SUMMER 2024 DIGITAL PROGRAM
ASC Mission
American Shakespeare Center illuminates the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, classic and new, refreshing the individual, fostering civil discourse, and creating community in the Blackfriars Playhouse and beyond.
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ASC History
We began in 1988 when Jim Warren and Ralph Alan Cohen formed the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, a traveling troupe that used Shakespeare’s staging conditions to perform his plays. By 2000, we had performed in 47 states, one U.S. territory, and six foreign countries. Partnering with the City of Staunton and aided by private donors and generous help from Augusta County and the Commonwealth of Virginia, we built the world’s first re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor playhouse in 2001. With one troupe at home and one on the road, we expanded our educational offerings and created America’s first MFA program in Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin University. We also established an international biennial conference for scholars, and we became the American Shakespeare Center. In 2009, to honor our achievement of turning Staunton into a world Shakespeare destination, the Commonwealth recognized us with the Governor’s Arts Award. By our 30th year, in 2018, we had played to nearly two million people, produced all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays (many of them more than twice), 36 plays by his contemporaries, and a grand total of 286 different productions in 5,506 performances.
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STUFF THAT HAPPENS
- Three “weïrd sisters” plan to meet with Macbeth.
- Macbeth (Thane of Glamis) and his friend Banquo are victorious in battle against Norway and the Scottish rebels. When Duncan (King of Scotland) receives this news, he orders the execution of one of the rebels, the Thane of Cawdor.
- Macbeth and Banquo encounter the weïrd sisters, who predict that Macbeth will be pronounced Thane of Cawdor, then King; and that Banquo’s children will be kings.
- News arrives that the first prophecy has come true: King Duncan has named Macbeth the new Thane of Cawdor.
- Duncan names his son Malcolm heir to the throne and invites himself to Macbeth’s castle.
- At Macbeth’s castle, Lady Macbeth reads a letter from Macbeth telling her about the weïrd sisters’ prophecies. Macbeth arrives, and she urges him to take the throne.
- Macbeth agrees to the “deed,” and kills Duncan in his sleep. Lady Macbeth frames the King’s guards by putting the bloody daggers in their hands while they sleep.
- Macduff discovers the murdered King in the morning, and Macbeth kills the guards out of “violent love” for the dead King.
- Malcolm flees to England, fearing he will be blamed for Duncan’s murder.
- Macbeth becomes King and orders the murders of Banquo and his son, Fleance. Banquo is killed, but Fleance escapes.
- Banquo’s ghost appears, but only Macbeth can see him. Macbeth revisits the weïrd sisters.
- The weïrd sisters use their magic to conjure apparitions who assure Macbeth that he cannot be defeated by anyone “of woman born” or vanquished until the Birnam Forest itself attacks him at his castle on Dunsinane hill.
- Ross reveals that Macduff has fled to England. In response to this perceived treason, Macbeth orders the death of Macduff’s family.
- Macduff joins Malcolm’s army in England. Ross reports the savage murder of Macduff’s family, and Macduff swears to kill Macbeth.
- Violence and death ensue…
STUFF THAT HAPPENS
- At his flat in London, Algernon Moncrieff prepares for the arrival of his aunt, Lady Augusta Bracknell, and her daughter, Gwendolen Fairfax.
- Algernon’s friend Mr. Worthing arrives unexpectedly. Mr. Worthing is in love with Gwendolen.
- Algernon is quite surprised to discover that his friend’s name is not actually Ernest, but Jack.
- Algernon tells Jack about “Bunburying,” a ruse he invented for escaping tedious social functions in London.
- Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen arrive. Jack (as Ernest) proposes to Gwendolen.
- Lady Bracknell interviews Jack to ascertain his eligibility as a suitor to her daughter. Lady Bracknell is alarmed about Jack’s unknown parentage.
- In the garden of Jack’s country house, his young ward, Cecily Cardew, and her governess, Miss Prism, discuss the need to reform Jack’s wayward brother ‘Ernest.’
- Algernon and Jack meet in the garden, under surprising circumstances.
- Gwendolen and Cecily meet in the garden, under equally surprising circumstances.
- In the morning room of Jack’s country house, revelations, confessions, engagements, and earnest trivialities ensue…
These Acting Fellows serve as understudies for the 2024 Summer/Fall season. Understudies do not substitute for a listed performer without notification of the audience.
THIS SEASON: Director of Macbeth and The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Director of The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, and The Grapes of Wrath
BIO: José Zayas has directed over 100 productions in New York, regionally and internationally.
Recent credits include: The Queen of Basel (Studio Theatre), Exquisita Agonia (Repertorio Espanol), The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM, Mass MoCa, US and European Tour), A Nonesuch Celebration (BAM), Washed up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse/Flea Theater), Undocumented (Joe’s Pub), La Valentia (Gala Theater), Ms Holmes and Ms Watson Apt 2B (KC Rep).
He has premiered works by Hilary Bettis, Nilo Cruz, Caridad Svich, Robert Askins, Thomas Bradshaw, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Taylor Mac, Susan Kim, Andrea Thome, Lynn Rosen, Saviana Stanescu, Carlos Murillo, Rob Urbinati, Kristina Poe, Catherine Filloux, James Carter, Matt Barbot, and Jordi Galceran.
José is a Drama League Fellow as well as associated with Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab, SoHo Rep Writers/Director’s Lab, NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors, Ensemble Studio Theatre member, Resident Director Repertorio Español 2009-2019, Lortel Nominating Committee, Two River Theater Crossing Borders Festival Curator. BA: Harvard University. MFA: Carnegie Mellon
WEBSITE: www.josezayasdirector.com
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Malcolm, Lady Macduff in Macbeth; Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY AT ASC: Decius Brutus, Titinius in Julius Caesar; Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice; Titania, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Belle, Martha in A Christmas Carol 2023; Choreographer, 1st Fundraiser, Mrs. Fezziwig, Mrs. Fred, Little Cratchit in A Christmas Carol 2022; Boatswain, Adrian, Ceres, Ensemble in The Tempest; Lychorida, Bawd, Ensemble in Pericles; Assistant Choreographer, Assistant Music Director, Understudy in Twelfth Night and Thrive, Or What You Will; u/s for Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, u/s for Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, Angus, Lord, Murderer in Macbeth; Jamy, Grandpre, Attendant in Henry V, Understudy in All’s Well that Ends Well; Music Director and Choreographer for Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and Coriolanus
OTHER THEATRE: Gertrude in Hamlet; Regan in King Lear; Thaisa/Dionyza/Lysimachus in Pericles; Titania/Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Clarinda in The Sea Voyage (Mary Baldwin University, MFA)
ASC DEBUT
DIALECT COACH
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Lady Macbeth, Witch 1 in Macbeth; Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest
NEW YORK CREDITS: Medea, Medea; Goneril, King Lear; Roderigo, Othello (Titan Theatre Company), Anjali, The Good Girl (59E59, US Premiere), Nora, Holy Day (New Ohio, US Premiere).
REGIONAL CREDITS: Malvolia, Twelfth Night; Lady Macbeth, Macbeth; Trinculo, The Tempest; Beatrice, The Servant of Two Masters; Helena/Snout/Peaseblossom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Widow Capilet, All’s Well That Ends Well (Great River Shakespeare Festival), Yvette, Mother Courage and Her Children; Glinda, The Wizard of Oz; Caroline/Justine, Frankenstein; Chorus Leader, The Cure at Troy (Quintessence Theatre Group), Carol, Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Miss Casewell, The Mousetrap (Arrow Rock Lyceum), Gretchen, Boeing Boeing; Annabella/Pamela/Margaret, The 39 Steps (Cortland Repertory Theatre)
EDUCATION: Circle in the Square Theater School
WEBSITE: www.leahgabrielactor.com
INSTAGRAM: @lovelynitemusic
PRONOUNS: she/her
ASC DEBUT
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Ross in Macbeth; Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest
OTHER THEATRE: Jeff in Lobby Hero and Valentine in Arcadia (Palm Beach Dramaworks); Mr. Darcy in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Virginia Repertory Theatre); Casey in The Legend of Georgia McBride (Florida Studio Theatre); Arthur in Camelot (Actors Playhouse); Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days (Savannah Repertory Theatre); Mr. Darcy in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Stevie in Good People, and Young Lad/Ben Nicholson in The Pitmen Painters (American Stage); John Wilkes Booth in Assassins (freeFall Theatre); Don Baker in Butterflies Are Free (Broward Stage Door Theatre); Billy in Tribes, Joe Farkas in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Clifford Bradshaw in Cabaret (Florida Repertory Theatre)
FILM: Indie-Feature, Eli in What She Said
AWARDS: Theatre Tampa Bay Awards for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play as Mr Darcy in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (2019) and Young Lad/Ben Nicholson in The Pitman Painters (2016) @ American Stage; Silver Palm Award for Outstanding New Talent as Don Baker in Butterflies Are Free (2014) @ Broward Stage Door Theatre
EDUCATION: Florida State University – BFA Acting
WEBSITE: www.brittmichaelgordon.com
TIKTOK: @brittmichaelgordon
PRONOUNS: he/him
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Banquo, Doctor in Macbeth; Rev. Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY AT ASC: Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar; Mr. Bennet, Sir William Lucas in Pride and Prejudice; Peter Quince, Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol 2023; ASC on Tour roles including Egeus, Snout, Mustardseed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; King Cymbeline in Imogen; Pa Joad, Ensemble in The Grapes of Wrath; King Polixines in The Winter’s Tale; The Messenger, Guard, Chorus in Antigone; Duke Solinus, Luce in The Comedy of Errors; King Pol in 16 Winters, or The Bear’s Tale
OTHER THEATER: Dr. Larabee in Akeelah and The Bee (Flint City Repertory Theatre); Prince of Morocco, The Duke in The Merchant of Venice (Houston Shakespeare Festival); James Armistead in The Hated Spy (Colonial Williamsburg)
FILM: Stop the Threat (various episodes)
EDUCATION: BFA from the University of Michigan, MFA from the University of Houston
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: King Duncan, Porter, Siward in Macbeth; Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing; Polonius in Hamlet; Volumnia in Coriolanus; Curtis/Widow in Taming of the Shrew; Escalus in Measure for Measure
OTHER THEATRE:
Charles Dickens in a solo Christmas Carol by Greg Oliver Bodine (The Contemporary Theatre of Columbus); Phyllis in Follies (Renaissance Theatre, Mansfield); Poet in An Iliad (CATCO Columbus); Maria Callas in Master Class (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre); Medea in Medea (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre); Kate Hepburn in Tea At Five (InTandem Theatre); Diana Vreeland in Full Gallop (Renaissance Theatreworks); Roxie in Chicago (Marriot Lincolnshire); Lady Bracknell in Importance of Being Earnest (Titan Theatre, NYC).
EDUCATION:
BFA from Wright State University, MFA from Illinois State University
AWARDS:
Folger Shakespeare Library Artist in Residence/Research Fellowship, Joseph Jefferson Award, Best Actress in a Musical; Footlights Award, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Broadway World Award, Best Actress, 10 Chimneys/Lunt-Fontanne Estate Fellow, Hendrix-Murphy Directing Fellow, American Theatre and Drama Society Research Award.
PRONOUNS: she/her
WEBSITE: www.angelaiannone.com
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Fleance, Witch 3 in Macbeth; Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Rose of Sharon in The Grapes of Wrath; Guiderius, Philario in Imogen (AKA Cymbeline); Belinda, Fan in A Christmas Carol 2019
OTHER THEATRE: Director/Education Artist, As You Like It (35th Fall Festival at Shakespeare and Company); Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare and Company); Tania, Native Gardens (Majestic Theater); Director/Education Artist, Julius Ceasar (34th Fall Festival at Shakespeare and Company); Malvolio, Twelfth Night (Rooted Voyageurs); Lydia, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Shakespeare and Company); Wilani, Unto These Hills (Cherokee Historical Association); Ginny, Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue (Theatreworks at UCCS)
AWARDS: Broadway World Regional Theater Award for Best Supporting Actor (in the Berkshires)
EDUCATION: BA in Humanities from New College of Florida in Sarasota, FL and MFA in Acting from Florida State University/ Asolo Rep in Sarasota, FL
WEBSITE: saralinaresactor.com
INSTAGRAM: @saralina.official
PRONOUNS: she/her
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Macduff, Witch 2 in Macbeth; Lane, Merriman in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY AT ASC:
More than 50 roles in 30 productions including: Brutus in Julius Caesar; Mr. Collins, Mr. Wickham in Pride and Prejudice; Oberon, Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Lucio in Measure for Measure, Player King in Hamlet, Menenius in Coriolanus, Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing; Jaques in As You Like It, Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well, Foresight in Love for Love, Don John/Verges in Much Ado About Nothing, Malcolm in Macbeth, Fred in A Christmas Carol, Claudio/Froth in Measure for Measure, Pharamond in Philaster, Horatio in Hamlet, Merrythought in The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Esculus/Barnardine in Measure for Measure, Trinculo in The Tempest, Franville in The Sea Voyage, Iarbus in Dido Queen of Carthage, Angelo in The Comedy of Errors, Gunwater in A Mad World, My Masters, Fabritio in Women Beware Women, Paris/Gregory in Romeo and Juliet, Horatio in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Clarence/Ratcliffe in Richard III
OTHER THEATRES:
Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Prague Shakespeare Company), Mysterious Man, Into the Woods (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Richard in Richard III, Fool in King Lear, Caliban in The Tempest, Angelo in The Comedy of Errors, Third Fisherman/Cerimon in Pericles (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Feste in Twelfth Night (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Hal in Henry IV. Macbeth in Macbeth (Renegade Players) Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (City Lights Theatre Company), Marcus Brutus in Julius Caesar, Jaques in As You Like It, Lucifer in Doctor Faustus (Sonoma Valley Shakespeare Company) Billy in The Cripple of Irishmaan. Bertolt Brecht in The Kurt Weill Cabaret, Marcellus in Fortinbras (Actor’s Theatre of Santa Rosa), Macbeth in Macbeth (Arkansas Studio Theatre) Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (CAPS Productions) Richard in Richard III (Marin Shakespeare Company) Hamlet in Hamlet, Feste in Twelfth Night, Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew, Prince Conti in La Bete, Leslie in The Hostage, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Avalon Players)
O’Reilly served as the Artistic Director of the Renegade Players from 2007-2011 and the Sonoma Valley Shakespeare Company from 2012-2015.
MUSIC:
Keep Them That Way, Amsterdam, Persephone, Shine The Same, Falling Like Troy, Pennies Shine on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music, and other streaming platforms
FILM:
Writer/Producer, Last Call (Manchester European Short Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival).
AWARDS:
Nomination, Outstanding Performance by an Actor, Principal: Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, City Lights Theatre Company.
EDUCATION:
BA in Acting with Honors, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, UK.
WEBSITE:
INSTAGRAM:
@aidanroreilly
PRONOUNS:
he/him
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON:
Macbeth in Macbeth; Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC:
Moses in Pass Over; Claudio in Much Ado about Nothing; Shallow, Morton, Hastings in Henry IV, Part 2; Mardonius in A King and No King; Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1; Slender in The Merry Wives of Windsor, John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility; Witch, Donalbain, Murderer, Caithness in Macbeth; Lord, Gremio, Nathaniel, Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew; Tom Wintour in Equivocation; Mr. Webb in Our Town; Paris, Sampson in Romeo and Juliet; Panthino in Two Gentlemen of Verona; Ghost in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet); Fred in A Christmas Carol
OTHER THEATRE:
Benedick in Much Ado about Nothing, Macduff in Macbeth (North Dakota Shakespeare Festival); Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (New Repertory Theater); Feste in Twelfth Night, Anthony Wilding in Enchanted April, Bingley, Wickham in Pride@Prejudice (Theater at Monmouth); Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, Malcolm in Macbeth (Houston Shakespeare Festival); Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (Insight Theater, St. Louis, MO); Gatekeeper in The Wiz (St. Louis Black Rep).
EDUCATION:
MFA from the University of Houston’s Professional Actor Training Program.
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: Macduff (u/s) in Macbeth and Lane/Merriman (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Caius Legarius in Julius Caesar; Ensemble in Othello
OTHER THEATRE: Announcer/Clarence, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Silver Line Theatre Exchange; Malvolio, Twelfth Night (Endstation Theatre Company); Orsino, Twelfth Night (Richmond Shakespeare Festival); Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night (Island Shakespeare Festival)
EDUCATION: MFA in Shakespeare and Performance, Mary Baldwin University, 2022
PRONOUNS: he/him
ACTING FELLOW
MUSIC DIRECTOR APPRENTICE
ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER
THIS SEASON:
Lady Macbeth (u/s), Witch 1 (u/s) in Macbeth and Miss Prism (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC:
Flora in Adelinda (a collaboration with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre and MBU); Swing in Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and Much Ado About Nothing
OTHER THEATRE:
Jacquenetta, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Sir Hugh Evans/Pistol, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Richmond Shakespeare); Janette Carter, Keep on the Sunny Side (Swift Creek Mill Theatre); Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Ulysses/Hector/Cassandra/Music Director, Troilus and Cressida; Humphrey/Co-Music Director, The Knight of the Burning Pestle; Isabella, The Witch (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players); Cupid/Haebe/others, Galatea (Treehouse Shakespeare Ensemble); Bel-Imperia, The Spanish Tragedy; Gower, Pericles (MBU S&P)
EDUCATION:
MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University; BA in Music and Theatre from Luther College
WEBSITE:
PRONOUNS:
she/her
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: Ross (u/s) in Macbeth and Algernon (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC:
Swing in Julius Caesar, Pride and Prejudice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, and A Christmas Carol 2021
OTHER THEATRE:
Lewis Cass/Doctor, Unto These Hills (Cherokee NC); Proteus/Outlaws, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Treehouse Shakespeare Ensemble); Demetrius, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vicious Mole Theatre Collective)
EDUCATION:
MFA and MLitt from Mary Baldwin University, BA in Theatre from the University of New Hampshire
PRONOUNS:
He/Him
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: Macbeth (u/s) in Macbeth and Jack (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY AT ASC: Cinna and Octavius in Julius Caesar; Mr. Collins and Mr. Wickham in Pride and Prejudice; Oberon and Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Swing for As You Like It, Eurydice, The Tempest, Pericles, Une Tempête, Twelfth Night, Thrive, and Pass Over
OTHER THEATRE: Citizen George in Knight of the Burning Pestle, Achilles/Agamemnon in Troilus & Cressida (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players); George Badger in Treasure Island (Endstation Theatre Company); Iachimo/Belarius in Cymbeline, Piero/Officer in The Revenger’s Tragedy (Polaris Shakespeare Company); Frederick in The Rover, Grisolan/Executioner in The Duchess of Malfi (Hidden Room Theatre); Parolles in All’s Well that Ends Well (Past is Prologue Productions); Malcolm in Macbeth (Rosedale Shakespeare); Pericles in Pericles (MBU S&P) Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Antony in Antony & Cleopatra, Oliver in As You Like It (Shakespeare at Winedale)
EDUCATION: MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University; BFA in Acting with Honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
PRONOUNS: he/they
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: King Duncan (u/s), Porter (u/s) in Macbeth and Lady Bracknell (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Marchioness D’Olstain in Adelinda (a collaboration with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre and MBU)
OTHER THEATRE: Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Adriana, The Comedy of Errors (Knoxville Shakespeare Company); Thaisa/Dionyza/Bawd/Diana, Pericles; Lord Capulet, Romeo and Juliet (Tennessee Shakespeare Company); Lysandra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Clytaemnestra, Clytaemnestra’s Revenge (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players); Dr. Faustus, Dr. Faustus; Maria, Twelfth Night; Angelica, The Rover (MBU S&P)
AWARDS: Ostrander Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama: Lucienne in A Flea in Her Ear (University of Memphis)
EDUCATION: MFA in Shakespeare and Performance with a concentration in Acting & Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance (Mary Baldwin University); BFA in Theatre Performance (University of Memphis); Acting Apprenticeship (Florida Studio Theatre)
PRONOUNS: she/her
ASC DEBUT
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: Malcolm (u/s), Lady Macduff (u/s) in Macbeth and Gwendolen (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
OTHER THEATRE: John Dee, Wonder of Our Stage (Silk Moth Stage); Mortimer Junior, Edward II (Treehouse Shakespeare Ensemble); Galatea, Galatea (Treehouse Shakespeare Ensemble)
EDUCATION: MLitt/MFA in Shakespeare & Performance from Mary Baldwin University
WEBSITE: arielatatum.com
PRONOUNS: she/they
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: Fleance (u/s), Witch 3 (u/s) in Macbeth and Cecily (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Swing for Julius Caesar, Pride and Prejudice, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
OTHER THEATRE: Emilia, The Two Noble Kinsmen (MBU Shakespeare & Performance); Director, As You Like It (MBU Shakespeare & Performance); Apothecary/Citizen of Verona, Romeo & جولييت (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players & Prauge Shakespeare Company); King Thrasselus, Sir Clymon and Sir Clamydes (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players); Titania/Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Huntsville Shakespeare); Curio/Valentine/Others, Twelfth Night (Huntsville Shakespeare); Olympe de Gouges, The Revolutionists (UAH Theatre); Diane, Hurricane Diane (UAH Theatre)
EDUCATION: Current MLitt/MFA Shakespeare and Performance Student at Mary Baldwin University; BA in Theatre, Performance from the University of Alabama in Huntsville
PRONOUNS: She/they
WEBSITE: beccalynnwest.wixsite.com/acting
INSTAGRAM: @beccalwest
ACTING FELLOW
THIS SEASON: Banquo (u/s) in Macbeth and Chasuble (u/s) in The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Swing in Romeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors
OTHER THEATRE: Berowne, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Galesburg Theatre Festival); Cloten, Cymbeline (GTF); Don John, Much Ado About Nothing (GTF); Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players); William Barfé, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Kewanee PDCT)
EDUCATION: MFA from Mary Baldwin University 2024; MLitt from Mary Baldwin University 2023; BA from Monmouth College 2017
WEBSITE: johnnywilliamsiii.com
PRONOUNS: he/him
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Stage Manager
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Stage Manager for The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, and Pass Over
BIO: Jocelyn A. Thompson is proud to return to ASC for another season, after stage managing the 2023 Summer Season and making her Blackfriars debut in 2022 as the first black stage manager in ASC history with Pass Over. Jocelyn has been lucky enough to serve as the production stage manager for Brava! for Women in the Arts and Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco, California during her career. Regional work: The Color Purple (North Carolina Theatre), Born With Teeth (Guthrie Theatre), Edward Albee’s Seascape, Born With Teeth (Alley Theatre). Pelleas & Melisande, …And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi, Ubu Roi, The Chairs (Cutting Ball Theater), The Oldest Profession, Iph… (Brava! for Women in the Arts), Harry Thaw Hates Everybody (Shotgun Players). Jocelyn is a graduate of Howard University and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Her work is dedicated to her two little black Queens in the making—heads high and elevated.
THIS SEASON: Assistant Stage Manager
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Assistant Stage Manager for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2024; Deck Chief for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2023; Stage Management Fellow for Eurydice, As You Like It, A Christmas Carol 2022, Pass Over, Thrive, or What You Will, Twelfth Night, and Every Brilliant Thing
OTHER THEATRE: A Raisin in the Sun, big: The Musical, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Bristol Riverside Theatre); Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise (Virginia Theatre Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare on the Lawn presents Twelfth Night: The Radio Show!, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare on the Lawn); Doublewide, Texas (Chamberlayne Actors Theatre)
AWARDS: Planet Earth Award Winner: Birdsong, Gary Garrison National Ten Minute Play Award Nominee: Birdsong (KCACTF 2023)
EDUCATION: BA in Drama from University of Virginia College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
PRONOUNS: he/him
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager
BIO: Madison Lindy has a double masters in Shakespeare and Performance. She worked with the ASC in multiple capacities for several years before joining them as the Assistant Stage Manager after finishing her second masters degree. When not at the Playhouse, she spends her time making art and walking the streets of Staunton with her beautiful dog, Benny.
PRONOUNS: She/Her
@madslindytheartist
THIS SEASON: Costume Designer for Macbeth and The Importance of Being Earnest
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Costume Designer for The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure
EDUCATION: MFA from Florida State University
BIO: Her regional design credits include Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Skylight Music Theatre, Children’s Theater of Madison, FirstStage, Forward Theater Co., Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, McLeod Summer Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Barrington Stage Co, Two River Theatre Co., Seaside REP, Florida Studio Theatre, Asolo REP, Opera New Jersey, Ballet Nouveau Colorado. Previous faculty positions at UW-Stevens Point, Rutgers University, Princeton University, Western CT State University, North Park University.
WEBSITE: www.kristinasneshkoff.com
ASC DEBUT
THIS SEASON: Properties Designer for Macbeth and The Importance of Being Earnest
EDUCATION: Theatre BFA from University of Massachusetts Boston
WEBSITE: IsaacMakesThings.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: @Isaac_Makes_Things
PRONOUNS: he/him
THIS SEASON: Fight Director
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Actor in many seasons of ASC productions; Director for Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) in 2017, 2018, and 2019; Fight Director for As You Like It, Eurydice, Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Fight Choreographer for Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Most Lamentable Comedy of Sir John Falstaff, Hamlet, The Three Musketeers, Othello, The Tempest, Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac
BIO: John Paul Scheidler is a professional actor, fight choreographer, and director with membership in Actor’s Equity Association and teacher certification from the Society of American Fight Directors. He has worked professionally with the American Shakespeare Center, Heritage Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, NYC Opera, and was a company member with Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers for three years. He is currently the Production Manager for the Mary Baldwin University Theatre Department.
EDUCATION: MFA from the University of Virginia and a BA in Drama and Dance from Western Michigan University.
THIS SEASON: Fight Choreographer for Macbeth
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Actor in the 2010 Actors’ Renaissance Season, Director of 2006/2007 touring production of Julius Caesar, Co-Director of 2002/2003 touring production of The Taming of the Shrew, as well as Movement Coach, Dance Choreographer, and Fight Director for several ASC touring and resident productions
BIO: Colleen Kelly is currently the Head of the Professional Actor Training Program in the Department of Drama at the University of Virginia.
THIS SEASON: Intimacy Educator
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Lizzie Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Calpurnia and Lucius in Julius Caesar, Actor in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2023, First Witch in Macbeth, Mariana in All’s Well that Ends Well, Ensemble in Henry V, Tiny Tim, Beggar Boy, Fan in A Christmas Carol 2021. Natasia is also ASC’s Associate Artistic Director and Resident Intimacy Choreographer.
OTHER THEATRE: Natasia has been seen previously as Mistress Quickly with Richmond Shakespeare Festival and Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati’s 2017-2018 season.
EDUCATION: Natasia graduated with her MFA from Mary Baldwin University where she had the joy of performing the roles of Mercutio, Oberon, and King Lear.
PRONOUNS: Any
THIS SEASON: Movement Consultant
BIO: Doreen joined the ASC as an actor and choreographer in 2002 with the first Resident Troupe and then served as Director of Youth Programs, where she ran summer camps and educational programming for several years. She famously descended from the “heavens” in a circus hoop as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and previous ASC roles include Calphurnia in Julius Caesar, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Queen Margaret in Richard III, Christmas Present/Martha/Movement in A Christmas Carol 2002, Goneril in King Lear, Boy / Circus Choreographer in The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Margaret / Dance Choreographer in Much Ado About Nothing, and Marianne in Tartuffe.
Doreen is Co-Program Director of the Shakespeare and Performance MLitt / MFA program at Mary Baldwin University, where she also manages the MFA company and oversees training. As a director and movement practitioner, she enjoys both working in classical theatre and devising original work. Most recently, she directed Macbeth for Hoosier Shakespeare Festival, Romeo and Juliet for MBU’s undergrad drama department, co-directed Pericles for the MLitt program, and co-directed the devised show C.Q.D. with the MFA company Treehouse Shakespeare Ensemble, and directed Chapatti for the Virginia Theatre Festival. Doreen is also a founding member of the Performers Exchange Project, a company dedicated to developing and performing original works.
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Stage Manager and Production Manager
ASC STAGE MANAGEMENT: Acting as the Tour Manager from 2015-Covid, Thomas has been the resident SM for the last two years. Previously at the ASC: Production Manager: Twelfth Night, Thrive, Or What You Will. Stage Management: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Winter’s Tale, Comedy of Errors (x2), Macbeth (x2), Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet (x2), Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry V (x2), Julius Caesar, Othello, Twelfth Night, All’s Well That End’s Well. Additional ASC SM credits: Every Brilliant Thing, The Grapes of Wrath, Our Town, The Importance of Being Earnest, Antigone, Equivocation, Goodnight Desdemona, Arms and The Man, the World Premier of Emma Whipday’s Sense and Sensibility and seven productions of A Christmas Carol! Thomas is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Love to M&D, & KRM. www.thomasjcoppola.com #BLM Proud Member of Actor’s Equity.
REGIONAL CREDITS: Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz (American Family Theatre, National Tour) The Fall of The House of Usher, The Most Dangerous Game (Chamber Theatre Productions, National Tour)Spamalot, Les Miserables, They’re Playing Our Song, Falsettos, and Next Thing You Know (Sharon Playhouse); CATS, Hairspray, Crazy For You, HAIR, Once on This Island, Sunset Boulevard (Cohoes Music Hall); Into The Woods, All Shook Up, Seussical, Laramie Project: Epilogue (Barrington Stage Company)
PRONOUNS: He/Him
THIS SEASON: Technical Properties Supervisor for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2024
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Technical Properties Supervisor for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2024; Props Artisan/Stage Management Fellow for Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, and Much Ado About Nothing; Props Artisan for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2023
OTHER CREDITS: Assistant Stage Manager, Squeakers (Ohio University) Prop Manager, The Secretaries (Ohio University) Assistant Prop Manager, Julius Caesar (Ohio University) Assistant Stage Manager, Hotel Berry (Tantrum Theater) Assistant Stage Manager, Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet of 1812 (Tantrum Theater) Stage Manager, Men Are Trash And I’m A Raccoon (Vibrancy Theater)
EDUCATION: Conrad is currently a student at Ohio University.
PRONOUNS: he/they
THIS SEASON: Costume Shop Manager
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC:
Costume Designer for A Christmas Carol 2023; Costume Shop Manager for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Pride and Prejudice, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2023, As You Like It, Eurydice, and A Christmas Carol 2022; Cutter/Draper, Wardrobe Manager, and Assistant Costume Shop Manager for Une Tempête, The Tempest, Pericles, Pass Over, Thrive or What You Will, and Twelfth Night.
OTHER CREDITS:
Costume Designer for She Kills Monsters (John Tyler University) and Ripcord (CAT Theatre). Stitcher for The Wiz, The Addams Family Musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Mary Poppins, The King and I, Monty Python’s Spamalot (Shenandoah Summer Music Theater). Assistant Costume Designer for The Music Man and The Man of La Mancha (Shenandoah Summer Music Theater).
EDUCATION:
MFA in Costume Technology from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2022), BFA in Technical Theatre from Longwood University (2015).
BIO:
A resident of Virginia (and briefly North Carolina), Marie enjoys life as a cat mom, is an avid listener of Podcasts, and part-time archer with her LARP group.
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THIS SEASON: Wardrobe Manager
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Wardrobe Manager/Stitcher for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) 2024, Pride and Prejudice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, A Christmas Carol 2023, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, Eurydice, and As You Like It
BIO: Amy Wert is a Wardrobe Manager at ASC, and enjoys working on all things costumes. Most recently she worked on West Side Story, Mamma Mía, and Blood Knot at the Flat Rock Playhouse in NC. She studied at both Anderson and Clemson University and graduated in 2020. Amy is also a swing dancing enthusiast and loves her cat, Theo. Follow along with my theatre and sewing pursuits @amys.clothesline on Instagram!
ASC DEBUT
THIS SEASON: Wardrobe and Costume Shop Assistant
THIS SEASON: Wardrobe Assistant and Stitcher
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: Understudy for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again)
OTHER THEATRE: Hippolyta/Mustardseed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boy 3 in The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Meadowlark Shakespeare Players); Miranda in The Tempest (Lenior-Rhyne University), Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest (Lenior-Rhyne University)
EDUCATION:MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University, BA from Lenoir-Rhyne University
PRONOUNS: she/her
THIS SEASON: Stage Management Fellow
OTHER THEATRE: Asst. Stage Manager for Let The Right One In (Theatre In The Park); Stage Manager for A Case of Salt (NC State University Theatre); Asst. Stage Manager for Static (NC State University Theatre)
EDUCATION: NC State University, BA in Arts Studies, 2019-2022; Mary Baldwin University, MLitt in Shakespeare and Performance, 2023-2025
AWARDS: The Bitzer Award for Achievement in Theatre – 2022, NC State University; Spirit of the Theatre Award – 2021, NC State University
PRONOUNS: He/him
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Anonymous
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Richard McPherson
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Dr. James Gooding
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Margaret Haupt
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Kelly Malone *
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Deborah Patton
David Peyton
John Reid
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Carol C. Ross
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Michael R. Seidl
Joseph & Margaret Skovira
James Slack
Theresa Southerington in memory of Robert Menzer
Phillip Stone
Alden & Virginia M. Vaughan
Michael M. Wagoner
Martha Walker
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Anthony Altieri
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Kent Carrington
Rosalind Collins
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Gerlinde Edwards & George P. Manson, Jr.
Hillel Finder
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Diana Hopkins
Joe & Sarah Hoyle
Angela Hughes *
Patricia Hunt
Rita Markey & Dennis Johnson
Frederick Jones
Kerry Jones
Ian Kirk
Joseph Kraemer
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Anna Lawson
Jason Lee
JF Legault
Brock Lending
Therese Creel & George Levis
In memory of David Speidell
Cathy & Carter Lively
In memory of Tina Blevins
Anne McGovern
John & Carol Mebane
David R. & Deborah T. Metz
Curtis Mischler
Oliver Napier
Walter Neilsen-Steinhardt
Robert Oaks
Deborah O’Donnell
Richard Pancake
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Joan Robinson In honor of Judy Cohen
Dorothy Robyn
Anne Rodig
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Dino Salin
David & Claudia Seiteer
Mark Palkovic & Thomas Shessler
William & Sandra Sibert
Katharine Silvasi
Duane & Molly Smith
Southeastern Renaissance Conference
Mary Jean Speare & Larry Taylor *
Frank A. & Margaret M. Stanonik
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William Trainer
Dennis Weiserbs
Andrew Wilson
Carrie Wood
Ruth L. Zetlin
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Ana Abad-Jorge & Antonio Jorge
Justin Abold-LaBreche
Christine Abruzzi
Kate Adamson
Carol Adkins
Charles J. Albert Jr
Rebekah Albert
John R. & Elizabeth M. Aldonas
Brenda E. Allen
Elma Allen
Elizabeth Allen-Jones
Roberta Allison
Thomas Alphin
Alfred Alteneder
Andrew Webb
Tracy Amonette
Amy Ogden & Michelle Amt
Dianne Anderson
Lucy Shea *
Mark Andrus
Mark & Pia Antolic-Piper
Bev Appleton
David & Julia Archer
Elizabeth Arnett
John Arpin
Lisa Asbury
Lauren Athay
Kristen Atkins
Erin Atkinson
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David Bailey
Jim Ball
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William Balmos
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Eugene Bane
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Jennifer Bates
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Jeff Bednarczyk
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Sara Bowden
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Chadd Bowens
Sylvie Bowman
Katherine Brandenburg
Cynthia Brandt Campagna
Megan Brett
James Brigagliano
Matt Brigham
Nancy Brody
Hudson Bronik-Ezzell*
Don Brooks
Elizabeth Brooks
Alexandra Brown
Alex Brown
Kristine Brown
Leah Brown
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Evelyn Buckenmeyer
Gracie Buckner
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Kaini Bunkley
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Aiden Burke
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Michelle Burton
Lynn Butcher
Karen Butler
Madlyn Bynum
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Tracey Cairnie
Julia Calamita
Jimmy & Debra Callison
Gregory Calvan
Adam Campillo
John Cannon
Emily Capone
David Capozzi
Claire Carducci
Zezette Cargile
Marie Carota
Thomas Carr
Phyllis Cason
Richard Cassady
Tim Cathcart
Dominick Cavalier
Colin Ceperich
David Chaplin
Laurie Checco
Louis Chiarella
Jan Christoph
Margaret Clark
Tiffany Clarke
Steven Clegg
Catharine Clem
Michael Clem
Jill Cline
Travis Cloyd
Betty J. & Curtis P. Coffman
Elizabeth Cole
Scott Cole
Cathy & Steve Coleman
Brandon Collins
Hilary Coman
Shawn Comeau
Marcia Comer
Ed Conrad
Christopher Cook
Catherine Cooke
Jane Cooper
Nicole Cooper
Thomas Cooper
John Copley
Lisa Corbo
Elise & William Couper
Bridgette Cowan
Lee Cox
John Crawford
Terrasa Crawford
Donald Creach
Anita Crean
John Cross
Matthew Cross
Kate Crowther
Jess & Laura Crumbley
Jared Cruz
Mary Culbertson
Beth Cunningham
Christine Cunningham
Sharon Custer-Boggess
Rupert Cutler
Joseph Czekner
Jeff D.
Alyssa Dabney
Elaine Danford
Linda Daniel
William & Mary Daniel
Amanda D’Aquino
Krista Darcus
James Darr
Josh Dass
Maria David
Matthew Davies
Lynn Davis
Stephen Davis
Corrado Modica
Molly de Marcellus
Dean Deakins
Kevin Deakins
David Dean
Elizabeth Deane in honor of Judy Cohen
Mark Deas
David & Tammy DeFazio *
Lisa DeFerrari
Marion deLaubenfels
Claire Denny
Christine F. Derosa
Pam & Brian Dettelbach
Amy Diamond
Ralph Dieckmann
Carol Diggs
Michelle Dittman
Susan Ditto
Guy Dixon
Thomas Dixon
Sarah Dodson-Robinson
Howard Donahue
Candace Donnelly
Carol Donohue
Peter Doolittle
Bruce & Olympia Dorries
David Doseff
JD Dowd *
Beverly Dowdy
Michael Downey
Rani Doyle
Christa Dreamer
Matthew Drummond
Elizabeth Dunn
Lewis Dunn
Deborah Durham
Bruce & Linda Dwyer
Stanley & Joyce Eastman
Clark Eberly
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Gloria Elliott
Mary Elliott
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Summer England
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Thomas Engle
Carly Engler
Margery Erickson
Thomas Eschenroeder
Kate Evans
Miriam Fairfield
Elise Falkinburg
Helen Farrar
William Faulkenberry
Mark Fetters
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Suzanne Fisher
Gregory Florence
Mary Flowers
Kathryn Foley
Lynn Fontana
Marilou Foster
Ursula Foster
Erin Fox
Julie & Christian Fox
John-Paul Frank
Melvin Frank
Kathryn Franklin
John Frantz
William & Kathleen Frazier
In honor of Linda Freeman
Linda B. Freeman
Jennifer French
Diane Frendak
Greg & Beth Friedmann
Susan Fuller
James Fullton
Kristen Fulton-Wright
Thomas Furlong
Victoriano Fuster
Eris G.
Geraldine Gaal
Lisa Gabriel
Patricia Gaertner
Brian Gaffney
Grant Gallimore
Kathryn Garber
Christopher & Cheryl Garcia
Michael Garcia
D. Steven & Nancy Garlick
Jean Garvin
Silvia Gederberg
Thomas Gederberg
James & Cathy Gelatt
Kimberly Gibson
Matthew Gibson & Jennifer Billingsly
Nancy Gilchrist
Buckley & Virginia Gillock
Craig Girard
Emily Girard
Jay Glick
Harrison Goehring
Dennis Goff
Barry Gold
Timothy Goodman
William Goverman
Mark Graham
Richard Graham
Steve & Renee Grande Staton
Emily Gravett
Barbara Greco
Sally Greenberg
Sarah Greenwalt
Janine Greenwood
Tim Greenwood
Stanley Greer
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Anne Gribbon
Mary Grider
Kenneth Grimes
Ronda Grizzle
John Groome
Elizabeth Gross
Leanne Grove
Randall Grumbine
DuPont Guerry
Kevin Cropp & Jody Gundrum
Ginny Haddock
Pauline Hagan
Brenda Hagg
Kevin Hagood
Robert Hahn
Vera Hailey
Theresa Hainer
Katie Haines
William Hale
Lisa Hall
Pamela Hamilton In honor of Judy Cohen
Roy Hamme
Scott Hammond
Bethany Hamner *
Lorraine Haney
George Hankerson
Thomas Harbinson
Catherine Harding
Susan Hardy
Tom Hardy & Patti Croft
Emily Harman
Kimberly Harman
Lauda Harmon
Rachel Harmon
Ewa & Dave Harr
William Harrell & Thomas Arbaugh
Katie Harris
Valorie Harrison
Ellen Hart
Robert T. Haas
Stacey Hayes
In honor of Judy Cohen
Ashley Shew & James Randolph Heflin
Christopher Hencke
Randal Hendee
Hannah Henrickson
Pamela Henry
Heidi Henson
Wyman Herendeen
Adrian Hernandez
Renee Herrell
Kevin Hettinger
James Hewitt
Louisa Heyward
Heather Higgins
Bill Hill
Lucia Hill
Margaret Hill
Andrew Hodson
Brian Hogg
Steve Holloway
Randy & Marie Holmes
Kathleen Holmes
Laneyse Hooks
David Hopper
Mary & Peter Horoszowski
Frank Houghton
Timothy Hulsey
Bill Humm
David Hunt & Ellen Aiken
Stephen Hurd
John Hutchinson
Stephen Hutchinson
Katrina Hutsko
Erik Ilawan
John Ingold
Luis Iraheta
Jennifer Iyengar
Wendy Jaccard
Martha K. & David E. Jackson
Rowen Jackson
Elisabeth Jacobs
Howard Jacobson
Stefan Jaronski
Tyler Jenkins
Mary Jensen
Aimie Jones
Darren Jones
Kelly Jones
Steve Jones
Peter Judge
Gabriel Kajeckas
Janet Kaltenbach
Kelly Kane
Evanthia Karageorge
Sharon Karsk
Kevin Keating
Ben Keller
Dr. Susan B. Green
Stephen Kelly
Trena Kelly
Tressa Kelly
Julia Kendrick
Lynn Kennedy
Richard Kenney
Ahmet Kerem Cosar
Lee Kessler
Laurence G. & Bonnie W. Kimmett
Donald King
Stephen King
Bill & Gail King
Julia Kirby
Sarah Kirchner *
Jennifer Kirkland
Nathaniel Kirkland
John Kirkpatrick
Tim Kirwan
Eckhard Klieme
Katrina Knight
Fred & Rosalyn Myers Kniss
Hattie Kolp
Birgit Kornblue
Diane Koropchak
Chris Kostick
Zlata Kotliarova
Heather Kowell
Juaita Krause
David Krech
Janet Hahn
Ludwig Kuttner
Giles Kyser
Joe & Sylvia Lackey
Kathleen Lafferman
Gerard Laffey
Karen Lam
Joseph Lamantia
Marianne Lampert
Stefan Langer
Douglas Lanier
Heather & Christopher Larrieu
Linda Larson
Douglas Law
Leonard Layne
Gerard Learmonth
Wesley Lee
Benn Legum
Larry & Jane Lehman
Frank Lemoine
Kris Van Lengen
Elizabeth Lent
Christopher LeRose
Randall Leruth
Jemma Levy & Steve Smith
Melanie Lickenfelt
Jon Lickerman
Bruce Lillegard
Richard Liroff
Mary Liverman
Sonya Livingston
Carol Lobenhofer
David Longfellow
Edward Lorraine
Joel Luebeck
Joyce Lupia
Christopher Lutyk
William Lynn
Elsewhere Shakespeare
Christopher Mack
Elizabeth Mackey
Cynthia Mackie
Sarah D. Hollar & G. Peter Macon
Serena Madero-Rawson
William Mahoney
Elizabeth Maier
Rebecca Makar & Steve Andreadis
Keith Malay
James Malone III
John Manning
Michael Mansfield
Stacey Mantooth
Lee Margot
Paul & Kelly Marks
Jeffrey & Mary Ann Markunas
Sarah Marshall
Donald Martin
Lucia Martin
Michele Claibourn & Paul Martin
Phyllis Martin
Rob Armstrong Martin
William Martin Jr.
W. N. Martin
Melissa Masaitis
Ann Massie
John & Catherine Matherly
Monica Mathusek
Barry Matthews
Joseph Matthews
Marsha Matthews
Teresa Mattick
Robert Maushammer
Ellen Mayoue
Malissa McClintock
Elizabeth Mcclure
Elizabeth & Joe McCue
Cori McDaniel
James McGough
Kelly L. McGowan
Robert McGuire
Henry McHenry
Marla McIntyre
Dorie McKeeman
Susie McKenna
Keith McLaughlin
Mary McLean Jones
Sarah McLean
Stephen McNabb
Sean McNeil
Anna McNerney
Judy Medina
Dawn Medley
Edward Medlock
Kristin Meikle
Julie Mendosa
Greg Menke
Paul Menzer
Kevin Merrill
William Merring
Kathe Messenheimer
Gabriel Meter
Claudia Methvin
Marti Meyers
William & Noell Michaels
Stanley Milesky
Amalia Miller
Andrea Miller
Christopher Miller
Joyce Miller
Judith Miller
Staten Miller
Elizabeth Millett
James Mitchell
Margaret Mohrmann
Kathryn Mole
Ann Molloy
Bonnie Molnar
Harold Moloney
Christina & Marc Monfalcone
Patricia Monteith
Denise Montgomery
Garth Moore
Elizabeth Moore
Rachel Moore
Sharon Moore
Maria B. Moran
John Morris
William Morris
F. Caperton Morton
Jennifer Mosman
Donald & Jennifer Mossman
Annette Mulee
Al & Dorothy Muller
Linda Muller
Nzioki Munyao
Robert Murphy
Hunter Murray
Sarah Murray
Erin Musarra
Barbara Myers
Carol Myers
Richard & Dara S. Myrah
Jacquelyn Nasca
Karen Neale
Sean Nealon
Lawrence Neff
Chase Nelson
Sandie & Fred Nelson
Jay Nesselrodt
Gordon Newcomb
Barbara Newland
Nick Newlin
Jennifer Nicklyn
Joan & Tim Nolan
Joseph Nolan
Hans Nollert
Joe Norton
Justin Nottingham
Emily Nuckols
April Oberholtzer
Amy Oblinger
Mary Grace Ocasio
Martin O’Donoghue
Wendy Oesterling
Susan O’Grady
Kathleen J. O’Hara
Camilo O’Kuinghttons Jr
Bob Oliver
Jamie Oliver
Mary O’Malley
Joyce OQuinn
Charles O’Toole
Donald W. Owen
Ben Packard
Edmonia Page
Paige Muendel
Stephen Palmer
Mary Panneton
Julie Paranka
Brianne Parker
Jay M. Parker & Ila Corinne Bridges
Jolynne Parker
Carol Parsons
Corrine Parver
Jay Patel
Robert Paviour
Matthew Paxton
Kathryn & Roger Pede
Susan Pennett
Jay Perry
Audrey Perselay
Robert Peters, Christena Peters
Chris Peterson
Erika Peterson
Jean Peterson
Katy Peterson
Marlene Peterson
Michael & Raquel Peterson
Sarah Petroske
Roy Pettis
Joy Peyton
Sherry Phelps
Bethany Phillips
Lucy Phillips
Joseph Piatt
Alan Pike
Christy & Turk Pipkin
Lily Pipkin & Ronan Melomo
Isabella Pizzitola *
Sarah Plummer
Jon Pointer
Mary Poole
David Porcaro
Albert Porter
Greg Porter
Nina Prasad
Donald Pressley
Macy Pressley
Amy Prevatt
Sharon Price
Steve Prisley
Forrest Pritchard
Erin Prokopchak
John Provo
Christopher Puffenbarger
Sally Purvis in honor of Judy Cohen
Brian Quaranta
Deborah Quigley
Robert Raglin
David Rampy
Ron Ramsey
Russell Randle
Taylor Randolph
Victoria Rappold
Vickie Rasnic
David Ray
Sid Ray
Rebecca Glass
Clare Reece-Glore
George Reed
Julia & John Reed
Tim Reed
Colleen Regan
Ann Regn
Susan Rehfield
Leslie & Janice Reidel
Marianne Rempe
Charles Rencsok
Wilbur Ressler
Anne Reynolds
David Reynolds
Jennifer Reynolds
John Rice
Patrick Rich
Kevin Richey
Sabrina L. Ricketts
Jenny Riffe
William Riley
George Riordan
Steve Rittenhouse
Lane Ritter
Amanda Roberts
Irene Roberts
Kim Roberts
Deanna Roche
Haydon Rochester Jr
Thom & Leslee Rochford
Mindy Rock
Celia M. Rodgers
Karen & Dan Rodgers
George Rodrigue
Edward Roettger
Davidson & Sheri Rollison
Ralph Romanelli
Deborah Roudebush
Debra Roush
Chris Rucker
Mark Rudio
Carol Rudolph
Earle Rudolph
Matthew Ruley
Rebecca Rusina
Charles Rusnak
James Russell
William Russell
Diane C. Ryan
Arturo Saavedra
Robert Sack
Ronald Salomon
Jeanne Liedtka
Jaira Sanchez
Michael Sanders
Kirsten Sanok
James Sargent
Calvin Savage
Jessica Scalph
Jenna Scanbos
Suzanne Schaeffer
Ashley Schauer
Carol Robinson Schepp
David Schiller
Carl Schluter
Stephen Schmitz
Frederick & Irene Schneider
Annie Schultz
Timothy Schulz
Joe Schuppe
Kathleen Schwarz
Kristen Schwendinger
Jacquelyn Schwimmer
Jackie Schworm
Julie Scialla
Polly Seifert
Gracen Semanik
Beverly Seng
Pragna Sengupta
John Sentell
Aileen Sevier & Andrew Kahrl
Theodore Shanks
M. Shannon Bradley
Daniel Sherman
Sharon Shirey
Joan & Michael Shisler
Connie Shoffner
David Shoop
C. Robert & Charity Showalter
Nancy & Mo Shriber
Holly Shulman
Tara Silver
Mark Simmons
Nathan Simmons
Oma-Gail Simmons
Richard Simon
Emilie Simpson
Martin Singer
Angela Skeeles-Worley
Cindy Slawson
Stephanie Slewka
Karen Slothouber
Meg & Daniel Smeltzer-Miller
Anthony Smith
Chuck Smith
Daniel Smith
Danny Smith
David Smith
Denise & Scott Smith
Jane & Jeff Smith
Robert Smith
Wendy Smith
Karen Smith-Will
Rosamond Smythe
Andrew SneedJess Snellings
Geoff Snowman
Elizabeth Snyder
Monica Soebbing
Ann Sollinger
John Sotos
John & Nancy Spahr
Edmund Sparrow
Rosemary Spell
Mary & Silas Spellman
Nathan Spofford
Ann Pontius & Michael Stahl
Stan Sikorski
Thomas & Diane Stanley
Isabel Starling
John Statler
Richard Stawarz
Chrissy Stein
Jeff Stein
Cecilia Stephens Sigmund
Scott Sterl
Bambi Straw
Jada Symone Strong
Joanne Stump
Robert Sturr
Denise Sudell
Ann Summerson
Richard & Jana Surdi
Troy Suter
Grace Suttle
Joyce Sweet
Mark Swift in honor of the ASC Players
Cynthia Swope
Perry & Cynthia Swope
J. Morel Symons & Mia Papas
Ann Szabo
Laurie Szczutkowski
Mary Ann Tancredi
Metta Tanikawa
Patsy Tappan
Mark Tappan
Roger Tarpy
Helen Tasker
Jean Tatalias
Adrienne Taylor
Patricia Taylor
Mary-Ellen Mick
Christina Tennyson
Kyleen Terrana
Sylvia Theriault
Earleen Thomas
Elsie & Mac Tompson
William & Ingrid Thompson in honor of Shakespeare Dallas
Jeffrey Thomson
Isabel Thornton
Amy & Eric Tich
Michael Timpanaro
Gail Title
Judy Titterton
Georgi Tomisato
Debbie Townsend
Jessica Tracy
Sandra Treadway
Gabrielle Tremo
Fred Trenkle
Judy Trimble
Matthew Tripp
Pamela C. Tuben
Sherry Tyger
Carl Tyner
Toshiko Uchida
Samuel Uder
Steve Urkowitz
Jonathan Ustun
Mary Rose Valentine *
James Van Meer
Kristen Van Stee
Mollie Vann
Lloyd Vaughn II
Richard M. & Cathleen Vaught
Pierre Verdier
Britt Wahlin
John Wakefield
Megan Wakeman
Karen Walker
John Wall
Linda Wallace
Jason Walsh
Cynthia Walter
Eleanor Walter
Tara & Matt Walters
Garry & Sally Walton
Carolyn & Joseph Warden
Barbara Warder
Dawn Warfield & Michael Knight
Margaret Warner
Laura Wasko
John Wassink
Katherine & Alain Weaver
Charlotte Weaver
John Webb
Sophie Webb
Allison Weber
Ann Weinberg
Donald Weinstein
Amanda Welch
William Wells
Jean Wengenroth
Isaac Wentz
Chandra Westerfield
Gary Wetmiller
Brian & Christina Weyand
Irene Wheeler
Sara & Chris Whiffen
John Whitlow
Janet Whitmore Parker
Alice Wiggins
Mark Wigginton
Kristofor Wiley
John Williams
Richard P. & Stephanie Williams
Amy Merrill Willis
Karen Willis
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wills
Melinda Wills
CR Wilson
John Winant
Edward Winkler
Steven Wise
Patricia Womelsdorf
Douglas Wood
Theresa Wood
Robert Woodall III
Kate Woodward
Terry Woodward
Elizabeth Worcester
Lisa Workman
Eli Fisher & Doris Wossum-Fisher
Topher Zane
Joseph Yankelowitz
Catherine Wingfield-Yeatts & Harry W. Yeats Jr.
Donna Yobs
Joseph Yoder
Michael Yoensky
John York
Ronda & Charles Young
James Younger
Cindy Younghouse
Susan Yowell
Nathan Zaccarelli
Jennifer Zadnik
Mary Zehe
Jeffrey Zvengrowski
PHOENIX SOCIETY: A LASTING LEGACY
The Phoenix Society welcomes all people who have generously included the ASC in their estate plans and/or as a beneficiary of a charitable trust, retirement plan, or life insurance policy.
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Paul G. Beers
Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen & Judy Cohen
Lawrence & Vicky C. Eicher
Dudley & Martha Flanders
Arthur & Mindy Kaufman
Stephen & JoAnne Larson
Christopher & Betsy Little
Robert C. & Letty MacDonald
Robin Miller & Lynne Turner
Cheri & Phillip Moran
Ethel M. Smeak
Sidney Stark, Jr.
Lawrence Weiss
Frances Young
EPIZEUXIS SOCIETY
Epizeuxis is the rhetorical device which denotes the repetition of words. For example, Hamlet’s famous phrase: “Words, words, words”.
MEMBERS of the Epizeuxis Society have pledged ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts to help sustain ASC’s programming. To join this esteemed society, click HERE.
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DS Berenson
Hudson Bronik-Ezzell
David DeFazio
JD Dowd
Debra Drummond-Berger
Cliff Garstang
Bethany Hamner
Sarah Kirchner
Kelly Malone
Kevin & Patricia Moore
Isabella Pizzitola
Angela L. Hughes
Lucy Shea
Mary Jean Speare & Larry Taylor
Mary Rose Valentine
INSTITUTIONAL
Contributions from public and private institutions are a vital part of furthering the American Shakespeare Center’s artistic and educational programming.
Through corporate matches, donors to the American Shakespeare Center can double the value of their gift at no additional cost. Ask your HR department if your company has a matching gift program or click here for a list.
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Askin-Williams Charitable Fund
Bloomsbury and Arden Shakespeare
Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge
Elsewhere Shakespeare
The Evergreen Fund
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
Network for Good
PayPal Giving Fund
The Shubert Foundation
Virginia Commission for the Arts
CORPORATE MATCH
Bank of America
Google, Inc.
Markel Corporation