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Actors
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JEFFREY
BAUMGARTNER (Governor
/ Innkeeper / Sir Castellano) makes his Court debut. Recent
Steppenwolf credits include Randy in the world premiere of A
Blameless Life, understudying and appearing as Gaev in Cherry
Orchard, and fight director for Pacific. Other Chicago
credits include Betrayal (Athenaeum), Art (Bohemian
Theatre), The Mousetrap, and The Play’s the Thing
(Theatre Building), Cherry Orchard (Reverie), and King
John (Chicago Shakespeare). Jeffrey is producing artistic
director of Cap-a-pe Productions, as well as having served as
producing director for Borealis Theatre Company and the Fox Valley
Shakespeare Festival for 15 seasons. He was a founding member
of the National Theatre Conservatory and a member of the Tony
Award-winning Denver Center Theatre Company.
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BEN
DICKE (Gypsy
/ Muleteer Jose) makes his second Court appearance in Man
of La Mancha after playing Rustie Charlie in Guys and
Dolls in 2004. He recently returned from his second season
at Wagon Wheel Theatre performing such roles as 1st Gangster in
Kiss Me Kate, Older Patrick in Mame, Max Mencken
in It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, and Bill
Ray in On Golden Pond. Last spring he had the honor to
perform in Kabuki Lady Macbeth directed by Shozo Sato
at Chicago Shakespeare. Ben holds an M.F.A. in acting from Roosevelt
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NEIL
FRIEDMAN (Manservant
/ Sancho) is happy to be back at Court Theatre, where he has
also been seen in James Joyce’s “The Dead,” The Romance
Cycle, My Fair Lady and Guys and Dolls. Chicago credits
include: The Chosen (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Taming
of the Shrew, Pacific Overtures, King Lear and over twenty
other productions (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Early and Often
and Ghetto (Famous Door Theatre); A Few Good Men
(Theatre at the Center); The Hunchback of Notre Dame and
Jesus Christ Superstar (Joseph Jefferson Award-Drury Lane Oakbrook);
Woody Guthrie’s American Song (Northlight Theatre). Regional
credits include Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Capital Repertory
Theatre, Albany, New York; Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota; Coconut
Grove Playhouse, Miami; Pope Theatre, West Palm Beach; Children’s
Theatre Company of Minneapolis; and Austria’s Vienna English Theatre. |
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GEORGE
KEATING (El
Medico / Barber / Muleteer Juan / Moorish Pimp) happily appears
for the first time at Court. Recent local credits: Witch in Kabuki
Lady Macbeth (world premiere) at Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
Alan Squier in The Petrified Forest at Theatre at the Center,
Lt. Milton Wolffe in The Good War (world premiere) at Northlight
Theatre. Other favorites: Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show
at CCPA, Skimbleshanks in Cats and Linville in Damn
Yankees at the Marriott, The Baron in Grand Hotel
at Theatre at the Center. He starred as The Emcee of The Sing-A-Long
Wizard of Oz at The Gershwin Theatre on Broadway. He appeared
as Tom Jenkins in the national tour of Scrooge The Musical
starring Richard Chamberlain. George is a core faculty member of
the cherubs program at Northwestern. He earned his B.F.A. in acting
at The Theatre School at DePaul University and is a proud member
of Actors’ Equity. George is the co-creator of Theatrebam Chicago’s
Schoolhouse Rock Live! He appeared in the original cast
off-Broadway and on three national tours. You can currently see
him mornings downtown in yet another revival of SRL! Thanks
to Charlie, Doug and Cree for this opportunity. |
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MATTHEW
KRAUSE
(Duke / Dr. Carrasco / Knight of the Mirrors / Muleteer Paco)
has appeared at Court in Travesties, Scapin, Piano, Twelfth
Night, and Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards. Other
credits include It’s All True, The Cradle Will Rock and
Hauptmann (Time Line); The Merry Wives of Windsor,
The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Chicago Shakespeare); Winesburg, Ohio (About Face); State
Fair and Grand Hotel (Theatre at the Center); Singin’
in the Rain (Drury Lane and CCPA); and Dylan (Seanachai).
Most importantly, he just married Maureen Powers. |
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SUSIE
McMONAGLE (Mother
Bane / Maria / Housekeeper) is thrilled to be making her Court
debut. Susie spent a year on Broadway as Fantine in Les Miserables.
National tours: The Secret Garden (Martha/Ensemble), The
Sound of Music and Pump Boys and Dinettes (Rhetta).
Regional credits: Papermill Playhouse, Denver Center Theater and
Mill Mountain Theater in Blood Brothers (Mrs. Lyons), Me
and My Girl (Sally–Denver Drama Critics Award), and Sunday
in the Park with George (Dot/Marie). Susie is a 7 time Joseph
Jefferson nominee. Favorite Chicago roles include: Annie Get
Your Gun (Annie–After Dark Award, Marriott Theater), Indian
Ink (Flora) and Dirty Blonde (Mae/Jo, Apple Tree),
Side Show (Daisy), At Wit’s End (Jane, Northlight),
and most recently Hello Again (Apple Tree). |
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HERBERT
PERRY (Cervantes
/ Don Quixote / Quijana) Credits: the world premieres of Philip
Glass’s operas The Sound of a Voice (Man, Court, American
Repertory Theater), The White Raven (Vasco da Gama), and
In the Penal Colony (Officer, Chicago, Seattle, and New
York); La boheme (Connecticut Opera); Le Nozze di Figaro
(Figaro, Metropolitan Opera); Don Giovanni (Leporello,
Vienna, Paris, National Public Television telecast and Metropolitan
Opera); Oedipus Rex (Salzburg Festival); Bluebeard’s
Castle (Pittsburgh Theatre); John Adams’ El Nino (Tokyo);
La Boheme (Colline, Metropolitan); I Puritani di Scozia
(Lord Walter, Chicago Lyric); Die Burgschaft (Spoleto Festival,
USA); The Seven Deadly Sins (Opera de Lyon); Seraphin
(Stuttgart State Theatre, Staatsoper Vienna). Other: Opera
de Nice, Canadian Opera, Edmonton Opera, New York City Opera, Santa
Fe Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Connecticut Opera, Opera Theatre of
Saint Louis, among others. |
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HARRIET
NZINGA PLUMPP
(Graciosa / Antonia / Fermina / Moorish Girl) is excited to
make her Court Theatre debut in Man of La Mancha. Her credits
include Viveca in Bubbly Black Girl (Apple Tree Theatre);
Mrs. Anderssen in A Little Night Music (Ravinia Festival);
Woman #1 in Side by Side by Sondheim (Pegasus Players,
Middle East/North Africa Tour); Mildred in the American premiere
of Saturday Night; also the world premiere of Bounce
(Goodman Theatre, Kennedy Center). Thanks and love to my husband
Brett, family and friends. |
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HOLLIS
RESNIK
(Escalante / Aldonza / Dulcinea)
last appeared at Court in James Joyce’s “The Dead.” Other
Court appearances include The Little Foxes (After Dark
award), The Misanthrope, An Ideal Husband, The Play’s the Thing,
Travesties, Hay Fever, Celemine and the Cardinal, The Chairs
and The Learned Ladies. Most recently she appeared as Leona
in Do I Hear a Waltz for Theatre at the Center, at the
Alliance Theatre in Atlanta as the actress in The Guardsman,
and at Northlight Theatre and Arizona Theatre Company as Ima in
The Imigrant. Hollis also spent more than a year as Mrs.
Meers in the Broadway tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie.
She has appeared at many Chicago theaters including the Goodman,
the Apollo, the Marriott, and Apple Tree. In addition, she has sung
for the CSO, the Lyric Opera and Ravinia. She has also appeared
at the Public Theatre in NYC, Milwaukee Rep, Indiana Rep, Santa
Fe Stages as well as touring as Fantine in Les Miserables
for almost two years. She is the recipient of 8 Joseph Jefferson
awards, 3 After Dark Awards, and the Sarah Siddons award. Her TV
and film credits include the soon to be released Little Big
Top, Backdraft, The Untouchables, and Angel Street.
She can be heard on her own solo debut CD entitled Make Someone
Happy available at Amazon.com. |
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ROD
THOMAS
(Scorpion / Muleteer Pedro) recently appeared on Broadway
in Children and Art, Stephen Sondheim’s 75th birthday tribute.
Chicago credits include: The Second City’s Romeo & Juliet–The
Musical (Romeo) with Chicago Shakespeare Theater; big,
The Musical (Josh–Joseph Jefferson Award, After Dark Award),
Anything Goes (Billy) and The Music Man with Drury
Lane Oakbrook Theatre; Sunset Boulevard (Artie) and Beauty
and the Beast with Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire; and Carnival
(Paul) with Light Opera Works. Rod is a graduate of Northwestern
University. |
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STEPHEN
WALLEM (Judas
Macabeo / Padre / Muleteer Anselmo) returns to Court after
appearing as Bartell D’Arcy in James Joyce’s “The Dead.”
Other credits include Dick Wilkins in the national tour of Scrooge
with Richard Chamberlain, Sunday in the Park with George
and A Little Night Music (Ravinia), Into the Woods
(second national tour), At Wit’s End (Northlight) and The
Mystery of Irma Vep (New American Theatre). Stephen has accrued
nearly 2500 performances as both Jinx and Sparky in various companies
of Forever Plaid including Chicago, Las Vegas, Denver,
Peninsula Players, Theatre at the Center, and the first national
tour. |
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STAGE
MANAGEMENT
DEYA
FRIEDMAN
(Production Stage Manager) Recent credits include Red
Herring, The Good War, Lady Windermere’s Fan and At Wit’s
End (Northlight Theatre); Into the Woods, Uneasy Chair,
and Red Herring (Peninsula Players); and Marriage
Play (Goodman Theatre). Other Chicago credits include: Waiting
for Godot, Wings and Spic-o-Rama (Goodman Theatre);
The Bomb-itty of Errors and The Gin Game (Royal
George Theater); and the Auditorium Theater Council’s Ovations!
series. Deya teaches stage management at Loyola University Chicago.
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LESLEY
ANN STONE (Assistant
Stage Manager) is based in Chicago. She toured with The Second
City from Ohio to Hong Kong before landing at Chicago Opera Theater.
Credits there include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Resurrezione,
Il Viaggio a Reims, L’incoronazione di Poppea, Cosi fan Tutti, Semele,
and Akhnaten. Outside of Chicago, she has worked with The
Dallas Opera, New Orleans Opera, and at the new Frank Gehry-designed
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. At the Fisher
Center, she is proud to have stage managed JoAnne Akalaitis’ Phèdre
and Orestes, as well as Janacek’s Osud, also directed
by JoAnne Akalaitis. At Court Theatre, she has assistant stage managed
Phèdre and The Sound of a Voice, and will return
this season to stage manage Lettice and Lovage. |
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