G A B R I E L A C A S T I L L O
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Kindergarten dress up party, Havana, Cuba - 1990's
Gabriela Castillo (a.k.a. Gabi C) is a Cuban-born American actor and comedian. She is best known for her supporting roles in the romantic comedy, She's With Me, and the children's movie, Dude, Where's My Dog?! Her stage credits include performances with Urban Theater Company (Chicago, IL), Femslash Festival (Chicago, IL), 24 Hour Play Festival (Chicago, IL), Theatre[502], (Louisville, KY), Teatro Fragmentario (Barcelona, Spain), The Warehouse Theatre (Greenville, SC), Theater South Carolina (Columbia, SC) and Center for Performance Experiment (Columbia, SC).
Gabriela holds an MFA in Acting from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of South Carolina, and a BA in Music and French minor from Northern Kentucky University. In 2021, she was named one of four SNL Scholarship Recipients to attend the Second City Training Center Conservatory Program, with the opportunity to audition for Saturday Night Live.
Gabi was born in Havana, Cuba, and is of African, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese descent. While living in Havana, she studied music at the prestigious conservatory of music, Alejandro García Caturla. In 1998, when Gabi was 11 years old, she and her parents immigrated to the United States. They resettled in Louisville, KY with the assistance of Louisville Refugee Ministries. Her little brother was later born in Kentucky.
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Stage Monologues
Movement & ensemble
song & dance
comedic role bonita
comedic role MS MENDEZ
solo short
GABRIELA CASTILLO
Height:5’8” Build:Athletic Eyes/Hair:Dark brown/Dark brown Ethnicity:Multiracial, Latina Bilingual:English, Spanish Vocal Range:Contra Alto Instrument:Piano
*Current American Passport
Film
Year Role Production Company Director
2019 Cass Woman in the Wall (short) Columbia College Chicago Geneva Sheaffer
2014 Miss Mendez Dude, Where’s my Dog?! Dream Factory Productions Stephen Langford
2013 Bonita She’s with Me Dream Factory Productions Stephen Langford
TV
Year Role Production Company Director
2020 Latinx female Chicago PD S8.E801 NBC Universal Television Eriq La Salle
Theatre
Year Role Production Company Director
2021 Adalina ¿Y tu abuela, Where is she? Visión Latino Xavier Custodio
2021 Susi Beheading Columbus ArtistRep Theatre Diana Burbano
2019 Chalie Back In The Day Urban Theater Co. Raquel Torre
2019 Jen Checkerboard Chicks Otherworld Theatre Natividad Uehara
2019 Willow The Continuing Adventures... Eclectic Theatre Co. Frank Gasparro
2019 Carmen/Collector Sergio’s Museum Theatre[502] Diana Grisanti
2018 Ariel The Tempest The Warehouse Theatre Mallory Pellegrino
2018 Mercy Lewis The Crucible Theater South Carolina Robert Richmond
2018 Madelaine Flight *CPE Repertory Co. Steve Pearson
2018 Williamina F. Silent Sky *CPE Repertory Co. Steve Pearson
2017 Yordanka Erógenas: sexo, amor y fuga Teatro Fragmentario Selene Perdomo
2017 Olivia Twelfth Night, or What You Will Theater South Carolina Louis Butelli
2017 Jenny Mr. Burns, a post-electric play Theater South Carolina Jeremy Skidmore
2017 girl The Water Station *CPE Repertory Co. Robyn Hunt
2017 Mollie Animal Farm the Musical Theater South Carolina Stan Brown
2017 migrant Clearing *CPE Repertory Co. Robyn Hunt
2016 Julie Così Theater South Carolina Steve Pearson
*CPE=Center for Performance Experiment
Workshops
2021 Adalina ¿Y tu abuela, Where is she? Visión Latino Playwright: Nelson Diaz-Marcano
2021 Susi Beheading Columbus ArtistsRep Theatre Playwright: Diana Burbano
2019 Chalie Back in the Day Urban Theater Co. Playwright: Miranda Gonzalez
2019 Carmen/Collector Sergio’s Museum Theatre[502] Playwright: Steve Moulds | Dir:Diana Grisanti
2017 Mult. Characters The Underground Longstreet Theatre Playwright: Matthew Dean Marsh
Education
Second City Training Center (Chicago) Conservatory Program, 2021- ongoing; Writing Program, 2021- ongoing
University of South Carolina (Columbia) Master of Fine Arts, Theatre, Professional Actor Training Program, 2019
Northern Kentucky University Bachelors of Arts, Music, French Minor 2014
Training
Second City Training Center, Chicago
Conservatory Program (ongoing 2021)
Writing Program (ongoing 2021)
Auditioning for Film & TV (2021)
Advanced Improv Level 1& 2 (2019)
Coached Improv Ensembles with John Hildreth (2019)
Acting Coach James Tompkins (ongoing)
Acting, mask, character
Green Line Performing Arts Center, Chicago (2020)
Writing for Genre Theater by Derek McPhatter
Professional Actor Training Program, University of South Carolina (2016-2018)
Tadashi Suzuki Movement and Shogo Ohta's slow tempo with Robyn Hunt
Ki study with Steve Pearson
Voice and Singing with Stan Brown
Shakespeare text with Steve Pearson
Acting
Bollywood Dance Louisville (2015, 2016)
Classical Indian and Bollywood Dance by Mehru Hassan
Jasla
India Day Festival
World Fest at the Belvedere
Northern Kentucky University (2005 - 2009)
Ballet with Thomas Bell
Lester Horton Technique and Modern Dance
Piano Performance with Sergei Polusmiak
Commercials
Primary Hero One (Back Up) for Anhueser Busch Let's Grab a Beer 2.0 (2021)
Principal for Optimum Cable, (2015)
Supporting for 2014 Superbowl Dorito's Commercial Competition, Pharaoh's Secret (2013)
Principal for Speedway Superamerica, Fountain Palooza (2011)
Principal for DJ Byrider, Corazoncito Valentines (2011)
Director
"Lady Alhambra" an original solo show by Gabriela Castillo (Sp 2018)
“The Pavilion” by Craig Wright University of South Carolina (Fl 2017, Sp 2018)
“All My Sons” by Arthur Miller University of South Carolina (Sp 2017)
Production Assistant
Musical Documentary Un Sueño Cubano produced by Papito Project, Barcelona, Spain (Su 2017)
"Erógenas: Sexo, Amor, y Fuga" by Teatro Fracmentario, Barcelona, Spain (Sum 2017)
Pianist | Accompanist
Three Pianos One Accordion Concert, Pianist Muhamed Braco Skopljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Su 2016)
World Fest at the Belvedere (2016)
Dialect Coach
“Bloodline Rumba” by John Chenault, Graduate Theatre Program, University of Louisville (2015)
Special Skills
Piano, Singing (contra-alto); Flute; Tropical Dance; Modern Dance; Yoga; Afro-Cuban Dance; Mask; Spanish; French; Bicycle; Rollerblade; Cook;
Certified Medical Interpreter; Runway; Pageant Title Holder; Swimsuit Model; Power tools; Wiggle eyebrows
Teaching
2018 Teaching Artist Accessible Shakespeare The Warehouse Theatre
2016 - 2018 Graduate Instructor of Record Fundamentals of Acting University of South Carolina
2015 - 2016 Piano Instructor Piano and Composition Private
2013 - 2016 Teacher, Instructor Spanish; Arts and Humanities Jefferson County Public Schools
