Chicago will take center stage in 2016 with UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS SHAKESPEARE 400 CHICAGO, as more than 1,000 Belarus Free Theatre Chicago a cappella + local and international artists create a global Chicago Shakespeare Theater KING LEAR CRISS HENDERSON celebration of Shakespeare like no other in the Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare SHAKESPEARE A CAPPELLA BARBARA GAINES Artistic Director Executive Director world. During this landmark year, Shakespeare will February 5–14 February 13–21 be alive on our stages, in our schools and across Culinary Complete Works Oxford Playhouse RICK BOYNTON, Creative Producer GARY GRIFFIN, Associate Artistic Director our neighborhoods. This international festival will 38 PLAYS. 38 CHEFS. SANCHO: AN ACT Restaurants across Chicago OF REMEMBRANCE help reaffirm Chicago’s role as a global destination All Year Long Chicago Shakespeare Theater for cultural tourism. In 2016, the enterprising spirit February 17–21 presents The Theatre School at DePaul Tim Etchells + Forced Entertainment of Shakespeare meets the entrepreneurial spirit of PROSPERO’S STORM Chicago Shakespeare Theater (IN) COMPLETE WORKS: Chicago. I want to thank everyone who is working DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre OTHELLO TABLE TOP SHAKESPEARE January 14–February 20 Chicago Shakespeare Theater Museum of Contemporary Art hard to ensure that it will be a great success. February 18–April 10 Chicago Symphony Orchestra + February 25–27 Chicago Shakespeare Theater Lyric Opera of Chicago Rockefeller Chapel A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S ROMEO AND JULIET THE BELL INVITED ME: DREAM Lyric Opera of Chicago SHAKESPEARE AT THE Symphony Center February 22–March 19 CARILLON + MUSIC IN THE February 13 Hamburg Ballet TIME OF SHAKESPEARE OTHELLO Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Harris Theater for Music and Dance February 26+27 February 23+24 CITY OF CHICAGO WWW.SHAKESPEARE400CHICAGO.COM #SHAKES400CHI @ SHAKES400CHI

Chicago Shakespeare is proud to present SHAKESPEARE 400 CHICAGO, a Chicago Shakespeare Theater Staff global celebration made possible by an unprecedented collaboration of Chicago From Russia institutions. This yearlong festival both showcases the collective impact of our BARBARA GAINES CRISS HENDERSON Artistic Director Executive Director city’s world-class cultural community and invites hundreds of artists from Cheek by Jowl + Pushkin Theatre, Moscow across the globe to make Chicago their stage in 2016. Embracing the audacious DOTTIE BRIS-BOIS LISA GRIEBEL ARTISTIC Director of Special Gifts STAGE MANAGEMENT Properties Carpenter spirit of our eponymous playwright, the year ahead will feature an astonishing RICK BOYNTON HILARY ODOM DEBORAH ACKER DAN NURCZYK Creative Producer Director of Corporate and Production Stage Manager/ Properties Crew Head Foundation Relations Associate Producer array of artists and thinkers. Shakespeare will come to life across disciplines, GARY GRIFFIN CLAIRE RITCHIE Associate Artistic Director KRISTEN CARUSO DENNIS J. CONNERS Properties Intern Production Stage Manager through inspirational acts of theater, dance, music, spectacle—even cuisine. It’s BOB MASON Advancement Manager/ a celebration 400 years in the making. A bold undertaking, true to the spirit of Artistic Associate/Casting Director Board Liaison HEATHER SCHMUCKER LAURA MILKULSKI SCENERY OPERATIONS/FACILITIES Associate Producer Advancement Manager / SUSAN KNILL our global city and the greatest playwright of all time. This is Shakespeare 400 VIP Concierge ROBERT L. WILSON DOREEN SAYEGH Assistant Technical Director Theater/Facility Manager Chicago. Come play your part. Festival Producer, ERIN STRICK JEANNE DEVORE Shakespeare 400 Chicago Institutional Relations Coordinator BRADLEY BURI Stage Crew Technology Manager DANIEL J. HESS SAMUEL OSTROWSKI DANIEL LOPEZ Company Manager Special Projects Coordinator MATTHEW BLACK Stage Crew Apprentice Facilities Assistant LAURA DURHAM DAVE TOPOROV ELLIOTT LACEY Casting Assistant Annual Fund Coordinator Custodial Supervisor JACK EIDSON CAITLYN DeROSA COSTUMES DWAYNE BREWER Assistant to the Creative Producer Donor Relations and Research Coordinator RYAN MAGNUSON MARIBEL CUEVAS SALVADOR F. 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BROOKE FLANAGAN CASSANDRA WESTOVER Saints’ Volunteer Usher Coordinators Steinberg Charitable Trust Director of Institutional Advancement Properties Supervisor MELISSA COLLINS ERIN OHLAND Lead individual and foundation support provided by Eric’s Tazmanian Angel Fund, Susan and Lew Manilow, Raymond and Judy McCaskey, Associate Director of Advancement Assistant Properties Supervisor Burton X. and Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Timothy R. Schwertfeger and Gail Waller, and Donna Van Eekeren Foundation. Seagull Award for Best Actor twice: for the The Tempest. Ms. Khalilulina played the lead in Vladimir in Waiting for Godot. There he also SERGEY SKORNETSKIY (Lighting Designer) Profiles part of Claudio in Peter Stein’s Hamlet and the feature filmTo Hear the Sea and regularly staged The Merry Wives of Windsor. In 2008 Mr. Skornetskiy graduated from the Moscow Measure for Sir Toby in Declan Donnellan’s Twelfth acts for Russian television shows. he directed his first show at the Theatre of Art Theatre School in Lighting Design in ALEXANDER ARSENTYEV (The Duke) Night. In film, where Mr. Feklistov has had Nations, Letters to Felice. He went on to work 1995. He started working as a lighting In 1994, Mr. Arsentyev enrolled at Moscow Art an extensive career, he has worked with ELMIRA MIREL (Mariana, Mistress Overdone) with the theater as an assistant director to technician in Tabakov’s theater while Theatre School. After graduating, he joined distinguished Russian directors, including Ms. Mirel graduated from the School of Thomas Ostermeier on Miss Julie. In 2010 studying, and went on to work there as a for Measure the company of the Moscow Art Theatre. His Pavel Lungin and Vladimir Menshov. Choreography of Baku, majoring in folk he became an assistant director on Declan lighting designer after graduation. He has debut on the professional stage was as Albert dancing, before joining the Moscow Art Donnellan’s production of The Tempest. created lighting design for more than 60 PETR RYKOV (Claudio) in Pushkin’s Little Tragedies. He has been Theatre School, where she first performed in He went on to collaborate with Declan theater shows for companies including Mr. Rykov graduated as a linguist in 2006, but acting with the Pushkin Theatre since 2001. the Pushkin Theatre production of Romeo and Donnellan again, not only with Measure Moscow New Opera, RAMT, Mayakovsky Cast then pursued a career in modeling, working His first part in the company was as Mercutio Juliette. She was then invited to play Rosa in for Measure, but performing the parts of Theatre, Pushkin Theatre, and many others. from 2006 to 2010 in the fashion industry in The Duke ALEXANDER ARSENTYEV in Roman Kozak’s Romeo and Juliet. Since Feydeau’s Fitting Confusion and in Chekhov’s Malvolio and Antonio in Twelfth Night. Mr. Productions that Mr. Skornetskiy has Milan, Paris, Tokyo and New York. In 2010, he then he has played Karandishev in Without a short stories. For Marathon Theatre Company Sbitnev has worked since 2011 as a director worked on include: The Lower Depth, Idiot, Escalus IURII RUMIANTCEV began studying acting at the State Cinema Dowry, Brunello in Nights of Cabiria, Tito Merelli she played in Shaw’s Pygmalion and at Moscow’s Pushkin Theatre. He also works Encore Van Gogh, Dangerous Liasons, Arcadia, Angelo ANDREI KUZICHEV Institute under Igor Yasulovitch. His shows at in Lend Me a Tenor and Benedick in Much Ado Chekhov’s A Guide for Those Wanting to Get as a teacher on Igor Yasulovich’s acting Flight, The Government Inspector, Woe from the Pushkin Theatre include Grand Magia and Lucio ALEXANDER FEKLISTOV About Nothing. Mr. Arsentyev is starring in Married. She works as a choreographer in course in the State Film Academy of Russia. Wit, Talents and Admirers and Ladies Night. The Lady of the Camellias. Claudio Evgeny Pisarev’s recent production of The film and television series. Ms. Mirel joined the PETR RYKOV IRINA KASHUBA (Choreographer) PAVEL AKIMKIN (Composer) Marriage of Figaro as Count Almaviva. He has ALEXANDER MATROSOV (The Provost) Pushkin Theatre company in 2014. The Provost ALEXANDER MATROSOV Ms. Kashuba graduated from Moscow Mr. Akimkin graduated from music school worked with Declan Donnellan previously, Mr. Matrosov graduated from Moscow ANASTASIA LEBEDEVA (Juliet, Francisca) State University of Culture and Art as a as an accordionist. In 1998 he started at the The Executioner IVAN LITVINENKO playing the part of Orsino in Twelfth Night. Art Theatre School in 2003 and joined the Ms. Lebedeva joined the Pushkin Theatre after choreographer in 2003. As a performer she Gnesin Academy of Music as the folk choir Pushkin Theatre the same year, where he Elbow NIKOLAY KISLICHENKO graduating from Moscow Art Theatre School in has participated in many musicals, which master, and in 2006 he graduated from IURII RUMIANTCEV (Escalus) has played such roles as: Charles in Madame Barnardine IGOR TEPLOV 2007. Her theater work includes The Mask in include: Twelve Chairs, Chicago, Beauty and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts as Mr. Rumiantcev graduated from the Russian Bovary, Derjimorda in The Government Turandot, Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing the Beast and Zorro. Since 2008 Ms. Kashuba an actor. In 2001 he met Vladimir Pankov Pompey/Friar Peter ALEXEY RAKHMANOV Academy of Theatre Arts in 1964 and was Inspector, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliette, and Blanche Duval in The Lady of the Camellias. has worked for Stage Entertainment Russia while working at the Soglasie Center, and employed by the Pushkin Theatre the same Flender in Bullets Over Broadway and Henry Isabella ANNA KHALILULINA Since 2006, Ms. Lebedeva has starred in more as a resident choreographer, where she in 2006 he became a regular collaborator year. Mr. Rumiantcev has played in more than Saunders in Lend Me a Tenor. Mariana/ ELMIRA MIREL sixty productions for the theater, with roles than a dozen television series. was an assistant choreographer on The of SounDrama, where Pankov is the artistic Mistress Overdone Sound of Music. Ms. Kashuba also works as director. Mr. Akimkin’s theater credits including: Marek in The Good Soldier Schweik, IVAN LITVINENKO (The Executioner) DECLAN DONNELLAN (Director) a choreographer for major Moscow drama include: Gogol, Evenings, Swedish Match, Juliet/Francisca ANASTASIA LEBEDEVA Vozhak in The Optimistic Tragedy, Spiegelberg Mr. Litvinenko studied acting at Moscow Mr. Donnellan is joint Artistic Director of theater companies. Some of her credits Romeo and Juliet, Grooms, Shukshin’s Short and Schufterle in The Robbers, Moiseika in Art Theatre School, during which time his Cheek by Jowl. As Associate Director at the include: A Warsaw Melody, Government Stories (Theatre of Nations); Morphine (Et Ward Number 6, Fedka and Lebedyakin in The course master, Dmitri Brusnikin, invited him National Theatre his productions include: Inspector, The Trial, Treasure Island, Cetera Theatre); and Hot Heart (Theatre on Demons and Zemlyanika in The Government to play in a TV series. He has since played Fuenteovejuna, Sweeney Todd, The Mandate Zoika’s Flat, 1914 Cabaret and Donnellan’s Malaya Bronnaya). As a music director, he Inspector. Mr. Rumiantcev has taught at the in some twenty television series. For the and both parts of Angels in America. Other Creative Team The Tempest. Ms. Kashuba works as a has worked on The Lady of the Camellias and Russian Academy of Theatre Arts since 2001. Pushkin Theatre, he has performed in: The productions include: Le Cid (Avignon choreographer in film and has four projects on Mother Earth, both for the Pushkin Theatre. Director DECLAN DONNELLAN Good Person of Szechwan, Treasure Island, The Festival); The Winter’s Tale (Maly Theatre of ANDREI KUZICHEV (Angelo) in production at the moment. Designer Marriage of Figaro and Testosterone. St. Petersburg); and Shakespeare in Love NICK ORMEROD Mr. Kuzichev trained at the Russian Academy (West End). Mr. Donnellan’s opera credits Assistant Director KIRILL SBITNEV of Theatre Arts, and has since worked with NIKOLAY KISLICHENKO (Elbow) In 1986, Russian theater director Lev Dodin invited Mr. include Falstaff (Salzburg Festival). Ballet: major Moscow theater companies. He has Mr. Kislichenko graduated from Moscow Donnellan and Mr. Ormerod to visit his company in Leningrad. Choreographer IRINA KASHUBA Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet (Bolshoi). His been collaborating with the Centre of Drama Art Theatre School in 2007, and joined the Ten years later, they directed and designed The Winter’s film credits includeBel Ami. In 2009, Mr. Lighting Designer SERGEY SKORNETSKIY and Directing of A.Kazantsev and M. Roschin Pushkin Theatre in 2011. He has since Tale for the Maly Drama Theatre, which is still running in Donnellan shared the Charlemagne Prize Composer PAVEL AKIMKIN since 1999, where he has played such parts performed in Lend Me a Tenor, Testosterone St. Petersburg. Throughout the 1990s the Russian Theatre with Craig Ventner and Archbishop Tutu. as Gary in Shopping and Fucking and Maksim and The Marriage of Figaro. Confederation regularly invited Cheek by Jowl to Moscow His book, The Actor and the Target, was in Plastiscine, for which he received the as part of the Chekhov International Theatre Festival. This relationship intensified in 1999 IGOR TEPLOV (Barnardine) first published in Russian in 2000 and has Seagull Award for Best Actor. Mr. Kuzichev when the festival, under the leadership of Valery Shadrin, commissioned Mr. Donnellan and Mr. Teplov joined the Pushkin Theatre after subsequently appeared in fifteen languages. has starred in most of Declan Donnellan’s Mr. Ormerod to form their own company of Russian actors in Moscow. This sister company Production Team graduating from Moscow Art Theatre School Russian language productions: as Viola in performs in Russia and internationally, and its current repertoire includes Boris Godunov by Technical Director in 2007. He has performed in Puss in Boots, NICK ORMEROD (Designer) ALEXANDER SOLOMIN Twelfth Night, Tuzenbach in Three Sisters, Pushkin, Twelfth Night and The Tempest by Shakespeare, and Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. Treasure Island, Madame Bovary, The Robbers, Mr. Ormerod is joint Artistic Director of Cheek Lighting PAVEL BOLOTIN and as Ariel in The Tempest. Mr. Kuzichev Measure for Measure is Cheek by Jowl’s first co-production with Moscow’s Pushkin Theatre. Much Ado About Nothing, Grand Magia and by Jowl. His credits for the National Theatre is actively working in cinema with Russian Sound EVGENIIA BILINKIS Testosterone. Mr. Teplov also plays the part of include: Fuenteovejuna, Peer Gynt, Sweeney CST is a leading international theater company, known directors who include Roman Balayan and Wardrobe Aguecheek in Donnellan’s Twelfth Night. Mr. Todd, The Mandate and both parts of Angels for extraordinary productions; unlocking Shakespeare’s ELENA SEMENOVA Vladimir Mashkov. He teaches acting at the Teplov has participated in many television in America. For the Royal Shakespeare work for educators and students; and serving as Chicago’s Props Moscow Art Theatre School. LIUBOV FEDKOVICH series for major Russian channels. Company, his credits include: The School for cultural ambassador through its World’s Stage Series. Scandal, King Lear (RSC Academy) and Great Makeup ELIZAVETA PRAVOSUDOVA ALEXANDER FEKLISTOV (Lucio) Under the leadership of Artistic Director Barbara Gaines ALEXEY RAKHMANOV (Pompey, Friar Peter) Expectations, which he also co-adapted. Other Stage Manager Mr. Feklistov graduated from Moscow Art and Executive Director Criss Henderson, CST is the MARINA KRYMOVA Mr. Rakhmanov studied acting at the Russian work includes: The Rise and Fall of the City of Theatre School in 1982. He has worked with recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award. Its work has been recognized internationally Company Manager ANNA KOLESNIKOVA Academy of Theatre Arts under Mark Mahogonny (English National Opera); Martin major Moscow theater companies, including: with three of London’s prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards, and by the Chicago theater Zakharov before training at Moscow Art Guerre (Prince Edward Theatre); Hayfever Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre, Stanislavsky Drama community with over 75 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Artistic Excellence. Since the Theatre School and then joining the Pushkin (Savoy Theatre); Antigone (The Old Vic); Pushkin Theatre EVGENY PISAREV Theatre and Pushkin Theatre, as well as on inception of the World’s Stage Series in 2000, CST has hosted more than 30 iconic troupes, Theatre. His shows include: Grand Magia, The Falstaff(Salzburg Festival); and Shakespeare Production many independent projects. He continues including: The Abbey Theatre (Dublin), Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (London), the Chekhov Good Person of Szechwan, The Marriage of in Love (West End). Mr. Ormerod co-directed Photography JOHAN PERSSON his relationship with Moscow Art Theatre International Theatre Festival (Moscow) and La Comédie-Française (Paris). The works Figaro and Much Ado About Nothing. the filmBel Ami with Declan Donnellan. by playing the part of Samuel Pickwick in presented by these companies range from intimate one-man works, like South African The Pickwick Papers. Mr. Feklistov has been ANNA KHALILULINA (Isabella) KIRILL SBITNEV (Assistant Director) Omphile Molusi’s Itsoseng, to grand spectacles like the French troupe Ilotopie’s Water Fools Produced by Cheek by Jowl and the cast in all of Declan Donnellan’s Moscow- Ms. Khalilulina graduated from the Schepkin In 2007, Mr. Sbitnev graduated from the Saint (Fous de Bassin), performed entirely atop the waters of Lake Michigan. CST has contributed Pushkin Theatre, Moscow. based productions: Boris Godunov in Boris Theatre School in 2009, where she was Petersburg Academy of Theatre Arts. As an to this exciting international exchange by sending some of its best works abroad, including: Godunov, Sir Toby in Twelfth Night, Verhsinin awarded a Golden Leaf award for Best actor, he participated in the productions of the Olivier Award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures(2003); Henry In a co-production with the Barbican, London, in Three Sisters, and Caliban in The Tempest. Actress. She played Marina Mnishek in Declan ‘APTO’ Theatre in Moscow, including the parts IV, Parts 1 and 2, which marked CST’s debut at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford- Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale and Mr. Feklistov has been presented with the Donnellan’s Boris Godunov and Miranda in his of Vladimir Mayakovsky in Mistery-Bouffeand upon-Avon (2006); and Othello: The Remix (2012), which debuted at Shakespeare’s Globe in Centro Dramatico Nacional, Madrid (INAEM). London, followed by a world tour to South Korea, Sydney, Poland and New Zealand.