Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Tap here for mobile program information
Mobile Program

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
By: Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
By: Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips+ 

Assistant Director: Robert Carlton Stimmel^ 
Scenic Design: Chris Holloway 
Costume Design: Rainy Edwards 
Original Lighting Design: Aiden Bezark 
Lighting Design: Ben Niemczyk
Sound Design: Doug Borntrager 
Properties Design: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Wig Design: Kayla Cieslinski
Puppet Design: Matthew Lewis Johnson
Fight/Intimacy Direction: Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Dance Choreography: Susan Jung
Stage Manager: Cole Sweasy*
Assistant Stage Manager: Colton Wolf*

Cast
Lucy Westfeldt: Jasimine Bouldin*
Dr. Westfeldt/Renfield: Billy Chace*
Count Dracula: Christopher Guthrie
Jonathan Harker: Candice Handy*
Mina Westfeldt/Dr. Van Helsing: Kelly Mengelkoch*

Production Staff   
Technical Director: Spencer C. Burke
Resident Stage Manager & Company Manager: Cole Cammack-Sweasy*
Master Carpenter: Bryce Carson
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kayla Cieslinski  
Associate Production Manager: Rainy Edwards  
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones 
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Properties and Scenic Artisan: Traci Listo 
Resident Stage Manager: Danitza Piper*
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel^


“Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals 
on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Originally produced in New York by Drew Desky and Dane Levens, Drew & Dane Productions.
DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS was commissioned and originally produce by Maltz Jupiter Theatre Andrew Kato, Producing
Artistic Director/Chief Executive

+ Member of SDC- The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

^Artist Sponsored by Judge Mark Painter 

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Jasimine Bouldin
Lucy Westfeldt

(she/her) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged), Pericles, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Fat Ham, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Macbeth (Favorite CSC); JaJa’s African Hair Braiding (Ensemble Theatre); The Twunny Fo’, It’s Not a Trip, It’s a Journey (Know Theatre).

Billy Chace
Dr. Westfeldt/Renfield

(he/him) 18th Season 
Cincinnati: Pericles, Othello, Every Christmas Story, Love's Labors Lost, The Play That Goes Wrong, Macbeth, All The Way, A Flea In Her Ear, Richard III, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 39 Steps, King John.(Favorite CSC); The Other Place (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: We Will Rock You (Memorial Hall/3CDC); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (CSC/Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Film: Ides Of March, Santa's Promise, The Pope Drops In. Education: George Mason University (BA).

Christopher Guthrie
Dracula

14th Season
Cincinnati: Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Dracula, Comedy of Errors, Amadeus, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Julius Caesar (Favorite CSC); Hamlet, Angels in America, See What I Wanna See, Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Gompers (Know Theatre); Grand Horizons (Ensemble Theatre). Education: Catawba College (BA)

Candice Handy
Jonathan Harker

(she/her) 9th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, Twelfth Night, Gaslight, Julius Caesar, King Lear, As You Like It, Trouble in Mind, Romeo and Juliet, All the Way, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, A Flea in Her Ear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dracula, Othello (Favorite CSC); Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Ensemble Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Regional: The Cake (Human Race Theatre); Frankenstein (StageOne Family Theatre); A Winter's Tale, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Inferno (Island Shakespeare Festival); The Pirates of Penzance (Theatre Monmouth). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Associate Artistic Director.

Kelly Mengelkoch
Mina Westfeldt/Dr. Van Helsing

(she/her) 21st Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Importance of Being Earnest, Macbeth, Othello, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Winter’s Tale (Favorites CSC); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Tiny Beautiful Things, Fortune, Red Velvet, This Random World, The Other Place,Tribes (Ensemble Theatre); Let the Right One In (CSC/CCM); This is Tom Jones!, A Distinct Society, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson- Apt 2B, Everything That’s Beautiful (Human Race Theatre). Regional: The Spitfire Grill (Old Creamery Theatre Company Amana, Iowa); Grease and The Scarlet Pimpernel (New Theatre Kansas City). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). TV/Film: Dark Waters, Perception, Old Man and the Gun, A Kind of Murder, Healing River, Dusk, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. Website: kellymengelkoch.com

Brian Isaac Phillips
Director

(he/him) 28th Season
Cincinnati: Pericles, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, An Enemy of the People, The Play That Goes Wrong, Kindred Spirits (World Premiere), Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, (Recent CSC), The Sound Inside, Red Velvet (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), Let The Right One In (CCM), The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), The Handmaid’s Tale, When the Rain Stops Falling, Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches (Know Theatre). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company). New York: Love’s Labour’s Won (The Acting Company). Regional: The Hound of the Baskervilles (American Shakespeare Center), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Education: Morehead State University. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Producing Artistic Director and CEO.

Robert Carlton Stimmel
Assistant Director

(he/him) 8th Season 
Cincinnati: Macbeth, A Room in the Castle, Twelfth Night, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Julius Caesar, The Amen Corner, Wrecking Ball, Gaslight, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, The Comedy of Errors, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Favorite CSC); To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Antigone, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rapunzel (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park); Archie and the Ashes (Know Theatre); Higher (American Legacy Theatre); Earworm (Impaired Vision Productions). Regional: Elephant and Piggie, Little Red Riding Hood (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Eavesdropping (Alliance Theatre); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe Festival). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company). Education: Miami University (BA in Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Production Manager

Chris Holloway
Scenic Design

(he/him) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (Park Tour), Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Fat Ham. (CSC)

Rainy Edwards
Costume Design

(she/her) 8th Season
Cincinnati: The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, The Living Dead, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gaslight, The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein, Kindred Spirits, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); Lizard Boy: The Musical (Know Theatre). Education: Florida State University (MFA in Costume Design). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Associate Production Manager and Resident Costume Designer.

Aiden Bezark
Original Lighting Design

(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night's Dream (CSC), Keeper Of The Realm and Little Shop of Horrors (The Carnegie), Once (University of Cincinnati). New York: The Witness Room (dir. Will Blum), Cellino v. Barnes (dir. Wesley Taylor + Alex Wyse), CCM Honors Stephen Flaherty (dir. Marcia Milgrom Dodge at Carnegie Hall), Picking Up Speed (dir. Marlo Hunter), Bettinger's Luggage (dir. Steven Ditmyer), Walking With Bubbles (dir. Richard Hess), Being Somebody (dir. Elizabeth Browning), Baggage at the Door (dir. Joe Langworth), NEWSical (dir. Mark Waldrop), A Musical About: Star Wars (dir. Tom+Michael D'Angora)

Ben Niemczyk
Lighting Design

(they/them) Debut Season
Cincinnati: Danceworks, Coppelia, Pride and Prejudice, Mahagonny Songspiel, Mammel De Tiresias, La Bohème (CCM). Education: MFA Student in Lighting design

Doug Borntrager
Sound Design

(he/him) 12th Season
Cincinnati: King Lear; 1984; Dracula; Henry VI, 1 & 2; The Great Gatsby; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Romeo and Juliet (CSC); Light Chasers; Theatre: A Love Story; Puffs; Ada and the Engine; Hundred Days; The Handmaid’s Tale; When the Rain Stops Falling; Eurydice; Hamlet; Corpus Christi (Know Theatre); Saint Joan; Tramp’s New World; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Diogenes Theatre). Regional: Newsies; Beauty and the Beast; Complete History of Comedy (abridged) (Cardinal Stage). New York: Fully Committed; True History and Real Adventures (Vineyard Theatre). Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (BA). Website: projectionconnections.com

Kayla Cieslinski
Wig Design

(she/they) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Emma, Pericles, Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, Fat Ham, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing (Favorite CSC). Regional: Charlotte's Web, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Just Between the All of Us, The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz (Constellation Stage and Screen). Education: Indiana University (BA in Theatre, concentration in Acting, Stage Management, Costuming; Minor in Arts Administration).

Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Fight and Intimacy Director

(she/her) 32nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Kindred Spirits, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Living Dead (Favorite CSC); Fight direction for Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Ensemble Theatre, Playhouse in the Park, Human Race Theatre. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Alaska Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre. Affiliations: 33-year member, Society of American Fight Directors (one of the few female Fight Directors). Education/Teaching: Founder, Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy; First recipient, CAA’s Arts Educator Award.

Susan Jung
Choreographer

(she/her) 
4th Season 
Cincinnati: Choreography: Much Ado About Nothing, Twelth Night, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Love Labour's Lost (CSC), Urinetown (TSC), It's a Bird, it's a Plane, It's Superman (TCTC). Acting: The Play that Goes Wrong (TSC), Blithe Spirit (CLP), Lifespan of a Fact (Falcon), The Musical of Musicals, the Musical (TSC) TV/Film: Between Mercy and Me (Amazon), In the Name of me and you. Education: Northern Kentucky University (BA). Website: thestorycollective.org/

Cole Cammack-Sweasy
Stage Manager

(they/them) 6th Season
Cincinnati: Pericles, Mrs. Dalloway, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Fat Ham, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Amen Corner, Trouble in Mind, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors (Favorite CSC); All's Faire (Know Theatre). Regional: Dogberry and Verges are Scared (Philadelphia Fringe Festival). Event Management in Bowling Green, Nashville, and Atlanta. Education: Western Kentucky University. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Stage Manager and Company Manager.

Colton Wolf
Assistant Stage Manager

(they/them) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (Park Tour), Emma, Pericles, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Park Tour). Regional: Angel’s Trumpet, With Two Wings (Miami University). Education: Miami University (BA: Theatre, BA: English Literature, Creative Writing

1897

  • Dracula by Bram Stoker is published.

 

1922

  • The earliest film retelling of Dracula, Nosferatu, premieres. This unauthorized adaptation helped shape the popular image of the vampire and became the subject of a copyright lawsuit brought by Bram Stoker’s estate.

 

1931

  • Universal Studios’ Dracula premieres. One of Universal’s iconic monster movies, this film established the look and movements of Dracula that remain most familiar today.

 

1964-1966

  • The classic sitcom The Munsters airs on CBS. Dracula becomes Grandpa Munster to a family full of iconic movie monsters. The show ran for 2 years and has had multiple reboots since!

 

1986

  • The first game in the Castlevania series is released. The game follows Simon Belmont on his quest to kill Dracula. The franchise continues to this day with numerous spinoffs, including comics and a Netflix series.  

 

1992

  • Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula hits theaters, delivering the most faithful and visually stunning version of the classic tale. The star studded cast includes Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves!

2023

  • The comedy Renfield is released. This humorous take on the story follows Dracula’s servant Renfield in a modern setting and stars Nicolas Cage as Dracula.

 

2023

  • Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors has its Off-Broadway premiere. This over-the-top, laugh-out-loud funny version of the story awaits you tonight!


“With one ‘we thank you,’ many millions more…”
The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene ii 

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company extends thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their generous support. The following gifts were received by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 or pledged to the 2025 – 2026 Season. Giving Levels are exclusive of Capital Campaign donations. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If you see an error, please accept our sincere apology and contact Sara Clark at 513-381-2273, ext. 3208.  

Illustrious and Inspiring, $50,000+

Anonymous, in memory of our mom Kathy

ArtsWave

John Bridgeland and Maureen Fallon Bridgeland

Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation

Cynthia Crilley

Estate of Henrietta Barlag

Estate of Mrs. L.L. Browning Jr.

The Linnemann Family Foundation

Debby and Jim Mason

Ohio Arts Council

Cassandra and Glenn Plott

The Robert C. and Adele R. Schiff Family Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Don and Linda Tecklenburg

Jay and Jodi Woffington


Benevolent and Bold, $25,000-49,000

Charles H. Dater Foundation

Martin Chavez

The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees

The Limestone Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Louise Taft Semple Foundation

Ohio Valley Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Agent

P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

John and Judith Woffington


Gallant and Glamorous, $10,000 - $24,999

Diane Adamec

Andrew Jergens Foundation

Blank Rome and Monteverdi Tuscany

Ruth J. & Robert A. Conway Foundation

Sean and Tracie Conway

Rance and Marilyn Duke

Nancy and Edward Finke

Edward Givens

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Gerald Greenberg and Pamela Meyers

The Gumbleton Family

Marcene and Jim Kinney

LaMacchia Family Foundation

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation

Patrick Points and Wijdan Jreisat

Marc and Suzi Rubin

Rosemary and Mark Schlachter

The Thomas J. Emery Memorial

Laura and Tayfun Tuzun

Donna and Robert Welch

Western & Southern Financial Group

Richard and Debbie Westheimer


Avowed and Audacious, $5,000 - $9,999

Bob Amott and Janice Flanagan

Jennifer and Vito Damiano

Sally and Joel Davenport

Rick and Melissa Eder

Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Fund for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

EY

GBBN Architects

KeyBank

Joseph and Penny Landen

Susan Lauf

Jean and Charles Lauterbach

Messer Construction Co.

Chris Nare and Lori Rappold

Whitney Owens and Dave Eslinger

Sue Ann and Judge Mark Painter

PNC Bank

Mitchell and Karen Rashkin

Vicky and Rick Reynolds

George Roden

Dr. H. James Williams and Carole Campbell Williams

Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

Woodward Trust

Nancy and George Yund


Devoted and Daring, $2,500 – $4,999

William and Caroline Bahlman

Mary Ann and Doug Bell

Mr. Fred Berger

Daniel and Kendra Braun

Mr. Otto Budig

Lee and Lisa Clapp

Crosset Family Fund

Friends of Cincinnati Opera

Elden Dale Golden

Sarah and Matt Graber

Graeter's

Myron and Sherry Hughes

Steve and Shannon Kane

Mark and Marcy Kanter

Heidi Jark and Steven Kenat

Linda U. Klump

Tom and Trish Lee

Isabel Mendez

Chris and Molly Milligan

David and Lesley Nevers

David and Pat Papoi

RSL Architecture

Jessica and Michael Ruebusch

Steven Skibo and Susan Esler

William P. Anderson Foundation

Jonathan and Nickole Winterkorn


Ardent and Astounding, $1,000 - $2,499

Dobbs and Flemming Ackermann

Americana Arts Foundation

Anonymous

Katherine Berger

Dan and Sara Bick

William Borek

M.C. and Tom Brennan

Charles Scott Riley III Foundation

Philip T Clayton

Marjorie E. Davis

Ellen and Stewart Dunsker

Joe and Kay Ellis

Lindsey Faber

Allyson Fleischer

Ellen Forte and Michael DiMaggio

Jerome Glinka and Kathleen Blieszner

Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel

Noah J. Goertemiller

Tom and Sarah Goodwin 

Constance Graham

John and Elizabeth Grover

Adam and Karla Hall

David and Debbie Horn

Carl and Judy Jackson

Stephen and Janet Jackson

Robert Kluck

Thomas Kreinest

Pat and Randy Krumm

Becky and Ross Long

Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lovell

Ted and Molly Lucien

John Peter and Mary Lund

Mr. Ron Matson

Arthur and Stephanie McMahon

Lance and Lindsay Melching

Marshall Montrose

Jerry Newfarmer

Rene Paddags

Ricky Patel and Kristen Reilly

Rick Pender and Joan Kaup

Plonsker Financial Management Consulting

Rhinegeist Brewery

Becky and Ted Richards

Gates and Margaret Richards

Bob Roesbery in honor of Nancy Helwig

Kim Salit

Matthew Schottelkotte and Melanie Swick

Dr. Catherine Shackson

Ruth and John Sikorski

Bonnie Siverd

Stephanie Smith

Dr. William Spohn and Dr. Margaret Dunn

Sarah and Paul Tomes

Jessica Tribbe

Jeanna Vella and Denny Boehm

Mary Ann Weiss

Ms. Jo Ann Wieghaus

Teresa Wilkins

Carol and Rich Wilson

Young Latino Professional Network

Ms. Karen Zaugg

Justin Zimmerman


Ebullient and Exhilarating, $500 - $999

Christine Adams

Charles and Karen Bramwell

Judith Jaspers Briggs

Prentice Carter

Carol C Cole

Bryan Cranston

Nicholas Dunigan

Gail Ginther

Mr. Jeffrey Goldman

Tom and Sarah Goodwin

Bill Gordon and Nancy Johnson

Richard Hague, in honor of Dick Westheimer

Mary Healy

Emily M. Hodges

Doug Ignatius and Bruce Preston

Phyllis Jackson and Martin Murray

Laura Jansen

Amy Katz

Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and Eric H. Kearney

Rachel Kirley and Joseph Jaquette

Anne Laib

Bryanna Lindsey

Mrs. Amanda Louis

Jodi and Anthony Maieron, in honor of JC Coleman

Mark McKillip

David Mebius

Julie Metz

Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreez

Norah and Joe Mock

Tom and Cindy Muething

The Patel-Curran Family

David M. Piatt

Irene and Daniel P. Randolph Family

Abigail Riddle and Braden Blankenship

Steve and Helen Rindsberg

Mark and Jan Rosenbaum Sass

Russell Lascelles and Janet Schultz

Rebecca Schultz

Rich Schultz

Saira Shahani and Rick Warm

Matt Singleton

Christine Socwell

Bob and Laurie Sternberg

Gordon and Mary-Anne Thompson

Elizabeth and Ronald Tinklenberg

Marty C. Tomb

Jenna and Nathan Washatka

Jennifer Watts


Valiant and Voracious, $250 - $499

Stephanie Adamec

Anonymous

Robert Banks

Tony Barrett

Patty and Jim Beggs, in honor of Glenn and Cass Plott

David and Elaine Billmire

Paula Boggs and Brian Muething

Curtis Brown

Rebecca Campbell

Julie and Larry Chandler 

Jeffrey Conner

Dr. Kristen Copeland and Steve Johns

Edmund C. Davis, Jr. and Maria Anderson

Carole Donnelly

Russell Durst and Kathryn Wekselman

Mr. George Dwight

Andrew Gay

Heather Gaynor

Jo Anne Gibbons and John Getz

Thomas C. Hase

Karlee L. Hilliard

Daniel J. Hoffheimer

Tom and Kathy Hogan

Mark Holtgrefe

Joanna Huh

Rebecca and Stephen Hussey

Farrah and Keith Jackson

Marilyn and Robert Johnson

Carl and Alice Kalota

Steve Karoly

Nicole Lashley

Nancy and Jonathan Lippincott

Sherwin Little

Steve Loftin, Cincinnati Arts Association

John Lorenz

Mary Mahoney

Karen and Michael Mason

Steven Massie

McCready-Shore Family Fund

Colleen and Mike McSwiggin 

Julia Meister

Kim Morrow

Andrea Morwood

Ryan Moyers

Teri Murphy

Susan Murray

Christy Nageleisen

Niamh J. O'Leary

Ioanna Paraskevopoulos

Graham and Karen Paxton

Alice Perlman

Kay Puryear

Ms Stephanie Renny

John Rickert

Drs. Leila Saxena and Nick Newman

Jill and Kevin Schad

Suzanne Schindler

Kathryn Schnier

Monica and Matt Scott

Don Semler

David Vanderpool and Steven Smith

Stephanie Striet

Eric and Rachael Tayce

Bruce and Allison Tepper

Hugh and Catherine Walsh

Judge Lawrence Walter and Ms. Christena Walter

Jessica Warren-Jones and Matthew Jones

Pann and Terry Webb

Warren and Pam Weber

Robert and Jean Willis


Grand and Gracious, $100 - $249

Marjorie and David Aaron

Wayne Adams

Lisa Allgood

A&M Kanet Foundation for the Arts

J. Alvarez

Dr. Paule Asch in honor of Lib Stone

Detmar and Michael Atkinson

Peg Bach

Jennifer Barr, in honor of Steve Jackson

Juliette and Mike Bezold 

David and Madonna Bowman

Luke Brewster and Thomasita Homan

John and Rebecca Bromels

Dawn and Doug Bruestle

Charlotte Bruewer

Dennis and Melinda Caldwell

David Carmichael

Elishia Chamberlain, in memory of Christian Morris

Anderson Christopher 

Jon and Katie Clark

The Coburns

Lisa and Jeff Cooper

Don Daiker and Audrey Edwards

Ms. Janet Davidson

Stella Davies

David and Emilie Dressler

Thomas and Dale Due

N&R Dyson

Ren and Cristina Egbert

Dr. Lauren Erdman

Robert and Mary Fitzpatrick

Jillian Frasher

Jane Haas Friedman 

Jill and Greg Fritz

GE Foundation Match Program

David Goist

Dr. William J. Gracie, Jr. and Daniel J. Fairbanks

Teddy Gumbleton, in honor of Cass and Glenn Plott

Hamilton Hicks Family

Haider Hamoudi and Sara Abdullah

Ms Stephena Harmony

Petrina Hasinski

Sigrun Haude

Kathleen Hibbard

Susan Hibbs and David Magruder

Laura Hobson

Kelly Holterhoff

Dorrian Horsey and Bret Isaac

Judy Jackson

Ann Jarboe

James and Rosemarie Jeffery

Janice Kagermeier

Jim and Mary Ann Kalla

Nina S. Key

Gary and Terri Kidney

Suzie Kleymeyer

Cecilia Kloecker

Barbara Kraemer and David Koehler

Owen and CiCi Lee

Catherine Lennon

Joseph Link

Jennifer Lockwood

Steve Long

Jacob Mahle

Katina Marathe

Bryant and Karma Martin

Doug and Joan McConnell

Kori and Charles McOsker

Patricia Miller

Ms. Mimi Moller

Murray Monroe

Peggy and Kevin Mosher

Karen Muldrow

Christine and Jason Mulvin

Dr. Thomas Murphy

Nancy Nolan

Ms. Courtney Norris, in honor of Stephen Jackson

Fred and Barbara Norton

Patricia and Robert Olexsey

Kyrié Owen

Mr. Caleb Payne

Robert Pepper

Gus and Jo Ann Perdikakis

Ronald Plybon

Mrs. Carol Points

Phil Price

Brian Reilly

Dr and Mrs Barry Robertson

Elizabeth Robson

Patty Rosely

Martha and John Sarra

Jonathan Sauer

Kate Brockmeier Schofield

The Shakespeare Society of Zanesville Ohio

The S Shepherd Family

Nancy McGaughey and Sally Skillman

Carol and Harry Sparks

Julia Stephen

Alicia Suguitan

Bryan Sweasy

Sarah Tankersley and Geoff Vickers

Greg Terhune

Suzanne Terwilliger

Jim and Sandy Uhrig

Rosalie van Nuis

Brent Vimtrup, in honor of Hugh Bacon

Buzz Ward

Fred and Jo Anne Warren

Chris Weber

Laura West

Jocelyn Wilson

Bill and Kathy Winters


Monthly Giving Circle

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company relies on the sustained commitment of a strong community of supporters to fuel our mission of bringing Shakespeare and the Classics to life for all. We send special thanks to our Monthly Giving Circle for their ongoing support of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company now and for seasons to come.


Curtis Brown

Jon and Katie Clark

Jillian Frasher

Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel

Noah Goertemiller

Emily Hodges

Stephen Jackson

Lance Melching

Kyrié Owen

Patricia Plonsker

Patty Rosely

Jennifer Sauvey

Susan Schapiro

Suzanne Schindler

Mary Ann Weiss


In-Kind Donors

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company sends special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their in-kind contributions.


American Legacy Tours

BellaVella Jewels

The BonBonnerie

The Children's Theater of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati Men's Chorus

Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati Public Radio

Cincinnati Zoo

Claire Rechnitzer

Dewey’s Pizza

Dr. Niamh O'Leary

eat well celebrations and feasts

Esquire Theatre

Friends of Music Hall

Gina Cerimele-Mechley

Graeter's

Jessica Ruebusch

KeyBank

King Arthur’s Court

King’s Island

Lightborne

Mark Denny Photography

Mercantile Library

Midwest Falconry

Paolo A Modern Jeweler

Red Tree Coffee and Art

REVEL Urban Winery

Rhinegeist Brewery

Western & Southern Financial Group


Legacy Society

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is grateful to the generous donors who have remembered CSC in their estates, or have expressed their commitment to a future planned gift. If you have considered including Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in your estate plans and want to learn more, please reach out to Sara Clark, Director of Development, at Sara.Clark@cincyshakes.com.


Cynthia Crilley

Estate of Henrietta Barlag

Estate of Dava Lynn Biehl

Estate of James R. Bridgeland, Jr.

Estate of Mrs. L.L. Browning

William Gordon and Nancy Johnson

The Gumbleton Family

Laura A. Hobson

Thomas P. Lee

Julie Metz


ArtsWave Partners

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company acknowledges the following partner companies, foundations and their employees who generously participate in the annual ArtsWave Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Thank you!


$2 million +

P&G

$1 million to $1,999,999

Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation

$500,000 to $999,999

GE Aerospace

Western & Southern Financial Group

$250,000 to $499,999

The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee

$100,000 – $249,999

altafiber

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

Cincinnati Reds

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation

The Enquirer│Cincinnati.com

First Financial Bank

Great American Insurance Group

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

The Kroger Co.

Messer Construction Co.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Tap here for mobile program information
Mobile Program

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
By: Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
By: Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips+ 

Assistant Director: Robert Carlton Stimmel^ 
Scenic Design: Chris Holloway 
Costume Design: Rainy Edwards 
Original Lighting Design: Aiden Bezark 
Lighting Design: Ben Niemczyk
Sound Design: Doug Borntrager 
Properties Design: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Wig Design: Kayla Cieslinski
Puppet Design: Matthew Lewis Johnson
Fight/Intimacy Direction: Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Dance Choreography: Susan Jung
Stage Manager: Cole Sweasy*
Assistant Stage Manager: Colton Wolf*

Cast
Lucy Westfeldt: Jasimine Bouldin*
Dr. Westfeldt/Renfield: Billy Chace*
Count Dracula: Christopher Guthrie
Jonathan Harker: Candice Handy*
Mina Westfeldt/Dr. Van Helsing: Kelly Mengelkoch*

Production Staff   
Technical Director: Spencer C. Burke
Resident Stage Manager & Company Manager: Cole Cammack-Sweasy*
Master Carpenter: Bryce Carson
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kayla Cieslinski  
Associate Production Manager: Rainy Edwards  
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones 
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Properties and Scenic Artisan: Traci Listo 
Resident Stage Manager: Danitza Piper*
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel^


“Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals 
on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Originally produced in New York by Drew Desky and Dane Levens, Drew & Dane Productions.
DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS was commissioned and originally produce by Maltz Jupiter Theatre Andrew Kato, Producing
Artistic Director/Chief Executive

+ Member of SDC- The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

^Artist Sponsored by Judge Mark Painter 

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Jasimine Bouldin
Lucy Westfeldt

(she/her) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged), Pericles, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Fat Ham, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Macbeth (Favorite CSC); JaJa’s African Hair Braiding (Ensemble Theatre); The Twunny Fo’, It’s Not a Trip, It’s a Journey (Know Theatre).

Billy Chace
Dr. Westfeldt/Renfield

(he/him) 18th Season 
Cincinnati: Pericles, Othello, Every Christmas Story, Love's Labors Lost, The Play That Goes Wrong, Macbeth, All The Way, A Flea In Her Ear, Richard III, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 39 Steps, King John.(Favorite CSC); The Other Place (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: We Will Rock You (Memorial Hall/3CDC); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (CSC/Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Film: Ides Of March, Santa's Promise, The Pope Drops In. Education: George Mason University (BA).

Christopher Guthrie
Dracula

14th Season
Cincinnati: Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Dracula, Comedy of Errors, Amadeus, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Julius Caesar (Favorite CSC); Hamlet, Angels in America, See What I Wanna See, Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Gompers (Know Theatre); Grand Horizons (Ensemble Theatre). Education: Catawba College (BA)

Candice Handy
Jonathan Harker

(she/her) 9th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, Twelfth Night, Gaslight, Julius Caesar, King Lear, As You Like It, Trouble in Mind, Romeo and Juliet, All the Way, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, A Flea in Her Ear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dracula, Othello (Favorite CSC); Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Ensemble Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Regional: The Cake (Human Race Theatre); Frankenstein (StageOne Family Theatre); A Winter's Tale, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Inferno (Island Shakespeare Festival); The Pirates of Penzance (Theatre Monmouth). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Associate Artistic Director.

Kelly Mengelkoch
Mina Westfeldt/Dr. Van Helsing

(she/her) 21st Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Importance of Being Earnest, Macbeth, Othello, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Winter’s Tale (Favorites CSC); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Tiny Beautiful Things, Fortune, Red Velvet, This Random World, The Other Place,Tribes (Ensemble Theatre); Let the Right One In (CSC/CCM); This is Tom Jones!, A Distinct Society, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson- Apt 2B, Everything That’s Beautiful (Human Race Theatre). Regional: The Spitfire Grill (Old Creamery Theatre Company Amana, Iowa); Grease and The Scarlet Pimpernel (New Theatre Kansas City). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). TV/Film: Dark Waters, Perception, Old Man and the Gun, A Kind of Murder, Healing River, Dusk, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. Website: kellymengelkoch.com

Brian Isaac Phillips
Director

(he/him) 28th Season
Cincinnati: Pericles, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, An Enemy of the People, The Play That Goes Wrong, Kindred Spirits (World Premiere), Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, (Recent CSC), The Sound Inside, Red Velvet (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), Let The Right One In (CCM), The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), The Handmaid’s Tale, When the Rain Stops Falling, Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches (Know Theatre). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company). New York: Love’s Labour’s Won (The Acting Company). Regional: The Hound of the Baskervilles (American Shakespeare Center), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Education: Morehead State University. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Producing Artistic Director and CEO.

Robert Carlton Stimmel
Assistant Director

(he/him) 8th Season 
Cincinnati: Macbeth, A Room in the Castle, Twelfth Night, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Julius Caesar, The Amen Corner, Wrecking Ball, Gaslight, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, The Comedy of Errors, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Favorite CSC); To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Antigone, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rapunzel (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park); Archie and the Ashes (Know Theatre); Higher (American Legacy Theatre); Earworm (Impaired Vision Productions). Regional: Elephant and Piggie, Little Red Riding Hood (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Eavesdropping (Alliance Theatre); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe Festival). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company). Education: Miami University (BA in Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Production Manager

Chris Holloway
Scenic Design

(he/him) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (Park Tour), Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Fat Ham. (CSC)

Rainy Edwards
Costume Design

(she/her) 8th Season
Cincinnati: The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, The Living Dead, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gaslight, The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein, Kindred Spirits, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); Lizard Boy: The Musical (Know Theatre). Education: Florida State University (MFA in Costume Design). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Associate Production Manager and Resident Costume Designer.

Aiden Bezark
Original Lighting Design

(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night's Dream (CSC), Keeper Of The Realm and Little Shop of Horrors (The Carnegie), Once (University of Cincinnati). New York: The Witness Room (dir. Will Blum), Cellino v. Barnes (dir. Wesley Taylor + Alex Wyse), CCM Honors Stephen Flaherty (dir. Marcia Milgrom Dodge at Carnegie Hall), Picking Up Speed (dir. Marlo Hunter), Bettinger's Luggage (dir. Steven Ditmyer), Walking With Bubbles (dir. Richard Hess), Being Somebody (dir. Elizabeth Browning), Baggage at the Door (dir. Joe Langworth), NEWSical (dir. Mark Waldrop), A Musical About: Star Wars (dir. Tom+Michael D'Angora)

Ben Niemczyk
Lighting Design

(they/them) Debut Season
Cincinnati: Danceworks, Coppelia, Pride and Prejudice, Mahagonny Songspiel, Mammel De Tiresias, La Bohème (CCM). Education: MFA Student in Lighting design

Doug Borntrager
Sound Design

(he/him) 12th Season
Cincinnati: King Lear; 1984; Dracula; Henry VI, 1 & 2; The Great Gatsby; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Romeo and Juliet (CSC); Light Chasers; Theatre: A Love Story; Puffs; Ada and the Engine; Hundred Days; The Handmaid’s Tale; When the Rain Stops Falling; Eurydice; Hamlet; Corpus Christi (Know Theatre); Saint Joan; Tramp’s New World; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Diogenes Theatre). Regional: Newsies; Beauty and the Beast; Complete History of Comedy (abridged) (Cardinal Stage). New York: Fully Committed; True History and Real Adventures (Vineyard Theatre). Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (BA). Website: projectionconnections.com

Kayla Cieslinski
Wig Design

(she/they) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Emma, Pericles, Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, Fat Ham, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing (Favorite CSC). Regional: Charlotte's Web, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Just Between the All of Us, The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz (Constellation Stage and Screen). Education: Indiana University (BA in Theatre, concentration in Acting, Stage Management, Costuming; Minor in Arts Administration).

Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Fight and Intimacy Director

(she/her) 32nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Kindred Spirits, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Living Dead (Favorite CSC); Fight direction for Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Ensemble Theatre, Playhouse in the Park, Human Race Theatre. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Alaska Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre. Affiliations: 33-year member, Society of American Fight Directors (one of the few female Fight Directors). Education/Teaching: Founder, Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy; First recipient, CAA’s Arts Educator Award.

Susan Jung
Choreographer

(she/her) 
4th Season 
Cincinnati: Choreography: Much Ado About Nothing, Twelth Night, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Love Labour's Lost (CSC), Urinetown (TSC), It's a Bird, it's a Plane, It's Superman (TCTC). Acting: The Play that Goes Wrong (TSC), Blithe Spirit (CLP), Lifespan of a Fact (Falcon), The Musical of Musicals, the Musical (TSC) TV/Film: Between Mercy and Me (Amazon), In the Name of me and you. Education: Northern Kentucky University (BA). Website: thestorycollective.org/

Cole Cammack-Sweasy
Stage Manager

(they/them) 6th Season
Cincinnati: Pericles, Mrs. Dalloway, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Fat Ham, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Amen Corner, Trouble in Mind, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors (Favorite CSC); All's Faire (Know Theatre). Regional: Dogberry and Verges are Scared (Philadelphia Fringe Festival). Event Management in Bowling Green, Nashville, and Atlanta. Education: Western Kentucky University. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Stage Manager and Company Manager.

Colton Wolf
Assistant Stage Manager

(they/them) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (Park Tour), Emma, Pericles, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Park Tour). Regional: Angel’s Trumpet, With Two Wings (Miami University). Education: Miami University (BA: Theatre, BA: English Literature, Creative Writing

1897

  • Dracula by Bram Stoker is published.

 

1922

  • The earliest film retelling of Dracula, Nosferatu, premieres. This unauthorized adaptation helped shape the popular image of the vampire and became the subject of a copyright lawsuit brought by Bram Stoker’s estate.

 

1931

  • Universal Studios’ Dracula premieres. One of Universal’s iconic monster movies, this film established the look and movements of Dracula that remain most familiar today.

 

1964-1966

  • The classic sitcom The Munsters airs on CBS. Dracula becomes Grandpa Munster to a family full of iconic movie monsters. The show ran for 2 years and has had multiple reboots since!

 

1986

  • The first game in the Castlevania series is released. The game follows Simon Belmont on his quest to kill Dracula. The franchise continues to this day with numerous spinoffs, including comics and a Netflix series.  

 

1992

  • Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula hits theaters, delivering the most faithful and visually stunning version of the classic tale. The star studded cast includes Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves!

2023

  • The comedy Renfield is released. This humorous take on the story follows Dracula’s servant Renfield in a modern setting and stars Nicolas Cage as Dracula.

 

2023

  • Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors has its Off-Broadway premiere. This over-the-top, laugh-out-loud funny version of the story awaits you tonight!


“With one ‘we thank you,’ many millions more…”
The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene ii 

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company extends thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their generous support. The following gifts were received by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 or pledged to the 2025 – 2026 Season. Giving Levels are exclusive of Capital Campaign donations. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If you see an error, please accept our sincere apology and contact Sara Clark at 513-381-2273, ext. 3208.  

Illustrious and Inspiring, $50,000+

Anonymous, in memory of our mom Kathy

ArtsWave

John Bridgeland and Maureen Fallon Bridgeland

Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation

Cynthia Crilley

Estate of Henrietta Barlag

Estate of Mrs. L.L. Browning Jr.

The Linnemann Family Foundation

Debby and Jim Mason

Ohio Arts Council

Cassandra and Glenn Plott

The Robert C. and Adele R. Schiff Family Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Don and Linda Tecklenburg

Jay and Jodi Woffington


Benevolent and Bold, $25,000-49,000

Charles H. Dater Foundation

Martin Chavez

The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees

The Limestone Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Louise Taft Semple Foundation

Ohio Valley Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Agent

P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

John and Judith Woffington


Gallant and Glamorous, $10,000 - $24,999

Diane Adamec

Andrew Jergens Foundation

Blank Rome and Monteverdi Tuscany

Ruth J. & Robert A. Conway Foundation

Sean and Tracie Conway

Rance and Marilyn Duke

Nancy and Edward Finke

Edward Givens

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Gerald Greenberg and Pamela Meyers

The Gumbleton Family

Marcene and Jim Kinney

LaMacchia Family Foundation

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation

Patrick Points and Wijdan Jreisat

Marc and Suzi Rubin

Rosemary and Mark Schlachter

The Thomas J. Emery Memorial

Laura and Tayfun Tuzun

Donna and Robert Welch

Western & Southern Financial Group

Richard and Debbie Westheimer


Avowed and Audacious, $5,000 - $9,999

Bob Amott and Janice Flanagan

Jennifer and Vito Damiano

Sally and Joel Davenport

Rick and Melissa Eder

Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Fund for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

EY

GBBN Architects

KeyBank

Joseph and Penny Landen

Susan Lauf

Jean and Charles Lauterbach

Messer Construction Co.

Chris Nare and Lori Rappold

Whitney Owens and Dave Eslinger

Sue Ann and Judge Mark Painter

PNC Bank

Mitchell and Karen Rashkin

Vicky and Rick Reynolds

George Roden

Dr. H. James Williams and Carole Campbell Williams

Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

Woodward Trust

Nancy and George Yund


Devoted and Daring, $2,500 – $4,999

William and Caroline Bahlman

Mary Ann and Doug Bell

Mr. Fred Berger

Daniel and Kendra Braun

Mr. Otto Budig

Lee and Lisa Clapp

Crosset Family Fund

Friends of Cincinnati Opera

Elden Dale Golden

Sarah and Matt Graber

Graeter's

Myron and Sherry Hughes

Steve and Shannon Kane

Mark and Marcy Kanter

Heidi Jark and Steven Kenat

Linda U. Klump

Tom and Trish Lee

Isabel Mendez

Chris and Molly Milligan

David and Lesley Nevers

David and Pat Papoi

RSL Architecture

Jessica and Michael Ruebusch

Steven Skibo and Susan Esler

William P. Anderson Foundation

Jonathan and Nickole Winterkorn


Ardent and Astounding, $1,000 - $2,499

Dobbs and Flemming Ackermann

Americana Arts Foundation

Anonymous

Katherine Berger

Dan and Sara Bick

William Borek

M.C. and Tom Brennan

Charles Scott Riley III Foundation

Philip T Clayton

Marjorie E. Davis

Ellen and Stewart Dunsker

Joe and Kay Ellis

Lindsey Faber

Allyson Fleischer

Ellen Forte and Michael DiMaggio

Jerome Glinka and Kathleen Blieszner

Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel

Noah J. Goertemiller

Tom and Sarah Goodwin 

Constance Graham

John and Elizabeth Grover

Adam and Karla Hall

David and Debbie Horn

Carl and Judy Jackson

Stephen and Janet Jackson

Robert Kluck

Thomas Kreinest

Pat and Randy Krumm

Becky and Ross Long

Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lovell

Ted and Molly Lucien

John Peter and Mary Lund

Mr. Ron Matson

Arthur and Stephanie McMahon

Lance and Lindsay Melching

Marshall Montrose

Jerry Newfarmer

Rene Paddags

Ricky Patel and Kristen Reilly

Rick Pender and Joan Kaup

Plonsker Financial Management Consulting

Rhinegeist Brewery

Becky and Ted Richards

Gates and Margaret Richards

Bob Roesbery in honor of Nancy Helwig

Kim Salit

Matthew Schottelkotte and Melanie Swick

Dr. Catherine Shackson

Ruth and John Sikorski

Bonnie Siverd

Stephanie Smith

Dr. William Spohn and Dr. Margaret Dunn

Sarah and Paul Tomes

Jessica Tribbe

Jeanna Vella and Denny Boehm

Mary Ann Weiss

Ms. Jo Ann Wieghaus

Teresa Wilkins

Carol and Rich Wilson

Young Latino Professional Network

Ms. Karen Zaugg

Justin Zimmerman


Ebullient and Exhilarating, $500 - $999

Christine Adams

Charles and Karen Bramwell

Judith Jaspers Briggs

Prentice Carter

Carol C Cole

Bryan Cranston

Nicholas Dunigan

Gail Ginther

Mr. Jeffrey Goldman

Tom and Sarah Goodwin

Bill Gordon and Nancy Johnson

Richard Hague, in honor of Dick Westheimer

Mary Healy

Emily M. Hodges

Doug Ignatius and Bruce Preston

Phyllis Jackson and Martin Murray

Laura Jansen

Amy Katz

Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and Eric H. Kearney

Rachel Kirley and Joseph Jaquette

Anne Laib

Bryanna Lindsey

Mrs. Amanda Louis

Jodi and Anthony Maieron, in honor of JC Coleman

Mark McKillip

David Mebius

Julie Metz

Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreez

Norah and Joe Mock

Tom and Cindy Muething

The Patel-Curran Family

David M. Piatt

Irene and Daniel P. Randolph Family

Abigail Riddle and Braden Blankenship

Steve and Helen Rindsberg

Mark and Jan Rosenbaum Sass

Russell Lascelles and Janet Schultz

Rebecca Schultz

Rich Schultz

Saira Shahani and Rick Warm

Matt Singleton

Christine Socwell

Bob and Laurie Sternberg

Gordon and Mary-Anne Thompson

Elizabeth and Ronald Tinklenberg

Marty C. Tomb

Jenna and Nathan Washatka

Jennifer Watts


Valiant and Voracious, $250 - $499

Stephanie Adamec

Anonymous

Robert Banks

Tony Barrett

Patty and Jim Beggs, in honor of Glenn and Cass Plott

David and Elaine Billmire

Paula Boggs and Brian Muething

Curtis Brown

Rebecca Campbell

Julie and Larry Chandler 

Jeffrey Conner

Dr. Kristen Copeland and Steve Johns

Edmund C. Davis, Jr. and Maria Anderson

Carole Donnelly

Russell Durst and Kathryn Wekselman

Mr. George Dwight

Andrew Gay

Heather Gaynor

Jo Anne Gibbons and John Getz

Thomas C. Hase

Karlee L. Hilliard

Daniel J. Hoffheimer

Tom and Kathy Hogan

Mark Holtgrefe

Joanna Huh

Rebecca and Stephen Hussey

Farrah and Keith Jackson

Marilyn and Robert Johnson

Carl and Alice Kalota

Steve Karoly

Nicole Lashley

Nancy and Jonathan Lippincott

Sherwin Little

Steve Loftin, Cincinnati Arts Association

John Lorenz

Mary Mahoney

Karen and Michael Mason

Steven Massie

McCready-Shore Family Fund

Colleen and Mike McSwiggin 

Julia Meister

Kim Morrow

Andrea Morwood

Ryan Moyers

Teri Murphy

Susan Murray

Christy Nageleisen

Niamh J. O'Leary

Ioanna Paraskevopoulos

Graham and Karen Paxton

Alice Perlman

Kay Puryear

Ms Stephanie Renny

John Rickert

Drs. Leila Saxena and Nick Newman

Jill and Kevin Schad

Suzanne Schindler

Kathryn Schnier

Monica and Matt Scott

Don Semler

David Vanderpool and Steven Smith

Stephanie Striet

Eric and Rachael Tayce

Bruce and Allison Tepper

Hugh and Catherine Walsh

Judge Lawrence Walter and Ms. Christena Walter

Jessica Warren-Jones and Matthew Jones

Pann and Terry Webb

Warren and Pam Weber

Robert and Jean Willis


Grand and Gracious, $100 - $249

Marjorie and David Aaron

Wayne Adams

Lisa Allgood

A&M Kanet Foundation for the Arts

J. Alvarez

Dr. Paule Asch in honor of Lib Stone

Detmar and Michael Atkinson

Peg Bach

Jennifer Barr, in honor of Steve Jackson

Juliette and Mike Bezold 

David and Madonna Bowman

Luke Brewster and Thomasita Homan

John and Rebecca Bromels

Dawn and Doug Bruestle

Charlotte Bruewer

Dennis and Melinda Caldwell

David Carmichael

Elishia Chamberlain, in memory of Christian Morris

Anderson Christopher 

Jon and Katie Clark

The Coburns

Lisa and Jeff Cooper

Don Daiker and Audrey Edwards

Ms. Janet Davidson

Stella Davies

David and Emilie Dressler

Thomas and Dale Due

N&R Dyson

Ren and Cristina Egbert

Dr. Lauren Erdman

Robert and Mary Fitzpatrick

Jillian Frasher

Jane Haas Friedman 

Jill and Greg Fritz

GE Foundation Match Program

David Goist

Dr. William J. Gracie, Jr. and Daniel J. Fairbanks

Teddy Gumbleton, in honor of Cass and Glenn Plott

Hamilton Hicks Family

Haider Hamoudi and Sara Abdullah

Ms Stephena Harmony

Petrina Hasinski

Sigrun Haude

Kathleen Hibbard

Susan Hibbs and David Magruder

Laura Hobson

Kelly Holterhoff

Dorrian Horsey and Bret Isaac

Judy Jackson

Ann Jarboe

James and Rosemarie Jeffery

Janice Kagermeier

Jim and Mary Ann Kalla

Nina S. Key

Gary and Terri Kidney

Suzie Kleymeyer

Cecilia Kloecker

Barbara Kraemer and David Koehler

Owen and CiCi Lee

Catherine Lennon

Joseph Link

Jennifer Lockwood

Steve Long

Jacob Mahle

Katina Marathe

Bryant and Karma Martin

Doug and Joan McConnell

Kori and Charles McOsker

Patricia Miller

Ms. Mimi Moller

Murray Monroe

Peggy and Kevin Mosher

Karen Muldrow

Christine and Jason Mulvin

Dr. Thomas Murphy

Nancy Nolan

Ms. Courtney Norris, in honor of Stephen Jackson

Fred and Barbara Norton

Patricia and Robert Olexsey

Kyrié Owen

Mr. Caleb Payne

Robert Pepper

Gus and Jo Ann Perdikakis

Ronald Plybon

Mrs. Carol Points

Phil Price

Brian Reilly

Dr and Mrs Barry Robertson

Elizabeth Robson

Patty Rosely

Martha and John Sarra

Jonathan Sauer

Kate Brockmeier Schofield

The Shakespeare Society of Zanesville Ohio

The S Shepherd Family

Nancy McGaughey and Sally Skillman

Carol and Harry Sparks

Julia Stephen

Alicia Suguitan

Bryan Sweasy

Sarah Tankersley and Geoff Vickers

Greg Terhune

Suzanne Terwilliger

Jim and Sandy Uhrig

Rosalie van Nuis

Brent Vimtrup, in honor of Hugh Bacon

Buzz Ward

Fred and Jo Anne Warren

Chris Weber

Laura West

Jocelyn Wilson

Bill and Kathy Winters


Monthly Giving Circle

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company relies on the sustained commitment of a strong community of supporters to fuel our mission of bringing Shakespeare and the Classics to life for all. We send special thanks to our Monthly Giving Circle for their ongoing support of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company now and for seasons to come.


Curtis Brown

Jon and Katie Clark

Jillian Frasher

Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel

Noah Goertemiller

Emily Hodges

Stephen Jackson

Lance Melching

Kyrié Owen

Patricia Plonsker

Patty Rosely

Jennifer Sauvey

Susan Schapiro

Suzanne Schindler

Mary Ann Weiss


In-Kind Donors

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company sends special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their in-kind contributions.


American Legacy Tours

BellaVella Jewels

The BonBonnerie

The Children's Theater of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati Men's Chorus

Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati Public Radio

Cincinnati Zoo

Claire Rechnitzer

Dewey’s Pizza

Dr. Niamh O'Leary

eat well celebrations and feasts

Esquire Theatre

Friends of Music Hall

Gina Cerimele-Mechley

Graeter's

Jessica Ruebusch

KeyBank

King Arthur’s Court

King’s Island

Lightborne

Mark Denny Photography

Mercantile Library

Midwest Falconry

Paolo A Modern Jeweler

Red Tree Coffee and Art

REVEL Urban Winery

Rhinegeist Brewery

Western & Southern Financial Group


Legacy Society

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is grateful to the generous donors who have remembered CSC in their estates, or have expressed their commitment to a future planned gift. If you have considered including Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in your estate plans and want to learn more, please reach out to Sara Clark, Director of Development, at Sara.Clark@cincyshakes.com.


Cynthia Crilley

Estate of Henrietta Barlag

Estate of Dava Lynn Biehl

Estate of James R. Bridgeland, Jr.

Estate of Mrs. L.L. Browning

William Gordon and Nancy Johnson

The Gumbleton Family

Laura A. Hobson

Thomas P. Lee

Julie Metz


ArtsWave Partners

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company acknowledges the following partner companies, foundations and their employees who generously participate in the annual ArtsWave Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Thank you!


$2 million +

P&G

$1 million to $1,999,999

Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation

$500,000 to $999,999

GE Aerospace

Western & Southern Financial Group

$250,000 to $499,999

The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee

$100,000 – $249,999

altafiber

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

Cincinnati Reds

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation

The Enquirer│Cincinnati.com

First Financial Bank

Great American Insurance Group

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

The Kroger Co.

Messer Construction Co.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP