Cast

Rachel Hanauer (she/they) (Tess/Walkie Talkie) is a singing actor, educator & stage director in RI. She frequently collaborates on new music and theater and recently sang the premiere of the opera You do not recognize the bodies in the water and co-directed Ned Rorem's Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters at Contemporary Theater Company. As a director of opera and theater, she has directed shows such as The Diary of Anne Frank, Hans Krasa's Brundibar, Menotti's The Telephone, Barber's A Hand of Bridge, Vaughan-Williams' Riders to the Sea, Alice in Wonderland and more. She teaches applied voice, opera workshop & music theory & appreciation at URI and Providence College. www.rachelhanauer.com
Jeff Lavender (he/him) (Hot Topic Teen)--songwriter and multi-instrumentalist--is excited to be making his debut with The Harpies’ One Providence Place: A Mall Musical. A Rhode Island Lifer (so far), Lavender has spent the past 20 years writing and producing his own music, performing under the moniker Valencourt from 2006-2018, which was a featured act on Vans’ Warped Tour’s Acoustic Basement Stage, and most recently under his own name with 2023’s “Look Alive” EP.
Nicky Mariani-Wilson (she/her) (Mom/Mall Hole) is thrilled to be a part of One Providence Place. She is co-producer, writer, and stage manager at The Empire Revue, Providence’s funniest sketch and variety show. Nicky has also worked on plays such as It’s a Spaceship Now (The Wilbury Theatre Group), A Brief History of the Earth and Everything In It, Vacancy, Ghost Story (Elemental Theatre), Idle (2016 Motif Award, “Best Intimate Performance”), Sans Everything (Strange Attractor Theatre Company). She was also a creator and performer in the acclaimed original Benny’s: The Musical (2018 Motif Award, “Best Social Media Campaign”) (The Empire Revue).
Javi Merida (he/him) (Squidge) is excited to perform on stage for the first time in years since focussing on various other disciplines and creative projects. A designer and illustrator by trade, he's most recently contributed to small independent video productions as an animator and VFX designer. He's also accrued background talent credits in some film productions as well. 
Subhadra Newton (she/her) (Ramona) is delighted to sing and act onstage with the cast of One Providence Place, her first musical in many years. She also performs as an Audiobook Narrator and is a Meditation Guide leading monthly Gong Healings in RI and MA. As a narrator, one of the middle grade audiobooks she’s worked on is Star Wars - Quest for the Hidden City. In her free time she loves exploring nature, being creative and spending time with her 2 precious cats. linktr.ee/subhadra.newton
Lisa Peterson (she/her) (Dresden Cappuccino) is thrilled to take the stage with The Harpies. She returned to the theater in 2023 after a thirty-year hiatus, and her passion has officially been reignited. Her full-time job is as Chief Operating Officer at VICTA, a fully integrated behavioral and medical healthcare facility in Providence. VICTA will be the clinical/medical provider at the first state-regulated Harm Reduction Center in the United States. (www.victalife.com) When she is not working or singing, she keeps busy lobbying for drug policy reform, being a dog mom, and reading all the books.
Emma Sacchetti (she/her) (Mark) is so excited to be performing alongside the cast of One Providence Place! Emma is a local improviser and actor!!
Christina Smith (she/her) (Riley) is so excited to be performing musical theater again! One Providence Place is her first production since doing high school theater at Cranston West almost a decade ago, and Riley is her first ever featured role. In addition to her day-job as a Video Editor, Christina has a dance background and particularly loves tap--she still meets up with her friends from Tap Out Loud, a student-run tap dancing group at Wheaton College, every week to run combos. Much love to her family, friends, and cat for supporting her on this journey.
Amanda Tardif (she/her) (Shane) is thrilled to be working with The Harpies. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Tampa, where she also earned a BA in Visual Arts. Previous credits include Something Rotten!, Beauty and the Beast, and Almost, Maine. In addition, she has performed at ZooTampa's “Creatures of the Night” event as the Swamp Witch, and has been acting for the Boston troupe of The Murder Mystery Company since 2021.
Tina Wolstencroft (she/her) (Dolores DeLaw) started out performing as an improviser and sketch comedy actor. She began pursuing a career in voice acting in 2019, has recorded over 65 audiobooks, and is a member of SAG-AFTRA. She has an extensive collection of both wigs and PEZ dispensers. Tina loves pub trivia, ice cream, and her neighborhood's songbirds.