Actor Bios

Al Fiene (Leonato/Verges)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “Moon over Miami” Duck Soup Players, “Let’s Kill the Boss” The Mystery Café, “Into the Woods” Paul Bunyan Playhouse

Upcoming: “Golf, the Musical” St. Croix Off-Broadway Dinner Theater

Favorite Role: Curly McClain in “Oklahoma!”

Favorite Thing about Much Ado: That whole "multiple-personality disorder thing" (different characters, you know...)

What you’ve been up to this summer: Looking at new homes and getting my home ready to sell.

Something else you really want people to know about you: I am a Gentleman - by Congressional Act.

Celia Forrest (Friar/Sexton)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “The T-Spot” Bryant Lake Bowl (and cable access), Mr. Mystery Dinner Theater shows

Upcoming: Mr. Mystery Shows in the fall, teaching, teaching, teaching! at Stages Theatre Company in Hopkins

Favorite Role: Maria in “Twelfth Night”

Favorite Thing about Much Ado: Getting to meet and play with such funny and talented people.

What you’ve been up to this summer: Teaching 4-6 year olds in theater camps, and creating a Harry Potter acting class for 7-12 year olds.

Doug Kline (Conrad)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “Ali Baba and the Magic Cave” and “Picnic” Inver Hills Community College Theater

Kiseung Rhee (Don John/Dogberry)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “Twin Cities Idol Search” No Refunds Theatre MN Fringe Festival, “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Mu Performing Arts, “Mezzulah” Playwright Center

Upcoming: “Merchant of Venice” Ten Thousand Things

What you’ve been up to this summer: Desperately relocating despite the heat and humidity

Something else you really want people to know about you: I like to make voices for sock puppets

Melissa Morrissey (Hero)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “Cupid and Psyche” Magnolia Musical Theatre, “Merry Wives of Windsor” Shakespeare & Company, “As You Like It” and “Oklahoma” Inver Hills Community College

Andrew Kraft (Benedick/Watchman 2)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “The Miser” Shakespeare & Company, Improvisation classes at the Brave New Workshop

Upcoming: "Icebreaker" feature-length film

Deanne McDonald (Beatrice)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “Twelfth Night” and “The Miser” Shakespeare & Company, "Stimulus" and “Monster of Phantom Lake” feature-length films

Upcoming: “Wind in the Willows” New Breath Productions

Favorite Role: Ophelia in “Hamlet,” Mrs. Cheveley in “An Ideal Husband” (How do you choose?)

Favorite Thing about Much Ado: Experimenting

What you’ve been up to this summer: Voice lessons through MacPhail, getting my new job, vacationing to Breezy Point in Brainerd

Something else you really want people to know about you: I am a.k.a. Auntie Dee Dee

Emily Maeder (Ursula)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: “Die Heldin von Potsdam”

Favorite Role: Paula Wundrich in “Die Heldin von Potsdam” (Ursula’s not far behind)

Favorite Thing about Much Ado: It’s outside! Cheerful people, too

What you've been up to this summer: Visiting elves in Iceland, bridesmaid at wedding in Ireland, funeral in Switzerland

Something else you really want people to know about you: I play the alphorn in costume!

Jerome R. Marzullo (Don Pedro)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: Shakespeare & Company, “The Petrified Forest” Gremlin Theatre, “Anna in the Tropics” Park Square

Upcoming: Playing congas and percussion monthly at Washington Square Bar and Grill in White Bear Lake with the blues/funk band RIDE.

Matt Kohn (Borachio)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: Shakespeare & Company, “Wizard of Oz” Inver Hills Community College Theater

Favorite Thing about Much Ado: flexing

Nathaniel Nesheim-Case (Claudio/Watchman 1)

Recent Theater/Arts Related Work: Minnesota Fringe Festival, a year of drama training at NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Upcoming Theater/Arts Related Work: Looking forward to studying Drama in the City at the U of M

Favorite Role: Fagin in "Oliver!"

Favorite Thing about Much Ado: great folks

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