Joe Baker (Ferdinand) Keegan credits include: A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Collector/Doctor, Ireland/USA), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Ray), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio); Waiting for the Slow Dance (Cor) –World Premiere, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Ireland/USA). Other recent credits include Theatre J: Spring Forward, Fall Back (Sean) –World Premiere; Scena: War of the Worlds, This Lime Tree Bower (Joe); American Century Theater: Tea and Sympathy (Tom Lee); Studio Theatre: The York Realist (Jack); Washington Shakespeare Company: The Tempest (Trinculo), Waiting for Godot. Joe completed an acting program at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 2005, received a Mary Goldwater Theatre Lobby Award for acting in 2006, and will appear in Solas Nua’s upcoming Scenes from the Big Picture.
Jeremy Brown (Trinculo/Mariner) Companies worked with include in Austin: Austin Lyric Opera, The Paramount and State Theatres, Salvage Vanguard, The Bedlam Faction Theatre Company, Austin Shakespeare Festival; Chicago: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Dolphinback Theatre Co, Collaboration, Bravo Room Productions; London: The Lyceum Theatre; NYC: National Theatre of the Performing Arts. Credits include Shakespeare Theatre Company: Othello (Ensemble); Bedlam Faction: Reefer Madness (Bill Harper); Austin Shakespeare Festival: Dog in the Manger (Count Frederico), Othello (Cassio), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Demetrius). Film/TV credits include: C-Rock in America: at the corner of Clark and Clifford (Old Virginia Films), Tyler in The Circle [TV Pilot] (Root Branch Productions). Jeremy holds a BFA in Theatre from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, St. Louis and will appear in Theater Alliance’s upcoming Insurrection: Holding History.
Jewel Greenberg (Sebastian) is excited to be back with the Keegan after an incredible fall touring Death of a Salesman in Ireland. Other theatre credits include The Keegan Theatre: Death of a Salesman (Ireland/USA), Portrait of a Madonna, Suddenly Last Summer; Center Stage: These Shining Lives (First Look Series); Capital Fringe Festival: LUNCH! (Bouncing Ball Theatre); Imagination Stage: Merlin and the Cave of Dreams, Perfectly Persephone (with VSA Arts); Madcap Players: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (co-produced with Theatre Alliance), The Bus to Buenos Aires. Her recent film credits include independent films from Black Kraut Productions: Exodus 20:13, Verschwinden (Winner of Best Suspense at FAIF Film Festival) and Wild Diner Films: Date Number One; narrating a documentary film on the non-profit organization, Carelift International, with Fresh Images Productions, and commercials for Direcway, Carmax, Pfizer and Bounty.
Mike Gregorek (Caliban) Past credits include: Imagination Stage: Junie B. Jones, A Little Monkey Business ; Maryland Renaissance Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, The Lying Valet; Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Persians; Arena Stage: Student Playwrights Project; Interact Story Theatre: One Gold Coin, The Secret Scroll ; Northern Lights Playhouse: Oklahoma!, Camelot, Lie Cheat , Genuflect ; New London Barn Playhouse: Wonderful Town, Oliver!, Oklahoma! Training: The Catholic University of America (BM); Marymount London Dramatic Academy. Mike also performs regularly with ComedySportz DC and other comedy shows at The Comedy Spot in Arlington, VA.
Robert Leembruggen (Prospero) Previous Keegan Theatre roles include: Cat on A Hot Tin Roof (Big Daddy), The Field ("Bull" McCabe),The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio), Man of La Mancha (Sancho), King of Mackie Street (Frankie McKeown).Roles in previous productions directed by Tim Shaw include: Cyranno de Bergerac (Cyranno), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Falstaff), The Three Muskeeters (Athos), Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch), Hamlet (Claudius). Other Regional Theatre productions include Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Comedy of Errors (Balthasar);Olney Theatre: St. Joan (La Hire); Rep Stage: The Seagull (Shamraev). Training: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University.
Sarah Melinda (Iris/Mariner/Adrian/Fransisco) Credits Include: Journeyman Theater: Manicures and Monuments (Smitty); Wayside Theater: The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), Honk! (Maureen/Queenie); Charter Theatre: Of a Sunday Morning (Carly), 37 Stones (opening March 2007); St. Croix Festival Theatre: See How They Run (Penelope), The Nerd (Tansy), Bus Stop (Cherie), She Stoops to Conquer (Kate Hardcastle), A Christmas Story (Miss Shields); Virginia Shakespeare Company: As You Like It (Celia); Maryland Renaissance Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth); Way Off Broadway Dinner Theater: The Goodbye Girl (Paula), Bye Bye Birdie (Rosie), An Old Fashioned Radio Christmas, Lullabies of Broadway; Signature Theatre: Ten Unknowns (u/s); Round House Theater: A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage (u/s).Fight directing credits include: The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, and Charter Theatre. Sarah is a company member of Now This!, an alumni and faculty member of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, and is a recognized Theatrical Combatant with Dueling Arts International and an SAFD Recognized Actor Combatant.
Eric Messner (Antonio) is pleased to be working with the Keegan Theatre again, where he just completed Keegan’s 2006 Ireland tour playing Howard in Death of a Salesman. Other past credits include with the Hatchery Festival: The Disappearance of Janey Jones (Denys); Journeyman Theatre: Bartleby (Boss [with Capital Fringe Festival]), Theatre Alliance: Gross Indecency (Sydney Mavor); Solas Nua: Howie The Rookie (The Howie), where he is also a company member. Upcoming projects include Journeyman Theatre: After Darwin (Darwin) and Solas Nua: Scenes FromThe Big Picture (Paul Haggarty).
Tim O’Kane (Stephano/Boatswain #1) Recent credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Romeo & Juliet (Friar Laurence), Macbeth (Lennox), As You Like It (Touchstone), Richard III (Hastings), and Taming of the Shrew (Baptista). This is Tim’s first appearance with The Keegan Theatre.
Guy Palace (Gonzalo) Recent credits include Silver Spring Stage: 365 Days/365 Plays, Play In A Day; Quotidian Players: Art (Ivan, Best Featured Actor Nominee), Fifth of July (John Landis), 1,000 Clowns (Leo Herman), Rainmaker (Noah), A Few Good Men (Daniel McKaffee), Heidi Chronicles (Scoop), Prelude to a Kiss (Peter), Alan Arkin’s Virtual Reality (Le Reche’, Best Actor Nominee), The Birds (Herald, Best Supporting Actor Nominee), How The Other Half Loves (William Detweiller), Piano Man (original one act by Audrey Cefaly-Max, NVTA Best Actor Nominee) and numerous one-act festivals. Acting classes with The Studio Theatre Conservatory and Shakespeare Theatre Company; this is Guy’s first production with Keegan.
John Porter (Alonso) Acting credits include The Keegan Theatre: Playboy Of The Western World ( Jimmy Farrell); Heritage Theatre: Long Days Journey Into Night ( James Tyrone ); Lazy Susan: 1776 ( Caesar Rodney ); Way Off Broadway: Brigadoon (Andrew Mclaren ); Adventure Theatre: Raggedy Ann and Andy (Grandpa), Emperor’s New Clothes (Francois), The Secret Garden (Ben Wetherstaff), Anne of Green Gables ( Mr. Phillips). Many thanks to friends and family for all your support.
Laura E. Quenzel (Juno/Mariner) has a BA in Drama from Catholic University. A few of the shows she has had the pleasure of performing in are The Natural Theatricals: Alice in Underwear; The Maryland Shakespeare Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labors Lost, and Chamber Music. Laura would like to thank Lewis, the Spears, and, as always, Mom and Dad.
Ally Raber (Miranda) is a recent graduate of the Drama program at Catholic University. Favorite CUA productions include Marisol, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Uncle Maroje, which travelled to Croatia for the 55th Dubrovnik Festival. This is Ally’s first production with Keegan and she is happy to be working with such a talented group! Thanks to Mark and Tim! Love to my family for their continued support.
Courtney Weber (Ariel) Courtney Weber is new to Keegan but not to Tim Shaw. Recent credits achieved under his tutelage include Helena in "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Witch #1" in Macbeth. Courtney also works with Run of The Mill in Baltimore and was last seen as Frieda in their "Statements After an Arrest..." and in their world premiere of "Turn Your Head and Kafka". Everything else before that happened in LA, where favorite roles included Viola in "Twelfth Night", Emily in "Our Town" and Chris in "Dancing at Lughnasa". Thanks to the Shaweeneys for providing safe haven in the storm.
Alia Faith Williams (Ceres/Boatswain #2) most recently wrote and directed the play Promenading with Lunatics for Treadwell Theatre Company which premiered at the inaugural Capital Fringe Festival. Acting credits include: Keegan Theatre: The Crucible (Mary Warren); Rorschach Theatre: A Clearing in the Woods (Hazelmae); Imagination Stage: Merlin and the Cave of Dreams (Igraine), Strange Intelligence (Clarice/Gabrielle), Tomato Plant Girl (Little Girl), Honey and Sting (Melissa); Shakespeare Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing (Ensemble Swing); Senior's Theatre: Nora (Nora). Understudy Credits: Round House Theatre: Our Town (Emily), Problem Child (Denise), Woman in Mind (Lucy). Education: BFA in Theatre Arts, Hofstra University, NY.
