MITCH WORDEN (Theseus / Titania) is thrilled to be back acting at the park this summer! They were previously seen in ATC’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost (Lord Longaville) and in Endeavor Theatre’s production of Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio), and have performed at poetry shows across Columbus. Mitch has fallen in love with the delightfully challenging and rewarding art of performing Shakespeare and hopes the audience experiences that same sense of wonder!

TIARRA DAPO (Hippolyta / Oberon) is performing in her second production with ATC. She played Oliva in last year’s production of Twelfth Night. She is appreciative of her husband, family, and friends for all of their support.

MAKANAKA CHIWANDAMIRA (Puck / Philostrate) is performing in his second show with Actors’ Theatre. He is attending Ohio Dominican University.

RICHARD STAGE (Egeus / Fairy) is thrilled to appear in his first performance with Actors’ Theatre. He is excited to be working with such a talented cast and crew.

ALEXANDRA MACKEOWN (Hermia) is a recent Graduate of Ohio University with a BFA in musical theater. She is excited to join the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for her first season with Actors’ Theatre! She is so grateful to the cast and crew for a wonderful process and hopes that you enjoy the show!

RILEY HEETER (Helena) is ecstatic to be in her first show with Actors’ Theatre! She recently worked with The Room Upstairs Theater in Next to Normal as Natalie and in The Last Five Years as Cathy. She would like to thank her mom, family, and friends for always encouraging her passions!

LABRON FOY (Demetrius) is thrilled to be performing with Actors’ Theatre in his first Shakespeare piece. He is a rising senior BFA musical theatre major, exercise science minor at Otterbein University. He is always grateful to God first, the endless support from his family, and love from his friends.

COSETTE PAYNE (Lysander) is thrilled to be back in the park for their fifth show with ATC. Their past projects here have included Queen Margaret (2022), Robin Hood (2023), assistant directing Beauty & the Beast (2024), and An Iliad (2024). They have loved working with such a stellar and ridiculous cast.

JAKE JONES (Nick Bottom) returns to Actors’ Theatre after previously appearing in Beauty & the Beast, Robin Hood, and Twelfth Night (from way back when). It has been such a dream to play this role and to work with this cast and crew. A most rare dream … and you were there, and you were there, and you were there, and you were there, and you were there… 

OLLIE WORDEN (Peter Quince / Fairy) 

LEE GILBERT (Flute / Thisbe) is pursuing acting and communications at Ohio University. Her most recent productions are John Proctor Is the Villain (Shelby Holcomb), Shining Girls (Catherine), and Imaginary Audiences (Marvel Cunningham, Mom) at Ohio University. She has also written, directed, and creatively designed eight plays presented in the Ohio University School of Theater production schedule.

RACHEL CAGLE (Starveling / Moonshine) has been involved in many Columbus community theater productions over the past six years, although you probably wouldn’t recognize her since she’s usually a percussionist in the orchestra pit. Now, she emerges to join this band of insanely talented thespians in her Actors’ Theatre debut. She’d like to thank her husband James and cats Navi and Guts for all their love and support.

BRYAN CURTISS (Snout / Wall) is performing in his fourth production with Actors’, and second production of Midsummer, having previously played Snug in the 25th anniversary production. When not working or community building or volunteering, he hosts “The DJBC Happy Hour” on WCRS. Shout out to everyone he could possibly thank. Keep the arts alive!

AMOS SMITH (Snug / Lion) is ecstatic to be in the park for a third year!

ANASTASIA PALMER (Fairy Child) is thrilled to play the Fairy Child in Actors’ Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her recent roles include Agatha Trunchbull in World Language Middle School’s production of Matilda and Baby June in Gypsy with Imagine Productions. She would like to thank her parents for supporting her acting dreams; her teachers Ms. Lopez and Mr. Swartz for their encouragement; and her best friend Emma for always being there.

PHILIP J. HICKMAN (Director / Co-Artistic Director) is the Co-Artistic Director of Actors’ Theatre. He has been part of ATC since 2010, and directed Beauty & the Beast this past summer in Schiller Park. Love and gratitude to Mikelle.

ADRIANNA QUINONES (Assistant Director) 

ROWAN WINTERWOOD (Co-Artistic Director) is returning for her tenth season in Schiller Park. She has worked with ATC as a director (Love’s Labour’s Lost, Or), lighting designer, stage manager, artist educator, and sound board operator. Rowan is the lighting supervisor at the Wexner Center for the Arts, a company member of Available Light Theatre, a member of IATSE Local 12, and a freelance lighting designer. Selected lighting design credits: ATC (Love’s Labour’s Lost, Robin Hood, Hamlet, Eurydice), AVLT (Fairview, Ghost Quartet, What the Constitution Means to Me, Cry it Out, Everybody, Witch), and CCT (The Sleepwalker of Holstenwall).

NORAH GOLDMAN (Managing Director)

JAYLENE JENNINGS (Production Manager / Costume Manager)

MADI ANDRE (Stage Manager) A local artist / Here thrice as Stage Manager / House out-Actors GO!

KATIE GOLONKA (Scenic Designer) is a Columbus designer and muralist who has worked as a scenic painter for CATCO, Opera Columbus, and other local companies. Most recently she designed the set for Available Light Theatre’s 2023 production of Ghost Quartet and the sets for ATC’s 2024 season. Katie has been operating her mural business, Cherry Alley Paint, since 2014 and is a proud member of IATSE Local 12.

STEVE PUHL JR. (Master Carpenter) is excited to be back in the theater world doing all the fun things!

CATHERINE RINELLA (Sound Designer) is an audio llama that has wandered back to the ATC corral. What is an Audio Llama? We don’t know, and now it won’t leave. This one is ATC’s resident sound designer – making noise, creating mild havoc, and stealing our coffee supplies. Has also been spotted as a board-op at WCBE 90.5 FM, and audio masterer for Rusty Quill podcasts. Warning: May Attract Spiders.

NIKOLAI THAMAN (Sound Engineer) is a sophomore at Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music. This is their first time working for Actors’ Theatre. 

ALEXANDER “XAN” NELSON (Props Designer) is a Philadelphia native who has been an active part of the performing arts scene in Columbus for the past ten years. This is his third year with Actors’ Theatre of Columbus as Props Designer and fourth as part of the set build team making sure the setting is just right to let the actors shine. Xan’s background is in music education and performance, but his passion for building and making things pushed him to make a career change and take up woodwind instrument repair in 2018. When he is not working on musical instruments, sets, or props, Xan can be found playing in pit orchestras and at the occasional Gallery Hop with his saxophone quartet, Drastic Measures.

LEO SANTUCCI (Violence Designer / Armorer) is a fight choreographer, armorer, and actor in the Columbus area, and is elated to be choreographing violence for a third season with ATC. He has been involved in a number of sword fights, both on and off stage, as he is also a semi-competitive fencer in addition to being an actor combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. He thanks you for supporting the arts, and helping to keep theatre accessible!

BETH JOSEPHSEN (Movement Coach / Intimacy Director) has been with ATC for 17 years in various roles as an actor, director, and staff member. Favorite shows over the years include playing Marian in Robin Hood, Mrs. Kate Sullen in The Beaux’ Stratagem, Dr. Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles, the villainous Mrs. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband, Mrs. Dashwood/Anne Steele in Sense and Sensibility, directing Little Women and the Jebby Award winning production of Eurydice. When not in the park, she takes Shakespeare programming to local schools. Beth would like to thank her husband for his love and support.

COLTON WEISS (Dialect Coach) is thrilled to be working in the park for another season with ATC! He is a professional dialect coach (CW Coaching ~ Coltonweiss.com) and actor with 10+ years of experience working on shows ranging from Broadway scale musicals and classic opera to small black box plays and (of course) outdoor theatre! Thank you to the entire Actors’ Theatre staff and production teams for all you do each year, and much love to friends and family for loving and supporting my creative self.

SCOTT VEZDOS (Director of Marketing & Development) has served as the Director of Marketing & Development for Actors’ Theatre for close to 10 years. He is also the founder and producer of the HER2-Revue, a burlesque showcase based in Columbus, OH. He has more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit arts sector, including 10 years as a radio personality for WCBE Public Radio. Scott also currently serves as a member of the marketing team of CAPA (Columbus Association for the Performing Arts) and as an arts consultant and strategist for several nonprofit arts organizations in central Ohio.

BEATRICE FELDBUSH (Front of House Manager) is excited to return for her fifth season at ATC! Her previous credits with the company include Stage Manager (Sense and Sensibility and Queen Margaret), Assistant Stage Manager (The Secret Garden), and usher. Beatrice is a proud graduate of Ohio University with a Masters degree in arts administration with an emphasis on theatre and production management.