The Merchant of Venice

fourth season with S&Co: Portia, Casca Julius Caesar; title role Hamlet; Susie Parasite Drag. Off Broadway: Ann Weis Scotty; Carl Linnaeus My Favorite Character Was the Talking Vase. Regional: Lizzy Bennet Pride and Prejudice (Baltimore Center Stage); Miranda, the Tempest , Allie Dairyland (Chautauqua Theatre Company); Perdita, The Winter’s Tale(Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); title role Sylvia (Florida Studio Theatre); Desdemona Othello (Tennessee Shakespeare Festival). Recipient of the Molly Thatcher Kazan Memorial Award, the Ron Van Lieu Scholarship, and the Olympia Dukakis Scholarship. MFA in NYU Graduate Acting (Class of 2015).

Second season with S&Co. Previous roles: Ensemble, Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World; Laertes, Hamlet; Avery, The Flick (Company One), Peter, Henry VI Pt 2 (Actor’s Shakespeare Project); Aaron, Titus Androncisu (The Humanist Project); Cassius, Julius Caesar (Emerson College); and Brutus, Julius Caesar (S&Co Conservatory). Peter obtained his BFA in Acting from Emerson College. He has worked as an administrator and educator for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and has worked at TimeLine Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as an assistant director. He also runs the popular Shakespeare in the Pub series in New York and Boston. As a director Peter has created several immersive pieces including The Cafe Collections and O/A: The Sophocles Project. Visit his webpage at: www.PeterGAndersen.com

twenty-fourth season (Calaban, The Tempest; Cloten, Cymbeline). Recent S&Co: Graziano, The Merchant of Venice; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Priest, Mother of the Maid; Cassius, Julius Caesar; Ferdinand, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Derek, Accomplice; Richard Hannay, The 39 Steps; Parasite Drag; Frank, The Memory of Water; Autolycus, The Winter’s Tale; Lord Hastings/Oxford, Richard III and Hamlet (Title Role). Recent Regional: Cassius, Julius Caesar (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre); Robert, Betrayal (Nora Theatre); Eduard Einstein, Einstein’s Dreams (Culture Project NYC) and Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet (Swine Palace), and Theatre in England, where he has also worked in TV and film.

First season with S&Co. Erick owes his training and success in the industry to Shakespeare & Company and is delighted to be returning after 35 years. Broadway: The King & I, Rasputin. Off Broadway: A Map of the World, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and 'Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Joe Papp’s Public Theater). The Mormon Project (for Mabou Mines); The Screens (Guthrie Theater); To Die for Grenada (Cleveland Playhouse). Film: Stargate, The Mummy, Mr. Deeds, Daredevil, Planet Of The Apes, Hachi: A Dog’s Story. TV: Heroes, The Brink, Star Trek (TNG, DS9 & Enterprise), SG1, Madam Secretary etc.

S&Co: Posthumous, Cymbeline; Sebastian, The Tempest, Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice; Richard II; Walter, Kaufman’s Barbershop. Regional: Treasure Island (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Edmund, King Lear (Guthrie Theater); Grand Concourse; The Droll (WAM Theatre Fresh Takes Series); Franco Wicks, Superior Donuts; Alonzo, World Premiere of Look Away (TheatreSquared); Reggie, Sam (New Play Fest, Portland Stage); Cassius, Julius Caesar; Axel, The Pelican; Aaron, Titus (NYC); Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet; Borachio, Much Ado About Nothing; Alsatian Fogerty, Peter Pan. Thomas can be seen this fall in the feature length film Artifact. He is a NYC playwright, Artistic Director of Whet Ink Productions (www.whetink.com), and holds an MFA from UCONN. www.thomasbrazzle.com

thirty-second season (Robin, The Children) S&Co: Jonny has directed or acted in more than 60 S&Co productions since 1987 including Creditors, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Tempest, Cymbeline, Midsummer, Merry Wives, Private Eyes, Brief Lives, Heroes, An Iliad and the title roles in King Lear, Henry IV, Richard III and Macbeth. In 1990 he created the role of The Men in Tina Packer’s original Women of Will. He has performed on and off-Broadway and at scores of regional theatres around the country including Berkshire Theatre Festival (Amadeus, Cuckoo’s Nest, Via Dolorosa, Educating Rita...) and ART (Merchant of Venice, Phaedra, Paradise Lost). He is a two-time recipient of the Elliot Norton Award and is Teaching Professor of Classical Performance at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training where this year he directed their outdoor production of As You Like It. Jonny and his wife Ariel Bock met onstage during The Aspern Papers (1991) and this summer’s The Children marks their sixteenth onstage collaboration together.

First season with S&Co. New York: David, Company; Ensemble, Pantagleize; Regional: Antipholus of Syracuse, Comedy of Errors; Bridegroom Blood Wedding; Rev. John Witherspoon, 1776; Aslan The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Arnold Needham, No Sex Please, We’re British. Michael holds degrees from MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Leicester in the UK. He trained at New York’s HB Studio and at Shakespeare and Company, and is an Equity Membership Candidate.

fourth season (Sebastian, Twelfth Night; Booth, Topdog/Underdog) A New York City based actor/playwright/ singer originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Off-Broadway and regional theatre include Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Richmond/Hastings +8; Richard III. S&Co: Malcolm, Macbeth; Orlando, As You Like It; Ferdinand, The Tempest; Pisanio +6, Cymbeline; Osric, Hamlet; Lorenzo, The Merchant of Venice. The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre: Orsino, Twelfth Night; Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew. Hypokrit Theatre Company: Mercutio & Tybalt (rep), Romeo & Juliet. American Globe Theatre: Banquo, Macbeth. Film: Phasing (King Henry Productions), Stricken (New York Film Academy.) Deaon has studied theatre at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University, with a full scholarship from the English Speaking Union. He has written over 10 plays including Satan Vs God, The Tragedy At HOOD:14542 (Hoodsical) & The False Brotherhood Trilogy and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Founding Member. John Hadden is a founding member of Shakespeare & Company, was co-founder/artistic director of Counterpoint Theater (Boston), artistic director of the Hubbard Hall Theater Co., and associate artist with We Players (San Francisco). He is a two-time “Berkie” winner who has worked as an actor/director/teacher for 35 years in theaters here and abroad, as well as TV and radio, independent films, schools and universities. His own plays and a short film have won awards and have been seen at PS 122, LaMama, EST, Wharton Salon, BTG, Gloucester Stage, Nat’l Arts Club, Boston International Film Festival, etc. His writing has been published (Conversations with a Masked Man, Arcade 2016) and has appeared in literary journals. He is a New England States Touring Artist, Vermont Teaching Artist, member of the Authors Guild, and has deep ties with Main Street Arts and the New England Youth Theater, in southern Vermont. johnlhadden.com

fourth season. S&Co: Heisenberg, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Regional: Appropriate, SpeakEasy Stage; God’s Ear (Elliot Norton Award Best Actress & Best Production), Henry VIII, Pericles, Living In Exile, all for Actors’ Shakespeare Project; Rancho Mirage, New Repertory Theatre; Cabaret, American Repertory Theatre (IRNE Award Best Ensemble); Film/TV: The Equalizer 2, Chappaquiddick, Good Kids, Irrational Man, We Don’t Belong Here, The Judge, In Your Eyes, Against The Ropes; “Bull”; “The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe”; “Olive Kitteridge”; “Chasing Life”, “The Makeover”, “Gilded Lilys” (pilot), “Army Wives”, “One Life To Live”; Canadian TV: “Blue Murder (Series Lead), “The Associates” (Series Lead); MFA American Repertory Theatre. Upcoming: Defending Jacob, Apple TV. www.tamarahickey.com

Cloteal L. Horne is a dynamic actress, educator, and theatre-maker. Born-and-bred in San Diego California. Her theatre credits include, Off-Broadway: The Steadfast (Slant Theatre Project); Dirty Blood (Billie Holiday Theatre). Regional: Twelfth Night; Merry Wives of Windsors; Two Gents.; Merchant of Venice; Comedy of Errors; Midsummer Night’s Dream; Christmas At Pemberley (Shakespeare & Co.). She A Gem, (NYTW). Black Odyssey (Trinity Rep.) Comedia De Equivocaciones; Venus (Brown/Trinity), Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, (LyricStage, Elliot Norton Nominee) To Kill a Mockingbird, (Weston Playhouse); Funny Thing Happened…, (BarnStormers); The Clothesline Muse, (Aion Productions); How We Got On, (CompanyOne, Elliot Norton Nominee); Gift Horse, Romeo & Juliet, (New Rep.); Othello, (ASP); BlueShift, (Huntington). FILM: The Promotion (C1 Media), What we Owe Each Other (RISDI), Driving While Black Magic. She holds a B.F.A in Acting from Boston University and a M.F.A in Acting from Brown University/Trinity. Gratefully standing on the shoulders of those that have come before her, Cloteal is a product of her grandmother’s prayers + her ancestors’ wildest dream. www.cloteallhorne.com

First season with S&Co. Regional: Bar Giora, Yael Farber's Salome (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Our Town (George Street Playhouse). International: Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare’s Globe, London). New York: Dancing Turtle (Winner of the Samuel French OOB Festival); The Djinns of Eidgah, Workshop (The Play Company). AlphaNYC: Oy!, Glee Club. Players Theatre: A Story Conference in Pilot Season, The More Things Change. Workshop Theatre Company: The Medicine Show (Workshop). Film: Price For Freedom. Television: Person of Interest, Deadly Sins. Training: Rutgers University, BFA in Acting; Shakespeare’s Globe in London.

third season (Maria, Twelfth Night; Sir Hugh Evans, Merry Wives) S&Co: Queen/Arviragus (Cymbeline), Trinculo (The Tempest), Nerissa (The Merchant of Venice), Outlaw (The Two Gentlemen of Verona); Regional: Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Margaret (Richard III), LA Phil: Beckett One-Acts. UK: National Theatre: A Laughing Matter; The Permanent Way; She Stoops to Conquer. UK Regional: The Seagull; As You Like It; Brighton Beach Memoirs; Can't Pay? Won't Pay!; Anna Karenina; Orlando. Film: Mente Revolver (Winner of Best Feature at Granada Cines del Sur, Spain, 2018). Numerous BBC TV and Radio. Publications: Acting: The Basics (2018), Facing the Fear: An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright (2016); The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit (2014). Forthcoming: S&Co: Training, Education, Performance with Tina Packer (Routledge, 2020). Training: Russian University of Cinematography, Moscow; PhD from University of Birmingham, UK. Professor of Acting & Directing, University of California, Riverside. Union: AEA & British Equity. 2016 S&Co. Winter Intensive.

First season with S&Co. Dylan grew up performing Shakespeare with his father and brother, and has acted in more plays than he can remember. He has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, performed improv at the Chicago Theater, and busked streets of the Royal Mile at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Recent New York theater credits: Young Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (Titan Theater Company); Kent, Edward II (The Tank); Bill, A Long Goodbye by Tennessee Williams (The Williams Project at Theater Row); Idealism, Rough Draft (Improbable Stage at The Wild Project). Proud alumni of Atlantic Theater Company Acting School (Evening Conservatory, 2015-16).

Founding Member (Founding Artistic Director; Director, Heisenberg) She has directed all of Shakespeare’s plays (some of them several times), acted in eight of them (never when directing) and taught the whole canon at over thirty colleges, including Harvard, M.I.T. and NYU. At Columbia University, she taught in the M.B.A. program for four years, resulting in the publication of Power Plays: Shakespeare’s Lessons in Leadership and Management with Deming Professor John Whitney for Simon and Schuster. For Scholastic, she wrote Tales from Shakespeare, a children’s book and recipient of the Parent’s Gold Medal Award. Most recently Tina’s book Women of Will was published by Knopf and she has been performing Women of Will with Nigel Gore, in New York, Mexico, England, The Hague, China, and across the US. Acting credits include: Shirley Valentine, Molly Ivins, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Mother of the Maid; and Volumnia in Coriolanus. She’s the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Commonwealth Award.