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Alison C. Vesely David RiceArtistic Director Executive Director

Adapted by David Rice°, DGAMusic and Lyrics by Michael Keefe° and David Rice°, DGA

Directed byMichael Goldberg°

Scenic Designer Angela Weber Miller°

Lighting DesignerMichael McNamara°USA

Sound DesignerChristopher Kriz°, USA

Costume DesignerRachel Lambert°

Properties DesignerTracie Duncan

Dialect CoachJason K. Martin

Stage ManagerKate Danziger°, AEA

Asst. Stage ManagerJamie K. Fuller

Katie Fecht

First Folio Theatre is in residence at Mayslake Hall on the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook. The Estate is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

This program is provided by First Folio Theatre, a not-for profit organization.

This program made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency).

First Folio Theatre is a member of the League of Chicago Theaters and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

Major Sponsorship Provided By Hinsdale Bank & Trust Co., the Saints, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and the Chase Community Foundation

Opening – June 22, 2013

A N A G E N C Y O FT H E S T A T E O F I L L I N O I S

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CAST ( IN ORDER OF APPEAR ANCE )

Morgan .................................................................................................................................. Ronald Keaton*Cadmus ................................................................................................................................ Ryan CzerwonkoPolydore .......................................................................................................................................... Tyler RichQueen ................................................................................................................................... Lia Mortensen*Posthumus .......................................................................................................................... Matthew KefferImogen ..................................................................................................................................Kate McDermottKing Cymbeline .....................................................................................................................John MilewskiPisania..................................................................................................................................Skyler SchremppCloten .....................................................................................................................................Andrew Behling Cloten’s Servant ..................................................................................................................Michael FerraroPhilario ...................................................................................................................................Tyler ThompsonIachimo ........................................................................................................................ James Earl Jones II*Cornelia, the Wise Woman ................................................................................................. Victoria BladeHelene .........................................................................................................................Kelly Elizabeth BaskinMessenger .................................................................................................................................... Andrew CoilGeneral Lucius ...........................................................................................................................Robert TobinGabriel .......................................................................................................................... James Earl Jones II*Angels ..............................................................Andrew Behling, Ryan Czerwonko, Tyler Thompson Gaoler ......................................................................................................................................... Andrew CoilRebel Soldier ...............................................................................................................................Royen KentValeria, a Soothsayer ............................................................................................................. Kate LoContiEnsemble/Musicians .......................................................... Kelly Elizabeth Baskin, Andrew Behling,

Victoria Blade, Andrew Coil, Lauren Demerath,Michael Ferraro, Royen Kent, Kate LoConti,

Kate McDermott, John Milewski, Tyler Thompson

*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.°Denotes First Folio Artistic Associate

UNDERSTUDIES

Kelly Elizabeth Baskin – Pisania/Cornelia, Victoria Blade – Imogen, Andrew Coil – Cadmus/Polydore, Ryan Czerwonko – Iachimo/Gabriel,

Lauren Demerath – Valeria, Michael Ferraro – Cloten, Royen Kent – Lucius, Kate LoConti – Queen, Tyler Thompson – Posthumus, Robert Tobin – Cymbeline/Morgan

SET TING

The Appalachian Hills of West Virginia, 1863

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

The use of cameras, videotape recorders, or audio recorders during this performance is strictly prohibited by copyright laws.

First Folio Theatre is a professional theatre employing members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

F IRST FOLIO PRODUCTION HISTORY

First Folio has received 3 Joseph Jefferson Awards, 23 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and 2 After Dark Awards

1997-The Tempest1998-A Midsummer Night’s Dream1999-The Taming of the Shrew2000-Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing2001-Macbeth; As You Like It2002-Antigone; Twelfth Night (Jeff Recommendation)2003-The Comedy of Errors2004-Hamlet; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2 Jeff Nominations); Staged Reading Series

(Indoor space premiere)2005-The Importance of Being Earnest (Jeff Nomination); The Taming of the Shrew; A

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court2006-Private Lives (Jeff Nomination); The Tempest; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (Jeff

Nomination)2007-Angel Street (Jeff Recommendation); Richard III (Jeff Nomination); The Madness of

Edgar Allan Poe2008-Jeeves Intervenes (Jeff Nomination); Driving Miss Daisy (2 Jeff Nominations); Much

Ado About Nothing (2 Jeff Nominations, 2 After Dark Awards); The Passion of Dracula2009-Design for Living, A Moon for the Misbegotten (4 Jeff Nominations, 1 Jeff Award),

Macbeth, The Castle of Otranto2010-Jeeves in Bloom (1 Jeff Nomination); Will Rogers: An American Original; Twelfth Night

(2 Jeff Nominations); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe2011-Blithe Spirit (Jeff Nomination); The Woman in Black; Romeo and Juliet (2 Jeff

Nominations); Tea at Five (Jeff Recommendation)2012-Unnecessary Farce (Jeff Recommendation); The Turn of the Screw (2 Jeff Awards); The

Merchant of Venice; Shylock and His Daughter; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe2013-Jeeves Takes a Bow, Underneath the Lintel (Jeff Recommended)

More information can be found at www.firstfolio.org

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE“The Ballad of King Cymbeline” .......................................................................Morgan and Ensemble“Imogen’s Seduction” ....................................................................................................................... Iachimo“Lachimo’s Betrayal” .......................................................................................................................... Iachimo “Arise, My Pretty Flower” ....................................................................................................................Cloten“A Shepherd’s Life” ....................................................................................... Morgan, Cadmus, Polydore

ACT TWO “Fear No More” .............................................................................................. Morgan, Cadmus, Polydore“Oh, Bloody Cloth” .......................................................................................................................Posthumus“The Battle” .......................................................................................................................................Ensemble“When Gabriel Comes” ............................................................................. Gabriel, Posthumus, Angels“The Ballad of King Cymbeline-Reprise” ................................................................................Ensemble

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KELLY ELIZABETH BASKIN (Ensemble) is very excited to make her debut with First Folio! Chicago credits include a staged reading of Julius Caesar (The Foundling’s Theatre Company),

Scarrie the Musical (Hell in a Handbag Productions), Bernarda Alba and Songs for a New World (Columbia College Chicago). Outside of Chicago in Tennessee, Kelly Elizabeth has appeared at the Tucker Theatre, Center for Creative Arts, the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, and Lake Winnepesaukah. She recently completed her BFA in Musica Theater Performance at Columbia College and is currently represented by Ambassador Talent Agents, Inc., DeSanti Talent, Inc., Karen Stavins Enterprises, and Talent Group, Inc. She would like to thank Adam for all of his love and support.

ANDREW BEHLING (Cloten, Angel) returns to First Folio for his third production. He previously appeared at First Folio in Richard III and 50-Minute Midsummer Night’s

Dream. Andrew has also been seen in Inherit the Wind and Richard III (Festival Theatre); Robin Hood in Robin Hood (Theatre Hikes); Nobody and Incident at Vichy (Steep Theatre Co.); The Kentucky Cycle (Infamous Commonwealth); Much Ado, Twelfth Night, Othello, and many others with The Unrehearsed Shakespeare Company of Chicago, where he is a company member. Outside of Chicago, Andrew appeared in Classical Theatre Project of Toronto’s U.S. tour of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Andrew holds his MFA in Acting from Western Illinois University and is Adjunct Faculty at University of St. Francis and Aurora University.

VICTORIA BLADE (Cornelia, Ensemble) is delighted to appear in her first production with First Folio. Previous Chicago credits include: Spoon River Anthology (Provision Theatre),

Crime Scene (Collaboraction), The Chicago Landmark Project (Theatre Seven), Time Stands Still Mandy u/s (Steppenwolf ), lead vocalist in A Holiday Fantasy (Shedd Aquarium) as well as several commercials. Victoria is a 2010 theatre performance graduate of Western Michigan

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SYNOPSIS OF CYMBELINE

Deep in the West Virginia mountains in the midst of the Civil War, Imogen defies her father (the powerful mountain man “King” Cymbeline) by marrying the poor Posthumus. In doing so, she also incurs the wrath of her step-mother (“Queen”) who was scheming for her own son, Cloten, to wed Imogen and become King’s heir.

To escape King’s wrath, Posthumus flees to the North, further enraging King, who is already dealing with the threat of a Union army attacking his mountains to keep him from seceding. As Posthumus languishes in the North, he is manipulated by the wily Iachimo into a foolish bet, with Iachimo claiming that he can prove that Imogen will be faithless to Posthumus. Despite Imogen rebuffing Iachimo’s advances, Iachimo manufactures proof of her supposed infidelity, and convinces Posthumus that he has been cuckolded. In his rage, Posthumus orders Imogen’s death.

With the aid of her servant Pisania, Imogen escapes deep into the mountains, disguised as a young boy named Fidele. There she meets the wise shepherd Morgan, and his two sons Polydore and Cadmus, who offer her comfort, safety, and unconditional love. When the Union army, which now includes Posthumus and Iachimo, enters the mountains to confront Cymbeline, all will be caught up in the whirlwind, and the truth of everyone’s past will come to light…with the help of the Archangel Gabriel.

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University and a School at Steppenwolf graduate. She is also a songwriter, dancer, worship leader, and happy housewife.

ANDREW COIL (Ensemble, Asst. Musical Director) is grateful to be working with First Folio for the first time. He previously appeared as a Bible Belter in The People’s Passion Play (Quest

Theatre Ensemble), one third of The Holiday Fantasea Trio in A Holiday Fantasea (Shedd Aquarium), and as a former member of the Black Ship Co., he played The Guide in Pills, served as Literary Manager, and directed multiple readings of new plays. Before coming to Chicago, he appeared as Rev. Humphrey in See How They Run, Ed in You Can’t Take It with You, and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Monomoy Theatre). Andrew apprenticed at The Walnut St. Theatre, interned at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and graduated with a BFA in Theater Performance from Ohio University. He studied Suzuki violin from early childhood and fiddles around on a number of other string instruments.

RYAN CZERWONKO (Cadwal, Angel) is excited to be appearing in his First Folio debut. Chicago credits: Dozens of Cousins (Trap Door Theatre), Lady M (Side Project), and readings with American

Theater Company, Chicago Madness, and the International Voices Project. Regional credits: Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Livermore Shakespeare); Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet (Orlando Shakespeare); and The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing (Monomoy Theater). He has a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from Ohio University and is represented by Lily’s Talent Agency.

JAMES EARL JONES II (Iachimo, Gabriel) is excited & grateful to be making his First Folio debut! James recently finished Sweet Charity (Writers’ Theatre) & Will you stand up? –

Educating people about mental wellness (Erasing the Distance). His work has garnered Black Theatre Alliance Awards & Black Excellence Awards. Credits include: Dreamgirls, Full Monty (Marriott Theater); Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Lookingglass); Porgy & Bess (Court Theatre, Lyric Opera Chicago & San Francisco Opera); The Wiz – Jeff nomination (Theater at the Center); Aida, Spamalot, Ragtime (Drury Lane Oakbrook Theater); A Civil War Christmas (Northlight Theatre); Annie get your Gun (Ravinia); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway in Chicago & Mason Street Warehouse), Dessa Rose (Appletree Theatre), Aspects of Love, I Pagliacci, On the Town, The Gondoliers, Patience, H.M.S. Pinafore & Pirates of Penzance. You can hear his voice on various commercials! James thanks his family & friends. For Semaje…

LAUREN DEMERATH (Ensemble) is excited to be making her First Folio debut. She has just graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with her bachelor of fine arts

degree and is very grateful to be working. Lauren’s University credits include: The Winter’s Tale (Hermione), Full Circle (Dulle Griet), Cloud Nine (Mrs. Saunders, Ellen, and Lin) and The Time of Your Life (Mary L. and Salvation Army Band). Her Chicago credits include: TUTA Lab series The Jewels (Ensemble/Maiden), and Just Passing By Theatre Company’s productions of The Glass Menagerie (Laura), Cabaret (Sally) and Yellow Light (Gina). Lauren will also be appearing in the Memphis premier of Yellow Light as the character of Ruth this winter.

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Lucky Stiff (THE MUSIC THEATRE COMPANY). More information available at matthewkeffer.com.

ROYEN KENT (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his First Folio debut! He most recently finished a run as Fidele in Death Takes a Holiday with Circle Theatre. He also played Woody in Six Degrees of

Separation with Eclectic Theatre Company and Henrik in Writers’ Theatre’s acclaimed production of A Little Night Music. Other regional productions include Trench Patterns (Clarke/Patrick) with Artemisia Theatre, King Lear (Ensemble, Kent u/s) with Shakespeare by the Sea and Enchanted April (Antony Wilding) with Legacy Productions. Among his performances with Vanguard University, his recent alma mater, are Pride & Prejudice, Souvenir, and the title role in Romeo & Juliet. His next project is with Right Brain Project’s new musical Hammer. This performance is dedicated to friend and mentor Peter Weisenburger. Enjoy the show!

KATE LOCONTI (Ensemble) makes her First Folio debut. Chicago credits include: Measure for Measure (Goodman Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew Parks Tour and Elizabeth Rex (Chicago

Shakespeare Theatre), Burn This, Her Naked Skin and Romeo and Juliet (Shattered Globe Theatre) and As You Like It (Two Pence Theatre Company). Off-Broadway credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, First Look Festival: The Cherry Orchard (Classic Stage Company). Resident credits include: A Christmas Carol (Studio Arena Theatre), Hamlet, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, and The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare in Delaware Park), Blood Wedding, Private Lives, The School for Wives, Arms and the Man, and The Learned Ladies (Irish Classical Theatre Company), and A Few Good Men (The Kavinoky Theatre). Ms.

LoConti holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University, where she received the Bob Hope Fellowship.

KATE MCDERMOTT (Imogen) is delighted to make her first appearance on the First Folio stage with Cymbeline. She most recently appeared as Elvira in Blithe Spirit and Beggit in Bah, Humbug!,

both at Piccolo Theatre. Kate has also performed downstate as Bianca in Othello and Maria in Twelfth Night as part of two seasons at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Kate received her Acting MFA from Illinois State University and is an Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. katemcdermott.net

JOHN MILEWSKI (King Cymbeline) returns to First Folio for his third production with the company. He last appeared as Montague in Romeo and Juliet and as Ratcliffe in Richard III.

John has most recently been seen as Buckingham in Wayward productions 70s biker version of Richard III. Other Chicago credits include Six Degrees of Separation and Candles to the Sun (Eclipse Theater) and as Salieri in Amadeus (Beverly Arts Center).

LIA MORTENSEN (Queen) most recently appeared in Den Theatre’s remount of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, last staged at Steppenwolf 17 years ago with the same cast. Other Chicago credits

include PROVISION: The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Sarah), Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom); GOODMAN THEATRE: Rabbit Hole (Becca); ATC: Big Meal (Best Ensemble-Jeff Award); NORTHLIGHT: Ten Chimneys (Lynn Fontanne), Lady Windermere’s Fan, Sky Girls, and Talley’s Folly (Sally); CHICAGO

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MICHAEL FERRARO (Ensemble) is proud to make his Chicago professional debut here at First Folio! He has performed profes-sionally in Atlanta in Joesph and the Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat (Legacy Theatre) and in Indiana in Grand Night for Singing. BFA Ball State University. Credits include The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Still Life with Iris, and The Circus in Winter.

RONALD KEATON (Morgan) returns to First Folio, having worked in both The Taming Of The Shrew and The Tempest in previous seasons. Mr. Keaton has appeared in various Chicago theatres

– Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre, Drury

Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Theater Wit, and Oak Park Festival Theater, among others. He is an elected representative on the Central Regional Board of Actors Equity Association. He wears many hats in the theatre – actor, writer, singer, director, stage manager, arts advocate. Mr. Keaton debuts the world premiere of his solo play Churchill in September and is the artistic director of the fledgling SoloChicago Theatre, which promotes the creation and development of solo performance “…one actor at a time.”

MATTHEW KEFFER (Posthumus) is pleased to be making his First Folio debut. He will be seen again in August as Noah in The Rainmaker. Recent Chicago credits include Aspects of Love

(THEO UBIQUE); The Spitfire Grill, The Rainmaker (BOHO THEATRE ENSEMBLE); State Street (CITY LIT THEATRE); 48 Hour Musicals,

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MICHAEL GOLDBERG (Director) returns to First Folio where he has directed, choreographed fights & movement and acted for the past 13 years. At First Folio Michael has directed Twelfth Night; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (2012 and 2010 productions). He has directed movement and fight choreography on many of Chicago’s stages including the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Court Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, American Theatre Company, Shattered Globe Theatre, and Wisdom Bridge Theatre. Mr. Goldberg also directed the English touring musical productions of Casper, Spiderman, and The Mask, and was the associate director; fight director and special effects designer for the London West End production of Casper. The past two years, Michael has been a guest artist at NIU, directing productions of The Ascent of F6 and The Caucasian Chalk Cirlce. Chicago acting credits include: King Lear (Goodman Theatre); Kabuki Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Metamorphosis and Hamlet (Lookingglass Theatre); The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Macbeth, The Tempest (First Folio Theatre); Kabuki Macbeth and Ryujin-no Mai (Art Institute of Chicago); Action Movie: The Play and Ubu Raw (Defiant Theatre); The Midnight Circus (The Midnight Circus); The Flight of the Phoenix (American Blues Theatre); and Kabuki Medea (Wisdom Bridge). Regional credits include Achilles: A Kabuki Play (The People’s Light & Theatre Company, Pennsylvania and European tour); Achilles, Ryojin-no-mai (Japan tour). Television credits include Chicago Fire (NBC) and Early Edition (CBS). He has studied Kabuki Theatre and Dance under Shozo Sato (Nakamura Kanzo IV) for over 20 years and has toured Japan and Europe performing in Sato’s Kabuki plays as well as performing solo Kabuki dance.

ALISON C. VESELY (Artistic Director) is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder (with her husband David Rice) of First Folio Theatre where she most recently directed Underneath the Lintel, Jeeves Takes a Bow, and last summer’s The Merchant of Venice and

Shylock and His Daughter. Other First Folio credits include the world premieres of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe, Will Rogers: An American Original and The Castle of Otranto, as well as the Chicago premieres of Jeeves in Bloom, Jeeves Intervenes, and The Passion of Dracula. In 2009, she was nominated for a Jeff Award for her direction of A Moon for the Misbegotten, which was also nominated for Best Production. Other First Folio directing credits on the indoor stage include The Turn of the Screw, Unnecessary Farce, Tea at Five, The Woman in Black and Blithe Spirit. Design for Living, Driving Miss Daisy, Angel Street, Private Lives, A Connecticut Yankee…, and The Importance of Being Earnest. On the outdoor summer stage Alison has directed Richard III, The Tempest (1997 & 2006), The Taming of the Shrew (1999 & 2005), Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Antigone, As You Like It, Macbeth (2001), Much Ado About Nothing (2000), Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1998). Before founding First Folio, Alison was the Classics Project Director for Footsteps Theatre, a women’s theater company specializing in all-female productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Alison worked as the Folio Director and Dramaturge on many productions at Footsteps, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsommer Night’s Dreame, and Macbeth. She also performed in these productions, earning an After Dark Award for the title role in their production of Macbeth. Other directing credits include Twelfth Night (Wayne State Univ.), Richard III (Hilberry Theatre, Detroit), Richard III (Footsteps and Shakespeare’s Herd at the Chicago Cultural Center), Real Human Dialogue, Riders to the Sea, Kiss Me Kate, and Scrooge. Alison has been an adjudicator for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and the Irene Ryan Awards as well as serving a three-year term on the Theater Program Grants Panel for the Illinois Arts Council. She is a proud graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and a member of the Society for Directors and Choreographers.

DAVID RICE (Adaptation, Lyrics) is having the time of his life with this show and thoroughly loving his collaboration with Michael and Michael. He and Michael Keefe previously

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SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: All’s Well That Ends Well (Helena), Measure for Measure (Isabella); STEPPENWOLF: Closer (Anna), Faith Healer (Grace) ; REMMYBUMPO: Night and Day (premiere production); RIVENDELL: Fighting Words ; ORGANIC: Aristocrats; CLASSIC AMERICAN THEATRE: Voice of the Turtle and Glass Menagerie (w/Celeste Holm); NEXT: Well, A Doll’s House (Nora), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) and The Illusion; and several productions at COURT THEATRE. Directing Credits: DEN THEATRE: Bus Stop, Quality of Life. Film credits: Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), Blink. Television credits: Chicago Fire, The Onion, Chicago Code, Family Practice, Early Edition and Missing Persons. She has numerous commercial credits. Lia is an ensemble member of PROVISION THEATRE and THE DEN THEATRE.

TYLER RICH (Polydore) is thrilled to be returning for his second show at First Folio. He last appeared at First Folio in Design for Living. Other Chicago credits include Moritz Stiefel in Spring

Awakening, and Abhorsen in Measure for Measure with Promethean Theatre Ensemble. Regional work includes Twelfth Night, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks/ Schools, and one season with American Players Theatre in Spring Green WI.

SKYLER SCHREMPP (Pisania) is thrilled to be working with First Folio! She has appeared in numerous Chicago area productions including All Rise (Walkabout Theatre), The Crowd You’re In With

(16th Street Theatre), Dream Journal of Dr.

Jekyll (Chicago Mammals), Of Mice and Men and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Oak Park Festival Theatre), and Stage Door (Griffin Theatre). Film credits include Older Children. Skyler is also the artistic director of the Viola Project where she works to empower young women through the plays of Shakespeare.

TYLER THOMPSON (Angel, Soldier, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his First Folio debut. He most recently appeared as Peter in the Austrian fable Peter and Paul in the Land of Nod with

Chicago Folks Operetta, with whom he has also performed in The Circus Princess. Other Chicago credits include Opus 1861 (World Premiere) at City Lit, The Baker’s Wife with Circle Theatre, Feste in Twelfth Night (Janus Theatre), The Miracle Worker (Actor Factor Theatre), and Gifts of the Magi (Bird & Baby Theatre). Love to Mom and Dad, my heroes.

ROBERT TOBIN (General Lucius) is making his first appearance with First Folio. He has recently been seen as Richmond in Richard III (Wayward Productions/Chicago Fusion Theatre); Alan in

God of Carnage and Father Flynn in Doubt (AstonRep Theatre Company); and John in After Miss Julie (Focal Point Theatre Company). Regionally, Robert has been seen in Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar (Colorado Shakespeare Festival) and Macbeth (Utah Shakespearean Festival). Recent Film/Television credits include My Name is Earl, Fall Away, and Lofty Intentions. Robert is also the Artistic Director of AstonRep Theatre Company in Chicago.

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Festival in Columbus, OH as the Designer/Technical Director for their Shakespeare in the Park (2011-12). Before coming to the Chicago area, Ms Duncan worked heavily in and around the Washington, DC area as a set and props designer as well as a scenic artist for numerous venues. Her scenic art and props designs have been seen at the Kennedy Center, on CBS, NBC, and BET. She has also worked for such theatres as Peach State Summer Theatre (Lighting Designer), Playmakers Rep (Props Artisan) and Heritage Rep (Props Master).

KATIE FECHT (Asst. Stage Manager) just finished her Sophomore year at North Central College, and is delighted to be making her professional stage management debut with Cymbeline.. I have Assistant Stage Managed for Sirens, directed by Deborah Harris, and The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Carin Silkaitis. She has also worked as a Properties Designer, Lighting Designer, and Hair, Make-up, and Wardrobe Designer.

JAMIE K. FULLER (Asst. Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on her first production with First Folio. Jamie just completed her first year as an MFA candidate in Stage Management at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her credits there include stage managing The Normal Heart for the Department of Theatre and February Dance for the Department of Dance, as well as assistant stage managing November Dance and Dracula. Other recent credits include stage managing Man of La Mancha for the Putnam County Educational Foundation and directing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] for the Factory Theatre in Greenville, IL.

KYLE KEVIN GETTELMAN (Technical Director) returns to First Folio for his seventh production with the company. He previously served as Technical Director for First Folio’s Underneath the Lintel, Jeeves Takes a Bow, The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe, Merchant of Venice, Turn of the Screw, and Tea at Five. Kyle has also served as Technical Director in Chicago for Silk Road Rising’s Night Over Erzinga and Sideshow Theatre Company’s

Heddatron as part of the 2011 Steppenwolf Theatre Garage Rep, Theories of the Sun, and Everything Freezes: Another Winter’s Tale. Kyle is Technical Director for the Theatre Department at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He holds an MFA in Technical Direction from the University of Virginia and is also a sound designer and audio engineer.

CHRISTOPHER KRIZ (Sound Designer) works nationally as a composer and sound designer and is pleased to be a First Folio artistic associate. Previous designs include The Turn of The Screw (Equity Jeff Award - Best Sound Design), The Woman In Black, The Madness Of Edgar Allan Poe and many others. In Chicago, Chris has designed for companies including Writers Theatre, Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo and Timeline. Some recent Chicago credits include Yellow Moon (Writers Theatre),The Letters (Writers Theatre), The Whipping Man (Northlight Theatre), Homecoming 1972 (Chicago Dramatists), Reverb (Redtwist Theatre) and The City and The City (Lifeline Theatre). Chris has received 9 Joseph Jefferson nominations and 2 awards. Upcoming productions include Mine (The Gift Theatre), 4000 Miles (Northlight Theatre) and Hedda Gabler (Writers Theatre). Chris is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com

RACHEL LAMBERT (Costume Designer) is excited to be joining the First Folio team again. Previous First Folio credits include The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe, Merchant of Venice, and Romeo and Juliet, for which she received a Jeff nomination. Other Chicago credits include Woman in Mind, Ah, Wilderness!, After the Fall, and The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (Eclipse Theatre), Sketchbook 12 (Collaboraction), Salt of the Earth (Ka-Tet) and Peer Gynt (Polarity Ensemble). She has also designed costumes for the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, the Texas Shakespeare Festival and Purdue University.

MICHAEL MCNAMARA (Lighting Design) This is Michael’s eighth lighting design with First

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wrote the music and lyrics for First Folio’s Western version of The Taming of the Shrew. David is Executive Director and Co-Founder (with his wife Alison C. Vesely) of First Folio Theatre where he has produced over 40 productions which have garnered two dozen Jeff Award nominations. This is his third adaptation for First Folio, having previously written The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story (Jeff Nomination) and The Castle of Otranto. He is also adapted Dean Monti’s Why Dogs Don’t Talk for the City Lit Theater’s first Art of Adaptation festival. Onstage he was seen earlier this year as Knuckles McCann in Jeeves Takes a Bow and will appear later this summer as H.C. Curry in The Rainmaker, playing father to his real-life daughter Hayley, making that a capstone to a terrific year. He has worked at numerous other Chicago theaters in the last 30 years, including the Paramount, Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Briar Street, and Candlelight. Trivia lovers may be interested to know that David was a four-time winner on Jeopardy! David is a proud member of both the Dramatists Guild and Actors Equity Association.

MICHAEL KEEFE (Composer, Music Director) has been First Folio’s resident composer from it’s very first production, The Tempest, in 1997. His music has been heard in multiple First Folio shows including Romeo and Juliet (2000), Much Ado About Nothing (2000), Twelfth Night (2002), and The Taming of the Shrew (which included lyrics by David Rice). Michael has recently been seen up and down the East Coast playing and arranging for the Von Trapps, the great grandchildren of Captain Von Trapp. He played for Andrea Bocelli at the All State Arena in December, and will be playing for young singing sensation Jackie Evancho at Symphony Center in January. He was the Music Director/Conductor for Paramount Theatre’s production of Grease and Fiddler on the Roof this past season. He is completing a second Mass setting for his day job – Music Director of Notre Dame Church in Clarendon Hills, Il. 

NOREEN HERON & ASSOCIATES (Press Representative) is a full service PR, Marketing, & Advertising agency. National Tours: The

Singalong Wizard of Oz and the current National Tour of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. Numerous concert engagements at arena theaters representing such artists as Jerry Seinfeld, Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Wynonna Judd, Louis CK, The Beach Boys, Linda Eder, Michael Feinstein, Jewel, and Andre Rieu. Clients have also included Sesame Street Live, the ‘04/’08 Olympic Superstars, the ‘11 Champions Challenge (McEnroe, Bjorg, Agassi), Barney Live!, the Highland Games, and the Harlem Globetrotters. They represent regional theaters including Drury Lane, First Folio Theatre, Marriott Theatre, the Mercury Theater, the Royal George Theatre, Theatre at the Center, and the Wilmette Theatre. Other clients include Hyatt Hotels, Massage Envy, Geja’s Café, and Donley’s Wild West.

KATE DANZIGER (Stage Manager) is excited to return to First Folio for her sixteenth production with the company. Most recently at First Folio she stage managed Underneath the Lintel and Jeeves Takes a Bow. She has also stage managed the summer productions of The Merchant of Venice (2012), Romeo and Juliet (2011), Twelfth Night (2010) and Macbeth (2009) and assistant stage managed The Tempest (2006) and The Taming of the Shrew (2005). Other Chicago credits include Escanaba in da Moonlight and The House of Bernarda Alba (Circle Theatre); Blancaflor (tireswing theatre); Siskel and Ebert Save Chicago (Factory Theater); and Being 11 (Serendipity Theatre Collective). Kate also toured nationally with the world premiere Ralph Lemon dance/multimedia performance piece, How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere? Kate has a MFA in Stage Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is an Artistic Associate at First Folio and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

TRACIE DUNCAN (Properties Designer) is making her debut with First Folio. Most recently, she was the set designer/technical director for Clockwise Theatre’s Cars and Quincenereas. She received her MFA in Theatre Design from the George Washington University. She worked with New Players Theatre

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this season. He recently wrapped the film Day 1 (Skibo Films), and is currently shooting the film Drifted (Boomstick Films). He will next play Henry Higgins in Pygmalion for ShawChicago. He is happily married to Artistic Associate Lydia Berger Gray!

ELSA HILTNER This summer Elsa is designing costumes for Rainmaker (First Folio), the Annual Sketchbook Festival (Collaboraction), and This Is War (Signal Ensemble Theatre). Past First Folio costume design credits include Underneath the Lintel, Jeeves Takes A Bow, Unnecessary Farce; Tea at Five; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story; Jeeves Intervenes; Driving Miss Daisy (Jeff Nominated – Costume Design); Much Ado About Nothing; Design for Living; A Moon for the Misbegotten; Twelfth Night; The Castle of Otranto; and Jeeves in Bloom.

SHELLEY HOLLAND just finished up a busy spring designing both Jeeves and Lintel at FF and Arabian Nights and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot for Homewood Flossmoor High School. Shelley is currently beginning her next show, Godspell, for Theater at the Center, in Munster, IN

CHRISTOPHER JENSEN recently designed the Illinois Theaterfest All-state productions of Into the Woods and Urinetown and is the Technical Director for Maine West High School. His current project is building a scale model of the solar system with his kids, Nadia and Donovan.

MICHAEL KEEFE – See Staff Biography

MELANIE KELLER is spending her summer at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival where she is playing Viola in Twelfth Night, Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer and Blanche in King John. She will be seen later this season in Northlight Theater’s production of Tom Jones and then will return to First Folio in Salvage.

CHRISTOPHER KRIZ – See Staff Biography

RACHEL LAMBERT – See Staff Biography

KEVIN MCKILLIP just finished a run of the musical Barnum at the Mercury Theater and continues on with his clown work for Big Apple Circus and their hospital outreach program. He will be seen in First Folio’s production of Rough Crossing this coming winter.

MICHAEL MCNAMARA – See Staff Biography

ANGELA WEBER MILLER – See Staff Biography.

HAYLEY L. RICE was last seen by First Folio audiences as Nerissa in last summer’s production of The Merchant of Venice. 2012 also saw the first full production by her other artistic home, Focal Point Theatre Company, which produced the Midwest Premiere of After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber. The rest of the year was taken up by one of the most human productions of all - a wedding. Hayley married Scott Leaton on November 10. First Folio audiences will next see Ms. Rice as Lizzy in The Rainmaker later this summer.

RENÉ RUELAS was last seen as Tubal and the Duke in First Folio’s production of The Merchant of Venice. When not over-staying his welcome here in Oak Brook, Rene performs with the comic improvisation troupe Count Spatula at the LOL Theatre in Schaumburg. He’s looking forward to trodding the First Folio boards again next season in Rough Crossing.

NICK SANDYS is Artistic Director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, where he is busy balancing budgets and advertizing the new season. Recently, he choreographed fights for Giulio Cesare at The Metropolitan Opera in NYC and Oklahoma! at Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as directing Persuasion for Chamber Opera Chicago. Next up, he will direct Bedroom Farce for Eclipse Theatre.

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Folio since becoming an Artistic Associate in 2009. Last year he won a Jeff Award for his FF design of A Turn of the Screw. He has worked with numerous Chicago-area theatre companies - his most recent work being Seascape with Remy Bumppo. Michael was Resident Assistant Lighting Designer for eight years with the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He works nationally and internationally with major opera companies as an Associate and Assistant Lighting Designer including San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Pittsburgh, Covent Garden (London), the Canadian Opera Company and the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. He was recently promoted to Associate Professor at Purdue University. Michael is a member of United Scenic Artists Local USA-829.

JASON K. MARTIN (Sound Designer) is delighted to work with First Folio again, having coached dialect for the Jeff-nominated Underneath the Lintel. He is Assistant Professor in the department of Theatre and Music at UIC and teaches voice, speech, dialects, and acting. He has coached text/voice/dialect for Twelfth Night, Rough Crossing, Black Comedy, Low Pay/Don’t Pay, Six Dead Queens, and Blithe Spirit at Piccolo Theatre in Evanston. He has also coached dialects for Shattered Globe, Silk Road, Red Tape, National Pastime, and the Goodman. He was last on stage as Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit (Piccolo Theatre), where he also played Egeon and Balthazar in The Comedy of Errors.

ANGELA WEBER MILLER (Scenic Design) Ms. Miller’s most recent First Folio designs include Underneath the Lintel, Jeeves Takes A Bow, The Merchant of Venice, Unnecessary Farce, Tea at Five, Romeo and Juliet, The Woman in Black and Blithe Spirit. Previous First Folio credits include Will Rogers An American Original, Jeeves in Bloom, The Castle of Otranto, Macbeth, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Passion of Dracula, the 2007 remount, as well as the original premiere of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story, Jeeves Intervenes and Driving Miss Daisy, Angel Street, and The Tempest. Other recent work includes Seascape at Remy Bumppo, A Class Act at Porchlight Music Theatre, and Making God Laugh at Theatre at the Center, where her credits also include Jolson & Company, Over the River and Through the Woods (later adapted for the Mercury Theatre), A Christmas Story, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, High Society, Gigi, and Little Shop of Horrors. Additional credits include High Fidelity at Piper’s Alley for Route 66 Theatre Company, Five Guys Named Moe, and And the World Goes Round at Drury Lane Evergreen Park; His Way, A Tribute to the Man and His Music at the Mercury Theatre and at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts; and Rose-Marie and Yeoman of the Guard for Light Opera Works. Angie was a designer at Chicago Scenic Studios for six years where she designed exhibits, corporate scenery, television and video sets, and special events until “retiring” to expand her family. Coming up are Godspell at Theatre at the Center and Cabaret for Light Opera Works. She looks forward to next season here at First Folio starting with The Rainmaker.

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LYDIA BERGER GRAY was last seen at First Folio as Vivienne Duckworth in Jeeves Takes a Bow and as Lisa in Collected Stories, as well as originating the role of Vivienne in their world premier of Jeeves Takes a Bow at Artists’ Ensemble. Lydia and fellow artistic associate, Christian Gray, are celebrating their first wedding anniversary this Summer.

KATE DANZIGER – See Staff Biography

KYLE GETTELMAN – See Staff Biography

MICHAEL F. GOLDBERG – See Staff Biography

CHRISTIAN GRAY played Edgar Allan Poe in The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe and Bertie Wooster in Jeeves Takes a Bow for First Folio

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