In This Program

• Cast
• A New Beginning
• Letter from Managing Director, John Bradshaw
• Director’s Notes, by Mimi Katano
• Synopsis
• Who’s Who
• Print Edition
• More about Seattle Shakespeare Company

John Bradshaw, Executive Director  •  Jocelyne Fowler, Producing Director

As You Like It

by

William Shakespeare

Directed by

Mimi Katano

Thank you to our sponsors:

ArtsFund
Umpua Bank
Mercer Island Community Fund
City of Issaquah, Washington
4Culture
Hazel Miller Foundation | Serving Edmonds & So. Snohomish County
Hubbard Family Foundation

Cast

Rosalind/Ganymede
Nabilah Ahmed*

Phebe
Isabelle Bushue

Touchstone
Rolando Cardona*

Silvius/Adam
Luka Cruz

Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
Marianna de Fazio

Celia/Aliena
Emily Huntingford

Oliver/William
Tyson Prince Jenkins

Amiens/Le Beau
MJ Jurgensen*

Audrey/Corin
Pyper

Orlando
James Schilling

Jaques/Charles
Mike Wu

Full Cast Understudy
Mike Lion

Production Team

Stage Manager
Philomena Schnoebelen*

Assistant Stage Manager
Madelyn Salvucci*

Audio Engineer
Ingrid Bell

Creative Team

Director
Mimi Katano

Assistant Director
Mike Lion

Composer & Music Director
Yuelan

Scenic & Props Designer
Robin Macartney

Costume Designer
Ty Pyne

Intimacy & Text Director
Sarah Harlett

Fight Choreographer
Chelsey Sheppard

Touring Manager
Emily Kight

Technical Director
Pacific Northwest Scenic

* Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The taking of pictures or the making of recordings of any kind during the performance is strictly prohibited.  

Last summer, Seattle Shakespeare Company and ACT Contemporary Theatre announced that we were conducting discussions about the potential of merging the two theatre organizations.

Our boards and staffs spent six months working with consultants on the viability of the idea. In January, the two boards, independently, voted to move forward.

Now, as of this July 1st, our two companies became one, under the banner of Union Arts Center. Much is still to be done. We will be engaging board, staff, and stakeholders in exploring a mission statement, our shared values, our shared vision for this new entity.

While this is an exciting new beginning for our two theatres, with a combined 94 years of serving our region, we look to also preserve what has made both special and important parts of our community! We have an exciting first season together that reflects the history of both theatres. We will continue to focus on New Works and on Shakespeare and classics. Our state-wide Shakespeare tour will continue next spring, reaching students from Walla Walla to Port Angeles. Education programs will be an integral part of what we do going forward.

And, of course, you are here for what is now a signature program of Union Arts Center, Wooden O! While founded in 1994 by George Mount and a group of theatre artists, Wooden O and Seattle Shakespeare merged in 2008. Since then it has been a vital, important part of Seattle Shakespeare, free, professionally paid, Shakespeare in the parks—and that carries over to the new company!

So, sit back and enjoy this lovely production of As You Like It. Thank you to our marvelous director, Mimi Katano, our first-rate production team, fabulous crew, and top-flight cast. This summer, join us indoors for one of our summer education programs. This fall on September 19, come party with us at the Seattle Sheraton to celebrate the beginning of this new theatre company. Then, also in September, look for Enemy of the People at the Allen Theatre at Union Arts Center, the first show of our shared season!

It’s a new beginning!!

John Bradshaw
Managing Director
Union Arts Center

Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland
Interim Producing Artistic Director
Union Arts Center

Welcome to the Forest of Arden!

It’s been 31 years since George Mount and a group of friends decided to do a weekend of free performances of Much Ado About Nothing at Luther Burbank Park. A handful of people joined them for Shakespeare in the outdoors. Over the decades, Wooden O has grown to stretch throughout the Puget Sound region serving a dozen parks and thousands of audience members. Approximately 15 years ago, Wooden O and Seattle Shakespeare merged their two theatre companies into one to better serve the people of our region.

As with As You Like It’s Forest of Arden, a Wooden O performance offers us a reprieve from the world around us, a chance to escape together, to enjoy a play in the outdoors, under an open sky, in the comfort of a local park.

And it doesn’t matter who you are. Each and every one is welcome at Wooden O. We are all the same as part of Wooden O, in our love for these plays, these characters, these stories. Together we laugh at the antics of Touchstone. We feel the longing for love of Rosalind and Orlando. We relate to Jaques’ Seven Ages of Man, reflecting a path we all share. These are our stories. Across the years, they still speak to us—to our hearts and minds and remind us what we share as human beings.

This is the fundamental power of live theatre. That we share it with the people around us, laughing and crying and thinking—together. Look around you! These are your friends and neighbors. And, whatever our differences, being here, being part of this experience, loving this play—you, those around you, the actors, the crew are one community. Together.

You are Wooden O! Thank you for being part of As You Like It!

John Bradshaw
Managing Director
Union Arts Center

As You Like It was the play my husband and I saw on our honeymoon at Shakespeare’s Globe in London in 1998. Though we stood in the pit as Groundlings for four and a half hours, it remains one of the most memorable and enchanting theatrical experiences we’ve ever had. That experience—now amplified by memory—is a standard impossible to meet, but what I hope to do with this production is emulate the feelings I felt. To take you away from whatever might be ailing you in the real world into the Forest of Arden and see these characters ponder new possibilities, discover a part of themselves yet to be unleashed, and celebrate love.

We have assembled a brilliant cast and team, representing a broad range of who we are as actors, artists, and humans. I hope you embrace and enjoy the journey they are about to take you on. We feel it’s important,more than ever, to have accessible theatre, and it would not be a play without you here.

Thank you for coming. Have a lovely evening.

Mimi Katano
Director

After being treated harshly by his eldest brother, Oliver, an angry Orlando challenges the court wrestler, Charles, to a match. When Oliver learns of the fight, he tells Charles to injure Orlando.

Duke Frederick has recently deposed her sister, Duke Senior, as head of the court. But she allowed Senior’s daughter, Rosalind, to remain, and she and Celia, the new Duke’s daughter, watch the wrestling competition together. During the match, Rosalind falls in love with Orlando, who beats Charles. Rosalind gives Orlando a chain; in turn, he is overcome with love.  

Orlando is warned of his brother’s plotting against him and seeks refuge in the Forest of Arden. At the same time, Duke Frederick chooses to banish Rosalind. She decides to seek shelter in the forest with Celia. Rosalind disguises herself as a young man, Ganymede, and Celia does the same as his shepherdess sister, Aliena. Touchstone, the court fool, joins them. 

In the forest, the weary cousins happen upon Silvius, a lovesick shepherd. Silvius was in the act of declaring his feelings for Phebe, a scornful shepherdess. Not far away, Duke Senior lives a simple, outdoor life with her fellow exiled courtiers, including the morose Jaques. Their merriment is interrupted by the arrival of Orlando, who seeks nourishment for himself and his servant, Corin. The Duke welcomes them to the forest.

Ganymede and Aliena find verses addressed to Rosalind hanging on forest branches left by Orlando. Discovering Orlando, Ganymede proposes to cure him of his love. To do this, Orlando is to woo Ganymede as if he were Rosalind (who, of course, Ganymede secretly is). Orlando consents and visits Ganymede/Rosalind daily for his lessons. Meanwhile, the shepherdess Phebe falls for Ganymede while Silvius still pursues her. Touchstone dazzles a country girl, Audrey, with his courtly manners, and she deserts her suitor, William, for him.

When Duke Frederick hears Orlando disappeared at the same time as Rosalind, he orders Oliver to seek his brother. In the forest, Orlando saves Oliver’s life, injuring his arm in the process. Oliver runs into Ganymede and Aliena and relates this news. Rosalind is overcome by her feelings. Celia/Aliena and Oliver quickly fall in love. Rosalind decides to end her game with Orlando and devises a plan. As Ganymede, Rosalind promises that Celia will marry Oliver, Touchstone will marry Audrey, and Orlando will marry Rosalind. She makes Phoebe promise that if they, for some reason, don’t marry, Phoebe will wed Silvius. 

On the wedding day, Rosalind reappears in her female clothes. Duke Senior gives her away to Orlando, while Phoebe accepts Silvius. Word comes that Celia’s mother, Duke Frederick, has left court to become a religious hermit. Duke Senior is returned to power, and she and her followers plan their return to court with the exception of Jaques, who chooses to remain behind in the forest.

Adapted from The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Characters

Rosalind
Daughter of exiled Duke Senior, disguises as Ganymede.

Celia
Daughter of Duke Frederick, Rosalind’s cousin.

Orlando
Youngest son of the late Sir Roland de Bois, in love with Rosalind.

Oliver
Orlando’s eldest brother who plots against Orlando.

Charles
A wrestler at court.

Touchstone
A court fool, who joins Rosalind and Celia.

Duke Frederick
Celia’s mother, and usurper sister of Duke Senior.

Duke Senior
Rosalind’s mother, deposed ruler in exile in the Forest of Arden.

Jaques
Lord in exile with Duke Senior, notably melancholic

Amiens
A loyal lord to Duke Senior

Silvius
A young shepherd in love with Phebe.

Audrey
A goatherd who falls in love with Touchstone.

Cast

Nabilah Ahmed 
Rosalind
Nabilah Ahmed (she/her) is an actor, projections designer, and Line Broadcast Technical Director She has collaborated creatively with a number of organizations, including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, On the Boards, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. This is her second Wooden O. Her proudest achievements to date are her performance as Matt Damon in Matt and Ben (ArtsWest 2023), video design work for SwimPony (The Stupidest Scariest Time, 2024), and her museum curatorial debut, GONE TOO SOON (MoPop, 2023-2024). Heartfelt thanks to her friends, mentors, and parents. nabilahahmedworks.com, instagram: @nabilahdoesalot

Isabelle Bushue
Phebe
Isabelle Bushue (she/her) is an actor, songwriter, and aspiring Cantonese cook. Recent work: The 5th Avenue Theatre Educational Tour; Songs of the Moon (Minh), American Players Theatre; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Sense and Sensibility (Margaret), The Rivals (Dina), and Children’s Theater of Madison; A Christmas Carol (Belle). She spearheaded the first AAPI mainstage at her alma mater, UNC School of the Arts, and is currently writing a solo show about her experience as a Chinese American adoptee. Innovative Artists & The Actors Group. IG @isabelle.bushue

Rolando Cardona
Touchstone
Rolando’s (he/him) recent credits include the following: Costard in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth as Macbeth (Seattle Shakespeare); Sister Act as Pablo (Taproot Theatre); Ride the Cyclone: The Musical as Noel Gruber (Ballyhoo Theatre); Peter and the Starcatcher as Grempkin/Fighting Prawn (Reboot Theatre); and Hair as George Berger (Renton Civic Theatre). Rolando gives thanks to their friends, family, and partner for their continued support.

Luka Cruz
Silvius & Adam
Luka Cruz is thrilled/stoked/so excited/absolutely thrilled to be making his debut at Wooden O with Seattle Shakespeare Company this summer! He’s a born and raised Seattleite specimen. Some previous acting credits include Hamlet and Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits (Texas Shakespeare Festival), Murder on the Orient Express (Repertory Theatre St. Louis) and Romeo and Juliet (Webster University) where he graduated from Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts in St. Louis, Missouri.

Marianna de Fazio
Duke Senior & Duke Frederick
Marianna is excited to return to Wooden O parks after playing the Welsh parson, Sir Hugh Evans, in 2018’s Merry Wives of Windsor. She’s also excited to revisit this specific play, having played Celia at Idaho Rep many moons ago. Other Shakespeare roles include Romeo with Seattle Immersive Theater and Luciana with Island Stage Left. Most recently, Marianna played Sarah in Letters from Max at Seattle Public Theater. Thank you for supporting live theater! MFA:UW; mariannadefazio.com

Emily Huntingford
Celia
Emily (she/her) is an actor, arts admin, and producer, and is beyond thrilled to be making her Wooden O debut! She’s a proud staff and company member with Dacha Theatre where she was most recently seen as Harriet in Emma and in 6 Shakespeare Dice shows. She has also worked with the 14/48 Projects, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Copious Love, Taproot Theatre, GreenStage, UMO Ensemble, Key City Public Theatre, and as a guest artist with the University of Washington. When not running through the parks, she can be found embroidering, reading thick fantasy novels, or supporting the arts community as the TPS Membership and Programs Coordinator. She is represented by The Actors Group. Learn more: emilyhuntingford.com

Tyson Prince Jenkins
Oliver & William
Tyson came home to Washington last fall. Tyson grew up in Olympia. An English major at the University of Washington, Tyson Performed in an MFA production of Till the Day I Die by Clifford Odets, directed by Andy McGinn. For his next show, Tyson joined Julie Beckman’s production of The Secret in the Wings by Mary Zimmerman. He joined Seattle Shakespeare last fall for a production of Love’s Labor’s Lost directed by Janet Hayatshahi. Tyson and his beautiful new wife, Jamielyn, live in South Lake Union, within sight of the campus where they first met as wide-eyed freshman, 16 years ago.

MJ Jurgensen
Amiens & Le Beau
MJ Jurgensen (they, them, theirs) is a Seattle-based actor and musician who daylights as the Director of the Greenwood Senior Center. Prior to Seattle, MJ toured nationally with the likes of NTC Productions, The National Theatre for Children, Holland-America Princess Cruise Lines, Sierra Repertory Theatre, and more. Locally: Seattle Rep, ACT Contemporary Theatre, Village Theatre, Taproot Theatre, and Jet City Improv. MJ is a proud ensemble member of Filament, a Collab Lab. mjjurgensen.com / IG: mjjurgensen

Pyper
Audrey & Corin
Pyper is stoked to be telling this story with such inspiring and astounding artists. They are a transplant from the silly spud state of Idaho. They have been working in Seattle for the past 7 years. As a performer and your friendly neighborhood spi—barista. Some of their recent credits include. Dracula (Renfield) at Tacoma Arts Live, Kringle’s Inventionasium/Escape Clause at Lit Immersive, People in the Square (Soprano) at Hiatus Productions, Anyone Can Whistle (Ensemble) at Reboot Productions, Deep Purple Wiggle (Ensemble) at Theatre Battery, 110 in the Shade (Ensemble, Lizzie/Starbuck u/s) at Reboot Productions, The Women (Ensemble) at Harlequin Productions, Kiki’s Delivery Service (Ensemble) at Theatre Battery and Love and Information (Ensemble) Harlequin Productions. Their goal is to expand their perspective of humanity and the spectrum of experience. Let’s make some Theater Magic!

James Schilling
Orlando
James Schilling (he/him) is delighted to return to Seattle Shakespeare Company after last being seen in Henry V Bar(d) and Twelfth Night! James is a local actor and educator passionate about new work and making theatre for & with under-served communities, especially people who are incarcerated. Other recent credits include: Emma, The Pomegranate Tree, Dice: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Dice Keeper: Twelfth Night (Dacha Theatre); Spring Awakening (The 5th Avenue Theatre); ShakesBar: Macbeth (Lucky Panda Presents); Measure for Measure (Freehold Engaged Theatre Tour); and Luchadora! (Seattle Children’s Theatre). jamesschilling.com

Mike Wu
Jaques & Charles
Mike Wu is thrilled to return to the Wooden O stage this year! He was last seen in The 5th Avenue Theater’s Educational Touring production of Songs of the Moon and has been privileged to work with: The Seattle Shakespeare Company, ACT Contemporary Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Pacific Conservatory Theatre, and the San Jose Stage. He would like to thank his family and friends for always lifting him up and to you, the audience for coming to the show!

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45-thousand actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

Production Staff

Mimi Katano
Director
Mimi Katano (she/her) Mimi is a bilingual, bicultural theatre artist in Seattle and is thrilled to make her Seattle Shakespeare directorial debut with As You Like It. Her directing credits include: The 5th Avenue Theatre (ETC Tour), Seattle Public Theater, Centerstage Theatre, Pork Filled Productions, SIS Productions, Live Girls! Theatre, 14/48 Projects, Boston’s Wheelock Family Theatre, and Youth Theatre Northwest where she served as the Executive Artistic Director for over two decades. Mimi is a two-time Gregory Awards nominee for Outstanding Direction, and the production of Vietgone, which she directed in 2024, was the recipient of Outstanding Production of the Year. Mimi has launched an international production company Za Trans-Pacific Productions (ztpproductions.com), through which she wishes to connect her native country of Japan and the US through theatre. mimikatano.com

Mike Lion
Assistant Director/Understudy
Mike (Assistant Director / Cast Understudy) is a director, actor, translator, and clown. He is the Co-Artistic Director and co-founder of Dacha Theatre; and the Program Associate at Youth Theatre Northwest. Recent credits include directing: The Master and Margarita, Dice Keeper: Twelfth Night, Dears in Headlights (Dacha Theatre) Seussical Jr (Youth Theatre Northwest), Insomnia (JetLag Festival), The 14/48 Projects; Associate directing: Edgar and Annabel (Pony World Theatre). Upcoming projects include directing Yaga with Dacha Theatre and his translation of The Snow Queen produced at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia. He is thrilled to be working with Mimi and Wooden O!

Robin Macartney
Scenic & Props Designer
Robin Macartney (she/her)  is an award-winning set and prop designer who has been fortunate to work with a large number of theatre companies in Seattle and the Puget Sound area. She is the resident set designer at Theatre off Jackson, the props manager for Seattle Shakespeare Company, and the former scene shop supervisor for the University of Puget Sound’s theatre department.

Ty Pyne
Costume Designer
Ty Pyne is a Filipino Costume Designer and Craftsperson in Seattle, WA. They received their BFA in Performance Production from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA in May 2019. He strives to support young BIPOC to see themselves in all aspects of storytelling. Ty seeks to work with material that highlights and honors diverse perspectives. They have worked as a costume design assistant and crafts assistant for The 5th Avenue Theater. As a designer, Ty has had the pleasure of working with: ACT Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, ArtsWest, The Feast, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Public Theater, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Sound Theater Company, Freehold Theatre, Cafe Nordo, and Strawberry Theatre Workshop.

Yuelan 乐澜 
Music Director
YUELAN 乐澜 (they/them) is a second-generation Chinese-American musician, composer, and music director based in Seattle. They have previously music directed with Mimi for Youth Theatre Northwest’s Hadestown and SIS and Pork Filled Productions’ Vietgone. Other notable projects include Jasmine Joshua’s Here and Their, UW Drama’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Reboot Theatre’s Oliver, 14/48, and Yun Theatre’s Passage, June Is The First Fall, In Between, and Monologues of n Women. They are very excited to be working with the talent at Seattle Shakespeare for the first time! Outside of theatre, they also play in their self-titled band with Josh Valdez and Kyle Levien. yuelanmusic.com

Sarah Harlett
Intimacy Director & Text Coach
Recent intimacy direction credits: The Bed Trick, Macbeth Education Tour (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Sanctuary City (Seattle Rep), Hello Dolly and Mamma Mia (Village Theatre); Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline and Midsummer Nights Dream (Wooden O). At Cornish College of the Arts: Amelie, Chess, Head Over Heels, Pericles, Cabaret, Our Town, Corner’s Grove, Chicago, Orlando, and Once. Elsewhere, Refugees in the Garden City (ReAct/Pratidhwani); Monsters of the American Cinema (ArtsWest); Eurydice (Seattle University); Measure for Measure (Engaged Theater), and the film, In The Water. Sarah is also an actor and teaching artist.

Philomena Schnoebelen
Stage Manager
Phil is very excited to be back with the Seattle Shakespeare Company as the Stage Manager for As You Like It, where she has previously been the Stage Manager/Understudy for the Educational Tour of Romeo and Juliet, and the Assistant Stage Manager for Love’s Labor’s Lost. She has also been the Production Stage Manager for Wounded Healers (MNSU), and I Am a Camera (MNSU), and the Assistant Stage Manager for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (MNSU), and Newsies (MNSU). She is originally from Minnesota where she is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU), and when she’s not backstage you can find her hiking, rock climbing, or zip lining.

Madelyn Salvucci
Assistant Stage Manager
Madelyn Salvucci is excited to be back for her third Wooden O. Her deepest passion is building spaces where people can believe in magic again (even if just for a short while). She spent her last season working as a SM Apprentice at Seattle Rep on Mother Russia, Blithe Spirit, and The Skin of Our Teeth. As well, she has stage managed for Intiman’s The Lion Tells His Tale; stage managed Seattle Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Cymbeline, and assistant stage managed Macbeth; and assistant stage managed Intiman’s Black Nativity. She has also worked on Youth Theatre Northwest’s productions of Into The Woods, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The 39 Steps. She is ever grateful for her partner and dog, and their love and support.

Janet Hayatshahi
Director
Janet Hayatshahi is an Iranian actor and director. Select directing credits include: A Vast Hoard at Chalk Rep/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, A Man, His Wife, and His Hat (later The Hatmaker’s Wife) at Moxie Theatre, 9 Parts of Desire at Mo’olelo PAC, The Turn of the Screw at Cygnet Theatre, Thirsting for Salt at Grüntaler9 in Berlin, Germany, and co-director of Launching Ship (her solo piece) based on the Helen of Troy myth. She served as assistant director to Robert Woodruff’s Notes from Underground at La Jolla Playhouse and has directed many productions at the university/college level. Her interests are in non-traditional performance environments and poetics in the use of space and architecture, particularly as they apply to bodies in performance. Janet is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Seattle University. MFA, University of California, San Diego. Member of AEA and associate member of SDC. For Lieutenant Colonel Abbas Hayatshahi. Hayatshahi.com

Anahita Sepehri 
Assistant Director
Anahita Sepehri (she/her) is an artist who loves how theatre can change people. She has worked on productions like My Name is Rachel Corrie and The Lower Depths at Intiman, The Tempest and Little Women at Seattle Rep, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Seattle Shakespeare Company. She has also worked on plays like The Forgotten History of Mastaneh and Not Our Town at Pony World Theatre. Anahita believes that theatre helps us see ourselves more clearly and understand important truths about life. 

Alice Gosti
Movement Director
Alice Gosti (she/her) is an Italian-American immigrant choreographer, performance artist, and DJ, working between Seattle and Europe since 2008. She often works under the name MALACARNE. She has received numerous awards, including the 2021 Princess Grace Choreography Honoraria, the 2013 Vilcek Creative Promise in Dance Award, and the 2016 NEFA National Dance Project Grant. Her work has been commissioned by institutions like On the Boards, Seattle Art Museum, and Jacob’s Pillow. Gosti also works extensively as a Movement Director and Choreographer for theaters, including Merrimack Repertory Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and ACT Contemporary Theatre, among others.

Parmida Ziaei
Scenic Designer
Parmida Ziaei is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Seattle and the co- founder of Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble. Parmida has been a scenic and production designer with many Seattle theaters including Seattle Shakespeare Company, ACT Contemporary Theatre, Village Theatre, ArtsWest, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, among others. When not designing, Parmida performs, choreographs and teaches as a movement artist and serves as a consultant and curator. Parmida has been the recipient of multiple residencies including the 2022 Northwest Creator Residency at Village Theatre. parmidaziaei.com

Jocelyne Fowler
Costume Designer
Jocelyne Fowler has designed for Seattle Shakespeare Company (Twelfth Night the Musical, Arms and the Man, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Titus Andronicus, Richard II, etc.), Taproot Theatre Company (A Woman of No Importance, The Spitfire Grill, Babette’s Feast, Steel Magnolias, Arsenic and Old Lace, Lady Windermere’s Fan, etc.), Book-It Repertory Theatre (Howl’s Moving Castle, Jane Eyre, Treasure Island, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Anna Karenina, etc.), ArtsWest (Born With Teeth, Head Over Heels, The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion, Office Hour), Harlequin Productions, Vashon Opera, Youth Theatre Northwest, SecondStory Repertory, Bellevue College, Roosevelt High School, Overlake School, and others. She is the recipient for the 2016 Gregory Award in Outstanding Costume Design. jocelynefowler.com

Jacob Viramontes
Lighting Designer
Jacob Viramontes is delighted to be making his Seattle Shakespeare debut! Jacob has a BFA in Acting & Directing with a minor in Technical Theatre & Design from Pacific Lutheran University. Recent Lighting Design credits include: The Hatmaker’s Wife (Drama Dock), Damn Yankees, Anyone Can Whistle, and Peter and the Starcatcher (Reboot Theatre Company), Come On Get Tappy! (Outrage Onstage/SecondStory Repertory), 53% Of (Sound Theatre Company), 10 Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith (Centerstage Theatre), Red (Burien Actors Theatre), and 14/48 Seattle Weekend Two - Spring 2024 (The 14/48 Projects).
IG: @jacobviramontestheatre

Sandra Huezo-Menjivar
Sound Designer 
Sandra Huezo-Menjivar (they/she) is a sound designer and audio engineer based in Seattle, WA. Recent credits include Seattle Shakespeare Company’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sound Designer), ReAct’s Theatre’s Animals Out of Paper and Letters of Suresh (Assistant Sound Designer), Village Theatre KIDSTAGE’s Finding Nemo Jr. (Sound Designer), and Cornish College of the Arts’s Desdemona’s Child (blood cry) (Sound Designer). They are so happy to be working with SSC again and would like to thank everyone on the production and design teams for all their excellent work! You can find them on Instagram @menjivar_sound.

Robin Macartney
Props Designer
Robin Macartney (she/her) is an award-winning set and prop designer who has been fortunate to work with a large number of the theater companies in Seattle and the Puget sound area. She is the resident set designer at Theatre Off Jackson, the props manager for Seattle Shakespeare, as well as the former scene shop supervisor for the University of Puget Sound’s theater department.

Paul Adolphsen
Dramaturg
Paul Adolphsen (he/him) is a Seattle-based dramaturg, writer, and literary manager. He has been on the artistic staff at Seattle Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Asolo Repertory Theatre. Paul has also worked as a dramaturg with Taproot Theatre, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Ashland New Plays Festival, and with other companies around the U.S. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), and his writing about theater and performance has been published in Theatre Journal, on howlround.com, and by Penumbra Theatre Company. M.F.A.: University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 

Amy Thone 
Text Coach 
Amy is proud to be working with this wild and remarkable cast on this beautiful and weird play. Ms. Thone first worked at the Seattle Shakespeare Company (then Festival) in 1994, doing educational tours all over the state for many years. This consistent deep-dive into the canon is where her knowledge and love of Shakespeare took root, and for those many early-morning 4-person Romeo and Juliets in Puyallup and regions beyond, she will always be grateful. She teaches Shakespeare at the University of Washington, contemporary realism at Cornish College of the Arts, and also loves any and all teaching at Freehold Studio Theatre. She is the always proud mom of Stella and Charlotte.

Lily N Nguyen
Stage Manager
Lily is extremely excited to be stepping into her first production with Seattle Shakespeare Company! Her previous credits include: A Midsummer DICE Dream with Dacha Theatre; The Moors, The Wolves, The Oresteia (ASM), and Airness (Scenic) with The University of Washington; and Iphigenia and Other Daughters (ASM) with The College of Wooster. She offers that every day is an opportunity for new action. Thank you for being here today.

Philomena Schnoebelen
Assistant Stage Manager
Phil is very excited to be working with Seattle Shakespeare on Love’s Labor’s Lost! Originally from Minnesota, she is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU). At MNSU she worked as the Assistant Stage Manager on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Newsies, and Mother and Sons, and as the Production Stage Manager on Wounded Healers, I Am a Camera, and the Spring Dance Concert. When she’s not backstage she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and zip lining.

Clint Bull 
Lead Electrician 
An electrician and lighting designer, Clint Bull has been working in the greater Seattle area since 2020. He couldn’t be more excited to be returning for the start of a new season at Seattle Shakespeare! 

Leny Shen
First Hand
Leny Shen is an American-born Chinese artist with diverse practices in illustration, comics, painting, printmaking, fashion design, and music. Since graduating from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fashion Design and a minor in Sequential Art, Leny has served as Costume Assistant on Macbeth: A Rock Musical and Costume Designer on Once More, Just For You and The Clockwork Professor, all at Seattle Public Theater. Leny is grateful for the opportunity to grow familiar with a new company and excited to work with SSC for the first time!

Thank you for being here this evening! Whether you’re here on your own, with family, with friends, with your dog (we love dogs at Wooden O), we honestly cannot do this without you. Theatre only happens with you here – it takes a story to tell, someone to tell the tale, and, so importantly, someone to hear the story. To laugh. To cry. To gasp. To do so together. As one audience, joining together with our actors and crew. 

But, as Wooden O founder George Mount often pointed out, while this is free to attend, it is not free to produce. We pay salaries and fees to the director, actors, crew, designers, choreographers, and staff, all of whom are local, theatre professionals. Your neighbors. Part of our community. And all of whom make Wooden O possible and available to audiences throughout the Puget Sound region. Several thousand people who will join you, from Des Moines to Everett, by enjoying this production, outdoors, under an open sky, as these plays were originally staged. 

So, please consider what you can give to make this possible. Your gift will ensure that we continue to bring professional, Shakespeare theatre to the parks. Your gift can go in one of the hats as actors move amongst you, or at our site manager’s table, or online. Whatever you can do, whether it’s $1, $25, $100, or $1,000, it WILL be appreciated. And if you don’t have the financial means, that’s okay. Simply being here, being part of this joyous production, delighting in As You Like It, together with your fellow audience members, will matter. It will make a difference. You make a difference!

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When we, as artists, gather together with you, as audience, there are a few things we want you to know so that we can create this play together. * Your unique responses make the story come to life each performance. * You are allowed to laugh out loud! To have audible moments

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