Introducing Thrown Stone’s #GirlPower Cast

Welcome to your #GirlPower summer. Thrown Stone is pleased to introduce the cast and creative team of our 2022 summer season: Athena by Gracie Gardner and Hysterical! by Elenna Stauffer. These fiercely talented artists have come together to share two unabashedly candid stories of girls’ athletics. In true repertory fashion, the cast of Athena will also perform parts in Hysterical! and two intrepid “swings” will understudy multiple roles.

We selected our season at the end of last year, but these plays and our season’s focus on young women in athletics have only become more relevant since then. Over the past two years, women’s sports have been at the center of cultural conversations around access and equity under Title IX, pay inequity, institutionally-abetted abuse, and mental health. Athena and Hysterical! take wildly different,  “hugely appealing” perspectives on women’s athletics, friendships, and the challenges of growing up as a teenage girl. In our cast, we were fortunate to find artists with a passionate drive to tell these stories in all their unflinching honesty. We have a lot to talk about this summer, and we can’t wait for you to join the conversation!

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Shannon Helene Barnes

ATHENA / MADDIE

Shannon (she/her) is an NYC-based maker, performer, and teaching artist. Theatre credits include Somewhere I Can Scream (Players Theater), UPDATE (NYC Fringe), The Wild Party (NYU), and Runaways (NYU). She recently graduated from NYU Tisch, where she studied drama and applied theatre at the New Studio on Broadway and NYU Berlin’s actor training program. She is beyond pumped to be joining Thrown Stone for their Girl Power season to tell stories about some incredible young… Read more »

Olivia Billings

MARY WALLACE / SHANNON

Olivia is humbled to be a part of Thrown Stone’s GRL PWR season. Olivia is a recent Baldwin Wallace University graduate who currently resides in New York City. You might have seen their work in past regional productions such as Natural Shocks (Angela), The Cake (Jen), or Camelot (Mordred). Olivia would like to send immense gratitude to her family, friends from far and near, and loving partner Danyel, for their endless support and kindness. Keep up with… Read more »

 

Julia Crowley

JAMIE / CHARLOTTE

Julia Crowley (she/her) is a New York City based actress and creator. Originally from Massachusetts, she graduated from Vermont’s Bennington College where she studied drama and modern dance. Past collaborations include performing with: Breaking and Entering Theatre Collective, Waterhouse Collective, Belladonna Shakespeare Company, and the Artist Co-op. She wrote and performed the audio piece A Plant Play, produced by First Kiss Theatre, and the SitCom serial How Do You Say…? at Bennington College. She can… Read more »

 

Kendyl Grace Davis

MADISON

Kendyl Davis (she/her/hers) is an 18 year old film, television, and stage actress best known for her starring role in Get Up Stage Company’s critically acclaimed production of Heathers: The Musical as Heather Duke. Kendyl is represented by Foundation Media Partners, and The Osbrink Agency in Los Angeles, California for film / television / commercial / theatre. When she’s not acting, she is actively making content on her social media platforms to share with her supporters. In 2019, Kendyl was nominated for four Broadwayworld.com Regional Awards including Best… Read more »

 

Isa Muiño

MIA

Isa is a New Haven based actor originally from Miami, Florida. She attended New World School of the Arts, after which she relocated to Dallas, Texas for Southern Methodist University’s BFA Theatre Studies program. There, she graduated with emphases in acting, directing, and playwriting. Her SMU Credits include: Young Woman in Machinal, Teenage Greek Chorus in a bilingual production of How I Learned to Drive, Maggie in Den of Thieves. When she’s not on stage, Isa… Read more »

 

Momo Burns-Min

SWING

Momo is thrilled to be joining Thrown Stone this summer for Hysterical! She is in her second year at McGill University majoring in Drama. A Weston native, Momo has performed at Westport Country Playhouse, The Ridgefield Playhouse, and Fairfield Theatre Company. She has trained and performed with Triple Threat Academy in Westport and Broadway Workshop in NYC. Momo is also a Student Ambassador for Project Broadway, a nonprofit that provides theatre education and empowerment workshops… Read more »

 

Sydney Yargeau

SWING

Sydney Yargeau is a dancer, actor and singer originally from Watertown, CT. She graduated from the Waterbury Arts Magnet High School where she studied musical theatre. A year ago she graduated with her BFA in Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. She is also the head company assistant and teacher at Dance Molinari, NYC, a Broadway dance/theatre company and works for Velocity Dance Works as a dance teacher. In her free time, when she isn’t performing, she… Read more »

 

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