The Merry Wives of Windsor
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William Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor

Directed by Brant Russell+

Scenic Design: Gabby Trice
Costume Design: Rainy Edwards
Lighting Design: Andrew Hungerford¶
Sound Design: Jaime Lupercio
Projections Design: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Wig Design: Kayla Cieslinski
Choreographer: Montez Jenkins Copeland
Intimacy Director and Dialect Coach: Sarah Summerwell
Stage Manager: Danitza Piper*
Assistant Stage Manager: Tessa Killen*

Cast
Bardolph: Geoffrey Warren Barnes II*
Pistol: Beasley*
Anne Page: Eva Olivia Catanzariti
Ford: Billy Chace*
Rugby, Ensemble: Montez Jenkins Copeland*
Dr. Caius, Ensemble: Cary Davenport*
Sir Hugh Evans: Giles Davies*
George Page: Jeremy Dubin*
Hostess: Mierka Girten*
Sir John Falstaff: Matthew Lewis Johnson*
Mistress Quickly: Jennifer Joplin*
Shallow, Ensemble: Sylvester Little, Jr.*
Nym, Ensemble: Courtney Lucien*
Mistress Ford: Elizabeth Molloy
Mistress Page: Connan Morrissey*
Slender, Ensemble: Grant Niezgodski*
Robin: Soren Russell
Fenton: Jay Wade*
Simple, Ensemble: Colin Waters

Production Staff  
Costume Technician: Eni Buckhanan
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   
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones 
Charge Artist: Kailyn Knight 
Properties and Scenic Artisan: Traci Listo 
Resident Stage Manager: Danitza Piper 
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel  

Shakespeare Season Sponsor: 
The Linnemann Family Foundation

+Member of SDC

¶ Member of United Scenic Artists

*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.

^Artist Sponsored by Judge Mark Painter

Cast Biographies
Geoffrey Warren Barnes II
Bardolph

(he/him) 12th Season
Cincinnati: A Soldier’s Play, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); Hands on a Hardbody (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: As You Like It, Our Town, Sense and Sensibility, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet (American Shakespeare Center); The Comedy of Hamlet - a Prequel (The Reduced Shakespeare Company); The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Comedy of Errors, The Book of Will, The Tempest (Illinois Shakespeare Festival). Education: University of Texas at Austin (MFA), Webster University (BFA) and Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts.

Beasley
Pistol

(they/them) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: The Amen Corner, Hamlet (Park Tour), Much Ado About Nothing (Favorite CSC); Die Hard is a Christmas Movie (Know Theatre); Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Ensemble Theatre) Little Women (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Little Women (Portland Center Stage). Education: University of Oklahoma (BFA)

Eva Olivia Catanzariti
Anne Page

(any/all) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing (CSC Park Tour). Regional: The Tempest, The Book of Will, Comedy of Errors (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Betrayal, Death of a Salesman (Rec Room Arts); Lungs (Houston Classifieds); Dracula (Classical Theatre Company); Barefoot in the Park (North River Theatre); Urinetown, Shakespeare in Love, Learned Ladies, Big Love (University of Houston). Education: University of Houston (MFA) and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (apprentice). Website: evaolivia.wixsite.com/eva-olivia

Billy Chace
Ford

(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). Regional: We Will Rock You (Memorial Hall/3CDC), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (CSC/Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Other Place (Ensemble Theatre). Film: Ides Of March, Santa's Promise, The Pope Drops In. Education: George Mason University (BA).

Montez Jenkins Copeland
Rugby

(they/them) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Mrs. Dalloway, Play That Goes Wrong, Enemy Of The People, A Soldier’s Play, Othello, Emma (Favorite CSC); Kinky Boots, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls (The Carnegie); Light Chasers, Girlfriend the Musical, Moby Dick, Red Bike, A Case For The Existence of God (Know Theatre); It’s Fritz! (Ensemble Theatre). National Tour: Jingle All the Gay. Education: Alumnus of Walnut Hills High School and Northern Kentucky University.

Cary Davenport
Dr. Caius

(he/him) 14th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, Othello, A Soldier’s Play, Pericles, Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical, As You Like It, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, August: Osage County, The Living Dead, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) (Favorite CSC); Girlfriend, Ada and the Engine, Whisper House (Know Theatre); Wuthering: A Musical On the Moors, Quiet Coyotes (Cincy Fringe). Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Carnegie); The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Chicago). Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA).

Giles Davies
Sir Hugh Evans

21st Season
Cincinnati: Arcadia, Waiting for Godot, Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, Dracula, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, King Henry VI, Coriolanus, Macbeth, Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Lear, Pericles (Favorite CSC); Death & the Maiden (Diogenes Theatre); The Tempest (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Tour). Regional: The Winter's Tale (Notre Dame Shakespeare); A Midsummer Night's Dream (freeFall Theatre); Opus (Florida Repertory Theare); Romeo & Juliet (American Stage Theatre); The Nerd (St. Croix Festival Theatre); King Richard III (Studio @ 620); The Lion in Winter (Gorilla Theatre); Hamlet (Jobsite Theatre); L'histoire du Soldat (HCC Theatre). Education: Ball State University (Undergrad.), The Ohio State University (M.F.A.).

Jeremy Dubin
George Page

(he/him) 26th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, Tempest, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride & Prejudice, Noises Off, Cyrano de Bergerac, Much Ado About Nothing [Director] Every Christmas Story Ever Told [Director], Comedy of Errors [Director], Titus Andronicus [Director] (Favorite CSC); Fortune, Red Velvet (Ensemble Theatre); Neverwhere (Know Theatre). Regional: Dogberry & Verges Are Scared (Philadelphia Fringe/Slippery Trout); A Flea in Her Ear, Escape from Happiness (Milwaukee Rep); Two Households (Unseam’d Shakespeare). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare). TV/Film: The Alto Knights, Hauntology, Miles Ahead, Santa’s Promise. Website: DubinJD.com

Mierka Girten
Hostess

(she/her) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (CSC); Sweat (Ensemble Theatre); Rooted, Birthday Candles (Playhouse in the Park); Beehive x 2, Little Shop, Baby, Bar-B-Q, Master Class, BUSTOP, Six Women With Brain Death, How Johnny Learned to Fail, A Frosty Christmas (Human Race). Regional: The Walls, With or Without Wings (Steppenwolf Theatre); Honus and me, Sweat (The Goodman Theatre); Abigail’s Party, The Mutilated, The Treatment, Mud Blue Sky, Trevor, The Meek, Weapons of Mass Impact, Kimberly Akimbo (A Red Orchid Theatre); Edmund, Marat Sade,The Danube, Blood Wedding (The Hypocrites). New York: Mistakes Were Made (Barrow Street NYC). National Tour: Secret Garden.

Matthew Lewis Johnson
Sir John Falstaff

(any/all) 23rd Season
Cincinnati: Loves Labors Lost, Enemy of the People, Trouble in Mind, A Flea in Her Ear, Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hamlet, Henry IV 1&2, King Lear, The Seagull, Lil Willy’s Panto-Loons, One Man Two Gov’nors, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Cherry Orchard, Julius Caesar, A Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Importance of Being Earnest, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Amadeus, The Taming of the Shrew, Our Town, Antony and Cleopatra, All My Sons, Troilus and Cressida, An Ideal Husband (Favorite CSC).

Jennifer Joplin
Mistress Quickly

(she/her) 9th Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra (Favorite CSC); Murder on the Orient Express (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); The Man-Beast (Know Theatre); The Humans, Rapture Blister Burn (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati). Regional: Noises Off (Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); God of Carnage, Proof, Angels in America (The Human Race Theatre); Decision Height (Wright State - Director); Murder on the Orient Express (Indiana Rep); Billy (Chicago Theatre Co); Company (Festival Playhouse). Education: Wright State University (BFA).

Sylvester Little Jr.
Shallow

(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: Othello, A Soldier’s Play, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Tempest, Macbeth, Fences, All the Way, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet (Favorite CSC). Regional: Faust (Aimee Rose - Frankfurt, Germany), Death of a Salesman, Comedy of Errors (American Players Theatre), Superior Donut's (Birmingham Equity Theatre). Education: Alumnus of Purdue University (MFA), Berea College (BA).

Courtney Lucien
Nym

13th Season
Cincinnati: Pericles, Othello, Love's Labour's Lost, Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical, Twelfth Night, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet (Favorite CSC). Regional: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare), Dogberry & Verges are Scared (at Philadelphia Fringe), The Great Gatsby (Cardinal Stage Company); Annie Warbucks (Theatre at the Center). Education: Indiana University (BA) and Indian Hill HS. Website: CourtneyLucien.com

Elizabeth Chinn Molloy
Mistress Ford

(she/her) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Little Women, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); All One! The Dr. Bronner’s Play, In the Nighttime (Before the Sun Rises), Puffs, Mercury (Know Theatre); The 39 Steps (Falcon Theatre). Regional: Dogberry and Verges are Scared (Philly Fringe). Education: Smith College.

Connan Morrissey
Mistress Page

(she/her) Debut Season
Cincinnati: Network (CSC), Little Women (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); What the Constitution Means to Me, Pipeline, A Doll's House, Part 2 (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Hay Fever (Peterborough); Christmas Carol 1941 (Arena), The Winter’s Tale (Folger Theatre); Orson's Shadow, A Sleeping Country (Roundhouse); Anna Karenina, All The Way Home, The Odd Couple, Midwives, The Illusion (Clarence Brown); Proof (Playmakers Rep); Dancing at Lughnasa, The Pink Studio (Actors Theatre Louisville); My Three Angels (Alabama Shakes); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Christmas Carol, The Foreigner (Virginia Stage); Othello, Amadeus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vermont Stage). Film: The Mastermind Education: UNC-CH (MFA). Instagram: @connan.morrissey.actor

Grant Niezgodski
Slender

7th Season
Cincinnati: Richard III, Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, Pride and Prejudice, Othello, Love's Labor's Lost, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Favorite CSC). Regional: King Charles III (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); This, Becky Shaw (Windy City Playhouse); The Play That Goes Wrong (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Snow Fever (Phoenix Theatre); Macbeth (Notre Dame Shakespeare); Henry IV Part 1, The Winter's Tale (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre); As You Like It, Coriolanus (Indianapolis Shakespeare Company). Television: Chicago Fire (NBC/Universal). Education: Indiana University - Bloomington (BA)

Soren Russell
Robin

Debut Season
Cincinnati: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (CCM/Carnegie co-production). Soren Russell is a 7th grader at Wyoming Middle School. At WMS, he has performed in The Fearsome Pirate Frank and Newsies Jr. Soren is an avid baseball player and stock trader.

Jay Wade
Fenton

(he/him) 4th Season
Cincinnati: The Living Dead, und., Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, A Soldier’s Play (CSC); Pipeline, Sweat, Who All Over There? (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Merrimack Repertory Theatre/New Jersey Shakespeare). Education: Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance.

Colin Waters
Simple

(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (Park Tour), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Park Tour) (CSC); Beauty and the Beast, Hello Dolly (Cincinnati Landmark Productions), Bridge City (American Legacy Theatre). Regional: Of Mice and Men, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Addams Family, Bright Star, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Clue, Footloose, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Our Town, Shear Madness, A Christmas Carol, The Prom, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia, Charlotte's Web (Charleston Stage Company). Education: Western Kentucky University (BFA).

Brant Russell
Director

(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It (CSC); A Distinct Society (Human Race); Antigone (CCM). Playwriting and Adaptations: Rope (CCM); Children of the Cornmaze II (Playhouse in the Park); Bankers (Know Theatre); Well, Well, Well (La Jolla Playhouse DNA). Education: Kenyon College (BA); Northwestern University (MFA). CCM Acting Department Chair. Drama Editor of the Cincinnati Review. CCM Playwrights Workshop Artistic Director. Website: brantrussell.com 

Gabby Trice
Scenic Design

(she/her) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged), Emma (CSC); Everybody, Clue, La Finta Giardiniera, A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten Opera, The Lightning Thief (CCM). Regional: As You Like It (The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); The Little Mermaid, Escape to Margaritaville (The Legacy Theater, Atlanta GA); Legacy of Light, Mirandy and Brother Wind, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, The Rocket Men (Synchronicity Theater, Atlanta GA); Camelot, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy (Associate Design to Charlie Calvert, Human Race Theater). Education: Christopher Newport University (BA). CCM (MFA '26). Website: gabbyscenic.com

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.

Andrew Hungerford
Lighting Design

(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: 51 CSC Productions; Know Theatre (Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer for 17 years, Producing Artistic Director for 10 seasons); The Children's Theatre; Cincinnati Playhouse. New York: Hundred Days (New York Theatre Workshop); These 7 Sicknesses (The Flea). Selected Regional: Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; La Jolla Playhouse; Matheatre; Portland Stage; Boston Court Pasadena; Boise Contemporary Theatre; Chance Theatre; Oregon Contemporary Theatre; Rogue Machine; Son of Semele; The Voxel (2025 Resident Artist). Education: Michigan State University (BA Theatre, BS Astrophysics); University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MFA). Member of United Scenic Artists 829. andrewhungerford.com

Jaime Lupercio
Sound Design

(they/he) Debut Season
Regional: Go Dog Go! ¡Ve Perro Ve! (Children's Theatre Company), Dinner For One (the Jungle), Voces Latines (Teatro del Pueblo), Portrait of an Artist as a Young Gay Man (Illusion Theatre), Cabaret (Tantrum Theater). Education: MFA Design and Technology with an Emphasis in Sound Design and Composition, University Minnesota Twin Cities. Education: BFA Theatre Tech and Design with an Emphasis in Sound Design and Engineering, UT El Paso. Website: jlpsounds.com

Robert Carlton Stimmel
Projections Design

(he/him) 8th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Julius Caesar, Pericles, Emma, Mrs. Dalloway, Tempest, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Comedy of Errors, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSC); Where We Stand (Ensemble) To Kill a Mockingbird, Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park). Regional: A Room in the Castle (Folger Theatre) Gaslight, Frankenstein (Merrimack Rep); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Eavesdropping (Alliance Theatre); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare); Dogberry and Verges are Scared (Edinburgh Fringe). Education: Miami University (BA;Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Production Manager.

Kayla Cieslinski
Wig Design

(she/they) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, Fat Ham, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing (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)

Sarah Summerwell
Intimacy Director and Dialect Coach

(she/her) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Julius Caesar, The Rewards of Being Frank (CSC); D*#$less (Know Theatre); 15+ shows at CCM. Regional: Come From Away (IRT/Syracuse Stage). Education: MFA in Acting from Wayne State University.

Danitza Piper
Stage Manager

(she/her) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Emma, Othello, A Soldier’s Play, Love’s Labour’s Lost, An Enemy of the People (CSC); What the Constitution Means to Me (regional premiere), Fiona: The Musical (world premiere), How I Learned What I Learned (regional premiere), The Match Game (world premiere), Hands on a Hardbody, Where the Lost Children Play (world premiere) (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - APT 2B, A Frosty Night (world premiere), A Distinct Society (regional premiere) (Human Race Theatre Company); FLEX (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Volunteer Coordinator of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival since 2022. Education: University of Kentucky (BA). Website: danitzapiper.com Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Stage Manager.

Tessa Killen
Assistant Stage Manager

(she/her) 2nd Season 
Cincinnati: A Soldier’s Play, Love’s Labour’s Lost, An Enemy of the People, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (CSC); Carmen, Fiddler on the Roof (Cincinnati Opera); Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. Regional: Henry V; Winterdance: ‘Tis the Season; Something Rotten; Little Women (Western Kentucky University MainStage); The Magic Treehouse: A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens, JR. (BG OnStage). Education: Western Kentucky University (BFA).

Kayla Cieslinski
Wig Design

(she/they) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, Fat Ham, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing (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)

Synopsis
This comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff was first published in 1602, though believed to have been written sometime before 1597.  

A ladies' man
Sir John Falstaff, staying in Windsor and down on his luck, decides to restore his fortunes by seducing the wives of two wealthy citizens.

He sends Mistress Page and Mistress Ford identical love letters, but they discover his double dealing and set about turning the tables, arranging an assignation at Mistress Ford's house.

Jealousy
Frank Ford has heard of Falstaff's plan and decides to test his wife's fidelity. Pretending to be Master Broom, he pays Falstaff to seduce his wife on his behalf, twice almost catching them together.

The Pages' daughter Anne is pursued by three suitors. The French physician Doctor Caius is her mother's choice, whilst her father prefers Slender, Justice Shallow's kinsman. Anne herself is in love with Fenton.

Mistress Quickly is being paid by all three suitors to promote their cause.

A duel between Doctor Caius and Parson Evans is averted when the Host of the Garter Inn plays a trick on them, and they in turn pay him back.

In Windsor Great Park at night, Falstaff is set up for his final punishment - and one of Anne Page's suitors is successful.

Sourced from the Royal Shakespeare Company


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

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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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William Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor

Directed by Brant Russell+

Scenic Design: Gabby Trice
Costume Design: Rainy Edwards
Lighting Design: Andrew Hungerford¶
Sound Design: Jaime Lupercio
Projections Design: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Wig Design: Kayla Cieslinski
Choreographer: Montez Jenkins Copeland
Intimacy Director and Dialect Coach: Sarah Summerwell
Stage Manager: Danitza Piper*
Assistant Stage Manager: Tessa Killen*

Cast
Bardolph: Geoffrey Warren Barnes II*
Pistol: Beasley*
Anne Page: Eva Olivia Catanzariti
Ford: Billy Chace*
Rugby, Ensemble: Montez Jenkins Copeland*
Dr. Caius, Ensemble: Cary Davenport*
Sir Hugh Evans: Giles Davies*
George Page: Jeremy Dubin*
Hostess: Mierka Girten*
Sir John Falstaff: Matthew Lewis Johnson*
Mistress Quickly: Jennifer Joplin*
Shallow, Ensemble: Sylvester Little, Jr.*
Nym, Ensemble: Courtney Lucien*
Mistress Ford: Elizabeth Molloy
Mistress Page: Connan Morrissey*
Slender, Ensemble: Grant Niezgodski*
Robin: Soren Russell
Fenton: Jay Wade*
Simple, Ensemble: Colin Waters

Production Staff  
Costume Technician: Eni Buckhanan
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   
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones 
Charge Artist: Kailyn Knight 
Properties and Scenic Artisan: Traci Listo 
Resident Stage Manager: Danitza Piper 
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel  

Shakespeare Season Sponsor: 
The Linnemann Family Foundation

+Member of SDC

¶ Member of United Scenic Artists

*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.

^Artist Sponsored by Judge Mark Painter

Cast Biographies
Geoffrey Warren Barnes II
Bardolph

(he/him) 12th Season
Cincinnati: A Soldier’s Play, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); Hands on a Hardbody (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: As You Like It, Our Town, Sense and Sensibility, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet (American Shakespeare Center); The Comedy of Hamlet - a Prequel (The Reduced Shakespeare Company); The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Comedy of Errors, The Book of Will, The Tempest (Illinois Shakespeare Festival). Education: University of Texas at Austin (MFA), Webster University (BFA) and Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts.

Beasley
Pistol

(they/them) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: The Amen Corner, Hamlet (Park Tour), Much Ado About Nothing (Favorite CSC); Die Hard is a Christmas Movie (Know Theatre); Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Ensemble Theatre) Little Women (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Little Women (Portland Center Stage). Education: University of Oklahoma (BFA)

Eva Olivia Catanzariti
Anne Page

(any/all) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing (CSC Park Tour). Regional: The Tempest, The Book of Will, Comedy of Errors (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Betrayal, Death of a Salesman (Rec Room Arts); Lungs (Houston Classifieds); Dracula (Classical Theatre Company); Barefoot in the Park (North River Theatre); Urinetown, Shakespeare in Love, Learned Ladies, Big Love (University of Houston). Education: University of Houston (MFA) and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (apprentice). Website: evaolivia.wixsite.com/eva-olivia

Billy Chace
Ford

(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). Regional: We Will Rock You (Memorial Hall/3CDC), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (CSC/Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Other Place (Ensemble Theatre). Film: Ides Of March, Santa's Promise, The Pope Drops In. Education: George Mason University (BA).

Montez Jenkins Copeland
Rugby

(they/them) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Mrs. Dalloway, Play That Goes Wrong, Enemy Of The People, A Soldier’s Play, Othello, Emma (Favorite CSC); Kinky Boots, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls (The Carnegie); Light Chasers, Girlfriend the Musical, Moby Dick, Red Bike, A Case For The Existence of God (Know Theatre); It’s Fritz! (Ensemble Theatre). National Tour: Jingle All the Gay. Education: Alumnus of Walnut Hills High School and Northern Kentucky University.

Cary Davenport
Dr. Caius

(he/him) 14th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, Othello, A Soldier’s Play, Pericles, Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical, As You Like It, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, August: Osage County, The Living Dead, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) (Favorite CSC); Girlfriend, Ada and the Engine, Whisper House (Know Theatre); Wuthering: A Musical On the Moors, Quiet Coyotes (Cincy Fringe). Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Carnegie); The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Chicago). Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA).

Giles Davies
Sir Hugh Evans

21st Season
Cincinnati: Arcadia, Waiting for Godot, Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, Dracula, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, King Henry VI, Coriolanus, Macbeth, Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Lear, Pericles (Favorite CSC); Death & the Maiden (Diogenes Theatre); The Tempest (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Tour). Regional: The Winter's Tale (Notre Dame Shakespeare); A Midsummer Night's Dream (freeFall Theatre); Opus (Florida Repertory Theare); Romeo & Juliet (American Stage Theatre); The Nerd (St. Croix Festival Theatre); King Richard III (Studio @ 620); The Lion in Winter (Gorilla Theatre); Hamlet (Jobsite Theatre); L'histoire du Soldat (HCC Theatre). Education: Ball State University (Undergrad.), The Ohio State University (M.F.A.).

Jeremy Dubin
George Page

(he/him) 26th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, Tempest, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride & Prejudice, Noises Off, Cyrano de Bergerac, Much Ado About Nothing [Director] Every Christmas Story Ever Told [Director], Comedy of Errors [Director], Titus Andronicus [Director] (Favorite CSC); Fortune, Red Velvet (Ensemble Theatre); Neverwhere (Know Theatre). Regional: Dogberry & Verges Are Scared (Philadelphia Fringe/Slippery Trout); A Flea in Her Ear, Escape from Happiness (Milwaukee Rep); Two Households (Unseam’d Shakespeare). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare). TV/Film: The Alto Knights, Hauntology, Miles Ahead, Santa’s Promise. Website: DubinJD.com

Mierka Girten
Hostess

(she/her) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (CSC); Sweat (Ensemble Theatre); Rooted, Birthday Candles (Playhouse in the Park); Beehive x 2, Little Shop, Baby, Bar-B-Q, Master Class, BUSTOP, Six Women With Brain Death, How Johnny Learned to Fail, A Frosty Christmas (Human Race). Regional: The Walls, With or Without Wings (Steppenwolf Theatre); Honus and me, Sweat (The Goodman Theatre); Abigail’s Party, The Mutilated, The Treatment, Mud Blue Sky, Trevor, The Meek, Weapons of Mass Impact, Kimberly Akimbo (A Red Orchid Theatre); Edmund, Marat Sade,The Danube, Blood Wedding (The Hypocrites). New York: Mistakes Were Made (Barrow Street NYC). National Tour: Secret Garden.

Matthew Lewis Johnson
Sir John Falstaff

(any/all) 23rd Season
Cincinnati: Loves Labors Lost, Enemy of the People, Trouble in Mind, A Flea in Her Ear, Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hamlet, Henry IV 1&2, King Lear, The Seagull, Lil Willy’s Panto-Loons, One Man Two Gov’nors, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Cherry Orchard, Julius Caesar, A Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Importance of Being Earnest, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Amadeus, The Taming of the Shrew, Our Town, Antony and Cleopatra, All My Sons, Troilus and Cressida, An Ideal Husband (Favorite CSC).

Jennifer Joplin
Mistress Quickly

(she/her) 9th Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra (Favorite CSC); Murder on the Orient Express (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); The Man-Beast (Know Theatre); The Humans, Rapture Blister Burn (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati). Regional: Noises Off (Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); God of Carnage, Proof, Angels in America (The Human Race Theatre); Decision Height (Wright State - Director); Murder on the Orient Express (Indiana Rep); Billy (Chicago Theatre Co); Company (Festival Playhouse). Education: Wright State University (BFA).

Sylvester Little Jr.
Shallow

(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: Othello, A Soldier’s Play, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Tempest, Macbeth, Fences, All the Way, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet (Favorite CSC). Regional: Faust (Aimee Rose - Frankfurt, Germany), Death of a Salesman, Comedy of Errors (American Players Theatre), Superior Donut's (Birmingham Equity Theatre). Education: Alumnus of Purdue University (MFA), Berea College (BA).

Courtney Lucien
Nym

13th Season
Cincinnati: Pericles, Othello, Love's Labour's Lost, Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical, Twelfth Night, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet (Favorite CSC). Regional: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare), Dogberry & Verges are Scared (at Philadelphia Fringe), The Great Gatsby (Cardinal Stage Company); Annie Warbucks (Theatre at the Center). Education: Indiana University (BA) and Indian Hill HS. Website: CourtneyLucien.com

Elizabeth Chinn Molloy
Mistress Ford

(she/her) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Little Women, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); All One! The Dr. Bronner’s Play, In the Nighttime (Before the Sun Rises), Puffs, Mercury (Know Theatre); The 39 Steps (Falcon Theatre). Regional: Dogberry and Verges are Scared (Philly Fringe). Education: Smith College.

Connan Morrissey
Mistress Page

(she/her) Debut Season
Cincinnati: Network (CSC), Little Women (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); What the Constitution Means to Me, Pipeline, A Doll's House, Part 2 (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Hay Fever (Peterborough); Christmas Carol 1941 (Arena), The Winter’s Tale (Folger Theatre); Orson's Shadow, A Sleeping Country (Roundhouse); Anna Karenina, All The Way Home, The Odd Couple, Midwives, The Illusion (Clarence Brown); Proof (Playmakers Rep); Dancing at Lughnasa, The Pink Studio (Actors Theatre Louisville); My Three Angels (Alabama Shakes); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Christmas Carol, The Foreigner (Virginia Stage); Othello, Amadeus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vermont Stage). Film: The Mastermind Education: UNC-CH (MFA). Instagram: @connan.morrissey.actor

Grant Niezgodski
Slender

7th Season
Cincinnati: Richard III, Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, Pride and Prejudice, Othello, Love's Labor's Lost, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Favorite CSC). Regional: King Charles III (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); This, Becky Shaw (Windy City Playhouse); The Play That Goes Wrong (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Snow Fever (Phoenix Theatre); Macbeth (Notre Dame Shakespeare); Henry IV Part 1, The Winter's Tale (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre); As You Like It, Coriolanus (Indianapolis Shakespeare Company). Television: Chicago Fire (NBC/Universal). Education: Indiana University - Bloomington (BA)

Soren Russell
Robin

Debut Season
Cincinnati: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (CCM/Carnegie co-production). Soren Russell is a 7th grader at Wyoming Middle School. At WMS, he has performed in The Fearsome Pirate Frank and Newsies Jr. Soren is an avid baseball player and stock trader.

Jay Wade
Fenton

(he/him) 4th Season
Cincinnati: The Living Dead, und., Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, A Soldier’s Play (CSC); Pipeline, Sweat, Who All Over There? (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Merrimack Repertory Theatre/New Jersey Shakespeare). Education: Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance.

Colin Waters
Simple

(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (Park Tour), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Park Tour) (CSC); Beauty and the Beast, Hello Dolly (Cincinnati Landmark Productions), Bridge City (American Legacy Theatre). Regional: Of Mice and Men, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Addams Family, Bright Star, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Clue, Footloose, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Our Town, Shear Madness, A Christmas Carol, The Prom, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia, Charlotte's Web (Charleston Stage Company). Education: Western Kentucky University (BFA).

Brant Russell
Director

(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It (CSC); A Distinct Society (Human Race); Antigone (CCM). Playwriting and Adaptations: Rope (CCM); Children of the Cornmaze II (Playhouse in the Park); Bankers (Know Theatre); Well, Well, Well (La Jolla Playhouse DNA). Education: Kenyon College (BA); Northwestern University (MFA). CCM Acting Department Chair. Drama Editor of the Cincinnati Review. CCM Playwrights Workshop Artistic Director. Website: brantrussell.com 

Gabby Trice
Scenic Design

(she/her) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged), Emma (CSC); Everybody, Clue, La Finta Giardiniera, A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten Opera, The Lightning Thief (CCM). Regional: As You Like It (The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); The Little Mermaid, Escape to Margaritaville (The Legacy Theater, Atlanta GA); Legacy of Light, Mirandy and Brother Wind, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, The Rocket Men (Synchronicity Theater, Atlanta GA); Camelot, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy (Associate Design to Charlie Calvert, Human Race Theater). Education: Christopher Newport University (BA). CCM (MFA '26). Website: gabbyscenic.com

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.

Andrew Hungerford
Lighting Design

(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: 51 CSC Productions; Know Theatre (Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer for 17 years, Producing Artistic Director for 10 seasons); The Children's Theatre; Cincinnati Playhouse. New York: Hundred Days (New York Theatre Workshop); These 7 Sicknesses (The Flea). Selected Regional: Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; La Jolla Playhouse; Matheatre; Portland Stage; Boston Court Pasadena; Boise Contemporary Theatre; Chance Theatre; Oregon Contemporary Theatre; Rogue Machine; Son of Semele; The Voxel (2025 Resident Artist). Education: Michigan State University (BA Theatre, BS Astrophysics); University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MFA). Member of United Scenic Artists 829. andrewhungerford.com

Jaime Lupercio
Sound Design

(they/he) Debut Season
Regional: Go Dog Go! ¡Ve Perro Ve! (Children's Theatre Company), Dinner For One (the Jungle), Voces Latines (Teatro del Pueblo), Portrait of an Artist as a Young Gay Man (Illusion Theatre), Cabaret (Tantrum Theater). Education: MFA Design and Technology with an Emphasis in Sound Design and Composition, University Minnesota Twin Cities. Education: BFA Theatre Tech and Design with an Emphasis in Sound Design and Engineering, UT El Paso. Website: jlpsounds.com

Robert Carlton Stimmel
Projections Design

(he/him) 8th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Julius Caesar, Pericles, Emma, Mrs. Dalloway, Tempest, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Comedy of Errors, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSC); Where We Stand (Ensemble) To Kill a Mockingbird, Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park). Regional: A Room in the Castle (Folger Theatre) Gaslight, Frankenstein (Merrimack Rep); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Eavesdropping (Alliance Theatre); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare); Dogberry and Verges are Scared (Edinburgh Fringe). Education: Miami University (BA;Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Production Manager.

Kayla Cieslinski
Wig Design

(she/they) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, Fat Ham, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing (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)

Sarah Summerwell
Intimacy Director and Dialect Coach

(she/her) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Julius Caesar, The Rewards of Being Frank (CSC); D*#$less (Know Theatre); 15+ shows at CCM. Regional: Come From Away (IRT/Syracuse Stage). Education: MFA in Acting from Wayne State University.

Danitza Piper
Stage Manager

(she/her) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Emma, Othello, A Soldier’s Play, Love’s Labour’s Lost, An Enemy of the People (CSC); What the Constitution Means to Me (regional premiere), Fiona: The Musical (world premiere), How I Learned What I Learned (regional premiere), The Match Game (world premiere), Hands on a Hardbody, Where the Lost Children Play (world premiere) (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - APT 2B, A Frosty Night (world premiere), A Distinct Society (regional premiere) (Human Race Theatre Company); FLEX (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Volunteer Coordinator of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival since 2022. Education: University of Kentucky (BA). Website: danitzapiper.com Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Stage Manager.

Tessa Killen
Assistant Stage Manager

(she/her) 2nd Season 
Cincinnati: A Soldier’s Play, Love’s Labour’s Lost, An Enemy of the People, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (CSC); Carmen, Fiddler on the Roof (Cincinnati Opera); Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. Regional: Henry V; Winterdance: ‘Tis the Season; Something Rotten; Little Women (Western Kentucky University MainStage); The Magic Treehouse: A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens, JR. (BG OnStage). Education: Western Kentucky University (BFA).

Kayla Cieslinski
Wig Design

(she/they) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Network, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, Fat Ham, Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing (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)

Synopsis
This comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff was first published in 1602, though believed to have been written sometime before 1597.  

A ladies' man
Sir John Falstaff, staying in Windsor and down on his luck, decides to restore his fortunes by seducing the wives of two wealthy citizens.

He sends Mistress Page and Mistress Ford identical love letters, but they discover his double dealing and set about turning the tables, arranging an assignation at Mistress Ford's house.

Jealousy
Frank Ford has heard of Falstaff's plan and decides to test his wife's fidelity. Pretending to be Master Broom, he pays Falstaff to seduce his wife on his behalf, twice almost catching them together.

The Pages' daughter Anne is pursued by three suitors. The French physician Doctor Caius is her mother's choice, whilst her father prefers Slender, Justice Shallow's kinsman. Anne herself is in love with Fenton.

Mistress Quickly is being paid by all three suitors to promote their cause.

A duel between Doctor Caius and Parson Evans is averted when the Host of the Garter Inn plays a trick on them, and they in turn pay him back.

In Windsor Great Park at night, Falstaff is set up for his final punishment - and one of Anne Page's suitors is successful.

Sourced from the Royal Shakespeare Company


“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

Rosalie van Nuis

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

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