We are thrilled to announce the cast for the reading of Hireath, or when Pluto was a Planet by Jayne Deely. The reading will be on November 8 at 7pm, and free ticket reservations can be made here.
Janice Amaya (Kap)
JANICE AMAYA (they/them/elle) Recent theatre: Orlando (Signature Theatre Company), Shhhh (Atlantic Theater Company), A Necessary Killing (Clubbed Thumb), Mushroom (People’s Light Theater Company), Cartography (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts). Film: God's Lonely Magician (Tribeca 2025). They are a Co-Director at Pipeline Theatre Company. MFA, Harvard University/Moscow Art Theater.
Arturo Luíz Soria (Ish)
An Obie and Offie Award-winning actor and writer, Arturo's solo show Ni Mi Madre premiered off-Broadway and went on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival earning much acclaim. Theatre: The Inheritance, Wet Brain, Hit the Wall. TV/Film: The Blacklist, East New York, Found, CIA, and Mermaid (upcoming feature). MacDowell Fellow; Hillman Grad Mentorship (TV writing); MFA from Yale; BFA from DePaul.
Clair Wilcher (Sam)
Claire Wilcher (she/her) is so excited to be joining Playfest! She's an actor, intimacy director, and educator based in Indy. Favorite roles include Perkins in The Play That Goes Wrong and Mrs. Peacock in Clue (IRT), Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (IndyShakes), Trekkie Monster/Lucy in Avenue Q (Phoenix Theatre). Claire is also a certified intimacy director with IDC Professionals.
Kelsey VanVoorst (Mel)
This is Kelsey's first project with Playfest Indy! They have been performing as an actor and improviser in central Indiana for the past 15 years. Some of their favorite recent credits include Dromio of Daytona in IndyShakes Summer 2025 production of Comedy of Errors and Defiance Comedy's Dysentery: The Musical, which was a best-selling show at the 2025 Indy Fringe Festival.
María José Garcés Vela (Em)
María José Garcés Vela (she/her) is a junior Musical Theatre major in Ball State University from Mexico City who also loves sports and watching shows and movies. She most recently appeared in Songs for a New World and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. She wants to thank her teachers, her supportive family and her incredible older sister who has always been her biggest inspiration.
Emily Bohannon (Stage Directions)
Emily has entered stage left and is happy to be here! She has performed at the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, Beef and Boards, ATI, and has worked as a performer and choreographer for Defiance Comedy and the Indy Fringe Festival. She is also a member of ComedySportz Indianapolis.