ACTING COMPANY JOE ATACK Le Beau/ Sir Oliver Martext/ Ensemble Joe is delighted to return for his fifth season on the Mainstage. Joe trained at the Arden School of Theatre in the UK. LTSF: Peter Quince and Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Sea Captain, Twelfth Night; Panthino, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Lord Tyrell, Richard III. Other theater credits include: title role, Macbeth; Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing; Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet; Fagin, Oliver!; Johnny the Priest, Anna Christie (NYC); Dr. Spinoza, “Cabbages.” Joe is director of education at LTSF, overseeing all the fantastic education programs including D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare, InterACT (in-school residency program) and Midsummer Camps.
ATLIE GILBERT Audrey/ Ensemble Atlie Gilbert is so excited to make her LTSF debut. Recent credits include: Audrey in As You Like It (Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater), Marilyn Monroe in The Interview: JFK (Civil Rights Opera Project), Phoebe in As You Like It (Muse of Fire),
and Auntie Beatrice in The Frog Prince Continued (Emerald City Theatre). Other highlights: Metropolis, Porchlight Music Theatre, and Redmoon. Atlie holds a BFA in musical theater from the Chicago College Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, frequently improvises with The Murder Mystery Company, and teaches voice at the Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College Chicago.
JEFFREY C. HAWKINS* Oliver/ Ensemble LTSF: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Off-Broadway: Beyond Therapy, Three Men on a Horse, Memorandum, Incident at Vichy. NYC: TACT, ARS NOVA, DramaLeague, Mint, Pecadillo, NY Theatre Ballet. Regional: Mousetrap (REP), Book Club Play (Cincinnati Playhouse), Doubt (Flatrock Playhouse), Fall of Heaven (Rep Theatre STL), Funny… Forum (Great Lakes), Romeo and Juliet (Idaho Shakespeare), Roads that Lead Here (Guthrie), Boeing Boeing (Delaware Theatre Co). Camera: upcoming Wall St. CBS pilot, Elementary, Taxi: Brooklyn, Masters of Sex, Royal Pains, Blue Bloods, Smash, Gifted Man, Big C, Walking
with the Enemy, Across the Universe, most titles for Rockstar Games. Training: PCPA, MFA— University Delaware. Company: TACT, NYC. SAG/AEA/AFTRA @JeffreyCHawkins
Theater in Cleveland, Primary Stages in NYC, the Attic Theatre in Detroit, the Shakespeare Society Theatre in LA, the Kennedy Center, and the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan. Richard is the chair of the Department of Theater Arts at Boise State University. He received his MFA and PhD degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit.
TORSTEN JOHNSON* Orlando Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Richard III and the Shakespearience tour of Much Ado About Nothing. The Guthrie: A Christmas Carol and Hay Fever. American Players Theatre: The Royal Family, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and The Admirable Crichton. 7th House Theater Collective: Cinephilia. Interlochen Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet and Twelfth Night. University of Minnesota: Equivocation, Uncle Vanya and Antony and Cleopatra. Training: BFA, University of Minnesota / Guthrie Theater.
RICHARD KLAUTSCH* Adam/ Corin/ Ensemble Richard has worked with Idaho Shakespeare Festival for 21 years, in such roles as David in The Foreigner, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Salieri in Amadeus, and Brutus in Julius Caesar. Richard has also worked at Boise Contemporary Theater, Great Lakes
JUAN RIVERA LEBRON* Silvius/ Ensemble First season at LTSF. Other credits include: Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown in The Winter’s Tale, Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid at Great Lakes Theater/ Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Wickham in Pride and Prejudice, Florizel in The Winter’s Tale at The Guthrie Theater. Seven seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, selected credits include: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Sylvio in Servant of Two Masters, Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. Best honeymoon ever! Like or follow @ facebook/ juanriveralebron, twitter/ juanlebron.
LORI MCNALLY* Phoebe/ Denise/ Ensemble Lori is pleased to be returning to Tahoe Shakes for a second summer. Selected regional credits include: Denise/ Phoebe/As You Like It/ Idaho Shakespeare, Hermia/A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, Celia/As You Like It/ Southwest Shakespeare, Juliet/Romeo and Juliet/ Saratoga Shakespeare, Wendy/Peter Pan/Dorset Theater Festival. New York credits: Young Blood Series with Ensemble Studio Theater, Angie/ Mail Order Bride (Chuck Mee premiere)/ Beckett Theater, Iris/ La Tempestad/The Ohio Theater. Education: LAMDA / B.A. Cornell University. Thanks to cast, crew and TK for another amazing summer!
DOUGFRED MILLER* Duke Senior/ Duke Frederick/ Ensemble Doug appeared in 2012 as the Duke in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He has played Macbeth and Prince Hal for Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Richard in Richard III and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing for the Tygres Heart Shakespeare
Company, Prospero in The Tempest and the Duke in Measure for Measure at Texas Shakespeare Festival, Versati in The Underpants at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and King Arthur in Spamalot. Doug is a graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware.
BETSY MUGAVERO* Rosalind Lake Tahoe debut! Favorite recent credits include the regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Henry V (the Boy), among others at Utah Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Noises Off! (Brooke) at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero) at Great Lakes Theater; roles at the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festivals. MFA, University of California, Irvine. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Many thanks to her Arden cast and crew and to her family and friends for their support! Love to Q and Hank.
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org 14 | LAKETAHOESHAKESPEARE.COM | SUMMER 2014