SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK Centennial Park Bandshell • August 11

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NA S H V I LL E S H A K E S PE A RE F E ST I VA L
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
Centennial Park Bandshell • August 11 - September 18
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Featuring
the music of
directed by
DENICE HICKS
DAVID OLNEY,LARI WHITE, STAN LAWRENCE, & JACK KINGSLEY
N A S H V I L L E S H A K E S P E A R E F E S T I VA L
D I R E C T E D BY
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P E R F O R M E D BY T H E N S F A P P R E N T I C E CO M PA N Y
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A Note from the Executive
Artistic Director
Welcome to Shakespeare in the Park
2016! We’ve been here since 1988,
and it continues to be a great pleasure
and honor to offer this community
an arts event that is accessible to all,
where everyone is welcome.
This is your Shakespeare Festival. You
have kept it growing through your
generous donations and continued
attendance and encouragement. It makes sense for theatre that
takes place in a field to have a broad base of grass-roots support.
People from all over the world have come to Nashville and have
seen Shakespeare performed in ways that only we can deliver.
All of us together make Shakespeare in the Park: from our
talented apprentices, to the world-class actors and designers,
award-winning musicians, to the enthusiastic volunteers, staff,
and board members. The reason it is such a beloved event is
because so much love goes into producing and presenting it.
The two shows offered this summer were chosen because in a
presidential election year, we all need both levity and reflection.
If you need a lift, The Comedy of Errors will warm your heart
and tickle your fancy. If you’re too hot, Macbeth will chill you
to the bone and give you much to consider about power-hungry
people who only care about themselves. No matter how you
feel about the campaigns or candidates, the timelessness of
Shakespeare’s characters and relationships is a great reminder
that humankind has endured much through the centuries. And
as long as we continue to gather in green parks to share artful
experiences together, as long as we encourage dialogue and
engage in meaningful conversations, as long as we remember
that this little world is round and we’re all in it together, we’ll
be all right. Enjoy the shows!
Denice Hicks
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Directed by Denice HIcks
August 20-21, 27-28, September 3-5, 10-11, 15-18
Directed by Nat McIntyre
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Director’s Note
By Denice HIcks
I, to the world, am like a drop of water, that in the ocean seeks
another drop.
The family of Aegeon (David Olney) has been scattered for many
years, but faith, perseverance, love and chance can bring them
back together. Even as a drop of water is seeking another single
drop in the ocean, the truth is that both already are the ocean.
Every person is an individual, but on a spherical, self-contained
planet, the greater truth is that we’re all one. So often we seek for
what we have, what we know, and who we are, but need the journey and the search to find that truth.
Setting The Comedy of Errors in a Nashville-like Ephesus in the late
1960s occurred to me when I saw the current exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame, “Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats.” To
me, pairing Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan sounds like a comedy of
errors, but the truth is that they inspired each other to make some
exceptional music and found a way to blend the conservatism of
Nashville with the liberality of folk music. Thus this musical version of Shakespeare’s shortest play was born! With feisty women
and rambunctious men, the tales of the lives of country music stars
frequently veer into Shakespearean proportions, and adding music
when characters can no longer express themselves through mere
poetry gives this comedy heart and soul.
I’d been anxious to bring David Olney and Stan Lawrence back to
our stage, and with additional songs written by dear friends Lari
White and Jack Kingsley, there was no question that this show was
going to be another Nashville Shakespeare Festival signature production. I sure hope you have a good time tonight and bring your
friends back to see it again. If you don’t have a good time, write to
me and I’ll hear you out. After all, we’re doing this for you and in
the end we’re all in this together. Enjoy!
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CAST
Antipholus of Syracuse ................................... Taylor Kelly
Antipholus of Ephesus ............................... Sawyer Wallace
Dromio of Syracuse ......................................... Erik Schiller
Dromio of Ephesus ........................................ Will Miranne
Adrianna ....................................................... Tonya Pewitt
Luciana ........................................................... Jordan Scott
Aegeon .......................................................... David Olney
Solinus / Balthazar .................................. Randall Lancaster
Angelo ............................................................. Ross Bolen
Tiny (of the Porpentine) .................................. Bonnie Keen
First Merchant, Dr. Pinch ............................. Stan Lawrence
Second Merchant ............................................. Brad Brown
Officer / Jailer / Nell ......................................... Bob Roberts
Aemelia ........................................................ Denice Hicks
Ensemble ................ Ann-Marie Bagge, Alexandra Chopson
Morgan Davis, Mary Elizabeth Roberts, Ara Vito
Understudy Aemelia & Tiny .................. Mary Jane McClarty
Understudy Angelo ................................... Jonah M. Jackson
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Bass - Mark Clark
Drums - Bob Roberts, Brad Brown
Guitars - David Olney, Jack Kingsley
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Songs
ACT 1
“Until I Find My Own” by David Olney
“You Can’t Shoot ‘Em” by Lari White
“When One Door Slams” by Stan Lawrence
“Teach Me How to Think and Speak” by Jack Kingsley
“It All Comes Back” by Lari White
ACT 2
“Get the Hell Outta Him” by Stan Lawrence
“Hoppin’ Mad” by Stan Lawrence
“We’re All in It Together” by Stan Lawrence
Synopsis
by Bob Roberts
Years ago in Syracuse, twin boys were born to a folk singer, Aegeon, and his
wife, Aemilia. The couple also adopted another set of identical twin brothers, orphaned at birth, and raised those boys as servants to their own sons.
Shortly thereafter, Aemilia and Aegeon split, each taking one from each set
of twins. As Aegeon’s sons grew and eventually came of age, they decided
to seek out their long-lost twin brothers and their mother. After seven years
with no word from his boys, Aegeon has hit the road himself to find them.
This journey brings the road-weary troubadour to the city of Ephesus [E],
which is at odds with the city of Syracuse [S]. Aegeon tells his life story with
a song, but is arrested and, according to the law barring anyone from Syracuse to step foot in Ephesus, must either pay an enormous fine or be put to
death. Taking pity on him, the Duke of Ephesus (Solinus) gives Aegeon until
5pm to come up with the fine.
That same day, Aegeon’s son Antipholus (also of [S]) and his companion
Dromio [S] arrive in Ephesus, still seeking their fortune and their brothers.
Unbeknownst to them, their brothers do indeed live here, look exactly like
them, and are also named Antipholus [E] and Dromio [E]. After sending
Dromio [S] to the boarding house, Antipholus [S] encounters his servant’s
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twin, who has been sent to bring his own master home to lunch. Sent away
in confusion, Dromio [E] returns home to tell Antipholus’ [E] wife, Adriana,
that his master refuses to come home and is behaving strangely. Adriana
seeks her own Antipholus [E], only to find his twin and the other Dromio [S].
Bringing the Syracusians home and desiring privacy, she inadvertantly locks
out the actual men of her household. Upon finding themselves locked out of
their home by unknown men, Antipholus [E] and Dromio [E] leave to eat at
the World Famous Porpentine with friends and devise a proper payback for
Adriana’s suspected infidelity.
Antipholus [S], unimpressed by his supposed wife, has instead fallen in love
with her sister, Luciana, and woos her with song. Meanwhile, Dromio [S]
is wooed by Nell, a rather intimidating kitchen maid who is actually married to Dromio [E]. As the Syracusian brothers ponder their circumstance,
the Ephesian brothers devise a scheme to enflame Adriana’s jealousy by
acquiring a gold necklace promised to her and instead bestowing it upon
Tiny, the owner of the Porpentine. The jeweler, Angelo, mistakenly delivers the necklace to Antipholus [S], and later comes to collect payment from
Antipholus [E] so that he may settle a debt of his own. Denying receipt of the
necklace, Antipholus [E] is arrested and sends Dromio [S] to get bail money
from Adriana. Shortly thereafter, Dromio [E] arrives without the bail, followed close behind by Adriana and Luciana who have become convinced
that Antipholus [E] is mad and/or possessed. A holy man, Dr. Pinch, attempts
to exorcise the enraged and confused husband, and ultimately takes both
Ephesian brothers away, bound and gagged.
During this confusion, the Syracusian boys have reconnected; though somewhat charmed by the beauty and generosity of the locals, they fear that the
town is enchanted and make plans to sail away on a boat that evening. They
encounter Angelo and his debtor, who begin a brawl over the money for the
necklace, causing the Syracusians to take refuge in a nearby nunnery. Adriana entreats the Duke, who is about to pass sentence on Aegeon, to try and
reason with the men she saw flee into the nunnery, only to be approached
by her actual husband and his servant, newly escaped from their bonds and
seeking justice of their own. Aegeon mistakes Antipholus [E] and Dromio [E]
for their Syracusian brothers, but they do not recognize him. A nun brings
Antipholus [S] and Dromio [S] out of the nunnery, and Aegeon both recognizes his boys and recognizes the nun as his estranged wife, Aemilia. The
family is happily reunited and all wrongs are settled. Aegeon is pardoned
by the Duke, and the singer rejoins his wife; the jeweler drops his charges
against Antipholus [E]; the brothers have at last found one another; Antipholus [E] is reconciled with Adriana; Antipholus [S] is free to woo Luciana; and
Dromio [S] is happy to get to know Dromio [E] and leave the kitchen wench
in his brother’s care.
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The Comedy of Errors Cast
Ross Bolen (Angelo) is a Nashville-based actor, director,
filmmaker, and arts educator with numerous regional theatre
credits as an actor and director in Nashville, Cincinnati, Louisville,
San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Previously, Ross
served as a faculty member in the department of theatre and
dance at Murray State University and currently serves as director
of the theatre program at Franklin Road Academy and as a lecturer
at Belmont University. Recent performance credits include Hank
Williams: Lost Highway, Of Mice and Men, Frost/Nixon, The
Crucible,and Henry V.
Brad Brown (Second Merchant) is thrilled to be working
with NSF again. He last appeared with the company in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2013. Other NSF credits include
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Much
Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of
the Shrew. Other regional credits include: Myth and Man and
Superman for Blackbird Theatre; Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star
(both world premieres), and The Matchmaker at Triad Stage; The
Comedy of Errors at the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival.
Brad runs the drama program at Page Middle School. He lives in Nashville with his
amazing wife Lindsey and his equally awesome kiddos Aidan, Lucy, and Connor. Big
thanks to Denice and NSF for this opportunity.
Bonnie Keen (Tiny) is thrilled to be in her second production
with The Nashville Shakespeare Festival. She is a Nashville
native, Grammy nominated and Dove Award winning recording
artist, author, and session singer, recording with Garth Brooks,
Amy Grant, Barry Manilow, and Steve Winwood. Favorite stage
roles have been Maud/Pinky in Pride’s Crossing, Petie Quince in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Grace in Studio Tenn’s Cinderella,
and Gingy in Love, Loss and What I Wore. Ongoing work
includes performances of an original musical, Women Who Dare
To Believe, singing with First Call, Windborne Productions’ The Music of Michael
Jackson and locally with The Eaglemaniacs. www.bonniekeen.com
Taylor Kelly (Antipholus of Syracuse) is beyond
thrilled to be working with this unbelievably talented Comedy of
Errors team in his Nashville Shakespeare Festival debut! Recent
Nashville credits include Giuseppe Zangara in Assassins, Ram
Sweeney in Heathers: The Musical, and Boland in Dogfight.
When not onstage, he serves as the Patron Services Coordinator
at Nashville Children’s Theatre and writes little ditties on his
guitar. Taylor would like to thank Denice Hicks and NSF for
this amazing opportunity, Leann Dickson for planting the seed,
his family for their constant encouragement, and YOU for supporting Nashville
Shakespeare Festival and the greater Nashville theatre community!
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The Comedy of Errors Cast: continued
Randall Lancaster (Solinus / Balthazar) This is
Randall’s seventh play with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival.
He has composed music for San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s
2008 production of Twelfth Night and acted for the Shakespeare
Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a regular singer-songwriter at
the Hermitage Steakhouse, and he is also the English Department
Chair at Father Ryan High School, where he teaches Shakespeare.
He would like to thank his two children, Max and Madeline, and
his students, whom he credits for his earning his latest role, as
they allowed him to subject them mercilessly to his monologues.
Stan Lawrence (First Merchant / Dr. Pinch / Music
Director / Composer) likes to brag that he’s done everything
... once. He studied composition and guitar at Indiana University
and plays all kinds of music: folk, country, classical, even a
little jazz. He’s tried his hand at instrument building, the movie
business, construction, teaching, fronted several bands, and is a
retired aircraft mechanic. A resident of Nashville for thirty years,
he has written songs, done some session and sideman work, and
maintains a small recording studio in his home in Inglewood. He
was Musical Director and the Narrator for The Mockingbird Sings, a musical drama
celebrating the Bristol Sessions (considered the beginnings of the Country Music
Industry). His first experience as Musical Director for Nashville Shakes’ As You Like
It will be hard to top. While off from NSF, Stan teaches guitar, mandolin, and music
theory to aspiring bluegrass pickers and singer-songwriters at Fiddle and Pick and
Cotten Music.
Mary Jane McClarty (Understudy: Tiny & Aemelia) is
joining the Nashville Shakespeare Festival for the second time.
She appeared in As You Like It two summers ago as a dancer
and porch band member. She has studied acting with Darryl
Hickman and Lance Henriksen in Hollywood, California. She
danced professionally in Los Angeles with Gene Marinaccio’s
Ballet Company of Dancers and on The Odd Couple and The
Brady Bunch. She dances contra, ballroom, swing, and Argentine
tango. Being a part of the NSF is a delight and she is grateful for
the opportunity to join them again this year.
Will Miranne (Dromio of Ephesus) is a recent graduate
of Lipscomb University and is very excited to be returning to
Shakespeare in the Park! He was last seen in the park playing Tom
Snout in A Midsummer Nights Dream. He is an active member
of the Nashville theatre community appearing in shows with the
Nashville Repertory Theatre, Blackbird Theatre Company, and
many others. Will is thrilled for this opportunity to be working
with such an incredible cast and to be a part of this amazing
production! He would like to thank all of his friends, Candace,
Corey, and his parents for their motivation and always believing in him.
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David Olney (Aegeon / Composer) Nashville-based
singer-songwriter, recording artist, stream-caster, radio host, and
actor David Olney made his Shakespearean acting debut in 2014
with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s summer production of
As You Like It, for which he also wrote or co-wrote seven original
songs. David’s critically acclaimed music can be heard on more
than 20 studio and live albums as well as in a new concert &
interview DVD+CD. He recently published his first book of
poetry, A Month Of Sonnets, and his first official songbook with
The Songs Of David Olney, Vol. 1. His music has been prominently featured in
ABC-TV’s Nashville, and his songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Linda
Ronstadt, Del McCoury, Tim O’Brien, Steve Young, and many others. David Olney
posts his weekly You Never Know video program, where he performs a song and
shares the story behind it, every Tuesday on DavidOlney.com and YouTube.
Tonya Pewitt (Adrianna) is thrilled to be making her
Nashville Shakespeare Festival debut with this amazing cast!
Recent/favorite roles include Marian Paroo in The Music Man,
Sister Amnesia in Nunsense, Anna Leonowens in The King and I,
Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, Roxie Hart in Chicago, and Princess
Fiona in Shrek the Musical. Tonya graduated from Middle
Tennessee State University where she focused on theatre and
music. She now works for TPAC’s Disney Musicals in Schools
program as a teaching artist. She would like to thank Denice and
everyone involved with Nashville Shakespeare Festival for giving her this amazing
opprotunity! She would also like to thank her family, friends, and Michael for their
undying support! Enjoy the show!
Bob Roberts (Officer / Jailer / Nell) is an infrequent actor,
preferring instead to support the arts from the administrative side.
He’s the Front of House and Box Office Manager for Nashville
Children’s Theatre and a manager for the Belcourt Theatre.
Bob is thrilled to make his first main-cast appearance with NSF
and thanks his friends and family for their support. He has also
appeared with Nashville Children’s Theatre, Madcap Puppets,
Mockingbird Theatre, Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre, and ACT I
Theatre. When not working in theatre, he writes/edits his satirical
news website, The Rhinestone (www.nashvillerhinestone.com), and drinks a wide
variety of beers, often at the same time.
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Erik SChiller (Dromio of Syracuse) is excited to be
in his first show with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. He
trained at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, performing
in productions of On the Razzle, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and
The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Clarence Brown Theatre.
Previous Shakespearean roles include Claudio in Much Ado
About Nothing and Chiron in Titus Andronicus with Tennessee
Stage Company. Other credits include Michael in Fiction (Yellow
Rose Productions), Schmendiman in Picasso at the Lapin Agile
(All Campus Theatre), and Prologue in The Flu Season (ACT 1).
Jordan Scott (Luciana) is thrilled to be making her debut
with NSF! She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a
BA in Drama. After graduating, she moved to Seattle, Washington
and helped teach Improvisation at the Seattle Children’s Theatre.
Some of her favorite roles include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet,
Thomasina in Arcadia, Brooke in Noises Off, and Catherine in
The Foreigner. She was last seen as Gina Jo/Tina Jo in Dearly
Beloved with Bethlehem Players. Jordan wants to thank God for
His many blessings and thank her husband and family members
for all their love and support!
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Sawyer Wallace (Antipholus of Ephesus) is thrilled to
be back in the park with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival and
such an awesome cast and crew. He has previously appeared
with NSF in Much Ado about Nothing (Conrade). Other past roles
include Street Theater’s Dogfight (Pete/Lounge Singer), Chaffin’s
Barn Grease (Roger), Blackbird’s The Crucible (John Willard),
and most recently Oklahoma! (Carnes) with the brand new Music
City Theater Collective. Sawyer is proudest about being a teacher,
forensics coach and technical director at Lipscomb Academy. He
would like to thank his students for inspiration, but most of all his wife Allie for her
constant love and support.
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Artistic Director
Operations Manager
Denice Hicks
Robert Marigza
Development Director
Education Administrator
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Jillian Frame
Bookkeeper / Stage Manager
Education Programming
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Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Featuring an all-female cast
April 13-23, 2017
A co-production with the
Lipscomb University
Theatre Department
Tickets at:
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We’re bringing Shakespeare to you!
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s
IN-SCHOOL PERFORMANCES
Three 50-minute shows available:
Seeking Shakespeare
A one-man autobiographical play written and performed
by actor Santiago Sosa, comically and touchingly retracing his Shakespearean path from his youth in Ecuador
Discovering Shakespeare
A fun and energetic look at how Shakespeare is and will
always be relevant to humanity, performed by four actors
Living Shakespeare
Featuring scenes from six of Shakespeare’s greatest works
performed by veteran actors Brian Russel and NSF Artistic Director Denice Hicks
Companion Workshops Available $100/hr
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Director’s Note
by Nat McIntyre
On the surface, I think Macbeth was written
as a cautionary tale. Just as Macbeth’s rise
to power resulted in tyranny and injustice,
Shakespeare’s play sends the message to his
audience that people should not try to rise
above their “place.” It reiterated that the king of Britain (King James)
had the rightful claim to the throne. But Shakespeare was also good
at pleasing those in power with one message while delighting or
terrifying his audience with what was just underneath. And at its core,
underneath the cautionary tale, Macbeth is a horror story—a story of
the quest for power.
It may seem odd to use a group of teenagers and twenty-somethings
in a modern setting to tell this story, but when you think about it,
the power structures that form during high school and college are the
basis for the rest of our lives. Perhaps that is the reason why we also
experience our greatest rebellion against authority during these years
as well. I wanted our version of Macbeth to be about power’s magnetic
allure as well as the ways that we resist it.
Malcolm runs from power; Banquo fights the urge for it; and Macduff
has no desire for it, instead fighting corruption with a quiet strength
and dignity. But the witches and Hecate respond to power in perhaps
the most important way in the play: they incite anarchy, exposing and
destroying power by any means necessary.
So, what does this play become when a group of teenagers call upon
evil forces to destroy structures of power? This becomes a teenage
horror play. Think: Heathers meets Carrie meets The Craft meets
Jennifer Body meets Game of Thrones, all in Shakespeare’s poetic
language. Enjoy the terror.
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CAST
The NSF Apprentice Company 2016
Macbeth ................................................. Andrew Johnson
Lady Macbeth .......................................... Morgan Conder
Macduff .................................................. Jonah M. Jackson
Banquo / Doctor / Siward ............................... Joseph Cash
Hecate ................................................................. Ara Vito
1st Witch ................................................ Regan Holmberg
2nd Witch ................................................ Lily-Grace Lewis
3rd Witch .......................................... Robin August Fritsch
Duncan / 1st Murderer / 2nd Doctor ....... Ann-Marie Bagge
Malcolm .......................................................... Owen Reid
Ross ......................................................... Tristan Whitney
Lennox ............................................................ Olivia Mell
Lady Macduff / Mentieth ............................. Shannon Clark
Porter / Gentlewoman ................... Mary Elizabeth Roberts
Cawdor / Seyton ...................................... Morgan Bowling
Fleance / Macduff Son / Young Siward ....... Dakota Collins
Messenger / Old Lady / Apparition ..... Alexandra Chopson
The Apprentice Company is an intensive summer training
program for high school, college, and post-college students
interested in honing their performance skills.
Initiated in 1999, the program offers over 50 hours of training with professional teaching artists in subjects such as
movement, voice and speech, text analysis, improvisation,
audition techniques and character building. After the training is completed, they begin the professional rehearsal process for the Shakespeare in the Park production. Auditions
for the Apprentice Company are in April of each year. For
more information, visit our website at nashvilleshakes.org.
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Synopsis
by Nat McIntyre
Our Macbeth begins when four young women (a modern Hecate and
three witches) decide to turn a field trip to Shakespeare in the Park’s
Comedy of Errors into a real-life production of Macbeth. They cast a musical spell to enlist the rest of their group to participate, and the action of
Macbeth begins. Hecate turns herself into a wounded sargeant reporting
to The Scottish King, Duncan. The sargeant gives Duncan news that his
generals, Macbeth and Banquo, have defeated two invading armies—
one from Ireland and one from Norway, led by the traitor, the Thane of
Cawdor. Compelled by the witches, Duncan executes Cawdor on sight.
Meanwhile, Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches, who prophesy
that Macbeth will be made Thane (a rank of Scottish nobility) of Cawdor
and eventually King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Banquo will
beget a line of Scottish kings but never be king himself. Macbeth and
Banquo are skeptical until they receive news that Macbeth has been
named Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is intrigued by the possibility that the
remainder of the witches’ prophecy might be true, but he is uncertain
how to proceed. King Duncan arrives and declares his son Malcolm as
his successor before inviting himself to Macbeth’s castle for the night.
Deciding to leave the prophecy to fate, Macbeth writes ahead to his
wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her all that has happened.
After receiving the letter, Lady Macbeth determines that she will NOT
leave the prophecy to fate and instead asks the spirits to help convince
her husband to murder Duncan. When Macbeth arrives at Inverness,
Lady Macbeth persuades him to kill the king that very night. They plan
to get Duncan’s two guards drunk so they will black out and remember nothing. Later that night, despite his doubts, Macbeth murders the
sleeping Duncan. When Duncan’s death is discovered the next morning,
Macbeth blames the crime on the two guards and kills them. Meanwhile, Duncan’s son Malcolm flees to England, fearing that whoever
killed Duncan desires his demise as well. Macbeth is named king and
although there are some who are suspicious of the circumstances, he has
the support of most of the thanes.
Fearful of the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s heirs will seize the
throne, Macbeth hires a group of murderers to kill Banquo and his son
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Fleance. They ambush and kill Banquo, but the young Fleance escapes
into the night. At a feast that night, Banquo’s ghost visits Macbeth. Seeing the ghost, Macbeth raves madly, startling his guests. Lady Macbeth
tries to minimize the damage, but Macbeth’s erratic behavior incites
resistance from his nobles and subjects.
Frightened, Macbeth goes to visit the witches in their cavern. There, they
show him a sequence of demons and spirits who present him with three
further prophecies: 1) he must beware of Macduff, a Scottish nobleman
who opposed Macbeth’s accession to the throne; 2) he is incapable of
being harmed by any man born of woman; and 3) he will be safe until
Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle. Macbeth is relieved and
feels secure because he knows that all men are born of women and that
forests cannot move. When he learns that Macduff has fled to England to
join Malcolm, Macbeth orders that Macduff’s castle be seized and that
Lady Macduff and her children be slaughtered.
When news of his family’s execution reaches Macduff in England, he
is stricken with grief and vows revenge. Prince Malcolm, Duncan’s son
and heir, has succeeded in raising an army in England, and Macduff
joins him to ride to Scotland and challenge Macbeth’s forces.
Back in Scotland, the Scottish nobles are appalled and frightened by
Macbeth’s tyrannical and murderous behavior. Meanwhile, Lady Macbeth has become plagued with fits of sleepwalking and nightmares.
Before Macbeth’s opponents arrive, Macbeth receives news that she has
killed herself. He awaits the English and fortifies Dunsinane, to which
he has withdrawn in order to defend himself, certain that the witches’
prophecies guarantee his invincibility. He is struck numb with fear, however, when he learns that the English army is advancing shielded with
boughs cut from Birnam Wood—fulfilling part of the witches’ prophecy.
During the battle, Macbeth encounters the vengeful Macduff, who
declares that he was not “of woman born” but was instead “untimely
ripped” from his mother’s womb (what we now call birth by cesarean
section). Although he realizes that he is doomed, Macbeth continues to
fight until Macduff kills him. Malcolm, now the King of Scotland, declares his benevolent intentions for the country and invites all to see him
crowned at Scone. The witches are delighted.
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The Apprentice Company / Macbeth Cast
Ann-Marie Bagge (Duncan / 1st Murderer / 2nd Doctor) is
thrilled to be telling this story alongside such a wonderful, dynamic cast!
She is a senior theatre and education major at Lipscomb University.
Select previous roles include: Jess (The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged)), Rose Mundy (Dancing at Lughnasa), Susanna
Walcott (The Crucible), and Rapunzel (Into The Woods). She’d like to
thank Denice, Nat and Santiago for this opportunity, and YOU for supporting live
theatre. Enjoy! annmariebagge.com
MOrgan Bowling (Cawdor / Seyton) is persuing her BFA
in Musical Theatre from Lipscomb University. She has recently been
featured in The Crucible, Into the Woods, and Medea (Lipscomb
University). She is thrilled to learn from and work with the Nashville
Shakespeare Festival. Hi Mom and Dad!
Joseph Cash (Banquo / Doctor / Siward) is a junior at Belmont
University where he is currently pursuing a BFA in Theatre Performance.
During his first year at BU Joseph was on the sidelines of Belmont
basketball games as their mascot Bruiser and also has performed locally
with several productions during and since high school in plays like The
Great Gatsby and Las Meninas. This is Joseph’s first year performing
with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival.
Alexandra Chopson (Messenger / Old Lady / Apparition)
is a senior at Davidson Academy where her recent roles include:
Anne, The Diary of Anne Frank; Cinderella, Into the Woods;
Uzo, Godspell 2012 Revival; and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth. This May she
appeared as Bluebell in Verge Theater Company’s Skinless. Alexandra
is a member of the National Honors and National Thespian Societies
and was nominated for Best Dramatic Actress at the 2016 Nashville High School
Musical Theatre Awards.
Shannon Clark (Lady MAcduff / Mentieth) is beyond excited
to be a part of Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s 2016 Apprentice
Company. Past roles include Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
and Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. She would like to thank
Denice Hicks, Santiago Sosa, and Nat McIntyre for putting their faith
in her with Lady Macduff. She would also like to thank the cast, her
friends, and her family for their constant support.
Dakota Collins (Fleance / Macduff Son / Young Siward)
is delighted to be a part of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival as his
first out-of-school production, after his freshman debut as Kenickie
in Hillwood High School’s spring production of Grease. In addition
to acting, Dakota is an aspiring author/illustrator, and has recently
completed and self-published his first novella Changing Times.
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The Apprentice Company / Macbeth Cast: continued
Morgan COnder (Lady Macbeth) is thrilled to be making
her Nashville Shakespeare Festival/Apprentice Company debut. A
May graduate of Belmont University’s Theatre Department, Morgan
was most recently seen in Verge Theatre’s production of Skinless as
an understudy, and will soon be playing Juliet in NSF’s upcoming
production of Romeo & Juliet. She would like to thank her incredible
family for their inexhaustible support, and her wonderful husband Mitch, for his
constant willingness to run lines.
Robin August Fritsch (3rd Witch) aka “Bean,” is humbled to
be a 2016 ApCo member! She has performed with several Nashville
theater groups including The Theater Bug, Actor’s Bridge Ensemble,
Street Theatre, Chaffin’s Barn, and Lipscomb University Department of
Theatre. Bean loves to dance and is a proud member of the DancEast
Company. She also enjoys songwriting and busking with her ukulele
around East Nashville! Thank you Denice, Santi, and Nat for making my dream of
performing with Nashville Shakes come true!
Regan Holmberg (1st Witch) was born near the seaside in Florida,
but moved to Nashville young and fell in love with the city. The love
of Shakespeare came early, and she is blessed to have the opportunity
to learn and perform with such incredible teachers and actors. She can
only hope to continue as she enters college.
Jonah M. Jackson (Macduff / UNderstudy Angelo) is a
recent graduate of Lipscomb University with a BFA in Theatre – Acting/
Directing. Some of his recent credits include Bourbon/Bates in Henry
V (NSF), France/Ensemble in King Lear (NSF), and The Baker in Into the
Woods (Lipscomb University). He is so excited to be back for another
production with Nashville Shakespeare Festival, and so thankful for the
opportunity to get to learn as part of a great Apprentice Company! He would also like
to send out lots of love to his family and friends for their love and support.
www.jonahmjackson.com
Andrew Johnson (Macbeth) is a recent graduate of Lipscomb
University. He is incredibly thankful for the opportunity to return to the
NSF stage. His recent credits include NSF’s King Lear as Knight One and
2014’s As You Like It as Charles/First Lord, Nashville Rep’s Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead as a Tragedian. He would like to thank
the NSF and director Nat McIntyre for all the training and support
throughout the process. He would also like to thank his family and friends for their
love and support. He could not do it without them. Romans 12:21
Apprentice Company Sponsor:
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Lily-Grace Lewis (2nd Witch) is thrilled to be making her debut
with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival as Witch 2! Lily Grace has been
blessed to receive training at the School at NSF for the last year and
couldn’t be more excited to debut. Recent theatrical credits include:
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), and Arista
(The Little Mermaid). She would like to thank Santiago, her mother
Marmee, and Ian, for sitting with her at callbacks.
Olivia Mell (Lennox) is happy to be on stage with NSF for the
third time. Getting to play with Shakespeare, her friends, and you (the
wonderful audience) is her favorite thing in the world. Special thanks
to God, her loving support system, and you, ESPECIALLY you. Without
your unconditional support this would all be for naught. ENJOY
MACBETH. I hope this play teaches you as much as it has taught me. XX
Kate Prosser (Director’s Apprentice) is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. She moved to Nashville to be a
Professional Intern at the Nashville Repertory Theatre. Kate would like
to thank her family, her friends, and her queens. A big thank you to Nat
for being one of the best influences she’s met here. It all started after
jamming to “In Your Eyes.” Her next project will be Assistant Directing
at the Darkhorse Theatre this fall!
Owen Reid (Donalbain) has been studying drama since he was 8
years old at Nashville Children’s Theatre. He was recently at Governor’s
School for the Arts where he learned about all aspects of theatre. He
has played roles such as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lee
in Radium Girls at Harpeth Hall, and Kyle the UPS guy at NCT. He is a
junior at Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet School.
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015-16
Tony McAlister, Chair
Marcia McDonald, Vice Chair
Donald Capparella, Secretary
Chad Milom, Treasurer
Will Brewer
Lori Carver
E. Baird Dixon
Brian Fox
Jessica Gichner
Denice Hicks (Ex officio)
Tim Ishii
David Marcus
Ann Marie Deer Owens
Chae Snorten
Jim Stewart
Alex von Hoffman
Willie Young
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Mary Elizabeth ROberts (Porter / Gentlewoman) is thrilled
to be joining the Apprentice Company for Macbeth. She is a junior at
Lipscomb University where she is studying acting. Her favorite
involvements in past productions include The Crucible with Blackbird
Theater and Seussical the Musical at Lipscomb University. She
would like to thank her mom and dad for supporting and loving her
unconditionally.
Ara Vito (Hecate) is a 2016 graduate of Belmont University with a
double major in Theatre and English, and most recently played Cassius
in Julius Caesar. Also a playwright, her original stage adaptation of
Alice in Wonderland received national awards at the Kennedy Center.
She’s thrilled to be part of the NSF Apprentice Company and would like
to thank each of the ApCo instructors, her fellow apprentices, and her
amazing family!
Tristan Whitney (Ross) has been acting for the entirety of his life.
From the age of three until now, at the age of 17. He’s currently a
senior at the Nashville School of the Arts as a theatre major. He’s very
excited to be working with ApCo in his first show at NSF. A couple
of his most prominent roles have been Daniel in 7 Ways To Sunday,
Emmett Forrest from Legally Blonde The Musical, Huckleberry Finn in
Big River, St. George in The Reluctant Dragon, and Milo/Leo in The Most Amazing
Anything Of Evertime with The Theatre Bug. He’s also set to play Balthasar in the
upcoming winter production of Romeo and Juliet. He gives a special thanks for his
parents’ dedication to him as a performer and always supporting him in his craft.
thanks
Education Sponsor for the
2016 Season
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Production Staff
Director, The Comedy of Errors ....................... Denice Hicks
Director, Macbeth ......................................... Nat McIntyre
Producer ..................................................... Robert Marigza
Stage Manager ............................................... Teresa Driver
Assistant Stage Manager .................... Sarah-Kathryn Kessen
Apprentice Company Director / Voice & Text Coach /
Fight Choreographer, Macbeth .................. Santiago Sosa
Music Director, The Comedy of Errors ............ Stan Lawrence
Site Technical Director / Master Electrician ............ D.J. Ranta
Set Design ...................................... Todd Seage, John Sevier
Costume Design, The Comedy of Errors ...... June Kingsbury
Light Design ........................................... Anne Willingham
Properties Design / 2nd Assistant Stage Manager ... Donna Seage
Dance Choreography, The Comedy of Errors ... Everett Tarleton
Fight Choreography, The Comedy of Errors ... David Wilkerson
Costume Designer, Macbeth .................... Brooke Ferguson
Hair & Makeup / Wardrobe Supervisor .... Colleen Garatoni
Apprentice Company Faculty ....... Brad Brown, Rene Millan
Assistant Director, The Comedy of Errors ...... Bethany Rowland
Assistant Director, Macbeth ............................. Kate Prosser
Publicity Photos ................................................ Jeff Frazier
Graphic Design ............................................... Michael Nott
Production / Publicity Photos ........................... Rick Malkin
Sound Engineer ................................................ Patrick Lake
Run Crew ............................................................ H.T. Rader
Light Operator .................................................. Fish Powell
House Manager ................................................ Eric Ventress
Volunteer Coordinator ....................................... Anita Reed
Sign Language Interpreter .................................. Scott Baker
Stitchers .............................. Renee Ramirez, Alyssa Johnson
Scenic Builders ....................... Alan Puglisi, Travis Broholm
Development Intern .............................. Stephanie Burnette
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Thank You!
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s deepest thanks and appreciation go to
Metro Nashville Parks & Recreation, The Metro Nashville Arts Commission,
The Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Metro Council for their support of
our annual productions. If you enjoy this event, please help us thank them by
writing to the following:
Metro Nashville Parks & RecreationTennessee Arts Commission
Tommy Lynch, Director
Anne B. Pope
Centennial Park Office
401 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37201
Nashville, TN 37243
Metro Nashville Arts CommissionMayor Megan Berry
Jennifer Cole& Metro Nashville City Council
P.O. Box 196300
100 Metro Courthouse
Nashville, TN 37219-6300
Nashville, TN 37201
Special Thanks to::
Bill Lloyd, Montgomery Bell Academy Theatre Department, Nashville Repertory
Theatre, Dr. Jayme Yeo
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About the Staff
Teresa Driver (Stage Manager) Credits include: Henry V, As You Like It,
Twelfth Night, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Much Ado About
Nothing, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Case, The Tempest, Love’s
Labor’s Lost (Nashville Shakespeare Festival), It’s a Wonderful Life, The Cash Legacy,
Les Miserables, The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, The Glass Menagerie, The
Miracle Worker, 12 Angry Men, Big River (Studio Tenn), Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and
Spike, Company (Nashville Rep), Fiddler on the Roof (Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre),
Avenue Q, Hairspray, The Bad Seed, Once on this Island, The Great American Trailer
Park Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Street Theatre Company),
and Spirit: The Authentic Story of the Bell Witch of Tennessee (Community Spirit).
Brooke Ferguson (Costume Designer - Macbeth) is so excited to be back
working with Nashville Shakespeare Festival. She is a recent graduate from Lipscomb
University where she received a BFA in Acting. She would like to thank Nat for
this amazing opportunity, Santiago and Denice for their continual help and support,
Andrew Johnson for being her biggest fan and love, her family, her friends and the big
man upstairs for fueling her flames. Enjoy the show!
Jillian Frame (Education Administrator) began her work with NSF as
an Apprentice Company Member (2004, 2008) and directing intern (2007) and has
since served the Festival in various roles such as assistant director, teaching artist, and
assistant house manager among others. She graduated with a B.A. in Dramatic Arts
in 2010 from Trevecca Nazarene University where she has also served as an alumna
guest director for multiple productions, one of which being Trevecca’s first sensoryfriendly production (Jungalbook, 2013). In addition to her work with NSF, she has
also had the pleasure of working with other local schools and theatre companies,
including Franklin Road Academy, Harpeth Hall School, Nashville Children’s Theatre,
and Nashville Repertory Theatre as well as Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY.
Denice Hicks (Executive ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Director / Aemelia - The
Comedy of errors) has been working for The Nashville Shakespeare Festival
since 1990 as an actor, director, teaching artist, and has held the position of Artistic
Director since 2005. Raised in Lenni, PA, she made her stage debut at the age of five.
Educated at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, she moved to Nashville in 1980 to
perform at Opryland USA. Denice was an original company member of the Tennessee
Repertory Theatre, and was among the founders of both the Darkhorse Theater and
of People’s Branch Theatre. An Ingram Fellowship award winner and advocate for
Arts in Education, she has edited and directed touring productions of Shakespeare’s
works, developed and facilitated workshops for students of all ages and designed
and implemented the NSF Apprentice Company Training and Shakespeare Allowed!
programming. She has been a guest lecturer at Tennessee State U., Middle Tennessee
State U., Vanderbilt U., Belmont U., Lipscomb U., Oklahoma City U., Bethel U., and
Austin Peay U., and served as a Teaching Artist for the Leonard Bernstein Center,
Nashville Institute for the Arts, and the Folger Shakespeare Library Institute. In 2012
she served as a guest lecturer with the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad program
for three weeks in Stratford-Upon- Avon and London. In 2014, she was honored by
the Nashville Scene as one of the “Twenty-five Nashvillians who’ve shaped the city
for the better since 1989” and last year was voted “Best stage actor” by the readers of
the Nashville Scene.
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About the Staff: continued
Sarah-Kathryn Kessen (Assistant Stage Manager) After a 5 year break
Sarah-Kathryn is excited to be back at Stage Managing. An Apprentice Company
alumna, she is so glad her first show back is with the ApCo. She is thankful to Teresa
Driver for being an amazing mentor and Brad Brown for starting her journey as a
stage manager. She is so thankful to her parents for supporting her dreams even as
they change and morph.
JUNE KINGSBURY (COSTUME DESIGNER) has been costuming Nashville theater
productions since 2000. In recent years, she has branched out to tailor stage outfits for
recording artists such as Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, and Jewel and
television shows including NBC’s Nashville Star. As a theatrical costumer, she has
designed shows for Nashville Shakespeare Festival since 2006. She has also designed
for Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theater, Actors Bridge Ensemble, Vanderbilt University
Opera, Lipscomb University Theater, Belmont University Theater, and others. She
was picked by the Nashville Scene as their Best Costume Designer for 2011.
www.junebugnashville.com
PATRICK LAKE (SOUND ENGINEER) is happy to be returning for his 14th year in the
park. This is getting to be something of a habit! Patrick is grateful to his amazing wife,
Janelle, and their three incredible kiddos, for their enduring support for both him
and the Festival. He is a multimedia developer during the day and, oddly enough in
Nashville, a musician. @_patricklake
robert marigza (Producer / Operations manager) first became involved
with NSF as an actor in the 1994 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Over
these 22 years, he has served The Festival as an actor, stage manager, designer,
technical director, crew, teacher, and I.T. guy. Since 2005, he has been the fulltime Operations Manager of the company and producer of Macbeth, The Merry
Wives of Windsor, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Richard III,
Shakespeare’s Case, Complete Works, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Love’s
Labor’s Lost, Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Much Ado about Nothing, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Othello, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Henry V, King Lear, and The
Comedy of Errors. As an actor, Robert has also worked with Nashville Children’s
Theatre, People’s Branch Theatre, Mockingbird Theatre, Tennessee Repertory Theatre,
Green Room Projects, and Actors’ Bridge Ensemble, as well as in commercials and
independent films. Robert sends his love and thanks to Jayme.
RICKEY CHICK MARQUARDT (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR) is a Nashville native.
She holds an AA from Aquinas College, a BA with Honors in Speech and Theatre
from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a JD from the Nashville School
of Law. She served Third National Bank as Vice President and Legal Counsel, and
through the Office of the Attorney General she enjoyed 18 years of service to the
State of Tennessee. She has devoted countless volunteer hours to fundraising and
friendraising in the arts with groups including: The Nashville Shakespeare Festival;
The Oxford Imps, Oxford, England; The Independent Drama Society, Boston, Mass.;
Circle Players, Nashville; the Clarence Brown Theater, Knoxville; Montgomery
Bell Academy; Harpeth Hall; Room in the Inn; and The Musical Heritage Center,
Pegram, TN. Upon retirement from the practice of law, she joined Aquinas College as
Director of Development and Community Relations contributing to the development
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of two major acquisitions for the college, one locally and one internationally. Rickey
currently serves as the co-chair of the Education Committee of the Nashville chapter
of the English Speaking Union of the United States. She is the mother of four grown
sons, three of whom are triplets. Her sons live, work and thrive respectively in:
Boston, Mass.; Dublin, Ireland; London, England and Berlin, Germany.
NAT MCINTYRE (Director - Macbeth) has been a Nashville actor and director
since moving here in 2013 after a year on Broadway in the Lincoln Center production
of War Horse. While in New York he also acted and directed Off-Broadway theatre
company Epic Theatre Ensemble. Regional acting credits include Macbeth (St. Louis
Rep.); Othello (Shakespeare on The Sound); Merry Wives of Windsor & Measure
for Measure directed by Paul Mullins, All’s Well That Ends Well & Hamlet directed
by Darko Tresnjak (The Old Globe); The Rivals directed by Nicholas Martin (The
Huntington Theatre); Living Room in Africa directed by Daniel Goldstein (Gloucester
Stage); Rapist James by Christopher Denham (Next Stages); His original work includes
The Jewish Independent & Jester’s Dead: A Top Gun Shakesparody and has been
produced by The Old Globe, The Philly Fringe, Studio Tisch, and The PIT; TV and Film
works include roles on Law & Order: CI, The Good Wife, Elementary, and Devious
Maids. In Nashville, he has acted with The Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Studio
Tenn, Actors’ Bridge, and was seen in the February production of Good Monsters at
Nashville Rep. He has directed Henry V (Nashville Shakespeare); End Days (Verge);
Compleat Works (Lipscomb University); and his Country Music Twelfth Night
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(Trevecca Nazarene University) with music composed by Warner artists Ryan Kinder
and Luke Sheets. He was also the co-creator of The Nashville 9. Nat received his
MFA from The Old Globe. Love to his Lucy and Jenny!
MICHAEL “FISH” POWELL (LIGHTING TECHNICIAN) is celebrating his 20th
year in the park with The Nashville Shakespeare Festival. A musician, writer, artist,
and motorcyclist, he owns the Lil’ Choo Choo BBQ food train that is here at the
Festival every night (Look behind you.). He has a brick and mortar location at 1609
Murfreesboro Road. As always, he is thrilled to be part of this year’s show. He is
grateful to NSF for having him back each year.
HUGH-THOMAS “HT” RADER (RUN CREW) has worked around town as a Stagehand
or in the Production capacity for going on TEN YEARS! He has been waiting to do
this play for a VERY LONG TIME! He has seen it a couple of times, but this will be a
first with NSF.
Davin “D.J.” Ranta (Tech Director / Master Electrician) has been working
with The Nashville Shakespeare Festival since 1992, and this marks his 18th year on
the production staff. D.J. is the Theatre Manager/Technical Director for Harpeth Hall
School. He has also been Technical Director for Circle Players, ACT I, and others,
as well as lighting designer for numerous productions. He is a past board member of
ACT I as well as Circle Players, where he is currently the company TD. Recent credits
include light design for Les Miserables and Master Class, TD for Titanic the Musical,
and set design for To Kill A Mockingbird. The top 3 memorable productions that D.J.
has worked on are A Chorus Line, Pippen, and Masterpieces. D.J. would like to thank
his wife Laurie and daughter Vonnie for putting up with all the long hours and even
helping into the wee hours of the morning on many an occasion.
Donna Seage (Properties Designer / 2nd Assistant Stage Manager) A
former stage manager, producer and artistic board member for NSF, Donna is joyful
at getting to once again play in the park. She holds a BFA from UT Austin and an
M.Ed from MTSU. Professional credits include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing,
directing a touring production of Nunsense and spending several years in various
capacities for the nationally recognized rural arts facility, The Arts Center of Cannon
County, where she is currently Co-Technical Director, along with husband Todd.
Thanks as always to Todd, Jack and Jane for sharing and supporting this passion.
Santiago Sosa (Apprentice Company Director / Voice & Text Coach
/ Fight Choreographer - Macbeth) earned a BFA from Texas State University
and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin. As an actor, teaching artist, and/or voice
& text coach, Santiago has worked at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Players
Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Muse of
Fire Shakespeare Company, Door Shakespeare, Writers Theatre, Forward Theatre
Company, Definition Theatre, TPAC, NCT, Nashville Rep and ShakespeareRep. He
was recently seen in NSF’s productions of King Lear, As You Like It and Twelfth Night.
Santiago is NSF’s Lead Teaching Artist and an adjunct professor at Lipscomb and
MTSU. He is the recipient of the Horton Foote and Robert Yeager Award for directing
as well as the Advanced Opportunity Fellowship. Santiago will be directing NSF’s
production of Romeo and Juliet this upcoming winter. Love to Rachel, the pups, and
mi familia.
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Everett Tarleton (Choreographer - The Comedy of Errors) hails
originally from the mountains of Eastern Tennessee but has lived nomadically
throughout the southeast working as an actor, singer, dancer, comedian, coach,
director, and choreographer for over a decade. Film credits include Nashville, Race
with the Devil, Big Stone Gap, several music videos, as well as commercials for the
US Military. Everett has appeared locally in Chicago (Nashville Rep), All Shook Up,
Arsenic & Old Lace, Mixed Emotions (Chaffin’s Barn), and Discovering Shakespeare
(Nashville Shakespeare Festival). Other theatrical productions include: Little Shop
of Horrors, The 39 Steps, Kiss Me, Kate, The Pirates of Penzance, Unto These Hills
and Peachtree Battle. You can catch Everett all over Nashville dancing and playing
various sundry characters for industrial and corporate events. He holds a BA in Theatre
(dance minor) from East TN State. A veteran of the Fringe Festival Circuit, Everett has
performed in many award winning shows including Tallulah Dies (2011 Producers
Pick) and his one man show Timmy Goes to Rehab.
ERIC VENTRESS (HOUSE MANAGER) is thrilled to be back in the park for an eleventh
year. Given that he can’t come up with any clever quips for his bio this year (though
none of the others were terribly clever either, let’s be honest), he’ll just point out that
he usually doesn’t refer to himself in the third person. If you recognized that this is the
fourth year in a row that he’s used this bio, please see him at the tent for a celebratory
high-five.
DAVID WILKERSON (FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER) returns to NSF once again to
massage the violence. In addition to fight direction, he is a local professional actor,
director, teacher, and stage manager.
Anne Willingham (Lighting Designer) is delighted to be a part of this
production. When not designing for Nashville Shakespeare Festival and other theatre
groups, she works as a photographer specializing in infants, children and families.
(www.annelwillinghamphotography.com). Ms. Willingham received a Bachelor of
Interior Design from the School of Architecture at Auburn University and a Master
of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama in set and lighting design. After a year
at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Anne moved to Nashville and joined the local
theater workforce serving as set and lighting designer for such groups as Lipscomb
University, Vanderbilt Opera Theater, Montgomery Bell Academy, Shelter Repertory
Dance Theatre, Nashville Children’s Theatre, Mockingbird Theatre, and People’s
Branch Theatre. In addition to working professionally, Anne has served as an adjunct
lighting instructor for Lipscomb University and Belmont University.
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The History of The Nashville Shakespeare Festival
The mission of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival is to educate and entertain
the Mid-South community through professional Shakespearean experiences.
The Festival enriches and unifies our community with bold, innovative and relevant
productions along with empowering, participatory educational programs, setting
the community standard of excellence in productions and educational outreach
of the works of Shakespeare.
In 1988, a group of local actors led by Chambers Stevens produced the first freeof-charge Shakespeare in the Park production of As You Like It in Centennial Park.
The park’s central location was instrumental in making Shakespeare in the Park a
success, attracting a wide and diverse audience.
Inspired by strong support from the community for the first production, the
founders followed up with a second free production in the Park, Pericles in 1989,
and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival was born. Local attorney and actor Donald
Capparella assisted those founders (who included longtime company member Jill
Jackson), and when Stevens left Nashville after Pericles, Capparella was joined
by Denice Hicks among many others to create the first professional production of
Shakespeare in the Park, The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1990.
With Capparella leading the Board and Denice Hicks guiding the artistic vision
of the Company during its twenty-seven-year history, the Festival has grown into
one of the region’s leading professional theatres. Each summer 10,000 to 15,000
people attend the annual Shakespeare in Park production which is designed
to be accessible to people from all cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
Since 1988, over 280,000 Middle Tennesseans have attended, and admission
has remained free, with donations welcomed at the Park for any who choose to
support the Festival.
In 1992, in response to the need for an arts-in-education program in the Metropolitan
Nashville Public Schools, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival developed its
educational outreach program, beginning with a series of fifty-minute versions
of Shakespeare’s best-known works as “Shakespeare Samplers.” These abridged
productions toured to middle and high schools throughout the state as well as
regional colleges and universities. Through the years, The Festival has become a
trusted resource for schools by providing enriching in-classroom workshops and
creative opportunities for students. Over 185,000 students – many of whom had
never experienced live theatre before – have been introduced to Shakespeare
through the Festival’s interactive workshops and energetic performances.
In 2008, The Nashville Shakespeare Festival established its annual Winter
Shakespeare production in residence at Belmont University’s Troutt Theater. The
winter production allows The Festival to expand its repertoire to include plays that
benefit from a more intimate indoor venue and to provide both public performances
and daytime school performances. The first eight winter productions, Hamlet,
Richard III, The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Case, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello,
Twelfth Night, and King Lear have served over 40,000 students and adults. The
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NSF was awarded grants to serve at-risk children, who are given the opportunity
to experience these productions free of charge. Following the production, they
enjoy a question and answer session with the actors and directors. Some of the
most memorable of these sessions occurred after the Julius Caesar and Othello
performances, between the students and football star Eddie George who played
the title roles.
The Festival has also expanded its outreach to include businesses, law firms
and adult groups, providing workshops that exercise creative thinking, problem
solving, and effective communication through working with Shakespeare’s
language, characters, and themes. The Festival’s certified Continuing Legal
Education workshops have proven particularly popular as well as a solid source
of revenue.
The success of the summer and winter productions has made possible many
other community events throughout the year, also free to the public. Shakespeare
Allowed, offered in partnership with the Nashville Public Library, is now in its 7th
year. This event brings together actors, students, professionals, homeless citizens,
ESL learners, retirees, and anyone else who wishes to participate in reading
Shakespeare aloud. The reading is conducted by the Executive Artistic Director of
the NSF, Denice Hicks, and over 2,500 have participated in these public readings
that take place the first Saturday each month. Other community events include:
Shakespeare’s Birthday celebrated with “The Biggest Balcony Scene Ever” in one
of Nashville’s many beautiful public parks and “Scholar Nights” where university
professors discuss the plays with a public audience.
29 Years of Shakespeare in the Park
2004 – The Comedy of Errors
2005 – The Winter’s Tale
2006 – Macbeth
2007 – The Merry Wives of Windsor
& The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2008 – Coriolanus
2009 – The Taming of the Shrew
& The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare (abridged)
2010 – Love’s Labor’s Lost
2011 – Romeo & Juliet
2012 – Much Ado about Nothing
2013 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2014 – As You Like It
2015 – Henry V
& Macbeth
for Follow us:
1989 – Pericles
1990 – The Merry Wives of Windsor
1991 – Othello (Also at Shelby Park)
1992 – Much Ado about Nothing
1995 – Macbeth
1996 – Julius Caesar
1997 – The Taming of the Shrew
& The Little Prince
1998 – Twelfth Night
1999 – The Tempest
2002 – All’s Well That Ends Well
2003 – Romeo and Juliet
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information, photos, video and more,
and to subscribe to our email news.
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10 Years of Winter Shakespeare
at the Troutt Theater, Belmont University
2015 – Twelfth Night*
2012 – Julius Caesar
2008 – Hamlet
2016 – King Lear
2013 – Macbeth
2009 – Richard III
2017 – Romeo & Juliet
2014 – Othello
2010 – The Tempest
2011 – Shakespeare’s Case
*(also at Collins Auditorium, Lipscomb University)
24 Years of Educational Outreach Productions
1992 – Macbeth (Sampler – Metro High Schools)
1993 – Hamlet (Sampler – Metro High Schools)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (NIA Summer Session)
1994 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Langford Auditorium)
The Wonderful O (NIA Summer Session at MBA)
Macbeth (Sampler - NIA Summer Session at MBA)
Romeo and Juliet (Sampler – Metro High Schools)
1995 – The Belle of Amherst (H.O.T. Statewide tour and Linden Ave.)
The Wonderful O (Langford Auditorium), The Little Prince (NIA Summer Ses-
sion at MBA), Romeo and Juliet (Sampler – Metro High Schools)
1996 – Macbeth (Sampler - H.O.T. Statewide tour), The Little Prince (Langford Au
ditorium), We Say of Ourselves (TPAC/ACT III)
1997 – We Say of Ourselves (H.O.T. Statewide tour and TPAC Johnson Theater)
Macbeth, We Say of Ourselves (Samplers – Metro Schools)
1998 – Antigone (H.O.T. War Memorial Auditorium)
1999 – We Say of Ourselves (Regional Schools)
2000 – A Doll’s House (H.O.T. War Memorial Auditorium), A Shakespeare Sampler
2001 – A Shakespeare Sampler
2002 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ArtSmart and TPAC Johnson Theater )
Aesop’s Fables (Head Start programs)
2003 – Rip Van Winkle (H.O.T. Polk Theater and Regional School Tour)
2004 – Lovers and Fighters (Cumberland & Belmont, regional schools)
Midsummer (Harpeth Hall Winterim)
2005 – Lovers and Fighters (Regional School Tour)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nashville School of the Arts)
Twelfth Night (Harpeth Hall and MBA)
2006 – Mother Courage (NSF in-school workshops for the PBT production)
Macbeth (NEA Statewide tour and TPAC Johnson Theater)
2007 – Shrew (Harpeth Hall Winterim)
Julius Caesar (all-teen production at Darkhorse Theater)
The Taming of The Shrew (Harpeth Hall School)
2008 – The Winter’s Tale (Harpeth Hall School)
2009 – Shakespeare’s Case (World Premiere at Troutt Theater)
Love’s Labor’s Lost (Harpeth Hall School)
2010 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bellhaven Christian Academy)
Romeo & Juliet (Davidson Academy)
2011 – Shakespeare’s Case (Rural TN Tour)
Much Ado about Nothing (Harpeth Hall School)
2013 – As You Like It (Harpeth Hall School)
2014 – The High School Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2015 – The High School Shakespeare Festival
2015/16 – Seeking Shakespeare, Discovering Shakespeare, and Living Shakespeare
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Dear Friends of The Nashville
Shakespeare Festival,
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for
your generosity!
The donations by the individuals, corporations,
businesses, and foundations, acknowledged
on the following pages are vital to the work of
the Festival. We are deeply grateful for each
and every gift received and honored by the
continued support of our many friends and
benefactors.
With your help, the Festival’s year-round
programs: The Apprentice Company,
Shakespeare Allowed! and Student Workshops are growing strong. These
programs reach deep into our diverse community and contribute to the
cultural and educational quality of our thriving city. As a result of this
success, there is an increase in demand for Festival shows and educational
outreach. In response to that demand, in 2015, the Festival added both a
training program called The School at Nashville Shakespeare Festival and
three touring shows which can come to your school or community center:
Seeking Shakespeare, Discovering Shakespeare, and Living Shakespeare.
In addition to producing the highest quality professional theatre,
educational programs and trainings, the Festival is committed to excellence
in the business of theatre. Through our year-round internship program,
we offer students and young professionals hands-on experience in theatre,
theatre management, theatre production, theatre education and non-profit
management. Students participating in this education outreach earn college
credit, enhance their resumes and network with theatre professionals
locally, nationally and internationally.
Your continued generosity supports The Nashville Shakespeare Festival as
we grow with Nashville. The staff, board and volunteers are deeply grateful
for the trust you place in us to do this work and serve all in our community.
We look forward to seeing you throughout the year as you join thousands of
others in Middle Tennessee who enjoy all that The Nashville Shakespeare
Festival has to offer.
Sincerely,
Rickey Chick Marquardt
Development Director
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival gratefully acknowledges the following
institutions for their generous support over the last twelve months:
* Indicates “Northern Stars,” supporters with a history of giving who have renewed their gifts this year.
Advance Financial*
Amazon.com
Aramark
Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt*
Belmont University*
Bradfield Stage Lighting*
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation*
Comcast*
The Community Foundation
of Middle Tennessee*
Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella PC*
Dose Coffee & Tea*
DreamHost.com*
First Tennessee Foundation*
The Frist Foundation*
HCA Foundation*
HCA TriStar*
The Martha Rivers Ingram Advised Fund*
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Jive! A Digital Print Factory*
Kroger*
Lipscomb University*
The Memorial Foundation*
Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission*
Metropolitan Nashville Parks & Recreation*
Montgomery Bell Academy*
Nashville Public Television*
Nashville Scene*
The National Endowment for the Arts*
NowPlayingNashville.com*
The Rich Foundation*
The Ernest & Selma Rosenblum Fund for
the Performing Arts of The Community
Foundation of Middle Tennessee*
Rothschild & Associates
Tennessee Arts Commission*
Vanderbilt University*
Whitehardt, Inc.*
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival gratefully acknowledges the following
individuals for their generous contributions over the past twelve months:
* Indicates “Northern Stars,” supporters with a history of giving who have renewed their gifts this year.
$5,000+
Donald Capparella
& Amy Dorfman*
Tony & Lynne McAlister*
Byron & Beth Smith*
Alexandra Von Hoffmann*
$2,500-$4,999
Marcia A. McDonald*
Chad Milom*
$1,000-$2,499
Ann & Gerry Calhoun*
Beth Curley*
Thomas Dowling
& Cynthia Cyrus*
The William Engel Family*
Jessica Gichner*
Edward Lanquist*
Leah & David Marcus*
Robert Paxton
Anita Reed & Steven Burnette*
Charles & Anne Roos*
David Shankle
Bob & Susan Spieth*
William & Georganne Syler*
Candy Toler*
Sue Fort White & Steve White*
$500-$999
Anonymous*
Eric W. Berg III, M.D.*
Steve & Julie Kramer Davis*
Baird & Cindy Dixon*
Bart Durham*
Julia Fesmire & Paul Alexis*
Jon Glassmeyer*
Susan Hollyday*
Jill Jackson & Michael Colbert*
Thomas Jones
Christian Morris*
Ann Marie Deer Owens*
The Rich Foundation*
Nathan Ridley*
Jim & Jo Anna Stewart*
Truxton Trust
The Village Fund*
$250-$499
Burkley & Newton Allen*
Steve & Menié Bell*
Scott Bradley
Leslie R. Brooks, III
English Speaking Union*
Jerry Campbell & Dawn Kirk*
Chase Cole*
Douglas
& Sandra B. Cruickshanks, Jr*
Tom & Leslie DiNella*
Cora Sophia Dobson*
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Vince Durnan*
Delek Fund of Hope
The Jane & Richard Eskind
Mr. & Mrs. Bruno DiGiorgi*
& Family Foundation*
Kevin & Ellen Donovan*
Dr. & Mrs. Fred Goldner*
Allison Elliott
Bob & Sally Goodrich*
Travis Esberger*
David Landon*
Brian & Amy Eytchison*
Sharon Lassiter*
Mark & Jill Farber & Family*
Robert Linkowski*
Larry & Paula Farmer*
Mark & Jean Lyon*
Patricia & Steven Freeman*
Mark Magnuson
Susan Garner*
& Steve Westfield*
Keith Gott
Mary Helen Marigza*
Deborah Haight
Betty & Sam Marney*
Dennis & Rita Hall*
Sullivan Marsden*
Bill & Patti Harbison*
Graham & Suzanne Matherne* Dr. & Mrs. Dean Harless*
Diana & Jeff Mobley*
Robert Harper*
Montgomery Bell Academy
Susan Harris-Edwards
Theatre Dept.*
Dr. Annemarie Harrod*
Phillip Newman
Henry Hildebrand*
& Jude White*
Jay & Anne Hitt
Andy Shookhoff
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Katahn*
& Eva Sochorova*
Judge Walter Kurtz
Gael & Susan Stahl*
& Chancellor Ellen Lyle*
Margaret Turner*
David & C.B. Loftin*
Ed Van Voorhees*
John & Susan Love*
Kevin & Elizabeth Warren*
Alexandra Mackay
Walter & Lucinda Marczak*
$100-$249
Sean Martin*
Gareth S. Aden*
Rachel & Joe McAllister*
Teri Alea*
Chancellor Carol McCoy*
Kathi & Edgar Allen*
Mike
Robyn & Jeffrey Baker*
& Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh*
Jeanne Ballinger
Wade & Victoria McInnis
& Irwin Venick*
Anna Means*
Lynn Bartlett
David & Kate Metcalf*
Trina & Steven Baum*
Connie Heard & Edgar Meyer*
Ray & Douglas Berry*
Joyce Middleton
John Blanton*
Samantha Murphy
Mike Bolds & Liz Schneider*
& Justin Roby*
Val Brandon
Melinda & John Noel*
Dexter Brewer
David Olney*
Eric & Sue Broder*
Robert & Darlene Panvini*
Martin & Cathy Brown*
Erin Parker*
Elisa & Richard Burks*
Fish Powell*
Kitty Calhoon
Eleanor Raths*
& David Ettinger*
Nancy Ray*
Lori M. Carver*
Jerome & Kimberly Reed*
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Chazen *
Resurgam Law, P.C.
Linda G. Cooper*
K. Rode
Elizabeth Cormier*
Victoria O. Ross*
Robert & Jan Dale*
Melissa & Philip Russ*
Jim & Barb Daugherty*
Rick & Helen Sanders*
Mr. & Mrs. Kirby Davis*
Robert & Layne Sasser*
Jim Schmidt*
Lester & Kathryn Smith*
Nan Frazer Smith*
Ann Stern
Strategy & Leadership
Donald G. Strong*
Allison Stroud
Carolyn Taylor
Lanny & Pamela Todd*
Byron & Aleta Arthur Trauger*
William & Mila Truan*
Margaret Vaughn
Bill Velez*
Kent & Karen Weeks
Mr. Joseph A. Woodruff*
Aida Yared*
Jayme Yeo*
Donald Zachary Esq.
& Suzanne Zachary Ph.D.*
Beverly Zak
$50-$99
Scott Aikin*
Charles & Gracie Allen*
John & Deb Bakewell*
Andrea Barach
Julie Blagojevich
Kaul Bluestone
Mr. & Mrs. Joe B. Brown*
Christopher Bryan
Lori E. Buchanan*
Barbara Cannon
Scott & Kathy Corlew*
Frances & Brooks Corzine
Gregory Cox
Bill Crosby*
Susan Culkin & Douglas Adair*
Joel & Catherine Dragelin*
Sam Edwards*
Robert & Marica Erickson
Thomas Feller
Janna Findley*
Cal Fuller & Lauren Bufferd*
Paul Gatrell
Nancy Gentry*
Mark Gilbertson*
Patricia Riney Green*
B. Riney & Lynn Green*
Dr. & Mrs. Erich Groos*
Dana Haas
Susan Hammonds-White
& Walter White*
List represents donations received from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016
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James Hartman*
Chris & Sedley Hassel*
Barry Heard*
Grant Houston*
David & Barbara Howell*
Sarah & Brett Hudson*
Steven Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. David Kays*
Christopher Lane
& Jamie Jo Kearney*
Bonnie Keen*
Christine Laird*
Patrick & Janelle Lake*
John & Gail Markert*
Jean Nelson
Marie Nelson*
Laura Novick*
George & Ophelia Paine*
Richard Paisley
Clay & Suzanne Petrey*
Daryl Phillips
Mac & Karen Pirkle*
Eberhard Ramm
& Nancy Jackson*
Irv Rubenstein
Elise Shelton*
Paul Slentz & Mauni Mitchell*
Jennifer Hartsell Stockdale*
Amelia Strobel
Charles Trost
Thomas & Phyllis VanOlst*
Paula Wade
Andy Walker
Susan B. Wallace *
Danielle Waxler*
Emily Webb*
James Weinberg
& Mary Beth Cysewski*
Mary & Ed Womack*
Ways to Make a Gift:
1. Online at: http://www.nashvilleshakes.org/individuals.htm
2. By check: Please make your check payable to The Nashville
Shakespeare Festival and mail to:
161 Rains Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
3. By credit card: You may make a credit card donation over the
phone by giving the NSF a call at (615) 255-2273. You may make a
secure online gift at: http://www.nashvilleshakes.org/individuals.htm.
4. By automatic monthly contributions from your checking account:
Please call Rickey Chick Marquardt, Director of Development, for assistance at (615) 255-2273.
5. Buy tickets to the Royal or Noble Package: Treat yourself, your
friends, and your family like royalty at Shakespeare in the Park and
Winter Shakespeare. Visit nashvilleshakes.org or ticketsnashville.com
to buy tickets.
6. Come see us in the lobby or TOUT tent to make a contribution or
talk about other ways to support the Festival, such as sponsor banners or playbill ads.
We want to make it as convenient as possible for you to make a gift
to The Festival. Please do not hesitate to contact Rickey Chick Marquardt, Director of Development, with any questions.
Phone: (615) 255-2273 or e-mail: rickeychick@nashvilleshakes.org
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Winter Shakespeare 2017
Troutt Theater, Belmont University
January 4 - 29
School Matinees Available
nashvilleshakes.org
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WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER of YOUR LIFE
Belmont’s Master of Arts in English calls students to explore the written word: how
we know our past, understand our present and envision our future. Communitybased and tailored for working adults, our program gives students practical
skills in critical reading, literary analysis and effective written communication.
Belmont University offers challenging intellectual inquiry within a supportive
community, ultimately helping its students discover—or rediscover—their love
for the written word.
THE PROGRAM OFFERS:
• Evening, summer and online classes
• Small class sizes (usually 7–15 students)
• Engaged, enthusiastic, accessible professors
• Innovative classes in British, American and multicultural literature,
creative writing, teaching and rhetoric & composition
• Immersion in the theories and practices that
define English literature and writing
For more information, visit BELMONT.EDU/GRADENGLISH • 615.460.6233
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