BFA Acting Senior

Catie Popelka

She/Her

Catie Popelka is an actress from Cleveland, Ohio. Baldwin Wallace credits include Casey in obedience.exe, Irina in Three Sisters, Anna in The Baltimore Waltz, Susie Friend in Uncommon Women and Others, and Catie and the Stolen Pennies Child in Secret in the Wings. In summer of 2025 she toured with the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival as Olivia in Twelfth Night. She has also acted and directed for Radio on the Lakes Theatre at BW and spent two years on BW’s improv team, “Faces for Radio.” She is passionate about working with children in theatre and cannot wait to continue acting and teaching after graduation!

Fun Fact:

Her last name, “Popelka” means Cinderella in Czech!

Based In:

Cleveland, OH

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Headshots one and two both by Michael Kushner

Secret In the Wings Photo by Ursula Saadeh

The Baltimore Waltz Photo by Ursula Saadeh

Three Sisters photo by Steve Wagner

Twelfth Night photo by Paige Weir

Meet The Class of 2026

Your BFA Acting Seniors

Mikayla Adamission

She/Her
You can either find her at the thrift stores or spending time with her amazing roommates and friends!

Lauren Berger

She/Her
I have dual citizenship with Canada!

Gioianna DiGiorgio

She/Her
Interested in origami, and can fold over ten different designs from a single post-it note!

Bradley Hughes

He/Him
I spiral fractured my femur at the age of 5. That type of break is most commonly seen in NFL players.

Mugs Johnson

Kate Jun

She/Her
She has an analog film camera collection! Seven cameras and counting.

Lin Kohne

They/Them
Enthusiastic comic collector and yapper-abouter!

Geneva Millikan

She/They
I have an impressive hot sauce collection that lives on my bookshelf.

Elena G. Thomson

She/Her
She has visited 15 countries!

Baldwin Wallace University's

BFA Acting Showcase

May 2nd · 8:30 pm

Kleist Center for Art & Drama · Berea, OH