THE COMPANY

DAVID ALAN ANDERSON | OEDIPUS

IRT audiences have seen David in TheReclamationofMadisonHemings,LookingOver the President’sShoulder,Fences,JuliusCaesar,TheWhippingMan,RadioGolf,TheMountaintop,A ChristmasCarol, and many others. Regional: the Shaw Festival; Lyric Opera of Chicago, Writers Theatre; Court Theatre; the Guthrie Theater; CenterStage; Denver Theatre Center; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Asolo Repertory; the Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare festivals; Penumbra Theatre, where he is a company member; and many more. TV: TheChi,Shameless, ChicagoPD. He is a recipient of The Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship at Ten Chimneys, where he worked with Alan Alda. He received a Creative Renewal Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and was honored by the Circle City Links and the Center for Leadership Development.

RYAN ARTZBERGER | CORINTHIAN

Ryan’s IRT credits include A Christmas Carol, Cyrano, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Diary of Anne Frank, Noises Off, Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, God of Carnage, Rabbit Hole, Iron Kisses, Death of a Salesman, and many more. Ryan is the executive artistic director of the Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, where he has directed Hamlet and As You Like It and acted in eight shows. At the Phoenix Theatre he performed in How to Use a Knife. Regional credits include the Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC, the Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, the Goodman Theatre, Berkeley Rep, the Lookingglass, and Great Lakes. Ryan graduated from Ohio University and Juilliard. “Love to Marita, Will, and Clara.”

OLIVIA D. DAWSON | PRIEST

Olivia is thrilled to make her IRT debut with Oedipus. She has worked regionally with the Louisville Orchestra, Steppenwolf Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Theatre Lila, Forward Theatre, Horizon Theatre, the Robey Theatre, and the Barter Theatre, to name a few. Film/TV: Honk for Jesus, Dopesick, Chicago Med, Empire, and Wolfpack (recurring) among others. Olivia was part of the inaugural cohort of the 2020 Arts and Social Justice Fellowship at Emory University and a Spring 2021 Fellow with the Hambidge Center.

JED FEDER | MUSICIAN & CHORUS

IRT debut. Jed is an actor, musician, and composer based in New York. Recent credits include Uri Savir in TimeLine/Broadway in Chicago’s Oslo, Kassim in the First National Tour of Disney’s Aladdin, and drums for the new Off-Broadway musical Trevor, now on Disney+. Other credits include Chicago Shakespeare, Arena Stage, Marriott Theatre, Asolo Rep, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Writers Theatre, and Chicago Children’s Theatre. Jed is the co-creator of the radio-play musical podcast Yellowfin Grouper P.I.—season 1 out now. Proud Northwestern University alum and member of both Actors’ Equity and the American Federation of Musicians. “Thanks to Lindsay Jones, his team at the Mine, my fiancée Tiffany, friends, and family.” @jed_underscore

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MARY BETH FISHER | JOCASTA

Mary Beth has appeared at the IRT in Miranda, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Heavens Are Hung in Black, and Arcadia Her Chicago credits include Steppenwolf, Court, and many others. Her recent performance in Rebecca Gilman’s Swing State at the Goodman Theatre was named one of the Top Ten Performances in Chicago Theatre 2022 by the Chicago Tribune In New York, she has appeared at Playwrights’ Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Roundabout, and Westside Arts. She has numerous TV and film credits. Mary Beth has received two Joseph Jefferson Awards, the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Sarah Siddons Award, as well as Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, and Bay Area Critics’ nominations. She was an inaugural LuntFontanne Fellow and a Beinecke Fellow at Yale University.

JAN LUCAS | SHEPHERD

Jan has previously been seen on the IRT stage in TheHouseThatJackBuilt,YouCan’tTake It With You,FindingHome,TheMousetrap,ToKillaMockingbird,AChristmasCarol,TheGentlemanfrom Indiana,InherittheWind,HeHeldMeGrand,SisterCarrie,DinnerwithFriends, and Amber Waves (2000). She has been seen at the Phoenix Theatre in the one-woman show ApplesinWinter, as well as in Alabaster,Winston’sBigDay,ThePill, and PurePrine, and in MaryJane for Summit Performance. Other regional credits include the Goodman, Steppenwolf, and Remy Bumpo in Chicago. Jan is the author of the book MyBeautifulLeukemia.

SOLA THOMPSON | ONE FROM WITHIN

Sola is excited to make her IRT debut. Regional credits include 1919 at Steppenwolf, The Mountaintop at American Players Theatre, Eclipsed at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Stew at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Hearts like Fists and Harry and the Thief at Know Theatre Cincinnati. Television: Chicago Med. Education: M.F.A., the Theatre School at DePaul University.

TRIEU TRAN | CREON

Trieu appeared in The Chinese Lady at the IRT and with Artists at Play at the Greenway Court Theatre. Recent work: Alan Strang in Equus (LADCC Nomination) with George Takei at East West Players; the title role in Oedipus the King (Portland); The Legacy Codes (Dean Goodman Award) with TheatreWorks. Other stage favorites: Rashomon, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part 1, Richard III Film: Tropic Thunder, Trade of Innocents, Desolate, How High, Hancock. TV: Monsterland, Altered Carbon, The Newsroom, Intruders, Men at Work, Quickdraw. Trieu’s solo play Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam was co-written with Robert Egan, developed at Ojai Playwrights Conference, and premiered at Seattle ACT, with runs at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Shakespeare Orange County, and PlayMakers Rep.