The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival
Grant Mudge, Ryan Producing Artistic Director
Presents
SHAKESPEARE AFTER HOURS
Coordinating Director: Christy Burgess
Production Manager: Cate Cappelmann
CAST & COMPANY
SCENE 1: Mr. Macbeth’s Neighborhood
Directed by Sarah Myers
- Abbey Platt: First Witch and Hecate
- William Loring: Second Witch
- April Sellers: Third Witch
- Andi Creasbaum: Macbeth
- Sarah Myers: Banquo and Lennox
- Abbey Platt and Sarah Myers: First Apparition
- William Loring and Sarah Myers: Second Apparition
- April Sellers and Sarah Myers: Third Apparition
SCENE 2: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 1, Scene 2
Directed by Ellie Graff
- Ellie Graff: Julia
- Nicole MacLaughlin: Lucetta
SCENE 3: Macbeth Abridged
Directed by Patrick Starner
- Tieman Godwaldt: Player 1
- Connor Reilly: Player 2
- Mariah Donley: Player 3
- Honora Whitmore: Player 4
- Cate Cappelmann: Player 5
SCENE 4: ShakesCorps - Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3, Scene 1
Directed by Erin Rose Kind
- Ellie Graff: Beatrice
- Erin Rose Kind: Hero
- Mitchell Caponigro: Ursula
SCENE 5: Drunk Shakespeare - All’s Well That End Well
Directed by Laurisa LeSure
Panto Players:
- Lulu Phifer
- Bobby Simons
- Laurisa LeSure
- Cate Cappelmann
- Connor Reilly
SCENE 6: Shakespearience
Featuring Christy Burgess
Christy Burgess (Coordinating Director) is the lead teacher for the award-winning Robinson Shakespeare Company, which provides quality drama instruction to over 400 students in schools throughout the South Bend community. Christy attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks and received her M.A. in Drama and Theatre Education from the University of Warwick. Before Moving to South Bend, Christy worked at the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre as Education Manager and had the pleasure of traveling to parts of rural Alaska to teach Shakespeare workshops to youth and Alaska Native Elders. In 2011-2012, she was honored to be a North American Teaching Consultant for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Christy was named a 2018 Journey Fellow, as well as Michiana’s 40 under 40, and in 2016 she was awarded the D. Susan Wisely Youth Worker of the Year Award.
Cate Cappelmann (Production Manager: Community Company; Assistant Stage Manager: Romeo and Juliet) is a recent graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she majored in American Studies and the Program of Liberal Studies. While at Notre Dame, Cate was a member of the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company. With them, she directed Macbeth (fall 2021), assistant directed Julius Caesar (fall 2020) and The Taming of the Shrew (spring 2021), and served on the officer board as a producer. This is her second summer working with the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival.
SPECIAL THANKS:
- Danica Kulemika, Howard Park Manager, South Bend Venues Parks & Arts
- Jeff Oehmen and Wellington Payne, High Five Creative Studio
UPCOMING NDSF EVENTS
NDSF Community Company: ShakeScenes, July 16, 2022
NDSF Touring Company: All's Well That Ends Well, touring July 16-August 22, 2022
NDSF Professional Company: Romeo and Juliet, performing August 16-28, 2022
ABOUT THE NOTRE DAME SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
First producing events in 2000 under the name of “Summer Shakespeare,” the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival has grown exponentially in subsequent years to include a number of regular performances and frequent special events.
Each season now includes a production by its Professional Company, traveling performances by the Touring Company (including visits to area middle and high schools), and opportunities on its stages for local residents in its Community Company collaborations: ShakeScenes, Shakespeare After Hours, Shakespeare in Fremont Park, and Shakespeare Around the Bend.
Additional programs feature special events such as guest artists, lectures, and presentations.
The mission of the NDSF is simple: To enrich our surrounding communities educationally, socially, and culturally by exploring the works of William Shakespeare and other classical authors through performance.
SHAKESPEARE AT NOTRE DAME STAFF
Assistant to Company Manager / Covid Safety Officer: Morgan McDonell
Audience Development Manager: Jason Comerford
Director of Production / General Manager: Debra Gasper
Ryan Family Producing Artistic Director, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival: Grant Mudge
Mary Irene Ryan Family Executive Director, Shakespeare at Notre Dame: Scott Jackson
MORE EVENTS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS:
Something Rotten
South Bend Civic Theatre
July 15-31, 2022
Set in 1595, the two brothers in this hilarious smash strive to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of a Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, the brothers set out to write the world’s first musical.
The Chad McCullough Trio
Merrimans’ Playhouse at The Snite Museum of Art
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Spend a summer evening grooving to jazz in the Mary Loretto & Terrence J. Dillon Courtyard as we welcome Chad McCullough Trio, featuring Chad McCullough (trumpet), Larry Kohut (bass), and Jon Deitemyer (drums). Bring your own blanket or lawn chair and settle in for some great music! A cash bar will be available. Museum galleries will also be open.