Cast & Creatives

Sahara Rahas is an actor, model and vocal artist from Arlington, Texas. She was born in Katmandu, Nepal and studied drama at the University of North Texas. She has the distinction of actually having performed at the Texas State Fair. She is fluent in English, Hindi and Nepali.

Roles: Under the name of Sahara Ale, Ms. Rahas has performed the roles of Kat in “Mother’s Milk”; Sister in “Add Subtract”; Yasmin in the story “Talking and Shopping”; and Klara in “Trails End.” She has been with the audio drama since 2017.

Margaux Amie is an actor and commercial print model from Los Angeles, California. She has appeared in “Murder Made Me Famous” and done voiceover work for the Africa. Channel. She has been featured in nationwide commercials for Wells Fargo Bank and Sally Beauty.

Roles: Ms. Amie originated the role “Evelyne the Business Manager”, who has appeared in “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know”, “How Not to Suck at Consulting”, “The Story of Side Pocket”, and “Embisivle Friend”. She has also played the role of Rachel D’Fino. She has been with the audio drama since 2016.

Zoe Anastassiou is a Greek Australian British theatre/TV/film/voiceover actress living in NYC. She has had a disntiguished career in both theatre and television.

Ms Anastassiou won the Eva Gore-Booth Award for Best Female Performance for her role as Del in Carolyn Gage’s new play “Easter Sunday” at The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival; she has been directed in “Three Sisters” and “As You Like It” by Eve Best; she performed the role of Hermia in “Midsummer Nights Dream” at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London; she has performed in London’s Old Vic Theatre on a T. S. Eliot exchange; She was also a member of the Old Vic New Voices Program.

She was a founding member of At Play Productions that presented and has performed in its annual Off-Broadway Celebrity 24 Hour Plays; She is also a co-founder of Helluva Theatre Company and performed as Barbara in their inaugural production of “Major Barbara”; She performed in the film “Festival of Lights” that starred Aidan Quinn & Jimi Mistry; She performed in the short film “The Betrothed” starring Gale Howard; She was the voice for DulcoFibre commercials in Australia. Finally, Ms. Anastassiou can be seen in Amazon second season of “Jack Ryan.”

Ms Anastassiou has a double B.A. in Theatre and Psychology from Middlebury College and an MFA in Acting from the original Actors Studio Drama School/The New School for Drama.

Roles: Faith, Congressional Aide Habi, Mina, a Waiter, Becky Vogelson, a News Person, Cop #2, and Lilibet, Wee Sister Number 1 in “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know,” Maddie in “Maddie the 8 year old Entrepreneur”, and a collection of moms, business leaders, waitresses, impatient customers and others. She has been with the audio drama since 2016.

Debbon Ayer is an actor/writer/producer from New York City.

Theatrical credits include: Television: NCIS: New Orleans, Law and Order, Judging Amy, Joan of Arcadia

Films credits include: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, In the Forest, Death and Cremation, Jennifer 8, Ethan Frome

Theatre credits include: The Geffen Theatre, New York Public Theatre, New York Stage and Film, Signature Theatre, Manhattan Class Company, Naked Angels

Roles: Ms. Ayer has performed the roles of Abby Alton, CEO in “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington,” Sonja Pfiefer, Chief Operating Officer in “How Not to Suck at Consulting”, and Penelope Othmar, Principal of the Lillian Moller Gilbreth School for Disruptive Innovation in “Maddie the 8 year old Entrepreneur.” She has been with the audio drama since 2016.

Ron Bianchi is an actor from Hampton, Virginia. He has performed in “Mama Mia,” “Mother of a Day,” and “Mundane.”

Roles: The Ancient One and Roger-the-typing-impaired-social-media-expert in “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington,” Max and Jurgen in “How Not to Suck at Consulting,” Rick, the business owner in “Story of SidePocket, Mario Scioso, the forgetful F-1 Driver, Harvey the outside board member in “Maddie the 8 year old Entrepreneur,” a nearly a dozen Uber Drivers of various backgrounds, the Ancient One, Erik, Roger the social media specialist, and “the Producer”. He has been with the audio drama since 2017.

Anastasia Deloret

San Demetrio ni Vestini

Ana Deloret is a multicultural actor and voice-over based in Italy. Trained in London and Paris she has appeared in Stan and Ollie, Mission of Honor, starred in La Croix, a Chinese-French independent feature directed by Hu Xueyang and other films in English and French.

Specialised in screen acting, she extended her skills to theatre and made her debut starring in the children play Écris-moi, toured in the United-Kingdom until March 2020.

Now focusing on voice-over, she works in audio-books, dubbing, and audio-dramas.

Roles: Ms. Deloret plays Karine Tissarande, Head of the How We Manage Stuff EU Office in the series “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington” and Aravinda in “Embisivle Friend.” She joined the cast in 2019.

Kota Fudauchi

Tokyo, Japan

KOTA FUDAUCHI is an actor, filmmaker, and director, based in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Theatrical Arts Kindai University in Japan and Studied acting and stage directing with Yasu Ohashi and Kayoko Mori. He’s also appeared in numerous productions as an actor. In 2014, he directed his first short film SUMMER TIME and won “Best Film Not in the English Language” at Southampton International Film Festival in the UK. He creates and produces film, stage, music, fine art, photography, design and art of all kinds.

Roles: Mr Kota plays the role of Gotō Shichirou in Embisivle Friend. He joined the cast in 2021.

Geoffrey Grier is a San Francisco based actor and artist. He is the Director of the San Francisco Recovery Theatre and the creator of works such as “Night at the Blackhawk” and “Profiles in Black.” He created and appeared in the YouTube series “The Mr. Geoffrey Show.”

Roles: Mr. Grier plays Vinny, the founder of the tech startup SidePocket for multiple story lines as well as multiple other roles. He serves as the Associate Artistic Director of the audio drama. He joined the drama in 2016.

Josh LaForce is a singer and actor that is based in New York but is often found at sea. He has sung in Europe and the United States with companies such as the San Jose Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and the United Nations Association International Choir. He is currently an entertainment director for Holland-American Cruise Ships and, hence, often does his performances from a ship in the ocean.

Roles: Mr. LaForce plays Sullivan Bowman, the head of the How We Manage Stuff Washington Office and its Director of Policy and Public Relations, as well as Brannon, the Assistant to Famous Rankin, and Yermo and Brent in “Embisivle Friend.” He joined the audio drama in 2016.

Kit Kuksenok is an artist, actor, and coder living in Berlin Germany. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Roles: Mr. Kuksenok plays the role of Ed Kowalski, CTO of the Internet Giant Talking and Shopping in the series “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington” and Mr. Klempner, the plumbing fixated school janitor in “Embisivle Friend.” He joined the audio drama in 2017.

Noah Masur is an actor and software engineer living in New York City. He film and computer science at Wesleyan University. In addition to How We Manage Stuff, he has appeared in the audio drama Wolf 359.

Roles: Mr. Masur plays Buckley Williams, head of the Federation for a Digital Future in “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington.” He has played Rohit, the How We Manage Stuff IT Guy in “How Not to Suck at Consulting” and other series. He has also played several truck drivers, warehouse workers, Buckley Williams of the Federation for a Digital Future, Andre the homeless guy, multiple police officers (some from Brooklyn and some not) a customer, an unnamed male Congressional aide, and Ben Capardi manager of the Umatillo Server Farm. He joined the audio drama in 2016.

Jakob Minevich is an actor and artist based in New York City. He has appeared in a variety of theatrical productions in the city including “As You Like It,” and “Love’s Labor’s Lost” in Bryant Park, “Cymbeline” in Central Park, “The Tomb” at the Governors Island Arts Festival, and “Knocking on Woodstock” at the Manhattan Theatre Festival. He has appeared in media productions including “Foiled”, “Sterno” and “Creed 2”. He wishes to note that he is not the scion of a Russian oligarch who is bent on undermining the moral integrity of the global technology industry. He plays one in an audio drama.

Roles: Mr. Minevich has played Victor Numerov in “How Not To Suck At Consulting” and other series. He plays Chad Dockerly, reporter, in “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington.” He has been with the audio drama since 2018.

Ethan Madds is an actor, comedian from Liverpool, England. He studied acting at Falmouth University. Over the years he has gained experience performing in everything from street performances to touring Theatre companies. He is also an experienced stand up comedian and events host.

Roles: Mr. Madds plays a variety of roles in Embisivle Frien’. He Joined the audio drama in 2021.

Tehya Merritt is an New York based actor, vocalist, and dancer. She has most recently been featured as an emerging playwright with Theater Alliance in Washington, D.C., as well as a solo vocalist for Unity Center DC. She holds a B.F.A. in musical theatre from Howard University, where she graduated in 2019.

Ms. Merrit joined the audio drama in 2020.

Michelle Thomas Hanson is an actor and voiceover artist from Hackensack, New Jersey. She has performed or stage managed a variety of local theater productions. Her credits include: “Doubt”, “33 Variations”, “All Shook Up”, “Prelude to a Kiss”, “Steel Magnolias” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. Her voice work can be heard in assorted regional commercials, webisodes and corporate industrial eLearnings.

Roles: Ms Thomas-Hanson originated the roles of the Narrator and the Stage Manager for the storyline “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know [about Washington]. She joined the audio drama in 2020.

Josh Wilson is an actor, writer, and audio editor based in Chicago. A graduate of Columbia College Chicago, he has written and performed for The Second City’s comedy studies semester.

Roles: Mr. Wilson plays a variety of roles in Embisivle Friend. He joined the cast in 2021.

Sarah Corbyn Woolf is theatre artist from East Hampton MA. Working primarily with heightened text, she has performed with a variety of companies in NYC and Washington, D.C., including Shakespeare Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company, New York Classical Theater, and The Fools and Kings Project. She co-founded and was co-artistic director of The Woolgatherers Theater Group, with whom she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She holds an MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting at Shakespeare Theatre Company/GWU, and is currently engaged in ongoing research and practice of applying dance, movement, and somatic modalities to Shakespeare training and performance.

Ms. Woolf is the founding cast member of the HWMS Audio Theatre. Setting the standard for future productions, she did her first performance for the drama on a mobile internet connection from in an empty stairwell in a building that belonged to the New School in New York City.

Roles: Ms. Woolf originated the role of Anna-the-Intern. She has also performed the roles of Senator Christine Stassen and Jacqui the new hire. She is also a Senior Cast Member. She has been with the audio drama since 2015.

Mr. Skippy is an actor and border collie from Pocatello, Idaho. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Canine Dramatic Arts in London. He has played Crab in Shakespeare’s “Two Gentleman of Verona” for companies in Europe and the United States, Sylvia in A.R. Gurney’s play of the same name, Wellington in the “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night”, Lucky in Lee Blessing’s “Chesapeake”, and Astra in the Broadway adaptation of “The Thin Man”. He is well known for his solo interpretations of the work of Tom Stoppard including “Doggs Hamlet and Cahoots Macbeth” and “The Dog It Was That Died”.

Roles: Mr. Skippy plays a dog called Skippy who appears “How Not To Suck at Consulting”, “The Story of SidePocket,” and “Maddie the 8 year old Entrepreneur”. In “What Washington Doesn’t Know About Big Tech”, he plays an Irish Wolfhound named Maggie. He has been with the audio drama since 2015.