Contented, kindly Mary Haines, a well-off woman living in 1930s New York City, is the envy of her friends, with a happy marriage, adorable children, and a comfortable home. Unfortunately, she is living in a fool’s paradise…
An immensely entertaining, comedic depiction of romantic rivalries, toxic friendships, and the myriad roles women play in society, The Women is juicy, wicked, and a feast for the eyes and ears!
Erin Murray makes her Harlequin debut as director of The Women. Her recent credits include the Seattle premiere of Annie Baker’s John (ArtsWest), Jaclyn Backhaus’ You on the Moors Now (Seattle University), Scott Kaiser’s Shakespeare’s Other Women (Island Shakespeare Festival) and Bye Bye Birdie (Centerstage). Other credits include: Anne Washburn’s The Internationalist (Steppenwolf Garage), Suzanne Heathcote’s I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile (Redtwist Theatre), and bilingual Shakespeare productions of The Taming of the Shrew/ La Fierecilla Domada and Twelfth Night/Duodecima Noche with Seattle Latinx Artist Ana Maria Campoy for Seattle Shakespeare Company’s statewide school tours. Education: MFA, Northwestern University; BA, Trinity College Dublin.
The Women (Director)
Other favorite roles include Roger in Rent, Claude in Hair and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Bruce also works behind the curtain. He has designed and built sets for over 300 productions, including some here at Harlequin. He is very proud and honored to be a part of this beautiful and significant show.
Baskerville (Scenic Design) Blackbird (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig) Cymbeline (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Mendel) First Date (Aaron) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Tripp) Fun Home (Understudy Bruce and Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy) I Am My Own Wife (Scenic Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Properties Design) Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt 2B (Scenic Design) Murder on the Orient Express (Scenic Design) Our Town (Scenic Design) Present Laughter (Hugo Lyppiatt) Sanctuary City (Scenic Design) Sweeney Todd (Ensemble) Tenderly (The Doctor) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton A. Feddington) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Eddie Higgsby (Compton)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Eddie Higgsby) The Women (Scenic Design) This Flat Earth (Scenic Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Scenic Design) Where The Summit Meets the Stars (Scenic Design)
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.
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)
Olivia (Cowlitz Indian Tribe) is the Resident Lighting Designer at Harlequin. Olivia graduated from Central Washington University with a BFA in Theater Design and Technology. She has also worked with Tacoma Opera, Theater Artists Olympia, Olympia Family Theater, Tacoma Arts Live, SMU, SPSCC, and Seattle Children’s Theater.
A Christmas Carol (Lighting Design) A Christmas Survival Guide (Lighting Designer) Baskerville (Lighting Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Lighting Consultant) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Lighting Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Lighting Design) Hundred Days (Lighting Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Lighting Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Lighting Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Lighting Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Lighting Design) Man of La Mancha (Lighting Design) Middletown (Lighting Designer) Philadelphia Story (Lighting Designer) Pride and Prejudice (Lighting Design) Ruthless (Lighting Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Lighting Design) Sovereignty (Lighting Design) Tenderly (Lighting Design) The Americans Across the Street (Lighting Designer) The Highest Tide (Lighting Design) The Revolutionists (Lighting Design) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Lighting Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Lighting Design) The Understudy (Lighting Design) The Women (Lighting Design) Three Days of Rain (Lighting Design) Time Stands Still (Lighting Designer) Where The Summit Meets the Stars (Lighting Design)
A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design, Stage Manager, Sound Design) 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) Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt 2B (Sound Design) Murder for Two (Stage Manager) Murder on the Orient Express (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 & Juliet (Sound Design) 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 Foreigner (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) Wait Until Dark (Sound Design) Where The Summit Meets the Stars (Sound Design)
A Christmas Carol (Properties Design, Director) A Sherlock Carol (Director) Building Madness (Properties Design) Deathtrap (Scenic Design) Fun Home (Properties Design) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Properties Design) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Properties Design) Love and Information (Ensemble) Murder for Two (Properties Design and Scenic Painting) Noises Off (Properties Design) Our Town (Properties Design) Pride and Prejudice (Properties Design) Rent (Scenic & Properties Design) Sanctuary City (Properties Design) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Properties Design) Sovereignty (Properties Design) Tenderly (Properties Design) The 1940s Radio Hour ("Pops" Bailey) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Scenic Design, Properties Design) The Foreigner (Scenic Design) The Highest Tide (Father/Ensemble) The Love List (Bill) The Women (Properties Design) This Flat Earth (Properties Design) Until the Flood (Rusty/Dougray, Properties Design) Wait Until Dark (Scenic Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Properties Design)
The Women (Choreographer/Fight Director/Dialect Coach)
Jess has her BA in theatre from Washington State, and her MFA in performance from Arizona State. Shortly after school, Jess married her husband who serves in the army and through that, has been able to perform, direct, and write for theatres all over the country. www.jessicaweaver.net
Cymbeline (Queen/Jailor) The Understudy (Roxanne) The Women (Mrs. Stephen Haines (Mary)) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Silvia)
A Shakespeare girl at heart, Amanda is often seen on stage playing roles such as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Rosalind in As You Like It or Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. When not on stage, you can see Amanda being featured in projects her friends create like the short films Tetrahedron or Burrito Bride, as well as supporting local businesses with commercials by the Thurston County United Way and Sophie’s Scoops. Amanda loves the arts in all fashions and is so very grateful to have the support of people like you who help make dream roles happen.
The Revolutionists (Marianne Angelle) The Treasurer (Female Ensemble) The Women (Mrs. John Day (Peggy))
Heather is delighted to return to Harlequin Productions! Other favorite local roles include Alison in Fun Home, The Witch in Into the Woods, and Diana in Next to Normal. Heather also recently made her Musical Director debut heading up Olympia Family Theater’s production of The Lightning Thief. Heather enjoys performing with Capital City Chorus and her band SpareCrow, teaching music at McKenny Elementary, and playing piano, accordion, guitar, drums, clarinet, sax, and harp. Always up for more musical collabs! Web: www.heathermatthews.com IG: @hedderschmidt_arts
A Christmas Carol (Player 2 (The Ghost of Christmas Past/others)) Cabaret (Fraulein Kost) Fun Home (Understudy Alison and Helen Bechdel) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Understudy Yitzhak) Hundred Days (Accordion) Rent (Ensemble, Vocal Coach) Sweeney Todd (Ensemble) The Women (Nancy Blake / Princess Tamara)
A Christmas Carol (Player 5 (Belle, others), Player 5) Barefoot in the Park (Corie Bratter) Pride and Prejudice (Lizzy) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Becky/Ensemble) The Women (Jane)
Teri happily returns to Harlequin after playing Jessie in Sweat, Chorus/Prince/Peter in Romeo and Juliet, Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol 2024, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret, Helga ten Dorp in Deathtrap, Ghost of Christmas Present/Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol 2023, and Countess de Lage in The Women. She recently played Miss Lynch in Village Theatre’s Grease, Maud/Lin in Cloud 9 at Tucson’s Rogue Theatre, and Taproot Theatre roles in Babette’s Feast, As It Is In Heaven, Black Coffee, and The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley. Diverse stage credits span five decades in Shakespeare, classics, new plays and musicals at Village Theatre, Taproot, 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.
A Christmas Carol (Player 1 (Ghost of Christmas Present/Fezziwig/others), Player 4 (Jacob Marley/others)) Cabaret (Fraulein Schneider) Deathtrap (Helga ten Dorp) Our Town (Stage Manager) Romeo & Juliet (Chorus/Prince/Ensemble) Sweat (Jessie) The Women (Countess de Lage / Miss Fordyce)
A Christmas Carol (Player 2 (Christmas Past, others), Player 2) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Mary Tyrone) A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) A Valentine's Oratorio (Ensemble) Assassins (Sara Jane Moore) Baltimore Waltz (Anna) Billy (Billy Tipton) Deathtrap (Myra Bruhl) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Wendy) Forever Stardust (Frankie Malone, Choreographer) How Much the Heart Can Hold (Ensemble) Murder on the Orient Express (Princess Dragomiroff) Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Bennet/Charlotte Lucas) Stardust for Christmas (Frankie Malone) Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman) Sylvia (Kate) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ann) The Children (Hazel) The Constant Wife (Mrs. Culver) The Glass Menagerie (Amanda) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Angela Prysock/Princess Puffer) The Real Thing (Charlotte) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Frankie Malone) The Tempest (Voice of Juno) The Winter's Tale (Hermione) The Women (Mrs. Morehead / Sadie)
Ruthless (Judy Denmark) The Revolutionists (Costume Design) The Women (Crystal Allen)
Love and Information (Ensemble) The Women (Exercise Instructress / Miss Trimmerback)
Eleise is an Olympia native who is happy to return to the beautiful PNW and make it her home again. While not on stage, Eleise is a Civic Education Tour guide at the Capitol building. While not acting or giving civics lessons to school kids, Eleise likes to find incredible food and quiet campfires wherever she can. As a proud member of the Harlequin board, she would like to thank everyone for supporting theater and your Olympia community.
A Bright Room Called Day (Zillah) Baskerville (Player) Every Brilliant Thing (self) First Date (Lauren / Woman #1) Fun Home (Medium Alison) Man of La Mancha (Assistant Director) Recent Tragic Events (Stage Manager) Ruthless (Miss Thorne / Miss Block) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Inspector Lestrade/Ensemble) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (self) The Women (Miriam Aarons)
Kimberlee is thrilled to be a part of this production and back at Harlequin, where she was in POTUS in 2025 and The Women in 2019. She was last seen as Rosaline with Animal Fire Theatre. Other theatres she has worked with in the Washington area are SPSCC Theatre Collective, Centerstage, Greenstage, Driftwood, OFT, Seattle Public Theatre, and As If Theatre. Some favorite roles in other regions are Agnes in Bug with Seenosun Productions, DC and Lady M. in Macbeth with RTA in NY. Thank you to the entire cast and crew!
Guest Director Erin Murray breaks down "The Women," an all-female classic comedy by Clare Boothe Luce, opening October 3.
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The work of 22 local women artists will be exhibited in the State Theater lobby throughout the run of The Women.
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Members of the cast of The Women discuss their research, the costumes, and what makes this show so special.
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Members of the cast of The Women share details about their characters' relationships and reveal a few moments they would add to the script if they could!
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