RICHARD III
directed by Janice L Blixt
for the Michigan Shakespeare Festival's
2012 Mainstage Season
Scenic Design: Jeromy Hopgood
Costume Design: Misti Bradford
Lighting Design: Diane D. Fairchild†
Music Composition and Sound Design: Kate Hopgood
Properties Design: Kylie Hoey
Costume Associate: Darice Damata-Geiger
Fight Director: David Blixt
Production Stage Manager: Stefanie Din*
Assistant Stage Manager: Jannae Lehman
Assistant Stage Manager: Mercedes Coley
The Brothers Yorke:
EDWARD IV, King of England David Blixt*
PRINCE EDWARD, his son, after Edward V Jack Lacasse
PRINCE Richard of YORKE, his son Dashiell Blixt
George, Duke of CLARENCE Alan Ball*
RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester, after RICHARD III David Turrentine*
The Nobles:
Henry Tudor, Earl of RICHMOND, after Henry VII step-son to Earl of Stanley David Blixt*
Duke of BUCKINGHAM, crony of Richard III William Irwin*
Duke of NORFOLKE, general under Richard III Kenneth Z. Kendall
Marquess of DORSETT, brother to Queen Elizabeth Joseph Wycoff*
Earl RIVERS, brother to Queen Elizabeth Kenneth Z. Kendall
Earl of STANLEY Brandon St. Clair Saunders
Young Stanley, his son Matthew Andersen
Earl of OXFORD, general under Richmond Alan Ball*
HASTINGS, Lord High Chamberlain for Edward IV Wesley Scott
The Gentry:
MAYOR of London Alan Ball*
Sir Robert BRAKENBURY, Keeper of the Tower Jeffrey Booth Stringer
Sir William CATESBY Rick Eva
Sir Richard RATCLIFFE Jared Paul Cole
Sir James BLOUNT, general under Richmond Jeffrey Booth Stringer
The Women:
ELIZABETH Woodeville, Queen to Edward IV Janet Haley*
PRINCESS Elizabeth, her daughter with Edward IV Elsa Harchick
MARGARET of Anjou, widow of King Henry VI Amy Montgomery*
DUCHESSE of Yorke, mother of Edward, Clarence, & Gloucester Sally Pesetsky
Lady ANNE, widow of Edward, after Queen to Richard III Stacy Stoltz