The Winter’s Tale

CST: Henry V, Twelfth Night, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew. CHICAGO: Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, UrbanTheater Company. REGIONAL: The Black Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, New Harmony Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Portland Stage. FILM: Chasing the Blues (Apple TV, Prime Video). TV: South Side (HBO Max), The Chi (Showtime), Chicago P.D., Chicago Med (NBC), Justified: City Primeval (FX), Sirens (USA). AWARDS: 2025 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow; three Black Theatre Alliance Awards; two Black Excellence Awards. Represented by Paonessa Talent. 

CST: Much Ado, Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, The King’s Speech, Richard III, The School for Lies, Elizabeth Rex, Julius Caesar, A Little Night Music, Henry IV (Parts 1&2), Pacific Overtures; and the title roles in Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida. CHICAGO: Inherit the Wind, The House of Martin Guerre, King Lear (Goodman Theatre); My Fair Lady, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Proof (Court Theatre); Translations, Minister’s Wife, Twelfth Night (Writers Theatre); and shows with Marriott, Northlight, Remy Bumppo, Drury Lane and Victory Gardens Theater. REGIONAL: The National Theatre, Washington, D.C., Peninsula Players, Notre Dame Shakespeare. INTERNATIONAL: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Neptune Theatre, Canadian Stage, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company (CST tour). FILM: While You Were Sleeping, Home Alone III, The Poker House.TV: Emperor of Ocean Park (MGM+); The Shining Girls (Apple TV+); Chicago Fire, Crisis (NBC); Boss (STARZ); Empire, The Chicago Code (FOX); Early Edition (CBS). AWARDS: Mr. Gudahl is a multiple Jeff Award recipient, and winner of CST’s Spirit of Shakespeare award for 2026.

CST: Debut. CHICAGO: Hornets, Courtney vs. Cancer (Greenhouse Theatre Center), Coriolanus (Athenaeum Center) REGIONAL: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival FILM: BRB, Loafers TV: The Bear (FX), Chicago Med (NBC) EDUCATION: BFA in Acting, DePaul University 

CST: Much Ado About Nothing,  Richard III,  The Madness of George III, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Edward II. CHICAGO: Holiday, Luna Gale (Goodman Theatre); Leopoldstadt, Translations, Smart People, Marjorie Prime (Writer’s Theatre); Dial M For Murder, Ring of Fire (Drury Lane Theatre); 1776, The Sound of Music (Marriott Theatre); Lindiwe, Familiar, The Burn, The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Othello, Mousetrap, One Man Two Gov’nors, The Misanthrope, Proof, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, Arcadia (Court Theatre); Little Woman, Georgiana and Kitty, Miss Bennet, Lost in Yonkers (Northlight Theatre); Eastland (Lookingglass Theatre Company). REGIONAL: Let The Right One In (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and shows at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre. FILM: The Dark Knight, Walden, The Killer. TV: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD (NBC), Empire (FOX), The Good Fight (Paramount+), Mrs. America (FX), Fargo (FX), 61st Street (AMC/CW).

CST: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hymn. CHICAGO: Birthday Candles (Northlight Theatre); Galileo’s Daughter (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); Toni Stone (Goodman Theatre); When Harry Met Rehab (Greenhouse Theater Center, World Premiere). BROADWAY: Time to Kill, Wit. OFF BROADWAY: Another Shot. NEW YORK: Ruined (Manhattan Theatre Club); RunBoyRun (New York Theatre Workshop); Lost in the Stars (New York City Center’s Encores). REGIONAL: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, King Lear (American Player’s Theatre). Johnson is a core ensemble member of Remy Bumppo Theatre.

CST: Sunny Afternoon, As You Like It. CHICAGO: Buddy in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Marriott Theatre, Jeff Nom – Performer in a Principal Role); Rock of Ages (Paramount Theatre); As You Like It, Next to Normal (Writer’s Theatre); Verböten (The House Theatre). REGIONAL: Theatre Under the Stars, Ogunquit Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Timber Lake Playhouse. EDUCATION: BA in English Creative Writing, Loyola University of Chicago. Kieran is a licensed street performer and published recording artist (Pinnings, The Oh Boys). kieranpmccabe.com / @kpmcbabe 

CST: Much Ado About Nothing, SS! Romeo & Juliet, Measure for Measure. CHICAGO: Covenant, The Nacirema Society (Goodman Theatre); Noises Off (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Alaiyo (Definition Theatre); Hand to God (Paramount Theatre). REGIONAL: Pipeline (TheatreWorks Colorado Springs). TV: Shining Girls (Apple TV+); 4400 (The CW); How to L0ve (OTV). EDUCATION: BA in Theatre, Northwestern University. AWARDS: 2024 Definition Theatre Amplify New Play Commission Winner; 2023 Kilroys Web; 2021 Reva and David Logan Foundation Artist Grant. 

CST: Shakespeare In The Park: The Hero Within. CHICAGO: As You Like It (Writers Theatre), South Pacific (Paramount Theatre), On Your Feet (Drury Lane Theatre). REGIONAL: Seattle Children’s Theatre, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre. EDUCATION: BA in theater, Northwestern University. 

CST: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream. THEATER: A triple Olivier and triple Offie Award nominee, van Randwyck has performed widely in the UK, from the West End and National Theatre to regional theaters, as well as in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and New York. FILM & TV: Blithe Spirit (Sky Cinema), Father Brown, Endeavour, The Nevers, Action Team, The Hippopotamus, Belgravia, The Danish Girl, Partners in Crime, Downton Abbey, Trial and Retribution, Christopher and His Kind, Waiting for God, Music Makers, Numbertime (5 series). RADIO: Dr Who, Star Cops, Adam Adamant, The Paternoster Gang, Survivors, Blake 7, The Man Who Knows, A Change in the Willows, Under the Net, The Hiding Place. SOUNDTRACKS: The Glory of Gershwin with Larry Adler, produced by Sir George Martin, It’s Oh So Issy, Song of Singapore, A Little Night Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Dirty Dancing, Moll Flanders, Blithe Spirit, About Time.  

CST: Debut. CHICAGO: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III (Babes with Blades Theater Company), Clue: A Drag Parody (Steppenwolf Lookout Series), Sweet Charity (Blank Theater Company), Lightning Thief (Madkap Productions) REGIONAL: Fireside Theatre, Detroit Actors Theater Company, Opera MODO, Planet Ant, Titan Theater Company OPERA/DANCE: Company Member/Choreographer (Queer Dance Freakout), Librettist/Director – Dxn Pasquale: A New LGBTQ+ Opera (Opera MODO) EDUCATION: BFA in Theater, Wayne State University. Patty also performs as the Drag King Toby Blunt.

CST: Short Shakespeare! Midsummer, Shakes in the City: Midsummer CHICAGO: Octet (Goodman Theatre), Octet (Raven Theatre), As You Like It (Writers Theater), Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VI Part One (The Backroom Shakespeare Project), Drunk Shakespeare (The Lion Theatre); Pericles (Forest Park Theatre). FILM: Block Party (Hiffclanger Productions) OTHER: Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023. EDUCATION: BFA in acting, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Represented by Gray Talent.

CST: Henry V, Richard III, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, King Charles III, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet. CHICAGO: 2666, The Happiest Song Plays Last, A Christmas Carol, The Seagull, The Good Negro (Goodman Theatre); The Wheel (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Treasure Island (Lookingglass Theatre Company/Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Inana, Blood and Gifts, Danny Casolaro Died For You (TimeLine Theatre Company); Never the Sinner (Victory Gardens Theater); Welcome Yule, The Soldier’s Tale (Chicago Symphony Orchestra); Working (Broadway Playhouse); Awake and Sing (Northlight Theatre). REGIONAL: Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Door Shakespeare); The Boys Next Door (Syracuse Stage); 12 Angry Men (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Julius Caesar (Utah Shakespeare Festival); King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Riverside Shakespeare); King Lear, Tartuffe, Junk (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). TV: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire (NBC); Mob Doctor, Empire, The Chosen (5/2); Utopia (Amazon). FILM: Ripple, The Days Are Evil, Rest, Remembering, A Perfect Boyfriend, God is Beautiful. EDUCATION: BA, DePaul University/Barat College; MFA, University of South Carolina. Demetrios is a voice actor and director for Relevant Radios: The Merry Beggars, a foley artist at Unshackled PGM, and an artistic associate at TimeLine Theatre Company.

CST: Short Shakespeare! Hamlet, Richard III. CHICAGO: Last Night and the Night Before, 1919 (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Roe, Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre); Tiny Beautiful Things (Victory Gardens Theater); Red Rex (Steep Theatre, Jeff Award Nomination — Best Supporting Actress); United 232, Season on the Line (The House Theatre of Chicago). REGIONAL: Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Shakespeare Festival, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Riverside Theatre.FILM: Coywolf, The Tensile Strength of Air, You Too, Black Womxn.TV: Dark Matter(AppleTV+); Paper Girls (Amazon); Chicago Fire, CRISIS, Chicago P.D. (NBC); The Chi (Showtime). EDUCATION: BFA in Acting University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. MA in Theatre, New York University. Represented by Paonessa Talent Agency. 

CST: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, HENRY V. CHICAGO: Por’Knockers (Gwydion Theatre), Superior Donuts (Artistic Home), Baldwin vs. Buckley (TimeLine), Inanimate (Theater Wit); Moby Dick (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Routes (Remy Bumppo). REGIONAL: New Stage Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theater at Monmouth, The Hedgerow Theatre, The Rogue Tucson, Cardinal Stage, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. EDUCATION: MFA in Acting, Northwestern University; National Theater Institute, MXAT; BA in theatre performance, Winthrop University.  

CST: The Lord of the Rings: The Musical; SS! Romeo & Juliet; SS! The Comedy of Errors. CHICAGO: Translations (Writers Theatre); A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre); The Taming of the Shrew (Understudy); Photograph 51 (Understudy) (Court Theatre); All Quiet of the Western Front (Red Tape Theatre). REGIONAL: Much Ado About Nothing (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Eurydice (River & Rail Theatre); As You Like It (Montana Shakespeare). EDUCATION: BFA in Acting, Oklahoma City University. 

CST: Debut. CHICAGO: At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen (The Story Theater), 1919 (Steppenwolf Theater Company) She Loves Me (Blank Theater Company), Arthur and Friends (Marriott Theater) REGIONAL: You Are Cordially Invited to The End of The World  (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) Little Women (Seattle Repertory Theater) A Christmas Carol, West Side Story, (Milwaukee Rep) EDUCATION: BA in Music Theater and MM in Music Theater pedagogy from Carthage College. 

CST: Debut. CHICAGO: The Seagull, The Pilon (Jeff Nominated- Best Ensemble), Vinegar Tom (Red Theater). TV: Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice (NBC); Empire (FOX). EDUCATION: BA in Theatre, Illinois State University; Graduate, Second City Chicago Conservatory and iO Chicago. 

CST: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, SS! Hamlet. CHICAGO: Berger in Hair (Kokandy Theatre), Scotty Moore in Heartbreak Hotel (Marriott Theatre), Johnny Casino/US Kenickie (Drury Lane Theatre). OPERA: Fleance in Verdi’s Macbeth, Argonaut in Medea (Lyric Opera). AWARDS: Richey is a member of the 2024 Barbershop Harmony Chorus Champs, The Westminster Chorus.

CST: Rome Sweet Rome (workshop). CHICAGO: Frozen (Paramount Theatre); Rock of Ages (Mercury Theater); Cabaret (Porchlight Music Theatre); Children of Eden (Broadway in Chicago). REGIONAL: All’s Well That Ends Well (Helen), Romeo and Juliet (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival); A Musical Christmas Carol (The Round Barn Theatre). INTERNATIONAL: The Macbeth Musical (Lady M). FILM: Pursuit of Freedom. EDUCATION: BA, Saint Mary’s College; Shakespeare Summer School, LAMDA.