Little Women

Angelique Archer
Beth

Geoffrey Warren Barnes II*
Mr. Laurence/Robert March/Mr. Dashwood

Shelley Delaney*
Hannah/Mrs. Mingott /Messenger

Justin McCombs*
John Brooke/Doctor/Parrot

Elizabeth Chinn Molloy
Jo

Emelie O’Hara*
Amy

Patrick Earl Phillips*
Laurie

Maggie Lou Rader*
Meg

Torie Wiggins*
Marmie/Aunt March
Jemma Alix Levy
Director
Shannon Moore
Scenic Designer
Abbi Howson
Costume Designer
Rainy Edwards
Costume Coordinator
Justen N. Locke
Lighting Designer
Robert Carlton Stimmel
Sound Designer
Kara Eble Trusty
Properties Designer
Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Fight and Intimacy Director
Rachel Perin
Dance Choreographer
Patrick Earl Phillips
Composer
Brenna Bishop*
Production Stage Manager
Arran Bowen
Assistant Stage Manager
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
Jemma Alix Levy (Director, 2nd Season) is an Associate Professor of Theater at Washington and Lee University. She has directed nationally and internationally for over 20 years, including critically acclaimed productions in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, and Illinois, where she spent ten years as Artistic Director of Muse of Fire Theatre Company. Jemma received her Bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, then graduated from The Juilliard School's directing program, where she studied with JoAnne Akalaitis, Michael Kahn, and Garland Wright. She also earned a Master’s degree in Humanities from the University of Chicago, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University’s program in association with the American Shakespeare Center. Recent directing work includes a multi-media production of Natsu Onoda Power’s kamishibai adaptation of Thumbelina, Moliere’s Tartuffe at Prague Shakespeare Company, and Miss Holmes at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Jemma is also a playwright, and has written two Shakespearean adaptations: Queen Margaret, from the Henry VI tetralogy and Richard III; and Believe None of Us, from Hamlet. She also adapted Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna, and "Jenny Aloo," a short story by two-time National Book Award nominee Howard Norman. Before joining the faculty at Washington and Lee, Jemma taught at Webster University's Conservatory of Theater Arts, Wabash College, Roosevelt University Chicago College for the Performing Arts, Mary Baldwin College, and The Brearley School.
Jemma directed Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's 2019 production of Miss Holmes
Design Sponsor:
Pete and Ginger Strange
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Kate Hamill (Playwright) is an actor/playwright. Wall Street Journal’s Playwright of the Year, 2017. Her work includes her play Sense and Sensibility (in which she originated the role of Marianne)—Winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award 2016; Nominee, Drama League Award; 265+ performances off-Broadway. Other plays include Vanity Fair at the Pearl Theatre (in which she originated the role of Becky Sharp; Nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award 2017), Pride and Prejudice at Primary Stages and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (originated the role of Lizzy Bennet; Nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award). Her plays have been produced off-Broadway, at A.R.T., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Dallas Theater Center, PlayMaker’s Rep, Folger Theatre (8 Helen Hayes Award nominations; Winner, best production—S&S), Arvada Center and others; upcoming productions at Shakespeare Theatre of DC, A.C.T., Trinity Rep, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Pittsburgh Public, Kansas City Rep, Dorset Theatre Festival and more. Upcoming world premieres: Little Women at the Jungle Theater and Primary Stages; Mansfield Park at Northlight Theatre. She is currently working on new adaptations of “The Odyssey” and “The Scarlet Letter,” as well as several new original plays (Prostitute Play, In the Mines, Love Poem). Kate was one of the top 20 most-produced playwrights in the country this season. www.kate-hamill.com