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Actor – A Rock Sails By, Blithe Spirit

Janet joyfully makes her Peninsula Players Theatre debut. Based in Chicago, most recent (post-Covid) credits include The Cherry Orchard (Goodman Theatre); Murder On The Orient Express and Steel Magnolias (Drury Lane Theatre); Steel Magnolias (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); At The Wedding (Theatre Squared, Fayetteville, Arkansas). Pre-Covid: The Children (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Plantation (Lookingglass Theatre), Tiny Beautiful Things, Pipeline, Native Gardens (Victory Gardens Biograph), Vanya Sonya Masha & Spike, 2666, The Seagull (Goodman Theatre); 15 productions with TimeLine Theatre Company where she is a company member, including Master Class (Jeff Award, Principal Actor). Films: “Divergent,” “Conviction,” “One Small Hitch.” TV: “Work In Progress,” “Fargo,” “Sense8,” “Proven Innocent,” “Boss,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med” and “Chicago Justice.” Janet is represented by Gray Talent Group.

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Actor – A Rock Sails By, Blithe Spirit

Peninsula Players Theatre: The Rainmaker, Talley’s Folly, Peter and the Starcatcher (Black Stache), Sunday in the Park with George (George), Doubt (Father Flynn) and Cabaret (Emcee). Off-Broadway: Rose Rage at The Duke on 42nd. Regional: Damn Yankees (Applegate) at Marriott Theatre; Intimate Apparel at Northlight Theatre; Matilda (Miss Trunchbull) at Drury Lane; Twelfth Night (Malvolio) at Writers Theatre; 2666 at Goodman Theatre and work at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Court Theatre, Theatre at the Center, Timeline Theatre Company, Porchlight Music Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre, About Face Theatre, Intiman Theatre and The Old Globe Theatre. TV: Antoon Dumini in “Fargo” (FX), “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago PD” (NBC). Film: “The Merry Gentleman” directed by Michael Keaton. Sean has received nine Joseph Jefferson Award nominations and an After Dark Award.

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Actor – Blithe Spirit, Dames at Sea

Heidi last appeared at Peninsula Players Theatre in The Taffetas in 2003! Nessa in Wicked (Broadway In Chicago), as well as work with Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Northlight Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Writers Theatre, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Court Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Theatre At The Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Fulton Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, American Theater Company, The Hangar Theatre and TheatreWorks. National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Film and television: “Man Of Steel,” “Chicago Fire” and “Cupid.” Joseph Jefferson Award, nine Jeff nominations, Sarah Siddons’ Chicago Leading Lady Award, After Dark Award, Richard M. Kneeland Award and two Broadway World Awards. Heidi has a Karen Carpenter Concert through Artists’ Lounge Live.

Actor – A Rock Sails By, Blithe Spirit

Rebecca is delighted to be making her Peninsula Players Theatre debut! Off-Broadway: Boswell (59E59 Theater). Favorite Chicago credits include Relentless (TimeLine Theatre Company/Goodman Theatre), An Enemy of the People (Goodman Theatre), Hello, Dolly!, Something Rotten! (Marriott Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Drury Lane Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest (Writers Theatre) and Short Shakes! Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Regionally, she has worked with the Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and American Players Theatre, among others. Television credits include: “Next” (FOX) and “Chicago P.D” (NBC). She holds a BFA in acting from the University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater and is a private acting coach for teens and young adults. @thehurdstudio

Heloise was the eldest daughter of Rodion and Caroline Fisher Rathbone, who owned and operated the theater until 1960. While Caroline operated the theater, Rodion flew to and from Rome or Paris as a TWA pilot. Heloise attended school in Fish Creek when her parents were in Door County and took piano lessons with Mrs. Uno Nyman at Silver Poplar in Ellison Bay. Heloise performed in a few shows, including Happy Times and Teahouse of the August Moon with Harvey Korman. But the stage was not her calling; Heloise was drawn to music. She attended Kenosha’s Kemper Hall, was a member of the Junior Schubert Club while attending, gave recitals at Silver Poplar and Kemper, and continued to play piano throughout her life.

In 1959, at the age of 17, Heloise was called upon to step in for her ill mother and run the theater. With grit and determination, she arrived with her younger brother via the bus from Chicago to break into locked buildings and open the theater with $72.16 she found in change in a coffee can. In adulthood, Heloise settled into a quiet life of teaching in Brooklyn, and, in 1987, helped found a soup kitchen for the less fortunate in her neighborhood. In 2008, she spoke to The Baker Street Irregulars Trust’s dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 154th birthday about her grandfather Basil Rathbone and what it was like to be part of the Rathbone family. A few years ago, she retired from teaching at Grace Church School, the oldest preschool in Brooklyn. Heloise quietly passed away earlier this year in California, and we extend our deepest condolences to her daughter Dounia and the entire family. She was preceded in death by her parents Caroline, in 1985, and Rodion, in 1996. Heloise is survived by her siblings Grace (Dounia) Clearsen and Richard Rodion Rathbone.

Actor – Blithe Spirit, Dames at Sea

Peninsula Players Theatre credits: The Fully Monty (Ethan) and Peter and the Starcatcher (Mrs. Bumbrake). Chicago credits: Beauty and the Beast (Paramount Theater, Jeff Nomination - Actor in a Supporting Role); Boys in the Band (Windy City Playhouse); Ride the Cyclone, Seussical, Short Shakes! The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Matilda, Spamalot (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady (Lyric Opera); Singin' in the Rain, A Christmas Story, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Marriott Theatre); Avenue Q, Bunny Bunny (Mercury Theater). Regional: Dad's Season Tickets at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, First Stage. Touring: The Realish Housewives (Second City). Film: "Christmas is Canceled." TV: "Paper Girls," "Chicago PD," "Sirens." Education: Northwestern University, The School at Steppenwolf.

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Actor – Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Allen has played many iconic roles: Othello, Cyrano, Iago, Ichabod Crane, Jaques, Ebenezer Scrooge, Brutus, Aaron the Moor and many more. This summer, he created the title role of Malvolio in the world premiere of that play with the Classical Theatre of Harlem in New York. He is a proud Congo Square Theatre Company ensemble member, a 2015 LuntFontanne Fellow, a 2015 3Arts Prize awardee, and a 2019 Nicholas Rudall Prize recipient. Allen is a United States Army Infantry veteran originally from Houston and trained at the Stella Adler Studio through New York University/Tisch School of the Arts. He has performed on stage across the United States, Canada and Europe. He is thrilled to debut at Peninsula Players Theatre in this Bucket List role of Sherlock Holmes.

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Peninsula Players Theatre credits: Colonel Jessup, A Few Good Men; Alan, Opus; Waldgrave The Nerd; and Bingham The Fox on the Fairway. He is a founding company member and 17-year veteran of American Players Theatre, an 11-year company member of Resident Ensemble Players and a 20-year company member of Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater, Kansas City Rep, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Madison Rep and Westport Country Playhouse. Lead roles range from kings to miscreants including King Lear, Macbeth, Cyrano, Vince Lombardi, Poirot, John Barrymore, Scrooge, Marley and Harry Roat in Wait Until Dark. Off-Broadway: Sir Toby Twelfth Night (Theatre for a New Audience). International: Rodrigues in Silence (DARTSTokyo, Japan. US & Japan tour). Lunt-Fontanne Fellow/Ten Chimneys; Minerva Laureate/Wisconsin Academy of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

Actor – Blithe Spirit, Dames at Sea

Maya is thrilled to be making her Peninsula Players Theatre debut!

Chicago credits: Sound of Music, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Marriott Theatre), Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (Northlight Theatre). Additional credits: Into the Woods (Leavenworth Summer Theater), The Pajama Game (Rising Star Project at The 5th Avenue Theatre), A Christmas Carol (ACT Theatre), and Billy Elliot (Village Theatre). She is a Seattle native and recently graduated with her BFA in musical theatre from Indiana University. Maya is represented by Stewart Talent. www.maya-mcqueen.com

Actor – A Rock Sails By, Blithe Spirit

Sadieh Rifai is an ensemble member at A Red Orchid Theatre, where she performed in Do You Feel Anger, An Evening at the Talk House and the world premiere of Grey House. Her credits include Short Shakes Macbeth, the world premiere of The Humans (Jeff Award nomination for Best Ensemble) at American Theatre Company along with The Amish Project, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (co-production with About Face Theatre), Columbinus and Speech and Debate (After Dark Award for Outstanding Performance). Film: “The Wise Kids,” "Nate and Margaret” and “Olympia.” TV: “Chicago Med,” Netflix’s “Easy,” CBS “The Red Line,” Amazon's “Patriot” (recurring role of Mahtma El-Mashad), and Apple TV’s “The Shining Girls” (recurring role of Lakshmi Awad). Sadieh is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf and received the Princess Grace Award in 2011.

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Stage Manager – A Rock Sails By, Dames at Sea

Assistant Stage Manager – Blithe Spirit, Trying

Kimberly is thrilled to return to Peninsula Players Theatre for her third season! Her regional credits include work with Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Tuacahn Center of the Arts, Door Shakespeare and The Juilliard School. Broadway credits include Curtains. Off-Broadway credits include Bill W. And Dr. Bob, How to Save the World, and John Ferguson.

Stage Manager – Blithe Spirit, Trying Assistant Stage Manager – A Rock Sails By, Dames at Sea

Kaitlin is over the moon to be returning to Peninsula Players Theatre for a fifth season. Regional theatre credits include Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Resident Ensemble Players, Lake Dillon Theatre Company and Nebraska Shakespeare. Love and be Loved.

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