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Cast ListNSP Board of Directors 2020-2021 SeasonLane .Mike HaddadPresident: Zachary LambertAlgernon Moncrieff Kyle CollinsVice President/President Elect: Philip Curcuru IVJack Worthing .Norman DuBoisTreasurer: Lucy KellerLady Bracknell .Sarah LogsdonSecretary: Marty FucioGwendolen Fairfax .Gabrielle JaquesBoard Member (Marketing Chair): CarolynMiss Prism .Elizabeth RossJunkerCecily Cardew .Zuri Nkosi TerrellBoard Member (Social Media Coordinator):Dr. Frederick Chasuble Eric CheungGeoffrey DucharmeMerriman .Geoffrey DucharmeBoard Member: Hal MorseBoard Member: Aislyn ZybertProduction StaffDirector .Dylan A. TurnerStage Manager .Ally LewisProducer .Zachary LambertTechnical Director Brett D. GammonDramaturg .J. DescheneThanks to all Volunteers and Board Members ofthe North Shore Players for their support!Youth Coordinator: Karen Rogers
Director’s NoteOof, what a week it's been. What a year. This is a verysilly show, so I'm afraid it won't solve the issues thathave plagued 2020 and made it feel like a uniquelyterrible year. (Has it been a uniquely terrible year? Upfor debate!) I hope this show will provide the distractionwe deserve from hitting refresh on CNN waiting forNevada's results. (The producer needed me to writethis before Saturday, so maybe this Nevada joke isalready dated. Maybe something crazy has happenedsince I wrote this. No spoilers, please.)I sincerely appreciate you joining us tonight, I think thatyou've made a responsible choice. We might be tiredof it, but we are still in the midst of a global pandemic.By choosing to stay home and watch our production,you are reducing the number of people out and abouton a Saturday night. Maybe we should start a twoweek long theatre festival that'll keep everyone homewatching, and then the pandemic will be over?Sorry, sorry, you came here for a fun time and here Iam talking about the election and COVID-19. I'll stop!Allow me to leave you with this: take the next twohours to laugh and relax, and then walk awayrecharged and ready to continue fighting for the worldwe want to see.Dylan A. Turner, DirectorCast and Crew BiosAlly Lewis (Stage Manager) isthrilled to be working with theNorth Shore Players again astheir stage manager! Shereceived both her BS inBusiness Management and BAin Theatre Arts from MerrimackCollege and thoroughly loves to work with communitytheaters. Recent Stage Management credits includeAvenue Q (Onstagers), My Fair Lady (Onstagers), TheHenriad (Striving Artists Theatre Company), BroadwayThrough The Ages (Rogers Center for the PerformingArts), The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of GreekMythology in 99 Minutes or Less (Rogers Center),Young Frankenstein (NSP), The Old Man and the OldMood (Rogers Center), A Midsummer Night Dream(NSP) and most recently Cymbeline (Spark a DreamParties). She would like to thank her husband Nick forhis unwavering kindness and endless support as wellas her beautiful parents. I love you mom.Dylan A. Turner (Director) isthrilled to be back at NSP(without ever leaving hiscouch)! Recent directing creditsinclude "Rumors" (North ShorePlayers), "They Don't Pay? WeWon't Pay!", and "All My Sons"(Theatre To Go, Inc.). Favorite acting credits include
"Reefer Madness" (The Lecturer), "The SerpentWoman" (Pantalone), and "As You Like It" (Jaques), atStonehill College. He graduated from Stonehill in 2017with a BA in Arts Administration. He was nominated forthe Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship through theKennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in2015, and was an alternate nominee in 2014 and 2016.Thanks to Liz for letting me direct a play while weplanned our wedding! Glad it all worked out okay!Elizabeth Ross (Miss Prism) isexcited to perform in her firstshow with NSP! She recentlyappeared at Theater to Go Inc.as Epigenes (TheCongresswomen) and atTheater@First as Lussurioso(The Revenger’s Tragedy) andKaliope (She Kills Monsters). Her other work includesSub-Commander Tal (Star Trek: The EnterpriseIncident) and Kate Warne (Confidence Confidant) bothwith PMRP, and Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)with Dream Role Players for whom she also directedMuch Ado About Nothing in 2019.Eric Cheung (Dr. FrederickChasuble) has done stand-up forBest of NBC’s Stand Up forDiversity Showcase 2004, stand-upand sketch at The Comedy Studio,docenting for WGBH, voice actingwork with WGBH, WBUR, WECB,WMFO, Boston Podcast Players,Learning Ally, and ten charactersfor Post-Meridian Radio Players, stage acting with fivecharacters for Theatre@First, three characters for theMRS. HAWKING play series, Acme, Another Country,Office of War Information, Bridge Rep, The Umbrella,Chinese Historical Society of New England (in a playlive-streamed on HowlRound), Cape Ann TheatreCollaborative, and Dream Role Players, and film withRhino Crate, Emerson MFA, and was in STAR TREK(2009). Sometimes he records things for fun or work atMassDEP. Since the pandemic started, he's made 48hour films, been recording monologues, has become aregular in Phoebe Roberts Dream Machine streamingsitcom, recently played Gomez Addams in a streamedscreenplay reading of Addams Family Values and willtake the lead as Justin Hawking in a video spinoff ofthe aforementioned Mrs. Hawking series for next year'svirtual Arisia convention. Learn more atfacebook.com/EricCheungArtist.
Geoffrey Ducharme (Merriman) isexcited to be back on themetaphorical stage as a part of thisamazing production! When he isnot moving the camera closer andcloser to his face, Geoff works as aData Management Representativeand in his free time is typicallyfound doing socially distant fires or trying to bake somedessert he found online. Prior credits with the NorthShore Players include Rogers in And Then There WereNone (2017) and The Monster in Young Frankenstein(2019). Geoff would like to thank his friends and familyfor their support and everyone for continuing to supporttheater in all its forms during this weird time!Kyle Collins (Algernon Moncrieff)has always been particularly fondof muffins. This will be his firstshow with the North ShorePlayers. Recent credits include ALittle Night Music (GreaterWorcester Opera), The DrowsyChaperone (WCLOC), TheFantasticks (Studio TheatreWorcester), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (RegattaPlayers). He is very grateful to be working with thisincredible group of artists. Many thanks to them formaking this a most wonderful Bunbury.Gabrielle Jaques (GwendolenFairfax) is a Boston-based actor,dramaturg, and arts administratorwho is delighted to make herNorth Shore Players (and Zoomperformance) debut. Mostrecently, she has voice actedwith FTLO Theatre. And beforethe "end times", she dramaturged for LongwoodPlayers and performed with the Footlight Club, HardlyWorking Productions, Roxbury Repertory Theatre, andRiverside Theatre Works. When not daydreamingabout Earnest, she works at the Handel HaydnSociety.Mike Haddad (Lane) is veryexcited to be a part of this zoomproduction of Earnest! There hasbeen a theater-shaped hole in hisheart for several months, and heis grateful for the opportunity. Mikehas been acting, directing, andwriting for the stage for overtwenty years. His favorite roles include Guildenstern(R&G are dead), Prospero (Tempest), Brutus (JuliusCaesar), and Dev Hart (Distant Music). This past yearhe had wonderful experiences directing The CompleteWorks of William Shakespeare Abridged and TheWinter's Tale. Mike is a teacher of Latin and theClassical Humanities at Lynn English high school. Herecently released his first collection of short stories
(Legends), and his second collection is due out nextsummer. He sends love to his children and his lovingwife.Norman Dubois (Jack Worthing) isexcited to be part of his first showwith NSP! Some of his past creditsinclude Fredrick in YoungFrankenstein (Regtta Players),Walter in Chess (WCLOC), andLadahlord in James and the GiantPeach (Barre Players). Living in theWorcester area, this virtual performance has given himan opportunity to work with amazing people he neverwould have met otherwise. This production has been avery unique experience and he hopes that it's amemorable experience for viewers at home!Sarah Logsdon (Lady Bracknell) isexcited to be part of her thirdproduction of The Importance of BeingEarnest, but the very first timeperforming in it, or in anything at all,on Zoom! She first played LadyBracknell at age 14 or so in a youthproduction at the Newnan TheaterCompany in Georgia. She later played Cecily at astorefront theater in Chicago called Rogue Theater.She’s now delighted to be back to Brack. Sarah has aBFA in Theater Arts and a Master of Social Workdegree. She has been a theater kid since age 6. Shealso spent nearly 14 years performing, coaching, andteaching improv in Chicago. Thanks to Dylan and NSPfor inviting her to be a part of this show!Zachary Lambert (Producer) isexcited to be working with NSPagain as producer for this fantasticshow! He has been involved withthe group for over 3 years now,and currently serves as Presidentof the board. He would like tothank his family and amazingfiancée Elyse for their love and support. Enjoy theshow!Zuri Nkosi Terrell (Cecily Cardew)is a native of DC and Orlando, FLbut is proud to call NYC home.She is a 2014 graduate of St.Joseph’s College in Brooklyn, NYwith a BA in Speech/Theatre & aFilm/Media Studies Minor. FavoriteCredits include Rent (Alexi Darling& Others), 39 Steps (Stage Manager/Extra), Into theWoods (Florinda), Gypsy (Agnes), Little Shop ofHorrors (Chiffon), Let There Be Stuff (Eve/Hagar u/s &ensemble), Showcases at New World Stages, and afeatured soloist in open mics/cabarets at BroadwaySessions and Don't Tell Mama in NYC. During the
pandemic, she has done virtual performances, makesTikTok videos, and studies acting at The PowellAcademy of the Performing Arts and at Jen WaldmanStudios. Zuri is thrilled to be making her debut withNorth Shore Players. She is grateful for all theopportunities that she has received in her life.The North Shore Players Present our 2020Teen Production of Quin Nguyen’s SheKills Monsters!Tickets available -youth-theatre/
Stonehill College. He graduated from Stonehill in 2017 with a BA in Arts Administration. He was nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in 2015, and was an alternate nominee in 2014 and 2016. Thanks to Liz for letting me direct a play while we planned our wedding!
