King Leontes’ jealousy and rage spark the action in this beloved Shakespearean romance. Driven by nothing but his unfounded suspicions, Leontes falsely accuses his wife Hermione of infidelity with his closest friend and dire consequences follow. Focusing on themes of betrayal, loss, and forgiveness, the story progresses toward love and redemption to make it one of the Bard’s most beautiful and satisfying plays.
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ARTISTIC TEAM
Director––Carolyn Howarth
Scenic Designer––Apollo Mark Weaver
Costume Designer––Raven Ong
Lighting Designer––Donna Ruzika
Sound Designer/Original Music Composer––Lindsay Jones
Music Director––Brandon Scott Grayson
Dramaturg––Isabel Smith-Bernstein
Voice/Text/Dialect Coach––Philip Thompson
Fight/Intimacy Director––Jason Spelbring
Choreographer––Trey Plutnicki
Stage Manager––Martinique M. Barthel*
Assistant Stage Manager––Emily Marie Wilke*
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Polixenes, King of Bohemia––Geoffrey Kent*
Leontes, King of Sicilia––Chauncy Thomas*
Hermione, Queen of Sicilia––Tracie Lane*
Mamillius, young prince of Sicilia––Kinsley Seegmiller
Camillo, a Sicilian lord––Tom Coiner*
Emilia, a lady attending on Hermione––Caitlin Wise*
Ladies––Gracelyn Erickson†, Chloe McLeod, Emily Wheeler†
Antigonus, a Sicilian lord––Michael Doherty*
Lords––Zac Barnaby†, Rockwell MacGillivray†
Jailer––Chris Mixon*
Paulina, wife to Antigonus––Trenell Mooring*
Officer––Topher Embrey*
Cleomenes, a Sicilian lord––Bailey Savage
Dion, a Sicilian lord––Gabriel Wright†
Mariner––Zac Barnaby†
Old Shepherd––Chris Mixon*
Clown, Old Shepherd’s son––Topher Embrey*
Time––Michael Doherty*
Autolycus, a rogue––John Harrell*
Florizel, prince of Bohemia, son of Polixenes––Christopher Centinaro
Perdita, daughter of Leontes and Hermione, raised by Old Shepherd––Alaysia Renay Duncan
Dorcas, a shepherdess––Chloe McLeod
Mopsa, a shepherdess––Gracelyn Erickson†
Rustic––Bailey Savage
Shepherds––Zac Barnaby†, Rockwell MacGillivray†, Gabriel Wright†
Shepherdesses––Emily Wheeler†, Caitlin Wise*
Bear––Rockwell MacGillivray†, Emily Wheeler†, Gabriel Wright†
UNDERSTUDIES
Zac Barnaby†—Clown/Officer
Cassandra Bissell*—Paulina
Alaysia Renay Duncan—Mamillius
Gracelyn Erickson†—Emilia/Perdita/Shepherdess
Tim Fullerton—Camillo/Polixenes
Luke Sidney Johnson—Leontes
Rockwell MacGillivray†—Antigonus/Time
Elyna Mellen—Lords/Lady/Mariner/Dion/Shepherds/Shepherdesses/Bear
Bailey Savage—Autolycus
Elise Thayn—Cleomenes/Rustic
Stephen K. Wagner—Old Shepherd/Jailer
Emily Wheeler†—Ladies/Mopsa/Dorcas
Caitlin Wise*—Hermione
Gabriel Wright†—Florizel
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
†Appearing courtesy of the Southern Utah University Fellowship Program.
This play is suitable for all audiences but does include sexual puns and innuendos, as well as themes of jealousy, loss, and betrayal in regards to a father-daughter relationship. Some death and violence will also be present.
