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WHO’S WHOSTACY ROSS*(Mrs. Erlynne, AssociateArtist)Ms Ross lives and worksin the Bay Area. Shewas last seen at CalShakes as Tamora inTitus Andronicus (2011);prior to that, she playedLady Macbeth (Macbeth)and Mrs. Warren (Mrs. Warren’s Profession).Other recent roles include Annie in In the NextRoom, or the Vibrator Play at Berkeley Rep, andA (Terminus) and Jackie (Any Given Day) at theMagic Theatre. Member of Symmetry Theatre,Playground, and Actors’ Equity.DANNY SCHEIE*(Duchess of Berwick,Lady Jedburgh,Associate Artist)Mr. Scheie was last seenat Cal Shakes as PlayerKing in Hamlet (2012).Previous Cal Shakescredits include Gremioin The Taming of theShrew, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing,Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Festein Twelfth Night, Pericles, The Triumph of Love(also at San Jose Rep), Foppington in RestorationComedy (which he also performed at the OldGlobe in San Diego), Mercutio in Romeo andJuliet, The Merchant of Venice, The MerryWives of Windsor, and Nicholas Nickleby. Thisseason he appeared in the world premiere ofDan LeFranc’s Troublemaker at Berkeley Rep. Hereceived a Bay Area Critics’ Circle award playingNero in Amy Freed’s You, Nero, performed atBerkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, and at ArenaStage in Washington DC. He received other BayArea Circle Awards at the Magic, Aurora, andTheatre Rhinoceros. He has also acted at YaleRep, Trinity Rep, Folger Theater (DC), AsoloRep, Actors Theater of Louisville, PasadenaPlayhouse, TheatreWorks, Marin, A Noise Within,and Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Artistic Director1992–95). He holds a Ph.D. from Cal, BA fromIndiana, and a professorship at UCSC.TYEE TILGHMAN*(Hopper)Mr. Tilghman was seenat Cal Shakes earlier thisseason as Ben Pettus,Jackie Robinson, andmany, many othersin American Night;previously as Jelly andSlemmons in Spunk(2012). He is a recent graduate of the A.C.T.Master of Fine Arts program class of 2013.Select MFA program credits include A Doll’sHouse (Krogstad), A Christmas Carol (Fred),Happy to Stand (Hamed Sahel), Othello (titlerole), The American Clock (Grandpa/Banks), TheWidow Claire (Mr. Vaughn), and Al Saiyid (CountGomez). He appeared in Three Sisters (Solyony)and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Longaville) withChautauqua Theater Company. Other regionalcredits include A Raisin in the Sun and TheMerry Wives of Windsor (Denver Center for thePerforming Arts); Eurydice, The War Anthology,and Yellowman (Curious Theatre Company); ThisIs How it Goes (Paragon Theatre); A MidsummerNight’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre Company),and An American Daughter (Arena Stage). Mr.Tilghman received a BFA in acting from WestVirginia University.BRUCE CARLTON(Parker)Mr. Carlton understudiedProspero/Stephano andAlonso in last summer’sThe Tempest. Thisseason marks his debutin performance with CalShakes. In the North Bayhe has worked with 6 thStreet Playhouse (Grapes of Wrath, La Cage auxFolles), SRJC (West Side Story, Shakespeare inHollywood), Dreamweavers (Weekend Comedy,Last Act is a Solo), Silver Moon (The Two of Us),Narrow Way (Alice: Revolution in Wonderland),Pegasus (Charley’s Aunt), Raven Players (OurTown), Alive Stage (Elephant Man), and Windsor’sShakespeare on the Green (All’s Well That EndsWell, Comedy of Errors). A particular favoriterole was Tom Hauser (and Abe, of course) inAbraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party at SRJC.He has also performed with San Diego’s StarlightTheatre, Alameda’s Altarena, and San Francisco’sLamplighters. Follow him at brucecarlton.com.CREATIVE TEAMOSCAR WILDE(Playwright)One of the greatest playwrights of the Victorianera, Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854to Sir William Wilde, a leading eye/ear surgeonand renowned philanthropist, and Lady JaneFrancesca Wilde, a successful poet andjournalist. Educated at Oxford, he becameinvolved in the aesthetic movement and becamean advocate for ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ (L’art pourl’art); after graduation he moved to London toestablish his multi-continental literary career.Wilde married Constance Lloyd in 1884 andbecame father of two sons. In 1891, the sameyear he published The Picture of Dorian Gray,Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas,nicknamed “Bosie,” who became both the love ofhis life and his downfall. Wilde’s marriage endedin 1893. He produced a string of extremelypopular comedies including Lady Windermere’sFan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893),An Ideal Husband (1895), and The Importanceof Being Earnest (1895). In April 1895, Wildesued Bosie’s father, the Marquis of Queensberry,for libel, based on the Marquis’ accusation ofhomosexuality. Wilde’s case was unsuccessfuland he was himself arrested and tried for grossindecency. He was sentenced to two yearsof hard labor for the crime of sodomy. Duringhis time in prison he wrote De Profundis, adramatic monologue and autobiography, whichwas addressed to Bosie. Upon his release in1897, Wilde wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol,revealing his concern for inhumane prisonconditions. He spent the rest of his life wanderingEurope, staying with friends and living incheap hotels. He died of cerebral meningitis onNovember 30,1900, penniless, in a cheap Parishotel.CHRISTOPHER LIAMMOORE(Director)Christopher Liam Mooreis thrilled to be makinghis Cal Shakes debutwith Lady Windermere’sFan. As director, his mostrecent work includes AStreetcar Named Desireand A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the currentseason at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and RedHerring at Artist’s Rep in Portland. In the pastfour seasons at OSF, he has directed The VeryMerry Wives of Windsor, Iowa; August: OsageCounty; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; and Dead Man’sCell Phone. As an actor, he recently played Jonin Ghost Light, directed by Jonathan Moscone,at both Berkeley Rep and OSF. He has worked attheaters across the country, including AmericanRepertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Yale Repertory,Long Wharf, Mark Taper Forum, South CoastRepertory, Old Globe, and the Guthrie. His filmand television work includes as a series regularon Ten Items or Less on TBS and Murder inSmall Town X on Fox. He has also appeared onFriends, Judging Amy, Third Rock from the Sun,and Star Trek: Voyager. He is a proud foundingmember of Cornerstone Theater Company andworked with the company for 20 years.ANNIE SMART(Set Designer)At Cal Shakes: Blithe Spirit, Candida, Othello,The Tempest, Man and Superman, An IdealHusband, Private Lives, John Steinbeck’s ThePastures of Heaven. Ms. Smart’s other Bay Areawork includes A Doll’s House, Night and Day,and Threepenny Opera at American ConservatoryTheater; Berkeley Rep design credits includeBig Love, Concerning Strange Devices fromthe Distant West, Fêtes de la Nuit, HeartbreakHouse, In The Next Room (or the vibrator play)(also on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre), TheMystery of Irma Vep, Passing Strange, RitaMoreno: Life Without Makeup, Suddenly Last*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.20 CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER WWW.CALSHAKES.ORG
WHO’S WHOSummer, Taking Over (also at The Public NY),Three Sisters (also at Yale Rep), Tiny Kushner(also at the Guthrie and the Tricycle Theatre inLondon) and To the Lighthouse. She’s designedshows for Center REP in Walnut Creek, theMagic, San Jose Rep, and TheatreWorks, andalso for many other major theaters across theUS. Ms. Smart is originally from London whereshe designed sets and costumes for Joint StockTheatre Group, the National Theatre, and theRoyal Court Theatre, among many others. Shecurrently teaches costume and set design at UCBerkeley.MEG NEVILLE(Costume Designer, Associate Artist)Recent credits include The Taming of the Shrewand upcoming The Cocoanuts for OregonShakespeare Festival; Pericles and upcomingTribes at Berkeley Rep; Krispy Kritters in theScarlet Night at Cutting Ball; Ghost Light atBerkeley Rep and Oregon Shakespeare Festival;and God of Carnage at Marin Theatre Company.Her many Cal Shakes credits include An IdealHusband, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, King Lear,John Steinbeck’s The Pastures Of Heaven,Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, AMidsummer Night’s Dream, and Love’s Labour’sLost. She has designed costumes for productionsat, among others, A.C.T., the Magic, San JoseRep, CenterSTAGE, South Coast Rep, Yale Rep,Hartford Stage Company, the Atlantic TheaterNYC, Second Stage, NYC, BAM, Dallas TheaterCenter, and Chicago Opera Theater. Ms. Nevilleis a graduate of the Yale School of Drama andresides in San Francisco with her family.YORK KENNEDY(Lighting Designer)Mr. Kennedy’s designs have been seen intheaters across America and in Europe includingBerkeley Rep, Seattle Repertory, AmericanConservatory Theater, the Alley Theatre, DallasTheater Center, Yale Rep, Brooklyn Academyof Music, Arena Stage, and the Denver Center.Awards for theatrical lighting include theDramalogue, San Diego Drama Critics Circle,Back Stage West Garland, Arizoni TheatreAward, and the Bay Area Theatre Critics’ CircleAward. In the dance world he has designedfor Malashock Dance, Brian Webb, and TraceyRhodes. As an architectural lighting designer hehas designed both nationally and internationallynumerous themed environments, theme park,residential, retail, restaurant and museumprojects including the Sony Metreon SendakPlayspace in San Francisco, Warner Bros.Movie World in Madrid, Le Centre de Loisirs inMorocco, and the LEGO Racers 4D attraction inGermany, Denmark, England and the U.S.A. Heis a graduate of the California Institute for theArts and the Yale School of Drama.WILL M C CANDLESS(Sound Designer)Mr. McCandless is a sound designer, composer,and audio engineer based in the San FranciscoBay Area. Designs at Cal Shakes includeSpunk, Blithe Spirit, and Candida. Recentdesign credits include 4000 Miles at AmericanConservatory Theater, The Whipping Man atVirginia Stage Company and Marin TheatreCompany, and The Fourth Messenger at AshbyStage. Mr. McCandless’ designs have alsobeen heard at Aurora Theatre Company, CenterREP, LEVYdance, Magic Theatre, and the SanFrancisco Mime Troupe. He has been a visitingartist at University of San Francisco, St. Mary’sCollege, Sonoma State University, San JoseState University, and Solano College Theatre. Mr.McCandless heads the audio department at CalShakes and is a former collective member of theSan Francisco Mime Troupe.LYNNE SOFFER*(Dialect Coach, Associate Artist)Ms. Soffer has been the dialect/text coach onover 200 productions for theaters includingA.C.T., Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, San JoseRep, The Old Globe (San Diego), Dallas TheaterCenter, Arizona Theater Co., Magic Theatre,Marin Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, AuroraTheatre, Word for Word, and PCPA Theaterfest;the world premiere of Moisés Kaufman’s TheLaramie Project at the Denver Center, New York,and Berkeley; and for several films. She has bothacted with and coached dialects and text for CalShakes in the past including Titus Andronicus,Macbeth, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, PrivateLives, Pericles, An Ideal Husband, NicholasNickleby, Restoration Comedy, and Man andSuperman. She currently teaches at A.C.T., MarinTheater Company, and Marin Shakespeare, andworks as an actor at many Bay Area theaters.PHILIPPA KELLY(Production & Resident Dramaturg)Dr. Kelly moved 10 years ago from Australiato live in America with husband, composerPaul Dresher, and son Cole. Her work hasbeen supported by many foundations andorganizations, including the Fulbright, Rockefeller,and Walter and Eliza Hall Foundations. Herlatest book, The King and I (Arden Press)—available for purchase in the Cal Shakes TheaterStore, and now in its third print run—is ameditation on Australian identity through thelens of Shakespeare’s King Lear. The bookhas been celebrated for its poignant andhumorous exploration of Australian life, and forits illumination of various contemporary socialattitudes toward those on the fringes of society.Besides her work for Cal Shakes, Dr. Kelly hasalso been production dramaturg this year for theOregon Shakespeare Festival and Word for WordTheater Company. For the 2013–2014 academicyear she will practice and teach dramaturgy atthe University of California, Berkeley. For mostof the summer she can be found out here at CalDirector Shana Cooper, Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly, andactor Rebekah Brockman (Juliet) at the Romeo & Juliet InsideScoop; photo by Jay Yamada.SAVE THE DATES!Meet the cast, bring your teens, andmuch more during the runs of LadyWindermere’s Fan and A Winter’sTale.EVENTSInside ScoopFree panel discussionfeaturing directors andartists—with coffee & icecreamLower-PricedPreviewsBe a part of the processby seeing the show beforethe show opening, at adiscounted price.Opening Night!Mingle with cast, creativeteam, and critics at apost-show party.Meet the ArtistsMatineesPost-show chat withcast & creative teamComplimentaryTuesday TastingsEnjoy pre-show samplesfrom local purveyors.Open-CaptionedPerformancesPerformances featuringopen captioning forpatrons who are deaf orhard-of-hearingInSight MatineePost-show talk with thedramaturgTeen NightsA special pre-showevent for students ages13-18.LADYWINDERMERE'SFANn/a 9/98/14–16 9/25–278/17 9/288/18 & 9/18/20, 27,& 9/3A WINTER'STALE9/29 &10/1310/1, 8,& 158/21 10/28/25 10/6n/a 10/9 & 15For complete descriptions of these andother events, click calshakes.org/events.encoreartsprograms.com 21
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