Pride and Prejudice

Leilani is so excited to be working with Kentucky Shakespeare again! She was in Richard III in the summer of 2022. Leilani is a sophomore musical theater major at the Youth Performing Arts School. Some of her favorite roles include Lucy in 13 The Musical (Centerstage), Little Timoune in Once On This Island (Actors Theatre), Alice in Alice in Wonderland (Faithworks Studios), and Little Sally in Urinetown (YPAS).

Brandi is thrilled to make her debut performance with Kentucky Shakespeare! Brandi is a native of Louisville KY and a singer/dancer/actress as well as a signed model with Heyman Talent Agency.  Recently, Brandi has appeared in the theatrical productions Dreamgirls (Michelle), Unchained (The Mother), The Buddy Holly Story (Marlena/Snowbirds/Ensemble), and Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in A Play” (Squirrelle #3/Ice Cream Penguin). She has also appeared in multiple feature films, straight-to-streaming films, and local short films, as well as major commercials, magazine features and a plethora of fashion runway shows. Brandi is also a Telly Award-winning voiceover actress for her work in the animated series Triggered. For years, Brandi has enjoyed KY Shakespeare from the audience and is beyond grateful to now be a part of the magic!

Abigail is delighted to return to Jane Austen land, after romping through Pride & Prejudice as Lydia and Lady Catherine last year. In her many seasons with Kentucky Shakespeare, Abigail has been overjoyed (and terrified) to tackle some of the Bard’s more challenging roles, including Lady Macbeth, Beatrice, Jaques, Kate, Mercutio, Queen Margaret, and just last summer, Titania, Lady Macduff, and Rosaline. Most recently, she played Renfield in Kate Hamill’s Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville; other regional and New York credits include: 43 Plays for 43 Presidents, My Fair Lady (ATL); Sweeney Todd (Goodspeed Opera House); Babes & Dudes, Die Like a Lady (NY International Fringe Festival); Iolanthe (Village Light Opera Group, NYC); Gift of the Magi (Vermont Stage Company), Hansel and Gretel (Theatreworks/USA). Abigail and her husband Greg co-founded Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble, with whom she created/performed in over twenty plays, including the title role in Molière’s Don Juan; they also perform as Prohibition-era musical duo Rannygazoo.

Gregory is thrilled to return to Kentucky Shakespeare. He and his wife Abigail can be found on Patreon as Rannygazoo, Prohibition ukulele duo, and are currently touring private homes with Wingback Productions’ A Christmas Carol. He is a charter member of Brooklyn’s Under the Table Ensemble and co-founder of the Church of Grover’s Corners and Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble. 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), 43 Plays for 43 Presidents. Gregory graduated from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

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!

BeeBee is a Louisville native, graduate of the University of Louisville, and was a 2020-2021 acting apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Her recent roles include Lucy Westenra in Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Dracula and Puck in Kentucky Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other roles with Kentucky Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Olivia), Shakespeare In Love (Viola), Henry V (Montjoy/Chorus), Henry VI: The Wars of the Roses (Somerset/Young Clifford); spring tours of Romeo and Juliet (Lady Capulet/Tybalt/Peter/Friar John), Hamlet (Horatio/Rosencrantz/Player Queen). Other credits include: Junie B. Jones the Musical (Lennie/Ensemble) and Nate the Great the Musical(Annie) at Derby Dinner Playhouse; Last Stop On Market Street at StageOne Family Theatre; The Green Book (Neena) and When Fishies Rain Down From the Sky (Maya) at Bunbury Theatre; Baltimore (Alyssa) and Eurydice (Loud Stone) at the University of Louisville, The Reviews (Imani) with Ain’t I a Woman Playfest and Baltimore (Alyssa) with the National Black Theatre Festival. She is an active volunteer in her community, a local choreographer, and was the 2019 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen.

Jennifer’s past KY Shakespeare roles include Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream, Missus Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Duchess of York in Richard III, Tamora in Titus Andronicus, Mistress Quickly in Henry IV Parts I & II, Emilia in Othello, Duchess of York in Richard II, and Portia in Julius Caesar. Other local credits include: understudy for Van Helsing in Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville); A Streetcar Named Desire, Cabaret and The Trojan Women (Commonwealth Theatre Center); Qualities of Starlight and Rich Girl (Theatre [502]); King Lear and Twelfth Night (Savage Rose Classical Theatre) and 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Pandora Productions). Regional credits include: The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (SouthCoast Repertory Theatre, CA); Medea (Boston Court Theatre, CA); The Hostage (Theatre Banshee, CA); and Much Ado About Nothing (Arizona Classical Theatre). She is currently Professor of Acting at the University of Louisville – home of the African American Theatre Program – and recently directed Kate Hamill’s Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Neill cannot think of a better way to start the new year than with Kentucky Shakespeare! Previous shows with the company include Loves Labour’s Lost (Moth), Macbeth (Hecate), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Flute), Pride and Prejudice (Caroline, Wickham, Collins), Richard the Third (Richard), Twelfth Night (Sir Toby), King Lear (Edgar), A Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Syracuse), Titus Andronicus in Butchertown (Saturninus), Richard the Second (Richard), as well as the spring tours of Hamlet, Midsummer, and Julius Caesar. Neill also played Horatio/Player Queen in Kentucky Shakespeare’s collaboration with Stage One Family Theatre in Hamlet. Other credits include three seasons of Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Renfield), Charlotte’s Web at Derby Dinner Playhouse (Wilbur), Bunnicula at Stage One (Harold), Auctioning the Ainsleys with Theatre [502] (Aiden), Misalliance with the Professional Company at Commonwealth Theatre Center (Bunny), and the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Pandora Productions. Endless love to Alfie!

Amy proudly serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Kentucky Shakespeare and the facilitator/director of Shakespeare with Veterans. For Ky Shakespeare: Macbeth, Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter’s Tale, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I & II, and Henry V in Central Park, as well as Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and Pride and Prejudice at the Bomhard Theater, The War of the Worlds and Night of the Living Dead at Louisville Public Media, Henry VI: The Wars of the Roses at Ky Shakes HQ, and the spring tours of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, and Julius Caesar.  She was co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre [502], where she directed the regional premieres of The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, River City, Red Speedo, Auctioning the Ainsleys, Broadsword: a heavy metal play and Futura, as well as the world premiere commissions The Two Lobbyists of Verona and The Stranger and Ludlow Quinn. She spent five seasons as Associate Director of the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she directed several commissioned works in the Humana Festival of New American Plays, including Sleep Rock Thy Brain, Oh, Gastronomy! and The End. Amy is a Louisville native and glad to live here still with her fantastic husband and daughter.