A Midsummer Night's Dream
"A THEATRICAL DREAM COME TRUE" - BROADWAYWORLD
"A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND A GENUINE PLEASURE!" - STAGEBUDDY
THE CAST
FELIX BIRDIE (Lysander / Oberon / Bottom) lives in Brooklyn with a girl and two cats. To find out more head to Felixbirdie.com and see what everyone's talking about. @felixbirdie
ESTEFANIA GIRALDO (Hermia / Fairy / Quince) : Although she has previously worked within the SITS family as Assistant Director for Henry V, Estefania is very excited to make her SITS acting debut. Theatre: Good People (Dottie) and A Winter's Tale (Perdita, Emilia, Time) at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Film: For Yajira (Yajira) NYU Student Works. Recently wrapped production on ‘Hamlet in the Golden Vale,’ produced by Roll The Bones Theatre Company with production support from "The Immersive Storytelling Studio" at The National Theatre (UK). Training: BFA New York University Tisch School of the Arts/ Stella Adler Studio of Acting/ Stonestreet Screen Acting Studios.
BETH ANN HOPKINS (Titania / Egeus / Flute) is an actor, director and producer. She is the co-founder and the Artistic Director of Smith Street Stage. Beth Ann just returned from filming her first feature with Roll the Bones Theater Company at Grantstown Castle in Co. Tipperary, Ireland playing the role of Gertrude in their adaptation of Hamlet, titled ‘Hamlet in the Golden Vale.’ They also created an immersive theatre experience as well as a Virtual Realty short film in collaboration with the National Theater of London. Recent acting credits include:U.S. Premiere Unity 1918 (Project Theater), Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 (Smith Street Stage), Paulinka in A Bright Room Called Day (Columbia Stages) directed by Scott Ebersold, and Anne Hamilton’s Event of a Thread (Park Avenue Armory). This is Beth Ann's debut performance with Shakespeare in the Square. www.hopkinsbethann.com.
KIMBERLY CHATTERJEE (Helena / Hippolyta / Snout) is thrilled to be making her Shakespeare in the Square debut! Off-Broadway: Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons), Pride & Prejudice (Primary Stages); The Tempest (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional: Pride & Prejudice, The General From America, Macbeth, Measure for Measure (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Folger Theatre). Television: "High Maintenance." Education: NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway. www.kimberlychatterjee.com
CONSTANTINE MALAHIAS (Demetrius / The Ass / Starveling) is a clown regarded fondly by some as "a breath of fresh air". He enjoys coining dad jokes and boldly acting as if they were only his. He is consistently cast as multiple characters in the same story and chooses to believe this is because people just can’t get enough of him. Midsummer is Constantine’s eight production with SITS and fourteenth of Shakespeare's 36 plays. His most recent project is playing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as twins in ‘Hamlet in the Golden Vale.’ He often hangs out with his dear friend Will. Will C Yah! You can find out more about his work at ConstantineMalahias.com.
REBECA MILLER (Puck / Theseus / Snug) has worked regionally in theatre at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Florida Studio Theatre, and toured nationally with Theatreworks USA. In New York she has been privileged to work with: Classic Stage Company, On The Rocks Theatre Company, New York Shakespeare Exchange, The Box Collective, Snorks and Pins, Everyday Inferno, and the NYC Fringe Festival. She has worked with playwrights developing new work at: The Ensemble Studio Theatre, Columbia University, New Georges, and Pulse Ensemble Theatre. TV/New Media credits include: The Perfect Murder (Investigation Discovery), Don't Shoot the Messenger (Youtube) and The Chanticleer (Youtube). Rebeca also works as a Costumed Interpreter at The Lower East Side Tenement Museum. NYU: BFA. www.RebecaMiller.com.
PRODUCED BY
Yuriy Pavlish & Rose Bochner
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Lindsay Wolff & Frances Yackel
LIGHTING DESIGN
Timothy Meola
FIGHT & INTIMACY DIRECTOR
Abigail Wahl
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Samantha Hosi
DIRECTED BY
Dan Hasse
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Lindsay Kipnis
COSTUME DESIGN
Richard Aaron
CHOREOGRAPHER
Chloe Troast
CASTING
Coral Peña
PRESS
Fortune Creative
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & FOOD DESIGN
Hannah Kallenbach
STAGE MANAGER
Julianne Graffeo
SCENIC & PROPS DESIGN
Angelina Margolis
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Jorge Morales
ORIGINAL TOURING SET
Olivia McGiff