Artistic Personnel
Pericles,
Prince of Tyre
Winter 2009 - 2010
Kat Hermes (Thaisa/Thaliard/Diana)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
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), Mrs. Voorhees in FXIII the
Musical (Dog Story Theater)

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).


Sean Kelley (Lysimachus/Leonine)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
This is Sean’s first
production with Pigeon Creek.

Roles with Other Theatres: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival); Spoon in Diddle Diddle (GVSU S.T.A.G.
E.); George in Our Town, Mr Banks in Father of the Bride,
Ensemble in Annie (South Lyon High School); Steve in FXIII, the
Musical (Dog Story Theater).

Education and Training: Working toward B.A. in Creative
Writing from Grand Valley State University, Shakespearean Acting
Training with Chris Hayes


Pat Kepley (Helicanes/Boult)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Leontes/Bear in The Winter’
s Tale, Edmund in King Lear, Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night.

Roles with Other Theatres: Ensemble in Love’s Labours Lost  
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival); Mercutio/Lady Capulet/Friar
Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, C.C. Showers in The Diviners (Grand
Rapids Community College); Oedipus/King Laius in Oedipus, Dr.
Simian in Wildwood Park, (Grand Valley State University); John in A
Life in the Theatre (Heritage Theatre).

Education and Training: B.A. in Theatre from Grand Valley State
University


Scott Lange (Pericles)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Antigonus/Autolycus in The
Winter’s Tale, Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors,
Edgar/France in King Lear, Camillo/Antigonus in The Winter’s Tale,
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 Labours Lost, Angelo/Claudio/Mistress
Overdone/Barnardine in Measure for Measure (Blackfriars
Playhouse); 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); Ichabod Crane in Sleepy
Hollow, Gus Lumpkin in Who Killed the Boss, Herr Troubadour in
The Pied Piper (Golden Duck Productions); Clifford in Death Trap
(AP Theatrical Productions).

Education and Training: B.A. in Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program.


Arielle Leverett (Marina/Lychorida/Daughter)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Calpurnia/Octavius in Julius
Caesar, Understudy for Viola in Twelfth Night.

Roles with Other Theatres: Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet,
Celia/Miranda/Viola in Bard to Go “Kissing and Courting” (Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival); Ensemble in RENT, Messenger/Musician
in Antigone, Ensemble in Ragtime, Ensemble in The Rocky Horror
Show (Grand Valley State University); Jeanette in Crowns
(Community Circle Theatre)

Education and Training: Working towards a B.A. in Theatre from
Grand Valley State University; Shakespeare Workshop with Chris
Hayes, Chekhov Workshop with Wil Kilroy (Grand Valley State
University)


Elle M. Lucksted (Marina/Lychorida/Daughter)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Lucius in Julius Caesar,
Cordelia in King Lear.

Roles with Other Theatres: Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet, Helen
of Troy/Chorus in The Arraignment of Paris (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Annie/Jason in FXIII the Musical (Dog Story
Theater), Assistant #2 in Singin’ in the Rain, Helen Wilson in Fair
Exchange, Chorus/Understudy in Cinderella, Margot Frank in The
Diary of Anne Frank  (Spring Lake High School).

Education and Training: Working towards a B.A. in Theatre and
English from Grand Valley State University, Shakespeare Audition
Workshop with Katherine Mayberry (Grand Valley State
University), Monologue Audition Workshop with David Theune
(Spring Lake High School).


Katherine Mayberry (Director)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
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 Labours 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).

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


Joel L. Schindlbeck (Antiochus/Cleon/Simonides/Pandar)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Old Shepherd in The
Winter’s Tale, Duke Solinus/Dr. Pinch/Luce in The Comedy of
Errors, Albany/Old Man in King Lear, Malvolio/Antonio in Twelfth
Night, Clarence/Stanley in Richard III, Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
in As You Like It, Banquo/Seyton in Macbeth, Peter Quince/Egeus in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Amiens in As You Like It, Constable
Dull in Love’s Labours Lost, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen
of Verona.

Roles with Other Theatres: Malcolm in Macbeth, Prince of
Arragon/Duke of Venice in The Merchant of Venice, Earl of Douglas
in King Henry IV, Part One, Angelo the Goldsmith in The Comedy
of Errors (Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival); The Cook in Mother
Courage and her Children, Moises Kaufman/Baptist Minister/Denis
Shepherd in The Laramie Project (Grand Valley State University);
Duvid Pechenik in A Shayna Maidel (Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids);
Protean in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Sonya in Godspell, John Willard in The Crucible, Reverend Hopkins
in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Central Park Players).

Education and Training: Studied Theatre at Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program, Private Voice with Dale Schreimer and Elizabeth
LaGrande, Musical Direction Apprenticeship with Charles Hutchins
(Grand Valley State University/ Community Circle Theatre).

Other Credits: Conducted Musical Theatre Audition Workshops
with Grand Valley State University, Aquinas College, Calvin College.


Sarah Stark (Dionyza)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Antony in Julius Caesar,
Olivia in Twelfth Night.

Roles with Other Theatres: The Prince in Romeo and Juliet,
Phebe/Lady Anne/Olivia in Bard to Go “Kissing and Courting”
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival); Chorus in Antigone, Ensemble
in Nickel and Dimed, Ensemble in The Vagina Monologues (Grand
Valley State University); Marcie in FXIII the Musical (Dog Story
Theater).

Education and Training: Working towards a B.A. in Theatre and
English from Grand Valley State University; 6 years of work with the
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Summer Stock and Travelling Troupe
companies; Edwardian Period Salon and Movement training
workshop (Actor’s Movement Studio/New York).


Mary Beth Quillin (Cerimon/Bawd)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
This is Mary Beth’s first
production with Pigeon Creek.

Roles with Other Theatres: Lady Macduff in Macbeth,
Portia/Olivia in Midwinter Night’s Shakespeare, Scraps in Talkin’
With, Nora in In the Shadow of the Glen (Heritage Theatre
Group); Patricia in Sight Unseen (Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids),
Rose in Enchanted April, Jessica in Communicating Doors, Melissa in
Love Letters, Mrs. Little in Stuart Little, Aunt Demetria in On
Borrowed Time (Grand Rapids Civic Theatre).

Education and Training: B.A. in Theatre from Grand Valley State
University


Scott Wright (Gower/Escanes/Philemon)

Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Kent in King Lear, Sir Toby
Belch in Twelfth Night, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth.

Roles with Other Theatres: Tranio in Taming of the Shrew,
(Heritage Theatre Group); Bernie/Dealer 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.
Kat Hermes
Pat Kepley
Scott Lange
Arielle Leverett
Elle Lucksted
Katherine
Mayberry
Joel L.
Schindlbeck
Sarah Stark
Mary Beth Quillan
Scott Wright