Michael Doherty has appeared in nearly 90 regional theatre productions across America. Off-B’way/Regional: 59E59, Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Rep (Theater Bay Area & Bay Area Critics’ Circle Awards), Milwaukee Rep, Denver Center, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Connecticut Rep (Connecticut Critics' Circle nomination), Theatre Horizon (Barrymore Award). TV: Wu Tang: An American Saga (Hulu), Take My Muffin (Toonbox Studios), Los Jarochos (Best Writing, iTV Fest). Podcast: co-creator of Mythic Thunderlute: A D&D Podcast Musical (Broadway Podcast Network). Plays: co-writer of Dogberry & Verges Are Scared (Philly Fringe, Cincinnati Shakes, Edinburgh Fringe). Love to Alex and the cats. IG: @thedohberman http://www.mikedoh.com 

Austin Tichenor is co-artistic director of the Reduced Shakespeare Company and thrilled to return to the Fringe for this ninth time, after performing here with RSC in The Complete History of America (abridged) (Assembly Rooms, 1993); The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) (Assembly Rooms, 1996); The Complete Millennium Musical (abridged) (Assembly Rooms, 1999); All the Great Books (abridged) (Pleasance, 2003); Complete Hollywood (abridged) (Pleasance, 2005); The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) (Pleasance, 2014), and William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) (Pleasance, 2016; Gilded Balloon, 2017). This is also his fifth season with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, which produced his plays All the Great Books and Complete History of America (both abridged), and where he directed Twelfth Night in 2018 and acted in the 2024 world premiere of Kindred Spirits. UK credits include The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and The Complete World of Sports (abridged) at the Arts Theatre, The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) at the Gielgud, and America (abridged) and Bible (abridged) at the Criterion for almost ten years. Off-Broadway credits include America (abridged) at Lincoln Center, and Sports (abridged) and Long Lost Shakes (abridged) at the New Victory. Regional credits include five seasons of A Christmas Carol (three as Scrooge) at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, plus multiple long runs at the Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Film/TV credits include Balto, 24, Ally McBeal, E.R., Felicity, NYPD Blue, Gilmore Girls, Chicago Med, X-Files, Alias, The West Wing, and Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). His recent plays Puritans and Fool: The Hilarious True Story of King Lear have received productions in Wisconsin, Colorado, and Nova Scotia, and since 2006 he’s produced and hosted the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast, the longest-running uninterrupted weekly theatre podcast in the world.

Sami Ma is a queer, first-gen kid enjoying the messy terrain between her Chinese culture and their American upbringing. Select credits: Once Upon A (Korean) Time (Ma-Yi Theatre); Christmas Carol (Indiana Rep); Soft Magic Tofu Boys (Eugene O’Neill NMTC); Hello Kitty Must Die (Edinburgh Fringe); RENT (Paper Mill Playhouse); The Chinese Lady (Cincinnati Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival); Nativity Variations (Milwaukee Rep); The Great Leap (Portland Center Stage); and 4,000 Miles (Gloucester Stage Company). Thank you to everyone involved, their family, and Lohne/Graham Management. For their guardian angel, Jason K Ma. @samanthemum

Jeremy Dubin is based in Cincinnati, OH where, for a couple of decades, he has been an ensemble member, director, and teaching artist with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Also in Cincy, he has worked with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and Know Theatre, and is an adjunct professor with Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. His national and international credits include work with New York Classical and Prague Shakespeare Company. Jeremy is incredibly excited to be making his Philadelphia debut with this amazing new script, and to be working with actual living playwrights for a change. For more information, please visit DubinJD.com

Elizabeth Chinn Molloy is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Dogberry and Verges are Scared! She has appeared in numerous productions with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company including Macbeth (Witch), Julius Caesar (Calpurnia/Soothsayer), Twelfth Night (Viola), and Little Women (Jo). Elizabeth has also worked with numerous theatres throughout the Greater Cincinnati area including the Know Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Concert: Nova, MadCap Puppets, New Edgecliff Theatre, and Falcon Theatre. She is a Cincinnati native and a proud graduate of Smith College. As always, she would like to thank her friends and family for their continuous support and encouragement, as well as Will and Mike for creating this silly, joyful, sweet play!

Courtney Lucien is a resident ensemble member with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, performing in over 30 shows over 12 seasons. Recent CSC: Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical (Rezia), Much Ado About Nothing (Verges, Balthasar), Julius Caesar (Portia), As You Like It (Rosalind), Pride & Prejudice by Kate Hamill (Lizzy). International: Twelfth Night (Viola), CSC & Prague Shakespeare. Regional: The Great Gatsby (Daisy), Cardinal Stage Company; Annie Warbucks (Miss Clark, U/S Grace), Theatre at the Center. BA in Theatre & Drama from Indiana University. Courtney thanks her family for their endless support, and sends much love and gratitude to her partner, Grant. CourtneyLucien.com

Matthew Decker is the co-founder of Theatre Horizon with Erin Reilly where his directing credits include The Few, A New Brain, Lobby Hero, Into the Woods, Circle Mirror Transformation, and Spring Awakening. For eight seasons he served as the Associate Artistic Director of the Arden Theatre Company where he credits include Cabaret, Annie Baker’s John, Gale Childs Daly’s adaptation of Great Expectations, Incorruptible, The Stinky Cheese Man, and Greg Banks’ adaptation of The Jungle Book (world premiere). Other credits include the world premiere of the musical Minors at Lantern Theater Company, Rounding Third at Cardinal Stage, She Loves Me at Villanova University, Sondheim’s Company at 11th Hour, and American Idiot at the University of the Arts. He is currently co-writing the Broadway adaptation of Damien Chazelle’s film La La Land with Ayad Akhtar and the world premiere of Wishing to Grow Up Brightly with Amanda Morton. Matthew is a three-time Barrymore Award winner for directing and a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Michael Doherty & Will Mobley have been fighting over whose name goes first for the last three years. This is their first play together (and quite possibly their last). They have received various nominations in the areas of: Loudest Laugh (Mike), Most Pedantic (Will, actually), Most Use of Semicolon; Mike; and Worse Grammar (Will). Be sure to check out their next show, which will be one of the 17 ideas they’ve come up with while putting off work for this production. They are currently in the back of the theater and extremely stressed out, so please laugh.

Rainy Edwards is the Resident Costume Designer and Associate Production Manager at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; this will be her 7th season with the company. Originally from Texas, she received her MFA from Florida State University. Some of her credits include: The Tempest (CSC) Twelfth Night (CSC) Frankenstein (CSC & Merrimack Repertory Theare) The Importance of Being Earnest (CSC) Lizard Boy: The Musical (Know Theatre). Her work has been seen at Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, and Lexington’s Children’s Theatre.

Mike Inwood is an Emmy Award-winning artist working across many different genres of lighting design. With Matt Decker, Mike designed Into the Woods and Peter and the Starcatcher at Theatre Horizon. Elsewhere in Philadelphia, Mike's work has been seen at The Arden, PTC, People's Light, The Lantern, 1812 Productions, and Opera Philadelphia. Mike is also an affiliated artist with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, most recently designing the lighting for their Late Night Snacks festival. In New York, Mike’s designs have been seen at Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, Signature Theatre, Second Stage and BAM. www.mikeinwood.com

Brian Isaac Phillips proudly serves as the Producing Artistic Director & CEO of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Cincinnati, OH. Brian has had the pleasure of leading CSC for almost 25 years. During his tenure, Mr. Phillips has guided the organization to artistic and financial success, including the opening of The Otto M. Budig Theater, a $17.5MM world-class facility in Cincinnati’s historic OTR neighborhood, as well as the completion of Shakespeare's 38 play canon, making Cincinnati Shakespeare Company one of the first five theatres in the United States to accomplish this milestone.

Samantha Reno has worked in Cincinnati, including 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); Fierce (Cincinnati Opera); Our Story: Bold Moves Festival (Cincinnati Ballet); Noises Off! (Northern Kentucky University). Regional: The Newlywed Game (B Street Theatre, Sacramento); Gaslight (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA); Peter and the Starcatcher (University of California, Davis). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA). Website: samanthareno.com.

Robert Carlton Stimmel Cincinnati: Macbeth, Twelfth Night, 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 (Cincy Shakes); To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Antigone, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rapunzel (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park) A Room in The Castle (Folger Theatre) Frankenstein, Gaslight, Elephant and Piggie, Little Red Riding Hood (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe Festival) International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company) Education: Miami University (BA :Theatre)

Cole Cammack-Sweasy is the Resident Stage Manager and Company Manager at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. After spending their first few years out of college stage managing various events in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, Cole found their home at CSC and has been on the stage management team of over 25 mainstage productions. Cole holds three bachelor’s degrees from Western Kentucky University in Communication Studies, Theatre, and English. Cole is thrilled to work their first Edinburgh Fringe with the wonderful Dogberry and Verges are Scared team.