Rent - December 14 - December 16, 2023
The Beacon School
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Brianna Rowe
as Benjamin Coffin III
Senior, is thrilled to be a part of this production. She is currently in Advanced Theatre Arts and Honors. Previous credits include Alice by Heart and The School Girls Play. She is the drummer in her band Punch Buggies, a dancer, a member of BSU, and she writes/performs poetry. Brianna loves the lights as well as the calm or chaos of a NYC park.
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Kendra Buford
as Joanne Jefferson
Senior, is excited to finally RENT! Previous credits include Nigel/Dormouse in Alice By Heart, Mercy in School Girls: The African Mean Girls Play & Viola’s understudy in Twelfth Night. She’s performed in Eve Of and Beacon Choir. She was on Broadway for the 2023 Shubert Festival & is inducted in the International Thespian Society. Kendra’s favorite part of NYC is the lights
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Kim Suarez
as Maureen Johnson
Senior, is SO EXCITED to star in RENT!!! She was Hair and Makeup captain and a nurse in Alice By Heart and Feste’s understudy in Twelfth Night! She was the Social Media captain for School Girls. She was also a soloist in the choir show and Eve Of, and she’s in the Theatre Honors studio. Kim loves that no matter where she ends up, she’ll always be a native New Yorker.
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Katie Solis
as Alexi Darling
Senior, is excited for her third BDAT performance. Previously Katie has performed as the Illyrian Assistant in 12th Night, has sung in BDATs choir and a cappella groups. Katie has won a scholarship to study Theatre in London in 2022 and takes Theatre Honors with the hopes of continuing exploring theater. To Katie, the most beautiful thing is the art of the human voice.
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Jemimah Nabugasha
as Mrs. Jefferson
Senior, is honored to be in this production of Rent. Previous credits include Paulina Sarpong in The African Mean Girls' Play, Clarissa/Queen of Diamond in Alice by Heart, as well as dancing in the Black Excellence Show. She is also the Creative Director of The Black Student Union Club. Jemimah loves how free NYC is and she thinks that that’s what makes it a homely place.
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