Hamlet: A Staged Reading

He was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. His works, including some collaborations, consist of about 37 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Kevin is one of Shakespeare
& Company’s artistic and administrative leaders. He works in the Performance and Training departments as an actor, teacher, and director, and oversees the mission of the Education department. Kevin has been a guest teacher or director at MIT, Harvard, L.S.U., Stanford, Shenandoah Shakespeare, Q.U.T.- Brisbane, Lincoln Center, the Folger Library, Shakespeare Festivals in both Stratfords, and the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, UK. Kevin is the Theatre Director at the Austen Riggs Center, where he has directed over 30 productions. In 2016, Kevin was Runner-Up for the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education. Along with Patrick Toole, Kevin recently produced the soon to be released film, Speak What We Feel, documenting the Fall Festival of Shakespeare.

Pronouns she / her

S&Co: Much Ado About Nothing, Time Stands Still, Love’s Labor’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Emperor of the Moon, Henry V, and others. Caroline has taught for many years in S&Co’s Education Program, including directing in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare (2011-2022) and performing in the Northeast Regional Tours of Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth. This summer she was the Director of Riotous Youth, Shakespeare & Company's program for young actors. Caroline is a collaborator with the rig, an arts collective based in the Berkshires. BA: Brown University; MA: Emerson College. Other training: National Theatre Institute.

Pronouns he / him

Ptah Garvin (he/him/his) is blessed to be back at Shakespeare & Company. Originally from Atlanta, GA, Ptah is grateful with the opportunity to join this amazing cast. He is a 2022 graduate the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training where he received his MFA in acting. Some of his previous credits: Shakespeare & Company Northern Eastern Tour of R&J, Texas Shakespeare Festival (Comedy of Errors, Lear, Something Rotten) Pipeline (The Warehouse Theatre) Our Town, Twilight Los Angelos 1992, Ptah wants to thank his family, friends, and the good lord above for his talents and continued support. “Believe in yourself or no one else will.” Love you mommy!

S&Co, recent: Leonato, Much Ado About Nothing; Gloucester, King Lear; Prospero, The Tempest; Belarius/Doctor, Cymbeline; Falstaff Merry Wives; George, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Actor) at the Public Theatre Boston. Off-Broadway: Voltaire Emilie with Duende; Dr. Rank, A Doll’s House; Ostermark, The Father; at TFANA. Pickering, Pygmalion; Col. Brandon, Sense & Sensibility; Dorn, The Seagull with Bedlam. Regional: Killigrew, Nell Gwynn; Enobarbus, Antony & Cleopatra at The Folger in DC. Richard, Richard III (Westword Denver; Best Actor); Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Macbeth, Macbeth at Colorado Shakes. Squeers/Hawk, Nicholas Nickleby at The Lyric, Boston. Lyman Felt, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan at Oldcastle, VT: Scrooge, Christmas Carol; Caesar, Julius Caesar; Orlando Shakes. Brutus, Julius Caesar at Prague Shakes. Women of Will: USA, World Tour. TV & Film: Bedlam: The Series, Cold Wallet.

Pronouns he / him

FILM: The Intruder, Chrissy Judy (Apple TV) TV: The Girls on the Bus (HBO), The Good Fight, Madam Secretary (CBS), Jon Glaser Loves Gear (truTV). NY Theater: Burning Leaves (Duke Theater), Chokehold (14th St. Y), What I First Desired (Soho Playhouse), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone (Workshop Theater), Bleach (Wilson’s Lounge); Decky Does a Bronco (Royal Family Productions), REGIONAL: Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Measure for Measure, Mothers and Sons, Waverly Gallery (Shakespeare & Company), Up The Hill (Eugene O’Neill Center), Peter and the Starcatcher (SPAC), Pirira, Giant Void in my Soul, The Ground on Which We Stand (Luna Stages), The Group (Great Barrington Public), Why Do You Stand There In The Rain (Edinburgh Fringe), Scooter Thomas Makes It To The Top of the World (Hollywood Fringe); David holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Love to OTC.

Dana Harrison is a Berkshires-based theatre artist, educator and coach, who considers Shakespeare & Company her artistic home. Since 2007 she’s trained, performed, and taught frequently with all three departments of the company-including directing for the Fall Festival of Shakespeare many times. Favorite acting roles with S&Co include Amanda (Private Lives), Philaminte (The Learned Ladies), Isabelle/Sabine (The Liar), Phoebe (As You Like It), Lady Cynthia (The Real Inspector Hound), Emilia/Mopsa (The Winter’s Tale), Nerine (Scapin), and u/s-performing Desdemona (Othello). She most recently played The Nurse/Lord Mont (R&J) for The Rooted Voyagers; Ursula/Verges (Much Ado about Nothing) for New York’s Shakespeare on the Fly; and Edith Wharton (Mr. Fullerton) at The Great Barrington Public Theatre. Credits with other area companies such as WAM Theatre, Ghostlit Rep, Barrington Stage, Mixed Company, and Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park include: Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Lucio/Froth (Measure for Measure), Alonzo (The Tempest), Grace Duncan (Pterodactyls). She received the Berkshire Theatre Award (or “Berkie”) for Best Supporting Actress as Esther/Myra (Holy Laughter) at WAM; and has been listed in Berkshire Eagle’s Notable Performances multiple times. Dana holds a Master’s degree from Emerson College; is the Founding Director of Drama at the Berkshire Montessori School; and has coached dozens of students to acceptance at premiere BFA or MFA programs-and professional gigs-from national tours to roles on Broadway.

Pronouns he / him

S&Co Art. TV/Film Credits include: Law & Order, Zombie Wedding, FBI. Theater Credits: Backwards Forwards KCAB, The Agitators, Sender, Intimate Apparel, Hamlet, Sweat, The MotherF@cker with the Hat, ThreePenny Opera, and Angels in America.@picjames

Lloyd began his career in theatre. He has appeared in over two hundred plays including on and off Broadway, regional and summer stock productions. For his title role in Kaspar he took home an Obie and Drama Desk award. Christopher starred in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Morning’s at Seven, directed by Dan Sullivan, as well as Twelfth Night in NY Festival’s Shakespeare in the Park, Center Stage’s Waiting for Godot, as Dalton Trumbo in the New York production of Trumbo, and Caucasian Chalk Circle at Classic Stage Company with Brian Kulick directing. In 1975 Lloyd began his film career in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. This was soon followed by a two-year run as Jim Ignatowski on the television series Taxi, for which Lloyd won two of his three Emmys. In 1992 Lloyd made Emmy history when he won Best Dramatic Actor for Disney’s Road to Avonlea. In a category dominated by series regulars, Lloyd was the first actor to win for a guest appearance. The following year, the rules were changed to include a Guest Appearance category. Lloyd has appeared in over ninety film and television productions including the Back to the Future trilogy, Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead, Eight Men Out, Addams Family and Addams Family Values, BBC’s Dead Ahead: Exxon Valdez Disaster, The Pagemaster, Dennis the Menace, Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, Track 29, Clue, The Dream Team, Angels in the Outfield, Star Trek III, Goin’ South, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, My Favorite Martian, Tales of Despereaux, Snowmen, Nobody directed by Ilya Naishuller with Bob Odenkirk, and Mike Nichols’ HBO adaptation of Wit, starring Emma Thompson. Christopher was nominated for a BIFA award for his work in the independent feature, I am Not a Serial Killer. Lloyd won an Independent Spirit Award for his chilly depiction as a soulless murderer in Twenty Bucks. Shakespeare & Co credits: King Lear in King Lear. Recent film and TV projects: Tender Bar, directed by George Clooney and The Mandalorian on Disney+.

Pronouns she / her

Zoya Martin is thrilled to be making her Shakespeare & Company debut this summer. She is a recent MFA graduate from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota, Florida. Her Shakespeare & Company credits include Louise in Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Her Asolo Repertory Theatre credits include Margaret Leavitt in Silent Sky and Penelope in Looking for Ithaca. Other credits include Malvolia in Twelfth Night, Henrietta in The Learned Ladies, Abby in Belleville, and Harriet Smith in Emma: The Musical. She received her BFA from Azusa Pacific University. Zoya sends love and gratitude to her mentors, friends, family, and Brendan.

Finn Wittrock is a two-time Emmy nominee and Julliard trained film, television, and theater actor.in. He is best known for Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story and The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on FX, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie, and a Critics Choice Award nomination in the same category. Most recently, Wittrock has appeared in Luckiest Girl Alive opposite Mila Kunis, A Mouthful of Air opposite Amanda Seyfried, and in the thriller Deep Water opposite Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, directed by Adrian Lyne, and Long Weekend with Zoe Chao, written and directed by Steve Basilone. He can also be seen on the tenth season of American Horror Story and in Ryan Murphy’s Golden Globe nominated drama series Ratched, starring opposite Sarah Paulson. and recently wrapped on two films, Don’t Move and Start Without Me. He starred opposite Renee Zellweger in the critically acclaimed film Judy, playing Judy Garland’s fifth ex-husband Mickey Deans, and earlier appeared in A24’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, which premiered at The Sundance Film Festival. Wittrock starred in Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated drama The Big Short alongside John Magaro, Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, and Brad Pitt, earning nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and the Broadcast Film Critics Association for “Best Ensemble.” He appeared in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, nominated for Best Feature at the Golden Globe Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and the Independent Spirit Awards. Additional credits include Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie; The Submarine Kid, which he wrote with lifelong friend Eric Bilitch, who directed; My All American written and directed by Angelo Pizzo and starring opposite Aaron Eckhart; Noah directed by Darren Aronofsky; Winter’s Tale, written and directed by Akiva Goldsman; Twelve, directed by Joel Schumacher; Semper Fi alongside Jai Courtney; Gillian Robespierre’s Landline alongside Jenny Slate, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Amazon Studios; Write When You Get Work, opposite Rachel Keller; A Midsummer Night’s Dream opposite Rachael Leigh Cook, and Netflix’s A Futile & Stupid Gesture. Wittrock’s television work includes American Horror Story (Hotel) and (Freak Show); the Emmy-nominated film The Normal Heart directed by Ryan Murphy. Other television credits include his role as Damon in ABC’s All My Children; Criminal Minds; Law & Order: SVU; Harry’s Law; CSI: Miami; Cold Case, and ER, as well as the recurring role of Dale in Showtime’s acclaimed drama Masters of Sex. Wittrock made his Broadway debut as Happy Loman opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols’ 2012 revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” earning a Theatre World Award and the Clarence Derwent Award. His Broadway credits also include The Gentleman Caller in 2017’s “The Glass Menagerie” at the Belasco Theatre, directed by Sam Gold and opposite Sally Field and Joe Mantello, and Cassio in William Shakespeare’s “Othello,” also directed by Sam Gold and opposite Daniel Craig, Rachel Brosnahan, and David Oyelowo. Off-Broadway, Wittrock starred in Tony Kushner's “The Illusion” at the Signature Theatre and “Age of Iron” at the Classic Stage Co., and the Ahmanson Theater production of “2:22”. He also appeared at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre opposite Diane Lane in Tennessee Williams' critically acclaimed “Sweet Bird of Youth,” directed by David Cromer, and “The Guardsman,” directed by Gregory Mosher at The Kennedy Center. Other regional theater credits include “The Blue Deep” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; “The Laramie Project” with The Mechanicals Theatre Group; and productions of “The Matchmaker”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, at A Noise Within Theatre Company. He began his career onstage playing Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., and Marchbanks in Shaw's “Candida” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival near his hometown of Lenox, Mass.

S&Co: Acting: Duke (Measure for Measure), Rose (The Children), Mom (Ugly Lies the Bone); Mistress Quickly (Henry IV Pts. 1 & 2); Goneril (King Lear); Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing); Elizabeth (Richard III); Audrey (As You Like It); Hippolyta (Midsummer Night’s Dream); The Nurse (Romeo and Juliet); Mistress Quickly (Merry Wives of Windsor); Paulina (The Winter’s Tale), Ruth (Private Eyes), The Woman (Laughing Wild); Arlene (Off the Map) Directing: Miss Bennet, Christmas at Pemberley; The Wickhams, Christmas at Pemberley; Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility. At Mixed Company: Ramona (Zara Spook and Other Lures) and Eileen (The Cripple of Inishmaan). With the Ensemble for the Romantic Century in NYC: Nadezhda VonMeck (None But the Lonely Heart), as well as Fanny Mendelsohn, Emily Dickinson, Sonia Tolstoy, and Anna Akhmatova (in multiple shows). Ariel is a Designated Linklater Teacher.

Maegan is thrilled to be returning to Shakespeare & Company! Selected previous credits include Much Ado about Nothing, Creditors, Ugly Lies the Bone (Shakespeare & Company); Fairview (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches, The Chinese Lady, Guards at the Taj (Central Square Theater); The Legend of Georgia McBride (Greater Boston Stage Company); The Effect, A Measure of Normalcy (Gloucester Stage Company); Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge, Wild Horses, Until the Flood, Nina Simone: Four Women, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Tiny Beautiful Things, Cry It Out, The Heath, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Native Gardens, The Royale (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Maegan received her BFA in Stage Management from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Maegan and her husband live with their dog in Lowell, MA. Maegan is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Pronouns she, her

Hailing from Westborough, Massachusetts, Devon has been involved in technical theater since the age of eight. Most recently she served as Adjunct Professor at BCC as well as UAlbany. She received the BroadwayWorld Berkshires 2021 Award for best Scenic Design of a Play/Musical for her design of S&Co’s production of BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girls Journey. Other professional and academic credits include scenic design for A Walk in the Woods, Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labor’s Lost, and God of Carnage (S&Co), The Magic Flute (UNCG Opera), Antigone, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UNCG), Machinal and Casanova (UMass Amherst); props master at S&Co and the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts. Devon has also served as a production designer for S&Co’s Fall Festival of Shakespeare. She holds an MFA in Design from UNC-Greensboro’s School of Theatre and a BA from UMass-Amherst. Website: DevonDrohanDesigns.Weebly.com

Amelia Heastings is excited to be joining the Shakespeare & Company team for her first time this Summer season! Favorite past credits include Murder on the Orient Express (Assistant Stage Manager) and The Tempest (Production Assistant) both with Pittsburgh Public Theater, Mountain Home Christmas (Assistant Stage Manager) with Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing (Assistant Stage Manager) with Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, After Independence (Stage Manager) and As You Like It (Assistant Stage Manager) with Pittsburgh’s PICT Classic Theatre, and worked as Young Artist Supervisor with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera for Peter Pan, Once, and the 2019 and 2021 productions of A Musical Christmas Carol.

Pronouns she / her

Selected credits at S&Co: The Approach, An Iliad, Measure for Measure, King Lear, Martha Mitchell Calling play and film, Twelfth Night, As You Like It; The Tempest, Ugly Lies the Bone, Or..., It’s a Wonderful Life, Henry V, Mother of the Maid, Shakespeare’s Will, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Private Lives, Loves Labor’s Lost, Kaufman’s Barbershop, The Learned Ladies, Women of Will, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Taster, Mengelberg and Mahler, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Shirley Valentine, Golda’s Balcony, The Ladies Man, Rough Crossing, Enchanted April, Ice Glen, Lettice and Lovage, House of Mirth, Glimpses of the Moon and many years of the Education Department’s Fall Festival and Tour productions including Shakespeare & the Language That Shaped a World film for Shakespeare’s 2021 Birthday. Selected Regional: Grant & Twain, Emilie..., The Long Run, In Darfur, Arabian Nights, Red Noses, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Metamorphosis, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Alice in Wonderland, Our Country’s Good.