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Sept. 29, 2017–Oct. 29, 2017 Directed by MichaelTolaydo By Presented by William Shakespeare COMPANY SHAKESPEARE CHESAPEAKE JULIUS CAESAR Thank You High sparks of honor in thee have I seen. - Richard II

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2 JULIUS CAESAR Meet our Directors A Note from the Founding Artistic Director

It’s one of my distinct pleasures to welcome directors to CSC in order to expand and strengthen our collaboration. This year, we welcome two guest directors and three company members as directors. You can read my interview with the extraordinary Isabelle Anderson in these pages; she will Ian Gallanar. direct The Winter’s Tale. I also look forward to Gerrad Alex Taylor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream next summer and Ron Heneghan’s Romeo and Juliet student matinee series in the spring.

I’m anxious for you to meet the director of our production of Julius Caesar, Michael Tolaydo. If you’re a fan of Shakespeare in the Baltimore-DC region, you probably already know him, as he is a frequent actor and director for The Folger Shakespeare Theater and has been often seen on the stages of Roundhouse, Studio Theater, Baltimore Center Stage and many other companies. He has a rich and varied Broadway resume and taught at St. Mary’s College of Maryland for 25 years.

Michael is smart, funny, interesting and knows his stuff. Boy, does he know his stuff. It’s been our pleasure to have him contribute to our collaborative.

After the first of the year, we’ll also be welcoming Shirley Basfield Dunlap to direct Red Velvet. In addition to being the Coordinator of Theatre Arts at Morgan State University, Shirley brings an enormous amount of professional experience, having directed at a number of top regional theaters including Milwaukee Rep; Herberger Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona; Madison Rep; and Buffalo's Studio Arena. I look A Little Conversation forward to having Shirley in our theater. About Art: In this illuminating series of And, sure, I’ll be directing two shows this season as well lively conversations, Founding – my adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and our first Family Artistic Director Ian Gallanar Classics production, Alice in Wonderland. exchanges ideas with CSC’s leading artists. Our directors will bring a wide variety of styles and ideas. No. 2: “Well-Tuned I look forward to what they have to say about their plays! Shakespeare” with Isabelle Anderson, our Distinguished- Artist-in-Residence and a renowned acting instructor. Read the series online at ChesapeakeShakespeare.com. Ian Gallanar Read Q&A on Page 4 Founding Artistic Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Laura Boydston President Robin Hough Vice President Earle W. Pratt, III Treasurer CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE Lesley Malin Secretary COMPANY Kevin G. Burke Bill Henry Emily Rockefeller Kimberly Citizen Jack McCann Nan Rohrer Ian Gallanar Linda Pieplow David Stack Scott Helm Sean Rhoderick

JULIUS CAESAR 3 Well-Tuned Shakespeare IAN: We're so proud and like pliés and tendus... but then... A Little Conversation grateful that you have lent your you can let go and d-a-n-c-e, About Art, significant talent and outlook transporting an audience. It's with Ian Gallanar with us over the years. I remem- when people forget technique and Isabelle Anderson ber meeting you that very first is just the vehicle, not the desti- summer, when our work was nation, that things get boring or accompanied by work lights egotistical. Or, conversely when and lots of folding tables. the desire for "freedom" dom- Now, we have this bright shiny inates and a lack of technique theater and other toys, but, means it's just personal self-ex- in many ways, we’ve held on pression or therapy, not art. to some values. What do you notice has changed with CSC? I teach actors at the ACA, What has stayed the same? I Academy for Classical Acting, in mean, in terms of the art work. Isabelle Anderson. Photo by Teresa Castracane Washington, DC, and I always say on the first day. "You must ISABELLE: The camaraderie of become masters of time and the CSC actors is still fantastic. artists, but I’m curious about the space!" That's beyond all rect- Their willingness to do whatev- similarities. I read recently that angles! I'm in love with Matisse er is needed. Their humility and Jackson Pollock liked to work and Diebenkorn as artists. I read playfulness. Their genuine con- with a giant roll of canvas so that how many, many months and nection to and liking for their he wasn’t limited by “the rect- versions they would go through audience. They are a daring lot. angle.” He never wanted to see for what seems like a marvel- They will pull a show through. the edge of the canvas. Do we as ously spontaneous slap and a theater artists have a rectangle? dash of paint. Same thing. When I had to leave my production of rather intricate stage ISABELLE: Yes and no! Ha. IAN: I think the rectangle is adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, This is where my two voices, as something to deal with/wres- two weeks before opening night, teacher and director, answer! tle with so that someday you and fly to Australia for a family can, maybe, find small ways to emergency, they all pulled it Yes, there are the limits of dis- expand beyond it. But I like pro- together and pulled it through. cipline and technique. Actors ducing Shakespeare because Amazing. And done very have to understand their indi- you wrestle with the rectangle generously. They are what we in vidual strengths and weakness- every day. What is it that has Australia call "Real Troupers." es and work hard on them, be it led you to Shakespeare? voice or body or nerves. Then, In the gorgeous new theater, what those disciplined skills ISABELLE: Well. Yes. To con- there is still the energy and cel- give possibility to... is infinite. tinue the metaphor or image... ebration-spirit in performance, The artistic soul of an actor Shakespeare's plays give us the the welcoming openness. needs skills to give pathways “rectangle” of form - so many But I also see, hear and feel a for it to flow outwards and components of form. There is deep desire to grow with the create infinite possibilities. the text. The specific words. The demands of a "home" theater, A solitary actor on a bare rhythm of the lines. Scansion. with its levels and acoustic re- stage can evoke a space as far Juxtaposition of scenes. Rhe- quirements. It needs skills to fill as the horizon, or a tiny airless torical devices galore... and on beautifully and they are up for cell, can summon up heaven or and on. The first response is to that. I am super-impressed by hell, all through what she or he find all that rather an obsta- their desire to always grow and does with body, breath, eyes cle course, a difficulty to be learn. They are simultaneously and mind ... and contagiously overcome or simplified, so we a laid-back, likeable, unpre- the audience feels it. can “get it.” But my experience, tentious bunch AND a driven, thanks to masterful teachers like keen, growth-seeking group. Only if we work our technique Cicely Berry and Bill Alexander, can we surpass our limits and is to bow to the form and enter IAN: I’ve been thinking about fly. It's the same with ballet, into every detail, like a treasure painting and painters a lot lately. which is the other art I know hunter looking for clues. Clues Painters seem to work so differ- well. So many hours at the barre Continued on page 19 ently than actors and theatrical doing rather unattractive things

4 JULIUS CAESAR This is my birthday. –Cassius, in Julius Caesar A Note from CSC’s Managing Director

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company celebrates its Fifteenth Birthday on November 8th.

In 2002, we opened a production of Twelfth Night, directed by Ian Lesley Malin. Photo by Gallanar at the Howard County Center for the Arts. The Center would Teresa Castracane. serve as our indoor home (and offices) and the PFI Historic Park would serve as our outdoor venue, for the next 12 years. After year after year of rapid growth, in 2014 we opened our Downtown Theater in Baltimore, and the number of patrons and students that we serve has grown even greater.

Here are some fun numbers to celebrate our quinceañera.

3 The number of times we have produced 100 people came to see our very first A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol production, Twelfth Night, in 2002 over the and Macbeth, the most times we produced entire run. Our Downtown Theater has seats any play. This December’s Christmas Carol and for 266 people. June 2018’s Midsummer at the Ruins will bring them each up to four. And this does not count 158 percent - is how much our education our school matinee productions of Romeo and program has grown since we opened our Juliet—at least five productions so far. Downtown Theater in 2014.

4 original founders still serve on staff: Ian 481 artists have been employed by CSC Gallanar, Lesley Malin, Dan O’Brien, and Kristina over our history – actors, designers, directors, Lambdin. tech folks, teaching artists, photographers, videographers, and graphic designers. 5 awards recognizing the design and renovation of our beautiful downtown theater. 71,171 children and students served through both our performances and our 17 plays by playwrights other than educational programming. Shakespeare have been produced. Next year we add Alice in Wonderland and Red Velvet. 115,973 people we have performed for (not including school tours and matinees) 25 feet - the farthest distance from the stage to any seat in our delightfully intimate $6,000,000 dollars raised to purchase Downtown Theater. and renovate our Downtown Theater.

37 the number of productions performed We’ll be celebrating our birthday on November in by Resident Actor James Jager at CSC—the 8th at 7pm with scenes, songs and toasts. most of any of our actors. His first appearance with us was Coriolanus in 2005. I hope you’ll join us for the festivities. After all, we don’t hit these numbers for anyone but you! 66 plays we have produced for the public since 2002.

70 institutions and individuals have each Lesley Malin, given at least $10,000 to CSC. Managing Director

JULIUS CAESAR 5 Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Ian Gallanar+ Founding Artistic Director Lesley Malin+ Managing Director Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Tolaydo

Production Manager: Kyle Rudgers+ Technical Director: Daniel O’Brien+ Production Stage Manager: Alexis E. Davis+ Lighting Designer: Michael Lonegro+ Scenic Designer: Audrey Bodek Costume Designer: Kristina Martin Fight Director: Lex Davis

Setting: The Present

CAST (in order of appearance)

FLAVIUS, tribune of the people...... Lee Conderacci CARPENTER...... Molly Moores+ MARULLUS, tribune of the people...... Séamus Miller+ COBBLER...... Michael Crowley JULIUS CAESAR, military commander...... Michael P. Sullivan+ CASCA, a conspirator...... Mary Coy CALPURNIA, Caesar’s wife...... Lesley Malin+ MAR ANTONIA, friend of Caesar...... Briana Manente SOOTHSAYER...... Mehul Gulati MARCUS BRUTUS, friend of Caesar and conspirator...... Ron Heneghan*+ DECIUS BRUTUS, a conspirator...... Seamus Miller+ CICERO, a senator...... Kathryne Daniels CAIUS CASSIUS, a conspirator...... Vince Eisenson+ LUCIUS, personal servant to Brutus...... Imani Turner CINNA, a conspirator...... Keith Snipes METELLUS CIMBER, a conspirator...... Lee Conderacci TREBONIUS, a conspirator...... Michael Crowley PORTIA, wife of Brutus...... Caitlin Carbone CAIA LIGARIA, a conspirator...... Kathryne Daniels SERVANT TO CAESAR...... Michael Crowley PUBLIUS, a senator...... Kathryne Daniels CINNA, the poet...... Kathryne Daniels ARTEMIDORUS...... Molly Moores+ POPILIUS LENA...... Lesley Malin+ SERVANT TO ANTONY...... Caitlin Carbone SERVANT TO OCTAVIA...... Lesley Malin+ CITIZENS...... Molly Moores+, Lee Conderacci, Michael Crowley, Séamus Miller+ OCTAVIA CAESAR, great-niece of Julius Caesar...... Caitlin Carbone LEPIDUS, consul of Rome...... Keith Snipes LUCILIUS, officer in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Lesley Malin+ TITINIUS, officer in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Séamus Miller+

6 JULIUS CAESAR PINDARUS, servant of Cassius...... Molly Moores+ SOLDIERS...... Keith Snipes, Kathryne Daniels MESSALA, officer in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Mary Coy GHOST OF CAESAR...... Michael P. Sullivan+ MESSENGER...... Mehul Gelati YOUNG CATO, officer in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Imani Turner STRATO, soldier in Brutus and Cassius’ army ...... Michael P. Sullivan+ VOLUMNIUS, soldier in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Lee Conderacci DARDANIUS, soldier in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Michael Crowley CLITUS, soldier in Brutus and Cassius’ army...... Mehul Gulati

ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION STAFF

Director...... Michael Tolaydo Production Manager...... Kyle Rudgers+ Production Stage Manager...... Alexis E. Davis+ Technical Director...... Daniel O’Brien+ Scenic Designer...... Audrey Bodek Lighting Designer...... Michael Lonegro+ Sound Designer...... David Crandall Costume Designer...... Kristina Martin Properties Designer...... Mollie Singer+ Fight Director...... Lex Davis Music Director...... Grace Srinivasan Set Carpenter and Painter...... Chester Stacy+ Assistant Stage Manager...... Lydia McCaw Wardrobe Supervisor...... Mindy Braden Lightboard Operator...... Jonathan Kollin Sound Board Operator...... Alexis E. Davis+ Run Crew...... Addison Helm, Jeff Miller House Managers...... Pamela Forton, Tyler C. Groton, Donna Burke, Mary Pohlig+, Ruthie Griffith+

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

+CSC Company Member

During this production, special effects simulating warfare, flashing lights, and stage blood will be used.

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

SPECIAL THANKS: CSC’s volunteers and ushers; Peggy O’Brien; Folger Shakespeare Library; Bin 604; Arrow Parking; Todd M. Zimmerman Design; Mount Royal Printing Co.; The QG; Scott Helm; Robb Hunter; Preferred Arms; Chris Niebling; Brick Hill Properties; Jennifer Bae; George Mason University; and Wes Shippee.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Photography is also prohibited. On the cover: Clockwise, Vince Eisenson as Cassius, Michael P. Sullivan as Julius Caesar, and Briana Manente as Mar Antonia. Photo by Robert Neal Marshall.

JULIUS CAESAR 7 The Citizens' Voices A Note from the Director of Julius Caesar “As far as I’m concerned, all plays are contemporary, no matter when they are written,” says Michael Tolaydo, Director of Julius Caesar.

“The reason for that is that we are a contemporary audience watching contemporary actors telling a story,” he says. “Naturally, some plays Michael Tolaydo require a period setting and costumes, but a play like Julius Caesar is not helped, in my opinion, if we watch it in togas, etc.

“The play deals with protecting a form of government that worked (for some) and is suddenly threatened by change. The play is not really about Caesar or any particular leader: It is about trying to protect the republic and the voices of the Roman citizens.

“One can argue that very notion of protecting the citizens’ voices is at the heart of America’s current political situation. Julius Caesar speaks of our times right now.”

Michael Tolaydo Director, Julius Caesar

Michael Tolaydo is an accomplished actor and director, as well as professor emeritus at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. His professional directing credits include productions at The Folger Shakespeare Theatre and The Kennedy Center's Page- to-Stage Festival, among many others. He served for 25 years as professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies and directed more than 33 productions at the college.

Synopsis: Julius Caesar

Caesar's assassination is just the Mar Antonia. At the Senate, the halfway point of Julius Caesar. The first conspirators stab Caesar to death. part of the play leads to his death; the Antony uses a funeral oration to turn second portrays the consequences. As the citizens of Rome against them. the action begins, Rome prepares for Brutus and Cassius escape as Antony Caesar's triumphal entrance. Brutus, joins forces with Octavia Caesar. Caesar's friend and ally, fears that Caesar will become king, destroying Encamped with their armies, Brutus the republic. Cassius and others and Cassius quarrel, then agree to convince Brutus to join a conspiracy to march on Antony and Octavius. In the kill Caesar. battle that follows, Cassius, misled by erroneous reports of loss, persuades On the day of the assassination, a slave to kill him; Brutus's army is Caesar plans to stay home at the defeated. Brutus commits suicide, urging of his wife, Calpurnia. A praised by Antony as "the noblest conspirator, Decius Brutus, persuades Roman of them all." him to go to the Senate with the other conspirators and his friend, SOURCE: The Folger Shakespeare Library

8 JULIUS CAESAR Who’s Who CAST PHOTOS, in alphabetical order

Caitlin Lee Mary Michael Carbone Conderacci Coy Crowley

Kathryne Vince Mehul Ron Daniels Eisenson+ Gulati Heneghan*+

Lesley Briana Séamus Molly Malin+ Manente Miller+ Moores+

Keith Michael Imani Snipes P. Sullivan+ Turner

+CSC Company Member

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

JULIUS CAESAR 9 Bios CAST, in alphabetical order Caitlin Carbone (Portia, Octavia Caesar, at Baltimore Theatre Project; and Romeo Servant to Antonia) has appeared with CSC and Juliet with Gorilla Rep NYC. She holds as Quintus in Titus Andronicus and with a BA in English and Theatre from Princeton CSC’s Blood & Courage Company as Lord University. Dumaine in All's Well That Ends Well. She was a CSC performance intern in 2012, Mary Coy (Casca, Messala) is making her and appeared in Romeo and Juliet. Addi- CSC acting debut. She served as Dialect tional credits include Dauphin in Henry V Coach for CSC’s Much Ado About Nothing. and the title role in Hamlet with Cohesion Regional credits include: August, Osage Theatre Company, where she is Director County with Live Arts, Charlottesville, VA; of Community and Artistic Engagement; Romeo and Juliet, Prisoner of Second Avenue, Viola in Twelfth Night and Hotspur in Henry The Homecoming, and You Know I Can’t Hear IV Part 1 at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory; You When the Water’s Running, with Hamner and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at Spotlight- Theater, Afton, VA; Richard III with Nelson ers Theatre. She holds a BFA from Virginia County Shakespeare Festival; King Lear with Commonwealth University. Kristin Linklater and Carol Gilligan’s The Company of Women; and The Tempest and Lee Conderacci (Metellus Cimber, Volum- Richard III with Shakespeare & Co. She is ad- nius, Flavius) appeared with CSC in Richard junct faculty at the University of Maryland III last season. Her acting credits include College Park. She holds an MLitt/MFA from Endgame with Rapid Lemon Productions, Mary Baldwin College and is a Designated Minotaur and Flatland with Baltimore Linklater Teacher. Annex Theater; A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Measure for Measure with The Baltimore Michael Crowley (Cobbler, Trebonius, Shakespeare Factory; The Rocky Horror Show Servant to Caesar, Dardanius, Third Citizen)

10 JULIUS CAESAR Bios appeared in CSC’s Richard III last season. Vince Eisenson (Cassius) is a member of Area credits include Prince George’s County CSC’s Resident Acting Company and a CSC Shakespeare in the Parks (As You Like It, Teaching Artist. He has appeared in CSC's Romeo and Juliet); Studio Theatre (Tribes, Richard III, Macbeth, Wild Oats, Titus Andron- Choir Boy, Cloud 9 - understudy roles); icus, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Shakespeare Theatre Company (Henry Night’s Dream, among others. Regional IV, Parts I and II); Annapolis Shakespeare credits include The Merchant of Venice at Company (Macbeth); Ambassador Theatre Faction of Fools, Fear at Longacre Lea; (Protest by Vaclav Havel); and Capital Fringe Kafka's Metamorphosis at Synetic Theater; Festival (multiple productions). He holds an The Tooth of Crime at WSC Avant Bard; The MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting, Imaginary Invalid at Shakespeare Theatre and studied at the Studio Theatre Acting Company; Romeo and Juliet at Folger The- Conservatory. atre, and Richard II at PlayMakers Repertory. Television credits include American Genius, Kathryne Daniels (Caias Ligaria, Cicero, Legends & Lies, and Turn: Washington's Spies. Cinna the Poet, Publius, Second Soldier) has appeared with CSC as Nurse in Romeo Mehul Gulati (Soothsayer, Clitus, Mes- and Juliet and has been a CSC Teaching senger) is making his CSC debut. He is a Artist. She has appeared with Baltimore graduate of the National Conservatory Shakespeare Factory as Peter Quince in of Dramatic Arts (NCDA) acting program A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her past where he appeared in After (Warren), 1001 credits include such roles as Mae in Wild (Shahriyar/Alan), Medea (Jason), The Tem- Party, the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, pest (Caliban/Ariel), The Imaginary Autopsy Mrs. Claus in Dear Santa, and Arkadina in (Il Dottore), and The World We Live In (Iris). A The Seagull. native of India, Mehul has also performed

JULIUS CAESAR 11 Bios in the DC area in Yeh Na Thi Humari Qismat Lesley Malin (Calpurnia, Popilius Lena, and Sone Ki Chiriya, which were performed Lucilius) is a founder of the Chesapeake in Hindi and Urdu respectively. His film Shakespeare Company and has served work includes the short film St. Christopher as its Managing Director since 2003. She with Courant Pictures and Trapped with managed CSC’s building renovation of an Visarcorp Productions. 1885 bank into our modern Shakespeare playhouse as well as the associated $6.7 Ron Heneghan (Marcus Brutus), a CSC million capital campaign. Her acting credits Resident Acting Company Member, has at CSC include Lady Macbeth, Amelia in appeared with CSC in The Taming of the Wild Oats, Lady Bracknell, Mrs. Fezziwig, Shrew (2017), Richard III (2017 and 2012), Beatrice (2010), Mrs. Bennet, Mistress Page Anne of the Thousand Days (2016), Much in The Merry Wives of Windsor, the Queens in Ado About Nothing (2015), Uncle Vanya, and Richard III (2012, 2017) and Cymbeline, and Our Town. In this area, other credits include Titania (2005); previously, she performed in Olney Theatre Center; Everyman Theatre; New York. She has, for 15 years, been the Ford’s Theatre; and Alliance for New Music vice president of the board of trustees of Theatre. Regional credits include Pennsylva- The Lark, a new play development center nia Shakespeare Festival and Philadelphia in New York City, where she once served as Shakespeare Festival. Ron holds an MFA Managing Director. She served for five years from the University of Washington and a on the Executive Committee of the interna- BS from the University of Maryland. He is a tional Shakespeare Theatre Association and member of Actors’ Equity Association and organized its annual conference that was SAG/AFTRA. Ron is also CSC’s Director of hosted by CSC in Baltimore in 2017. She is Community Engagement. a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, NYU’s Arts Management program, and Leadership Howard County.

Briana Manente (Mar Antonia) appeared with CSC as Emilia in Othello, and with CSC’s Blood & Courage Company as Countess and Mariana in All's Well That Ends Well. She has appeared in As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare in the Parks: Prince George’s County, where she is Associate Cheers to Chesapeake Artistic Director; ’Tis A Pity She's a Whore Shakespeare Company and in repertory with A King and No King; and their continued growth and Henri IV: the Re-Gendered Henry IV Repertory success here in Charm City! with Brave Spirits Theatre, where she is an Artistic Associate; [Gay] Cymbeline and [All-Female] Macbeth with Theater Pro- The Arts Insurance Program is proud to metheus, among many regional credits. She provide specialized insurance solutions to Performing Artists and Arts Organizations – holds an MFA from the Catholic University let us develop a program to suit your needs! of America and a BA in Theater, Film, and Media Studies from St. Mary's College of Maryland. www.brianamanente.com Robert B. Middleton, Sr. [email protected] 410-547-3167 Séamus Miller (Marullus, Titinius, Decius Brutus, Fourth Citizen), a member of CSC's Resident Acting Company, has appeared

12 JULIUS CAESAR Bios with CSC in Romeo and Juliet, Wild Oats, CSC in the title role in Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus, and Richard II, among as Sir George Thunder in Wild Oats, Bob others. He has worked as an actor and Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (2014), Duke director with many organizations, including of York in Richard II, Ford in The Merry Wives Longacre Lea, 1st Stage, WSC: Avant Bard, of Windsor, Dracula in Dracula, Prospero Arts on the Horizon, Spooky Action Theater, in The Tempest (2008), Benedick in Much Imagination Stage, Young Playwrights' The- Ado About Nothing (2010), Cassius in Julius ater, Educational Theatre Company, Annap- Caesar (2009), Pistol in Henry V, LeBret in olis Shakespeare Company, The Washington Cyrano de Bergerac, Oliver in As You Like It, Revels, American Century Theater, Single Doc Gibbs in Our Town, and the Duke in The Carrot Theatre, and The Baltimore Shake- Two Gentlemen of Verona. speare Festival. He holds an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy Imani Yahshua Turner (Lucius, Young Cato) for Classical Acting at George Washington is a theatre major at the Baltimore School University, and a degree from Cornell Uni- for the Arts and has appeared with CSC as versity. www.seamusactor.com Donalbain, Young Siward, Murderer, and Apparition King in Macbeth, and Young Molly Moores (Artemidorus, Pindarus, Car- Scrooge and Peter Cratchit in A Christmas penter, First Citizen) is a CSC Resident Acting Carol. Company member and CSC Teaching Artist. She has performed with CSC in A Christmas Carol, Anne of the Thousand Days, The Three ARTISTIC and TECHNICAL CREW and Musketeers, Macbeth, Richard II, Taming of the PRODUCTION STAFF Shrew (2013), Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet (2012), Pride & Prejudice, Merchant Ian Gallanar (Director, Founding Artistic of Venice, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Director) In addition to founding the Ches- (2011). www.mollymoores.com apeake Shakespeare Company in 2002, Ian has worked as a professional actor, director, Keith Snipes (Cinna the conspirator, Lepi- and writer for more than 150 professional dus, First Soldier) last appeared with CSC in productions. His career as a professional Anne of the Thousand Days. He is an actor, Artistic Director spans more than 25 years. singer, songwriter, narrator, and playwright. His directing credits with CSC include pro- Keith recently narrated Eulogy For A Dream ductions of The Taming of the Shrew (2017 and Lincoln Portrait with the North Carolina and 2013), Othello, Wild Oats, Titus Andron- Symphony Orchestra. In conjunction with icus, A Christmas Carol (original adaptation, the National Museum of African American 2014, 2015, 2016), Romeo and Juliet (2015, History and Culture, NPR, and PRI, he nar- 2003), Uncle Vanya (2015), Twelfth Night rated the series Moments of the Movement. (2002), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005, Keith has appeared in numerous stage 2010, 2014), King Lear (2006), Macbeth productions, including August Wilson's (2007), Lysistrata (original adaptation, 2010), Jitney, Jeff Stetson's The Meeting and Craig Our Town (2011), Richard III (2012), and The Wright's Recent Tragic Events. He studied Merry Wives of Windsor (2014). Ian created theatre at Morgan State University, where the “movable” format for CSC productions his play, Michael and the Magic Monument, in which audiences travel with the actors is being produced. through the action of the play in multiple outdoor settings. With CSC’s Education De- Michael P. Sullivan (Julius Caesar, Ghost partment, he created the CSC High School of Caesar, Strato) is a CSC Resident Acting Corps, a unique educational program in Company member. He has appeared with which high school students create and

JULIUS CAESAR 13 Bios produce live productions of Shakespeare tance of Being Earnest, A Christmas Carol, A in a collaborative working environment. He Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014), Dracula, launched CSC’s Blood & Courage Compa- The Merry Wives of Windsor, and As You Like ny to provide experience for early career It; as Stage Manager for productions includ- professionals. Previously, Ian has served as ing Pride and Prejudice, Richard III, Taming Artistic Director for the National Theatre of the Shrew, and Antony and Cleopatra; as for Children, Minnesota Shakespeare in the Backstage Manager for As You Like It; and Park and the Repertory Theater of America. as Costume Designer for The Merry Wives Ian is a proud member of the distinguished of Windsor, to name just a few of her many National Theatre Conference; a Helen Hayes credits. Tribute Award, Telly Award and Howie Award (Howard County Arts Council) win- David Crandall (Sound Designer) has ner; and the recipient of the Distinguished worked with CSC on several productions Alumni Award from Indiana University of including Richard III and The Taming of the Pennsylvania. He is the Vice President and Shrew. He has been an award-winning President-Elect of the international Shake- composer and video/sound designer in the speare Theatre Association. Washington-Baltimore theater scene for three decades, working with companies in- Michael Tolaydo (Director) Michael’s cluding GALA Hispanic Theatre, WSC Avant directing credits include productions at The Bard, and Spooky Action, and in Baltimore Folger Shakespeare Theatre, The Kennedy with Annex Theater and Psychic Readings Center's Page-to-Stage Festival, The Source Theater. He also teaches Electronic Media Theatre, The Richmond Shakespeare Fes- and Film at Towson University. tival, The Little Theatre of Monroe, Cornell University, Bridgework Theatre Company, Alexis E. Davis (Stage Manager) was Stage and more than 33 productions at St. Mary's Manager for CSC’s The Fantasticks, Othello, College of Maryland. He has admired the and Romeo and Juliet (2016), and Assistant Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's work Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol (2016). for many years and is delighted to be here With Everyman Theatre, she was Assistant working with this wonderful organization. Stage Manager for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, and Stage Management Intern for Audrey Bodek (Scenic Designer) is a free- Topdog/Underdog and God of Carnage. lance set designer and props master in the With Single Carrot Theatre, she was Stage DC area. Most recently she was a Kenan Fel- Manager for A Beginner's Guide to Deicide. low at the Kennedy Center for Scenic Design She also was a Stage Management Intern at and the Resident Assistant Scenic Designer Center Stage. She holds a Bachelor’s degree at Theater J. Set credits include: Clover, The in Theater Production with a Film Produc- Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz tion minor from McDaniel College. Martha Washington, Twelfth Night, Lysistrata, The Winter’s Tale, The Memorandum, and Lex Davis (Fight Director) last worked with Coping. Props credits include: King Lear (WSC CSC on The Tempest. He is a fight director Avant Bard), City of Angels (Catholic Univer- in and around DC. He has also choreo- sity of America) and Coping (Capital Fringe graphed for Pointless Theatre Hugo Ball: Festival). www.audreybodek.com A Dada puppet AdveNTurE!!/?1!!??, Doctor Caligari, Canterbury, Imagination Meltdown Mindy Braden (Wardrobe Supervisor) is a Adventure, and Sleeping Beauty: A Puppet member of CSC’s Resident Technical and Ballet. He has also choreographed for The Design Company. She has served as Props Weekday Players (Macbeth), Impressionable Designer for Romeo and Juliet, The Impor- Players (Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own

14 JULIUS CAESAR Bios Adventure), Live Action Theatre, Flying V, Urban Arias; Independence Eve, NextStop and Theatre J. He is the Production Manag- Theatre; Urinetown the Musical, Boeing er and a founding company member with Boeing, Willy Wonka, Eurydice, City of Angels, Pointless Theatre. Snow White, Crimes of the Heart, Seussical the Musical, Middletown, No Spring Chicken, Kiss Jonathan Kollin (Lightboard Operator) also Me Kate, Aladdin, The Secret Garden, A Man worked with CSC on The Fantasticks and The For All Seasons, Love Loss and What I Wore, Taming of the Shrew. Gutenberg! The Musical, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Sylvia, Miss Electricity, Infinity Kristina Lambdin (CSC Resident Costume Theatre Company; A Closer Walk With Patsy Designer, CSC Business Manager). Some of Cline, Godspell, Million Dollar Quartet, Almost her costuming credits include CSC’s Anne Heaven (Costume Designer/Wardrobe Su- of the Thousand Days, The Fantasticks, Mac- pervisor). KristinaMartinDesign.com beth, A Christmas Carol (2016, 2015, 2014), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014, 2011, and Lydia McCaw (Assistant Stage Manager) 2005, and winning the Greater Baltimore last worked with CSC as a Stage Manage- Theater Award for the 2005 production); ment intern for The Comedy of Errors (2015). The Importance of Being Earnest; The Taming She holds a BA in Theatre and English from of the Shrew (2006 and 2013 productions); St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Romeo and Juliet (2003, 2012, 2015 and 2016 productions); A Doll’s House; As You Liz Nelson (Audience Services Manager) Like It (Broadway World Best of Baltimore has worked with theatre companies in Award); and The Country Wife. Broadway Charleston, SC; Berkeley, CA; and Mon- World named her as a top artist of the 2007 mouth, ME. She studied sound design at Baltimore Theatre. For more than a decade, Plymouth State University. she served as the Costume Supervisor for the Baltimore Opera Company and then Daniel O’Brien (Technical Director) is CSC’s Lyric Opera Baltimore. Resident Technical Director. A founding member of CSC, Daniel has performed, Michael Lonegro (Lighting Designer) designed scenery and lights, and served as is a CSC Resident Technical and Design Technical Director for many productions, Company Member, Information Systems among other jobs too numerous to name. Manager, and Development Associate. He oversaw the construction of CSC’s the- He has operated lights for numerous CSC atre in Baltimore. He designed the sets and productions, most recently Romeo and lighting for Macbeth and for the inaugural Juliet and Richard III. Before joining CSC in season plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2014 he studied law at the University of Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, and A Christmas Maryland and comparative literature at the Carol, among many others. University of Chicago and worked for ten years as a university press editor. He holds Robby Rose (Production and Education a B.A. from Yale University, where he also Assistant) is a CSC Ensemble Member and designed lighting for undergraduate and Production and Education Assistant. He graduate theater productions. was Production Manager for CSC’s Blood & Courage Company productions of All’s Well Kristina Martin (Costume Designer) Her That Ends Well and Unscene. regional credits include work with Catholic University of America; Little Women, Keegan Kyle Rudgers (Production Manager) holds Theatre Company; Six Degrees of Separation, a BA from William and Mary and an MFA Theatre Prometheus; Cymbeline, Macbeth, in Stage Management from UC San Diego.

JULIUS CAESAR 15 Bios As a production manager, he has worked Nothing, Titus Andronicus, Uncle Vanya and at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the The Importance of Being Earnest; and for Washington Performing Arts Society, and Red Branch Theatre's Bring It On the Musical; in a similar capacity at the Clarice Smith and First Baptist Church of Glenarden's The Performing Arts Center. As a stage manager, Uncut Coming of Christ. His projects have he has worked at theaters in Boston, Los included set decoration for House of Cards. Angeles, San Diego, and Singapore. Elizabeth Berman (Finance Manager, Devel- Mollie Singer (Properties Designer) worked opment Manager) has a Master of Arts degree with CSC on The Fantasticks, Richard III, and in Arts Administration from Goucher College Anne of the Thousand Days. Her credits with and two bachelor’s degrees from Johns Everyman Theatre include Blithe Spirit (As- Hopkins University. Liz is a classically trained sistant Scenic Designer) and The Understudy musician who teaches at The Music Institute (Assistant Scenic Designer); with Rep Stage at HCC. She has been at CSC since 2012. include Hunting and Gathering (Scenic Design); Antigone Project: A Play in 5 Parts Kate Forton (Executive Assistant) is a CSC (Properties); Technicolor Life (Properties); Associate Company Member. She appeared Sunset Baby (Properties, Assistant Costume as Widow, Servant, Dance Captain in The Designer); and Venus in Fur (Properties); Taming of the Shrew; Nun, Messenger, and with HCC Arts Collective include The 25th Vocalist in Richard III; Madge Shelton in Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Scenic Anne of the Thousand Days; Marian and Mrs. Design and Properties) and It's a Wonderful Dilber in A Christmas Carol (2016, 2015); Life (Properties). She also was Scenic De- Goth in Titus Andronicus, and Duke Solinus signer for The Revelation of Bobby Pritchard in The Comedy of Errors. In addition, she with Iron Crow Theatre and Between Trains has been a Stage Manager, Assistant Stage with Towson University. Manager, Dance Captain, ensemble member, and singer for many CSC productions. Grace Srinivasan (Music Director) recently She holds a BA in Theatre Arts and Vocal worked with CSC on The Taming of the Music from Gettysburg College. Shrew and Anne of the Thousand Days. She is a soprano who performs a wide-ranging Russell Laury (Porter) Before joining CSC, repertoire including Renaissance work. She Russell worked with Southway Builders on appeared as a soloist in a program of works the transformation of our landmark build- inspired by Shakespeare’s plays, If Music ing into this beautiful theater. Be the Food of Love, with CSC artists, the Baltimore Baroque Band, and the Peabody Laura Malkus (Development Director) Renaissance Ensemble. Grace appeared as previously served as Director of Annual Noor Inayat Khan in the 2014 PBS docu- Giving at Roland Park Country School, and mentary production Enemy of the Reich. She prior to that served as the coordinator is a cantor at St. Stephen Martyr Church. for its record-breaking $25 million capital She holds a master’s degree from the Pea- campaign. In her personal time, Laura is a body Institute. performer and writer.

Chester Stacy (Set Carpenter and Scenic Jean Thompson (Communications Man- Painter) of Chester Creates LLC has done set ager) is our marketing, public relations, and design, construction and scene painting for publications director. A former news re- several CSC productions, including Anne porter and features editor, she has worked of the Thousand Days, The Taming of the for The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, Shrew, Othello, Macbeth, Much Ado About AmericanStyle, and Giftware News magazine.

16 JULIUS CAESAR Artistic Programming, Education, and Operations Donors A theater is so much more than a building. It is a living, breathing community where audiences and actors meet to create art that enlightens, inspires, transforms, awes, and entertains. We are grateful for your gifts that support this artistry, our outreach and education programs, and our operations. This list recognizes gifts of $100 and greater, received as of September 12, 2017. The FRIENDS of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Benefactor ($5,000+) Friend ($1,000+) Stephen and Joanne Malin Sherilyn Brinkley and Jeff C. Sylvia and Eddie C. Anonymous (4) Vivian and Robert Brotman Brown Isabelle Anderson Manekin Ernie and Linda Czyryca Dana DiCarlo Steven Beall and Carmel Jack and Donna McCann Bart and Tiffany Debicki Robert and Gladys Helm Roques Tom and Janet McGlynn Bruce and Lindsay Fleming Scott Helm Kevin G. and Susan A. Frank and Mary Ellen David and Barbara Gamble Pam and Sam Burke Moorman Jill and Ira Gansler Virginia Tyler Campbell Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gardner Himmelrich, Jr. Yara Cheikh and Firmin Oppenheimer Carole and Scott Lesley Malin DeBrabander Jeff and Linda Pieplow Greenhaus Jeanne E. Marsh Kim Citizen Walter and Mary-Ann Nicolas Guezen Bob and Deeley Jane Coffey and Arthur Pinkard George and JoAnn Middleton Renkwitz Mr. Earle W. Pratt III and Dr. Holback Mary and James Miller Jeffrey and Carolyn Crooks Kelly Emerson Mark A. G. Huffman Emily and John D. Jane Daniels Robert Prince Tim and Jennifer Kingston Rockefeller, V Patricia L. Delk-Mercer and Sean Rhoderick and Ana Wallace Kleid and Ina Chip and Rhona Wendler Raymond Mercer Kornegay Sirkis Ted and Mary Jo Wiese John Clinton Eisner and Nan Rohrer Bob Lienhardt and Barbara Jennifer Dorr White Sharon and Michael Leons The Epp Family Runge Laura and Larry Malkus, Jr. Patron ($2,500+) Ian Gallanar and Maria Scott and Sharon Stewart, Mary McDermott and Laura Boydston and Trujillo CE Science, Inc. William Jongeward Robin Suleiman Judith Golding and Robert Michael P. and Joanna Suzan and Alex Mecinski Diana and Donald Brager Sullivan Ronald and Kathe D’Agati Glen Goodwin and David Warnock and Messenheimer The Flieger Family Jennifer Cooper Michele Speaks Nancy and Tom O’Neil The Sylvia Meisenberg Ruby and Bob Hearn The Wittenberg- Kevin and Joyce Parks Endowment for Rabbi Joanne and Dr. Gary Bonavoglia Family Keenan and Natasha Rice Heiligman Mary Ann and Chuck Shakespeare Player ($500-$999) Education and the The Heneghan Family Scully Fund Anonymous (3) The Thompson Family, Meisenberg Family Bill Henry Dr. Murry Bentley and Ms. in memory of Alva “Dolly” David and Treva Stack Eva Higgins Linda Clark Griffith Wally and Brenda Stone Robin and Don Hough Elizabeth and Ira Berman Marguerite Villasanta and Paul J. and Chandler M. Nick and Cynthia Islin Susan Betso and Carol the Dr. Frank C. Marino Tagliabue, in honor of Brenda M. Johnson Clark Foundation, Inc. Emily Rockefeller Chris and Mary Ellen Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanley Kiehne Brager, Jr.

Individual Donors In Memory of Dr. Joseph Kristen Vanneman-Gooding George and Julia Alderman Dean Ford and Mary Turos Milton Gallanar IV and Ira Gooding Grace Boeringer, in in loving memory of Dan and Carol Boone Barbara Keller memory of Dr. James Sylvia Gassel Donald and Barbara Eisen The Klipp-Lischner Family Boeringer Ron Heneghan John Ferreira Michael Lonegro Jean Waller Brune Michelle Hollingsworth Brian and Linda Heery Laura and Larry Malkus, Jr. Donna Lee Burke and Diane Maloney- and Family Scott and Megan Rodgville Delia Burke and Alex Krichmar The Shore/Swann Family Jared Smulison Lehukey Barbara Keller Laura Thomas The Thompson Family, Robert Burke and Helen The Klipp-Lischner Family in memory of Alva “Dolly” Blumberg Barry Linkner Mechanicals Griffith Bob and Jan Busch Michael Lonegro Elizabeth and Ira Berman Susan M. Watts Joseph and Meredith Sarah Scaptura Miller and Jean Waller Brune Jenny Wright and Josh Callanan Daniel Miller Donna Lee Burke Osborne Dr. Martha J. Connolly Lee and Marilyn Ogburn Yara Cheikh and Firmin Randall Cover Paul and Jenny Oxborough DeBrabander $250 - $499 Jerry and Carol Doctrow Susan H. Pratt Jillian Drummond Anonymous (4) and the Doctrow Mr. and Mrs. David B. Andrew and Lory Cosner Anonymous, in memory Family Fund Shapiro of Barry Ochrach

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Chip Smith and Cheryl Ralph and Elizabeth Heimlich The Velapoldi Family Brown-Forman Corporation Bernard-Smith Bill Heneghan Jim Volz and Evelyn Carol The Brenda Brown-Lipitz Case Family Foundation, Inc. Michele and Ed Swing Frank Heneghan, in honor of Helen Heneghan Susan M. Watts The Campbell Foundation David and Irene Tabish Kathy Hogue and Nick John and Marie Wells Community Foundation of Andrew Tagliabue, in honor Sommese Karen Wessel Howard County of Emily Rockefeller Patricia Jonas Kem and Susan White Creative Print Group, Inc. Dr. Cheryl Torsney and Eric Eric and Hattie Katkow Lisa Wilde and Philip Vilardo Downtown Partnership of “E-Mann” Hansmann Dennis Kelly, in honor of Nancy and Kenneth Williams Baltimore Beverly Winter, in memory of The Exelon Foundation Suellen Wideman and Kathryn Kelly Terry Leitch Jackson B. Winter The Helm Foundation Virginia Shimak Richard Ley Judy Wixted and George Howard County Arts Jenny Wright and Josh James and Sherry Macdonald Dappert Council, through a grant Osborne Kristen Mahoney Carol and Ron Zielke from Howard County Michael and Lucia Martin Mark and Carolyn Government $100 - $249 Judy and David Mauriello Zimmerman The John J. Leidy Anonymous (4) Audrey Maynard Anne Marie Zwycewicz and Foundation Dr. N. F. Adkinson Dr. Fran McCabe Dennis Pitta The M&T Charitable Dr. Emily Agree and Dr. Joni McIntyre Foundation Robert Moffitt Steven and Mary McKay Macy’s Foundation CORPORATE, The Dr. Frank C. Marino Paul and Irene Aldridge Mark McKitrick FOUNDATION, AND The McNamara Family Foundation, Inc. The Alleman Family GOVERNMENT Clifford Amend Daniel and Patricia Medinger Maryland Charity Campaign Matthew and Ann Ansel Arianna Miceli SUPPORT Maryland State Arts Council Kathleen Barber and Barry Alvin and Sue Miller AmazonSmile Foundation Mead Law, P.A. Feinstein Nancy Moores Applied Development LLC The Morris A. Mechanic Charlie and Kathy Beach Janet Moos The Arts Insurance Program, LLC Foundation, Inc. Lea Billingslea Ken Moss and Patryce Toye The Associated: Jewish The Sylvia Meisenberg The Bower Family Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Community Federation Endowment for Joan K. Braden Murphy of Baltimore Shakespeare Education Mindy Braden Dr. Neal Naff The William G. Baker, Jr. PNC Bank David Brinker and Michael Nugent Memorial Fund, creator of The Nora Roberts Foundation Elizabeth Allen Lynne O’Brien and Roger the Baker Artist Awards, The Sheridan Foundation Laetitia Brooks Mitchell www.bakerartistawards.org T. Rowe Price Foundation Susan R. Buswell Margaret M. Obrecht Baltimore Community The Venable Foundation Glenn and Sandy Campbell Marc Okrand Foundation Sue and Drew Carlson Bodil Bang Ottesen Baltimore County IN-KIND SUPPORT Janet and Sean Coleman James Passarelli Commission on Arts and Baker Donelson Lee Conderacci Rebecca S. Pearlman Sciences and the Citizens Bin 604 David and Susan Cooke Frederick Pearson of Baltimore County BRIO Tuscan Grille Donna and John Cookson Alan Penczek Baltimore National Dr. Martha J. Connolly Edith M. Cord Kathleen Petersen Heritage Area Maryland Public Television Andrew and Lory Cosner Thomas B. Piccin Mayor Catherine Pugh and Miles & Stockbridge P.C. The Courtesan The Pirie Family the Baltimore Office of Mary Jo Tydlacka Grace and Frank Cunningham Mark and Joanne Pollak Promotion and the Arts Wegmans The Curtis Family Julie and Bruce Press BGE The Wine Bin Samuel Cushman Barbie and James Prince Roger and Brenda Cutter John Reid and Lisa Orisich Jim and Suzanne Davis Nicole Ripken and Family Edwin N. Dean, Jr. Michael Robertson John and Lorna Delaney, Sarah S. Robinson in memory of Nicholas Scott and Megan Rodgville Delaney The Rossman-Lichenstein David and Denise Ditman Family Mary Alane Downs and Dianne Scheper Christopher P. Downs Katherine Schnorrenberg Jillian Drummond The Eugene and Alice Tim Dugan Schreiber Philanthropic Donald and Barbara Eisen Fund Howard and Beth Eisenson, Judy Sheldon and Chris in honor of Vince Eisenson Gorman and Amal Saade The Shore/Swann Family Edward and Nanci Feltham Sharon Silverman and Marc Valerie Fenton and Hamburger Christopher Niebling Ed Simpson John Ferreira Patricia E. Smeton Bruce and Lisa Field Kristine Smets and Michael June and Larry Fletcher-Hill Booth Pamela Forton F. Louise and Wayne F. Smith Mike and Anne Foss Jared Smulison Jacquelyn Galke Mary Soules Dennis Gallagher and Carol Susan Spencer Barthel Jeffrey and Kathleen Sprague Donald and Gail Gann The Stansbury Family Mrs. Jane R. Geuder Brian and Carolan Stansky Carl and Teresa Gilbert Joseph Stefanski Gil and Terry Gleim Paul and Amy Stone Kristen Vanneman-Gooding Alan Stubbs and Jean Frank and Ira Gooding Anne and Ken Stuzin Susan and Richard Joan D. Sullivan Goodlaxson Curtis Tatum Michael and Colleen Gottleib Michael L. Terrin and Adam and Fredye Gross Bess Keller Sarita and Steve Gross Brent Tolbert-Smith Guy Guzzone Mary Tooey Bill and Wendy Hauck Lorraine and Leon Ukens

18 JULIUS CAESAR STAFF Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director OUR CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM Lesley Malin, Managing Director Varsity Graphics, Todd M. Zimmerman, Graphic Design Kyle Rudgers, Production Manager Molly Moores, Program Advertising Laura Malkus, Director of Development Elizabeth Berman, Finance and Development Manager ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Jean Thompson, Communications Manager Lizzi Albert Scott Alan Small Daniel O’Brien, Technical Director/Facilities Manager Gerrad Alex Taylor Ron Heneghan, Director of Community Engagement Kevin Costa, Education Director RESIDENT ARTISTS Kristina Lambdin, Resident Costume Designer Isabelle Anderson, Distinguished Artist in Residence and Business Manager Nellie K. Glover, Resident Choreographer Scott Farquhar, Resident Musical Director Elizabeth Nelson, Audience Services Manager

Michael Lonegro, Information Systems Manager TEACHING ARTISTS and Development Assistant Keegan Cassady Jeff Miller Robby Rose, Production and Education Assistant Alexandra Hewett Molly Moores Russell Laury, Porter Emily Karol Laura Rocklyn Kate Forton, Executive Assistant Bethany Mayo Gerrad Alex Taylor

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company creates performances and education programs out of great classic theater. Classic plays can be awfully good, but only if they speak to their audience and the community in a way that is dynamic, personal, and pleasurable. We do plays that people like and we perform them in innovative and intimate ways that intensify the connection between audiences and artists. We do this because we want to know what makes Shakespeare so great — and we ask our audience and our community to explore that question alongside us. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company 7 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Office: 410-244-8571 Box Office: 410-244-8570 www.ChesapeakeShakespeare.com

Well-Tuned Shakespeare and varied experience. for the audience. Not just any Continued from page 4 experience, they all believe in the depth of experience abound. One asks. "Hmm, why And I am deeply drawn to the insights Shakespeare has into possible. They would also this word? Why that extra beat? agree that it is the actors who Why a broken, shared line? " us humans. Comparing him to his contemporary playwrights, I generate that experience. A It’s really very Sherlock Holmes painter can give a painting to stuff and totally, utterly riveting. wonder at Shakespeare’s depth of humanity, understanding a gallery and go on vacation Shakespeare tells you every- while we all look at it and ex- thing. I remember when Cicely and poetry. How did he get to be so wise and insightful? perience the painting's art and Berry told me... if you find all the profound beauty or impact. clues, you don’t really have to Actors have to do it all in real “act,” because the form holds the IAN: You have worked and studied with some of the great time, and twice on Saturdays. truth. Just bring it to life and the Move well, speak, be musical, audience feels it. theatrical figures in the world, Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski, sing occasionally, dance, be Jacques Lecoq, Cicely Berry and coordinated, convey emotions. I wonder sometimes if I love Their instrument has to be Shakespeare so much because Bill Alexander. What, if anything, do they have in common? incredibly tuned and above of its complexity, the search all... brave and open. Because it for his intention, the search for all happens NOW. In real time the clues. It’s like the intricate ISABELLE: Interesting question. I suppose if you put them and space. Magic. The audience choreography to a ballet. Every must feel something NOW. move is in there. Just find it and into a room together (What repeat it every night ...and twice a great thought!) they would on Saturday’s. It stays alive and agree that theater is all about See the full interview at ChesapeakeShakespeare.com/well-tuned/ fresh. The form gives life to vast creating profound experience

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