Invisible Man

LANCE STUART BAKER has appeared at Court in Thyestes, Travesties, The Importance of Being Earnest, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Guys and Dolls, Cymbeline, Pericles, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Piano, and The Invention of Love. He recently received a Jeff nomination for his performance as Charlie in Speed-The-Plow at American Theater Company. Other recent credits include Becky Shaw at A Red Orchid Theatre (where he is an ensemble member), Lookingglass Theatre Company’s production of Around the World in 80 Days at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Amadeus at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Mauritius at Northlight Theatre. Film credits include Unsettled, Public Enemies, The Express, and Road to Perdition.

KIMM BEAVERS is honored to be making her Court Theatre debut.  She studied theater at Clark Atlanta University and was last seen in eta Creative Arts Foundation’s The Trip (BTA Award–Best Ensemble). Film Credits: Lost Ones, Molly’s Gift, and Love Shorts. Voiceover/television: Sprint, Coca-Cola, Whirlpool, Walgreens, and JCPenney. As a poet, Kimm performed at Clear Channel’s Big Jam Slow Jam, opened for Sonia Sanchez, produced the spoken word album Prose & Cons of a Love Affair, and the chat book A Peace of My Soul. Always excited to share the stage with great performers, Kimm believes the best way to grow is to surround yourself with people to learn from and evolve with.

TRACEY N. BONNER Theatre credits include Off Broadway: Home (Signature Theatre Company); Regional: Radio Golf (Virginia Stage Company), Jitney (The Alliance Theatre), Home (Madison Repertory Theatre); Chicago: Jackie and Me (Chicago Children’s Theatre), Home (Court Theatre), Brothers of the Dust, The Talented Tenth, and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (BTA Award–Best Play, Congo Square Theatre Company), How the Kanye’ West Was Won and Six Degrees of Reparation (Second City). She holds an MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University and is an ensemble member of Congo Square Theatre Company.

TEAGLE F. BOUGERE Broadway: A Raisin in the Sun and The Tempest. Off-Broadway: Macbeth, Henry V, Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra, and Space (The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival), Wings and A Soldier’s Play (Second Stage Theatre), A Fair Country (Lincoln Center Theater), and Last Dance for Sybil (New Federal Theatre). Selected regional: The Good Negro (Goodman Theatre), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Blue Door (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Of Mice and Men (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Gee’s Bend (Hartford Stage), Blue/Orange (The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego), and Othello (Shakespeare Theatre, DC). As a company member at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. for five seasons, he appeared in over thirty productions. Film: Hill and Gully, A Night at the Museum, The Imposters, The Pelican Brief, Two Weeks’ Notice, and What the Deaf Man Heard. Television: A Gifted Man, Conviction, The Cosby Show, The Job, Third Watch, Law and Order, and Murder In Black and White.

CHRIS BOYKIN is excited to be walking the boards at Court Theatre for a second time this season, after playing Slang Talk Man and Joe in Spunk. A recent graduate from the Master of Fine Arts/Acting program at The Theatre School of DePaul University, Chris would like to give thanks and love to Professor Katz, Ed, Unc, Dad, Ma, and M, for everything. Repped by Paonessa Talent Agency.

KENN E. HEAD is proud to be returning to Court Theatre after previously being seen in Spunk. A veteran actor, he is a familiar face on many Chicago stages, having appeared in Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), The Lost Boys of Sudan (Victory Gardens Theater), The Overwhelming (Next Theater), Seven Guitars (Congo Square–Jeff Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Play), as well as productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, American Theater Company, and Yale Repertory Theatre.  His television credits include ER, Early Edition, and various commercials. 

BILL McGOUGH returns to Court Theatre where he was last seen in The Importance of Being Earnest. He most recently appeared in The Front Page (Jeff Nomination–Ensemble) and The Farnsworth Invention (Jeff Award–Ensemble) at TimeLine Theatre Company. He has performed with The Hypocrites, Next Theatre Company, Writers’ Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Collaboraction, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Raven Theatre, and many others. He was nominated for a Jefferson citation for his performance as Willy Loman in Sean Graney’s production of Death of a Salesman. Television appearances include The Chicago Code and Shameless.

PAUL OAKLEY STOVALL is thrilled to be back at Court Theatre, where he has appeared in The Little Foxes, La Bete, The Mystery Cycle, Frida: The Last Portrait, and Pantomime. Goodman Theatre credits: Play On! (Jeff nomination), The Odyssey, Black Star Line, Drowning Crow, Journey to the West, Good Person of Setzuan, and Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Other Chicago credits: Words on Fire (Steppenwolf Arts Exchange), A Perfect Ganesh (Northlight Theatre), and Blade to the Heat (Apple Tree Theatre). National tours:  Rent and Once on This Island. International: Otonari No Dasso-Hei (Tokyo–world premiere.) New York: Dessa Rose (Lincoln Center–world premiere). Film: Shortbus and The Company. As a playwright, his musical Clear has been seen in NYC at Dixon Place, at the Eugene O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference, and at About Face Theatre, where he is an artistic associate. He is a resident writer at Dog and Pony Theatre Company, where his plays Ape and As Much As You Can premiered, the latter also staged at L.A.’s Celebration Theatre. This June, his play Immediate Family will premiere at the Goodman Theatre.  For the past three years, Mr. Stovall has proudly served as an Advance Associate for the Obama administration.

A.C. SMITH is always and forever grateful to be back at Court Theatre. This production marks his fifth show with this wonderful company—Fences (Jeff Award–Actor in a Principal Role), The First Breeze of Summer, The Piano Lesson, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Smith, a Chicago native, has performed in many theaters here, including Victory Gardens Theatre, Timeline Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois Theatre Center, Second City, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Smith has also performed in many regional theatres all across the country. When not in Chicago, he can often be seen performing at the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, where he has been a member for over seventeen years, and is a nine time Woody King Jr. Award winner. God bless.

JULIA WATT is honored to be a part of Invisible Man at Court Theatre. Regional credits include The Master Builder and Othello (A Noise Within, Los Angeles), The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, and Noises Off (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), and The Tempest and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (PCPA Theaterfest, CA). Julia is a founding member of The American Vicarious, a Brooklyn-based company whose inaugural production appeared at the Public Theater’s 2011 Under the Radar Festival. Julia received her M.F.A from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.