January 23rd, 2023

Shakespeare From the Ground theater ensemble is pleased to announce the casting for our first performances of of 2023. Please join us as the ghosts, intrigues, and madness of Denmark makes its way to the stages of La Crosse.

Announcing Our Cast

Greg Parmeter: Hamlet

Julia Maynard: Ophelia

Kara Nelson: Gertrude

Joshua Kaiser: Horatio

Lex Violette: Polonius

Matt Springer: Laertes, Player King

Sam White: Osric, Marcellus, Player Queen

Emily Mootz: Guildenstern, Bernardo

Madelyn Mikshowsky: Rosencrantz, Francisco, Ambassador

Livi Hackbarth: Messenger, Player Prologue

Nicholas Bilyeu: Voltemand, Norwegian Captain

[TBD]: Player Lucianus, Fortinbras

Peter Schreier: Clown

Chuck Charbeneau: Claudius, Ghost

Read Through and Rehearsals will take place at:

Cappella Performing Arts Center
721 King Street
La Crosse, WI 54601

Our Cast

  • Greg Parmeter

    [HAMLET]

  • Chuck Charbeneau

    [CLAUDIUS/GHOST]

  • Julia Maynard

    [OPHELIA]

  • Kara Nelson-Sommerfeldt

    [GERTRUDE]

  • Joshua Kaiser

    [HORATIO]

  • Lex Violette

    [POLONIUS]

  • Matt Springer

    [LAERTES, PLAYER KING]

  • Sam White

    [OSRIC, MARCELLUS, PLAYER QUEEN]

  • Emily Mootz

    [GUILDENSTERN, BERNARDO]

  • Madelyn Mikshowsky

    [ROSENCRANTZ, FRANCISCO, AMBASSADOR]

  • Livi Hackbarth

    [MESSENGER, PLAYER PROLOGUE]

  • Nicholas Bilyeu

    [VOLTEMAND, NORWEGIAN CAPTAIN]

  • Mary Bet Specht

    [PLAYER LUCIANUS, FORTINBRAS]

  • Peter Schreier

    [CLOWN]

We are also looking for volunteers to join our bridge crew. These are the people that work behind the scenes to help make the magic happen.

 
 

Bridge Crew

  • First Mate

    The First Mate sets the Captain up for Success.
    The First Mate supports the Captain.
    In her charge, to do or delegate:
    • Collecting of Script Changes
    • providing the prompt script
    • checking in at least once a week
    • identifying problems the Captain is missing
    • follow-up and follow-through on problems

  • Chuck Charbeneau

    The Captain sets the Players up for success
    The Captain is in charge.
    The Captain is not a director.


    In his charge, to do or delegate:
    • The Big Picture
    • drafting the Charter
    • how the group uses time
    • first draft of the cutting
    • casting
    • making decisions
    • a lot of miscellaneous bullshit

    Not in his charge:
    • anyone else's creative choices
    • the script (after the first cutting)

  • Chief Engineer

    The Engineer sets the Event up for success
    The Chief Engineer is in charge of all the things that are a part of the event, but not a part of the play.
    In her charge, to do or delegate:
    • Venue Relations
    • pre-show
    • post show
    • partnerships with outside forces (fundraiser, caterer, DJ, etc.)
    • decor
    • furniture setup
    • designing and running bear-baiting
    • etc.
    The Engineer does not wait around for the Captain to ask for help. She makes the container that delivers every else's work to the audience

  • Privateer

    A Specialist Willing to Help Make the Magic Happen by donating their skills and/or time..
    For example:
    • music
    • fights
    • blood
    • ghosts
    • makeup
    • empanadas
    • burnam wood
    • costume contests
    • intimacy choreography
    • photographing the event
    • cartographer: The Cutting
    • metatheatrical social media campaigns
    • flooding the space with bubbles at the exact right moment
    • partnering with the venue to create themed cocktails that come out timed to toast with lord Capulet, drink a roofie with Juliet, and drink to Romeo’s sad last toast.
    A Privateer does not wait around for someone else to check in. She checks in with whoever she needs to, and someone on Bridge Crew: could be Captain, the First Mate or the Chief Engineer.

VOLUNTEER!

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One of Shakespeare's Plays, No Director, One Rehearsal, in a Bar.

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