Meet Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi

Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi is co-founder and the Artistic Director of The Actors Gymnasium where she also serves as master teacher, choreographer, and director of The Professional Training Program.

She is a second generation circus performer spending her formative years traveling the country with her family's teeterboard troupe and performing with Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus. Her family was indoctrinated into the Circus Ring of Fame in 2019.

Sylvia is an ensemble member of The Lookingglass Theatre Company and has added her special brand of circus movement to over eighteen of their productions including CIRCUS QUIXOTE which is currently running.

Sylvia received The 3Arts Award for Design (2014), and the Award of Honor for Outstanding Contributions by The Illinois Theater Association (2015), and four Joseph Jefferson Awards.

About Little Red

The Actors Gymnasium is proud to announce LITTLE RED, an original circus theatre production created and directed by Heidi Stillman, with circus choreography by Artistic Director Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi. The show features Kat Hoil, Madie Doppelt, Kaitlyn Andrews, Kylie Anderson, Julie Matolo, as well as members of the Gym’s Teen Ensemble.

Inspired by the 17th-century fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood, LITTLE RED is a captivating movement piece exploring the thrilling and mysterious journey of Little Red facing the biggest, baddest foe of them all - The Wolf. But who is the Wolf? And who is Little Red? Discover the answers—and the questions—in this circus tale of innocence, fear, and transformation. LITTLE RED created and directed by Heidi Stillman and Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi coming to Actors Gym this Spring!

Show Dates:
March 1 - March 30th, 2025
Saturdays 4:30pm & 7:30pm shows
Sundays 3:00pm show

*Not suitable for audiences under 5

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