The Misanthrope
Ticket Information
June/July 2001
Cast & Creative
Scot Whitney
In 26 seasons and 76 shows at Harlequin:
A Man for All Seasons (Director) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Director) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) American Buffalo (Director) Antony & Cleopatra (Director) As You Like It (Director) Baltimore Waltz (Director) Clybourne Park (Director) Cymbeline (Director) Cyrano de Bergerac (Director) Dancin' in the Aisles (Director) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Director) Dracula (Director) Enrico IV (Director) Fighting Over Beverley (Director) Frozen (Director) Gloucester Blue (Director) Hamlet (Director) Hapgood (Director) Henry V (Director) Let the Good Times Roll! (Director) Letters from Waldo (Director) Macbeth (Director) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Director) Measure for Measure (Director) Murder in the Cathedral (1st Tempter/1st Knight) My Old Lady (Director) Or, (Director) Orphans (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Director) Reckless (Director) Richard III (Director) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) Romeo and Juliet (Director) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Director) She Stoops to Conquer (Director) Shining City (Director) Sins of the Mother (Director) Six Hotels (Director) Sixteen Words for Water (Director) Soul on Fire! (Director) Talking With (Co-Director) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Director) The 39 Steps (Director) The American Pilot (Director) The Dumbwaiter (Director) The Elsinore Diaries (Director) The Lady's Not for Burning (Director) The Language Archive (Director) The Life and Death of King John (Director) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Director) The Lonesome West (Director) The Love List (Director) The Misanthrope (Director) The Real Thing (Director) The Rocky Horror Show (Director) The Seafarer (Director) The Taming of the Shrew (Director) The Tempest (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director) The Understudy (Director) The Weir (Director) The Winter's Tale (Director) The Woman in Black (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director) Under a Mantle of Stars (Director) Unexpected Tenderness (Director) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Director) Waiting for Godot (Co-Director) What I Did Last Summer (Lighting Designer)
Jeffrey T. Cook
In 6 seasons and 6 shows at Harlequin:
Henry V (Pageant Wagon Designer, Scenic Designer) Murder for Two (Scenic Design) The Lady's Not for Burning (Scenic Designer) The Misanthrope (Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Scenic Designer)
Lucy Gentry
In 12 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:
And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Costume Designer) Enrico IV (Costume Designer) Fighting Over Beverley (Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedda Gabler (Costume Designer) Inspecting Carol (Costume Designer) Macbeth (Costume Designer) Rabbit Hole (Costume Designer) Recent Tragic Events (Costume Designer) Sins of the Mother (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Costume Designer) The 39 Steps (Costume Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Costume Design) The Constant Wife (Asst. Costume Designer) The Misanthrope (Costume Designer) Three Days of Rain (Costume Design)
Nick Shellman
In 7 seasons and 19 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Lighting Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Lighting Designer) Arcadia (Lighting Designer) Assassins (Lighting Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Lighting Designer) Dracula (Lighting Designer) Forever Stardust (Lighting Designer) Hapgood (Lighting Designer) La Béte (Lighting Designer) Operation: Stardust (Lighting Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Lighting Designer) Rough Crossing (Lighting Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Lighting Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Lighting Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Lighting Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Lighting Designer) The Misanthrope (Lighting Designer) The Real Thing (Lighting Designer) The Tempest (Lighting Designer)
Karl Welty
In 11 seasons and 28 shows at Harlequin:
A Long Day's Journey into Night (Sound Designer) A Man for All Seasons (Sound Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Guitar) A Streetcar Named Desire (Sound Designer/Composer) Arcadia (Sound Designer) Assassins (Sound Designer) Building Madness (Sound Design) Cymbeline (Sound Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Sound Designer) Dracula (Sound Designer) Forever Stardust (Sound Designer) Henry V (Sound Designer) Inspecting Carol (Sound Designer) La Béte (Sound Designer) Mad in Craft (Sound Designer) Murder for Two (Co-Sound Design) Operation: Stardust (Sound Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) She Stoops to Conquer (Sound Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Sound Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Sound Designer) The Misanthrope (Sound Designer) The Real Thing (Sound Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Sound Designer) The Tempest (Sound Designer) The Weir (Sound Designer)
Bruce Whitney
In 26 seasons and 60 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Vocal Director / Additional Arrangements) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Composer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Composer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Musical Director/Composer, Keyboards/Guitar) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Music Director, Various) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Musical Director, Nikolai Feoderov / keyboards, Musical Designer, Nikolai Feodorov, Piano) A Stardust Homecoming (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyodorov (piano)) And a Nightingale Sang (George Stott) Antony & Cleopatra (Composer) As You Like It (Composer) Cymbeline (Composer, Sound Design) Cyrano de Bergerac (Composer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Musical Director, Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Musical Director, Keyboard/Conductor) Dracula (Composer) First Date (Musical Director, Keyboards / Guitar / Horns) Hamlet (Composer, Musician) Henry V (Composer / Sound Designer, Composer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Director, Band Leader / Keyboards) Let the Good Times Roll! (Musical Director) Little Shop of Horrors (Keyboards) Macbeth (Composer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Musical Director, Keyboards / Guitar) Measure for Measure (Composer) Operation Stardust (Asst. Musical Director) Phantom of the Stardust (Musical Director, Nikolai, piano/conductor) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Musical Director, Conductor/Piano) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Sound Designer/Composer) Sixties Chicks (Musical Director, Conductor/Keyboard/Guitar) Sixties Chicks Too (Music Director, Guitar/Keys/Saxaphone) Sixties Kicks! (Musical Director, self) Soul on Fire! (Musical Director, Keyboards) Stardust for Christmas (Nikolai Feodorov, Music Director, Nikolai Feodorov, Piano) Stardust for Emily Jean (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Stardust Radio Review (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov , piano) Summer in the Sixties (Musical Director, Keyboard/Guitar) Swingtime Stardust (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Music Director, Keyboards/Conductor) The Elephant Man (Composer) The Misanthrope (Composer) The Rocky Horror Show (Musical Director, Keyboard, Music Director, Piano) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Musical Director) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Music Director, Nikolai Feyoderov (Piano)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Musical Director, Nicolai Feyoderov (Keys)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyodorov (Keys)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyoderov (Keys, Saxophone, Guitar)) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano/conductor) The Taming of the Shrew (Composer) The Tempest (Composer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Musical Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Composer) The Winter's Tale (Composer/Sound Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sound Designer / Composer) Waiting for Godot (Composer)
Robert MacDougall
In 24 seasons and 59 shows at Harlequin:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fight Choreographer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Fight Choreographer) Accomplice (Fight Director) American Buffalo (Fight Choreofrapher) Antony & Cleopatra (Fight Director) As You Like It (Fight Director) boom (Fight Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Fight Choreographer) Clybourne Park (Fight Choreographer) Cymbeline (Fight Choreographer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Fight Choreographer) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Fight Director) Dracula (Fight Director) Enrico IV (Fight Director) Fighting Over Beverley (Fight Choreographer) Gloucester Blue (Fight Director) Hamlet (Fight Director, Fight Choreographer) Hapgood (Fight Director) Henry V (Fight Director) Inspecting Carol (Fight Choreographer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Fight Choreographer) Letters from Waldo (Fight Choreographer) Little Shop of Horrors (Fight Choreographer) Macbeth (Fight Director) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Fight Choreographer) Mauritius (Fight Director) Measure for Measure (Fighter Director) My Old Lady (Fight Director) Or, (Fight Choreographer) Orphans (Fight Choreographer) Richard III (Fight Director) Romeo and Juliet (Fight Director) She Stoops to Conquer (Fight Choreographer) Sins of the Mother (Fight Director) Six Hotels (Fight Director) Stardust for Christmas (Fight Choreographer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Fight Choreographer) The American Pilot (Fight Director) The Dumbwaiter (Fight Choreographer) The Lady's Not for Burning (Fight Director) The Language Archive (Fight Choreographer) The Last Schwartz (Fight Director) The Life and Death of King John (Fight Director) The Lonesome West (Fight Director) The Love List (Fight Director) The Misanthrope (Fight Choreographer) The Real Thing (Fight Choreographer) The Taming of the Shrew (Fight Director) The Tempest (Fight Choreographer) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Fight Choreographer) The Understudy (Fight Choreographer) The Zoo Story (Fight Choreographer) Time Stands Still (Fight Choreographer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Fight Choreographer) Unexpected Tenderness (Fight Director) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Fight Choreographer) Waiting for Godot (Fight Choreographer)
Trudy Soucoup
In 2 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:
Rough Crossing (Stage Manager) The Life and Death of King John (Stage Manager) The Misanthrope (Stage Manager) The Weir (Stage Manager)
John O’Keefe
In 6 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:
And a Nightingale Sang (Norman) Hamlet (Horatio) Measure for Measure (Claudio/Abhorson/Ensemble) Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt) The Constant Wife (Bernard Kersal) The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff) The Life and Death of King John (Duke of Salisbury/Soldier) The Misanthrope (Alceste) The Rainmaker (Bill Starbuck)
Raney Burson
In 8 seasons and 13 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Maria/Bouncer 2) Dancin' in the Streets (Ensemble) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Maria) Rough Crossing (Suzie) Stardust for Emily Jean (Ginger Hart) Stardust Radio Review (Ginger Hart) Swingtime Stardust (Ginger Hart) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Ensemble) The Constant Wife (Marie-Louise Durham) The Misanthrope (Celimene) The Rocky Horror Show (Chorus) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Ginger Hart, Asst. Hair & Makeup Designer) The Tempest (Background Vocals)
Matt Lee
In 7 seasons and 14 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Duke Orsino) Forever Stardust (Jack Baldwin) Inspecting Carol (Kevin Emery) La Béte (Valere) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Orsino) Rough Crossing (Freddie) Stardust for Emily Jean (Jack Baldwin) Swingtime Stardust (Jack Baldwin) The Importance of Being Earnest (John Worthing) The Lady's Not for Burning (Nicholas Devize) The Life and Death of King John (Earl of Pembroke/Soldier) The Misanthrope (Philinte) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. James Throttle/Stage Manager) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Charlie)
Bethany Steele
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Misanthrope (Eliante)
Russ Holm
Favorite roles elsewhere include 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), Jesus in Godspell (May Carol Theatre Productions), Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (Capitol Playhouse), Mr. Nobody and the Tooth Fairy in Good Night Moon, Geppetto in Pinocchio (Olympia Family Theater) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (Theater Artists Olympia).
In 24 seasons and 49 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Past, Player 4 (Jacob Marley, others)) A Doll's House (Dr. Rank) A Man for All Seasons (Sir Thomas More) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Snug/Lion) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Malvolio) Arcadia (Bernard Nightingale) As You Like It (Duke Frederick/Duke Senior) August: Osage County (Beverly Weston) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Big Daddy) Cymbeline (Cymbeline, Cornelius) Cyrano de Bergerac (de Guiche) Deathtrap (Sidney Bruhl) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Utterson, Hyde 1) Dracula (Dr. John Seward, John Seward) Enrico IV (Doctor Dionisio Genoni) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Jim) Hamlet (Ghost/Player/Priest/Soldier) Henry V (Ensemble) Measure for Measure (Duke Vincentio) Murder in the Cathedral (3rd Priest) Operation Stardust (Sgt. James Avery) Operation: Stardust (Sergeant James Avery) Philadelphia Story (William Tracy) Psychopathia Sexualis (Dr. Block) Richard III (Hastings) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Officer/Priest) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Lead Player) She Stoops to Conquer (Servant/Inn Customer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Watson/Ensemble) Stardust for Christmas (Salvatore Mantolini, Simon Mantolini) The American Pilot (Captain) The Elephant Man (Pin Man/L. Police/Lord John/Porter/Will) The Ladies of the Camellias (Gustave-Hippolyte Worms) The Language Archive (Resten / Baker / Zamenhof) The Misanthrope (Oronte) The Real Thing (Max) The Rocky Horror Show (Riff Raff) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Sam Hart) The Taming of the Shrew (Gremio) The Tempest (Sebastian) The Winter's Tale (Leontes) To Kill a Mockingbird (Bob Ewell) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Eglamore / Panthino / Outlaw #2)
Ann Flannigan
Ann studied theater at Lewis & Clark College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In 18 seasons and 21 shows at Harlequin:
A Man for All Seasons (Margaret More) A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) Arcadia (Hanna Jarvis) August: Osage County (Barbara Fordham) Cymbeline (Queen) Dry Powder (Director) End Days (Sylvia Stein) Fighting Over Beverley (Cecily Shimma) Frozen (Agnetha) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Steffy) La Béte (Director) Macbeth (Lady Macduff/Witch) Philadelphia Story (Margaret Lord) Present Laughter (Monica Reed) The American Pilot (Sarah) The Americans Across the Street (Alexa) The Highest Tide (Mother/Ensemble) The Misanthrope (Arsinoe) The Real Thing (Annie) To Kill a Mockingbird (Maudie Atkinson)
Steve Senna
In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
A Streetcar Named Desire (Steve) The Misanthrope (Acaste) The Tempest (Antonio)
Jason Heshimu Likely
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Misanthrope (Clitandre)
Jason Haws
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!
In 21 seasons and 33 shows at Harlequin:
A Bright Room Called Day (Emil Traum) A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom/Pyramus) And a Nightingale Sang (Andie Ryan) As You Like It (Touchstone) August: Osage County (Bill Fordham) Clybourne Park (Karl / Steve) Hapgood (Maggs) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Herb) Intimate Apparel (Mr. Marks) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Max Prince) Murder in the Cathedral (4th Priest) My Old Lady (Mathias) Noises Off (Garry LeJeune) Phantom of the Stardust (Sam Gordon) Philadelphia Story (C.K. Dexter Haven) Rabbit Hole (Howie) Romeo and Juliet (Prince Escalus) Rough Crossing (Sandor Turai) The Constant Wife (Mortimer Durham) The Elephant Man (John Merrick) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lane/Moulton/Merriman/Gribsby) The Ladies of the Camellias (Ivan) The Misanthrope (Basque/Bicycle Messenger/Du Bois) The Rocky Horror Show (Simon Lock, The Narrator) The Seafarer (James "Sharky" Harkin) The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio) The Tempest (Andrian/Boatswain) The Understudy (Harry) The Weir (Brendan) The Winter's Tale (Time) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce / Outlaw #1) Unexpected Tenderness (Archie/Roddy Stern (the elder))