A Little Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors

JEAN KIM (SCENIC DESIGNER) Bio coming soon!

Andrew F. Griffin returns to Two River Theater where he previously designed the Little Shakespeare production of A Comedy of Errors. Recent credits include: Sweat at Asolo Rep, Nell Gwynn at the Folger Theatre, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and A Christmas Carol at Le Petit Theatre. Regional credits also include: Yale Rep, Delaware Theatre Company, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre. He is currently the Associate Lighting Designer for A Thousand Splendid Suns, which premiered at American Conservatory Theater and has traveled to The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, Theatre Calgary, and The Grand in Canada. Andrew has two Helen Hayes Awards (DC) and a Big Easy Award (New Orleans). He is a member of USA 829, and graduated from Yale School of Drama. AFGlighting.com

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.

Devin Fletcher is a theatre artist from the wild coast of Maine, based in New York City. After joining TRT this past winter as stage manager for A Little Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors, and this summer as director of the Summer Intensives, she’s excited to be back with this wonderful company and SWH’s brilliant Macbeth. Recent credits include work with Lincoln Center, La MaMa ETC, The Assembly, Trusty Sidekick, Tiltyard, New Victory LabWorks, Little Orchestra Society, and various Off-Broadway productions. Regional directing and stage management credits include American Repertory Theater, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Elm Shakespeare Company, Orchestra New England, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and ArtsEmerson. Alum of Emerson College, additional training with the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles, she’s taught for IUGTE Physical Theater in Austria and Italy, Legacy Theatre in Branford CT, and Elm Shakespeare Company in New Haven CT, and is Artistic Associate of Bluelaces Theater Company.

Kate Cordaro (she/her) is a silver curly-headed earth mother, theater artist and administrator, baking enthusiast, and dog lover who currently has two cats. She is the Director of Education for Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ, recognized by USA Today as one of the top ten regional theaters in the nation. Since 2004, Kate has built the education department from the ground up, and under her guidance TRT has become a recognized artistic home for thousands of students through programs like A Little Shakespeare, Howard Aronson Metro Scholars, Summer Intensives, a vibrant student matinee series, as well as 16 original plays and musicals created and performed by student ensembles. In 2022, the A Little Shakespeare program was featured on the PBS docuseries Here’s the Story, chronicling the theatrical creation process from auditions to closing night. She has served on TRT’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee since 2017, and works to support safe spaces as a commitment to creating inclusive environments in which all students at Two River Theater can do their best work. Her favorite directing projects for young people include Bridge to Terabithia, Narnia, Charlotte’s Web (all at Play Group Theatre in White Plains, NY) as well as Alice, Eat the Taste, four installments of The Heroes Project, Neverland and Middle School Mysteries through the education department at TRT. Kate is a frequent Drama and Musical Theater Adjudicator for the Monmouth County, Ocean County, and NJ State Teen Arts Festivals. She is the recipient of multiple awards through the New Jersey Theatre Alliance and Monmouth Arts, and was featured in the latter’s recent 50 for 50 Photo Project highlighting individuals who are influential in moving Monmouth County toward a more inspired, inclusive, and creative arts community. She received the 2023 NJ Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service in Theatre Education and Arts Administration. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Kate moved to New York to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory and Musical Theater Works through NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Selected roles include Lady Anne in Richard III, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Dorine in Tartuffe, Frauline Doktor Mathilde Von Zahnd in The Physicists at Soho Rep, and Yara in Atom and Eve (dir. Ken Page). Kate also was featured in Janeane Garofalo’s short film Housekeeping, which premiered at the New York Comedy Film Festival. Kate is crazy in love with Kevin and Marcus Camoosa.