Treat your Valentine to the timeless tale of doomed love.
In a violent world, their families enmeshed in a bloody feud, young Romeo and Juliet fall in love. Despite the many obstacles standing in their way, they’re determined to find a happily ever after together. Will their love succeed, despite the odds?
Our education tour of Romeo and Juliet features a 90-minute performance, with a nimble five-person cast playing several parts.
David Breyman (Capulet/Benvolio/Others) is thrilled to be returning to Seattle Shakespeare Company after appearing in All’s Well That Ends Well. He holds a BFA in theatre from Cornish College of the Arts. Favorite roles include: Mr. Bingley and Mary in Pride & Prejudice (Harlequin Productions), Clive in See How They Run (Drama Dock), Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Reboot Theatre Company), and Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Tacoma Little Theatre). Catch him in Reboot Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Oliver! Many thanks to his friends, family, and partner for their unrelenting support. Cheers! IG: @davidbreyman
Rolando Cardona (Nurse/Mercutio/Others) is excited to make their return to the educational tour for Seattle Shakespeare Company. Recent credits include Charlie Brown in Charlie Brown Christmas (Taproot Theatre), Costard in Love’s Labor’s Lost (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Pablo in Sister Act (Taproot Theatre), Macbeth in Macbeth (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Noel Gruber in Ride the Cyclone (Ballyhoo Theatre). Rolando thanks their partner, friends, and family that have supported them throughout this journey.
Cordelia Carranza (Juliet) (she/her) is a white-Guatemalan visual and performing artist who graduated from Edmonds Heights K-12. She is working as the Seasonal Theater Apprentice for Seattle Public Theater during her gap year and will leave for Hampshire College in the fall.
Cordelia is delighted to be making her debut with Seattle Shakespeare Company! She has previously done Shakespeare through SSC’s education program, most recently Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice) and has also worked with Macha Theater Works on Flight Before X-mas 2019/2022 and Macha Youth Voices. Favorite productions from high school include Into the Woods (Narrator) and She Kills Monsters (Tilly).
Levi Redmill is an actor and emerging intimacy director represented by TC Talent. He received his BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Acting and Original Works. Some of his Cornish credits include Gruesome Playground Injuries (Doug) and Head Over Heels (Dametas). He’s excited to return to Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Educational Tour after playing Macduff in last year’s tour of Macbeth! His other professional credits include Twelfth Night (Greenstage), Measure for Measure (Shaxberd), and Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence (Seattle Public Theater). Visit Levi’s website
Elizabeth Wynn (Romeo) (they/she) is an actor, musician, playwright, and dialect coach with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts. Their most recent roles include Lady Macbeth in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s educational tour of Macbeth, Eleven in Stranger Things: The Experience (Fever/Netflix), Girl in Once (Cornish College of the Arts), and Karen/Osiria in the new musical Part-Time Hero (Cornish). She has served as assistant dialect coach for several shows at Cornish, including Cabaret and A View from the Bridge. She also wrote and dialect coached her thesis play, Bury Me Under the Willow.
Sarah Harlett (Intimacy Director / Text Coach). Recent intimacy direction credits: The Bed Trick, Macbeth Education Tour (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Sanctuary City (Seattle Rep), Hello Dolly and Mamma Mia (Village Theatre); Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline and Midsummer Nights Dream (Wooden O). At Cornish College of the Arts: Amelie, Chess, Head Over Heels, Pericles, Cabaret, Our Town, Corner’s Grove, Chicago, Orlando, and Once. Elsewhere, Refugees in the Garden City (ReAct/Pratidhwani); Monsters of the American Cinema (ArtsWest); Eurydice (Seattle University); Measure for Measure (Engaged Theater), and the film, In The Water. Sarah is also an actor and teaching artist.
Kacey Kamps (Costume Designer) is excited to be costuming the education tour for a second time. They have a BA in costume design and production from Seattle Pacific University and have worked at many theaters in the area. Recently their work has been at Annex Theatre (Gold), Heart Repertory Theatre (The Glass Menagerie), and Seattle Shakespeare (Macbeth). Visit Kacey’s website
A Southern California native, Hannah March (Movement Director)
(she/they) is a dancer, choreographer, teaching artist, and writer, based in Seattle, WA. She is a graduate from the BFA Dance program at Cornish College of the Arts and now additionally serves as the Admission Counselor for their Dance + Music programs. Through her time in Seattle, she has been able to work / train with artists including Wade Madsen, Alia Swersky, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Keyes Wiley, Alethea Alexander, Pat Graney, and Mike Esperanza. Additional professional workshop training with Acts of Matter/Rebecca Lemme (LA), Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop (Boulder, CO), and Whim W’him (Seattle). In 2019, Hannah danced apprentice for Interweave Dance Theatre (Boulder) and had her writings published with SeattleDances in 2024. Hannah currently dances with SLOWBURN Dance Company under the direction of Meredith Pellon.
Chelsey Sheppard (Fight Director) is a Seattle based actor, stage combatant, and emerging fight and intimacy director. Chelsey’s previous fight direction credits include The Three Musketeers (Icicle Creek Center for the Arts), Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Battery), The Triangle Fire Factory Project (Rainy Day Artists Collective), and Julius Caesar (Willy’s Dead Productions). During the creative process, Chelsey strongly believes in balancing story, safety, and the agency of the actors to create exciting, bold, and character-driven choreography. Chelsey holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Central Washington University and is an Intermediate Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.