Jesse is the Lighting Director and Resident Lighting Designer at Louisville Ballet, and always enjoys returning to design at Kentucky Shakespeare (especially for the fall spooky shows), where his past designs include Enter Ghost, Woman in Black, Untimely Ripp’d, Macbeth, and more.  He also frequently designs with Cincinnati Ballet, The Kentucky Opera, Stage One Family Theatre, Circus Flora, Pandora Productions, and more. Past collaborators also include Big Apple Circus, The Mary Shelley Electric Company, Louisville Orchestra, The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, and others across the country. Working primarily in dance, circus, opera, and theatre, Jesse specializes in the moments and productions that happen in between those disciplines.

Karl has worked in Louisville as a freelance scenic designer for over 30 years. He has designed, built and painted dozens of sets for StageOne Family Theatre, designed numerous sets for Actors Theatre of Louisville, CenterStage, and many seasons for Pandora Productions, Theatre [502], and Bunbury Theatre. He also designed Three Decembers for KY Opera, and has been the Scenic Designer for Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park. He graduated from University of Kentucky with a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology. Karl is also a Fine Artist represented by Kore Gallery and is married to costumer Allison Anderson. They have two wonderful boys.

Laura is a Peabody Award-winning producer who’s worked in audio since 2004. She’s had the absolute pleasure of designing for Kentucky Shakespeare since 2015, working on shows in silent disco headphones, parking lots, and many magical summer nights under the trees in Central Park. Laura also regularly designs for Pandora Theatre, and produces audio journalism and podcasts at Louisville Public Media. She lives with her wife Jonese in South Louisville, where they’re outnumbered by four small, perfect dogs named Wendell, Lamar, Barkley, and Radar. A summer baby at heart, she has grown to love spooky season.

Donna has designed the costumes for Kentucky Shakespeare for the last thirteen seasons, including all the summer festival productions as well as most of the spring tours and all fall tours and indoor productions, including Emma, The Importance of Being Earnest, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Woman in Black, Enter Ghost, Turn of the Screw, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Twelfth Night, The War of the Worlds, and Night of the Living Dead. Donna has designed over 425 shows for more than 31 theatres in her 35-year career, including a stint at KSF in the 1990’s, 17 seasons with StageOne Family Theatre and 14 seasons with Music Theatre Louisville.  Donna has also designed at JCC CenterStage, Bellarmine University, Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Opera, and Pandora Productions. One of Donna’s favorite projects is designing costumes for Shakespeare Behind Bars, which she has done for the last 14 years. Donna and her husband also own Life is Sweet Small Batch Treats Bakery.

Sam is excited to be returning to Kentucky Shakespeare! He is a Kentucky native who grew up just outside of Louisville. Sam managed props for the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival for the past three years as well as for their indoor shows Untimely Ripp’d, The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein, and Emma. He has also worked locally as a props artisan at Actors Theatre of Louisville on Party People, Loving and Loving, Dracula, Flex, and A Christmas Carol.

Joy’s work includes: Off-Broadway: What Became of Us, The Great Leap, Nomad Motel (Atlantic Theatre Company); Among the Dead, Once Upon a (Korean) Time (Ma-Yi Theatre); Regional: American Players Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Guthrie, The Huntington, Children’s Theatre Co, Berkeley Rep, Indiana Rep, Milwaukee Rep, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Studio Theatre, Dobama Theatre, Theatre Squared, Williamstown Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cape Rep  Training: BFA Acting, University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, Kentucky Shakespeare. MFA Voice Studies, Central School of Speech and Drama. Awards: Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Alumni Award Recipient, Rocco Dal Vera Graduate Research Award Winner (VSR). Online: www.joylancetacoronel.com.

Emily couldn’t be more excited to be kicking off another season with Kentucky Shakespeare! She’s originally from Texas, and is so thankful to the arts community for welcoming her in & making Kentucky feel like home. Emily stage managed the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival since 2021, as well as the winter productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility, before joining the staff year round as the PSM in 2025. Working with Kentucky Shakespeare everyday is a dream, and she’s so thankful to work with a company so devoted to its team & its mission. Other local credits include work with StageOne Family Theatre, Kentucky Opera, the Louisville Ballet, Pandora Productions, and Infinity Productions. Emily thanks her friends & family for making life feel magical, with a special thank you to her husband, Nash: you’re simply the best.

Rachel is a local stage manager, actor, and teaching artist. She is delighted to be returning to work with Kentucky Shakespeare! Most recently she stage managed Kentucky Shakespeare’s spring tour, The Tempest, and ASM’d the fall show, Frankenstein, and winter show, Emma. Other local credits include Tartuffe (Imemorabili Theatre, Elmire), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Stage One, wardrobe), La Traviata (The Kentucky Opera, dresser), The Book Women (Looking for Lilith, Co-SM), Much Ado About Nothing (three witches shakespeare, ASM), and As You Like It (three witches shakespeare, Denis/Corin). Rachel would like to thank Kentucky Shakespeare for the continued opportunities and her partner Max for being along for the ride.

Lindsay is a freelance lighting designer/electrician, and she is delighted for another spooky show with Kentucky Shakespeare! With KY Shakes, she’s been on the summer lighting team since 2019, and she often works on the fall and winter shows as well. Lindsay’s design work has been seen all over Louisville, including Kentucky Opera (Scalia/Ginsburg, Pygmalion), three witches shakespeare (Macbeth, As You Like It), Stage One (The Lightning Thief, The Giver, Bunnicula, Number the Stars), and Ambo Dance Theatre (KY Dance Festival, The Graham Cracker) Lindsay grew up in Wisconsin and holds a B.F.A. from UW-Milwaukee. In her free time, Lindsay loves crocheting, listening to Taylor Swift, and watching every trashy reality show.

Clay is pleased to be working once again with Kentucky Shakespeare this for their fall show. He has worked as a carpenter for multiple Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals and their indoor productions of Untimely Ripp’d and The Importance of Being Earnest. As a graduate of University of Louisville’s theatre program, he has also had the privilege of working as carpenter and technical director for other theatre companies around the city including Actors Theater, Stage One, and Center Stage.

Coming soon.