Hey y'all! Here in the US Sep 15th-Oct 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month! Today I'm taking a moment to spotlight all the Latino/a/e/x queens in global productions of Six. Quick note that Hispanic/Latino identities have quite a bit of complexity that I'm trying to factor in while making this post; for further explanation of which queens were/were not included, check the "read more."
Aragon: Phoenix Jackson Mendoza (Brazilian, 21-23 Australian Tour), Gerianne Pérez (Puerto Rican, Boleyn Tour)
Boleyn: Erin Ramirez (Peruana-American, alt B/H/P, Aragon Tour), Analise Rios (Puerto Rican, Breakaway 6.0)
Some stats:
- We still have not seen any Latina Seymours who actually got to debut (although Alizé Cruz did cover the role as rehearsal alt).
- Howard has been played by the most Latino/a/e/x queens, with four principals as well as two alts and a rehearsal swing.
- Meanwhile Cleves and Parr have had three principals as well as two alts and a rehearsal swing; Boleyn has had one principal as well as three alts and two rehearsal swings; and Aragon has had two principals as well as two alts and a rehearsal swing.
A couple notes and definitions:
- All information is from this post. There may be additional info or queens missing, as it's only information I specifically have been able to verify. This list also doesn't encompass the full breadth of many queens' identities; many of them are of mixed race and ethnicity, or of several nationalities. For more info on any given queen, that post has everything I know.
- The terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" are often conflated within the US, but have different meanings. "Hispanic" refers to someone with heritage from a Spanish-speaking country, such as Spain, Mexico, Chile, and Cuba. "Latino" (or Latina/Latine) refers to someone of Latin American heritage, which by broad definition includes South America, Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and some of the Caribbean, including non-Spanish-speaking countries like Brazil. While the month is called Hispanic Heritage Month, it's typically defined as focusing on celebrating those of Latin American descent. As such, I'm not including queens of Hispanic but non-Latin American descent.
- However, there is further debate and difference in identification even beyond that in terms of which countries/people identify as Latin American. For anyone from an area where Latin American identification may differ, such as most of the Caribbean, I generally acquiesced to what the queen themselves identify as. As such, there's very little inclusion of Caribbean queens on this list, because most of them identify themselves as purely Caribbean rather than Latin American.
- This debate also comes up with the many Filipino/Pinoy queens. Many identify themselves as being of Hispanic AND Asian heritage due to Spanish colonization in the region, which would make them Hispanic rather than Latino. Of course, there is a possibility that some of the queens could be have mixed Filipina AND Latina background; however, I don't have anything where any of them identified themselves as such, and so in keeping with specifically Latin American queens I did not include them in this post. (You can find them in the Asian American and Pacific Islander post, however!)
- Additionally, this post does not include Rhiannon Bacchus as she was part of the cancelled Breakaway 2.0 cast. She is Guyanese.
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Photos of Gerianne Pérez, Erin Ramirez, Krystal Hernández, Samantha Pauly, Cassie Silva, Didi Romero, Aline Mayagoitia, Anna Uzele, Gabriela Francesca Carrillo, and Sydney Parra are by Joan Marcus.
All other photos: sixthemusicalau, unsure of origin (Phoenix Jackson Mendoza), _animalise (Analise Rios), janice_rijssel (Janice Rijssel), 0haley0 (Haley Izurieta), briannabritomooney (Brianna Mooney), marilyncaserta (Marilyn Caserta), alize.kealoha (Adrianna Glover and Alizé Ke'Aloha Cruz)
and honestly it just keeps getting better? like VOCALS went off, i’ve never heard heart of stone performed so emotionally (excepting nmp’s last show), kala’s opt-up keeps getting higher, as did vidya’s in the idnyl breakdown (and they both sound FANTASTIC), everything is so sharp but so natural, everything flowed so well and the timing of all the queens is all slightly different but so great
i love how natural it all feels as the run comes to an end, like everything’s settled and the queens are having so much fun with it, and they’re just ridiculously talented
2020 Sydney + 2021-2023 Australia Tour Performance Stats
As always:
- There may be some mistakes. I do know this lines up with Shannen's count of the number of shows they did but the other alts haven't posted their own counts if they have them.
- If you use this information, please credit and tag. sixcostumerefs here, six.costume.refs on Insta.
Chloe Zuel: 76 performances
- performed during the 2020 Sydney run only
Phoenix Jackson Mendoza: 330 performances
- performed during the 2021-23 Australia Tour only
Kala Gare: 421 performances
- 2020 Sydney: 80
- 2021-23 Tour: 341
Loren Hunter: 439 performances
- 2020 Sydney: 81
- 2021-23 Tour: 358
Kiana Daniele: 407 performances
- 2020 Sydney: 77
- 2021-23 Tour: 330
Courtney Monsma: 81 performances
- performed during the 2020 Sydney run only
Chelsea Dawson: 325 performances
- performed during the 2021-23 Australia Tour only
Vidya Makan: 395 performances
- 2020 Sydney: 75
- 2021-23 Tour: 320
Ella Burns: 7 performances
- 5 Aragon, 2 Cleves
- performed during the 2020 Sydney run only
Chiara Assetta: 95 performances
- 31 Aragon, 3 Boleyn, 3 Seymour, 33 Cleves, 18 Howard, 7 Parr
- performed during the 2021-23 Australia Tour only
Karis Oka: 154 performances
- Totalling 13 Aragon, 31 Boleyn, 1 Seymour, 33 Cleves, 43 Howard, 33 Parr
- 2020 Sydney: 1 Boleyn, 2 Cleves
- 2021-23 Tour: 13 Aragon, 30 Boleyn, 1 Seymour, 31 Cleves, 43 Howard, 33 Parr
Shannen Alyce Quan: 102 performances
- Totalling 9 Aragon, 19 Boleyn, 30 Seymour, 2 Cleves, 10 Howard, 31 Parr
- 2020 Sydney: 6 Parr
- 2021-23 Tour: 9 Aragon, 19 Boleyn, 30 Seymour, 2 Cleves, 10 Howard, 25 Parr
Cristina D'Agostino: 7 performances
- all 7 Parr
- performed during the 2021-23 Australia Tour only
Madeline Fansler: 24 performances
- 13 Aragon, 2 Boleyn, 4 Seymour, 5 Parr
- performed during the 2021-23 Australia Tour only
"My name's Catherine of Aragon
Was married twenty-four years
I'm a paragon of royalty
My loyalty is to the Vatican
So if you try and dump me
You won't try that again"
[Megan Gilbert; Renée Lamb; Jarnéia Richard-Noel; Adrianna Hicks; Candace Furbert; Lauren Drew; Jasmine Shen; Chloé Zuel; Jade Marvin; Melinda Porto; Amy Di Bartolomeo; Phoenix Jackson Mendoza; Chlöe Hart; Lauren Irving; Khaila Wilcoxon; Gabbi Mack; Bre Jackson; Gerianne Pérez; Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky; Rae Davenport; Hailee Kaleem Wright; Lee Arum-soul; Son Seung-yeon; Nicole Louise Lewis; Jaz Robinson; Meghan Corbett; Olga Szomańska; Juli Horányi; Annamária Baranyai; Nikki Bentley]
where you may know the new west end cast members from!
rhianne-louise mccaulsky (she/her)
she was most recently alline bullock/understudy tina in tina on the west end
she played rizzo in grease’s 2019 uk & ireland tour
she was an ensemble member and a cover for zahara in bat out of hell in london in 2018 and 2019 (the same production as danielle steers, vicki manser, collette guitart and courtney stapleton)
she was a swing and second cover nabulungi in the book of mormon on the west end in 2017
baylie carson (they/them)
they were most recently an ensemble member and understudied jo and bella in the australian tour of jagged little pill
they played bridget in the 2019 australian tour of bring it on (with phoenix jackson mendoza being in the same production as an ensemble member and cover danielle/nautica)
they’ve been in a number of other australian productions, with credits such as sheena in the boy from oz (alongside phoenix jackson mendoza as gabrielle/linelle and loren hunter as liza minelli), lila/cover girl in lazarus, and ermengarde in hello, dolly!
they competed on the voice australia in 2021, performing “bang bang” and “into the unknown” before being eliminated in the cuts
koko basigara (she/her)
she most recently played lorraine in jersey boys in london
she was an ensemble member and first cover jasmine in the west end production of aladdin from 2018 to 2019
she played allison in guys and dolls in manchester in 2017
from 2015 to 2017, she was an ensemble member and a swing in the west end production of beautiful: the carole king musical
monique ashe-palmer (she/her)
she was most recently an ensemble member and an understudy for nurse norma in the uk tour of waitress, a role which she also played in the west end production in 2020
she played kowalski in the 2018-19 uk tour of madagascar the musical, in which she was also an ensemble member, an onstage swing, and the dance captain
she played fairy everywhere in the pantomime sleeping beauty at the camberley theatre in 2018
leah vassell (she/her)
she made her professional debut in the summer of 2022, playing consuela in west side story at the 70th anniversary ljubljana festival in slovenia
besides that, she has only appeared in productions at arts educational schools, where she trained for her degree in musical theatre
A sequel to my DWD x TF2 Crossover AU. Please Enjoy!
Note:
In this sequel, I will add some of my fav characters if they were in TF2 and of course, these characters are part of PRPL and the second team called Collectors of Youth Antigram Network or CYAN.
TF2 Crossover:
- Darkwing Duck x TF2 Crossover AU
The Team (Part 2)
Meet The Nurse (Marie Mendoza) (My Friend’s OC) (PRPL)
- Support Class
- Medic’s off/on assistant
- Serious, smart and quiet
- Loses her glasses in the battle field
- Carries a medical box or bag
Emblem:
Meet The Widow (Junko Enoshima) (Danganronpa) (CYAN)
- Defensive Class
- Spy’s love interest (maybe)
- A yandere
- Flirty and full of despair
- Poison, a weapon of choice
Emblem:
Meet The Survivor (Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers) (Scooby Doo) (PRPL)
- Defensive Class (?)
- Always hungry and scared
- Secret powers?
- Scout’s bro
- Has a dog name Scooby Doo, who would bring him to the battlefield in order to aid his teammates
Emblem:
Meet The Baller (Splatter Phoenix) (Bella Kinsley) (Darkwing Duck) (CYAN)
- Offensive Class
- Unknown relationship but good friends with Morgana/Alchemist
- Uses poison in her paint
- Dysfunctional artist
- Uses black or cyan paint
Emblem:
Meet The School Girl (Sailor Moon) (Usagi Tsukino) (Sailor Moon) (PRPL)
- Offensive Class
- Scout’s love interest (maybe)
- Sweet and clumsy
- Loves eating
- Always carrying a backpack for carrying supplies
Emblem:
Meet The Troublemaker (Aran Ryan) (Punch Out!) (CYAN)
- Offensive/Defensive Class
- Irish rat
- Demoman’s rival
- Jackson/Toymaker’s arch enemy
- Use either his fists or a spiked bat
- Crazy and reckless
Emblem:
Meet The Ninja (Randy Cunningham) (RC9GN) (PRPL)
- Defensive Class
- Scout’s second bro
- Man of many weapons
- Avid gamer
- Soda lover
Emblem:
Meet The Ranger (Captain Boomerang) (George ‘Digger’ Harkness) (DC/Flash)