Shakespeare As You Like It 2024

20 Joel Moses (Duke Frederick) is excited to make his mainstage debut at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival! Shakespeare fanatics may remember him from last year’s Festival TourCo production of Merry Wives . Joel is a multiple St. Louis Theater Circle Award recipient for his work in Bronte Sister House Party (SATE), and The Christians (West End Players). Elsewhere in St. Louis, he has performed with St. Louis Repertory Theatre ( Murder on the Orient Express ), The New Jewish Theatre ( All My Sons , Laughter on the 23rd Floor ), St. Louis Actors’ Studio ( Copenhagen , The Zoo Story, The Dumb Waiter ), and the Midnight Company ( The Lion in Winter ). Regional credits include productions with First Folio Theatre, 16th Street Theater, Theatre Y, and several seasons with the Organic Theater Company in Chicago. He received his MFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University, and studied abroad at the Moscow Art Theatre. Jasmine Cheri Rush (Celia) is elated to be back with the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival where she played Olivia in last year’s production of Twelfth Night . Most recently, Jasmine was seen as Medea in the Exodus Ensemble’s adaptation of the Greek tragedy. Other credits include STEW (Nelly), School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play (Gifty), and King Lear (Cordelia). Jasmine is a 2021 graduate of the BFA Acting program at The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she starred in the Chicago premiere of Our Lady of Kibeho . She is a writer, mover, deviser, and newly a film director. You can find Jasmine on all social media platforms @ jazzycheri. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. Bianca Sanborn (Audrey/Ensemble/ Dance Captain) is so ecstatic to be working on As You Like It with the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival! A recent graduate in the class of 2023 from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, Bianca received their BFA in Acting. Some of their credits include A Bright Room Called Day (Die Alte/Herr Swetts), American Idiot (St. Jimmy), the first annual production of A Christmas Carol at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Ghost Dancer/Beggar), Billy Elliot at COCA (George), as well as appearing in the New Confluence Play Festival this year in Saving Grace (Grace). Bianca is incredibly excited to be making their main stage debut with STL Shakes this summer in Forest Park! Christian Thompson* (Orlando) is thrilled to be making his St. Louis Shakespeare Festival debut! A mixed race, multi- hyphenated artist from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Broadway: Wicked (Fiyero), Thoughts Of A Colored Man (Passion), Ain’t Too Proud (Smokey Robinson/Damon Harris). Regional: Devil Wears Prada (World Premier) Catch Me If You Can (Arena Stage). Tour: Wicked (Fiyero), Ain’t Too Proud (Swing), Rent 20th Anniversary (Benny, u/s Roger). JMF’s Writers Grove Participant at Goodspeed Musicals, 24’. Commissioned Playwright at Penn State, 22’. @ itschristianthompson Molly Wennstrom (Phoebe/Ensemble) cannot wait to spend her summer in the beautiful Shakespeare Glen with the cast of A s You Like It ! Originally from Austin Texas, Molly holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. Some credits include: Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods MEET THE CAST