King Leontes is consumed with jealousy, believing his pregnant wife Hermione has been having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes. He orders one be poisoned, another imprisoned and the baby exiled. What will become of the child as her true origins are revealed?
Andrew Gorell: (Leontes/Old Shepherd) is a Chloe Oldenberg scholarship recipient in his third year of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program, having appeared in Graduate Ensemble productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9 and also portraying Albert Porter in a staged reading of Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, CPH FusionFest 2011. Regionally he has been seen in Richard III (as Richard III), Hamlet, Pericles and The Duchess of Malfi, American Shakespeare Center; Much Ado About Nothing, Oberlin Summer Theater Festival; Noises Off, Milwaukee Rep; Romeo and Juliet, The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre; and The Mines of Sulphur and The Good Soldier Schweik, Glimmerglass Opera. Gorell has acted in Chicago with Bailiwick Rep and New York City with The Ensemble Studio Theatre and Collective Act. Education includes a Bachelor of Arts from University of Minnesota. The Emigrants with Yan Tual is in the works, coming this fall. less is a Chloe Oldenberg scholarship recipient in his third year of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program, having appeared in Graduate Ensemble productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9 and also portraying Albert Porter in a staged reading of Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, CPH FusionFest 2011. Regionally he has... more
Dan Hendrock: (Polixenes/Young Shepherd) was most recently seen at Cleveland Play House during FusionFest 2011 in a staged reading of Silent Sky and was featured in Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Other credits include The Players Theatre, New York; Porthouse Theatre; Cain Park; Beck Center for the Arts; La Commedia Dinner Theatre; Ohio Shakespeare Festival; The Palace Theatre; Huron Playhouse; Shawnee Playhouse; and national tours with Artspower and Periwinkle National Theatre. He has appeared in several original, conceptual projects such as the international premiere of The Secret of the Ceiba Tree, The David Gonzalez Project; Billy Goat Gruff, Fort Tryon Park, NY; and the original staged reading of Cumberland Blues, Carousel Dinner Theatre. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Kent State University. less was most recently seen at Cleveland Play House during FusionFest 2011 in a staged reading of Silent Sky and was featured in Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Other credits include The Players Theatre, New York; Porthouse Theatre; Cain Park;... more
Eva Gil: (Hermione/Mopsa) This Fall at the CPH, Eva has appeared in The Life of Galileo and she is understudied as well as played the role of Daria Chase in The Game's Afoot. This Fall she also played the roles of Hermia and The Other Woman in Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone at Eldred Theater. She will be performing the roles of Hermione and Mopsa in the Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program's production of The Winter's Tale in March 2012. Previous roles include Joanna in Present Laughter, Varya in An Orchard and Edward/Victoria in Cloud 9. Gil has worked in Chicago with Collaboraction, the side project theatre company, Redtwist Theatre and 5th Floor Productions. She also spent a season at Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the Acting Apprenticeship Company where she performed in A Christmas Carol, Neon Mirage (Humana Festival 2006), The Madwoman of Chaillot and Tiny Baby, among others. Also a passionate producer of new plays, she has co-produced six successful (and profitable!) productions in New York and Chicago. less This Fall at the CPH, Eva has appeared in The Life of Galileo and she is understudied as well as played the role of Daria Chase in The Game's Afoot. This Fall she also played the roles of Hermia and The Other Woman in Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone... more
Kathryn Metzger: (Emilia/Amaryllis) is a fourth-year Theater and English major at Case Western Reserve University, graduating in May, 2012. She was recently seen on the Eldred Theater’s mainstage as Marlene in Top Girls, Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star. Other Eldred credits include Boo in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Heidi in The Heidi Chronicles, Judith in Stage Door, Nurse in Medea, and Chick in Crimes of the Heart. Metzger is also a proud member of CWRU’s premier short-form improvisation comedy troupe, IMPROVment and an alumna of the British American Drama Academy, fall of 2010. less is a fourth-year Theater and English major at Case Western Reserve University, graduating in May, 2012. She was recently seen on the Eldred Theater’s mainstage as Marlene in Top Girls, Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star. Other Eldred credits include Boo in... more
Kelli Ruttle: (Paulina/Dorcas) was recently seen at Cleveland Play House in Ten Chimneys and The Life of Galileo and heard as the voice of Patti Turnbeck in Dobama Theatre's Grizzly Mama. Other appearances at CPH were FusionFest 2011 staged readings Silent Sky and Eyes Forward (with The Mandel Jewish Community Center) and Bill W. and Dr. Bob as a performing understudy; Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Regional theatre credits include Tartuffe, directed by Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, and the premiere workshop of Guitar, La Jolla Playhouse; Hamlet, Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Stories of the Night Told Over, Hayworth Theatre; As You Like It, La Jolla Stage Company; The Ladies of the Camellias, The Clearing and The Kid from Stratford, Carlsbad Playhouse; and Hay Fever, Onstage Playhouse. Later this season she performs in the Graduate Ensemble’s production of The Winter’s Tale. Besides her San Diego State University Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, she is a British American Drama Academy alumna and Chloe Oldenberg scholarship recipient. less was recently seen at Cleveland Play House in Ten Chimneys and The Life of Galileo and heard as the voice of Patti Turnbeck in Dobama Theatre's Grizzly Mama. Other appearances at CPH were FusionFest 2011 staged readings Silent Sky and Eyes Forward (with The Mandel Jewish Community Center) and Bill... more
Kim Krane: (Mamillius/Perdita) recently appeared at Cleveland Play House in the FusionFest 2011 staged reading of Silent Sky. She was also featured in Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Krane holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University. While there she worked with hip-hop artist Will Power to conceive and perform in an original show, performed in WMU's production of Dracula at the Pabst Theatre in 2007, originated the role of Abby in the world premiere of The War Wound, collaborated with Leon Inglsrud of the SITI company on a production of Dr. Faustus, and played Kattrin in Mother Courage. Regional credits include Alice in Closer, Knockabout Theatre Company; Ellen in Little Dog Laughed, Whole Art Theatre; and Dorothy in Hotline, Knockabout Theatre Company. less recently appeared at Cleveland Play House in the FusionFest 2011 staged reading of Silent Sky. She was also featured in Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Krane holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University. While... more
Michael Herbert: (Antigonus/Florizel) previously appeared on stage at the Cleveland Play House in The Life of Galileo. This is his third and final year of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program. Herbert’s graduate ensemble performances include Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. He is a graduate of Baylor University where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance. Baylor Theatre credits include Iphigenia 2.0, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Tempest and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Herbert has worked at The Space Theatre in London. He would like to thank his family and friends for always giving him support and most importantly Papa. less previously appeared on stage at the Cleveland Play House in The Life of Galileo. This is his third and final year of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program. Herbert’s graduate ensemble performances include Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. He is a graduate of Baylor... more
Yan Tual: (Camillo/Autolycus) is a French actor born in Paris. He recently appeared in Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Other credits include A Bright Room Called Day directed by Lisa Channer at the University of Minnesota’s Rarig Center; Sur la Grand' Route directed by Hélène de Bissy at Maison Louis Jouvet in Montpellier, France; and Retour de Guerre et Bilora directed by Jean-Louis Benoit at the Théâtre de Nîmes. Before arriving in Cleveland, Tual trained and performed in Paris, London, Madrid, Minneapolis and more recently in Chicago at the iO Chicago Theater. Upcoming projects include The Emigrants this fall with Andrew Gorell. less is a French actor born in Paris. He recently appeared in Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard and Cloud 9. Other credits include A Bright Room Called Day directed by Lisa Channer at the University of Minnesota’s Rarig Center; Sur la... more
Cameron Caley Michalak: (Scenic Designer) designed sets for Cleveland Play House's FusionFest 2010 production of A Soldier's Tale with Catch and Release and CPH Theatre for Children productions of The Little Mermaid, Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale, Tuck Everlasting, and The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes. His local credits include The Piano Lesson, The Fantasticks, Diary of Anne Frank, and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for TrueNorth Cultural Arts; The Music Man and Les Miserables for Fairmount Performing Arts Center; She Stoops to Conquer for St. Joseph's Academy; The Masked Musketeer and Beauty and the Beast for Brush High School; P.E.A.C.E. Signs (a live performance with accompanying workshops) for Kaiser Permanente's Children's Theatre Tour; Ten More Minutes from Cleveland, the inaugural performance at Dobama Theatre's new building; and The Wiz for the Music, Arts, and Drama (M.A.D.) Factory in Oberlin. In addition to scenic design, Michalak is in his fifth season as assistant technical director for CPH and is resident Technical Director and Scenic Designer for TrueNorth Cultrual Arts. less designed sets for Cleveland Play House's FusionFest 2010 production of A Soldier's Tale with Catch and Release and CPH Theatre for Children productions of The Little Mermaid, Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale, Tuck Everlasting, and The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes. His local credits include The Piano Lesson, The... more
Cyrus O. Taylor: (Dramaturg) is a senior at Case Western Reserve University. He recently served as dramaturg for Cleveland Play House’s production of Legacy of Light, and he is dramaturg for all of this season’s CWRU productions, both graduate and undergraduate. Taylor has appeared in Othello and Stage Door at Eldred Theater and Samuel Becket’s All That Fall at Caesar’s Forum. He designed sound for Eldred’s productions of The Heidi Chronicles and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Directing credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Gutenberg! The Musical!, both through CWRU’s Players’ Theater Group. He has also worked as properties master for Dobama Theatre’s production of Blue Door and Dobama’s Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival. less is a senior at Case Western Reserve University. He recently served as dramaturg for Cleveland Play House’s production of Legacy of Light, and he is dramaturg for all of this season’s CWRU productions, both graduate and undergraduate. Taylor has appeared in Othello and Stage Door at Eldred Theater and Samuel... more
Geoff Bullen: (Director)
is the associate director of England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he specializes in teaching Shakespeare. As translator and adaptor – notably of the work of Feydeau and Steinbeck and as the author of
numerous plays on social issues for schools, his work has been performed around the world; and he is a visiting professor at Case Western Reserve University. He has worked extensively in the United Kingdom in the commercial, subsidized and community theatre. Recent productions include Cavalleria Rusticana and Tosca for Magdala Opera; the premieres of Beside Picasso (Brian McAvera) and Bacon (Pip Utton), both at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland; David Rudkin’s Red Sun for a national tour; Into the Woods, Assassins, and Little Women – The Musical at RADA; and The Tempest at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. In 2008 his production of Chaplin took the grand prix at 5th UNESCO International Festival in Minsk. His adaptation of The Tempest is touring England. He is currently director of The Mousetrap, the world’s longest-running play, in London’s West End, and he has come to Cleveland straight from RADA, where last month he opened Saturday Night, the first musical by Stephen
Sondheim. less
is the associate director of England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he specializes in teaching Shakespeare. As translator and adaptor – notably of the work of Feydeau and Steinbeck and as the author of
numerous plays on social issues for schools, his work has been performed around the world;...
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Jeffrey Van Curtis: (Costume Designer) is Cleveland Play House's costume shop manager. For CPH he designed costumes for Bill W. and Dr. Bob; Doubt; I Am My Own Wife; Rounding Third; Proof; Dinner with Friends; and Art. For the Case Western Reserve University/CPH Master of Fine Arts Acting Program he designed An Orchard, All's Well that Ends Well, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, As You Like It, Heartbreak House, Hurlyburly and Hay Fever, and he designed several CPH Theatre for Children productions. He has designed for Coconut Grove Playhouse, Studio Arena Theatre, and Music Theatre North, and he also created wigs for CPH productions of Private Lives, Triumph of Love, Quilters and A Wonderful Life. He worked at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Ballet, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Lyric Opera Cleveland, the former Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, and on the film Kansas City, among others. He holds his MFA, Costume Design and Technology from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. less is Cleveland Play House's costume shop manager. For CPH he designed costumes for Bill W. and Dr. Bob; Doubt; I Am My Own Wife; Rounding Third; Proof; Dinner with Friends; and Art. For the Case Western Reserve University/CPH Master of Fine Arts Acting Program he designed An Orchard, All's Well... more
Kevin Montgomery: (Sound Designer/Audio Engineer)
worked as a Cleveland Play House sound board operator for two FusionFest 2011 productions: Pollock and Marigold Wars and during this inaugural season at PlayhouseSquare
in the Second Stage Theatre for Ten Chimneys. Montgomery launched his audio career in the early 1990s as a musician, audio engineer and producer working with local musicians in Miami, Florida and eventually relocating to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2000. After moving to Cleveland in 2007, he expanded his knowledge and experience as a student of Tri-C’s Recording Arts & Technology program. less
worked as a Cleveland Play House sound board operator for two FusionFest 2011 productions: Pollock and Marigold Wars and during this inaugural season at PlayhouseSquare
in the Second Stage Theatre for Ten Chimneys. Montgomery launched his audio career in the early 1990s as a musician, audio engineer and producer working...
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Lisa G. Palinkas: (Stage Manager) recently graduated from Lorain County Community College with an Associate's degree in Arts and Science. Last year she did an internship through LCCC at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, Texas, and while there she was stage manager for Odd and the Frost Giants. She is honored to be working on this production with Cleveland Play House and Case Western Reserve University. less recently graduated from Lorain County Community College with an Associate's degree in Arts and Science. Last year she did an internship through LCCC at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, Texas, and while there she was stage manager for Odd and the Frost Giants. She is honored to be working on... more
Michael Boll: (Lighting Designer) is Cleveland Play House's production electrician. Cleveland designs include CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard, Cloud 9, All's Well that Ends Well, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, and Arcadia; Endgame, Cleveland Museum of Art; The Wiz, Cain Park; Dream/Home, Dobama Theatre; The Aperture, Cleveland Public Theatre and New York International Fringe Festival; and Evil Dead the Musical, Beck Center for the Arts. Off-Broadway credits include The Moliere Cycle, Classic Stage Company; Songs for a New World, George Street Playhouse; Dog Sees God, SoHo Playhouse; and as associate lighting designer, The Moonlight Room, Beckett Theatre. Boll designed NY Fringe Festival's award-winning productions of Ellen Craft and Valiant. His work has also been seen at La Mama E.T.C., HERE Arts Center, Blue Heron Theatre, and Center Stage New York. He designed many Yale Cabaret shows including Say You Love Satan, Fake, and Three Days of Rain. less is Cleveland Play House's production electrician. Cleveland designs include CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program productions of Present Laughter, An Orchard, Cloud 9, All's Well that Ends Well, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, and Arcadia; Endgame, Cleveland Museum of Art; The Wiz, Cain Park; Dream/Home, Dobama Theatre; The Aperture, Cleveland Public Theatre... more
Ron Wilson: (Movement Coach) among his many directing credits was the world premiere of Comp at the Boston Playwrights’ Stage. He directed The Underpants and Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Case Western Reserve University’s Eldred Theater and Cloud 9 and Arcadia for the CWRU/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program where he serves as program director and chair of CWRU’s Department of Theater. As an actor his most recent performance at CPH was as Dr. Glass in Room Service and prior to that as Klingelehoff in The Underpants. He also made an appearance in 2009 on the Brooks Theatre stage as Lavash in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program production of All’s Well that Ends Well. He is resident production movement director and fight choreographer at CPH. less among his many directing credits was the world premiere of Comp at the Boston Playwrights’ Stage. He directed The Underpants and Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Case Western Reserve University’s Eldred Theater and Cloud 9 and Arcadia for the CWRU/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program where he serves as... more
January 08 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Backstage with Cleveland Play House
The Winter's Tale
March 7 - March 17, Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Geoff Bullen
Performed by the Graduate Ensemble of 2012
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