A Midsummer Night's Dream

S&Co: Knightley (Emma), Don Bowman (The Waverly Gallery), Wickham (Pride & Prejudice), Berowne (Love’s Labor’s Lost), Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Romeo (Romeo & Juliet); GhostLit Rep: Tommy McCorkle (Pterodactyls), Antonio (The Tempest); WAM Theatre: Calvin (REALLY); 13th Street Rep: Prudblood (Waste, Fraud and Abuse). Other credits include: Tartuffe (Tartuffe), Emcee (Cabaret), Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors). David holds a BA from Clark University, and is a proud alumnus of S&Co’s Education and Training programs.

S&Co: Rosaline, Love's Labor's Lost; Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Elaria, The Emperor of the Moon; Katharine/Boy, Henry V; Northeast Regional Tours of Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth; Celie, Les Faux Pas; Ensemble, King Lear; Columbina, The Venetian Twins; SLaW. Caroline teaches in S&Co's Education Program and has directed in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, 2011-18. BA: Brown University. Other training: NTI, SITI Company.

thirty-second season. A Company member since 1982, Jon has played more than 70 roles in over 60 plays at Shakespeare & Company, including: Michael (God of Carnage), Uncle Billy/Old Man Potter (It’s a Wonderful Life); Pistol/French King, (Henry V); John of Gaunt, (Richard II); Gloucester, (King Lear); Morris, (Kaufman’s Barbershop); Dr. Watson, (The Hound of the Baskervilles.) Directing credits with the Company include The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard III, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Twelfth Night, The Real Inspector Hound, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The 39 Steps, Julius Caesar, Private Eyes, Romeo & Juliet, and Scapin. Additionally, Jon has created and directed numerous Northeast Regional Tour productions, worked with Shakespeare in the Courts, the Summer Training Institute, and our Young Companies.

first season (Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream ) S&Co: Mercutio, Lord Capulet Romeo & Juliet (2017 Northeast Regional Tour). NYC: Trigorin ( Stupid Fu**ing Bird, NYC premiere), R ( R+J, NYC premiere), Adam ( North to Maine, NYC premiere) Regional: Chicago ( Is He Dead? Greenbrier Valley Theater), Laertes ( Hamlet, Shakespearience). Tim received a BA in theatre from Binghamton University and would like to thank Malka for her support. timdowd.com

fifth season (Holofernes, Love’s Labor’s Lost; Riotous Youth Faculty) S&Co: Egeus (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Doctor (Emperor of the Moon); Frank (Private Eyes); Shakespeare & the Language that Shaped a World (2016-2018); Fall Festival of Shakespeare Director (2013- 2017). Regional: Dionyza, Pericles; Mistress Ford, Merry Wives of Windsor; Lady Capulet, Romeo & Juliet; Biondello, Taming of the Shrew; multiple roles, Julius Caesar; multiple roles, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears; Alice, Iris; Sandrine/Gayle/Hope, Almost, Maine; Cinderella’s Mother, Into the Woods; White Rabbit/Doormouse, Wonderland. BA in Drama: University of WA.

Rory is pleased to be back at her home S&Co. Last summer she played The Princess of France in Love’s Labours Lost. In 2016 she was Kacie in Ugly Lies the Bone. NY credits: Pericles (SoHo Rep), Measure for Measure, Bachelorette (Circle in the Square), Where’s My Money (Cherry Lane Theatre), and The Scarlet Letter. Berkshires credits: Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taming of the Shrew; King John, Richard III, Merry Wives of Windsor, Off the Map, Much Ado about Nothing, Merchant of Venice, Dibble Dance, Autres Temp, Xingu, and Summer. Actor Training: S&Co starting with Young Company, eventually becoming a member of the Summer Performing Institute (SPI). A graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC, and a Founding Member of Animus Theatre Company (New York City). animustheatre.org.

S&Co: Costard, (Love’s Labor’s Lost), Lysander/Flute, (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Paris/Prince/Gregory, (Romeo & Juliet), Hamlet/Decius Brutus (I Have Had a Most Rare Vision), Boris (St. Petersburg: 1913, Winter Studio Festival of Plays), Gerald (Marcus is walking, Joan Ackermann: One Playwright, One Weekend) Ensemble, (Shakespeare & The Language that Shaped a World). Advice to the Players: Duke Vincentio, (Measure for Measure), Lucentio (The Taming of the Shrew). Aglet Theater Company: Tom (These Shining Lives). Hampshire Shakespeare Co: Cinna (Julius Caesar). UMass Theater Department: Dwight (Dead Man’s Cell Phone), Roland (Constellations), Van (Dog Sees God), Stephano/Ensemble (The Merchant of Venice). Luke graduated from UMass Amherst in 2015 with a double major in Theater and Communication, where he acted in many performances and composed original music for productions of The Merchant of Venice and Romeo & Juliet. In 2019 he was nominated for Best Actor in a Play by the New Hampshire Theater Alliance for his portrayal of the Duke in Measure for Measure. He is currently workshopping his play A Midsummer Night’s Nightmare, a spooky adaptation of the Shakespeare classic. Luke has worked for the education department at Shake& Co for the last few years, and is thrilled to be returning to the stage for this delightful holiday show.

first season (Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream ). S&Co: Juliet, Romeo & Juliet ; Hermia/Starveling, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Regional: Eurydice, Eurydice ; Ophelia, Hamlet ; Woman, 39 Steps ; Wendy, Peter Pan ; Cecily, Importance of Being Earnest ; Annie Sullivan, Miracle Worker ; Debbie, Real Thing ; Teenage Greek Chorus,How I Learned to Drive. Kate is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, as well as NJ Rep. She holds a BFA from Rutgers University, was in residency at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, and volunteers in maximum security prisons in New York State with Rehabilitation Through the Arts. ladykenney.com

(third season) S&Co: Lord 2 and Assistant Stage Manager, Hamlet; Porter and Assistant Stage Manager, The Servant of Two Masters. Training: Shakespeare and Company, Moscow Art Theater Semester, NTI Movement Intensive, BA in Theater Arts from Carleton College.

eighth season (Grumio/Widow, Taming of the Shrew; Riotous Youth Faculty) S&Co NE Regional Tour: Gertrude/Gravedigger, Hamlet; Baptista/Grumio/Widow, Taming of the Shrew; Emilia/Roderigo, Othello; Helena/Quince, Midsummer. Other S&Co: Hippolyta/Snug, Midsummer; Mopsophil, Emperor of the Moon; Smeraldina, The Servant of Two Masters; Elmire, Tartuffe; Pisanio, Cymbeline. Has proudly been an Education Artist with S&Co since 2012, as a Director in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare and additional residencies throughout the year.

S&Co: Ensemble: Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World, Marianne Dashwood: Sense & Sensibility; Robert Shallow/Bardolph: Merry Wives; Elizabeth Bennet: Pride & Prejudice; Longaville/Jaquenetta, Love’s Labor’s Lost; Elizabeth Darcy, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly; Helena/Cobweb, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; S&Co Regional Tour: Lady Capulet/ Benvolio, Romeo & Juliet; The Humanist Project: Lavinia, Titus Andronicus. Madeleine is proud of her work as an education artist in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, and Shakespeare & Young Company. She completed the 2 year professional course at L’École Internationale de Théatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has studied at The Second City in Chicago.

S&Co: Theseus, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Dumaine, Love's Labor's Lost; Lucentio, The Taming of the Shrew, Ensemble, I Have had a Most Rare Vision; Ronald Drayton, Autumn (reading), Roger Peterson, Kernel of Sanity (reading), Mr. Woodhouse, Emma (reading). S&Co Regional Tour: Angelo, The Comedy of Errors, Duncan, Macbeth. Devante is also an Education Artist at Shakespeare & Company and a recent graduate from Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, where they earned a BFA with a concentration in Acting.

seventh season (Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream ). S&Co: Tybalt/Friar Laurence ( Romeo & Juliet ), Malcolm/Witch/Murderer ( Macbeth ), Lelio (The Venetian Twins); Thomas has worked behind the scenes in over 50 S&Co. productions in a dozen job titles including Scenic Designer (Cindy Bella), Scenic Charge (2012 Season), Props Artisan, and Education Artist. He is proudest of his work on six Fall Festivals as a production designer.

S&Co: Don Armado Love's Labor's Lost, Demetruis A Midsummer Night's Dream. Tom is currently studying theater at UMass Amherst. Tom grew up in the Berkshires and has spent time training at Shakespeare & Company and has been an active part of the Berkshire’s theater community. In 2015, Tom was Gregory in Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Tom is excited to be returning to Shakespeare & Company for their 2018 summer season.

first season (Flute, A Midsummer Night’s Dream).

third season. S&Co: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Starveling, Philostrate), Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World, Emperor of the Moon (Dara, Cupid). Regional: The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Young Playwrights Festival. Dara has four times directed in Shakespeare & Company’s Fall Festival of Shakespeare, and twice in Albany High School’s Promising Playwrights Festival. She has taught in school residencies through S&Co, Capital Repertory Theatre, and Proctors. Dara is a graduate of The National Theater Institute (2011), Skidmore College’s Theater Department (2013), and Shakespeare & Company’s Fall Conservatory (2013). Dara would like to give her boundless thanks and love to her infinitely supportive and loving parents and husband. She also sends wishes to the teachers before her who have shown her the way.