2024-25 Teaching Artists

Ashley Wingo

Ashley Wingo, Artist Educator

Ashley Wingo is an Artist Educator who is relocating from Jackson Tennessee and is originally from Kosciusko Mississippi. Ashley was born and raised in the south of Mississippi where she proceeded to acquire her Associate’s degree (Hinds Community College) as well as her Bachelor’s degree through the Acting for Stage & Screen program (The University of Mississippi). Ashley finds comfort in learning to master her skills in theatre production either through acting, designing, or directing, not to mention her backstage & shop skills. Outside of her previous college career, she’s acquired the title as an Actor Combatant through the Society of American Fight Directors with hopes of further advancing through the organization in the future.

In her free time, Ashley likes to enjoy her favorite hobbies as a gamer & coee connoisseur. Outside of work, you can find her with an iced caramel macchiato watching her favorite show or playing her favorite role playing game. Ashley is proud to delve into her new role through Kentucky Shakespeare, and she sends her greatest thanks to her friends and family back home.

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Eli Borwick

Eli Borwick, Artist Educator

Eli Borwick is a recent graduate of Murray State University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts. He has discovered his love for teaching throughout his college career.

He is excited to teach young people through his work with Kentucky Shakespeare!

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Madison Harmon

Madison Harmon, Artist Educator

Madison Harmon is an actor, artist, and storyteller with a passion for sharing stories that resonate with audiences and inspire them to think, feel, and believe. She recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Some of her roles include Charlotte in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief, and Yenchna in Fools.

She is so excited to be working with Kentucky Shakespeare to bring theatre to the youth within our community and region. Madison is very passionate about making the arts accessible to everyone, so working with Kentucky Shakespeare is a dream come true!

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Robert Erdman

Robert Erdman, Artist Educator

Robert is thrilled to be a part of the educational performance program with Kentucky Shakespeare Company this year! Recent credits he’s done include the 87th season at The Lost Colony portraying Father Martin as well as working as the Puppet Captain this past summer. And this last Fall he worked as Dimitri Winmore in the Clean-Up Crew at ValleyFair Amusement park for their tricks and treats event. Robert Studied Theatrical Performance at Valdosta State University where he received a BFA.

Robert’s passion for education of the youth goes beyond theater, as between contracts he’s worked the past year as a long term substitute teacher in Lake County, Florida!

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Guest Teaching Artists & Instructors

Gregory Maupin

Gregory Maupin, Associate Teaching Artist

Class: Shakespeare Off the Page

Greg is an actor and dramaturg with Kentucky Shakespeare. He and his wife Abigail bring theater into people’s homes as Wingback Productions (at Gmail dotcom), tour as Prohibition ukulele duo Rannygazoo, and in 2004 co-founded Louisville’s Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble. He is a charter member of Brooklyn’s Under the Table Ensemble and co-founder of the Church of Grover’s Corners, which should be self-explanatory. Kentucky Shakespeare appearances include: Twelfth Night (Feste 2022; Malvolio 2016), Much Ado (Benedick), Midsummer (Bottom), Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), As You Like It (Touchstone), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Guildenstern), Pride & Prejudice
(Mr. Bennet, Charlotte). With Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol: Ghost Story (solo), Luna Gale (Cliff), At the Vanishing Point (Martin), Our Town (Simon Stimson), Midsummer (Flute), Macbeth, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents. Gregory graduated from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

 

Keith McGill

Keith McGill, Associate Teaching Artist

Keith McGill has been a free-lance theater teacher and workshop leader for over a decade for organizations including Kentucky Shakespeare, Shakespeare Behind Bars, ArtsReach, and Walden Theatre and Actors’ Theatre’s New Voices playwriting program. He has also appeared in productions with various theatre organizations, such as Actors Theatre, Stage One, Louisville Repertory Theatre, and Looking for Lilith Theatre Company. Keith is also a professional stand-up comedian, performing in venues nationwide and internationally for Holland America and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

Mollie Murk

Mollie Murk, Associate Teaching Artist

mollie@kyshakespeare.com

Mollie is a proud Louisville transplant from Illinois, and has worked at Kentucky Shakespeare as an actor, teaching artist, and artistic associate. Recent Kentucky Shakespeare credits include The Comedy of Errors (Adriana), The Tempest (Trinculo), Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio), Sense & Sensibility (Elinor), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), Pride & Prejudice (Lizzy), The Turn of the Screw, and Twelfth Night (Viola). Other regional credits: Taming of the Shrew at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors Theatre of Louisville’s King John, The Wolves, Dracula, Dracula: the Radio Play, and Are You There? in the Humana Festival. Mollie also recently directed As You Like It at three witches shakespeare, and has performed and taught at companies such as Hope Repertory Theatre, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Louisville Ballet, Ambo Dance Theatre, Louisville Fringe, and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Mollie is an alum of Hope College and Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training, a proud member of the Ring of Keys Network.