A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Alex is a freelance sound designer and audio producer at Louisville Public Media.

BPS is a local studio that brings professional technical theatre and other services to the community. Kathy Preher Reynolds designed the set. CEO and Founder Patrick Jump built it with Colton Bachinski; painting by Kathy Preher Reynolds. www.bluegrassproductionstudio.com

Kathy is a Bluegrass Production Studio artist who has enjoyed a 30 plus year career in theatre working in many different areas.  Some theatres she has collaborated with include: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare at Notre Dame, UCF Orlando Shakespeare Festival, and many more local companies.

Donna has designed the costumes for Kentucky Shakespeare for the last ten seasons, including the summer festival productions and spring and fall tours as well as the indoor Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Titus Andronicus, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Twelfth Night, The War of the Worlds, and Night of the Living Dead. Donna has designed over 400 shows for more than 30 different theatres in her 30-year career, including a stint at KSF in the 1990’s, and StageOne Family Theatre, Music Theatre Louisville, CenterStage, Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Opera, and Pandora Productions. Donna also taught Costume Design at Bellarmine University in the spring of 2020. 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.

Justin spent the 2022 and 2023 summer seasons acting Kentucky Shakespeare, and those same fall seasons as Jonathan Harker in Actors Theatre’s Dracula. He studied acting at SCAD and received his B.F.A. there. Having done everything from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to stand-up comedy, Justin seems to be preparing to become a charismatic superhero. Justin sends love to his grandmother who instills a love of Shakespeare in him and unyielding support.

Mollie (they/she), is a proud Louisville transplant from Illinois, and has worked at Kentucky Shakespeare as an actor, teaching artist, and artistic associate. KSF credits include Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), Pride & Prejudice (Lizzy), The Turn of the Screw, Twelfth Night (Viola), Richard III (Queen Elizabeth), and Romeo & Juliet (Juliet). Other regional credits: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Taming of the Shrew (Biondello); Actors Theatre of Louisville’s King John (Robert/Lady Faulconbridge/Melun), The Wolves (#8), Dracula (Mina, U/S Lucy), Dracula: the Radio Play (Mina Harker), and Are You There? in the 2020 Humana Festival; and other productions at Hope Repertory Theatre, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Louisville Ballet, Ambo Dance Theatre, and the Know Theatre of Cincinnati. Mollie is an alum of Hope College and Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training, a proud member of the Ring of Keys Network, and is forever grateful for the beautiful, supportive, resilient arts community here in Louisville!

Hannah (she/her) is an Intimacy Director, arts administrator, actor, and arts educator in Louisville, KY. For over 10 years, Hannah has been a part of the Kentucky Shakespeare team and currently serves as the Director of Creative Engagement. With Kentucky Shakespeare, she has served as the Intimacy Director on Shakespeare’s R&J, Twelfth Night, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has also recently worked with the University of Louisville’s Theatre Department as the Intimacy Director for She Kills Monsters and the Intimacy Consultant for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Additionally, her favorite projects with KS are leading Camp Shakespeare for youth, teaching Artist Educators, and working with community partners like Down Syndrome Louisville and Dreams with Wings. Hannah is passionate about sharing consent-forward work to her region, especially with young theatre artists, and is eager to explore physical storytelling with her community. Hannah hails from the lovely city of Henderson, KY. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Louisville with a BS in Theatre Arts.

Gregory is a frequent actor, dramaturg, and all-around artist with Kentucky Shakespeare. He and his wife Abigail are 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. Kentucky Shakespeare appearances include: Twelfth Night (Feste 2022; Malvolio 2016), Much Ado (Benedick), Pride & Prejudice (Mr. Bennet, Charlotte), Midsummer (Bottom). Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), As You Like It (Touchstone), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Guildenstern). 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. With the Dell’Arte Company: Vaudeville (co-creator). Gregory graduated from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

Ryan is pleased to return for another production with Kentucky Shakespeare after having served as production manager for the past two summers, stage manager of The Woman in Black, Enter Ghost, and the tours of Julius Caesar and Hamlet. He has previously stage managed with Redline Performing Arts and Pandora Productions. His prop work has been seen with Kentucky Shakespeare, Pandora Productions, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Ryan, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, thanks his friends and family for their continuing support.