’s School for Girls With Big EYES, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (Rutgers at Shakespeare’s Globe), and Olga in Three Sisters. Other credits include M in We’re Delinquents.pdf, Lauretta in The World’s Ending and Maybe That’s Kinda Hot, and a featured dancer in Winning is Winning (Hoi Polloi). On screen, she appears as Pauline in Life Forgotten (dir. Zoe Beloff). She is interested in work that challenges and disrupts expectations of what theatre and film “should” look like, and aims to help facilitate a more equitable artistic space and sociopolitical culture. You can also find her in a variety of commercials, the occasional improv set, and yapping about theater at 3viewstheater.com. She’s beyond grateful to be a part of The Actors Center’s Mentorship Program for Emerging Artists, and honored to be working alongside her super-talented cohort. Lexie is represented by Hersey Entertainment. All love to her family! <3 @lexie.waddy