2004 Season

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Comedy September 16-October 9, 2004

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by Tom Stoppard

directed by Scot Whitney

Comedy September 16-October 9, 2004

Tom Stoppard (Arcadia, Hapgood, Rough Crossing) holds a fun-house mirror up to HAMLET, viewing Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy through the eyes of his two hapless college chums. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are summoned by the King and Queen of Denmark to “glean what afflicts” the despondent Prince Hamlet, they are swallowed by the political manueverings surrounding them and forced to confront their own existential dilemma.

ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD has something for everyone: kings, queens, players, pirates, lovers, friends and spies; murder, mayhem, music, madness, incest, adultery, blood and revenge; classical allusions, poetical effusions, sexual seclusions, homicidal delusions, rhetorical confusions, rhapsodical occlusions, pokes, punches, poisoned stab wounds and contusions; word play, absurd play, sword play, foreplay, and a play within a play.

And jokes.

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September/October 2004

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16Sep - 9Oct 2004

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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 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)

Costumer Designer Rachel Ashton

Rachel Ashton

In 3 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

Let the Good Times Roll! (Costume Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Asst. Costume Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Citizen/Party Guest) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Costumer Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer)

Lighting Designer Brian Rink

Brian Rink

In 2 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

Dancin' in the Aisles (Lighting Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Lighting Designer) Hamlet (Lighting Designer) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Lighting Designer) The Rainmaker (Lighting Designer)

Sound Designer/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 Mary Arnold

Mary Arnold

In 2 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

Frozen (Stage Manager) Hamlet (Stage Manager) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Stage Manager) The Rainmaker (Rehearsal Stage Manager) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Stage Manager)

Asst. Stage Manager Carrie Stephens

Carrie Stephens

In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

Phantom of the Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Asst. Stage Manager) The Love List (Stage Manager)

Casey Brown Hamlet

Casey Brown

In 7 seasons and 8 shows at Harlequin:

As You Like It (Oliver) Enrico IV (Count Carlo DiNolli) Hamlet (Laertes/Player/Captain) Henry V (Ensemble) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Hamlet) The Elsinore Diaries (Ensemble) The Last Schwartz (Simon) The Taming of the Shrew (Hortensio/Pedant)

Daniel Flint Guildenstern

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)

Russ Holm Lead Player

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)

Andy Loviska Player

Andy Loviska

In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Hamlet (Francisco/Cornelius/Player/Sailor/Soldier) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Player)

Jason Marr Rosencrantz

Jason Marr

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.

In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

Hamlet (Rosencrantz/Bernardo/Soldier) Henry V (Henry V) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Rosencrantz) Sovereignty (Samuel Worcester/Mitch, Fight Captain) The Lonesome West (Father Welsh)

Steve Pearson Player

Steve Pearson

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Player)

Paul Purvine Player

Paul Purvine

In 6 seasons and 8 shows at Harlequin:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander) Antony & Cleopatra (Octavius Caesar) As You Like It (Silvius/Le Beau) Enrico IV (Lolo/Landolph) Macbeth (Malcom) Rabbit Hole (Lighting Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Abram/Friar John) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Player)

Nat Rayman Player

Nat Rayman

In 7 seasons and 18 shows at Harlequin:

Nathan Rice Alfred

Nathan Rice

Nathan Rice is delighted to be returning to the stage at Harlequin. He has very much enjoyed his previous roles here, including Mike in What the Constitution Means to Me, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (2021, 2023), Max Marshall in Building Madness, White Chorus Man in Sovereignty, Lou Cohn in The 1940s Radio Hour, and Milt in Laughter on the 23rd Floor. He has been active in other area theaters as well, as The Player in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead at Lakewood Playhouse. Also busy in local film, Nathan can be seen in “The Gamers: The Shadow Menace” from Dead Gentlemen Productions, and the “JourneyQuest” series from Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. In his free time, Nathan enjoys kayaking and hiking, being a couch potato, extreme nerding, and spending time with his brilliant and beautiful fiancee Hannah.

In 9 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Player 3 (Bob Cratchit, others), Player 3 (Bob Cratchit/others), Player 3 (Bob Cratchit/others)) Building Madness (Max Marshall) Hamlet (Fortinbras/Voltimand/Player/Sailor/Soldier) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Milt) Romeo and Juliet (Gregory/Peter/Page) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Alfred) Sovereignty (White Chorus Man) The 1940s Radio Hour (Lou Cohn) The Highest Tide (Professor/Ensemble) What the Constitution Means to Me (Mike)

Dennis Rolly Polonius

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.