The Ladies of the Camellias

Other local roles include Captain Hook in Peter Pan (OSD Players and CTE), Toad in The Wind in the Willows (OFT), Clov in Endgame (Calpurnia’s Dream), Richard in Fuddy Meers, and Adam in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Centralia College). Jason has directed numerous shows for children and is going into his fifteenth season as the director of Creative Theatre Experience’s Showcase program. He currently teaches Drama and Social Studies at Thurgood Marshall Middle School here in Olympia. Jason owes everything to his beautiful family for their tremendous love and support. Cheers to my lovelies, Liz, Emma and Tess. You are my shining stars!

Amy is honored to return to her artistic home at Harlequin Productions. Seattle credits include A View from the Bridge and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Seattle Repertory Theatre), How I Learned to Drive (Strawberry Theatre Workshop), and The Cat in the Hat (Seattle Children’s Theatre), as well as performances with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Annex Theatre, and The 14/48 Projects. A proud graduate of the Central Washington University Theatre Program, Amy sends love to her family and to you, the audience, for supporting the arts.

Favorite roles elsewhere include: the dual roles of Richard Burbage and William Jaggard in The Book of Will (SPSCC), Edmund in King Lear, El Gallo in The Fantasticks (Electric City Theatre), Charlie in The Foreigner, Hines in The Pajama Game (Abbey Players), Kenickie in Grease, Arthur in Camelot (Summer Showcase), Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (Capital Playhouse), Geppetto in Pinocchio (Olympia Family Theatre) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (TAO). Russ is grateful for the opportunities to share stories on stage and looks forward to what lies ahead.

Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation, Guys and Dolls, Translations. Off Broadway: Up Against It, (Joseph Papp Public Theatre). Regional credits include Private Lives (Alley Theater, Houston), Arms and the Man, As You Like It, An Ideal Husband (Center Stage, Baltimore), and Present Laughter (Hartford Stage). Arms and the Man, Intimate Apparel, Nora (Intiman). An American Daughter, Twelfth Night, Dancing at Lughnasa, Sylvia, A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theater). Going to Saint Ives, Omnium Gatherum, Grand Magic and Miss Witherspoon (A Contemporary Theater); My Name is Alice, The Voice of the Turtle, As You Like It, Hay Fever, Crimes of the Heart (Tacoma Actors Guild); Antony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Frozen, The Love List, The Constant Wife, Arcadia, The Tempest, Hapgood, Rough Crossing (Harlequin). Film: Bad Girls, Back Spot Turn, Laggies. TV: One Life to Live, Another World, MTV’s Pirate TV. Commercial Voiceovers: Campbell’s, Kohler, GTE, Bain de Soleil, Evian, Converse, Evian, Kitchenaid, to name a few. Concert Stage: Honnegger’s King David with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Choir of Men and Boys (St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, NYC), Slain in the Spirit (St. Ann’s for the Restoration and the Arts, Brooklyn, NY). Best Actress nomination with “BWW Best of 2014.” Graduate of the University of Washington Opera Department and The Juilliard School.