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Sir Toby Belch, Antonio, Sea Captain Sea Antonio, Belch, Toby Sir
POST, COMMENT, SHARE, EXPLORE EXPLORE SHARE, COMMENT, POST,
for Malvolio
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Curio, Feste Curio, Aguecheek, Andrew Sir for Budde Patrick ; Sebastian, Fabian, Valentine. Fabian, Sebastian, for Toledo Wesley Maria; Olivia, for Smith Marie Kate ;
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance: Lynn Robert Berg* Berg* Robert Lynn performance: the of time the at made is announcement specific a unless players listed for substitute never Understudies
Viola for Ellison Mae Charlotte ;
Orsino for Morgan Colin ;
; Ronald Roman Roman Ronald ;
sidekick to Sir Toby and suitor to Olivia Olivia to suitor and Toby Sir to sidekick AGUECHEEK, ANDREW SIR
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Pictured: Rebecca Hurd and Neal Moeller, Moeller, Neal and Hurd Rebecca Pictured: friend and rescuer Sebastian’s ANTONIO,
SEBASTIAN,
DOMINIC CONTI* DOMINIC BERG* ROBERT LYNN
NATE SANTANA NATE brother twin Viola’s
Viola’s rescuer Viola’s CAPTAIN, SEA
LYNN ROBERT BERG* ROBERT LYNN
VIOLA,
“Cesario” as disguised be to shore, Illyria’s on shipwrecked
Visitors to Illyria Illyria to Visitors
REBECCA HURD REBECCA
PRIEST
NIK KMIECIK NIK
servant FABIAN,
DIAZ DONOVAN
FESTE, FESTE,
the Fool the
WILL MOBLEY* WILL
MALVOLIO,
the Steward the
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Olivia’s gentlewoman Olivia’s MARIA,
LYDIA BERGER GRAY* BERGER LYDIA
SIR TOBY BELCH, TOBY SIR
Olivia’s uncle Olivia’s
OLIVIA,
Countess the
KRYSTEL LUCAS* KRYSTEL The Countess’s Household Household Countess’s The
RONALD CONNER* RONALD
CURIO,
courtier
NIK KMIECIK NIK
VALENTINE,
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COLIN MORGAN COLIN
THE STORY Illyria of Duke ORSINO,
The Duke’s Court Duke’s The
NEAL MOELLER* NEAL
CAST
KIRSTEN KELLY KIRSTEN adapted and directed by by directed and adapted
WALSH KATHRYN
the real Sebastian sets all aright in Illyria. Almost... Illyria. in aright all sets Sebastian real the
MASON BOB Coach Verse
washed ashore in Illyria, looking a lot like Cesario. At last, the appearance of of appearance the last, At Cesario. like lot a looking Illyria, in ashore washed
CARRIE TAYLOR CARRIE
Casting
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Now, as it turns out, Viola’s lost twin Sebastian is actually alive and well—and well—and and alive actually is Sebastian twin lost Viola’s out, turns it as Now,
Stage Manager Stage DEPPE ETHAN
Sound Design Sound & Music Original
VEAL MELISSA
Olivia entrusts Malvolio into the care of her uncle, who locks the steward up to cure his “madness.” his cure to up steward the locks who uncle, her of care the into Malvolio entrusts Olivia MATT HAWKINS MATT Design Make-up & Wig
instructed—decked out in garters and yellow stockings. Dismayed by his peculiar behavior, behavior, peculiar his by Dismayed stockings. yellow and garters in out instructed—decked Fight Choreography Fight
DAVIS SCOTT
HEALY RACHEL and Maria look on as Malvolio discovers the letter and offers himself to his mistress as as mistress his to himself offers and letter the discovers Malvolio as on look Maria and Design Scenic
GREG HOFMANN GREG Malvolio—a forged letter of love supposedly from the Countess to her steward. Toby, Aguecheek Aguecheek Toby, steward. her to Countess the from supposedly love of letter forged Malvolio—a Design Costume
Lighting Design Lighting Malvolio, despised by all as a killjoy. Olivia’s gentlewoman Maria plots their revenge upon upon revenge their plots Maria gentlewoman Olivia’s killjoy. a as all by despised Malvolio,
TWELFTH NIGHT TWELFTH WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM written by by written Olivia—party late into the nights. Olivia tries to maintain order in her house through her steward steward her through house her in order maintain to tries Olivia nights. the into late Olivia—party
Olivia’s uncle Sir Toby Belch and his sidekick Sir Andrew Aguecheek—who also hopes to win win to hopes also Aguecheek—who Andrew Sir sidekick his and Belch Toby Sir uncle Olivia’s
her veil of mourning and, as she does, Olivia falls head over heels in love with this stranger. this with love in heels over head falls Olivia does, she as and, mourning of veil her
fallen for the Duke, she undertakes Orsino’s embassy. As Cesario, Viola urges the Countess to drop drop to Countess the urges Viola Cesario, As embassy. Orsino’s undertakes she Duke, the for fallen
his confidence, and sends his page as his ambassador in love to Olivia. And though Viola has already already has Viola though And Olivia. to love in ambassador his as page his sends and confidence, his
as “Cesario” seeks employment in the house of Duke Orsino. Orsino immediately takes Cesario into into Cesario takes immediately Orsino Orsino. Duke of house the in employment seeks “Cesario” as presents
a strange land and fearing that her twin brother is dead, she takes on a young page’s disguise, and and disguise, page’s young a on takes she dead, is brother twin her that fearing and land strange a
Ray and Judy McCaskey Education Chair Education McCaskey Judy and Ray
A young woman named Viola, shipwrecked in a storm at sea, washes up on Illyria’s shore. Alone in in Alone shore. Illyria’s on up washes sea, at storm a in shipwrecked Viola, named woman young A MARILYN J. HALPERIN J. MARILYN
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Olivia has declared seven years of mourning for her dead brother and will see no one—and matters matters one—and no see will and brother dead her for mourning of years seven declared has Olivia
Creative Producer Creative
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Executive Director Executive
BARBARA GAINES BARBARA
CRISS HENDERSON CRISS
EDUCATION Director of Education and Communications WE ASKED THE CAST... Ray and Judy McCaskey Education Chair MARILYN J. HALPERIN Education Outreach Manager JASON HARRINGTON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S HAVE YOU EVER BEEN Learning Programs Manager MOLLY TRUGLIA Education Associate ROXANNA CONNER IN Education Intern BEX EHRMANN A LOVE FOOL ARTISTIC Associate Producer HEATHER SCHMUCKER
RONALD CONNER Sir Toby Belch STAFF Producing Associate DOREEN SAYEGH I was in high school, it was the weekend, and Company Manager DANIEL J. HESS Tour Manager WILL CAVEDO my family had just moved into a new house. I Casting Assistant LAURA DURHAM TWELFTH asked my mother to borrow the car to take out a Assistant Director ELIZABETH SWANSON girl I’d been trying to date for a while. My mom Assistant Company Manager SALVADOR F. GARZA Arts Leadership Fellow KEVIN M. SPELLMAN said she needed her car but hadn’t yet returned Casting Intern BEN MAGNUSON the moving truck. ‘What?’ So now I have the Assistant to the Creative Producer JACK EIDSON choice: taking my date in a moving truck or cancelling—and losing Company Management Intern JACK LOWRIE her love to the 6’9” small forward with the sweet jump shot. ‘Give PRODUCTION me the keys to the U-Haul!’ Director of Production CHRIS PLEVIN Associate Director of Production JEFF WILLIAMS LYDIA BERGER GRAY Maria TWELFTH NIGHT Production Coordinator JoHANNAH HAIL Production Office Manager SEAN KATHLEEN ROCKE When I was a senior, one of my best friends Production Management Apprentice SARAH GEIS and I had a huge fight. Over a boy! I can’t Assistant Stage Manager ANDRA STURTEVANT, AEA recall the details, but it ended in us ‘breaking Stage Management Intern CASSIDY WILLIAMS up’ the way that best friends do... dramatically SCENERY NIGHT and forever. Then one day when we were both Assistant Scenic Designer LAUREN NIGRI in college, she called out of the blue and we Twelfth Night Technical Director ROBERT L. WILSON talked and talked. It was like no time had passed. Years later, she Twelfth Night Technical Assistant SETH RANDALL-TAPPLY Tour Technical Director ADAM TODD would be the maid of honor in my wedding. Scenic Technician TONY JAKSHA Scenic Artist CHRISTINE RX BOLLES REBECCA HURD Viola House Carpenters JACK BIRDWELL ADAM HELD One frigid Minnesota morning, I spelled ‘Happy MICHAEL JANSSENS Birthday!’ on my boyfriend’s lawn in Reese’s, NATHAN SERVISS his favorite. I was a sophomore and completely ADAM TODD in love. I sat in my car and watched as he COSTUMES drove up, saw the message, and pulled out his Costume Shop Manager RYAN MAGNUSON phone, calling someone. I waited for the ring. It Assistant Costume Designer MEGAN TURNER never came. Turns out he thought (for years…) that it was one of CST Costume Design Assistant CATHY TANTILLO Costume Shop Assistant REBECCA DOROSHUK his ‘guy’ friends, not me, his girlfriend. Head Draper LISE STEC Draper MAGGIE HOFMANN KRYSTEL LUCAS Olivia First Hand RUTHANNE SWANSON Stitchers GRETA HUMPHREY In college I once attended a class (that I was YAS MAPLE not registered in) in hopes of seeing my crush. AMY PRINDLE It just so happened to be a day he was out sick, Crafts Supervisor MELISSA BOCHAT so not only did I not see him, but I was stuck in Crafts Artisan D.J. REED Wardrobe Supervisor ELIZABETH COFFIN his Astronomy class for two whole hours... Swing Dresser KATE GRUDICHAK Costume Apprentice EMILY OWENS WILL MOBLEY Feste LIGHTING When I was a young man I loved a girl, or at Lighting Supervisor ERIC BRANSON least I thought I did. But she didn’t love me Assistant Lighting Designer VICTORIA BAIN back. What she did love were red jelly beans. I Electrician JOHN KELLY LEAD TEAM SHAKESPEARE PARTNER decided to collect a whole jar of red jelly beans SOUND for her birthday. Bag after bag, I sorted out the Sound Supervisor JAMES SAVAGE A.N. and The Harold and MAJOR SUPPORTERS OF red ones—eating a fair few of the other colors. Associate Sound Supervisor PALMER JANKENS Pearl G. Barnett Mimi Steinberg TEAM SHAKESPEARE Foundation I gave her the jar and felt triumphant... until I saw her eating Sound Engineer ANDREW SOURS Charitable Trust Additional support perennially funded by The Malott Family Student Access Fund, The Ray and Judy McCaskey Education Chair, them with her boyfriend. I never gained her love but probably WIGS AND MAKE-UP Pritzker Foundation Team Shakespeare Fund and The Segal Family Foundation Student Matinee Fund. gained a few pounds. Head of Wigs and Make-up MELISSA VEAL Wig & Make-up Assistant JESSIE “JAX” CONTRERAS SHAKESPEARE 400 CHICAGO LEAD SPONSORS Wig & Make-up Apprentice MIGUEL PEREZ Wig Knotter KATIE CORDTS MAJOR 2015/16 SEASON SUPPORTERS
PROPERTIES CST Properties Supervisor CASSANDRA WESTOVER The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Twelfth Night Properties Master ERIN OHLAND Charitable Trust Cover, from left: Rebecca Hurd, Properties Carpenter LISA GRIEBEL La Shawn Banks, Neal Moeller Lead individual and foundation support provided by Eric’s Tazmanian Angel Fund, Susan and Lew Manilow, Raymond and Judy McCaskey, and Krystel Lucas, photos by Properties Artisan TAYLOR ELY Burton X. and Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Timothy R. Schwertfeger and Gail Waller, and Donna Van Eekeren Foundation. Michael Brosilow and Michael Litchfield Properties Intern CLAIRE RITCHIE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT CAST
REBECCA HURD LYDIA BERGER GRAY (Viola) makes her Chicago debut at Chicago DONOVAN DIAZ (Maria) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Theater. Regional credits include: , DOMINIC CONTI (Fabian) makes his Chicago debut at Chicago where her credits include: The Taming of the , Super Monkey RONALD CONNER (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) returns to Chicago The Master Butcher’s Singing Club ) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Shakespeare Theater. Donovan spent five months Shrew and Short Shakespeare! productions of Blue Stockings , Stage Kiss (Guthrie Theater); Romeo LYNN ROBERT BERG (Sir Toby Belch Shakespeare Theater, where he appeared in and The Comedy of LA SHAWN BANKS (Antonio/Sea Captain) returns to Chicago as an acting apprentice with American Players A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Juliet, As You Like It, The Merchant Theater, where credits include Chicago Shakespeare Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Theatre in Spring Green, WI, where his credits (Malvolio) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Errors . Other Chicago credits include: The Merry of Venice (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks); Shakespeare Theater, where credits include Short in the Parks production of Shakespeare’s Greatest Other Chicago credits include productions with: , Othello and Theater, where his credits include Short productions of Romeo and Juliet productions of Romeo include: Pride and Prejudice Wives of Windsor , Jeeves Takes a Bow (First Folio Shakespeare! Hits and Short Shakespeare! A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Edward II. Other Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other regional credits Pride and Prejudice (Northlight Theatre); Shakespeare! Macbeth and Macbeth . Other Chicago credits include and The Taming of the Shrew. Other Polaroid Theatre); (Creede Repertory Theatre); and Hiding in the Open , The Liar , and Juliet Next Theatre, The Second City, Plasticene, Noble The Normal Heart, No Child... and Chicago credits include: Isaac’s Eye King Hedley II, The Talented include: Pygmalion , The Importance of Being Earnest (Shaw (History Theatre). Upcoming credits include Arcadia The Turn of the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Writers Chicago credits include: , , Old Glory, Fool Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, Mary-Archie Stories (Illinois Theatre). Donovan received his Chicago Theater Company); Love’s Labor’s Lost Travels with My Aunt Theatre). Regional credits include: the title role Tenth (BTAA Award - Best Actor in an Ensemble, (American Players Theatre). A National YoungArts The Duchess of Malfi, To the Green , Les The Theatre Co., First Folio Theatre and A Red Orchid BFA in acting from the University of Illinois at Screw, Othello, of Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor Seven Guitars and Dancing at Lughnasa (Oak Park Festival Theatre); Silver Award winner, Rebecca received her BFA in , The Crucible, Congo Square Theatre); Theatre. Regional credits include: Lost Angels Urbana-Champaign, after graduating from Joliet Fields Beyond (Writers Theatre); The Wheel Misérables, The Tempest, Hay Fever (BTAA Award - Best Lead Actor, Court Yellowface (Silk Road Rising); and Arsenic and Old acting from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie , Piano Lesson Theatre Company, Odyssey Theatre, Williamstown (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Execution of (Great Lakes Theater); Major Barbara Central High School. “What I’ve grown to love the Lace (Drury Lane Theatre). Regional credits include Theatre Actor Training Program. As a freshman first (Remy Hamlet Theatre). Regional credits include: The Piano Lesson Theatre Festival and The Kennedy Center. He Justice (About Face Theatre); The Island , The Taming of the The River Niger most about acting Shakespeare is the range of seven productions with Artists’ Ensemble and five King Lear , Romeo and Juliet (Portland Stage Company); Macbeth, studying Shakespeare, she remembers “getting , Henry V, Cymbeline regularly tours with the Reduced Shakespeare interpretations I get to choose from and play with. Bumppo Theatre); A Year with Frog and Toad Shrew, The Comedy of Errors Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (St. Louis Black tours with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks and so frustrated—why did he have to use so much and Company. Film credits include: Nothing in Los Figuring it all out can feel like a puzzle.” (Chicago Children’s Theatre); and five seasons Fiona’s Fortune and Schools. After graduating from Auburn High School poetry?” But in college, his work came alive for (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Twelfth Night Repertory Company). He is an ensemble member Angeles, Voodoo Possession, of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Goodman The Fantasticks! (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare in Rockford, Lydia received her BFA in acting from her, the way that Shakespeare’s characters “speak and at Congo Square Theatre Company. Ron was 20 Martian American. Dominic received a BA in Theatre). Regional credits include productions Northern Illinois University. She decided that she directly to the audience, inviting them to become Festival). Lynn holds an MFA from the University when he chose acting as his career. When he’s not English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. with: American Players Theatre, Indiana Repertory wanted to be an actor when she was seven years part of the story. This is what makes live theater of Delaware Professional Theatre Training Program. acting, he loves writing, playing catch with his son, He was 21 when he chose acting as a career. His Theatre, Cleveland Play House and Notre Dame old, “but I also wanted to be an astronaut then.” magical—the coming together of the actors’ He likes acting because it “forces me out of my and watching battle rap. What Ron enjoys most first introduction to Shakespeare was in tenth Shakespeare. La Shawn attended a performing storytelling and the audience’s imagination.” comfort zones, and to confront the truth of who I am about acting is “finding my character and finding the grade, when his class watched Zeffirelli’s Romeo arts high school in Buffalo. First introduced to when placed against other characters. Also it’s fun. poetry in the language.” and Juliet , and he enjoyed it. What he enjoys most Shakespeare in seventh grade, La Shawn recalls: Also it’s hard.” about acting Shakespeare is all the “fantastic, “I loved it! I wanted to read ALL the plays!” What funny, tragic, strange characters he created.” he loves about Shakespeare is that “his characters are so flawed and deeply human—that’s always fun stuff for an actor.”
NATE SANTANA COLIN MORGAN (Sebastian) makes his Chicago Shakespeare returns to Chicago Shakespeare NEAL MOELLER (Valentine) Theater debut. Other Chicago credits include: WILL MOBLEY makes his Chicago debut at Chicago (Orsino) Theater, where his credits include: Sense and Marvin’s Room (Shattered Globe Theatre); KRYSTEL LUCAS (Feste) makes his Chicago Shakespeare Theater , and the Chicago Shakespeare Shakespeare Theater. New York credits include: Sensibility, Pericles Ironbound (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Balm NIK KMIECIK (Olivia) makes her Chicago debut at Chicago debut. Other Chicago credits include Days Like (Theater 54); Pinocchio’s returns to Chicago Shakespeare Prospero in The Tempest in the Parks production of Shakespeare’s Greatest in Gilead, Golden Boy (Griffin Theatre); White Tie (Curio/Priest) Other Shakespeare Theater. New York credits include Today (Writers Theatre). Regional credits include: (The Barrow Group Ashes (Theater for the New City); and Macheath Hits. Other Chicago credits include: No Beast So Theater, where he appeared in Henry V. Couriers and Contrabands (The Riverside Theatre). Ball, Momma’s Boyz (Teatro Vista); Comrades Mine The Hound of the Baskervilles, Other Desert Cities, in The Threepenny Opera Fierce, The Jungle, Romulus (Oracle Productions); Chicago credits include: Pinocchio: A Folk Musical Theatre Company) and Love’s Labor’s Lost (City Lit Theater Company); The Rainmaker (BoHo A Christmas Carol (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Regional credits include the title role in Macbeth The Explorer’s Club (Windy City Playhouse); (Filament Theatre); the Baker in Into the Woods, (Shakespeare in the Parking Lot). Regional credits Theatre); The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and and Leo Frank in Other Desert Cities (Arizona Theatre Company); (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); and Prince Henry and Bellboys, Baggage, and Bears (Redmoon). Bobby Strong in Urinetown include: The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Juliet (First Folio Theatre); What Happened When The Taming of the Shrew, The Critic, Of Mice and in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (Notre Dame Shakespeare Regional credits include productions with: Palace Nate has been Parade (North Central College). Nik received his Night’s Dream (The Old Globe); Macbeth, Death and Slipping (the side project). Men, Richard III, The Admirable Crichton, Twelfth Festival). Film credits include Manna from Heaven. Theater in the Dells, Midtown Arts Center, Door BA in musical theatre from North Central College. and the King’s Horseman (Oregon Shakespeare nominated for two Jeff Awards and is a graduate Night, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, The Two Neal received his MFA in acting from University of Shakespeare, Playhouse on the Square, Circuit He was in his sophomore year at Community High Festival); Good People (Alley Theatre and Dorset of the School at Steppenwolf. He received his BA Gentlemen of Verona (American Players Theatre);, Illinois. Thinking about what he enjoys most about Playhouse and StageWest Theatre Company. School in West Chicago when he performed in Theatre Festival); and In the Next Room or The (tour), Macbeth from Valparaiso University after attending high A Midsummer Night’s Dream acting, Neal responds, “All of it. The collaboration Colin received his BA in music from Iowa State his first musical, “and from there on out I knew Vibrator Play (Syracuse Stage and Repertory and The Merchant of Venice school at La Porte High School. When Nate’s Great Expectations of artists. The joy of rehearsals and performance. University. When he’s not acting, he loves making being on stage was what I wanted to pursue.” Nik Theatre of St. Louis). Television credits include not acting, he’s “usually at the dog park chasing (NBC). (Utah Shakespeare Festival). Will is a graduate of But mostly, I get to be the advocate for this music with friends, cooking, and being outdoors as says that one aspect of acting he enjoys the most Jessica Jones (Netflix) and The Blacklist squirrels with my two dogs—one is actually the Savannah College of Art and Design. He knew interesting, conflicted character in the world of the much as possible. What Colin enjoys most about is “those moments where an audience member Krystel received her BA from University of North rescued from Thailand!” Asked what he enjoys from when he was very young that he wanted to play we have created.” acting is the storytelling. “Plays bring us closer connects to a character, especially when that Carolina, Asheville, and her MFA from the NYU most about acting, Nate says that, “It helps me pursue acting, though he chose it “officially” as a together, stick us in a room, and engage you. It person identifies with that character and feels like Graduate Acting Program. She was introduced to better understand others and the world.” in career in his early teenage years. Will also plays in expands our world view, and all you have to do is they have similar qualities.” to Shakespeare “reading Romeo and Juliet a band and likes to write. be present. Show up. Be there. Engage.” Mrs. Lawson’s ninth-grade English class. I loved it because she was so excited to teach it, and it really sparked my interest.”
Chicago: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. CREATIVE , The School for Lies, Sunday in KATHRYN WALSH The Normal Heart (TimeLine Theatre Bergerac , A Year with Frog and Northlight Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, , Othello: The Remix (Verse Coach) CST: The Comedy of Errors Company); Frederick the Park with George and The , Henry VIII, The Feast Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre); and KIRSTEN KELLY American Theater Company, Next Theatre, Elizabeth Rex, Follies, The Madness of (verse coach) (Director) returns to Chicago Shakespeare TimeLine Theatre Company, Victory Gardens , The Comedy of Madness of George III (Assistant Director). Teddy Ferrara (Goodman Theatre). Regional George III , Twelfth Night The Theater, where she directed last year’s Theater, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. , Rose Rage: Chicago directing credits include: credits: Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Errors, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (upcoming), Women National Theatre of Scotland, Great River Short Shakespeare! production of Macbeth Regional: Alliance Theatre, Milwaukee Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3. Canada: Stratford Convent of Pleasure , Richard II, As You Like It Shakespeare Festival, American Players and co-created the CPS Shakespeare! Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Festival, Shaw Festival, Grand Theatre. Beware Women program, directing the high school student Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, American (Two Pence Theatre Company, associate Theatre. and teacher ensemble for nine years in Players Theatre, First Stage Children’s producing director); James and the Giant , The Taming MATT HAWKINS productions of: Othello, Hamlet Theater. Rachel teaches at Loyola University has Peach (Filament Theatre); breaks & bikes ANDRA STURTEVANT , (Fight Choreographer) Chicago , A Midsummer Night’s Dream of the Shrew Chicago. played various roles at CST—as fight (Pavement Group). Education: Northwestern (Assistant Stage Manager) Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Kirsten is a University (MFA), Harvard University credits: The Miraculous Journey of Edward choreographer, assistant director, director , Alice’s Rock & Roll theater director, educator and documentary GREG HOFMANN (BA). She serves as program mentor in Tulane , Wonderland Ride the and actor. Chicago: Steppenwolf Theatre , Frederick, Mr. filmmaker. Recent New York credits (Lighting Designer) CST: Northwestern’s MFA Directing Program. Adventure, The Selfish Giant Company, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Undeniable Sound of Right Now , Road Show, Short Shakespeare! Chickee’s Funny Money, A Year with Frog include Cyclone The House Theatre of Chicago, Writers and Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre); by Laura Eason (Off-Broadway) Rattlestick Romeo and Juliet. Chicago: Paramount Theatre. Regional: South Coast Repertory, CARRIE TAYLOR CST: A Q Brothers’ and productions with the Evanston Dance Playwrights Theater /Women’s Project and Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Raven Theatre, American Players Theatre, The Kennedy (Stage Manager) , The Tempest, Chicago Ensemble. Education: Northwestern shows for The Shakespeare Society, Roots Porchlight Music Theatre, Chicago Children’s Center and Stratford Festival. Matt is the Christmas Carol & Branches Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Regional: Forward Theater Company, Shakespeare in the Parks production of University (BA in theatre). recipient of five Non-Equity Jeff Awards. , Sense and Theater, Rising Phoenix Rep, The Juilliard Madison Repertory Theatre. Greg has also Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits Education: Southern Methodist University , and Short School and Lincoln Center. She was twice designed over forty-five productions for Cedar Sensibility, Othello: The Remix (BFA), University of Iowa (MFA). and nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for best Fair amusement parks across the country. Shakespeare! productions of Macbeth direction for Big Love and the Washington, Education: MFA, University of Wisconsin. DC premiere of Boy Gets Girl. She also directed the Midwest/Chicago premiere of Boston Marriage (After Dark Award, Best Director). Recent documentary film credits include The Homestretch, an award- winning feature film about homeless teens in Chicago, supported by the MacArthur Foundation and Sundance Institute, which aired on PBS Independent Lens and is part of the White House Initiative for Excellence in African American Education. Kirsten graduated from the Master Directing Program at Juilliard after serving as a member of CST’s Education Department for six years and directing extensively in Chicago. SCOTT DAVIS ETHAN DEPPE
(Scenic Designer) CST: A Q Brothers’ (Composer/Sound Designer) , Pericles , , and the Christmas Carol, Ride the Cyclone CST composition: Pericles , Seussical, Road Show, Shrek the Musical Short Shakespeare! productions of , Romeo Othello: The Remix, Cadre, Beauty and the A Midsummer Night’s Dream productions Beast, and Short Shakespeare! and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew and , Romeo , of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Macbeth. CST percussion: The Tempest , and Juliet and Macbeth. Chicago: Goodman Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet , Follies, The Theatre, Court Theatre, Drury Lane Theater, Sunday in the Park with George Shrek The Musical, Victory Gardens, Steppenwolf Garage. Adventures of Pinocchio, Regional: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Rep The Little Mermaid and Seussical. Other Stage, Dallas Theatre Center. Education: credits: Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, University of Maryland College Park (BA) Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Drury Lane and Northwestern University (MFA). Scott Theatre, Next Theatre, Theatre at the
teaches at Columbia College Chicago. Center. Education: University of Illinois (Bachelor of Music). RACHEL HEALY (Costume Designer) CST: The MELISSA VEAL Pictured: La Shawn Banks, CST: photo by Michael Brosilow Adventures of Pinocchio, CPS Shakespeare! (Wig and Make-up Designer) , Short Sense and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Othello, Ride the Cyclone, Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet. Chicago: Sensibility, Pericles , A Q Brothers’ Christmas Road Show, Gypsy, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Writers Theatre, Carol, King Lear , Henry V, , Cyrano de Chicago Children’s Theatre, Court Theatre, The Merry Wives of Windsor
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