Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Jeffrey Hatcher
Opening Date:
September 4, 2009
Closing Date:
September 26, 2009
In Restoration England, celebrated actor Edward Kynaston has made his reputation playing women onstage. When the king permits women to perform female roles, his career and identity are thrown into turmoil. Jeffrey Hatcher’s theatrical drama explores gender, performance, and reinvention.
Cast & Crew
Edward Kynaston — Sean Patrick Eckart
Thomas Betterton — Tyler Woods
Samuel Pepys — Brent Weber
Villiers, Duke of Buckingham — Rodney Brazil
Maria / Female Emilia — Caitlin Cairns
Lady Meresvale — Jodi Nestander
Miss Frayne — Tessa Dillman
Sir Charles Sedley / Mistress of the Revels — Terry Veal
Margaret Hughes — Michelle Swink
King Charles II — Michael Gibbons
Nell Gwynn — Holly McNatt
Prime Minister Hyde / Ruffian / Sir Peter Lely — Shawn Elmore
Male Emilia / Bouncer / Ruffian / Thomas Killigrew / Drunk / Olly — Todd Clark
Courtier / Ruffian / Drunk — Katrius Muhammad
Courtier / Mrs. Barry / Drunk — Lesley Montgomery
Stage Manager / King’s Servant — Tom Gibson
CREW
Director / Sound Design / Properties / Website Photography — Rhonda Clark
Set Design — Caleb Schnackenberg, Rhonda Clark
Costume Design — Charlotte Rose
Lighting Design / Costume Assistant — Amy Ackerman
Stage Manager — Bob Cross
Lightboard Operator — Kory Kight
Sound Technician — Kathy O’Meara
Set Construction / Additional Scenic Painting — Caleb Schnackenberg
Scenic Artist — Nick Backes
Stage Combat — Tyler Woods
Running Crew — Mona Cross, Tom Gibson
Dressers — Mona Cross, Jodi Nestander, Caitlyn Cairns
Poster and Advertising Design — Jonathan Siler
CST Webmasters — Don Lusk, Phil Carlton
CST STAFF
Artistic Director — Rhonda Clark
Box Office — Vicky Zipf
Technical Director — Steven Gillmore
Production Notes
Cast Sponsor
Laurel Jaworsky.
Opening-night Party Sponsor
Ann Eggers.
Special Thanks
Jon Womastek; Rodney Brazil; Doobie Potter; Don Lusk; Greg Humphries; Amandanell Bold; Scott Hynes; Chris Briscoe.