There is nothing like the joy of looking at cast lists. It can be scary, certainly, and you don’t always get what you want. But ultimately you discover a character you get to create, and despite however you felt at the onset, by the end you are fundamentally changed by the end of the process!
See below to discover who our casts are for session 1. And make sure to come out and see their work at our showcase on Saturday, June 29 and our final performances on Sunday, July 7!
Without (much) further ado… our casts:
Measure for Measure
Director: Emily MacLeod
RDAs: Taylor Lamb and Molly Harper
Production Interns: Grace Wallis and Maddie Miller
- Ben Harris – Claudio/Servant
- Bre Bugg – Duke
- Dagny Scannell – Mariana/Froth
- Hope Napier – Elbow/Abhorson/Juliet
- Kennedy Coleman – Provost
- Lizzie Beckett – Pompey
- Mariana Parilli – Overdone/Fr. Peter/Barnardine
- Olivia Gorra – Isabella
- Sophie Burdette – Escalus/Francisca
- Topher Zane – Angelo
- Vicki Brent – Lucio
Romeo & Juliet
Director: Miriam Burrows
RDAs: Austin Harleson and Amalia Oswald
Production Interns: Margot Flanders and Joe Marsh
- Bea Crist – Benvolio/Fr. John
- Colette Colodny – Mercutio/Prince/Apothecary/Gregory
- Eli Deitrich- Romeo
- Eris Gothreaux – Juliet/Sampson
- Hero Medina – Nurse/Abraham
- Jesse Waldman – Capulet
- Kat Mrozek – Paris/Lady Montague/Chorus
- Maddie Johns – Lady Capulet
- Rianna Morgan – Peter/Montague/Balthasar
- Tulah Dillman – Tybalt/Friar Lawrence
Gallathea
Director: Mary Finch
RDAs: Cortland Nesley and Lauren Carlton
Production Interns: Spencer Cohen and Jules Talbot
- Andrew Webb – Rafe
- Esme Fife-Adams – Cupid
- Mia Randers-Pehrson – Gallathea
- Mary Rose Valentine – Phyllida
- Zofia Walkowski – Diana
- Gabe Laurent – Tityrus/Ramia/Peter
- Lucy Purvis – Hebe/Venus
- Tori Benson – Robin/Eurota
- Andrew Poma – Neptune/Astrologer/Ericthinis
- Maddy Hurd – Alchemist/Dick/Augur/Telusa
- Alex Feig – Larissa/Mariner/Melibeus
Showcase 2019
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5.1 (directed by Lauren Carlton)
Bea Crist – Moonshine
Dagny Scannell – Hippolita
Hero Medina – Wall
Lizzie Beckett – Thisbe
Jesse Waldman – Philostrate/Lion
Sophie Burdette – Pyramus
Tulah Dillman – Prologue
Vicki Brent – Theseus
Henry IV, Part 1 2.3 (directed by Cortland Nesley)
Kennedy Coleman – Lady Kate Percy
Maddy Hurd – Hotspur
Much Ado about Nothing 4.1 (directed by Cortland Nesley)
Hope Napier – Benedick
Mariana Parilli – Beatrice
Richard II 4.1 (directed by Amalia Oswald)
Alex Feid – Fitzwater
Andrew Webb – Aumerle
Brehanu Bugg – Lord
Colette Kennedy – Bolingbroke
Eli Dietrich – Bagot
Gabe Laurent – Surrey
Lucy Purvis – Carlisle
Mia Randers-Pehrson – York
Topher Zane – Henry Percy
Selected Soliloquies (directed by Taylor Lamb)
Rianna Morgan
Zofia Walkowski
The Tempest 2.3 (directed by Molly Harper)
Andrew Poma – Caliban
Maddie Johns – Stephano
Tori Benson – Trinculo
Macbeth 3.1 (directed by Austin Harleson)
Ben Harris – Macbeth
Eris Gothreaux- attendant
Esme Fife Adams – Murderer 1
Kat Mrozek – Banquo
Mary Rose Valentine – Murderer 2
Olivia Gorra – Lady Macbeth
Taylor Leigh Lamb
Taylor Leigh Lamb was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She has had a passionate love of theatre since the fifth grade which has carried her throughout her whole life, all the way to her studying English with a minor in Drama at the University of Virginia, where she graduated in May 2018. From there, she worked as the Marketing and Development Apprentice at Olney Theatre Center. Taylor is a playwright, an actor, an arts administrator, and a director. She believes deeply in the power of art to impact social change, and hopes to one day make those impacts through theatre and writing. Taylor is a Sagittarius, with an ardent love of Beyoncé, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer is her favorite TV show of all time. She believes the last sentence is equally important as everything else she said here.