Randy Biagas-Hill is an up-and-coming actor based out of Boston, MA. Born and raised in New York City, Randy has been performing since he was eight years old. Randy attended Brown University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts and Performance Studies. While at Brown, Randy performed in at least one show every semester, including as Leroy Barksdale/ Herb Forrester in Lynn Nottage’s By the Way, Meet Vera Stark and as Graffiti Pete in Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. He has worked alongside acclaimed directors Carl Hancock Rux and Kym Moore as well as esteemed playwright Ifa Bayeza. He has a passion for improvisation and is looking forward to bringing that passion to Theatre Espresso.

Shelley has been involved in over 100 productions as a theater educator, actor, director, technician, producer, and artistic director. His credits include New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Hanover Theatre, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, Lyric Stage, Gloucester Stage Company, Charles Playhouse, Stoneham Theatre, The Village Theatre Project (founding member and Executive Committee), Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Harvard University), The Theatre Coop, Lyric West, and Boston Theatre Works. Regional credits Olney Theatre Center, Barnstormers Theatre, Oldcastle Theatre, Foothills Theatre, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Company, and Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre. Shelley earned his BA from Vassar College and Master's in Theatre Education from Emerson College. He was the full-time drama teacher at the Pike School in Andover, teaches currently at Concord Academy, and has worked extensively in both public and private schools throughout the greater Boston area. Shelley was the General Manager and Artistic Director of Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston and is the Artistic Director of Theatre Espresso.

Danny is thrilled to be entering his eighth season as a member of Theatre Espresso. As an actor, he has performed at a variety of theatres in the New England area, including Wheelock Family Theatre, The Company Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Priscilla Beach Theatre, Speakeasy Stage Company, Norwood Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston and Reagle Music Theatre. Danny divides his time between acting and teaching and directing and has had the good fortune to teach with such companies as Watertown Children’s Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, New Art Center in Newton, North Shore Music Theatre and City Spotlights at The Wang Center For The Performing Arts. The veteran of three national tours, Danny is a graduate of Boston College and continues to keep busy in video and commercial work in addition to his work onstage.

Liz is an actor, educator, children’s theatre director, clown and otherwise gig juggler. She is thrilled to be joining the Theatre Espresso family. Liz has worked for various companies in and around Boston, performing in Boston’s hit Shakespeare show for seven years as well as The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Bay Colony Shakespeare Company, and more. She has toured the country (with a couple international stops as well) with Missoula Children’s Theatre, American Family Theatre and The National Theatre for Arts and Education. Liz studied classical acting in London at The British American Drama Academy and received her B.A. in Fine Arts from Saint Michael’s College. In 2018, she attended the Month-Long Intensive at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. Liz is also a proud new clown with the Laughter League–the resident troupe of hospital clowns at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Jamie Lin (she/her) is a transplant originally from the SF Bay Area and is thrilled to join Theatre Espresso! She's acted with many Boston-area theaters since 2017, playing roles as varied as Queenie the Cat (Honk!, The Footlight Club) and Lt. Sulu (Gender-Swapped Star Trek, PMRP), among others. In recent years, her focus has been behind-the-scenes as a director (Radial Gradient, Samuel-Lancaster Productions) and playwright (The Ghost of Keelung, AATAB / Pao Arts Center / Chuang Stage). She also serves as the EDI Coordinator for Theatre@First. Offstage, she is a graphic designer & avid D&D player.

Dan is delighted to be joining Theatre Espresso in their mission to inspire critical thinking in students through interactive theater. Dan is a Boston based actor, writer, musician and voice teacher who has had the pleasure of working with numerous fringe and large stage theaters in the area including: Reagle Music Theatre, Wellesley Rep., History at Play, Bad Habit Productions, Maiden Phoenix, Arts After Hours, Imaginary Beasts and others. Favorite Boston area credits include Robbie Fay in A Man of No Importance (Bad Habit Productions) Enoch Snow in Carousel (Reagle Music Theater), Jamie in The Last Five Years (Arts After Hours), Jasiu in Polish Joke (Titanic Theatre Company), Rhode in Three Sisters (Wellesley Summer Theater), and Edwin Ayer in Speakyeasy Circus (Boston Circus Guild and ART). Dan received a dual Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College in Vocal Performance (concentration in Opera and Jazz) and Music Education. As a writer, Dan’s works have been produced locally by The Boston Circus Guild, and ART.

Wendy Lement co-founded Theatre Espresso in 1992. She served as Producer of Wheelock Family Theatre, where she directed award-winning productions of Pippi Longstocking and The Taste of Sunrise. Prior to her appointment at Wheelock, she was a long-time Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Theatre Department at Regis College, where she directed over thirty productions, including: Dancing at Lughnasa, Importance of Being Earnest, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and Steel Magnolias, which won a Moss Hart Award. Her production of The House of Bernarda Alba won the 2000 New England Region's American College Theatre Festival, sponsored by the Kennedy Center. 

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Wendy's chapter "Theatre-in-Education as Catalyst for Civic Dialogue" was published in the 3rd edition of Learning Through Theatre, published by Routledge (2013).She is co-author of And Justice for Some: Exploring American Justice through Drama and Theatre, published by Heinemann Press (2005). Wendy's children's book, Keri Tarr: Cat Detective, was published by Breakaway Books (2004). Her plays include: Woman with the Red Kerchief, Salem's Daughters, King George III vs. Ruth Blay, Voicings: The Story of the Rosenberg Case, Dolphins: The Myth of Persephone, The Legend of the Christmas Rose, and Keri Tarr: Cat Detective (based on her children's book), which won the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's 2002 Unpublished Playreading Project. Wendy holds a Ph.D. in Educational Theatre from New York University.