Swan Song

Jaiden Molina

Jaiden Molina is a transfer Senior with a BFA in Acting. This is his first PAC show, with former credits in The Complete Work of William Shakespeare: Abridged (Understudy), and several roles in the Spring 2026 One Act Plays.

Amara Veroníca Gómez

Amara Gómez is a Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student here at SUNY Fredonia. This is Amara’s third time performing with PAC and has performed at places like Ujima Company Inc. Theatre, and Raíces Theatre Company in the past. She’s grateful to work alongside such a dedicated cast and crew, and she’s excited to share this incredible work with everyone! 

Keaton Englund

Keaton Englund [He/Him] (Arthur) is a Senior Musical Theater Major from Seattle, Washington. His previous PAC credits include Leaf in The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee, Peter in Company, John Brooke in Little Women, The Professor in Uncle Vanya, George in Stop Kiss, and Azoth in Stormboy. You can also see him perform later this semester as Dr. Gall in Rossum's Universal Robots! Keaton is thrilled to be working with such incredible people and can't wait for people to see the show!

Abbey Foran

Abbey Foran is excited to originate the role of Sara in Swan Song! She is a junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Hershey, PA. Past Fredonia production credits include Mrs. Dodds in Percy Jackson the Lighting Thief, Yelena in Uncle Vanya (PAC), and Josephine/Dead Person/Mom/Voicemail in One Acts 2026. She also invites you to see her play Anne in A Little Night Music this spring! In her free time, she volunteers at Lakeshore Humane Society and performs with the Random Acts Improv troupe. Many thanks to the extremely talented and dedicated cast for putting on this new work, Bri Thiel for writing such a beautiful show, and the entire production team for their endless work. Shoutout to her amazing friends and family, and all her love to Hunter Meyers. Find her on Instagram and TikTok @abbey.m10

Tali Kam

Tali Kam (she/her) is overjoyed to play Jackie in Swan Song. Who is Tali Kam? Well, she is a junior acting & history major from the 914. Perhaps you saw her sprain her ankle in last year's production of Shakespeare Abridged. Maybe you saw (her pride and joy) PAC’s Uncle Vanya, which she directed last year. Previous Fred credits: Oedipus (First Messenger), Lord of the Flies (Piggy), FNL (Host), Shakespeare Abridged (Cast). This year, you can catch her behind the scenes as the dramaturg for Cabaret and the assistant director of Rossum’s Universal Robots, or on stage as Darcy Kent in Blood and Sequins. An audible hurumph of gratitude to this wonderful team, cast, and crew. All love to her wonderful family. Thank you to stage managers everywhere, who are the overworked and underthanked backbone of the theatre industry. As always, peace & love!

Giulia Beaudoin

Giulia is a Junior Musical Theatre major with a minor in Women's and Gender Studies. This is her 3rd PAC show, though she has served on the PAC E-Board since Freshman year. Previous credits include April in Stephen Sondheim's "Company" and U/S Elvira in "Blithe Spirit". Coming up, Giulia will be playing Coco York in "Blood and Sequins" here at Fredonia. Look out for the release of "Love More The Musical" audiobook, which she worked on this summer voicing Stephanie as well as stage managing and vocal directing. If you enjoyed watching this student written show, come see "PAC Goes Wrong" written and directed by Giulia on April 17-19! As said play declares: "SUPPORT QUEER ARTISTS!"

Christopher Buettner

Chris Buettner is a senior musical theatre major who is extremely excited to be working with PAC again! His past work includes The Taming of the Shrew (Biondello) with Shakespeare in Delaware Park, The Laramie Project (Jedidiah Shultz, Aaron McKinney, etc) with Fort Salem Theater, and Oedipus the King (Creon) with PAC, amongst many others. Trained in the best practices of theatrical intimacy, he has worked as intimacy choreographer in a multitude of shows throughout the state. He would like to thank his friends family, Jake (his cat), and his girlfriend, Jocelyn, for always supporting his dreams. He'd like to invite all Fredonia students in the audience to audition for MACBETH!!! www.chrisbuettner.com

Xavier Russell

Xavier Russell is playing the role of Fred. He is so glad to be a part of the first production of this play and he hopes to see the different variations of this play when it gets put on again somewhere else. He would like to thank my dad for always believing in me and my girlfriend for always supporting me. He is so grateful for this role and hope many more are to come!

AJ Govenettio

AJ is a senior acting/audio production major. His previous roles include Charles U/S for Blithe Spirit, Caterpillar in Alicia’s Lens, and Brock Lee in Duality of Man. Ask him to do a crow impression, it’s nothing crazy but like it’s a pretty good crow impression trust bro. AJ wants to thank his incredible parents and wonderful roommates Sydney and Aleyshka for always keeping him afloat.

Reese Davis

Reese is so excited to be making her PAC debut in “Swan Song!” Last semester she assistant directed "Blithe Spirit" and next semester she will be back as a company member in FYC’s production of “The Maître D’: Flavors of Life." She would like to thank the wonderful production team and cast for making this experience unforgettable. Finally, she would like to thank her family and friends for being her biggest support system with everything she does. She hopes you enjoy the show! :)

Grace Crane

Grace is excited to be apart of their first ever Fredonia production and even more excited about working on this new show with their fellow cast members. Grace is a Sophomore BFA Acting student with a Dance minor. Grace enjoys performing on stage and helping out backstage with costuming. Grace would like to thank their directors and cast members for helping bring this show to life.  Insta. @grace_crane07_

Ethan Candee

Ethan Candee (Walter/ Phil/ Fred swing) is a first year drawing and painting BFA and is so excited for you all to see this production. This is his first college show and he couldn’t be more proud to be apart of it. He would like to give a big thanks to the whole creative team, especially Bri Thiel for giving him this opportunity. Outside of this show Ethan loves to spend his time creating art and hanging out with his friends.

Bri Thiel

Bri Thiel is so excited for the world premiere of swan song to finally be performed in Fredonia! He has been writing for many years now with a lot of his writing being done in the realm of comedy through Fredonia Night Live, (FNL! Come see it!) with a group of lovely writers whose supported his work for the past two years. This is also his directing debut which he is very very excited about! If you like his writing and maybe want to see his acting, come back to the Bartlett to see R.U.R in December! It will be a riot! Bri would like to thank his friends and lovely support networks for the immense amount of support he has received for his work as well as the PAC board for giving him the support he needed for this show to be successfully done.

Sydney La Salle

Sydney La Salle is a Senior BFA Acting and BA Psychology major. She is so excited for everyone to see Swan Song! She is incredibly honored and grateful to have worked with such an amazing cast and team on this crazy, wonderful piece of theater. Bri, my son, thank you for trusting me and I am so proud of what you’ve created. This is only the beginning. Everything happens for a reason!

Oakley Pero

Oakley is so excited to be working with PAC again especially on a student written show! This is Oakley’s 4th production with PAC and they are so excited for you to see it come to life! enjoy the show!

Lei Van Schaffel

Lei is thrilled to be a part of Swan Song and to be working with PAC for the third time! Lei is a junior Theatre Arts major and Film Studies minor. Previous productions with PAC include Oedipus ’25 and Uncle Vanya ’26. They have also had the opportunity to work on several main stage productions at Fredonia, including Legally Blonde ’24, The Lightning Thief 25’, Ruthless 26’, and the upcoming production of Cabaret ’26. They are thankful to Bri for letting them help bring Swan Song to life and to their friends and family for all of the support!

Catherine Rouselle

Catherine is thrilled to be part of this production. She is a sophomore Theatrical Production and Design BFA with a concentration in scenic and props. She has previously worked with PAC on Little Shop of Horrors as an ASM, worked at Chautauqua Theatre Company as a Props Artisan this past summer, and is a Scenic Artist for Cabaret this semester. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Olivia VanBuren

Olivia is excited to be returning for her second PAC show as well as second student written play! Previously she was an ASM for Stormboy (PAC) and was a props artisan for last year's MainStage production of Blithe Spirit.

Christopher Buettner

Chris Buettner is a senior musical theatre major who is extremely excited to be working with PAC again! His past work includes The Taming of the Shrew (Biondello) with Shakespeare in Delaware Park, The Laramie Project (Jedidiah Shultz, Aaron McKinney, etc) with Fort Salem Theater, and Oedipus the King (Creon) with PAC, amongst many others. Trained in the best practices of theatrical intimacy, he has worked as intimacy choreographer in a multitude of shows throughout the state. He would like to thank his friends family, Jake (his cat), and his girlfriend, Jocelyn, for always supporting his dreams. He'd like to invite all Fredonia students in the audience to audition for MACBETH!!! www.chrisbuettner.com

Maeve Garvey

Maeve is very excited to be fight choreographing for this show. She received her unarmed certification last year, and is super pumped to put it to use. You can also see her work in Carrie at Mainstreet Studios, or Rossum's Universal Robots this coming December.

Vanessa Newbold

Vanessa Newbold (they/she) [Lighting Designer] is a senior BFA Theatrical Production & Design major from Central Massachusetts. This is their third time working with PAC, with previous credits including Company (Lighting Designer) and Oedipus (Associate Lighting Designer). Upcoming main stage credits include Blood and Sequins (Props Supervisor) and A Little Night Music (Lighting Designer).

Cory Lamberton

Cory Lamberton (Sound Designer) is a Senior Theater Design and Production Student from Rochester, NY. Previous Credits include Sound Design on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Head Electrician on The Consul and Ruthless!, Projections Engineer on The Lightning Thief, Assistant Lighting Designer on Twelfth Night, Lighting Designer on FDE 2025 & 2026.

Valeria Ortiz

Lorelei (Rory) Doughty

Rory is a social work major with a minor in school counseling and is thrilled to be the assistant stage manager on the Swan Song production. Rory did theatre in high school and is happy to have another opportunity to participate in her favorite hobby. She is also employed at the SUNY Fredonia dining hall Cranston Marche. In her free time Rory enjoys painting, creative writing, and going for walks in the evenings.

Ella Roberts

Ella Roberts is a Freshman Music Education major. This is her first production at Fredonia. She is very grateful to have found a theatre opportunity, after stage managing and light designing for her high school. She is very proud of the whole cast and crew, and can't wait for more shows in the future.

Rebekah Gerace

This is Rebekah's fifth time working with PAC and is thrilled to be the cast photographer for Swan Song! In the past, she has photographed Stop Kiss, Storm Boy, Little Shop of Horrors, and Uncle Vanya. She was also the dramaturg for Stop Kiss.