Macbeth: Sensory-friendly Performance

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.

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Kirstin Leigh Daniel is a theater educator, actor, director, and designer. She has continually worked at and trained with Shakespeare & Company since 2006, after graduating from Emerson College with a degree in Theatre Education. For 16 years, her home base was Asheville N.C., where she taught theater and made plays with grades K-12 as well as the local colleges and universities. She holds a Masters in Production and Design from Southern Oregon University and she earned her Master of Arts at The Shakespeare Institute in Shakespeare and Creativity, where she created and performed new work at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kirstin is the founding artistic director of Venture Shakespeare, an ensemble based company that uses original practices to create engaging rehearsals and performances for both players and audiences alike. She has been a company member of The Cardboard Sea, which creates new work, since 2015. She is a company sharer for Anerke Shakespeare, a director-less ensemble which is supported by the Global Shakespeare Project in London, UK.

Shiree Adkins hails from Baton Rouge, La., woot woot! She trained at the landmark Howard University, earning her BFA in Theatre Arts, before subsequently getting her Masters at The Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Keeping God first, Shiree is so grateful for this journey as she continues growing in her practice.

Leslie is thrilled to be spending the season reveling in the passionate and witchy world of Macbeth. Leslie is a Massachusetts-based actor and performing artist, and has been an education artist at Shakespeare & Company since 2022. She is a graduate of the two-year conservatory at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland, and received a BA from UMass Amherst. She has trained and studied at the Roy Hart Center in France, the Pig Iron School, and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Leslie nurtures a deep dedication to embodiment, the creative process, creative living, and the ocean.

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oslyn is delighted to make her debut with Shakespeare & Company! A native and resident of Connecticut, she received her B.A. in Performing Arts with a concentration in Theatre at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Recent credits include Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew and Marcellus and a player in Hamlet (Capital Classics Theatre Company), Rosalind in As You Like It (Times Fool Company), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Capital Classics), and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park).

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Mollie Murk is an actor, director, and artist based in Louisville, Ky., and is elated to make their Shakespeare & Company debut. Recent acting credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville’s King John, The Wolves, Dracula, Dracula: the Radio Play, and Are You There? in the Humana Festival of New American Plays; Kentucky Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), Comedy of Errors (Adriana), Pride & Prejudice (Lizzy Bennet), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen Fairfax), Twelfth Night (Viola), and Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio); Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Taming of the Shrew (Biondello); and various productions at Derby Dinner Playhouse, Louisville Ballet, Hope Repertory Theatre, the Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and others. Directing credits include She Kills Monsters with Pandora Productions, and As You Like It with three witches shakespeare. Mollie is an alum of Hope College and Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training, a proud member of the Ring of Keys Network.

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Kallie Pong is excited to make her debut with Shakespeare & Company, and is honored to be a part of the touring troupe. A proud California native, Kallie holds a BFA in Theater Performance from Chapman University. Favorite credits include ALIEN/NATION (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chapman University). She extends a heartfelt thanks to her family and friends for their unwavering support. Coram Deo.

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Malle is so excited to be hitting the road with Macbeth this spring! She has worked with Shakespeare & Company on and off since 2019, including in the Education Department as a residency teacher and a director in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare. She splits her time between the Berkshires and her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., where she received a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Point Park University. Favorite acting credits include Mrs. Lintott, The History Boys, MJ’s Mom, Good Grief (Pittsburgh Playhouse); Host, I Love Christmas Movies! (RWS Entertainment Group), and Octavius Caesar, Antony y Cleopatra (Elsewhere Shakespeare). All the thanks and love to her family and friends.

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For the last decade, Marcus has been in and out of NYC where he was staying busy as a props carpenter for Broadway, production manager for everything from Redbull to Rhianna, & performing whenever he had the chance. He moved back to the Berkshires in 2021 and worked as Director of Production & Operations for Barrington Stage Company until 2024 when he left to be a full time Dad. Marcus is elated to be on stage again at Shakespeare & Company. He'd like to thank his wife Erika for her love (and the lights) and his son Porter for being such an awesome little dude.

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Now retired as Costume Director, Govane is in her 43rd year with Shakespeare & Company and enjoying costume design as her primary commitment now. Selected credits at S&Co: Comedy of Errors, Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise, 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, 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 credits: 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.