Artist Profile
RJ Navarra Balde II is stoked to return to Chance Theater after joining the cast to launch the company’s TYA Series as Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland in 2015. Hailing from Oxford, Michigan, he attended theatre programs at Oakland University and Western Michigan University before moving to Southern California. RJ now works as a full time actor in theatre (José in Lilies of the Field with Detroit Lighthouse Theatre, Maat Gxastly in Sockhop on Saturn with Klubhouse Arts, and Pozzo in Waiting for Godot and Antonio, the Merchant of Venice, in 2021’s virtual theatre A Wilderness of Monkeys with Ophelia’s Jump Productions), national commercials (Hims, Amazon Alexa, Ford, IQOS Philippines) and UGC (Carpe, Jiffy Lube).
You could be anywhere tonight and RJ is grateful to you for choosing live theatre.
Peace, love, and mango lassi.
IG/Twitter/TikTok @RJtheCunning
