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ROUND HOUSE THEATRE ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR 2018-2019 SEASON

Bethesda, Md. (June 6, 2018) – Round House Theatre announces casting for the five mainstage shows that will comprise its 41st season. “Our 2018-2019 Season launches our exciting Resident Artist program, and once again confirms our longstanding value to prioritize the use of local artists, with more than 90% of our artists hailing from the DC area,” says Artistic Director Ryan Rilette. “We’re thrilled to pair the best DC artists with some of the most exciting new plays and modern classics in American theatre. It’s a season you won’t want to miss.”

Artistic Director Ryan Rilette opens Round House’s 41st season with Bess Wohl’s Off-Broadway hit Small Mouth Sounds, featuring an ensemble cast of Katie deBuys (Miss Bennet: at Pemberley), Resident Artist Maboud Ebrahimzadeh (The Book of Will), Michael Glenn (Stage Kiss), Beth Hylton (), Andrea Harris Smith ( at Olney Theatre Center), and James Whalen (NSFW) as six city dwellers embarking on a week-long silent retreat. Dileep Rao (the film Inception) rounds out the cast as the unseen guru who challenges them to seek peace. Small Mouth Sounds runs August 29 – September 23, 2018 at Round House Theatre

Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play will feature Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan (, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play) as Li’l Bit, an adult survivor of sexual abuse, and Peter O’Connor (The Aliens at Studio Theatre) as her Uncle Peck. Resident Artist Craig Wallace (“Master Harold” … and the Boys) is joined by Daven Ralston (The Winter’s Tale at Folger Theatre) and Emily Townley (HIR at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company) as members of the Greek chorus, weaving throughout the play as additional characters. Amber Paige McGinnis makes her Round House directorial debut. How I Learned to Drive plays October 10 – 14, 2018 at Round House Theatre.

August Wilson’s will feature Stephanie Berry (Skeleton Crew at Centerstage) as 285-year-old soothsayer Aunt Ester, with Justin Weaks (The Christians at Theater J) as Citizen Barlow. They are joined by Jefferson A. Russell (Ironbound) as Aunt Ester’s gatekeeper Eli, Stori Ayers (Father Comes Home from the Wars) as Aunt Ester’s housekeeper Black Mary, Ray Anthony Thomas (Broadway’s revival of ) as Aunt Ester’s suitor Solly Two Kings, KenYatta Rogers (Father Comes Home from the Wars) as Black Mary’s brother Caesar, and Thomas Keegan () as traveling peddler Rutherford Selig. Timothy Douglas () returns to Round House to direct this first chapter of ’s monumental play cycle, running December 3 – 23, 2018.

J.T Rogers’ multiple award-winning Oslo is based on true events surrounding the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between the Israelis and Palestinians. The Round House production will feature Erin Weaver and Gregory Linington, both seen in last season’s production of Or, as the audacious husband-and- wife team of Norwegian bureaucrats. They will be joined by Todd Scofield (The Book of Will), Gregory Wooddell (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Kimberly Gilbert (The Book of Will), Michael Sweeney Hammond (Julius Caesar at Shakespeare Theatre), and John Austin (Melancholy Play at Constellation Theatre) as fellow Norwegians; Maboud Ebrahimzadeh (The Book of Will) and Ahmad Kamal (The Invisible Hand at Olney Theatre Center) as members of the Palestinian camp; Conrad Feininger (), Alexander Strain (Glengarry Glen Ross), and Cody Nickell (Born Yesterday at Ford’s Theatre) as members of the Israeli camp; and Susannah Morgan Eig as the German wife and Swedish hostess. Artistic Director Ryan Rilette helms this political thriller, running April 24 – May 19, 2019 at the Lansburgh Theatre.

Also at the Lansburgh Theatre, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Isben’s 1879 masterpiece, will feature Holly Twyford (last season’s Or,) as Nora, and Craig Wallace (“Master Harold” … and the Boys) as Torvald. They will be joined by Nancy Robinette (Uncle Vanya) as the family’s nanny, Ann Marie and Kathryn Tkel (Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley) as the couple’s daughter, Emmy. Associate Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson makes her Round House directorial debut. A Doll’s House, Part 2 opens June 5, 2019, and runs through the end of that month.

Full details about the 2018-2019 Season, including subscription information can be found at RoundHouseTheatre.org.

RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM

Round House’s new Resident Artist program will deepen the relationship with key artists through two- year residencies that guarantees each artist work on four productions, while engaging them in teaching, season planning, and donor cultivation. These actors and designers will become part of the Round House team, working year-round rather than on a per show basis—providing much needed job security.

Resident Artists, 2018-2020

Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Actor “It’s a kind of dream for any artist to be offered an opportunity such as this. It’s more than just an on- going commitment to the work, it’s a commitment and a challenge to myself, to learn and grow with a whole organization at my back pushing me to succeed. It’s symbiotic in nature; our success is a shared one. “

Paige Hathaway, Scenic Designer “I could not be more excited about joining Round House as a resident artist. I am filled with anticipation for the work that we are going to be doing together this coming season. Not only are the scripts themselves fantastic, but the team at Round House is also endlessly supportive, talented, and they constantly strive for greatness.”

Ivania Stack, Costume Designer “I’m honored and thrilled to be part of the Resident Artist program. Having been part of The Teen Performance Company Program for the past few years and a designer for several Round House shows, I’ve seen firsthand and loved the many ways in which this organization has invested in a multigenerational community of artists. I believe this new program goes even further to strengthen this collaborative circle, and provides artists with even more agency and opportunities to invest back into this incredible community.”

Craig Wallace, Actor “I can't wait! Ryan and his team have so many incredible plans for the future of Round House Theatre and I'm excited to be a part of it.”

2018-2019 SEASON INFORMATION

SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS By Bess Wohl Directed by Ryan Rilette Round House Theatre AUG 29 – SEPT 23, 2018

Artistic Director Ryan Rilette opens Round House’s 41st season with a remarkable theatrical experience. A weeklong silent retreat in proves to be anything but tranquil for six restless souls in search of enlightenment. Guided by the disembodied voice of an increasingly unhinged guru, the group struggles to find relevance in their own intentions. As the week progresses, they discover inner peace isn’t all that peaceful, especially when you’re spending most of your time trying to relate to the people around you … or avoiding the threat of bears. Played with equal parts humor and tenderness, Small Mouth Sounds examines all the aching, awkward, and awesome ways humans break barriers in order to connect with each other.

CAST Alicia Katie deBuys Rodney Maboud Ebrahimzadeh Ned Michael Glenn Joan Beth Hylton Teacher Dileep Rao Judy Andrea Harris Smith Jan James Whalen

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE By Paula Vogel Directed by Amber Paige McGinnis Round House Theatre OCT 10 – NOV 4, 2018

Paula Vogel’s chronicle of one woman’s journey to break the cycle—and silence—of sexual abuse is a heartbreaking, sardonic, and uncomfortably funny exploration of the complicated relationships between victims, offenders, and enablers. Li’l Bit’s “education” at the hands of her Uncle Peck began when she was just 11 years old. As an adult survivor, she takes the stage to unravel the tangled roadmap of emotions and memories that paved the way for her to reclaim her narrative. Amber Paige McGinnis makes her Round House directorial debut with one of the most resonantly powerful plays in the modern American canon, with a message that is still all too relevant in this pivotal #MeToo moment in our history.

CAST Li’l Bit Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan Uncle Peck Peter O’Connor Teenage Greek Chorus Daven Ralston Female Greek Chorus Emily Townley Male Greek Chorus Craig Wallace

AUGUST WILSON’S GEM OF THE OCEAN Directed by Timothy Douglas Round House Theatre NOV 28 – DEC 23, 2018

As turmoil swirls in Pittsburgh’s Hill District over a tragedy at the local mill, the “American Century” dawns in Aunt Ester’s kitchen when Citizen Barlow arrives to have his soul cleansed by the venerable, 285-year-old soothsayer. Neighborhood personalities mesh and collide as the household prepares for his mystical quest. But with the scars left by the Civil War still fresh, one man’s redemption could mean the end of the uneasy calm holding this African-American community together. This first chapter of August Wilson’s monumental play cycle, directed by Timothy Douglas (August Wilson’s Two Trains Running), challenges us to examine our notions of “freedom” in a country where the end of slavery opened the door to more insidious systems of oppression.

CAST Black Mary Stori Ayers Aunt Ester Stephanie Berry Rutherford Selig Thomas Keegan Caesar KenYatta Rogers Eli Jefferson A. Russell Solly Two Kings Ray Anthony Thomas Citizen Barlow Justin Weaks

OSLO By J. T. Rogers Directed by Ryan Rilette Lansburgh Theatre APR 24 – MAY 19, 2019

In 1993, unbeknownst to the rest of the world, an audacious husband-and-wife team of Norwegian bureaucrats assembled a motley band of would-be diplomats from the to attempt the unimaginable: negotiate peace between Israel and Palestine. Operating only through back-channels— in secrecy, and without any official bargaining power—the group struggles to find middle ground as political tensions reach a fever pitch. But at the heart of diplomacy lies empathy, and these peacemakers must rely on the strength of the surprising personal bonds they have forged if they want to succeed. Based on the true events surrounding the Oslo Peace Accords, Artistic Director Ryan Rilette helms this thrilling nail-biter, which swept the 2016-2017 awards season.

CAST Trond Gunderson / German Husband John Austin Ahmed Qurie Maboud Ebrahimzadeh German Wife / Swedish Hostess Susannah Morgan Eig Yair Hirschfeld / Shimon Peres Conrad Feininger Marianne Heiberg/ Toril Grandal Kimberly Gilbert American/Diplomate/Thor Bjornevog Michael Sweeney Hammond Hassan Asfour Ahmad Kamal Terje Rod-Larsen Gregory Linington Joel Singer Cody Nickell Johan Jorgen Holt/ Finn Grandal Todd Scofield Yossi Beilin Alexander Strain Mona Juul Erin Weaver Jan Engeland / Ron Pundak Gregory Wooddell

A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 By Lucas Hnath Directed by Nicole A. Watson Lansburgh Theatre JUN 5 – JUN 30, 2019

When last we saw Nora Helmer, she left her husband Torvald—and audiences—with the slam of a door that became a feminist battle cry. Now, 15 years later, Nora knocks on that same door in search of closure… except the reactions of those she left behind are not quite what she anticipated. That’s the funny thing about the end of relationships, though: hindsight isn’t necessarily 20/20 if you don’t stick around for the aftermath. Associate Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson shares her artistic vision with Round House audiences for the first time, directing this clever and sharp sequel to Ibsen’s 1879 masterpiece that opens up old wounds with fresh insight, unexpected humor, and modern sensibility.

Ann Marie Nancy Robinette Emmy Kathryn Tkel Nora Holly Twyford Torvald Craig Wallace

BIOGRAPHIES

JOHN AUSTIN (Trond, German Husband) is thrilled to make his Round House debut. Other DC credits include Frank in Melancholy Play at Constellation Theatre and Lysander in Midsummer with Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks. Montano in Othello, Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, and Gatsby in The Great Gatsby with National Players of Olney Theatre Center. In his hometown of Austin, Texas, John played Young Zeus in Tutto Theatre Company’s Zeus in Therapy, for which he won the 2013 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Young Performer. Training: BFA in Acting, Summa Cum Laude, from Boston University, including a semester in Classical Acting at LAMDA in London. BU awarded John the Dean’s Award. The Bette Davis Foundation awarded John the Bette Davis Prize, for excellence in the acting profession. http://www.johnaustinactor.com/

STORI AYERS (Black Mary) is elated to be back at Round House after having appeared in Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts 1, 2 & 3. She also appeared in Yellowman at Anacostia Playhouse. New York City credits include Blood at the Root at the National Black Theatre, winner of the Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation Prize. Other acting credits include A Raisin in at Indiana Repertory Theatre and Syracuse Stage; Jitney at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Detroit '67 at Chautauqua Theater Company; Foster Mom at Premiere Stages; An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at Horizon Theatre; and Barbecue, Doubt, Love's Labours Lost, and In the Red and Brown Water at Pennsylvania Centre Stage. Training: B.A. from Mary Baldwin College and an MFA in Acting from Penn State University. She works as the Executive Assistant to writer Dominique Morisseau and Katori Hall and will next be seen in her self-produced web series, The Next Right Thing.

STEPHANIE BERRY (Aunt Ester) is currently appearing in Sugar in Our Wounds at . Recent theater credits include: Skeleton Crew at Baltimore Centerstage, The Bluest Eye at The Gutherie Theatre, at Yale Repertory Theater, and Mothers and Sons at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Recent TV credits include: “The Last OG”, “Bull”, “Luke Cage”, “Blacklist”, “Blue Bloods”, “Louie CK”, and all of the “Law and Order” shows. Movie credits include: OG, Delivery Man, No Reservations, Invasions and Finding Forrester. Stephanie is a recipient of an OBIE Award for her one-person production, The Shaneequa Chronicles: The Making of a Black Woman, and she is a TCG fellowship as a Distinguished Artist. She is a co- founder of Blackberry Productions, a community-based documentary theater company. She is a member of a storytelling group called, Mississippi, Sassafras and Myrrh, performing traditional and original folktales and folk narratives.

KATIE DEBUYS (Alicia) makes a joyful return to Round House after playing Jane in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly, Aimee in The Night Alive, May in Fool for Love, and Kate in Seminar (Helen Hayes nomination). Other local credits include The Winter’s Tale, Henry V, The Conference of the Birds and The Gaming Table at The Folger Shakespeare Theatre; The How and the Why at Theater J; Stupid F***ing Bird and In the Next Room or the vibrator play at Woolly Mammoth; Measure for Measure at Shakespeare Theatre Company; A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tchaikovsky: Mad But for Music with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; and Aladdin’s Luck at Imagination Stage. Regionally, she has performed at Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Capital T Theater in Austin, Texas, and at the Texas Shakespeare Festival. Katie holds a B.S. in Theatre from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin.

MABOUD EBRAHIMZADEH (Rodney, Ahmed Qurie) is thrilled to begin his residency at Round House with Small Mouth Sounds. Previous Round House credits include: The Book of Will and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. REGIONAL: Murder on the Orient Express at Hartford Stage; and Murder on the Orient Express at McCarter Theatre; Disgraced at Milwaukee Rep; The Invisible Hand [Barrymore Award for Outstanding Lead Actor] at Theatre Exile; The Liar at Gulfshore Playhouse; and The Container at Center Stage. DC:The Price at Arena Stage; The Invisible Hand at Olney Theatre Center; Mockingbird at Kennedy Center; Timon of Athens and Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre; and Edgar & Annabel at Studio Theatre; and , The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Bobrauschenbergamerica, and Scorched at Forum Theatre. FILM/TV: Jessica Jones, Imperium, and Sally Pacholok. www.maboudebrahimzadeh.com

SUSANNAH MORGAN EIG (German Wife/Swedish Hostess) is thrilled to be returning to Round House for Oslo. Last season, Susannah served as Artistic Apprentice and assistant directed I’ll Get You Back Again, The Book of Will, and The Legend of Georgia McBride. Other DC credits include (as director) The Tragical Comical Fool’s Game with Capital Fringe; (as assistant director) Winter’s Tale at Folger. Education: The Shakespeare Institute, MA in Shakespeare and Creativity; Rice University, BA in English and Theatre.

CONRAD FEININGER (Yair Hirschfeld/Shimon Peres) is delighted to return to Round House Theatre, where he has been seen in Glengarry Glen Ross, Nixon’s Nixon (twice), Travels With My Aunt, The Fantasticks, The Rehearsal, and Joe Egg. Other DC area appearances include: The Price, Peter Pan, Henry II, and Amadeus at Olney Theatre Center; Macbeth at Baltimore Shakespeare Festival; Amadeus at Everyman Theatre; What the Butler Saw at Signature Theatre; Pygmalion, The Seagull, and Great White Hope at Arena Stage; All’s Well That Ends Well, King Lear, Henry V, and Richard II at Shakespeare Theatre; Skull in Conammara, Tale of the Wolf, and The Plays The Thing (twice) at The Washington Stage Guild. Mary Goldwater recipient, 5-time Helen Hayes nominated, shares one HH award, for best ensemble Glengarry Glen Ross.

KIMBERLY GILBERT (Marianne Heiberg/Toril Grandal) last appeared at Round House in The Book of Will. Other RHT credits include Angels in America, Uncle Vanya, The Lyons, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Kimberly has been in the DC Theatreverse since the year two thousand where she has been fortunate enough to play on the stage of Round House as well as Ford’s, The Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, Studio, Theater J, Forum, Mosaic, Source, Metro Stage, and, most frequently, Woolly Mammoth and Taffety Punk, both of which she is a proud Company Member. Kimberly is a graduate of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting.

MICHAEL GLENN (Ned) is excited to be returning to Round House, having previously appeared in Stage Kiss and THIS. A Washington-based actor for the last two decades, Michael has appeared on nearly every area stage. Some favorite past credits include: The School for Lies at Shakespeare Theatre; Baskerville and Good People at Arena Stage; Brighton Beach Memoirs at Theatre J; Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Ensemble) and at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre; Marjorie Prime at Olney Theatre; at Woolly Mammoth; The Lieutenant of Inishmore at Signature Theatre; Cat's Cradle and The Hothouse with Longacre Lea; A Skull in Connemara and Major Barbara (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor) at the Washington Stage Guild.

MICHAEL SWEENEY HAMMOND (American Diplomat/Thor Bjornevog) is honored to make his Round House debut. DC credits include Julius Caesar (FFA) and All’s Well That Ends Well (FFA) at Shakespeare Theatre; Solid Gold Cadillac at Studio Theatre; and readings at Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, and Source Festival. Off-Broadway/New York credits include The Rivals at NY Classical Theatre; and Hamlet. A Version at Theatre at St. Clements. Regional credits include In The Heat of the Night at LA Theatre Works; His Girl Friday and Car Plays: San Diego at La Jolla Playhouse; Honor Killing at Florida Studio Theatre; Torchbearers at Williamstown Theatre Festival; A Devil At Noon at Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center; and Cash on Delivery at El Portal Theatre in LA. Training: MFA, UC San Diego and BA, Brown University.

BETH HYLTON (Joan) is very happy to return to Round House after appearing as Liz in Handbagged and Gwen in Rapture, Blister, Burn. Beth is a company member of Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre: some favorite recent performances include Blanche in , Rosemary in Outside Mullingar, and Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists. DC-area credits include Appropriate and Collective Rage at Woolly Mammoth, at Rep Stage, as well as productions at Ford’s and Olney. Favorite regional performances include Amanda in at PICT, Nora in A Doll’s House at Gulfshore Playhouse, Elvira in Blithe Spirit at Delaware Theatre Company and The Woman in The 39 Steps at The Maltz-Jupiter. Also: PlayMakers Rep, Kennedy Theatre NC, Weston Playhouse, Public Theatre of Maine. In NYC, Beth was a founding ensemble member of The Ground Floor Theatre Lab. Training: MFA UNC-Chapel Hill PATP.

AHMAD KAMAL (Hassan Asfour) is excited to be making his debut at Round House! Other credits include The Invisible Hand at Olney Theatre Center; 4,380 Nights at Signature Theatre; Love and Information, I Call My Brothers, and Blackberry Winter at Forum Theatre; The Return at Mosaic Theater; KISS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp at Adventure Theatre; The Hard Problem (u/s) at Studio Theatre; and Exit The King at 4615 Theatre.

ALYSSA WILMOTH KEEGAN (Li’l Bit) is thrilled to be back at Round House Theatre. Previous credits include Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Helen Hayes winner: Best Lead Actress in a play) and Susannah in Becky Shaw. Other DC credits include: Gloria and Botticelli In The Fire at Woolly Mammoth Theater Co.; Digging Up Dessa at Kennedy Center; The Return at Mosaic Theater; Fickle: A Fancy French Farce and Bad Dog (Helen Hayes Award nomination Outstanding Ensemble) at Olney Theater Center; Come From Away (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical; Helen Hayes Award winner, Outstanding Ensemble) at Ford’s Theatre; The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage; Richard III at Folger Theater; Late: A Cowboy Song and Stop Kiss at No Rules Theater Co.; Contractions at Studio Theater; The History Of Invulnerability at Theater J; The Container at Baltimore Center Stage; and more than 30 productions including 15 of Shakespeare’s canon at American Shakespeare Center. Broadway: Thomas the Tank Engine Live On Stage; Off-Broadway: Agamemnon at LaMama. Education: M.F.A. Academy for Classical Acting, Shakespeare Theater.

THOMAS KEEGAN (Rutherford Selig) is excited to return to Round House, after appearing in Fool for Love and Angels in America. Other DC credits include Romeo & Juliet at The Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Invisible Hand at Olney Theatre Center; Jefferson’s Garden, The Glass Menagerie, and at Ford’s Theatre; Misterman at Solas Nua; Body of an American at Theatre J; Othello and Taming of the Shrew at Folger Theatre; Zombie: The American and Women Laughing Alone with Salad at Woolly Mammoth; and Watch on the Rhine at Arena Stage. TV credits include HBO’s “,” CBS’s “Madam Secretary” and “Elementary,” and AMC’s “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” Training: The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University, MFA. Mr. Keegan can be seen this spring in Ayad Ahktar’s JUNK at Arena Stage. @TheThomasKeegan

GREGORY LININGTON (Terje Rod-Larsen) is thrilled to be back at Round House, having previously performed in Or, and The Night Alive. DC credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Ford’s (HH Award for Best Ensemble); The Little Foxes and Equivocation at Arena Stage; Taming of the Shrew, Othello, Midsummer, The Tempest, and Tartuffe at Shakespeare Theatre; and Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter at The Kennedy Center. New York credits include the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Joe's Pub. Other regional credits include The Goodman, Northlight Theatre, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Center Theatre Group, PCPA, Yale Rep. Gregory was a 12-Year Company Member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a 5-Year Company Member of Misery Loves Company in Prague. Film and credits include Innocent Sleep, Persuasion, Harrison’s Flowers; “Chicago PD,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Shameless,” “Major Crimes,” and “The West Wing.” He has taught at DePaul University, Shakespeare Theatre and Georgetown University. Training includes The Groundlings, SITI Company, and Conservatory for the Performing Arts. gregorylinington.com.

CODY NICKELL (Joel Singer) is very excited to make his Round House debut with such a tremendous cast and creative team. Other recent DC credits include: Born Yesterday at Ford’s Theatre; Botticelli In The Fire at Woolly Mammoth; Antony and Cleopatra at The Folger Theatre; and The School For Lies at The Shakespeare Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination). Cody’s regional credits include shows at Gulfshore Playhouse (Artistic Associate for 3 seasons) The Arden Theatre, The Wilma Theatre, Playmakers Rep, Portland Center Stage, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Syracuse Stage, San Jose Rep, Studio Theatre, Two River Theatre, and Barrington Stage, as well as appearances at the Naples Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. Cody’s career also includes film, television, and voice-over work. Cody is the recipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and has been nominated for 4 Helen Hayes Awards. Cody is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama.

PETER O’CONNOR (Uncle Peck) is making his Round House Theatre debut. Previous DC theatre credits include The Aliens (Studio Theatre, dir. Lila Neugebauer). Selected Off-Broadway credits include Little Rock (Sheen Center, dir. Marshall Jones III), A Patron of the Arts (Cherry Lane, dir. Mike Donohue), (Barrow Street, dir. Sam Gold), Jailbait (Obie award, Chery Lane, dir. Suzie Agins), other NYC: Beyond the Horizon, Richard II, and All's Well that Ends Well. Selected Regional credits include Smart People (Long Wharf, dir. Desdemona Chiang), Chinglish (Portland Center Stage & Syracuse Stage, dir. May Adrales), The Aliens (San Francisco PH, dir. Lila Neugebauer), and The May Queen. Select TV/Film credits include Billy Rogers on "Public Morals" (TNT, Spielberg/Ed Burns), Flesh & Bone (Starz) “Mercy” (NBC), “Law & Order” (NBC), “Ed,” (NBC), Frat Star (Netflix), The Last Treasure Hunt (Netflix), St. Michael on Grand Theft Auto, Liberty City.

DAVEN RALSTON (Teenage Greek Chorus) is making her debut performance with Round House Theatre. Select DC area theater credits include: The Winter's Tale and As You Like It at Folger Theatre; Everything is Illuminated at Theatre J; Top Girls, and The Bockety World of Henry and Bucket at Keegan Theatre; Wonderland: Alice's Rock and Roll Adventure at Imagination Stage; Three Sisters, No Sisters at Studio Theatre; The Magi at Hub Theatre; A Bid to Save the World at Rorschach Theatre; Wild Sky at Solas Nua (company member); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Friendship Betrayed, and The Madwoman of Chaillot at WSC Avant Bard; Space Bop, and Snow Day at Arts on the Horizon; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at PG County Shakespeare Festival. Daven can be seen next in Once at Olney Theatre Center. www.davenralston.com

DILEEP ROA (Teacher) is a native Angeleno. Appearances include World Premieres of Yoga Play and Making It South Coast Repertory, Indian Ink (American premiere) at A.C.T. San Francisco; Fetes de la Nuit and Perfect Wedding, world premieres by Charles S. Mee (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre); The Lover (New Langton Arts); the national tour of Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Manhattan Theatre Club); Free Outgoing (East West Players); Shiv (The Theatre @ Boston Court); and King Charles III (Pasadena Playhouse). His television credits include “Brothers & Sisters,” “Touch,” “Childrens Hospital”, “Z Nation”, and "Mr Robot." His film credits include Avatar, Drag Me to Hell, Inception and Beeba Boys. He is a graduate of UC San Diego and holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

NANCY ROBINETTE (Ann Marie) has appeared at Round House Theatre in Uncle Vanya, Love and Anger, Escape From Happiness, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Better Living, and Body of Water. She recently performed in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time on Broadway. Other recent shows include John at Signature Theatre; Everything is Illuminated at Theatre J; Three Sisters and No Sisters at Studio Theatre; and Happy Days at Scena. She received the Helen Hayes Tribute, the Shakespeare Theatre Will Award (ensemble), and the William Hopkins award.

KENYATTA ROGERS (Caesar) is thrilled to return to Round House after performing in Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3, Two Trains Running, Glengarry Glen Ross, Amadeus, A Wrinkle in Time, Eurydice, and A Lesson Before Dying. DC credits include King Hedley II and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Arena Stage; Holly Down in Heaven at Forum Theatre; Topdog/Underdog and at Everyman Theatre; Fever/Dream at Woolly Mammoth; Death of a Salesman and Jitney at Ford’s Theatre; Colossal at Olney Theatre Center; Comedy of Errors at Folger Theatre; at Trustus Theatre; Coriolanus at Shakespeare & Company; and As You Like It, Spunk, and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at African Continuum Theatre. TV credits including the PBS series “Standard Deviants’ Television.” Training: MFA in Acting, University of Pittsburgh. KenYatta is currently Theatre Coordinator for Montgomery College’s Performing Arts Department.

JEFFERSON A. RUSSELL (Eli) recently appeared in the world premiere of Unexplored Interior, Mosaic Theatre Company's inaugural production and the world premiere of Ironbound at Round House. Other Round House credits include Fetch Clay, Make Man (co-production with Marin Theatre Company), Two Trains Running, Fahrenheit 451, Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Regional credits include The Convert and Fetch Clay Make Man at Marin Theatre Company; Sunset Baby at Rep Stage; Clybourne Park at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; The Trinity River Plays co-production at Dallas Theatre Center and the ; The Piano Lesson at Hangar Theatre; at Gulfshore Playhouse; Hecuba, Blood Knot, A Raisin in the Sun and A Lesson Before Dying at African Continuum Theatre Company; Gem of the Ocean, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Hedda Gabler and The Soul Collector at Everyman Theatre; The Tempest at Folger Theatre; Cyrano and Edward II at the Shakespeare Theatre Company; Measure For Measure at Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University; and other theater companies including the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Imagination Stage, Theatre J, Arena Players, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, National Black Theatre Festival and several national tours with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (including Harlem and Alexander and the Terrible...Day). TV credits include HBO’s and NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Streets. Jefferson has a BA in Sociology/Criminal Justice from Hampton University, an MFA in Classical Acting from the Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University, is a former Baltimore police officer and a founding member of GALVANIZE, a network for artists of color.

TODD SCOFIELD (Johan Jorgen Hoist/Finn Grandal) has previously appeared at Round House in The Book of Will, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Stage Kiss, NSFW, This, Beauty Queen of Leenane, Double Indemnity, and Tabletop. Over the past 16 years, Todd has also appeared in numerous shows for Shakespeare Theatre and Folger Theatre. He played C.S. Lewis in Freud's Last Session at Theater J. Other area theaters include Arena, Olney, Studio, Imagination Stage, Ford's and Adventure. Outside of DC, Todd has worked at Everyman, Arden, PlayMakers, Charlotte Rep, and 4 seasons at North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Television: recurring role seasons 3 and 5 of “The Wire”.

ANDREA HARRIS SMITH (Judy) is delighted to make her Round House Theatre debut. Credits include Our Town at Olney Theatre Center; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pericles, Les Blancs, and Chicago at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Mules at Magic Theatre, San Francisco; Blues for an Alabama Sky [Critics Circle Award] at TheatreWorks, Bay Area. International credits include Katrina at Jericho House London; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and Love’s Labour’s Lost at Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon and West End; To Kill a Mockingbird at Birmingham Rep/West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK Tour; A Streetcar Named Desire at Theatr Clywd. Film: Last Chance and True Story. TV: “Hamlet” (RSC/BBC), “Doctor Who” (BBC), and “Casualty” (BBC). Andrea trained at A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco and The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK.

ALEXANDER STRAIN (Yossi Beilin) previously appeared at Round House in Seminar (Helen Hayes nomination - Supporting Actor), Glengarry Glen Ross (Helen Hayes Nomination - Lead Actor and Helen Hayes Ensemble Award), Next Fall, My Name is Asher Lev, and Lord of the Flies. Other recent DC area performances include Every Brilliant Thing (Olney Theatre Center), New Jerusalem (Theater J, Helen Hayes nomination - Lead Actor), and Tribes (Everyman Theatre). He is a graduate of NYU and Marymount University.

RAY ANTHONY THOMAS (Solly Two Kings) is making his Round House debut. He appeared years ago at Ford’s Theatre in Black Eagles. Broadway: Jitney (Tony for best revival, NY Drama Critics award for best ensemble); The Crucible (Ivo van Hove-director); Race (by -director). Select Off- Broadway: World Premiere Between Riverside And Crazy (Pulitzer winner) at Atlantic Theater Company (company member); Volunteer Man (Obie award-performance) at Rattlestick Theatre; The Exonerated at The Culture Project (premiere run); Kindness at Playwrights Horizons; and Black Eagles at Manhattan Theatre Club. Recent Film and TV: Isn’t It Romantic, Trouble With The Curve, Pariah, Shutter Island, “High Maintanance,” “The Last O.G.,” and “Accidental Wolf.” Recent Regional: Artney Jackson at Willamstown Theater Festival; World Premiere of Water By The Spoonful (Pulitzer winner) at Hartford Stage.

KATHRYN TKEL (Emmy) is delighted to return to Round House after appearing in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Other DC area credits include: An Octoroon at Woolly Mammoth; Sense and Sensibility and Timon of Athens at Folger Theatre; Jefferson’s Garden, Death of a Salesman and The Guard at Ford’s Theatre; Fickle! A Fancy French Farce at Olney Theatre Center; Venus in Fur and Hunting and Gathering at Rep Stage; By the Way Meet Vera Stark at Everyman Theatre; Promised Land at Mosaic Theater Company; Mockingbird at The Kennedy Center TYA. Regional credits include: Cyrano de Bergerac at Perseverance Theatre; Romeo and Juliet at Arizona Theatre Company; Legacy of Light and Secret Order at San Jose Repertory Theatre; Den of Thieves and The Story at SF Playhouse. Training: The Academy for Classical acting, MFA.

EMILY TOWNLEY (Female Chorus) is delighted to return to Round House after appearing in Sisterhood under the direction of Daniel Fish. She is a Company Member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company where her favorite performances include roles in HIR, The Arsonists, The Totalitarians (Helen Hayes nomination), Detroit, Bright New Boise, Maria/Stuart, The House of Gold, Spain, Fuddy Meers, Wonder of the World and Watbanaland. Other DC credits include and Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Mystery of Love and Sex at Signature Theatre; Bad Dog at Olney Theatre Center; Between Riverside and Crazy, Laugh, Skin Tight, Rock N' Roll and The Bright and Bold Design at Studio Theatre; and The Gaming Table and The Tempest at the Folger Theatre. She has also performed locally for the Washington Stage Guild, the Kennedy Center, Metro Stage, Freedom Stage, Everyman Theatre, and Rep Stage. Regionally, she was seen in All My Sons and The Game's Afoot for Gulfshore Playhouse. Emily can next be seen as Maria in Olney Theatre’s upcoming production of A Comedy of Tenors.

HOLLY TWYFORD (Nora) is delighted to be back at Round House after appearing last year in the highly acclaimed Or, by Liz Duffy Adams. Other Round House productions include Living Out and (many years ago) The Sisterhood at the original location. She was most recently seen in the role of Desiree in Signature Theatre’s production of A Little Night Music. She has appeared in over 60 productions with many of the area’s numerous theaters as well as performing nationally. Ms. Twyford is a five-time Helen Hayes Award winner, a recipient of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence and a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. She is a charter member of the Studio Cabinet, Studio Theatre’s new affiliated artist program. She has appeared in several independent films as well as on the small screen. Her credits also include numerous commercials, voiceovers, and educational and training films.

CRAIG WALLACE (Male Greek Chorus, Torvald) is excited to return to Round House Theatre for this production. Craig's past performances at Round House include How I Learned to Drive, “Master Harold”…and the Boys, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3, Stage Kiss, Permanent Collection, and The Little Prince. Local credits include performances at Ford's Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre and others. Regionally, Craig has been on stages all over the country including Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Shakespeare Santa Cruz.

JUSTIN WEAKS (Citizen Barlow) makes his Round House Theatre debut with Gem of the Ocean. DC credits include Long Way Down, Bud, Not Buddy and Darius & Twig at The Kennedy Center; Gloria at Woolly Mammoth; Curve of Departure at Studio Theatre; Still Life with Rocket, Word Becomes Flesh (Helen Hayes Award for Supporting Actor in a Play, Ensemble) and Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea at Theater Alliance; The Christians (Helen Hayes nomination) at Theater J; Charm at Mosaic Theater Co.; and Lobby Hero at 1st Stage. New York and regional theater credits include appearances at The New York Theatre Workshop, Hamlet Isn't Dead, Working Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Shakespeare & Company and Barter Theater. Training: Greensboro College (B.A. in Theater). Mr. Weaks can next be seen in BLKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

ERIN WEAVER (Mona Juul) is very pleased to be back at Round House Theatre where she has previously appeared in Or, (Helen Hayes Award), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Nutcracker, Ordinary Days (Helen Hayes Award), A Wrinkle in Time, and A Murder, A Mystery and A Marriage. Other DC area credits include Wonderland and The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage; Sense & Sensibility, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, and Arcadia (Helen Hayes Award) at the Folger Theatre; Mother Courage and Her Children (Helen Hayes Award) at Arena Stage; Company (Helen Hayes Award), The Last Five Years, and Xanadu at Signature Theatre; Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall at the Kennedy Center; and the title role in A Lump of Coal for Christmas at Adventure Theatre. Other regional credits include The Arden, Act II Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theater, People’s Light & Theatre, and many others. Erin is currently a proud resident of Silver Spring with her husband Aaron and their amazing daughter, Maisie.

JAMES WHALEN (Jan) is delighted to be back at Round House for Small Mouth Sounds. He was last seen as Aidan in NSFW. Other area credits include The Little Foxes at Arena Stage; The Argument and Race at Theatre J; Colossal and Da at Olney Theatre Center; True West and Boeing Boeing at Rep Stage; Ghosts, Tribes, The Dresser, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Time Stands Still, and at Everyman Theatre; Hamlet for We Happy Few; Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center; STAY and Two Bit Taj-Mahal for Theatre for the First Amendment; and Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He has also worked with The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Open Circle Theatre, and St. Mark’s and the Chernukin Theatres in New York. Film and TV credits include “House of Cards,” “VEEP,” “I Love You But I Lied,” Raltat, Money Matters, and A Beautiful Mind. He earned his MFA at The Catholic University of America and is a proud member of Actors Equity.

GREGORY WOODDELL (Jan Egeland/Ron Pundak) has previously appeared at Round House Theatre in Stage Kiss, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Other DC credits include nineteen productions with the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Affiliated Artist); title role in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (World Premiere by Ken Ludwig) at Arena Stage and McCarter Theatre; Cabaret at Signature Theatre. Broadway credits include The Lyons; and Cymbeline. Other highlights in theatre include: title role in Henry VIII at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Some Men (World Premiere by Terrence McNally) at Philadelphia Theatre Company; School of Night (American Premiere by Peter Whelan) at Mark Taper Forum; and Miracle at Naples (World Premiere by David Grimm) at Huntington Theatre. Television credits include ''30 Rock'', “Person of Interest”, “The Good Wife", ''Third Watch'', ''Guiding Light'' (recurring), ''One Life to Live'' (recurring) FILM: Exposed, Paradise Virus. TRAINING: The Juilliard School.

ABOUT ROUND HOUSE THEATRE

Round House Theatre is one of the leading professional theatres in the Washington, D.C. area, producing a season of new plays, modern classics, and musicals for more than 40,000 patrons each year at our theatre in Bethesda. Round House has been nominated for 181 Helen Hayes Awards and has won 37, including four Outstanding Resident Play Awards, Outstanding Resident Musical, and the Charles MacArthur Award for Original New Play. Round House’s lifelong learning and education programs serve over 4,000 students each year at its Education Center in Silver Spring and in schools throughout Montgomery County. Cornerstone programs include Play It Forward, which provides free tickets for teens and college school students, the year-round Teen Performance Company, which culminates in the student-produced Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, Summer Camp for students in grades K-12, and a full slate of classes for Adults & Youth.

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