Richard II, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Richard II       
Presented in English   
Thomas Theatre, Ashland, Oregon USA
July 5 - October 30, 2016

A king becomes a man. Richard II is dangerously out of touch with his kingdom. He wastes money, raises taxes to support his lavish lifestyle, plays favorites and cares more about his vanity than the common good. When Henry Bolingbroke—father of the future Henry V—challenges Richard for the throne, it’s a fight the king can’t win. But in losing his crown he gains far greater things: his humanity and his soul. Shakespeare’s luminous, poetic masterpiece is the first of four plays that chronicle the House of Lancaster’s rise and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Creative Team:
Director: Bill Rauch
Scenic Designer: Sibyl Wickersheimer
Costume Designer: Linda Roethke
Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind
Composer & Sound Designer: Andre J.  Pluess
Dramaturg: Barry Kraft*
Voice & Text Director: Rebecca Clark Carey
Associate Director: Dawn Monique Williams
Fight Director: U. Jonathan Toppo*
Stage Manager: Jeremy Eisen*

Cast:
King Richard II: Christopher Liam Moore*
Queen/Ensemble: Sarah Jane Agnew*
John of Gaunt/Ensemble: Armando Durán*
Henry Bullingbrook: Jeffrey King*
Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk/Ensemble: Michael Sharon*
Duke of York: Tony DeBruno*
Duchess of York/Ensemble: K. T. Vogt*
Duke of Aumerle/ Ensemble: Jeremy Peter Johnson*
Earl of Northumberland/Ensemble: Kevin Kenerly*
Henry Percy/Ensemble: Leah Anderson*
Duchess of Gloucester/ Ensemble: Catherine Castellanos*
Bushy/Ensemble: Tyrone Wilson*
Bagot/Ensemble: Kate Hurster*
Green/Ensemble: U. Jonathan Toppo*
* Member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
**AEA Professional Theatre Intern                           

Production Partners:
Ted Wobber and Linda M. DeMelis
The Collonge Family
The Hobbes Family
Lynn and Gary Jacobs
The Kinsman Foundation
Bill Meehan and Randi Zeller

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