Man of La Mancha

Ms. Strohmaier’s Seattle credits include 5th Avenue Theatre (Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls), Village Theatre (Anisette in The Gypsy King), Showtunes (Liz Imbrie in High Society), Seattle Children’s Theatre, Mount Baker Theatre, and Centerstage. As a vocalist, she has performed in Seattle Symphony Pops concerts, sang at the Opéra de Rennes in a reimagining of Cole Porter’s La Revue des Ambassadeurs, and periodically appears in concert with acclaimed Gershwin pianist Peter Nero. MA: Royal College of Music, London.

Monique Holt has worked for four seasons as an actor, ASL Translator and Sign Coach at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Other theatres: Alter-Ego: Carla & Astrid in I Was Most Alive With You, with Craig Lucas (Huntington Theatre Company); Cordelia in King Lear with Michael Kahn (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Ophelia in Hamlet (Village Repertory); The Girl in Ash Wednesday with Ryszard Cieslak (Studio 3); Kate in The Taming of the Shrew with Bill Cain (Washington Square Players).

Other credits: Director: TITUS in Visual Gestural Communication, The Mystery of Irma Vep (New York Deaf Theatre); Cloud 9, Urinetown: The Musical (Gallaudet University); Caucasian Chalk Circle (Open Circle Theatre). Lecturer (2009–present): “Translating Shakespearean Text into Artistic Sign Language” at universities and Shakespeare events in California; Washington, D.C.; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New York; Ohio; Virginia; Iceland; South Korea. Director/Artistic Sign Language: Theatre companies in Washington, D.C.; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Virginia; a film in Russian and French Sign Languages for GRISHA (www.BenStamperPictures.com, France). EDI Co-Facilitator: Theatre Communications Group (2017–2018).

Education: MFA in Theatre, Towson University; BFA in Acting, New York University.

Jeannie Beirne is the Resident Scenic Designer for Harlequin Productions. She has also enjoyed working with The Olympia Family Theatre, Saint Martin’s University, and South Puget Sound Community College. In Missouri, she has designed Urinetown and The Music Man with Missouri Western State University, and The Drowsy Chaperone, She Loves Me, and Damn Yankees for Tent Theater. In Arizona, Jeannie designed Mama and Jack Carew and the world premiere of Suocera by Hal Corley at the Theatre Artists Studio and Big Love with Kim Weild at Arizona State University. 

Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.

Olivia (Cowlitz Indian Tribe) is the Resident Lighting Designer at Harlequin. Olivia graduated from Central Washington University with a BFA in Theater Design and Technology. She has also worked with Tacoma Opera, Theater Artists Olympia, Olympia Family Theater, Tacoma Arts Live, SMU, SPSCC, and Seattle Children’s Theater.