Through our Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Acting program, our students have immersed themselves in a variety of performances, intensive training and theatrical discipline to expand their versatility and proficiency as actors. Get to know each of them, what they’ve done so far and what they plan to do in the next few years.
Meet the BFA Acting Class of 2025!
Isabella Buonaiuto (They/Them)
Isabella Buonaiuto is an interdisciplinary artist based on the land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. They have recently appeared as Maya in The Last of the Pelican Daughters (Fay Nass). As co-founder of the multimedia artist collective MO!, their artistic interest lies in physical theatre and collective creation.
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Finding my creative community! For me, art-making is a communal practice. Art is a product of the people who create it, and I am grateful to have encountered a community of people I am proud to make art with!
Miles T. Davies (They/Them)
Miles Davies is a disabled, queer, non-binary theatre artist originally from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Miles is fuelled by the mission to make theatre more accessible for all and create spaces for trans and queer artists to thrive. Their recent credits include The Arsonists (Biedermann), The Very Book Indeed (Isaac Jaggard) and TomorrowLove (Jessie).
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
The highlight of my university career has, without a doubt, been the people I’ve met. Being connected with like-minded and supportive people has molded me into the artist and person I am today. Creating art every day with my amazing cohort is a privilege. We have made memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life.
Ekaterina De Boni (She/Her)
Ekaterina is an Italian-Russian-Belgian artist who wants to share her creativity, passion, and love for the arts with the world, hoping that they’ll share it back with her. UBC productions include: TomorrowLove (Casey), Saint Joan of the Stockyards (various), The Very Book Indeed (Mrs. Jaggard/Cleopatra), and The Arsonists (Eisenring)
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Other than creating lifelong friends and colleagues, The Arsonists was my highlight at UBC. I got to play my favourite character I’ve ever played and I worked on a show that I felt was artistically and politically important. I had the greatest time with my cast-mates, worked with an incredible director, and felt overwhelming fulfilment from it.
Paula Goldie (She/Her)
Paula Goldie is a Chilean-Canadian actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer currently based out of Toronto and Vancouver. Recent theatre credits include: The Arsonists (UBC) The Very Book Indeed (UBC), Puttin On the Glitz (Kempenfelt Community Players) and Tomorrowlove (UBC). Screen Appearances include: I Woke Up A Vampire (Netflix), Circuit Breakers (Apple TV +), and The Coroner (CBC).
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
I loved the experience of our Naked Cinema project; producing my own work along with others is such a rewarding and unique experience. We had so much fun taking material from our own lives and feeding it to make something new and alive. It has been such a pleasure to see how our work as artists and and performers has cultivated into our own personal styles over these past four years!
Rainbow Hui (She/Her)
Rainbow is an actress from Hong Kong. Her past credits include Commedia dell’arte (Susan Bertoia), Saint Joan of the Stockyards (Jacob Zimmer), Naked Cinema (Joshua Brad-Lee Garrido), The Very Book Indeed (Moya O’ Connell), and The Arsonists (Stephen Heatley). She knows how to speak Cantonese, English, and Mandarin, and she is always down for a game of mahjong!
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
One of the highlights of my time at UBC was our production of The Very Book Indeed. To me, that was a creation of art about art. As the play discusses the meaning of theatre and the significance of its relationship with the audience, I felt that the whole cast and crew poured their hearts and souls into bringing about the celebration of theatre as a place that honours human nature.
Dahlia-Raphael Kerr (They/She)
Dahlia-Raphael is a non-binary queer performing artist and a recipient of a Centennial Scholars award. Having also graduated from Douglas College’s acting program, they have since performed in local theatre, indie films, commercials, and in drag as Phoenix HellFire. They are a silly little freak looking to create authentic soul filled performances that make people feel alive.
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Creating our unhinged Naked Cinema film, being Truffledino in the Commedia dell’Arte, being Henry Condell in The Very Book Indeed and trying out a monologue from one of my dream roles (the Joker) and turning that into a drag performance. Laugh crying, and also just crying, and also just being so silly with my lovely ensemble who have become family.
Baltzer Musherure (He/Him)
Baltzer is a Ugandan actor currently based in Vancouver. Recent credits include: Schmitz in The Arsonists, Sir Edward Derring & Jaques in The Very Book Indeed, Jo in TomorrowLove, and The King in Commedia Dell’arte.
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Staging the plays we did in the Telus and Frederic Wood Theatres. Doing character exploration, scene work, and rehearsing until we staged the plays was truly a memorable experience. Working tirelessly to ensure we did a good job in rehearsals, then staging the plays in front of hundreds of people night after night, it was a feeling unlike any other!
Raven Mutford (She/Her/Hers)
Raven Mutford is a Vancouver-based actor originally from the Northwest Territories. Her passion began in musical theatre and has since expanded into all aspects of storytelling. Raven is particularly interested in horror, comedy, and music. She strives to approach her work from a collaborative, dynamic, and fun lens!
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Getting to experience the local music scene! Music is my greatest joy, and getting to witness all of the musical talent at UBC at shows like Koerner’s Pub, Redgate and CiTR is such a fun experience.
Lauren Ohh (They/Them)
Lauren Ohh is a Toronto and Vancouver-based artist who is passionate about telling intersectional stories on the page, stage, and screen. UBC credits include: For the Love of Citrus!, Saint Joan of the Stockyards, The Very Book Indeed, and The Last of the Pelican Daughters.
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Watching my friends perform after years of witnessing their dedication was a massive privilege. Being in the audience of The Arsonists made me feel like a Directioner in the front row of the Take Me Home tour.
Moreover, rehearsals for The Last of the Pelican Daughters and co-devising Gnocchi taught me about efficient collaborative processes that I hope to incorporate into future projects.
Alivia Sabatino (She/They)
Alivia Sabatino is a Vancouver-based actor born and raised in BC. Recent credits include Storm in The Last of the Pelican Daughters, John Hemings in The Very Book Indeed, Durham in Saint Joan of The Stockyards, and Celio in For the Love of Citrus, all with UBC Theatre. She also stage-managed Cats Junior with CTORA. Alivia thrives on the transformative power of performance and storytelling.
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
A highlight of mine was working on The Very Book Indeed with my BFA cohort. Getting to be in a production with the artist I’ve grown the closest to and getting to witness their work and play with them every night was such a joy and privilege.
Somnus (They/Them)
Somnus is a non-binary, Scottish/Ukrainian settler from Amiscwaciywaskahikan (treaty 6 territory), based out of the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Co-Founder of independent artist organizations ‘The Chocolate Milk Art Collective’, an experimental short film and cinema house, as well as ‘MO!’, a multidisciplinary art and dance collective, both striving to unite artists in the pursuit of storytelling. Somnus is the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’ Developing Artist Grant for Acting this past year and has immense gratitude for support from teachers, mentors, family, friends as well as their partner.
What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?
Hard to pick one! It would be the people, the sunshine, and all the beautiful resources and facilities I had access to! Studio 128 became a home and a sanctuary to me.
