{"id":18058,"date":"2023-05-04T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/?page_id=18058"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:42:37","slug":"esteban-andres-cruz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/client\/actors\/esteban-andres-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Esteban Andres Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Esteban-Andres-Cruz-2-1-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18060\" width=\"262\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Esteban-Andres-Cruz-2-1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Esteban-Andres-Cruz-2-1-608x912.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Esteban-Andres-Cruz-2-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Esteban-Andres-Cruz-2-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Esteban-Andres-Cruz-2-1.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteban Andres Cruz is an actor, dancer, singer, composer, choreographer and playwright.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were born in Berwyn and raised in Cicero, IL and starting at the age of 5, growing up on Chicago stages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteban made their off-Broadway musical debut with Norbert Leo Butz and Mary Beth Peil-in <em>Cornelia Street. <\/em>\u00a0They originated the role of Philip in this world premiere musical &#8211; book by Simon Stephens, music\/lyrics by Mark Eitzel, produced at the Atlantic Theater and directed by Neil Pepe.\u00a0 Esteban also originated the role of Venus Ramirez in the world premiere by Stephen Adly Gurgis, <em>Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven.\u00a0 <\/em>For that performance (Esteban\u2019s off-Broadway <em>acting<\/em> debut) they were nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor. Esteban has appeared on many stages throughout Chicago and the US. They have been workshopping <em>The Potluck <\/em>by Cesar Alvarez, <em>Angel y Chupi <\/em>by Daniela Gonzalez y Perez and also the stage adaptation of the Warner Bros \/ Al Pacino movie <em>Dog Day Afternoon <\/em>by Stephen Adly Guirgis.\u00a0 In the play, Esteban has been reading the Chris Sorandan role-the wife-since 2018.\u00a0 The actors who have played Esteban\u2019s husband are John Ortiz, Bobby Canavale and Jon Bernthal. They have also gotten to act with John C Riley as the Brookly detective. Esteban won the Jeff Award in Chicago for Best Actor in Stephen Adly Guirgis\u2019s early play <em>Jesus Hopped the A Train<\/em>.\u00a0 They won the After Dark Award in Chicago for Best Choreography.\u00a0 Esteban sings jazz, studies belly dance and loves gardening.\u00a0Additionally they have performed in <em>Bathouse<\/em>.<em>pptx<\/em> at The Flea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Film: <em>Spa Night, Valley of Bones, The Thin Line,<\/em> <em>A Very Harold &amp; Kumar 3D Christmas <\/em>and <em>Rattled.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TV: \u201cChicago Fire,\u201d \u201cAwkward,\u201d \u201cEasy,\u201d \u201cIdiot Sitter,\u201d \u201cThe Bridge,\u201d \u201cYou&#8217;re The Worst\u201d and \u201cSouth Side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@estebanandrescruz.actor&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.estebanandrescruz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.estebanandrescruz.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esteban Andres Cruz is an actor, dancer, singer, composer, choreographer and playwright.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were born in Berwyn and raised in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18058","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18319,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18058\/revisions\/18319"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}