Cast and Creative Bios | Measure for Measure

(Friar Thomas, Angelo’s Attendant) (he/him) Select theatre: Chiron in Titus Andronicus, Trivelin in Changes of Heart, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry in Next To Normal, Pablo in Sister Act. Development readings: The Last Queen of San Domino, Smelly’s Deli (director), White Devil. (director/playwright) Producer of PBPD Collective’s New Works Festival 2024. Education: The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program first-year candidate. B.A. in Theatre from Muhlenberg College. @Charlie_Alguera on Instagram.

(Duke) Broadway: Cabaret, Slave Play (Tony nomination), Hair, Lysistrata Jones. Selected theatre: The Public Works’ Pericles, The Swamp Dwellers at TFANA, Slave Play (Drama League Awards nomination, Lortel nomination), The Total Bent (Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award nominations), and the titular role in Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park. Film: Detroit, BlacKKKlansman, Worth, The Same Storm. Television: “Monster: Dahmer,” “The Good Fight,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “When They See Us.” Education: graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Yale School of Drama.

(Provost) The Old Globe: August Wilson’s Fences (u/s), Hedda Gabler (u/s), The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well. The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Faust(us), Titus Andronicus, Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII. NYC: Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Mabou Mines), Overdose (Playwrights Horizons), Grace’s Birthday (HERE Arts Center). Education: B.A. The New School. The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, second year. @LanceDBush.

(Abhorsen) The Old Globe: August Wilson’s Fences, The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well. The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Faust(us), Titus Andronicus, Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII. Other theatre: Lion u/s in The Wizard of Oz (Alliance Theatre), Shepherd/Dancer in The Nativity (True Colors Theatre), Daddy in The Bluest Eye (Conservatory of Performing Arts). Voiceover: Saint in Rogue Company (video game), Theo in Five Years (Dipsea Audio), Missi0n Complete (Asana). Education: B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts. @officialtrevorbutler on Instagram.

(The Justice) The Old Globe: Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show. The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Changes of Heart, Faust(us). Whitefire Theatre: Alice Formerly (world premiere). USC: Camino Real, Barbarians, Street Scene, Great Expectations. Honors: Certified Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. Education: B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Southern California. @julietteandrewcacciatore on Instagram.

(Froth) The Old Globe: Hedda Gabler (u/s). New York: The Second Woman (BAM), Blood, Sweat, and Queers (Bohemian National Hall), Shylock and the Shakespeareans (New Ohio Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Players Theater), Titus Andronicus (The Gene Frankel), Experiments in Afropessimism (Hi-Arts). The Old Globe/USD Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Wolf Play, Faust(us), Changes of Heart. Honors: Molly Thacher-Kazan Memorial Prize. Education: B.A. in Drama from Vassar College. @3thanfox.

(Elbow) (they/them) The Old Globe: Bartleby (u/s Nippers, u/s Ginger Snap, performed), The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Appropriate (u/s River). The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Faust(us), Wolf Play, Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII. LA Theatre: Shakespeare UnScripted (Mark Taper Amphitheater), Jane Austen UnScripted (Garry Marshall Theatre), The Groundlings Crazy Uncle Joe Show, Groundlings Sunday Company alumna. Education: The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program (Group 38). @msmadig on Instagram.

(Mariana) (she/her) The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Faust(us), Changes of Heart. Regional: Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Endstation Theatre Company), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Tennessee Shakespeare Company), Marks in Bull in a China Shop (Kith & Kin Theatre Collective), Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). Education: B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). M.F.A. in Acting, The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, candidate 2027. @kristinahinako on Instagram.

(Mariana’s Attendant) The Old Globe: Hedda Gabler (u/s Thea, performed), All’s Well That Ends Well (u/s Helena, performed), Alien Girls, Empty Ride, The Comedy of Errors (u/s). Other theatre: Titus Andronicus, Wolf Play, Faust(us), Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII (The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program), Year of the Solar Eclipse (The Wild Project), I Met You On TV (The Tank), Into the Woods (Rauh Studio Theatre). Film/TV: “Do It to Me If You Want” (Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival). Education: The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program second year candidate. Maggie Flanigan Studio Conservatory in NYC. B.S. in Psychology from University of Pittsburgh. @stenck on Instagram.

(Barnadine, Gentleman 1) The Old Globe: The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Appropriate (u/s). The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII. Regional: Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). National Tour: Caesar in Julius Caesar, Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Macbeth, Nick in The Great Gatsby (Aquila Theatre). B.F.A. in Acting from Western Kentucky University; M.F.A. in Acting from The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program (Group 38).

(Gentlewoman 2) The Old Globe: The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Empty Ride (u/s, performed), Bartleby (u/s), Alien Girls (u/s). Theatre: Titus Andronicus, Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII (The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program), Kim’s Convenience (Laguna Playhouse), Coleman ‘72 (u/s, South Coast Rep). Film/TV: “Madam Secretary,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “The Mindy Project,” “Snowfall,” “Grey’s Anatomy.” Education: B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Theatre from Duke University and The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program second-year candidate (Group 38). susane-e-lee.com, @susanelee on Instagram.

(Claudio) The Old Globe: The Hombres. Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Miles Tuck in Tuck Everlasting, South Pacific. Off Broadway: Dogfight, Hello Again. Regional credits include American Psycho (Houston Broadway Theater), Jersey Boys (Papermill Playhouse), The Sound of Music (Ogunquit Playhouse), Cyrano de Bergerac (Guthrie Theater), Soul (Baltimore Center Stage), Assassins (Yale Rep), A Sign of the Times (Goodspeed), Road Show (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Film: Park Avenue, The Last Airbender, Sex and the City 2, The Happening, The Village. TV: “Monsterland,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “The Good Fight,” “Deception,” “Blue Bloods,” “Clubhouse.” B.F.A. in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University. @bob.lenzi on Instagram.

(Angelo) Broadway: The Inheritance, The Iceman Cometh. Off Broadway: Measure for Measure (The Acting Company), All Our Children (Sheen Center), Acolyte (59E59). Regional: Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Theatre, DC), The Importance of Being Earnest (Two River Theater), Clarkston (Dallas Theater Center). Film/TV: Mission: Impossible 7, “Billions.” Directing: Elektra (assistant, West End), Oklahoma! (resident, West End). Dialect Coaching (select credits): Moana, Little Women, The Thursday Murder Club, “The Rings of Power,” “The Rookie: North,” “We Were the Lucky Ones,” “New Amsterdam,” Stranger Things: The First Shadow (West End), Harry Clarke (West End), Oklahoma! (Young Vic). Training: Juilliard. samlilja.com.

(Friar Peter) (he/him) The Old Globe: Powers New Voices: The Valentine Vendetta … The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Changes of Heart, Faust(us). New York: Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (The Seeing Place Theatre). Touring: Charlotte’s Web (Theatreworks USA). Select credits: Ithaca Fever (The Cherry Arts), Philadelphia, Here I Come! (On the Verge), Measure for Measure (Ithaca College). Education: B.F.A. in Acting from Ithaca College. M.F.A. in Acting The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program (Group 39). 

(Mistress Overdone) The Old Globe: Hedda Gabler, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, All’s Well…, Cyrano, All in the Timing. London: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (Shakespeare’s Globe). Broadway: The Green Bird, Two Shakespearean Actors. Off Broadway: Cider House Rules, King John, The Food Chain. Regional: The Waverly Gallery (Backyard Renaissance), Fallen Angels (Pasadena Playhouse), The Molière Comedies (Mark Taper Forum), Good People (La Mirada), North Coast Rep, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Denver Center, Yale Rep, Williamstown, Westport, McCarter. Education: NYU Experimental Theatre Wing. Podcast: Act Like a Mother, @actlikeamotherpodcast.

(Isabella) The Old Globe: The Metromaniacs, Red Velvet. Off Broadway: Sign in Sydney Brustein’s Window (BAM); The Metromaniacs, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Red Bull); Pride & Prejudice (Primary Stages); The Liar, The Heir Apparent (CSC); You Never Can Tell (The Pearl). Regional (select): A Doll’s House, Emma (The Guthrie); Dear Jack, Dear Louise (Arena); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Folger); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice (The Shakespeare Theatre DC); Scarlet Letter (Two River); Private Lives (St. Louis Rep); Ether Dome (La Jolla, Hartford Stage, The Huntington); The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet (The Denver Center). TV (select): “The Good Wife,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” “FBI: Most Wanted.” Training: Juilliard.

(Pompey) Broadway: Clyde’s, Sweat. Off Broadway: Oedipus El Rey, Richard II (Public Theater), My Mañana Comes (Playwright’s Realm), The Tempest, Shakespeare: Call and Response (Public Theater’s Mobile Unit). Regional: Goodman, Guthrie, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, the Folger. TV: “Elsbeth” (CBS), “Inside Amy Schumer” (Paramount +), “The Accidental Wolf” (Topic), “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Daredevil” (Netflix), “The Blacklist,” “Believe,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC), “Louie” (FX), “The Knick” (Cinemax). Film: Sweet Plantains, A Complete Unknown, The Imperialists Are Still Alive, See Girl Run, The Inquisition of Camilo Sanz. Reza’s one person show, This Is Not An Immigrant Story, developed at the Public Theater in collaboration with Mad Gene Media was selected for the 2025 Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, Powers New Voices 2026 at The Old Globe, and this fall at the Solo Flights one person theater festival in Aspen, Colorado.

(Lucio) The Old Globe debut! Broadway: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (1st Replacement), Fat Ham. Off Broadway: Antigone... (The Public), The Miser (Molière in the Park), The Animal Kingdom (The Connelly), Fat Ham (The Public). Tour: Sweat (Public Theater Mobile National). Regional: Actors Theater of Louisville, Clarence Brown Theater, The Long Wharf Theatre, and others. TV: “The Underground Railroad” (Amazon), “The Deuce” (HBO), “High Maintenance” (HBO). Film: Paper Friends, Benny & James, Better Man. Honors: OBIE Award, Best Cast — Diversity in Cannes, Best Actor in a Short — QWFF. Training: The Juilliard School.

(Escalus) The Old Globe: Fifteen productions of Shakespeare, playing Leontes (Craig Noel Award), Claudius, Fool, Parolles, Ford, Grumio, Aguecheek, and more; Broadway: The Green Bird (title role); Juan Darièn. Off Broadway: Titus Andronicus; King John; Pericles. Leading roles at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, ACT, Portland Stage, Seattle Rep, McCarter, Geva, Two River Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Goodman, the Shakespeare theatres in DC, New Jersey, and Santa Cruz, Pasadena Playhouse, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, North Coast Repertory, Cygnet (Lehman Trilogy). Tadashi Suzuki’s Acting Company Mito; Hartford Stage Resident Artist; TCG/Fox Fellowship for Distinguished Achievement. Northwestern University. bruceturk.com.

(Sister Francisca) (she/any/all) The Old Globe: Bartleby, The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Appropriate. The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Titus Andronicus, Faust(us), Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII. Chicago: Fun Home (Victory Gardens Theatre), The Kid Thing (Nothing Without A Company, Non-Equity Jeff nomination). Education: B.F.A. Acting, Millikin University; M.F.A. Classical Acting, The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, candidate 2026.

(Juliet) (she/they) The Old Globe: Alien Girls (u/s), August Wilson’s Fences (u/s). The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Changes of Heart, Titus Andronicus. New York: Spew’s Little Baby (The Tank), Summer School (MCC Freshplay Fest). Regional: Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963 (Kennedy Center), In the Red and Brown Water (Ellington Theatre). Film/TV: This Will Never Work, “And Just Like That...” Education: B.A. in Theatre Performance from Fordham University, M.F.A. candidate The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program.

BARRY EDELSTEIN

(Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include Hedda Gabler, The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-Seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet, the world premiere of The Wanderers, the American premiere of Life After, Romeo and Juliet, the world premiere of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, the two-part epic Henry 6, and, during the pandemic, Hamlet: On the Radio. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of the Globe for All community tour, and he oversees the Globe’s Classical Directing Fellowship program. In addition to his recent Globe credits, he directed The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2018 and The Wanderers Off Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company in 2023. As Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater (2008–2012), Edelstein oversaw all of the company’s Shakespearean productions as well as its educational, community outreach, and artist-training programs. At The Public, he staged the world premiere of The Twenty-Seventh Man, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and Steve Martin’s WASP and Other Plays. He was also Associate Producer of The Public’s Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino. From 1998 to 2003 he was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company. His book Thinking Shakespeare is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. His podcast “Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare” was produced by the Globe and Pushkin Industries. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. 

(Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director) joined The Old Globe as Managing Director in 2017, bringing with him a wealth of theatrical experience and a deep commitment to community service. Since his appointment, he has been actively involved in the San Diego community, currently serving as an executive committee member of the board of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership; as a member of the City of San Diego’s Balboa Park Committee; and as an advisory board member of the San Diego Downtown Partnership, following his term as a board member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s LEAD program. In his over four decades of service to non-profit theatres, Shields has held several prominent positions. He was the Managing Director of Princeton, New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre Center from 2009 to 2017, and held the same role at Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1998 to 2009, and at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York, from 1992 to 1998. Additionally, he has held administrative roles at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis; the Denver Center Theatre Company; and earlier at McCarter Theatre Center. He has been a significant figure in the non-profit theatre field, serving as President of the League of Resident Theatres and as Vice President of the board at Theatre Communications Group, and as a grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Other notable roles include being the co-founder and President of Theatre Wisconsin; a member of Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Board; the Chair of the ArtPride NJ board; and being a board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. Tim holds a B.F.A. in Drama Production from Carnegie Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and remains to this day a die-hard fan of the Steelers and Pirates.