Citadel Theatre 2019-2020

12 Mariah Copeland (Molly Aster) is very excited to be making her Citadel debut in one of her favorite stories. She is a recent graduate of Northwestern University, where she received her BA in Theatre, Music Theatre, and Psychology. Her recent credits include 110 In the Shade (Boho Theatre), Magic Treehouse: A Big Day for Baseball (Emerald City Theatre), and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Filament Theatre). mariahcopeland.com Rebecca Fletcher (Mrs. Bumbrake) is an actor, theater-maker, Jewish educator and public speaking coach. Chicago highlights include Indecent (Victory Gardens,) Richard III (Muse of Fire,) and Equus (MadKap Productions.) Rebecca has also performed all over the world in her original shows, including Kleynkunst! (off Broadway - National Yiddish Theater); Metropolis (La Vieille Grille Theatre, Paris), Cities of Light (Martef Theatre, Jerusalem; National Theatre, Warsaw; Privey Theatre, Evanston); and Ringing True (Miami Theater Center.) Rebecca is also engaged in creating theatre in response to the climate emergency. Thank you to Jeremy and this gorgeous cast for bringing the star-stuff! Rebeccajoyfletcher@gmail.com. Angelina Mussro (Captain Robert Falcon Scott) is an actor and teaching artist recently moved to Chicago from South Carolina. She eagerly waits to see where life carries her next… Credits include: Sonya in Uncle Vanya , Juliet in Romeo and Juliet ,Viola/Sebastian in Twelfth Night (The Warehouse Theatre), Catherine/Helene in Who Am I This Time? [& Other Conundrums of Love] (Lean Ensemble), Catherine in Proof (Three Brothers Theatre), Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker , Peter in Peter Pan (The South Carolina Children’s Theatre), and Joan in Saint Joan (Anderson University). Bernadette Carter (Grempkin) makes her Citadel Theatre debut. This Jersey Girl’s Chicago credits include; Neverland (Prop Thtr), Waltzing Mechanics Documentary Play Festival, Scarlett Letter ( directed by Jess Hutchinson), Elivira: The Immigration Play (Collabraction), Pool (No Water) (directed by Devon de Mayo). Television Credit include Chicago Fire (NBC). Bernadette Carter is represented by DDO Chicago. “Life requires courage.” Dekyi Rongé (Slank) hails from California where she performed from the Bay to L.A. with theatre companies including: Pacific Repertory, San Francisco Shakes, Kingsmen Shakespeare, and A Noise Within. Dekyi received her MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University where she performed in Swimmers , Mrs Phu’s Cleansing Juices , Richard III , The House of Bernarda Alba , and Romeo and Juliet . She recently appeared in two national tours with Griffin Theatre Company in The Stinky Cheeseman and In to America . She is represented by Gray Talent Group. Dave Honigman (Alf) was one of the last Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus clowns in “Out of This World,” the closing tour. He since performed in “Burning Bluebeard” (Neo-Futurists, the Ruffians), Jeff award-winning “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” (Red Theater Chicago),“Promo Code: Family” (The Second City),“Monday Night Live” (iO Chicago), and is an actor/writer with Overqualified and Proper Clown (iOCN). In association with The Clown School of Los Angeles, Dave became a company member of the award-winning theatre company Four Clowns, and was a founding member of The Innocents, producing and performing monthly variety shows. Dave is a graduate of iO West, Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, and The Second City Conservatory in Chicago. Many thanks to his family, Madeline Baird, Jeremy Aluma, Citadel Theater, and Gray Talent Group. Connect with Dave on social media @HonigClown. Laura Brennan (Mack) is delighted to make her Citadel Theatre debut with Peter and the Starcatcher. Chicago credits: Darling Grenadine (Marriott Theatre), New Faces Sing Broadway 1941 (Porchlight Music Theatre), Shrew’d! (First Folio Theatre), The Bridges of Madison County (BrightSide Theatre), Bicycle Thieves (Littlebrain Theatre), A Prayer for the Sandinistas (Subtext Theater Company), Farewell My Friend ((re)discover theatre). Regional: The 39 Steps and You Can’t Take It With You (Cider Mill Playhouse), 2016 Young Playwrights Festival (City Theatre), Othello (Ithaca Shakespeare Company). Laura is a proud BFA graduate of Ithaca College. All my love to Mom, Dad, and Luke. laurabrennan.net Adrian Danzig (Black Stache), for 15 years, was the Producing Artistic Director of 500 Clown, a Chicago-based Clown Theater ensemble that tours nationally. He regularly performs the shows in the 500 Clown touring repertoire: 500 Clown Macbeth , 500 Clown Frankenstein , 500 Clown Christmas , and 500 Clown Trapped . He recently played both Antipholi, in California Shakespeare Festival’s production of A Comedy of Errors , other recent credits include a National Tour of The Better Half a dance/theater hybrid he made with Lucky Plush Productions, and Caliban in The Feast: an Intimate Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other credits include The Seagull at Lake Lucille Chekov, Orlando at The Court Theater. In addition he has performed in shows at The Goodman theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf Studio, Berkeley Rep, Brooklyn Academy of Music,The Public Theater, and with Shakespeare & Company and Lookingglass Theatre Comapny. He has performed his solo works at The Kitchen, P.S. 122, The Ontological Hysteric Theater and Soho Rep. He was an early Neo-futurist and a founding member of Redmoon Theater. He has studied clown with Ctibor Turba, Philippe Gaulier, Ronlin Foreman, Dominique Jando, Els Comediants, David Shiner, Avner the Eccentric and was a clown with Big Apple Circus Clown Care for 7 years.