Our Board of Directors
| the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company |
Kathleen Bode
Secretary
Education Committee Co-Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Portia in The Merchant of Venice,
Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of
Windsor, Paulina in The Winter's
Tale, Ariel in The Tempest, Julius
Caesar in Julius Caesar, Paulina in
The Winter's Tale. Regan in King
Lear, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth,
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing,
Helena in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Titania in A Midsummer Night’
s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Adriana
in The Comedy of Errors, Gonzalo in
The Tempest, 1st Witch in Macbeth
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival).
Education and Training: Associate in
Arts from Grand Rapids Community
College, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program
Secretary
Education Committee Co-Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Portia in The Merchant of Venice,
Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of
Windsor, Paulina in The Winter's
Tale, Ariel in The Tempest, Julius
Caesar in Julius Caesar, Paulina in
The Winter's Tale. Regan in King
Lear, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth,
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing,
Helena in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Titania in A Midsummer Night’
s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Adriana
in The Comedy of Errors, Gonzalo in
The Tempest, 1st Witch in Macbeth
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival).
Education and Training: Associate in
Arts from Grand Rapids Community
College, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program
Scott Lange
Chairman
Artistic Committee Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Master Ford / Peter Simple in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Gloucester
/ Grey / Nym / Burgundy / Constable in
Henry V, Sebastian/Iris in The
Tempest, Hamlet in Hamlet, Pericles
in Pericles, Antigonus / Autolycus in
The Winter’s Tale, Antipholus of
Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors,
Edgar/France in King Lear,
Camillo/Antigonus in The Winter’s
Tale, Lysander in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Macduff/Witch #3 in
Macbeth, Buckingham in Richard III,
Amiens/Oliver in As You Like It, Feste
in Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Wooer
in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Nathaniel
/ Longaville in Love’s Labour's Lost,
Angelo / Claudio / Mistress Overdone /
Barnardine in Measure for Measure
(Blackfriars Playhouse); Duke Senior /
Duke Frederick in As You Like It,
Hotspur in Henry IV, Part One (Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Chandabise/Poche in A Flea in Her
Ear, John in Oleanna (Grand Valley
State University); Ichabod Crane in
Sleepy Hollow, Gus Lumpkin in Who
Killed the Boss, Herr Troubadour in
The Pied Piper (Golden Duck
Productions); Clifford in Death Trap
(AP Theatrical Productions).
Education and Training: B.A. in
Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program.
Chairman
Artistic Committee Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Master Ford / Peter Simple in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Gloucester
/ Grey / Nym / Burgundy / Constable in
Henry V, Sebastian/Iris in The
Tempest, Hamlet in Hamlet, Pericles
in Pericles, Antigonus / Autolycus in
The Winter’s Tale, Antipholus of
Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors,
Edgar/France in King Lear,
Camillo/Antigonus in The Winter’s
Tale, Lysander in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Macduff/Witch #3 in
Macbeth, Buckingham in Richard III,
Amiens/Oliver in As You Like It, Feste
in Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Wooer
in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Nathaniel
/ Longaville in Love’s Labour's Lost,
Angelo / Claudio / Mistress Overdone /
Barnardine in Measure for Measure
(Blackfriars Playhouse); Duke Senior /
Duke Frederick in As You Like It,
Hotspur in Henry IV, Part One (Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Chandabise/Poche in A Flea in Her
Ear, John in Oleanna (Grand Valley
State University); Ichabod Crane in
Sleepy Hollow, Gus Lumpkin in Who
Killed the Boss, Herr Troubadour in
The Pied Piper (Golden Duck
Productions); Clifford in Death Trap
(AP Theatrical Productions).
Education and Training: B.A. in
Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program.
Michael Empson
Trustee
Education Committee Co-Chair
Research and Development Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Henry V in Henry V, Dromio of
Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors,
Polixenes in The Winter's Tale,
Vincentio in Taming of the Shrew,
Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale,
Richmond in Richard III, Sebastian /
Fabian / Curio in Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Horatio in
Hamlet, Pompey in Measure for
Measure, Leonardo in The Merchant
of Venice, Multiple Roles in Bard to Go
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Son in You Can Lead a Horse to
Water, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot,
Burger in Hair (Grand Valley State
University); Prince in Cinderella (Grand
Rapids Civic Theatre);
Erisycthon/Apollo et al. in
Metamorphoses (Heritage Theatre
Group); Simeon in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
(Community Circle Theatre).
Education and Training: B.S. in
Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, Proficiency in Unarmed and
Single Sword Combat, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program
Other Credits: Member of the Society
of American Fight Directors, Member of
the Educational Theatre Association
Trustee
Education Committee Co-Chair
Research and Development Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Henry V in Henry V, Dromio of
Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors,
Polixenes in The Winter's Tale,
Vincentio in Taming of the Shrew,
Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale,
Richmond in Richard III, Sebastian /
Fabian / Curio in Twelfth Night.
Roles with Other Theatres: Horatio in
Hamlet, Pompey in Measure for
Measure, Leonardo in The Merchant
of Venice, Multiple Roles in Bard to Go
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Son in You Can Lead a Horse to
Water, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot,
Burger in Hair (Grand Valley State
University); Prince in Cinderella (Grand
Rapids Civic Theatre);
Erisycthon/Apollo et al. in
Metamorphoses (Heritage Theatre
Group); Simeon in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
(Community Circle Theatre).
Education and Training: B.S. in
Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, Proficiency in Unarmed and
Single Sword Combat, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program
Other Credits: Member of the Society
of American Fight Directors, Member of
the Educational Theatre Association
Joel L. Schindlbeck
Trustee
PR/Marketing Committee Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice,
Sir Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives
of Windsor, Canterbury / Bedford /
French King in Henry V, Polonius/1st
Gravedigger in Hamlet, Antiochus /
Cleon / Simonides /Pandar in
Pericles, Old Shepherd in The
Winter’s Tale, Duke Solinus/Dr.
Pinch/Luce in The Comedy of Errors,
Albany/Old Man in King Lear,
Malvolio/Antonio in Twelfth Night,
Clarence/Stanley in Richard III, Duke
Senior/Duke Frederick in As You Like
It, Banquo/Seyton in Macbeth, Peter
Quince/Egeus in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Amiens in As You
Like It, Constable Dull in Love’s
Labour's Lost, Duke of Milan in The
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Roles with Other Theatres: Malcolm
in Macbeth, Prince of Arragon/Duke
of Venice in The Merchant of
Venice, Earl of Douglas in King
Henry IV, Part One, Angelo the
Goldsmith in The Comedy of Errors
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
The Cook in Mother Courage and
her Children, Moises Kaufman /
Baptist Minister / Denis Shepherd in
The Laramie Project (Grand Valley
State University); Howard in Mint
(Stark Turn Players); Duvid Pechenik
in A Shayna Maidel (Jewish Theatre
Grand Rapids); Protean in A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum, Sonya in Godspell, John
Willard in The Crucible, Reverend
Hopkins in The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever (Central Park Players).
Education and Training: Studied
Theatre at Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program, Private Voice with Dale
Schreimer and Elizabeth LaGrande,
Musical Direction Apprenticeship with
Charles Hutchins (Grand Valley State
University/ Community Circle Theatre).
Other Credits: Conducted Musical
Theatre Audition Workshops with
Grand Valley State University, Aquinas
College, Calvin College.
Trustee
PR/Marketing Committee Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice,
Sir Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives
of Windsor, Canterbury / Bedford /
French King in Henry V, Polonius/1st
Gravedigger in Hamlet, Antiochus /
Cleon / Simonides /Pandar in
Pericles, Old Shepherd in The
Winter’s Tale, Duke Solinus/Dr.
Pinch/Luce in The Comedy of Errors,
Albany/Old Man in King Lear,
Malvolio/Antonio in Twelfth Night,
Clarence/Stanley in Richard III, Duke
Senior/Duke Frederick in As You Like
It, Banquo/Seyton in Macbeth, Peter
Quince/Egeus in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Amiens in As You
Like It, Constable Dull in Love’s
Labour's Lost, Duke of Milan in The
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Roles with Other Theatres: Malcolm
in Macbeth, Prince of Arragon/Duke
of Venice in The Merchant of
Venice, Earl of Douglas in King
Henry IV, Part One, Angelo the
Goldsmith in The Comedy of Errors
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
The Cook in Mother Courage and
her Children, Moises Kaufman /
Baptist Minister / Denis Shepherd in
The Laramie Project (Grand Valley
State University); Howard in Mint
(Stark Turn Players); Duvid Pechenik
in A Shayna Maidel (Jewish Theatre
Grand Rapids); Protean in A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum, Sonya in Godspell, John
Willard in The Crucible, Reverend
Hopkins in The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever (Central Park Players).
Education and Training: Studied
Theatre at Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program, Private Voice with Dale
Schreimer and Elizabeth LaGrande,
Musical Direction Apprenticeship with
Charles Hutchins (Grand Valley State
University/ Community Circle Theatre).
Other Credits: Conducted Musical
Theatre Audition Workshops with
Grand Valley State University, Aquinas
College, Calvin College.
Katherine Mayberry
Executive Director
Finance Committee Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Mistress Ford / John Rugby in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Chorus in
Henry V, Director for Hamlet, Director
for Pericles, Hermione in The Winter’s
Tale, Cassius in Julius Caesar,
Goneril in King Lear, Viola in Twelfth
Night, Elizabeth in Richard III, Celia in
As You Like It, Hermia in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosaline
in Love’s Labour's Lost, Rosalind in
As You Like It, Titania/Hippolyta in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Rosaline
in Love’s Labour's Lost, Gertrude in
Hamlet, Isabella/Provost/Elbow in
Measure for Measure, Ferdinand in
The Duchess of Malfi, Mistress
Quickly/Alice in Henry V (Blackfriars
Playhouse, Virginia); Lady Macbeth in
Macbeth, Hero in Much Ado About
Nothing, Phebe in As You Like It
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Bessie in Marvin’s Room, Chicklet in
Psycho Beach Party (10 Weston
Theatre); Various Roles in Nobody’s
Gilgul, Liba in A Shayna Maidel
(Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids);
Bethany in Mint (Stark Turn Players).
Education and Training: Master of
Letters and Master of Fine Arts in
Shakespeare and Renaissance
Literature in Performance, acting
emphasis, (Mary Baldwin College in
Partnership with the American
Shakespeare Center;) BA, (Grand
Valley State University); Summer
Shakespeare Intensive, London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts;
Intensive Theatre Training Program,
London Theatre Exchange; Chekhov
Institute, University of Southern Maine;
Commedia Del’Arte Colloquiam with
Antonio Fava.
Other Credits: Adjunct Professor of
English and Theatre, Grand Valley
State University; Director of “Bard to
Go: Kissing and Courting,” Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival 2008;
Member of Editing Team for Prestwick
House editions of Shakespeare’s plays.
Executive Director
Finance Committee Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Mistress Ford / John Rugby in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Chorus in
Henry V, Director for Hamlet, Director
for Pericles, Hermione in The Winter’s
Tale, Cassius in Julius Caesar,
Goneril in King Lear, Viola in Twelfth
Night, Elizabeth in Richard III, Celia in
As You Like It, Hermia in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosaline
in Love’s Labour's Lost, Rosalind in
As You Like It, Titania/Hippolyta in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Rosaline
in Love’s Labour's Lost, Gertrude in
Hamlet, Isabella/Provost/Elbow in
Measure for Measure, Ferdinand in
The Duchess of Malfi, Mistress
Quickly/Alice in Henry V (Blackfriars
Playhouse, Virginia); Lady Macbeth in
Macbeth, Hero in Much Ado About
Nothing, Phebe in As You Like It
(Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival);
Bessie in Marvin’s Room, Chicklet in
Psycho Beach Party (10 Weston
Theatre); Various Roles in Nobody’s
Gilgul, Liba in A Shayna Maidel
(Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids);
Bethany in Mint (Stark Turn Players).
Education and Training: Master of
Letters and Master of Fine Arts in
Shakespeare and Renaissance
Literature in Performance, acting
emphasis, (Mary Baldwin College in
Partnership with the American
Shakespeare Center;) BA, (Grand
Valley State University); Summer
Shakespeare Intensive, London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts;
Intensive Theatre Training Program,
London Theatre Exchange; Chekhov
Institute, University of Southern Maine;
Commedia Del’Arte Colloquiam with
Antonio Fava.
Other Credits: Adjunct Professor of
English and Theatre, Grand Valley
State University; Director of “Bard to
Go: Kissing and Courting,” Grand
Valley Shakespeare Festival 2008;
Member of Editing Team for Prestwick
House editions of Shakespeare’s plays.
E-MAIL: kate@pcshakespeare.com
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E-MAIL: katherine@pcshakespeare.com
Heather Folkvord
Trustee
Production Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Mistress Quickly / Bardolph in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Montjoy /
Mistress Quickly / French Queen in
Henry V, Gertrude in Hamlet, Brutus
in Julius Caesar, Witch / Caithness /
Murderer in Macbeth, Helena in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Queen
in Cymbeline, Portia in The Merchant
of Venice, Ariel in The Tempest, Lady
Macduff in Macbeth (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Sheila in Hair,
Chorus in Antigone, Naomi in A
Single Numberless Death, Hannah
Porter Pitt in Angels in America, Part
One, Darlene in Hurly Burly, Multiple
Roles in Durang? Durang!, Sister
Robert Anne in Nunsense (Grand
Valley State University); Dragons in
Talking With, Multiple Roles in
Metamorphoses (Heritage Theatre
Group); Lee in Marvin’s Room, Joan
in The Guys (10 Weston Theatre);
Multiple Roles in I Love You, You’re
Perfect, Now Change (Avalon
Theatre); Dawn in Lobby Hero (Actor’s
Theatre); Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof (Westshore College); Lily in
Nobody’s Gilgul (Jewish Theatre
Grand Rapids); Chorus in Wily and
the Hairyman (Community Circle
Theatre); Lady Plum in Jack and the
Giant Beanstalk (Grand Rapids Civic
Theatre).
Education and Training: B.S. in
Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program, Private Voice with Dale
Schreimer and Kathryn Steiler (Grand
Valley State University) Intensive
Linklater voice work with Andrea
Haring (Associate Director of Linklater
Center NYC and cofounder
Shakespeare and Co
Other Credits: Developer for multiple
college theatre projects (including
Expressions: Peer Theatre with
Marlese Kowalski Brown/GVSU Women’
s Center and ALERT Labs grant
project with Karen Libman/GVSU
Theatre), Currently works as a Private
Acting Coach for students across West
Michigan.
Trustee
Production Chair
Previous Roles with Pigeon Creek:
Mistress Quickly / Bardolph in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Montjoy /
Mistress Quickly / French Queen in
Henry V, Gertrude in Hamlet, Brutus
in Julius Caesar, Witch / Caithness /
Murderer in Macbeth, Helena in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Roles with Other Theatres: Queen
in Cymbeline, Portia in The Merchant
of Venice, Ariel in The Tempest, Lady
Macduff in Macbeth (Grand Valley
Shakespeare Festival); Sheila in Hair,
Chorus in Antigone, Naomi in A
Single Numberless Death, Hannah
Porter Pitt in Angels in America, Part
One, Darlene in Hurly Burly, Multiple
Roles in Durang? Durang!, Sister
Robert Anne in Nunsense (Grand
Valley State University); Dragons in
Talking With, Multiple Roles in
Metamorphoses (Heritage Theatre
Group); Lee in Marvin’s Room, Joan
in The Guys (10 Weston Theatre);
Multiple Roles in I Love You, You’re
Perfect, Now Change (Avalon
Theatre); Dawn in Lobby Hero (Actor’s
Theatre); Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof (Westshore College); Lily in
Nobody’s Gilgul (Jewish Theatre
Grand Rapids); Chorus in Wily and
the Hairyman (Community Circle
Theatre); Lady Plum in Jack and the
Giant Beanstalk (Grand Rapids Civic
Theatre).
Education and Training: B.S. in
Theatre from Grand Valley State
University, London Theatre
Exchange/Intensive Theatre Training
Program, Private Voice with Dale
Schreimer and Kathryn Steiler (Grand
Valley State University) Intensive
Linklater voice work with Andrea
Haring (Associate Director of Linklater
Center NYC and cofounder
Shakespeare and Co
Other Credits: Developer for multiple
college theatre projects (including
Expressions: Peer Theatre with
Marlese Kowalski Brown/GVSU Women’
s Center and ALERT Labs grant
project with Karen Libman/GVSU
Theatre), Currently works as a Private
Acting Coach for students across West
Michigan.
E-MAIL: heather@pcshakespeare.com
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