ROBIN SHARE

Lyricist

Robin is happy to be part of The Fish Whisperer debut this summer at Northern Sky. A native Angeleno, Robin and composer/lyricist Clay Zambo first collaborated on Windjammers in 2011, and Robin has been in love with Door County ever since. Among Robin’s other plays and musicals are Shot Through the Heart with Underscore Theatre in Chicago in 2022, Hollywood Forever, which debuted at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2017, the political satire Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington, and One Day in L.A., the nationally broadcasted look at the L.A. riots created with her performance troupe L.A. Youth Ensemble. In May 2019, Robin staged the choral oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard for the Metropolitan Master Chorale. Robin is an associate in the Dramatists Guild, Stage Directors and Choreographers, and New Musicals, Inc.

JAMES CARRINGTON Performer

James is so excited to make his debut with Northern Sky Theater! No stranger to Door County, he’s spent three summers with Door Shakespeare. He is an actor and singer based in Milwaukee and a graduate of UW-Madison’s Acting Specialist BFA Program. Some favorite roles include Matt in Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, Man 3 in The Ballad of Emmett Till, The Lion in The Wiz, William Barfèe in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jim Fingal in Lifespan of a Fact, Dun in Pipeline and Golden Thunder in Airness. James has worked with Children’s Theatre of Madison, Door Shakespeare, Renaissance Theaterworks, First Stage Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Forward Theater and more. Up next James will be in Witch with Renaissance Theaterworks this fall! Be safe, be well, be loved. Support the arts!

DOUG CLEMONS Performer

Honored to be back with this family for his 6th season, Doug’s Northern Sky favorites include Love Stings (Bill), Not Even Remotely (Chris), Muskie Love (DNR Doug) and Dairy Heirs (Gabe). Doug has been a sassy n’ brassy Wisconsin theatre-maker at Skylight Music Theatre, First Stage, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Chamber Theatre, Fireside Theater, Forward Theater, Children’s Theatre of Madison, and Third Avenue PlayWorks. Regional/concert credits: NY Musical Theater Festival, NYC’s Cherry Lane Theater, Chicago Musical Theater Festival, Utah Light Opera, Florentine Opera, Racine Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Cruise Line and backup vocals for Michael Bublé. Love and thanks to Matt.

KELLY DOHERTY Performer

Kelly is thrilled to be returning for her eighth season with Northern Sky. She first took to the stage during the 2015 season and most recently portrayed Rhonda in Dad’s Season Tickets last summer. After earning her BFA in theater performance from UW-Whitewater, she relocated to Milwaukee. Kelly has appeared on the stages of various theaters, including Forward Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Next Act Theater, and First Stage Theater, among others. Among her favorite roles are Trunchbull in Matilda, Annie Wilkes in Misery, Gangster 2 in Kiss Me Kate, Bodey in Lovely Sunday for Creve Ceouer, and Williamina in Silent Sky. In the upcoming winter, she will be performing in Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten at Milwaukee Chamber Theater. Kelly’s parents deserve her love and appreciation for attending every one of her shows and staying awake through 99.9% of them.

LACHRISA GRANDBERRY Performer & NOVA Program Director

Lachrisa is grateful to enter her sixth season in the park with Northern Sky Theater! Chicago: As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), She The People (The Second City) Regional: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Next Act Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Theatre LILA, Forward Theatre, First Stage, Black Arts Milwaukee, Children’s Theatre Madison. Playwright: Sunflowered, a new musical (Northern Sky Theater, 2022), Eeny Meeny Miny NO! (MKE Black Theatre Festival 2021). FILM: The Thing About Harry. Television: Chicago PD (NBC).

Commercial: Jobs Ohio, Steinhafels Furniture. Education: BFA in theatre, Wisconsin Lutheran College.

DAVE HUDSON Playwright & Lyricist

Dave is a prolific playwright/lyricist with a knack for spinning stories into captivating musicals. He also co-wrote the most produced musical of 2020, The Show Must Go Online. With composer Paul Libman, Dave has crafted gems like Naked Radio, Muskie Love, and No Bones About It (and many others) for Northern Sky. He also wrote Strings Attached with composer Colin Welford. He has also penned over ten delightful children’s musicals for The Actors Garden in Oak Park, IL, including Good Knight, Off to Olympus, and Tut, Tut (with Denver Casado). Dave’s musicals have played around the country and around the world, including the Canadian premiere of Naked Radio this spring. Also an avid cocktail historian and mixologist, Dave has authored three cocktail books, including A Year of Magical Drinking. He also shares his passion for mixology through cocktail education events in the Chicago area.

PAUL LIBMAN Composer

Musical theatre is Paul’s latest stop on a journey that began with playing jazz piano, composing for television and radio commercials, and producing records. After winning the Richard Rodgers Award twice for two different musicals with collaborator Dave Hudson, Paul relocated to New York, where he currently is a member of the Lehman Engel BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. Now, having had eight successfully produced musicals, he continues to write with Dave Hudson and others. 2022 saw the premiere of Big Shot, a dance production by Broadway choreographer Chase Brock for which Paul composed 19 songs. With lyricist Jack Lechner (The Kid, Off-Broadway) and film writer/director Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump), he’s composing the score for a new musical based on Blaze, a 1989 movie starring Paul Newman. This summer, Paul is delighted by the return to the Northern Sky stage of Dave’s and his Cheeseheads, as well as Guys & Does, which Paul composed with book and lyrics by Doc Heide and Lee Becker.