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Summer 2019
JUNE 7-AUGUST 11
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
Romeo and Juliet
King Charles III
A Future History Play
by Mike Bartlett
King John
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Timothy Orr
Artistic team Cast
Director (in order of appearance)
Timothy Orr Viola, a shipwrecked lady, Feste, clown, Olivia’s jester
Scenic Designer later disguised as Cesario Rinde Eckert*
Caitlin Ayer^ Amber Scales Olivia, a countess
Costume Designer Captain of the wrecked ship, Jessica Robblee*
Meghan Anderson Doyle who befriends Viola Malvolio, Olivia’s steward
Mark Collins Gareth Saxe*
Lighting Designer
Shannon McKinney^ Orsino, Duke of Illyria Antonia, a sea-captain, who
Marco Robinson* befriends Sebastian
Sound Designer
Jason Ducat Curio, gentleman attending on Orsino Madison Hart
Jason Toennis Sebastian, Viola’s twin brother,
Music Composer
Rinde Eckert Valentine, gentleman attending also shipwrecked
on Orsino Dante Rossi
Fight Choreographer Matt Bender
Christopher DuVal Fabian, a member of Olivia’s household
Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s kinsman Rakeem Lawrence
Choreographer Robert Sicular*
Erika Randall Servant in Olivia’s household
Maria, Olivia’s waiting-gentlewoman Isobel Rosie Makin
Casting Director Emma Messenger
Sylvia Gregory, CSA Officers
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, companion Mark Collins, Jason Toennis
Dramaturg to Sir Toby
Amanda Giguere Priest
Rodney Lizcano* Mark Collins
Voice and Text Coach
Jeffrey Parker
Stage Manager
Stacy R. Norwood*
Assistant Stage Manager
Nicole Kutcher*
Production sponsors: Savory Cuisines, Alpine Animal Hospital, Elevations Credit Union, Hazel’s Beverage World
and Wright Water Engineers
^ Member of United Scenic Artists * Appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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Plot synopsis Director’s note
After a catastrophic shipwreck, the young, resourceful Twelfth Night is probably my favorite play by William
Viola washes ashore in Illyria and concocts a survival plan. Shakespeare. It is certainly my favorite of his comedies. It is
Believing her twin brother drowned in the wreck, she dons a marvelous contraption combining a shipwreck, mistaken
male attire, calls herself Cesario and finds employment with identities, multiple love triangles, a gang of loonies, happy
Orsino, Duke of Illyria. endings, and music. But there are also darker threads of
horrific bullying and ruined lives. In my mind, it is a beautiful
Orsino pines for the Countess Olivia, who, grieving the recent party (disguised as a play) that goes bonkers. As Fabian
deaths of her brother and father, refuses Orsino’s advances. notes, “If this were played upon a stage now, I would
Orsino sends “Cesario” (Viola in disguise) to woo Olivia on condemn it as an improbable fiction.”
his behalf. Olivia falls in love with the messenger, and Viola,
who secretly adores Orsino, finds herself in a love triangle. Anchoring this story, though, is our heroine, Viola: washed
ashore in a strange land, uncertain of her future but fiercely
Meanwhile, Olivia’s drunken uncle, Sir Toby Belch, determined to untangle her predicament and succeed. Her
encourages the wealthy but dim-witted Sir Andrew determination plunges her into the middle of players engaged
Aguecheek to woo Olivia. When Olivia’s butler, Malvolio, in a game whose rules she doesn’t yet understand. Her wits
interrupts a late-night celebration, Sir Toby conspires with and improvisation skills are all she has.
other members of Olivia’s household to get back at Malvolio.
They forge a letter from Olivia, convincing Malvolio that she My way into this production of Twelfth Night came from two
loves him and instructing him to wear yellow stockings to ideas: the sea and play. First, the sea. By now, you’ve realized
prove his affection for Olivia. Malvolio obeys the letter and this play is taking place outdoors, starting in daylight. In the
becomes the laughingstock of the household. Because he is world of theatre magic where anything is possible, these
presumed mad, Malvolio is confined to a prison, where his are two things we cannot alter. Early on, I was inspired by
enemies continue to torment him. the idea that Illyria is near the sea and what that represents:
being born from the ocean and being borne by the ocean.
Unbeknownst to Viola, her twin, Sebastian, survived the Whether you are coming out of it or heading in, it’s the start
shipwreck and arrives in Illyria. Olivia encounters Sebastian, of an adventure. I knew I wanted to embrace the open-aired
mistakes him for Cesario and proposes marriage. To her sky and energy of a summer evening in Boulder and to ensure
surprise, Sebastian agrees, and they quickly wed. Shortly that this seaside story would live in an outdoor world.
after the wedding, Orsino, accompanied by Cesario, arrives
at Olivia’s house to plead his case once more. When Play. Illyria is a fantastical place full of mischief. There are
Sebastian and Cesario (Viola) appear in the same location, child-like qualities to this play: the flirting, the note passing,
the confusion is sorted out, the twins are reunited and Orsino the music-making, the make-believe elements—and also
asks for Viola’s hand in marriage. the cruelty. When the pranks and mischief go too far, the
comedy swerves into territory that is unexpected, unsettling,
Just as happiness appears on the horizon, the wronged and ultimately, very human. For many young people in our
Malvolio is released from prison and confronts Olivia. When audience this summer, this will be the first Shakespeare play
he realizes he was the victim of a cruel joke, Malvolio swears they have ever seen. I welcome that responsibility. I want
revenge and departs. The happy couples make plans for their them to see how this marvelous contraption—this comedy
upcoming nuptial celebrations. of misrule—fractures into laughs, pathos, regret, reunion,
—Amanda Giguere marriage, heartbreak and joy.
—Timothy Orr
20 2019 Colorado Shakespeare Festival Photo: CSF’s production of Twelfth Night, 2005
Revelry and misrule: Twelfth Night’s festive roots
Twelfth Night was likely written for a 1601-02 court performance on Twelfth Night, a topsy-turvy celebration in which social
order was temporarily suspended. This upside-down holiday is not unique to Elizabethan England; throughout history, other
cultures have established comparable traditions of wintertime misrule.
Twelfth Night (Jan. 6, the eve of Epiphany) marked the end of the Christmas season with a final night of merriment, feasting and
disguise. One seasonal tradition was a bean baked in a cake (sometimes called the Twelfth Night cake). The lucky bean-finder
became the Lord of Misrule and oversaw the Christmas festivities. In most noble households, a Lord of Misrule presided over a
mock court, arranged for household entertainment, and was sometimes subjected to a mock execution.
The roots of this type of wintertime social release can be traced to the ancient Roman Saturnalia, a December festival honoring
the god Saturn. An appointed leader organized the celebrations, which included role reversals (a master and slave might swap
roles), gift-giving, singing, gambling, decorating homes, dancing and candle-lighting.
Regular life was suspended during Saturnalia,
and the rules that governed society were put on hold.
A medieval winter festival emerged in the Christian tradition that hearkened back to Rome’s Saturnalia. The Feast of Fools,
established by the clergy in the 12th century, was a liturgical celebration held around Jan. 1. A lord of the revels (Dominus festi)
was appointed from the lower clergy to supervise the activities. During the Feast of Fools, the lord of the revels might deliver
a mock mass in gibberish, clothes were worn backwards, and clergymen might dress as women. This liturgical festival was an
opportunity for the church to playfully mock itself and embrace the temporary suspension of routine. By the early 15th century,
the Feast of Fools fell out of favor with the church and largely dissolved. When called upon to defend the event in 1444, a
group of French clerics stated, “We do these things ... so that once a year the foolishness in us can come out and evaporate.”
Across many periods of human history, it seems that culturally-sanctioned misrule might, in fact, strengthen social order.
Why have cultures, from ancient Rome to Elizabethan England, felt compelled to release something when the temperature
drops and turn the world on its head? Some present-day traditions (April Fools’ Day, Halloween) could be interpreted as part of
the same tradition. Or perhaps live theatre, with its role reversal, disguise and merriment, functions as yet another incarnation
of festive release. As an audience, we have permission to get lost in the temporary madness, celebrate a fictional world, and
finally, settle back into our world with a fresh perspective.
—Amanda Giguere
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WHO’S W HO
T WE L F T H AS YO U RO M EO A N D KIN G KING
AC T O R N IG H T L IK E IT JU LIET C H A RLES III JOHN
Casey Andree William
Abram / Friar John
Matt Bender Valentine / First Watch
Sea Captain /
Mark Collins Officer / Priest
Silvius / Charles
Sean Michael / Ensemble
Cummings Musician
Sarah / Ghost
/ TV Producer /
Anastasia Free Newspaper
Davidson Woman
Orlando / William / Prince Harry /
Seth Dhonau* Ensemble Ensemble Lewis
Escalus /
Rinde Eckert* Feste Apothocary
Madison Hart Antonia Juliet
Jim Hunt Lord Montague
Duke Senior /
Duke Frederick /
John Hutton* Audrey King Charles III
Touchstone /
Adam / Amiens / Tristan Evans /
Josh Innerst* Ensemble Ensemble Hubert
Dee Jimenez Nick / Terry Earl of Salisbury
Justin Johnson Spencer / Butler
Gregory / Third
Rakeem Lawrence Fabian / Sailor Watch
Sir Andrew
Rodney Lizcano* Aguecheek Paris
Shunté Lofton Celia / Ensemble Jess Constance
Olivia’s Servant / Paris’ Page /
Isobel Rosie Makin Ensemble Citizen Arthur
Emma Messenger Maria Nurse
Oliver / Corin / Cootsey / Paul / Earl of Pembroke /
Jihad Milhem Ensemble Sir Michael Limoges
Phebe / Jaques
/ Le Beau / Mrs. Stevens /
Leslie O'Carroll* Ensemble Ensemble
42 2019 Colorado Shakespeare FestivalT WE L F T H AS YO U RO M EO A N D KIN G KING
AC T O R N IG H T L IK E IT JU LIET C H A RLES III JOHN
Anne Penner Mercutio
Kevin Rich* Philip the Bastard
Jessica Robblee* Olivia Benvolio
Marco Robinson* Duke Orsino Tybalt King John
Dante Rossi Sebastian Romeo
Anne Sandoe Camilla
Speaker /
Sir Gordon /
Archbishop of Chatillon / Cardinal
Sam Sandoe Canterbury Pandulph
Robert
Faulconbridge
/ King Philip of
Gareth Saxe* Malvolio Friar Lawrence France / Melun
Blanche of Spain
/ Executioner /
Balthasar / Servant English Messenger
Amber Scales Viola / Citizen / Prince Henry
Sampson / Second
Lois Shih Watch
Robert Sicular* Sir Toby Belch Lord Capulet
Jason Toennis Curio / Officer Peter
Mare Trevathan Lady Capulet
Queen Eleanor
/ Executioner /
Emily Van Fleet* Rosalind Catherine French Messenger
Page to Prince
Robert Wester Escalus
Coleman Zeigen James Reiss
*Appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States #coshakes · @coshakes 43AC T IN G C OMPA NY
CASEY ANDREE is honored to be returning to the festival after RINDE ECKERT* is a maker of music and theatre. He has
appearing in the previous three seasons. His favorite CSF credits composed and performed his own music/theatre pieces since
include Casca in Julius Caesar and Claudio in Much Ado About his 1992 homage to Dante, The Gardening of Thomas D. In
Nothing. A proud ensemble member at BETC, he recently played 2011, Eckert won a Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble
the roles of Mary Bennet and Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice. Performance as a collaborator on the album Lonely Motel (Cedille
Other favorite roles include Melchoir in Spring Awakening (True Records). Staged works for solo performer include Becoming…
West Award, Outstanding Musical) and Claude in HAIR (Henry Unusual: The Education of an Eclectic; three one-act plays: An Idiot
Award, Best Ensemble). Andree holds a degree in Classics-English Divine, Romeo Sierra Tango and Quit This House. In 2017 Eckert
from Colorado College and a master’s degree in education. opened the inaugural season of Renée Fleming’s Voices Series at
Offstage, he works as a high school calculus teacher in the Denver the Kennedy Center where he premiered his recital Rin: Tales from
Public Schools. (4 seasons) the Life of a Troubadour. (1 season)
MATT BENDER is a Midwest-based actor who cut his teeth in Originally from Ohio, MADISON HART achieved her MFA at the
Chicago’s storefront theatre scene and is currently pursuing his University of Houston’s Professional Actor Training Program. Her
MFA in acting at Western Illinois University. Recent credits include off-Broadway credits include Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac with
Judas in Okoboji Summer Theatre’s production of Godspell and Titan Theatre Company. She has recently played Desdemona in
Pete in Saltbox Theatre Collective’s production of Almost, Maine. Othello with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, as well as Maria
(1 season) in Twelfth Night and Margaret in Richard III with the Houston
Shakespeare Festival. A few other favorites are her appearances
in Houston as Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern Are Dead, Anne Whitefield in George Bernard Shaw’s
Man and Superman, and Beth in Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind.
(1 season)
MARK COLLINS previously appeared onstage with CSF in 1988 JIM HUNT has been a part of the Denver and Boulder theatre
in productions of Hamlet and Titus Andronicus. His recent area scene—as an actor and director—for over 50 years. He has played
theatre credits include performances with Town Hall Arts Center the role of Selsdon in CSF’s 2012 production of Noises Off, though
(Casa Valentina), Firehouse Theater Company (Outside Millingar), his last appearance on the Rippon stage was 45 years ago (1974)
Vintage Theater Company (The Audience), and Miners Alley when he appeared in Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Playhouse (God of Carnage). He holds an MFA in theatre from the and Timon of Athens. Hunt is a BETC ensemble member, having
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. (2 seasons) performed in eight productions, and most recently created the
roles of Homer and Simon in Jessica Dickey’s The Rembrandt. At
Curious Theatre—where he is an artistic company member—he
played the role of Charles Ives in Jessica Dickey’s Charles Ives
Take Me Home. Most recently, he has played the Stage Manager
in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at Golden’s Miners Alley Playhouse.
(3 seasons)
SEAN MICHAEL CUMMINGS is joining the Colorado Shakespeare JOHN HUTTON’s* recent theatre credits include Fireflies at the
Festival for the first time this summer. His other credits include Public Theatre in Lewiston, Maine; The Music Man and Outside
Second City’s Twist Your Dickens (Aurora Fox Arts Center); District Mullingar with the Arizona Theatre Company; and Educating Rita at
Merchants and The 39 Steps (Miners Alley Playhouse); Dinner the Arvada Center. He was a member of the acting company at the
(Edge Theatre); As You Like It: Under the Stars... (Band of Toughs); Denver Center, and his film and television credits include Power,
White Rabbit Red Rabbit (Pipedream Productions); and The Time After Time, Nobel, Lincoln, The Dwarves of Demrel, Bit Player
Aliens (the Wit). His awards include Westword Magazine’s Best of and Murder of a President. (3 seasons)
Denver and Denver Center True West. Cummings is an alumnus
of the Orchard Project Core Company and the Kennedy Center
Playwriting Intensive, and is a 2017 Orchard Project Fellow. He
holds a BA from Colorado State University. (1 season)
ANASTASIA DAVIDSON is thrilled to return for another summer JOSH INNERST* is a member of the acting company at the American
with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, where she also enjoys Shakespeare Center where he has appeared in over 30 productions
serving as a teaching artist. Her regional credits include Anna including Hamlet as Hamlet, Peter and the Starcatcher as Ted, Julius
Karenina (DCPA); The Humans and Detroit ‘67 (Curious Theatre); Caesar as Brutus, The Importance of Being Earnest as Algernon,
Pride and Prejudice, Going to a Place Where You Already Are Wittenberg as Martin Luther, The Merchant of Venice as Bassanio
and Silent Sky (Boulder Ensemble Theatre); Love’s Labour’s and Henry V as the Chorus. Various other theatre credits include
Lost (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); You on the Moors Now Sir Guy in Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Cleveland
(The Catamounts); and In the Next Room: or The Vibrator Play House), Vanya in Life Sucks (Catco), Richard Hannay in The 39
Play (Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble). Her film credits include Steps (Bootless Stageworks), Captain Carter in Pride & Prejudice
Remembering Us (BS Filmworks). Davidson is an ensemble (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s
member at BETC and is represented by Radical Artists Agency. Dream (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Macduff in Macbeth
She holds an MFA in acting from Penn State University. (2 seasons) (Illinois Shakespeare Festival) and more. He has also worked as an
educator, combat enthusiast and audiobook narrator. He graduated in
2012 from Illinois State University with an MFA in theatre. (1 season)
SETH DHONAU* studied theatre and opera at Northwestern DEE JIMENEZ is an actor, writer and teacher who graduated from
University and spent several formative years in New York CU Boulder’s acting BFA program in May 2019. He is thrilled to
performing on a wide variety of stages and working with artists, have the opportunity to join CSF’s summer acting company this
authors and musicians across the globe. He is proud to now call season! He has appeared as Jay in Lost in Yonkers (Miners Alley
Colorado home and is ever grateful for the vibrant and generous Playhouse), and played in Celebration, Florida (square product
artistic community of which he is now a part. (2 seasons) theatre). Jimenez will begin pursuit of an MFA in acting this
coming fall. (1 season)
44 2019 Colorado Shakespeare FestivalJUSTIN JOHNSON is an actor, director and producer who JIHAD MILHEM is excited to be returning to CSF for the 2019
facilitates applied theatre workshops on various social justice season. His past credits include Babur in Guards at the Taj, Charles
issues whenever he can. He is the founder of Radiant Hearts Bingley in Miss Bennet and Jonny / Martin in The Rembrandt
Theatre company, which seeks to positively advance engagement (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company); Ricky Roma in Glengarry
in social discourse, raise capacity for elevating conversations and Glen Ross and Ned in The Nance (Edge Theatre); Henry in She
increase power of expression. His favorite acting roles include Paul Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange and Ensemble in Everything
in Barefoot in the Park and Patsy in Spamalot, while memorable Was Stolen (square product theatre); Ed Carmichael in You Can’t
directing gigs include The Full Monty and To Kill a Mockingbird. Take It With You, Clarence in Richard III, Paris in Troilus and
Johnson’s first Shakespearean experience was at the age of three Cressida, and Horatio in Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
here at CSF, where he sat enthralled throughout the show. He is Are Dead (CSF). Milhem’s play, Mosque, has been produced
overjoyed that his Shakespearean passions have come full circle. locally by Fearless Theatre and The People’s Building, and he has
(1 season) appeared as a freestyle rapper for The Ride in Times Square.
(4 seasons)
RAKEEM LAWRENCE is elated to be making his CSF debut! Select LESLIE O’CARROLL’s* CSF credits include Penny in You Can’t Take
regional credits include Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre It With You (2018), Duchess of York in Richard III (2018), Dotty in
Company); Bite Size: Toxoplasmosis (Denver Center’s Off-Center); Noises Off (2012), Maria in Twelfth Night (2012), and Nurse in Romeo
Gloria (Curious Theatre Comapny); Little Shop of Horrors and A and Juliet (2011). Local credits include 22 seasons at the Denver
Raisin in the Sun (THEATREWORKS); Six Degrees of Separation Center Theatre Company, most recently The Whistleblower and A
(the Redhouse; SALT Award for Best Actor); Shrek and Sister Act Christmas Carol. Additional credits include Parallel Lives (Colorado
(Little Theatre on the Square); Peter and the Starcatcher (Virginia Springs Fine Arts Center); Much Ado About Nothing, The Grapes of
Stage Company); A View from the Bridge and Working (Hope Wrath and Our Town (Theatreworks); Pride and Prejudice and Silent
Summer Rep); My Fair Lady (Quintessence Theatre Group); and Sky (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company); The Odd Couple (Senior
Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Suzi Bass Nominee) and Lend Me a Tenor Housing Options); Good People (Curious Theatre); Tartuffe, Mrs.
(Legacy Theatre). Lawrence holds an MFA from Regent University. Mannerly, Blithe Spirit and The Crucible (Arvada Center). TV and film
(1 season) credits include Breaking Bad, Longmire and Footloose. O’Carroll is a
recipient of Best of Westword and Denver Post Ovation Awards and
holds an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory. (4 seasons)
RODNEY LIZCANO’s* CSF credits include Richard III in Richard ANNE PENNER’s acting credits include Richard III (Margaret),
III, Boris Kolenkhov in You Can’t Take It With You, Polonius in Julius Caesar (Portia / Soothsayer) and Cymbeline (Queen) with
Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Roderigo in CSF; The Wolves (Soccer Mom) with BETC; Abundance (Macon),
Othello, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Pistol / Montjoy Crimes of the Heart (Babe), American Notes (Pauline) and Savage
in Henry V, Trinculo in The Tempest, Pastor Hugh in The Merry in Limbo (Savage) with Sis Tryst Productions; Seascape (Sarah)
Wives of Windsor, Vernon in Henry IV Part 1, Robert Cecil in with Modern Muse; Crimson Thread (Eilis) with Arvada Center; and
Equivocation, and Pisanio in Cymbeline. Other credits include Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking and other performances
Denver Center Theatre Company (16 seasons), The Old Globe, with Stories on Stage. Directing credits include Kid Simple,
Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Stories Eurydice, Gidion’s Knot, The Nina Variations, Arabian Nights and
on Stage, Theatre Aspen, and the Arvada Center. Off-Broadway The Seagull. Penner is an associate professor in the University
credits include Actors Ensemble Theatre and DreamScape Theatre of Denver’s Department of Theatre and co-host of the acting /
Company. Film and TV credits include Silver City (directed by John psychology podcast The Actor’s Mind. She received an MFA from
Sayles) and Stage Struck (Bravo Network). He is a graduate of the Columbia University and a BA from Amherst College. (4 seasons)
Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and
the National Theatre Conservatory. (6 seasons)
SHUNTÉ LOFTON received her BFA from the University of Houston KEVIN RICH’s* Shakespeare acting credits include Hamlet
School of Theatre and Dance. She spent five seasons working at (Gravedigger), Richard II (Richard), The Tempest (Sebastian) and
the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, where she Richard III (Richard) with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival; Hamlet
performed in 22 productions. Some of her favorite credits include (Osric/Reynaldo) and Short Shakes! Taming of the Shrew (Tranio)
Ophelia in Hamlet, Princess of France in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Celia with Chicago Shakespeare; Love’s Labour’s Lost (Berowne), Twelfth
in As You Like It, and Lady Anne in Richard III. Selected regional Night (Sebastian), The Winter’s Tale (Clown), and The Comedy of
credits include Perdita in The Winter’s Tale (4th Wall Theatre Errors (Dromio) with Milwaukee Shakespeare; A Midsummer Night’s
Company), Esther in Intimate Apparel (University of Houston) and Dream (Puck) and Antony & Cleopatra (Thidias) with Shakespeare
Anya in The Cherry Orchard (Classical Theatre Company). & Company and As You Like It (Touchstone) with Kentucky
(1 season) Shakespeare. Other credits include Distracted (Dad) with the
American Theatre Company; Peter and the Starcatcher (Smee) and
The Three Musketeers (Porthos) with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival
and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Dr. Yakunin/Terrance)
with Portland Center Stage and San Jose Rep. Rich holds a BA from
Grinnell College and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. (2 seasons)
ISOBEL ROSIE MAKIN is excited to be a part of her first season JESSICA ROBBLEE* makes her CSF debut this summer. She
with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Her previous credits holds a BA in theatre and English from Davidson College and
include Estella in Great Expectations, Luciana in The Comedy an MA in theatre education from the University of Northern
of Errors and Bette in The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Makin is Colorado. Her credits include Frankenstein, All the Way, Lord of
currently pursuing a BFA in acting from the University of Colorado the Butterflies and Drag Machine (DCPA); Siren Song, Duck Duck
Boulder. (1 season) Dupe and Trunks (Buntport Theater for All Ages); The Moors, Sense
and Sensibility, The Foreigner, Electric Baby and Drowning Girls
(Arvada Center Black Box); 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (square
product theatre) and This (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company).
(1 season)
EMMA MESSENGER has appeared on stage in The Diary of Anne As recent graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, MARCO
Frank, The Moors, Sin Street Social Club, All My Sons and Sense ROBINSON* has been fortunate enough to work as an actor for the
& Sensibility (the Arvada Center); Bite-Size: Marginalia (DCPA); The past year. His most recent credits are Sonny in Xanadu and Topper
Cake (Curious Theatre Company); The Lying Kind (Theatreworks); in A Christmas Carol (DCPA). He has also participated in DCPA’s
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Misery, I’ll Eat You Last, Mud Blue Off-Center productions of This Is Modern Art as JC, and The Wild
Sky and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Edge Theatre); Agnes of Party as Eddie. With CSF, he played in Love’s Labour’s Lost as the
God, Stella and Lou and ’night, Mother (Vintage Theatre Company). King of Navarre, Cyrano de Bergerac as Christian and Edward III as
Her awards include three CTG Henry Awards for Outstanding Lorraine and Villiers. (2 seasons)
Acting, several Westword Best of Awards, including Westword Best
Season for an Actress, and three True West Awards. She holds a
Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&M. (1 season)
*Appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States #coshakes · @coshakes 45AC T IN G C OMPA NY
DANTE ROSSI is a recent graduate of California Institute of the ROBERT SICULAR* has performed a universe of roles—both
Arts and is thrilled to be a part of the Colorado Shakespeare classical and contemporary—at theatres all over the country
Festival. Rossi is known for his roles as the Black Panther in Roger including the Denver Center Theatre Company; ACT in San
Guenveur Smith’s The Hendrix Project and Gomez in The Addams Francisco; the Berkeley, San Jose, Seattle, South Coast and St.
Family. He has been studying acting and musical theatre since Louis Repertory Theatres; the Oregon, California, San Francisco,
2010 and is excited to continue the journey with CSF. (1 season) Lake Tahoe and Santa Fe Shakespeare Festivals; and the
Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. He was
previously seen at CSF in 2017 playing Baptista in The Taming of
the Shrew and Caesar in Julius Caesar, and in 2010 as the Duke in
Measure for Measure and Kent in King Lear. On the screen, he can
be seen as the Dad in Love and Taxes; in the sci-fi comedy thriller
Never Die Twice and the Bollywood potboiler Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya.
Sicular attended the University of California at Berkeley and the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. (3 seasons)
ANNE SANDOE’s past roles at CSF include Lillian Troy in I Hate JASON TOENNIS is an actor from the Denver area who recently
Hamlet (2014), the Duchess of York in Richard III (2012), and the concluded his third year at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Duchess of Venice in Othello (2015). She is an ensemble member He is a part of the BFA in acting program and recently performed
with the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, where she has in CU’s production of Almost, Maine as Pete, Steve, Lendall,
performed in Ghost-Writer, The Clean House and Going to a Place Randy, and Man. Previous credits at CU include Talthybios in the
Where You Already Are. Other favorite productions include Futura, world premiere production of a new translation of Hecuba, Matt
A Little Night Music and Women of Lockerbie. Sandoe received and Father Donnally in The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and an
an MFA from Florida State University and has published The War ensemble member in HAIR. Outside of CU, he played the role of
of the Roses (a compilation of Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy) and Agent Cod in the ensemble of Catch Me If You Can at the Arvada
three other adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. (18 seasons) Center. (2 seasons)
SAM SANDOE has acted with CSF since 1970, including the last MARE TREVATHAN has narrated more than 550 audio books and
17 consecutive seasons, and here has done 60 versions of 35 of teaches voice acting at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Shakespeare’s 37-play canon, as well as nine non-Shakespeare She is an aspiring gardener, frequent traveler, animal enthusiast,
productions. He has also worked at the Alabama Shakespeare stepmom, coffee drinker and compulsive upcycler. (8 seasons)
Festival and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and locally with
Maya Productions, the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company,
Longmont Theatre Company, the Upstart Crow, Colorado Actors
Theatre and several seasons each with the Shakespeare Oratorio
Society, Overland Stage Company and the Stanley Hotel in Estes
Park. Sandoe trained at the University of Colorado Boulder and the
University of California at San Diego. (30 seasons)
GARETH SAXE* is extremely pleased to be returning to CSF EMILY VAN FLEET* is happy to be returning to CSF for her third
after many years. In the time between, his Broadway credits have season. Past CSF roles include Mariana (Measure for Measure),
included the Drama Desk-winning revival of The Homecoming Clarice (The Servant of Two Masters), and Louisa (The Fantasticks).
with Ian McShane and Michael McKean, Scar in The Lion King Her favorite local credits include The Wild Party (DCPA’s Off-
and George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House with Swoozie Kurtz Center), The Moors, Sin Street Social Club, Educating Rita,
and Phillip Bosco. Off Broadway and regionally, Saxe has been Sunday in the Park with George, The Drowning Girls, Bus Stop,
privileged to work with Frances Stemhagen in J.M. Barries’ Echoes Tartuffe and Death Takes a Holiday (Arvada Center). Emily has also
of War and with Jane Alexander in A Moon to Dance By. Some performed with BDT Stage, Midtown Arts Center, and more than
other highlights include Harper Regan (Atlantic Theater Company); 18 productions over six seasons with Creede Repertory Theatre.
Hamlet and Dangerous Liaisons (Shakespeare Theatre of New Regionally, she has been seen at the New York Musical Theater
Jersey) and—if you don’t blink—he can be seen in Michael Mann’s Festival, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Lake Tahoe and Sierra
film Public Enemies. Saxe is a proud graduate of Colorado College Shakespeare Festivals. (3 seasons)
and NYU’s MFA program. (3 seasons)
AMBER SCALES is thrilled to be returning to CSF after performing ROBERT WESTER is a physician practicing in Denver. His acting
last summer in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Katherine) and Cyrano de credits with CSF include attendant / ensemble in Hamlet, King
Bergerac (Duenna). Scales is a recent graduate of the University Lear, Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing; soldier in
of Alabama, where she studied public relations and theatre. Macbeth; assistant bishop in Richard III; Herne the Horrible in The
Her educational credits include Sense and Sensibility (Fanny Merry Wives of Windsor; waiter and headsman in The Comedy of
Dashwood), I Gelosi (Vittoria), We Are Proud to Present... (Black Errors, and an ensemble member in Cyrano de Bergerac. He has
Woman / Actor 6), La Ronde (Young Wife) and Hamlet (Courtier). also played the role of Teleman in Bach at Leipzig with the Boulder
(2 seasons) Ensemble Theatre Company. (11 seasons)
LOIS SHIH’s acting credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog COLEMAN ZEIGEN is thrilled to be performing in his fourth
in the Night-Time and The Wolves (BETC); Dirty Rotten Tofu and season with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. In his previous
The Gohan Girls (Theatre Esprit Asia) and Last Stop (sponsored three seasons, Zeigen performed in The Comedy of Errors, Troilus
reading with Upstart Crow Theatre Company). Educational credits and Cressida, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Richard III
include Trojan Women, Talk to Me Like the Rain, Pericles and The and You Can’t Take It With You. In a past life, Zeigen performed
Little Shop of Horrors. She is a recent graduate of the University of on and off Broadway, at regional theatres around the country
Denver with a BA in theatre and communication studies. (1 season) and in film and television, but currently he spends his time as a
theatre teacher, director and producer at a K-12 charter school
in Westminster, Colorado. Zeigen holds an MFA in acting from
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. (4 seasons)
46 2019 Colorado Shakespeare Festival *Appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United StatesART IST IC TEA M
Producing Artistic Director Dramaturgs member at Curious Theatre Company, where his credits
include Venus in Fur, Good People, The Brothers Size,
TIMOTHY ORR (Director: Twelfth Night) has been with the Massachusetts native AMANDA GIGUERE (Twelfth Night, Maple and Vine, 9 Circles, A Number and Astronomical
Colorado Shakespeare Festival as a performer since 2007. Romeo and Juliet) joined CSF in 2004 as a graduate Sunset. He has served as resident sound designer with the
He joined the staff as the associate producing director in student and became a full-time staff member in 2011. She Denver Center Theatre Company, where he designed more
2011 and became producing artistic director in 2013. During received her MA and PhD in theatre history and criticism than 20 shows in seven seasons. Other designs include
his tenure at CSF, he has helped found the CSF School from the University of Colorado Boulder and has taught Constellations and Born Yesterday (THEATREWORKS); The
of Theatre and CSF’s nationally recognized Shakespeare undergraduate courses at CU Boulder, the University of Few and Full Code (Boulder Ensemble Theatre); Marat/
anti-bullying school tour, he has begun the Original Practices Northern Colorado and Lingnan University. Her book, The Sade and The Winter’s Tale (Purdue University); Lab Coats
series of Shakespeare’s plays, and he has led CSF through Plays of Yasmina Reza on the English and American Stage, on Clouds (Prague Quadrennial); Hedwig and the Angry
several successful capital and endowment campaigns. As was published in 2010. She completed her undergraduate Inch (Elemental Theatre Company); Sideways Stories from
an actor, he has appeared in 10 productions at CSF and in work at Trinity College (Connecticut) in theatre and French Wayside School (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre) and
numerous theatres across California. CSF directing credits and taught in Hong Kong for two years. She has worked Tribulation and The Demolition Squad (Chicago Dance
include Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Wittenberg, with Curious Theatre, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Crash). Ducat received his MFA in sound design from
I Hate Hamlet and several touring productions. He has held Rebel Shakespeare Company, North Shore Music Theatre Purdue University. (7 seasons)
lecturer positions in classical acting, voice and musical and Cleveland Play House. Giguere’s research and work
theatre at the University of California-Davis, the University in developing CSF’s Shakespeare in the Schools Tour: RINDE ECKERT (Music Composer: Twelfth Night)
of Colorado Boulder and the Berkeley Repertory School of Shakespeare and Violence Prevention has been nationally composes, writes, performs and directs productions that
Theatre. He holds degrees in music and arts management recognized. tour throughout America and to major European and Asian
from California State University-Sacramento and an MFA festivals. A Grammy winner, inaugural Doris Duke Artist
in theater from the University of California-Davis. He was a HEIDI SCHMIDT (As You Like It, King Charles III, King John) and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Eckert is also a
Fellow with the League of American Orchestras. is a director, dramaturg and teacher. Dramaturgy: Denver Guggenheim Fellow and received the 2005 Marc Blitzstein
(13 seasons) Center Theatre Company (Disgraced, The Christians, Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Tribes), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Julius Caesar, His work has received Critics Circle and Isadora Duncan
Directors Equivocation, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth,
Richard III, Inspector General), Local Theater Company
Awards in San Francisco, an Obie Award and two Drama
CHRISTOPHER DUVAL (Romeo and Juliet; Fight Desk Award Nominations in New York, and Boston’s Eliot
(Faith), Curious Theatre Company (Intelligent Homosexual’s Norton Award for Best Production by a Large Resident
Choreographer for Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Romeo and Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the
Juliet) has worked in regional theatres and Shakespeare Company. His work has been produced by ART, Culture
Scriptures). Directing: CU Boulder (Picnic, Melancholy Play), Project, Center Stage in Baltimore, Dobama Theatre
festivals as an actor, director and fight director for the Dirtyfish Theater (Wedding Cake Vodka), CSF Education
past 25 years. His work has been seen at Syracuse Stage, Company and Berkeley Repertory Theater.
(Measure for Measure, King Lear, As You Like It), readings
Sacramento Theatre Company, Utah Opera, Dallas Theatre for Curious New Voices, Athena Project, and Paragon
Center, South Coast Repertory, Shakespeare Orange County, JULIE FOH (Voice and Text Coach: As You Like It, King
Theatre Company. Administrative positions: Colorado Charles III) is a Connecticut-based voice, text and dialect
Utah Shakespeare Festival and Salt Lake Acting Company, Shakespeare Festival, Local Theater Company, Repertory
and for 18 years he has worked as a company member specialist, and this is her first season with the Colorado
Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City), Women and Theatre Shakespeare Festival. Previous professional credits
and guest teacher at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He Program. As an all-around theatre maker, she has designed
currently serves as the resident fight director with Pioneer include Sherwood for Cleveland Play House, Pygmalion for
props for Curious Theatre, presented pre-show talks at BEDLAM, Familiar for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company,
Theatre Company and is head of the actor training program the Arvada Center, served as voice coach for CSF’s Camp
at the University of Utah. He holds an MFA in acting from the Trans Scripts and Cardenio for the American Repertory
Shakespeare and performed in a devised ensemble piece Theatre, The Tallest Tree in the Forest for Tectonic Theatre
University of California-Irvine and is a certified teacher with on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Schmidt holds
the Society of American Fight Directors, a master instructor Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Charley’s Aunt
a PhD in theatre history, criticism and dramatic literature and Shakespeare in Love for the Shakepseare Theatre of
with Dueling Arts International and associate teacher of from CU Boulder, where she regularly teaches. She serves
Fitzmaurice Voicework. His book, Stage Combat Arts: An New Jersey, Eurydice and An Ideal Husband for American
as CSF’s Outreach Marketing and Grants Coordinator and Players Theatre, among many others. She is an associate
Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice, and Text Work, is regularly teaches after school Shakespeare classes for kids,
published by Methuen. (3 seasons) teacher of Fitzmaurice voicework and a certified teacher of
teens and adults. Knight-Thompson speechwork, and is currently on faculty
CAROLYN HOWARTH+ (As You Like It) is the former artistic at the University of Connecticut and the National Theater
director of the Foothill Theatre Company in Nevada City, Designers, choreographers Institute. (1 season)
California. Her directing credits include numerous productions
with such theatres as FTC, CSF, Orlando Shakespeare
and casting SYLVIA GREGORY (Casting Director) has cast shows
Theatre, Lake Tahoe and Sierra Shakespeare Festivals, Capital CAITLIN AYER^ (Scenic Designer: Twelfth Night, Romeo for Denver Center Attractions, Denver Center Theatre
Stage (Sacramento, California), and the Perseverance Theatre and Juliet) returns to Boulder for her sixth season with Company, LOCAL Theatre, Boulder Ensemble Theatre
Company (Juneau, Alaska). Her CSF credits include You Can’t CSF. Her recent credits include Richard III, You Can’t Take Company, and TheatreWorks, among others. Gregory cast
Take It With You, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Henry V, Henry It With You, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The the Screen Actors Guild feature film Fishing Naked and SAG
IV Part 1, The Comedy of Errors, Treasure Island and The Three Comedy of Errors, Troilus and Cressida, Henry V and Henry independent short films Death of the Bar-T and Distance.
Musketeers. As an actor, Howarth has performed in more than IV, Part I and II (CSF); The Making of King Kong (Target She has cast commercially for Honda, Southwest Airlines,
50 productions with FTC, ranging from classics to new works. Margin Theater); Opacity (Big Art Group at the Live Arts CenturyLink, Sprint, Duracell, Bayer, the Colorado Lottery
Other professional acting credits include appearances with the Bard Biennial); the UK premiere of ID, Please (Tete a Tete (40 spots) and King Soopers, among others. She cast the
Jewish Theatre of San Francisco, the B Street, Sacramento Festival); The Time of Your Life (Frederick Loewe Theatre); 2015 Emmy Award-winning Crossroads: Without Health,
Theatre Company, Lake Tahoe and Sierra Shakespeare Drag Queen Time Machine (DCPA’s Off-Center Stage) and There is Nothing for PBS and Univision and the Colorado
Festivals, and the Maxim Gorky Drama Theatre (Vladivostok, Good People (Curious Theatre Company). Ayer received the Office of Suicide Prevention’s Man Therapy campaign,
Russia). Howarth holds an MFA from the University of Rose Brand Scene Design Award in 2017 and was named which was written up in the New York Times. Gregory holds
California at Davis. (9 seasons) “a young designer to watch” by Live Design magazine. degrees from California State University at Fullerton and the
She holds a BFA from Webster University and an MFA from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and earned
KEVIN RICH’s (King Charles III, King John) recent directing Carnegie Mellon Universty. (6 seasons) an MFA from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival/University
credits include The Winter’s Tale and The Importance of of Alabama and is a member of the Casting Society of
Being Earnest at the American Shakespeare Center; Lord MEGHAN ANDERSON DOYLE’s (Costume Designer: Twelfth America. (6 seasons)
of the Flies at Nebraska Repertory Theatre; Falstaff in Night, King Charles III) previous CSF credits include Love’s
Love and The Comedy of Errors at CU Boulder; I Heart Labour’s Lost, You Can’t Take It With You, The Taming KATIE GRUENHAGEN (Lighting Designer: As You Like It,
Juliet and Antony & Cleopatra at the Illinois Shakespeare of the Shrew and The Comedy of Errors. Other selected King Charles III) is currently based out of Houston after
Festival; Romeo and Juliet at Illinois State University; and costume design credits include Xanadu; This is Modern many years of calling Colorado home. Her previous CSF
As You Like It at Bradley University. He is a member of AEA Art; American Mariachi; First Date; The Wild Party; An Act credits include Richard III and You Can’t Take It With
and SAG/AFTRA and an associate member of the Stage of God; The Glass Menagerie; Sweet & Lucky; One Night in You (2018). Other design credits include This Is Modern
Directors and Choreographers Society. Rich holds a BA Miami; Appoggiatura; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Art (Denver Center Theatre Company, Off-Center); The
from Grinnell College and an MFA from the Yale School of Jackie & Me; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!; Five Revolutionists and Birds of North America (BETC); Peter
Drama. (2 seasons) Course Love and The Giver (Denver Center for the Performing and the Starcatcher (Town Hall Arts Center); Mamma Mia,
Arts); The Moors, Waiting for Godot and The Drowning Girls Newsies and West Side Story (Rocky Mountain Repertory
Playwrights (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities); The Brother /
Sister Plays, Good People, A Number, Up and tempOdessey
Theatre); Body of an American (Curious Theatre Company);
Romeo and Juliet (Best Lighting Design, 2014 Southeastern
MIKE BARTLETT (King Charles III) is a multi-award winning (Curious Theatre); as well as productions at LOCAL Theatre Theater Conference) and Into the Woods (Indiana Universty).
playwright and screenwriter. He was associate playwright Company, Theatre Aspen, the Aurora Fox, and the National (2 seasons)
at Paines Plough, writer-in-residence at the National Theatre Conservatory. Doyle holds a BA in theatre from the
Theatre and Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at The Royal University of Denver and an MFA in costume design from the At CSF, HUGH HANSON (Costume Designer: Romeo and
Court Theatre. His play King Charles III won the Critic’s University of Florida. (4 seasons) Juliet) has served as costume designer for Cyrano de
Circle Award and Olivier Award, and was nominated for a Bergerac, Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead,
Tony Award—all for Best New Play. Love, Love, Love won JASON DUCAT (Sound Designer: Twelfth Night, As You Troilus and Cressida, Equivocation, Much Ado About
Best New Play in the 2011 Theatre Awards UK; he won Like It, Romeo and Juliet, King Charles III) has designed Nothing, Wittenberg, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor,
the Writer’s Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes for Not sound for the past six seasons with CSF. These credits Henry IV, Part 1, Henry V, Richard II & III, Treasure Island,
Talking and the Old Vic New Voices Award for Artefacts. include Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cyrano de Bergerac, Richard and The Comedy of Errors. Additional credits include
His television series The Town and Doctor Foster both III, You Can’t Take It With You, The Taming of the Shrew, Trelawny of the Wells, A Streetcar Named Desire and A
earned BAFTA nominations and Bartlett won Outstanding Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Christmas Carol at the Shakespeare Theatre (New Jersey);
Newcomer for British Television Writing at the British Dead, Troilus and Cressida, Henry V, The Tempest, Othello, The Whipping Man, Words By, Wittenberg and Color of
Screenwriters’ Awards 2016 for Doctor Foster. Macbeth and I Hate Hamlet. Ducat is an artistic company Flesh at Portland Stage (Maine) and As You Like It and The
48 2019 Colorado Shakespeare FestivalLiar at Theatreworks (Colorado Springs). Hanson currently the Florence Queer Festival in Italy and the Façade Film world premiere of Gertrude and Claudius in repertory with
serves as associate professor of costume production at Fesitval in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Randall co-wrote, directed Hamlet. (1 season)
Carnegie Mellon University. (9 seasons) and choreographed the feature-length dance film Leading
Ladies, which has played to sold-out audiences at more NICOLE KUTCHER* (Assistant Stage Manager: Twelfth
CLARE HENKEL^ (Costume Designer: As You Like It) has than 65 festivals worldwide. Since 2017, Randall had the Night, Romeo and Juliet, King John) is an AEA stage
designed for CSF since 2007. Locally, she has worked with great privilege of collaborating with director Christopher manager in the New England and Chicago areas, and is
the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Arvada Center DuVal as the choreographer for CSF’s The Taming of delighted to be back in her home state of Colorado. She
for the Arts and Humanities, Phamaly Theatre Company, the Shrew and Cyrano de Bergerac, and served as the is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA in
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, THEATREWORKS choreographer for Richard III and You Can’t Take It With technical theater with a stage management concentration.
and 3rd Law Dance Theatre. Other theatres include Arizona You. This is her third season with CSF. (3 seasons) Along with her foundation in Chicago theatre, she has a
Theatre Company, the Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, strong background in regional theatre, particularly new
San Diego and San Jose Repertory Theatres, the Aurora GREGORY W. TOWLE (Video and Pojection Designer: plays and musicals. Her most recent credits include Murder
Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Geva King Charles III) is excited to be working with the Colorado for Two and the world premiere of Little Orphan Danny at
Theatre, the Indianapolis Symphony’s Pops Consortium Shakespeare Festival for the first time this summer. Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Kutcher also has experience
(including Carnegie Hall), Sacramento Theatre Company, the Previous credits include Around the World in 80 Days with in event management of corporate and fundraising events.
Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, and Idaho Shakespeare Festival, the Arizona Theatre Company, All the Way at Arena Stage, (1 season)
and the Maxim Gorky Theatre in Vladivostok, Russia. Henkel Milk Like Sugar with the Mosiac Theatre Company, Into the
has taught at the University of California Davis, the University Woods with Village Theatre, and Paper Cut with LOCAL TIFFANY LUTZ* (Assistant Stage Manager: As You Like It,
of California Berkeley, and the University of Colorado Boulder Theatre Company. (1 season) King Charles III) is excited for her first summer with CSF.
and is a member of the USA Local 429 union. (11 seasons) During the year, she is the assistant stage manager of
STEPHEN C. JONES’^ (Scenic Designer: As You Like It,
Management musicals at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities,
and has held that title one whole season. Prior to that role,
King Charles III) selected design credits include the off- ADAM M. DILL (Costume Shop Manager) has worked for the she worked as a stage hand for the Arvada Center’s Rep
Broadway premiere of The Dressmaker’s Secret, Portland Flint Youth Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Utah season and backstage on a few shows for the Denver
Stage Company (Maine), Orlando Shakespeare Theatre Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, Great River Center. Lutz graduated with a BA in theatre from the
(Florida), Sacramento Ballet (California), Alley Theatre Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Children’s Theatre, the Dallas University of Wisconsin-Parkside in 2012 and has worked
(Texas), Sting and Honey (Utah), and One Year Lease (New Theatre Center and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He is regionally ever since. Some of her favorite credits include
York City). Jones serves as a consultant for Viacom, Inc. and well versed in costume design, costume shop management, working on the world premieres of Kalamazoo and Calling
Vectorworks, Inc., was featured for his design process by cutting, draping, tailoring and costume crafts, and currently All Kates (Bloomington Playwrights Project); The Merchant
Live Design magazine in 2017, and was named a featured serves as costume shop supervisor and lecturer at the of Venice, Grounded and Junie B. Jones (Cardinal Stage
designer by Novedge for innovation in entertainment design. University of Michigan-Flint. (6 seasons) Company) as well as the time she spent in Kentucky with
He currently serves as assistant professor of theatrical the Lexington Children’s Theatre. (1 season)
design and director of theatre in the Department of Drama at KAYLYN KRIASKI* (Stage Manager: As You Like It, King
Vassar College. (4 seasons) Charles III) is thrilled to be spending her summer with CSF! STACY R. NORWOOD* (Stage Manager: Twelfth Night,
A native of Jackson, Tennessee, Kriaski holds a BA from the Romeo and Juliet, King John) is thrilled to return to CSF for
SHANNON MCKINNEY’s^ (Lighting Designer: Twelfth Night, University of Southern Mississippi, and has called Orlando her fourth season. She graduated in May 2006 from Rollins
Romeo and Juliet) previous design credits include Love’s home for the last four years. During her time there, she College and has worked with the Depot Theater, Orlando
Labour’s Lost (2018), Cyrano de Bergerac (2018), The Taming has been part of the stage management team for over 15 Shakespeare Theater and the Pennsylvannia Shakespeare
of the Shrew (2017), Julius Caesar (2017), The Comedy of different projects. She currently works freelance with the Festival. Norwood is a proud member of Actors’ Equity
Errors (2016), Troilus and Cressida (2016), Much Ado About Orlando Shakespeare Theater and enjoys picking up many Association and is indebted to her mother and father, who
Nothing (2015), Othello (2015), The Tempest (2014), The other side projects. Some of her favorite credits include allow her to follow her dreams. (4 seasons)
Merry Wives of Windsor (2014), A Midsummer Night’s Dream Man of La Mancha, Peter and the Starcatcher, and the
(2013), Macbeth (2013) and Twelfth Night (2012) (CSF); The
Snowy Day and Tribes (DCPA); Sense and Sensibility, The
Electric Baby, A Chorus Line, Waiting for Godot and Jesus
Christ Superstar (Arvada Center); and Constellations, The
Brothers Size and Red (Curious Theatre). Her regional credits
include designs for the Indiana Repertory Theatre and the
Steppenwolf, and the Goodman, Court and Lookingglass
Theatres. McKinney is the recipient of seven CTG Henry
Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design. She is a faculty
member at the Unversity of Denver. (10 seasons)
SAM MISNER (Music Composer: As You Like It) is thrilled
to return to CSF, having appeared as an actor in Woody
Guthrie’s American Song and Henry VIII in 2008. His
acting credits include regional theatres such as California
Shakespeare Theater, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Rep,
and Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Alongside his longtime
musical collaborator, Megan Smith, he has co-written
original music for productions of The Grapes of Wrath and
To Kill a Mockingbird (Sacramento Theater Company), and
the west coast premiere of The Way West (Marin Theater
Company). In 2004, Misner and Megan formed the folk /
rock band Misner & Smith, and they tour regularly around
the United States and overseas. They have released five
albums and have a new one in the works now. (2 seasons)
JEFFREY PARKER (Voice and Text Coach: Twelfth Night,
Romeo and Juliet) is an associate professor of theatre at
MSU Denver and a teaching artist at DCPA. He holds an
MFA from UC Irvine, and is a certified teacher of Knight-
Thompson speechwork and a certified associate teacher
of Fitzmaurice voicework. He has coached productions for
theatre all across the country. Local coaching credits include
the DCPA, Curious Theatre, Vintage, Town Hall Arts Center,
Performance Now, Aurora Fox, Lake Dillion and Rocky
Mountain Repertory Theatre. (1 season)
ERIKA RANDALL (Dance Choreographer: Twelfth Night,
As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet) is a teacher, dancer,
choreographer, filmmaker and the chair of CU Boulder’s
Department of Theatre & Dance. As a performer, she has
worked with Megan Odom, Teena Marie Custer, Sydney
Skybetter, Sara Hook, David Parker, the Bang Group,
Michelle Ellsworth, the Mark Morris Dance Group and
Buglisi/Foreman Dance. Her choreography has been seen
in four countries and 16 states over the last 10 years and
her screendance works Down for the Count, less, more
and self defence—with collaborators Daniel Beahm and
Markas Henry—have screened at festivals such as the Sans
Souci Dance Cinema Festival, Starz Denver Film Festival,
+ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society ^ Member of United Scenic Artists
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