chamber RICHARD III

by William Shakespeare • Directed by Gregg Loughridge

 

CAST

LIVE Actors (in alphabetical order)

Alyson Bedford • Lady Anne (1st Murderer, 3rd Citizen, Catesby)

David Goldstein • Lord Hastings ( 2nd Murderer, Lord Stanley)

Lori Larsen* • Queen Margaret - Widow of Henry VI (Brakenbury, Lord Ely)

Todd Jefferson Moore* • Richard III

Connor Toms • Richmond (Rivers, 1st Citizen, Tyrrel)

Amber Wolfe • Queen Elizabeth (Mayor)

Richard Ziman* • Buckingham (Clarence, Moderator)

DIGITAL Actors

Andrew Litsky • King Edward IV

Conor McCarthy • Young Edward, Prince of Wales

Saul Goodwin • Young Duke of York

Ken Holmes • King Henry VI

Gemma King • Young Elizabeth

Drew Rowny • Prince of Wales - Son of Queen Margaret & Henry VI

Ken Boynton • Additional Voice Talent

 

Cast Biographies

Alyson Bedford (Lady Anne, 1st Murderer, 3rd Citizen, Catesby)

SSC: Debut

Alyson is thrilled to be making her Seattle Shakespeare Company debut. Previously, she was seen in Wooden O Theatre’s production of As You Like It as Celia. Before that, she had the pleasure of working in many fun shows, such as Sarajevo: Behind God’s Back at the Group Theatre, Servant of Two Masters as Smeraldina at the Bathhouse Theatre, The Shadow as Margot Lane and Plan 9 From Outer Space, the Musical, both for AHA! Theater, and Gray’s Anatomy as Junie at ACT, among other shows. You may have even seen her most recently on a nwjobs.com commercial. Alyson has filmed a national commercial for Chloraseptic as well as other local ones, plus a few indie films not yet released. She holds a BFA in acting from Cornish College of the Arts. She has been happily married to David for 13 years and has a wild child, 7 year old son, Max.

 

David Goldstein (Hastings, 2nd Murderer, Lord Stanley)

SSC: The Taming of the Shrew (Tranio), Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Romeo and Juliet (Balthazar), Much Ado About Nothing (Verges)

David is pleased to be returning to Seattle Shakespeare Company. Favorite roles include Officer in An Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Strawberry Theater Workshop), Pinky in Giant (Book-It Repertory Theatre), Tragico in Frankennocchio (Empty Space Theatre), and Charley in Travels with Charley (Book-It Repertory Theatre.) He has also performed locally with Wooden O Theatre, Theater Schmeater, ArtsWest and others.

 

Lori Larsen* (Margaret, Brakenbury, Lord Ely)

SSC: Othello (Emelia)

Lori played Emelia in Seattle Shakespeare Company ’s 1992 production of Othello starring the late, great Anthony Lee. She is happy to return to the company. As a Fox
Fellow she has spent the last year studying Shakespeare with renowned voice teacher Patsy Rodenburg. Recently Lori has been seen as Marmee in Little Women at Book-It Repertory Theatre, as Nancy Shirley in Frozen at Empty Space Theatre, as Mrs. Culver in The Constant Wife and Dottie in Noises Off at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Other encounters with the Bard include Cymbeline at Intiman and, obliquely, The Beard of Avon at Seattle Repertory Theatre. 2006 marks Lori’s 30th year as a proud member of Actors Equity.

 

Andrew Litsky (Edward IV)

SSC: Debut

Thrilled to be making his Seattle Shakespeare Company debut without ever setting foot on stage, Andrew has appeared, in the flesh, most recently in theater simple’s Camino Real and Book-It Repertory Theatre’s Rebecca. As Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed touring ensemble theater simple, he has appeared in and co-adapted Strindberg (in Paris) (with M. Burke Walker), Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and Bulgakov’s The Master & Margarita. He has also produced and appeared in Camino Real, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Mother Courage (and her children), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Justice, Beirut, Escher’s Hands and 52 PICK UP, to name a few. He has acted internationally at the Adelaide (AU) Fringe Festival and The Singapore Arts Festival, regionally with the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and at the Spoleto Festival, and locally with the Bathhouse Theatre, Theater Schmeater and Taproot Theatre.

 

Todd Jefferson Moore* (Richard III)

SSC: As You Like It (Jaques)

This is Todd’s second play at Seattle Shakespeare Company, after playing Jacques in As You Like It last season. He has also worked at other venues: recently as the preacher Casy in The Grapes of Wrath at Intiman, Scrooge and others in Fellow Passengers for Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Death (Mr. Bones) in Alki at ACT, and a librarian in Underneath the Lintel at Empty Space Theatre. He is also a bit of a playwright (Town Mouse and Country Mouse, A Day at the Beach, Kenny’s Window, and In the Heart of the Wood). He, with the help of his son, Max, and composer Chris Jeffries, continues to write a piece about the remarkable General Smedley Butler, America’s most decorated military officer.

 

Connor Toms (Rivers, Richmond, 1st Citizen, Tyrrel)

SSC: Debut

In the past year, Seattle audiences have seen Connor as Reuven Malter in The Chosen at Seattle Repertory Theatre, as Malcolm in Macbeth with Wooden O Theatre, and as Al Joad in The Grapes of Wrath at Intiman. Other local credits include Mystery of Attraction and Monster at Theater Schmeater, Two Birds and a Stone at Capitol Hill Arts Center, and Iphagenia with the Poet’s Theater. He has also appeared in Coriolanus and The Merry Wives of Windsor with Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Connor is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts. He is excited to be working for the first time with Seattle Shakespeare Company.

 

Amber Wolfe (Queen Elizabeth, Mayor)

SSC: Debut

Past credits include Red Ink at Annex Theatre, (L)imitations of Life at Empty Space Theatre, As You Like It at New Village Arts, Richard III at Sledgehammer Theatre, and Celebration of the Lizard at San Diego Repertory Theatre. She also works as a teaching artist for Rainier Valley Youth Theatre. Other teaching credits include Seattle Children’s Theatre, Living Voices, The Globe Theatre, and La Jolla Playhouse.

 

Richard Ziman* (Buckingham,Clarence, Moderator)

SSC: Debut

Richard most recently played Harry Brock in Warner Shook’s production of Born Yesterday for ACT and subsequently for South Coast Repertory. Also for ACT he as appeared in Polish Joke, Grand Magic and A Christmas Carol. Broadway appearances include Henry IV, Not About Nightingales (also world premiere at the Royal National Theater of Great Britain), Epic Proportions, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, and Lost in Yonkers. Off-Broadway, he has been seen in New York Shakespeare Festival productions of Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Julius Caesar, Kit Marlowe, and The Normal Heart and in the Manhattan Theater Club’s production of Polish Joke. Regionally he has appeared at The Alley Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Wilma Theatre, and he received an LA Dramalogue Award for Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare Theater LA. TV appearances include The Sopranos, Law & Order, Third Watch, and 100 Center Street. His film credits include Clockers, Death to Smoochy, Private Parts, The Chosen, and the soon to be released Unholy. Richard is a native New Yorker and a graduate of The Julliard School.