The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival
Grant Mudge, Ryan Producing Artistic Director
Presents
SHAKESCENES
Coordinating Director: Christy Burgess
Production Manager: Cate Cappelmann
Lighting Designer: Kathleen Van Vleet
Light Board Operator: Indi Jackson
A NOTE FROM COORDINATING DIRECTOR CHRISTY BURGESS
“We know what we are, but not what we may be”
- Ophelia, Hamlet, 4.5
When ShakeScenes last graced the stage in 2019, we were different people. We watched with young eyes, not knowing what the next few years would bring or what the world would look like in 2022. I remember thinking, early on, about how sweet the music would be at the first concert I would attend, how I would laugh louder at the first play I’d see, and I couldn’t even imagine what ShakeScenes would be like. After spending the week at Washington Hall, I realize it’s like coming home (except almost everyone is older and taller).
One of my favorite experiences of the summer is hearing my young actors explain to first time ShakeSceners what it is; “it’s so fun”, “you get to add your own Shakespeare flavor”, “do you remember that scene….(etc.)”. It made me realize that there is a new generation who will experience ShakeScenes for the first time. I couldn’t be more thrilled.
From the bottom of my heart, I would like to say, “welcome back and welcome home.”
CAST & COMPANY
SCENE 1: Richard II, Part 1
Robinson Shakespeare Company
Directed by Christy Burgess
- King Richard II: David Tom, Jr
- John of Gaunt: Amal Amouri
- Duke of York: Jessica Appleman
- Henry Bolingbrook: Nancy Tom
- Duke of Amerle: Abd Amouri
- Thomas Mowbray: Lexi Cuevas
- Bushy: Martez Cuevas
- Green: Cindy Nguyen
- Earl of Northumberland: Toby Prince
- Gardener: Amelie Hurtado
- Gardener’s Man: Amy Nguyen
- Queen: Melanie Lipkins
- Queen’s Lady: Jessica Appleman
- Herald 1: Amy Nguyen
- Herald 2: Amelie Hurtado
SCENE 2: The Young Fries of Treachery
Directed by Laura Moran Walton
Sixpeare: An homage to the musical “Six,” featuring six of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters.
- Clara Moran Walton: Ophelia
- Grace Geels: Queen Anne
- Rebecca Anatolios: Cordelia
- Jane Doeppke: Lady Macbeth
- Mae Sollmann: Desdemona
- Rose Kelly: Kate
- Iris Moran Walton: Shakespeare
SCENE 3: ShakesClue
Lady Bards
Directed by Christy Burgess
Ensemble:
- Gwen Clark
- Lucy Clark
- Eavan Kelly
- Olivia Purcell
SCENE 4: Shakespeare, But Make It Dragons (Select Scenes from Romeo and Juliet)
Shakespeare at Fremont Park
Directed by Laurisa LeSure
- Eden Hamel: Juliet
- Jackson Vargas: Octai the Dragon
- Lulu Phifer, Bobby Simons and Laurisa LeSure: Ensemble
SCENE 5: Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3, Scene 3 & Act 4, Scene 2
Dogberry’s Crusade
Directed by Patrick Starner
Ensemble:
- Loey Silva
- Sylvia Matous
- Ezra Carrico
- Sophie Vervaet
- Julia Warzon
INTERMISSION
SCENE 6: Much Ado About Nothing,: Act 3, Scene 1
ShakesCorps
Directed by Erin Rose Kind
- Ellie Graff: Beatrice
- Erin Rose Kind: Hero
- Mitchell Caponigro: Ursula
SCENE 7: Richard II, Part 2
Robinson Shakespeare Company
Directed by Christy Burgess
SCENE 8: Romeo and Juliet,: Act 1, Scene 1
Cosmic Hamlets
Directed by Sarah Brewer
- Louis Spindler
- Stella Petersen
- Sadie Petersen
- Griffin Rohlich
- Ila Sylce
- Dayus Geysbeek
- Freya Bartlett
- Corbin Johnson
- Finn Brewer
- Harbormaster Bryan Hawkins
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.
Kathleen Van Vleet (Lighting Designer) is a lifelong resident of South Bend and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. She began working for the University in 2004 and is currently the Student Activities Assistant Director over Washington Hall and Stepan Center. A long-time Journeyman in the IATSE Local 187, Kathleen has worked on many shows in a variety of capacities. She previously worked for the festival as master electrician and is excited to return for the 13th season as lighting designer for ShakeScenes.
SPECIAL THANKS
- 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.