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Shakerria Breonie |
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Candaceia Charles |
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Colin Pieters |
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Anayah Cobbler |
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| Chris James | Crys Clemente Pascale | LeRoi Richardson |
| *Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. | ||
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Cast
Creative Team
Shakerria Breonie
Candaceia Charles
Chris James
Crys Clemente Pascale
LeRoi Richardson
Meet the Company
Shakerria Breonie Henderson*
Shakerria Breonie is a NYC-based actress/playwright. She trained at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater and holds an AS in Theater from LaGuardia Community College. Her acting credits include The Frenchman (The Tank), A Doll's House (Sanctuary Theater Company) and Columbus Is Happening (Joe’s Pub). She is endlessly grateful to her family and the entire Cycles team for their dedication, talent, and belief in this work. Cycles marks her debut as both playwright and producer! IG:@shakerriabreonie
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.
Skyler James Bailey
Skyler is a New York City based actor. Born in The Bronx, NY. THEATER: Thoughts Of A Colored Man Dir. Tremane Harris (651 Arts 2025) Lions Don’t Hug Dir. Stella Sacca (Winterfest 2020, Brooklyn Art Haus Residency 2023), Black Magic Dir. Tony Jenkins (Fringe Festival Winner 2016), Serials at The Fled Dir. Crystal Sky Williams.
Malissa Y. Myers
Malissa is a New Jersey native who discovered her passion on stage 16 years ago at Crossroads Theater. She has starred in notable stage productions such as American Menu, Love Under Contract, Tangled Vows, and Sunset Baby. Malissa is known for her dedication, professionalism, and contagious laughter. In 2025 she won Tommy’s Best Actor of the Year Award and lives by the motto, “Stay Encouraged for the Best is Yet to Come!” IG:@msmyers707
Colin Pieters
Colin is a Guyanese-born actor. He was most recently seen on stage as Hamlet in Hamlet at The Collapsable Hole. He has trained continuously at HB Studio, T. Schreiber Studio, and with The Barr Hill Players. When not acting, Colin can be found behind the camera as a photographer archiving life and as a creative producer creating stories for digital platforms.
Anayah Cobbler
Anayah is a dynamic young Brooklyn-based performer. At just 11 years old, she has trained at Barbizon and brings experience in theater, dance, modeling, and music. She has starred in school productions, cultural festivals, and youth media projects with CAMBA. Anayah is a joyful force in any room and a young star to watch.
Cory Fletcher
Cory is a Brooklyn-born performer and graduate of LaGuardia Community College’s Theatre program. He is a member of Truthworker Theatre Company, a hip hop social justice collective addressing mass incarceration, prison reform, and community healing through performance. Cory is grateful to the Cycles team for welcoming him aboard and creating space for reflection, forgiveness, and most of all, family.
Shakerria Breonie
Shakerria Breonie is a NYC-based playwright/actress whose work explores themes of memory, identity, and emotional inheritance. She is endlessly grateful to her family and the entire Cycles team for their dedication, talent, and belief in this work. Cycles marks her debut as both playwright and producer! IG:@shakerriabreonie
Candaceia Charles
Candaceia is a Brooklyn-based multi-hyphenate artist working across theater and film. She’s no stranger to this building, having directed Frenchman at The Tank, and has helmed projects ranging from short films to children’s theater classics like Annie and Winnie the Pooh. As a performer, she’s appeared in Addy and Uno (Theatre Row) and Columbus is Happening (Joe’s Pub). She’s also performed alongside artists like Jennifer Hudson, and Andra Day. She’s grateful to God and to her village.
Chris James
Chris is a passionate actor, singer, and stage manager, currently preparing to pursue a B.A. in Theatre and Performance at SUNY Purchase beginning Fall 2025. Chris played the lead in Urinetown and served as stage manager for The Addams Family at his former high school. He’s excited to bring his skills to this production and is grateful for the opportunity to be part of the team. Chris hopes to help make this a memorable experience for cast, crew, and audience alike!
Crys Clemente Pascale
Crys (they/he) Last seen at the Chain as lighting designer of Hellish Delights, and before that as stage manager of ‘24 Winter One Act, Jailbirds. Jack-of-all technician (Inside Broadway, United Solo ‘25, Prelude ‘23) and maker of quirky performance art (Philly Fringe ‘24 & ‘23). Upcoming work includes lighting design for The Garden Bridge in SheNYC. BFA, SCAD. MA Theatre, Villanova.
LeRoi Richardson
LeRoi is a multidisciplinary storyteller working across music, theater, and film. A sonic explorer with a deep-rooted love for Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Soul, his work blends the rhythms of Black musical traditions with bold narratives that examine identity, history, and cultural memory. He holds a BFA from Marymount Manhattan College, where he double-majored in Musical Theater and Writing for the Stage. He is grateful for the opportunity to take you on this sonic journey!
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CYCLES To Be Presented In July At Chain Theatre Summer One-Act Festival
Fresh off its powerful debut, Cycles—a new play by Shakerria Breonie and directed by Candaceia Charles—continues its run as an Equity Approved Showcase in Chain Theatre’s 2025 Summer One-Act Festival (Program #3). With just two performances left on July 17 at 6:30 p.m. and July 19 at 5 p.m., audiences still have a chance to experience this raw, time-jumping drama about love, secrets, and breaking generational patterns live.
The production stars Shakerria Breonie Henderson*, Malissa Y. Myers, Colin Pieters, Skyler James Bailey, and Anayah Cobbler. (*Actors appearing courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association.)
“Cycles was born from silence and fantasy during a time I lost myself; though I didn’t recognize my writing as healing work at the time, later conversations with women in my family would reveal that I wasn’t alone in my experience.The patterns we carry– the ones passed down like a quiet inheritance– feel almost like a rite of passage. This play arose from my desire to name those patterns, hold them and imagine what it would mean to rewrite them. Cycles is deeply personal, but I believe it speaks to anyone who’s ever wondered if breaking a generational pattern is truly possible– and what it costs to choose love.”
— Shakerria Breonie
Cycles follows two relationships, decades apart, as they reveal how love and loss often repeat across generations. A young woman must confront the emotional legacies passed down by her parents and find the strength to forge her own path. The play asks whether we are doomed to inherit our family's emotional blueprints—or whether love can truly break the chain.
The creative team includes lighting design by Crys Clemente Pascale and sound design by LeRoi Richardson. The production is stage managed by Chris James.
Tickets available now. Use code CYCLE25 for 20% off.
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS! You are all forever a part of the Cycles Family and have played a major role in helping this production be possible!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you!!!!!! -Shakerria Breonie
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