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| the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company |
Michigan's only year-round, touring Shakespeare company
| Macbeth |
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copyright 2012.
Scott Lange * (Macbeth)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Jack
Worthing in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Egeon in The Comedy of Errors,
Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra,
Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost,
Mercutio / Capulet in Romeo and Juliet,
Lucentio / Gremio / Pedant in The Taming
of the Shrew, Don Pedro in Much Ado
About Nothing, Director for Henry IV, Part
One, Iachimo in Cymbeline, Master Ford /
Peter Simple in The Merry Wives of
Windsor, Gloucester / Grey / Nym /
Burgundy / Constable in Henry V,
Sebastian / Iris in The Tempest, Hamlet in
Hamlet, Pericles in Pericles, Prince of
Tyre, Antigonus / Autolycus in The Winter’
s Tale, Antipholus of Syracuse in The
Comedy of Errors, Edgar / France in King
Lear, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Macduff / Witch #3 in Macbeth,
Buckingham in Richard III, Amiens / Oliver
in As You Like It, Feste in Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Wooer in The
Two Noble Kinsmen, Nathaniel /
Longaville in Love’s Labour's Lost, Angelo
/ Claudio / Mistress Overdone / Barnardine
in Measure for Measure (Blackfriars
Playhouse); Duke Senior / Duke Frederick
in As You Like It, Hotspur in Henry IV,
Part One (Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival); Chandabise / Poche in A Flea in
Her Ear, John in Oleanna (Grand Valley
State University); Garcin in Dead End
(Stark Turn Players).
Education and Training: B.A. in Theatre
from Grand Valley State University, London
Theatre Exchange / Intensive Theatre
Training Program.
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Jack
Worthing in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Egeon in The Comedy of Errors,
Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra,
Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost,
Mercutio / Capulet in Romeo and Juliet,
Lucentio / Gremio / Pedant in The Taming
of the Shrew, Don Pedro in Much Ado
About Nothing, Director for Henry IV, Part
One, Iachimo in Cymbeline, Master Ford /
Peter Simple in The Merry Wives of
Windsor, Gloucester / Grey / Nym /
Burgundy / Constable in Henry V,
Sebastian / Iris in The Tempest, Hamlet in
Hamlet, Pericles in Pericles, Prince of
Tyre, Antigonus / Autolycus in The Winter’
s Tale, Antipholus of Syracuse in The
Comedy of Errors, Edgar / France in King
Lear, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Macduff / Witch #3 in Macbeth,
Buckingham in Richard III, Amiens / Oliver
in As You Like It, Feste in Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Wooer in The
Two Noble Kinsmen, Nathaniel /
Longaville in Love’s Labour's Lost, Angelo
/ Claudio / Mistress Overdone / Barnardine
in Measure for Measure (Blackfriars
Playhouse); Duke Senior / Duke Frederick
in As You Like It, Hotspur in Henry IV,
Part One (Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival); Chandabise / Poche in A Flea in
Her Ear, John in Oleanna (Grand Valley
State University); Garcin in Dead End
(Stark Turn Players).
Education and Training: B.A. in Theatre
from Grand Valley State University, London
Theatre Exchange / Intensive Theatre
Training Program.
Kathleen Bode * (Second Witch, Lady
Macduff, Gentlewoman, Seward)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Lady
Olivia in Twelfth Night, Princess in Love’s
Labour’s Lost, Henry / Peto in Henry IV,
Part One, Portia in The Merchant of
Venice, Mistress Page in The Merry
Wives of Windsor, Titania / Hippolyta in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ariel / Juno /
Master in The Tempest, Caesar in Julius
Caesar, Paulina in The Winter’s Tale,
Regan in King Lear, Lady Macbeth in
Macbeth, Beatrice in Much Ado About
Nothing, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Adriana in The
Comedy of Errors, Gonzolo in The
Tempest, 1st Witch in Macbeth (Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival).
Education and Training: Associate in Arts
from Grand Rapids Community College,
London Theatre Exchange/Intensive
Theatre Training Program.
Macduff, Gentlewoman, Seward)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Lady
Olivia in Twelfth Night, Princess in Love’s
Labour’s Lost, Henry / Peto in Henry IV,
Part One, Portia in The Merchant of
Venice, Mistress Page in The Merry
Wives of Windsor, Titania / Hippolyta in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ariel / Juno /
Master in The Tempest, Caesar in Julius
Caesar, Paulina in The Winter’s Tale,
Regan in King Lear, Lady Macbeth in
Macbeth, Beatrice in Much Ado About
Nothing, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Adriana in The
Comedy of Errors, Gonzolo in The
Tempest, 1st Witch in Macbeth (Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival).
Education and Training: Associate in Arts
from Grand Rapids Community College,
London Theatre Exchange/Intensive
Theatre Training Program.
Kat Hermes * (Malcolm / Fleance)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Miss
Prism in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Signor Don Armado in Love's
Labour's Lost, Juliet / Apothecary in
Romeo and Juliet, Bianca / Tranio in The
Taming of the Shrew, Ursula / Dogberry in
Much Ado About Nothing, Falstaff in
Henry IV, Part One, Gratiano in The
Merchant of Venice, Justice Shallow in
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Bottom in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Westmoreland / Gower / Bardolph /
Orleans in Henry V, Trinculo / Gonzalo in
The Tempest, Horatio in Hamlet, Thaisa /
Thaliard / Diana in Pericles, Prince of
Tyre, Casca in Julius Caesar, Aemelia /
2nd Merchant in The Comedy of Errors,
Queen Margaret / Catesby in Richard III,
Adam / Audrey in As You Like It.
Roles with Other Theatres: Antipholus of
Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (The
University Wits/Mary Baldwin College);
Mistress Openwork in The Roaring Girl,
Cariola in The Duchess of Malfi,
Wrath/Evil Angel in Doctor Faustus (Mary
Baldwin College); Sonya in Uncle Vanya
(Piven Theatre), Sister Mary Helena / Betty
White in Nightmare the Musical, Mrs.
Voorhees in FXIII the Musical (Stark Turn
Players)
Education and Training: B.A in
Drama/Speech (Clarke College), M.Litt in
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature
in Performance (Mary Baldwin College in
Partnership with the American
Shakespeare Center), Piven Theatre
Workshop (Piven Theatre).Other Credits:
Secretary/Board Member for The Dog Story
Theater.
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Miss
Prism in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Signor Don Armado in Love's
Labour's Lost, Juliet / Apothecary in
Romeo and Juliet, Bianca / Tranio in The
Taming of the Shrew, Ursula / Dogberry in
Much Ado About Nothing, Falstaff in
Henry IV, Part One, Gratiano in The
Merchant of Venice, Justice Shallow in
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Bottom in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Westmoreland / Gower / Bardolph /
Orleans in Henry V, Trinculo / Gonzalo in
The Tempest, Horatio in Hamlet, Thaisa /
Thaliard / Diana in Pericles, Prince of
Tyre, Casca in Julius Caesar, Aemelia /
2nd Merchant in The Comedy of Errors,
Queen Margaret / Catesby in Richard III,
Adam / Audrey in As You Like It.
Roles with Other Theatres: Antipholus of
Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (The
University Wits/Mary Baldwin College);
Mistress Openwork in The Roaring Girl,
Cariola in The Duchess of Malfi,
Wrath/Evil Angel in Doctor Faustus (Mary
Baldwin College); Sonya in Uncle Vanya
(Piven Theatre), Sister Mary Helena / Betty
White in Nightmare the Musical, Mrs.
Voorhees in FXIII the Musical (Stark Turn
Players)
Education and Training: B.A in
Drama/Speech (Clarke College), M.Litt in
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature
in Performance (Mary Baldwin College in
Partnership with the American
Shakespeare Center), Piven Theatre
Workshop (Piven Theatre).Other Credits:
Secretary/Board Member for The Dog Story
Theater.
Katherine Mayberry * (Lady Macbeth,
Seyton, Son of MacDuff)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Dromio of Syracuse in The
Comedy of Errors, Director for Antony and
Cleopatra, Lady Capulet in Romeo and
Juliet, Hotspur in Henry IV, Part One,
Mistress Ford / Rugby in The Merry Wives
of Windsor, Chorus in Henry V, Director for
Hamlet, Director for Pericles, Prince of
Tyre, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale,
Cassius in Julius Caesar, Goneril in King
Lear, Viola in Twelfth Night, Elizabeth in
Richard III, Celia in As You Like It, Hermia
in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosaline
in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Rosalind in As
You Like It, Titania / Hippolyta in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Rosaline in
Love’s Labours Lost, Gertrude in Hamlet,
Isabella / Provost / Elbow in Measure for
Measure, Ferdinand in The Duchess of
Malfi, Mistress Quickly / Alice in Henry V
(Blackfriars Playhouse, Virginia); Lady
Macbeth in Macbeth, Hero in Much Ado
About Nothing, Phebe in As You Like It
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Bessie in Marvin’s Room, Chicklet in
Psycho Beach Party (10 Weston Theatre);
Various Roles in Nobody’s Gilgul, Liba in A
Shayna Maidel (Jewish Theatre Grand
Rapids); Estelle in Dead End (Stark Turn
Players.)
Education and Training: Master of Letters
and Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and
Renaissance Literature in Performance,
acting emphasis, (Mary Baldwin College in
Partnership with the American Shakespeare
Center;) BA, (Grand Valley State University);
Summer Shakespeare Intensive, London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts;
Intensive Theatre Training Program, London
Theatre Exchange; Chekhov Institute,
University of Southern Maine; Commedia
Del’Arte Colloquiam with Antonio Fava.
Other Credits: Adjunct Professor of English
and Theatre, Grand Valley State University;
Director of Bard to Go: Kissing and
Courting, Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival 2008; Member of Editing Team for
Prestwick House editions of Shakespeare’s
plays.
Seyton, Son of MacDuff)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Dromio of Syracuse in The
Comedy of Errors, Director for Antony and
Cleopatra, Lady Capulet in Romeo and
Juliet, Hotspur in Henry IV, Part One,
Mistress Ford / Rugby in The Merry Wives
of Windsor, Chorus in Henry V, Director for
Hamlet, Director for Pericles, Prince of
Tyre, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale,
Cassius in Julius Caesar, Goneril in King
Lear, Viola in Twelfth Night, Elizabeth in
Richard III, Celia in As You Like It, Hermia
in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosaline
in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Rosalind in As
You Like It, Titania / Hippolyta in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Rosaline in
Love’s Labours Lost, Gertrude in Hamlet,
Isabella / Provost / Elbow in Measure for
Measure, Ferdinand in The Duchess of
Malfi, Mistress Quickly / Alice in Henry V
(Blackfriars Playhouse, Virginia); Lady
Macbeth in Macbeth, Hero in Much Ado
About Nothing, Phebe in As You Like It
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Bessie in Marvin’s Room, Chicklet in
Psycho Beach Party (10 Weston Theatre);
Various Roles in Nobody’s Gilgul, Liba in A
Shayna Maidel (Jewish Theatre Grand
Rapids); Estelle in Dead End (Stark Turn
Players.)
Education and Training: Master of Letters
and Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and
Renaissance Literature in Performance,
acting emphasis, (Mary Baldwin College in
Partnership with the American Shakespeare
Center;) BA, (Grand Valley State University);
Summer Shakespeare Intensive, London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts;
Intensive Theatre Training Program, London
Theatre Exchange; Chekhov Institute,
University of Southern Maine; Commedia
Del’Arte Colloquiam with Antonio Fava.
Other Credits: Adjunct Professor of English
and Theatre, Grand Valley State University;
Director of Bard to Go: Kissing and
Courting, Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival 2008; Member of Editing Team for
Prestwick House editions of Shakespeare’s
plays.
Dynasty L. Huckleby (Third Witch,
Donalbain, Menteith, Second Murderer)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: This is
Dynasty’s first production with Pigeon Creek.
Roles with Other Theaters: Hermia in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Margarita in Bye
Bye Margarita, Celerina in Free Range
Chickens, Jack Juggler in Jack Juggler,
Mother in Two Minutes (Grand Valley State
Theatre); Dancer in Legacy, Various Roles
in Guild Improvisational Variety Show,
Various Roles in Guild Comedy Show
(Lewis Cass Theatre.)
Education and Training: Improvisation,
Characterization, Shakespeare: Workshop,
Acting for the Camera, Ballet, Modern
Dance, Charcoal and lead free draw.
Donalbain, Menteith, Second Murderer)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: This is
Dynasty’s first production with Pigeon Creek.
Roles with Other Theaters: Hermia in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Margarita in Bye
Bye Margarita, Celerina in Free Range
Chickens, Jack Juggler in Jack Juggler,
Mother in Two Minutes (Grand Valley State
Theatre); Dancer in Legacy, Various Roles
in Guild Improvisational Variety Show,
Various Roles in Guild Comedy Show
(Lewis Cass Theatre.)
Education and Training: Improvisation,
Characterization, Shakespeare: Workshop,
Acting for the Camera, Ballet, Modern
Dance, Charcoal and lead free draw.
Kate Tubbs (Lennox, Messenger)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: This
is Kate’s first production with Pigeon Creek.
Roles with Other Theaters: Evelyn in The
Shape of Things, May in Fool For Love,
Masha in The Seagull, Mother in The
Pillowman, Amy in The Slovak Penguin,
Gina in Coronado (Geneseo State
University); Jen in Project II (Rochester
Institute of Technology.)
Education and Training: “Summer in the
City” New York Conservatory for Dramatic
Arts, Michael Chekov Technique for Actors,
Stage Combat II, Shakespeare,
Commercial Acting, Voiceover Acting.
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: This
is Kate’s first production with Pigeon Creek.
Roles with Other Theaters: Evelyn in The
Shape of Things, May in Fool For Love,
Masha in The Seagull, Mother in The
Pillowman, Amy in The Slovak Penguin,
Gina in Coronado (Geneseo State
University); Jen in Project II (Rochester
Institute of Technology.)
Education and Training: “Summer in the
City” New York Conservatory for Dramatic
Arts, Michael Chekov Technique for Actors,
Stage Combat II, Shakespeare,
Commercial Acting, Voiceover Acting.
Janna Rosencrantz * (Ross, Hecate)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Rev.
Canon Chasuble, D.D in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Octavia / Dolabella / Varius
in Antony and Cleopatra, Boyet in Love’s
Labour’s Lost, Glendower /Northumberland
/ Bardolph / Westmoreland in Henry IV Part
One, Salerio / Stephano in The Merchant
of Venice.
Roles in Other Theaters: Lady in The
Taming of the Shrew (Heritage Theater
Group); Isabella in The Changeling,
Peaseblossom / Starveling in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Portia in Julius
Caesar, Bianca in The Taming of the
Shrew (Bottom’s Dream Arts); Puck in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Rochelle
TheaterWorks); Artie in Eleemosynary,
Little Red Riding Hood in The Universal
Wolf, She in The Loveliest Afternoon of the
Year, Phebe in As You Like It, Woman in
Savage/Love, Isabella in Measure for
Measure (Sarah Lawrence College); Sarah
Goldman in Beau Jest (The Schoolhouse);
Izzy Grossman in Crossing Delancey (The
Acting Company); Dorine in Tartuffe, Elise
in The Miser, Maria in The School for
Scandal (The Croton Players); Adina
Sheinhoff in A Women's Minyan (Jewish
Theater Grand Rapids).
Education and Training: Sarah Lawrence
College, M.F.A. in Theater/Acting (May,
1998): Acting: Paul Austin, Shirley Kaplan,
Fanchon Miller Scheier, Arthur Giron,
Shakespeare: /Restoration: Louis
Scheeder, Brian Carter, Gretchen
Michelfeld, Directing: Paul Austin,
Performance Art: Dan Hurlin, Alexander
Technique: June Ekman, Breathing
Coordination: Sterling Swann, Costume
Design: Carol Ann Pelletier, Stage Combat:
Greg Rochman Private: Leslie Vogel.
Producer & Managing Director of Bottom’s
Dream Arts, Inc., Outreach Coord. Sarah
Lawrence College.
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Rev.
Canon Chasuble, D.D in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Octavia / Dolabella / Varius
in Antony and Cleopatra, Boyet in Love’s
Labour’s Lost, Glendower /Northumberland
/ Bardolph / Westmoreland in Henry IV Part
One, Salerio / Stephano in The Merchant
of Venice.
Roles in Other Theaters: Lady in The
Taming of the Shrew (Heritage Theater
Group); Isabella in The Changeling,
Peaseblossom / Starveling in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Portia in Julius
Caesar, Bianca in The Taming of the
Shrew (Bottom’s Dream Arts); Puck in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Rochelle
TheaterWorks); Artie in Eleemosynary,
Little Red Riding Hood in The Universal
Wolf, She in The Loveliest Afternoon of the
Year, Phebe in As You Like It, Woman in
Savage/Love, Isabella in Measure for
Measure (Sarah Lawrence College); Sarah
Goldman in Beau Jest (The Schoolhouse);
Izzy Grossman in Crossing Delancey (The
Acting Company); Dorine in Tartuffe, Elise
in The Miser, Maria in The School for
Scandal (The Croton Players); Adina
Sheinhoff in A Women's Minyan (Jewish
Theater Grand Rapids).
Education and Training: Sarah Lawrence
College, M.F.A. in Theater/Acting (May,
1998): Acting: Paul Austin, Shirley Kaplan,
Fanchon Miller Scheier, Arthur Giron,
Shakespeare: /Restoration: Louis
Scheeder, Brian Carter, Gretchen
Michelfeld, Directing: Paul Austin,
Performance Art: Dan Hurlin, Alexander
Technique: June Ekman, Breathing
Coordination: Sterling Swann, Costume
Design: Carol Ann Pelletier, Stage Combat:
Greg Rochman Private: Leslie Vogel.
Producer & Managing Director of Bottom’s
Dream Arts, Inc., Outreach Coord. Sarah
Lawrence College.
Sean Kelley (Banquo, Young Seward, Lord)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Romeo / Abraham in Romeo and Juliet,
Leonine / Lysimachus in Pericles, Prince
of Tyre.
Roles with Other Theatres: Ferdinand /
Hamlet / Puck / Dromio in Bard to Go:
Lovestruck, Touchstone in As You Like It,
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Pleusicles in The
Braggart Soldier, Ziggy / Ensemble in
Founding, Mark in The Philadelphia,
Dudard in Rhinoceros (Grand Valley State
University); Spoon in Diddle Diddle (GVSU
STAGE – Student Group); Steve / Creepy
Truck Driver in Friday XIII the Musical
(Dog Story Theater); Mr. Banks in Father
of the Bride, George in Our Town (South
Lyon High School.)
Education and Training: Pursuing his B.A.
in Theatre at Grand Valley State University,
Worked with Stand Up 8 (a travelling
circus), Past member of Rhymes with
Orange (Improv troupe), experience with
stage combat in unarmed, rapier, short
sword and shield, knife, and frying pan.
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Romeo / Abraham in Romeo and Juliet,
Leonine / Lysimachus in Pericles, Prince
of Tyre.
Roles with Other Theatres: Ferdinand /
Hamlet / Puck / Dromio in Bard to Go:
Lovestruck, Touchstone in As You Like It,
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Pleusicles in The
Braggart Soldier, Ziggy / Ensemble in
Founding, Mark in The Philadelphia,
Dudard in Rhinoceros (Grand Valley State
University); Spoon in Diddle Diddle (GVSU
STAGE – Student Group); Steve / Creepy
Truck Driver in Friday XIII the Musical
(Dog Story Theater); Mr. Banks in Father
of the Bride, George in Our Town (South
Lyon High School.)
Education and Training: Pursuing his B.A.
in Theatre at Grand Valley State University,
Worked with Stand Up 8 (a travelling
circus), Past member of Rhymes with
Orange (Improv troupe), experience with
stage combat in unarmed, rapier, short
sword and shield, knife, and frying pan.
Scott Wright * (Macduff, Sergeant)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Lady
Augusta Bracknell in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Nick Bottom in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Friar
Laurence in Romeo and Juliet,
Christopher Sly / Grumio / Hortensio in The
Taming of the Shrew, Leonato in Much
Ado About Nothing, Falstaff in The Merry
Wives of Windsor, Exeter / Macmorris /
Erpingham in Henry V, Stephano / Alonso
in The Tempest, Claudius in Hamlet,
Gower / Escanes / Philemon in Pericles,
Prince of Tyre, Kent in King Lear, Sir Toby
Belch in Twelfth Night, Duncan / Old
Siward in Macbeth.
Roles with Other Theatres: Buckingham
in Richard III (Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival); Tranio in The Taming of the
Shrew, Messenger in Medea (Heritage
Theatre Group); Gordon / The Man / Mr.
Grey in RENT, Herb in The Darkroom
(GVSU), Horton in Seussical – The
Musical, Murray Burns in A Thousand
Clowns, Colonel Pickering in My Fair
Lady, Lamar in Godspell, Luther Billis in
South Pacific (LionHeart Productions /
Grant, MI).
Education and Training: Studied Theatre
Arts at Oakland University. 2013 Winter
Wonderland Stage Combat Workshop.
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek: Lady
Augusta Bracknell in The Importance of
Being Earnest, Nick Bottom in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Friar
Laurence in Romeo and Juliet,
Christopher Sly / Grumio / Hortensio in The
Taming of the Shrew, Leonato in Much
Ado About Nothing, Falstaff in The Merry
Wives of Windsor, Exeter / Macmorris /
Erpingham in Henry V, Stephano / Alonso
in The Tempest, Claudius in Hamlet,
Gower / Escanes / Philemon in Pericles,
Prince of Tyre, Kent in King Lear, Sir Toby
Belch in Twelfth Night, Duncan / Old
Siward in Macbeth.
Roles with Other Theatres: Buckingham
in Richard III (Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival); Tranio in The Taming of the
Shrew, Messenger in Medea (Heritage
Theatre Group); Gordon / The Man / Mr.
Grey in RENT, Herb in The Darkroom
(GVSU), Horton in Seussical – The
Musical, Murray Burns in A Thousand
Clowns, Colonel Pickering in My Fair
Lady, Lamar in Godspell, Luther Billis in
South Pacific (LionHeart Productions /
Grant, MI).
Education and Training: Studied Theatre
Arts at Oakland University. 2013 Winter
Wonderland Stage Combat Workshop.
Steven Schwall (Porter, Duncan, Third
Murderer, Caithness)
Previous Role with Pigeon Creek: Antonio
in The Merchant of Venice, Fluellyn in
Henry V, King Henry IV / Rumour in Henry
IV, Part Two, Valdes / Old Man / Emperor /
Devil in Faust. Fight Director for Hamlet
and Henry V.
Roles with Other Theaters: OZ/Professor
Marvel in The Wizard of OZ, Wille Wonka in
Willie Wonka, Fight Director for Deathtrap,
Cyrano, MacBeth, My Favorite Year,
Camelot (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre); Fight
Director for The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe (Kalamazoo Civic Youth
Theater); Fight Director for Goodnight
Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet
(Aquinas College); Fight Director for
Hamlet (Great Escape Stage Company);
Fight Director for Pirates of Penzance (City
of Parchment, MI); Fight Director for The
Hobbit (Greenville High School.)
Education and Training: Graduate studies
in Theatre/Performance at Eastern
Michigan University, Bachelor of Arts in
Interdisciplinary Fine Art at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Stage Combat
training, Society of American Fight
Directors, Advanced Actor Combatant
status, Certified proficient in eight weapon
forms, SAFD Recommended status in five.
Level I Professors Certification in the
Margolis Method of dynamic actor training.
Private voice lessons in both operatic and
musical theatre genres.
Murderer, Caithness)
Previous Role with Pigeon Creek: Antonio
in The Merchant of Venice, Fluellyn in
Henry V, King Henry IV / Rumour in Henry
IV, Part Two, Valdes / Old Man / Emperor /
Devil in Faust. Fight Director for Hamlet
and Henry V.
Roles with Other Theaters: OZ/Professor
Marvel in The Wizard of OZ, Wille Wonka in
Willie Wonka, Fight Director for Deathtrap,
Cyrano, MacBeth, My Favorite Year,
Camelot (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre); Fight
Director for The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe (Kalamazoo Civic Youth
Theater); Fight Director for Goodnight
Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet
(Aquinas College); Fight Director for
Hamlet (Great Escape Stage Company);
Fight Director for Pirates of Penzance (City
of Parchment, MI); Fight Director for The
Hobbit (Greenville High School.)
Education and Training: Graduate studies
in Theatre/Performance at Eastern
Michigan University, Bachelor of Arts in
Interdisciplinary Fine Art at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Stage Combat
training, Society of American Fight
Directors, Advanced Actor Combatant
status, Certified proficient in eight weapon
forms, SAFD Recommended status in five.
Level I Professors Certification in the
Margolis Method of dynamic actor training.
Private voice lessons in both operatic and
musical theatre genres.
Sarah E. Stark * (First Witch, First
Murderer, Doctor)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Margaret / Antonio in Much Ado About
Nothing, Worcester / Gadshill in Henry IV,
Part One, Jessica / Solanio in The
Merchant of Venice, Katharine in Henry
V, Marc Antony in Julius Caesar, Dionyza
in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Olivia in
Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Prince
Escalus in Romeo and Juliet, Audrey in As
You Like It (Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival); Chorus in Antigone, Nanny /
Patient / Customer in Nickel & Dimed
(Grand Valley State University); Cassidy /
Sheriff / Choreography in Psycho, the
Musical, Kim Bacon / Choreography in
Prom Night, the Musical, Inez Serrano in
Dead End, Nancy Thompson /
Choreography in Nightmare!, the Musical
(Stark Turn Players.) Claudette / Marcie in
Friday XIII, the Musical (Dog Story
Theater.)
Education and Training: Bachelor of Arts in
Theater & English from Grand Valley State
University, Acting Workshops in Chekhov,
Fitzmaurice, Feldenkrais, Improv, Laban,
Lecoq, Mime, Masks, Vic./Edw. Period,
Rasa Boxes, Stanislavski, Viewpoints.
Dance Training in Ballet, Ballroom, Butoh,
Burlesque, Classical, Hip Hop, Jazz,
Modern.
Other Credits: Co- Founder/Chair of
Development of Stark Turn Players; Sigma
Tau Delta English Honor Society; “I Am
Grand Valley” Leadership Award 2009;
Sapperlot International Festival -
Outstanding Ensemble.
Murderer, Doctor)
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Margaret / Antonio in Much Ado About
Nothing, Worcester / Gadshill in Henry IV,
Part One, Jessica / Solanio in The
Merchant of Venice, Katharine in Henry
V, Marc Antony in Julius Caesar, Dionyza
in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Olivia in
Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Prince
Escalus in Romeo and Juliet, Audrey in As
You Like It (Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival); Chorus in Antigone, Nanny /
Patient / Customer in Nickel & Dimed
(Grand Valley State University); Cassidy /
Sheriff / Choreography in Psycho, the
Musical, Kim Bacon / Choreography in
Prom Night, the Musical, Inez Serrano in
Dead End, Nancy Thompson /
Choreography in Nightmare!, the Musical
(Stark Turn Players.) Claudette / Marcie in
Friday XIII, the Musical (Dog Story
Theater.)
Education and Training: Bachelor of Arts in
Theater & English from Grand Valley State
University, Acting Workshops in Chekhov,
Fitzmaurice, Feldenkrais, Improv, Laban,
Lecoq, Mime, Masks, Vic./Edw. Period,
Rasa Boxes, Stanislavski, Viewpoints.
Dance Training in Ballet, Ballroom, Butoh,
Burlesque, Classical, Hip Hop, Jazz,
Modern.
Other Credits: Co- Founder/Chair of
Development of Stark Turn Players; Sigma
Tau Delta English Honor Society; “I Am
Grand Valley” Leadership Award 2009;
Sapperlot International Festival -
Outstanding Ensemble.
