"The standout performance comes from Jay Romero, who plays Angela. Romero’s portrayal is stellar, capturing Angela’s strength and vulnerability with remarkable depth. He is engaging, and one finds oneself keeping eyes on him for the entirety of the show."

— Yani Perez Theatre Pizzazz

About Jay Romero

-ABOUT-

Jay Romero is a first-generation Salvadoran-American actor from Long Island, New York. His recent stage credits include La Viuda ("The Widow") with The Dog Team Theatre Project at Atlantic Stage 2, The Desire of the Astronaut at Pregones/PRTT, Bertha The Sewing Machine Girl, Indians, and The Pot Boiler at Metropolitan Playhouse, and The Magic School Bus National Tour with TheatreworksUSA. He has also collaborated with the Astoria Performing Arts Company Plays and Players Theatre in Philadelphia, and various Latinx theater companies in New York City. Jay holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia and is a proud Actors’ Equity Association member.

Jay lives in the Big Apple and is an uncle of 13 nieces and nephews.

"We are all similar, no matter where you come from. We all love, feel pain, experience joy, and sometimes suffer. My goal is to create art that brings people together. By being of service to a character, I hope to remind people that we are all in this together and that life is too short to build walls." - Jay Romero