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Welcome to the second year of FREE Shakespeare in the Park,brought to you by Southern Shakespeare! The SSC family has grown sincelast year, which you can witness firsthand by the increased numbers ofbleary-eyed artists, staff, volunteers, and Board members. And the passionfor the success of the Festival extends into many corners of Tallahassee andbeyond. Our major partners have been with us throughout the year, and wehave to acknowledge how indebted we are to Cuneo Creative, TallahasseeDemocrat, Hopping, Green, & Sams, and both the City and County, withextra kudos to the Tallahassee Parks and Recreation Department.

The Southern Shakespeare Festival is the culmination of an efforthappening thoughout the year in valuable, but less visible ways. We are soproud that our educational outreach program has been in most of the highschools, many of the middle schools, and several elementary schoolspromoting the understanding and love of Shakespeare. Our educationalprogramming includes Southern Shakespeare Company’s junior company,The Bardlings, who will be performing The Tempest as part of our pre-showprogram on Sunday. We also have a pilot afterschool program with theWalker-Ford Community Center, introducing youngsters to the joys of TheBard. And, of course, we are so pleased about the triumphant return ofSonnet Man to Tallahassee, his internationally recognized hip-hop versionsof Shakespeare’s sonnets were one of the treasures of the Festival last year.

This year, SSC expanded our season to include a touring production ofThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and touched livesat the Monticello Opera House, Goodwood Museum, Westminster Oaks, andthe Dixie Theater. It was a zany way to accomplish our mission to makeShakespeare more accessible to a wider range of people. And that’s why thisyear’s production of The Comedy of Errors is set in a Midway Carnival inthe Midwest in the early 1950’s. So grab some cotton candy and crackerjacksand enjoy the ride!

We thank you for coming out to join us and for your continued support aswe continue to expand our programming and educational outreach.

Welcome!

Laura W. JohnsonExecutive Director

Lanny Thomas Artistic Director

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Directed by Lanny Thomas

Scenic DesignRuben Arana

Costume DesignMichele Belson

Lighting Todd Randall

Sound DesignTravis Spencer

Music DirectorStephen Hodges

Production Stage ManagerRick Neves

Multimedia ProducerDunbarWalker Productions

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Melanie Maysas Adriana

The Southern Shakespeare Festival presents

by William Shakespeare

Karen Asher-Cohen, Esq.The Law Office of Linda A. Bailey, PATerri BallardElise and Warren (“T-Bone”) BloomJan BushMary ClarkRobert CohenHeather J. EncinosaRobert M. Ervin Jr., Ervin, Kitchen & ErvinDonna FeldmanSeann Frazier, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLPStuart E. Goldberg

Harry GrahamCarol GreggDonald HinkleStephen HurmBrent JohnsonBrittany Adams LongJessica MahoneyJessica G. McGrew, P.A.Hon. R. Bruce McKibbenNicole NateTwyla Sketchley, B. C. S.William TylerPalmer Williams

KISS All The Lawyers

We’d like to send out a Kewpie doll to all the lawyers who contributed $100to the Kiss the Lawyers campaign supporting our Festival. The quote fromShakespeare’s King Henry VI talked about the beginning of the overthrowof the monarchy. One of the rabble-rousers says, “The first thing we do, let’s KILL all the lawyers.” At SSF’s carnival, we havea special booth for this, and we’d much prefer the sentiment of “Let’s KISSall the lawyers.”

Our KISSable Lawyers

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CAST

(in order of appearance)Egeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIM MCMURTRYSolinus/Duke of Ephesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN WILLIAMSONOfficer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUBEN LANEAntipholus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAKE ARMSTRONGDromio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSIE MUTZFirst Merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN CLOWAdriana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MELANIE MAYS*Luciana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIANCA MONTAGUEAngelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROB KIMBROUGHBalthazar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZAKIYA JASNell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIERRA SERVICESecond Merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE FISHERCourtesan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANITA MILLERDr. Pinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS HARTMANAbbess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRENDA GIBBSMessenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN ANTISTAUnicyclist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK KOCHVertically Challenged Acrobat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRADY KOCH

* The actor appears through the courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

CrewAssistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HEATHER SAMPSONHouse Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER KOCHSet Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK KOCH, JONATHAN MOORESound Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRAVIS SPENCER, BRYCE PETERSLight Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD RANDALL, KIM ROBERTSONFollow Spot Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN MOORE, KAITLIN EVANS, IAN PLOUFFEWardrobe Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN MCDONALD, KAREN MOORE, OLGA

Time and PlaceSet in 1952 at a Carnival in the Midwestern U.S.

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

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SSF Board & Staff

Executive Committee

Laura W. JohnsonExecutive Director

Lanny ThomasArtistic Director

Phillip CrotonDirector of Education Program-

mingBianca MontagueDirector, The Bardlings

Sierra ServiceDirector, Afterschool Programs

Wendy Weiner

Festival Co-ChairGretchen JonesFestival Co-Chair

Tracey DowlingVolunteer Co-Coordinator

Forest Watson

Tim CenterExecutive Director, Capital AreaCommunity Action Agency

Sheila CostiganExecutive Director, The Foundationfor Leon County Schools

Michael GermanGeneral Sales Manager, WTXL-TV

R.Jai GillumExecutive Director, BEST Project,United Way of the Big Bend

Ryan GrindlerCo-owner, 101 Restaurant Group

Lila JaberAttorney, Gunster Law Firm

Catherine LeonardMembership & Accounting,Mission San Luis

Marian ReidVisual and Textile Artist

Mark SeidenfeldProfessor, Florida State UniversitySchool of Law

George SmithAttorney, Bryant Miller & Oliver

Susan StrattonFounder, Downtown Merchant andBusiness Association

Becky TolnayManager, North Highland

Staff

Members at Large

Dean MinardiChairman

Coman LeonardTreasurer

Jonathan JohnsonSecretary

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Cast Biographies

Lauren Antista (MESSENGER) is ecstatic to bemaking her Shakespeare debut in The Comedy ofErrors with such a talented cast and crew! She was lastseen in Theatre Tallahassee’s production of Murder onthe Nile as Jacqueline de Severac. Lauren hasappeared in a number of local theatre productions.Some favorites include Spamalot (Ensemble), thecoffeehouse production, Dead Man’s Cell Phone(Jean), The Secret Garden (Rose Lennox), Nine(Renata), and Bedroom Farce (Suzannah). When sheis not on stage, Lauren works at FSU in marketing andpublic relations, teaches yoga, and enjoys life. [Loveand thanks to friends and family for their love andsupport!]

Jake Armstrong (ANTIPHOLUS) is a Tallahasseenative who recently appeared in SouthernShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and TheComplete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).He received his Bachelors of Music in VoicePerformance from FSU’s College of Music. During hisstudies, he appeared in tenor roles with FSU Opera: Ilbarbiere di Siviglia (Il conte Almaviva); The Rape ofLucretia (Male Chorus); with Theatre a la Carte: ALittle Night Music (Fredrick) and The Light in thePiazza, (Fabrizio). He has covered lead tenor roles inproductions of La Traviata (Lyric Opera Virginia),Sweeney Todd (Wolf Trap Opera), and Fra Diavolo(Bronx Opera) and he sang the role of the Celebrantin Bernstein’s Mass at Ruby Diamond.

Jonathan Clow (First Merchant) is a Mastersstudent in computer science, a mobile app dev, abarista, and local actor. He has recently been seen atTheatre Tallahassee in such roles as Alan in One Man,Two Guvnors, Smith in Murder on the Nile, andClerval in Frankenstein. Jonathan also appeared asMr. Gilmer in Canopy Roads’ To Kill A Mockingbird.He is thankful and excited to be working with SouthernShakespeare and for the wonderful cast he has theopportunity to work with to stage this fantastic show.

Joe Fisher (MERCHANT TWO) grew up in Aberdeen,South Dakota. Suddenly, he moved to Florida andworked at Disney. He then became a special effectsmakeup artist. He is an active actor, starring in localtheater groups throughout Tallahassee, such asSouthern Shakespeare, Capital City Shakespeare, IrishRepertory Theater, as well as a symphonic Cellist,

published poet/author, artist, championship rapierfencer, magician, and all-around Adventurer.

Brenda Gibbs (ABBESS) From church basementperformances to national award-wining productions,and just about everything in between, Brenda hasenjoyed countless (and she hesitates to count)theatrical adventures. Some of her favorite rolesinclude Elmire (Tartuffe), Hedy LaRue (How toSucceed...), Belinda (Noises Off!), Julia (Lend Me aTenor), Lucille (Dearly Departed), Madame Arcati(Blithe Spirit), Clairee (Steel Magnolias), Ethel Banks(Barefoot in the Park), and most recently Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes (Murder on the Nile) and Chris Harper(Calendar Girls) at Theatre Tallahassee. None of thiswould have been possible without the constantsupport, encouragement and PATIENCE of the light ofher life, Bob. You are my “ever fixed mark.”

Chris Hartman (DR. PINCH) did his firstShakespeare play when he was ten years old playingDromio in The Comedy of Errors. Later he graduatedFSU with a BA in humanities with an emphasis inmusic. He teaches music lessons around town, doesguitar and vocals for the band Flasks of Whiskey, andplayed percussion for Tallahassee Winds and forTheater Tallahassee’s Cabaret and The Full Monty.Chris joined SSC and appeared as TheEmperor in Bard Wars.

Zakiya Jas (BALTHAZAR) most recently portrayedCalpurnia in To Kill A Mockingbird, last year’s SSCproduction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Clairein Theatre Tallahassee’s Proof. She has also performedin The Canopy Roads Theater production of Raisin inThe Sun, as Ruth. She has appeared in numerousproductions in the southeast: Resurgens TheatreCompany’s production of Doctor Faustus and thetouring production of The Changeling, TheatreTallahassee’s Much Ado About Nothing, Don’t DodgeThe Opposum, Brooklyn, and Measure for Measure.Zakiya is a graduate of the University of Georgia’stheatre program, and can be seen in manycommercials and films.

Rob Kimbrough (ANGELO) received his Masters inEnglish Literature at Florida State University andteaches social studies at a local high school. He hasappeared in The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, The

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Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet with Capital CityShakespeare and The Little Princess at Young ActorsTheater. He has been involved with the SouthernShakespeare Company since their 2015 productionsof Bard Wars. Rob would like to thank his parents fortheir continued love and support.

Ruben Lane (OFFICER) is a Tallahassee native andComedy of Errors marks his return to his hometown,as well as his return to scripted work for the first timein eight years. He is a former student of the FSUSchool of Theatre where he appeared in works suchas Uncle Vanya (Telegin), Never the Sinner (RobertCrowe), Pterodactyls (Arthur Duncan), The LaramieProject (Multiple), and Charlotte’s Web (Mr. Arable).He toured regionally as a member of the improv troupeOncoming Traffic and was mostly recently seen onstage this December in New Orleans as a member ofThe New Movement, performing long-form improvcomedy.

Melanie Mays (ADRIANA) Hailing originally fromKansas City, MO, Melanie is a professional actor,singer, dancer, musician, and model. She hasperformed in the biz for 38 years in theater,commercials, print and runway and is a member ofAEA, AGVA, and SAG/AFTRA. Though still an actor atheart, nowadays, she prefers to spend her time as theproducer, director, choreographer, music director andsometimes writer of shows performed by the companyshe founded, The Monticello Acting & Dance Co.MadCo produces children’s theater and a BroadwayMusical Series annually at the Monticello OperaHouse and other venues. Melanie has performed fromLas Vegas to New York City and remembers her daysas a gypsy, fondly. Favorite roles include Roxie Hartin Chicago, Denise in Smoke on the Mountain, Lilli inSwingtime Canteen, Zee James in Diamond Studs,Sister Leo and Sister Robert Ann in Nunsense, andZiegfeld Girl in Will Rogers’ Follies. Melanie is a BoardMember of the Monticello Opera House, a pastPresident and grant writer for Jefferson Arts Gallery,and runs MadCo Studio where she teaches dance,voice, piano, acting and Pilates. Also an avidcrocheter, knitter and published designer, her newestventure is a “ewe-nique” gift and yarn shop, NakedEwe Boutique, located at 260 N. Cherry Street, rightnext door to MadCo Studios in Monticello, FL. Kissesto Todd and the furry ones who make life merry.

Jim McMurtry (EGEON) has been actingunprofessionally for 50 years. He welcomes anotheropportunity.

Anita Miller (COURTESAN) is a bilingual actress ofColombian heritage who grew up in Panama, whereshe was active in theater. She studied acting atNorthwestern University and appeared in TheRomancers (Sylvette) at the Victory Gardens Theaterin Chicago. She recently appeared in Calendar Girls(Elaine) at Theatre Tallahassee, and was seen inPrisoner of Second Avenue (Edna), Mousetrap(Mollie), and Steel Magnolias (M’Lynn) at theMonticello Opera House. She does commercials,voiceovers, and translations and enjoys collaboratingon films with the students at the FSU College ofMotion Picture Arts.

Bianca Montague (LUCIANA) has primarily workedbackstage in recent years, serving as the director forSouthern Shakespeare Company’s junior company,The Bardlings, assistant director for Capital CityShakespeare, and teaching several classes at theYoung Actors Theatre. This is Bianca’s first time as acast member in an SSC mainstage show and she isgrateful and honored to have had the opportunity. Shewould like to thank her director and cast mates, andgive her appreciation and love to Victor Paul and hisfamily.

Jessie Mutz (DROMIO) is a PhD student in ecologyand evolution at FSU. Before starting graduate school,she spent several years in Chicago as a professionalactor and director, working with groups such asWalkabout Theater, Adventure Stage Chicago,Ghostlight Productions, 20’ Theatre Company, and TallShip Adventures, as well as teaching and performingregularly with The Unrehearsed ShakespeareCompany. Favorite roles include Pinocchio inGeppetto, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar inJulius Caesar), and stunt work for the film Heaven isHell. Most recently, she lent both her scientific andstorytelling chops to Tallahassee-based EcomotionStudios (www.ecomotionstudios.com) for theAnimated Foundations of Ecology educational videoseries. Jessie is thrilled to be joining SSC to bring Shakespeare to the park.

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Sierra Service (NELL) holds a B.S. in TheaterEducation from FAMU and is in her fifth year teachingdrama at SAIL High School. Last year she assisted inthe SSF education program with The Bardling’sproduction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and thisyear with their production of The Tempest and in a neweducation program, Shaking It Up!, bringingShakespeare to the Walker Ford Community Centeralong with the help of her awesome Drama Clubstudents from SAIL High School!

Nathan Williamson (DUKE) is thrilled to take thestage for a third time with the SSC. He has previouslybeen seen in productions of Hamlet, The SantalandDiaries, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bard Wars,Mary Poppins, and A Christmas Carol. Love andthanks to everyone in this glorious cast and crew, butespecially to Claire and Grant.

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Creative Team

Ruben Arana (SCENIC DESIGNER) is a Tallahassee-based scenic designer who works in theatre, opera,dance, and film. He designed last year’s SSCproduction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as wellas Twelfth Night and Bedroom Farce for TheatreTallahassee and The Shaughraun and OutsideMullingar for Irish Repertory Theatre. Other creditsinclude productions at Coppin State University,University at Albany, The State University of New York,Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre,The Duke Theatre, Stageworks Theatre, and ReidTemple Church. He is a faculty member at FloridaA&M University where he has designed Gem of theOcean, 5 Guys Named Mo, Black Nativity, The ColorPurple, Oedipus Rex, Smokey Joe’s Café, TheMountaintop, The Exonerated, Since ’76, and TheColored Museum. His goal is to take a holisticapproach to the personal and academic enrichment ofa new generation of students utilizing the principlesand processes of theatrical design.

Michele Belson (COSTUME DESIGNER) has beenpart of the FSU School of Theatre Costume Shop since2004. She designed last year’s A Midsummer Night’sDream, and built costumes and props for SSC’stouring production of The Complete Works of WilliamShakespeare (Abridged). For the Irish RepertoryTheater, she designed The Cripple of Inishmann andOutside Mullingar. Additionally, she costumed TwelfthNight and Much Ado About Nothing for TheatreTallahassee, The Changeling for Resurgence, andAnne and Emmett and To Kill a Mockingbird forCanopy Roads Theatre. Michele’s work also takes thefield at Doak Stadium on the Marching Chief’s DrumMajors. Besides costuming, Michele is a hand weaverand Master Dyer and writes regularly for handweavingpublications and teaches handweaving, dyeing,patternmaking and construction at Fiber Artsconferences across the country. Michele did herundergraduate work at Kansas University andColorado State University.

Steve Hodges (MUSIC DIRECTOR) is a long-timemusician, occasional actor and writer, and a full-timeprofessional city planner. He has created soundscapesfor local theatre productions, including last year’s SSCproduction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RedRoses for Me, Da, Black Coffee, Witness for theProsecution, The Member of the Wedding, Cat On a

Hot Tin Roof, The Seafarer, Much Ado About Nothing,Playboy of the Western World, The IrishCurse, and The Shaughraun, and most recently,Outside Mullingar. Stephen is also a board memberof Tallahassee’s Irish Repertory Theatre. Additionally,he is a founding member of the Irish musical groupSligo Line, played with the Ned Devines and severalother groups, and can be heard on stages aroundTallahassee.

Laura W. Johnson (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) is aprofessional actor who has served as ExecutiveDirector of Southern Shakespeare since 2013. Herprofessional theater productions include TheChangling (Beatrice-Joanna) and Doctor Faustus(Mephistophilis) with the New American ShakespeareTavern, Irish Folk Tales (Irish Repertory Theater), andthe Southern Shakespeare Festival’s 2015 productionof A Midsummer Nights Dream (Helena). Lauracurrently serves as an Executive Committee Boardmember of The Irish Repertory Theater and previouslyserved on the Artistic Advisory Committee of TheatreTallahassee. She also co-wrote and directed asuccessful one-act play performed at Florida High forthe Holocaust Education Resource Council, and ishighly visible in both television and commercialprogramming, including working as the on-air host ofthe Multi-state Powerball.

Mark Koch (MASTER CARPENTER) and his stepsonJonathan Moore have helped build sets throughoutTallahassee. Together they have built sets for YoungActors Theatre (Cinderella, 42nd Street, and AChristmas Carol), Theatre Tallahassee (A Few GoodMen), Lincoln High School (You’re a Good Man,Charlie Brown and Avenue Q), New StageTheatreworks (Murder Ballad), and Montford MiddleSchool (Little Mermaid). After completing sets, Markand Jonathan can be often be found helping crewbackstage or running spotlights.

Rick Neves (STAGE MANAGER) has worked on thetech side of the Tallahassee theatre scene for over tenyears in roles ranging from refreshment server todirector. He has stage managed over a dozenproductions for various local theatre companies. Lastyear he stage managed the SSC’s inauguralperformance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He ishonored to stage manage this year’s production of The

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Comedy of Errors. In between Shakespeareproductions, Rick has stage managed OutsideMullingar for the Irish Repertory Theatre and Ann andEmmett for the Canopy Roads Theatre Company.

Todd Randall (LIGHTING DIRECTOR) is currentlythe production manager and lighting director forDisson Sports and Entertainment’s SkatingSpectacular television series on ABC. Todd joined thecreative staff of Southern Shakespeare Company lastyear as the Lighting Director for A Midsummer’sNights Dream and recently toured with theirproduction of The Complete Works of WilliamShakespeare (Abridged). While based in NYC, Todd’stheatrical credits include Production Stage Managerfor the AEA National Tour of The Pointer Sisters’ Ain’tMisbehavin’, and was Production Manager for theMartha Graham Dance Company. Earlier companiesinclude Stars on Ice, Twyla Tharp Dance Company, LesBallets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and Sankai Juku.Todd attended North Carolina School of the Arts,School of Design and Production, and resides inMonticello, FL where he serves as Technical Advisorfor MadCo Productions.

Heather Sampson (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER)is a local artist (artbyheatherblog.wordpress.com) andbudding theatre convert. She’s an all-aroundRenaissance woman bringing her creativity, her skillsof organization, her attention to detail, and more to thetable as she explores the theatrical world and whatwonders it may hold for her. This is her first gig as anAssistant Stage Manager. Her previous theatreexperience includes volunteering with The Bardlings’fundraiser production and helping with set trim for OneMan, Two Guvnors at Theater Tallahassee.

Travis Spencer (SOUND DESIGNER) has beeninstrumental in providing sound for both SSC’s AMidsummer Night’s Dream and The Complete Worksof William Shakespeare (Abridged), and has workedwith the Monticello Acting and Dance Company insuch shows as The Sound of Music, Little Shop ofHorrors, The Fantasticks, and Cabaret. He also workedwith Curtains For A Cause in Forbidden Broadway andAre We There Yet? Travis recently handled sound andlighting production for Davis Gaines, and also runssound for local bands and venues in the Tallahasseearea. He and his wife Dee live in Tallahassee.

Lanny Thomas (DIRECTOR) is the Artistic Directorof SSC, and directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream andtouring production of The Complete Works of WilliamShakespeare (Abridged) for the SSC. For the IrishRepertory Theater, he directed The Shaughraun,Playboy of the Western World, The Irish Curse, andIrish Folktales, which he adapted for the stage. He wasalso at the helm for Black Coffee, Witness for theProsecution, and co-directed The Boys Next Door withChuck Olsen at Theater Tallahassee. Lanny has anMFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts,and was most recently seen as Anthony in OutsideMullingar.

Michael Walker (MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER) is thePresident/CEO of DunbarWalker Productions LLC, andhas more than three decades of experience in theatreand video production, including his work as abroadcast journalist. His passion for live performancehas its roots in theatre. A product of New York City’sHigh School for the Performing Arts and SyracuseUniversity, Michael began as an actor, before movingaway from being in front of an audience to workingbehind the scenes. Michael was the MultimediaProducer for last year’s SSC production of AMidsummer Night’s Dream, and has collaborated withFlorida A&M University’s Essential Theatre, Jazz atLincoln Center Series, and The Irene C. EdmondsSummer Youth Theater Camp, as well as working witha wide range of Tallahassee area, state, and nationalmedia clients, including the Leon County Sheriff’sOffice, Lively Technical Center, and the City ofTallahassee.

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Sonnet Man

We are very pleased to welcome back DevonGlover, a.k.a. Sonnet Man, for a returnengagement at the Southern ShakespeareFestival this year. Devon created quite a stir lastyear with his Hip Hop Shakespeare Fusion styleof delivering The Bard’s sonnets. And becauseof the buzz, he will doing a greatly expandedprogram in Tallahassee in 2016.

Working with Word of South and a grantfrom the Knight CommunityFoundation, Devon will perform on April10th during Word of South, he will havean extended schedule of workshops andschool presentations during the weekleading up to the Southern ShakespeareFestival, and then appear on both Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 eveningson the Cascades Park stage.

Sonnet Man has performed his unique blend of modern hip-hop with the beautyof Shakespeare’s sonnets from Stratford-Upon-Avon to the Magic Castle in LosAngeles. He has performed at the Hague in the Netherlands, in Prague in theCzech Republic, Shakespeare Festivals in Canada, and classrooms in Wyoming.He even appeared on the Today Show in January 2011.

His school performances will include Godby High School andFAMU Development School. He will also appear at several otherplaces in an around Tallahassee but I don’t know where they willbe so I can’t tell you, someone else will have to take over fromhere on out, as it might include the involvement of 50 Large(whose logo we should put right about here!

Please join us in welcoming Sonnet Man back to Tallahassee.He is a treasure worth savoring!

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Rob AtkinsonShawn BayernEllen BerlerBruce CampbellTim Center & FamilyChip ChalmersBeverlee DeMelloTracey DowlingCharles EhrhardtR.Jai & Andrew GillumKate HarrellDon HinkleLaura JerniganLaura & Jonathan JohnsonGretchen JonesJeffrey KahnDavid KirbyVictor KlunkComan LeonardAnna LoganPam & Steve MarlinDean MinardiMorris & Anita MillerBrian NewmanTim NickelStephanie O’ConnorNancy & Mike O’Farrell

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Members

SPECIAL THANKS to Jessica Brown, Mario Palmentieri, Tana McLane, Dr. Don Rapp,Randi Atwood, Kati Schardl, Carson Dennis, Larry Schmidt, Jim Dowling III, Brett Sealy,Byron & Angela Burroughs, Molly Hand, Gary Stillwell, Rosemary Rausch, Nancy Morgan,Jennifer Humayan, JoAnn Bixler, Javier Betancourt, Dixie Partington

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The Bardlings

The Tempestby William Shakespeare

Co-Directors

Bianca Montague Philip Croton

Prospero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JACOB MCCALL SMITH

Ariel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIANA BUTSCH

Caliban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSH WEINSTEIN

Miranda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MELANIE APPLEGATE

Ferdinand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DUNCAN WILEY

Alonso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REED WORRELL

Gonzalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARIEL GIOIA

Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARIANA WHITE

Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERRY O’CONNOR

Trinculo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNABELLE PEOPLES

Stephano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZADI ALMOND

Iris/Nymph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEXI O’CONNOR

Ceres/Nymph/Mariner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SKYLER FRAZIER

Juno/Mariner/Nymph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANSLEY WHITE

Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISAIAH RAMSEY

Francisco/Evil Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARGOT ALMOND

Boatswain/Evil Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SARAH OWEN

Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIAM BENNETT

Mariner/Evil Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHANIEL O’CONNOR

The Education Program would like to thank: Sierra Service, Tarri White,Michele Belson, Stephen Hodges, Amanda Sieradzki and Heather Sampson.

Honoring the Memory of …

June Strauss1930-2010

~ Served as president of the organizing board of theSouthern Shakespeare Festival (1995-1996)

~ Longtime champion for the arts in Tallahassee

June’s dream was to have an amphitheater and free,professional Shakespearean theatre in downtown Tallahassee.

Thank you to those who have made that dream come true!

Remembering “Mama June”…

Ted Strauss

Jeannine Strauss McGinn

Catherine Strauss

Leslie Strauss Redding

Patrick Strauss

Julie Strauss Bettinger

and families

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