Heart of America Shakespeare Festival 2019

The Heart of America

Shakespeare InLove SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Production of

JUNE 11 - JULY 7, 2019 FREE LIVE OUTDOOR THEATRE TUESDAY - SUNDAY, 8:00 pm SOUTHMORELAND PARK

No Show July 4 Show Monday, July 1 kcshakes.org

Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Music by Paddy Cunneen Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod Shakespeare in Love is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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Major Sponsors Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation R.C. Kemper, Jr. Charitable Trust and Foundation Sunderland Foundation Theater League / Mark Edelman Erik and Beverly Elving John C. Griswold Family Foundation Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Jr. Donor Advisory Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Dr. Scott and Bernadette Ashcraft

Message from Executive Artistic Director, Sidonie Garrett

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hank you for being with us for our 27 th season in Southmoreland Park. This year is special for two reasons; we are remembering our Founder and Muse, Marilyn Strauss and dedicating our season production to her memory and we have expanded our season to reach more people and share the wonders of storytelling in Southmoreland Park with our community. Because of Marilyn, we expanded our mission to include not only the works of Shakespeare, but also Shakespeare-inspired works. And although she can’t be with us to see it come to fruition, this year’s story about Elizabethan theatre, the Queen, actors and managers all combined in an imagined story about Shakespeare’s life was certainly something she was eager for us to share. In the future, Shakespeare’s works shall continue to be the core stories that we will choose to tell – after all he’s the greatest playwright in the English language!

And yet, we will continue to be inspired by our adventurous Founder and find times throughout the year and other venues to tell stories that the Bard of Avon inspired; all to increase an appreciation for and understanding of his plays. Tonight, enjoy this story which includes “comedy, love and a bit with a dog.”

Missouri Arts Council Francis Family Foundation McMeel Family Foundation Curry Family Foundation William T. Kemper Foundation Edward P. Milbank Robb & Robb LLC Charitable Foundation / Gary C. Robb and Anita Porte Robb Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts Peter G. & Elizabeth Torosian Foundation

Remembering Our Beloved Founder, Marilyn Strauss

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Kansas City native, Marilyn was truly a force of nature – not only in how she lived her life, but in how her grit and determination created and built the Shakespeare Festival into what it is today. An accomplished former Broadway producer and lecturer on American plays, she returned to Kansas City in 1990 and – at the urging of her friend, legendary producer Joseph Papp – set out to create the only Shakespeare Festival in a three-state area.

Twenty-seven years later, Marilyn’s dream is still alive and prospering. It is her legacy to this great city, and for that we all owe her a debt of gratitude.

Marilyn’s favorite Shakespeare play was A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We will build upon her vision and her dream. We will miss her light.

“I have had a most rare vision. I had a dream…” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act IV, sc. 1

Nightly Schedule 6:00 PM: Gates Open 6:00 PM through Intermission: Food and drink available from Festival vendors 6:30 PM: Parody presented by Team Shakespeare 7:00 PM: Show Talk 7:15 PM: Parody presented by Team Shakespeare 8:00 PM: Shakespeare in Love performance

Food and drink available from Festival vendors through intermission, including grilled hamburgers, alongside some British Isle inspired dishes from Roots KC, refreshing shaved ice from Tropical Sno, fresh and delicious kettle corn from Butterfluff Popcorn and beer and wine from Embrace the Grape.

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Celebrate Another Stunning New Season KELLI O’HARA

Join the Harriman-Jewell Series for its 2019–2020 season of performances held at landmark venues in downtown Kansas City.

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Shakespeare in Love Synopsis

ill Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not only has sold his next play to two different producers but now faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing his next masterpiece. He is in search of a muse, but all attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps. She loves the theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage but is forbidden from doing so

as only men can be actors. Viola is also a great admirer of Shakespeare’s works. Dressing as a man by the name of Thomas Kent, she auditions and is ideal for a part in his next play. Shakespeare soon sees through her disguise and they begin a love affair, one they know cannot end happily as he is already married and she has been promised to the artistocrat, Lord Wessex. As the company rehearses his new play, Will and Viola’s love is transferred to the written page leading to the masterpiece that is Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare in Love Cast On the Bacchus Shakespeare Stage

Will Shakespeare ......................................... Matt Schwader* Viola DeLesseps ......................................... Hillary Clemens* Henslowe .............................................. John Rensenhouse* Fennyman .......................................................Bruce Roach* Burbage ......................................................... Matt Rapport* Lord Wessex .....................................................Todd Lanker* Queen Elizabeth ..................................................Jan Rogge* Nurse ..................................................... Cinnamon Schultz* Ralph/Valentine/Nurse in R&J ......................... Justin Barron* Marlowe ......................................................... Cody Proctor* Ned Alleyn .................................................. Matt Williamson Mistress Quickly, Kate ........................................... Ellen Kirk Tilney, Caitling ................................................Collin Vorbeck Robin, Lady Capulet, Guard ..........................Joshua Gleeson

John Webster.................................................. Paolo Laskero Sam....................................................................R.H. Wilhoit Sir Robert DeLesseps and Lambert ............ Martin Buchanan Peter, Tybalt, Musician ..................... Keenan Manuel Ramos Nol, Benvolio, Samson ......................................Petey McGee Singer, Barman, Guard, Heavy ....................Matt McAndrews Guard, Waiter, Priest, Heavy .......................... James Kemper Wabash, Boatman, Musician ...................... Kristopher Stoker Frees, Abraham, Servingman .............................Jerry Manan Adam, Gregory ................................................. Jake Golliher Molly, Queen Elizabeth Attendant, Dancer .......Marisa Tejeda Musician, Dancer................................... Marianne McKenzie Queen Elizabeth Attendant, Dancer .......... Haddy Wilczewski

*denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

Costume construction provided by Kansas City Costume Company, Inc.

The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Wigs provided by Designer Wig Studio. Wig stylist Alison Mizerski Hanks.

A Past Production Evan Cleaver and Anthony Vaughn Merchant in Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s 2007 production of Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Brian Collins.

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Heart of America Shakespeare Festival Board of Directors Officers

Creative Team Sidonie Garrett............................... Director Ward Everhart.................... Resident Lighting Designer/Production Manager

Patricia Davison.............. Co-President

Gene Emerson Friedman............. Resident Scenic Designer

TJ Lynn........................... Co-President

Mary Traylor.......Resident Costume Designer

Scott Ashcraft, MD........ Vice President

Greg Mackender..........Resident Composer/ Music Director

Michael Cline....................... Treasurer Gabe Egli..............................Secretary

Jeffrey Keirsey................. Sound Designer Kaleb Krahn.................. Technical Director

Tracy Terstriep*........... Period Movement & Dance Choreographer Lee O Barker....................... Props Master Afton Earp*......... Production Stage Manager *denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Lisa Wendelburg.......... VP of Education Linda Word......Immediate Past President Dan Bukovac..................Past President

Production, Education & Site Personnel 2019

Shirley Bush Helzberg....Past President Don Dagenais.................Past President R. Crosby Kemper III......Past President Directors Bernadette Ashcraft Chris Bannister Barb Bloch Mary Earls Bev Elving Paul Gutierrez Allan S. Gray II Tom Mentzer Bryan Palmer Susan Porter, MD Cindy Pratt-Stokes Kelly Privitera Mike Smoots, J.D. Anna Marie Tutera Blake Wendelburg Bill Yé Shakespeare Advisory Board Karen Holland Carol Kane John Kornitzer Lauren Muriel-Marion LaPointe Sherrill Mulhern Joe Privitera Anita Porte Robb Paul Uhlmann III 6|

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Stage Management Afton Earp*—Production Stage Manager Colin Fowler—Assistant Stage Manager Joy Covington—Production Assistant Emma Dodge—Production Assistant Elinor Zugazagoitia—Stage Management

Apprentice Olivia Lesley—Assistant to the Director Sound Crew Greg Mackender – Resident Composer Jeff Keirsey – Sound Designer Miles Mosher – Sound Engineer (A1) Stephen Jarvis – Sound Engineer (A2) Grant Mackender – Sound Engineer Scenic Production Crew Kaleb Krahn – Technical Director Sarah Reed—Assistant Scenic Designer/ Charge Scenic Artist Charlie Kaluenberg—Scenic Artist Frederick Vorder-Bruegge—Scenic Artist Laura Berkhardt—Scenic Artist Kenneth England—Carpenter Shawn Murphy—Carpenter Charlie Weitkamp—Carpenter Adam Terry—Carpenter Zach Kuhl—Stage Carpenter Hunter Andrews—Stage Carpenter Kenneth England—Stage Carpenter Lighting Crew Zoe Spangler – Master Electrician Willow Hardman – Lighting Intern Christine Kraus – Lighting Intern Costumes Running Crew Jon Fulton Adams—Wardrobe Master Katie Cohen—Wardrobe Intern Kate Heimonen—Wardrobe Intern Sarah Coupland—Wardrobe Apprentice

Education Staff Matt Rapport – Director of Education Sarah Cooper – Education Associate Teaching Artists Kristopher Stoker, Marianne McKenzie, Elizabeth Bettendorf Bowman, Ahafia Jurkiewicz-Miles, Collin Vorbeck, Matthew McAndrews, Dawn Youngs, Justin Barron, Jake Golliher Teaching Apprentices James Hobbs, Erica Scassellati, Erin Viets Education Interns Hannah Fulhage, Skylar Penyweit, Tyler MacSweeney, Adrianna Wendel Student Interns Kate Nash, Aliyah Pullin, Iris Church Administrative/Site Staff Olyvia Anothayanontha – Administrative Intern Alexander Fortune – Administrative Intern Annalee Dorsey – Park Intern Courtney Klein – Park Intern Bethany Vermillion – Park/Office Crossover

Intern House / Site Managers Allison Nissley, Patrick Peterson Parody Performers Team Shakespeare members directed

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Who’s Who in the Acting Company Matt Schwader* (Will Shakespeare) is the luckiest guy in the world. He’s performed alongside Hillary Clemens in multiple productions; as Rosalind and Orlando in As You Like It (American Players Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Daisy and Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and Gloria and Bernard in Boeing Boeing (Indiana Repertory Theatre), Mr. & Mrs. Fred in A Christmas Carol (ACT in Seattle), title roles in Romeo & Juliet (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival), and Ophelia and Laertes in Hamlet (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). The two share a couple of marvelous children, who are being raised to be anesthesiologists or astrophysicists. Matt has also worked in television, radio, and theatres across the globe. He’s currently Asst.

Professor of Theatre, Director of Performance Studies for Avila University, and is a proud member of the Kansas City theatre community.

Hillary Clemens* (Viola DeLesseps) was last seen at HASF as Ophelia in Hamlet and recently played Sally in A Lie of the Mind at Kansas City Actors Theatre. In Chicago and elsewhere, she has worked with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Court Theatre, Writers’ Theatre, The Gift Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, ACT Seattle, Asolo Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. She is so lucky to share the stage, her life, and two babies with Matt Schwader. Next up: Nora in A Doll’s House at KCAT. John Rensenhouse* (Henslowe) is delighted to be a part of HASF again this summer. His previous appearances have included a smoking hot Ghost in the latest production of Hamlet, Lear in King Lear, Oberon in Midsummer Nights Dream, Antony in Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth in Macbeth, Duke Senior in As You Like It, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing and Berowne in Love’s Labor’s Lost. Mr. Rensenhouse is Kansas City born and bred, having attended Hocker Grove Junior High School and Shawnee Mission Northwest. He has performed major roles at some of the largest Shakespeare Festivals in the country, including those in Oregon, Alabama, Utah and St. Louis. He toured nationally with the Broadway productions of The Lion King and Noises Off and was once a TV idol on The Edge of Night. He happily makes his home again here in Our Town and serves on the Board of Directors for Kansas City Actors Theatre.

Bruce Roach* (Fennyman) happily returns for his thirteenth season in Southmoreland Park, having last appeared with the Festival as Claudius in Hamlet in 2017. His previous roles with HASF include Iago in Othello, Fluellen in King Henry V, the title role in King Richard III, Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. A veteran of Kansas City theatre, he was last seen locally returning to his musical roots as Wilbur Turnblad in Starlight’s Hairspray, and as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at Musical Theatre Heritage. Bruce trained at the Asolo Conservatory and is currently on the faculty of the Guthrie Theater/University of Minnesota Actor Training Program.

Matt Rapport* (Burbage) is happy to return to the Festival stage this summer. Having appeared in 18 of HASF’s productions since 1994, Southmoreland Park always feels like home. In addition to the Shakespeare Festival, Matt has appeared at The Unicorn, KC Rep, Coterie, Kansas City Actor’s Theatre, Theatre For Young America, New Theatre Restaurant, and many other stages around the area and country. In addition to acting, Matt is also an accomplished musician, director, and street performer, as well as a teaching artist with over 20 years of experience teaching various performing arts disciplines. He is also the Director of Education for HASF. 8|

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Todd Lanker* (Lord Wessex) is thrilled to be returning to the Festival stage for this exciting production, having previously appeared in As You Like It, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet. Locally, he has also been seen most recently in The Effect at the Unicorn Theatre and Orphans’ Home Cycle at MET. Look for Todd in the upcoming KC Actor’s Theatre production of A Doll’s House. He is unendingly grateful to Ashlee and Hal for their love and support. Todd is a proud member of AEA. Jan Rogge* (Queen Elizabeth) is thrilled to return to HASF, where she last performed in Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, A Winter’s Tale, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, R&J, Twelfth Night, Macbeth and King Lear. She was last seen at KC Rep in the world premiere, Unreliable. Jan made her directorial debut in Sea Marks for Kansas City Actors Theatre.

Her favorite KC acting credits include KCAT (Blithe Spirit, A Lie Of The Mind, My Old Lady, Good People, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?) Unicorn Theatre (Sweat, Tribes, Other Desert Cities) Spinning Tree Theatre (Casa Valentina) New Theatre (You Can’t Take It With You) and Fish Tank (Eleemosynary). Regionally, she has appeared at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Cornell University, North Shore Music Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Old Globe Theatre. Jan serves on the Board of Directors for KCAT. Cinnamon Schultz* (Nurse) is excited to be a part of this production for Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. You may have seen her last summer in Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice.

She has also had the pleasure of performing at several other theatres in Kansas City; The Unicorn Theatre, The Coterie Theatre, Theatre for Young America, the KC Rep., Kansas City Actors Theater and The New Theatre Restaurant. While performing on stage, Cinnamon has also been quite busy in radio, television and film as well. She appeared as Victoria in the film Winter’s Bone, which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and received four Oscar nominations in 2011 including Best Picture. Another position she thoroughly enjoys is being the head acting teacher for Kansas City Kansas Community College. Cinnamon lives in the KC area with her husband (the talented Brian Paulette) and their amazing children Anika and Leo. Justin Barron* (Ralph/Valentine/Nurse in R&J) is very grateful to be rejoining his Shakespeare family in the summer sun. Last seen in the park in Hamlet (2017), Justin has stuck around with Heart of America as a teaching artist, performer, and constant student. Past Credits: Local: Man in Love (KC Rep), Nomad Motel, Sweat, Informed Consent, How to Use a Knife, and The Ghosts of Lote Bravo (Unicorn), Sister Act (New Theatre Restaurant), A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed-Reindeer (Coterie), South Pacific, Guys and Dolls (Musical Theatre Heritage) Regional: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Guys and Dolls, Youth Audience Outreach Tours (Creede Repertory Theatre). Love to Deanna, Quinn, Ivy and Family! Proud Member of AEA. Cody Proctor* (Marlowe) is excited to be back in Kansas City and performing in front of a hometown crowd again after 10 years living and acting in Chicago. Selected credits include Funny Girl (Music Theatre Heritage), All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (MTKCPro), Orphans’ Home Cycle (MET), Hatfield & McCoy (House Theatre), Stupid F*cking Bird, Idomeneus (Sideshow Theatre), Machinal (Greenhouse Theatre), Great Expectations (Strawdog Theatre), Othello, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare), The Mother (Oracle Theatre), The Iceman Cometh (Goodman Theatre) as well as three seasons at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

Who’s Who in the Acting Company Matt Williamson (Ned Alleyn) Since moving from Los Angeles to Kansas City in 2015, Matthew has been working steadily in television, radio, and theatre. His voice-over work includes audiobooks and commercials for companies such as Sprint, Hallmark, Missouri Lottery, Bayer, Applebee’s, John Deere, Lowes, and many more. While living in Los Angeles, he appeared in television shows such as Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Will & Grace, ER, Boston Legal, The West Wing, and more. He also performed on Broadway in William Inge’s Come Back, Little Sheba at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Matthew played Don Pedro in the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s 2018 production of Much Ado About Nothing and Orsino in HASF’s 2016 production of Twelfth Night. He is particularly proud of appearing in The Coterie Theatre’s production of We Shall Not Be Moved. Currently, Matthew teaches and directs at Johnson County Community College. He thanks his wife for still being his wife and all of you for being here tonight.

Ellen Kirk (Mistress Quickly, Kate) is honored to return to the park after performing as Margaret last summer in Much Ado About Nothing. Other local credits include: The Humans with the Unicorn Theatre. And Then There Were None with Kansas City Actors Theatre. Milking Christmas, The Ballad of Lefty and Crabbe, and Shearwater with The Living Room Theatre. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Skin of Our Teeth with the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre. Thanks to Sid for the opportunity and this incredible company for the joy and dedication they have brought to this project. Love to her husband and mama.

Collin Vorbeck (Tilney, Caitling) has been quoting Shakespeare in Love quietly to himself for two decades and is excited to be a part of its KC stage premiere. Previous HASF credits include roles in Hamlet, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, and Julius Caesar. He has also served as the festival site manager and a teacher for HASF’s Camp Shakespeare in previous years— and it’s not too late to sign up! When Collin finishes his PhD at Texas Tech (by next year?), he looks forward to a life in academia—hopefully here in KC! Joshua Gleeson (Robin, Lady Capulet, Guard) is incredibly humbled and overjoyed to be back in the park this summer. He works as the Production Assistant/Master Carpenter for the Lewis & Shirley White Theater. He also performs on the stage; most recently as Huck Finn in In Regard to Flight at Just Off Broadway, and as Mack Lloyd in The Ballad of Lefty & Crabbe at The Living Room. Joshua also performs at improv festivals with his duo troupe Snooze Button; some festivals include Tampa, Detroit, Chicago, San Diego, and Honolulu. Huge thanks to Sidonie Garrett and the entire creative team who worked so very hard on this production. Nothing of course would be possible without the constant love and support from his amazing wife Kaitlynn. His immense gratitude for her exceeds all words.

Paolo Laskero (John Webster) began acting through the Camp Shakespeare program and later appeared in MacBeth (2011), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2012), Antony & Cleopatra (2012), and The Winter’s Tale (2014) at HASF. Other local credits include roles in A Christmas Carol (2010-2012) at the KC Repertory Theatre, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2012) at The Unicorn Theatre. Additionally, Paolo was featured in productions of Tartuffe, Urinetown, Once Upon a Mattress, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Spamalot at The Pembroke Hill School. Paolo is currently studying at the University of Southern California in the BFA Acting for the Screen, Stage, and New Media program. * Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

R.H. Wilhoit (Sam) is excited to be back in the park after having previously been seen in HASF’s King Lear, Hamlet, and Much Ado About Nothing. He is a graduate of Drury University (BA Theatre) where he became enamored with Shakespeare. He has been involved in many productions in KC including Milking Christmas, The Ballad Of Lefty & Crabbe (The Living Room Theatre), The Nance (Spinning Tree Theatre), and A Charlie Brown Christmas (Coterie Theatre). He’s excited to be surrounded by so many inspiring artists this summer and thanks his father for his continued support.

Martin Buchanan (Sir Robert DeLesseps and Lambert) happily returns for his fourth production with HASF, having previously appeared here in the park in Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, and Macbeth. Upcoming, Martin will Assistant Direct Joseph and the . . . Dreamcoat at the New Theatre Restaurant and he will play the Butler in that production. Martin is married to local Costume Designer Georgianna Londré Buchanan and they are the proud parents of 9-year-old Felix Buchanan.

Keenan Manuel Ramos (Peter, Tybalt, Musician) is extremely proud and humbled to make his American Heartland Shakespeare Festival debut. Keenan has had the privledge to perform on many national and regional stages, including The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and The Huntington Stage in Boston, MA. He is extremely honored to have performed on most KC stages, including The Unicorn, The KC Rep, The Coterie, and MTH. Next up Keenan can be found in Musical Theatre Heritages’ In The Heights.

Keenan would like to give a million thanks to Sidonie for allowing him to cross this off his bucket list.

Petey McGee (Nol, Benvolio, Samson) is a graduate from the B.A acting program at the University of Missouri Kansas City, and is a current 2nd year M.F.A acting student at Mason Gross at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Petey has performed in both university and professional theatre around Kansas City, Dallas, Chicago, New Jersey and New York in roles such as Lloyd in Freedom Rider by Ricardo Khan, Red Carter in Seven Guitars by August Wilson, Man in Play by Samuel Beckett, Milo in Echoes Of Octavia by Michelle T. Johnson, John in The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez, Theseus/Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, J.D in Truth Stands by Cynthia Hardeman, Adrian in Private Eyes by Steven Dietz, Duce in Old School by Harvey Williams, BJJ in An Octoroon by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins and Zion in In Our Skin by Chelsea Altman to name a some favorites. It has been a dream of Petey’s to perform with HASF and he is very excited to finally have the opportunity!

Matt McAndrews (Singer, Barman, Guard, Heavy) is an actor, musician, and tax attorney returning to the stage after attaining Juris Doctor from the UMKC School of Law in 2018. He is a Tax Research Coordinator with the Tax Institute at H&R Block. Previous productions include—Heart of American Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet To Go! Local: A Christmas Carol, Carousel (KC Rep); Hands on a Hardbody, The Salvation of Iggie Scrooge (Unicorn Theatre); Fat Pig, Carousel, Titus Andronicus (The Living Room) Education: BA in Theatre UMKC. Matt has infinite love and gratitude for his wife, Molly.

James Kemper (Guard, Waiter, Priest, Heavy) is currently a student at UMKC. He has been involved in a few UMKC affiliated shows including: King Lear, The Playwright Project, A Soldier’s Tale, and The Tempest. This summer James is proud to join the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s production of Shakespeare in Love.

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Who’s Who in the Acting Company Kristopher Stoker (Wabash, Boatman, Musician) is happy to be back in the park again. He holds a master’s degree in acting from the University of Arkansas and studied improv at The UCB Training Center in NY. Kristopher has been a performer, director, and educator with KC Rep, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, KC Improv Company, The Coterie, Pembroke Hill Upper School, Trike Theatre, Park University, TheatreSquared, and ArkansasStaged (founding member). Stage credits include A Christmas Carol (KC &Rep); Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, The Tempest (Heart of America Shakespeare); The Ballad of Lefty & Crabbe (The Living Room Theatre); An Ideal Husband, Othello, Hamlet, Timon of Athens, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, The Seagull, Twelfth Night (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); The Spiritualist, The 39 Steps, Noises Off, It’s a Wonderful Life, and My Father’s War (Theatresquared); White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Love Song, Gertrude Stein Plays Paris, and Picasso At The Lapin Agile (ArkansasStaged). Kristopher is currently an Adjunct Instructor Theatre at Avila University and co-teacher of The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s Team Shakespeare Program. He’d like to thank his family for tolerating him.

Jerry Manan (Frees, Abraham, Servingman) is a recent graduate from Avila University where he earned degrees in both Acting and Film & Digital Media. Jerry is thrilled to return to Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Last summer he played Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing. At this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Jerry was an Irene Ryans finalist and was awarded Best Classical Acting. When he is not acting, Jerry enjoys writing and directing films. As always, he would like to thank his friends and family for their constant support, and the countless mentors that have helped him and continue to help him along the way.

Jake Golliher (Adam, Gregory) just moved back to Kansas City from NYC and LOVES all that this city has to offer. Jake has a BFA from the Conservatory at Webster University. He was last seen at the Coterie Theatre in Beat Bugs and Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer, and has also appeared in a few indie short films. When not on stage, Jake likes to yo-yo, strum guitar, enjoy lattes and read good books. He’d like to thank Michael, Mom, Dad, and Chloe for all of their love and support. www.jakegolliher.com

Marisa B. Tejeda (Molly, Queen Elizabeth Attendant, Dancer) is excited to be making her Heart of America debut! Marisa is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and recently finished her first year in the MFA Acting Program at UMKC. She has previously worked at The Guthrie Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, South Dakota Shakespeare Festival, Park Square Theatre, and other Minneapolis/Saint Paul theatres. She would like to thank her professors and mentors at UMKC, her favorite and supportive Grant Hall Gang of 2021, the incredible cast and crew of this show, her family, and her loving best friend and partner, Adam. Enjoy the show!

Marianne McKenzie (Musician, Dancer) is thrilled to be performing with the Festival this summer for the first time! She recently graduated from the MFA Acting and Directing Program at UMKC. Recent local credits include: Secret Soldiers: Heroines in Disguise at the Coterie Theatre; A Christmas Carol and Letters from Freedom Summer at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Dracula: A Song of Love and Death at the Kansas City Actor’s Theatre; and Men on Boats at the Unicorn Theatre. Upcoming: international tour to Bolivia of the devised play The Storytelling Project! EMC. www.mariannemckenzie.com Haddy Wilczewski (Queen Elizabeth Attendant, Dancer) is ecstatic to be performing with The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival again this year! You may have seen Haddy perform with HASF in their previous productions of Much Ado About Nothing (2018), Hamlet (2017), Twelfth Night (2016), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2012). She has also performed with The Living Room Theater in their past production of Milking Christmas (2018).

Haddy has been acting with HASF’s apprentice company, Team Shakespeare for the past four years. She is also currently an Acting Master Class student at The Coterie. Haddy sends a special thanks to her parents for their constant love, encouragement, and support.

Buster Rogge (Dog) is thrilled to be back at HASF. He was last seen on stage in the HASF’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as “The Dog”. He was awarded the “Most Wonderful Small Dog” where he strutted his stuff at the prestigious Crestwood Dog Competition. He enjoys long walks, hunting for rabbits and barking at UPS trucks. Buster would like to give a special ‘bark out’ to his friends at Wayside Waifs where he was adopted.

A Past Production From left: William Grey Warren, Dale Westgaard, Mark Robbins, Todd Roth, Matt Rapport and Stephen Milton in the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s 2004 production of Julius Caesar. Photo by Doug Hamer.

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Our Production Team Lee O Barker (Props Master) is a Set Designer, Prop Master, and Fabricator from Houston, Texas. He is working toward his MFA in Scenic Design from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Since graduating from Texas A&M University in 2013, he has worked for the Alley Theatre, Princess Cruises, Houston Grand Opera, and the Houston Ballet in various capacities. Lee has also designed scenery for Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company, Queensbury Theatre, the Ensemble Theatre, and the University of St. Thomas.

Recent local work includes serving as Prop Master for Beat Bugs and Secret Soldiers at the Coterie Theatre, and Assistant Prop Master specializing in Blood Effects for Kansas City Actor’s Theatre’s Dracula.

Afton Earp* (Production Stage Manager) Previous Kansas City credits include Assistant Stage Manager for Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Unicorn Theatre), Grease (Starlight), Hairspray (Starlight), Of Mice and Men (KC Rep), and Much Ado About Nothing (HASF). Stage Manager for Chesapeake (Unicorn Theatre) and Chainsaw: The Musical (Kokopelli Theatre Company). Production Assistant for Mr. Burns (Unicorn Theatre), Heathers: The Musical (Unicorn), and Evita (KC Rep). Next up she will be Production Stage Manager for Kansas City Actor’s Theatre production of A Dolls House.

Gene Emerson Friedman (Resident Scenic Designer) is pleased to return for his 23 nd year with the Festival! His previous Festival designs include Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, Love’s Labours Lost, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, As You Like It, King Lear, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra and A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2012 and As You Like It. Gene teaches scenic design and the history of design at UMKC where he is an Associate Professor. His other design credits include Arizona Theater Company, Second City and Noble Fool Theatre Company of Chicago, Historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C., Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Stages-Saint Louis, and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Currently, Gene serves as Architectural Historian of the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (1629) and as curator of the Casa de Santo Niñoin Zuni, New Mexico. Stages of Conversion; The Santero Shrines of Gene Emerson Friedman, his fine art was most recently exhibited at Unity Gallery on the Country Club Plaza in 2016, with an exhibition of 32 assemblage shrines and two full-scale altar installations. Also in that year Shakespeare: Setting The Stage an exhibition of his designs for the Festival and elsewhere, accompanied the visit of the First Folio to Missouri.

Ward Everhart (Resident Lighting Designer /Production Manager) has been HASF’s Production Manager and Lighting Designer for 26 seasons. Ward’s history with the Festival began in 1991, prior to the first season of HASF, when he was the Lighting Designer for the Festival Gala, starring Kevin Kline. With Marcus Abbot, he was the Festival’s Co-Production Manager and Lighting Designer for the first season and the two of them served as co-production designers for Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis in 2001’s inaugural season and their production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Kansas City audiences are familiar with Ward’s Production/Lighting design work for the Folly Theatre, Friends of Chamber Music, the Harriman Arts Program at William Jewell College, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Heart of America Youth Ballet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s education touring productions of Charlotte’s Web and the world premiere of The Giver and the Kansas City Symphony’s Magic of Christmas. * Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Greg Mackender (Resident Composer/Music Director) is looking forward to the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s 2019 production of Shakespeare in Love. In 2016, he wrote music for the HASF production of Twelfth Night, and joined pianist Bram Wijnands onstage in performing live with the company. His 2015 composition for the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis’ Antony and Cleopatra earned him ‘Best Sound in a Play’ from the St. Louis Theatre Circle. The 2017 HASF summer production of Hamlet saw record audiences, and in 2018 he composed the music for Much Ado About Nothing, marking his 33rd score for the festival. Greg is a professor in the theatre department at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where he has taught sound design and composition since 1994, and is a founding member of the Kansas City Actor’s Theatre.

Jeffrey Keirsey (Sound Designer) Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Keirsey was diversely exposed to music. That diversity led him to pursue music and music technologies as a profession.

Mr. Keirsey attended the University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) where he studied music theory, performance (trumpet and vocal), and music technology. Following his college tenure, Mr Keirsey worked building recording facilities out of state before returning to Kansas City to begin work in live production which included providing audio reinforcement with The Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera, the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and other artistic and commercial organizations. Mr. Keirsey has mixed for a Varity of artists including Aretha Franklin; Art Garfunkel; Idina Menzel and has served as Adjunct Professor at Kansas City Community College and University of Missouri Kansas City where he taught ear training and sound technology. Mr. Keirsey is currently the Head of Sound for the Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

Kaleb Krahn (Technical Director) is excited to return to a second year with the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival team. He received his B.S. from Calvary University and M.F.A in Technical Theatre & Design from UMKC. Kaleb is a faculty member and technical director for Calvary University where he enjoys investing in the next generation of performing artists.

When Kaleb is not working theatre, he enjoys spending time with his lovely wife and busy five year old twin boys.

Tracy Terstriep* (Period Movement and Dance Choreographer) has choreographed nationally for stage, film, and television. Highlights include PBS’ Emmy-nominated Winter Dreams: the F. Scott Fitzgerald Story, Late Night with David Letterman, and True Bromance. Performance highlights: Original Broadway casts of The Producers, Fosse, A Christmas Carol. The Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Lab. National Tour and Regional highlights: Chicago, Will Rogers Follies, Funny Girl, Pippin, A Chorus Line.

Locally, she has choreographed and been on faculty at UMKC, KU, and The Kansas City Ballet. She has collaborated with KCRep on A Christmas Carol and Sweeney Todd. This is Tracy’s seventh sensational season with Heart of America Shakespeare—As You Like It, A Winter’s Tale, King Lear, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing.

Mary Traylor (Resident Costume Designer) is a Kansas City designer who has been creating costumes for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival for 22 years. Her designs for opera have appeared at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Washington National Opera, Michigan Opera, Calgary Opera, Minnesota Opera, and opera companies in Austin, Texas and Orlando, Florida. Locally she has created costumes for the University of Kansas Opera, UMKC Conservatory Opera, Coterie Theatre, and Unicorn Theatre.

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Our Staff

Show Talk Speakers

Sidonie Garrett (Executive Artistic Director) is the Executive Artistic Director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival where she directed the past five season productions, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, King Lear and Twelfth Night, all awarded Best Play in Pitch Magazine’s BEST OF KC. She directed previous productions including The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet (2003, awarded Best Play by Pitch Magazine), Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, King Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor , King Richard III, Macbeth, rotating repertory productions of Antony and Cleopatra and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It. Sidonie directed the collaboration project, The Merchant of Venice, presented by the Jewish Community Center and Johnson County Community College, the first HASF indoor production. Prior to joining the Festival, Sidonie worked as a freelance director. Her first projects were with her producing partner Jan Rogge and their company, Ground Zero Productions. Her experience working with new plays took her to New York City, where she directed the off-Broadway production of Thanatos. Sidonie also assistant directed the off-Broadway premiere of the interactive Aunt Chooch’s Birthday Party. Locally she’s directed at Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City Actors Theatre, Coterie Theatre, American Heartland Theatre, UMKC, The J, and Fourth Wall Productions. She directed a Script-In-Hand reading of Much Ado About Nothing as part of the First Folio exhibition at the KC Public Library, eight plays in the first KC One Minute Play Festival and a staged reading of Rights of Passage as part of the KC Rep’s OriginKC new play festival.

For HASF she has directed collaborations with the Bach Aria Soloists, the Grammy Award-winning Kansas City Chorale, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Symphony, JCCC’s Performing Arts Series, Kansas City Actors Theatre, KC Rep, the Kansas City Museum and many other partners. Winter 2019 she will direct ‘night, Mother for Kansas City Actors Theatre.

Philip blue owl Hooser is a Native American theatre maven/storyteller. Recent roles: Arnold in Torch Song Trilogy, title role in The Madness of Lady Bright, Tom Sawyer in In Regard to Flight, and Truman Capote in Tru. Playwriting produced from Washington (DC) to Washington (Seattle); storyteller on the RISK! Podcast; curates Eat Their Words; host of KKFI’s The Tenth Voice; seen on local cinema screens urging you to turn off your phone.

Felicia Hardison Londré UMKC Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Theatre and HASF Honorary Co-Founder, had three books published in 2018. Her award-winning 2007 book, The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theater, 1870-1929, includes Kansas City Shakespeare lore. Career highlights include Fulbright study in France (1962-63), a visiting professorship at Hosei University, Tokyo (1993), ATHE Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education (2001), Betty Jean Jones Outstanding Teacher of American Theatre/Drama (2011), and a term as Dean of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center (2013-15).

Katherine Gerhlein (Director of Operations and Community Relations) began working with the Festival in 2016 at the Assistant Stage Manager for Twelfth Night and returned as the ASM for the 25th season production of Hamlet. Katherine is now the Director of Operations and Community Relations for the Festival, managing day–to–day administrative matters, coordinating volunteer activities, and overseeing daily operations. Katherine attended William Jewell College where she studied Theatre Education and received her MFA in Theatre: Design and Technology from UMKC. Mariah Roady (Development and Marketing Associate) began working with the Festival in summer 2014 as an education intern. Since then, she has been an active part of the education department as a Teaching Artist for the Shakespeare Conservatory and Team Shakespeare programs. Mariah now serves as the Development and Marketing Associate with areas of focus including fundraising, marketing, community outreach and other awareness initiatives. Mariah graduated from UMKC where she received her BFA in Theatre Performance.

Matt Rapport (Director of Education) first started teaching for the Festival’s Camp Shakespeare program when it began in 1997.

He has taught for HASF ever since. He assumed the position of Director of Education in 2013 where it is his pleasure to lead Team Shakespeare, Shakespeare Conservatory, the preshow parody, and all of the education work HASF does to share Shakespeare with the KC community. HASF education programs run yearround and include studio classes, in-school workshops and residencies, touring productions, summer camps, performances, lectures, and many other workshops and activities. In addition to being a Teaching Artist and HASF Director of Education, Matt is an accomplished actor, director, musician, and performer with many credits in Kansas City and abroad.

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A Past Production Cinnamon Schultz and Emily Peterson in the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo by Brian Collins.

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Festival Donors Legacy Donors 2019 Marilyn Strauss John C. Griswold Family Foundation Don and Patricia Dagenais Dean and Patricia Davison Fred and Carol Logan Sherrill Mulhern Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Jr. Donor Advisory Fund Stanley S. and Ardyce H. Pearson Fund Robert and Barbara Bloch Drs. Susan and Charles Porter Drs. Susan and Charles Porter Nathan Darrow and Susan Hyon Thomas and Julie Lynn Donna Antraccoli Jinni Pike Myra Siegel Maureen Taylor Jacqueline White Major Sponsors Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation R.C. Kemper, Jr. Charitable Trust and Foundation Sunderland Foundation

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Barkley L. Hendricks, Noir (detail), 1978. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 48 inches. Courtesy of Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Art Š Barkley L. Hendricks.

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