2010 Season

The Taming of the Shrew

Comedy October 7-30, 2010

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Scot Whitney

Comedy October 7-30, 2010

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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 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)

Costume Designer Darren Mills

Darren Mills

Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.

In 26 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume 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)

Lighting & Video 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)

Sound Designer Keith Jewell

Keith Jewell

In 22 seasons and 77 shows at Harlequin:

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 Kate Arvin

Kate Arvin

In 6 seasons and 20 shows at Harlequin:

A Stardust Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) A Stardust Homecoming (Lighting Designer) As You Like It (Lighting Designer) boom (Lighting Designer, Video Designer) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Lighting Designer) Enchanted April (Lighting Designer) End Days (Lighting Designer) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Stage Manager) Mauritius (Lighting Designer) Psychopathia Sexualis (Lighting Designer) Rabbit Hole (Stage Designer) Sixties Chicks (Stage Manager) Sixties Kicks! (Stage Manager ) Soul on Fire! (Asst. Stage Manager) Stardust for Christmas (Lighting Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Lighting Designer) The Love List (Stage Manager) The Seafarer (Stage Manager) The Taming of the Shrew (Stage Manager) Unexpected Tenderness (Stage Manager)

Julian Bennet-Ponsford Sheriff/Philip

Julian Bennet-Ponsford

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

As You Like It (Minion/Forester) The Taming of the Shrew (Sheriff/Philip)

Jacob Bevelacqua Gambler/Nathaniel/Skinny

Jacob Bevelacqua

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

The Taming of the Shrew (Gambler/Nathaniel/Skinny)

Casey Brown Hortensio/Pedant

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)

Roderick Campbell Biondello

Roderick Campbell

In 4 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:

Antony & Cleopatra (Proculeius / Ventidius / Eros) As You Like It (Charles/William/Forester) Macbeth (2nd Murderer/Ensemble) The Taming of the Shrew (Biondello)

Trick Danneker Tranio

Trick Danneker

In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

As You Like It (Orlando) boom (Jules) The Taming of the Shrew (Tranio)

Brian Hatcher Preacher/Tailor/Vincentio

Brian Hatcher

In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

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

Jason Haws Grumio

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))

Amy Danneker Bianca

Amy Danneker

Amy is honored to return to her artistic home at Harlequin Productions. Seattle credits include A View from the Bridge and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Seattle Repertory Theatre), How I Learned to Drive (Strawberry Theatre Workshop), and The Cat in the Hat (Seattle Children’s Theatre), as well as performances with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Annex Theatre, and The 14/48 Projects. A proud graduate of the Central Washington University Theatre Program, Amy sends love to her family and to you, the audience, for supporting the arts.

In 6 seasons and 11 shows at Harlequin:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia) As You Like It (Celia) End Days (Rachel Stein) Enrico IV (Frida) POTUS (Jean) Romeo and Juliet (Rosaline/Angelica) The American Pilot (Evie) The Elephant Man (Pinhead/Sandwich/Countess) The Ladies of the Camellias (Gabrielle Rejane) The Taming of the Shrew (Bianca) Under a Mantle of Stars (Daughter)

Russ Holm Gremio

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)

Corinne Hooker Mexican Gypsy/Sugarsop

Corinne Hooker

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

As You Like It (Minion/Forester/Bridesmaid) The Taming of the Shrew (Mexican Gypsy/Sugarsop)

Ian McNeely Petruchio

Ian McNeely

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio)

Melanie Moser Kate

Melanie Moser

In 3 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:

As You Like It (Audrey/Bertram/Forester) boom (Jo) Rabbit Hole (Izzy) The Taming of the Shrew (Kate)

Rhen Niles Rangy Ranch Hand/Ferdinand

Rhen Niles

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

As You Like It (Minion/Forester) The Taming of the Shrew (Rangy Ranch Hand/Ferdinand)

Jeffrey Painter Lucentio

Jeffrey Painter

Other local credits nclude Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Animal Fire Theatre Group), Polixenes in A Winter’s Tale, and Ferdinand in The Tempest at his alma mater, The Evergreen State College, where he also directed Twelfth Night and founded The Evergreen Shakespeare Society. Portland credits include Costard in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Post5 Theatre), Remme in Remme’s Run (Fertile Ground New Works Festival), and Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Portland Playhouse).

In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

boom (Assistant to the Director) Mauritius (Assistant Director) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Director) The Taming of the Shrew (Lucentio) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine)

Rachel Permann Widow

Rachel Permann

In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

A Stardust Homecoming (Adelina Cavallo) As You Like It (Phebe/Forester) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Big Mama) Romeo and Juliet (Lady Montague/Juliet's Nurse) The Taming of the Shrew (Widow)

Kelty Pierce Preacher's Daughter/Curtis

Kelty Pierce

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

The Taming of the Shrew (Preacher's Daughter/Curtis)

Dennis Rolly Baptista

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)

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Annual Gala & 2026 Season Announcement

The Taming of the Shrew

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October 2010

7Oct - 30Oct 2010

Cast & Creative

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