ISC Ensemble 2024
ZOE BURKE she|they
Intimacy Coordinator
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Winter’s Tale (intimacy coordinator); Pericles (intimacy coordinator); Measure for Measure (Julietta, Servant); Henry IV, Part I (Peto, Lady Mortimer, Lord Vernon). Other previous credits: OR (director) at Santa Fe Playhouse; The Baby Monitor (intimacy choreographer) at Santa Fe Playhouse; On Clover Road (intimacy consultant/sensitivity specialist) at Santa Fe Playhouse; Night of the Starlings (film - intimacy coordinator); Spring Awakening (intimacy/fight director) at Tri-M Productions. Training/Education: BA theatre ed, Newman University; currently pursuing M.Ed in theatre pedagogy from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Intimacy training: Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Intimacy Coordinators of Color, Intimacy for Stage and Screen, Heartland Intimacy Design. Zoe is the facilitator of ISC's BAR(d) program; Cherokee/ Weapemoc descent former teaching artist during IDC's Consent Forward Artist program who developed and taught curriculum on sensitive and inclusive intimacy design with Indigenous and Native actors for dominant culture/western theatre makers.
MAIRI CHANEL she|they
Romeo and Juliet: Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew: Biondella/Tailor
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Queen Elizabeth); The Winter’s Tale (Autolycus, Jailer); Pericles (Dionyza, 2nd Sailor); Coriolanus (Menenius Agrippa); Julius Caesar (Portia, Metellus Cimber, Cinna the Poet); Measure for Measure (Isabella); Henry IV, Part I (Gadshill); King Lear (King of France, Gentleman-Knight). Other previous credits: Richard II (Richard II) at Elsewhere Shakespeare & Vicious Mole Theatre Collective; rabbit (cyprus) at LakehouseRanchDotPNG; Macbeth (Macbeth) at &Sons Theatre; The Vibrator Play (Mrs. Daldry) at Santa Fe Playhouse. Mairi is the founder and facilitator of Tales + Ales, a South Florida-based Shakespeare reading group, and will be producing the Dearest Chuck Shakespeare Project, series of bar Shakespeare performances in Miami.
ANDREW CODISPOTI he|they
Romeo and Juliet: Friar Laurence, Gregory, co- facilitator
The Taming of the Shrew: Facilitator and Tranio
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Margaret, Ratcliffe, Prince Edward, and co-facilitator); Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change (deviser and performer). Other previous credits: Macbeth (Macduff, facilitator) at Vicious Mole Theatre Collective; The Crucible (John Proctor) at Theater in the Open; Lights On/Lights Off: 36 Shakespeare Scenes (facilitator and various roles) at Shakespeare North Playhouse. Training/Education: BA in Acting from Plymouth State University Music, Theatre, Dance. Instigator/Curator of Vicious Mole Theatre Collective. Up next: Facilitating Twelfth Night at Theater in the Open
QUIN COOLEY-WINTERS she|they
Romeo and Juliet: Balthasar
ISC Santa Fe debut! Other previous credits: Macbeth (Macbeth) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe; Twelfth Night (Orsino) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe; King Lear (Edgar) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe/The Shakespeare Gym. Training/education: Quin recently graduated from High School. Next up: Richard III at the end of July with Upstart Crows of Santa Fe
EDWARD DARANYI he|him
Romeo and Juliet: Prince Escalus, Paris
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Clarence, Catesby); Coriolanus (director); Julius Caesar (Mark Antony, Plebian). As an artist Edward has spent 30 years working across Canada and across the globe. He spent 19 seasons with the renowned Stratford Festival of Canada, as an actor, director, teaching artist, and the associate director of education. He continues to work with artists and teachers in El Salvador in partnership with The Stratford Festival and CUSO International. Edward has taught acting at the University of Guelph and the National Theatre School of Canada and has taught Classical Theatre and directed for Humber College, George Brown College, The Centre for Indigenous Theatre, and the National Ballet School of Canada. For Michigan State University, Edward has taught classical theatre and theatre for young audiences and directed The Beaux Stratagem, Cyrano de Bergerac and James and the Giant Peach. His production company, In the Blink, produces youth-oriented theatre in the Toronto area and he regularly voiced characters for the TVO/Treehouse series Mighty Machines.
CARYL FARKAS she|her
The Taming of the Shrew: Baptista
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Measure for Measure (director); King Lear (director). Caryl is the founder and director of Upstart Crows Santa Fe and the Shakespeare Gym. She is also one of the co-founders of ISC Santa Fe. Training/education: BAFA University of Southern California, MFA Claremont Graduate School in Photography and Performance Art.
VINCENT FAUST he|him
Set Designer
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III and Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change (set design); The Winter’s Tale and Pericles (set design, design coordinator); Coriolanus and Julius Caesar (set design, production coordinator); Measure for Measure and Henry IV, Part I (set design); King Lear (set design). Other previous credits: Over a 50-year career Vince has designed stage sets for more than 160 theatre and dance productions, including several national touring musicals. He is an accomplished scenic artist and owned a scenery and display production company. Vince is also on the Board of ISC Santa Fe.
GIGI GUAJARDO-GALPERT she|they
Costume Manager
ISC Santa Fe debut! Gigi Guajardo-Galpert (Gigi Bella) is the 10th ranked woman poet in the world. She is known across the nation for her performance as well as her command of personal style. She recently started a small business handcrafting Eras Tour outfits for Swifties across the globe. Her costumes have been seen in Dubai, Australia and at various US shows and conventions. Her one woman show, Big Feelings, will make its international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. You can catch her film role debut in A24’s upcoming Ari Aster film.
SCOTT HARRISON he|him
Romeo and Juliet: Lord Capulet
ISC Santa Fe debut! Other previous credits: JQA (multiple roles) at New Mexico Actors Lab; Sweat (Stan) at Santa Fe Playhouse; Power and Revenge: Two Actors Explore Euripides’ The Bacchae (Pentheus) at Ironweed Productions; 26 Miles (multiple roles) at Teatro Paraguas; The Confessions of Clayton Younger (Clayton) an Ironweed/Santa Fe Playhouse/Patrick Mehaffy collaboration. Training/Education: American Repertory Theatre Institute.
JANE HENZERLING she|her
The Taming of the Shrew: Gremia
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Lady Anne, Rivers); The Winter’s Tale (Camilla); Pericles (Hesperides, 2nd Tyrian Lord, Lychorida). Other previous credits: Hamlet (Gertrude) at The Shakespeare Gym; Twelfth Night (Olivia) at The Shakespeare Gym; The Capulets and Montagues (Julia) at Teatro Paraguas/ISC Santa Fe; various guest star and supporting roles in film and television. Training: HB Studio, SoHo Shakespeare, Southwest Voices, Skidmore College, San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey Ballet. Jane was thrilled to appear in a small corner of the big screen in Best Picture-Winner Oppenheimer last year. Who knows what could be next?! Represented by DMe Talent Agency.
JOSH HORTON he|him
Romeo and Juliet: Romeo
The Taming of the Shrew: Curtis, Widower
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Hastings, Richmond). Other previous credits: Netflix's Obliterated (Co-star role); Showtime's The Curse (Co-star role); Seeds (Greg) at Ironweed Productions; 828 production’s Film Traphouse (Co-star role). Training/Education: Graduated from NMSU with a BFA in theatre arts. Trained at UNLV in MFA in Acting and Performance program. Josh is a SAG-AFTRA actor, born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
BRESHAUN-BIRENE JOYNER she|her
Romeo and Juliet: Lady Capulet
The Taming of the Shrew: Grumia, Hostess
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Winter’s Tale (Antigona, Time); Pericles (Cerimon, Bawd, Diana); Coriolanus (Virgilia, Citizen, Roman Soldier); Julius Caesar (Casca, Plebian); Measure for Measure (Provost); Henry IV, Part I (Lady Percy). Other previous credits:
Or, (Aphra Behn) at Santa Fe Playhouse. Breshaun currently teaches eighth grade English and the occasional Shakespeare honors course at Santa Fe Preparatory School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She holds a MA in Children’s Literature and is pursuing a doctorate in Shakespeare pedagogy, specifically designing curriculum applying Shakespeare in interdisciplinary contexts. As an educator, Breshaun has taught for over twenty years in traditional and non-traditional learning environments from Shakespeare performance summer camps for kindergarten students (yes, kindergarten) to teacher education college classrooms. She was also the Education Director for several years at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, a non-profit performing arts theater dedicated to the production and development of new plays in Bloomington, Indiana.
ARIANA KARP she|her
Romeo and Juliet: Director
The Taming of the Shrew: Petruchia
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (director, sound designer, and Tyrrell); Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change (deviser and performer); The Winter’s Tale (director); Pericles (director and Gower); Coriolanus (Aufidius); Julius Caesar (director); Measure for Measure (Duke Vincentio); Henry IV, Part I (director); King Lear (Regan). Other previous credits: Macbeth (director) at Colby College; The Crucible (Elizabeth Proctor) at Theater in the Open; Pericles (Thaisa, Diana) at Seven Stages Shakespeare Company. Training: Masters in Classical Acting from LAMDA; BA in Literature-Theatre from Reed College.
NATASHA KARP she|her
Print Designer
Natasha has acted and directed in numerous productions with the Young Shakespeare Players in Madison, WI. Training/Education: Emerson College. She is currently working as a designer and Brand Marketing Coordinator at Horizon Fitness.
HAZEL KING she|they
The Taming of the Shrew: Pedant
ISC Santa Fe debut! Other previous credits: The Veil (Lady Madeleine Lambroke) at Stella Adler Theater in LA; Motherfucker with the Hat (Veronica) at Stella Adler Theater in LA; Hamlet in Hamlet (Hamlet) at Stella Adler Theater in LA; The Maids (Claire) at Emerson College graduate directing showcase; Pride and Prejudice (Caroline Bingley) at SPARC Theater Company. Training/Education: 2 years at Stella Adler conservatory in LA. Intensive training (3-4 years) in Lucid Body, Linklater/ Freeing the Natural Voice. Some training (~1 year) in Laban's Principles of Movement, Meisner Technique, Alexander Technique. BA from The New School in Creative Writing and Dramatic Arts.
ALEXANDER LANE he|him
Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio, Apothecary
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Richard III); The Winter’s Tale (Rogero, and ‘outside eyes’); Pericles (Pericles); Coriolanus (Sicinius); Julius Caesar (Soothsayer, Octavius). Alexander most recently appeared in Seeds: A Tapestry In Five Scenes with Ironweed Productions. Other Santa Fe credits include: JQA and The Seafarer at New Mexico Actors Lab. Chicago credits include punkplay (Steppenwolf Garage Rep); New York credits include Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare In The Park/Public Theater); Television credits include Chicago Med and Chicago Fire. Training/Education: A graduate of the University Of New Mexico, and the School at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. He is represented by Mitchell & Associates Talent. Next up: Burn This at New Mexico Actors Lab.
ISABEL MADLEY she|her
The Taming of the Shrew: Hortensia
ISC Santa Fe debut! Other previous credits: Rodgers & Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing (Lynne) at Tri-M Productions; Macbeth (First Wyrd Sister) at &Sons Theatre; The Vibrator Play (Mrs. Givings) at Santa Fe Playhouse; Fiesta Melodrama (Wack E. Toobman) at Santa Fe Playhouse. Isabel is a local comedian, producing & performing in shows & festivals across the Southwest, and a member of Wayward Comedy. Training/Education: Isabel has a biology degree from Vassar College, and has taken numerous classes at The Groundlings. In her spare time, she teaches stand-up and sketch comedy
AMY MEILANDER she|her
Romeo and Juliet: Nurse, Lord Montague
The Taming of the Shrew: Vincentia
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Edward IV, Duchess of York, Lord Mayor); The Winter’s Tale (Old Shepherd, Officer); Pericles (Helicanus, 2nd Pirate); Measure for Measure and Henry IV, Part I (assistant stage manager); King Lear (Knight). Other previous credits: The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse - two different casts) at Shakespeare Gym; King Lear (Kent) at Upstart Crows/Shakespeare Gym; Hamlet (Marcellus, Ghost, First Player, First Gravedigger, Osric) at Shakespeare Gym/Upstart Crows; Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) at Shakespeare Gym. Training/Education: B.A. Theatre Arts, Denison University; M.F.A Arts Administration, University of Iowa; B.S. Computer Science, College of Santa Fe; Paralegal Certificate, Santa Fe Community College.
RILEY SAMUEL MERRITT he|him
The Taming of the Shrew: Bianco
ISC Santa Fe debut! Other previous credits: A Little Night Music (Henrik) at Tri-M Productions; Mariana Pineda (Fernando) at Teatro Paraguas; You’re a good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown) at Family Theatre Company; A Grand Night For Singing (Ensemble) at Tri-M Productions; 101st Annual Fiesta Melodrama (Tom Ollie) at Santa Fe Playhouse. Training/Education: New Mexico State University, BA Theatre Arts, Las Cruces. Upcoming project: Heroes of The Fourth Turning at New Mexico Actors Lab.
LIAM MITCHELL he|him
Romeo and Juliet: Benvolio, Friar John
The Taming of the Shrew: Stage Manager
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III and Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change (sound board operator); The Winter’s Tale (Florizel, Servant to Leontes); Pericles (Thaliard, Patch, Philemon); Measure for Measure (Varrius); Henry IV, Part I (Prince John of Lancaster, Francis); King Lear (Servant to Cornwall). Other previous credits include: Wyrd Sisters (dramaturg) at Ember Theater Company NMSU; Hamlet (Reynaldo) at Upstart Crows and The Shakespeare Gym; Twelfth Night (Antonio & fight director) at The Shakespeare Gym; Macbeth (Macbeth & director) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe. Training/Education: Liam started acting with the Upstart Crows of Santa Fe at age 12. He completed workshops with Ariana Karp, Ben Crystal, Edward Daranyi, Brad Hodder, and Josue Laboucane, and trained in stage combat with Ambrose Ferber.
RYLIE PHILPOT she|her
Romeo and Juliet: Peter
The Taming of the Shrew: Sound Board Op
Acting debut with ISC Santa Fe! Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III and Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change (lighting designer); The Winter’s Tale and Pericles (costume associate); Coriolanus and Julius Caesar (assistant stage manager). Other previous credits: King Lear (Regan, Fool, and fight director) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe/The Shakespeare Gym; Twelfth Night (Feste) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe; Henry IV, Part I (Prince Hal and fight director) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe; Hamlet (Hamlet and fight director) at The Shakespeare Gym/Upstart Crows of Santa Fe; The Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Syracuse and Adriana) at Upstart Crows of Santa Fe/The Shakespeare Gym. Training/Education: Graduate of The Masters Program. Rylie is a fight director and has been teaching and choreographing stage combat scenes for various theater companies over the past five years. If you are looking for a fight director, you can reach her at ryphilpot456@gmail.com
GEOFFREY POMEROY he|him
Romeo and Juliet: Tybalt and music composer and performer
The Taming of the Shrew: Kate, Christopher Sly and music composer and performer
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Richard III, music composer and performer); The Winter’s Tale (Leontes); Pericles (Antiochus, Pander, Antiochenes Knight, 1st Sailor, & music composer and performer); Coriolanus (Coriolanus); Julius Caesar (Cassius); Measure for Measure (Angelo); Henry IV, Part I (Hotspur); King Lear (Edmund). Other previous credits: Oleanna (John) at New Mexico Actors Lab; Simpatico (Carter) at New Mexico Actors Lab; The Seafarer (Sharky) at New Mexico Actors Lab; The Effect (Toby) at Santa Fe Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie (Tom) at New Mexico Actors Lab. Training: Honors graduate of Skidmore College and The British American Drama Academy in London.
ALEXANDRA PONTONE she|her
Lighting Designer
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Winter’s Tale (lighting designer); Pericles (lighting designer); Measure for Measure (lighting designer); Henry IV, Part I (lighting designer). Other previous credits: Alexandra has designed for the National Dance Institute, Moving People Dance, Santa Fe Opera’s Outreach Program, Performance Santa Fe, and Opera Southwest. She lived in New York City for twelve years and has a background in theatrical and corporate design. On Broadway, she worked as an assistant designer on a dozen shows. Other projects include Off-Broadway, concerts, shows for Xerox, and New York Fashion Week. Training/education: Alexandra is a graduate of UC San Diego, with an MFA in Theater Design.
NOAH SEGARD he|him
The Taming of the Shrew: Lucentio
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Buckingham); The Winter’s Tale (Polixenes); Pericles (Cleon, Lysimachus, Spartan Knight); Measure for Measure (Barnadine); Henry IV, Part I (Prince Hal); King Lear (Cornwall). Other previous credits: COCK (John) at Ad Astra Theatre Company; Save The Bees (Senator Luke) at Teatro Paraguas; Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) at Santa Fe Classic Theater; She Kills Monsters (Chuck) at Ad Astra Theatre Company; Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig) at Tri-M Productions. Noah’s fight direction work has been seen in productions of Cabaret, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cyrano de Bergerac, and As You Like It, among other productions.
KATRIN TALBOT she|her
Photographer, Videographer, Print Designer
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III and Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change (Photographer, Videographer, Print Designer); The Winter’s Tale and Pericles (Photographer, Videographer, Poster Designer), Coriolanus and Julius Caesar (Photographer, Poster Designer) Measure for Measure and Henry IV, Part I (Photographer, Videographer) King Lear (Photographer, Videographer). Other previous credits: Katrin’s photography has been used by the New York Times, Metropolitan Opera, the Boston Symphony, the San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Lincoln Center. She is also a published poet and an active violist.
LESLIE VEDITZ she|her
Administrative Ops
Leslie Veditz is a retired U.S. Air Force officer whose career spanned system acquisition, program management, and aircraft maintenance as well as 4 ½ years as an Assistant Professor teaching in the Aeronautical Engineering Department of the United States Air Force Academy. She holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and a M.S in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Since moving to Santa Fe, she has served on the boards of the Santa Fe Opera Guild and Theatre Lovers Club, served as a math tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, and as a Docent at the Santa Fe Opera.
IRENE WEBB she|her
Marketing Lead
Irene Webb brings her marketing and fundraising expertise to the nonprofit community in Santa Fe following a successful career as a book-to-film agent in Los Angeles and New York. She has marketed books and negotiated record-breaking deals for authors, such as Tom Clancy, Carrie Fisher, John Updike, Cormac McCarthy, Mario Puzo, and the comic book Men in Black. Her passion for Shakespeare, theater, opera, art, literature and horse riding keeps her enjoying a rich life in Santa Fe while helping non/profit organizations successfully achieve their goals. A diverse list of organizations she’s worked with include the New Mexico and Santa Fe Community Foundations, Communities in Schools, CCA, St. Elizabeth’s Shelter, Interfaith Community Shelter, Incite Shakespeare Company, Santa Fe, Street Homeless Animal Project, NMPAS, NMPGV, NMTHR, and many more.