Cooper Reynolds is featured in our Bottom episode. Cooper is a LA based performer, drag queen and producer, dabbling in entertainment from nightlife all the way to Shakespeare and beyond. A recent graduate from UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television, Cooper combines their love of performance with community engagement to encourage activism and dialogue across underrepresented communities in Los Angeles.
Angelica Rowell is featured in our Bottom episode. Angelica is a singer, actress, writer, and plus size model based in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with degrees in both Classical Voice and Theatre. She is passionate about social activism through the arts and strives to create works that open doors for the marginalized. When Angelica isn’t creating, she is molding the young minds of America by teaching music in classrooms across LA County and helping to reify space for Black creatives with Black Light Arts Collective (BLAC). Her credits include: Sweet Land, Tucked Away (Chia), Lesbian Love Octagon, Honorable Mention, Comb Your Hair or You’ll Look Like a Slave, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (Volscian Soldier), Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Sorceress), Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet), Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts).
Stephen is featured in our Edmund episode. Stephen Hu is an LA based actor, recently an NYC transplant. He was most recently seen on NBC's New Amsterdam and you can catch him in Alliance Theatre's upcoming made for streaming production of Data (May 6 - May 23). Old Globe MFA, Dog Dad, Donut Devourer.
Dustyn is featured in our Edmund episode. Dustyn Gulledge is originally from Austin, TX and has worked and lived in both NYC and LA. An MFA graduate from the ART/Harvard acting program, he relocated to Los Angeles full-time in 2015. Dustyn is known for originating the role of Dino Tortoricci in Norah Ephron's Broadway production of Lucky Guy opposite Tom Hanks, his recurring role on the HBO hit TV series, Silicon Valley as the quirky tech assistant, Evan, and his portrayal of Joker in the Batman fan film series, KNIGHTMARE on YouTube now inching toward 500,000 views since its release in the past year. He enjoys taking selfies with his mini schnauzer, reading true crime memoirs, and freezing gummy bears in the ice of his fountain drinks at the cinema. Representation: JC ROBBINS MANAGEMENT Instagram: @dustyn_gulledge.
Lillie is featured in our Isabella episode. Lillie Silva-Muir is an actor and creative based in Los Angeles, CA. She recently graduated from UCLA with a BA in Theater with a minor in English. Some of her favorite credits include playing Janie in LATC’s in-house production and tour of La Victima, and Liliana in UCLA’s first all Latina production and the West-coast premiere of Mala Hierba.
Max is featured in our Isabella episode. Max Lawrence is a native of Silver Spring, Maryland and holds a B.F.A. degree from Ithaca College. He is a proud company member and artist educator with Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, CA. His Theatricum credits include Twelfth Night (Orsino), Coriolanus (Aufidius), To Kill a Mockingbird (Tom Robinson), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander, Theseus, Peter Quince), and several others. Max has also appeared at The Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, and The Lewis Family Playhouse as well as in numerous TV shows, short films and commercials. He spent quarantine putting the finishing touches on Season 1 of “Gravel and Grain,” his original high-school basketball Drama Series. When he is not on stage or on set, Max is a Kids Pastor at his church Oasis L.A. where he met his wife Emily.
Tiff is featured on our Ophelia episode. Tiff Hubbard is a Los Angeles based artist and poet and is excited to release her first ever poetry book on March 28th. Her hope is that through her work, she will inspire, educate, and move people forward in a world where it can be easy to feel left behind.
Blaire is featured in our Ophelia Episode. Blaire Battle is a non-binary actor, writer, and comedian based in Los Angeles, California. They currently are a second year student majoring in theater at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television.
Hilary is featured on our Regan episode. Hilary Ward. Television/Film: Station 19, OUTDated, Bull, Sharp Objects (Emmy nomination), All the Way (Emmy nomination), NCIS, The Fosters, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Other People, Like You Mean It. Hilary’s image and voice have been featured in over two dozen national commercials. Theatre: Ashland New Play Festival (Those Days are Over), South Coast Rep (Sense and Sensibility), Ojai Playwrights Conference (Ripe Frenzy), La Jolla Playhouse (Mother Courage), Classical Theatre of Harlem (Macbeth, King Lear, Medea). She serves on the Organizing Committee for SAG-AFTRA, of which she is a proud member. She is also a member of the Television Academy and Actors Equity Association. She serves as Co-Artistic Producing Director of the award-winning Chalk Rep, which she co-founded in 2008. She is the owner and CEO of Apian, Inc., specializing in audition preparation and career coaching for professional actors. MFA: University of California- San Diego.
Roberto is featured on our Regan episode. Roberto is a writer, actor and improviser from San Jose, CA. He regularly appears on Heartbeats (Twitch.tv/RipleyImprov), an improvised medical drama. Roberto also writes for and performs with sketch group The Bizness.
Dawn is featured on our Brutus episode. Dawn Alden is a mover, a shaker and a Maker. She holds an MFA in Acting, and has over 25 years experience in that, stage combat, and new play development. She founded and ran an all-female theatre company in Chicago (Babes With Blades), and now acts with and runs a film production company in LA (Vicarious Films). She is dedicated to creating work by and about women, for everyone. dawnalden.com, vicariousfilms.com, babeswithblades.org
Autumn is featured in our Brutus Episode. Autumn McKinney-Brooks is an actor and combatant located in Los Angeles, CA. They earned their Bachelors in Performing Arts Acting from AMDA College and Conservatory, and their certifications by the SAFD in eight different weapons for the stage, including but not limited to broadswords and knives. Autumn is heavily involved in both stage and screen acting, with notable performances as Hermia from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ross Ragland), and Mutius from Titus Andronicus (Shakes on The Deck).
Jono is featured in our Cassius episode. Jono Eiland is a founding member of Sojourn Theatre and a company member of Los Angeles based classical companies the Porters of Hellsgate and Method & Madness. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a BA in Theater Arts.
Nick is featured on our Cassius episode. Nick Musleh is the Shakespeare Moderator at Theatre West and a the director of a short film adaptation of "Love's Labour's Lost." He has created shakespeare content for SoulPancake and CAP UCLA and is an actor and director in Los Angeles.
Jahel is a Mexican actor based in Los Angeles. He has been constantly performing in theatre, indie films, and commercials for the past 10 years. He has recently started to write a few projects that he hopes to produce in the upcoming years.
Brandon Doyle is an actor based in Los Angeles, originally from his family farm in Stilwell, Oklahoma. He received his BFA in Acting from the Oklahoma City University School of Theatre, alma mater of Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O’Hara. Select theatre credits include “Titus Andronicus,” “Romeo & Juliet,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “Hairspray,” “The Country Wife” and “Stop Kiss,” along with various film/TV projects. Feel free to see more of his work at BrandonDoyle.org and even follow him on Instagram @brandomagnifico.
Ava Lalezarzadeh is a recent graduate from UCLA with a BA in Theater. Her favorite credits include playing Anne Frank in Anne: A New Play at the Museum of Tolerance and Winter of '79, a film about an Iranian-Jewish family's pursuit to escape the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It is in post-production right now! She has always been a little intimidated by Shakespeare and would not consider herself a connoisseur of classical text by any means, but what she finds fascinating and so appreciates is how revolutionary Shakespeare was for his time by exploring tough universal themes that we are still talking about to this day. What greater way to strengthen our society and humanity but by looking to the great artists of the past to further cultivate a more connected and thoughtful future.
Tiegan graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in 2018. Tiegan is originally from Lancashire, England but now resides in London. Acting Credits include: The Royal Court (Mountain Language), Theatre503 (Tinder Trilogy), the BBC (Warren) and Tiegan has worked extensively with the Guildford Shakespeare Company.
Teri Gamble is an international performing artist and drama coach who has performed on international stages from Los Angeles to Moscow, Boston and New York. She has appeared on the hit TV series Superstore, Modern Family and ER and has appeared in numerous theater productions and commercials. Teri is the co-host of Horror Movie Survival Guide – a horror movie podcast you can stream anywhere you listen to podcasts. She is also an avid D&D – tabletop roleplay gamer – and can be found on various podcast and streaming channels on Twitch (Saving Throw Show). You can follow her on the social media platforms @TheTeriGamble https://linktr.ee/TheTeriGamble
An East Coaster by birth, Jenny became a West Coast convert almost a decade ago, performing in various theaters all over LA, including Gloria at the Echo Theater Company, for which she won a Stage Raw Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and was mentioned by the LA Times as one of the best of LA theater in 2018. She has appeared in various commercials and on TV shows such as Parks & Rec, LA to Vegas, and Reverie.
Sid Noelle is featured in our Lady M episode. Sid is an Chicago raised, LA based actress. If Alyson Hannigan and Krysten Ritter had a baby it would most likely be Sid. A passion for storytelling, She loves bringing characters to life on stage and camera. You can catch her on “Community Theater Christmas” on Amazon Prime.
Vel Stacy is featured in our Lady M episode. Vel combines his military and life experience with his training in performance to deliver rich stories from deep within his primitive being. Be it through song, dialogue, or movement, Stacy exists to betray the human condition through story.
Tess Lina hails from Chicago, IL, but she has called both New York and LA home. Tess has been fortunate to work on both sides of the Mississippi, as well as across the pond. She most recently performed in the LATW national tour of SEVEN. Other California credits include the Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, and Laguna Playhouse. She has also performed regionally at the Guthrie Theatre, San Jose Rep, Indiana Rep, and notably in the world premiere of Tantalus, a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Denver Center Theatre, directed by Sir Peter Hall and written by John Barton. Tess was Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare Orange County, involved as both producer and artist, and recently performed the title role in Antony and Cleopatra. Film and TV credits include: How to Get Away with Murder, S.W.A.T., Revenge, House, Mental, CSI, CSI:Miami, NCIS, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Danika with Marisa Tomei. She is a graduate of Juilliard, and has been a teaching artist at Orange County School of the Arts. Upcoming projects include a new podcast, "Dawn of Tomorrow", which premieres September 25.
Michael Nehring featured in our Richard II episode. Michael Nehring, Full Professor of Theatre at Chapman University, is a multiple award-winning actor, director, and educator whose career includes performances in over 90 professional productions. He has received several Los Angeles Drama-Logue Awards, a Los Angeles Weekly Award for performance and a 2014 Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle Award for his performance as Abram in Son of Semele Ensemble’s Our Class. Michael has also performed for the Los Angeles Centre Theatre Group, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Barbara, A Noise Within, Theatrilcum Botanicum, Pensacola Shakespeare, and The Prague Shakespeare Festival. Michael has taught master classes for The Theatre Academy of London, Portland Oregon’s Portland Shakespeare Project, The Portland Actor’s Center, Theatricum Botanicum, Shakespeare Orange County and has been an acting coach for The Disney Channel. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.
Michael Solomon featured in our Helena episode. Michael Solomon is an actor who has had fun both on the stage and on-camera, currently working with the beautifully exquisite Alex Wright, on an upcoming project titled "Solve". He's had an on-again, off-again relationship with Shakespeare, usually gravitating towards more modern-day works but is excited to dig deep into A Midsummer Night's Dream and give his take on Helena.
Cindy Nguyen featured in our Helena Episode. Cindy Nguyen is an actress raised in Las Vegas and is now based in Los Angeles. She has a BFA in Theatre Performance from Chapman University and has continued training in LA with Tess Kirsch, Ivana Chubbuck, Shakespeare & Co, etc. Coming from a Vietnamese background, she likes to enter the room with a big smile, a loud laugh, and usually carrying some delicious food. Theatre: Hamlet (The New American Theatre); Diana of Dobson’s (Antaeus); Cymbeline, King John, Pericles (The Porters of Hellsgate); That Pretty Pretty or the Rape Play, Love & Information, If You Can Get to Buffalo (Son of Semele Ensemble). TV/Film: For the People (ABC), Dear White People (Netflix), A Cinderella Christmas. Special Awards/Training: BFA, Chapman University.
Alejandro Cervantes featured in our Juliet episode. Alejandro Cervantes is an actor and writer in Los Angeles. His resume is 35% temperamental boy-next-door, 30% bright-eyed upstart, 25% tipsy lounge singer and 10% likable psychopath. Insta: @lastnamecervantes.
Daniel Kim featured in our Juliet episode. Daniel Kim is a graduate of UCLA’s Theater Film, and Television's Class of 2019. Some of his credits include Ariel in “The Tempest”, Happy in “Death of a Salesman”, and Lee in a reimagining of Sam Shepard’s “True West”. Most recently he was a cast member of the 2019 ABC Diversity Showcase, and you can see him in the comedy indie film “Divos!” which released recently! Whenever he’s not in front of the camera or onstage, Daniel is a Voiceover actor in his home studio, and a Professional Dungeon Master.
Eric Myrick featured in our Iago episode. Eric Myrick is a Los Angeles based actor and writer! He's an avid lover of dogs and enemy of people who aren't lovers of dogs. Check him out on Jane The Virgin, GLOW, Good Trouble, The Affair and some other stuff!
Mikey is featured in our Iago episode. Mikey Mulhearn is a graduate of Millikin University where he received his BFA in Acting. Most recently he was seen as Angelo in Shakespeare on the Deck's production of Measure For Measure and will take on Prior Walter next year in their production of Angels In America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika. Other credits include "Slender," Merry Wives of Windsor; "Helenus," A Midsummer Night's Dream, "Claudio," Much Ado About Nothing; and "Ensemble," Some F*cking Advice (The Second City Mainstage). As a Director of Shakespeare, MIkey has led his adaptations of Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Measure For Measure. He is the sitting Artistic Director of Shakespeare on the Deck. For more information on the company please visit shakesonthedeck.com or on Mikey, mikeymulhearn.com.