THANK YOU TO OUR TOUR SPONSORS The generous support of our tour sponsors makes it possible for Seattle Shakespeare Company to bring professional live theatre to students and communities across Washington State. Photo: Island in the Sky Shane M. KalynPhoto: by On Tour Across Washington State in Spring 2016! seattleshakespeare.org

On tour across Washington State Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. All original material copyright © Seattle Shakespeare Company 2015 Theatre Festival, and New Century Theatre Inter*Im, The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle The touring cast and design team at first rehearsal. Company. Education: Northwestern Public Theater, Youththeatre NW, Tacoma University, MFA; Samuel Beckett Centre at Actors Guild here in Washington. Out Trinity College Dublin, BA. of town, Craig has designed for Arizona Theatre Co., Chicago Theatre Center, Craig Wollam Atlanta’s 14th Street Theatre, Boston’s Lyric Scenic Designer Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop of NY, the Spoleto Festival of Italy, the Colony in Craig’s work as a scenic and lighting Miami, the Zephyr in LA, Kohler Arts Center designer has been seen at NWAAT, in Sheboygan, and the Actor’s Playhouse Langston Hughes, Intiman Theatre, Seattle NY. Craig is co-founder and Technical Opera, Centerstage, Seattle Repertory Director of Seattle Scenic Studios, a non- Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Dear Patron, profit serving non-profits and education Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, throughout Western Washington including Spectrum Dance Theatre, Civic Light In Renaissance England, groups of actors that toured around the countryside Seattle Shakespeare Company. Opera, ArtsWest, Bellevue Opera, Wing were called “playing companies.” They set up shop, performed a show, and, the Luke Museum, The Bruce Lee Exhibit for following day, moved on to the next town. The most famous of these playing companies was Shakespeare’s own King’s Men.

To be part of a playing company took a great deal of work for an actor since they were also the producers of each production. They took care of the set if it broke, sewed torn costumes, loaded and unloaded the wagons, and tended to their cast members if they were injured or sick.

This is not unlike the troupe that visits you today. They have worked countless hours to prepare these plays, the costumes have been built, the set created — but once they FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS leave the rehearsal space in Seattle, they are on their own. They must sew a costume if it rips, fix a set if it breaks. In the time period during which they will be traveling, they THROUGHOUT THE PUGET SOUND will cover thousands of miles and perform for more than 15,000 people. They will leave family and friends behind for one reason: they love what they do. They love the opportunity to speak and share Shakespeare’s words with you. Through them you will hear the words that were spoken by the King’s Men and be connected to the audience members who stood for hours to hear these same words spoken 400 years ago.

If you listen closely you will hear the reflection of your own lives in these stories. The characters will love and fight and seek revenge and grieve — and they will mostly learn to forgive each other so they can be released from the past. Though the events of these plays may be more dramatic, if you look closely, I bet you can see these themes in the lives around you. And when the lights go up and you go on with your lives, realize these actors are packing up, fixing what is broken, and moving on to the next town to perform again. Clap your hands not only for the performance you see today, but for the ancient tradition that they keep alive.

Annie Lareau Director seattleshakespeare.org Artists Repertory Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre’s touring program). Harry received and Company. Casey also works full time his BA in Drama from Western Washington at Seattle Shakespeare Company as the University. Education Associate and manager of the spring tour. Annie Lareau Director Jocelyne Fowler Annie is a professional director, actor, Costume Designer adaptor, and teaching artist. She is an THE TEMPEST CAST ROMEO & JULIET CAST Jocelyne has designed for Seattle Associate Member of the Stage Directors Shakespeare Company (Titus Andronicus, and Choreographers Society, recipient of Tom Dewey Tom Dewey Richard II), Wooden O (Henry IV Part I, two Seattle Footlight awards in Acting, is Stephano / Gonzalo Friar / Tybalt / Peter The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry V, a member of the Sandbox Collective and Yadira Durate Yadira Durate The Tempest), Book-It Repertory Theatre most recently served as the Interim Artistic Prospero Lady Capulet / Abram / Apothecary (Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein; Director of ArtsWest Playhouse. She or, the Modern Prometheus, Anna Karenina, holds a BFA in Acting and Directing from Chesa Greene Chesa Greene Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet), Syracuse University and an MED in Arts Ariel / Boatswain Benvolio / Paris SecondStory Repertory (The Lion in Winter, Education from Harvard University. She Aishé Keita Aishe Keita Legally Blonde, Chess: The Musical, Moon most recently directed Doktor Kaboom: Miranda / Sebastian / Caliban #2 Juliet / Sampson Over Buffalo, and more), Seattle Musical Live Wire at the Kennedy Center for the Theatre (Young Frankenstein and Legally Arts in Washington, DC and a remount of Rafael Molina Rafael Molina Blonde), Harlequin Productions (Clybourne her adaptation of Hotel on the Corner of Ferdinand / Trinculo / Antonio Romeo / Gregory Park, Jesus Christ Superstar, and more), Bitter and Sweet at the Nevada City Theatre Vashon Opera (Elixir, Albert Herring, Werther, in California. She has worked locally with Arjun Pande Arjun Pande and Eugene Onegin), and other local Book-It Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, Alonso / Caliban #1 Nurse / Mercutio / Prince theatres. Her design for Evita can be seen Seattle Shakespeare Company, ArtsWest, at SecondStory Repertory this spring. 14/48, Annex Theatre, SOAP Fest, Theater Schmeater, the former Empty Space, and PRODUCTION TEAM Harry Todd Jamieson Cornish College of the Arts. Sound Designer Xandria Barber Erin Murray Rehearsal Stage Manager Harry is very pleased to be designing Assistant Director for Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Casey Brown statewide tour for the fourth year in a Erin is a national and international theatre Fight Choreographer row. Harry is a freelance sound designer, director based in Seattle. International Jocelyne Fowler actor, and director and has worked in work includes the Irish premiere of these disciplines at many local theaters Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Winner, Best Costume Designer and institutions. Local sound design Production at the Spiegeltent, Dublin Harry Todd Jamieson credits include Pride and Prejudice (Book- Fringe), Jobless Satisfaction (Edinburgh Sound Designer It Repertory Theatre), Twelfth Night and Festival Fringe), and staff director at The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Seattle Dublin’s Opera Theatre Company. After Annie Lareau Shakespeare Company/Wooden O), The returning to the US, Erin executive Director Mountaintop and Chinglish (ArtsWest), produced Ariel Zetina’s Pink Milk at Erin Murray New York International Fringe Festival. Gideon’s Knot and Broke-ology (Seattle Assistant Director Public Theater), SOAPfest One-Act festival Chicago directing credits include (Sandbox Artist Collective), Macbeth, Anne Washburn’s The Internationalist Craig Wollam Othello and Julius Caesar (Seattle (Steppenwolf Garage) and Arthur Miller’s Scenic Designer Shakespeare Company tour), The Phantom All My Sons (Northwestern University). In Tollbooth, Pink and Say, Never Forgotten, A Seattle, Erin directed It’s A Wonderful Life Day’s Work, Skippy-Jon Jones, and Thank for ArtsWest and has directed projects for You Mr. Falker (all for Book-It Repertory Seattle Shakespeare Company, Intiman Tom Dewey Yadira Durate Chesa Greene Aishé Keita Rafael Molina Arjun Pande Tom Dewey Chesa Greene Rafael Molina Xandria Barber The Tempest: Stephano / Gonzalo The Tempest: Ariel / Boatswain The Tempest: Ferdinand / Trinculo / Antonio Rehearsal Stage Manager Romeo & Juliet: Friar / Tybalt / Peter Romeo & Juliet: Benvolio / Paris Romeo & Juliet: Romeo / Gregory Xandria is delighted to be returning to the Tom is pleased to be sharing his love of Chesa is thrilled to be part of Seattle Rafael is an actor, director, playwright, statewide tour for the second year running. Shakespeare with the awesome people Shakespeare Company’s statewide touring singer/songwriter, and a San Francisco Recent credits at Seattle Shakespeare at Seattle Shakespeare Company. As an shows for this season. She most recently native. Recent acting credits include Company include The Comedy of Errors, As actor and fight choreographer, his work appeared as Kattrin in Mother Courage and Quixote (Cornish College of the Arts), and You Like It (Wooden O), Twelfth Night, and has been seen around the Puget Sound Her Children. She graduated from Cornish The Children’s Hour and John Baxter is a Julius Caesar (Wooden O). Other regional region. Favorite roles include Titus Lartius College of the Arts this past spring, where Switch-Hitter (Intiman Theatre Festival). His stage management credits include The in Coriolanus at Seattle Shakespeare you may have seen her in Tall Girls as last directing/playwright work was O!Fest Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2014, 2013) Company, Fisher in Border Songs at Almeda, A Midsummer Night’s Dream as (Cornish College of the Arts). Rafael will be at Seattle Public Theater, The Mountaintop Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Brian Peaseblossom/Philostrate, and Road as graduating from Cornish College of the at ArtsWest, and Returning to Albert Joseph in The Gingerbread House with Theater Carol. She has also worked as an assistant Arts with a BFA in Theater in spring, 2016. with The Satori Group. Assistant stage Schmeater. Tom holds the rank of “Actor/ director and dramaturg on ArtsWest’s management credits include Little Bee with Combatant” in the Society of American production of Chinglish, and as a director Arjun Pande Book-It Repertory Theatre. She graduated Fight Directors and is a proud graduate of on Sinister Sisters, an original work. The Tempest: Alonso / Caliban #2 from Stephens College with her BFA in the Theatre Arts and History departments Romeo & Juliet: Nurse / Mercutio / Prince Stage Management and, as always, would at the University of Puget Sound. like to thank her incredibly supportive Aishé Keita Words alone cannot express how excited fiancé, Kori. The Tempest: Miranda / Sebastian / Caliban #2 Arjun is to be performing for you, or how Yadira Durate Romeo & Juliet: Juliet / Sampson happy he is that you came to see the The Tempest: Prospero Aishé holds a BFA from Cornish College show. He last appeared with the Seattle Casey Brown Romeo & Juliet: Lady Capulet / Abram / of the Arts in Original Works (playwright/ Shakespeare Company as Dromio of Fight Choreographer / Touring Manager Apothecary acting/directing).This is Aishé’s second Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors. You also Casey’s past fight choreography for Seattle Yadira is thrilled to be a part of Seattle time working with Seattle Shakespeare may have seen him and his sideburns Shakespeare Company includes As You Like Shakespeare Company’s statewide touring Company and she couldn’t be more over the holidays at Book-It Repertory It (Wooden O) and touring productions productions of Romeo and Juliet and grateful to play Juliet/Miranda/Caliban. Theatre where he played Frank Churchill of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius The Tempest. She is a recent graduate of She was last seen on stage with Seattle in their adaption of Emma. And before Caesar, and Othello. Local credits include Cornish College of the Arts, where she Shakespeare Company a year ago, in those you may have seen him on stage Seattle Vice (ACT Theatre); Horse Girls appeared in Lope De Vega’s Fuenteovejuna Measure for Measure as Mariana. She at Brown University, where he received and Team of Heroes: Behind Closed Doors and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls, and received also appeared as Mumford in Freehold a BA in Theater and Performing Arts. But (Annex Theatre); The 4th Graders Present An her BFA in Acting and Original Works, Theatre’s production Embolden written regardless, those shows have passed and Unnamed Love-Suicide and A Gogolplex with an emphasis on filmmaking. She is by Reginald André Jackson this past this one has not, so above all else, Arjun (Ghost Light Theatricals); and Macbeth beyond excited to be immersing herself in summer. Aishé continues to work in the sincerely hopes that you have as much (Animal Fire Theatre). He is a certified the profession of theater and to become field of acting, but also in the community fun during this show as he does. member of the Society of American Fight an active member of its community. She working in Washington penitentiaries Directors and the International Order of thanks her incredible parents and the doing applied theater work, and hopes to the Sword and Pen. His acting credits extraordinary family of artists she has continue and travel doing this work. include work with Seattle Shakespeare formed here in Seattle. Company, Seattle Opera, Harlequin Productions, Tygres Heart Shakespeare,