Christopher Marino (Prospero) returns to Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, having previously directed The Comedy of Errors. A multi-award-winning director and actor, his career spans thirty years working regionally and at Shakespeare festivals nationwide. A founding member of the Helen Hayes Award-winning Taffety Punk Theatre Company, he is the former Artistic Director of the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival and current Producing Artistic Director of Alchemical Theatre of Wilmington. Recent credits include The Man of Mode (American Shakespeare Center), Twelfth Night(Alchemical Theatre), and In Blood (Lumina Festival). On faculty at UNCW, he holds graduate degrees from Shakespeare Theatre DC/George Washington University and Webber Douglas Academy, London, and is a certified Intimacy Coordinator with the Intimacy Professionals Association.

Noah Haren (Ariel) is making his CSC debut. Noah was a musical theater major at University of the Arts. Previous credits include Three Sisters (Tuzenbach), The Doctor is Dead (Nightingale), and The Lightning Thief (Percy).  

Gregory Burgess (Gonzalo) is a CSC Company Member, and has performed in CSC’s productions of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (2024), Romeo and Juliet (2024) As You Like It (2023) Macbeth (2023), Hamlet (2023) Twelfth Night (2022), Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2; The Winter’s Tale; The Fantasticks; Richard III (2017 and 2012); Anne of the Thousand Days; Wild Oats; A Christmas Carol (2014-present); Titus Andronicus (2015); The Importance of Being Earnest; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 and 2010); As You Like It; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Taming of the Shrew (2017 and 2013); and The Merchant of Venice, among many others. His training includes The Martin Blank Studio, the Shakespeare Theater, and Howard University.

Gabriel Alejandro (Sebastian) returns after appearing in Julius Caesar (2025), The Oresteia (2025), As You Like It (2023), Macbeth (2024). Other local credits include - Folger Theatre: Romeo & Juliet, Next Stop Theater: Native Gardens; Washington Stage Guild: Sofonisba; Imagination Stage: Tomás and the Library Lady; Prologue Theater: Marjorie Prime; Devil’s Isle Shakespeare: As You Like It; Keegan Theater: The Wilting Point; (NEW YORK) The Tank: Por Lo Que Soy (INTERNATIONAL) Colombia: Criaturas; Denmark: Barter; Greece: KOMMOS; Puerto Rico: Mujeres del Alba, Sueños de Colores, Drácula, Unmerciful Good Fortune. OTHER: Founding Member of Glass Canon Theatre Company. INSTAGRAM: @galejandro

Lesley Malin (Antonio) is a founder of The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and has served as its chief executive since 2003. Her thirty acting credits at CSC include The Oresteia (2024), Gertrude in Hamlet(2023), Lady Macbeth (2006, 2007, 2016), Paulina in The Winter’s Tale, Lady Bracknell, Mrs. Fezziwig, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Anne Frank’s mother, the Queens in Richard III and Cymbeline, Titania, and Mrs. Hardcastle in She Stoops To Conquer; previously, she performed in New York. She managed CSC’s building renovation of an 1886 bank into its award-winning modern Shakespeare playhouse as well as the associated $6.7 million capital campaign. She served for two decades as board vice president at The Lark, a new play development center in New York City, where she was once Managing Director. She was on the Executive Committee of the international Shakespeare Theatre Association for five years and organized its 2017 conference that was held in Baltimore. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, NYU’s Arts Management program, The LEADERship Baltimore, and Leadership Howard County.

Selah Kreeger (Miranda) is making their CSC debut. Selah is a DC based theater artist and voice actor. Other credits include: Hamlet (Avant Bard), Pericles, Macbeth, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Theatre Company ACA), Cabaret, Young Frankenstein, The Great Divide (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre), The Laramie Project, The Last Fire (Mabou Mines), Hoppla! Wir Leben (LaMaMa). Education: The New School: BA in Theatre, The Academy at STC: MFA in Classical Acting. IG: selah.saurus Website: selahkreeger.com (She/They)

Vince Eisenson (Caliban) has appeared in CSC's Hamlet (2023) Richard III, Wild Oats, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet, among many other productions.  He also performed in The Rainmaker (First Stage), King Lear (Avant Bard), Fear (Longacre Lea), The Merchant of Venice (Faction of Fools), The Imaginary Invalid (Shakespeare Theater Co), and Richard II (PlayMakers Rep).  TV and Film credits include New Amsterdam, Billions, The Endgame, The Good Lord Bird, Turn: Washington's Spies, and Wonder Woman 1984.  Vince can be found on Youtube in the made-in-Maryland webseries, Turf Valley.

Aura Gallanar (Spirit of the North) She has appeared in Shakespeare Beyond’s productions of It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon! (2025), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2023, 2024), and in CSC's mainstage productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014, 2018) and A Christmas Carol (2016, 2017, 2018). She recently performed with the national honors chorus at Carnegie Hall.

Mari Andrea Travis (Spirit of the West) is making her CSC Debut. Mari Andrea, a Baltimore native, is a theatre and movement artist, educator, and artistic producer. Her stage credits span over two decades across the DMV region, most recently appearing in Soul: The Stax Musical at Baltimore Center Stage in 2018. Mari previously served as the local choreographer for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s Macbeth (2023) and has contributed movement direction and directing work to productions at universities, as well as community and professional theaters throughout the metropolitan area. She is also an adjunct professor of Theatre Arts at Morgan State University.

Dorienne Hoven (Spirit of the East) is making her debut with Chesapeake Shakespeare. Most recently she played Jean in Brigadoon with LiveArts Maryland, and she performs annually with Young Victorian Theater Company. She studied vocal performance at St. Olaf College and sings in the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Choir and at Christ Lutheran Church.

Christina Krawec (Spirit of the South) is making her CSC debut. She is a classical vocalist and actor who has performed worldwide in the US, UK, Austria, Spain, and China. Selected credits include: The Pirates of Penzance (International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival), Carousel (Indianapolis Opera), The Lion in Winter (Landless Theatre Company), Cendrillon (CJ Productions), The Magic Flute (Loudoun Lyric Opera). She has also performed as a singer and dancer in the opening ceremonies of balls held at the Vienna State Opera and Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria. www.christinakrawec.com

Drew Sharpe (Ferdinand) is a DC-based actor, musician, and songwriter making his CSC mainstage debut. He is nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for his performance in Hand to God at Keegan Theatre. Recent theatre credits include The Inheritance Parts 1 & 2 (Round House Theatre); Wipeout (Studio Theatre); The Snowman and The Snowdog (Imagination Stage); Hand to God, An Irish Carol, Apropos of Nothing, and Merrily We Roll Along (Keegan Theatre); Reefer Madness (NextStop Theatre Company); The Tempest, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and Our Town (The Classic Theatre of Maryland); and Amelia Earhart (The REV on Tour).

Dawn Thomas Reidy (Alonso) previously appeared in CSC's Julius Caesar (2025), It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon! (2025), Romeo and Juliet (2024) The Oresteia (2024), Macbeth (2023), Hamlet (2023), Henry V (2022), A Raisin in the Sun (2022) and Measure for Measure (2020). She is a CSC Production Associate, Teaching Artist, and a member of CSC's Black Classical Acting Ensemble. She also directs and loves puppeteering. Regional credits include The Few, Romeo and Juliet, Danny Boy, The Lady in the Van, and Candy & Dorothy (Unexpected Stage Company); Macbeth, Our Black Death, Phaeton (Taffety Punk Theatre Company); Hazardous Materials (Perisphere Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play); Overruled (Washington Stage Guild); and How the Other Half Loves and The Boys Next Door (Brown County Playhouse). She also works as a teaching artist with Everyman Theatre and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory. Dawn holds a BFA in Acting from UMBC and an MFA in Acting from Indiana University.

Shakill Jamal (Trinculo) is an actor, director and theatre professional currently active in the Baltimore and DMV areas. He most recently appeared with CSC as Gabriel in Fences (2026), Antipholus in the 2025 production of It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon!, Falstaff in the 2024 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised][again] (2022). Other credits include Something Moving (Various, Ford's Theatre) Do You Feel Anger?(Howie, Theatre Alliance) Othello (Othello, National PlayersTour 69) Midsummer's Night Dream(Bottom, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory) Shakill is the Executive Director of Silver Spring Stage, as well as a member of the DC Welders, and his play The Codeswitch was produced by Sisters Freehold in 2023.

Matt Harris (Stephano) returns to CSC after previously appearing in It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon! (2025), Shakespeare Beyond It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon! (2025), Romeo & Juliet student matinees (2024). Matt is part of the Ensemble of the Maryland Ensemble Theatre where he also serves as Production Manager. MET: Sense & Sensibility (Edward Ferrars), The Squirrels (Scientist and Sciuridae), Small Mouth Sounds (The Teacher), Oh CRIT! The D&D Improv Show (Dungeon Master and Player). Regional: The 39 Steps (Clown), Timon of Athens (Ventidius), Tuna Christmas (Bertha and others), Coriolanus (Brutus), Shakespeare’s R&J (Mercutio and Friar Laurence), Merry Wives of Windsor (Orlando Shakes and Hedgepig Ensemble), King Lear (Orlando Shakes). MattHarrisActor.com

UNDERSTUDY BIOS

Frankie Marsh (Understudy) is making her CSC debut. Previous roles include Antigone (Ismene), Murder on the Orient Express (The Countess), How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (Pip), and Much Ado About Nothing (Don John). As a musician, she has composed and performed original music for new work Orpheus by Dumpster Fire and Towson University’s Hamlet.

Paul Pesnell (Understudy) is making his CSC debut. He is a local actor, musician, and fight director. Previous onstage credits include Macbeth (MD Renaissance Festival), Macbeth (Washington National Opera), RENT (Dominion Stage), among others. He is a member of the dance company at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Paul is a graduate of Temple University. paulpesnell.com

Sarah Lynn Taylor (Understudy)

Ian Gallanar (Director) is in his 24^th year as Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. He founded the organization in 2002. Ian has worked as a professional actor, director, producer, and writer for roughly 200 professional productions. He has directed over 40 productions for CSC and developed its student matinee series and Shakespeare Beyond, a statewide mobile unit that gives free performances and offers free educational residencies.  Previously, Ian has served as Artistic Director for the National Theatre for Children, Minnesota Shakespeare in the Park, and the Repertory Theater of America. Ian is a proud member of the distinguished National Theatre Conference and the Dramatists Guild of America; a Helen Hayes Tribute Award, Telly Award, Howie Award (Howard County Arts Council) winner. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He was the 2023 recipient of the Sidney Berger Award, a lifetime achievement award given to an Artistic Director of note from a professional Shakespeare company given by the international Shakespeare Theatre Association, an organization for professional Shakespeare companies around the globe.

Lauren Engler (Production Manager) has stage managed for CSC for numerous productions over the past decade. Both on stage and off, she has scenic painted, choreographed, and performed with CSC over the years. Lauren has also stage managed for Renaissance Rumble and the Maryland Renaissance Festival. In 2019, she coordinated a city wide “Spring of Remembrance” for CSC in honor of Anne Frank across theaters and museums. Lauren graduated with honors from High Point University with a degree in Performance Theater and Studio Art.

Daniel Nie (Production Stage Manager) is making their CSC debut. DMV Credits include: Julius X, Valor, Agravio, Y Mujer (Folger); Marjorie Prime, Dutch Leftovers, Ahoy-Hoy (Prologue); Silent Sky (Perisphere) Daddy’s Jazz (MLK Library); 29th & Oakes (Capital Fringe); Regional: Sweeney Todd, Peter and the Starcatcher, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Kiss Me Kate (Texas Shakespeare Festival); Beauty and The Beast, The Prince of Egypt, Finding Neverland (Hale Centre Theatre). Artistic Associate at Prologue Theatre in Arlington Va.

Dan O’Brien (Technical Director) is a founding member of CSC. Dan has performed, designed scenery, lights, and served as Technical Director for many productions (among other jobs too numerous to name). He oversaw the construction of CSC’s theatre in Baltimore and designed the sets and lighting for Macbeth (2016); for the inaugural season plays A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Richard II; Romeo and Juliet (2015-2019); A Christmas Carol (2014-2019), and many others

Shartoya R. Jn. Baptiste (Set Designer) is making her CSC debut. Born and raised in the Caribbean, her culture is the foundation for her set designs. DC AREA: Furlough's Paradise (Theater Alliance), SLEEPOVA (Olney Theatre Center), Dodi & Diana (Mosaic Theatre Company), The Sea Beyond the Ocean (The Kennedy Centre), Is God Is (Constellation Theatre Company), P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical (Imagination Stage) [Helen Hayes Nominated], and The Book Club Play and By The Way, Meet Vera Stark (The University of Maryland). EDUCATION: MFA in Design from the University of Maryland '24. Instagram: @shr758_ Youtube: shr758 Website: www.shr758.com

Katie McCreary (Lighting Designer) is a CSC company member, and has designed for 20 of CSC’s productions, including Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Romeo & Juliet (2020, 2023), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (2020, 2023), The Diary of Anne Frank; and Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2. Other recent and favorite designs include work with Peabody Opera Theater and Dance, Catholic University of America, Rorschach Theatre (company member), Keegan Theater, and Next Stop Theater. Katie is also Director of Development and Curriculum Development and also a proud Teaching Artist for Educational Theatre Company.

Kristina Lambdin (Costume Designer) won the Broadway World Best Costume Design award for her designs for A Christmas Carol (2016). Some of her costuming credits with CSC include Dracula (2013 and 2019); The Diary of Anne Frank; She Stoops to Conquer; Alice in Wonderland; Red Velvet; Anne of the Thousand Days; The Fantasticks; Macbeth (2016); A Christmas Carol (2014-2018); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005, 2011 and 2014); The Importance of Being Earnest; The Taming of the Shrew (2006 and 2013); Romeo and Juliet (2003, 2012, and student matinees 2015-2019); A Doll’s House; As You Like It (Broadway World Best of Baltimore Award); and The Country Wife. Broadway World named her as a top artist of the 2007 Baltimore Theatre, and she won the Greater Baltimore Theater Award for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005). For more than a decade, she served as the Costume Supervisor for the Baltimore Opera Company and then Lyric Opera Baltimore.

Sarah O’Halloran (Sound Designer) is a sound designer and composer. Sarah previously worked on CSC’s The Oresteia, A Christmas Carol; Anne of the Thousand Days and Measure for Measure. Other credits include Sense and Sensibility, Be Here Now, Proof, Dinner with Friends (Everyman Theatre); The Brothers Paranormal; The Humans, Our Town and Labour of Love (Olney Theater Center); The Chameleon; Gloria: A Life; Two Jews Walk into a War; Nathan the Wise, Compulsion, Talley’s Folly (Theater J) ; She the People: The Resistance Continues (Woolly Mammoth/The Second City); The Phlebotomist, The Brothers Size, Swimming with Whales, Trevor, and When the Rain Stops Falling (1st Stage); Cry it Out (Studio Theatre); A Chorus Within Her (Theater Alliance); In His Hands and The Return (Mosaic Theater); The Glass Menagerie, E2, The 39 Steps, The Heidi Chronicles and Things That Are Round (Rep Stage).

Mark Williams (Projection Designer) is a Projections Designer and Creative System Integrator for live performance. He returns after making his CSC debut with As You Like It (2023). He is a recent graduate of UMD’s Theatre MFA Design program. Website: markwdesign.com

Chris Reuther (Puppet Master) returns to CSC after designing the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come for CSC’s production of A Christmas Carol (2024-present). Chris graduated from Towson University in 2010 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Art and Design, and has spent the past ten years designing and building puppets, creatures, and scenes for the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Submersive Productions, Cohesion Theater Company and various smaller performances. He was also the Show Creator and Puppets Designer for the Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s Fall 2022 production, Love & ROAR!

Kayla Schultz (Assistant Director) is a theatre artist and administrator in Baltimore MD, and a staff member at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. While at George Mason University (BFA, Directing & Performance) Kayla directed productions of Twelfth Night, Machinal, The Vagina Monologues, and produced an original directing showcase featuring female playwrights. Kayla has recently performed with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (staged reading, The Austens), The Charm City Fringe Festival, and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory.

Dawn Thomas Reidy (Production Associate) See cast bios

Grace Srinivasan (Music Director) has programmed and arranged the music for CSC productions since 2016 as Resident Music Director. A soprano who performs a wide-ranging repertoire throughout the region, she appeared as a soloist in a program of works inspired by Shakespeare’s plays, If Music Be the Food of Love, with CSC artists, the Peabody Baroque Band, and the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble. Grace holds a master’s degree in vocal performance from the Peabody Conservatory and sings professionally at St. Stephen Martyr Church and the National Cathedral.

Abraham Stoll (Dramaturg/Text Coach) is a production dramaturg and specialist in early modern literature. Recent productions include Brecht, Galileo, Aristophanes, The Clouds, and Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, for the Johns Hopkins Theatre Program, and Henry 4 Part 1, Twelfth Night, Wilder, Skin of our Teeth, and Dürrenmatt, The Visit for The Old Globe/ University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Acting Program. Recent publications include an edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost(Broadview Press) and Conscience in Early Modern English Literature (Cambridge UP). He is the Director of JHU Theatre Arts and Studies.

Enzo J. Leone (Props Coordinator) is an actor and fight choreographer from Annapolis, MD. Although having worked with CSC before in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (assistant fight choreographer), Enzo is making his CSC debut. Recent credits include Dory Fantasmagory and Balloonacy at Imagination stage, Strand Theater’s Production of The Long Christmas Ride, and Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet. Enzo has a BFA in acting from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and has trained with the Studio Acting Conservatory and is a certified actor combatant through the SAFD Instagram: @leone_acting, Backstage: backstage.com/enzo-leone

Hannah Brill (Wig and Makeup Design) is a costume and lighting designer from Baltimore. She is the Assistant Costume Shop manager for Towson University’s Department of Theatre Arts. Hannah is returning to CSC as wardrobe manager (Romeo and Juliet, The Oresteia, As You Like It, Macbeth, Hamlet, A Christmas Carol 2022 & 2023, Twelfth Night). Other recent work includes costume design for A Year with Frog and Toad (Towson University), TU Dance Company shows Multiplicity, Echoing Visions, Legacy, and Surging (Towson University), Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes (Single Carrot Theatre), The First Thing That Happens (Acme Corporation), and lighting design for Rachel (Rapid Lemon Productions.)

Josie Renkwitz (Theatre Experience/Creature Fabrication)

Brandon W. Vernon (Creature Consultant/Graphic Designer) is an Animator, Illustrator and Graphic Designer who has worked for a number of publications and theaters including the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. He holds an MFA in Visual Communication from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has designed graphics and marketing material for CSC since 2019. He has also worked in film and television and has been a featured artist on MTV.com.

CJay Philip of Dance & Bmore (Choreography & Movement) returns after choreographing CSC’s 2025 production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, 2024’s production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and 2024’s Romeo and Juliet. Dance and Bmore is a dynamic Baltimore-based ensemble founded by Broadway veteran CJay Philip. Through their Bmore Broadway Live performance season and community programs, art becomes a powerful tool for connection, expression, and joy, transcending generations and making a lasting impact on the vibrant cultural tapestry of Baltimore.

Andy Pfluger (Board Operator) returns after operating the board for CSC's 2024 production of A Christmas Carol. They have stage managed Small Mouth Sounds and Hotel Cassiopeia at the Community College of Baltimore County, where they graduated with an A.A. in Theatre Design/Production in 2023. They have also stage managed with Stevenson University (By the Way, Meet Vera Stark) and lighting programmed with Bethesda Conservatory of Dance. They have held a variety of positions at Drama Learning Center—including production manager, technician, and carpenter—across over 20 productions.

Hannah Brill (Wardrobe Supervisor) is a costume and lighting designer from Baltimore. She is the Assistant Costume Shop manager for Towson University’s Department of Theatre Arts. Recent work includes costume design for Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress (Maryland Ensemble Theatre), It's the Comedy of Errors, Hon! (Shakespeare Beyond), Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh (Perisphere Theater), Scrooge.0 (Towson University), A Year with Frog and Toad (Towson University), TU Dance Company shows Episodes, Four Seasons: Reimagined, Multiplicity, Echoing Visions, Legacy, and Surging (Towson University), Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes (Single Carrot Theatre), The First Thing That Happens (Acme Corporation), and lighting design for Rachel (Rapid Lemon Productions.) Hannah has also worked as wardrobe manager for Julius Caesar, Mary Stuart, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo and Juliet, The Oresteia, A Christmas Carol 2022, 2023, & 2024 (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.) https://www.hannahbrill.com/

Allyn Gardner (Wardrobe Assistant) is making their CSC debut. Allyn is a freelance costume stitcher and wardrobe technician in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Their areas of expertise include costume construction, soft-goods prop work, and millinery. Other credits include; Little Miss Perfect and Hello, Dolly! (Olney Theatre Center), Dawn and The Piano Lesson Safety Not Guaranteed, Fiddler on the Roof, Play On!, Fiddler on the Roof, and She Loves Me! (Signature Theatre), The Snowman and The Snow Dog (Imagination Stage), The Phantom of the Opera (Box 5 National Tour) (Hippodrome Theatre), Signature Theatre:

Madison Sims (Backstage Swing) returns to CSC after appearing as Mary Musgrove in 2025’s production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Other credits include: I’ll Follow Tomorrow (Monica), Most Massive Woman Wins (Rennie), Dracula: A Femenist Revenge Fantasy… Really (Mina), Trouble in Mind (Judy), and various devised works. mlsims.com

Ellie Skoda (Assistant Stage Manager) Previously, Ellie has worked as a box office manager, stage manager, assistant stage manager, backstage swing, and teaching artist at CSC since 2021. They have also stage-managed local theatre productions at Rapid Lemons Productions and Truepenny Productions. She had previously taught theatre classes at Arlington Elementary School for the past 2 years. Ellie holds a BA in Theatre Arts from McDaniel College. 

Chester Stacy (Assistant Technical Director) 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 film 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.

Ryan MacDonald (Production Assistant)

Maryn Murray (Set Build Assistant) returns to CSC after appearing in the 2018 productions of A Winter’s Tale (Mamillius) and A Christmas Carol. The Tempest (2026) marks her first dedicated role in set construction.

LEADERSHIP

Ian Gallanar (The Tempest Director, Founding Artistic Director) In addition to founding the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in 2002, Ian has worked as a professional actor, director, and writer for more than 150 professional productions. He has directed 40 productions for CSC. Previously, Ian has served as Artistic Director for the National Theatre for Children, Minnesota Shakespeare in the Park, and the Repertory Theater of America. Ian is a proud member of the distinguished National Theatre Conference and the Dramatists Guild of America; a Helen Hayes Tribute Award, Telly Award, and Howie Award (Howard County Arts Council) winner. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he is a Member of the College of Fine Arts Advancement Council. He is Immediate Past President of the international Shakespeare Theatre Association, an organization for professional Shakespeare companies around the globe.

Lesley Malin (Producing Executive Director) is a founder of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and served as its Executive Director since 2003. She managed CSC’s building renovation of an 1885 bank into our modern Shakespeare playhouse as well as the associated $6.7 million capital campaign. She has performed in 28 CSC productions and previously in New York. She was, for 20 years, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of The Lark, the landmark new play development center in New York City, where she earlier was Managing Director. She served for five years on the Executive Committee of the international Shakespeare Theatre Association and organized its annual conference that CSC hosted in Baltimore in 2017. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, NYU’s Arts Management program, Leadership Howard County, and LEADERship Baltimore (2018).