MEET OUR ActoRS
Calvin Adams (he/him)
Partroclus/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Rev. Arthur Humphrey in SEE HOW THEY RUN
u/s Thersites in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Clive Winton in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Calvin Adams is so excited to be in his first summer season with USF after his appearance as Falstaff in the 2025 school tour of Henry IV - Part I. Originally from Minneapolis, where he attended the UMN/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program and worked with The Guthrie Theater, Park Square Theater and The Playwright's Center among others, he is now mostly based out of Chicago, where he is an ensemble member with Lifeline Theatre. Many of his favorite roles, though, have been out with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, including the Dauphin in Henry V, Don John in Much Ado, as well as Polixines, Bottom and Claudius. He loves playing guitar, driving through the mountains and anything/everything silly.
Lavour Addison (he/him)
Ajax in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Marcellus/Player King in HAMLET
Orsino in TWELFTH NIGHT
Ajax in Troilus and Cressida, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Marcellus and Player King in Hamlet. Previous credits include Macbeth at Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Oberlin Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare In Love at Cleveland Playhouse, String at the Long Wharf Theatre, An Iliad at Creede Repertory Theatre, The Royale at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Featured in the upcoming season on Hunting Wives on Netflix. Was the Voice of Dr. Virgil Marks in The Expanse, a telltale series video game. Special Shout out to my wife Brittni and Kids Aria and Idris.
Professional Affiliation: Actors’ Equity Association
Brittni Shambaugh Addison (she/her)
u/s Helen in TROILUS AND CRESSID
u/s Horatio in HAMLET
u/s Oliva in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Miss Skillion in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Brittni Shambaugh Addison is over the moon to be spending the summer in Cedar City! Brittni has worked as a professional theatre actor, director, playwright, and educator all across the country, from Honolulu to New York City. She recently moved back to her home state of North Carolina to take the position of Upper School Theatre Teacher and Director at Carolina Friends School, having spent the previous 5 years as the Education Director at Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado. Some favorite acting roles include The Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing (Winner of Cultural Voice of North Carolina’s Best Lead Performance 2025) (Stone Soup Theatre Company), Annelle in Steel Magnolias, The Bogle in Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (Creede Repertory Theatre), Oolie/Donna in City of Angels, Louise/Eve in Ruthless! (Beck Center for the Arts), and Dawn in Jerusalem (Ensemble Theatre CLE). Other theatres she has worked at include Cleveland Play House, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and the Honolulu Theatre for Youth. She is also proud to be a featured subject in the award-winning Documentary film Creede USA (@creedeusafilm). She is passionate about making theatre accessible for parent-artists, and she believes strongly in the power of Art Education. Brittni sends so much love to her awesome students at CFS, her two beautiful children, and her partner in crime, Lavour Addison.
Travis Ascione (he/him)
Byron/Creature/Others in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Rob/Sam in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Travis Ascione is a Chicago based actor and voice over artist originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is making his festival debut as Byron/Creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Rob in The Book Club Play.
Other Credits: Texas Shakespeare Festival (Sweeney Todd, Something Rotten, The Music Man, Pride and Prejudice, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet: Touring: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It), Citadel Theatre (She Loves Me, Picasso at the Lapin Agile), Young People’s Theatre of Chicago (The Hobbit), Midsommer Flight (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Shakespeare & Company (Romeo and Juliet).
Zac Barnaby (he/they)
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble/Bus Boy in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Shakespeare in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Arpad Laszlo in SHE LOVES ME
Bio coming soon!
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Nick Case (he/him)
u/s Menelaus/Pandarus/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Lionel Toop/Bishop of Lax in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Nick Case is a Los Angeles-based actor from Toledo, OH thrilled to be in Utah this summer, fresh from graduating with his MFA in Acting from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Other credits: Tesman in Hedda Gabler and Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Georg Nowack in She Loves Me at Interlakes Theatre, Harold Bride in Titanic at Fulton Theatre and Maine State Music Theatre, The Barber in Man of La Mancha at Fulton Theatre, Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady at Wagon Wheel Theatre. BFA: Musical Theatre, Penn State University. NYT: 1572-day crossword streak (and counting!).
Sean Dale (he/him)
Polidori/Others in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Alex/Carl in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Sean Dale (Atlanta, GA) is beyond thrilled to join the Utah Shakespeare Festival this season. He holds an MFA from East 15 Acting School in England. Regional credits include Hands Up and A Tale of Two Cities (u/s) at the Alliance Theatre; Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Peter and the Starcatcher at the Texas Shakespeare Festival; Hamlet and The Country Wife at the Atlanta Shakespeare Company; and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess at The Aurora Fox Theatre. He has also appeared in two productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sean is an adjunct instructor of Acting at Emory University and Kennesaw State University.
@seanmadale
Emily Fury Daly (she/her)
Mary/Elizabeth in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Ana in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Emily Fury Daly is a Chicago based actor and comedian. She has worked at theatres across the country, including American Players Theatre, The Great River Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh Public, La Mama Experimental Theatre, Chautauqua Theatre Company, and Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Emily is also an up-and-coming new face in the world of stand-up comedy, having performed in clubs and venues in New York City and Chicago. Her solo show, Furious, was brought to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and had a successful run Off-Broadway at Soho Playhouse in NYC.
https://www.emilyfurydaly.com/
Instagram: @emfuryhaha
Ilana DeAngelo (she/her)
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Portia in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ilana hails from Brooklyn, New York and is so stoked to be at the Utah Shakespeare Festival! She got her B.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of Northern Colorado and then went to London to get a certificate in Classical Acting at LAMDA. Since completing school, she has performed with The Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Macbeth, All's Well That Ends Well, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Arden of Faversham) and Kentucky Shakespeare's school and parks tour of Hamlet. In Brooklyn Ilana is involved in Improv and Sketch with the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. Outside of theatre, Ilana loves restoring old furniture, thrifting and reading. Her main goal in life is to make ridiculous theatre and laugh with her friends.
instagram-@lanilooooo
Kyleen Doman (she/her)
Alexandra/Trojan Attendant/Soldier in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Player Queen/Ensemble in HAMLET
Featured Performer in THE GREENSHOW
u/s Female/Male Ensemble Swing in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Ana in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Bio coming soon!
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Jacob Dresch
Percy/Victor/Felix in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Will/Frank in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Bio coming soon!
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Luke Elison (he/him)
Trojan Attendant/Greek Soldier in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Featured Performer in THE GREENSHOW
u/s Male Ensemble Swing in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Polidori/Others in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Bio coming soon!
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Gabriel W. Elmore (he/him)
Diomedes/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Feste/Sailor in TWELFTH NIGHT
Clive Winston in SEE HOW THEY RUN
u/s Troilus in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Gabriel is an actor, teacher, and photographer from the Pacific Northwest with an MFA in Acting from Temple University (’21). He currently lives in upstate New York with his wife, exploring the works of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. He has a cat named Marlowe, who is the worst. His recent work includes And Then There Were None (Fulton), As You Like it, Antony & Cleopatra, and Macbeth (USF), Antony & Cleopatra and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Quintessence), Moreno (InterAct, Barrymore nominated), Cyrano de Bergerac (Quintessence), The Last Yiddish Speaker (InterAct), Peter & The Star Catcher (DTC), Major Barbara and No Exit (Quintessence), and Man of La Mancha (DTC).
Ali Ewoldt (she/her)
Amalia Balash in SHE LOVES ME
Portia in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ali Ewoldt played the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway for 2.5 years, including during the show's 30th Anniversary celebration. Her other New York credits include Cosette in the 1st Broadway Revival of Les Miserables, the Tony Award-Winning revival of The King and I at Lincoln Center, Titanic with NY City Center Encores! and Luisa in The Fantasticks Off-Broadway. Regionally, she has played Amalia in She Loves Me (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination), Guenevere in Camelot (Barrington Stage), Natasha in ...Great Comet... (Pioneer), Yook Mei in Gold Mountain (Utah Shakes), Rose in The Secret Garden (CTG), Philia in A Funny Thing…(The Muny), Fan/Mrs. Bonds in A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre), and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (Sacramento Music Circus). Ali's concert/symphony work includes: 54 Below, Alice Tully Hall, The Town Hall, NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, American Pops Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Kaohsiung Symphony and The Boston Pops. Her TV/Film credits include "The Michael J. Fox Show," Yield, and the short films Mia and The Cactus. Ali has a BA in psychology from Yale University and is a proud Filipina American.
@aliewoldt
Brian Gonzalez
Nostradamus in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ladislav Sipos in SHE LOVES ME
Bio coming soon!
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John Harrell
Pandarus/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Polonius in HAMLET
Sir Andrew/Sailor in TWELFTH NIGHT
Bio coming soon!
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Henry Hawes
Arpad Laszlo in SHE LOVES ME
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Minstrel in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Bio coming soon!
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Emily Hawkins (she/her)
Helen of Troy in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Olivia's Attendant/Sailor/Reveler in TWELFTH NIGHT
Penelope Toop in SEE HOW THEY RUN
u/s Viola in TWLEFTH NIGHT
Emily Hawkins is so happy to join this year’s acting company at Utah Shakespeare Festival. She has spent several years performing with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Some highlights include As You Like It (Rosalind), The Winter's Tale (Hermione), The Three Musketeers (Milady de Winter), Hamlet (1st Gravedigger), and Measure for Measure (Escalus). Emily also has a love for educational theatre, after performing in 8 Shakespeare tours for schools and leading hundreds of workshops for students grades K-12. As a resident of Chicago, she has worked with Chicago Children’s Theatre, The House Theatre of Chicago, Black Ensemble Theater, Oil Lamp Theater, and others. She has also performed regionally at Great River Shakespeare Festival, Hoosier Shakespeare Festival, CityRep Theatre, and Oklahoma Children’s Theatre.
Blake Henri (he/him)
Thersites in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Laertes in HAMLET
Toby/Sailor in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Hamlet in HAMLET
Previously at the Festival: Eros/Ensemble in Antony and Cleopatra; Amiens/Courtier in As You Like It; Porter/Seyton/Minion in Macbeth; u/s Octavius Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra, Charles/Forester/William in As You Like It, Macduff in Macbeth, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing; Grumio/Player in The Taming of the Shrew; Robert in The Play That Goes Wrong, Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun
Other Theatres: A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Bold Stroke for a Husband, King Lear, Comedy of Errors, Little Women at American Shakespeare Center; Miss Evers’ Boys, The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa; The Play That Goes Wrong, Cleveland Play House; Clue, Dallas Theatre Center; An lliad, Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival; Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, Great River Shakespeare Festival; All is Calm, Pagosa Center for the Arts; Sense and Sensibility, Othello, Island Shakespeare Festival; The Crucible, Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Television: HBO’s Love and Death, The Chosen, Walker, Into The Wild Frontier
Film: American Underdog, Eyewitness Bible Series, Great Plains
Other Credits: Directing––Little Shop of Horrors and Six Degrees of Separation; Fight Director– The Hound of the Baskervilles, Twelth Night, and Bold Stroke For a Husband, American Shakespeare Center
Teaching Credits: Advanced Acting and Combat at Arise Acting Studio
Education: BFA from The University of Oklahoma
Instagram: @igothenridbyablake
Clara Hevia (she/her)
Ida in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Bea in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Clara Hevia is a Boston & NYC-based artist who delights in classical acting, musicals, and teaching. She holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from NYU Steinhardt (’21) and this is her first season with USF! Favorite credits include the ’22-’23 national tour of Cats (Soprano Booth Singer/Swing/understudy Grizabella); As You Like It (Celia) and The Winter’s Tale (Perdita) with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston; King Lear (Cordelia) with Saratoga Shakespeare; To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell) with Umbrella Stage Company; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia) and Macbeth (Witch/Lennox) in CSC's Student Matinee Series; and My Fair Lady and Carousel in concert with JWM Theatrical Productions in NYC.
@clara.hevia
Mat Hostetler (he/him)
Paris/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Antonio/Sailor in TWELFTH NIGHT
Lionel Toop in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Mat Hostetler is a New York-based actor and producer. Credits include: Broadway: Death of a Salesman. National tour: War Horse. Off-Broadway: Corruption, The Royale (Lincoln Center Theatre) Terminus (NYTW Next Door), A Particle of Dread (Signature Theatre), American Jornalero (Working Theatre). Regional: Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Penguin Rep), Queens for a Year (Hartford Stage), Blueprints to Freedom (La Jolla Playhouse/KC Rep), Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III (Denver Center). TV: Includes “The Gilded Age,” “City on a Hill,” “Blacklist,” “Smash,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Six Feet Under.” MFA, National Theatre Conservatory. Producing credits include Make 48 (PBS) and the creator/producer and host of the podcast Sometimes it Rains. Member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA
@mathostetler
Avery Michael Johnson (he/him)
Troilus in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Valentine/Second Officer/Reveler in TWELFTH NIGHT
Sergeant Towers in SEE HOW THEY RUN
u/s Antonio/Sailor in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Reverend Arthur Humphrey in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Avery joins Utah Shakespeare Festival for the first time after playing King Henry in Montana Shakespeare's production of Henry V last summer. Other credits include Kit Marlowe in Richmond Shakespeare's East Coast Premier of Liz Duffy Adams' Born With Teeth, Horatio in the same company's production of Hamlet, Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest (VCU Theatre), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks), El Eterno Femenino (Firehouse Theatre), and Teak in the World Premier of Signature Theatre DC's The Spoken Word. He is very excited for this new experience and can't wait to immerse himself in the beauty of Utah. Off stage Avery plays video games (especially Rocket League), soccer, and tinkers with computers. He earned a BFA in Theater Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2023.
Luke Sidney Johnson (he/him)
Rosencrantz/Gravedigger 2 in HAMLET
Curio/First Officer in TWELFTH NIGHT
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Sebastian in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Nick Bottom in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Bio coming soon!
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Loren Jones
Menelaus in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Man in SEE HOW THEY RUN
u/s Achilles/Ajax/Diomedes/Hector in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Bio coming soon!
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John Keabler (he/him)
Hector in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Claudius in HAMLET
u/s Sir Toby/Sailor in TWELFTH NIGHT
Off-Broadway: Cherry Lane Theatre
Other Theatres: Shakespeare Theatre of DC, The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, New Jersey Shakespeare, Pennsylvania Shakespeare, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, TheatreSquared, Perseverance Theatre, Portland Stage, Olney Theatre, Virginia Stage
Television: 30 Rock, Madam Secretary, All My Children, The Men Who Built America, NASCAR: Rise of American Speed, American Genius
Film: Faith, Love and Whiskey (Slamdance Winner), SUGAR! (starring Alice Ripley), Where The Snow Fell
Education: MFA, The Old Globe Professional Actors Program
Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association, SAG
Website: johnkeabler.com
Socials: @johnnykeabs
Walter Kmiec (he/him)
Achilles in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Hamlet in HAMLET
u/s Duke Orsino in TWELFTH NIGHT
Bio coming soon!
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Matt Koenig (he/him)
Georg Nowak in SHE LOVES ME
Nick Bottom in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Previously at the Festival: Clue; The Comedy of Errors; Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure; Twelfth Night
Other Theatres: Cleveland Play House, Pioneer Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theater, Lake Tahoe, Garry Marshall Theatre, PCPA, Laguna Playhouse, La Mirada/McCoy Rigby, Oregon Cabaret Theater, Island Shakespeare, New Swan Shakespeare, Ensemble Theatre Company
Television: The Chosen, Alien Abductions, Tuttle Twins
Commercial: Over 80 including: Nintendo, Stanley,Troy-Bilt, Ford, Skyscanner, Purple Mattress, PlayStation, Utah Department of Commerce
Film: California King, Homestead, Hallmark
Teaching Credit: Head of BFA in Acting at Baldwin Wallace University
Education: MFA, UC Irvine
Professional Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-Thompson Speechwork, Vocal Combat Technique
“USF was my first acting job after graduation and so grateful to get to return!”
Colden Lamb (he/him)
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Ladislav Sipos/Mr. Maraczek in SHE LOVES ME
Colden Lamb is an actor, writer and director. As an actor, he has previously worked with San Diego Musical Theater, PCPA, Moonlight Amphitheater, CCAE Theatricals, Five Star Theatricals, Candlelight Pavilion, Sierra Rep, 3D Theatricals, Performance Riverside and The Welk Resort. As a director, he has recently directed Sweeney Todd and The Skin of Our Teeth. As writer, he is currently working on a monograph regarding Kurt Weill's Der Silbersee. He is in charge of the Marc Blitztein Archive on Youtube and is recurring guest host on the podcast Life's But A Song.
Rodney Lizcano (he/they/el)
Agamemnon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT
Bishop of Lax in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Rodney Lizcano returns to the Festival playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Agamemnon in Troilus and Cressida and Bishop of Lax in See How They Run. He directed The Importance of Being Earnest last season and performed in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew in 2024. He has spent 24 seasons with the Denver Center Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare Festival (10 seasons), Alliance Theatre, The Old Globe among many other theatres. He received an MFA degree from The National Theatre Conservatory and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and Society of Directors and Choreographers. He was named a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow in 2025.
André Love (he/him)
Ensemble/Minstrel in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble/Dance Captain in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Nigel Bottom in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Head Waiter in SHE LOVES ME
Bio coming soon!
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Sophia Lynn (she/her)
Ensemble/Dance Captain in SOMETHING ROTTEN
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Ilona Ritter in SHE LOVES ME
Sophia Lynn is a New York City based musical theatre performer, and is super excited to be making her USF debut! Additional credits include Sweeney Todd, Annie, and Appalachian Spring (American Gothic Performing Arts Festival), Jacob Slovak (New Perspectives Theater Company), Jesus Christ Superstar and Mews: The Musical (IAMT), and The Ultimate Bublé Experience in Times Square. Sophia is a versatile performer with a strong dance background and a particular love for tap.
IG: @sophialynn.artist
Chloe McLeod (she/her)
Jen/Elsa in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
u/s Mary/Claire in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Chloe McLeod is a Denver based, non-union actor and teaching artist returning for her second season with the festival.
Previously at the Festival: The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter’s Tale, Henry VIII
Other Theatres: The Suffragette’s Murder, Anna Karenina, This is Modern Art, A Christmas Carol at Denver Center; The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Book of Will, The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Odyssey, You Can’t Take it With You at Colorado Shakespeare Festival; Fun Home, Biloxi Blues at Miners Alley Playhouse; Little Women at Aurora Fox Arts Center.
Teaching Credit: Teaching Artist for 12 years with Denver Center Education
Education: American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York City
Instagram: @chloedmcleod
Brianna Miller (she/her)
Cressida in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Guildenstern/1st Gravedigger in HAMLET
Olivia's Attendant/Sailor/Reveler in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Ophelia in HAMLET
Brianna Miller is a proud class of 2026 graduate of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program. Some of her favorite roles include Elmire in Tartuffe (Cleveland Play House), Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Miriam in Jaja's African Hairbraiding (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), Millie in Trouble in Mind (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company), and Camae in The Mountaintop (Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center). She enjoys a nomadic work lifestyle. A lover of classics and contemporary works alike, she hopes to spread joy, empathy, and awareness through performance.
Chris Mixon (he/him)
Mr. Maraczeck in SHE LOVES ME
Brother Jeremiah in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Chris Mixon has worked as character actor professionally for nearly 38 years. With
over 175 plays and musicals to his credit he’s performed many times at the Utah
Shakespeare Festival (14 seasons since 2002), the Great River Shakespeare Festival
(10 seasons), the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (12 Seasons), and in many
productions with the Orlando, Nebraska, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festivals. He
has collaborated with some of the finest directors, designers and creatives in the
industry, and performed regionally with the Denver Center, Milwaukee Rep., Cincinnati
Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Co., George Street Theatre, the Repertory Theatre of
St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Peterborough Players, Oregon Cabaret Theatre and
many others. He toured nationally in Des MacAnuff’s Broadway revival of How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Ralph Macchio and Roger Bart,
and performed for years in many New York City venues, including Off Broadway’s Pearl
Theatre Company (7 seasons) and he’s a founding member of The Resident Acting
Company. His TV; film credits include Law; Order, All My Children, One Life to Live,
and The Rosa Parks Story, starring Angela Bassett.
Ash Moran (they/them)
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Nostradamus in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Busboy in SHE LOVES ME
Bio coming soon!
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Molly Pearson (she/her)
u/s Ida/Penelope in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Bio coming soon!
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Giuseppe Michael Pipicella (he/him)
u/s Percy/Victor/Byron/Creature in MARY SHELLY'S FRANKENSTEIN
u/s Will/Rob in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Giuseppe Michael Pipicella is an international actor, active in the United States and Italy. He earned an MFA in Acting at the University of Central Florida and has worked with Utah Shakespeare Festival (The Comedy of Errors), Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Richard III), Teatro Stabile delle Arti Medioevali (Egg – the Magic of Naples), AnimaScenica (Etruschi: tesori e miti del mare), Orlando Shakespeare Theater (Henry VI: Part I, The Comedy of Errors, Henry V and others), Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival and other companies across the US.
IG @gmpipicella
Jackson Poulin (he/him)
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Steven Kodaly in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Brother Jeremiah in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
JACKSON POULIN [he/him] is a NYC based actor/director. He thanks his parents, teachers, and loved ones who support him in his Utah Shakes debut! National Tour: Miracle on 34th Street(1st Nat.) Regional: Always(NYTF), Albany in King Lear(Theater 2020), Antony Hope in Sweeney Todd, Rent, Nick in Over The River And Through The Woods(Tibbits Opera House), Disney The Little Mermaid(Syracuse Stage) Educational: Mrs. Lydia, Sally(Columbia Uni.), Cymbeline, Kykeon, Love and Information, The Bridge(Syracuse Uni.). AD: The Mouse That Roared, On My Way(Northwestern Uni. NHSi). Go orange!
Insta: @Jackson.Poulin
Harry B. Ried (he/him)
Ensemble in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Antenor/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Barnardo/Player Villain/Francisco/Priest/Player Musician in HAMLET
u/s Captain/Priest/Reveler/Valentine/Second Officer/Curio/First Officer in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Sergeant Towers in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Bio coming soon!
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Jason Rexx (he/him)
Nigel Bottom in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Georg Nowak in SHE LOVES ME
Other Theatres: Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along at Vintage Theatre, Shakespeare in Something Rotten! at StageDoor Theatre, Brad in The Rocky Horror Show with Beehive Productions, Joseph in Joseph…Dreamcoat at Performance Now Theatre Company, and others at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Arvada Center, Town Hall Arts Center, and more
Education: BA in Vocal Music Education and Psychology from Concordia College-Moorhead; MS in Educational Leadership from Western Governors University
Socials: @jasonrexxmusic
Thom Rivera (he/him)
Priam/Nestor in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Ghost in HAMLET
Thom Rivera is a classically trained theatre, film, television, and voice actor who has worked in Los Angeles, New York and all over the US, Canada, and Mexico. He is currently based in Albuquerque, NM.
Theatre highlights - Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre Company of DC, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, South Coast Repertory, Roundabout Theatre Co., Manhattan Theatre Club, Culture Project, Working Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Acting Company.
TV highlights - Bunk'd, New Girl, Zoo, Telenovela, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Shameless, Law & Order, and the yet to be released Joseph of Egypt.
Recent film work – Ari Aster's Eddington, El Tigre (starring Tom Segura)
VO – Penguin Random House, Harper, Scholastic (including Goosebumps), Simon & Schuster, Marvel, Audible, Epic Kids! (Cat Ninja Series)
@thomriveraofficial
Ivy Robbins (she/her)
Ensemble in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Featured Performer in THE GREENSHOW
u/s Female Ensemble Swing in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
u/s Jen/Elsa in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Other Theatres: Leading Player in Pippin, Edna in Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play, and Elaine/Info Booth Girl in Sweet Charity (Southern Utah University) Hotdish in Lighthouse, A New Pop-Country Musical (Kayenta Center for the Arts)
Education: Currently Pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre at Southern Utah University
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Veronique Robledo (she/her)
Ensemble in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Featured Performer in THE GREENSHOW
u/s Alexandra/Trojan Attendant/Soldier in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Player Queen/Ensemble in HAMLET
Female Ensemble Swing in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Bio coming soon!
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Ty Saunders (he/him)
Greek Page in TROILUS AND CRESSIA
Featured Performer in THE GREENSHOW
u/s Male Ensemble Swing in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Alex in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Bio coming soon!
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Meggie Siegrist (she/her)
Ilona Ritter in SHE LOVES ME
Bea in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Bio coming soon!
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Regan Sims (she/her)
Claire/Others in MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Lily/Mrs. Simpson in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Regan Sims is an actor, mime, and sketch comedy writer from Manhattan, NYC. This is her debut season at USF! Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts (BFA Acting), BADA Midsummer in Oxford (2024), Broken Box Mime Theater and Recent Cutbacks Company Member
Heidi Carann Snider
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME!
u/s Lily in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Heidi Carann Snider is a Denver-based actress, improviser, and musical theatre performer with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Colorado Mesa University. A mezzo-soprano with a high belt and an emphasis in tap, Heidi is drawn to roles that allow her to lead with humor, heart, and a little bit of sparkle. Her recent credits include Anelle in Steel Magnolias (Lone Tree Arts Center), Kira in Xanadu (Creede Repertory Theatre), and Meg March in Little Women (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company). Whether she is playing a rollerskating muse or a sad little egg, Heidi brings warmth, commitment, and full-hearted enthusiasm to every rehearsal room and stage. As an artist, Heidi is drawn to stories that lead with humor and land with heart. She is passionate about collaborative, character-driven work and believes in finding both the ridiculous and the deeply human in every role she plays.
@heidicarann
Kathryn Tkel (she/her)
Cassandra/Ensemble in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Ophelia in HAMLET
Maria in TWELFTH NIGHT
Bio coming soon!
RESUME
Mare Trevathan (she/her)
Ulysses in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Gertrude in HAMLET
u/s Olivia/Maria in TWELFTH NIGHT
Mare Trevathan (she/her) has narrated over 1250 audiobooks. In recent years, she performed in “Blind Date”-- pairing one audience member to one actor as they wandered the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art; worked with architects in Ahmedabad, India creating “dance about architecture''; directed with the disability-affirmative Phamaly Theatre Company; facilitated “The Israeli-Palestinian Conversation”-- part immersive theater and part community dialogue; and in March of this year directed “Chalk”-- dance-theater about pregnancy loss.
Emily Song Tyler (she/her)
Ensemble in SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Ensemble in SHE LOVES ME
u/s Amalia Balash in SHE LOVES ME
EMILY SONG TYLER is thrilled to be back at USF having previously worked on Gold
Mountain! Select regional: Soft Power (Regional Premiere, Signature Theatre), Titanic
The Musical (North Shore Music Theatre), Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PA
Shakespeare Festival), Water By The Spoonful (Cygnet Theatre), Cinderella (Geva
Theatre Center), Pippin (The Studio Theatre), A Chorus Line (Broadway Palm). Tour: Paw
Patrol Live (USA and China). Film/TV: “That Damn Michael Che” (HBO Max), Paw Patrol
Live At Home (Paramount+). Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Jon, and Liz. Thanks for
coming and enjoy the shows!
@emilysongtyler
Patrick Vest (he/him)
u/s Priam/Nestor in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Ghost/Polonius in HAMLET
u/s Malvolia in TWELFTH NIGHT
u/s Man in SEE HOW THEY RUN
Bio coming soon!
RESUME
Matthew Wangemann
Barnardo/Player Villain in HAMLET
Sebastian in TWELFTH NIGHT
Featured Performer in THE GREENSHOW
u/s Paris/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Feste in TWELFTH NIGHT
Previously at the Festival: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, The Greenshow
Other Theatres: Alliance Theatre, Shakespeare in the Woods, Vital Theatre Company, Hale Centre Theatre, Chanticleer Shakespeare Co, Pickleville Playhouse, Catalyst Theatre
Education: BFA in Musical Theatre, Minor in Dance, Southern Utah University
@matt_wangemann
Braedon Young (he/him)
Antenor/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Francisco/Priest/Player Musician in HAMLET
u/s Patroclus/Myrmidon in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
u/s Marcellus/First Player/Rosencrantz/Gravedigger 2/Guildenstern/Gravedigger 1 in HAMLET
u/s Sir Andrew in TWELFTH NIGHT
Bio coming soon!