CHER ÁLVAREZ * (Lou) CHICAGO: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Drury Lane. REGIONAL: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre. TELEVISION: Sugar (Apple TV); Leverage: Redemption (Amazon); NCIS Hawai’I (CBS); Chicago Med, Chicago PD (NBC); Station 1 (ABC); Shamless (Netflix). EDUCATION: BFA in musical theatre, Webster Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. 

PATRICK HEUSINGER * (James) originated the role of James in world premiere of Paranormal Activity last year in the UK. Select theatre credits include Max in Moisés Kaufman’s production of Bent by Martin Sherman at the Mark Taper Forum, the Off-Broadway and subsequent Broadway transfer of Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts, dir. Sheryl Kaller, originating the role of Luke, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Abigail/1702 at NYSF, the first Broadway National Tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot playing Lancelot et al, directed by Mike Nichols, and Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. Select film and television: the main villain in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back starring Tom Cruise for Skydance and Paramount Pictures, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, Ali Selim’s Sweet Land, Absentia, Casual, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, Royal Pains, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl and more.

SHANNON COCHRAN * (Carolanne) OFF BROADWAY: Bug (Barrow Street Theatre, Obie Award winner). TOUR: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, August: Osage County, Cabaret. REGIONAL: Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Cincinnati.  INTERNATIONAL: Bug (Gate Theatre); The Man Who Came to Dinner,  (Steppenwolf Theatre/Royal Shakespeare Company). FILM: Lullaby (October); The Twin, The Ring, Star Trek: Nemesis, Captive State.  TELEVISION:  Ballard, Scandal, The Office, Modern Family, Star Trek: DS9, The Next Generation.  CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE: The Importance of Being Earnest, Dance of Death (Joseph Jefferson Award winner), Buried Child (Writers Theatre); The Christians (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Little Foxes, (Goodman Theatre), Victory Gardens Theatre, Marriott- Lincolnshire Theatre.  Playhouse. EDUCATION: Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. AWARDS: Obie Award, Theatre World Award, several Joseph Jefferson Awards. Cohran recently directed Fallen Angels at American Players Theatre. 

KATE FRY (Mrs. Cotgrave) OFF BROADWAY: A Minister’s Wife (Lincoln Center Theatre). REGIONAL: McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, NJ); Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles); Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.  CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE: Henry V, As You Like It, Henry IV parts 1 and 2 (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Merchant of Venice, The Molière Comedies, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labor’s Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. CHICAGO: The Cherry Orchard, A Winter’s Tale, Ah Wilderness! (Goodman Theatre); Birthday Candles, Mother of the Maid, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Outside Mullingar (Northlight Theatre); Wife of a Salesman, Marjorie Prime, Hedda Gabler, Oh Coward! (Writers Theatre); Mousetrap, The Belle of Amherst, Electra, Caroline or Change (Court Theatre); In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play (Victory Gardens Theatre). TELEVISION: Chicago P.D. (NBC); Proven Innocent (Fox); Boss (STARZ). AWARDS: Joseph Jefferson Award, Sarah Siddons Award, Court Theatre’s Nicholas Rudall Award, Chicago Tribune actress of the year.

NOTEABLE ADDITIONS

Part of the engagements in Toronto, ON

AARON DART (understudy) Training: East 15 Acting School. Theatre Credits: Jack Payne and the Abnormality, (Tobacco Factory, Bristol) Jack and the Beanstalk (Exeter Northcott), Cinderella (Exeter Northcott – nominated for Best Secondary Lead at the UK Pantomime Awards), 2:22 A Ghost Story (UK and Ireland Tour), The Gruffalo (UK and USA Tour), Only Fools and Horses Comedy Dinner Show (UK Tour), Dinner Is Coming (The Vaults), Wombmates (Edinburgh and Plymouth Fringe Festival), Beauty and The Beast: A Musical Parody (Kings Head Theatre and UK Tour), Wuthering Heights (UK Tour). TV Credits: The Stand-Up Sketch Show (ITV), Doc Martin (ITV). Instagram @aarondartmunro94 

CHEYENNE DASRI (understudy) Theatre includes: Understudy ‘Lou’ in Paranormal Activity (Ambassadors Theatre, London); Alice in Wonderland (Brixton House Theatre, London); NewsRevue (Canal Cafe Theatre, London); Horizon (National Theatre Connections, Soho Theatre). TV includes: Riches (Amazon Prime/ITV). Film includes: Fantastic Four: The First Steps (Marvel, Disney).

Part of the engagements in Boston, MA, and on Broadway

ANDREA SYGLOWSKI (Etheline Cotgrave) (she/her) is thrilled to be joining the Broadway cast of Paranormal Activity. Select Credits include: Broadway: Dog Day Afternoon, Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Queens by Martyna Majok, Brooklyn Laundry by John Patrick Shanley (MTC), Amerikin by Chisa Hutchinson and Dig by Theresa Rebeck, (Primary Stages), Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven by Stephen Adly Guirgis (Atlantic) Regional: The Price (Two River), Lost in Yonkers (Hartford Stage), Cry it Out (Humana/Dorset), The Nest (Denver Center), Of Good Stock (South Coast Rep), A Doll’s House and Venus in Fur (Huntington-Winner of the Elliot Norton and IRNE award), and more. TV: “Will Trent,” “And Just Like That,” “Evil,” “New Amsterdam,” “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “How To Get Away with Murder,” “The Good Wife” and more. She is currently appearing as Sammy in the limited series “The Terror-Devil in Silver” on AMC+. Training: USC/Juilliard -recipient of the Robin Williams Scholarship.

CARON BUINIS (u/s Etheline Cotgrave, Carolanne). Broadway Debut. She returns to understudy the roles of Carolanne and Mrs. Cotgrave in Paranormal Activity having completed the US National Tour. REGIONAL: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre: Paranormal Activity, All’s Well That Ends Well: Paramount Theatre Aurora: True West, The Full Monty, Cabaret, Oklahoma!:  Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre: The Music Man, Oliver!: Drury Lane Theatre:  An American in Paris, Murder on the Orient Express, Congo Square Theatre/Steppenwolf 1700: How Blood Go: TimeLine Theatre: The Audience, Chimerica: Asolo Repertory Theatre: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard: Penobscot Theatre: Mary Poppins: Forward Theatre: Mary Jane. Television performances include roles on “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” (NBC). Caron has also performed in various cabaret venues in New York and Chicago.

CAROLINE HENDRICKS (u/s Lou). Broadway debut. National Tour: Paranormal Activity (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theatre Group, Shakespeare Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater). Chicago: Infernal (Malapuzza); Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies (Clementine, Joseph Jefferson Award Nominated Ensemble); The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience (Lady in Waiting); Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook (Junie B. Jones). Comedy Writing/Ensemble: Chicago Comedy Hour (The Second City’s de Maat Studio Theater); Liquidation Sale! (Judy’s Beat Lounge); The Second City Graduate Showcase: TenneSHE William’s The Glass Ceiling Menagerie (e.t.c. Theater at The Second City); It’s a Wonderful Laugh (Bughouse Theater). Television: “Chicago Fire” (NBC). Film: Room Six. Education: BFA Acting, The Theatre School at DePaul University, The Second City Conservatory Graduate at The Second City Training Center Chicago. @carolinehen_ | caroline-hendricks.com

MICHAEL HOLDING (u/s James). Broadway debut. Tour: Paranormal Activity. Regional: TheatreSquared, Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. Chicago: Translations (Writers Theatre), Rutherford and Sons (Timeline Theatre), We are Proud to Present…(Steppenwolf Theatre), Koalas (16th Street Theatre), Posh (Steep Theatre), Truth and Reconciliation (Sideshow Theatre), Shining City (Irish Theatre of Chicago), The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe (First Folio Theatre). Film: Reversed, Vampirus, Finn and the Sea of Noise. Television: Deli Boys (Hulu), Chicago Med (NBC), South Side (Comedy Central). Education: B.F.A. Illinois Wesleyan University. Love to ma’.

NOTEABLE REPLACEMENTS

MELISSA JAMES returns to the role of ‘Lou’ in Paranormal Activity,  a role she originated in the world premiere of the play at Leeds Playhouse and in its London West End premiere at the Ambassadors Theatre. Other theatre includes: ‘Helena’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Exchange); ‘Satine’ Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre); The Magician’s Elephant (RSC); ‘Louise’ Gypsy (Royal Exchange Theatre); Wise Children (Old Vic/UK tour); The Two Noble Kinsmen (Shakespeare’s Globe); ‘Nikki Maron’ The Bodyguard; ‘Bombularina’ Cats (UK tour); Guys and Dolls (Chichester Festival Theatre); and ‘Anita’ West Side Story (RSC/Sage, Gateshead). TV credits include: Castaways (BlackBox Multimedia); The Diplomat (World Productions); Wheel of Time S2 (Amazon Prime); Hard Cell (Netflix/Leopard); Father Brown, Coronation Street, The Split, Ransom, Dead Pixels, Holby City, Silent Witness, WPC 56, Doctors.
– Assumed the role for the engagement in Toronto, ON

JACKIE MORRISON, a Scottish actress known for her extensive work in UK theatre over the last 36 years, returns to the role of ‘Etheline’ in Paranormal Activity,  a role she originated in the world premiere of the play at Leeds Playhouse and in its London West End premiere at the Ambassadors Theatre. She was last seen in Toronto in Sting’s The Last Ship with which she also toured in the US. She has performed in the West End and across the UK with the RSC playing roles such as ‘Desdemona’ in Othello to ‘Mrs Birling’ in An Inspector Calls. She has also worked with The National Theatre. In television she has been a regular in Dr Finlay, Ultimate Force, Head Over Heels to name a few. Working with BBC, Netflix, ITV, CH4.
– Assumed the role for the engagement in Toronto, ON

PIPPA WINSLOW returns to the role of ‘Carolanne’ in Paranormal Activity, a role she originated at Leed’s Playhouse and Ambassadors Theatre in London’s West End. Other theatre includes: Bonnie & Clyde (Garrick and Arts Theatres); Eureka Day, Other Desert Cities (Old Vic); Strangers on a Train (Gielgud Theatre); Buried Child (Trafalgar Studios). US Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera, M. Butterfly (US National Tours); Opal (Off-Broadway). Screen: The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (BBC/Netflix); Silo, Lure (Apple TV+); The Crown, Rebecca (Netflix); The King’s Man (Disney+); Ten Percent, The Piper, Jericho Ridge, Revolution X (Amazon Prime). Recording/Voice Over: Dead Island 2 (video game); People Who Knew Me (BBC Sounds); Bonnie & Clyde (Original West End Cast).
– Assumed the role for the engagement in Toronto, ON

TRAVIS A. KNIGHT (James) (he/him) is an actor, director, and ensemble member at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago. Select Theatre: Turret (Jeff Award nomination, Best Performer in a Principal Role), The Malignant Ampersands, Grey House, Small Mouth Sounds (A Red Orchid Theatre); Paranormal Activity (Shakespeare Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater); The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Toni Stone, Ah, Wilderness!, A Christmas Carol, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Measure for Measure, Camino Real (Goodman Theatre); How a Boy Falls (Northlight Theatre); five seasons at American Players Theatre, selected credits include The Tempest, The Glass Menagerie, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Film: Rabbit, Rabbit; Pornacopia, Inc.; Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party; Survivor, Soldier, Sinner, Savior; Runner. TV: “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Chicago Med,” “Mind Games.” Travis also performs cinematic motion capture for NetherRealm Studios and Raven Software, with credits in Mortal Kombat 1 and the Call of Duty franchise. He was named to Newcity Stage’s Players 50 in 2025. travisaknight.com
– Assumed the role for the engagement in Boston, MA, and on Broadway