Rachel Loven

RACHEL LOVEN (Brooks) is making their ActorsNET debut. Performing for many years as a cellist in school, they were last seen acting on stage circa 2001 at Bethany United Methodist Church in Allentown, PA in a children’s play, the name of which being long forgotten by the actor. Rachel lives in Trenton with their two cats and enjoys playing poker, speaking Spanish, and spending time in nature. Learn more about Rachel at socialaccompanist.com.

Esh Ryans

ESH RYANS (Jackson “Jack” Duval) was most recently seen on our stage as Balthasar/Second Watchman in Much Ado About Nothing, A.C. Petersen in The Outsider, and Sam Fletcher in Fiddlers Three. He is a graduate of Second City's Conservatory, Music Conservatory, and Writing program, the improv programs at iO and ComedySportz Chicago, as well as Voiceover at Acting Studio Chicago. Esh was a featured member at Riff: Chicago's Music Improv Party and Csz Chicago’s Body Slam Prov Jam, an ensemble member in SCTC’s Sci-Fidelity: A Fandom Musical and understudied the role of Arnold in Yipee Ki-Yay Merry Christmas: A Die Hard Musical Parody. Other credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), 12 Angry Jurors (Juror #3), The Jeweler’s Shop (Adam), and Little Women (Professor Bhaer).

T.C. Tropiano

T.C. TROPIANO (Charles “Charley” Beauregard) was last seen on our stage as Lawrence in Calendar Girls. Previous ActorsNET credits include: Evelyn in Purgatory (Toby), Much Ado About Nothing (Borachio), Deathtrap (Clifford), and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Longaville). He will soon be seen in our upcoming production of Macbeth. A Morrisville local, T.C. has returned to theatre after a 20-year hiatus, following his controversial 2003 portrayal of Tiny Tim in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The majority of his stage experience comes in the form of stand-up comedy. He receives rave reviews from one out of two grandmothers.

Nicholas Pecht

NICHOLAS PECHT (François “Babbs” Babineaux) was last seen as Charles Condomine in our production of Blithe Spirit. Recent ActorsNET credits include: Evelyn in Purgatory (Fred), Dangerous Corner (Gordon), The Drag (Clem “The Doll” Hathaway), Fiddlers Three (Dr. Nolan/Arthur Truscott), The Dover Road (Leonard), Perfect Arrangement (Bob Martindale), Dear Brutus (Lob), Cabaret (Bobby), The Threepenny Opera (Street Singer), A Little Night Music (Carl-Magnus), Is He Dead? (Jean-Francois Millet/Widow Tillou), The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack), and An Ideal Husband (Chiltern). Other credits include: The Full Monty (Dave), The Wiz (Tin Woodsman), Cats (Bustopher Jones & Gus), Bonnie & Clyde (Buck), Sunset Boulevard (Myron & Manfred), and 12 Angry Men (Juror #7) at Kelsey Theatre. Nicholas has won three Kelsey Theatre Awards (a real thing, really) for his performances in The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster), Shrek the Musical (Farquaad), and Guys and Dolls (Nicely).

Nyiema Lunsford

NYIEMA LUNSFORD (Kitty Verdun) is excited to return for her fourth production at ActorsNET. Other ActorsNET productions include: Seven Keys to Baldpate (Myra Thornhill), Dear Brutus (Lady Caroline), and The Big Bad Wolf (Girl 2). She was last seen in a monodrama as Lora Lee Lipton in The Sweet Smell of Regret at Old Academy Players. Other OAP productions include: Sweat (Cynthia), The Broken Hollow Banshee (Ivy Pembroke), and Love Between the Dryer Sheets (Jillian Jerome). Other stage credits include: Nurse in Langhorne Players’s A Kid Like Jake. She has appeared in various radio broadcasts with G-Town Radio and R5 Productions, as well as various play readings with New Feathers, Playwrights’ Bridge, and Playmate Playwrights.

Julia Rutman

JULIA RUTMAN (Amy Sinclair) returned to acting in 2025 as Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit at Newtown Arts Company after a 5-year break from performing. Her history as a performer is mostly as a soprano vocalist with solos across several genres: musical theater, opera, pop, R&B, jazz, and choir. Julia loves all forms of creative expression. She is a psychic medium and energy healer who works with clients locally and internationally. She is a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Princeton. She loves hiking, connecting with animals, the ocean, and meditating with her crystal singing bowls.

Steve Lobis

STEVE LOBIS (Colonel Angus Duval) is an ActorsNET Founding Member, most recently seen here as Larry in Inspecting Carol. Last summer he was Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. His many NET credits include: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Fiddlers Three, King Lear, Is He Dead?, Sherlock Holmes, The Threepenny Opera, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Max Prince), My Favorite Year (King Kaiser), Man of La Mancha (Governor/Innkeeper), Moonlight and Magnolias (Selznick), The Andersonville Trial, Amadeus, The Odd Couple, 1776 (John Dickinson), The Man Who Bought a Country (Robert Morris), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He was often seen at Off Broadstreet Theatre and portrayed Pilate in Midnight Productions' Jesus Christ, Superstar.

George Agalias

GEORGE AGALIAS (Stephen Sinclair) last appeared here as Dr. Richmond in The Drag. Other ActorsNET credits include: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Dr. Caius), Playing with Fire (after Frankenstein) (Professor Krempe), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Rev. Gardner), The Christmas Carol Conspiracy: Scrooge’s Revenge (Scrooge), The Crimes of Diana Eastlake (George Sutton) and Exit The King (Doctor). He was directed by Olympia Dukakis in Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Whole Theatre Company in NJ; played Zorba in Man of Crete at the Charles Street Playhouse in Boston; was Oscar in The Odd Couple in Canada; and in NYC appeared in Above All Greek for the Dramatists Guild and in Rhinoceros with La Mama Experimental Theatre Co. TV credits include Search for Tomorrow, As The World Turns, Kojak, and The Andros Targets. Area credits include The Merchant of Venice; Black Tie; Heroes; and Tom, Dick & Harry with the Off Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell, NJ.

Laurie Hardy

LAURIE HARDY (Madam Lucia) has enjoyed acting in local theaters for, let’s just say, since before she could collect Social Security. She earned her MA in Children’s Theater from Penn State University, and combined theatrical work with more mundane jobs until retiring. After acting as a responsible adult for many years, other past roles include Scenery (Marion Crane), Master Class (Maria Callas), Steel Magnolias (M’Lynn), Noises Off! (Dotty Otley), Threepenny Opera (Mrs. Peachum), On Golden Pond (Ethel Thayer). Most recently Laurie played Denise Miller in the two-woman show Yes, Virginia at Playhouse 22. She performed in Doubt (Sister Aloysius), It’s Only a Play (Virginia Noyes), Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Marjorie Taub), Olive and the Bitter Herbs (Olive) among others at Langhorne Players. Laurie spends time volunteering, procrastinating, thinking about gardening, and, of course, studying lines. I may forget everything else, but always remembering you, my love, and stretching credulity Papa.

Charlotte Kirkby

CHARLOTTE KIRKBY (Ella Delacorte) was last seen as Evelyn in our production of Evelyn in Purgatory. Other ActorsNET credits include: A Doll's House (Christine), the Christmas at Pemberley Trilogy (Mary Bennet), The Dover Road (Anne), Perfect Arrangement (Millie), Spider’s Web (Clarissa), The Importance of Being Earnest (Cecily), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Maggie), Dancing at Lughnasa (Christina) and A Murder Is Announced (Julia). Charlotte also co-adapted our productions of Dear Brutus (Margaret/The Narrator) and An Ideal Husband (Mabel) and was the Assistant Director for Fiddlers Three. Area credits include Becky Shaw (Becky), Doubt: A Parable (Sister James), and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Meredith) with Langhorne Players; Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Anne Page) with Shakespeare ‘70; And Then There Were None (Vera) with Newtown Arts; and Crimes of the Heart (Babe) with Acting Naturally. When not onstage, Charlotte is a librarian and avid knitter.