Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

AMY J. CARLE Chicago credits: The Sins of Sor Juana, Rock ‘N’ Roll, and Desire Under the Elms (Goodman Theatre); Sex With Strangers and Hedda Gabler  (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Peter Pan and Trust (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Refuge (Collaboraction Theater - Jeff nomination); SubUrbia, The Lights (Jeff nomination), Ecstasy, WAS, and The Planets (Roadworks Productions). Off Broadway: National tour of The Vagina Monologues. Regional: Fully Committed and The Diary of Anne Frank (Madison Repertory Theatre); Morning Star (Kansas City Repertory Theatre). Television: Chicago Code (FOX), Law & Order (NBC), Guiding Light (CBS).  Ms. Carle studies acting with Maryann Thebus.

THOMAS J. COX happily returns to Court Theatre, where he has appeared in Fräulein Else, Raisin, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Thom is a founding ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company, where he has done over thirty productions since 1988, most recently as Hook in Peter Pan (a play). Other credits include Northlight Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, and House Theatre (among many). Directing: Lookingglass Theatre Company, Eclipse Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop. Film/Television: Since You’ve Been Gone (Miramax Films); Brotherhood (Showtime); Chi-Girl (TriShore Entertainment Inc). Love to Chris and Joanie.

ADRIAN DANZIG is happy to be doing this amazing show as his first time on stage at Court Theatre.  He’s spent most of the last eleven years as Producing Artistic Director for 500 Clown and has performed 500 Clown Macbeth, 500 Clown Frankenstein, 500 Clown Christmas, and 500 Clown and The Elephant Deal abundantly. Other credits: The Baron in the Trees and Metamorphoses (Lookingglass Theatre Company), Big Love (Goodman Theatre), and Go, Dog. Go! (Chicago Children’s Theater).

KEVIN DOUGLAS is excited to be making his Court Theatre debut. He was most recently seen in Northlight Theatre’s production of A Civil War Christmas, and before that his fifth run of Lookingglass Alice (Lookingglass Theatre Company). He is an Artistic Associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company. Kevin has performed all over the city. Kevin’s regional credits include: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Centerstage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Kevin is a proud member of MPAACT.

ERICA ELAM is thrilled to be making her Court Theatre debut.  Theatre credits include Stage Kiss and The Trip to Bountiful (Goodman Theatre), Born Yesterday, Comic Potential, Panic, and Rumors (Peninsula Players), Philadelphia Story (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company), Inherit the Wind (Northlight Theatre), The People vs. Friar Laurence (The Second City/Chicago Shakespeare Theater), and Winesburg, Ohio (Steppenwolf Theatre Company/About Face Theatre).  As a writer and improviser, she has performed at The Second City, iO, Annoyance, and ComedySportz.  Erica is a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf. 

LAWRENCE GRIMM makes his Court Theatre debut. Theatre: Late: A Cowboy Song (Piven Theatre Workshop), Abigail’s Party (A Red Orchid Theatre), The Brothers Karamazov, 1984, and The Naked King (Lookingglass Theatre Company), A Fair Country, Wolf Lullaby, and I Never Sang for my Father (Steppenwolf Theatre), various Sketchbooks and Apocalyptic Butterflies (Collaboraction Theater), The Glass Menagerie (Jeff Award for Supporting Actor) and Death of a Salesman (Raven Theatre). He is an ensemble member of A Red Orchid Theatre and a theater teacher at Chi-Arts.