Ann Marie Wilding (Henrietta Leavitt) is thrilled to make her debut on the Sierra Madre Playhouse stage as Henrietta Swan Leavitt and she is delighted to share in this storytelling with such an incredibly talented creative team. Ann Marie graduated with her BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen at Azusa Pacific University. She's continued her education studying at Joe Anthony Studio, Independent Shakespeare Company and Upright Citizens Brigade. Ann Marie won the Bechdel Test Festival Best Short Play for her original short play Lilies from Iron.  Last performing as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa at Open Fist Theatre Company, previous credits also include Claire in Downtown Repertory Theatre Company's world premiere of It's Alive, and Maria in Twelfth Night.  A big thank you to Barbara for this wonderful opportunity. Long live the Ladies of the Logbook - Astronomers by profession. 

Candida Celaya (Annie Cannon) This is Candida’s first artistic endeavor with SMP and she could not be any happier! Candida has been performing in theatre for over 30 years. Roles of note include HALL of FINAL RUIN (La Tules), IN THE HEIGHTS (Abuela Claudia), SOUTH PACIFIC (Bloody Mary), OKLAHOMA (Aunt Eller), and LEND ME A TENOR (Maria Merelli). She is very honored to be working for a theatre and Creative team who believe and participate in inclusive casting!  Thank you so much, Barbara, for the opportunity to just be the best actor I can be. ~ For all my BIPOC Creatives out there ❤❤❤

Aubrey Saverino (Williamina Fleming) is a professional actor, director and theater professor with an MFA from The Old Globe/USD. She has performed on screen (including Adam Sandler's The Week of on Netflix), and onstage in New York, California, and around the country. Highlights include Regan in King Lear, Maria in Twelfth Night (The Old Globe); Lady Percy in Henry IV, Viola in Twelfth Night (Independent Shakespeare Co.); Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, the Princess in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Orlando Shakespeare Theater); Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (Capital Repertory Theatre); Catherine Givings in In The Next Room (SD Repertory Theatre); additional credits include La Jolla Playhouse, Chance Theater, Furious Theatre Company and more. She teaches at Fullerton, Moorpark and Ventura Colleges. www.aubreysaverino.com IG: @aubreysaverino

Madelyne Heyman (Margaret Leavitt Understudy) is so excited to join the Sierra Madre Playhouse and this incredible team for Silent Sky. Recent credits include Alison in Fun Home (Conundrum Theatre), the Steward and others in Into the Woods (Domino One), and Will You Accept This Rose: The Bachelor Parody Musical and Weed Shop the Musical (Art Time Presents), both of which she also co-wrote and directed. Other recent directing credits include Significant Other and Peter and the Starcatcher. Madelyne performs regularly across Los Angeles with her musical improv team, Adele Dazeem. Occasionally she is hired to sound like other, more famous people. // @madmadsrose

Gloria Tsai (Annie Cannon Understudy) is a Taiwanese-Texan actor/voice actor who moved to the LA area in late 2018 to take her acting career to the next level. In 2019, she worked with LA Arts Commissioner & former East West Players Artistic Director, Tim Dang, who directed her in The Joy Luck Club here at Sierra Madre Playhouse (SMP). She returned to SMP during the lockdown for a virtual production of Yellow Face by D.H. Hwang. She also was in a virtual production of Sex by Mae West through Play *Your Part Seattle in December of 2020. Gloria is excited to return to SMP as the understudy for the role of Annie Cannon in Silent Sky. More at GloriaTsai.com or @glowtsai on all socials.

Chris Granlund (Peter Shaw Understudy), after his time in the Marine Corps, found his passion for acting at his hometown community college, Las Positas. During which he performed in several shows including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Titanic the Musical, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Heathers. He moved to LA where he attended Theatre of Arts Acting Conservatory, where he now teaches stunts and stage combat, and was cast in many productions with New York Film Academy, American Film Institute, Vet TV, and Chapman University. He also performed on stage in Sweeney Todd, Den of Thieves, and Light It Up.