The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Emily Jordan as Thaisa in
Free Shakespeare
in the Park's
2008 production of
Pericles

Kristin Clippard as Adrianna and Stephen Massott as Antipholus in
Shakespeare On Tour's
The Comedy of Errors

(L to R) Michael Abts as
Sir Toby and Jeremy Vik
as Sir Andrew in the
Shakespeare On Tour production of Twelfth Night

	Sofia Ahmad is happy to be playing at Bay Area Shakespeare Camp this summer, as well as in the SF Shakes production of Two Gentlemen of Verona! She was last seen with SF Shakes as Luciana in the 2009 production of The Comedy of Errors and as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing. She has also appeared in two Shakespeare On Tour productions, and has previously taught for both the summer camps and their Midnight Shakes program. Additional local credits include: Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Regan in King Lear and Phebe in As You Like It), Magic Theatre (Poppea in Nero and Delilah in The Black Eyed), Pacific Repertory Theatre (Cressida in Troilus & Cressida), San Jose Stage Company (Treasure of the Sierra Madre), Shotgun Players (Caucasian Chalk Circle), and Golden Thread (Love Missile). She’s a company member of Rough & Tumble. Sofia graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
	Lauren Bloom received her Bachelors Degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and her MFA in Acting from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She has taught at both Marin Academy and San Domenico High Schools, as well as working with the Shakespeare Society's School Visit program in New York. As an actress she has worked with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Actor's Company Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Columbia Stages and TheatreFIRST, along with Middlemarch Films, Titan TV and What Productions. She is thrilled to be back in the Bay Area and is very excited to be a part of this wonderful program.
	William J. Brown III is thrilled to return to teach for SF Shakes! He's had the privilege of performing several roles in the Shakespeare On Tour production of Twelfth Night. As a performer he has worked all over the Bay Area, most notably playing the title role in Hamlet twice. He has performed with the California Shakespeare Theater, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Theatre Rhinoceros, SF New Theatre Workshop, Calaveras Rep, Festival Theatre Ensemble, California Theatre Center, Bus Barn, and Shady Shakespeare among others. He received his BA in Theatre, Dance, and History from Santa Clara University, and has studied at Shakespeare’s Globe in London He performed in Northanger Abbey at Pear Avenue Theatre in Mountain View and in Troilus and Cressida and Comedy of Errors at the Carmel Shakespeare Festival. As a teacher he has taught theatre conservatories and workshops for TheaterFun, California Theatre Centre, Festival Theatre Ensemble, Herbert Hoover Middle School, St. James School, Summit High School, Advanced Acting Academy, and American Musical Theatre-San Jose.
	Mariah Castle is a Bay Area teacher and actor. She recently completed her first (wonderful) year at Malcolm X Elementary School in Berkeley as their resident drama instructor, directing and teaching grades K-5. As an actor, she played the role of Tina in Tony n' Tina's Wedding for over two years in the San Francisco production and has served as an alternate in SF Shakes' last two school tours, Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet. This is her third year teaching with Bay Area Shakespeare Camps and she loves every minute of it!
	Katie Chansler first got involved with SF Shakes when she was 9 years old and attended her first Shakespeare camp! Since then, she has performed in several theater and dance productions including interning in Free Shakespeare in the Park's 2007 production of The Tempest. She is currently attending the University of California, Irvine for a BA in Drama. Working on shows such as Cymbeline and Escape from Happiness has also given her backstage experience. This is her second year as a teaching artist for Bay Area Shakespeare Camp.
	Sarah Shoshana David's work ranges from Shakespeare, contemporary drama, film and musicals to aerial dance, thanks to training from luminaries including L. Peter Callendar, Luis Oropreza, Richard Seyd, Jean Shelton, and vocal coach Lee Strawn. Recent credits include Titania in A Misummer Night's Dream, Adriana in Comedy of Errors, Halie in Sam Shepard's Buried Child and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Originally trained as a dancer, she still finds herself in ballet studios on a regular basis. She is currently performing at Union Square with Antenna Theater in The Magic Bus, and opens July 8 in Foresight at the Sam Shepard Stage at Fort Mason.
	Livia Demarchi is thrilled to be a teaching artist at Shakespeare Camp this summer! She made her SF Shakes debut in their 2008-2009 touring production of Romeo & Juliet playing Lady Capulet and Tybalt. She also performed in their 2009-2010 tour of Hamlet and understudied in the Free Shakes in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors. Born and raised in Brazil, she attended the renowned Macunaima School of Theatre in Sao Paulo and moved to the Bay Area 6 years ago to pursue theatre. Favorite credits include: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lucy/Witch) at Sonoma County Rep; Othello (Desdemona) at Macunaima Theater Company in Sao Paulo; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena) at the Phoenix Theatre; Gown for His Mistress (Yvonne) directed by Jeffrey Bihr and The Green Bird (Ninetta) directed by Leslie Felbain.
	Celina Deitchman is thrilled to be working with Bay Area Shakespeare Camps! She made her debut to the Bay Area theatre scene in the Shakespeare on Tour production of Romeo & Juliet. A native to northern California, she graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in Performing Arts and Social Justice, as well as studied at the British American Dramatic Academy in London. Memorable roles include Olga in Summerfolk (The Oval House, London), Chrissy in Blind Spot (University of San Francisco), and Sarah in The Twelve Dancing Princesses (American River College’s Children’s Tour Show). Celina has a passion for community outreach and has taught and directed youth in the dramatic arts.
	Leticia Duarte is delighted to join Bay Area Shakespeare Camps this summer! She holds a B.A. from UCLA and an M.A. in Educational Research and a CA multiple subject degree, and is a Titan 2010 finalist for Theatre Bay Area. She recently performed in the SF Shakes 2009-2010 touring production of Hamlet, playing the roles of Gertrude and Marcellus. Ms. Duarte has also worked with Teatro Vision, Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, Woman’s Will, Cuttingball Theatre, Douglas Morrison Little Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre & Willows Theatre Company. She also enjoys acting in the world of commercials, industrials and voice-overs. Look for her work in this sumnmer in the Woman's Will production of Much Ado Aout Nothing. She gives you her most heartfelt thanks for supporting live theatre!
	Clayton B. Hodges has worked all over the US as an Actor and Teacher and currently resides in Los Angeles. He graduated with Honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Acting and also received his M.F.A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre. Acting work around the Bay Area includes: A.C.T., The Magic Theatre, TheatreWorks, The Pear Avenue Theatre, California Theatre Center, Theatre Rhino and Playground. He has logged over 13,000 U.S. highway miles with touring productions and appeared in many productions with the theatrical production company he co-founded, Elite Fighting Crew, including several UK premieres (Finborough Theatre, London.) Clayton has also worked, teaching and coaching children, through such programs as: A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory, the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, St. Mary's College (Moraga, CA), the University of San Francisco, SCO of Brooklyn, the San Francisco Arts Institute, the Hun School of Princeton, NJ, and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Clayton is a proud member of Actor's Equity, the Screen Actor¹s Guild and was the Co-Founder of the (N.Y.U.) Tisch East Alumni Council. Clayton is happy to share his love of the Bard with the Bay Area!
	Carl Holvick-Thomasis a Bay Area actor who has worked with Shakespeare companies and education institutions throughout the world. He studied Shakespeare in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He volunteered to teach Shakespeare and drama classes in impoverished townships outside of Cape Town, SA. Last Summer, Carl performed in Julius Caesar and directed youth camps at Marin Shakespeare Company. Recently, he finished a six month educational tour playing the title role in SF Shakes' production of Hamlet. He is excited to carry on the tradition of theater by sharing some of his favorite Shakespearean stories with the next generation.
	Patrick Jones is a Bay Area native and a fourth generation Californian. He holds an MFA in acting from Case Western University. During the school year he works as a guest artist teaching drama at Redwood High School, Cal Shakes and StageWrite and is a long time volunteer for the 52nd Street Project in New York, bringing free theater to the kids of Hell’s Kitchen. This summer he will be performing with Livermore Shakespeare in their production of The Real Thing as well as heading back to NYC to perform with the 52nd Street Project.
	Kate Jopson is elated to be joining the Bay Area Shakespeare Camp crew! She recently taught at the Festival's Midnight Shakespeare program and works throughout the Bay Area as an actor, director, playwright, teacher and model. She graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Anthropology and Theater. In addition to her years at UC Berkeley she studied in Egypt and traveled through Syria, Jorden, Isreal/Palestine, and Turkey in pursuit of her passion for Arabic poetry. Growing up next to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the words of the Bard were fed to her at an early age. She began her acting career as a chorus member of A Merchant of Venice at age 7 and moved to playing Hamlet at 17. She is an associate company member of Woman's Will, the Bay Area's all-female Shakespeare company, where she played Katherine in Taming of the Shrew. As assistant director she worked on A.C.T's 2009 production of A Christmas Carol, CalShakes' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and will be working on CalShakes' world premiere of Pastures of Heaven in June. Other acting credits include, Rosalind in As You Like It, Ariel in The Tempest, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Shayna in Goldie, Max and Milk, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Alais in Lion in Winter, and Vicki/Brook in Noises Off, Erwin in Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising.
	Emily Jordan, born and raised in the south of England, has been a feature of the San Francisco theatre scene for several years. She's performed with the all-female theatre company Woman's Will where she appeared in the title role of Emily Jordan is happy to be returning for her sixth summer teaching at Bay Area Shakespeare camps. During the school year spends her days teaching drama as therapy at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, working as a dialect coach, and, as a voiceover actor, lending her voice to several video game villains. A member of Actor’s Equity, Emily has appeared with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival in their Free Shakespeare in the Park productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), and Pericles (Thaisa/Diana.) This summer she will be in the park performing the role of Silvia in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Other Northern California Shakespeare credits include As You Like It (Rosalind) Henry VI, Parts 1-3, “Richard III (Margaret), Taming of the Shrew (Kate), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Twelfth Night (Maria), Othello (Bianca), Hamlet, (Guildenstern/Gravedigger,) Troilus & Cressida (Andromache) and the title role in Richard III with the Bay Area’s all-female Shakespeare company Woman’s Will.
	Lyndsy Kail is excited to come full circle with SF Shakes, having once been a summer camper with the Festival herself! She recently completed performing in the 2009-2010 tourng production of Hamlet, playing the roles of Ophelia and Horatio. Additional credits include seven productions with the California Shakespeare Theater including Arms and the Man, The Tempest, and An Ideal Husband. A graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Classics, she continues dramatic studies with L. Peter Callender.
	Vivian Kane, is excited to be back for her second summer at Shakespeare Camp. A veteran Shakespeare on Tour actor (Juliet in Romeo & Juliet), Vivian has spent much of the last year teaching after-school theatre at E.C. Reems Academy in Oakland and with the Midnight Shakespeare program in San Jose. As an actor, Vivian has worked with theatre companies throughout the Bay Area and beyond. She is thrilled to be able to work with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival again before moving to Southern California this fall to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting at California Institute of the Arts.
	Becky Kemper is currently the Producing Artistic Director of the Maryland Shakespeare Festival. She holds a BFA from New York University as well as an MLITT in Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature, and an MFA in Directing from the American Shakespeare Center/Mary Baldwin College. She is a company member and designated text teacher at Shakespeare & Co. in Massachusetts and has served as the Artistic Director of the Metawhateverphor Theater in NYC and the Director of Education for Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Her acting and directing roles have taken her to such places as Russia, China, and the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival.
	Clara Kamunde is delighted to be teaching at Bay Area Shakespeare! She recently taught at the debut of the SF Shakes Midnight Shakespeare program at Antioch's Park Middle School. She began acting at an early age in her native Kenya where she performed with the Kenya National Theatre. Some of the highlights of her performing experience include: hosting a children's program on Voice of Kenya Radio; a year as artist-in-the-community grantee for the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department (producing and performing classical voice concerts); singing back-up for a band formed by an ex-Bay City Roller at Hollywood's legendary Madame Wong's and recording a version of "O Mio Babbino Caro" for Rhino Records' Dr. Death Vol. III. She's also performed with Shakespeare On Tour in The Comedy of Errors and understudied the role of Veronica in Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Repertory Theater. Clara would like to thank Judtih Skelton Grant for her inspiring biography of Robertson Davies (Man of Myth) which lead her back to the life of community theatre after a very long hiatus.
	Megan Kilian is happy to be returning to Bay Area Shakespeare Camps for her second year. She has taught theatre classes in elementary school classes around the Bay Area through Opera Piccola, the San Francisco Arts Education Project, and the New Conservatory Theatre Center. She holds an MFA from the Actors Studio, is a proud member of Actors Equity, and will be stepping into a full-time role with SF Shakes as Education Associate in July.
	Caitlyn Louchard is so excited to be returning for her third Shakespeare Camp summer! A Bay Area native, Caitlyn grew up in Palo Alto (a proud Gunn High School grad) and moved to Berkeley after receiving her BFA in theatre from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (Atlantic Theater Company.) Bay Area acting credits include Mrs. Martin in Cutting Ball's acclaimed production of The Bald Soprano (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award nomination,) Catherine in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge with Actors Theatre of San Francisco, and Isabella in Measure for Measure with Shady Shakespeare. Understudy roles include Berkeley Rep's Crime and Punishment, SF Shakes' touring production of Romeo and Juliet, and TheatreWorks' Doubt. Caitlyn has also taught with Peninsula Youth Theatre and TheatreWorks. In November you'll be able to see her in Cutting Ball Theater's production of The Tempest.
	Phil Lowery performs, stage-manages and directs theatre, opera and operetta throughout the Bay Area, for companies such as Lamplighters, Berkeley Opera, Pocket Opera, North Bay Opera, Altarena Playhouse and the Shotgun Players. Phil holds a BA with Honors in Music & Theatre from Lewis & Clark College, an M.A. in Dramatic Art from UC Berkeley, and has interned for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, the English National Opera, and the Northcott Theatre (in Exeter, England).
	Stephen Massottis enjoying his 7th Summer as Resident Teaching Artist for the Festival! He received his MFA in Acting from the Hilberry Repertory Theatre (Detroit), and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre. He has been performing Shakespeare since his career started, and can be seen next in Carmel for Pacific Repertory Theatre’s production of Twelfth Night. Steve thanks the Share-Sapolskys for welcoming him into their home; Rebecca Ennals for everything, and most of all, he shares, “Thank You to all the students for opening their hearts, taking all the risks, and sharing my great love of the Bard. There is still no better way to spend the summer!”
	Stephen Muterspaugh is excited to be making his debut teaching for Bay Area Shakespeare Camp this Summer. He recently relocated to the Bay Area after working regionally with such companies as Utah Shakespearean Festival, Southwest Shakespeare Company, and Geva Theater Centre. Stephen is thrilled to be a part of introducing and furthering the Shakespeare education of the young people of the Bay Area. He is a graduate of PCPA Theaterfest and a proud member of Actor's Equity.
	Hannah Miller is a life-long lover of theater, especially classical theater. She studied Shakespeare and Chaucer at Palo Alto High School, attended the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and acted in As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night. Just finishing her first year at Santa Clara University, Hannah has taken courses in a number of disciplines including English, Theater, and Business. On her first day at SCU, she auditioned, and has since been in The Saint Plays, Women and Wallace, and Playboy of the Western World. In addition to theater, Hannah has a passion for figure skating and has coached young aspiring skaters at Winter Lodge for years. She’s looking forward to combining her love of Shakespeare with her passion for working with children at camp this summer.
	Mike Newman holds an MFA in Acting from the University of San Diego/Old Globe Program, was a member of the first company to perform in Shenandoah Shakespeare's Blackfriars Theater, and has attended the Public Theater’s Summer Shakespeare Lab. Born and raised a California boy, he spent a number of years in New York City before relocating to San Francisco this past September. His favorite Shakespeare roles include Hamlet, Richard II, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Iachimo in Cymbeline, and, as an understudy, a very intense night going on for Cassius in Julius Caesar.
	Therese Schneck holds a California teaching credential and has worked for the Cupertino Union School District for the past 3 years teaching 8th grade. Her last performance was as Kate in Taming of the Shrew (Arclight Rep). She received a B.A. in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University. Favorite roles include The Player in Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead (Shady Shakespeare), Karen in The Children’s Hour (Poway Performing Arts Company), 1st Person in 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane (Stone Soup Theater Company). She used to be the Managing Director of Stone Soup Theatre Company where she directed Two Rooms.
	Lauri Smith is an accomplished, award-winning actor, playwright, director and educator with over twenty years experience in theatre. Lauri has performed at many theatres across the country; from Theatre Works in Mountain View to the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She holds an MFA from UC Davis and became a certified Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework® in January of 2009. Her work as an instructor focuses on the importance of the Authentic Self and the development of a connected body-voice in actor-training while her performance work focuses on creating and embodying strong, diverse female characters. Her recent solo work, "Gasping for BreaDth", won the 2007 Ellen Hansen Memorial prize for demonstrating the bravery and independence of women. Lauri recently started her own business (www.yourauthenticself.net) helping others to access their Authentic Selves and live their ideal lives through Acting Coaching, Fitzmaurice Voicework® and CoActive personal coaching.
	Jonathan Shue is excited to be teaching for Bay Area Shakespeare Camps for the third summer in a row! A Bay Area native, he is an actor and musician. He has worked with TheatreWorks, San Jose Rep, The Pear Avenue Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre Center and California Theatre Center. Some favorite roles include Cornelius in The Matchmaker and Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest (CTC), Scripps in The History Boys (NCTC), and Chester in A Civil War Christmas (TheatreWorks). This summer he is delighted to be understudying both Proteus and Valentine in The Two Gentleman of Verona for Free Shakespeare in the Park. He earned his B.A. in Theatre from UCLA. More about Jonathan at www.jonathanshue.com
	Jeremy Vik performed as Dromio of Ephesus in the 2009 Free Shakespare in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors. He's also appeared in Shakespeare On Tour productions of Hamlet and Twelfth Night, and is excited to return to Shakespeare Camp as a teaching artist! As well as having acted with Virago Theatre Company and El Gato Theatre Company, Jeremy has taught drama at Duck’s Nest preschool and is a graduate of the Clown Conservatory. He also likes to juggle and looks forward to a new session of Bay Area Shakespeare Camp!
	Alana Waksman is a Mid-West raised, East-Coast trained, new resident of the Bay Area. She received her B.A. in Theater and English from Connecticut College and has trained at Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theater Festival, the O’Neill Center’s National Theater Institute, and St. Petersburg Dramatic Arts Academy in Russia. Alana has performed with the Mid-West Repertory Theater, Iowa Theater Company, Berkshire Theater Festival, and extensively at Connecticut College. During her time in Iowa, Alana served as Head of the Drama Department at Maharishi High School and created and taught numerous acting workshops. Since moving to the Bay Area, she has performed at the Bay One-Act Festival, Rapid Descent’s Macbeth, and Stanford University’s Clouds. Alana is currently a private Shakespeare monologue coach for students of all ages.
	Kate Willett is delighted to be teaching this summer with SF Shakes. In the Bay Area, she has been seen performing with Woman's Will, Subterranean Shakespeare, Precarious Theater Company, Magnetic Theatre Company, and others. She is the co-founder of Magnetic Theatre Company and Worklight Theatre Company. In addition to her work in the United States, Kate has perfomed several times at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, in Dublin, Ireland. She has trained with Tina Packer and Dennis Krausnick of Shakespeare and Company. Kate recieved her B.A. in English Literature from UC Berkeley. She will be pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting and Depaul University in Chicago starting in September 2010.