Artist Bios

Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley

Lindsay Ehrhardt (Georgiana Darcy) Main Street Theater: Christmas at Pemberley (Miss Bennet and G&K), The Best of Everything, Relatively Speaking, My Wonderful Day, The Coast of Utopia (Voyage and Salvage); Alley Theatre: And Then There Were None; Classical Theatre Company: CTC Company Artist with credits including Electra, Three Sisters, The Taming of the Shrew, Medea, The School for Scandal and more; The Catastrophic Theater: Fefu and Her Friends. Follow her for tomfoolery: @raptorlindsay

Laura Kaldis* (Elizabeth Darcy) MST: Multiple seasons of all 3 Christmas at Pemberley plays; A.D. Players: Wizard of Oz; Stages: Panto Pinocchio; CTC: Taming of the Shrew; Alley Theatre: Sense and Sensibility; Houston Equity Festival: Almost, Maine; TUTS: Hello, Dolly!; BCCM: The Secret Garden; Multiple cabarets with Paul Hope Cabarets. Regionally: Boeing Boeing, Crossing Delancey. NYC: Primary Stages, St. Luke’s Theatre, FringeNYC, SoHo Playhouse, 3 seasons with Goode Time Carolers. B.F.A.: SHSU. For more: LauraKaldis.com.

Ian Lewis (Thomas O’Brien) Ian is proud to return to MST after graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts with his MA in Classical Acting. His passion for Shakespeare was born when he was 16 and stared in Romeo & Juliet as Mercutio, and he has loved the Bard ever since. When Ian is not on stage he can be found playing with his daughter Maisie Juniper and his dog Nym.

Clara Marsh (Kitty Bennet) Clara Marsh is a theatre artist based in both the Twin Cities, and Houston, TX. She’s had the joy of working with a number of theatre companies, including: Main Street Theatre, Playwright’s Center, Rec Room, The Alley, Theatre Pro Rata, Wayward Theatre, and BARd Shakes. She is a proud graduate of both the UMN/Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program, and The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Robby Matlock (Thomas O’Brien) Robby is excited for his Main Street debut with this wonderful group of artists! Previous Credits: Stages: The Lehman Trilogy (Mayer), HSF: Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius), Tennessee Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night (Orsino), University of Houston: Urinetown (Bobby Strong). He received his MFA in Acting from the University of Houston and BFA from Belmont University. Thank you to Jessica, friends and family, and his darling wife Jill and their dog Winnie.

Chaney Moore (Mary Bennet) Main Street Theater: Cinderella, Dog Act, The Diary of Anne Frank, Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (2017 & 2018), Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Holes, Akeelah and the Bee, The Wizard of Oz, How I Became a Pirate (Tour), Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas, Shrek the Musical, Bridge to Terabithia; Ensemble Theatre: Sista’s the Musical; Strangebird Immersive: Company Member. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University.

Yemi Otulana (Jane Bingley): Yemi Otulana is honored to reprise the role of Jane Bingley, having first appeared in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. She also appeared in Main Street Theater for Youth’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Mrs. Yarby / Jennie / Janet). Other credits include Creep (staged reading) with Wordsmyth Theater and In Darfur (Hawa) with Landing Theatre Company. Yemi thanks her family and friends for their constant love and support.

Spencer Plachy (Fitzwilliam Darcy) Main Street Theater: The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Most Recently: The Lehman Trilogy at STAGES. North American Tour: The Lion King. Broadway: Romeo & Juliet, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Off-Broadway: The Common Pursuit. Alley Theatre: And Then There Were None. Houston Grand Opera: West Side Story, The Sound of Music. A.D. Players: The Wizard of Oz, How to Die: The Life Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. REC Room Arts: Winter Solstice.

Helen Rios (Lydia Wickham) Main Street Theater: Stuart Little; Alley Theatre: Wolfie; Stages: POTUS, Body of Christie; The Ensemble Theatre: Pick Me Last; Octarine Accord: The Honeycomb Trilogy – Sovereign; Shakespeare in the Shade: Twelfth Night, All’s Well that Ends Well; Houston Grand Opera: A Christmas Carol; Mildred’s Umbrella: Nuncupo; Warner Brothers Entertainment: Harry Potter: A Yule Ball Celebration; Bluff City Theatre (MO): Lower Case. Film/TV: Jem and the Holograms. Education: University of St. Thomas, Drama.

Jessica Jaye (Director) Main Street Theater: (Actor) The Watson’s Go to Birmingham – 1963; Stages: (Actor) POTUS, cullud wattah; Rec Room Arts: (Actor) IS GOD IS; Ensemble Theatre: (Director) Theater YPP: Fame, (Actor) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, Brer Rabbit; Orlando Shakes: (Actor) A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Fade to Black Fest: (Director) Measure of a Man, Just Like Family, (Actor) Choices, Hot Potato. Education: M.F.A., University of Central Florida, Acting; B.A., Texas Southern University, Theater Performance.

Carrie Cavins (Lighting Design) Main Street Theater: Georgiana and Kitty, The Wickhams, and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Heartbreak House, with Prague Shakespeare Company: Henry V, Richard III; Classical Theater Company: Barber of Seville, As You Like It (with Prague Shakespeare Company); Skylight Theatre: Powder Her Face; regional and international work includes California Repertory Company, Chicago, Houston, and Prague, Czech Republic. Education: M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach, Theater Lighting Design; B.A., University of Tulsa, Theater Design.

Lilli Lemberger (Asstistant Costume Design) Lilli Lemberger is a costume designer and visual artist based in Houston, Texas. Lilli started her training at The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts focusing on Theatre and Design. She moved on to Sarah Lawrence College where she continued her costume training and was introduced to puppetry and mask work. Lilli obtained a BFA from The University of Houston in Production Costume Design with additional studies in Painting and Drawing.

Ryan McGettigan (Scenic Designer) Ryan McGettigan is a scenic designer for theatre, opera, and dance. He is a Core Artist with Catastrophic Theatre, the resident designer at Cape Rep Theatre, and has been a company artist with Prague Shakespeare Company and the Classical Theatre Company. Houston: TUTS, Stages Repertory, Catastrophic, Main Street Theater, A.D. Players, 4th Wall Theatre, HGOco, and Rice’s Shepherd School. Awards for Best Scenic Design from Houston Press in 2015, 2019, and 2020  www.RyanMcGettigan.com.

Donna Southern Schmidt (Costume Design) Main Street Theater: Junie B. Jones Toothless Wonder, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Charlotte’s Web, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Book of Will; A.D. Players, resident costume designer for 25 years; Express Children’s Theatre: The Yellow Boat, Arabian Nights, To Africa With Love, African Delight, Pablo’s Wonderous Wishes. Education: Louisiana Tech University; Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. dlsoutherndesigns.com

Shawn W. St. John (Sound Design) An award-winning sound designer, composer, producer, audio engineer and voice artist, Shawn has worked with Tony Award winning sound designer Tony Meola, as well as notable actors, playwrights and directors, including Eli Wallach, Sandy Duncan, Joanne Woodward, Calista Flockhart, Joe DiPietro, Beth Henley, John Rando, Jason Nodler and Mickle Maher. Sound designs include Main Street Theater, A.D. Players, The Catastrophic Theatre, Unity Theatre, and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Education: B.A., Rollins College, Theatre. www.fiver.com/stjohnstudios

Rodney Walsworth (Prop Design, Set Dressing) Over 120 productions as actor, director, set designer, properties and sound design including Wolf Hall, Darwin in Malibu and The Woman in Black. Recent prop designs include Seven Assassins Walk Into a Bar, The 39 Steps and The Lightning Thief. Resident Property Designer: Main Street Theater.

Ashley Galan* (Production Stage Manager) Main Street Theater: Kim’s Convenience, (Assistant Director) Carmela Full of Wishes, (Stage Manager) Charlotte’s Web, (Assistant Stage Manager) Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Stages, Teatrx: (Actor) La Vida Es Cortos Festival: Cafecito; Sin Muros Festival: Parts Per Million, Prophets; The Octarine Accord: The Honeycomb Trilogy Part2: Blast Radius; Alley Theatre: (Production Assistant) Torera (reading), Instructions on a Séance. Education: B.S., Lamar University, Theatre and Dance (Acting Emphasis).

Rebecca Greene Udden (Executive Artistic Director) Main Street Theater: (Director) The Year of Magical Thinking, Mother of the Maid, Darwin in Malibu, Elliot, a Soldier’s Fugue, The Hard Problem, The Book of Will, Hecuba and The Trojan Women, Troilus and Cressida, An Iliad and Twelfth Night with Prague Shakespeare Company (MST collaborations), Holes, Enemies, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (First American Productions), Silent Sky, Peace in Our Time, Heartbreak House, The Real Thing (1986 & 2013), The Coast of Utopia, The Year of Magical Thinking, The Heidi Chronicles (2010 & 1992), Arcadia (2010 & 1996), The House of the Spirits (English-language premiere), Caroline, or Change, An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, The Rice (World Premiere), and many more; (Actor) Private Lives (2019), Memory House, Richard III (with Prague Shakespeare Company), The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Third, The Busy World Is Hushed, Somebody’s Sons, The Sisters Rosensweig, Hapgood, Hamlet, and more; (Costume Design) numerous productions; Prague Shakespeare Company: (Director) Twelfth Night. Catastrophic Theatre: Advisory Board. Wordsmyth Theater Company: Advisory Board. Member, American Leadership Forum Class XVI.

Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”) founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks.

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*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Main Street Theater, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.