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2026-27 Season Actors

Matthew Amendt

Matthew Amendt (Mercutio/Prince of Verona/Chorus) Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet Off-Broadway: Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (Red Bull), Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine, Much Ado About Nothing (TFANA) Henry V, (The Acting Company/Guthrie) Regional: Guthrie, La Jolla, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Seattle Rep., HVSF, Westport, and others. Film/TV: shorts, series, and independent films Awards: Presidential Scholar, Ivey, Emery Battis Award.

Orlando Arriaga

Orlando Arriaga (Lord Montague) Noël Coward’s Private Lives, American Mariachi, Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Jersey Lily, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, 72 miles to go…, Quixote Nuevo (Alley Theatre). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Stages); Romeo Y Juliet (Cal Shakes); The Smoker (CATF); The Counter (4th Wall Theatre) Recipient of the prestigious Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.

Elizabeth Bunch

Elizabeth Bunch (Lady Capulet) has appeared in over 100 productions at Alley Theatre. Favorites include Misery, Seared, Noises Off, Little Comedies, Servant of Two Masters, Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, 1984, Constellations, As You Like It, Grounded, Othello, The 39 Steps, Hand to God, Pygmalion, August: Osage County, Clybourne Park, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Doubt, Proof, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. NYC and Regional: Playwrights Horizons, Guthrie, Denver Center, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, Keen Company, and The Flea. @Its_Elizabeth_Bunch

Jason Carmichael

Jason Carmichael (Eli)

Brandon Carter

Brandon Carter (Caesar Wilkes) Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Folger Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Rec Room Arts, Classical Theatre Company, Virginia Rep, and Off-Broadway’s Classical Theatre of Harlem and National Black Theatre. A former American Shakespeare Center Artistic Director, Carter holds an MFA from Penn State and joins Alley Theatre’s A Christmas Carol this winter.

Mason Dowd

Mason Dowd (Abraham/Romeo Understudy) is originally from Pittsburgh, and has been seen performing with various regional theatres, such as West Virginia Public Theatre, Lincoln Park PAC, City Theatre Company, PICT, New Hazlett Theatre, and Pittsburgh Opera. BFA Acting: Point Park University, current MFA Acting candidate at the Alley Theatre/University of Houston.

Michelle Elaine

Michelle Elaine (Nurse) is a Resident Acting Company Member. Michelle originated the role of Miss Scarlet in the First National Tour of Clue: A New Comedy. Favorite Alley Theatre credits: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Primary Trust, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol, Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sense and Sensibility, Sweat, and Quack. Michelle was awarded the Houston Press Awards Best Supporting Actress for her role as the title character in Clyde’s at The Ensemble Theatre. Stages: POTUS. Check out Michelle’s web series @castmedammit on YouTube! @michelleelaineofficial

Dylan Godwin

Dylan Godwin (Benvolio) is a Resident Acting Company Member and recently appeared in Alley Theatre’s The Girl on the Train (Scott Hipwell), Dear Alien, The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff), The Da Vinci Code (Rémy), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Actor 2), The Glass Menagerie (Tom). National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof. Regional: Born with Teeth (Guthrie Theatre and Asolo Rep); Miller, Mississippi (Dallas Theatre Center).

Michele Harrell

Michele Harrell (Aunt Ester Tyler) has appeared in theater, film, and television in New York and Los Angeles, as well as with several local theaters. She currently serves on the advisory board for Lionwoman Productions TX. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Brown University and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Southern California.

Brandon Hearnsberger

Brandon Hearnsberger (Paris/Ensemble) An Alief native with 28 Alley Theatre credits including The Body Snatcher, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Dial M for Murder, The Farnsworth Invention, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Performances at Cincinnati Playhouse, A Noise Within, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and Dallas Theatre Center. Voice-over for video games and anime. More at brandonhearnsberger.com.

Troy Hogan

Troy Hogan (Solly Two Kings)

Chris Hury

Chris Hury (Rutherford Selig) is a veteran actor who was last seen on stage as Clarence in Richard III at the Prague Shakespeare Company. In addition to countless stage productions, he has been seen in numerous television shows and commercials, voiced an array of characters in anime, and works in MoCap in video games.

Chris Hutchison

Chris Hutchison (Tybalt) Previous Shakespeare at Alley- Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2x), As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Winter’s Tale. Elsewhere- Midsummer (Guthrie, Idaho Rep). Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet (Breadloaf) Hamlet (w/ Mark Rylance, Pittsburgh Public). Chris is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and is a graduate of Lafayette College (AB) and the University of Washington (MFA).

Bryan Jahnke

Bryan Jahnke (Male Understudy) is originally from New Jersey and has worked as an Actor in New York and various Regional Theaters in the Northeast. BA Acting: Rider University. Current MFA Acting Candidate at the University of Houston. Recent Credits: Beltsville/Rockville (Bart/Bryan), Three Musketeers (D’Artagnan), Comedy of Errors (Antipholus S.)

Rob B. Kellogg

Rob B. Kellogg (Romeo) is an actor & writer whose work explores American myth. He has appeared Off-Broadway and at The McCarter, Berkeley Rep, The Huntington, and Williamstown. On screen: The Bride! (2026), No Later Light (2026), Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, among others. He received his BFA from Boston University. Love is foundational. likethecereal.com

Claire Metusalem

Claire Metusalem (Ensemble) is an actor and teaching artist from Houston. Alley debut! Acting credits include: A.D. Players: The Play That Goes Wrong (Swing), Nebraska Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), Garden Theatre: Midsummer (Helena), Prague Shakespeare: The Tempest (Miranda), All’s Well (Rinalda). Claire is an MFA Acting candidate at the University of Houston.

Callee Miles

Callee Miles (Ensemble/Juliet Understudy) Makes her Alley debut! Off Broadway/NYC: Hamlet, Million Dollar Quartet. Regional: Merchant of Venice, Antony & Cleopatra, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evil Dead, Hotter Than Egypt, Les Misérables. UH: The Moors, Frankenstein. She’s also an advanced actor combatant and martial artist. Thanks to friends, mentors, and my sun and Skye. 4:13.

Woody Minshew

Woody Minshew (Male Understudy) Woody is a 3rd year MFA graduate candidate with the Alley Theater/University of Houston. A New York based actor who has performed regionally and on national tours. He wants to thank his friends, family, The Bards, and Sarah for their love and support. @woodman1129 or @Bardsofnewyork

Melissa Molano

Melissa Molano (Juliet) Resident Acting Company Member. Past Alley shows include The Importance of Being Earnest, Noel Coward’s Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie, Jane Eyre, The Da Vinci Code, Noises Off, Clue, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, and the world premieres of Dear Alien, Richard Nelson’s Little Comedies, and Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Outside of Alley she’s a voice/film actor with projects featured on streaming platforms HiDive, Netflix and Prime. Instagram/X: @melissacmolano.

Emily Neves

Emily Neves is elated to return to the Alley stage! Highlights from her years in the Resident Acting Company include: Clybourne Park, A Few Good Men, A Behanding in Spokane, Rock n’ Roll, Boeing-Boeing, and scores more! Emily is a renowned voice actor, and has played hundreds of characters in anime and video games.

Joseph "Joe P." Palmore

Joseph “Joe P.” Palmore (Stage Directions) is a product of Jack Yates HS in Houston and Clark Atlanta University. He lives with the creative purpose of exploring and establishing himself as a playwright and director, nationally televised poet, award-winning actor, and teacher. Joe P has performed with such theatre houses as The Ensemble Theatre, Stages Repertory Theatre, 4th Wall Theatre Co., AD Players, and The Alley Theatre. His acting journey has since spread to commercial work and short film appearances. He has also partnered with Young Audiences of Houston, LINKS, and The World Youth Foundation, impacting the lives of youth and creating platforms for adult artists. Under his own umbrella, Joe P founded ACTing Up Studios to combine poetic and theatrical influences – helping students of the art to begin to shape themselves into true performance artists and life leaders. For his valiant efforts, Joe was awarded the “Leadership in Action” Congressional Recognition award for his services to youth. Gifted also with the spoken word, encouraging purpose living through his poetry, Joe featured on numerous stages across the United States, including a Season 4 performance on the nationally televised Lexus Verses and Flow on TV One. His poem entitled The Value of Life garnered viral attention, as his words inspire change and depict the societal conditions of the African American community. Joe has been dedicated to continually developing his craft, as well as helping others to find their purpose through the creative arts.

Allysia Peine

Allysia Peine (Ensemble) Is an actor, and teaching artist from Utah. Most recently she was seen in Cats, Guys and Dolls, and Anything Goes (UFOMT) She is also a proud recipient of a Distinguished Performance Award from The Kennedy Center. BA. Idaho State University, MFA Acting Candidate: University of Houston/Alley Theatre.

Allison Pistorius

Allison Pistorius (Lady Montague) is returning to the Alley after the 2025 AANF and has worked at Prague Shakespeare Company, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center Theater Company, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and others. Recent on camera appearances include Dutton Ranch, the independent feature film Tempest (Official Selection – Dances With Films Los Angeles), and “Mom” in a handful of national commercials. She was a two-time Jeopardy! contestant and is the Head of BFA Acting at the University of Houston. MFA in Acting, National Theatre Conservatory.

Spencer Plachy

Spencer Plachy (Gregory/Friar John/Ensemble) Alley Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Recently: South Pacific at Totem Pole Playhouse. Houston Grand Opera, Stages, A.D. Players, Main Street Theater, Classical Theatre Company… Tour: Disney’s The Lion King (Scar). Broadway: Romeo & Juliet, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. TV: Shades of Blue.

Delali Potakey

Delali Potakey (Black Mary) is honored to return to the stage in the reading of August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean after taking a brief bow to earn her M.A. in Arts Leadership from the University of Houston. Some credits include Pretty Fire, Freeda Peoples, Sistas, All Shook Up, and Doubt. The journey continues.

David Rainey

David Rainey (Lord Capulet) is in his 26th season as a Resident Acting Company Member and his 106th production for the Alley. He’s also performed on Broadway with The National Actors Theatre, and nationally with the Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, among others. He received the Juilliard Drama Division’s highest honor, the Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize, and he also owns Studio for Actors Houston.

Gabriel Regojo

Gabriel Regojo (Balthasar/Ensemble) is excited to be back at Alley Theatre. Previous Alley credits include: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (Marston/Naracott), Jane Eyre (St. John Rivers). Additional credits include: Theatre Squared: A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit); Classical Theatre (Company Member): War of The Worlds (George), R.U.R. (Alquist); Catastrophic Theatre (Core Ensemble): Eddie goes to Poetry City (Eddie), The Blackest Shore (Stuart), Bootycandy (Actor 5); Stages Repertory Theatre: Tiny Beautiful Things (Letter Writer 1), It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Harry Jazzbo Heywood), My Mañana Comes (Jorge), Water by the Spoonful (Elliot); Rec Room: Sender (Jordan), Exit Strategy (Luce); Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company: Dry Land (Victor). Gabriel is also a Voice Actor with over 40 credits in anime and video games.

Christopher Salazar

Christopher Salazar (Friar Lawrence) is a Resident Acting Company Member. Alley Theatre credits include Seared, The Importance of Being Earnest, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Noises Off, 72 miles to go…, and The Servant of Two Masters. Select regional credits include: three seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the world premieres of The Copper Children, The Way the Mountain Moved, and Off the Rails; 11 productions at The Old Globe. On TV: Robert Torres on Jane, The Virgin. MFA: Old Globe Theatre/ USD, BA: UNC-Chapel Hill. Love always to Amy.

Forrest Stringfellow

Forrest Stringfellow (Sampson/Mercutio Understudy) is a 3rd-Year in the University of Houston’s MFA Acting Program. He was last seen in Houston as Dromio of Syracuse in Comedy of Errors and Sebastian in Tempest at the Houston Shakespeare Festival. Love and special thanks to his wife, Shayna, for her unwavering support.

Alexandra Szeto-Joe

Alexandra Szeto-Joe (Peter) Alley Credits: A Christmas Carol, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. Select Regional Credits: The Chinese Lady (Stages); Becky Nurse of Salem (Capital Repertory Theatre); Three Sisters (Classical Theatre Company); As You Like It (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Emojiland: The Musical (Tapestry Players); The Heart Sellers (Stages); POTUS (Stages). BFA: NYU Tisch. Love to Mommy & Chris! www.alexandraszeto-joe.com

Micah Weese

Micah Weese (Male Understudy) is an actor and musician originally from Oklahoma. Recent appearances include Houston Shakespeare Festival, Winnipesaukee Playhouse, and Florida Repertory Theatre. He has a BFA in Acting from the University of Oklahoma and is currently a third-year MFA candidate at the University of Houston/Alley Theatre.

Molly Wetzel

Molly Wetzel is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech at the University of Houston and teaches clients from around the world through her private business, “molly does dialects.” She’s a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. As an actor she has worked for theatres around Houston and the country including Utah Shakespeare Festival, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and Rec Room Arts.

2026-2027 Creative Team

Duncan Abel

Duncan Abel is a writer of plays, radio plays and short stories. He lectured in Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire from 2014 to 2015. Duncan was shortlisted for the 2010 Luke Bitmead Award for his novel The Way Home. He also wrote, with co-writer Rachel Wagstaff, a monologue for Sing London, based on the life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, performed by Hugh Bonneville, recorded in 2014.

Trevor Bowen

Trevor Bowen (Costume Design) My Name is Florence, La Boheme, Fellow Travelers,(MN Opera); Bluebeard’s Castle,Champion (Boston Lyric Opera); A Doll’s House, Nacirema Society, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Hamlet, (Guthrie Theatre);Corduroy, Three Little Birds (Children’s Theatre Company); Shane (OSF); The Color Purple (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Ride the Cyclone (Arena Stage); Dracula (KCRep); Appropriate (Seattle Rep). 2026 Special Olympics Opening Ceremony Creative Segment. M.F.A. Costume Design West Virginia University, 2021 Playwright’s Center McKnight Theatre Artist Fellow.

Alan Brincks

Alan Brincks Previous Alley credits: The Mirror Crack’d, Clue, Alley All New. Previous Fight Direction/ Intimacy Consulting: 4th Wall Theatre, Main Street Theater, Rec Room Arts, Classical Theatre Company, Rice University, Lamar University, and others. Alan is an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, an actor, director, and an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Lamar University.

Brandon Clark

Brandon Clark (Assistant Stage Manager) Five seasons with Alley Theatre including, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Christmas Carol, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Seared, and Noises Off. Other credits include: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (TUTS), ¡VOS! (Contemporary American Theatre Festival), Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival. BA, Theatre: University of Northern Iowa. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Lydia Hance

Lydia Hance (Choreographer) is a choreographer and curator whose work moves across dance, theater, and film. Dance Magazine has called her “a master of making dances in concert with a specific environment.” She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Frame Dance, chief curator of the Frame x Frame Film Festival, and co-creator of Frame Dance Classrooms, a professional development program bringing movement-based tools into early childhood classrooms. A champion of new music, she has premiered scores by over 24 living composers with her choreography. SMU, BFA Dance Performance, BA English Literature.

Elizabeth Harper

Elizabeth Harper Broadway: Uncle Vanya (Lincoln Center, with Lap Chi Chu). Off-Broadway: Between Two Knees (The Perelman Center for the Performing Arts); When Playwrights Kill (Signature Theatre); Conversations with Mother (Theatre 555). Regional: Indecent; Rattlesnake Kate (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (The Geffen Playhouse); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Blues for an Alabama Sky (The Mark Taper Forum). Associate professor of lighting design at the University of Southern California.

Paula Hawkins

Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller.

Frederick Kennedy

Frederick Kennedy (Sound Design) is a Canadian-American sound designer, musician, and composer. Previously at the Alley: Seared. Other recent projects: Othello, Twelfth Night (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Unexpected 3^rd (New York Theatre Workshop), Primary Trust (Signature Theatre), and The Forbidden City (audio play; Lincoln Center Theatre). In addition to theater, he has worked for more than two decades as a touring and recording jazz drummer. Faculty, University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts & Dance; United Scenic Artists, Local 829; MFA, Yale School of Drama. www.fredkennedy.org

Kristen Larson

Kristen Larson (she/hers) has been lucky enough to work with the Alley on over 40 productions since 2013, most recently on the world premiere of The Body Snatcher. Endless gratitude to Casey for having her on this team! Local credits with Stages and TUTS and out of town in New York, Florida, Chicago and Alaska. Krissy is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. For T & M, always.

Kaylee Sarton Mccray

Kaylee Sarton McCray returns to Alley Theatre after many other productions, a selection of which include: Dear Alien, English, The Night Shift Before Christmas, The Da Vinci Code, The Glass Menagerie, The Janeiad, Jane Eyre, and Little Comedies. Kaylee has also stage managed at other organizations in Houston such as Houston Symphony, A.D. Players Theatre, and Queensbury Theatre. BFA from Sam Houston State University. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Eileen J. Morris

Eileen J. Morris (Director) is the Artistic Director of The Ensemble Theatre-Houston. Recent Ensemble Theatre directing credits: The Bluest Eye and Akeelah and the Bee. Alley Theatre directing credits: Fences (2026), associate director for Sweat (2021), and the Alley Theatre’s “All New” Festival. She also preformed as the first Black Ms. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol and appeared in the 1990 production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Eileen was named 2023’s Best Artistic Director by the Houston Press Awards. She holds the distinction of being the ONLY woman in the world to have directed nine out of the ten plays in the August Wilson Century Cycle.

Yee Eun Nam

Yee Eun Nam (Projection Design)

Adam Noble

Adam Noble (Fight Director & Intimacy Specialist) has over 30 years of professional experience augmenting physical storytelling in the performing arts. Certified by the Society of American Fight Directors and a recognized specialist in the field of intimacy direction, Adam teaches acting and movement nationally and internationally. Serving across artistic disciplines, he’s created movement choreography for over 250 productions. Adam is Head of the University of Houston + Alley Theatre MFA Professional Actor Training Program.

Trinity A. Nobles

Trinity A. Nobles (Stage Manager) Favorites include Alley Theatre: August Wilson’s Fences, Agatha Christie’s Mirror Crack’d, Primary Trust, Alley All New Festival 2024: Uhuru and Zero Hour; TUTS: Million Dollar Quartet, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Disney’s Frozen, Cinderella, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Stages: the ripple, the wave, that carried me home, Miss Rhythm: The Legend Of Ruth Brown, Othello: The Remix, You Are Cordially Invited to Sit-In; BFA: Stage Management, University of Houston. Always, Nate, Cashew, and Pistachio.

Brenda Palestina

Brenda Palestina (she/her) is a Houston based director, actor, and teaching artist with a BFA in Acting from the University of Houston. Brenda is a co-founder of Happy Hour Readings, a play reading series at Rec Room Arts that elevates emerging Houston artists and fosters community among them. Acting credits include: Stages: Panto Alicia in Wonderland (Hortensia); Teatrx: Sexo y Tortillas (Marcia), Don’t Quit (Kendall); The Garden Theatre: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Snout, Cobweb). Directing credits include: ConcertiaHTX: Cloud Tectonics; Teatrx: The Hummingbird’s Wedding; Octarine Accord: Advance Man (Assistant Director); Happy Hour Readings: Atacama, Override.

Paul James Prendergast

Paul James Prendergast (Sound Design)

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (Playwright) (1564–1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, he later moved to London, where he became a key member and part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later the King’s Men). Shakespeare penned timeless masterpieces, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He became a part owner of the Globe Theatre, where many of his greatest plays were performed. Later, his company became the King’s Men under King James I. Shakespeare retired to Stratford before his death in 1616. His plays were collected in the First Folio in 1623.

Meagan Rachelle Smallwood

Meagan Rachelle Smallwood (Assistant Stage Manager) Previous credits include TUTS’ (ASM): Beautiful -The Carole King Musical, White Christmas; Alley Theatre’s (ASM): English, The Body Snatcher, Primary Trust, (PA): Seared, The Night Shift Before Christmas, Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, and Little Comedies. Houston Shakespeare Festival (ASM): Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing; MATCH (PM): Cloud Tectonics; Rec Room (SM): The Moonlit Princess. Smalls received her BFA in Stage Management from the University of Houston.

Casey Stangl

Casey Stangl is an award-winning director based in Los Angeles. Recent projects include: a SJ Hodges’ Already Here premiered in Los Angeles in May 2026 and will perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August; Alabaster at the Fountain Theater, the world premiere of John Ross Bowie’s Brushstroke at the Odyssey Theater, A Few Good Men at La Mirada Theater, the world premiere of Josh Kornbluth’s Citizen Brain at Shotgun Players in Berkeley, and Bekah Brunstetter’s short playGentle Parenting for the 24 Hour Plays. In 2019 Casey was named Director of the Year by StageScene Los Angeles. Casey’s work has been seen at theaters across the country including South Coast Repertory, Geffen Playhouse, American Conservatory Theater, Guthrie Theater, Everyman Theater, Arizona Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Denver Center, Portland Stage and Cleveland Playhouse. Casey has developed work with numerous emerging and established playwrights and directed at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Humana Festival, Pacific Playwrights Festival, Playlabs, PlayPenn, In the Works-In the Woods Festival, and from 2105-22 was Associate Artistic Director for Ojai Playwrights Conference. A proud member of SDC, the national labor union for stage directors and choreographers, Casey served three terms on SDC’s Executive Board and was a voter for the Tony Awards. In addition to her work for the stage Casey does script adaptation and directs foreign language dubbing projects for Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and Amazon.

Jocelyn A. Thompson

Jocelyn A. Thompson (Stage Manager) Returns for her 5th season here and her first Romeo and Juliet. Previous Alley productions: The Importance of Being Earnest, The Da Vinci Code, Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, Born with Teeth, Seascape, and Pictures from Home. Select regional work: American Shakespeare Center, Virginia Rep, Guthrie Theatre, Berkeley Rep, and Asolo Rep. When not stage managing she teaches master classes and workshops in stage management at universities across Virginia. BFA Howard University

Alejo Vietti

Alejo Vietti (Costume Design) Alley Theatre: 28 productions! New York: Broadway: Titanique, Smash, Allegiance, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (West End, Japan, Australia, U.S. tour), Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn. Works for Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theatre, Second Stage, Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, New Group, and more. Also, Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame (Japan, Germany and Austria), West Side Story World Tour. Recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award, Olivier Award and Drama Desk nominations. TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. @alejo_vietti_costume_design (IG).

Andrew Wade

Andrew Wade (Voice and Text Director) Alley Theatre: The Winter’s Tale (directed by Rob Melrose). Royal Shakespeare Company: Head of Voice. Broadway: Giant with John Lithgow (Voice and Dialect), Harry Potter (U.S. Head of Voice and Dialect), Matilda (Director of Voice), A Christmas Carol (Voice and Dialect Director). The Public Theater: (Director of Voice). TFANA: (Resident Voice and Text Director). Film: Shakespeare in Love. Teaching: Juilliard (Adjunct Faculty Drama), Stella Adler (Master Teacher Voice and Speech. Fellow: Rose Bruford College. Masterclasses: Worldwide

Rachel Wagstaff

Rachel Wagstaff wrote the book for Flowers for Mrs Harris which transferred to Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Daniel Evans, after premiering at the Sheffield Crucible. The original production won the UK Theatre Award for Best Musical and the London premiere at Riverside Studios won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off West End Production. Her critically acclaimed adaptation of Birdsong opened in the West End, and will be revived for a record-breaking fifth UK tour with Original Theatre in autumn 2024. With Duncan Abel she adapted Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code which toured the UK and made its US premiere at the Ogunquit Playhouse in 2023 and Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, which had a record-breaking UK tour and West End run in 2019 and is now performed across the UK and beyond. Her adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d has enjoyed two UK tours and toured India. She has multiple TV and feature film adaptations in development.

Yuki Nakase Link

Yuki Nakase Link (Lighting Design) is an accomplished lighting designer for the performing arts, with a career spanning opera, theater, dance, art, and fashion. She has and continues to design lighting for notable companies, including Alley Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, Canadian Opera Company, Detroit Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera, Playwrights Horizons, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Steppenwolf Theater. For more information about Yuki’s designs, please visit: https://8m20s.link/.

Klara Zieglerova

Klara Zieglerova At the Alley Theatre: Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Soprano and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Klara has designed extensively for theatre performances in the United States, Europe and Asia. Broadway credits: Sister Act, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Awards: Lumen Award (Interior design of New World Stages in NYC), Tony Award nomination, Green Room Award Australia, Best Set Design of the Theatregoers’ Choice Award London (for Jersey Boys); Drammy Award; Carbonell Award; sets for the Best Touring Production, L.A. Ovation Award