presents
Shakespeare In Our Parks 2021
directed by Joe Wiener
Cast and Characters
Theseus Duke of Athens Tom Conry Hippolyta his Amazon war bride Clare Boyd Philostrate a majordomo Timothy Kelly
Egeus father to Hermia Alan Tilson
Hermia loves Lysander Samantha Fairchild Lysander loves Hermia Dominic Rodgers Demetrius loves Hermia Dietrich Poppen Helena loves Demetrius Samantha V. Papke
Peter Quince a carpenter Alan Tilson Nick Bottom a weaver Jacob Hooper Francis Flute a bellows-mender Dominic Rodgers Robin Starveling a tailor Samantha V. Papke Tom Snout a tinker Dietrich Poppen Snug a joiner Samantha Fairchild
Oberon King of the Fairies Tom Conry Titania Queen of the Fairies Clare Boyd Puck Oberon's servant Kyle Marks
Peaseblossom Bridget Foy Cobweb Titania's servants Timothy Kelly Mustardseed Maren Findlay
Artistic Staff Director Joe Wiener Stage Manager Sabrina Wiekeraad Voice/Text Coach Joseph Papke Costume Designer Lolly Foy Scenic Designer Dietrich Poppen Props Designer Marc Christian Berg Assistant Stage Manager Maren Findlay Fight Choreographer David P. Schneider
Thank You to: Hennepin Theatre Trust, Justin Hooper, Linda Nelson and LOTI Lutheran Church, Northern Edge Armory, Molly Smith, Erika Soukup, Hannah Steblay, and Theatre in the Round ______
This production is dedicated to our dear friend and colleague Alice Tibbetts.
Alice was a student in our 2015 summer camp for teens and we subsequently asked her to be our first high school apprentice in 2016. She performed with us each summer 2016-19. A recent graduate of St. Olaf College, she died in a car accident in April at the age of 23.
Honest, inquisitive, hard-working, and kind, delightfully unique with a style all her own, Alice was absolutely genuine and a truly good person. Alice was a light in this world and we will all miss her terribly. ______
Please join us September 24 – October 17, 2021 at the Elision Playhouse for
directed by Joseph Papke
Tickets available now
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Artist Bios
Clare Boyd – Hippolyta/Titania CAE: Romeo & Juliet (2020), The Merry Wives of Windsor Theater: Zephyr Theater: Much Ado About Nothing; Prague Shakespeare Co: Romeo & Juliet; The Motley Shakespeare Players: As You Like It, Pericles, The Winter's Tale, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Macbeth, The Spanish Tragedy; Compass Shakespeare Ensemble: Love's Labour's Lost, Sejanus: His Fall; City Theatre Austin: Inherit the Wind, She Stoops to Conquer Training: MLitt and MFA Shakespeare & Performance: Mary Baldwin University; BFA Acting: University of Texas, Arlington.
Marc Berg – Props & Puppet Designer CAE: debut Theater: Chameleon Theatre: Avenue Q; Matchbox Theater: Razia's Shadow: A Puppet Rock Opera; Bryant Lake Bowl: Tipsy Kangaroo's Naughty Puppet Revue Training: BA in Theatre; University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Tom Conry – Theseus/Oberon CAE: (as actor) Romeo & Juliet (2018-20), Women Beware Women, Measure For Measure, The Roaring Girl, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018 tour), As You Like It; (as director) Much Ado About Nothing Theater: Zephyr Theater: Midsummer Night’s Dream; South Dakota Shakespeare Festival: Comedy of Errors, Winter’s Tale; Virginia Shakespeare Festival: Antony and Cleopatra, All's Well That Ends Well; Houston Shakespeare Festival: Henry IV Part I, Two Gentlemen of Verona Teaching: Columbia Heights High School, PACT Charter School, M State Fergus Falls Training: BA Theater Arts, Saint Mary’s University of MN; MFA Acting, University of Houston Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
Samantha Fairchild – Hermia/Snug CAE:, (as actor) Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, Women Beware Women, Measure For Measure; (as actor and assistant stage manager) The Merry Wives of Windsor; (as assistant stage manager) Romeo & Juliet (2018) Theater: Theatre Coup d'Etat: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Highland Summer Theatre; Prairie Repertory Theatre; Minnesota State University, Mankato: These Shining Lives, The Aeneid, And Baby Makes Seven, The Two Henrys Training: BS, Minnesota State University, Mankato Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
Maren Findlay – Mustardseed/ensemble CAE: Romeo & Juliet (2018), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016, 2018)
Bridget Foy – Peaseblossom/ensemble CAE: The Merry Wives of Windsor Theater: various Renaissance Festivals
Lolly Foy – Costume Designer CAE: (as actor and costumer) The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet (2019- 20), Women Beware Women, Measure For Measure, (as actor) Romeo & Juliet (2014), A Chaste Maid in Cheapside; (as costumer) Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet (2018), The Roaring Girl, A Midsummers Night Dream Theater: (as actor) Guthrie Theater: King Lear, Bad News: I was there; Mixed Blood Theatre: Barbecue; Theatre Latte Da: Oliver; Artistry; Lyric Arts; Highland Summer Theatre; Actors Theatre of Charlotte; Charlotte Repertory Theatre; Children’s Theatre of Charlotte; South West Shakespeare Festival; AZ Shakespeare Festival; Children’s Theatre Company; Troupe America; (as costumer) Children’s Theatre of Charlotte; Charlotte Ballet; Children’s Theatre Company; Guthrie Theater; Highland Summer Theatre; MSU Mankato; Norcostco Teaching: Riverland Community College, MSU Mankato; Winona State University; St Mary’s University Training: MFA: MSU Mankato; BFA: UNC Greensboro; The Actor’s Workout, Guthrie Theatre; Shakespeare & Company, Lennox, MA Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet; (as director) State Street Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors; (as actor/director) Actors Repertory Theatre Luxembourg/MN Fringe: Vignettes of a Pestilence
Jacob Hooper – Bottom CAE: Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet (2018-20), Women Beware Women, Measure For Measure Theatre: Burning Ember Theatre: Romeo and Juliet; Clevername Productions: Slaughterhouse 5; Windmill Theatre Company: Don Quixote; Pioneer Place on 5th: Waiting for Godot Training: BA in Theatre Arts, Hamline University Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
Timothy Kelly – Philostrate/Cobweb CAE: Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor Training: BA, St. Olaf College
Kyle Marks – Puck CAE: Romeo & Juliet (2020), Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor Theater: North Dakota Shakespeare: Twelfth Night; Black Hills Playhouse: Unnecessary Farce; Young Frankenstein: The Musical; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bare Bodkins: Hamlet Training: BA in Theatre and English; Augustana University Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
Samantha V. Papke – Helena/Starveling CAE: Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet (2018-20, 2014), Women Beware Women, The Roaring Girl, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018, 2016), As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Doctor Faustus, The Tempest, The Duchess of Malfi, Twelfe Night, Love’s Labor’s Lost, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Theater: Sidecar Theatre: Summers in Prague; Wayward Theatre: The Ghost Train, Tartuffe; Shakespeare & Company: Twelfth Night, Hamlet; Freshwater Theatre: Recollection Collection; Ghostlight Theatre: Bash; Lyric Arts: Father of the Bride; Huge Theater: Up North, OMG Before We Got Our Lady Bits, Off Book
Dietrich Poppen – Demetrius/Snout, Scenic Designer CAE: (as scenic/lighting designer) Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, Woman Beware Women, Measure For Measure, The Roaring Girl, As You Like It, Volpone, The Merchant of Venice; (as actor and scenic/lighting designer) Romeo & Juliet (2019-20), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018); (as actor and lighting designer) The Duchess of Malfi, Twelfe Night; (as lighting designer) Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Doctor Faustus, The Tempest; (as actor) The Comedy of Errors Theater: Fitzgerald Theater (Head Electrician); Guthrie Theater (Scenic Artist); Theater Latté Da: Sweeney Todd; Girl Friday Productions: The Matchmaker; Torch Theater: Boeing Boeing; Commonweal Theater; Theatre In The Round; Ashland Productions Training: Communication Studies & Theatre, South Dakota State University Awards: Broadwayworld.com Best Lighting Design 2016 for CAE's Julius Caesar Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
Dominic Rodgers – Lysander/Flute CAE: Romeo & Juliet (2020) Theater: Billy Shakes Free Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet; Sparkle Theatricals: Feed Your Head; Eggtooth Productions Training: BA in Theatre and Dance, Macalester College Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
David P. Schneider – Fight Choreographer CAE: Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet (2018-20, 2014), Women Beware Women, Measure For Measure, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Duchess of Malfi, Twelfe Night, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore; (as actor and fight choreographer) Richard II Theater: Walking Shadow: Three Musketeers; Park Square Theatre: August: Osage County; Theater in the Round: Hamlet; Tedious Brief Productions: The Final Act, Tempests, Bard Fiction; Six Elements Theatre: Human Combat Chess (2008-present); (as performer) Mill City Opera: Carmen; MNOpera: Don Pasquale, Silent Night; Green T Productions: Frankenstein, Kaidan, Tales of Rashomon; Six Elements Theatre: Zastrozzi; Nimbus Theatre: Madmen and Specialist; Theatre in the Round TV/Film: Midnight Chronicles Training: SAFD Advanced Actor/Combatant; B.A. Theatre, SE Missouri State University Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
Alan Tilson – Egeus/Quince CAE: Romeo & Juliet (2018-20), As You Like It, Volpone, The Merchant of Venice Theater: Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, Kansas City, MO (Member of the Acting Company):Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, M Butterfly, Ragtime, Pride’s Crossing, The Kentucky Cycle, Pride & Prejudice; New Theatre, Overland Park, KS: Out of Order, Bellhop; Seaside Repertory Theatre, Seaside, FL; Kansas City & Minnesota Fringe Festivals: Poor Lear; 50 Monologues of Shakespeare in Love & War; City Union Stage, Kansas City: The Miser; The Black Hills Playhouse: Leading Ladies; Heart Of America Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming Of The Shrew; Kansas City Repertory Theater: Our Town, To Kill A Mockingbird; Minnesota Shakespeare Company: The Comedy Of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant Of Venice; Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Othello, Henry IV Part I, Twelfth Night; Kansas Arts Commission: Shakespeare Artist in Residence; Director Shakespeare in the Park: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taming of the Shrew; Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Love's Labor's Lost, Troilus And Cressida, Henry IV Part II; Missouri Repertory Theater Training: B.A. English, Washburn University, Topeka; Performing Arts Major, University of Missouri at Kansas City, University of Kansas; Actors Studio Kansas City, Uta Hagen Technique Upcoming: MET Kansas City: Mother of the Maid and It's a Wonderful Life
Sabrina Wiekeraad – Stage Manager CAE: debut Theater: Concordia University St. Paul: Ghost Sonata, Rabbit Hole, The Tintypes Project, Silent Sky, Die Fledermaus; (as assistant stage manager) Calumet Players: The Little Mermaid, Always A Bridesmaid; (as actor) Concordia University St. Paul: Ghost Sonata, Still Life With Iris, Twelfth Night; Calumet Players: Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Mary Poppins, Into the Woods; (as hair and makeup designer) Concordia University St. Paul: Rabbit Hole, Twelfth Night; (as scenic designer) Concordia University St. Paul: Sections of The Tintypes Project, The Calumet Players: To Art and Beyond; (as costumer) Concordia St. Paul: Far Away Training: BA in Theatre Arts, Concordia University St. Paul Upcoming: Concordia University St Paul: Jesus Christ Superstar
Joe Wiener – Director CAE: (as director) A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018 tour); (as actor) Arden of Faversham, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet (2019-20, 2014), Women Beware Women, Measure For Measure, The Roaring Girl, As You Like It, Volpone, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth (2016 tour), The Tempest, Doctor Faustus, Twelfe Night, The Duchess of Malfi, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Richard II Theater: Fortune's Fool: Dog Act; Minnesota Jewish Theater: Herschel and the Hannukah Goblins; Freshwater Theater: My Life Through History: An Autistic Man's Journey; Wonderlust: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Veterans Play Project; Boom Theater: Getting to Ellen, Based on a Totally True Story; Walking Shadow: An Ideal Husband, Caligula; Festival Theater; Expensive Wino; Dana's Boys; Stepping Stone; Starting Gate; Teatro de Pueblo; Brave New Workshop Teaching: Caryn International Training: BA in Theatre and Drama, University of Wisconsin-Madison Upcoming: CAE: Hamlet
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