CAST
Celeste Oliva
As Detective Linda Patton
Celeste Oliva is an award-winning actor of the stage and screen. Along with her lead in "Confidential Informant," her upcoming roles include Marie on Hulu’s hit series "Paradise" and Camille Russo in the Amazon series "56 Days." She’s also garnered roles in the films "American Fiction," "I Care A Lot," "Exorcist Believer," Eva Viktor’s "Sorry, Baby" and "Salem’s Lot." She’s played recurring characters in HBO’s "We Own This City" and CBS’s "Bull," and has guest starred in "Grey’s Anatomy," "NCIS Hawaii," "Blue Bloods," "The Blacklist,” “FBI: Most Wanted," and many others. Onstage, The Boston Globe called her a “tour de force” for her“riveting solo performance” in George Brant’s "Grounded."More recently, she received an Elliot Norton Award for her role in"Tiny Beautiful Things." She’s appeared both in regional productions and off-Broadway, including roles in "Ch’inglish,"for which she received a Best of Boston award, "Between Riverside and Crazy," and "Arcadia." Celeste is also a book narrator and voice actor. She’s repped by The Lisa Lax Agency and managed by Entertainment Lab. Follow her on Instagram:@actingcelested.
Courtney St. Gelais
As Eric Driscoll
Courtney St. Gelais (they/she) is a theatre practitioner, teaching artist, director, and film actor. Much of their professional work has been inspired by the works of Shakespeare. This influence is seen most recently in their professional directorial debut with the award-winning world premiere of Jillian Blevin’s queer historical dramedy, “Romeo and Her Sister,” which was produced and staged at the New Hampshire Theatre Project. The production earned awards for outstanding direction of a professional play and outstanding lead and supporting actors. As a film actor, in addition to her lead role in “Confidential Informant,” she’s appeared in the short films, “Smack-Man Resurrected,” “Avery,” and “Spin.” Spin has won multiple awards at the Rome International Film Awards and the Sweden Film Awards, and was also accepted into the Festival De Cannes short film market in 2022. Courtney also teaches artists of all age groups, inside and outside the classroom, and holds a BFA in Acting from Salem State University. They currently reside in Manchester, New Hampshire with their husband, Tyler, and their two corgis, Eevee and Seiko.
