COLLEEN UNDERWOOD (Elinor Dashwood) is thrilled to be a part of the 2023 ATC season! She is so grateful to her director Robyn for gifting her with this incredible experience. She gives a big shout out to her friends and family who understand how bad she is with time management, but still give her all the love and support she could ever need.

EVA SCHERRER (Marianne Dashwood) is a recent Ohio State graduate with a degree in history and political science and minors in Spanish and theatre. Most recently, she has been seen as Katherine in Freaky Friday, John Wesley Powell in Men on Boats, Texas in Cabaret, Anna in Spring Awakening and Veronica Sawyer in Heathers. In addition to her experience on stage, Eva has also explored playwriting and was able to produce her one-act Oh Dear God with Off the Lake Productions in 2022. She is so, so excited to make her debut with ATC, and she’d like to thank her friends and family for being the most supportive, most incredible people on the planet. She hopes you enjoy the show!

SARAH MARIE WILSON (Margaret Dashwood/Lucy Steele) is thrilled to return to the park this summer! Previously with ATC: Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy… (assistant director); Hamlet, 1603 (Ofelia); Little Women (Beth). Follow @actorstheatrecolumbus on Instagram and Facebook!

BETH JOSEPHSEN (Mrs. Dashwood/Anne Steele) has been with ATC for 15 years in various roles as an actor, director, and staff member. When not in the park, she takes Shakespeare programming to local schools. Beth would like to thank her husband for his love and support.

LEO SANTUCCI (John Dashwood/John Willoughby/Thomas) is a fight choreographer and actor in the Columbus area, and is ecstatic to be returning to Shiller Park as the season violence designer. He has been involved in a number of sword fights, both on and off stage, and his choreography has previously been seen with ATC in Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy… He is also an avid and semi-competitive fencer, in addition to being a certified actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. Most of all, he hopes you enjoy another magical season of theatre in the park!

ALEKSA KAUPS (Fanny Dashwood/Lady Middleton) is thrilled to make her Actors’ Theatre debut in Sense and Sensibility this summer! She was recently seen as Jackie in Imagine Productions’ Disaster and Nostradamus in Gallery Players’ Something Rotten! She would like to thank Robin for this incredible opportunity, and Nick, Mom, Dad, Jessa, Hermie, and all of her friends and family for their unending support.

OLLIE WORDEN (Edward Ferrars/Servant) is delighted to be back in their favorite place, returning for another summer in the park after wrapping up a fictional soccer season with CATCO in The Wolves (#25). They last appeared with ATC in Queen Margaret (Edward IV/Cardinal) and played sisters with director Robyn and fellow actor Sarah Wilson in Little Women (Jo). They wish all the love and mild, sunny days to the cast, crew, and you.

BRANDON BORING (Colonel Brandon/Robert Ferrars) is happy to spend another summer in the park with Actors’ Theatre after portraying Suffolk/Clifford in Queen Margaret last year. Some of his favorite previous roles include Nicky in Avenue Q, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Shrek in Shrek. He also directs – his most recent credits being Assassins with Imagine Productions and Something Rotten! with Gallery Players. You can catch him on stage the last Wednesday of every month at Natalie’s Grandview Music Hall with TBD: The Improvised Musical, and hear him every Thursday on The Trashwatch Podcast. Thanks to this wonderful cast and crew for their hard work and dedication, and to his friends for their continued love and support.

GRIFFIN COLDIRON (Sir John Middleton/Servant/Doctor) is excited for his first show with ATC, and for his first onstage role in seven years. Griffin’s previous onstage credits range from Shakespearean classics to children’s theatre musicals, and he has received multiple awards from the Ohio Community Theatre Association for performance. Behind the scenes, Griffin has been a stage manager, sound designer, writer, and director for classics, musicals, and original works in community and children’s theatres throughout northwest Ohio. Griffin is also a voice actor and editor for the award-winning audio drama, The LaFresian Chronicles, and a founding member and host for the podcast network, Ghostlight Media. Griffin would like to thank his girlfriend, Ellie, as well as Zack, Nicole, Kat, Chase, Ryan, and Justin for encouraging and inspiring him to step back on stage. He will read your fortune in exchange for homemade bread or artisanal sodas.

REGAN GOINS (Mrs. Jennings/Mrs. Ferrars) THEATRE: Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), The Secretary (April; World Premiere), A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche DuBois), Seminar (Izzy), The Odyssey (Athena, Circe), The Crucible (Abigail Williams), Richard III (Queen Margaret), Cages (Sally; SW Premiere), Let the Dead Now Speak (Lisa; World Premiere), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), And Then There Were None (Vera Claythorne), Chicago (Velma Kelly), Legally Blonde (Vivianne), Boeing Boeing (Gloria Hawkins), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Suzanne), Crave (C), Church (Reverend Weena), Saint Somebody (Erin; Reading Premiere). FILM/TV: My All American (Debbie), The Way We Weave (Claire), The Good Hearts Club (Imani), several commercials, and industrials. Coming up later this summer, Regan will be directing one of her favorite musicals, RENT, with Red Chapel Concert Series in collaboration with Columbus Children’s Theatre.

PHILIP J. HICKMAN (Artistic Director) is the artistic director of Actors’ Theatre. He has been part of ATC since 2010, and directed Robin Hood this summer and Queen Margaret this past summer in Schiller Park. Love and gratitude to Mikelle.

ROBYN RAE STYPE (Director) is thrilled to be working on her sixth show in Schiller Park —this time as director! She has previously appeared in An Ideal Husband, The Emperor of the Moon, Macbeth, and Little Women, and she assistant directed last year’s production of Queen Margaret. Eternal gratitude to the whole ATC team and the cast and crew of Sense and Sensibility. Much love to my family and friends for their support, especially my husband Anthony and our own “assistant director” due October 2023!

ADAM SIMON (Managing Director) continues to be honored and humbled at being allowed to work with the finest theatre artists this city has to offer, presenting accessible art in the heart of his community. Thank you for your part in making that happen, whether you’re backstage, in the audience, or treading the (concrete) boards. Special thanks to Beth and Ruby for understanding and tolerating this passion.

MEGAN LEAR (Producing Director) is thrilled to be back on her favorite stage once again this summer. Previously with ATC: Phoebe (As You Like It) Dogberry/Hero (Much Ado About Nothing). Endless gratitude to Scarf & Nina. All of her love to Cody, Lily, and Mom.

NINA MARTIN (Production Manager) is stoked to be back for her fifth season with ATC! She is grateful for the opportunities to try on new hats with her ATC fam. Special thanks to her cats, Hamlet and Puck, for always offering her a snuggle after a long rehearsal!

BEATRICE FELDBUSH (Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Ohio University’s BFA Stage Management program, and is returning in the fall for her Masters in Arts Administration. This is her third summer in the park with Actors’ Theatre. Her previous ATC credits include Queen Margaret (SM) and The Secret Garden (ASM).

KATHERINE DUNHAM (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be back helping at Actors’ Theatre this summer. She is a sophomore at Baldwin Wallace University majoring in acting/directing and minoring in dance and arts management. She is a house/backstage manager for Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. Her previous shows have been Bare, Assistant Stage Manager; The Importance of Being Earnest, Backstage Crew; Hamlet 1603, Backstage Crew; and The Secret Garden as the puppeteer. Thanks to all my friends and family for their support over the years. Especially my mom and dad who are always my biggest cheerleaders.

CODY SCHMID (Facilities Manager) is honored to be involved with ATC again. He was last seen in the park as Rosencraft in Hamlet, 1603. He wants to thank his wife (Alice in ATC’s Robin Hood – she’s the best), daughter, and mother-in-law for all the love and support.

BRADEN GRAVES (Scenic Designer) is a third year MFA candidate in scenic design at Ohio State University and is thrilled to be joining ATC this summer. While his focus is in scenic design, he is also a lighting designer and occasionally designs both. He is also interested in experience design and has worked with Curtis Elliott Design, an Ohio-based interior design company. In Ohio, Braden has designed for CATCO, Opera Project Columbus, and Ohio State University. Before moving to Ohio, he designed for Broadway Rose Theatre Company and several educational theatres in Portland, OR. Braden is also very involved in education and research and has taught theatre design and carpentry to a wide range of ages at several institutions. This fall, he will be joining Belhaven University as an assistant professor of theatre design.

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

KATIE GOLONKA (Build Crew/Charge Artist) is an artist, designer, and muralist operating out of Columbus as Cherry Alley Paint. Locally, she has worked as a scenic painter for CATCO and Opera Columbus. Katie’s permanent mural work can be seen in several locations throughout Columbus as well as other cities.

ROWAN WINTERWOOD (Lighting Designer) is returning for her seventh season in Schiller Park. She has worked with ATC as a lighting designer (Hamlet, 1603, Eurydice, and others), stage manager, artist educator, and sound board operator, and she directed Or, ATC’s most popular show of the 2020 season, at MadLab. She is thrilled to direct on the Schiller Park stage for the first time. In the “off” season, she is the master electrician at CATCO and a freelance lighting designer for companies such as Available Light Theatre (Cry it Out, Everybody, Witch), Columbus Children’s Theatre (A Christmas Story), CATCO is Kids (Luchadora!, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins), and Denison University (You on the Moors Now). In her spare time she practices trapeze and grows dahlias.

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.

NIKKI PRICE (Sound Board Operator) is excited to be back in the park pursuing their passion of supporting art. Thanks to the constant, loving support of their mother.

CATHERINE HUFFMAN (Costume Designer) is very excited to work on her first production with Actors’ Theatre of Columbus. Catherine completed her undergraduate degree at Point Park University completing a double major with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in costume design and a Bachelor of the Arts in dance. Following completion of her undergraduate degrees, Catherine worked as a wardrobe supervisor for Norwegian Cruise Line, where she was the first American to work on the costumes for the production of SIX: The Musical on the Norwegian Breakaway. Catherine is now in the process of completing her MFA in costume design as a graduate teaching associate at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, and is projected to graduate in Spring 2024. During the summer of 2022, Catherine served as the resident costume designer for Weathervane Playhouse in Newark, OH.

MAGGIE WELSH (Wardrobe Manager) is excited to be back with ATC after serving as an assistant house manager in 2022 and working with the Globe School in 2021. They received their BA in theatre and dance in 2021 from Ohio Wesleyan University, where their favorite onstage credits include Medusa’s Tale (Medusa) and Eurydice (Big Stone). They hope you enjoy the show!

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. He spent last ATC season climbing ladders with an impact driver in hand to help build ATC’s sets. This year he is back for the 2023 season in the role of props designer. 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 (most recently The Secret Garden at the Short North Stage) and at the occasional Gallery Hop with his saxophone quartet, Drastic Measures.

ERIN FLANAGAN (Props Manager) is super happy to be part of such a wonderful creative community for her second season with Actors’ Theatre. Erin is a Columbus suburb native who recently wrote a book of poetry titled Haikus to Irish Tunes. If you pass her reading in the park say hi! 

LEO SANTUCCI (Violence Designer) is a fight choreographer and actor in the Columbus area, and is ecstatic to be returning to Shiller Park as the season violence designer. He has been involved in a number of sword fights, both on and off stage, and his choreography has previously been seen with ATC in Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy… He is also an avid and semi-competitive fencer, in addition to being a certified actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. Most of all, he hopes you enjoy another magical season of theatre in the park!

BETH JOSEPHSEN (Movement/Intimacy Coach) has been with ATC for 15 years in various roles as an actor, director, and staff member. 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 excited to spend his summer in the park with Actors’ Theatre for the season! An actor, teacher, and dialect coach, Colton has worked on and off stage with companies throughout central Ohio and beyond. Favorite performance and coaching credits include: Newsies (CCT – Dir. Joe Deer), The Happy Elf (CCT – Dir. Dr. Aviva Neff), Verdi’s Rigoletto (Opera Columbus & Columbus Symphony), Matilda the Musical (Worthington Comm. Theatre), and Violet the Musical (A.R.T.@Oberon – Dir. Sammi Cannold). Outside the park, Colton works at Ohio State as an academic advisor/lecturer and offers private coaching and training through his business (CW Coaching: Voice, Speech, Dialects, & Acting). Learn more and contact him at coltonweiss.com. He is a proud graduate of OSU and Harvard University, and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers’ Association (VASTA). Thanks to the ATC company and love to friends and family!

SARAH MARIE WILSON (Social Media Manager) is thrilled to return to the park this summer! Previously with ATC: Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy… (assistant director); Hamlet, 1603 (Ofelia); Little Women (Beth). Follow @actorstheatrecolumbus on Instagram and Facebook!

ROCHELLE HEUSER (House Manager) is happy to return to Schiller Park as a house manager. When she was in college, Rochelle loved participating in her university’s Shakespeare club and is happy to reignite that interest with ATC. Rochelle enjoys spending time with her dogs (she will sometimes bring her two poodles to the show), knitting, sewing, and reading cozy fantasy books. She is excited to welcome patrons to the shows!

ALAN TYSON (House Manager) is so thrilled to be back with ATC. He is so grateful to God and this cast and crew. All Socials: @AlanELTyson / www.Alan-Tyson.com.

TERRA MILLER (Assistant House Manager) has participated in many plays and musicals in both cast and crew. She is excited to help once again! Terra would like to thank her cats for their endless love and support.