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Current Ensemble

Aamer Arboleda

Ramon
Charriez

Josie
Dykas

Diane
Herrera

Eddie
Martinez

Keith
Privett
Alumni Honor Roll

Sofía Arroyo

Sofia Sofía is an actress and a writer who takes advantage of every artistic opportunity that comes her way in the form of theater, film, poetry and script writing. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago with training in both theater and film and with a passion for cultural history. Sofia enjoys challenging opportunities where she can utilize many of her skills. Sofia enjoys working with the ¡Salsation! family because "we eat, drink, fight, and swear in Spanish - I feel at home." She is elated to take part as an active writer and also to perform an array of characters. Sofia is no stranger to having "multiple personalities" as she has played a student, an old church lady, an eccentric homeless person, and a vixen in the show, Transit Blues. Sofia has also had her poetry published and she has performed as a poet at the 2000 Chicago Jazz Festival. Sofia is preparing to move to L.A. to pursue film and TV work.

2001-2002
Ancestry: Boricua
(Puerto Rican)

Sandra Chavez

is a Tejana, a native from South Texas. Her theater debut came early at the age of 3. Throughout her Elementary and High School years, she participated in community and School Theater. She graduated with a BS in Fashion Design / Marketing from the University of North Texas; and has been fortunate to enjoy a successful design career. Her design career brought her to Chicago and days after her arrival, she attended one of Second City's Main Stage Performances, and fell in love with the theater all over again. She immediately enlisted in classes and feels very fortunate to have been a part of ¡Salsation!. Sandra recently appeared in "Teddy Blessing's Adult Swim" at Live Bait.

1998,1999-2001

Ancestry: Tejano
(Mexican-Texan)

Joseph A. Nuñez*
(please read in a Michael Caine voice) is a native Chicagoan who grew up aspiring to one day to become a world renowned Cardiovascular Surgeon. Instead, he became an Actor / Improvisor for the high stability and abundant financial reward synonymous with such a lucrative and specialized field. In hindsight, Joe credits his adoring mother who dragged (or is it drugged?) him out at a very young age to his first Second City Revue. Since then, Joe has written and / or performed with The Annoyance Theater, The Improv Olympic, and with The Second City National Touring Company. Beyond Salsation, his other Chicago credits include: The Fandom Menace (Chicago and L.A. Companies): and the improvised indie film Crushed directed by Lauretta Tagli. Joseph would like to thank God, family and friends, and this vary talented cast, for their love, support, and an occasional loan. He now resides in L.A. and performs with Salsation spin-off Barrio Speedwagon at ImprovOlympic West.

1998-2001

Ancestry: Chicano
(Mexican)

Eva Rios
As a well-rounded entertainer, Eva has been singing, dancing, and acting since she was a child. Professionally, she began her entertaining career as a dancer in a hip-hop dance group in high school. Through the years she has sung at various venues such as corporate functions and weddings. Within the last year she has improvised at ImprovOlympic with Path of Daggers and Phalanx. Her education consists of one year at ImprovOlympic studying under such greats as Susan Messing, Miles Stroth, and the fantastic Del Close. She has taken on scene study class at Center Theater under Robin Witt. On top of all this she has worked fifty to sixty hours between two jobs. Driving is her specialty -- especially a manual car. Eva now lives in Los Angeles and performs with Salsation spin-off Barrio Speedwagon at Improv Olympic West

1999-2001

Ancestry: Boricua
(Puerto Rican)

Other former Salsationistas prior to not-for-profit incorporation (1998-2002): Ricky Carmona*, Sean Cordobes*, Tilda Del Toro*, Paula Lopez*, Danny Mora*, Ron Nieves*, Cheryl Santiago, Manny Sosa, Paul Vato* (*founding members).

*Current Ensemble* Aamer Arboleda Ramon Charriez Josie Dykas Diane Herrera Eddie Martinez Keith Privett	*Alumni Honor Roll*
	*Alumni Honor Roll*

	*Sofía Arroyo*	Sofía is an actress and a writer who takes advantage of every artistic opportunity that comes her way in the form of theater, film, poetry and script writing. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago with training in both theater and film and with a passion for cultural history. Sofia enjoys challenging opportunities where she can utilize many of her skills. Sofia enjoys working with the ¡Salsation! family because "we eat, drink, fight, and swear in Spanish - I feel at home." She is elated to take part as an active writer and also to perform an array of characters. Sofia is no stranger to having "multiple personalities" as she has played a student, an old church lady, an eccentric homeless person, and a vixen in the show, Transit Blues. Sofia has also had her poetry published and she has performed as a poet at the 2000 Chicago Jazz Festival. Sofia is preparing to move to L.A. to pursue film and TV work.
	*2001-2002* Ancestry: Boricua (Puerto Rican)
	*2001-2002* Ancestry: Boricua (Puerto Rican)

	*Sandra Chavez*	is a Tejana, a native from South Texas. Her theater debut came early at the age of 3. Throughout her Elementary and High School years, she participated in community and School Theater. She graduated with a BS in Fashion Design / Marketing from the University of North Texas; and has been fortunate to enjoy a successful design career. Her design career brought her to Chicago and days after her arrival, she attended one of Second City's Main Stage Performances, and fell in love with the theater all over again. She immediately enlisted in classes and feels very fortunate to have been a part of *¡Salsation!. Sandra recently appeared in "Teddy Blessing's Adult Swim" at Live Bait.*
	*1998,1999-2001* Ancestry: Tejano (Mexican-Texan)




	Joseph A. Nuñez*	(please read in a Michael Caine voice) is a native Chicagoan who grew up aspiring to one day to become a world renowned Cardiovascular Surgeon. Instead, he became an Actor / Improvisor for the high stability and abundant financial reward synonymous with such a lucrative and specialized field. In hindsight, Joe credits his adoring mother who dragged (or is it drugged?) him out at a very young age to his first Second City Revue. Since then, Joe has written and / or performed with The Annoyance Theater, The Improv Olympic, and with The Second City National Touring Company. Beyond Salsation, his other Chicago credits include: The Fandom Menace (Chicago and L.A. Companies): and the improvised indie film Crushed directed by Lauretta Tagli. Joseph would like to thank God, family and friends, and this vary talented cast, for their love, support, and an occasional loan. He now resides in L.A. and performs with Salsation spin-off Barrio Speedwagon at ImprovOlympic West.
	*1998-2001* Ancestry: Chicano (Mexican)



	Eva Rios	As a well-rounded entertainer, Eva has been singing, dancing, and acting since she was a child. Professionally, she began her entertaining career as a dancer in a hip-hop dance group in high school. Through the years she has sung at various venues such as corporate functions and weddings. Within the last year she has improvised at ImprovOlympic with Path of Daggers and Phalanx. Her education consists of one year at ImprovOlympic studying under such greats as Susan Messing, Miles Stroth, and the fantastic Del Close. She has taken on scene study class at Center Theater under Robin Witt. On top of all this she has worked fifty to sixty hours between two jobs. Driving is her specialty -- especially a manual car. Eva now lives in Los Angeles and performs with Salsation spin-off Barrio Speedwagon at Improv Olympic West
	*1999-2001* Ancestry: Boricua (Puerto Rican)


	Other former Salsationistas prior to not-for-profit incorporation (1998-2002): Ricky Carmona, Sean Cordobes, Tilda Del Toro, Paula Lopez, Danny Mora, Ron Nieves, Cheryl Santiago, Manny Sosa, Paul Vato* (*founding members).