Derek Cooper is an actor, puppeteer, writer, and educator born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. After being wildly entertained as a BROS audience member for several years, Derek was cast in 2019's production of Welcome to Shakesville. He has also performed in BROS's Shadow Showdown, pitched and co-wrote  one of the short films in Holes: A Puppet Anthology, and participated in Monster World: Zoo Quest. Derek is a Senior Education Specialist at Port Discovery Children's Museum and performs with several other local theatres throughout the Maryland region. When he's able to steal some free time, Derek enjoys listening to music, writing, taking online courses, and dreaming up new   concepts to entertain and educate his surrounding community.

Carlos Guillen's life in local theater was forever changed when he beheld four complete performances of the BROS DOUBLE FEATURE.  He almost chose never to join BROS so that he could witness their rise to glory as a rabid fan, but the universe had other plans!  Starting with his help on costume lighting in ELECTRIC PHAROAH and culminating in his audio engineering for CHRONOSHRED, AMPHION, and BRIDES OF TORTUGA, Carlos has since chosen to dedicate his blood, sweat, tears, and EARS to further the glory of the BROS mission...TO MELT FACES FOR 7000 YEARS.  BYEW BYEW BYEW!!!

Carly Pursley has been a part of BROS since auditioning on a whim in 2019. She has a Bachelors of Arts from Salisbury University and currently loves using that degree to play on multiple local improv teams and to support the BROS. She has made a name for herself at BROS with her improv, voice, accents, and over-enthusiastic positivity. Some of her favorite moments have been slow-mo mid-air fighting, seducing a band of shadows, and singing a duet with a Sasquach while 5 months pregnant.

Zach is a builder-maker of habitats, sets, stories, furniture, songs, special effects, and codswallop. He is a 15+yr resident of Baltimore city and a MICA alum. By day he works at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and by night he volunteers and has worn a variety of BROS hats starting in 2013. Past roles include Mothertrucker (tour logistics), Production Manager, Script/Song writer and Set designer. He is also a proud supporter of social justice organizations and has pledged to make BROS a space that amplifies the voices of Black and Brown people in Baltimore.

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Bowen Gregory is a performer, video artist, and builder who has taken on a wide variety of roles at BROS, both on and off stage. Their favorite BROS projects include playing a two-headed dancing rat, building a 10-foot seahorse suit, and writing music. Outside BROS, they run a video production company, and teach video at MICA.

Chris Allen has been the trusty Lighting Dragon for BROS since 2012's Valhella, and he's enjoyed every moment. From touring to different cities with Electric Pharoah, getting to run lights for the staged reading of Gründlehämmer at The Kennedy Center, and helping with lighting the Washington Monument right here in Baltimore, it has been quite a ride for Chris so far. He very much looks forward to the next 7,000 years with the company. When not behind a lighting board for BROs or other theater companies like Single Carrot, Chris can often be found making music somewhere around the city.

Anna Platis has been volunteering with BROS since 2011, and designing since 2013. Her BROS design credits include Murdercastle (2013), Gründlehämmer (2014), Chronoshred (2016), the Rock Opera 6-Pack (2015), Amphion (2016) and Artistic Director for Space Kümité (2019) an interactive, sci-fi, martial arts, musical experience. Since 2015 Anna has also been the BROS Captain of Special Events, coordinating numerous BROS fundraising events. Anna is also designs professionaly other companies in Baltimore including Single Carrot Theater and StillPointe Theater. In the future she hopes to continue creating more incredible, unique, experiential events.

Gabe (he/him) is a musician, composer, and writer who started working with BROS 2022 but quickly became deeply involved with the organization. He pitched, composed, co-wrote, and music directed A Computer That Loves (And Why Not to Build One), played in the band for The Gold Night, and co-pitched, co-wrote, and is co-directing Lempira (although by the time you're reading this on our website, that'll probably be past tense). Gabe is a lover of science-fiction, existentialism, and breaking the fourth wall. Outside of BROS he researches cancer epigenetics and drums in the marching band for the Baltimore Ravens NFL team.

Lincoln Goode has a love for being on stage, but really enjoys every aspect of theatre. He first joined BROS in their production of Incredibly Dead! and has enjoyed working in and on their shows ever since, including his directorial debut in Holes: A Puppet Anthology. Lincoln has also had a chance to act as stage manager for other local theatres around Baltimore and has even written a play of his own. Lincoln can also be seen guiding haunted pub crawls through Fells Point, and is excited to graduate college in the spring and transfer to University of Maryland. In his free time, Lincoln enjoys watching scary movies, traveling to new places, and doing just about anything with his dogs.