Rory has studied Shakespeare her entire life and has also worked as an Education Artist at Shakespeare & Company since 2015. She has spent the last three years focusing on directing and teaching Shakespeare to kids from ages 7-18. Directing Credits: Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing, and Macbeth for the Fall Festival of Shakespeare. New York acting credits include: Pericles, directed by Edward Berkeley at SoHo Rep, Measure for Measure at Circle in the Square also directed by Edward Berkeley, Bachelorette by Lesley Headland at Circle in the Square, John Patrick Shanley’s Where’s My Money at the Cherry Lane Theatre, and The Scarlet Letter starring Marisa Tomei. Berkshire credits include: Christmas at Pemberley directed by Ariel Bock; Ugly Lies the Bone and The Taming of the Shrew, both directed by Daniela Varone; King John and Richard III, both directed by Tina Packer; as well as Merry Wives of Windsor, Off the Map, Much Ado About Nothing, Merchant of Venice, Dibble Dance and The Wharton Salon at the Mount (Autres Temp, Xingu, and Summer, directed by Catherine Taylor Williams). TV credits include: Dr. Pepper commercials circa 1998. Training has been at Shakespeare & Company her entire life starting with Young Company and ending with a summer as a member of the Summer Performing Institute (SPI). Rory Hammond is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City. She is a founding member of Animus Theatre Company in New York City. www.animustheatre.org