CARA RICKETTS (NORA HELMER) is an award-winning actor and dynamic force in the entertainment industry, celebrated for her versatility across stage, screen, and interactive media. She is thrilled to be leading this World Premiere adaptation at Two River Theater. Broadway credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Hermione Granger) and Time and the Conways (Joan Helford, Roundabout Theatre Company). Off-Broadway and New York credits include Measure for Measure (Isabella, Theatre for a New Audience), Richard III (Lady Anne, Shakespeare Theatre Company), and Arden of Faversham (Alice, Red Bull Theater). Regional and international credits include several seasons as a leading lady at the Stratford Festival, with productions including Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, and Pinter’s The Homecoming. Additional theater credits include Hedda Gabler (Necessary Angel), The Wild Party (Acting Up Stage, Dora Award nomination), and A Raisin in the Sun (Beneatha Younger, Soulpepper). Film and television credits include “Anne with an E” (ACTRA Award, Outstanding Performance), “Street Legal,” “The Resident,” “Departure,” and “Manifest.” Cara is also known for her work in interactive media, with performance and voice capture credits including Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Etuwa), Far Cry Primal (Sayla), Far Cry New Dawn (Mickey), and Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Xenia). She trained at Humber College, the Canadian Film Centre’s Actors Conservatory, and the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory. 
cararicketts.com | @cara.ricketts 

JOSHUA ECHEBIRI (TORVALD HELMER) is a New York–based actor. Recent theater credits include The Comedy of Errors (The Old Globe), The Swamp Dwellers (Theatre for a New Audience), King James (The Old Globe), Partnership (Mint Theater Company), We Swim, We Talk, We Go to War (Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse), Henry V (The Old Globe: Globe for All), Lizardly (Media Art Exploration / New York Live Arts), Merry Wives (Shakespeare in the Park, World Premiere; Jocelyn Bioh adaptation), Romeo N Juliet (virtual) (Pittsburgh Public Theater), A Raisin in the Sun (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Something Happens for Joe (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and Soft (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Television and film credits include “Elsbeth” (CBS), “Brilliant Minds” (NBC), “Bob Hearts Abishola” (CBS), “Dear Edward” (Apple TV+), and “The Good Fight” (Paramount+). Joshua holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MFA in Acting from NYU Graduate Acting. JoshuaEchebiri.com | @joshuaechebiri 

RUSSELL G. JONES (DR. RANK) is an Audelco, Obie, and SAG Award-winning actor who has worn many theater-maker hats as a fixture on New York City stages since the mid-1990s. Russell proudly originated roles in plays by Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Tanya Barfield, Fernanda Coppel, Kirk Wood Bromley, and Stephen Adly Guirgis. On television, he was a series regular opposite Edie Falco in “Tommy” (CBS) and recurs on “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu), “Long Bright River” (Peacock), “Full Circle” (Max), and “Godless” (Netflix). Russell founded BLND SPOT EXPERIENCE and facilitates cross-cultural dialogue and critical thinking by providing tools 

and context for perceiving racial inequity and our roles in challenging it. 

PASCALE ARMAND (CHRISTINE LINDE) is a Haitian-American, New York–based actor, writer, and guest lecturer. Theater credits include Bad Kreyòl (Signature Theatre Company) and Merry Wives (Shakespeare in the Park, World Premiere; Jocelyn Bioh adaptation)Her Broadway performance in Eclipsed earned her a Tony Award nomination, as well as Outer Critics Circle and Obie Awards. She is constantly working on her one-woman show, $#!thole Country Clapback. Still Life, a short film by Ned Cooper, is currently on the festival circuit. She will appear in a recurring role in the upcoming series “Parallax” on Apple TV+. She is currently raising funds for her short film Roles Reversed, which she will direct. Her lecture, Maintaining Your Artistry While Black, centers and informs artists of color on the precipice of and in the midst of their professional careers in the entertainment industry from the perspective of a Black woman of immigrant descent. She is an alumna of the NYU Graduate Acting Program and a core member of Quick Silver Theater Company. pascalearmand.com 

IAN LASSITER (NILS KROGSTAD) Broadway credits include Tammy Faye (Palace Theatre), King Lear (Cort Theatre), Junk, War Horse (Lincoln Center Theater), and The Cherry Orchard (Roundabout Theatre Company). New York and regional credits include Fabulation (Signature Theatre), Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company; The Public Theater), Pericles; An Octoroon (Theatre for a New Audience), The Great Comet of 1812 (Kazino), Mission Drift (National Theatre, London), Kiss (Yale Repertory Theatre), Ring Twice for Miranda (New York City Center), Pushkin (The Sheen Center), Henry V (Two River Theater), Henry VI; Hamlet; and Richard II (The Old Globe), Othello (UpstART), Macbeth (Telluride Theatre Company), and The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare & Company). Television, film, and voiceover credits include “Daredevil: Born Again” (Disney+), “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz), Queen of Glory, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Hawkeye (Disney+), and Live from Mount Olympus! (Onassis). ianlassiter.com | @ian.s.lassiter 

CAYLEN BRYANT (HELEN/COMPOSER) (she/her) grew up surrounded by music. She is a New York–based musician and teaching artist and has been touring nationally and internationally with artist Kandace Springs since 2018. She also performs and teaches regularly with Jazz at Lincoln Center and Jazz House Kids. In the fall of 2024, Caylen made her Broadway debut as the bassist for the production A Wonderful World (Studio 54 Theatre), and in the spring of 2025, she was the bassist for the Off-Broadway production Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (New York Theatre Workshop). Rubén Blades has described Caylen as a wonderful storyteller, remarking on how well she can deliver a story through music. She recently graduated from The Juilliard School in 2024 with a master’s degree in Jazz Bass Performance. thebasschica.com | @thebasschica 

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was one of the most influential playwrights of the 19th century and he is often considered to be the father of modern drama. Best known for depicting human relationships and social constructs, his major works include Peer Gynt (1867), A Doll’s House (1879), An Enemy of the People (1881), Ghosts (1881), Hedda Gabler (1890), and The Master Builder (1892).

Justin Emeka is a director, writer and filmmaker who has worked at theaters around the country including: the Old Globe, Yale Rep, Seattle Rep, Karamu House, Syracuse Stage, Philadelphia Theater Company, and Classical Theater of Harlem.  For the past five years, he has served as the Resident Director for the Pittsburgh Public Theater where he directed Two Trains Running, Sweat, American Son, Trouble in Mind and A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem.  Some of his other favorite directing projects include:   King James, Sunset Baby, Romeo & Juliet, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Wedding Band, The Bluest Eye, Death of a Salesman, Paradise Blue, The Glass Menagerie and Macbeth.  He authored the chapter “Seeing Shakespeare through Brown Eyes” in the best-selling Black Acting Methods.  He is a Drama League Fellow in Classic Directing as well as TV/Film Directing.  He’s also directed two award-winning short films, Biological and Six Winters Gone Still. Additionally, he is a tenured professor of Theater and Africana Studies at Oberlin College. www.justinemeka.com

MAYTE NATALIO (CHOREOGRAPHER) is a Dominican-American movement-based artist from New York City. Broadway choreography credits include How to Dance in Ohio and Suffs. Off-Broadway credits include Urinetown (New York City Center Encores!). Select regional choreography includes The Winter’s Tale (Dallas Theater Center/Public Works), Into the Woods (Barrington Stage Company), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), Hair (The Old Globe), Kiss My Aztec (Hartford Stage), and How to Dance in Ohio (Syracuse Stage). Fashion credits include Pyer Moss, Wat U IZ, and Paris Fashion Week. Film credits include Playland (Tribeca Film Festival). Mayte was a recipient of the 2024 Douglas & Ethel Watt Critic’s Choice Chita Rivera Award. maytenatalio.com 

RIW RAKKULCHON (SCENIC DESIGNER) is a set and costume designer, animator, and chef from Bangkok, Thailand. He/they has worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Alley Theatre, TheatreSquared, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Public Theater, Audible Theater, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, among others. Broadway Associate Set Design credits include Pass Over, & Juliet, and Parade. He is a member of USA 829 and serves as board secretary of WithAll, a nonprofit organization working to end eating disorders. @riwrdesign 

SARITA FELLOWS (COSTUME DESIGNER) (she/her) was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Recent work includes Not Ready for Primetime (Off-Broadway), Death of a Salesman (Broadway), Drinking in America (Audible Minetta Lane Theatre), Theater of the Mind (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), December (Alley Theatre Company), Nobody Loves You (American Conservatory Theater), Safety Not Guaranteed (Brooklyn Academy of Music), One of the Good Ones (The Old Globe), Blues for an Alabama Sky and Sweat (Guthrie Theater), The Grove and Sojourners (Huntington Theatre Company), Seize the King (Alliance Theatre), and The Ally and A Bright Room Called Day (The Public Theater). In the dance world, Sarita has worked with choreographers including Edisa Weeks and Liz Lerman. She holds an MFA in Design from the Tisch School of the Arts and teaches at the University of Connecticut. Recent awards include the Outstanding Research and Creative Practice Award, Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design (National Black Theatre Festival, 2022), and the Lily Award (2020). saritafellows.com 

ABIGAIL HOKE-BRADY (LIGHTING DESIGNER) is a Brooklyn-based lighting designer whose work centers primarily in opera and new work. World premieres in New York City include The Night Falls (Peak Performances/BalletCollective), BUST (Soho Repertory Theatre) (scenic and lighting design), Portrait and a Dream (Contemporaneous), Bound (Fresh Squeezed Opera), and MukhAgni (Under the Radar/The Public Theater). Other New York City work includes Nothing Follows (Catapult Opera) (scenic and lighting design), All the Beauty in the World (Daryl Roth Theatre), A Guide for the Homesick (LDK Productions/Daryl Roth Theatre), The White Chip (MCC Theater), The Little Death Vol. 1 (Prototype Festival), and Silent Voices: Lovestate (New Victory Theater/Brooklyn Youth Chorus). Selected regional work includes Trouble in Mind (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Tosca (Pittsburgh Opera); Pagliacci (Seattle Opera); Rigoletto (Holy City Arts and Lyric Opera); Don Pasquale (Opera Omaha); Ulysses: Song of My Father and Requiem (INSeries Opera) (lighting and projection design); The Wolves and How I Learned What I Learned (PlayMakers Repertory Company); La Traviata and Così fan tutte (San Diego Opera); The Last American Hammer and FLORIDA (UrbanArias); and Glory Denied and Three Decembers (Tri-Cities Opera). Abigail is the Festival Lighting Designer at Central City Opera (2023–2026 seasons) and the resident designer at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. She is the head lighting designer for the TimeSpans Festival and frequently works with Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She holds a BA from Drew University (2011) and an MFA from NYU (2016). She is a member of USA 829. hokebradydesigns.com | @hokebradydesign 

GERMÁN MARTÍNEZ (SOUND DESIGNER) A proud son of immigrant parents, Germán Martínez is a Honduran-American, award winning freelance Theatrical Sound Designer based in NYC/NJ. Most recently, he is a Princess Grace 2025 winner, and a 1/52 Grant recipient. He received his degree in Sound Design from Montclair State University in May 2018. His work has been featured at many regional theatres across the USA. He is thrilled to return to Two River Theater Keep up with his work on Instagram: @GermanTheSoundDesigner 

NIKIYA MATHIS (WIG, HAIR, AND MAKEUP DESIGNER) is a multi-hyphenate hair and wig designer who has made Broadway history as the first wig designer to win a Special Tony Award for her work on a production. A classically trained actress, she holds an MFA from NYU Tisch Graduate Acting. She has originated roles in New York premieres like Skeleton Crew, The Brother/Sister Plays, and Milk Like Sugar. On television, she has recurred in “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” and “Snowfall” (FX). Broadway design credits include Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Purpose, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Once Upon a One More Time, Death of a Salesman, Topdog/Underdog, and Chicken & Biscuits. Nikiya is the recipient of the Kathy A. Perkins Behind the Curtain Award from Black Women on Broadway, an Obie Award, two Henry Hewes Awards, and a Drama Desk Award. She has taught hair and wig master classes to students and professionals at top universities and organizations, including NYU, Yale, Princeton, the Denver Center, and the Goodman Theatre. Finally, Nikiya is excited to launch a new wig line called OUR BLACK TRESSES. ourblacktresses.com | @nikiyamathis | @ourblacktresses 

GERRY RODRIGUEZ (INTIMACY/FIGHT COORDINATOR) most recent moments of violence include Broadway: Appropriate and The Great Society. Off-Broadway credits include The Monsters (Manhattan Theatre Club), Grief Camp (Atlantic Theater Company), The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company), Black No More (The New Group), Boesman and Lena (Signature Theatre), Lockdown (Rattlestick Theater), Happy Talk (The New Group), Oedipus El Rey (Drama Desk nomination, The Public Theater), Kill Floor (LCT3), The Spoils (The New Group), The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre), Good Grief (Vineyard Theatre), Crackskull Row (Irish Repertory Theatre), Manhood (National Black Theatre), but i cd only whisper (The Flea), and Mme. Le Monde (Playhouse Creatures). Regional credits include The Monsters, Murder on the Links, Dial M for Murder, Seven Guitars, Ropes, Be More Chill, and Absurd Person Singular (Two River Theater), as well as Bad Jews (George Street Playhouse), among others. Gerry is a member of Unkle Dave’s Fight House and is also an actor. 

NATHAN CROCKER (DIALECTS) is a San Diego–based educator, actor, and voice/dialect coach. He most recently voice and dialect coached the World Premiere of Godspeed at Denver Center for the Performing Arts Center. Nathan previously coached for Two River Theater for the World Premiere of A Thousand Maids. Pre-Broadway coaching credits include A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical and Ain’t Too Proud. Other theatre coaching credits include The Old Globe, McCarter Theatre Center, South Coast Repertory, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, American Players Theatre, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Two River Theater, George Street Playhouse, Village Theatre (Seattle), Keen Company, and Roundabout Theatre Company. Nathan is the Head of Voice and Speech for The Old Globe/University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. AEA. nathanccrocker.com 

KELSY DURKIN (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER) is so excited to be making her Two River Theater debut with A Doll’s House. Most recently, she was the PSM for the World Premiere of Peter & Wendy at Northern Stage. Broadway: & Juliet, Paradise Square. Select Off-Broadway: four productions at Vineyard Theatre, including Ngozi Anyanwu’s Good Grief. Other regional theater credits include productions at Weston Theater Company, Bay Street Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, and Goodspeed Musicals. Opera: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids), Samson and Delilah (Virginia Opera). She is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan, where she has returned as a guest artist.

LISA TOUDIC (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) (she/her) is an Equity stage manager
passionate about cultivating collaborative and inclusive backstage environments and supporting
the development of new works. Recent credits include Eureka Day (Pasadena Playhouse), The
Reservoir and Noises Off (Geffen Playhouse), Corktown ‘39 (Rogue Machine Theatre). She also
served as a mentor and Production Stage Manager at Palisades Charter High School and is
passionate about working with young, aspiring theater makers. Lisa holds a Master’s in
Education and a B.A. in Stage Management from the University of Southern California.
Originally from France, she brings a love of culture, adaptability, and detail to every production.
Immense gratitude to Two River Theater and the A Doll’s House team for their collaboration and
for bringing her back home to the East Coast. She is also deeply thankful to her family, friends,
mentors and her cat Felix for keeping her grounded. www.lisatoudic.com

ALYCYA THOMAS (PRODUCTION ASSISTANT) (she/her) is thrilled to return to Two River for another production! Previous TRT credits include: American Mariachi, Dial M for Murder, Vos!, The Monsters. Select Regional credits include: New York Stage and Film, Berkshire Theatre Group, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown.