Hamlet Cast Members

David Abad (King/Ghost) a native of San Francisco, has performed all over the West Coast with Bus Barn Stage Company, Curtain Theatre, Murphys Creek Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Hapgood Theatre Company, Bobrow Productions, California Theatre Center and Murder on the Menu, and previously with Shakespeare on Tour in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. He can also be seen on computer screens as the snide Toltec Chamberlain in Maxis' CD-ROM game The Crystal Skull, starring Edward James Olmos.

Leticia Duarte (Gertrude/Marcellus) is delighted to join SF Shakespeare on Tour for their production of Hamlet. Ms. Duarte has worked with Teatro Vision, Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, Woman's Will, Cuttingball Theatre, Douglas Morrison Little Theatre, Stage 1 Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre & Willows Theatre Company. Leticia also enjoys acting in the world of commercials, industrials and voice-overs. Look for her work in the winter with Active Arts Theatre in Ramona Quimby. As a proud Theatre Bay Area Member, she gives you her most heartfelt thanks for supporting live theatre!

Carl Holvick-Thomas (Hamlet) last appeared in Marin Shakespeare's Julius Caesar as Octavius Caesar. He also performed in Shotgun Player's Skylight last Spring. Carl holds an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in Theater and Performance Studies. While at Cal, he played Angelo in Measure for Measure, Dionysus in The Bacchae, Max Malone in Suburban Motel, and Professor Trixie in The Cradle Will Rock. Carl has also worked with other Bay Area theaters such as Impact, Cutting Ball, and the Berkeley City Club. He taught drama in Cape Town, South Africa with Dance for All, and is currently teaching theater with kids and teens around the Bay Area."

Lyndsy Kail (Ophelia/Horatio) is excited to come full circle with SF Shakes as once having been a summer camper with the Festival. Credits include seven productions with the California Shakespeare Theater including Arms and the Man, The Tempest, and An Ideal Husband. A recent graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Classics, she continues dramatic studies with L. Peter Callender.

Jeremy Vik, is excited to return for another year of Shakespeare On Tour! He started working with SF Shakes two years ago, playing the roles of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sebastiona in the 2007-08 tour of Twelfth Night. Since then he has taught at Bay Area Shakespeare Camps and performed as Dromio of Ephesus in the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors. Jeremy has also worked for Virago Theatre Company, Jump! Theatre, El Gato Family Theatre, and Tony & Tina's Wedding. Jeremy is a proud graduate of the Clown Conservatory.