In addition he has acted and directed in numerous productions with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, including having played Horatio to Val Kilmer’s Hamlet. Professor Kelley was also the artistic director and a founding member of the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre in Fairbanks, Alaska and has done shows across the country from New York to California.
M.F.A., Purdue University; B.S., University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse.
He was Artistic Director of Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace from 1998 to 2005, and presently serves as an associate producer for Apple Tree Theatre.
M.F.A. Asolo Conservatory/Florida State University; B.A. Illinois State University.
He was appointed by legendary choreographer Agnes DeMille to restage her original choreography for Brigadoon. He was assistant to Graciela Daniele for the productions of Marie Christine with Audra MacDonald and A New Brain, both at Lincoln Center.
She has been a core company member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts since 1983. Ms. Adaire has taught at DePaul University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, National Theatre School of Canada, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Shanghai Theatre Academy in China.
June has also directed over 50 productions for theatres in New York City, at stock companies across the country, and on the university level.
Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder; M.A. UCLA; B.S., Southwest Missouri State.
Before teaching in Colorado, he taught and directed at New York University’s Professional Theatre Training Program, Circle in the Square Theatre School, The New School for Social Research, Purdue University, California State University, and Hunter College. He has acted and directed at theatres across the country.
Doctor of Arts, M.F.A., NYU; B.F.A., The Art Institute of Chicago.
Nadine spent seven summers as the conductor of the Gallery 37 Vocal Arts Ensemble, serving as Chorus Master for The Love for Three Oranges and The Magic Flute at The Chicago Cultural Center. She was also the Stage Director for a production of The Magic Flute with Lyric Opera’s Opera Kids! program. For ten years, Nadine served as a faculty member in both the Voice and Early Childhood Music departments at The Sherwood Conservatory of Music. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, as well as a registered Music Together™ teacher.
M.M. in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, Roosevelt University; B.S. in Performance Studies, Northwestern University; Vocal Jazz Performance Major, Berklee College of Music in Boston.
In addition to his teaching career, Kyle is a professional actor and a proud member of Actors Equity Association. Previously based in New York, he has worked at many top regional theaters across the country, including the Guthrie Theater, Arizona Theater Company, Shakespeare Theatre, Arvada Center and Cleveland Play House, as well as LaMaMa ETC in New York. Kyle also spent several seasons as a member of the Colorado and Oregon Shakespeare Festivals.
Kyle earned his MFA from Columbia University, and also holds a BA from Wake Forest University.
As a director and an actor he has worked with the Theatre for a New Audience, York Theatre Company, Ninetta Lane Theatre-NY, Equity Library Theater, Pioneer Memorial Theater, Syracuse Stage, and many others. Lasswell spent six years as the resident designer for New York’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
M.F.A. in Costume and Set Design, Northwestern University; B.A.Dartmouth College.
He was active in New York’s East Village performance scene and was Artistic Director of Gates of Dawn, which showcased cutting edge performers such as Holly Hughes. He has taught at NYU, UCLA, CUNY, and Univ. of New Mexico.
M.F.A., NYU; B.A., Michigan State Univeristy.
Award-winning teacher and director of theatre at Niles Township High Schools (Illinois) 1966-1994; Adjunct faculty: CCPA, Northwestern University Summer Institute, University of Illinois-Urbana Summer Institute, Loyola University, and Robert Morris College.
Professional Associations: The Secondary School Theatre Association (president); American Theatre Association (chair of three national conventions); Illinois Theatre Association (interim managing director; membership chair; president; chair of four annual conventions); Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee (treasurer, equity wing chair, general committee chair, producer of four equity award shows, criteria chair); Illinois All-State Festival (founder, all-state production director, festival director, workshop presenter).
M.A. (Theatre) Northwestern University; B.A. (Speech and English) University of Wyoming.
As an accomplished soprano in her own right, Ms. Schorsch has appeared extensively as a concert soloist in both Classical and Musical Theatre repertoire in the Chicago area and beyond with: The Illinois Philharmonic, Bach and Beyond Festival, West Suburban Symphony, Northwest Symphony, Salt Creek Symphony, Access Contemporary Music and the Chicago Civic Orchestra, among others. She has been frequently heard live on WFMT Chicago on the both the Pianoforte Foundation Salon series and “Live from the Mayne” in solo recital. Regarded for her conviction to text in performance and involvement in the Chicago classical music community, Time Out Chicago called Ms. Schorsch “gutsy…a Chicago favorite”.
A graduate from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati with a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance, Tim Stadler came to Chicago in 1993 and began an administrative career at Apple Tree Theatre in Highland Park, remaining there until its closing in 2009.
While there, he was the Production Manager, General Manager, and Workshop Director. The final production that Apple Tree produced was THE MISTRESS CYCLE remount on the Auditorium Theatre stage. After Apple Tree Theatre, Tim became the Production Manager at Fox Valley Repertory in St. Charles, formerly Noble Fool Theatricals, and remained there until 2012 when he came to Roosevelt.
Dan has long been affiliated with the Chicago Humanities Festival, overseeing and directing programs featuring Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Stephen Schwartz, John Bucchino, Craig Carnelia, Cy Coleman, and a host of performers, lyricists, and composers. His work in musical theatre has been recognized many times by the Joseph Jefferson committee. Dan is proud to be a member of the faculty at Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
Some of her casting credits include the National Tour of Evita for Hal Prince; the films Rudy; The Straight Story; Nothing in Common and Backdraft. She was also the Chicago casting director for the television show, ER, for all of its seasons (15 years!)
Jane is a member of SAG, AFTRA, and AEA. She is a founding member of Women In Film Chicago. Jane taught at DePaul’s Theatre School for 20 years and is currently in her 10th year teaching at Roosevelt University’s Chicago Center For The Performing Arts, and at Acting Studio Chicago. She also continues as a Visiting Lecturer at The School of Steppenwolf. Jane is a graduate of Adelphi University on Long Island. She is currently writing a short novel that is taking too long. jalderma@roosevelt.edu
Katie Cordtz works in the Wig and Makeup Department at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. She graduated from DePaul University with a BFA in Costume Design.
Broadway credits include the Tony Award winning production of August: Osage County. Internationally he has staged fights for productions at the National Theatre, London and the Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, Australia. He has been a stunt coordinator for television episodes of the “Moments in Time” (History Channel) and “True Crime Authors” (Discovery Channel) series. Mr Coyl is a founding member of the Single Action Theatre Company.
Jocelyn Garner has been performing and teaching dance for many years. Her Ph.D. is in Dance, earned at Laban/ City University, London. She completed her B.A. in Performing Arts in Colorado, and her M.A. in Dance Studies at Laban. She is a certified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method and holds a BASI Pilates teacher certification and completed formal training for a Certificate in Dance Education in the Cecchetti Method of classical ballet through the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance. She has performed with a variety of companies and independent choreographers around the world and served as a a full-time member of the Faculty of Education at the Royal Academy of Dance, her role being central to classical ballet training and dance science studies. She also works with Northwestern University, Joffrey Ballet Academy, and i Royal Academy of Dance.
Thomas Jones graduated from The University of Alabama in 1995 with a B.A. in Theatre. He has been a part of the Chicago Theatre industry for the past 17 years, the vast majority of that time with Eclipse Theatre Company as director, managing director, and co-producer. He has had the privilege of teaching playwriting, fight choreography, acting, and the Folio Technique to many students. He has participated as an instructor at several Illinois High Theatre Festivals as well as Illinois Theatre Association Conferences. Thomas just returned from the country of Nepal, where he lived for 2 months teaching English and volunteering in the Jitpurphedi community.
David Kersnar is a founding ensemble member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company and has performed, designed and directed with the company since it was founded in 1988. Kersnar has also appeared with the Goodman, Steppenwolf and Remains Theatre in Chicago, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Actor’s Gang in Los Angeles, and the Touchstone Theatre of Pennsylvania. Kersnar served as the Lookingglass Artistic Director from 1988 to 1989 and again from 1997 to 2000. Kersnar founded and served as Master Teacher with Lookingglass Education & Community Programs 2000-2006 and served as its Director from 1992 to 1997.
Professional directing and writing credits include La Luna Muda, Flying Griffin Circus for the Actor’s Gymnasium and Brundibar for Lookingglass in collaboration with Lively Arts, Chicago Children’s Choir and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Kersnar was commissioned to write and direct a new opera for the Chicago Children’s Choir, Sita Ram, in collaboration Rajagopalan of Natya Dance and was produced at Lookingglass in 2006. Kersnar also co-wrote and directed the Lookingglass namesake production, Through the Looking Glass and several productions for the Lookingglass World Circus.
Kersnar has utilized his collaborative creation techniques in facilitating workshops for schools, artistic organizations, and businesses. Kersnar founded Shaking the Tree Interactive Productions, which uses theatre techniques in business environments and provides conflict resolution workshops using drama role-playing techniques. Kersnar’s film and television credits include U.S. Marshals, Since You’ve Been Gone, Early Edition, and Turks. He recently directed a new Lookingglass production of Peter and The Wolf commissioned by the Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall. Kersnar co-wrote The Last Act of Lilka Kadison and will be directing the production for the Lookingglass 2010-2011 season. David holds a Bachelors of Science in Interdepartmental Studies with a focus on Theatre and Performance Studies from Northwestern University and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing from The Graduate School of Northwestern University.
Some of her credits include Ragtime, The Music Man, The Pirates of Penzance , Man of La Mancha, Phantom, The Sound of Music, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes…?, Fiddler on the Roof, Cats, Scrooge, Strike Up the Band , One Touch of Venus, Carmen, Le Nozze di Figaro, Tosca, Gianni Schicchi, Countess Maritza, and, The Pirates of Penzance with such companies as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Isle of Wight Symphony, Light Opera Works, Chicago Opera Theatre, Opera North, Chamber Opera Chicago, Pamiro Opera, L’opera Piccola, Drury Lane Oakbrook, and the Theatre at the Center.
James Morehead has recently music directed and/or played Jerry Springer - The Opera (Jeff Award - Best Show), bare (Jeff nominee - Music Direction), Trouble in Tahiti, The Rainbow Connection, Copacabana, The Mikado, The Impresario, Barber of Seville, The Old Maid and the Thief, Amelia Goes to the Ball, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Sondheim in the Park, The Wandering Scholar, The Bear, Reagan's Children, Something Schwartz, The Way We War, and The Tony Goes To.
James is also the organist/choir director at St. Helena's Episcopal Church in Burr Ridge, IL and the music director for Vox3 (www.vox3.org). He works at Roosevelt University as an accompanist, vocal coach and music director, having also taught classes classes in music history, music theory and German diction. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, James received his BM from Duquesne University and his MM from Chicago College of Performing Arts. James has also appeared as a featured cabaret pianist at Gentry, Spin, Davenport's, the 410 Club and the Casino.
Steve Scott is the Associate Producer of Goodman Theatre, where he has overseen more than 150 productions; he is also a member of Goodman’s Artistic Collective. His Goodman directing credits include Horton Foote’s Blind Date; Rabbit Hole; Binky Rudich and the Two-Speed Clock and No One Will Be Immune for the David Mamet Festival; Dinner With Friends; Wit; the world premiere of Tom Mula’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (co-directed with Michael Maggio); and four seasons of A Christmas Carol.
Other recent directing credits include Buried Child and Dealer’s Choice for Shattered Globe Theatre; Yohen for Silk Road Theatre Company; Frozen for The Next Theatre Company; A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing for the St. Lawrence (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival; The Teapot Scandals of 1923 and Falsettos for Porchlight Theatre; and a number of productions for the Eclipse Theatre (where he is an ensemble member), including Rebecca Gilman’s Boy Gets Girl, Keith Reddin’s Big Time, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite, and Lanford Wilson’s The Moonshot Tapes.
He has directed for a variety of other companies, including Theatre Wit, the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, National Jewish Theatre, Theater at the Center, Lifeline Theatre, Organic Touchstone Theatre, and the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. Mr. Scott is the recipient of five Jeff nominations, an After Dark Award, and the Illinois Theatre Association’s Award of Honor.
Craig Springer, baritone, has performed throughout the midwest in both classical and musical theater repertoire. He has appeared in such musicals as Sweeney Todd, Oliver, Candide, The Merry Widow, The Pirates of Penzance and Beauty and the Beast. Craig has been a company member with the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1994 where he has appeared in over 120 productions. He has a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University.
As an actor, Barbara has been fortunate to work with Brian Bedford twice (in The School for Scandal and The Moliere Comedies, both co-productions between Stratford Festival of Canada and Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and to work in New York and other theatres around the country. She continues to perform at many Chicago area theatres; credits include the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Writers’ Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, ShawChicago, and many others. She is currently the Associate Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.barbarazahora.com
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