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WHEN:
August 25 - October 15,2022
Sundays- 3 pm
Thursdays- 8 pm
Fridays- 8 pm
Saturdays- 8 pm
WHERE:
The Edge Theater
5451 N. Broadway Ave
Chicago
CAST:
Kristen Alesia, (she/her/hers/they/them/theirs; Lady Anne/Lord Hastings)
Aszkara Gilchrist, (she/her/hers; Richard III)
Madison Hill, (they/them/theirs; Ratcliffe/Duke of York)
Leah Huskey, (she/her/hers; Lord Grey/Duchess of York)
Kayla Marie Klammer, (she/her/hers; Lord Lovell/Archbishop of Canterbury)
Lauren Paige, (she/her/hers; Queen Elizabeth)
Pat Roache, (they/them/theirs; Queen Margaret/Brackenbury)
Genesis Sanchez, (she/her/hers/they/them/theirs; Earl of Richmond)
Symmone Sill, (she/her/hers; Marquis of Dorset/Prince Edward)
Marianna Gallegos, (she/her/hers; understudy for Margaret/Brackenbury, Ratcliffe/York, Catesby)
Jo Hoch, (she/her/hers, understudy Richard III)
Alison Kertz, (she/her/hers, understudy Queen Elizabeth/Richmond, Grey/Duchess of York)
Emma Norville, (she/her/hers, understudy Clarence/Stanley/Lord Mayor, Anne/Hastings)
Elizabeth Quilter, (she/her/hers, understudy Lovell/Archbishop, Buckingham)
Xela Rosas, (she/her/hers, understudy Rivers/Bishop of Ely/Messenger, Dorset/Prince Edward, King Edward IV)
BWBTC ensemble members Kim Fukawa, (she/her/hers, Catesby/King Edward IV); Jillian Leff, (she/her/hers; Duke of Buckingham); Jennifer L. Mickleson, (she/her/hers; Duke of Clarence/Lord Stanley/Lord Mayor); Izis Mollinedo, (they/them/theirs/she/her/hers; Rivers/Bishop of Ely/Messenger)
CREATIVE TEAM:
Richard Costes, (he/him/his; director)
Claire Alston, (she/her/hers; dramaturg)
Esau Andaleon, (he/him/his; assistant stage manager)
Dr. Margaret Fink, (she/her/hers; director of Disability Cultural Center, UIC)
Bianca C. Frazer, PhD (she/her/hers; UIC Disability Culture Advisory Team)
Rose Hamill, (she/her/hers; production manager)
Carrie Hardin, (she/her/hers; text coach)
Jesse D. Irwin, (he/him/his; sound design)
Matt Lauterbach, (he/him/his; accessibility coordinator)
Sydney Lynne, (she/her/hers; scenic design)
kClare McKellaston (she/her/hers; costume design)
Tab Mocherman (they/them/theirs; COVID compliance officer)
AJ Morley (he/him/his; props design)
Gabrielle Owens, (she/her/hers/they/them/theirs; stage manager)
Kat Pleviak, (she/her/hers; puppet design)
Keyana Robinson, (she/her/hers); UIC videographer)
Carrie Sandahl, (she/her/hers, PhD, professor of Department of Disability and Human Development; UIC Disability Culture Advisory Team)
Rachelle Tsachor, (she/her/hers; UIC Disability Culture Advisory Team)
Becca Veneable, (she/her/hers; lighting design)
BWBTC Ensemble Members Maureen Yasko, (she/her/hers; fight/intimacy design) and Jillian Leff, (she/her/hers; assistant fight/intimacy design)
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...BWBTC Shakespeare’s Richard III tells the story of Richard of Gloucester, who uses intelligence, deception and political manipulation towards his ultimate goal: England’s crown..."
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