Shakespeare As You Like It 2024

22 (New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis Theatre Circle Nomination), Louise Rabiner in Dear Jack, Dear Louise (New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for Outstanding Performer in a Comedy), Princess in Spells of the Sea (Metro Theater Company), Dromia of Red Cross in “Winds of Change: Bevo Mill” (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival), Olivia in T welfth Night (Piknik Theatre), and Margo Crawford in Bright Star (Charleston Stage Company). Molly would like to thank her family, friends, and husband Eli for all their love and support. Sam Golden (Musicain, Viola & Mandolin) is a St. Louis-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, recording and mixing engineer, and music teacher. Active in the regional music scene, Sam has collaborated as a recording and performing artist with a diverse array of St. Louis musicians, sharing the stage with Beth Bombara, Brothers Lazaroff, Ryan Koenig and many others. Sam runs Holiday Heart Studio, a professional recording and music production studio specializing in string arrangements. Jeremy Reidy (Musician, Percussion) is an experienced drummer with over a decade of experience performing live and in the studio. He is proficient in various genres such as rock, funk, country, jazz, and blues, and is known for his dynamic drumming style and infectious energy. Jeremy has toured nationally and internationally with several bands and has appeared on numerous recordings. Currently, he is the drummer for “Beth Bombara” and “Nick Gusman and the Coyotes,” and he also performs with other acts regionally. Nancy Bell (Director) is an actor, director, and playwright with a body of work spanning thirty years. Her plays “BlowWinds!”, “Remember Me”, “The World Begun”, “Good in Everything”, “Old Hearts Fresh”, and “The NewWorld” were produced at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, where she served as Playwright-in- Residence. Her other plays have been developed or produced in California, New York and elsewhere. As a performer, she has worked at the Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Geffen Playhouse and dozens of others nationally. Among many other TV and film credits, she appeared on Star Trek Voyager and as Susan Bates on the long-running soap Guiding Light . As a director, she has worked at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, the New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis Actors Studio, COCA, and elsewhere. Nancy is s Professor of Theatre at Saint Louis University. www.NancyEllenBell.com IG: BellGirlSTL Scott C. Neale (Scenic Design) is thrilled to return to St. Louis Shakespeare Festival after previously designing six mainstage productions, including Henry IV & V , but most recently The Winter’s Tale in 2017. Scott is an award-winning freelance scenic & experiential designer and Chair of the Scenic Design program at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has served as Resident Scenic Designer for Albany Park Theater Project in Chicago since 2006, which recently opened a 12,000 Sq. Ft. immersive production co-created with Third Rail Projects titled Port of Entry. In addition, he continues to design theatrical sets, exhibits and events, and interactive immersive environments around the world. Scott is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, Themed Entertainment Association, and USITT. He is also a credited contributor to the collegiate textbook Scene Design and Stage Lighting, 9th and 10th Editions (Parker, MEET THE CAST/ARTISTIC TEAM