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On Tour Across Washington State in Spring 2018! 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. On Tour Across Washington State in Spring 2018! seattleshakespeare.org She holds an MFA in Theatre Directing she’s worked around town as a designer from Northwestern University and a BA and assistant designer, and has picked in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity up design and assistant design credits at College Dublin. Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company, New Century Theatre Company, Book-It Meghan Roche Repertory Theatre, Ethereal Mutt/ACTLab, Sound Designer Macha Theatre Works, ReACT Theatre, The Meghan is a Seattle-based freelance Merc Playhouse, and Intiman Theatre. She sound designer and technician. Since is also Seattle Shakespeare Company’s graduating from Seattle University in 2016, Associate Technical Director. Dear Patron, Now, more than ever, words and language are important. After a decade traveling to all corners of our state, we are always looking fornew ways to foster a love of Shakespeare’s language. One thing we realized is that for some in our audience language itself may actually be a perceived barrier to approaching these works. Director Erin Murray has worked with Spanish language dramaturg Ana Maria Campoy to translate specific moments of Twelfth Night into Spanish. Their adaptation shows language can be used to be a bridge for true connection as well as to distance and harm. By adapting portions of the script into Spanish, we hope students and theatre goers who are not native English speakers can begin to see themselves in Shakespeare’s worlds and words. For our audiences who aren’t Spanish speakers, we hope the inclusion of Spanish demonstrates the true universality of Shakespeare’s plays. These plays are a global treasure, in which not just the words being said matter, but also the shared humanity within the words that connects us to them. George Mount Artistic Director Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Arts Impact, directed by Chevi Chung at Empathos and Shoreline Community College. She has Company. In his spare time, he serves on been fortunate to work on various bilingual art panels and juries, last year, working productions throughout Puget Sound as with TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival and an actor, producer, teaching artist, and Tacoma Arts Commission’s annual Arts director. As an actor she was recently seen Projects Funding Program. in Seattle Public Theater’s The Best Christmas Shawn Ketchum Johnson Pageant Ever and can be seen throughout Scenic Designer the country performing Living Voices’ play, La Causa. Shawn is a Seattle-based theater maker. His expertise in site-specific and devised Camella Cooper performance keep him linked to innovative, Rehearsal Stage Manager socially-engaged ensembles in Chicago A native of Los Angeles, CA, Camella and throughout the country. Recent local has a BA in Theater from the University projects include the workshop premiere of California Santa Cruz and a Masters of Time to Tell, an original performance in Education from Antioch University, piece presented at Lee Center for the Arts. Seattle. In Santa Cruz, she worked with Recent local scenic designs include the Cast Rainbow Theater, the only multicultural world premiere of Daisy at ACT Theatre Angélica Duncan-Basile Angélica Duncan-Basile theater arts troupe in the UC system and (Gregory Award), Ghosts at ArtsWest Olivia Benvolio / Paris the African American Theater Arts Troupe (Gregory nominated), and Timon of Athens (AATAT). There, Camella, stage-managed and Bring Down the House at Seattle Jesse Calixto Jesse Calixto Ruined by Lynn Nottage traveling through Shakespeare Company. Upcoming projects Malvolio Friar / Tybalt / Peter the community of Santa Cruz and include Material Deviance in Contemporary Sophie Franco Sophie Franco Monterey County. Since then, she has co- American Culture at On the Boards. An Viola Lady Capulet / Abram / Apothecary created work with afterschool programs alumnus of Northwestern University, surrounding bullying in Oakland, Seaside, Johnson holds the Scenic Design faculty Warren Levi Haney Warren Levi Haney and Mercer Island. Her most recent work position at Seattle University. Duke Orsino / Sir Andrew Nurse / Mercutio / Prince includes stage-managing The Boot, a Erin Murray Lindsay Zae Summers Lindsay Zae Summers compilation of poetry from young adults Director in the south end of Seattle. Feste / Maria Juliet / Sampson Erin has directed projects for Steppenwolf Ricky German Marco Adiak Voli Marco Adiak Voli Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre, Sir Toby Belch / Sea Captain Romeo / Gregory Costume Designer Edinburgh International Festival Fringe, Ricky received his bachelor’s in Theatre Opera Theatre Company, and Dublin Arts from the University of Puget Sound Fringe Festival. This is Erin’s second Production Team in 2011. Following an apprenticeship with year directing the Seattle Shakespeare bespoke tailor, Jason Maclochlaiin, he Company tour including last year’s Casey Brown Ricky German opened a studio in downtown Tacoma bilingual production of The Taming of Fight Choreographer Costume Designer with co-designer Dmitry Mikheyev, the Shrew. Last Fall, Erin was awarded a Ana Maria Compoy Shawn Ketchum Johnson designing costumes for stage and Spark Grant with Seattle-area Latinx artist Spanish Language Translator Scenic Designer screen, and made-to-order clothing for a Ana Maria Campoy to direct and tour a professional clientele. He is currently an semi-staged reading of the contemporary Camella Cooper Erin Murray artist in residence at Tacoma School of the bilingual play Fade by Tanya Saracho. Her Rehearsal Stage Manager Director Arts and the staff costume designer at St. premiere production of Scott Kaiser’s Adrian Delahunt Meghan Roche Martin’s University. Last season, his work Shakespeare’s Other Women for Island appeared in 365 Plays/365 Days by Susan Shakespeare Festival will be remounted in Technical Director Sound Designer Lori-Parks directed by Marilyn Bennett Seattle this September. Erin is the host of at University of Washington Tacoma and That’s WOW, a podcast focused on femme The Chinese Question: The Tacoma Method culture makers and leaders in Washington. Angélica Duncan-Basile Jesse Calixto Sophie Franco Warren Levi Haney Lindsay Zae Summers Marco Adiak Voli he was also cast in several Shakespeare (GreenStage), Tripp in Squatch! The Musical He lives with his love Hannah, his two CAST BIOS productions and in his senior year was (Centerstage Theater) and Caleb in Happy, roommates, and a great, paranoid dog Angélica Duncan-Basile honored to play the title role in Macbeth. Happy, Happy… (Macha Theater Works). named Louie. Twelfth Night Along with his personal career he’s also a Olivia Sophie Franco R&J founding member of The Core Ensemble. Benvolio / Paris Viola Twelfth Night PRODUCTION BIOS Lady Capulet / Abram / Apothecary R&J Lindsay Zae Summers Angelica is a Latina actor who graduated Casey Brown from Ithaca College with a BFA in Acting. Feste / Maria Twelfth Night Sophie is a Peruvian American theatre Fight Choreographer / Touring She also received additional training at the Juliet / Sampson R&J artist, mover, and shaker working in Program Manager Ithaca College London Centre in England the Seattle area. A Cornish College of Lindsay made her acting debut at the age and focused on fusing her theatre art the Arts graduate with an emphasis in of 9 as Toto, in a production of The Wizard Casey’s past fight choreography for Seattle training with the Spanish language in Original Work, Sophie is dedicated to of Oz with Missoula’s Childrens Theater. Shakespeare Company includes As You Like Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since returning to using performance as a vehicle for social In 2013, she moved from DC to Seattle, It (Wooden O) and touring productions of the Pacific Northwest, Angelica has worked awareness and change. Previously with and has since earned a BFA in Theatre Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, as a teaching artist and actor for Seattle Seattle Shakespeare Company, Sophie from Cornish College of the Arts. Recent The Tempest, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory appeared in touring productions of The credits: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Othello. Local credits include Wait Until Theatre, SecondStory Repertory Theatre, Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet (Book-It Repertory Theatre), Milk Like Sugar Dark (Lakewood Playhouse) Seattle Vice The Fern Shakespeare Company, Tacoma and was the assistant director for Measure (ArtsWest), and Black Superhero Magic (ACT Theatre), Horse Girls (Annex Theatre) Little Theatre, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, for Measure with Gregory Award winning Mama (Intiman Theatre). and Team of Heroes: Behind Closed Doors ManeStage Theatre Company, and the director Desdemona Chiang. Some of her (Annex Theatre). He is a proud member Marco Adiak Voli Lakewood Playhouse. She is honored to be favorite roles this year include Maggie in of the Society of America Fight Directors, Sir Toby Belch Twelfth Night a part of the educational tours with Seattle Bernie’s Apartment with eSe Teatro and International Order of the Sword and Romeo / Gregory R&J Shakespeare Company and looks forward ACTLab, Moon in Beautiful Moon with Pen and Intimacy DIrectors International. to continuing to share timeless stories of Parley, and knife-wielding Lily in Wolf at Marco is thrilled to be working with His acting credits include work with loss, love, identity, and culture. The Pocket Theater. Keep an eye out for Seattle Shakespeare Company on this Seattle Shakespeare Company, Harlequin her solo performance Surviving the Franco year’s educational tour. As a Nicaraguan Productions, Seattle Opera, Tygres Heart Jesse Calixto Regime, a story about Latinx identity, immigrant, he is enthusiastic about the Shakespeare, Artists Repertory Theatre Malvolio Twelfth Night culture clash, and a tribute to all the bilingual nature of these productions. and Shakespeare and Company. This is Friar / Tybalt / Peter R&J awkward brown kids out there.
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