Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

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.

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S&Co: Jonny has directed or acted in more than 70 S&Co productions since 1987 including Walk in the Woods, Creditors, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Tempest, Cymbeline, Midsummer, Merry Wives, Private Eyes, Brief Lives, Heroes, An Iliad and the title roles in King Lear, Henry IV, Richard III and Macbeth. In 1990, he created the role of The Men in Tina Packer’s original Women of Will. He has performed on and off-Broadway and at scores of regional theatres around the country including Berkshire Theatre Festival (Amadeus, Cuckoo’s Nest, Via Dolorosa, Educating Rita...) and ART (Merchant of Venice, Phaedra, Paradise Lost, Picasso at the Lapin Agile). He is a two-time recipient of the Elliot Norton Award and is Teaching Professor of Classical Performance at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. He was a graduate of the 1988 Month Long Intensive and thereafter taught at more than 30 month-long workshops. His former S&Co and FSU/Asolo students are regularly featured on S&Co stages.

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Juan Luis Acevedo is thrilled to be making his Shakespeare & Company debut. His vast New York, Regional and International credits include among others: Anna in the Tropics at Asolo Rep., Henry IV at NY Classical, Destiny of Desire (2020) at Cincinnati Playhouse, Jardin Salvaje, House on the Lagoon, The Mayor of Zalamea, Fuenteovejuna (US & Spain), Tierra del Fuego, Verano Verano, Life is a Dream (US & Spain), As You Like It, Preying on Instinct, Woyzeck, Hamlet, Cuarto adentro, Camino Real, The Order of Things, “Experiencias Clásicas” Spain. Film: Kiss of The Damned, 79 Parts, Fake. TV: Billions, Blacklist, Law & Order SVU and Criminal Intent. Juan Luis is excited to return to Massachusetts where he began his professional acting career performing Shakespeare with CSC in the Boston Commons.

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This is Rory’s 35th season with us. Last Summer she played Angelo in The Comedy of Errors which won the Broadwayworld.com award for Best Ensemble. She is currently teaching Voice for the Actor at the University of Hartford (UHart Conservatory). Rory just earned her MFA and Linklater Designation in London, at the Rose Bruford College of Music and Drama. During her London studies, in addition to her concentration on the Linklater Method, she was immersed in the work of Augusto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed, as well as Trish Arnold’s Pure Movement, and the Michael Chekhov technique. Throughout these studies there was an emphasis on devising, working to create one’s own performance pieces through the art of theatrical storytelling. In addition to her studies at Rose Bruford, Rory has also been focused these past few years on directing and teaching Shakespeare to kids from ages 7–18. Directing Credits: Do you feel Anger, at the University of Hartford. Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, and Macbeth, all for the Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. New York acting credits include: Pericles, directed by Edward Berkeley, produced by Animus Theatre Company at SoHo Rep; Measure for Measure, also directed by Edward Berkeley, at Circle in the Square Theatre School; Bachelorette, directed by Lesley Headland, produced by Animus Theatre Company at Circle in the Square; John Patrick Shanley's Where's My Money, produced by Animus Theatre Company at the Cherry Lane Theatre; Shakespeare & Company credits include: Measure for Measure, Duke Vincentio, directed by Alice Reagan; Love’s Labour’s Lost, Princess of France, directed by Kelly Galvin; Christmas at Pemberley, directed by Ariel Bock; Ugly Lies the Bone and Taming of the Shrew, both directed by Daniela Varone; King John, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, all directed by Tina Packer. The Wharton Salon at the Mount: Autres Temp, Xingu, and Summer, all directed by Catherine Taylor Williams. TV credits include: Dr. Pepper commercials circa 1998. Rory received much of her early training at Shakespeare & Company, starting with Young Company and ending as a member of the Summer Performing Institute (SPI). Rory is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City, and is a founding member of Animus Theatre Company in New York City. www.animustheatre.org. This performance is dedicated to Alan Langdon, my beloved acting teacher, mentor, and friend.

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S&Co: Mr. Elton/Mrs. Bates (Jane Austen’s Emma), Theseus/Oberon, (A Midsummer Night's Dream), George Wickham, (The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley) Costard, (Love’s Labor’s Lost), Lysander/Flute, (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Paris/Prince/Gregory, (Romeo & Juliet), Hamlet/Decius Brutus (I Have Had a Most Rare Vision), Roles elsewhere: Rooted Voyageurs: Benvolio/Friar Lawrence, (Romeo & Juliet). Advice to the Players (NH): Duke Vincentio, (Measure for Measure), Lucentio (The Taming of the Shrew). UMass Theater Department: Dwight (Dead Man’s Cell Phone), Roland (Constellations), Van (Dog Sees God), Stephano/Ensemble/Musician (The Merchant of Venice). In 2019, he was nominated for Best Actor in a Play by the New Hampshire Theater Alliance, for his portrayal of the Duke in Measure for Measure. He has worked for the Education department at Shakespeare & Company since 2016. Month-Long Intensive Alumni, 2018.

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All the way from Myrtle Beach, SC, John is excited to be in the Berkshires for his Shakespeare & Company debut! Recent Credits Include; Ken Ludwig’s World Premiere Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Three Musketeers, Goodnight Oscar, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (Tour), Miss Julie, and Chekov’s Three Sisters at Asolo Rep; Complete Works of Shakespeare: Abridged! and Patches: A New Musical at Piknik Theatre; Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama; Pericles at Shakes in The Park (SC). MFA FSU Asolo Conservatory 2025. Much love to Jonny, Ariel, Kevin, Tate, Joz, and the entire Shakes & Co. team for the opportunity!

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S&Co: Adriana, The Comedy of Errors; Hippolyta/Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Don John, Much Ado About Nothing; Robert Shallow/Bardolph, Merry Wives; Longaville/Jaquenetta, Love’s Labor’s Lost; Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice; Marianne Dashwood, Sense & Sensibility; Elizabeth Darcy, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley; S&Co Regional Tour: Lady Capulet/ Benvolio, Romeo & Juliet; The Majestic: Lana, The Ladyslipper; The Humanist Project: “Dorkus Hoare”, A Crucible: A Puritanical Celebration of Witches and Turkeys; “Bubbles”, Mad Mad Mad! (A Devised Clown Play); Lavinia, Titus Andronicus. Madeleine attended the two-year professional course at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, is an alumni of the Shakespeare & Co. Winter Intensive ’18, studied at The Second City in Chicago and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Ashley McCauley Moore is an MFA graduate of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Ashley made her professional debut with Shakespeare & Company in the 2023 season as Raynell for August Wilson’s Fences. In 2024 she was nominated for a Broadway World Berkshires Award for best supporting performer in a play, for her role as the Courtesan in the company’s production of Comedy of Errors. Ashley is delighted to be returning to Shakespeare & Company for her third season. Other notable works includes Much Ado About Nothing (Hero/Don Jon), Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), Lynn Nottage -Clyde’s (Letitia), Chekov’s Three Sisters (Masha), Three Musketeers (Constance/us). Some of Ashley’s television credits includes Shonda Rims -Scandal, Breaking Homicide, and ABC- Signatures Grown-ish. “The Privilege of Humanity is Experience”

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Erin is so thrilled to be back at Shakespeare & Company! Last year she made her debut in Plays in Process as Hero in Ado. Erin is also a Teaching Artist and Fall Festival Director. Select credits include: Sabine in Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers, Linda in Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Viola in Twelfth Night, Everybody in Everybody, Armande in Learned Ladies (Asolo Rep), Coco in The Cocoanuts, Cassius/Portia/Antony in Julius Caesar, Mrs. Hopkins/as cast in My Fair Lady (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). She is also a proud member of the all female Shakespeare and stage combat group, Vixens en Garde. Big shout out to her parents and her husband, Sean, for their endless love and support. MFA: FSU / Asolo

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“TT”, as his parents always call him, is a Korean-American actor, writer, and cook who is honored to return to Shakespeare & Company. TT first came to Shakespeare & Company through the Summer Shakespeare Intensive in 2023, after graduating from Ohio University, where he found freedom, community, and the courage to move to New York City. Since then, TT most recently appeared in the Tony-nominated Broadway Production of Romeo + Juliet. “I want to change people through stories that matter. Standing up for the unheard and uplifting their voices everywhere.”

Caitlin Rose recently earned their MFA from FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training where she first played Romeo, Julie in Miss Julie, and Natásha in Three Sisters. Recent credits: U/S Rose in Dancing at Lughnasa, U/S Peg in Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, and Don Pedro/Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing at Asolo Repertory Theatre. A Shakespeare enthusiast, Caitlin produced and acted in Complete Works (Abridged) last summer alongside John Leggett at Piknik Theatre in Colorado. After Romeo & Juliet, Caitlin is moving to Portland, Oregon for love (a true romantic), theatre, teaching, and modeling. Endless love to Jody, Andrea, and the WamFamBam. Admiration and gratitude for Jonny and every soul at Shakespeare & Company for this opportunity to be in her most-loved favorite play.

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From New Orleans, La Credz include: Harry Esterbrook – Inherit the Wind (Asolo Rep); Lysdander/Bottom – Midsummer Night’s Dream (Asolo Rep Tour); George – OurTown (Triad Stage); Tommy U/S – Grand Horizon (Asolo Rep); George U/S – OurTown (Asolo Rep); Kaa – Jungle Book (Peppercorn Theatre); Mason– Billy and the Golden Pencil (Peppercorn Theatre); Lord Capulet – Romeo and Juliet (Asolo Conservatory); Don Armado – Love’s Labour’s Lost (Asolo Conservatory) Kent (Spoon) – StickFly (Asolo Conservatory); John Dashwood – Sense and Sensibility (Asolo Conservatory); Jeremy F. – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (UNCSA); BFA – Acting (UNCSA); MFA – Acting (FSU). I am thrilled to be here for the first time!

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Austyn Williamson is thrilled to be returning for this season at Shakespeare & Company. Shakespeare & Co.: The Contention: Henry VI, Part II, Regional Theatre: The Inheritance Parts I & II (Trinity Repertory Company), The Tempest (Oak Park Festival Theatre), How To Defend Yourself (Victory Gardens Theatre), Brown/Trinity Rep. MFA: Ironbound, Cold War Choir Practice, Hamlet, and several more. Austyn is a recent graduate of the Brown University/Trinity Rep. MFA Acting Program. He would like to thank his family, the B/T ’25 Cohort, as well as his fellow cast and crew for all their love and support!

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Christina Beam is a New England based costume designer whose work spans theater, opera, dance and film. Christina holds an MFA in costume design from UMass Amherst, having completed an assistantship that included rigorous work in costume construction. Her designs for The Lily’s Revenge at UMass Amherst were included in the 2019 USITT/USA Prague Quadrennial Emerging Artist Exhibit and the 2022 World Stage Design Emerging Artist Exhibit, and her costumes for the “In the Woods” photography series were recently featured as part of the 2023 USITT/USA Prague Quadrennial Emerging Artist Exhibit. Christina is also currently working as the Costume Shop Supervisor at Western Connecticut State University.

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Dennis Ebert Jr. is one of two ASMs, both alike in dignity. Dennis is a New York-based Stage Manager and graduate of Pace University, having received a BA in Stage Management. He is stoked to be returning to Shakespeare & Company for another season! While away from S&Co, he is a resident stage manager at AMDA & subs on the props track for Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theater. Previous S&Co credits include Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Contention, Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues, hang, Coriolanus, The Waverly Gallery and more.

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Erika is excited to return to S&Co for a fourth summer season. Before relocating to the Berkshires, Erika was based in New York City lighting for television, theater, and dance. She had the pleasure of designing shows for everything from Red Bull Music to Animal Planet; and spent full seasons with some truly fabulous institutions such as San Francisco Opera, New York City Ballet, Broadway, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Erika spent her summers before S&Co as the production manager/ head electrician for Adirondack Theatre Festival, putting on Broadway-bound productions like Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat, Loch Ness, Calling All Kates, and Beau. Erika has spent the last seven years traveling the world as the lighting supervisor for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, a company of folks very close to her heart. She is happy to finally put down roots and call Shakespeare & Company her artistic home.

S&Co: The Islanders, The Contention, Golda’s Balcony, Lunar Eclipse, An Iliad, Measure for Measure, The Chairs, King Lear, Topdog/Underdog, Macbeth, Heisenberg, Cymbeline, God of Carnage, Or, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Comedy of Errors, Richard II, Rough Crossing, Blue/Orange, The Ladies Man, Othello, Twelfth Night, Richard III, The Taster, As You Like It, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The War of the Worlds, Santaland Diaries. Regional: TheatreSquared, Central Square Theatre, WAM Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Group, Majestic Theatre, American Stage Company, Hartford Stage Company, Montana Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, The Wilma, Wallis Center, The Public Theatre, McCarter Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Hangar Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Stonington Opera House Arts, CLOC. Based in Pittsfield, MA, Hope Rose is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Managers’ Association where she serves as the International Cohort Chair, and OISTAT.

Daniel Levy is delighted to be working with the Shakespeare & Company again. A composer and working musician in New York City, his work includes scores for forty-one productions of plays, six short films, three musicals and the operas The Singing (Richard Rodgers Award), and an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles (Ars Nova NYC, Miami University). A leader in urban teaching artistry, he has partnered with the 92nd Street Y, The Little Orchestra Society, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Lincoln Center Education, and Project Music Heals Us. Author: A Teaching Artist’s Companion (Oxford University Press). YouTube and Bandcamp: Daniel Levy Music.

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Kathleen H. Soltan is one of two ASMs, both alike in dignity. Kathleen is a Philadelphia based Stage Manager and Creator. Selected Theatre Credits: King Lear, The Waverly Gallery, Macbeth with Shakespeare & Company, I Do! I Do! with Purple Crayon Productions, Cadillac Crew, Kamloopa with WAM Theater Company, Noises Off!, Othello, The Birds, The Handmaid’s Tale with CurioTheatre Company. Selected Training: BA Theater Temple University. Creative Inspiration: Kathleen is dedicated to providing and promoting safe spaces for all Performers, Designers, and Artistic Creators. Special thanks to Hope, Dennis, the cast and crew, the cows at High Lawn, and to SPF 50!

Jason Paul Tate is a director, choreographer, and performer making his Shakespeare & Company debut! NYC: Met Opera, Public, Ars Nova, BAM, PAC-NYC, Classic Stage, Onsite Opera, Rattlestick. Regional: A.R.T., Asolo Rep, Bucks County Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Florida Rep, Florida Studio, Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakes, Lake Tahoe Shakes, Old Globe, Ordway, Shakespeare Theatre New Jersey, Studio Tierra del Sol, Theatre Lab, Tuacahn, Urbanite, Virginia Stage Company, Westcoast Black Theatre. He is the resident fight director and SFX designer for the Tony-Award winning outdoor drama, The Lost Colony. Tate is a professor of movement at FSU/Asolo Conservatory. He currently serves as Vice President of the SAFD, with whom he is also a Certified Teacher and Fight Director. Proud Member: SDC/AEA.