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GUY
ADKINS
Court Theatre: Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Piano, The Invention
of Love, The Learned Ladies and Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards.
Steppenwolf Theatre: The Time of Your Life. Chicago Shakespeare
Theater: Julius Caesar. Goodman: The Visit, Floyd Collins,
Arcadia, The House of Martin Guerre, Design for Living, Straight as
a Line and A Christmas Carol. Writers' Theatre: Misalliance.
Northlight: Away, The Last Survivor, and Visiting Mr.
Green (also Royal George). Other Chicago appearances: Apple Tree,
Marriott Lincolnshire, Drury Lane. Other Regional appearances: Old
Globe (San Diego), Prince Music Theatre (Philadelphia), Alliance Theatre
Co. (Atlanta). Recipient of three Joseph Jefferson Awards, three After
Dark Awards and Philadelphia's Barrymore Award. |
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LANCE
STUART BAKER
is making his fifth appearance at Court, having appeared as Rosencrantz
in Hamlet, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Petrin and Platonov
in Piano, and Pater in The Invention of Love. Recent
credits include No Place Like Home at Steppenwolf, Lobby
Hero at Goodman, The Grey Zone at A Red Orchid, and Nocturne
at Naked Eye. He also appeared in This Is Our Youth, Dealer's
Choice, Betty's Summer Vacation, Santaland Diaries,
and Ecstasy for Roadworks Productions, where he is an ensemble
member. |
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KATI
BRAZDA
is
thrilled to make her Court debut. She was recently seen as Isobel
in Remy Bumppo's The Secret Rapture. Other credits include:
Top Girls (Remy Bumppo), The Life and Times of Tulsa
Lovechild: A Road Trip (CollaborAction, Jeff Citation - Best Actress
Leading Role, Ensemble), Hard Times (Lookingglass, understudy/performed)
and Whitman (About Face). She has also performed with Victory
Gardens, Steppenwolf, Famous Door, Seanachai, Nebraska Shakespeare
Festival and Defiant Theatre, where she is a member. Thanks to AB
and James. |
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McKINLEY
CARTER is
pleased to return to Court, having just appeared as Mary Jane Morkan
in James Joyce’s The Dead. Chicago credits include The
Visit at Goodman Theatre; Winesburg, Ohio at Steppenwolf;
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Antony
and Cleaopatra, and Henry IV, Parts One and Two
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Assasins and Kiss of the
Spider Woman at Apple Tree Theatre; Passion and Company
at Pegasus Players; and The Waiting Room at Stage Left Theatre.
Regional credits include Proof (Madision Repertory Theatre),
A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theatre), and A Christmas Cabaret
(Syracuse Stage). |
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CHAON CROSS
returns
to Court after only a short absence. Chaon last appeared as Hyacinte
in Court's production of Scapin and Aricia in Phèdre.
Since in Chicago, Chaon has worked with First Folio Shakespeare Festival,
Frump Tucker, Shattered Globe, Timeline Theatre Company, and Theatre
Hikes. Before arriving in Chicago in 2001, Chaon toured the US and
Canada for two years with Shenendoah Shakespeare. Her favorite roles
on tour included Lady Macbeth, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice,
Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, and Mephestophilis in Dr.
Faustus. Chaon would to thank God for the stories to tell and
the opportunity to tell them. |
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WILL
DICKERSON
is pleased to be making his first appearance with Court Theatre. He
has appeared in over six productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
most recently in Julius Caesar and As You Like It.
Other Shakespeare credits include Comedy of Errors with greasy
joan & co. and two seasons with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks.
Additional Chicago credits include Incident at Vichy and
Loot at Writers' Theatre. Will holds a BFA from Boston University. |
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NEIL
FRIEDMAN
is happy to be back at the Court Theatre, where he was last seen as
Mr. Browne in James Joyce’s The Dead. Other Chicago
credits include My Fair Lady (Court Theatre); Pacific
Overtures (Chicago Shakespeare Theater Studio); Early and
Often and Ghetto (Famous Door Theatre); Zoot Suit,
Wings and A Little Night Music (Goodman Theatre);
A Few Good Men (Theatre at the Center); 1776,The
King and I, Chess, Matador, Brigadoon,
and Camelot (Marriott Theatre); My One and Only,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom of the Opera,
and Jesus Christ Superstar [Joseph Jefferson Award ](Drury
Lane Oakbrook); Woody Guthrie's American Song (Northlight
Theatre); and King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, (Chicago
Shakespeare Theater), and more than twenty other productions with
the company. Regional credits include Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany,
New York; Peninsula Players, Fish Creek, Wisconsin; Florida Studio
Theatre, Sarasota; Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami; Pope Theatre, West
Palm Beach; Asolo State Theatre, Sarasota; Children's Theatre Company
of Minneapolis; and Austria's Vienna English Theatre. |
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KATE
FRY returns
to Court, where she performed in productions of My Fair Lady,
Twelfth Night, Piano, The Learned Ladies,
Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, The Cherry Orchard,
An Ideal Husband, Tartuffe, The Philadelphia Story,
and The Barber of Seville. Most recently, she played the
Governess in The Turn of the Screw with StreetSigns Productions
in North Carolina. Other credits include work with Chicago Shakespeare,
Apple Tree, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Lincoln Center Directors'
Lab, Drama League of New York, Candlelight Playhouse, Roadworks, Marriott's
Lincolnshire and Bailiwick Repertory. |
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WARREN
JACKSON is
ecstatic to be making his Court Theatre debut. He recently completed
a solid run in Breadline Theatre Group's premiere This Side of
Angels. Originally from Indianapolis having attended Ball State,
Warren has worked with many talented artists at Lifeline Theatre,
Chicago Shakespeare, MPAACT, greasy joan & Co., Congo Square,
Shakespeare on the Green, among others. Regionally he appeared in
the Arizona Theatre Company production of Bill Irwin's Scapin
while earning his MFA in Acting from the University of Arizona. |
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TIMOTHY
EDWARD KANE
is pleased to be returning to Court, where he appeared as Laertes
in Hamlet. Other Chicago credits include Loves' Labours'
Lost, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
King Lear, and All's Well That Ends Well (Chicago
Shakespeare), Hushabye Mountain, Early and Often
and Hellcab (Famous Door), Cyrano de Bergerac and
The Clink (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble). Regional credits
include two seasons with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival where he
appeared in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Hamlet,
All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure,
and Much Ado About Nothing. |
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KYMBERLY
MELLEN
is proud to be part of this stellar ensemble at Court Theatre again.
Kymberly was most recently seen as Cleo Singer in Rocket to the
Moon at Writers' Theatre and Frieda/Elaine in Sunday in the
Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other Chicago
credits include Helena in Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's
Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Two Gentlemen of Verona
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, My Fair Lady with Court Theatre,
Whale Music with Constellation Players, and multiple roles
in The American Girl Revue. She holds degrees from The Theatre School
at DePaul University and BYU. |
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BRADEN
MORAN is
honored to be working with such a wonderful company. After completing
his first season at American Players Theatre, he is making his Chicago
debut. Favorite past productions include All My Sons, Antony
and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, The Emigrants,
True West, Polaroid Stories, Lost in a Mirror,
and Taming of the Shrew. A proud graduate of Carnegie Mellon
University, he thanks Mom and Christi...the strength, inspiration,
and guides of this fantastic dream. |
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CHUCK
STUBBINGS
is very proud to be returning to Court Theatre and working on this
exciting project. His most recent acting credits include Big Love
at the Goodman Theater and Brooklyn Academy of Music; Romeo and
Juliet at Chicago Shakespeare; and Betty's' Summer Vacation
for Roadwork's. He has also appeared with Lookingglass Theatre, Steppenwolf
Theatre, and The Lyric Opera (Juggling fire in i Pagliacci).
Chuck is a trained circus acrobat and clown. He has toured with Ringling
Brothers Circus, Midnight circus, and the Flying Griffin Circus. He
is a resident clown doctor at Chicago Children's Hospital and LaRabida
hospital for the Big Apple Circus. He is a cofounder of the comic
acrobatic duo The Bumblinni Brothers, who can be seen performing all
over the city. His television credits include appearances on The
David Letterman Show, Good Morning America, and MTV's
Road Rules. He has also been seen on Art Beat (as
Dr. Doofus) and appeared in Early Edition. Chuck would like
to thank Kelly and Samson. |
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JAY
WHITTAKER last
seen as Casca in Julius Caesar at Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
where he has also appeared as Longaville and Berowne in Love's
Labour's Lost and Ariel in The Tempest (After Dark Award).
Other Chicago credits include Mother Courage and Her Children
and David Copperfield (Steppenwolf Theatre Company),
And Neither Have I Wings To Fly (Fox Theatricals) and Ghetto
(Famous Door Theatre). Other credits include the title role in Richard
III (Illinois Shakespeare Festival) and work with the Wisconsin
Shakespeare Festival, Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle), and Seattle Fringe
Festival. Television: Early Edition (CBS). |
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DEREK
GASPAR (Understudy)
is making his Court Theatre debut and is very excited to be understudying
such a fine group of people. Originally from Boston, Derek graduated
from the University of Massachusetts where he performed the title
role in Macbeth & Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin
Agile. Since moving to Chicago in June of 2001 Derek has worked
in a variety of non-equity theatres including Trap Door Theatre's
recent hit, Nana. He is also an artistic associate of Umalleniay
Productions. |
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BROOKE
HARDMAN (Understudy)
Regional: The Last Hurrah, Mary Stuart (Huntington
Theatre Co.), 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Parker, The
Winter's Tale, Street Scene (Williamstown Theatre Festival),
Julius Caesar (Montana Shakespeare). Off-off Broadway: Moonchildren,
Pains of Youth (Act2 Productions in assocation with Williamstown
Theatre Festival). Brooke recently completed work on her first feature
film, The Last Will and Testament of Marlboro Patch. Brooke
holds a BFA in acting from Boston University's School for the Arts.
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LAXMI
KUMARAN
(Production Stage Manager) has previously worked with Charles
Newell on James Joyce's The Dead, Piano, The
Little Foxes, The Learned Ladies, Fair Ladies
at a Game of Poem Cards and The Invention of Love.
A selection of other Court credits include Phèdre,
Life's A Dream, Mary Stuart and Gross Indecency.
She has also stage managed A Christmas Carol, Long
Day's Journey into Night and Galileo Galilei at Goodman
Theatre. In addition, Laxmi has staged managed productions at Royal
George, Apple Tree, and Next Theatre. She teaches stage management
at Northern Illinois University.
MARY
KATE GAVIN
(Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to be marking her second
Court Theatre venture with The Romance Cycle after assistant
stage managing James Joyce's The Dead. Previous credits
include Stage Manager for The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite
(Collaboraction), Assistant Stage Manager for Short Shakespeare!
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chicago Shakespeare), Assistant
Stage Manager for Mom's the Word (Royal George), Stage
Manager for Gaslight (TimeLine), and Stage Manager for
Stupid Kids (Roadworks). Mary Kate has also worked as Floor
Manager at Goodman for two years, where she has the opportunity
to work on shows like Boy Gets Girl (American Premiere),
A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol, House
& Garden (American Premiere), Wit, and The
Visit (World Premiere).
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