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!!!

Kim Le is a multidisciplinary theatre artist with a background in improv comedy and immersive theater. Currently, she performs and teaches with Baltimore Improv Group and is also affiliated with Submersive Productions. Her day job involves project management as well as UX research and design. She has been with BROS since 2017’s Chronoshred, and has served a wide variety of roles ranging from front of house volunteer to production manager, writer and showrunner. When not doing community theater, she can be found biking long distances and making whimsical food sculptures.

Starting with  Murdercastle, Lucas the Wizard (he/him) has volunteered as a stage manager, fight choreographer, snake handler, pyrotechnics specialist, crew, props, gore, circus liaison, FOH manager, bartender, actor, showrunner, co-writer/director of Lempira: Oro y Sangre, and currently serves as BROS' Magician In Residence.  

Outside of BROS he is an award winning magician (2015 Best Late Night Performer, City Paper), board game designer, and Community Advisor for the Voyages series with the National Aquarium since its inception in 2022.  In his free time he enjoys Lego, consuming Star Wars media, pineapple pizza, sharks, dinosaurs, and can throw a real mean dart.

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Hello! I'm Sebastian Ochoa, I am a latino immigrant and musician, i was born in Honduras and came to Baltimore in 2014. I first got involved in BROS with Glitterus, and have been involved ever since in different aspects, mainly as part of the bands. After Glitterus I've done Love and Roar!, A Computer That Loves, and Lempira. Outside of BROS, I work with several bands in Baltimore, Virginia, and Washington D.C.

Nate Daley has been involved with BROS since 2023, when he met Mace Morningstar at the Waverly Farmers Market. Since then, he has performed in Gold Night, Lempira, and served as the vocal director for American Vamp. He has also taken on the role of recording the cast albums for the last two productions. A musician his whole life, he has performed music from almost every genre, from classical to R&B to metal. He studied music at the High School for Music and Art and Performing Arts in New York and then in college at Berklee College of Music in Boston.  He adds to the already deep pool of knowledge in terms of music production and recording. He lives in downtown Baltimore with his family.

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Chris Reuther is a multidisciplinary artist with a background in Illustration and currently specializes in puppetry and creature fabrication. He has been making monsters and casting shadows with BROS since 2013. He is also the show creator of Love & ROAR! (2022), and served a stint as Puppets Captain. Other local groups he is affiliated with include Submersive Productions, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and Strand Theater. A lifelong fan of creatures both natural and unnatural, Chris started drawing monsters at a young age and continues to do so to this day (preferably while listening to surf rock).

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.