Artistic Collective




Jesse Aaronson 

Jesse Aaronson is a Chicago based actor and writer. He is recent graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a BFA in Theater Performance. Upcoming credits: A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane Theater), YEN (Raven Theater). At Michigan he appeared in Angels in America, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Imaginary Invalid, and as a director on other various projects. Jesse is represented by Stewart Talent.

 

Elyakeem Avraham

Elyakeem Avraham is an actor and arts administrator and specializes in entertainment diversity and non-profit management. Regional: Downstate (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Black Nativity (Dominion Entertainment Group); Colossal, Staged Reading (Alliance Theatre); Angels in America, Insurrection, Blood at the Root, Imaginary Invalid (U of Michigan). Film: Scott for Now. TV: Meet Mister Mom (NBC), Sunday’s Best (BET). Administration: Broadway Dreams (Company Manager), Black Boys Dance Too (Associate Director), Gate Theater of Thailand (Producing Apprentice), Chamomile Tea Podcast (Head of Promotions). He holds a BFA from the University of Michigan in Performance: Acting. 

 

Janet Ulrich Brooks

Janet is a Chicago based actor and teaching artist. Theatre credits include Goodman Theatre: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Jeff Award nomination, Sonia), 2666, The Seagull, A True History of the Johnstown Flood and Teddy Ferrara. She is a Company Member of TimeLine Theatre, where credits include The Audience, Bakersfield Mist, The Apple Family Plays, The How And The Why, and Jeff-nominated performances in 33 Variations, A Walk in the Woods, All My Sons, When She Danced, Not Enough Air and Weekend. Other credits: Plantation! (Lookingglass Theatre); Women Laughing Alone With Salad (Woolly Mammoth Theatre in DC, Helen Hayes nomination Actress in Principal Role); To Master The Art (Broadway Playhouse); Crazy For You (Drury Lane Theatre); South of Settling (Steppenwolf); Native Gardens and Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens); By The Water (Northlight Theatre); Golda’s Balcony (Jeff Award – Pegasus Players). Television credits include: Sense8, Proven Innocent (Pilot), Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, Boss, and The Playboy Club. Film Credits include: Divergent, Conviction, Polish Bar, One Small Hitch, Fools, Mothers of Monsters, The Middle Distance, Market Value and shorts For a Good Time and Bath Salt. As a teaching artist, Janet has worked with TimeLine Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance, Child’s Play Touring Theatre, Writers’ Theatre and Vagabond School of the Arts. . Before moving to Chicago, her early years were spent entertaining in Branson, MO and acting in the Kansas City, MO area. Janet was the first recipient of the Ed See Outstanding Theatre Alumnus Award from the University of Central Missouri and holds an MFA from Western Illinois University. She is a proud union member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA and is represented by Gray Talent Group.

Daniel Cantor

Daniel Cantor is an actor, director, educator who has worked in theaters across the country, on television, in independent films, and on the faculty of numerous nationally ranked theater programs. He has appeared in guest spots on shows such as Law and Order, Conviction, Law and Order: CI, Law and Order: SVU, Chicago PD, Empire, and The Sopranos, as well as in the films The Auteur Theory, Alchemy, Justice, House of Satisfaction, and Alternative Universe: A Rescue Mission. He has appeared in multiple Off-Broadway productions, including Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, Tuesdays With Morrie, Strictly Personal, and as Picasso in the national production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile. He also has extensive Chicago credits, including work at Goodman Theater, Court Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theater, Victory Gardens Theater, Silk Road Rising Theater, Next Theater, and the American Theater Company. Daniel has also worked extensively in regional theater including performances at the American Conservatory Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Rep, Cleveland PlayHouse, among many others. Daniel’s past UV Theater Project credits include playing Vanya in Uncle Vanya, and directing The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard. Daniel currently serves as Head of the BFA Performance program at the University of Michigan Department of Theater and Drama.

 

Daniel Chenard

Daniel Chenard is an actor and writer based in Chicago. He seized at the chance to work with the company as an assistant on its first production, Uncle Vanya, and since then has been lucky enough to portray Konstantin in The Seagull and Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard. Other Chicago credits include Wasteland Hero (Reutan Theatre Collective), The Princess and the Rabid Bat (Rabid Bat Theatricals), Romeo and Juliet (Citadel Theater), They! (Trap Door Theatre), and The Epic of Gilgamesh (The Plagiarists). He is a proud graduate of Northwestern University.

Caitlin Cisco

Caitlin Cisco graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Acting in 2015. Off-Broadway/NY –– The Hundred We Are. Loving and Loving (Maya). Songs About Trains (New Ohio Theatre/Rough Draft Festival). Words on the Street (Ira). Regional –– Baltimore Center Stage: The White Snake (Canopus/Madame Lin). Capital Rep: 4000 Miles (Amanda); UV Theater: The Seagull (Masha), Three Sisters (Irina). caitlincisco.com

Avery DiUbaldo

Avery DiUbaldo is an actor, writer, and BFA graduate of the University of Michigan. His work has appeared in Poets & Writers, American Theatre Magazine, and The New York Times, and he currently works as Associate Creative Director and Writer for Snowday, the Brooklyn-based creative agency and video production company. There, he has written and produced original short films and branded content for such clients as the University of Michigan, Carnegie Hall, and Google.

Cindy Gold

Cindy Gold is an actress and teacher in the Chicago area.  She recently appeared with Chicago Shakespeare in the all female Taming of the Shrew, directed by Barbara Gaines. She played Gertrude Stein in Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty’s Loving Repeating for which she won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress in a musical. Chicago area performances also include In the Garden at Lookingglass Theatre directed by Jessica Thebus, About Face Theatre’s A Kid Like Jake, directed by Keirra Fromm, My Fair Lady at Lyric Opera directed by Robert Carsen, Measure for Measure at The Goodman, directed by Robert Falls, and Awake and Sing at Northlight, directed by Amy Morton. Cindy performed in Showboat at The Lyric Opera, Chicago and Washington, D.C. National Opera at the Kennedy Center, directed by Francesca Zambello. Other Chicago credits include: Love, Loss and What I  Wore at Broadway in Chicago, Pride and Prejudice and Jekyll and Hyde at Northlight Theatre, and Moises Kaufman’s 33 Variations workshop/About Face and Tectonic Theatre. Cindy appeared in The Music Man at Glimmerglass Opera Company, both in New York and at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman. She was recently seen in the television dramas Empire,Chicago Fire, and the pilot episode of TNT’s Leverage.  Cindy will be seen in Fall, 2018, at Victory Gardens in Indecent, directed by Gary Griffin.  She is a Professor of Acting at Northwestern University Department of Theatre.

Cheryl Hamada

Cheryl most recently appeared onstage in last season’s production of AMERICAN HWANGAP for A-Squared/Halcyon and before that, CHIMERICA at Timeline. Other stage work includes roles in WASHER/DRYER for Rasaka, GOLDEN CHILD and YOHEN at Silk Road Rising, RACE at Lookingglass, 6 seasons with A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman, Claudia Allen’s THE GAYS OF OUR LIVES for Zebra Crossing, WILD INDIAN at Victory Gardens, BLOOD WEDDING for Pegasus Players, E/R EMERGENCY ROOM for Organic Theatre, and TALKING WITH…., and INNOCENT THOUGHTS, HARMLESS INTENTIONS at Next Theatre for which she received a Jeff citation.

Her film and TV work include 4 seasons hosting the HGTV series EXTREME HOMES, 1 season hosting WTTW’s YOUR CHICAGO KITCHEN, roles in the films: ABOUT SCHMIDT, THE DILEMMA, NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS, ABOVE THE LAW, CHAIN REACTION, and LOSING ISAIAH, and roles on TV series: BOSS, BETRAYAL, MIND GAMES, EARLY EDITION, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, the pilot for DOUBT, and CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO HOPE, THE CHICAGO CODE and CHICAGO STORY. Viewers of public television may also recognize Cheryl from her work with the WTTW and national PBS pledge drives.

Torrey Hanson

Alley Theater Picasso The Lapin Agile (Gaston); Goodman Theater Blind Date (Caspar Weinberger); House Theater Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer); A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) Dury Lane; Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Pericles, Julius Caesar, Elizabeth Rex, Madness of King George; Profiles Theater,Cock; Piven Theater, Language Archive; Silk Road Rising Theater, Paulus; Provision Theater, Spoon River Anthology; Northwestern University Guest Artist, Never The Sinner. His regional and international credits include: Milwaukee Repertory Theater (Resident Company Member 17 seasons), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (5 seasons), Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle Intiman Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Empty Space Theater,Cleveland Play House, Indiana Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware, Madison Repertory Theater, Subaru Theater Company, Tokyo. His television credits include The Detroiters (Comedy Central) Exorcist, Empire, Crisis (Fox) Chicago Fire, Cheers, Wings (NBC).

 

Richard Henzel

Richard Henzel is delighted to be a part of UV Theatre and their upcoming “Three Sisters” at Ragdale. He returns to Ragdale this June for his second retreat there–last August he played Firs the butler in “The Cherry Orchard.” Based in the Chicago area since 1976, Richard’s credits here include world premieres of: “The Magic Victrola,” Chicago Lyric Opera; “Feiffer’s America,” North Light; “Return of the Hip Messiah,” Second City Skybox; ”Grover’s Corners” (singing and dancing with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, Marriott’s Lincolnshire; “The Wright Thing” (as Frank Lloyd Wright), Unity Temple; and “A Visit With Mark Twain” and “Dandelion Wine,” both at Steppenwolf. Other Chicago plays include “Of Mice And Men” at Steppenwolf, “Prelude to a Kiss” (opposite Barbara Harris) at The Wellington, “Other Peoples’ Money” at The Royal George; ”1984″ at Lookingglass; “Rap Master Ronnie” (as Reagan) at the Theatre Building; “Huck Finn” at The Goodman; “1776,” “A Funny Thing…Forum,” “Pajama Game,” and “West Side Story” all at Marriott’s Lincolnshire. Richard played Patti LuPone’s Pop in “Gypsy” at Ravinia. Regional: the world premiere of “The Christians” at Actors Theatre of Louisville; “On Golden Pond” at The Purple Rose; “Heroes” at Stormfield Theatre, MI; “Death of a Salesman” at Human Race Theatre, OH; “Copenhagen,” “A Walk in the Woods,” and “The Price” at Madison Repertory; and the premieres of “Hanging Fire,” “A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage,” and “The Count” at Florida Stage. His “Mark Twain In Person” has been performed over a thousand times in 40 states, Canada, and Wales. TV credits include FDR in “The Untouchables,” “Early Edition,” “Missing Persons,” and “Unsolved Mysteries.” Films include: “The Promotion;” “How I Got Into The Literary Profession” (as Twain); “The Express;” “Butch Camp;” “Blues Brothers;” Thieves’ Quartet;” and “Groundhog Day,” as the radio voice that woke Bill Murray (Phil Connors) day after day after day… “Okay campers! Rise and shine!” Henzel narrates produces and publishes The Mark Twain In Person Audio Library at www.richardhenzel.com. These titles are sold with his many others titles on iTunes, Audible, and Amazon.

Chiké Johnson

Chiké most recently appeared as Dr. Gibbs in The Milwaukee Reps production of Our Town. Other recent productions: A Raisin in The Sun a co-production between Indiana Rep and Syracuse Stage.  American Players Theatre where he played Vershinin, Lebret and Ageus, Dr. John Prentice in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at Indiana Rep and Geva Theatre. Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol at the Milwaukee Rep and Crooks in Of Mice and Men another co-production between the Milwaukee Rep. and Arizona Theatre Company. His New York credits, Broadway; A Time To Kill and Manhattan Theatre Club’s Wit. Off Broadway; Lost In The Stars New York City Center’s Encores! and Ruined co-produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club and The Goodman Theatre. Chicago credits include; The Goodman’s Meet Vera Stark, Sizwe Banzi is Dead at Court Theatre. He was also in Steppenwolf’s productions of The Crucible, The Unmentionables and Huck Finn. Other Regional credits include a revival of The Unmentionables at Yale Repertory Theatre; Lincoln in Topdog/Underdog at Renaissance Theaterworks; Duke of Cornwall in King Lear at Milwaukee Repertory Theater; Cephus Miles in Home at In Tandem Theatre; Willie in Master Harold and the boys at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre; and Martin Luther King, Jr. in Smoldering Fires at First Stage Children’s Theater.

Elizabeth Ledo

Elizabeth Ledo appeared as Sonya in Uncle Vanya and as Luibov in Cherry Orchard at UV Theater Project. At the Goodman, she has appeared in Boleros For The Disenchanted and three seasons as the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol. Chicago credits include The Secret Garden, Tartuffe (Jeff Award), The Misanthrope, The Comedy Of Errors, The Illusion, Titus Andronicus, Uncle Vanya and The Real Thing (Court Theatre); Charm and The Chalkgarden (Northlight Theatre), Issac’s Eye and Arms and the Man(Writers Theatre); The How And The Why(Timeline Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Amadeus and Funk It Up About Nothin’ (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple (Drury Lane Oakbrook); The Old Curiosity Shop (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Homebody/Kabul and Morningstar (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Le Switch, The Homosexuals and Say You Love Satan (About Face Theatre, where she is an artistic associate). Regional credits include Richard III, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Comedy of Errors and Romeo and Juliet (Summer Shakespeare at Notre Dame); Arcadia (Indiana Repertory Theatre) and over 20 productions with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, including Almost Maine, Anna Karenina, Wit, Lonesome West, The Crucible and Clean House. Ms. Ledo is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago.

Priscilla Lindsay

Priscilla Lindsay is Professor and Chair of Theatre & Drama at the University of Michigan. She performed in over 30 seasons (over 50 roles) at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. Additionally, she has directed over 25 plays professionally, and a number of plays at U-M (Tartuffe, You Never Can Tell, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Three Sisters, Henry IV, Part One, You For Me For You). In addition to her theatrical talents, Lindsay is a voice-over commercial artist. In 2014 she returned to the IRT to star in The Game’s Afoot, and followed that with The Last Romance at the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan. Last summer Miss Lindsay appeared as Carlotta in the UV Theater Project production of The Cherry Orchard.

Priscilla attended the University of Michigan as a professional theatre program fellow receiving a BA and MA. Following her formal training, she performed professionally at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Subsequently, she was appointed associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as well as a member of the Missouri Repertory Theatre Company. Lindsay was the associate artistic director at the Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT) for twelve years. She also headed up the IRT’s Summer Conservatory for Youth program and was director of the Young Playwrights in Process playwriting competition.

Mitch Lerner

Mitch Lerner is an actor and human who has worked in theatre, film, and television across the country. He was most recently seen as Solyony in the UV Theater Project’s production of Three Sisters at the Ragdale Foundation. Other theatre credits include Robert in STIFF (TBG Mainstage, Off-Broadway), Dylan (U/S) in Relatively Close (Victory Gardens), Johnny in Raise Me Up (Santa Monica Playhouse), Clifford in Side Man (Round House Theatre, DC), Todd in How to Deal (El Centro Theatre, L.A.), and Matt in Red Light Winter (Cafe Ambrosia, Evanston). His film/tv credits include SMOSH’s Part Timers, Attack of the Show, June Falling Down, My Best Friend’s Death, 40 Days and Nights, Super Cyclone, Refuge, and Baked Goodes. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Theatre Degree and a special certificate in Creative Writing, and recently completed the two year acting program at the William Esper Studio (NYC). He has also taken classes at UCB and John Rosenfeld Studios (L.A.). He’s grateful to be a member of the UV Theater Project’s Artist Collective and delighted that you’re still reading this. SAG-AFTRA. Twitter & IG: @mitchwlerner. Website: mitchlerner.com

 

Mark Montgomery

Mark has appeared in more than a dozen productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theater including: Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida and Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3. Other Chicago credits include Camino Real, Stage Kiss, A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre), Fascination(About Face Theatre), Want, The Time of Your Life (Steppenwolf Theatre), In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, Equivocation (Victory Gardens), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Apple Tree Theatre), and In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison (The Journeymen Theater Company) as well as shows with Remy Bumppo and Northlight, among others. New York credits include: The Seagull, Mamma Mia! (Broadway), Macbeth (The Public), The Runner Stumbles (The Actors Company Theatre) and The Madras House (Mint Theater Company). Regional credits include: Julius Caesar(American Repertory Theater and French tour) and Emma (Cleveland Playhouse). Television credits include: Boss, Law & Order and Guiding Light.

Regan Moro

Regan Moro is thrilled to join the UV Theatre Project Artistic Collective after working on their stagings of both Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters (Natasha) at the Ragdale Foundation. Regional Credits include work at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatreworks Silicon Valley, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, and Williamstown Theatre Festival.  Regan got her BFA in Acting from the University of Michigan and was a member of the 2016-2017 Professional Training Company at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. She is an actor and playwright based in New York City, where she has recently workshopped plays with New Georges, the Drama League, and The Mad Ones. 

David Newman

David Francis Newman is an Actor and Producer in the Chicago and Los Angeles area. He holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Michigan. David served as Producer/General Manager of MUSKET, a theater company in Ann Arbor, MI for two years. His theater credits include playing Lord Aster in Peter and the Starcatcher, Russ/Dan in Clybourne Park, Sir Hugh Evans in Merry Wives of Windsor, as well as other roles in Henry IV Part I, Iphigenia at Aulis, Fuente Ovejuna, and Serious Money at Michigan. David has also worked on multiple films, including She’s Lost Control and Palais du Noodles at Michigan, Time Enough, An Accidental Memoir, and To Neptune, On the Night Before the End at Cue93 Studios, and Saving Greg at Save A Penny Films. He has also worked extensively in fundraising and politics during his brief professional career, having worked at multiple non-profits and on several political campaigns.

JJ Phillips

JJ Phillips is a Jeff Award winning actor currently based in Los Angeles after nearly a decade working in theater and film regionally and in his beloved Chicago. Credits include four productions with Lookingglass Theatre (including a Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination for his performance as Kev in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), two with Steppenwolf, two separate runs of the fantasy trilogy The Hammer Trinity with The House in Chicago and Miami, a return to his native Milwaukee with The Milwaukee Rep and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Punk Rock with Griffin Theatre – which received the coveted Best Ensemble Jeff Award, and his first appearance with The UV Theater Project as Yasha in The Cherry Orchard. Readings/Workshops include the aforementioned companies, as well as The Goodman, Chicago Shakes, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, The Hypocrites, and About Face. In addition to his work on stage, he has also had the pleasure of stepping in front of the camera for numerous projects, including an appearance on the first season of Chicago Fire, as well as the independent film Thrill Ride, which is now streaming on Amazon. Up next he can be seen in Blame It On Toby, a pilot for the Rogues Gallery mini-series, and his turn as the arch-nemesis “The Douche” in Addison Heimann’s web-series Kappa Force, which will receive its world premiere this July as an official selection of the New York Television Festival. He is honored to be a founding member of the Artistic Collective, joining a group of artists he has long revered, not the least of which his mentor from Northwestern University, Daniel Cantor. He also studied at The School at Steppenwolf, and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA. Jjphillips.com

Jessie Pinnick

Jessie is a soon-to-be New York based actor and singer. After graduating from Northwestern in 2016, Jessie played the title character in Stephen Cone’s Chicago-based film, “Princess Cyd”. She has also appeared in guest star roles in Shameless and Chicago Med. Past theatre credits include Paramount Theatre’s “Million Dollar Quartet”. Jessie began her journey with UV Theatre Project two summers back when she played Nina in The Seagull. She is so proud to be a member of this collective – her experience playing and working alongside Dan as well as Chicago acting legends on the Ragdale farm will never be forgotten! 

Corliss Preston

New York credits include A Piece of My Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club), Cherry Orchard (York Theatre) and The Erotica Project (Public Theater). Chicago credits include Oedipus Complex (Goodman), Old Jews Telling Jokes (Royal George), readings with the Shakespeare Project of Chicago as well as creating, performing and producing various live pieces for Art Openings in River North. Other regional credits: Houston’s Alley Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Denver Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Baltimore Center Stage and the Alabama, Illinois, Oregon and Utah Shakespeare Festivals. She is an Indiana University graduate and did her post graduate work in England at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She has taught at Harvard Summer School, was on the acting faculty of New York University’s Playwright’s Horizons Theatre School for 10 years, taught for various Shakespeare Festival’s summer programs (while company member) and Shakespeare Alive! at the Newberry Library. She currently gives private acting and voice over lessons through takelessons.com, in person and group classes at RBJ Studios in Vernon Hills,IL.   She co-sound designed/composed the music (With John Slywka) for the Helen Hayes Recommended production of 12thNight at Taffety Punk Theatre in DC. She continues to work on her female Shakespeare-based piece called I GRANT I AM A WOMAN currently available as an audio download at CDBaby.com. For more information please visit www.corlisspreston.com

Samantha Rehr

Samantha Rehr is a New York based actor, theatre-maker, and podcaster. Recent acting credits include The Cherry Orchard (UV Theatre Project/Ragdale Foundation), Juliet & Romeo (The Brick), The Story of Anne Frank (National Theater for Education), The Taming of the Shrew (Connecticut Free Shakespeare). Her Shakespearean adaptation, Juliet & Romeo, premiered in Brooklyn, NY in 2017. Her podcast, Feminist Popcorn, a celebration and growing archive of the greatest films about women, will be available this Spring. www.samrehr.com

Rebecca Spence

REBECCA SPENCE is a Chicago actor. She recently appeared as Arkadina in UV Theater Project’s THE SEAGULL. At TimeLine Theatre Company, she has appeared in CONCERNING STRANGE DEVICES FROM THE DISTANT WEST. She also appeared in the original production of THESE SHINING LIVES (Equity Jeff Award nomination – Actress in a Principal Role) and WRENS at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, where she is a company member. Other Chicago credits include THIS (Theatre Wit); THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Remy Bumppo Theatre; Equity Jeff Award nomination – Actress in a Supporting Role); THE CRUCIBLE, HOUSEHOLD SPIRITS, OUR LADY OF 121st STREET and the world premiere of PACIFIC (Steppenwolf Theatre); TWELFTH NIGHT (Noble Fool Theatricals); and DRACULA (Defiant Theatre). Regional credits include CYRANO (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). Film credits include MAN OF STEEL, FOOLS, TIGER TAIL IN BLUE, ONE SMALL HITCH, CONTAGION, THE DILEMMA, AUDREY THE TRAINWRECK, EARTHLING, PUBLIC ENEMIES, GRACE IS GONE and THE BREAK-UP. Television credits include: BOSS, DETROIT 1-8-7, THE CHICAGO CODE, THE BEAST and PRISON BREAK.

J. R. Sullivan

J. R. Sullivan is a director, producer, and writer, having worked in theaters nationwide as well as heading companies as artistic director. He was the Artistic Director of New York’s Off-Broadway Pearl Theatre Company, presented with a Drama Desk Award in 2011, where he directed productions of Hard Times, Playboy of the Western World, Widowers’ Houses, Biography, The Importance of Being Earnest, Richard II,A Moon for the Misbegotten, and the New York premiere of Wittenberg. Sullivan was the founder and producing director of the New American Theater in northern Illinois, a company that thrived under his direction until 1994, when Sullivan moved on to a freelance directing career prior to his work at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and then in New York City. He served as associate artistic director for USF from 2002-2009, and has continued since that time as a visiting director, staging productions ranging from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, including Amadeus, Hamlet, Henry V, The Glass Menagerie, and most recently, Romeo and Juliet. His work has also been seen in regional theaters nationwide, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatre X, Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre, the Studio Theatre in Washington DC, the Delaware Theatre Company, and the Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware. In Chicago he has directed for Northlight Theatre, American Theatre Company, A Red Orchid Theatre, Live Bait Theatre, Prop Theatre, and the Onyx Theatre. His adaptations of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice andSense and Sensibility, in collaboration with Joseph Hanreddy,have been produced at regional houses nationwide, including Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the Oregon and Utah Shakespeare festivals, South Coast Repertory Theater, Round House Theatre, People’s Light & Theater Company, The Cincinnati Playhouse, and Connecticut Rep. His previous UV credits include directing the production of Uncle Vanya and playing the Station Master/Homeless Man in Cherry Orchard. www.jrsullivan.net

Jacqueline Toboni

Toboni began her acting career as Trubel in NBC’s GRIMM. Since moving to Los Angeles, Toboni has guest starred in TNT’s MAJOR CRIMES, as well as starring in the indie films THE BYGONE, THE LAST ROOM and LIKED, produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted). Most recently, she can be seen in indie auteur Joe Swanberg’s anthology for Netflix, EASY.

She found herself returning to the theater last year to direct DYING CITY at Theatre of Note as well as star in Marja Lewis-Ryan’s BUGABOO AND THE SILENT ONE. She is happy to be back on stage with new friends and old in THREE SISTERS and is grateful to the Ragdale for hosting.

She’s trained at American Conservatory Theater (ACT), Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan. Go Blue!

Demetrios Troy

Demetrios Troy has appeared in UV Theatre Project Collectives The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard. His theatre credits include 2666, THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE SEAGULL, THE GOOD NEGRO, and FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS at the Goodman; THE WHEEL with Joan Allen at Steppenwolf; NEVER THE SINNER at Victory Gardens; TREASURE ISLAND at Looking Glass; INANA, BLOOD AND GIFTS, and DANNY CASOLARO DIED FOR YOU at Timeline Theatre. KING CHARLES 3, HENRY V, JULIUS CAESAR, TIMON OF ATHENS with Ian McDiarmid , RICHARD III and SHORT SHAKESPEARE! ROMEO AND JULIET at Chicago Shakespeare; AWAKE AND SING at Northlight. BEYOND THE SCORE: HAYDN, BEYOND THE SCORE BEETHOVEN with Simon Callow, BEYOND THE SCORE: SCHOENBERG, THE SOLDIERS TALE with John Lithgow, and WELCOME YULE at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; THREESOME at THE OTHER THEATRE COMPANY; WORKING at the Broadway Playhouse. His Regional credits include HEART OF ROBIN HOOD, TWELFTH NIGHT, JULIUS CAESAR AND A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM at Door County Shakespeare. THE BOYS NEXT DOOR at Syracuse Stage; JULIUS CAESAR at Utah Shakespeare; KING LEAR and THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Riverside Shakespeare; KING LEAR AND TARTUFFE at Milwaukee Rep. Demetrios is an Associate Artist at Timeline Theatre Company. He holds a BA from DePaul University/Barat College and an MFA from the University of South Carolina.