CAST BIO

Marlon Brown Jr (Tybalt) is making their Chesapeake Shakespeare Company debut. Previous theatre credits include Stupid Fcking Bird* (Dev), Lempira: Oro y Sangre (Hernan), Trouble in Mind (John Nevins), and other devised works.

Jacquiline Chenault (Nurse/Apothecary) is making her Chesapeake Shakespeare Company onstage debut after understudying Mary Stuart. Previous credits include Pericles (Folger Theatre/Oregon Shakespeare Festival); A Midsummer Night's Dream and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Folger Theatre); Three Sisters and The Father (Studio Theatre); Richard II, Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Two Noble Kinsmen (Brave Spirits Theatre); King John and Electra (4615 Theatre Company); Cymbeline (Theatre Prometheus); As You Like It (Maryland Renaissance Festival); The Merchant of Venice (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory); and Fallbeil (Glass Mind Theatre Company). She is a graduate and faculty member of the Studio Acting Conservatory. jacquelinechenault.com

Noelle Young-Davis (Juliet) is making her Chesapeake Shakespeare Company debut. She earned a BFA in Acting from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts after attending the Baltimore School for the Arts. Her professional theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet (Door Shakespeare) and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe). She was the 2020 winner of Baltimore Center Stage's Young Playwrights Festival and has also appeared in national commercials for Checkers and Goldbell.

Gary Dubreuil (Mercutio/Lord Montague) previously appeared with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Julius Caesar. Other regional credits include Noises Off (The Keegan Theatre), The Farnsworth Invention (1st Stage), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (ArtsCentric), Cyrano (Taffety Punk Theatre Company), The Two Gentlemen of Killarney (Avant Bard Theatre), A Mirror (Prologue Theatre), and Ken Ludwig's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Adventure Theatre). He trained at Saint Michael's College and the British American Drama Academy. garydubreuil.com

Aura Gallanar (Peter) previously appeared on Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s mainstage in The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and A Christmas Carol. She has also performed with Shakespeare Beyond in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon!, and appeared in Shakespeare at the Cove. In 2023, she performed at Carnegie Hall.

Jose O. Guzman (Lord Capulet) is a Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Company Member whose CSC credits include Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, A Christmas Carol, The Adventures of Pericles, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, and others. Additional regional credits include Ana in the Tropics (GALA Hispanic Theatre) and The Taming of the Shrew (Lean & Hungry Theatre). He received the 2018 Helen Hayes Award for Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (1st Stage) and holds an M.A. in Theatre from Binghamton University.

Alie Karambash (Prince) previously appeared with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in The Oresteia. Additional regional credits include Pressure (Expats Theatre); Seasons of Light and Once Upon a Moon (Discovery Theatre); King John, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy); I and You (Compass Rose Theatre); and The Tempest (Prince George's Shakespeare in the Parks). aliekarambash.com

Nadia Palacios (Lady Capulet) is making her Chesapeake Shakespeare Company debut. Theatre credits include Every Brilliant Thing and Clyde's (Maryland Ensemble Theatre); The Tragedy of Macbeth (The Theatre Lab); Hector, the Electric Kid and The Palacios Sisters (GALA Hispanic Theatre); Woman on Fire (Creative Cauldron); and Witness for the Prosecution (Bowie Community Theatre). Film credits include I'm Not Stressin', Malcolm & Me, and Duplicity.

Theodore Sherron III (Romeo) previously appeared with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Love's Labour's Lost. Additional credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Beyond); The Inheritance (Round House Theatre); The America Play (Perisphere Theater); Akeelah and the Bee (Baltimore Center Stage); and R&J (Strand Theater).

Elle Sulliven (Benvolio/Friar Lawrence) is making her Chesapeake Shakespeare Company debut. Previous credits include Once Upon a Moon and Seasons of Light (Discovery Theatre); The Tempest and The Canterville Ghost (Endangered Species Theatre Project); As You Like It (Unstrung Harpists); The Tempest (Grassroots Shakespeare); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Stillpointe Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Opera Theatre); and Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte (Washington National Opera). She is a Company Member with Educational Theatre Company's Shakespeare in Schools program. ElleMarieSullivan.com

Elijah Williams (Paris) previously appeared with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other credits include Flyin' West and She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms (University of Maryland). He earned a B.A. in Theatre Performance from the University of Maryland and completed advanced training at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France.

UNDERSTUDY BIOS

Michael Changwe, a Baltimore/DMV-based artist, returns to Chesapeake Shakespeare Company after previously appearing in Mary Stuart. Other credits include A Raisin in the Sun (Spotlighters Theatre), AIDA (Washington National Opera), and A Computer That Loves (Baltimore Rock Opera Society). He is a graduate of Frostburg State University. Instagram @chang_train.

Chloe Harvey is making her Chesapeake Shakespeare Company debut. She earned a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Towson University, where her credits included Spring Awakening (Martha), Icarus at the Border, and her original play 20|02. Additional performance credits include The Great Gatsby: New Money Fan Edit with the Broadway company.

Molly Moores* is a CSC Company Member and Teaching Artist since 2011. She recently directed CSC's educational student matinee of Romeo and Juliet (2025). Molly's acting roles at CSC include: Julius Caesar (2017, 2025), A Christmas Carol (2014-2019, 2021-2024); Macbeth student matinee (2019, 2024); Shakespeare BEYOND A Midsummer Night's Dream (2023, 2024); Romeo and Juliet student matinee (2015-2020, 2022-2024); Much Ado About Nothing (2015, 2022); The Adventures of Pericles (2021); Macbeth (movable 2019); Henry IV Parts 1 and 2; A Midsummer Night's Dream (2011, 2018); The Winter's Tale; Anne of the Thousand Days; Three Musketeers; Macbeth (2016); Richard II; The Taming of the Shrew (2013); Antony and Cleopatra; Pride and Prejudice; Romeo and Juliet (2012); and The Merchant of Venice. www.mollymoores.com

Séamus Miller* (Director) is a longtime CSC Company Member and the Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare Beyond. He also serves as Chesapeake's Major Gifts Officer. CSC directing credits include A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Two Gentlemen of Killarney (upcoming in 2027) and the student matinee productions of Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. He has created multiple Helen Hayes award-winning Shakespeare adaptations, including Coriolanus and The Margriad (Avant Bard Theatre), and has directed at The Kennedy Center and many other theatres in the DMV. Séamus is also the Founding Artistic Director of Devil's Isle Shakespeare Company in Bermuda. Outside of theatre, he is a recovery advocate for individuals with substance use disorder and PTSD. BA: Cornell University. MFA: STC Academy (GWU). www.seamusdirects.com

Kathryne Daniels* (CSC Access Producer) is a CSC company member and was last seen in CSC's production of It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon! (2025), A Christmas Carol (2025), and the student matinee of Romeo and Juliet as the Nurse (2026). Other CSC credits include: Twelfth Night (2022) A Christmas Carol (2021), Dracula (2019), Measure for Measure (2020), Henry IV Parts 1&2 (2019) and Julius Caeser (2017). She has also worked with Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Stillpoint Theater, Iron Crow and Fells Point Theater.

Molly Horton Booth* (Associate Director for Education and Community Engagement) coordinates the Shakespeare Beyond Arts Residencies, bringing fun performing arts workshops taught by awesome teaching artists to hundreds of students in Maryland. Their CSC experience includes running the Homeschool CORPS classes, as well as directing The Two Noble Kinsmen with an all-veterans ensemble. She is also an author of Young Adult Shakespeare-related novels, including Saving Hamlet, Nothing Happened, Twelfth Grade Night, and King Cheer, all published by Disney Hyperion. They also specialize in magical crafting and made the fairy wands for this production. Molly graduated with an M.A. in English (with a thesis in Shakespeare pedagogy) from the University of Massachusetts Boston. (they/she)

Gabriel Alejandro* (Assistant Director) returns after previously appearing in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s productions of The Tempest 2026), Julius Caesar (2025), The Oresteia (2024), As You Like It (2023), and Macbeth. Additional credits include Romeo & Juliet (Folger Theatre), Native Gardens (NextStop Theatre), Sofonisba (Washington Stage Guild), Tomás and the Library Lady (Imagination Stage), Marjorie Prime (Prologue Theatre), and productions with Devil's Isle Shakespeare, The Tank (New York), and companies in Colombia, Denmark, Greece, and Puerto Rico. INSTAGRAM: @galejandro

Clint Blakely (Music Director) is making his Chesapeake Shakespeare Company debut. Regional credits include Lysistrata (Glass Canon), Jonah (Studio Theatre), Tambo & Bones (Spooky Action Theater), The Tempest (Devil's Isle Shakespeare Company), Macbeth (Gem City Groundlings), and productions with Santa Cruz Shakespeare and Theatricum Botanicum. Touring credits include Blippi and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical. He holds an M.F.A. in Classical Acting from George Washington University/Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy. clintblakely.com

Caitlin Bouxsein (Props Artisan) previously designed props for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's A Christmas Carol, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Julius Caesar. Other credits include Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, The Strand Theater, Fluid Movement, and Submersive Productions, where she is a Collective member. She also co-produces original work with Alexander Scally through BOUXSCAL Productions. Caitlin holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Drew University.

Tyrel Brown* (Choreographer/Co–Creator) previous CSC credits include Romeo and Juliet (Paris, Dance Captain), The Oresteia (Assistant Stage Manager/Understudy), A Christmas Carol (Production Assistant, Dance Captain), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Flute), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again] (Assistant Stage Manager), Macbeth (Assistant Stage Manager/Understudy), Twelfth Night (Valentine, First Officer), and The Tempest (Sebastian, Trinculo).

Bess Kaye (Fight/Intimacy Director) is an actor and Fight and Intimacy Director based in DC working on her 7th CSC show. After becoming an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, she began working as an Associate Instructor teaching armed and unarmed stage combat techniques at various regional workshops throughout the country. Bess is also the Company Fight and Intimacy Director at Devil’s Isle Shakespeare and has choreographed movement, fights, and intimacy for “Romeo & Juliet”, “As You Like It”, and a musical version of "The Tempest”. She has choreographed 18 Shakespeare plays and counting including six productions of “Macbeth”. Her stories of love and violence have appeared at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Monumental Theatre Company, Flying V, NestStop Theatre, the Washington Stage Guild, and Avant Bard. She holds an MFA in Classical Acting from STC and serves as adjunct faculty teaching theatrical intimacy education for the current cohort of MFA candidates. thebesskayescenario.com

Micheal Changwe (Technical Manager) See Cast Bios

Mel Gabel (Front of House Host/Education Manager) returns to Chesapeake Shakespeare Company after previously working on Persuasion (2025). Intimacy direction credits include Honey Bee Baby, Variations on Courage, and Variations on Night (Rapid Lemon); 11:52, The Prom, and She Kills Monsters (Towson University); and She Kills Monsters (Stevenson University). Fight direction credits include The Play That Goes Wrong (Key School), Monst3r and Ragtime (Maryland Theatre Collective), West Side Story (Children's Theatre of Annapolis), and productions with Towson University and the Baltimore Play Festival.

Gabby Grant (Wardrobe Supervisor) Returns to Chesapeake Shakespeare Company after previously working on 2025’s summer Shakespeare Beyond season, A Christmas Carol (2024) Macbeth (2023).  Other credits include Slime, shout (The Queer Theatre Project), The Grown-Up, You Can See Me in the Dark, She Kills Monsters, This Remains, and Heathers: The Musical (UMBC), Much Ado About Nothing and Puffs (Spotlighters Theatre), Alice by Heart (Wildwood Summer Theatre).

Chester Stacy* (Wagon Fabricator/Set Build) has designed, built, and painted many CSC productions, including Alice in Wonderland, The Fantasticks, Red Velvet, and Titus Andronicus, and for Baltimore Center Stage’s Thoughts of a Colored Man and Shakespeare in Love. Chester Creates LLC, has provided production design for The Night Watchmen, set decoration for House of Cards and The Wire; and environmental graphics for Crunch Fitness, Royal Caribbean, Bmore Greek Grill, and Healthy Highlandtown