Madeleine Cook

Portrait of Madeleine Cook, Acting Fellow at the American Shakespeare Center

Fall 2025 Season:

Acting Fellow/Understudy for Maya Danks in Romeo & Juliet (2025), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2025), and The Pirate Ballad of Bonny & Read, written by the creators of the 50/50 Shakespeare Project: Vanessa Morosco & Peter Simon Hilton.

OTHER THEATRE:

Arviragus, Cymbeline (Mary Baldwin University S&P)
Lurcher’s Mistress, The Night-Walker (MBU S&P)
Fabian, Twelfth Night (Theatre Siena)
M’Lynn, Steel Magnolias (Theatre Siena)
Cassius, Julius Caesar (Theatre Siena)

Awards:

Alpha Psi Omega Award of Theatre Excellence (Siena Heights University, 2022 and 2023)

EDUCATION:

Currently pursuing a Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance, Mary Baldwin University; earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Speech/Dance and History from Siena Heights University (graduated 2023)

 

Related Productions

Promotional image for the world premiere of THE PIRATE BALLAD OF BONNY & READ (Fall 2025) at the American Shakespeare Center. Ginna Hoben, in a red and gray pirate costume, holds crossed cutlasses beneath bold white show title text. Photo by Alaina Shefelton.

The Pirate Ballad of Bonny and Read 2025

October 16 – November 16

Understudy for Maya Danks

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Promotional image for The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Fall 2025) at the American Shakespeare Center. A small dog named Dawson Green-Moody sits on a red velvet chair beside the stylized title text on a black background. Photo by Alaina Shefelton.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2025

September 11 – November 15

Understudy for Maya Danks

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Promotional image for Romeo & Juliet (Fall 2025) at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. Geoffrey Warren Barnes II, dressed in purple and gold, offers a red rose beneath bold white title text. Photo by Alaina Shefelton.

Romeo and Juliet 2025

August 28 – November 15

Understudy for Maya Danks

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