R&J

Rachel is so honored to be making her Harlequin debut with this wonderful team. Recent credits include Baked! The Musical (Village Theatre, FONM), Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice (Bainbridge Performing Arts), The Sound of Music (Ovation! Musical Theatre) and Head Over Heels (Village Theatre KIDSTAGE). She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Drama Performance and a minor in Dance. Much love to mom, dad & N.

Marcus is delighted to be a part of this incredible production of Romeo and Juliet. Previous works for Marcus include White Christmas (Phil), Mary Poppins (Bert), Beauty and the Beast (LeFou), The Sound of Music (Rolf), Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Bingley/Mary) and is a current Ensemble Member with Seattle’s longest running Improv company Unexpected Productions. Marcus would like to thank his friends and family for their never-ending love and support. @marcus.wolf_ Matthew 23:12

Chelsey Sheppard is a Seattle-based actor, stage combatant, and emerging fight and intimacy director. R & J is their first show with Harlequin! Recent credits include The Three Musketeers (Icicle Creek Center for the Arts), Men on Boats (inD Theatre) Macbeth: The Educational Tour (Seattle Shakespeare), Athena (Strawberry Workshop), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (inD Theatre). Chelsey holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from Central Washington University and is an Intermediate Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.

Mykahla is a Theatre student from Port Orchard WA, currently attending Pacific Lutheran University. Her recent theatre credits include Haemon in Antigone, and Leigh Fondakowski and others in The Laramie Project. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her in all she does.

Araquin is thrilled to step back onto the Harlequin stage for his first straight play (non-musical) since High School! You may have seen him in a few shows around the Sound, such as Texas in Cabaret (Harlequin), Cabaret, Kinky Boots, Cats (TMP), or Rent (TLT). He would like to thank his cats, Domino and Monty, for being great at-home rehearsal scene partners.

Ejay Amor is excited to make his Harlequin debut! He studied Voice at Cornish College of the Arts and received his B.A. in Theatre (Acting & Dance) from Western Washington University. He is currently a Core Company Actor at Taproot Theatre Company’s Touring Shows. Known for playing Josh in 9 to 5: A Dolly Parton Musical for Showtunes Theatre Company, Hamza in Ten Acrobats by Yussef El Guindi at Centerstage Theatre Company, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth in Macbeth for Greenstage Theatre Company, Terrance in Roost and Viral in 11th and Pine for Sound Theatre Company. Feel free to connect with me on Instagram @ejayamor

Henry is excited to be participating in his first production with Harlequin. He has been doing theatre since he was seven years old when he played the fairy, Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Henry received his training from the musical theatre BFA program at Central Washington University, as well as many instances of practical experience. Some of his favorite roles include Roger DeBris in The Producers, Michael in Tick, Tick…Boom! and the Sheriff of Nottingham at Center Stage’s Panto production of Robin Hood. For Henry, musical theatre is his heart, but Shakespeare is his soul, and he feels honored to portray such a beloved role and bring new life and perspective to it.

Jason has performed regionally with Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. and locally with ACT Theatre, Village Theatre, Book-It Repertory, and Seattle Shakespeare, among others. Notable roles include Benedick in Much Ado (Island Stage Left), Ferdinand in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Wooden O), Oliver in The Pitmen Painters (ACT), and John McClane in A Very Die Hard Christmas (Seattle Public). He earned a BFA in Acting and Directing from UNC Greensboro, and an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University. He is married to the lovely, extraordinary Jill Marr.

Caitlin is delighted to make her Harlequin debut! BA in Theatre, Vanguard University of Southern California. Favorite Seattle credits: Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew (GreenStage), Kat in Parliament Square (Pony World), Ophelia in Hamlet (Fern Shakespeare Company), Reporter/Anna Politkovskaya in WE ARE PUSSY RIOT… (Theatre Battery), Mabel in Chaps! (Taproot Theatre), The 14/48 Projects. Love x infinity to husband Doug, kittygirl Wednesday, pittie girl Billie, the Firefriends, and family E, H, D & S. Special s/o to TJ’s #156! Dedicated to her mother, Cindee: “My heart is ever at your service.”

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.

Teri is delighted to return to Harlequin after playing Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol (2024),  Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret (2024), Helga ten Dorp in Deathtrap (2024), and The Ghost of Christmas Present/Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol (2023). You may have also seen her in the role of Countess de Lage in The Women (2019). She enjoyed recent post-pandemic Taproot Theatre roles in Babette’s Feast, As It Is In Heaven, Black Coffee, and The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley. Diverse credits span four decades in Shakespeare, classics, new plays, musicals, TV and film, with Village Theatre, Seattle G&S, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, Seattle Musical Theatre, Driftwood Players, SecondStory Rep, Woodinville Rep, Theatre Off Jackson, ACTLab, Bathhouse, Intiman, eSe Teatro, New City, Texas Shakespeare, Montana Shakespeare, Oregon Repertory, Oregon Cabaret, and Rogue Theatre Tucson.