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THE 62nd ANNUAL TOUR: A Midsummer Night's Dream • The Scarlet Letter


   

Kyle Blair (Nick Bottom/Egeus/Reverend Wilson) is currently in his second year as a National Player after performing as Leonato (Much Ado) and Bill (Lord of the Flies) on Tour 61. This year he is also serving as the tour's Technical Director. Regionally, he appeared in Annie Warbucks and Pippin for Tin Pan Alley Theatre Company in Portland, OR. In college, he performed in productions including An Enemy of the People, Of Thee I Sing, Love's Labour's Lost, Scrooge!, bobrauschenbergamerica, Wild Party, and Zombie Prom. Kyle graduated in 2009 with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University and is originally from Beloit, WI.

 

Hannah Burkhauser (Hermia/Pearl) is honored to take part in the 62nd tour of National Players. She recently graduated from Boston University with a BFA in Acting and is excited to continue her journey outside of Boston. Favorite roles include Grace Freyer in Radium Girls, the title role in Hamlet, Margaret of Anjou in Richard the 3rd and Toad in Wind in the Willows.

 

Chris Egging (Oberon/Theseus/Chillingworth) is proud to be touring with National Players this year.  He received his MFA in Acting from the University of Houston PTTP and a BFA in Theatre & Dance from the University of Wyoming.  Recent roles include Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangerueses, Riff-Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, Austin in True West, Yepikhodov in The Cherry Orchard, Austin in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged, Harlequin in  Triumph of Love (UH PTTP),  Danny in Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Costard in Love's Labour's Lost (UW), Conrade in Much Ado About Nothing (Virginia Shakespeare Festival), Cain/Japheth in Children of Eden (Theatre West, Nebraska).

 

Jenny Donovan (Helena/Snout/Starveling/Second Goodwife/Mistress Hibbins) is so excited to be touring with the National Players! DC credits include Judy in The Horrors of Online Dating (Molotov Theatre Group), Elaine Robinson in The Graduate (Keegan Theatre) Lavinia in Mondo Andronicus (Molotov Theatre Group),Elise in It's Not Easy Being Green (Journeymen Theatre) and Ishtar in Gilgamesh Who Saw the Deep (Mobtown Players). University Credits include: Julia in The Duchess of Malfi, The Pupil in The Lesson and Polly Peachum in The Beggar's Opera. Jenny is a company member of The Molotov Theatre Group and a proud graduate of Catholic University with a BA in drama.

 

Gregory C. Magee (Lysander/Quince/Reverend Dimmesdale) is thrilled to be a part of the 62nd Tour of The National Players. His former credits include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Mack the Knife in Three Penny Opera, and Eilert Lovborg in Hedda Gabler, all with the George Washington University Department of Theatre, where he received his B.A. in the spring of 2010.

Kelsey Meiklejohn (Puck/Philostrate/First Goodwife) is thrilled to be touring with National Players. Her credits include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at Maryland Shakespeare Festival, Fool at the Circus and Puss ‘N’ Boots at Synetic Family Theater, Clown/Mamillius in The Winter’s Tale at Wandering Souls, Mopsa in The Winter’s Tale and Much Ado About Nothing at Virginia Shakespeare Festival. She is a graduate of William & Mary with a BA in Theatre. Her credits there include: Rinaldo in All’s Well That Ends Well, Sister in Damn Yankees, Student 2 in Shakespeare’s R&J, Reefer Madness, Scams of Scapin, and TheRamayana.

 

Sam Rabinovitz  (Demetrius/Flute/Bellingham)  is thrilled to be touring with the National Players!  Some of his favorite University credits include Edward Voysey in The Voysey Inheritance, Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Billy in The Language of Angels and Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!, which earned him an Irene Ryan nomination.  Sam is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia with a BA in both Drama and Economics.

Bethany Rowe (Titania/Hippolyta/Hester) is extremely pumped to be a part of National Players this season!  Some of her regional credits include Ado Annie in Oklahoma! and Sara Carter in the world premier of Esley: The Life and Musical Legacy of Lesley Riddle, both at Parkway Playhouse.  Other credits include Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Yolanda Pastiche in Natural Selection, Robin Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof, all at WCU.  Bethany is a recent graduate of Western Carolina University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. 

 

 

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