A Little Shakespeare: Pericles
Now in its third season, A Little Shakespeare is back to engage young audiences with the work of the Bard. When Pericles uncovers the King’s dark secret, he is forced to flee his Kingdom and navigate the roaring sea. An all-female ensemble cast of high school students will perform a professionally produced 70-minute version of Shakespeare’s thrilling and epic tale of adventure, shipwreck, and romance, for audiences ages 9 and up.
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MEET THE ARTISTS
THE CAST
Kaylee DeFreitas
Antiochus / Thaisa
Kaylee DeFreitas
Sophia Jackman
Pericles
Sophia Jackman
Isabel Wallace
Antiochus' Daughter / Marina
Isabel Wallace
Christianah Akinsanmi
Helicanus / Lychordia / Pander
Christianah Akinsanmi
Cristina Medlin
Cleon
Cristina Medlin
Emma Mueller
Dionyza
Emma Mueller
Christina Ruivivar
Leonine / Lysimachus
Christina Ruivivar
Dixie O’Connell
Simonides / Bawd / Cerimon
Dixie O’Connell
THE CREATIVES
Adaptor / Director
Jason McDowell-Green
Jason McDowell-Green
Jason McDowell-Green is the Director of the Professional Training Program at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Recent work has been seen with The Old Globe Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Huntington Theater, The Guthrie Theater, Two River Theater, and the Atlantic Theatre School. He is an alumnus of The Acting Company where he toured for two years with productions of Romeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors. His production of Be The Dog (adapted from How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers) played to sold-out audiences at the New York International Fringe Festival. His training comes from Boston University, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and A.C.T.
Scenic Designer
Jason Sherwood
Jason Sherwood
Jason Sherwood is a Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and American Theatre Wing Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. He recently designed Sam Smith’s Arena World Tour, and TV appearances (including Grammys, Brits, SNL).Off-Broadway: New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Realm, 59E59, and The Flea. Regional: The Old Globe, Signature Theatre, Denver Center, Shakespeare Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, the Alliance, among others. Upcoming: This Ain’t No Disco at the Atlantic, production design for The People’s Choice Awards on E!. NYU grad. Instagram: @JasonSherwoodDesign
Lighting Designer
David A. Sexton
David A. Sexton
David A. Sexton is a Brooklyn based designer who’s been working with Two River on ‘Little Shakes’ for the past three seasons. Selected credits include: The Plough and The Stars (Abbey Theatre Company, North American Tour), Doubt, White Christmas (Ocean State Theater Company), Stuff Nobody Likes (F*it Club), Silken Veils and Solider Bear (Philadelphia Fringe), A Chorus Line, West Side Story (Cortland Rep), Chicago, Singing in the Rain (Park Playhouse), Spelling Bee (Algonquin Arts), Cabaret, Bring It On (Broadway Workshop), Romeo and Juliet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Quintessence Theatre Group). Winner of the SALT award and NY Innovative Theater Award. www.davidasexton.com
Sound Designer
Eliot Davoren
Eliot Davoren
Eliot Davoren New York: Our Town (CSC), Blue Window (CSC), Collin Quinn – A New York Story (Cherry Lane), Light and Shadow (Gene Frankel), Rum For Sale (Signature), The Feast (The Flea), Fifth Planet (Lincoln Center Education), O.Rex (New Alchemical). Other: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Little Shakes – Two River), The Universe is a Small Hat (Sarah Lawrence), Skin of Our Teeth (Fordham), The Peculiar Patriot (Penumbra), The Guadalupe (Chautauqua Theater Company.) www.ElliotDavorenSound.com
Costume Designer
Sue Hawley
Sue Hawley
Sue Hawley Two River Theater design debut! Select design credits include Jesus Christ Superstar, White Christmas, The Music Man, Anything Goes, Ragtime, My Fair Lady, (Phoenix Productions), The Light in the Piazza, A Streetcar Named Desire (Perry Award nominee) (Villagers Theater), A Chorus Line (MSU) and Catch-22 (LLC). She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production/Design) from Montclair State University.
Properties
Jessica Parks
Jessica Parks
JESSICA PARKS (she/her) has been working as a scenic designer for theater since 2003, and has been the resident scenic designer and prop designer for the New Jersey Repertory Company since 2010. She has worked as the prop supervisor for the Little Shakes program in the past and is very excited to have the opportunity to work with this wonderful program as a designer. Set designs in NYC include: Michael Tucker’s Fern Hill, Butler, The Housewives of Mannheim, Jericho and Poetic License at 59E59 St. Theaters. This is Not a Time for Peace, The End of Hester and Dan Lauria’s Dinner with the Boys at Theater Row on 42nd St. Other designs include: A Tailor Near Me, The Hummingbirds, Eden Prairie 1971, Memoirs of a Forgotten Man, Wolf at the Door, The Jag, Swimming at the Ritz, Happy and Broomstick at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch.
Stage Manager
Kat Rother
Kat Rother
Kat Rother is excited to be back at Two River Theater after stage managing A Little Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the spring. Previous production stage management credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Sharon Playhouse), Merrily We Roll Along (Sharon Playhouse), My Fair Lady (Sharon Playhouse), and the touring production of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Two Beans Productions/ TheatreWorks, USA). Additional credits include: Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, &3) (PA- The Public Theatre), Pentecost (ASM- PTP/NYC) and Antigona (SM – Noche Flamenca).