piglet Ensemble 2025
Bernhardt/Hamlet
by Theresa Rebeck
MILES BLITCH he|him
Raoul/Maurice
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Measure for Measure (Officer, Constable Elbow, Friar Peter); Henry IV, Part I (Earl of Westmorland); King Lear (Duke of Burgundy, Knight/Gentleman).
AMY MELIANDER she|her
Alphonse Mucha
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Taming of the Shrew (Vincentia); Romeo and Juliet (Nurse, Montague); Richard III (Edward IV, Duchess of York, Lord Mayor); The Winter’s Tale (Old Shepherd, Officer); Pericles (Helicanus, 2nd Pirate). Other previous credits: Dickens Dramatic Reading - A Christmas Carol (Reader 3 - multiple characters) at Upstart Readers; The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse - two different casts) at Shakespeare Gym; King Lear (Kent) at Upstart Crows/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. ISC Vocal Workshop (Linklater) - Kate Udall; Shakespeare Gym Workshops - Caryl Farkas: Rhetoric - scenes from Henry IV, Part 1, Richard II, and King John; Relationships - scenes from Henry IV, Part 1, Richard III, and Richard II; “No small parts” - scenes from Richard II, King John, and Henry IV, Part 1.
Upcoming: BAR(d) - Antony and Cleopatra - February 2025.
LYNN GOODWIN she|her
Sarah Bernhardt
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Winter’s Tale (Paulina); Coriolanus (Volumnia); Julius Caesar (Marcus Brutus); King Lear (Goneril). Other previous credits: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Gina Presson) at New Mexico Actors Lab; The Children (Rose) at New Mexico Actors Lab; Sworn to Water (Lorine Niedecker) Just Say It Theater; What the Constitution Means to Me (director) at Santa Fe Playhouse; Constellations (director) at Just Say It Theater. Training/Education Acting: Michael Howard, Melodie Somers, Austin Pendleton, Lynne Meadow. Vocal: Chuck Jones, Patsy Rodenberg, Kate Udall. BA (theater), Yale University; MFA (writing) Columbia University; Advanced Certificate UCLA (screenwriting)
Upcoming: Directing A Subtle Kind of Murder, Opening June 5 at NMAL.
JONAH SCOTT MENDELSOHN pronouns are speaker’s choice
Constant Coquelin
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: BAR(d): Merry Wives (Master Ford). Other previous credits: Sunday in the Park with George (Jules / Bob Greenberg) at the Santa Fe Playhouse (Broadway World Award for best musical, best ensemble); What the Constitution Means to Me (Legionnaire) at the Santa Fe Playhouse; Caroline, Or Change (Stuart) at Astoria Performing Arts Center (AUDELCO award for Best Musical Revival); Richard II (the killers) at Walking the dog Theatre, Hudson, NY. Jonah is artistic director of Sweet Pea Chamber Theater, an actor-driven company that uses sacred play to create space free from the grips of compulsion, addiction to technology, and rigid judgments to seek common ground rooted in the poetry of human experience. Sweet Pea’s current project is Love Alone: Elegies for Rog, adapted from poetry by Paul Monette honoring AIDS veterans, in production in New Mexico in 2025. Jonah is currently being certified as a Feldenkrais movement practitioner.
Upcoming: Jonah will appear next spring in Scott Harrison’s Grace: Stories with Ironweed Productions.
ANNA HOGAN she|her
Lysette/Rosamund
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: BAR(d) Macbeth (director). Other previous acting credits: The Long Rail North (Cassie Flowers) at Cage Theater Company at Soho Playhouse; Titus Andronicus (Bassanius) at Cage Theater Company; Henry's Wives (Anne Boleyn) at RSPC's Laboratorium; Driving Under the Influence (Becca) at AlphaNYC; Cats (Jellylorum) at Moonlight Musicals. Anna serves as the Producing Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Playhouse. Previous directorial credits include Sunday in the Park with George at Santa Fe Playhouse, Rent at the Steel River Playhouse, and The Book of Will at Wallace Theater. Training/Education: BA in Musical Theatre from West Texas A&M University. Private and Group Lessons with acting coach Joseph Muzikar with an emphasis on period styles.
Upcoming: Directing Something Rotten and Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy for the Santa Fe Playhouse's 2025 Season.
GEOFFREY POMEROY he|him
Edmond Rostand
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Taming of the Shrew (Kit, music composer and performer); Romeo & Juliet (Tybalt, music composer and performer); 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; Cowboy Mouth (Slim) at One Old Crow, NY; Verlarte Nacht (Speaker) at Carnegie Hall. Training/Education: Honors graduate of Skidmore College and The British American Drama Academy in London.
HAZEL KING she|they
François/Worker/Louis
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Taming of the Shrew (Pedant). 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 (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.
ZOE BURKE she|they
Director
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: BAR(d) The Merry Wives of Windsor (director); BAR(d): Macbeth (Lady Macbeth); BAR(d): A Midsummer Night’s Dream (director); The Taming of the Shrew (intimacy coordinator); Romeo and Juliet (intimacy coordinator); BAR(d): Twelfth Night (Sebastian); Pericles (intimacy coordinator); The Winter’s Tale (intimacy coordinator); Measure for Measure (Julietta, Servant); Henry IV, Part I (Peto, Lady Mortimer, Lord Vernon). Other previous credits: As You Like It (Phoebe) at Santa Fe Classic Theater; Much Ado About Nothing (Hero) at Santa Fe Shakespeare Society; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena) at Santa Fe Shakespeare Society. Zoe is the Associate Artistic Director of ISC Santa Fe, resident intimacy director, and Coordinator of the BAR(d) program. Training/Education: B.S Elementary Education/Speech + Theatre, Newman University; pursuing M.Ed in Theatre Pedagogy from SE Oklahoma State.
Upcoming: Directing Much Ado About Nothing for the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival
Wittenberg
by David Davolos
ALEX AVILA she|her
Hamlet
ISC Santa Fe debut! Alex is an author, lecturer, and theatre educator who lives in Albuquerque with her partner. She is a board member and dramaturge for the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival and a representative of the Educational Outreach Program.
LEVI GORE he|him
Director
ISC Santa Fe debut! Levi is the Artistic Director for the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival, and a member of AEA. Previous Credits - Directing: Silent Sky at Actors Studio 66 received Albuquerque's Orley Award for Outstanding Director of a Play; Constellations at The Vortex. Previous Credits - Acting: As You Like It (Orlando) at New Mexico Shakespeare Festival. Training/Education: BA - West Texas A&M University (2012). Acting Apprentice - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (2011-2012)
ANDRA BEATTY she|her
The Eternal Feminine
ISC Santa Fe debut! Andra Beatty is a Midwest-born, Chicago trained actor and nonprofit professional local to Albuquerque, NM. Andra holds a BFA in Acting from the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago and is a proud graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. She was last seen in Santa Fe Playhouse’s production of Sunday In The Park With George, where she played Celeste 1, and as Margaret in Actors Studio 66’s production of Silent Sky, for which she received Albuquerque’s Orley Award and Broadway World Award for Best Supporting Actress. Andra is represented by Bankston Talent.
AARON BLACK he|him
Reverend Martin Luther
ISC Santa Fe debut! Recent previous credits: God of Carnage (Michael) at the Vortex; The Cleaning Lady Season 3 (Sgt. Wayne Tolen).
Training: BFA OU School of Drama; MFA The Actors Studio Drama School / New School.
Upcoming: Roles for Netflix and Max (to be released 2025)
JAY HOBSON he|him
John Faustus
ISC Santa Fe debut! Recent previous credits: The Tempest (Adrian) at NM Shakespeare Festival; Gloria (Lorin) at Actors Studio 66; Copenhagen (Heisenberg) at Actors Studio 66. Training/Education: The School at Steppenwolf (2019).
Upcoming: Jay will play the part of Matt in King James at Vortex Theatre Co. opening February 14, 2025.
Believe None of Us
by Jemma Alix Levy
ZOE BURKE she|they
Ophelia
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: BAR(d): Macbeth (Lady Macbeth); BAR(d): Twelfth Night (Sebastian); Measure for Measure (Julietta, Servant); Henry IV, Part I (Peto, Lady Mortimer, Lord Vernon). Other previous credits: As You Like It (Phoebe) at Santa Fe Classic Theater; Much Ado About Nothing (Hero) at Santa Fe Shakespeare Society; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena) at Santa Fe Shakespeare Society. Training/Education: B.S Elementary Education/Speech + Theatre, Newman University; pursuing M.Ed in Theatre Pedagogy from SE Oklahoma State.
Upcoming: Directing Much Ado About Nothing for the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival
EMILY RANKIN she|her
Quarto 2 Hamlet
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Pericles (Leonine, Bolt, 1st Tyrian Lord, Macedonian Knight, 2nd Ephesian); The Winter’s Tale (Hermione, Mopsa). Other Previous Credits: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Emily) at New Mexico Actors Lab; As You Like It (Rosalind) at Santa Fe Classic Theatre; Seascape (Sarah) at New Mexico Actors Lab; Betrayal (Emma) at Filigree Theatre; The Tempest (Ferdinand) at Present Company Theatre. Training/Education: BFA in Theatre Directing from ACU. Additional Info: Emily is coming on board as the Artistic Director of the NM Actors Lab.
Upcoming: Emily will be appearing as Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in March with Santa Fe Classic Theatre, will be directing Bike America by Mike Lew in May, and How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel in October.
LYNN GOODWIN she|her
King/Ghost
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Winter’s Tale (Paulina); Coriolanus (Volumnia); Julius Caesar (Marcus Brutus); King Lear (Goneril). Other previous credits: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Gina Presson) at New Mexico Actors Lab; The Children (Rose) at New Mexico Actors Lab; Sworn to Water (Lorine Niedecker) at Just Say It Theater; What the Constitution Means to Me (director) at Santa Fe Playhouse; Constellations (director) at Just Say It Theater. Training/Education: Acting: Michael Howard, Melodie Somers, Austin Pendleton, Lynne Meadow. Voice: Chuck Jones, Patsy Rodenberg, Kate Udall. BA (theater) at Yale University; MFA (writing) at Columbia University; Advanced Certificate (screenwriting) at UCLA.
Upcoming: Directing A Subtle Kind of Murder, opening June 5 at NMAL.
CLARA WEST
Quarto 1 Hamlet
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Richard III (Brackenbury, Dorset, Young York, Messenger); The Winter’s Tale (Mamillius, Perdita); Pericles (Escanes, Pilch, Antiochenes Messenger, 1st Ephesian); Coriolanus (Young Marcius, Roman Soldier, Citizen); Julius Caesar (Cinna, Lucius, Plebian); Measure for Measure (Friar Thomas, Guard); Henry the Fourth, Part One (William the Messenger, Server, Sir Michael); King Lear (Cordelia). Training/Education: Clara is currently a student at St. Johns College.
Upcoming: Co-directing Oedipus Rex in March at St. Johns College.
BRESHAUN-BIRENE JOYNER she|her
Gertrude
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: Romeo and Juliet (Lady Capulet); The Taming of the Shrew (Grumia, Hostess); 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. Training/Education: Applied Shakespeare graduate program at University of Colorado Boulder.
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AMY MEILANDER she|her
Folio Hamlet
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Taming of the Shrew (Vincentia); Romeo and Juliet (Nurse, Montague); Richard III (Edward IV, Duchess of York, Lord Mayor); The Winter’s Tale (Old Shepherd, Officer); Pericles (Helicanus, 2nd Pirate). Other previous credits: Dickens Dramatic Reading - A Christmas Carol (Reader 3 - multiple characters) at Upstart Readers; The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse - two different casts) at Shakespeare Gym; King Lear (Kent) at Upstart Crows/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. ISC Vocal Workshop (Linklater) - Kate Udall; Shakespeare Gym Workshops - Caryl Farkas: Rhetoric - scenes from Henry IV, Part 1, Richard II, and King John; Relationships - scenes from Henry IV, Part 1, Richard III, and Richard II; “No small parts” - scenes from Richard II, King John, and Henry IV, Part 1.
Upcoming: BAR(d) Antony and Cleopatra - February 2025.
ARIANA KARP she|her
Director
Previous credits with ISC Santa Fe: The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchia); Romeo and Juliet (lead facilitator); Richard III (lead facilitator 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: Twelfth Night (Viola) at Theater in the Open; 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.