Door Shakespeare 2024 Season Program

ADAP TE D B Y J OSEP H HAN REDDY

JANE AUSTEN’S JULY 3 – AUGUST 17 2024

Photo by Heidi Hodges

SHAKESPEARE

included A Midsommer Night’s Dream and The Comedie conjunction with the same acting company performing across Folklore Theater (now, Northern Sky Theater).

About Door Shakespeare

blessing, company member Suzanne Graff and her husband, Door Shakespeare as its own nonprofit theater company. Shakespeare has produced 44 striking productions of classical theater Björklunden’s 405-acre estate on Lake Michigan in Baileys Harbor.

Door Shakespeare was created in 1995 under the umbrella of then-named American Folklore Theatre in collaboration with Blue Circle Theatre. The first season, produced in the Garden at Björklunden, included “A Midsommer Night’s Dream” and “The Comedie of Errors,” which played in conjunction with the same acting company performing across the peninsula at American Folklore Theatre (now, Northern Sky Theater).

Amy Ensign and Elissa Wolf, Door Shakespeare’s presence region and is enriched by educational programming that includes Will, Will in the Woods, Shake It Up Saturday, and Shakespeare professional theater company that employs members of the union of professional actors and stage managers in the acknowledgement performance space is located on the ancestral homelands of the Currently there are 11 federally recognized Native American sovereign acknowledge these indigenous communities who have stewardgenerations and pay respect to their elders past and present.

In 1999, Door Shakespeare was established as its own nonprofit theater company. Since then, Door Shakespeare has produced 44 striking productions of classical theater in the Garden of Björklunden’s 425-acre estate on Lake Michigan in Baileys Harbor.

Door Shakespeare’s presence continues to grow in the region and is enriched by educational programming that includes Door Shakespeare’s Camp Will, Will in the Woods, Shake it up Saturday, and Shakespeare in the Schools.

Door Shakespeare is a professional theater company that employs members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Door Shakespeare’s performance space is located on the ancestral homelands of the Menominee Nation. Currently, there are 11 federally recognized Native American sovereign nations in Wisconsin. We acknowledge these indigenous communities who have stewarded this land throughout the generations and pay respect to their elders past and present.

About Door Shakespeare

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David R. Clowers, Chair

Paulette Laufer, Secretary

Steve Kane, Treasurer

Kit Conner

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Steve Kane, Treasurer

David R. Clowers

Sam Burris

Jason Crane

GALA COMMITTEE

Judy Drew, Chair

David R. Clowers

Kit Conner

Amy Ensign

HR COMMITTEE

David R. Clowers

Judy Drew

OUR MISSION

Door Shakespeare’s mission is to provide relevant and entertaining productions of the works of William Shakespeare and other classical and contemporary playwrights through artistic excellence in both the conception and performance of our plays, and to enhance the theatrical experience through interactive educational opportunities designed for audiences of all ages, thereby creating a common ground to experience these celebrated traditions.

Eric Ohlrogge

Evan Webster

Lurana Webster

Amy Ensign

Arthur Ensign-George

Evan Webster

Becky Heller

Eric Ohlrogge

Evan Webster

Lurana Webster

Steven Kane Paulette Laufer

Mark Corkins* as The Old Man and Renée Lockett* as Old Woman in 2023’s The Old Man and The Old Moon. Directed by Scott McKenna Campbell. Photo by Heidi Hodges.

Welcome to Björklunden

Welcome to Björklunden

On behalf of the Björklunden staff and Lawrence University, welcome to the garden amphitheater and Door Shakespeare!

On behalf of the Björklunden staff and Lawrence University, welcome to the garden amphitheater and Door Shakespeare!

Björklunden‡ is a 425-acre estate bequeathed to Lawrence University in 1963 by Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park, Illinois. Winifred designed and built many of the wonderful structures on the property, including the Chapel. You may tour the Chapel on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Björklunden* is a 425-acre estate bequeathed to Lawrence University in 1963 by Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park, Illinois. Winifred designed and built many of the wonderful structures on the property, including the Chapel. You may tour the Chapel on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Since 1980, Lawrence has offered a series of adult education seminars at Björklunden, interrupted only by a fire that destroyed the estate’s main lodge in 1993. In 1996, construction was completed on a new and larger facility and the Björklunden seminar program resumed. Following an expansion project in 2007, the splendid two-story, 37,000-square-foot lodge contains a great room, multi-purpose and seminar rooms, dining room and kitchen, as well as 22 guest rooms.

Since 1980, Lawrence has offered a series of adult education seminars at Björklunden, interrupted only by a fire that destroyed the estate’s main lodge in 1993. In 1996, construction was completed on a new and larger facility and the Björklunden seminar program resumed. Following an expansion project in 2007, the splendid two-story, 37,000-square-foot lodge contains a great room, multi-purpose and seminar rooms, dining room and kitchen, as well as 22 guest rooms.

This magnificent, year-round facility also allows Lawrence University’s mission as an undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music to extend to its northern campus through a popular series of weekend student-faculty seminars, which have been running since 1996.

This magnificent, year-round facility also allows Lawrence University’s mission as an undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music to extend to its northern campus through a popular series of weekend student-faculty seminars, which have been running since 1996.

We are happy to have Door Shakespeare as an independent, professional theatre company on our campus. Please enjoy the grounds and have a wonderful time at tonight’s production.

As Winifred Boynton said of her beloved summer home:

We are happy to have Door Shakespeare as an independent, professional theatre company on our campus. Please enjoy the grounds and have a wonderful time at tonight’s production. As Winifred Boynton said of her beloved summer home:

“Far removed from confusion and aggression, it offers a sanctuary for all.”

May it be so for you as well.

“Far removed from confusion and aggression, it offers a sanctuary for all.”

Sincerely,

May it be so for you as well.

The Björklunden Staff

Sincerely, the Björklunden staff,

For more information about Björklunden and seminars offered, please visit: go.lawrence.edu.bjorkseminars

P.O. Box 10, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Phone: 920-839-2216

Email: bjorkseminars@lawrence.edu

‡ Full name is Björklunden vid Sjön, Swedish for “Birch Grove at the Lake” (but commonly translated to “Birch Forest by the Water”). Björklunden is pronounced “bee-york-lun-den.”

June 20 - 29

2024 Concerts

July 4- 13

3 Miles East of Egg Harbor on County Rd E | birchcreek.org/Tickets

Fall Concert Series: Sept. -Dec.

Jazz I: July 17 - 27

Jazz II: July 31 - Aug 10

Order tickets online or call (920) 868-3763. Performances in Birch Creek’s historic concert barn

Mark Corkins* as The Old Man, struggles to stay afloat as Scott McKenna Campbell and Isa Guitian depict the bubbling water in 2023’s The Old Man and The Old Moon directed by Scott McKenna Campbell. Behind: Jonathan Contreras, Becky Keeshin*, Tina Muñoz Pandya*, and Isaiah Spetz provide accompaniment for the scene. Photo by Heidi Hodges.

Anti-Racism Statement

Door Shakespeare commits ourselves to look, with clear eyes, at the systemic racism present in our world, our community, and within our organization. To listen, without defensiveness, to the voices of Brown and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) artists, audience members, and supporters. To understand, and work to become our best selves in order to dismantle deeply entrenched systems of oppression.

Much like our country, we at this theatre struggle to reconcile our aspirations with our day-to-day behavior. And we know we cannot remain silent in the face of the pervasive violence being perpetrated against BIPOC and Brown people. We must, in both word and deed, commit to being anti-racist, as individuals and as members of the Door Shakespeare community. We don’t say this lightly—we have much work to do.

We will endeavor to educate ourselves, to build on our work in this moment, and to desire to become a better and more inclusive theatre.

CAMPAIGNS AND PETITIONS

Black Lives Matter Campaign: Holds politicians and candidates accountable on issues affecting Black and underserved communities.

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RESOURCES

“1619” The New York Times’ podcast series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.

“All That Glisters Is Not Gold” An NPR discussion about Shakespeare, racism, and xenophobia with high school students and scholar Ayanna Thompson.

“Anti-racist Shakespeare” Shakespeare’s Globe scholar Farah Karim-Cooper examines the racial meanings behind the language of light/dark and white/black used in Shakespeare’s England.

Oliver (Amro Ibrahim) encourages Charles the Wrestler (Gabriel Anderle) not to hold back in his upcoming bout against Orlando in 2023’s As You Like It. Directed by Leda Hoffmann. Photo by Heidi Hodges.

URGENT CARE

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Orlando (Jonathan Contreras) bests Charles the Wrestler (Gabriel Anderle) in a wrestling match during 2023’s As You Like It. Directed by Leda Hoffmann. Photo by Heidi Hodges.

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Welcome to Door Shakespeare

DEAR FRIENDS ,

All the world may be a stage, but Door Shakespeare’s particular part of that vast venue is found under a giant maple tree in the garden of Björklunden. This giant tree provides a perfect setting for our 2024 productions of the Bard’s Romeo and Juliet and Joseph Hanreddy’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. Our professional theater company has performed the works of William Shakespeare, Molière, Oscar Wilde, and others, as well as innovative new plays by new writers, for almost 30 seasons, creating unforgettable theatrical memories for our patrons. Two memories I’ll never forget include watching the moor scene in King Lear when a cool mist rolled in from the lake and provided the perfect setting for its tempest scene, and of witnessing Titania woo Bottom on an actual midsummer’s night under the foliage of a living tree.

For years I have been an avid patron and volunteer of Door Shakespeare, and now I begin a two-year term as chair of its board. Many of you have a long history of attending our shows, and I welcome you back. You are the reason we have endured through the COVID years and the general decline of theater patronage nationwide. I also want to extend the heartiest of welcomes to our new patrons because you represent our future. When you share your enjoyment of our shows with others, you help our audience grow.

Tonight, I invite everyone to relax in our Garden, feel the summer evening become part of the scenes in our play, and enjoy Door Shakespeare’s unique professional theater experience.

Warm regards,

David R. Clowers Chair, Board of Directors

Welcome to Door Shakespeare

DEAR FRIENDS,

Thank you for joining us for an evening of theater on our forest stage.

Being a part of an outdoor theater means that the Door Shakespeare year is punctuated by seasonal changes. There is snow on the ground when the shows are announced. Casting is over by the time the rhubarb pokes through the soil. Lilacs remind me that contracts should be arriving in company member’s mailboxes. The administrative team joins me in the office when the trillium is out. And I just saw the very first blossoms on the thimbleberry bushes that grow around Björklunden; it must be time for technical rehearsals to start.

You are joining us during the heart of a Door County summer. What a glorious harvest it is turning out to be. Romeo and Juliet, Emma, pre-show picnics, Will in the Woods, Shake it Up Saturday, and Camp Will round out the season and contribute to another delightful summer in our Garden under the stars.

Sit back and enjoy the show. On our stage tonight you’ll see the work of 12 new friends, 18 old friends, and 6 theater artists who are making their professional debuts. Whether you’re new to our audience or a longtime member of the Door Shakespeare family, we are delighted that you are joining us tonight!

Warmest regards,

Amy Ensign

Producing Artistic Director

June 15, 2024

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PENINSULA STATE PARK

Book & Lyrics by Lachrisa Grandberry & Molly Rhode Music by Alissa Rhode

Book & Lyrics by Richard Castle Music by Ron Barnett

Created by Dave Peterson

material by Fred Alley and Jeff Herbst

Book & Lyrics by Frederick Heide & Lee Becker, Music by Frederick Heide & James Kaplan

Book, Lyrics, and Music by Katie Dahl

Book & Lyrics by Frederick Heide & Lee Becker, Music by Frederick Heide & James Kaplan

MAIN STAGE SEASON

Little River Band June 19

Watchhouse June 27

Sam Bush June 30

Molly Tuttle July 2

23 Skidoo & The Secret Agency July 8

The Wood Brothers July 14

Lyle Lovett & his Large Band July 20

JJ Grey & Mofro July 24

The Drifters, The Platters, & Cornell Gunter’s Coasters July 28

Eilen Jewell & Chris Smither July 30

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Aug. 2

SistaStrings Aug. 4

Graham Nash Aug. 18

Alash Tuvan Ensemble Sept. 13

Angel Olsen Sept. 20

Jumaane Taylor’s “Supreme Love” Sept. 22

Meshell Ndegeocello Sept. 29

Joy Harjo & Band Oct. 4

Some Enchanted Evening Oct. 24

Meadows, Walsh, & Friends Oct. 25

Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Beyond Oct. 26

Madeleine Peyroux Oct. 27

A Ketchup Christmas Nov. 30

Colin & Friends’ Songs That Sleigh Dec. 14

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band

photo by Caplan Studios

and Producing Artistic Director Amy Ensign*

PRESENT

About Door Shakespeare

Directed by DIMONTE HENNING

JANE AUSTEN’S

Adapted by JOSEPH HANREDDY

Door Shakespeare was created in 1995 under the umbrella of then-named American Folklore Theater in collaboration with Blue Circle Theatre. The first season, produced in the Garden at Björklunden, included A Midsommer Night’s Dream and The Comedie Errors, which played in conjunction with the same acting company performing across the peninsula at American Folklore Theater (now, Northern Sky Theater).

Directed by MAGGIE KETTERING

Production Stage Manager

KIRA NEIGHBORS*

In 1999, and with AFT’s blessing, company member Suzanne Graff and her husband, Jerry Gomes, established Door Shakespeare as its own nonprofit theater company. Since 1999 Door Shakespeare has produced 44 striking productions of classical theater the Garden of Björklunden’s 405-acre estate on Lake Michigan in Baileys Harbor.

Assistant Stage Manager

TAYLOR IRELAND

Lighting Designer

TODD MION

Scenic and Properties Designer

JODY SEKAS

Production Stage Manager

JADE BRUNO*

Costume Designer

GRACE WEIR

Music Director and Composer

With the leadership team of Amy Ensign and Elissa Wolf, Door Shakespeare’s presence continues to grow in the region and is enriched by educational programming that includes Door Shakespeare’s Camp Will, Will in the Woods, Shake It Up Saturday, and Shakespeare the Schools.

Fight Director and Intimacy Director

CHRISTOPHER ELST + ++

Box Office Manager

LEXI PRAXL

SCOTT MCKENNA CAMPBELL

Choreographer

ANDRIA NIKOUPOLIS WELIKY

Business Manager

SAM BURRIS

House Manager

Door Shakespeare is a professional theater company that employs members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

JAMIE ALEXANDER CLARK

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association + Apprentice Intimacy Director, Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) ++ Certified Teacher, Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)

land acknowledgement

ROMEO AND JULIET

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Sponsored by Mary

Pikul Anderson

CAST

Romeo.............................................................................................. George Lorimer

Juliet................................................................................................. Noelle Young-Davis

Capulet............................................................................................ Mark Corkins*

Lady Capulet ............................................................................... Taylor Harvey*

Montague/Apothecary ......................................................... Scott McKenna Campbell

Lady Montague/Nurse/Prince ........................................ Arielle Leverett*

Balthasar/Abram ...................................................................... Isa Guitian

Friar Lawrence/Gregory ...................................................... Todd Denning*

Tybalt/Friar John Tehreem Chaudhry

Mercutio/Paris ........................................................................... Jonathan Contreras

Benvolio ......................................................................................... Ethan Hightire

Sampson/Peter .......................................................................... Angel Rivera

UNDERSTUDIES AND SWINGS

Scott McKenna Campbell—Capulet; Jamie Alexander Clark— Montague/Apothecary, Mercutio; Mark Corkins*—Friar Lawrence/ Gregory; Isa Guitian—Juliet; Ethan Hightire—Romeo, Paris; Lexi Praxl— Tybalt/Friar John, Sampson/Peter; Angel Rivera—Benvolio, Balthasar/Abram

*Appearing through an Agreement between Door Shakespeare, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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JANE AUSTEN’S

EMMA

ADAPTED BY JOSEPH HANREDDY

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CAST

Emma ............................................................................................... Taylor Harvey*

Knightly ......................................................................................... Jonathan Contreras

Mr. Woodhouse/Mrs. Bates Todd Denning*

Mr. Weston ................................................................................... Mark Corkins*

John Knightly/Mr. Martin .................................................. Scott McKenna Campbell

Miss Bates/Isabella................................................................. Tehreem Chaudhry

Harriet/Jane ................................................................................ Isa Guitian

Mrs. Weston/Mrs. Elton ....................................................... Arielle Leverett*

Mr. Elton/Frank ......................................................................... George Lorimer

Townsfolk Ethan Hightire

Townsfolk ...................................................................................... Angel Rivera

Townsfolk ...................................................................................... Noelle Young-Davis

UNDERSTUDIES AND SWINGS

Scott McKenna Campbell—Mr. Weston; Tehreem Chaudhry—Emma; Jamie Alexander Clark—Mr. Elton/Frank, Townsfolk; Mark Corkins*— Mr. Woodhouse/Mrs. Bates; Ethan Hightire—John Knightly/Mr. Martin; George Lorimer—Knightly; Lexi Praxl—Mrs. Weston/Mrs. Elton, Townsfolk; Noelle Young-Davis—Harriet/Jane

*Appearing through an Agreement between Door Shakespeare, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Cast, Company, and Crew

JADE BRUNO*

Production Stage Manager

Jade Bruno (she/her) is excited to be making her Door Shakespeare debut this summer! She is a Milwaukee-based Stage Manager where she spends the majority of her time stage managing at Milwaukee Rep. Other credits include: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Second City Chicago, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, First Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Goodman Theatre. Love to Todd and Rufus.

SAM BURRIS Business Manager

Raised in Northeast Wisconsin, Sam (he/him) spent his summers in Door County, which he now calls his home. Sam developed a passion for the arts while studying Photography and business at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. After returning to Sturgeon Bay, he graduated from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College with an associate degree in Business Management and Finance. Sam is currently working on a book of images of Door County to help highlight the landmarks of this area. Sam can be found fishing, sailing, golfing and spending time with family.

Cast, Company, and Crew

SCOTT MCKENNA CAMPBELL

Music Director, Camp Will Director, Intern Program Director, Actor: Montague/Apothecary and Understudy for Capulet in Romeo and Juliet

John Knightly/Mr. Martin and Understudy for Mr. Weston in Emma

Dr. Scott McKenna Campbell (he/him) has directed, composed, taught, and performed with Door Shakespeare since its 2017 season in roles including Feste (Twelfth Night), Planchet (Three Musketeers), and Touchstone (As You Like It). Last season saw him direct The Old Man and the Old Moon beneath the maple tree. He enjoys an ongoing Actor-Manager role composing music for new works with the Ohio Shakespeare Festival. More than 100 of his songs have appeared on professional stages across the country. Scott earned a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.Litt degree in Shakespeare & Performance through the American Shakespeare Center/Mary Baldwin University partnership, and an MA in Arts & Creative Enterprise through the Bolz Center in the Wisconsin School of Business. He is the principal songwriter for folk band The Rude Sea, and a performer/interpreter of traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, England, and Scandinavia.

JANINE L. CASEY

Production Intern—Costume and Wardrobe

Janine Casey (she/her) is a costume intern at Door Shakespeare. A 2024 graduate of Lawrence University, she holds a BA in theater with a minor in French. She specialized in set painting and stage managing before diverting her focus to costume designing and acting. Her recent projects involved designing makeup for Plautus’ The Brothers Menaechmus put on by the Lawrence Theater Department, as well as costume designing for a student dance show in which she also danced ballet, jazz, and tap routines. For her senior experience, she played the role of Celia in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Outside of theater, she ran cross country and track for 9 years. She enjoys playing the piano, making jewelry, and spending time with her pet chickens and tarantula.

Cast, Company, and Crew

TEHREEM CHAUDHRY

Actor: Tybalt/Friar John in Romeo and Juliet, Miss Bates/Isabella and Understudy for Emma in Emma

Tehreem Chaudhry (she/her) is an actor based out of Kansas City. She received a B.A. in theatre-performance and a B.S. in accounting. Her professional credits include Lucienne in A Flea in Her Ear, Lady Macduff in Macbeth, Bawd et al. in Pericles (Michigan Shakespeare Festival) Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Idaho Shakespeare Festival Education Tour), Storyteller in Ghost Light (Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Frieda in A Charlie Brown Christmas (The Coterie Theatre), Marcellus et al. in Hamlet, Starveling/Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival), Madeleine in Her Own Device, and Zara/Doctor in Mirrors (Kansas City Public Theatre). She is delighted to make some theater magic with Door Shakespeare this summer!

JAMIE ALEXANDER CLARK

House Manager

Swing: Mercutio and Montague/Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet, Mr. Elton/ Frank and Townsfolk in Emma

Jamie Alexander Clark (he/him) is a student at Sarah Lawrence College studying theater and music. He has a broad range of theatrical interests including acting, playwriting, and stage management. His most recent acting credits include Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Spring Awakening (Ernst Robel), and Eurydice (Loud Stone). This fall, he will be attending the British American Drama Academy in London to study acting. When he’s not on stage, he enjoys making coffee, reading fantastical fiction, crocheting, and spending time with his dogs. This is Jamie’s third year with Door Shakespeare. Protect trans kids.

Cast, Company, and Crew

JONATHAN CONTRERAS

Camp Will Teaching Artist, Actor: Mercutio/Paris in Romeo and Juliet, Knightly in Emma

Jonathan Contreras (he/him) is an actor, musician, and songwriter currently based in El Paso, Texas. Jonathan was last onstage with Door Shakespeare as Orlando in As You Like It, and Mabelu/Accordion in The Old Man And The Old Moon. His credits in 2022 include: Great River Shakespeare Festival, Antonio in Twelfth Night and Bandleader/Piano in Always…Patsy Cline. Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespearience educational tour of Romeo and Juliet. In 2021, Jonathan was in Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s The Tempest. 2019 brought Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s winter production of Macbeth and La Noche De Los Alebrijes, Puerto Vallarta, Jal. Mexico, with One Blue Cat/ MundoMilagro/ArtVallarta, La Casa Azul, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Xanadu (Thalia/ensemble) Tex-ARTS, Austin, Texas. In 2018, Jonathan was in Great River Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare in Love, and All’s Well That Ends Well. Feel free to follow along with his adventures on IG @ jonathan.acontreras.

MARK CORKINS*

Actor: Capulet and Understudy for Friar Lawrence/ Gregory in Romeo and Juliet, Mr. Weston and Understudy for Mr. Woodhouse/Mrs. Bates in Emma

Mark Corkins (he/him) has been fortunate to spend several summers with Door Shakespeare. Some notable roles from past seasons include: Falstaff, Prospero, Toby Belch, Don Pedro, Jacques, and most recently the human lead in The Old Man and the Old Moon. Local audiences may be familiar with Mark’s work on other Wisconsin stages, including: American Players Theatre, Madison Rep, Next Act, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Optimist, First Stage, In Tandem, and Milwaukee Opera Theatre. Mark was also a long time member of Milwaukee Rep’s resident acting company. Over many seasons, notable productions include: Much Ado About Nothing, The Cherry Orchard, True West, Seascape, End Game, King Lear, and A Christmas Carol. Further afield, Mark has had the pleasure of working with the Utah and Illinois Shakespeare Festivals, Berkshire Theater Festival, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, Stage West, SITI Company, and the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT). Mark is most grateful to Door Shakespeare’s audiences and supporters who help keep the magic of these classic stories alive in the beautiful garden at Björklunden.

Cast, Company, and Crew

TODD DENNING*

Actor: Friar Lawrence/Gregory in Romeo and Juliet, Mr. Woodhouse/Mrs. Bates in Emma

Todd (he/him) is thrilled to return for his third season at Door Shakespeare! In 2018, he played Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing; and in 2022, he directed The Tempest. Hailing from Milwaukee, Todd works as an actor, director, and educator. Recent acting credits include the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol at Milwaukee Rep; Cominius in Coriolanus and Lucius in Timon Of Athens at Utah Shakespeare; and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Musical at First Stage. Other regional acting credits include Alabama Shakespeare, South Coast Repertory, Illinois Shakespeare, Tennessee Rep, Georgia Shakespeare, Willamette Rep, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Next Act Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Optimist Theatre, and In Tandem. As an educator, Todd has taught at Marquette University, Cardinal Stritch University, University of California-Irvine, and was one of the founding Co-Directors of the Young Company of the First Stage Theatre Academy. Todd received his MFA from the University of California-Irvine. Love to Jade and Rufus.

ED DIMAIO

Carpenter

Ed DiMaio (he/him) is delighted to be back for his second season with Door Shakespeare. In 2007, Edward performed in Isadoora Theatre Company’s (ITC’s) Production of Working. DiMaio went on to perform in ITC’s Waiting For Lefty, Circle Mirror Transformation, and Three Days of Rain. Ed has also designed sets for ITC’s Helen, Bauer, and this summer’s production of Uncanny Valley. Ed is currently the Board Chair at ITC. At Third Avenue PlayWorks, DiMaio performed in The House of Blue Leaves and worked for five seasons on set construction including a full design and build of TAP’s Christmas Show. Ed also performed in Rogue theater’s production of All My Sons. DiMaio’s work in films include Confessions of A Sailor, Not There Yet, Winters Guest, June Falling Down, The Emissary, and West of Thunder. DiMaio has also done Performance Photography and has images on permanent display in TAP’s lobby. Images and articles have also run in Contact Quarterly Magazine.

Cast, Company, and Crew

CHRISTOPHER ELST Fight Director and Intimacy Director

Christopher Elst (he/they) is a prominent member of several national theater organizations (The Society of American Fight Directors, Dueling Arts International, Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Theatrical Intimacy Education) and an advocate for safe practices in theaters nationwide. Christopher has performed, directed, and designed violence, movement, and intimacy for professional theaters across the country, including Ogunquit Playhouse, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (now The REV), Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, and the Milwaukee Rep. He is currently studying for a double MFA in Theatre Performance and Theatre Directing at Western Illinois University.

AMY ENSIGN*

Producing Artistic Director

Amy Ensign (she/her) began her career with Door Shakespeare 18 years ago as Elmire in Tartuffe and Ceres in The Tempest. Select Door Shakespeare credits include Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Julia in The Rivals, Jane in Pride and Prejudice, and Rosalind in 2012’s As You Like It. A Door County-based actor, director, and theater educator, Amy has performed with Northern Sky Theater, Theatre M, Teatro Caravaggio, Third Avenue PlayWorks, and Peninsula Players; and directed youth theater programs for Sevastopol School, Third Avenue PlayWorks, and Door Shakespeare. Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts in theater from the University of Washington and studied with the Suzuki Company of Toga-Mura (SCOT) in Japan. A voyaging sailor and underwater hockey player, Amy lives in Sturgeon Bay with her husband and son.

Cast, Company, and Crew

DAVID FOULDS Master Electrician

David Foulds (he/him) is happy to be a part of the Door Shakespeare team. After 10 years of volunteering, his position became official in 2022. A freelance electrician, builder, and sailboat rigger, David is the master electrician for the 2024 company. He is also the technical director for Sevastopol School Theater. When not working, David enjoys cycling and underwater hockey.

ISA GUITIAN

Camp Will Teaching Artist, Actor: Balthasar and Understudy to Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Harriet/Jane in Emma

Isa Guitian (she/they) is ecstatic to be back at Door Shakespeare after appearing in The Old Man and the Old Moon and As You Like It last summer. Most recently, she performed in Hamlet at the Utah Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare in the Schools Tour, A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater, as well as Measure for Measure and The Winter’s Tale at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Other regional credits include Pride and Prejudice, As You Like It, and Caesar also at Illinois Shakes, Nature: A Walking Play at TigerLion Arts, and Technicolor Life at Rep Stage. Isa has a BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program and is a proud native of Baltimore, Maryland (Go O’s!), where she graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts.

Rosalind (Tina Muñoz Pandya*) and Celia (Becky Keeshin*) eavesdrop on Orlando in 2023’s As You Like It. Directed by Leda Hoffmann.

Photo by Heidi Hodges.

Cast, Company, and Crew

TAYLOR HARVEY*

Actor: Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Emma in Emma

Taylor Harvey (she/they) is delighted to be back at Door Shakespeare after spending the 2017 season here in The Heart of Robin Hood (Marion) and Twelfth Night. Additional credits include, Off Broadway: First Love at Cherry Lane with Michael O’ Keefe. Regional: Around the World in 80 Days; The Thanksgiving Play; Educating Rita; and A Doll’s House, Part 2 at Lean Ensemble Theater; Coriolanus and As You Like It at Great River Shakespeare Festival; The Sound of Music and The Doll People at Hope Summer Repertory, Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (world premiere) at Park Square. Taylor is also an audiobook narrator with 30+ titles on Audible. BFA: UMN/Guthrie Theater. www.taylorharveyonline.com

DIMONTE HENNING*

Director, Romeo and Juliet

Dimonte Henning (he/him) is grateful to work with Door Shakespeare and re-tell this classic tale of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Dimonte is an actor, director, and theater producer. He received his formal theater training at UW–Milwaukee with additional training from Milwaukee Rep’s Emerging Professional Residency. He is a Founding Member of the Milwaukee Black Theater Festival and performing arts organization, Lights! Camera! Soul! Some of his favorite directing credits include: The Mountaintop; Dream, Quickie! Dream!; Black Nativity; The Niceties; and Pretty Fire. As an actor, some of his regional theater credits include: Seven Guitars (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Toni Stone (Alliance Theatre); Stick Fly (Writers Theater); Kill Move Paradise (Next Act); The Island and Deathtrap (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre); Clyde’s (Forward Theater Co.); Our Town, A Christmas Carol, Dreamgirls (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); The Wiz and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (First Stage). Dimonte has several TV and commercial credits including: Guest starring roles on NBC’s Chicago PD (Seasons 4, and 6), Disney’s Encore!, Wisconsin Lottery, Uber, Inpro Designs, and Harley-Davidson.

Cast, Company, and Crew

ETHAN HIGHTIRE

Production—Acting Intern: Benvolio and understudy for Romeo and Paris in Romeo and Juliet, Townsfolk and Understudy for John Knightly/Mr. Martin in Emma

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ethan Hightire (he/ him) is excited to make his Door Shakespeare debut! He is proudly receiving classical training from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Acting BFA program. Professional/community credits include The Meeting (Malcolm X), The Meeting (Martin Luther King Jr.), The Comedy of Dracula: Kinda Sorta (Assistant Director/Sound Operator), Black Nativity (Ensemble), Storybook Reunion Murders (Assistant Director), Ghost Bike (Alvin/Ora/Ensemble), and he has been a returning participant in Schmitz & Giggles’ Sketch 22 productions. University credits include Pipeline (Omari), Macbeth (Macbeth), Sweat (Chris), Piggsville (Sowl), This is Modern Art (Seven), and Into the Woods (Sound Operator).

HEIDI HODGES Company Photographer

Heidi Hodges (she/her) grew up in Kenosha and vacationed in Door County throughout her youth. She received a BA in technical communication from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and focused on photography, journalism, and history. In 1987, to complete her major, she interned at the Door County Advocate. She remained at the Advocate for 13 years after the internship, covering the community she loves. Heidi served as editor of the Door County Magazine from 2013–2019 and editor of the Washington Island Observer from 2019–2022. Heidi is the co-owner of Door Kewaunee Arts Guidebook. And, since 2001, owner of her photography business, Heidi Hodges Photography. Since its inception, Door Shakespeare has been a mainstay in Heidi’s life, and she is proud to volunteer photography services for a company she loves.

Director and actor Scott McKenna Campbell leads the cast and audience in a rousing pre-show concert before 2023’s

The Old Man and The Old Moon

Photo by Heidi Hodges.

Cast, Company, and Crew

TAYLOR IRELAND

Assistant Stage Manager and Electrician

Taylor Ireland (she/they) is a senior theatre arts major with a concentration in stage management at University of Wisconsin–Parkside. Recent UW–Parkside credits include Peter and the Starcatcher (Stage Manager), The Altruists (Lighting Designer), When We Dead Awaken (Assistant Director), Meteor Shower (Master Electrician), Burn: A Folk Musical (Stage Manager), The Laramie Project (Stage Manager), and The Aliens (Stage Manager). Taylor was also the Stage Manager for The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fair(l)y (Stoopid) Tales at Cyclopedic Ensemble. Taylor worked with Door Shakespeare during the 2023 season as an Assistant Stage Manager and is excited to return for the 2024 season!

MAGGIE KETTERING* Director, Emma

Maggie Kettering (she/her) is thrilled to be a part of the 2024 season at Door Shakespeare. Most recently, she spent six seasons with Great Lakes Theater/Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Sense and Sensibility, The 39 Steps, Romeo & Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, Love’s Labour’s Lost, And Then There Were None, Blithe Spirit, and more. Additionally, she’s worked with REP St. Louis, Peninsula Players, Milwaukee Rep, House Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, TimeLine Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Lean Ensemble (where she directed Educating Rita and The Thanksgiving Play). Maggie is a resident of Chicago and an Ironman finisher. She has a BA, an MFA, and is working on an MS to become a CCC-SLP. One day she hopes to have all the letters of the alphabet.

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ARIELLE LEVERETT*

Actor: Lady Montague/Nurse/Prince in Romeo and Juliet, Mrs. Weston/Mrs. Elton in Emma

Arielle Leverett (she/her) is thrilled to be joining Door Shakespeare for the summer. She was seen most recently in Twelfth Night as the Gentlewoman at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other Chicago credits include, The Spectacularly Lamentable Tragedy of Miss Martha Washington (Steppenwolf), From the Mississippi Delta (Lifeline Theatre), After the Blast (Broken Nose Theatre), Henry V (First Folio), Southern Gothic (Windy City Playhouse), WHITE (Definition Theatre), The Mousetrap (Court Theatre), Ragtime (Griffin Theatre), Perecles and Richard III (Muse of Fire), and The Good Fight (Babes with Blades). She has also worked with Kentucky Shakespeare (Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet) and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Dreamgirls, A Christmas Carol). She received an MFA in acting from Western Illinois University and is represented by Big Mouth Talent.

GEORGE LORIMER

Camp Will Teaching Artist, Actor: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Mr. Elton/Frank and Understudy for Knightly in Emma

George Lorimer (he/him) is making his Door Shakespeare debut in Romeo and Juliet and Emma. Previous projects include Titanic and A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep), Ride the Cyclone (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio), Fortunate Sons (Skylight Music Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth (Summit Players Theatre), All is Calm (Vanguard Productions), Anatole (First Stage), and Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (Virginia Rep on Tour). He is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Vanguard Productions, an independent theater company based in Milwaukee. His training includes the College of Wooster, the Atlantic Acting School, and Milwaukee Rep’s Emerging Professional Resident Program. He dedicates this season to his Mom and Dad.

Cast, Company, and Crew

TODD MION Lighting Designer

Todd Mion (he/him) has been a lighting designer in the Baltimore area for over thirty-five years. Recent designs include the world premieres of Mother May I at the Strand Theater, Bad Panda with Iron Crow Theatre, To Get to the Other Side for The Baltimore Playwright’s Festival, The Return of the Fifth Sister at the Capital Fringe Festival, as well as dance designs seen at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., The Alvin Ailey Theatre in New York City, The Greenhouse Theatre in Chicago, and internationally at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Todd also designed for the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival where his work included the critically acclaimed A Dickens of a Carol as well as productions of Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. This is Todd’s eighth season designing lighting for Door Shakespeare.

KIRA NEIGHBORS* Production Stage Manager

Kira Neighbors (she/her) is delighted to be back at Door Shakespeare for the 2024 season! Wisconsin stage management credits include The Old Man and The Old Moon, As You Like It, Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Henry V (Door Shakespeare); The Wanderers (Forward Theater); Little Women, Nuncrackers, The Nativity Variations, Murder on the Orient Express, Antonio’s Song, The Legend of Georgia McBride, The Nerd, Every Brilliant Thing, A Christmas Carol, and Guards at the Taj (Milwaukee Rep); The Island, The Thanksgiving Play, and Laughs In Spanish (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre). Select South Carolina credits include Outlaw Song, She Kills Monsters, and Our Town (Theatre South Carolina). Kira studied Stage Management at the University of South Carolina.

Callahan (Isaiah Spetz) and Mabelu (Jonathan Contreras) assure the captain that they have plenty of “vinegar” in 2023’s The

and

Old Man

The Old Moon, directed by Scott McKenna Campbell. Photo by Heidi Hodges.

Cast, Company, and Crew

LEXI PRAXL

Box Office Manager, Swing: Tybalt/Friar John and Sampson/Peter in Romeo and Juliet, Mrs. Weston/Mrs. Elton and Townsfolk in Emma

Lexi Praxl (she/her) is a 2023 graduate of Lawrence University. Majoring in Theatre and French, she explored the worlds of theater, French culture, and, of course, French theater. In her time at Lawrence, she had many roles on and off the stage. Her favorites include building sets for shows and operas like Alcina and The Domino Effect, voice acting in The Veldt and The White Rose, and acting in her senior capstone Moliere Inspired. Lexi has just returned home from teaching English in France and is excited to be back in the garden for her third beautiful summer with Door Shakespeare! In her spare time, Lexi loves to fence and will continue her fencing career at Durham University in England this fall while pursuing a Masters in translation studies. She cannot wait to see what joys this season holds and wants to thank the patrons for making every season memorable!

ANGEL RIVERA

Camp Will Teaching Artist, Production—Acting Intern: Sampson/Peter, Understudy for Benvolio and Balthasar in Romeo and Juliet; Townsfolk in Emma

Angel (they/them) is thrilled to be making their Door Shakespeare debut and to be joining the Acting Internship Program. Angel was most recently seen as Alice in the world premiere production of The Gracious Sisters in Milwaukee. Other recent credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, The Laramie Project, The Crucible, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter’s Tale, and Girls in The Boat (First Stage, Young Company), The Hobbit, and A Wrinkle in Time (First Stage), and The Compass (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). In the fall, Angel

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JODY SEKAS

Scenic and Properties Designer

Jody Sekas (he/him) is a production/scenic designer for theater and film, returning for his 7th season with Door Shakespeare. He has also worked for such venues as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Dell’Arte International, Rochester Civic Theatre, Omaha Theatre Company for Young People, The Western Stage, and on the films The Music Inside, Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes, FLEA, and The Wine of Summer His recent designs include the Off-Broadway debut of Boswell, and the upcoming feature film What Happened to Dorothy Bell. He taught Scenography for Theatre, Film, and Dance at Humboldt State University in northern California; Scenic/ Lighting Design, and Technology at UW–Eau Claire; and was the resident scenic and lighting designer for the Sioux Falls Playhouse in South Dakota. He is now in his twelfth year at UW–Parkside as Associate Professor of Scenic Design and Technology, and is a core professor in the Digital Design and Fabrication program. See examples of his works at www.d4production.com.

AIMSLEY SHEARER

Production Intern—Costume and Wardrobe

Aimsley Shearer (she/her) is excited to be a Costume and Wardrobe Intern for Door Shakespeare’s 2024 season and to begin exploring the amazing world of theater! A second year student in Lawrence University’s Theatre Arts program (with emphasis in acting), her most recent work includes the 2023 Lawrence University Production of Menaechmi (Costume Assistant/Wardrobe Staff), the 2023 PEP production of Rocky Horror Picture Show (Shadow Cast), the 2024 Lawrence University Production of As You Like It (Performed as Amiens/Costume Assistant), the 2024 Lawrence University Production of Cendrillon (Costume Assistant/Wardrobe Staff), and the 2024 Lawrence University Production of Alice Tierney (Costume Assistant/Wardrobe Staff) Her favorite acting work was for On the Verge; or, The Geography of Yearning, a production in Hailey, Idaho, as Fanny Cranberry (2022). Aimsley loves all things theater, music, and dance, and cannot wait to spend the season in Door County working on these productions!

Cast, Company, and Crew

AUDEN SVOBODA

Arts Administration and Costume Intern

Auden Svoboda (he/them) is a rising sophomore at Lawrence University studying creative writing and music with an emphasis on classical voice. As a longtime theater lover, he is thrilled to gain more experience working backstage in a professional setting this summer. In high school, he performed extensively with Youth Musical Theater Company, a musical theater training company based in Berkeley, California—mostly in various little-boy roles such as Pinocchio (Shrek) and Frank Jr. (Merrily We Roll Along). At Lawrence, he plans to sing in the opera program every year and possibly continue with theater, hopefully in more age-appropriate roles. Recently, he’s become involved with behind-the-scenes work through his job in the Lawrence costume shop and has unlocked a newfound passion for all-black outfits. His other interests include poetry, animated films, indie games, pickleball, snowboarding, vacuuming, and being four minutes late to class.

GRACE M. WEIR

Costume Designer

Grace M. Weir (she/her) is a costume designer based in the Great Lakes Region. Grace received her B.A in Theatre Arts with minors in Studio Art and History from Marquette University. Previous Costume Design credits include: Cinderella - Premier Adaptation (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre), Dooby Dooby Moo (Marquette University), The Theory of Relativity (Marquette University), The Revolutionists (Marquette University), Gloria (The University of Alabama), and Murder Ballad (The University of Alabama). Grace would like to thank her friends and family for being patrons of the arts and supporting every show she has had the pleasure of working on. She hopes you enjoy the show! Website: graceweircostumes.com

Rosalind (Tina Muñoz Pandya*) implores the audience to “like as much of this play as please [them]” in 2023’s As You Like It. Directed by Leda Hoffmann.

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ANDRIA NIKOUPOLIS WELIKY

Choreographer

Andria Nikoupolis Weliky (she/her) is a lifelong dancer. She has been choreographing, teaching, and performing a wide variety of dance styles on the Door Peninsula for 30 plus years. Credits include: Door County Community Theatre; Music Man, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Chicago, Door County Children’s Theatre; Snow White, Gibraltar School Theatre Program; Schoolhouse Rock Live, Wizard Of Oz, High School Musical, Anything Goes, Legally Blonde, Guys and Dolls, Footloose, Sevastopol School Theatre Program; Cinderella, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Andria currently resides in Sturgeon Bay, where she owns and operates Emerald Lion Dance out of STUDIO234, 234 N 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI. She is honored to have this season be her debut with Door Shakespeare!

NOELLE YOUNG-DAVIS

Production—Acting Intern: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; Townsfolk and Understudy for Harriet/Jane in Emma

Noelle Young-Davis (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist from Baltimore, Maryland. In love with performing for as long as she can remember, Noelle’s passion for acting was nurtured in high school at Baltimore School of the Arts. She also won the Baltimore Center Stage’s Young Playwrights Festival in 2020. She is currently a rising senior in the BFA Acting program at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. Favorite educational theater credits include: Fires in the Mirror, Life Is a Dream, and Romeo and Juliet. Noelle was privileged to spend a year in London studying at Shakespeare’s Globe, where she also played Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing Noelle is delighted to be joining Door Shakespeare this summer. She is always grateful to her family for their constant love and support.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

+ Apprentice Intimacy Director, Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC)

++ Certified Teacher, Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)

Romeo and Juliet

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

I am elated to craft the telling of this incredible human story and share these poetic words with you underneath the stars. To me, what Romeo and Juliet ultimately asks is: Are we, as a society, willing to put hatred and prejudice over empathy, compassion, and, ultimately, love?

Door Shakespeare has picked a perfect time to tell this story. Our country, rather our world, is at a pivotal moment. Throughout human history we have seen arduous times, but what makes today’s trials more devastating is how the cycle of hatred and bigotry toward one another continues to repeat itself. The Capulets and Montagues, two dueling families, have accumulated years and years and years and years and years (you get the point) of hatred toward one another to the point where they have no real idea why they “hate” each other. They just hate each other because it was something they were taught.

What happens? It becomes a devastating cycle where the survivors (us) are left to foot the bill. Someone kills another. Then their enemy kills another and the cycle continues until we’re so deep and in the thick of it, that we have no clue how we’ve gotten here. We’re left to pick up the ashes of the ones we hold dearest to our hearts. Is this what we want for our society?

William Shakespeare’s commentary on his time can help us understand ours.

For our production, I’ve chosen to create a multi-cultural cast to reflect the world as it is today. By doing this, I invite you, our audience, to reject the illusion that an actor has to look a certain way for an artistic choice to be true. Our casting is a conscious choice to support the idea that humanity is united in our shared experience. We can simultaneously acknowledge and celebrate the uniqueness of our different cultures. Blending classical undertones with modern flair and music from around the world, our production will entice you onto the adventurous streets of Verona. I hope you enjoy our story and fall in love with humankind again.

Dimonte Hennning

June 12, 2024

Becky Keeshin* as Llewellyn, Isa Guitian as Matheson, and Isaiah Spetz as Callahan in 2023’s The Old Man and The Old Moon. Directed by Scott McKenna Campbell.

Photo by Heidi Hodges.

ROMEO AND JULIET

Synopsis

The prologue of Romeo and Juliet calls the title characters “star-crossed lovers”—and the stars do seem to conspire against these young lovers.

Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet—when Romeo and his friends attend a party at Juliet’s house in disguise—the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married.

A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud. Romeo and his companions almost immediately encounter Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who challenges Romeo. When Romeo refuses to fight, Romeo’s friend Mercutio accepts the challenge and is killed. Romeo then kills Tybalt and is banished. He spends that night with Juliet and then leaves for Mantua.

Juliet’s father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead. The friar will send Romeo word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. The plan goes awry, and Romeo learns instead that she is dead. In the tomb, Romeo kills himself. Juliet wakes, sees his body, and commits suicide. Their deaths appear to finally end the

Theatre Worth Talking About

William Shakespeare

A BIOGRAPHY

Since William Shakespeare lived more than 400 years ago, and many records from that time are lost or never existed in the first place, we don’t know everything about his life.

For example, we know that he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, 100 miles northwest of London, on April 26, 1564. But we don’t know his exact birthdate, which must have been a few days earlier.

We know that Shakespeare’s life revolved around two locations: Stratford and London. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford, but he worked in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. Even without knowing everything about his life, fans of Shakespeare have imagined and reimagined him according to their own tastes.

Birth and Childhood

William Shakespeare was probably born on about April 23, 1564, the date that is traditionally given for his birth. He was John and Mary Shakespeare’s oldest surviving child; their first two children, both girls, did not live beyond infancy. Growing up as the big brother of the family, William had three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund, and two younger sisters: Anne, who died at seven, and Joan.

Their father, John Shakespeare, was a leatherworker who specialized in the soft white leather used for gloves and similar items. A prosperous businessman, he married Mary Arden, of the prominent Arden family. John rose through local offices in Stratford, becoming an alderman and eventually, when William was five, the town bailiff—much like a mayor. Not long after that, however, John Shakespeare stepped back from public life. We don’t know why.

Shakespeare, as the son of a leading Stratford citizen, almost certainly attended Stratford’s grammar school. Like all such schools, its curriculum consisted of an intense emphasis on the Latin classics, including memorization, writing, and acting in classic Latin plays. Shakespeare most likely attended until about age 15.

Marriage and Children

A few years after he left school, in late 1582, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. She was already expecting their first-born child, Susanna, which was a fairly common situation at the time. When they married, Anne was 26 and William was 18. Anne grew up just outside Stratford in the village of Shottery. After marrying, she spent the rest of her life in Stratford.

In early 1585, the couple had twins, Judith and Hamnet, completing the family. In the years ahead, Anne and the children lived in Stratford while Shakespeare worked in London, although we don’t know when he moved there. Some later observers have suggested that this separation, and the couple’s relatively few children, were signs of a strained marriage, but we do not know that either. Someone pursuing a theater career had no choice but to work in London, and many branches of the Shakespeares had small families.

Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet, died in 1596 at the age of 11. His older daughter Susanna later married a well-to-do Stratford doctor, John Hall. Their daughter Elizabeth, Shakespeare’s first grandchild, was born in 1608. In 1616, just months before his death, Shakespeare’s daughter Judith married Thomas Quiney, a Stratford vintner. The family subsequently died out, leaving no direct descendants of Shakespeare.

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For several years after Judith and Hamnet’s arrival in 1585, nothing is known for certain of Shakespeare’s activities, such as how he earned a living, when he moved from Stratford, or how he got his start in the theater.

Following this gap in the record, the first definite mention of Shakespeare is in 1592 as an established London actor and playwright, mocked by a contemporary as a “Shakescene.” The same writer alludes to one of Shakespeare’s earliest history plays, Henry VI, Part 3, which must already have been performed.

The next year, in 1593, Shakespeare published a long poem, Venus and Adonis. The first quarto editions of his early plays appeared in 1594. For more than two decades, Shakespeare had multiple roles in the London theater as an actor, playwright, and, in time, a business partner in a major acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (renamed the King’s Men in 1603). Over the years, he became steadily more famous in the London theater world. His name, which was not even listed on the first quartos of his plays, became a regular feature—clearly a selling point—on later title pages.

Final Years

Shakespeare prospered financially from his partnership in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later the King’s Men), as well as from his writing and acting. He invested much of his wealth in real-estate purchases in Stratford and bought the second-largest house in town, New Place, in 1597.

Among the last plays that Shakespeare worked on was The Two Noble Kinsmen, which he wrote with a frequent collaborator, John Fletcher, most likely in 1613. He died on April 23, 1616—the traditional date of his birthday, though his precise birthdate is unknown. We also do not know the cause of his death. His brother-in-law had died a week earlier, which could imply infectious disease, but Shakespeare’s health may have had a longer decline.

From the Folger Shakespeare Library, www.folger.edu

A Rebel (Renée Lockett*) wounds the Captain (Scott McKenna Campbell) as the ship’s cook, Cookie, (Tina Muñoz Pandya*) looks on in fear for the Captain’s life in 2023’s The Old Man and The Old Moon. Directed by Scott McKenna Campbell. Photo by Heidi Hodges

William Shakespeare

A TIMELINE · Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library*

1564: William Shakespeare born in Stratford-upon-Avon

1582: Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

1583: Shakespeare’s first child, Susanna, is born

1585: Shakespeare’s twins, Judith and Hamnet (?), are born

1592: Shakespeare is first alluded to as a playwright, in Greene’s Groates-worth of Wit

1593: Shakespeare’s first printed poem, Venus and Adonis, appears

1594: Shakespeare’s first printed play, Titus Andronicus, appears

1596: Shakespeare’s father, John Shakespeare, is granted a coat of arms; Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, dies

1597: Shakespeare purchases New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon

1598: Shakespeare is first mentioned as a sonneteer and author of 12 plays in Palladis Tamia

1599: Shakespeare’s father is granted a confirmation of arms; Shakespeare’s acting company takes down its old theater and uses the timber to build the Globe

1600: Extracts from Shakespeare’s plays and poetry appear in Bel-vedere, the first printed literary commonplace book to include plays

1601: Shakespeare’s father, John Shakespeare, dies

1602: The heralds dispute the legitimacy of a group of coat of arms, including Shakespeare’s; Shakespeare ratifies his purchase of New Place

1603: Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, becomes the K ing’s Men at the accession of James I; Hamlet appears in print

1607: Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna marries John Hall

1608: Shakespeare’s mother, Mary (Arden) Shakespeare, dies; his granddaughter Elizabeth is born

1609: Shakespeare’s Sonnets appears in print

1613: Shakespeare purchases the Blackfriars gatehouse in London; the Globe burns down during a performance of Henry VIII and is rebuilt within a year

1616: Shakespeare writes his will; his daughter Judith marries Thomas Quiney; Shakespeare dies

1623: The First Folio is published; Shakespeare’s widow Anne dies

* Folger Shakespeare Library. Accessed on June 11, 2023 https://www.folger.edu

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

Jane Austen wrote almost 200 years ago, and we still find ourselves tickled, captivated, and swept away by her characters and their stories. Elizabeth Bennett, John Willoughby, Mr. Darcy, Elinor Dashwood, Lady Catherine de Burgh: these characters are so bright and so indelibly woven into our collective literary consciousness, it is astonishing to remember Austen only published six novels. Austen shows us the broad umbrella of the social class structure alongside a detailed accounting of the minutiae of daily life, while also giving us a savvy and pointed critique of the same. Her women and her men are constrained by the times; limited by their financial dependencies and hemmed in by genteel society’s expectations. But as much as some may buck against their constraints, the majority of people we find in Emma exist in a world that is deeply resistant to change. Major forces on the world’s stage the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution are ignored, and comfort and protection are found in the mundane niceties (and cruelties) of each small village. But Austen insists upon change. She pushes, prods, cajoles, and demands that her people take deeper looks at themselves and ask who they could be. In every relationship be it platonic, romantic or familial both parties must do a thorough inventory and must act when they are found wanting. It is only after thoughtful change that we have honest partnerships.

Emma has been adapted many times, but what I find so wonderful about Joe Hanreddy’s adaptation is we get to see actors take on multiple characters many of them right before our eyes. This convention allows us to get a peek at the many faces a single person can wear, as Austen’s characters wrestle with the myriad of ways they interact with each other in society, for good or for ill. As an audience, I hope you will be carried away by the story and the world of our play, and that you will enjoy Emma’s reverence for (and ridicule of) the drama of Highbury. And perhaps, do your own inventory, so that you may deepen all of the glorious connections you have with the people who make up your own small village and world.

Maggie Kettering June 9, 2024

Playgoer’s Guide

EMMA

Synopsis

Emma, the fourth novel by Jane Austen, was published in three volumes in 1815. Set in Highbury, England, in the early 19th century, the novel centers on Emma Woodhouse, a precocious young woman whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures.

Although she is convinced she will never marry, Emma believes she is an excellent matchmaker. As she tells her father and her dear friend Mr. Knightley, she practically arranged the recent marriage between her former governess, Miss Taylor, and the widower Mr. Weston. (She did, after all, introduce them.) After such a clear “success,” Emma is determined to make another match. This time, she has set her sights on the village vicar, Mr. Elton. Both Emma’s father and Mr. Knightley caution her against interfering, but they ultimately fail to dissuade her.

Shortly thereafter, Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a 17-year-old student at a local boarding school. Harriet’s parentage is unknown; she is “the natural daughter of somebody” who many years ago placed her in the care of the school’s headmistress, Mrs. Goddard. Despite the obscurity of her birth and her perceived inferior social status, Emma decides that Harriet is a perfect match for Mr. Elton. First, Emma sets about improving her friend by discouraging her interest in Robert Martin, a young farmer whose family is renting land from Mr. Knightley. Harriet clearly has feelings for Robert (and Robert for her). Emma convinces her otherwise; she tells Harriet that Robert is beneath her. When Robert writes a letter asking for her hand in marriage, Harriet, with Emma’s counsel, refuses him.

When Mr. Knightley visits Emma, he excitedly tells her about Robert’s intent to marry Harriet. After Emma informs him that Harriet has already rejected Robert’s proposal (with her help), Mr. Knightley is furious. He criticizes Emma for interfering, claiming Robert is a respectable man and a good match for Harriet. Mr. Knightley storms out. He does not visit Emma again for some time. In his absence, Emma continues to push Harriet and Mr. Elton together. With Robert out of the way, and Harriet and Mr. Elton spending more and more time together, Emma begins to celebrate the success of her endeavor. All seems to be going well until Christmas Eve, when Mr. Elton reveals to Emma that he is in love with her, not Harriet, and has been spending time with Harriet only to please her. Humiliated by her attempt to pair him with Harriet, Mr. Elton resolves to retire to Bath. Emma is forced to tell Harriet about Mr. Elton and spends the next several days consoling her.

Meanwhile, two new visitors arrive in Highbury: Jane Fairfax, the beautiful orphaned niece of Emma’s neighbor Miss Bates, and Frank Churchill, the dashing young son of Mr. Weston. Initially, Emma dislikes Jane. She condemns her for being too “cold” and too “cautious.” (The narrator suggests that Emma is in fact jealous of Jane, because Jane had previously met Frank, whom Emma has taken a liking to.) Mr. Knightley defends Jane, reminding Emma that, whereas she is privileged, Jane has no fortune and must soon leave to work as a governess. Mrs. Weston suspects that Mr. Knightley harbors some romantic feelings for Jane. Emma adamantly denies this. Emma, Novel by Austen. Encyclopedia Britannica, copyright 2024, Accessed on June 6, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Emma-novel-by-Austen

Joseph Hanreddy, Playwright

Biography

Joseph Hanreddy was the artistic director for the Ensemble Theater Company in Santa Barbara (1979-1986), the Madison Repertory Theater (1986-1993), and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater (1993-2010). While leading the Milwaukee Rep, he established an exceptionally talented resident acting ensemble, and recruited acclaimed US and international directors to present a wide-ranging and innovative repertoire. In addition to classics and established plays, their work included more than fifty new American plays, translations, and adaptations, many of which have gone on to be produced throughout the US and internationally. As an artist, he directed forty plus productions, as well as wrote stage adaptations and, on occasion, acted in productions.

Since retiring from the Milwaukee Rep, Hanreddy returned to the company to direct several times, as well as directed multiple productions for the Utah, Idaho and Door Shakespeare Festivals, and Great Lakes Theater. Other freelance productions since retiring from the Milwaukee Rep were at the Writer’s Theatre in Chicago, the Rep at the University of Delaware, and the Pearl Theater in NYC where the 2010 production of The Misanthrope was nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for the best production Off-Broadway. He has also been a guest director for university training programs at Northwestern University, Kent State University, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Delaware. As a writer, he created stage adaptations of The Tavern for the Utah Shakespeare Festival and, with JR Sullivan, adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Both have had several productions at major theaters in the US and abroad. During the pandemic he directed a virtual production of The Lifespan of a Fact for Forward Theater in Madison and wrote this evening’s adaptation of Emma, originally commissioned for the People’s Light.

In the spirit of the character of Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso, “Theater is life!” For Joe, working with a team of producers, support staff, designers, stage managers, and actors, is life. There’s so much to learn, to explore, to create, and to share.

Joe Hanreddy directs Todd Denning*, Mark Corkins*, (partially obscured), and Rob Doyle in 2018’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Camp Will

July 15–19 • July 22–26

August 5–9

Camp Will is a weeklong workshop dedicated to the development of communication skills, language, and group social skills through the process of creative play and group scene work. Our goal is to nurture a young person’s ability to voice their opinions, communicate their thoughts, and discover their creativity through ensemble work and the poetry of Shakespeare.

Camp sessions are available for ages 8–17.

Directed by Scott McKenna Campbell, Camp Will Teaching Artists come from all over the United States and are members of the Door Shakespeare acting company.

Daily sessions begin with theater and improv games. Groups then work independently in separate ensembles to approach Shakespeare’s works through rhythm, playful language exercises, and story drama. Older students work more intensely on vocal and physical techniques that enrich the meaning of Shakespeare’s text.

“I loved working with all the professional actors, and I also made lots of new friends at camp. I can’t wait for next summer!” —Beatrix Dramm, Camp Will Camper

Door Shakespeare’s Camp Will is proudly sponsored by Werner Krause and the Door County Medical Center.

Door Shakespeare Intern Program

Door Shakespeare believes in providing a well-rounded experience for students in their chosen field with additional opportunities to explore other areas of the theater. Internships focus on: Lighting, Costumes, Acting, and Arts Administration. We provide a supportive learning environment supplemented with high levels of responsibility and flexible learning opportunities guided by individual talents and interests.

Production—Acting Interns Angel Rivera, Noelle Young-Davis, and Ethan Hightire, take a seat onstage at the end of a rehearsal day. Photo by Tayler Ireland.

Production Interns Aimsley Shearer, Angel Rivera, Ethan Hightire, Noelle Young-Davis, and Auden Svoboda pause for a moment onstage as they gather props at the end of rehearsal. Photo by Tayler Ireland.

Production Interns Auden Svoboda and Jana Casey sew in the costume shop. Photo by Tayler Ireland.

Annual Gala 2023

The credit for the success of our 2023 Gala sits squarely on the shoulders of all those whose planning, participation, and support contributed to this memorable event. Our sincere thanks to the following patrons and performing artists.

SPONSORS

Doug and Judy Drew

CATERERS

Thyme Restaurant and Catering

HOSTS

Maureen Sandstrom McGrath

Joslyn and Matt Villalpando of the Woodwalk Gallery

DONORS

Mary Lynn and Randal Brotherhood

Kit and Dick Conner

Doug and Judy Drew

Gwenn and Joe Graboyes

Arlene Johnson

Lora Ladew and Rob Kitt

Emil and Susan Lesniak

Bill Morris and Lisa Ladew

Evan and Lurana Webster

Shirley Weese Young

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Dave and Nancy Borghesi

David Clowers and Janice Galt

Allyn Ensign

Kevin Grohskopf and Phil Biebl

Steve and Jackie Kane

Paulette Laufer and Richard Carlson

Maureen McGrath

Lynn Polacek

Clyde and Marsha Williams

Jamie Alexander, Scott McKenna Campbell, Jonathan Contreras, Mark Corkins, Door Shakespeare’s 2023 Company, Haley Ebinal, Isa Guitian, Becky Keeshin, Dan Klarer, B Salmi Klotz, Kristina Salmi Klotz, Renée Lockett, Tina Muñoz Pandya, Liesl Nelson, Lexi Praxl, Isaiah Spetz, Jackson Toivonen

VOLUNTEERS

Doug Drew Emil and Susan Lesniak

Becky and Steve Heller

GALA COMMITTEE

Judy Drew, Chair

Amy Ensign

David Foulds

K it Conner

Becky Heller

Annual Gala 2024

There’s plenty to like about this year’s Gala! Join us on Sunday, August 4, to mix and mingle with fellow theater lovers as you enjoy:

• Entertainment by Company members

• A sneak peek at Camp Will, Door Shakespeare’s Summer youth program

• Beverages, dinner buffet, and desserts catered by Thyme Cuisine* and

• Our unique paddle raiser for this year’s fundraising initiatives. In the past, your support of our paddle raiser has helped to fund actor housing, mosquito abatement in the Garden, and Camp Will teaching artists.

Here’s everything you need to know:

Date: Sunday, August 4, 2024

Location: Woodwalk Gallery, 6746 County Road G, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin Program

6:00—Cocktails & Appetizers

6:30—Dinner Service

7:45—Entertainment & Paddle Raiser

9:00 We shall say good night till it be morrow!

Tickets: $85 per person (includes dinner, wine, beer, and nonalcoholic libations)

RSVP: Register and make your entree selection by Monday, July 22, online at doorshakespeare.com or call 920-854-7111.

Thank you! We look forward to celebrating with you!

*If you have dietary restrictions, please let us know when you register and our caterer will prepare a special meal.

The Clearing FOLK SCHOOL

Support Door Shakespeare

Your financial support has been essential for our success. Recovery from the pandemic has been measurable, but slow and uneven. A recent article in the New York Times (NYT, March 12, 2024) noted that attendance on Broadway is still down roughly 17% from pre-pandemic levels and that “many nonprofit theaters around the country are also struggling—attracting fewer subscribers and producing fewer shows—and some have closed.”

We strive to bring you the high level of theater excellence you expect from Door Shakespeare. With your continued help, we know we can overcome these challenges; or, as we heard Henry V declare from our stage, “Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more!”

If you would like to join our list of donors, please call 920.854.7111 or go to www.doorshakespeare.com.

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We appreciate your involvement—thank you to the past year’s Bard Buddies!

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Shakespeare Circle

DO YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF CLASSICAL THEATER LIKE NEVER BEFORE?

Then join the Shakespeare Circle and become a part of the process! As a member of this community of art lovers, you will have the opportunity to support Door Shakespeare’s mission of producing the finest classical theater in Door County. Become a Director level member, ($1000 per year commitment) and you will enjoy benefits such as early access to ticket sales for the season, a signed season poster by our talented artists, and a series of sneak peek events that offer an inside look behind the scenes. If you choose to become a Producer level member committing to $2500 per year, you will enjoy even more elite benefits, including a chance to meet the artists one-on-one, attendance at the first read-through rehearsal, and a special invitation to our season preview. As a member, you will be the first to know about the upcoming season selections and will be featured on a recognition board in the theater. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to be a part of something truly special. Visit our website or contact us at the box office to learn more about giving levels and member benefits. We can’t wait to welcome you into the Shakespeare Circle!

SHAKESPEARE CIRCLE MEMBERS

PRODUCER:

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Past Productions

2023—As You Like It by William Shakespeare and The Old Man and the Old Moon by PigPen Theater Co.

2022—The Tempest by William Shakespeare and The Three Musketeers: An Adventure, With Music by Joe Pine, with music and lyrics by Scott McKenna Campbell

2021—Hamlet by William Shakespeare, adapted by Guy Roberts

2020—Virtual Season—Rosalind by J.M. Barrie and The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

2019—Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

2018—Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

2017—Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr

2016—A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

2015—Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest by William Shakespeare

2014—The Comedy of Errors and King Lear by William Shakespeare

2013—Macbeth and Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare

2012—As You Like It by William Shakespeare and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield

2011—Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare; Pride and Prejudice, adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield

2010—Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare; The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

2009—The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

2008—A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare; Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmund Rostand

2007—The Tempest by William Shakespeare; Tartuffe by Jean Baptiste Moliere

Past Productions

2006—As You Like It by William Shakespeare; The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

2005—The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare; She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

2004—The Taming of the Shrew and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

2003—Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

2002—A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

2001—Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

2000—The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

1999—As You Like It by William Shakespeare

1996—Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

1995—A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

Matheson (Isa Guitian) takes the wheel from The Old Man (Mark Corkins*) in 2023’s The Old Man and The Old Moon. Directed by Scott McKenna Campbell. Photo by Heidi Hodges.

Photo by Heidi Hodges.

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