THE ARTISTIC COMPANY

Acting Company

Lynn Robert Berg*

Jaques

Twenty-one seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Roles include Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), Brutus (Julius Caesar), the title roles of Macbeth and Richard III, Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing), Charlie Cowell (The Music Man), The Ghost and Player King (Hamlet), Zoltan Karpathy (My Fair Lady), Gremio (Taming of the Shrew), Malvolio (Twelfth Night) and Frank Ford (The Merry Wives of Windsor). Other credits include Bill Austin (Mamma Mia!), Don Armado (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Watson (Hound of the Baskervilles) and Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Abridged at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; Hucklebee (The Fantasticks), Mayhew (Witness for the Prosecution), Friar Laurence (Romeo and Juliet) Jonas Fogg (Sweeney Todd) and Polixenes (The Winter’s Tale) at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; and Short Shakespeare Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Danny Bó

Laborer 1/Amiens

Debut season with Great Lakes Theater

Danny Bó is a Junior Music Theatre Major at Baldwin Wallace University. He was recently seen as Subway Ghost in Ghost: The Musical at Beck Center for the Arts. Other credits include Into The Woods, The Sound Of Music, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, and Romeo & Juliet. He would like to thank his family and mentors for their ongoing love and support.

Michael Burns

Lord 1/Forester 3/Aubrey

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous credits at GLT include Peter Cratchit/Dick

Wilkens/Master Richard in A Christmas Carol and Balthazar/Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet. ISF credits include Ensemble in Witness for the Prosecution and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Shakesperience Educational Tour). Other credits include Octavius Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra (Boise Bard Players) and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jaxton in The Thanksgiving Play, Ensemble in Sweeny Todd, Film Student in Heddatron and Broughton in Journey’s End (Boise State University). Michael received his B.A. in theater arts at Boise State University. He is thankful for every opportunity that has led him to this moment, and the support he has received along the way! For Coachie!

Jodi Dominick*

Rosalind

Fourteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous shows include Witness for the Prosecution, The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, Julius Caesar, Wait Until Dark, Les Misérables, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sweeney Todd, The Mousetrap, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, The Imaginary Invalid, My Fair Lady, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Richard III and The Tempest. Jodi spent 12 seasons at The Idaho Shakespeare Festival, GLT’s sister company. Other theaters include New World Stages, Hudson Backstage Theater, The Beck Center, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

Jonathan Dyrud*

Oliver

Six seasons with Great Lakes Theater

GLT/Idaho Shakespeare Festival roles include Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Banquo in Macbeth, Hamlet in Hamlet, King Ferdinand in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Anthony Marston in And Then There Were None, Edmund in King Lear, Tony Wendice in Dial “M” for Murder. Other credits include Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival: Antipholus of Ephesus in Comedy of Errors and New York: Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hip to Hip Theater Company). Regional credits include Froth and Friar Peter in Measure for Measure, Medvedenko in The Seagull (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); and Jaxon Clifton in Thanksgiving Play, Father Flynn in Doubt (Lean Ensemble Theater) Training: BFA Southern Oregon University.

Mandie Jenson*

Celia

Four seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Mandie is a New York-based actor originally from Olympia, Washington. Great Lakes Theater credits include Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew co-production with Idaho Shakespeare Festival and The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; and Martha/Fan in A Christmas Carol. Favorite credits include Maria, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Luciana, The Comedy of Errors (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival); Arabella, Animal Crackers and Isabel, The Pirates of Penzance (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Sally Brown, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Idaho Repertory Theater); Johanna, Sweeney Todd (Virginia City Players); and My Crazy Love (Oxygen Network). Mandie received her BFA in musical theater from the University of Idaho. “Love to CB!’’

Maggie Kettering* Touchstone

Six seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous shows include Sense and Sensibility, The 39 Steps, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, Love’s Labour’s Lost, And Then There Were None, and Blithe Spirit. Additionally, she has worked with Peninsula Players (Miss

Holmes, Outside Mullingar, Lend Me a Tenor), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Holmes and Watson), House Theatre (Season on the Line - Joseph Jefferson nomination), Shakespeare Theatre Company (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2), TimeLine Theatre (My Kind of Town) and Northlight Theatre (Season’s Greetings - Jack Springer Award). Maggie is a resident of Chicago, an Ironman finisher, and a believer in Snuffleupaguses.

Adam Naaman Kirk

Dennis/Forester 2

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous GLT shows include Much Ado About Nothing (Ensemble/Claudio and Conrade understudy) and The 39 Steps (production assistant). Regional credits include School of Rock and Ragtime (Ensemble/ Coalhouse understudy) at Cain Park; The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric) at Near West Theatre; Intimate Apparel (George Armstrong) at Kent State; and Candide, Iolanthe, and Babes In Arms (Ivor De Quincy) with the Ohio Light Opera. Special thanks to JAM and the Kirks.

James Alexander Rankin

Lord 2/Forester 4/

Oliver Martext

Eight seasons with Great Lakes Theater

James is grateful to have the opportunity to step back onto GLT’s mainstage. He has worked with Great Lakes’ educational outreach tours since 2012 with Much Ado About Nothing and A Christmas Carol. James is a Local EMC actor, and a proud member of the Northeast Ohio community. Recent work includes King Lear with Beck Center, Venus in Fur with None Too Fragile, Our Country’s Good with Seat of the Pants. Other theaters include Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, French Creek and Convergence Continuum. James would like to thank his family, David H, Lisa O and Robert E. Enjoy.

David Anthony Smith*

Duke Frederick/Duke Senior

Twenty seasons with Great Lakes Theater

At GLT, roles include Andrew Wyke in Sleuth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Iago in Othello, Sergius in Arms and the Man and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Twenty seasons with The Idaho Shakespeare Festival include the title role in Henry V. Other theaters include The Old Globe, Laguna Playhouse, South Coast Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Rhode Island, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. In addition to numerous television appearances, David has starred in four feature films: The Hanoi Hilton, Terror in Paradise, Field of Fire and Judgment Day.

Nick Steen* Orlando

Ten seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous roles include Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Macduff in Macbeth, Colonel Brandon in Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility, Caliban in The Tempest, Laertes in Hamlet, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Lombard in And Then There Were None, Orestes in Elektra and Clifford in Deathtrap. Nick holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theater. He’s also a voice actor whose work can be heard on Hulu, Spotify and Social Media. He has endless gratitude for his family and for the love of his life, Nicki. NickSteen.com

M.A. Taylor*

Adam/Corin

Eighteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

A proud new resident of Ohio, he’s previously been seen in Romeo and Juliet, Peter; Much Ado About Nothing: Verges; A Christmas Carol, Charity Man, Old Joe; Julius Caesar: Calphurnius; Macbeth: Murderer; and

The Fantasticks: Old Actor. Favorite roles include Doolittle: My Fair Lady, Puck: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Carter/Dr. Wyatt: Witness for the Prosecution, 3rd Actor: Complete Works of William Shakespeare and Count Dracula: Dracula. Other companies include Resident Ensemble Theater, Boise Contemporary Theater and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theater Training Program. Special thanks to his Families (Genetic & Professional). Forever to Dougfred and Kathryn.

Ángela Utrera*

Phebe

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

From Asturias, Spain, She was last seen in GLT as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ghost of Christmas Past/ Ensemble in A Christmas Carol and Miranda in The Tempest, and is so excited to come back this spring! She has assistant-directed City of Altar and Teen Dad at the Sin Muros play festival at Stages Theatre in Houston. Ángela earned her acting/directing BFA from Sam Houston State University.

Boe Wank*

Le Beau/Movement Director

Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Boe is amped to return to his theatrical home! Previous shows include Mamma Mia! (LTSF), Much Ado About Nothing (LTSF/ISF/ GLT), Julius Caesar and The Music Man (both ISF/GLT). National tour: Kathleen Marshall’s Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes

Selected regional credits include Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (LeFou) A Chorus Line (Mike), Singin’ In The Rain (Cosmo), West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma, Legally Blonde and 42nd Street. Proud BWMT alum, big brother, and Brooklynite. All gratitude and love to Vicky, Charlie, Sara, Jackie, the brilliant fellow artists and humans who make Great Lakes Theatre shine and, above all else, my family. For Steph.

Joe Wegner*

Silvius

Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Off-Broadway: Judgement Day (world premiere) (Park Avenue Armory). Regional theater: Sense and Sensibility, Much Ado about Nothing, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew (Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival), Archduke (world premiere) (Center Theater Group), Joe spent four seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, some favorite shows include: A Wrinkle in Time (world premiere), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet, Guys and Dolls (Wallis Annenberg Center), The School for Lies (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), In the Blood (Mixed Blood Theatre). TV/Film: Tales of the City (Netflix). Education: BFA, Southern Oregon University. joewegner.net

Jerrell Williams

Charles the Wrestler/ Forester 1

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous work includes Conrade and understudy as Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. Jerrell is a veteran, a martial artist and dancer from Birmingham, Alabama. In his second season with Great Lakes Theater, Jerrell is excited and honored to return as Charles the Wrestler and Forester 1. A special thank you to Charles Fee, Sara Bruner and everyone who made this possible. “Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. Much love and enjoy the show.” @jerrellofalltrades

Understudies

Adam Bash, Katelyn Baughman, Bennie Bender, Danny Bó , Michael Burns, Jake Diller, Rachel Gold, Adam Naaman Kirk, James Alexander Rankin, Boe Wank*, Jerrell Williams

Director

Charles Fee

Producing Artistic Director

Twenty-one seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Directing credits at GLT include Much Ado About Nothing, Sleuth, Witness for the Prosecution, A Christmas Carol, Misery, Macbeth, Hamlet, And Then There Were None, Dial “M” for Murder, Deathtrap, Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002); Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991); and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Incline Village, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 60 plays have been shared since 2002. In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala (’96, ’98 and 2000) and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Along with his wife, Lidia and daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves!

Artistic Staff and Designers

Chris DuVal

Fight Choreographer

Debut season with Great Lakes Theater

Chris is pleased to be returning to Great Lakes Theater having previously worked on Romeo and Juliet last season. He has worked across the country at such regional theaters as South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Theatre Center, Laguna Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre Company, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, Utah Opera, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Orange County, and 19 years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Chris is a Certified Teacher and Fight Director with the SAFD, a Master Teacher with DAI, a second degree black belt in Aikido, an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and is a professor of acting and stage combat in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. He is the author Stage Combat Arts, published by Methuen.

Rick Martin

Scenic Designer/Lighting Designer

Twenty seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Many productions with GLT include Julius

Caesar, The Tempest and Hamlet. Opera includes Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery), Mitridate, Re di Ponto (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery and lighting), Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting) and BUTTERFLY – d’après Madama Butterfly de Puccini (Opera de Limoges, France – lighting). Concerts include Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting) and Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris). Coming up: Serse (Opéra de Rouen, France – lighting) and Rusalka (Opéra Grand Avignon, France -–lighting). Member: United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE.

Kim Krumm Sorenson

Costume Designer

Fifteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Kim is pleased to be back in Cleveland and working with the Great Lakes Theater company. She is a resident designer for Great Lakes Theater and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and has designed too many Shakespearean plays to count, several of them multiple times. In addition to designing for regional theaters throughout the country, Kim is currently an assistant costume designer for Hamilton. She lives in New York City with her husband Scott and their new cat Chester, and is the proud mother of Carly and Gem.

Matthew Webb

Sound Designer/Composer

Sixteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Matthew is music director for music theater at Baldwin Wallace University. Previous Great Lakes Theater sound designs include

The 39 Steps, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, A Christmas Carol (Radio Play), Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and Hamlet. He has served as music director for Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd, Guys and Dolls, Sondheim on Sondheim, Cabaret, Bat Boy and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Elsewhere: Wild Party, Into the Woods, Kinky Boots (Baldwin Wallace University), Be More Chill, LIZZIE (Playhouse Square), Ghost, Scottsboro Boys and Once (Beck Center). Many thanks to Charlie, Sara and his incredible parents, Carol and Jerry.

Stage Management

Nicki Cathro*

Production Stage Manager

Seven seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous production stage manager credits include A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, Little Shop of Horrors, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest and Julius Caesar. Other credits include assistant stage manager credits for Sense and Sensibility,

Sleuth, The Music Man, Witness for the Prosecution, Misery, Macbeth and Pride and Prejudice; production assistant credits for Hamlet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and ASM for Every Brilliant Thing at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She earned a BFA in radio, television and film from the University of North Texas, is a member of AEA and is thankful to work with her husband and friends!

Imani Sade*

Assistant Stage Manager

Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Imani is so excited to be back at The Hanna for her third season! Previous GLT credits include Sense and Sensibility, Little Shop of Horrors, The 39 Steps and The Music Man Other past credits include LIZZIE (The Beck Center), Into the Woods (Baldwin Wallace University), Jersey Boys Streaming (Playhouse Square) and Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed (Karamu House). Imani would love to thank her family and friends for their love and support.