Building The Wall Cast

Austin Lightning Carrothers (RICK)
Is a NYC based actor, director, singer, and founding member of Troup Enigma. Austin began acting nearly a decade ago throughout the Hudson Valley while working as a carpenter and farmer. Austin moved to NYC in 2023 to receive training from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Since graduating from their company program in the spring of 2025 he has tread the boards, directed an off-broadway show at the Players Theater, done a number of short films, and continues to train weekly at Karl Bury’s Acting Studio. A few favorite roles include M in Lungs, Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Clifford in DeathTrap, Leon Czolgosz in Assassins, Edmond in King Lear, Max in Lend Me A Tenor, and Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency. Austin is represented by Ruth Gravity Artists Agency. Austin is grateful to be working alongside such wonderful creatives on the telling of this story. What excites me about being a part of this show is the timeless nature of the story and the importance that we be reminded of it again and again. I feel fortunate to be working on a project that explores the ramifications of an individual’s choices on society and on himself.
Cecily Lyn Benjamin (GLORIA)
Is an actor, director and writer with degrees from UCLA and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Film and TV credits include: A24's Sing Sing, Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, the web-series, Off-Off Kilter, AFI’s One of the Boys and The Friends. Stage credits include: Freedom’s Last Stand (PeculiarWorks), The Revolutionists (Titan Theater Co.), Squire D. Rathbone, Esq. (NY Fringe) The Color of Justice (National Tour), Verbatim Verboten (WorkShop Thr. with guest artist Olympia Dukakis), and NY Times Critic’s Pick Interchange at the WorkShop Theater. (SAG/AFTRA/AEA) In this tumultuous world that most of us didn’t see coming, we all have a responsibility toward saving our union. I am so glad that I can use art to do my part.