Meet the Cast
Contrary to popular belief, the Luna Aqua crew doesn’t actually live on the moon. When they’re not saving lunar colonies, they’re busy galavanting around Hollywood — booking roles, landing gigs, and building out-of-this-world careers back on Earth.
Derek Stusynski
Aster
Derek grew up on a farm in Karlstad, MN, where he discovered his love for acting on stage playing a variety of roles from Peter Pan to the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz.” He moved to New York after high school to study at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Since graduating, Derek has acted in a number of projects between NY and LA, from award-winning shorts "Path to Prologue” and “Eden” to ID’s “Blood Relatives” and “Unusual Suspects.” He even won an episode of ABC’s hit game show “Wipeout.”
Beyond the screen, Derek graduated from UCB and loves flexing his improv muscles. His team "Thoughts and Prayers" won 14 consecutive weeks at The Deathmatch show. He’s also a producer on the “Nice Girls Don’t Win” podcast and “Rob Has a Podcast.”
Writing is another passion of Derek's, which started with the first book he wrote at age 12. He hopes to turn that book into a fantasy series one day. He also wrote and produced a dark comedy series called "The Walking Tedd” and is currently in pre-production for his first horror short, “Snatched.”
IG: @DerekStusynski
Georgia Warner
Stella
Georgia is a creative multi-hyphenate from NYC. Her New York theatre credits include Broadway’s All My Sons (w. Annette Bening & Tracy Letts; dir. Jack O’Brien) and Napoli, Brooklyn (Roundabout), Equus (w. Alec Baldwin), and the world premiere of Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical, which she directed & starred in at the Edinburgh Fringe before leading its twice-extended off-Broadway run. Other notable stage credits include Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at CTG’s Mark Taper Forum (dir. David Hyde Pierce), world premieres of The Pianist and Lyle Kessler’s House on Fire, and dozens of regional theatre productions across the US.
On TV, Georgia can be seen recurring on Amazon’s Gravesend; guest starring on Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, and Law & Order: SVU; co-starring on Younger, Madam Secretary, HBO’s The Deuce, and more. She has also appeared in a slew of indie films, commercials, web series, music videos, video games, comedy sketches, and more staged workshops than she can count.
Outside of acting, Georgia frequently works as a writer, director, enigmatologist (she designed the puzzles in Gaia’s control room!), on-set acting coach, and private audition coach through her eponymous self-tape hub, Georgia Warner Studios.
For more about Georgia and her work: GeorgiaWarner.com.
IG: @VeryGeorgia
Adam Kitchen
General Jackson
Adam is a semi-professional actor. Sometimes. You may have seen him in that one vitamin commercial. But chances are you haven't. When he booked the commercial, his mom said he was going to be a star. His dad said, "You're an actor? Oh, that's cool. I guess."
Adam is divorced.
Adam enjoys eating food, and has great calf muscles. He also currently lives on a boat. He says the boat is a symbol for his fun and adventurous spirit—even though it mostly just stays parked in the dock. But that's OK.
Thanks.
Danielle Dallas Roosa
Janitor Jan
Danielle is the CEO & Founder of The Lunar Light: Discovery. When a mission specialist once asked her what she does at the Luna Aqua Research Base, Danielle laughed and said, “I’m the janitor”—a title that quickly became a character role in the show itself. Danielle created the immersive space-themed experience from the ground up and jumps in as a performer and all-hands-on-deck problem solver to keep the moonbase running.
A lifelong space nerd and granddaughter of an Apollo 14 astronaut, Danielle brings a unique blend of science and storytelling to her work. She's also an award-winning actor and screenwriter who has sold comedy feature films and is currently developing her next project: a space comedy that she’ll star in.
When she’s not building moons in parking lots or directing VR-powered narratives, she’s writing scripts, auditioning, chasing laughs, and reminding people that space can be both meaningful and totally ridiculous.
IG: @DanielleDallas
ALternates
Alex Felder - Aster/Janitor/General Jackson
Felder is an LA-based actor/comedian who you may have seen in a national "Safelite" ad campaign! (So like, technically he was in the Olympics, mom...)
He does sketch and improv with his teams "Corduroy" and "Blood Pact" at the Pack Theater, and regularly performs at the Lyric Hyperion theater in the episodic improv show "Writer's Block." He also has other hobbies, which in the grand scheme of the universe don't really matter. None of this matters. You are a speck of dust.
Enjoy the moon!
IG: @AKA_Felder
Rachel Felstein - Stella/Janitor
Rachel is an actor, musician, and theatre-maker originally from NYC. Last fall, she performed in the first Americanized production of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at the Huntington Theatre in Boston and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. She has performed at BAM, Arena Stage, and Ensemble Studio Theater, among many other theaters around the country.
Rachel has studied music since she was a child, has a Bachelor of Music degree in classical voice from Mannes College at The New School. She has written music for numerous projects, including an original Riot Grrrl musical, wRETCH - the final concert, which won Best Musical at the New York Fresh Fruit Festival. Rachel received her MFA in classical acting from STC’s Academy at George Washington University. During her time in Washington, she was a founder of Her Majesty & Sons - a theater group whose 1970’s rock n’ roll production of Twelfth Night sold out and received rave reviews by local press, including the Washington Post.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Rachel has had the pleasure of graduating from the Groundlings’ improv training program, producing and performing in an immersive Peter Pan-themed variety show called Second Star with an amazing team, and joining the Satin Dollz LA as a singer and aspiring “Pin Up Darling."
IG: @RFelsie
Amanda Lake – Janitor
Though she plays one in the Lunar Light: Discovery VR experience, Amanda Lake is not just a janitor.
Originally from North Carolina, she now lives in L.A. with her husband and the true loves of her life — her two dogs, Louie and Lance. A lifelong moon lover and enthusiastic creative collaborator, Amanda studied acting for four years at the Central Academy for Theater Arts before pivoting into television production. She’s worked across nearly every corner of the industry — from post-production to writers’ rooms to on-set support — with credits spanning FOX, NBC, CBS, Amazon, Disney, and now, the moon.
At Lunar Light, Amanda is proud to lend her talents to a team that has —somehow — kept the moon from exploding every time.
IG: @MandaLakey
Tori Boutin - Stella
Tori Boutin (they/them) is a performer, writer, and musician newly based in Los Angeles, CA (formerly Washington, DC). Tori specializes in improv and sketch comedy with a storied history in Theatre for Young Audiences. Credit highlights include performing with The Second City at The Kennedy Center, and writing two critically-acclaimed young audience musicals: Fantastagirl and the Math Monster, and The Seaside Adventures of Zoey Brine. Tori is a company member of the sketch team "Critical Booby" (twice-champion of the Upright Citizens Brigade Sketch Cage Match). Learn more about Tori’s performance and writing credits at www.toriboutin.com
