The Other Americans

JOHN LEGUIZAMO

Nelson

LUNA LAUREN VELEZ

Patti

BRADLEY JAMES TEJEDA

Eddie

Bradley James Tejeda (Eddie) is making his Arena Stage debut. He is a native Tejano from the Harlandale district of San Antonio, Texas. He trained at the University of the Incarnate Word (BA Theatre Arts, 2013) and then at the Yale School of Drama (MFA Acting, 2016). He has just finished his first season as a company member at the 89th annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he played Will in Born With Teeth and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. On Broadway in 2019, he played Young Man 1 (u/s Adam/Leo) in Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance, and then reprised the role three years later post-pandemic at the Geffen Playhouse for its West Coast LA premiere and the Audible production. Off-Broadway: The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams (Signature Theatre, La Femme Theatre Co., *Fight Coordinator). Regional: El Coqui Espectacular by Matt Barbot, The Bridge of San Luis Rey by David Greenspan (Two River Theatre); Ralph in The Lord of the Flies (Nebraska Repertory Theatre:); Biron in Love’s Labor’s Lost (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival); and company member of the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis since 2019: The Glass Menagerie; The Rose Tattoo; and Suddenly, Last Summer. TV/Film: CBS’s Blue Bloods and FBI; Comedy Central’s Alternatino; and Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble’s Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

SARAH NINA HAYON

Veronica / u/s Patti/Norma

Sarah Nina Hayon (Veronica / u/s Patti/Norma) is a bi-coastal actress and a three-time Drama Desk Award nominee. Passionate about new plays, she has developed many works on and off Broadway. Recent Theater Highlights: English (Berkeley Rep, Mina Morita), Richard III (The Public’s Shakespeare in the Park, Robert O’Hara), Wintertime (Berkeley Rep, Les Waters), Seascape (A.C.T., Pam MacKinnon, BACC nomination), Sweat (A.C.T., Loretta Greco), Swimmers (Marin Theatre, Mike Donahue, TBA Award). TV/Film: The Other Two, Fairyland, FBI, For Life, 13 Reasons Why, Succession, Danny DeVito’s Curmudgeons, The Surrogate. She is a proud graduate of NYU’s Tisch and a member of LAByrinth Theater Company.

ROSA ARREDONDO

Norma

Rosa Arredondo (Norma) is a multi-hyphenate and native New Yorker. Her most recent TV credits include Francey Jones on CBS’s So Help Me Todd, and Sheriff Valenti on Roswell, New Mexico. Other credits include Ava Duvernay’s When They See Us and Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet as well as recurring and guest roles on Ordinary Joe, Quantico, Gone, The Equalizer, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Blindspot, and Blacklist. Her theater credits include the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, Arena Stage’s Guys and Dolls, Sea Dog Theater’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and her one-woman show I Walked Across the Ocean Floor at Royal Family Productions. Some film credits include Still Alice, The Secret Art of Human Flight, Pinball, and Babygirl.

TREY SANTIAGO-HUDSON

Nicky

Trey Santiago-Hudson (Nicky) is thrilled to be making his debut at Arena Stage with this premiere of The Other Americans! A proud graduate of the Acting Department at Binghamton University, Trey has also studied acting at Stella Adler and Oregon Shakespeare. Off-Broadway credits include Toros (Second Stage Theater) and Awake (The Barrow Group). TV credits include New Amsterdam (NBC), The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC), and Shrinking (Apple TV+). Film credits include You Hurt My Feelings (A24) and Vineyards (fam4 Media).

REBECCA JIMENEZ

Toni

Rebecca Jimenez (Toni)is an actor and writer from Miami, Florida. Off-Broadway: Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP/Second Stage). NY Theater: Superstitions (New Ohio), Sketchy Eastern European Show (The Players Theatre). She has developed work with New York Theatre Workshop, Roundabout Theater Company, Page 73, Playwrights Horizons, Ojai, Playwrights Realm, and others. Her plays have been performed around New York City. BFA from SUNY Purchase.

JUAN FRANCISCO VILLA

u/s Nelson

Juan Francisco Villa (u/s Nelson) is a Colombian-American native New Yorker who made his DC debut in his award-winning solo show Empanada for a Dream at 1st Stage. Juan co-directed Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train and columbinus at 1st Stage and was awarded Helen Hayes Awards for them. Juan worked at The Public Theater (NYC) and graced the stages of Steppenwolf, the Goodman, and Teatro Vista in Chicago. He took his talents to LA where he worked with Oscar winner José Rivera at the Geffen Playhouse and was part of a sold-out run as Pablo Fu**ing Escobar in Our Dear Dead Drug Lord at the Kirk Douglas. You will catch him in the new season of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Menendez Brothers with Javier Bardem. He had recurring roles on Blue Bloods (CBS) and General Hospital (ABC). He’s used his voice acting talents to work with Ethan Hawke, Judy Reyes, Toni Collete, Dania Ramirez, Minnie Driver, Danny DeVito, and Aubrey Plaza. He is a company member of IAMA and the Playwrights Unit. He is a graduate of the Maggie Flanigan Studio (NYC). Instagram: @juanempanadavilla

JOHNNY ANTHONY

u/s Eddie/Nicky

Johnny Anthony (u/s Eddie/Nicky) is a NYC-based actor who is thrilled to be back at Arena Stage! Johnny graduated from Pace University, as well as completed the Uta Hagen Institute’s Core Summer Intensive at the prestigious HB Studio. Regional theater credits include B/Henry (u/s) in Sanctuary City at Arena Stage, L.C. Harold Dawson in A Few Good Men at Cumberland Theatre, Kyle in the NYC premiere of Tom, Officer Rizzo in the NYC premiere of When the Hen Crows, and Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront. On camera, Johnny can be seen in West Side Story (dir. Steven Spielberg), American Horror Story: Delicate, Law & Order, as well as various short films and commercials. Website: www.johnnyanthony.com Instagram: @thejohnnyanthony

ODETTE GUTIÉRREZ DEL ARROYO

u/s Toni/Veronica

Odette Gutiérrez del Arroyo (u/s Veronica/Toni) is thrilled to be making her Arena Stage debut! Recent credits include Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone (Workhouse Arts Center), Daniela in In the Heights (NextStop Theatre), and Aggie in Finn the Musical workshop (The Kennedy Center). Other credits: Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods (The Arlington Players), Anita in West Side Story (Columbus Children’s Theatre), Vivienne in Legally Blonde (Off the Lake Productions). When not performing, you can find Odette practicing medicine as a Physician Assistant in the DMV area and most importantly, being a mommy to her 3-year-old son, Luca. Odette wishes to thank her husband, Jake, for his unwavering love and support! Instagram: @odette_gutierrezdelarroyo