Rico Santiago

Laughter on the 23rd Floor 2025 [Max Prince] | WIT [Harvey Kelekian] 2021

Rico is thrilled to be working with Masquerade once again! You may have seen him in Masquerade’s virtual play, Wit as Dr. Harvey Kelekian, MD. A South Jersey native, Rico has performed locally and nationally for over 40 years. His most recent credits include: High Fidelity (Rob); Rock of Ages (Lonny); American Idiot (St. Jimmy); In The Heights (Usnavi); The Pillowman (Tupolski). He has also directed many productions in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area. Most recently Jesus Christ Superstar at The Ritz Theater in Oaklyn, NJ where he also serves as the Vice-President. Rico is a 6x NJACT (Perry Award) nominated actor and director. He would like to thank Shawn for trusting him to be “funny” as Max. “Proud of you, bro!”. Thanks to super Stage Manager CB for always holding it down, and the entire Masquerade family for making him feel like family. Thanks to this insanely hysterical cast for all their hard work! Lastly, he would like to thank his most beautiful wife Jennie and his awesome kids for always showing love and support.