Ethan Deppe (Percussionist/Composer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include the Short Shakespeare! productions of The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. Composition credits include: Keep Ishmael (White Horse Theater Company); The Taming of the Shrew (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre); and Jungle Book (American Eagle Theatre). Musical direction: Cats (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre); I Sing! (White Horse Theatre Company); and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Cortland Repertory Theatre). Percussion credits include: Altar Boyz (Drury Lane Theatre); The Adding Machine (Next Theatre Company); and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre at the Center). Ethan began playing piano at five years old and started writing music in high school before studying music in college. He attended Centennial High School in Champaign, and is a graduate of University of Illinois, where he received his degree in Music Composition. Ethan finds melody in Shakespeare's words: "I absolutely love the language, the rhythm of the lines. It's so musical."

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