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Characters . . .The Nineteenth
Century Household
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| Thomasina Coverly | Suzanne Schmidt |
| Septimus Hodge, her tutor | T.W. Leshner |
| Jellaby, the butler | Stephen Howard* |
| Ezra Chater, a house guest | Jon Andrew Hegge* |
| Richard Nokes, a landscape architect | Doug Blakesly |
| Lady Croom, mother to Thomasina and Augustus | Andrea Akins |
| Captain Brice, brother to Lady Croom | Rajan Dosaj* |
| Augustus Coverly, Thomasina's brother | Justin Bayle |
| Plautus, a tortoise | Captain Crunch |
The Twenty-first
Century Household
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| Hannah Jarvis, an author | Nan Sutherland |
| Chloe Coverly | Karyn O'Bryant |
| Bernard Nightingale, a professor of English | Russell Copley* |
| Valentine Coverly, Chloe's older brother | Justin Gross* |
| Gus Coverly, Chloe's younger brother | Justin Bayle |
| Lightning, another tortoise | Himself |
| *denotes a member of AEA | |
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Production Staff . . . |
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| Producer | Joseph P. Stachura |
| Associate Producer | Gabrielle de Cuir |
| Director | Carolee Shoemaker |
| Assistant Director | John Doing |
| Stage Manager | Vicki Conrad |
| Sound Designer | Ken Yapkowitz |
| Men's Period Costumes Designer | Ruth Tally |
| Women's Period Costumes Designer | Cyndi Marziani |
| Lighting Designer | J. Hardman Doing |
| Properties | Heather Frisch |
| Lobby Display | Nan Sutherland |
| Production Assistants | Ken Yapkowitz
& Bronwyn Dawson |
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"Piano
Improvisations" composed and performed by Jody
Paul
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| Special thanks to Peter Finlayson, Christian Noble, Miguel Perez, Chris Covics, Tia Odiam, Karyn O'Bryant, Karen May, Jeff Pullen |
About . . . |
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| Andrea Akins / Lady Croom | |
| Andrea is pleased to be making her debut at Knightsbridge Theatre. She has a Bachelors of Sciences in Drama, Television and Film Performance and is also a licensed therapist in Disco Therapy. Some of her credits are as follows: Leo, in Indiscretions; Kate, in The Taming Of The Shrew; Meg Megrath, in Crimes Of The Heart; Corie, in Barefoot In The Park; Lilly St. Regis, in Annie; Teresita, in West Side Story; Tzeitel, in Fiddler On The Roof; and Sophie, in Star Spangled Girl. She also played Miss Mary Phallon in the one-women show titled Chicks. In Children's Theatre she has acted the roles of Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden, Miss Minchin in A Little Princess, and Josephine in Beauty And The Beast. Another theatre project that she is proud of is the presentation of an experimental piece called The Song Of Survival where the play was developed from real life stories of women in an internment camp during war. Her television credits are from Ally McBeal and she is a recurring character on ABC's soap opera Port Charles. She also is a photographer and has a business of head shot photography. Many thanks and much love to all the family and friends who have supported her and to God. P.S. She is presently looking for an agent, so if you are one or have any clout with someone for representation please trip her on the way out of the theatre. | |
| Justin Bayle / Gus Coverly & Augustus Coverly | |
| Justin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Valparaiso University in May 2000 where he studied Theatre and Television Arts and Business. While there he starred in Hunters In The Show, a student produced film that recently won first place at the National Collegiate Honors Conference in Washington D.C. He is also a founding member of The Piccolo Theatre in Chicago and enjoyed playing Arlecchino for the group. Other favorite roles include Feste in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Silvio in Goldoni's Servant Of Two Masters, Lomov in Chekhov's The Proposal, and the Water-Seller in Brecht's The Good Person Of Szechwan. Special thanks to Danielle, Jason, Mom and Dad. | |
| Doug Blakesly / Richard Nokes | |
| Doug was last seen at the Knightsbridge as the Horse Seller in Dr. Faustus and returns to the stage after spending the past summer in Texas where he was working on the upcoming film Pearl Harbor. A seasoned performer, he has graced the stage of many a regional theatre in New York, Chicago, Michigan, Ohio and Los Angeles in productions of 1940's Radio Hour, Hamlet, As You Like It, The Widow Claire, Lakeboat, Story Theatre and A Christmas Carol. Representative film credits include: A League of Their Own and Groundhog Day. | |
| Russell Copley / Bernard Nightingale | |
| Before arriving in America five years ago Russell worked in South Africa, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland and Holland. He is a graduate of University of Cape Town's Drama School and has a Master's Degree in Modern Drama Studies from University College Dublin. Russell recently moved to Los Angeles from San Diego where he played roles in Arcadia, Abundance, Murder In The Cathedral, Playland, Finding The Sun, Vox, A Time To Heal, The Taming Of The Shrew, Titus Andronicus, and a staged reading of Gangster #1. He also produced and directed Entertaining Mr. Sloane. As a writer Russell created the anti-apartheid play The Knock On The Door that he produced and directed in London, Melbourne and Cape Town; and singer songwriter for the gothic/punk band Youthanasia. Recent television credits include Eighteen Wheels Of Justice, Invisible Man, and The Tiger Woods Story. Feature films include Dustdevil and Brave. This is Russell's debut at the Knightsbridge Theatre and he dedicates his performance to his late father, George Anthony. To visit Russell's website: Click Here | |
| Rajan Dosaj / Captain Brice | |
| Stage roles include Antonio in The Tempest for the Nevada Shakespeare Festival, Beralde in The Imaginary Invalid for the Arroyo Repertory Theatre, Clifford in Deathtrap for Actors Alley Repertory Theatre, Paris in Romeo And Juliet for Santa Susana Repertory Company, Creon in Medea for the Knightsbridge Theatre, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company, Sir Benjamin Backbite in The School For Scandal for the Attic Theatre Ensemble, Don in A Chorus Line for the San Bernardino Civic Light Opera, and Nathan in Shenandoah for the Long Beach Civic Light Opera. As Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Excalibur Theatre Company, Rajan has appeared as Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, don John in Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming Of The Shrew, and Fag in The Rivals. His directing credits include Twelfth Night (Critics Choice Los Angeles Times-1995), Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Critics Choice Los Angeles Times - 1998) and The Rivals for the Excalibur Theatre Company, The Trial Of Susan B. Anthony for the Attic Theatre Ensemble, Goldilocks And The Three Bears for Imagination Station, As You Like It for Shakespeare on the Green, Electra (Pick of the Week L A Weekly - 1999) for the Culver City Public Theatre, and The Two Gentlemen Of Verona for the Nevada Shakespeare Festival.. | |
| Justin Gross / Valentine Coverly | |
| Justin is thrilled to be performing at the Knightsbridge. Justin has appeared in Long Days Journey Into Night, The Merchant of Venice, Mass Appeal, Last Kiss, and most recently in The Last Laugh in Hollywood with Write Act Repertory. He has appeared on The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon and has voiced numerous commercials and CD Rom projects. | |
| Jon Andrew Hegge / Ezra Chater | |
| Jon is making his Knightsbridge and Los Angeles theatre debut since recently arriving from Minneapolis. There he received an MFA in acting from the University of Minnesota and went on to work at the Guthrie Theatre, The Minnesota Opera, The Prairie Fire Theatre Co., Chanhassen Theatres as well as others, appearing in The Imaginary Invalid, The Taming Of The Shrew, As You Like It, Oklahoma!, Crazy For You, No Exit, and many more. Jon also has worked extensively on camera in numerous commercials, industrial and feature films. | |
| Stephen Howard / Jellaby | |
| Steve began work in the theatre in 1968 as an ensemble performer in Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage production of King Lear with Frank Silvera in the title role. Since that time he has performed throughout the country at various Regional, Academic, Dinner and 99 Seat Theatres. His favorite roles range from Richard Roma in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross to Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie. Steve previously appeared in Pasadena at the Basement Theatre in the critically acclaimed role of Owen Musser in The Foreigner. He finds that the role of Jellaby, though small, presents similar challenges. Steve is the proud Grandfather of 5 and enjoys most his annual disappearance into the Sierra Madre Mountains of Central California for extended periods each summer. | |
| T. W. Leshner / Septimus Hodge | |
| T.W. is a recent arrival from New York, enjoying the warmest winter he can remember. N.Y. credits include The Murders at Argos (Orestes), The Seagull (Konstantin), Scream Creek (Spacey) and several indie films. He received his B.A. from Washington and Lee in 1999, a theater degree to his parents' financial chagrin. Many thanks to friends and family, especially Dave and Shannan for putting up with him. | |
| Karyn O'Bryant / Chloe Coverly | |
| Karyn is thrilled to be a part of this, her fifth production with the Knightsbridge Theatre. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has done theatre both here in Los Angeles and on the east coast. Some of her favorite roles include Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and Kate Keepdown in the Knightsbridge's now near-legendary cast of Measure for Measure. Her least favorite roles we won't mention. She wishes to thank everyone at the Knightsbridge for their encouragement and support, and especially her husband Tom for all this and his boundless patience. | |
| Suzanne Schmidt / Thomasina Coverly | |
| Suzanne Schmidt is a recent USC theatre grad and a current Stella Adler Academy student. This is Suzanne's second show at the Knightsbridge, the first being as Willamina in The Passion of Dracula. Her favorite recent roles include Joe Britton in Blues For Mr. Charlie directed by Bennett Guillory and Billy in Women Of Manhattan directed by John Blankenship, and this show of course!!! | |
| Nan Sutherland / Hannah Jarvis | |
 Nan
is delighted to continue workin' her passion at the Knightsbridge, where
she is also a proud Knightsbridge and NASC company member. Her first appearance
at the Knightsbridge was as Eliante in The Misanthrope. Roles she
enjoyed this year were as the Queen in Richard II, the Nurse and
Aemilius in Titus Andronicus 2000, Ceres in The Tempest,
Lady Margaret More in A Man For All Seasons, and Diaphanta in The
Changeling. A native, proud and homesick Texan, Nan performed at the
Globe Theatre at The Odessa Shakespeare Festival as Juliet in Romeo
And Juliet. She has also performed in several musicals in Dallas,
her favorite being the Christmas pantomime, Mother Goose at The
New Arts Theatre, where she played a 7-foot pink goose named "Gertie".
Thank you to Carolee, John and Joseph! All my love to my husband Steve...
but, this one's for my sweet, Nana! |
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| Carolee Shoemaker / Director | |
| Carolee is ecstatic to be working with a play by Tom Stoppard once again. She has directed The Real Thing and The Real Inspector Hound at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica, and assistant directed two productions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Carolee is a graduate of the Theater Department at UCLA and has directed classical theater at Culver City's Theater in the Park and the Santa Monica Theater Guild, where she served on the Board of Directors for four years. She currently directs children in classical plays by Shakespeare and Plautus for the Saugus Union School District. At the Knightsbridge Theatre where she has been a member of the company for three years, Carolee has had the good fortune to direct Mrs. Warren's Profession, Doctor Faustus, and Medea. | |
| John Doing / Assistant Director & Lighting Designer | |
| John graduated from UCLA magna cum laude with a BA in theater. Since then he has acted, run lights, designed lights, built sets and props, choreographed fights, produced and assistant directed. He has worked in a number of theaters, including the Globe in West Hollywood, the Morgan-Wixson in Santa Monica, and the magical Carlson Park in Culver City. Two of his high points were choreographing the fights for the Morgan-Wixson production of Cyrano de Bergerac and assistant directing the Knightsbridge production of Medea. | |