Wetback Cast

Maria Caprile (Amalia Portillo)
Maria (She/Her) has served as Artistic Director since 2017. She appeared in Winding Road's main stage productions of Good People, United, and August: Osage County as well as several Winding Reads, including Monica Bauer's Christmas Break and Toni Press-Coffman's Consolation. Maria is a part-time resident of Spokane, Washington, where she was a resident artist at Interplayers Theatre. She was nominated for Arizona Star's MAC award for her direction of The Big Meal, Stupid F*!#ing Bird, and The Fantasticks, which also received a nomination for Best Musical of 2018.
Tony Caprile (Bud Harris)
Tony Caprile (He/Him) has been a member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble since 2017. He has been seen in our productions of The Big Meal, Stupid F*!#ing Bird, Good People, The Fantasticks, United, Death of a Salesman, and August: Osage County. Tony is a part time resident of Spokane, Washington, where he was a resident artist of Interplayers Professional Theatre. He appeared in their productions of Driving Miss Daisy, The Graduate and Rounding Third earned him a Best Actor in a drama nomination from the Spokane Inlander. Tony has also conducted many a set build for Winding Road.
Eddie Diaz (Gustavo Perez)
Eddie Diaz has worked with many theatre companies and he is grateful to be back with Winding Road Theatre! Some of Diaz’s most recent work includes: Santos in Their Dogs Came With Them, Mitchell in Cry It Out, Merperson/Crux in The Mermaid Hour, Father Hartford in Sanctuary, Cheche in Anna in the Tropics, Ariel in Rough Magic, Carlos in The Migration Project and more. In 2018 Diaz received a MAC nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his work in The Fantasticks as Mortimer. In the Spring of 2019, Diaz directed The Parrots of Heaven for WRTs short play festival. Diaz hopes to continue to grow, create and become where he is planted. His ancestors love is still protecting and guiding him. Eddie has been seen in Winding Road's productions of The Fantasticks and United.
Lance Guzman (Cesar Marroquin)
Lance Guzman is grateful be joining the Cast of Wetback. He was previously in Moby Dick and The Orestisa with the Rogue Theatre. He has also appeared in the Scoundrel and Scamp productions The Little Prince and the radio show It Is Magic. He is a University of Arizona graduate with a BA in Theatre Arts and a Graduate of the Bennett Theatre Lab. Wetback is Lance's Winding Road debut.
Matt Milne (Mike Harris)
Matt Milne is a recent University of Arizona theatre arts graduate who loves singing, acting, and tap dancing. He is eagerly awaiting theatres in New York to re open so he can pursue his career as an actor. He is honored to be in this production and hopes you enjoy it.
Brie Zepeda (Samantha Ortiz)
Brie is incredibly excited & humbled to be originating the role of Samantha in Wetback. Zepeda currently lives in Los Angeles & is pursuing a career in acting and combat choreography. Some of her recent credits include the release of her latest feature film All We Have playing at the Harkins in Tucson, Across Sagittarius Street, Never Home & Fallen Saints: SALEM. Zepeda is passionate about telling Latinx stories and couldn't be happier to be apart of this production. ¡Viva México! Brie was seen in Winding Road's production of Buried Child.
Lena Quach (Laurie Harris)
Lena Quach (She/Her) is an OMA Design Team Artist for Tucson Unified School District. Her recent/favorite roles include Sweeney Todd, Consolation, Carousel, The Big Meal, and The Fantasticks, for which she received a MAC Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. She received ballet training with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ballet Arts. Lena has been seen in Winding Road's productions of The Fantasticks and The Big Meal.
Tyler Gastelum (Narrator)
Tyler Gastelum (He/Him) has been a member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble since 2019. A Tucson native, he graduated from the University of Arizona and the Bennett Theatrelab. He now works as a local drama teacher. Favorite roles with Winding Road include Dev in Stupid F***ing Bird and Moritz in Spring Awakening in Concert. Tyler directed shorts in Winding Road's Eight 10's festival in 2019 and 2020, as well as the Winding Read of Dusk​ in 2020.