2005 Season

Measure for Measure

Classic Drama May 5-28, 2005

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

directed by Scot Whitney

Classic Drama May 5-28, 2005

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Director Scot Whitney

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)

Scenic/Lighting Designer Jill Carter

Jill Carter

In 20 seasons and 61 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Lighting Designer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scenic Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Lighting Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Lighting Designer) American Buffalo (Lighting Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Digital Image Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Lighting Designer) Baltimore Waltz (Lighting Designer) Billy (Lighting Designer) boom (Scenic Designer, Video Designer) Cymbeline (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Scenic Designer) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Scenic Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) End Days (Video Designer) Enrico IV (Lighting Designer) Frozen (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Hamlet (Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Lighting Designer) Inspecting Carol (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Macbeth (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Scenic Designer) Measure for Measure (Scenic/Lighting Designer) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Scenic Design, Video Design) Operation: Stardust (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Lighting Designer) Psychopathia Sexualis (Scenic Designer) Rabbit Hole (Scenic Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Scenic Designer) Rough Crossing (Scenic Designer) She Stoops to Conquer (Lighting Designer) Shining City (Lighting Designer) Sins of the Mother (Scenic Designer / Lighting Designer) Six Hotels (Lighting Designer) Sixties Chicks (Lighting/Video Designer) Sixties Kicks! (Video Production) Stardust for Christmas (Lighting Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Lighting Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Video Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Lighting Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (A/V Designer) The Last Schwartz (Lighting Designer) The Life and Death of King John (Scenic Designer) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Scenic Designer) The Love List (Scenic & Lighting Designer, Scenic Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Lighting & Video Designer) The Tempest (Scenic & Properties Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Lighting Designer) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lighting Designer) The Woman in Black (Scenic Co-Designer) Under a Mantle of Stars (Scenic Director) Unexpected Tenderness (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Lighting Designer)

Co-Lighting Designer Nat Rayman

Nat Rayman

In 7 seasons and 18 shows at Harlequin:

Costume Designer Emilie Broughton

Emilie Broughton

In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

A Stardust Christmas Carol (Costume Designer) Measure for Measure (Costume Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Costume Designer)

Fighter Director Robert MacDougall

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)

Composer Bruce Whitney

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)

Stage Manager Raychel A. Wagner

Raychel A. Wagner

In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

A Stardust Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) And a Nightingale Sang (Stage Manager) Measure for Measure (Stage Manager)

Asst. Stage Manager Melissa Harris

Melissa Harris

In 5 seasons and 13 shows at Harlequin:

Accomplice (Stage Manager) Antony & Cleopatra (Stage Manager) Dancin' in the Aisles (Stage Manager) Intimate Apparel (Stage Manager) Let the Good Times Roll! (Stage Manager) Measure for Measure (Prostitute, Asst. Stage Manager) Operation Stardust (Stage Manager) Psychopathia Sexualis (Stage Manager) Soul on Fire! (Stage Manager) Stardust for Christmas (Stage Manager) The American Pilot (Stage Manager) The Elephant Man (Stage Manager) The Rocky Horror Show (Stage Manager)

Asst. Stage Manager Gina Salerno

Gina Salerno

In 20 seasons and 91 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design, Stage Manager) A Christmas Survival Guide (Stage Manager) A Doll's House (Sound Design) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Asst. Stage Manager) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Stage Manager) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Asst. Stage Manager) And a Nightingale Sang (Asst. Stage Manager) Blackbird (Sound Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Stage Manager) Clybourne Park (Sound Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Asst. Stage Manager) Dry Powder (Sound Designer) Enchanted April (Stage Manager) Enrico IV (Sound Designer/Asst, Stage Manager) Fighting Over Beverley (Sound Designer) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Stage Manager) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Sound Design) Gloucester Blue (Sound Designer) Hedda Gabler (Stage Manager) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stage Manager) I Am My Own Wife (Sound Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Sound Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage Manager) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Stage Manager) Let the Good Times Roll! (Asst. Stage Manager) Little Shop of Horrors (Stage Manager) Love and Information (Stage Manager) Macbeth (Asst. Stage Manager) Man of La Mancha (Stage Manager) Mauritius (Sound Designer) Measure for Measure (Prostitute, Asst. Stage Manager) Middletown (Stage Manager) Murder for Two (Stage Manager) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Sound Design) My Old Lady (Sound Designer) Noises Off (Sound Design) Operation Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) Or, (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Story (Stage Manager) Present Laughter (Sound Design) Pride and Prejudice (Sound Design) Psychopathia Sexualis (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Rabbit Hole (Sound Designer) Recent Tragic Events (Sound Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Citizen/Party Guest) Ruthless (Stage Manager) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) Shining City (Sound Designer) Sins of the Mother (Sound Designer) Six Hotels (Sound Designer) Sixties Chicks (Asst. Stage Manager) Sixties Chicks Too (Stage Manager) Soul on Fire! (Asst. Stage Manager) Sovereignty (Sound Design) Stardust for Christmas (Esther Bartoli, Asst. Stage Manager) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Stage Manager) Summer in the Sixties (Stage Manager) Sweeney Todd (Stage Manager) Tenderly (Stage Manager) The 1940s Radio Hour (Properties Designer / Stage Manager) The American Pilot (Sound Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Stage Manager) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Sound Design) The Elephant Man (Sound Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Stage Manager) The Highest Tide (Stage Manager) The Ladies of the Camellias (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) The Language Archive (Sound Designer) The Last Five Years (Stage Manager) The Last Schwartz (Sound Designer) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Asst. Stage Manager) The Love List (Asst. Stage Manager) The Rocky Horror Show (Asst. Stage Manager) The Seafarer (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Stage Manager) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) The Woman in Black (Asst. Stage Manager) The Women (Sound Design) This Flat Earth (Sound Design) Three Days of Rain (Sound Design) Time Stands Still (Sound Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Stage Manager) Under a Mantle of Stars (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Unexpected Tenderness (Sound Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Sound Designer)

Rowan Brooks Angelo

Rowan Brooks

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Measure for Measure (Angelo) Romeo and Juliet (Romeo)

Melissa Harris Prostitute

Melissa Harris

In 5 seasons and 13 shows at Harlequin:

Russ Holm Duke Vincentio

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)

John O’Keefe Claudio/Abhorson/Ensemble

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)

Dennis Rolly Escalus

Dennis Rolly

Dennis just loves playing Shakespeare. Since 1993, he has appeared on stages in Edmonds, Renton, Seattle, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Tacoma, Lakewood, Lacey, Tumwater, Olympia and Centralia, but he considers the State Theater home.

In 15 seasons and 21 shows at Harlequin:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Peter Quince/Egeus) Antony & Cleopatra (Lepidus / Euphronius / Soothsayer / Clown) As You Like It (Adam/Corin) Cymbeline (Belarius) Cyrano de Bergerac (Ligniere/Cadet/Bertrandou) Enrico IV (Giovanni) Fighting Over Beverley (Archie Bennett) Macbeth (Duncan/Doctor) Mauritius (Phillip) Measure for Measure (Escalus) Present Laughter (Fred) Richard III (Clarence) Romeo and Juliet (Lord Montague/Apothecary) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Polonius) The Elephant Man (Gomm/Conductor) The Life and Death of King John (Pandulph/Chatillon) The Rainmaker (Sheriff Thomas) The Seafarer (Mr. Lockhart) The Taming of the Shrew (Baptista) The Tempest (Gonzalo) The Winter's Tale (Dion/Shepherd)

Summer Serafin Isabella

Summer Serafin

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Measure for Measure (Isabella) Romeo and Juliet (Juliet)

Isaac Wulff Elbow/Barnardine/Ensemble

Isaac Wulff

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Measure for Measure (Elbow/Barnardine/Ensemble)

Caitlin Frances Overdone/Francisca/Mariana

Caitlin Frances

In 3 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Poole, Hyde 4) Measure for Measure (Overdone/Francisca/Mariana) Six Hotels (Ensemble) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Roxie Grover)

Tim Hoban Froth/Provost/Ensemble

Tim Hoban

In 4 seasons and 6 shows at Harlequin:

Cyrano de Bergerac (Marquis/Cadet) Measure for Measure (Froth/Provost/Ensemble) The Lady's Not for Burning (The Chaplain) The Life and Death of King John (Austria/Melun) The Weir (Jim) The Winter's Tale (Clown)

Frank Lawler Lucio

Frank Lawler

Other Puget Sound credits include A Christmas Carol, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Pitmen Painters (ACT), Lady Windermere’s Fan and Camping with Henry and Tom (Taproot Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Jane Eyre and Frankenstein (Book-It), Indian Ink and The School for Lies (Sound Theatre Company), Arms and the Man and Travesties (Seattle Public Theater), Peter and the Starcatcher (Icicle Creek Festival and Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre) and The Elephant Man (Strawberry Theatre Workshop). His latest play, Holiday of Errors, co-written with Daniel Flint, was recently published by StageRights. Frank is a graduate of Harvard University and trained with Shakespeare & Company. He is married to the lovely Ann McCurdy; they are the proud parents of Rowan. More at franklawler.com.