Corina Bowler - 1st Merchant , Player Queen
Born and raised in John Day, Oregon. She was last seen playing six roles in Parallel Lives at Southern Oregon University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Theater. During the last year she enjoyed being an assistant teacher at Los Angeles Theater Academy for a character analysis class.
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John E. Farrell - Antipholus of Ephesus, Ghost
John, a theatre artist and educator, is grateful for the opportunity to act in support of SBTS. A member of several theatre companies and professional theatre associations; he writes, produces, directs and acts. John has enjoyed the privilege of working with members of the RSC, the Globe of America Academy, and the Stratford Festival of Canada. He is a mentor for Shakespeare text analysis and teaches an introduction to Shakespeare class, Elizabethan scene study, acting and voice development for the stage. Among the many Shakespearian roles he has performed, he includes among his favorites, The Fool in King Lear, Touchstone in As You Like It and Nick Bottom in A Mid Summer Night's Dream. John has also been artistic director of two professional touring theatre companies for which he adapted and staged the writings of over 70 different authors.
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Donald Formaneck - Antipholus of Syracuse, Claudius
This is Don's first outing with SBTS and he is thrilled to be a part of this production. Don has just completed his first year of the MFA program in acting at Cal State Long Beach where he recently took part in (M)asking questions, an original piece conceived and created by California Repertory members themselves. A few of Don's previous roles were Uncle Peck in How I learned to Drive, Clive/Cathy in Cloud Nine, Argon in The Imaginary Invalid and the Stage Manager in Our Town and other notable productions including Cabaret, Bleacher Bums, and The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Natalie Howe - Duchess
This is Natalie's first production with SBTS. She is a recent transplant from New York where she was very active in theater, including the Off-Broadway shows Shakespeare in Concert and Birdy's Bachelorette Party, which was produced by the creators of Tony and Tina's Wedding. Since moving to LA, she has played Desdemona in Othello at the Stella Adler Theater and is a member in the improv troupe, The Omlettes. Other favorite projects include Chapelle's Show on Comedy Central, the films, Cupidity and Timeless, directed by John Gallagher, and Eleanor in Henry VI, Part II at the American Theater of Actors. A graduate of Georgetown University, she is currently a student in the professional track at the Groundlings.
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Michael Irish - Dromio of Syracuse , Osric
Michael was recently see as Matt in The Fantasticks at The Curtis Theater in Brea . He is a company member of the Chance Theater in Anaheim Hills, where he has been seen in many shows, including Oedipus at Colonus, Company, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, The Diary of Anne Frank, Fig: R.O., and Cabaret . He has also performed Poona the Mad F***dog and Other Plays for Children at Rude Guerilla Theater, Gypsy, Follies and The Philadelphia Story at No Square Theater, Oliver!, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Working at the Laguna Playhouse, Cinderella, Coriolanus, and Gretel & Hansel at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and A Christmas Carol at South Coast Repertory. He appeared in several shows at U.C. Santa Cruz including Ah, wilderness!, Translations, and Art, where he earned his BA in theater in 2003.
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Mark Joseph - Hamlet
Mark holds a BA from Yale University where he sang his way around the world as a Yale Whiffenpoof. He holds a Certificate of Training from Circle in the Square's acting conservatory, an MFA from California State University Long Beach and is a member of the California Repertory Theatre. He is the resident director/playwright for Little Fish Theatre and producer/director of Pick of the Vine. His play, Inside My Father's Apple Tree, received a successful production at Little Fish in 2004. Mark's favorite directing credits include West Side Story at Musical Theatre West; The Ladies Not For Burning, Blithe Spirit, and Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief at Little Fish Theater; and Richard III and Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare by the Sea. Mark has been teaching acting for over ten years and teaches the Meisner technique at The Acting Corps in Los Angeles.
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Andy Kallok - Aegeon, Marcellus
Now in his fifth season with SBTS, Andy has performed in Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Richard III, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello and Merry Wives. At Little Fish, he has acted in three consecutive Pick of the Vine one-act programs and the world premiere of Mark Piatelli's Inside My Father's Apple Tree. He is currently filming an independent film short about movie extras.
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Rachel Levy - Luciana
Rachel originally hails from Seattle and is excited to return to SBTS. Rachel was most recently seen onstage in Pick of the Vine at Little Fish Theatre. She was also seen on Comedy Central's sketch show The Hollow Men as the nursing mother. She has a BA in Drama from the University of Washington and has also studied theatre in England. Other recent productions include the 2003 and 2004 SBTS Seasons, The Lady's Not for Burning as Margaret, a featured reader in Grace & Competra's Speaking of Stories in Santa Barbara, and the beglittered Good Fairy in the Holiday Panto at the Lobero Theatre for two years. Other favorite stage projects include Cloud Nine, Sincerity Forever and Cymbeline .
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Rebecca Lincoln - Angelo, Ophelia
This is Rebecca's first season with SBTS, having only recently relocated to beautiful Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's undergraduate theater program, and holds master's degrees in acting from both Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theater. A Shakespeare devotee, she has performed the Bard's work both indoors and out across the country and even abroad. In fact, shortly after SBTS, she will be catching a plane to New York to appear as Mistress Ford in an American Studio Theater production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Rebecca is also proud to be a founding member of Chicago's Dream Theatre Company.
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Jill Cary Martin - Adriana, Gertrude
Jill is delighted to be making her debut with Shakespeare by the Sea. Most recently she appeared as a guest artist in the title role in Medea at Golden West College. She counts numerous credits throughout the OC and bits of LA including Three Sisters, A View from the Bridge, Heartbreak House, Talley's Folly, The Crucible, Hedda Gabler, A Shayna Maidel, The Lady's Not for Burning and Much Ado About Nothing at the Vanguard Theatre Ensemble; Some Explicit Polaroids, Handbag, The History of the Devil, and Search and Destroy at Rude Guerrilla Theatre; and Molly Sweeney at The Chance Theatre. She collected an OC Weekly award for her work in Insurgo Theatre Movement's Wuthering Heights, where she also performed in Richard III. She has also appeared in roles at Long Beach Studio Theatre, The Theatre District, and Shakespeare Orange County. She holds a Master's in Theatre from California State University Fullerton.
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Chris Roberts - Polonius
This is Chris' third season with SBTS. He played Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Lord Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Desdemona's father in Othello. Chris directed the gripping dramas Oleanna and The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Little Fish Theater. He is also active with the Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse where he was recently voted best director for Blood Brothers. Chris enjoys "gutsy" theater, so he feels right at home in Hamlet.
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Crystal Sershen - Horatio
Crystal Sershen fled Hop Bottom, PA at the age of fifteen and worked as a seamstress, Bingo attendant, forklift driver, sailor, bartender, word processor, and clown (the latter two being virtually interchangeable), eventually landing in New York. There she studied cinema and theatre at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, earned her second-degree black belt in Shotokan karate, and worked as a stage manager and assistant director. After a stint in story editing and screenwriting, Crystal moved to LA to fully pursue acting and now works in film, television and theatre. She is a company member and manager of The Will Geer Theatricum, where classical theatre has seeped into her bones.
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Aaron Sherry - Laertes
Starting in commercials as a child and raised in TV station hallways, acting, producing and voiceover is all Aaron knows. Aaron earned a BFA from the University of Michigan where he studied with world-renowned artists including Athol Fugard, Arthur Miller, Lanford Wilson, Mark Lamos and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Currently, Aaron is producing a feature called Dead and Gone with rock stars Ben Moody (Evanescence) and Kyle Gass (Tenacious D), is continuing voiceover work, and is gearing up to play in another feature called Zombie TV. His films include Nightmare Man, Channels, and Pretty Cool 2. Stage credits include Into the Woods, Compleat Female Stage Best and Romeo & Juliet.
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Barbara Suiter - Courtesan, Rosencrantz
Barbara just returned to LA after playing Lady Macbeth with the Utah Shakespearean Festival's Educational Tour. She performed for and taught Shakespeare to high school students across the West. She is happy to be a part of SBTS and to return to San Pedro after playing Celimene in Little Fish Theatre's production of The Misanthrope. Other recent credits include Christine Scott in Murder By the Book at the Long Beach Playhouse, Wilmore in The Rover at The Chance Theatre, and Audrey in As You Like It at California Shakespeare Company. Barbara received her degree in Drama from the University of Washington School of Drama.
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Toni Trenton - Abbess
Toni has trained with Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Milton Katselas among others and has taught acting at the Strasberg Institute and New York Film Academy. Some of Ms. Trenton's television and film credits include multiple appearances on General Hospital, independent films and commercials. Theatre credits include Brighton Beach Memoirs at West Coast Ensemble, two recent Ray Bradbury plays at Theatre West and many Shakespeare productions. Toni is excited to be playing the Abbess in The Comedy of Errors with this remarkable theatre company.
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Jim Van Over - Dromio of Ephesus , Rosencrantz
Around Los Angeles, Jim has been seen as Romeo in The Theatre at Boston Court's Romeo and Juliet and Orlando in The Gardner Stages' As You Like It. In the two years as an acting company member with The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Jim enjoyed the opportunity to play Adrian in The Tempest, Menelaus in Troilus and Cressida, Antonio's Man in The Merchant of Venice, Peter Simple in The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Joseph in The Taming Of The Shrew, and Peter in Stop Kiss. He can also be seen as Lt. Jose Tyler in Star Trek: New Voyages. Jim's training includes a BFA in acting from Southern Oregon University and certification from Mike Nichols' New Actors Workshop in New York.
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Lisa Coffi - Producing Artistic Director
Founder and creator of Shakespeare by the Sea, Lisa is happy to be producing her 9th season. She holds an MFA in Theatre Management from CSU, Long Beach and a BFA in Art from CSU, Sacramento . Lauded as “Pedro's Playmaker” in 2003 by Random Lengths , Lisa is living up to her moniker. Not only does she produce the free festival each summer, but she manages the Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro's intimate indoor 50-seat theatre, currently in its 5th season. Between year-round demands of SBTS and Little Fish, she works as a graphic designer and splits her free time between Redondo Beach and Newcastle ( Sacramento ).
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Josh Costello - Director, Hamlet
Josh has directed dozens of plays up and down the West Coast, including an award-winning new play at The Magic in San Francisco. He adapted and directed Aphra Behn's The Rover for Chance Theater in Anaheim, and remounted the production for a live television broadcast on KOCE, Orange County's PBS affiliate. Recent productions include The Misanthrope at Little Fish (named a top ten production of 2005 by the Daily Breeze ), Macbeth at The MET Theater in Hollywood, and an OC Weekly award-winning production of The Eight: Reindeer Monologues at the Chance. Josh was founder and first artistic director of Impact Theatre in Berkeley, California. He teaches acting at UC Riverside and Cal State Long Beach, and has taught Shakespeare and acting at South Coast Rep, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, the California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and the American Conservatory Theater. Josh holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington, Seattle, and was a participant in the Lincoln Center's Directors Lab West 2004.
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 Darin Anthony - Director, The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors makes Darin's first time directing Shakespeare, although he has appeared in a number of productions. Darin was the director of the runaway hit The Book of Liz at the Blank Theater in Hollywood. Other credits with the Blank include the LA Times Critic's Choice A Hole in the Dark, the world premiere of American Way, Fill in the Blank, as well as Shock Therapy, Castles Made of Sand, Something Good and Algor Mortis for the Blank's Young Playwrights Festival. Darin is also the Artistic Director of the Living Room Series at the Blank Theatre. Other LA credits include the revival of Loot for Theatre East, Tape at the Lounge Theatre, Heathen Valley at the Elephant Asylum, Absence of Angels and Mileage for Write Act Repertory and Comedy with a Twist for the Colony Theater. His next project is Tally's Folly for The Syzygy Theatre Group this September.
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Adam Kinsinger - Assistant Director, The Comedy of Errors
Adam is honored to be working with such a talented cast and creative team. Most recently he assisted directed the hit musical The Breakup Notebook. In addition he was the AD on Joe Orton's Loot also directed by Darin Anthony. His past plays include Noel Coward's Ways and Means and Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water. He's also worked on An Evening with Paul Lynde and Alison Arngrim's Prairie Bitch.
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David Svengalis - Production Manager
This is David's first year with SBTS. Since moving to Los Angeles five years ago from the University of Iowa, he has worn many hats in order to pursue acting, a calling he has had since he was six years old. Recently, he graduated valedictorian of a two-year Meisner program in Santa Monica. He has been seen as Capt. Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Fagin in Oliver!, Judas is Eyes of the Blind, and Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. David has also been the stage manager of many plays including Eden at the Elephant Asylum, Speaking in Tongues at the Powerhouse Theater, The Monster Under My Bed Drank My Vodka, and Precious Piglet and Her Pals at the Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks.
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 Aaron Jackson - Scenic Designer
Aaron joins SBTS for his second season after designing Othello and Merry Wives of Windsor last year. Originally from the LaCrosse area in WI, Aaron received his Masters in Set Design from Rutgers University and has worked in theatres across the country as a designer and/or scenic artist. Recent design credits include : I Love a Piano for the Phoenix Theatre, ( Phoenix, AZ ) The Boys Next Door for Texas Star Theatre, ( Granbruy, TX ) A Room of One's Own for Amphibian Productions, ( Ft. Worth, TX ) as well as work for the WB Television Network. New York credits include Box at Genesius Theatre Guild, Spooge; The Sex and Love Monologues at the Riant Theatre, and A Leopard Complains of Its Spots with Amphibian Productions. Aaron also freelances as an illustrator, creating concept art and storyboards for film, television, theater and theme park design.
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Valerie Wright - Costume Designer
Valerie Wright has a BFA in fashion design from the Otis Art Institute. This is her third year with Shakespeare by the Sea. She just recently finished Romeo & Juliet for the Westchester Playhouse and Ba Ba and the Windigo for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia. Her other works include Androcles and the lion, Coupla White Chicks..., Hello Dolly, A Midsummer Night's Dream, a Civil War reenactment, and her favorite: Othello. She has also designed gowns for the Grammy and Academy awards, and her private clients include The Brethren of the Coast, Cree Summer and Amy Smart.
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Chuck Stolarek - Costume Assistant
Chuck is a freelance designer living in Los Angeles . After receiving a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to build his clothing line Wooden Mustache from the ground up. Wooden Mustache is a line of contemporary sportswear separates with the idea that nothing is ugly if approached and presented from the right perspective. Chuck will be attending Central St. Martins in London next year to continue his evolution as an artist. In addition to cutting things out and sewing them together, Chuck enjoys biking, Panda Express, and slot machines.
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Shaun Michael Page - Prop Master
No stranger to design, Shaun recently marked his debut as a Theatrical Prop Master in Shakespeare by The Sea's productions of Hamlet & Comedy of Errors. He has a diverse design background ranging from art direction and fashion ylist to jewelry and clothing design. Other credits include Wheel of Fortune (art department), Jennifer Lopez Music Videos (art department/ shopper) and Fred Segal Beauty (fashion stylist), just to name a few. Shaun's work has been featured in a variety of publications throughout the world. He is proud to be a part SBTS's amazing company.
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Samantha Heath - Stage Manager, The Comedy of Errors
Samantha has been involved in theater throughout California and Nevada for 14 years. She has had a torrid love affair with Shakespeare's work ever since she read As You Like It for a high school assignment. The Comedy of Errors is her first collaboration with Darin Anthony and Shakespeare by the Sea.
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Jasmine Johnson - Stage Manager, The Comedy of Errors
Jasmine Johnson has a BFA in Theatre from New York University, where she focused on stage management, directing, set and costume design. She is working towards becoming a unit production manager for film, and owning her own production company. This is Jasmine's first year working with Shakespeare by the Sea, and she is looking forward to an amazing summer.
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Martin Noyes - Fight Director
His most resent credit is the American Premier of Hitchcock Blonde at South Coast Repertory, in which he also played the Husband. Other credits include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabbler (South Coast Repertory), I'm not Rappaport (Little Fish Theatre Company), Big Love, Cabaret, Hot ‘N' Throbbing, A Christmas Story, and Never in My Lifetime (The Chance Theatre), The Grapes of Wrath (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Martin received his BFA from Southern Oregon University and his MFA from the University of Alabama both in theatre with an acting emphasis. Martin is also a member of the Society of American Fight Directors.
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