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Katie Atkinson is thrilled to be working with Constellation Theatre Company again after having performed in Temptation, The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Arabian Nights. Other local credits include Journeymen Theater Ensemble: The Inspector General; Spooky Action Theater Company: The Marriage of Bette and Boo; Forum Theatre: Antigone and The Skriker; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Lady Windermere’s Fan; Synetic Theater: Blackout Series: My Way Little Girl; Rorschach Theatre: Myth-Appropriations and A Bright Room Called Day. She has worked as an actor and teaching artist at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. Katie has a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University.
Joe Brack is very excited to be joining Constellation Theatre for his third show, after portraying Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and Orestes in The Oresteia. Some of Joe’s favorite roles include: Failbetter Productions: Crave (A); Raleigh Ensemble Players: Floating Rhoda… (Barn); LiveWire Theatre: Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio); Actor’s Theatre of Washington: Never the Sinner (Richard Loeb); Forum Theatre: Marat/Sade (Patient/Voltaire); Washington Shakespeare Company: Peace (Havoc/DJ); Imagination Stage: Playing from the Heart (Colin), City Artistic Partnerships: The Santaland Diaries (David). Joe also co-wrote Ctrl-Alt-Delete, an ever-evolving project, which has received several accolades (www.bluemonday123.com/ctrl-alt-delete.htm).
Katy Carkuff is six for seven with Constellation and couldn’t be more proud: A Dream Play, The Arabian Nights, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Oresteia, The Marriage of Figaro. Locally, she’s also worked with Everyman Theatre: Doubt; Forum Theatre: Marat/Sade; Firebelly Productions: Proof; Signature Theatre: Crave (u/s); Shakespeare Theatre Company: Titus Andronicus (u/s); and others. Katy relocated from Atlanta nearly three years ago, where some of her credits include Georgia Shakespeare: MacBeth (tour); Theater Emory: As You Like It; Theatrical Outfit: Beehive!; Actor’s Express: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Aurora Theatre: The Spitfire Grill; and Dad’s Garage: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Debbie Does Dallas: the Musical, 8 ½ x 11, The Rocky Horror Show.
Jonathon Church is excited to return to Constellation Theatre Company, having just appeared in The Marriage of Figaro. Local credits include work at Longacre Lea, Forum Theatre, Solas Nua, Catalyst Theater Company, Rorschach Theatre, Folger Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Theater Alliance, Source Theatre, and Cherry Red. Jonathon has twice been nominated for Helen Hayes awards, for Catalyst’s shkspr project and Longacre Lea’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He is a recognized actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. Jonathon lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, with his lovely wife, Fiona.
Misty Demory is pleased to return to Constellation Theatre Company after having appeared in productions of The Marriage of Figaro, The Oresteia, The Arabian Nights, and A Dream Play. Other DC credits include: Imagination Stage: Playing From the Heart, Lost and Foundling; Studio Theatre 2ndStage: tempOdyssey; Phoenix Theatre DC: The Kathy and Mo Show; and Source Theatre: Silent Heroes. Misty is an Associate Artist with Constellation Theatre Company. She will next appear in Lyle the Crocodile at Imagination Stage. Misty can currently be seen in commercials for Luray Caverns and keep an eye out for her portrayal of Staci Medlock on an America’s Most Wanted episode airing soon.
Keith E. Irby is a founding member of the company, and has appeared in A Dream Play, The Arabian Nights, The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Oresteia. Most recent performances include: Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: The Country Wife; Folger Theatre: Henry IV Part I; A Company of Strangers: The Passion of Persephone. Other credits include The Shakespeare Theatre Company: Tamburlaine and Edward II (u/s), Richard III; Winterslane Productions: Dreamgirls; UDC Theatre Company: Zooman and the Sign, The Crucible. His recent commercial is for The American Petroleum Institute on Energy Taxes. This fall Keith can be seen in Imagination Stage’s production of Mulan Jr.
Ashley Ivey is proud to be an Artistic Associate with Constellation Theatre Company. He has been seen in the Constellation productions of The Marriage of Figaro, Temptation, The Oresteia, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and A Dream Play. Some of Ashley’s recent DC credits include: In Series: Berliner Kabarett, Petpourri; Catalyst Theater Company: 1984, The Trial; Forum Theatre: Marat/Sade; Open Circle Theatre: Songs for a New World; Actors Theater of Washington: Never the Sinner, The Ruffian on the Stair, The Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Rocky Horror Show, SEXE! The Floorshow!; Classika Family Shows: Alice in Wonderland; Contemporary American Theatre Festival: Wilder, The Late Henry Moss, Thief River.
Amy Quiggins is pleased to return to Constellation Theatre Company after appearing in The Oresteia and the staged reading of Doctor Faustus. Other theater credits: Shakespeare Theatre Company u/s: i; Ford’s Theatre: i; The American Century Theater: USA, The Second Man, and The Seven Year Itch; Zachary Scott Theatre: Lunch with Ginger, The Actor’s Nightmare; Austin Free Shakespeare Society: The Honest Whore, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Training: MFA from Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University: The Maid’s Tragedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Upcoming: Rorschach Theatre’s Living Dead in Denmark.
Lisa Lias returns to Constellation Theatre Company for her sixth production, having appeared in Temptation, A Dream Play, The Arabian Nights, The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Oresteia. Other credits include Rorschach Theatre: Myth Appropriation III, and roles for Forum Theater, Imagination Stage, Stanislavsky Theatre Studio, Source Theatre, Olney, Everyman and Horizons, as well as appearances at the New York International Fringe Festival and the Capital Fringe Festival.
Manolo Santalla is thrilled to be making his debut with Constellation. He was last seen in GALA’s acclaimed production of The Best Judge, The King by Lope de Vega. Manolo has performed in classical and contemporary plays with numerous companies including Spooky Action Theatre, Journeyman Theater Ensemble, The American Century Theater, Smithsonian’s Discovery Theatre, Natural Theatricals, Signature Theatre, New Playwright’s Theatre, Paradise Island Express, and Stageworks Hudson in New York. He has also performed in staged readings with Young Playwrights Theatre, Playwrights Forum, Round House Theatre, and the Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage Festival. Independent film credits include A Kiss of Corpses, Parting Shots, Past Perfect, and Toxic.
Joseph Thornhill is making his fourth appearance with Constellation Theatre Company, having recently performed in The Marriage of Figaro, as well as both The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Oresteia. Other credits include Washington Shakespeare Company: All’s Well That Ends Well; Round House Theatre Bethesda: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (u/s); Vpstart Crowe Productions: An O’Henry Christmas; Adventure Theatre: Alexander Who’s Not Not Not…Going to Move; Bay Theatre Company: A Man of No Importance. Joseph has appeared in training/educational films for the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Education. He can also be seen on YouTube in Imaginary Joe. Joe dedicates his performance to the memory of Robert West.
John Tweel returns to Constellation Theatre Company after appearing as Kotrly in Temptation and as Shahryar in The Arabian Nights. John’s regional credits include: Cataylst Theater Company: Roundheads & Peakheads, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2006 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), The Elephant Man; Adventure Theatre: The Secret Garden; Solas Nua: Scenes from the Big Picture (2007 Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Ensemble); Olney Theater Center: 1776; Washington Shakespeare Company: A Walk Across the Rooftops, Marat/Sade; The American Century Theater: The Titans, Mister Roberts; and Signature Theatre: The Gospel According to Fishman. Film and TV work includes appearances in Wedding Crashers, Syriana, and America’s Most Wanted.