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.

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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

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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:

www.aidan-oreilly.com

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:

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.

Full Bio

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.

WEBSITE:

https://www.marielupia.com/

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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Elizabeth Allen-Jones

Roberta Allison

Thomas Alphin

Alfred Alteneder

Andrew Webb

Tracy Amonette

Amy Ogden & Michelle Amt

Dianne Anderson

Lucy Shea *

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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

Mark Balling

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Jennifer Bates

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Zezette Cargile

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David Chaplin

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Margaret Clark

Tiffany Clarke

Steven Clegg

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Michael Clem

Jill Cline

Travis Cloyd

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Elizabeth Cole

Scott Cole

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Christopher Cook

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Alyssa Dabney

Elaine Danford

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Amanda D’Aquino

Krista Darcus

James Darr

Josh Dass

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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 *

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Michael Downey

Rani Doyle

Christa Dreamer

Matthew Drummond

Elizabeth Dunn

Lewis Dunn

Deborah Durham

Bruce & Linda Dwyer

Stanley & Joyce Eastman

Clark Eberly

Charles Eckman

Calvin Edds

Harold Edwards

Whit Ellerman

Ann Elliott

Gloria Elliott

Mary Elliott

Kurt Ellison

Jackie Elston

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

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Linda B. Freeman

Jennifer French

Diane Frendak

Greg & Beth Friedmann

Susan Fuller

James Fullton

Kristen Fulton-Wright

Thomas Furlong

Victoriano Fuster

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Geraldine Gaal

Lisa Gabriel

Patricia Gaertner

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Christopher & Cheryl Garcia

Michael Garcia

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Jean Garvin

Silvia Gederberg

Thomas Gederberg

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Kimberly Gibson

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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

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Emily Gravett

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Sally Greenberg

Sarah Greenwalt

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Anne Gribbon

Mary Grider

Kenneth Grimes

Ronda Grizzle

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Elizabeth Gross

Leanne Grove

Randall Grumbine

DuPont Guerry

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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

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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

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CORPORATE MATCH

Bank of America

Google, Inc.

Markel Corporation