MACBETH
Directed by Steven Maler
Assistant Director ... Ryan Maxwell

Stage Manager ... Charlotte Ringle
Assistant Stage Manager ... Cassie M. Seinuk
Fight Director ... Adam McLean
Scenic Design ... Brynna Bloomfield
Scenic Construction ... Cyco Scenic, Brynna Bloomfield
Composer/Sound Design ... Dewey Dellay
Lighting Design ... Kristin Hayes
Costume Design ... Elena Sanders
Sound Operator ... Stuart Anello
House Managers ... Sean Keane, Scarlett Redmond, Mary-Liz Murray

Cast
Witch/Gentlewoman ... Erin Brehm
Macduff/Bleeding Captain/Murderer ... Jeremy Browne
Ross/Murderer ... Douglas J. Cochrane
Duncan/Porter/Doctor ... Wayne Fritsche
Malcolm ... J.R. Killigrew
Donalbain/Messenger/Servant/Murderer/Young Siward ... Grant MacDermott
Witch/Lady Macduff/Seyton ... Kara Manson
Witch/Fleance/Macduff Child ... Megan Reynolds
Macbeth ... Dan Roach*
Banquo/Old Siward ... Omar Robinson
Lady Macbeth ... Kami Rushell Smith

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association

Cast Bios

Jeremy Brown

Jeremy Browne is glad to be making his Boston Theater debut with CSC. He has been seen most recently in The Pillowman (Katurian), A Christmas Carol (Jacob Marley) and Arms and the Man (Sergius Saranoff) with UMass Amherst, and King Lear (Kent) and Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio) with Hampshire Shakespeare Company. He would like to thank Shawn laCount for his guidance, his family for their encouragement, and Katie for her constant support.

Grant MacDermott

Grant is a recent graduate of Emerson College with a degree in Acting and Theater. Originally from New Jersey, he began doing theater with Garage Theater Group and The Bergen County Players of Oradell, NJ. He has worked all over New Jersey including multiple performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and Bergen Performing Arts Center (BPAC). He has performed with his improve troupe The New Wave of Comedians all over New York City including Gotham Comedy Club, Don’t Tell Mama’s, and Rose’s Turn. Some of his favorite theater credits include Toyn in Moontel Six by Connie Cogdan at the Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Festival; Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Melia Bensussen; C.K. Dexter Haven in The Philadelphia Story directed by Spiro Veloudos; John in The Lion in Winter; and Psudolous in Forum. He has appeared in multiple national commercials and is a proud member of SAG. He will be seen this September in Boston and Provincetown performing with the Beau Jest theater company as part of the Tennessee Williams play festival. He is a published author and a huge book worm.

Kara Manson

Kara Manson is delighted to work with Commonwealth Shakespeare again. She was last seen as Natasha in Bad Jazz with Zeitgeist Stage, and in the Nora Theater Company's staged reading of Vessel of Glass. Kara received her BA in Theater Arts from Brandeis University, where her credits include: As You Like It (Lord Amiens), The Threepenny Opera, The Physician of His Honor (Prince Enrique), The Love of the Nightingale (Procne), Into the Woods (Rapunzel), Urinetown (Hope), and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Genevieve). Other credits include: Mrs. Warren's Profession and Cinderella, both with Berkshire Theatre Festival. Kara is originally from Brattleboro, Vermont, and now lives in Brighton with her boyfriend and their cat.

Dan Roach

Dan is absolutely thrilled to be back working with Steven Maler and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company this summer! Boston: The Rainmaker (Foothills Theatre) Othello (New Rep on Tour), As You Like It (CSC) Los Angeles: Stories of the Night Told Over (Hayworth Theatre), Still Photos (Celebration Theatre), In the Boom Boom Room (Underground Theatre), Illyria (The Hayworth Theatre), Stitching (Ark Theatre) New York: Tracers (Arthur Seleen Theatre), KTP (Abingdon Theatre), Curing Ron (American Theatre of Actors), Styrofoam (Trilogy Theatre), Two Rooms (Trilogy Theatre), Uncovering Eden (Wings Theatre), Deathtrap (Gallery Players), Yanni & Johnny (Theatron) TV: Guiding Light, As The World Turns, Las Vegas Education: BA - University of South Carolina, MFA - Brooklyn College. Dan is originally from Newport, RI. He is a proud member of The Actor's Equity Association.

Production Staff

Ryan Maxwell (Assistant Director) is excited to be working on his first production with SN! A graduate of Brown University, Ryan served as Assistant Director and Operations Manager at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren, RI for 2003-2009. Favorite productions: The Learned Ladies, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, The Little Foxes, The Marriage of Bette & Boo, Auntie Mame, A Flea in her Ear, Red Scare on Sunset, Fuddy Meers, The Beaux’ Stratagem, The Miracle Worker. Directing credits at Brown: Richard III, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, The Vagina Monologues.

Bring your students to this full-length show in November.

Macbeth
Directed by Steven Maler
Dates:
Nov. 2 – 20, 2009

Time:
Mondays - Fridays @ 10 a.m.
Location:
Tower Theater @ Mass. College of Art
621 Huntington Ave. Boston, Mass.

Tickets:
$10/student, Chaperones free

Special Evening Performance
Date: Sat., Nov. 14, 2009 @ 8pm

Tickets: $18 (general admission)
$16 (students/seniors)