Director

Designers

Stage Managers

Eddie Bennett (Ensemble) is excited to be back at Court Theatre having last appeared in Arcadia.  Other Chicago credits include The Merchant of Venice (Red Tape), Pins (Bailiwick Rep), and Electra (BoHo Theatre).  Most recently he co-created and performed Noir at The Building Stage where he is an ensemble member.  Prior to landing in Chicago, Eddie studied theatre at Bard College under director JoAnne Akalaitis. 

Phillip James Brannon (Aaron) makes his Court debut in Titus Andronicus. Goodman credits include The Cook, directed by Henry Godinez, Oedipus Complex, adapted and directed by Frank Galati, and A Christmas Carol, directed by William Brown. Other Chicago credits include Elmina’s Kitchen, directed by Derrick Sanders with Congo Square, An Immigrant Class with Remy Bumppo, and The Last Supper with InFusion. He received his BFA from The Theatre School of DePaul University.

Matthew Brumlow (Lucius) is excited to make his Court debut with Titus. He is a proud ensemble member of Chicago’s American Theater Company where he most recently played Curly in the critically acclaimed Oklahoma! Matthew has eleven production credits at ATC as well as Jeff Award Nominations for his work in A View from the Bridge and Oklahoma!. In Chicago, Matthew has also performed with Writers’ Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Northlight Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, About Face, and many others. Regional credits include work with Peninsula Players, Summer Shakespeare Notre Dame, Door Shakespeare, a national tour of A Streetcar Named Desire with Montana Repertory Theatre in which he played “Stanley,” six productions with the fantastic Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, and Indiana Repertory Theatre where he most recently played Hamlet.

Kevin Gudahl (Marcus) returns to Court Theatre where he has appeared in Uncle Vanya, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, My Fair Lady, School For Wives, Putting It Together, The Misanthrope, Travesties, and Celimene and the Cardinal. Other Chicago credits include numerous appearances at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in such shows as Julius Caesar, A Little Night Music, A Flea in Her Ear, and the title role in Macbeth; The House of Martin Guerre, Zoot Suit, and most recently King Lear at the Goodman Theatre; and the musicals 1776 and The King and I at the Marriott Theatre. Additional Chicago credits include shows at Writers; Theatre, Northlight, Victory Gardens, Apple Tree, National Jewish Theatre, Briar Street, and Wisdom Bridge. International stage appearances include Pacific Overtures at the Donmar Warehouse in London, Henry IV (Parts 1 & 2) at the Swan Theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and five seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada in plays such as Twelfth Night, Oedipus Rex, and Three Sisters. Film credits include While You Were Sleeping and Home Alone III. Television credits include Early Edition (CBS), Crime Story (NBC), and The Untouchables. Kevin is a recipient of Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award and an After Dark Award. He has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity since 1985.

Erik Hellman (Ensemble) returns to Court Theatre having played Valentine in last season’s production of Arcadia. Recent work includes The Elephant Man and Huck Finn (Steppenwolf), The Busy World is Hushed (Next Theatre), Feast (Chicago Dramatists), Tartuffe (Remy Bumppo), Hatfield and McCoy (The House Theatre of Chicago), New Orleans (The Side Project) and Macbeth (The Mirror Rep: off-Broadway, NY). Erik is a member of Strawdog Theatre Company where he has appeared in Three Sisters, Impossible Marriage (Jeff Nomination: Best Supporting Actor) and Puntila and His Man Matti. Film work includes the upcoming feature The Dark Knight. Erik is a Denver native and a graduate of Northwestern University.

Anish Jethmalani (Ensemble) returns to Court Theatre after appearing in previous seasons’ productions of Life’s a Dream, The Invention of Love, and Mary Stuart. Other stage credits include Merchant on Venice at Silk Road Theatre; Sita Ram at Lookingglass; To the Greenfields Beyond at Writers’ Theatre; Omnium Gatherum at Next Theatre; Homeland Security at Victory Gardens; Wit and A Christmas Carol at The Goodman Theatre; Romeo and Juliet at Chicago Shakespeare; and Indian Ink at Apple Tree. He is a member of Eclipse Theatre and a graduate of Loyola University and the Oxford School of Drama in England.

Timothy Edward Kane (Titus Andronicus) is pleased to return to Court Theatre having previously appeared in Uncle Vanya, The Romance Cycle: Cymbeline & Pericles, and Hamlet. Other Chicago credits include: Arms and the Man (Writers’ Theatre), The Miser, She Stoops to Conquer—After Dark Award (Northlight Theatre), Hamlet, Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 (also performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK), A Flea In Her Ear, The Merchant of Venice, King John, The Moilére Comedies, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Tempest, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, All’s Well That Ends Well (Chicago Shakespeare), The Underpants (Noble Fool Theatricals), Hushabye Mountain, Early and Often, Hellcab (Famous Door), Cyrano de Bergerac, The Clink (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble). Regional credits include: School for Scandal (Mark Taper Forum), Broadway Bound, Fools, Soufflé Surprise (Peninsula Players) and two seasons with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Kane is married to actress Kate Fry.

Elizabeth Ledo (Lavinia) is delighted to be back at Court Theatre again after appearing in last season’s Uncle Vanya. Chicago credits include: The Old Curiosity Shop at Lookingglass Theatre, The Chalk Garden at Northlight Theatre, Arms and the Man at Writers’ Theatre, Say You Love Satan at About Face Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Morningstar and Homebody/Kabul at Steppenwolf Theatre, The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park at Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre.  Regional credits include: Romeo and Juliet and Comedy of Errors at Summer Shakespeare at Notre Dame, Arcadia at Indiana Repertory Theatre, and over 15 productions with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre where some favorites include The Clean House, Tartuffe, The Lonesome West, Escape from Happiness, and The Crucible. Elizabeth is a voice-over talent in Chicago and has done numerous TV and radio spots as well as regularly joining The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas produced by the Falcon Picture Group.  She is a proud graduate of Loyola University of Chicago and has been a proud member of Equity since 1999.

Andy Nagraj (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Court Theatre debut. Previous credits include Merchant on Venice (Silk Road), Othello (Ohio Shakespeare), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Theatre IV), Intimate Apparel (Barksdale), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Modlin Center), The Tempest (Richmond Shakespeare), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Virginia Shakespeare), and Forever Plaid (Swift Creek Mill). A native of Richmond, Virginia, Andy studied at the University of Richmond and the School at Steppenwolf.

Hollis Resnik (Tamora) was last seen as Lane in The Clean House at the Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis). Court Theatre: Man of La Mancha (also Long Wharf Theatre), James Joyce’s “The Dead,” The Chairs, The Learned Ladies, The Little Foxes, An Ideal Husband, The Play’s the Thing, Travesties, and The Misanthrope. National Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Les Misérables. Goodman Theatre: Wings, A Little Night Music, and The House of Martin Guerre. Northlight and Arizona Rep: The Immigrant. The Cleveland Playhouse: A Streetcar Named Desire. The Alliance Theatre (Atlanta): The Guardsman. Milwaukee Rep: Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Norman Conquests, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, and Arcadia. Marriott Theatre: Mame and Into the Woods. Apple Tree: The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. Apollo Theatre: Always…Patsy Cline. Winner of ten Jeff Awards, three After Dark Awards, the Sarah Siddons Leading Lady Award, and Best Actress from the Connecticut Critics Circle Awards. Has sung with Ravinia, the CSO, and the Lyric Opera. She will also appear in Court’s upcoming production of Carousel. Visit www.hollisresnik.com.

Corey Rieger (Ensemble) is excited to be making his debut with Court Theatre. He has recently worked with Madison Repertory Theatre’s New Play Festival, BoarsHead Theatre in Lansing, Michigan, Greasy Joan and Co., Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory, and Ninth Wave Theatre in Galway, Ireland. Also a playwright, Corey is a proud native of Pittsburgh, PA, where he is an artistic associate with the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company.

Matt Schwader (Ensemble) makes his Court debut in Titus Andronicus. Chicago credits include: A Life in the Theatre (Goodman Theatre); All Night Strut (Marriott Theatre); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Remy Bumppo Theatre); and numerous productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Matt has performed with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Repertory, and Summer Shakespeare Notre Dame. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program and is a company member with American Players Theatre in Spring Green, WI.

Miranda Hoffman (Costume Design) is pleased to be collaborating with Court Theatre again.  She previously designed costumes for the 2006 production of Uncle Vanya.  Broadway:  Well.  New York:  Walmartopia (Minetta Lane Theater), Satellites and Well (Public Theater), Essential Self Defense, Spatter Pattern, and She Stoops to Comedy (Playwrights Horizons), Landscape of the Body (Signature Theater), Beauty of the Father (Manhattan Theater Club), Columbinus and Oedipus at Palm Springs (New York Theater Workshop), A Very Common Procedure (MCC Theater), The Last Letter (Theater for a New Audience), The Marriage of Figaro (Target Margin Theater).  Opera:  Le Portrait de Manon (Gran Liceu of Barcelona), La Voix Humaine and Le Portrait de Manon (Glimmerglass Opera), Mirandolina, Lord Byron’s Love Letter, and The Village Singer (Manhattan School of Music).  Regional:  Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre, DC), Mauritius (Huntington Stage), Godspell (Papermill Playhouse), Merchant of Venice and Outrage (Portland Center Stage), Betrayal (Yale Repertory Theater), among others.  Upcoming:  Euridice (Alliance Theater), Godspell (Broadway Revival).  Nominee for the 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award.  Recipient of NEA/TCG Career Development Grant.  Graduate of the Yale School of Drama.  

Joshua Horvath (Sound Design) Court credits: What the Butler Saw, Arcadia, Flyin’ West, Raisin’, Fences, Man of La Mancha, Endgame, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Guys and Dolls, and The Romance Cycle. Josh’s designs and compositions have been heard throughout Chicago at The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, About Face, Chicago Shakespeare, Next, Northlight, and Congo Square.  His regional credits include: The Kennedy Center, Hartford Stage, Center Theatre Group, Kansas City Rep, Madison Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Great River Shakespeare, Milwaukee Shakespeare, and Illinois Shakespeare.  Awards: Joseph Jefferson Award, and five time nominee, LA Weekly award nominee, and TCG Young Designer Finalist.  He has taught Sound Design at DePaul and currently teaches at Northwestern University.  Joshua is a member of ASCAP, USA 829, artistic associate of Lookingglass, and co-owner of Aria Music Designs LLC. Upcoming and recent shows: Clay (Center Theatre Group, LA), Carousel and The First Breeze of Summer (Court), Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Boys are Coming Home (Goodman), Hephaestus and Around the World in 80 Days (Lookingglass).

Brian H. Scott (Lighting Design) With Classic Stage Company, he designed Hamlet, Richard II, and Richard III. As a SITI Company member he designed lighting for Hotel Cassiopeia, Death and the Ploughman, bobrauschenbergamerica (Henry Hewes Design Award 2004), and War of the Worlds Radio Play, as well as the dance collaboration ‘Systems/Layers.’ Recently, he designed lighting for Marina: A Captive Spirit and The Darkling with American Opera Projects, Songs from an Unmade Bed with NYTW, and Twisted Olivia with director Everett Quinton at Arena Stage. He created the scenery and lighting for Macbeth and lighting for The Laramie Project and Death of a Salesman in Baton Rouge. With the Austin, TX-based Rude Mechanicals, he has designed numerous productions including How Late It Was How Late, Lipstick Traces, MatchPlay, Cherrywood, and Get Your War On, among others.

William Collins (Assistant Stage Manager) is glad to return to Court where he previously was Assistant Stage Manager for Thyestes, Arcadia, Flyin’ West, Uncle Vanya, and Endgame and Floor Manager for the 2003/04 season. William has worked with Redmoon Theater as their Production Stage Manager and most recently as their Production Manager. William has also worked with About Face Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, the Neo-Futurists, and Goodman Theatre. William is a graduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University.