Lisa has performed at PlayMakers Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, TheaterWorks, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley Repertory Company, and more. A Shakespeare expert, she has directed at California Shakespeare, Colorado Shakespeare, Sedona Shakespeare, Shakespeare & Company, Prague Shakespeare Company, and many universities. She founded the all-female, multi-cultural Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company in 1993, and produced, directed, and performed in many iconic all-female productions. Favorite roles: Hamlet, Richard III, Angelo, Leontes, Romeo, Shylock, and Iago. Her hit solo Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, directed by Laurie Woolery, has toured internationally.

Lady Zen is an internationally acclaimed Fulbright mezzo, poet, librettist, actor, and entertainment artist, creator of Lyric Fusion Poetics—a genre‑defying blend of opera, jazz, photography, and spoken word. Based in Mexico, she has composed for Marin Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet and performed in fundraising events for the theater. Touring and teaching across Central America and Europe, she collaborates with award‑winning artists and headlines diverse stages. A short biopic directed by Jon Tracy became a multi‑award‑winning film and hybrid play. Legendary, queer, and resilient, Lady Zen shares a voice and vision that are unapologetic, unforgettable, and utterly original.

Ben is happy to return to Marin Shakespeare Company as sound designer for As You Like It. Recent design credits include Best Available at Shotgun Players and Much Ado About Nothing, The Untime, Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, and Twelfth Night with MSC. Ben works throughout the Bay Area as an actor and musician, with credits at Berkeley Rep, Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, A.C.T., SF Playhouse, and TheatreWorks among others. More at BenEuphrat.com

Jenna is an Oakland artist, designer and maker,creating sets, props and occasionally mythical creatures for theaters around the Bay Area. Jenna has been a scenic designer and technical director for the Youth Stage Conservatory at Berkeley Playhouse Theater since 2022. Other companies she works with include A.C.T., Ray of Light Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Marin Theatre Company and Shotgun Players.   jennaforder.com Thank you for the continuous support, babe.  Thank you for the continuous support, babe.

Maya is an award-winning Bay Area based intimacy director and coordinator, director, and educator with over 100 professional
credits in theatre, film, and opera. Maya has been the first intimacy professional at theaters across Northern California including Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Opera, Theatreworks Silicon Valley, San Francisco Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theater, and numerous others. Upcoming credits include: Mary, Queen of Scots at San Francisco Opera, Jagged Little Pill at Center Rep, Anthony and Cleopatra at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and the soon to be released feature film Sender produced by Comet Pictures.

Bianca has always loved making magic with a needle and thread. This year, she was the Associate Designer on Magic Theatre’s Macbeth and is the Costume Designer for The Importance of Being Earnest at Silicon Valley Shakes. She has previously worked as a Costume Designer for SVS’ production of Emma and a short film.  She also works costume and wardrobe roles with Panto at the Presidio Theatre and various costume gigs across the SF Bay Area. She earned an MA in Costume Design from Academy of Art University in 2026. Find her online @bookhoarding in most places. 

Philippa’s work with regional theaters includes a 15-year appointment as Resident Dramaturg with Cal Shakes until its closure in 2024, and she currently serves as Resident Dramaturg with the Oakland Theater Project. She received a National Bly award for Innovation in Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers
and Dramaturgs of the Americas, and research awards and fellowships from the Fulbright and Rockefeller–Foundations, the Commonwealth Postgraduate Program, the Walter and Eliza Hall Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the ARC Large Grants program. Her education initiatives have been supported by the California Arts Council and the Walter and Elise Haas Fund. Philippa has published 11 books internationally
and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and playbill contributions.

Elana is a teaching artist, voice, dialect and text coach, director, performer and Certified Assistant Teacher of Fitzmaurice
Voicework®. Her teaching practice explores a radically inclusive approach to Shakespeare for humans of all ages through imagination, acting, voice and movement. Born and raised in Marin, Elana has worked in Eastern North Carolina, Northeast Ohio, St. Louis, and Kansas City. She served as Founding Artistic Director of Whirligig Stage in Greenville, NC; earned her MFA in
Acting and Directing from University of Missouri, Kansas City; and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and Voice and Speech Trainers Association.

Please see Dave’s bio above.

AeJay is a Black queer theatre maker, scholar, and educator whose work explores Black embodiment, spirituality, queerness, and liberatory performance practices. A Ph.D student in Performance Studies at the UC Berkeley, their choreography and directing practice centers Black expressive traditions, ritual, sonic experimentation, and intimate audience encounter. AeJay has collaborated with theatre companies and artists across the Bay Area as a choreographer, director, producer, and educator committed to cultivating bold new performance landscapes.

Spense is a lighting and projections designer currently based in Oakland, California. Recent lighting credits include Dragon Mama (Geffen Playhouse); How to Make an American Son (New Conservatory Theater Center); Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (Theatreworks Silicon Valley); Sally & Tom (Marin Theatre); Indecent, The Roommate, FROGGY, and The Great Leap (Center Repertory Company); Yellowface, Thirty-Six, Best Available, and The Triumph of Love (Shotgun Players); The Last of the Love Letters (Crowded Fire Theater); and Dragon Lady (Center Repertory Company, Geffen Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Marin Theatre).  Proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 82

Nick is a multi-hyphenate theater artist based in the Bay Area, and they are delighted to be joining Marin Shakespeare for this production! Previous stage management credits include Co-Founders (American Conservatory Theater), Sally and Tom, Eureka Day (Marin Theatre), and Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Oakland Theater Project). They are a graduate of UC Berkeley and recipient of the Mask & Dagger Award for contributions both on stage and in the wings.

Michael is making his first appearance with MSC. He
spent 28 years as Production Stage Manager at Berkeley
Repertory and has worked with many regional and New
York theatres. Internationally he has worked in Qatar,
India, Hong Kong, Canada, and England.

J.J. is an Actress and Text Coach of The Bard. EAST: Philadelphia Shakespeare, Delaware Shakespeare, Commonwealth Classics, Lantern, PAC, Ritz, Longwood Gardens. WEST: Text Coach: MSC – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2019), Romeo & Juliet (schools); Curtain Theatre/Mill Valley Redwoods – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Love’s Labor’s Lost. Text Coach Mentor: David Howie, former RSC actor. FAVS: The Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Twelfth Night (Maria), Pericles (Cerimon/Bawd), The Taming of the Shrew (Baptista), Othello (Emilia), King Lear (Goneril), Macbeth (Witch), Romeo & Juliet (Nurse). The Cake (Della)-NCTC, BATCC Best Principal Actress nomination.

Maggie designs for theatre, film, tv, and video games. Their work has showcased at Sundance, Tribeca, BFI Flare, Provincetown, Taormina, Hamptons International Film Festival, Miami Jewish Film Festival, and Frameline Film Festival.  Their commitment to creating beautiful character design and reducing textile waste can be seen throughout their design career and is showcased heavily in their short film work as a designer/associate producer, where they are able to guide the development of each film from pre-production through post. Selected feature film Credits: Fairyland, The Optimist: The Bravest Act is Truth, Thirsty, Splash City, Lady Champagne, Back Home: Through the Stage Door, Shit and Champagne, Here She Comes. Selected theatre Credits: Eureka Day (world premier), Lobby Hero (Dean Goodman Choice Award); Marin Theatre Company: I and You (world premier). They are a member of USA local 829 and CDG local 892. www.maggiewhitaker.com

Randy is a Berkeley-born scenic designer based in NYC, LA, and SF.  Driven by their mixed-Asian, trans, and non-binary identities, they seek opportunities to work with diverse creative teams to tell radical, visceral, and expansive stories that question and celebrate our collective histories. Credits include: M. Butterfly (SF Playhouse); Part I & II of Sara Porkalob’s Dragon Cycle (Geffen Playhouse); Continuity, Thirty-Six, The Flick (Shotgun Players); Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Stoop Stories (Aurora Theatre Company). They have also designed sets at IAMA Theater Company, Crowded Fire Theater, TheatreFIRST, and with many other new and independent projects. B.F.A. Ithaca College. M.F.A. UCLA. www.wongwestdesigns.com

Please see Lady Zen’s bio above.