Henry IV, Part One
Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Michael Murray
ADVISORY
Recommended for Ages 16+
From drunken revelry, to the bloody battlefield, this gripping tale of fathers and sons remains one of Shakespeare’s most exciting histories, and this lean, muscular version dives deep into the heart of that timeless question: What does it mean to become a Man?
PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic Design: François-Pierre Couture
Costume Design: Terri A. Lewis
Sound Design/Original Music: Peter Bayne
Lighting Design: Michael Gend
Production Manager, Master Electrician, Properties Design, Technical Director: Adam Meyer
Production Stage Manager & Wardrobe Mistress: Kristin Weber
Dramaturg: Armin Shimerman
Assistant Stage Manager: Emily Lehrer
Welsh Language Coach: Canon Ian Davies
Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager: Anne Kelly
Assistant Directors: Rachel Berney Needleman & Maureen Lee Lenker
Curtain Speech: Seamus Dever
Set Construction: Grove Scenery
Fight Choreographer: Ken Merckx
Assistant Fight Choreographer: Marc Leclerc
Cast
Desirée Mee Jung*
LADY PERCY/ FIRST CARRIER
At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, Diana of Dobson's, As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Measure for Measure, and The Curse of Oedipus. Other theater: Vietgone (The Alley Theatre), Sense & Sensibility (South Coast Rep); Love's Labour's Lost, Edward III, and Cyrano de Bergerac (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet (The 6th Act); Frankenstein (A Noise Within); The Hard Problem and Vietgone (LA Theatreworks); Gloria and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide (Curious Theatre Company); Colony Collapse (Boston Court Pasadena); Supper (Theatre of NOTE); Rose and the Rime (Sacred Fools); and 99 Histories (Artists at Play). She holds degrees in Theatre and Business from UNCo. DesireeMeeJung.com
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Ramón de Ocampo*
HAL
At ANTAEUS: Hamlet (Hamlet), Measure for Measure (Angelo/Claudio), Henry IV, Part One (Hal), The Curse of Oedipus (Oedipus), Macbeth (
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Bo Foxworth*
WORCESTER/SHERIFF
Bo has been a proud member of Antaeus for a decade now appearing in productions of Measure for Measure as Lucio/Juliet, Cloud 9 (LADCC and Stage Raw Best Actor Winner), Henry IV, The Liar, The Crucible (Ovation nomination), the title role in Macbeth, The Seagull and The Malcontent. Other LA theater includes Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing with SOC and Arthur Miller’s The Price at I.C.T., Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love at South Coast Rep, King Charles III at Pasadena Playhouse and Building The Wall at the Fountain Theatre. He has also worked at The Skylight Theatre, Ensemble Theater Company, La Mirada, Laguna Playhouse, The Geffen, Disney Hall, LATheatreWorks, Theater @Boston Court, The Hollywood Bowl and A Noise Within where he received two Ovation nominations. He has worked in numerous theaters in NY including a year in the Off-Broadway Way hit As Bee’s in Honey Drown at the Lucile Lortel. He has appeared in regional theatre’s through out the country including The Long Wharf, Yale Rep, The Shakespeare Theatre, Vienna’s English Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, The Old Globe and many others. He has numerous film and television credits including Modern Family, VEEP and the HBO movie All The Way starring Bryan Cranston. He is a graduate of UCLA and received his Masters at Yale School of Drama.
Rhonda Aldrich*
QUICKLY/VERNON/SECOND TRAVELER
At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, Diana of Dobson's, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Picnic, Henry IV, Part One, The Curse of Oedipus, Top Girls, The Crucible, You Can’t Take It With You, The Autumn Garden, Tonight at 8:30, Mother Courage and Her Children, Proof of the Promise, Trial by Jury. She has appeared Off-Broadway, regionally at Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Pittsburgh Public Theater, and locally at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, The Los Angeles Theatre Center and at numerous small theaters. Television: Sequestered, The Middle, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, StarTrek TNG (recurring). Movies: K-town Cowboys, Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-animation, Gods of Circumstance, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Bob Roberts, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, the cult classic Jailbird Rock, among others.
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Tony Amendola*
WORCESTER/SHERIFF
At ANTAEUS: (Founding Member) Hedda Gabler (Stage Raw Award), As You Like It (Ovation Award nomination), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Ovation Award nomination), The Curse of Oedipus and others. Theater: Most recently as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada Playhouse), Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Matrix Theatre, La Mirada, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep and the California, Oregon, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals (Fallstaff Nomination 2015, title role in King Lear at USF). Tony was an associate artist, actor, and director at Berkeley Rep from 1980-1990. Directing Credits: Savages, Filumena, The Night of the Iguana (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice (California Shakespeare Theater), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film: Blow, Mask of Zorro, Annabelle, Meddler, John Sayles’ Lonestar, and soon to be released La Llorona. TV: I’m Dying Up Here, Dexter (recurring), Shooter (Recurring), NCIS, The Mentalist, Stargate SG1 (Bra-Tac), Continuum (Kagame series regular), Once Upon a Time (recurring as Gepetto), Castlevania. VO & Mo-Cap: Walden Pond, World of Warcraft, Fallout, Black Ops.
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Daniel Bess*
HOTSPUR
Theater: Off Broadway: True History (Vineyard Theater), Michael Mayer, Dir; Hologram Theory (Blue Light Theater); Modern Apocalypse (NYS&F), Michael Grief, Dir. Los Angeles productions: Misalliance (SCR), Hedda Gabler (PRT), Margo Veil, Ivanov, Passion Play (Evidence Room), We Are Proud to Present (The Matrix), multiple productions with Antaeus Theatre Company including: Cousin Bette, King Lear, Pera Palas (Boston Court), Peace in Our Time, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and many more. Television credits: Firefly, Scandal, SVU, Medium, Grays Anatomy, CSI, The Crazy Ones, Last Resort and many more including season one of 24. Film: Munich, Constellation, Not Another Teen Movie. Daniel is also a signed singer/songwriter with multiple TV/film placements. Available on iTunes. Much love and aloha to family, friends, dog and Linda.
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Gregory Itzin*
FALSTAFF
At ANTAEUS: Henry IV, Part One, King Lear, The Seagull. Other Theater: Shipwrecked! (Geffen Playhouse), Romeo and Juliet (South Coast Repertory), Cyrano, The Homecoming, Waiting for Godot (The Matrix Theatre Company), Found Dog Ribbon Dance (Echo Theater Company). LADCC Awards for The Homecoming, The Birthday Party, Waiting for Godot. He received a Tony Nomination for his work in The Kentucky Cycle and two Emmy Nominations for his portrayal of President Charles Logan on FOX TV’s 24. He is luckily married to the Lovely Judie, he has two fairly grown children, Julia and Wilke and is the proud Grandfather of Wylder, son of his daughter-in-law Talia and Wilke.
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Michael Kirby*
HAL
Michael has been working with Antaeus since 2001 in A Tale of Charles Dickens, Chekhov x 4, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Henry IV. Other Theatre: Bent, What the Butler Saw, School of Night, The Goat (Mark Taper Forum), Dracula (LA Theatre Works), Tickled Pink (Laguna Playhouse) The American Plan, Romeo and Juliet, Merry Wives of Windsor, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Othello (Old Globe), Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Kingsmen), The Glass Menagerie (Syracuse Stage), Leading Ladies (Barnstormers Theatre), Spite for Spite, Don Juan (Andak Stage Company) Off-Broadway: Othello, Richard III Film: Brown Paper Bag, Weekend at Jesus’, Hells Heart, Connected, Passing Normal, Chase The Slut, Benevolence. MFA Old Globe. For Heather, thanks for everything.
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Adam J. Smith*
BLUNT/MORTIMER/PETO/SECOND CARRIER
At ANTAEUS: Hamlet, Cloud 9, As You Like It, Henry IV, Part One, The Curse of Oedipus. Other Theater: Pasadena Playhouse, CTG - The Kirk Douglas and Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, International City Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Disney Concert Hall, 6th Act, Chalk Rep, The Blank, EST/LA, Boston Court, Ojai Playwrights Conference, The Road, Chautauqua Theater Company (NY), Center for New Performance/Huntington Gardens, numerous Off- and Off-Off-B’way. Film: Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon I & II, Taken 3, Bloody Bridget, Zombie Strippers, Deceit. TV: The Good Doctor, Jane the Virgin (recurring), Orville, Scandal, Castle, 90210, Medium, Without a Trace, Numb3rs, Victorious, Chemistry, As the World Turns (recurring), among others. Emmy Award Winner for When Things Get Small. VO work in video games, TV/online narration, ads, audio drama podcasts, dubbing, and educational programming. Faculty member at CalArts School of Theater. M.F.A.: UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse, B.A.: Duke (Magna cum laude).
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James Sutorius*
KING HENRY
At ANTAEUS: Henry IV, Part One, The Crucible, Macbeth, The Seagull, The Autumn Garden, and ClassicsFest projects A Delicate Balance and Wrecks. The Old Globe: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Best Actor Award), Lincolnesque (Best Featured Actor Award), The Price, The Savannah Disputation. La Jolla: Glengarry Glen Ross (Nominated Best Featured Actor Award). Broadway: The Farnsworth Invention, Conversations with My Father, The Changing Room, Hamlet. Off Broadway: Sexual Perversity in Chicago. Regional Theater: Other Desert Cities, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, The Price, A Perfect Wedding, A Man for All Seasons, Antony & Cleopatra, A Christmas Carol. Film/TV: IMDB will tell all.
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Joel Swetow*
KING HENRY
At ANTAEUS: Henry IV, several ClassicsFests, many Workshops and Readings. In Los Angeles theatre: Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, (Theatricum Botanicum); Estragon, Waiting for Godot; Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Malvolio, Twelfth Night; Vershinin, The Three Sisters; Arnolphe, The School For Wives; title roles in Cymbeline, Tartuffe, Merchant of Venice, among many others, at A Noise Within. Loads of NYC and regional theatre roles including leads in The Normal Heart, Talley’s Folly, and The Sound of Teeth. Directed The Cherry Orchard, As You Like It, Miss Witherspoon, The Learned Ladies, among bunches of other plays. Has recurred and guest starred on tons of TV shows, like Charmed, Burn Notice, and Alias, had leading roles in many films and TV movies (Alice in Wonderland, The Lord of Illusions), and been heard in reams of animated projects, such as The Lorax, and scads of commercials.
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Danielle Thorpe*
GADSHILL/LADY MORTIMER/MESSENGER
At ANTAEUS: Henry IV, King John (ClassicsFest), and Much Ado About Nothing (ClassicsFest). A Streetcar named Desire at Williamstown Theatre Festival (with Sam Rockwell, directed by David Cromer); Comedy Of Errors, Tape, and Lydie Breeze. Troubadour Theatre Company: Oedipus The King, Mama! (Ovation Award Winner For Best Production Of A Musical). Danielle Holds An MFA from USC where favorite roles included Viola inTwelfth Night, Olga in Three Sisters (directed by Kate Burton), and Hyacinth in Scapino (directed by Matt Walker). Stand Up Comic (The Comedy Store, etc.). Groundlings (Intermediate). BS from Cornell University. Proud member of AEA/ SAG/ AFTRA. Danielle lives in West Hollywood with her not-dog because her soulless building manager doesn’t allow them.
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Marcelo Tubert*
NORTHUMBERLAND/BARDOLPH/CHAMBERLAIN
Marcelo, a founding member of ANTAEUS in 1991, performed in Three Days In The Country, Henry IV Part I, You Can't Take It With You, The Wood Demon, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Trial by Jury, Patience, Of Mice and Men, to name a few. Other Theater: Mark Taper Forum, Yale Rep, Milwaukee Rep, The Old Globe, The Colony Theatre, New Mexico Rep, Taper Too, and Ojai Playwright’s Festival. He received an Ovation award for San Fran Scapin, adapted from Moliere’s Scapin. Marcelo’s many TV, Film and Voiceover credits can be viewed at Marcelo Tubert IMDB or his website marcelotubert.com. Argentinian born, Marcelo and his multi-talented wife Lori are the proud parents of two amazing daughters, Emily, and Sarah. His philosophy: Live Simply, Remain Grateful!
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Stephen Caffrey
FALSTAFF
At ANTAEUS: The Cripple of Inishmaan, Henry IV, Part One, King Lear, Autumn Garden, as well as, The Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep., Berkeley Rep., American Conservatory Theatre, Old Globe, Portland Centre Stage, Classic Stage Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Royal George, Laguna Playhouse, Theatre on the Square, Merrimack Rep., The Met, The Zephyr, The Evidence Room, Playmakers Rep., among others. And many TV & Film credits. He is currently recurring on NBC's Odyssey.
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Mitchell Edmonds*
NORTHUMBERLAND/BARDOLPH/CHAMBERLAIN
Mitchell Edmonds is a Resident Artist for 25 years with A Noise Within, where he has appeared in over 70 productions. He’s also appeared at South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, Alaska Repertory Theater, A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Mark Taper Forum and ANTAEUS in Henry IV, Part One and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. For TV and Film go to imdb.me/MitchellEdmonds
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Joe Holt*
HOTSPUR
Joe is thrilled to once more tread the boards of Antaeus alongside such skilled, passionate, and professional artists. TV roles include Guest Stars on Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Wife, Franklin and Bash, and Supernatural. LA Theatre includes Macbeth at Antaeus, We Are Proud to Present… at The Matrix, Nine Circles at The Bootleg Theatre, and The Pain and the Itch at The Zephyr. He also wrote, produced, directed, and acted in Noël, which was distributed on ShortsHD. He also produced and acted in Nostradamus, coming soon to a theatre near you. He is grateful for his friends, family, and all of his teachers.
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Tro Shaw*
GADSHILL/LADY MORTIMER/MESSENGER
Proud A2 member making her Antaeus Debut! ClassicsFest: Under Milkwood, Cabaret Noel. Broadway: West Side Story (Anybodys). NY/Regional: Lucille Lortel Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Utah Shakes, Williamstown, Berkeley Rep., The Magic Theatre, San Diego Musical Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Norris Center. Tro Shaw holds a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University. Special thanks to Simon, Ann, Michael, Lady Danielle and the amazing Kristin. troshaw.com
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Jason Turner
POINS/DOUGLAS/AIDE
Theatre: Wedding Band (Nelson), Abbamemnon (Menalaus), Fleetwood Macbeth (MacDuff), Letters From Zora (Richard Wright voice). Television: The Young and The Restless (recurring), Criminal Minds, Scandal, Days of Our Lives. Jason earned his MFA in acting from the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts. www.turnertwins.com
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Mark Bramhall
WESTMORELAND/GLENDOWER/FIRST TRAVELER
Mark began acting professionally in 1966, with the American Conservatory Theatre. He has performed off-Broadway, regionally, and at dozens of SoCal venues, including 34 productions at A Noise Within, and with Antaeus in last season’s The Curse of Oedipus. 2013 Ovation Award nomination (lead actor) in Walking The Tightrope (reprising soon at CTG’s Kirk Douglas Theatre); Ovation Award (ensemble) for CTG’s Waiting For Godot; multiple L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Garland, LA Weekly and Dramalogue honors; numerous awards for audiobook narrations, including 2013 Audie nomination. Education/Training: Harvard (AB, 1965), UC Berkeley, LAMDA (Fulbright Scholar); American Conservatory Theatre; Classical Theatre Lab; Steve Eastin Studio. Film/ TV: www.markbramhall.com
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Joe Hulser
WESTMORELAND/GLENDOWER/FIRST TRAVELER
At the Open Fist: Bogdin in Mad Forest, Charley Hughes in Hughie, Banquo in Macbeth, Tiger Brown in Threepenny Opera, Philly in Criminal Genius, Solyony in Three Sisters, Cash in As I Lay Dying, The Lawyer in Perchance to Dream, Bolingbroke in The Golden Round. Elsewhere: Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Giri in Arturo Ui, Doctor in Exit the King with CTL, Montano in Othello with Shakespeare/LA, Capt. Martin in Love Suicide at Scholfield Barracks at the Odyssey. A special thanks to Michael for this opportunity and the entire Antaeus gang for their gracious welcome and support.
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Jesse Gavin
POINS/DOUGLAS/AIDE
Theatre: Ferdinand in Tempest (Saratoga Shakespeare), Feste in Twelfth Night (South Street Seaport), Silvius in As You Like It (Actors Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), Bellhop in Lend Me a Tenor (Shadowland Theatre). Television: Rescue Me, Law & Order: SVU, Hope & Faith. Film: Dogs in the Distance. Web Series: The Dark Knight Retires, Living Alone. Training: William Esper Studio. JesseGavin.com
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Elizabeth Dennehy*
QUICKLY/VERNON/SECOND TRAVELER
Elizabeth is an original creator of Tony and Tina’s Wedding, a graduate of Hofstra University and LAMDA. Theatre: Henry IV, Part One (Antaeus), Cyrano (Independent Shakespeare Co.), A Streetcar Named Desire, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Secret Rapture (SCR), Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Provincetown Playhouse NY), Henry V with Kevin Kline (the NYSF), As You Like It (Shakespeare & Co), Opera Comique (Kennedy Center), Savage in Limbo (Zephyr). Film: Janeane from Des Moines, Hancock, Red Dragon, Gattaca, and The Game. TV: Masters of Sex, The Mentalist, Charmed, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, and Star Trek the Next Generation.
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Jeff Torres
BLUNT/MORTIMER/PETO/SECOND CARRIER
Jeff Torres is originally from Rancho Cucamonga in sunny Southern California. He’s been acting more than half his life, training since high school, to UC Riverside, Mexico City (yes he’s 100% fully bilingual in Spanish and English), Playhouse West, The Ivana Chubbuck Studio, with Dee Wallace and numerous other workshops in and around Los Angeles and New York. Over the years he’s honed his craft with each project, from independent short films to major network television alongside Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated actors like Gary Sinise and Eva Longoria.
At Antaeus: Playwrights Lab (founding member), King Henry IV Part I, ClassicsFest (Acting/Directing), Classic Redux Fest. TV/Film: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, FBI (CBS), Telenovela (NBC Universal), Pitch (Fox), Days of Our Lives (NBC), The Hungover Games (Sony Pictures), The Crumbles (Indie Film), Strawberry Summer (Hallmark), Baker's Dozen (Amazon Prime), House of Demons (Sony Pictures). Theater: Young Playwrights' Festival (The Blank Theatre), This Land (Company of Angels), Angel City Improv (Company of Angels), Love's Labour's Lost (Downtown Rep), NBC Diversity Showcase (2016), The Vacancy (Lost Studio), All in the Timing (Crown City Theatre), The Heart of Winter (The Unmarked Door).
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William Shakespeare
Playwright
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays (including Hamlet, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Much ado About Nothing, Richard III, King Lear, and numerous other seminal works), 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
“This powerful interpretation of the making of a king more than succeeds in the hands of a capable Antaeus ensemble.”
Broadway World“Run do not walk to The Antaeus Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part One.”
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