Someone Like Me / In Whose Eyes? Cast

(she/her/they) Bianca Foscht, Austrian actress and filmmaker was born in Graz, Austria, as the second of five children and has Slovenian and Italian ancestry. Growing up in the suburban Austrian area Bianca was convinced to become an actress and filmmaker at the age of 12. Foscht is fluent in German, English and speaks basic Italian and in addition to filmmaking, acting and dancing. She loves trying new kinds of sports (martial arts is on her to-do list), learning new accents, and riding her horse.

Angelika Giatras (she/her) is a Greek-American, actor, writer, and producer. She has performed and produced in Chicago, Los Angeles, and most recently in Edinburgh for this year’s Fringe Festival. Favorite credits include: Susannah Shakespeare in THE BOOK OF WILL, Bianca in OTHELLO, the Second City Sketch Revue IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AND WE BLOW IT, and God in BROKEN PLANET. Angelika has appeared on CHICAGO MED and the web series HOME FEED. She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade.

Molly (she/her) is a comedic actor who started stand-up at 16 years old in Missoula, MT, and received a BA in theater from Occidental College here in LA. You’ll find her performing characters, acting (she’s currently “Mattie Fae” in August: Osage County that runs October 10-13 at El Portal Theater), writing and producing short films. She’s been running the sketch team Critical Booby since 2022, they post digital sketches on Youtube (@criticalbooby) and perform around LA, utilizing musical elements in their shows. Check out past projects on her website (https://mollykauffman1.wixsite.com/website) or follow her on Instagram @molly.kauffman.

Roslyn Mizgorski (she/her) is an actor, director, and filmmaker. She has performed in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Her favorite credits include Emily Webb in OUR TOWN, Alice Sycamore in YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, and Victor de Lancie in LONELY AT THE TOP. She recently directed and produced a short film for the LA 48 Hour Film Festival. She is a member of The Burbank Chorale and Worst Ever Productions. Roslyn is a graduate from Temple University where she studied Communications, Theater, and French.

SAG/AFTRA AEA Actor, Playwright, Producer Avant Artists Agency George Kappaz, playwright for In Whose Eyes? is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Gunther on the CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light. Additional New York television credits include ABC daytime dramas One Life to Live and Ryan’s Hope. Theatre credits include John Sr. in Now or Later, Marco in A View From the Bridge, Leslie in Seascape, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Phil in That Championship Season, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Moon in The Real Inspector Hound, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, de Quadra in Vivat Vivat Regina, Paul in Company and Philant in The Amorous Flea which was performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He was also part of the writing team for the daytime children’s show Chip and Pepper’s Cartoon Madness, which aired on NBC. George Kappaz graduated from Wayne State University’s Hilberry Repertory Company with a Master of Fine Arts (Theatre), where he received classical training.

Kirsta Peterson is thrilled to be playing Gabriella in the world premiere production of “In Whose Eyes?”. Her Los Angeles theater credits include Kate in Seminar (Hermosa Beach Civic Center), Lucius in Cymbeline (The Porters), Rosemary in Rosemary with Ginger (The Lounge Theater), Sam in Some Girls (Aquila Morong Studio), One in Nine (Aquila Morong Studio). Kirsta has also worked extensively in theater Off-Broadway and has performed and directed many Shakespeare productions. She recently made her film directorial debut with her film, The Class, which was an Official Selection at the LA Shorts International Film Festival. On screen she has appeared in Super Pumped, Home Coming, Solidarity, The Mindy Project, The Last Ship, Bad Judge, The Thundermans, Dis-Abuse (Finalist, Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival; Honorable Mention, Roma Shorts Festival), and Breakfast (Official Selection, South by Southwest Film Festival). She holds a BFA in Drama from NYU, and studied at the Stella Adler Studio and the Royal Academy London. AEA / SAG-AFTRA. www.kirstapeterson.com.

Suzanne studied with Stella Adler and William Esper in NY, appearing in productions Off Broadway, at Lincoln Center, SoHo Rep and many other venues. In Los Angeles she works regularly in film and television, and can be seen in the Netflix hit Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and in upcoming films Broken Tides and Found Footage. On television Suzanne will guest star on the highly-anticipated Mindy Kaling series Running Point, starring Kate Hudson. Past TV credits include Magnum P.I., Grace and Frankie, Criminal Minds, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Mindy Project, Monk, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, That 70s Show, Friends and many others. Favorite film roles include the Duplass Brothers' zany Manson Family Vacation, Uncross the Stars with Barbara Hershey, and You, Me & Dupree, starring Matt Dillon and Owen Wilson. Suzanne appears frequently in theatre productions on the west coast, and is a member of Road Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre and Rogue Machine. Her work at other theatres includes a widely-praised Polly in Other Desert Cities at ICT, as well as roles at the Laguna Playhouse and La Mirada. She is thrilled to be part of the inaugural production of this fascinating play.

William Salyers - Bill is perhaps best known for his voice acting and performance-capture work. He has voiced animated series such as CN's "Regular Show" as Rigby, Adult Swim's "Moral Orel," as Reverend Putty, and WB's animated Batman '66 feature films, in which he voiced the Penguin. He also appears in popular video games such as "Marvel's Spider-Man" for Insomniac/Sony in the role of Otto Octavius/Doc Ock, Mordin Solus in “Mass Effect 3,” for Bioware, and multiple characters in both “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” and the “Fallout” franchise for Bethesda. He loves working on new and original plays and recently closed runs of the interactive shows "Shakespeare Inc'' at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and "Escape From Godot," for Mister and Mischief. Bill is a former 20+ year member of Actors' Equity.

Walter Rodriguez is an actor born and raised in Southern California. After studying political science and theatre at the University of California, Irvine, he journeyed east to study and practice law in Boston for the better part of decade. While there he served in leadership positions for several bar associations and educational institutions. He recently moved back to Los Angeles to court his lifelong love of acting. His theatre credits include roles in Mary Stuart, Mercury Fur, and Fuddy Meers, and most recently in Come Sundown at the Santa Monica Playhouse.

Elizabeth is excited to be working on In Whose Eyes with Johnny, George & Carra. Her most recent work was as Margaret Thatcher in a Call of Duty trailer, a parole board examiner on Law & Order, Organized Crime and she just wrapped an independent feature, Mama Duck, playing a successful attorney with a slight drinking problem whose attempts to reconnect with her adult children go awry. When not at the theatre, she's hiking, writing or being an Uber driver for her teenagers. www.elizabeth-southard.com