2012 Season

Richard III

Tragedy October 4-27, 2012 The State Theater

Richard III

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Scot Whitney

Tragedy October 4-27, 2012 The State Theater

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October 2012

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Cast & Creative

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 Designer Linda Whitney

Linda Whitney

In 27 seasons and 109 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Director / Scenic Designer) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Director) A Man for All Seasons (Scenic Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Director, Director/Scenic Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Director) A Streetcar Named Desire (Director/Scenic Designer) American Buffalo (Set Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Director/Scenic Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Scenic Designer) Arcadia (Director) Art (Director/Scenic Designer/Costume Designer) As You Like It (Scenic Designer) Assassins (Director/Scenic Designer) Billy (Director/Scenic Designer) boom (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Director / Scenic Designer) Clybourne Park (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer) Dry Powder (Scenic Designer) Enchanted April (Director & Set Designer) End Days (Director, Scenic Designer) First Date (Director) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Scenic Designer, Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Frozen (Costume Designer) Gloucester Blue (Scenic Designer) Hamlet (Costume Designer, Scenic Designer) Hapgood (Scenic Designer) Henry V (Scenic Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Director/Scenic Designer) Intimate Apparel (Director/Scenic Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, Scenic Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Director/Scenic Designer) Letters from Waldo (Scenic/Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Director) Mad in Craft (Scenic Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Director / Scenic Designer) Mauritius (Scenic Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (Scenic Designer) My Old Lady (Scenic Designer) Operation Stardust (Director) Operation: Stardust (Director) Or, (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Scenic Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Philadelphia Story (Director / Scenic Designer) Present Laughter (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Scenic Designer) Reckless (Scenic Designer) Richard III (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Costume Designer) Rough Crossing (Director) Shining City (Costume Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Scenic Designer) Sixties Chicks (Director) Sixties Chicks Too (Director) Sixties Kicks! (Director) Soul on Fire! (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Director, Scenic Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director) Summer in the Sixties (Director, Scenic Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Talking With (Co-Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Scenic/Costume Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Director, Scenic Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Director, Scenic Design) The Constant Wife (Director/Scenic Designer) The Dumbwaiter (Scenic/Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Director / Scenic Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Scenic Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Director/Scenic Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Director/Scenic Designer) The Last Five Years (Director / Scenic Designer / Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Director / Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Director) The Rainmaker (Scenic Designer) The Real Thing (Scenic Designer) The Seafarer (Set Designer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Co-Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director/Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Scenic Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) The Understudy (Scenic Design) The Winter's Tale (Scenic Designer) The Zoo Story (Scenic/Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Scenic Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Scenic Designer) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director/Scenic Designer)

Lighting Designer Mark Thomason

Mark Thomason

Mark is a local lighting designer based in Tacoma and teaches technical theatre and design at Tacoma School of the Arts and occasionally at the University of Puget Sound, having spent most of the last 20 years as a lighting designer, production manager, and technical director; he also works with Zombie Orpheus Entertainment and much of his film work can be seen on The Fantasy Network. BA in Theatre Production from Bradley University.

In 11 seasons and 20 shows at Harlequin:

A Doll's House (Lighting Design) Dry Powder (Lighting Designer) Falsettos (Lighting Design) First Date (Lighting Design) Fun Home (Lighting Design) I Am My Own Wife (Lighting Design) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Lighting Design) Murder for Two (Lighting Design) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Lighting Design) Noises Off (Lighting Design) Richard III (Lighting Designer) Sweeney Todd (Lighting Design) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Lighting Design) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Lighting Design) The Glass Menagerie (Lighting Designer) The Lady's Not for Burning (Lighting Designer) The Language Archive (Lighting Designer) The Last Five Years (Lighting Designer) The Lonesome West (Lighting Designer) Until the Flood (Lighting Design)

Sound Designer Don Littrell

Don Littrell

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Richard III (Sound Designer)

Costume Designer Samantha Armitage

Samantha Armitage

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Richard III (Costume Designer)

Fight 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)

Stage Manager Deborah Armstrong Evans

Deborah Armstrong Evans

In 7 seasons and 13 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Vocal Director) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Irene Hunter) As You Like It (Stage Manager) End Days (Stage Manager) Enrico IV (Stage Manager) Henry V (Stage Manager) Macbeth (Stage Manager) Operation Stardust (Musical Director, Sadie Hoskins, Piano) Or, (Stage Manager) Richard III (Stage Manager) Shining City (Stage Manager) Sins of the Mother (Stage Manager) Six Hotels (Stage Manager)

Ethan Bujeaud Dorsett

Ethan Bujeaud

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Richard III (Dorsett)

Christian Doyle Gray/Murderer/Catesby

Christian Doyle

In 9 seasons and 19 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Ensemble) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Feste) Cymbeline (Pisanio) Henry V (Ensemble) Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Val) Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II (voice)) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Clown Troupe / Vocalist) Recent Tragic Events (Ron) Richard III (Gray/Murderer/Catesby) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Charlie) Summer in the Sixties (self) The Highest Tide (Professor/Ensemble) The Seafarer (Nicky Giblin) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Louis McKellan)

Daniel Flint Richard

Daniel Flint

In 8 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:

Hamlet (Guildenstern/Marcellus/Soldier) Henry V (Ensemble) Macbeth (Bloody Sergeant/1st Murderer/Mentieth, Angus/Siward/Ensemble) Richard III (Richard) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Guildenstern) The Elsinore Diaries (Ensemble, Scenic Designer) The Life and Death of King John (Robert Faulconbridge/Lewis, dauphin of France/Prince Harry) The Lonesome West (Valene) Under a Mantle of Stars (The Master)

Brian Hatcher Brakenbury/Ratcliffe

Brian Hatcher

In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

Mauritius (Sterling) Richard III (Brakenbury/Ratcliffe) The Taming of the Shrew (Preacher/Tailor/Vincentio)

Russ Holm Hastings

Russ Holm

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.

In 25 seasons and 50 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) Romeo & Juliet (Capulet/Ensemble) 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)

Ryan Holmberg Rivers/Tyrrell

Ryan Holmberg

In 3 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

Dry Powder (Jeff) Enchanted April (Frederick Arnott) Richard III (Rivers/Tyrrell) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Joey Malloy) The Love List (Leon)

Beverly Jenden-Riedlinger Elizabeth

Beverly Jenden-Riedlinger

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

A Doll's House (Helene) Richard III (Elizabeth)

Frank Lawler Buckingham

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.

In 9 seasons and 10 shows at Harlequin:

Accomplice (Director) Antony & Cleopatra (Phidias / Decretas / Pompey) As You Like It (Jacques) Blackbird (Ray) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Enfield, Sanderson, Sir Danvers Carew, Police Inspector, Hyde 2) Henry V (Ensemble) Measure for Measure (Lucio) Richard III (Buckingham) The Elsinore Diaries (Ensemble) The Lonesome West (Coleman)

Karen Nelsen Margaret

Karen Nelsen

In 3 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:

Fighting Over Beverley (Beverley Shimma) My Old Lady (Mathilde) Richard III (Margaret) Under a Mantle of Stars (The Mistress)

Maxwell Peterson Prince Edward

Maxwell Peterson

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Richard III (Prince Edward)

Kathryn Philbrook Ann/Murderer/Richmond

Kathryn Philbrook

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Jesus Christ Superstar (Ensemble) Richard III (Ann/Murderer/Richmond)

Simon Pringle Edward/Stanley

Simon Pringle

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Richard III (Edward/Stanley)

Dennis Rolly Clarence

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)

Pat Sibley Dutchess of York

Pat Sibley

A veteran actress of many of the Seattle Area theatres including BookIt, Intiman, TAG and Taproot, Pat has spent the last 9 years doing five different national tours: Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!, Mrs. Pugh in Annie, Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein and Mama in Memphis. She has also appeared at the Utah Shakespearean Festival playing Hannah in Spitfire Grill and 1st Witch in Macbeth. She was most recently seen in Seattle in Arts West’s productions of Dogfight and Judy’s Scary Little Christmas.