2024 Season Presented by Venables Pest Management

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

Comedy, Shakespeare March 15-April 7, 2024 Washington Center Black Box PG

by Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield

directed by Corey McDaniel

Comedy, Shakespeare March 15-April 7, 2024 Washington Center Black Box PG

NOW EXTENDED TO APRIL 7!

By Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield, new revisions by Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard’s plays (and 154 sonnets) in under two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all the Histories are performed as a football game, and we go NUTS with Hamlet! All performed by three actors.

“If you like Shakespeare, you’ll like this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love this show!” —The Today Show

“Wildly funny. Masterful!” —The Los Angeles Times

IF YOU LIKED: Baskerville (2023), Noises Off (2020)

Originally produced by Reduced Shakespeare Company

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Cast & Creative

Director Corey McDaniel

Corey McDaniel

Corey McDaniel is the Director of Development for Harlequin Productions. Mr. McDaniel served as the founder and producing artistic director of Seattle’s Theatre22 during their 10-year cycle. As an actor, he has worked throughout the US and internationally and his performance credits have placed him in such reputable arenas as the Fox Theatres, the Hollywood Bowl, Theatro Sistina in Rome, and the Metropolitan Opera House of NYC. Outside of Harlequin, Mr. McDaniel’s recent directing credits include White, Burn This, The Pride, Wizzer Pizzer, and The Hours of Life for Theatre22, The Merry Wives of Windsor with Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company, Treasure Island with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Sister Act the Musical, Bonnie and Clyde, and Good Kids at Cornish College of the Arts, Julius Caesar with Island Shakespeare Festival and The Wild Party for Sound Theatre Company (Gregory Award for Best Musical).

In 7 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Director, Choreographer, Player 1) Baskerville (Director) Dracula (Director) Falsettos (Director) I Am My Own Wife (Charlotte von Mahlsdorf) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Director) Murder for Two (Director) Noises Off (Director) Tenderly (Director) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Director)

Scenic Design Gerald B. Browning

Gerald B. Browning

In 7 seasons and 25 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Properties Design) Building Madness (Properties Design) Deathtrap (Scenic Design) Fun Home (Properties Design) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Properties Design) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Properties Design) Love and Information (Ensemble) Murder for Two (Properties Design and Scenic Painting) Noises Off (Properties Design) Pride and Prejudice (Properties Design) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Properties Design) Sovereignty (Properties Design) Tenderly (Properties Design) The 1940s Radio Hour ("Pops" Bailey) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Scenic Design, Properties Design) The Highest Tide (Father/Ensemble) The Love List (Bill) The Women (Properties Design) This Flat Earth (Properties Design) Until the Flood (Rusty/Dougray, Properties Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Properties Design)

Costume Design Melanie Ransom

Melanie Ransom

In 3 seasons and 8 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Additional Costume Design, Costume Design) Building Madness (Costume Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Costume Design) Hundred Days (Costume Design) Pride and Prejudice (Costume Design) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Costume Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Costume Design)

Lighting Design Mark Thomason

Mark Thomason

Mark is a local lighting designer based in Tacoma and teaches technical theatre and design at Tacoma School of the Arts and occasionally at the University of Puget Sound, having spent most of the last 20 years as a lighting designer, production manager, and technical director; he also works with Zombie Orpheus Entertainment and much of his film work can be seen on The Fantasy Network. BA in Theatre Production from Bradley University.

In 11 seasons and 20 shows at Harlequin:

A Doll's House (Lighting Design) Dry Powder (Lighting Designer) Falsettos (Lighting Design) First Date (Lighting Design) Fun Home (Lighting Design) I Am My Own Wife (Lighting Design) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Lighting Design) Murder for Two (Lighting Design) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Lighting Design) Noises Off (Lighting Design) Richard III (Lighting Designer) Sweeney Todd (Lighting Design) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Lighting Design) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Lighting Design) The Glass Menagerie (Lighting Designer) The Lady's Not for Burning (Lighting Designer) The Language Archive (Lighting Designer) The Last Five Years (Lighting Designer) The Lonesome West (Lighting Designer) Until the Flood (Lighting Design)

Sound Design Gina Salerno

Gina Salerno

In 20 seasons and 90 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design, Stage Manager) A Christmas Survival Guide (Stage Manager) A Doll's House (Sound Design) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Asst. Stage Manager) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Stage Manager) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Asst. Stage Manager) And a Nightingale Sang (Asst. Stage Manager) Blackbird (Sound Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Stage Manager) Clybourne Park (Sound Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Asst. Stage Manager) Dry Powder (Sound Designer) Enchanted April (Stage Manager) Enrico IV (Sound Designer/Asst, Stage Manager) Fighting Over Beverley (Sound Designer) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Stage Manager) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Sound Design) Gloucester Blue (Sound Designer) Hedda Gabler (Stage Manager) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stage Manager) I Am My Own Wife (Sound Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Sound Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage Manager) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Stage Manager) Let the Good Times Roll! (Asst. Stage Manager) Little Shop of Horrors (Stage Manager) Love and Information (Stage Manager) Macbeth (Asst. Stage Manager) Man of La Mancha (Stage Manager) Mauritius (Sound Designer) Measure for Measure (Prostitute, Asst. Stage Manager) Middletown (Stage Manager) Murder for Two (Stage Manager) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Sound Design) My Old Lady (Sound Designer) Noises Off (Sound Design) Operation Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) Or, (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Story (Stage Manager) Present Laughter (Sound Design) Pride and Prejudice (Sound Design) Psychopathia Sexualis (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Rabbit Hole (Sound Designer) Recent Tragic Events (Sound Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Citizen/Party Guest) Ruthless (Stage Manager) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) Shining City (Sound Designer) Sins of the Mother (Sound Designer) Six Hotels (Sound Designer) Sixties Chicks (Asst. Stage Manager) Sixties Chicks Too (Stage Manager) Soul on Fire! (Asst. Stage Manager) Sovereignty (Sound Design) Stardust for Christmas (Esther Bartoli, Asst. Stage Manager) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Stage Manager) Summer in the Sixties (Stage Manager) Sweeney Todd (Stage Manager) Tenderly (Stage Manager) The 1940s Radio Hour (Properties Designer / Stage Manager) The American Pilot (Sound Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Stage Manager) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Sound Design) The Elephant Man (Sound Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Stage Manager) The Highest Tide (Stage Manager) The Ladies of the Camellias (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) The Language Archive (Sound Designer) The Last Five Years (Stage Manager) The Last Schwartz (Sound Designer) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Asst. Stage Manager) The Love List (Asst. Stage Manager) The Rocky Horror Show (Asst. Stage Manager) The Seafarer (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Stage Manager) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) The Woman in Black (Asst. Stage Manager) The Women (Sound Design) This Flat Earth (Sound Design) Three Days of Rain (Sound Design) Time Stands Still (Sound Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Stage Manager) Under a Mantle of Stars (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Unexpected Tenderness (Sound Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Sound Designer)

Properties Design Gerald B. Browning

Gerald B. Browning

In 7 seasons and 25 shows at Harlequin:

Fight Director Alyssa Kay

Alyssa Kay

Alyssa is a long-time collaborator with Harlequin over the past decade as both an actor and resident Fight/Intimacy Director. Alyssa has worked with numerous other companies across Puget Sound including Seattle Rep, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera, Taproot Theatre, the University of Washington School of Drama, and Seattle University. Alyssa is also a freelance teaching artist, Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and co-founder of the PNW Theatrical Intimacy collective. Huge love to Fox and her parents for all their support. www.alyssakay.net

In 8 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Martha Cratchit/Ensemble, Fight and Intimacy Director) Baskerville (Fight and Intimacy Director) Blackbird (Fight/Intimacy Director) Building Madness (Fight and Intimacy Director) Cabaret (Intimacy and Fight Director) Every Brilliant Thing (Fight/Intimacy Consultant) Falsettos (Fight and Intimacy Consultant) Fun Home (Fight/Intimacy Director) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Fight and Intimacy Director) Love and Information (Ensemble) Man of La Mancha (Fight and Intimacy Director) Murder for Two (Fight and Intimacy Director) Sovereignty (Intimacy and Fight Director) The 39 Steps (Anabella/Margaret/Pamela) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (self, Fight Director) The Highest Tide (Intimacy Director) The Language Archive (Emma) The Revolutionists (Fight & Intimacy Consultant) This Flat Earth (Fight and Intimacy Director) Three Days of Rain (Nan/Lina) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Nina)

Stage Manager Celeste Haugan

Celeste Haugan

In 3 seasons and 6 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) Building Madness (Stage Manager) Deathtrap (Stage Manager) Sovereignty (Stage Manager) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Stage Manager)

Alyssa Kay

In 8 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:

Eleise Moore

Eleise is an Olympia native who is happy to return to the beautiful PNW and make it her home again. While not on stage, Eleise is a Civic Education Tour guide at the Capitol building. While not acting or giving civics lessons to school kids, Eleise likes to find incredible food and quiet campfires wherever she can. As a proud member of the Harlequin board, she would like to thank everyone for supporting theater and your Olympia community.

In 9 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:

A Bright Room Called Day (Zillah) Baskerville (Player) Every Brilliant Thing (self) First Date (Lauren / Woman #1) Fun Home (Medium Alison) Man of La Mancha (Assistant Director) Recent Tragic Events (Stage Manager) Ruthless (Miss Thorne / Miss Block) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Inspector Lestrade/Ensemble) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (self) The Women (Miriam Aarons)

Drew Doyle

Drew hails from Los Angeles originally, but made the move to the Olympia area a few years ago and has never looked back. This is his first show with Harlequin! He has a BA from Pitzer College and studied with the Royal Academy of Dramatics Arts in London for a spell. Recent credits include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Animal Fire Theatre), Wadsworth in Clue (Olympia Little Theater), and Jacob Marley in Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Theater Artists Olympia). As always, he would like to thank Paige for anything and everything.

In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (self)

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