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Past Seasons

2011 Season: Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter's Tale & Tartuffe

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Dramatis Personae

 2011 Production Season

Much Ado About Nothing 
Director - Janice Blixt
DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon                                                
 
William Irwin*
CLAUDIO, a lord of Florence, friend to Don Pedro                 
Brandon St. Clair Saunders
BENEDICK, a lord of Padua, friend to Don Pedro                 
David Blixt*
FRIAR FRANCIS                                                                           
Wesley Scott
DON JOHN, Don Pedro’s Bastard Brother                                
Jason Phillip Kellerman
BORACHIO, follower of Don John                                             
Rick Eva
CONRADE, follower of Don John                                              
Matt Andersen
LEONATO, Governor of Messina                                             
Buz Davis*
URSULA, his sister                                                                     
Janet Haley*
HERO, daughter to Leonato                                                        
Susaan Jamshidi
BEATRICE, her cousin                                                                 
Saren Nofs-Snyder
MARGARET, her cousin                                                         
Christina Flynn
ELEANOR, her young cousin                                                      
Victoria Hood
BALTHAZAR, a young attendant to Don Pedro                       
Daniel Mozurkewich
VALENTINE, a boy of Leonato’s household                             
Jack LaCasse
DOGBERRY, a Constable                                                         
Alan Ball*
VERGES, a Headborough                                                         
Jeffrey Booth Stringer
Setting: Leonato’s Country House and the nearby town
 
The Winter’s Tale
Director - Janice Blixt
 
SICILIA

LEONTES, King of Sicilia                                                           
David Blixt*
HERMIONE, his Queen                                                                
Susaan Jamshidi
MAMILLIUS, his son                                                                     
Michael Ivanitsky
CLEOMINES, his Steward                                                          
Brandon St. Clair Saunders
CAMILLO, A Sicilian Lord                                                           
Buz Davis*
ANTIGONUS, A Sicilian Lord                                                     
Jeffrey Booth Stringer
GENTLEMAN 1, A Gentleman of Sicilia                                   
Rick Eva
GENTLEMAN 2, A Gentleman of Sicilia                                   
Jason Phillip Kellerman
PAULINA, A Lady of Sicilia, wife to Antigonus                        
Janet Haley*
AEMELIA, A Lady of Sicilia, attendant to Hermione               
Saren Nofs-Snyder
GAOLER                                                                                      
Wesley Scott

BOHEMIA

POLIXENES, King of Bohemia, childhood friend of Leontes 
William Irwin*
FLORIZELL, his son                                                                     
Matt Andersen
ARCHIDAMUS, A Bohemian Lord                                             
Alan Ball*
AUTOLYCUS, A Rogue                                                               
Wesley Scott
A SHEPHERD, reputed father of Perdita                                  
Alan Ball*
A CLOWN, his son                                                                       
Daniel Mozurkewich
PERDITA, lost daughter of Leontes, beloved of Florizell         
Christina Flynn

 Setting: The Palace of Sicilia - The Palace of Bohemia - The Countryside of Bohemia

 
 Tartuffe 
Director - Robert Kauzlaric
 

 

MME PERNELLE, Orgon’s mother                                              
Janet Haley*
ORGON, Elmire’s husband                                                            
Buz Davis*
DAMIS, Orgon’s son, Elmire’s stepson                                        
Jason Phillip Kellerman
MARIANE, Orgon’s daughter, Elmire’s stepdaughter,                
Christina Flynn
VALERE, in love with Mariane                                                     
Matt Andersen
CLEANTE, Orgon’s brother-in-law                                               
William Irwin*
TARTUFFE, a hypocrite                                                                
Alan Ball*
DORINE, Mariane’s lady’s maid                                                  
Saren Nofs-Snyder
M. LOYAL, a bailiff                                                                        
Wesley Scott
The King’s OFFICER                                                                     
Brandon St. Clair Saunders
FLIPOTE, Mme Pernelle’s maid                                                   
Victoria Hood
LAURENT, Tartuffe’s lackey                                                          
Daniel Mozurkewich
POLICEMEN                                                                                   
Rick Eva
                                                                                         
Jeffrey Booth Stringer
                                                                         
David Blixt*

Setting: Orgon’s house in Paris

 
* denotes member Actors’ Equity Association
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival operates under an Actors’ Equity Association Letter of Agreement Contract. Actors who are cast at the MSF can accrue Equity weeks (points) towards full Equity status if they are a member of the Equity Membership Candidate program. Of, if they are not a member of the EMC program, they can join through the festival.