FORTINBRAS
By: Lee Blessing
THE ARTISTIC TEAM
Producer...................................................................................................................Dr. Martha LoMonaco
Director....................................................................................................................Mark Torres
Stage Manager......................................................................................................Kierstin Jones
Assistant Stage Manager...................................................................................Chase O’Brien
Scenic Designer....................................................................................................Lynne Porter
Lighting Designer.................................................................................................Lynne Chase
Costume Designer...............................................................................................Julie Leavitt
Technical Director.............................................................................................. Anne Kendall
Fight and Intimacy Choreographer............................................................. Dan Burke
Fight Captain........................................................................................................Fallon Sullivan
THE CAST
Emily Ramsey (Ophelia) is a Senior Theatre and English double major with minors in Education and WGSS. Her previous roles in Theatre Fairfield include Catherine in
Proof, Henrietta Leavitt in
Silent Sky and Petruchio in
The Taming of the Shrew. She is thrilled to start off her senior year with an amazing cast and crew.
Martha
Hegley (Polonius, Bernardo) is excited to be performing in Theatre Fairfield's production of
Fortinbras. Martha is a rising senior at Fairfield University studying Elementary Education and Theatre. Most recently at Westport Community Theatre she played Mrs.Roeder/Ms.Lee/Marie Curie in
Radium Girls and also performed in the East/West PlayFest one act Hitch. Her recent credits include playing Anna in
Coffee Break (Fairfield University) and Annie Cannon in
Silent Sky (Fairfield University). She has loved being part of this wonderful company and thanks everyone who made this production such an incredible experience! She thanks her family and friends for always supporting her!
Fallon Sullivan (Gertrude, Fight Captain) is delighted to be starting her senior year season with Theatre Fairfield alongside the amazing cast and crew of
Fortinbras. Recent credits with Theatre Fairfield include: Judy in
The Curious Incident of the Night-Time, Margaret Leavitt in
Silent Sky, Hannah Ferguson in
The Spitfire Grill, and Ismene in
Antigone. She would like to thank her family, friends, and the incredible company of
Fortinbras for making this such an amazing experience!
Sam Millette (Marcellus, Polish Maiden #2) is a Senior with a double major in Math and Theatre with a minor in Educational Studies is from Darien, CT. This is her first time acting with Theatre Fairfield, but she was the Stage Manager for
The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-Time as well as other various crew positions since her first year. She would like to thank everyone who has supported her throughout this process as well as her amazing cast mates!
Kiersten Bjork (Laertes, Polish Maiden #1) is a junior at Fairfield with a Theatre and English: Creative Writing double major and a double minor in Environmental Studies and Educational Studies. She most recently played Jo in
DUMBO, and Percy in
The Spitfire Grill. She is very excited to be a part of
Fortinbras, and would like to thank everyone involved for their hard work and dedication to this show.
Park Lytle
(Claudius) is a junior at Fairfield University. His recent credits with Theatre Fairfield include Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
Robert in Proof, and Tiresias in Antigone. He has also served as the Master Electrician for Silent Sky
and The Spitfire Grill.
Carlin Fournier (Fortinbras) is a sophomore Marketing major and Theatre minor from Pawtucket, RI. His roles in previous Theatre Fairfield productions have been Harold Dobbs in
Proof, Peter Shaw in
Silent Sky, and Ed in
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He would like to thank everyone and anyone who worked on this project and apologize to the audience about his excessive screaming throughout the show.
Declan
Quigley
(Hamlet, Captain of the Army) is a sophomore at Fairfield University, and he is thrilled to be a part of Fortinbras. This is his second production with Theatre Fairfield. Last year, he played Augie in Grunions
in Theatre Fairfield’s 2018 Director’s Cut. He thanks his family and friends for their support, and is looking forward to continuing his journey with Theatre Fairfield in the future.
Maya
Kapur
(Horatio) is excited to join the fantastic cast and crew of Fortinbras
for her first production with Theatre Fairfield. Her recent credits include: Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Rachel in The How and Why, and Nanny in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. She thanks her family, friends, and everyone involved in Fortinbras
for a wonderful first experience with Theatre Fairfield.
Michael
Stack
(Osric) is currently a sophomore at Fairfield University, and is a Film and Theatre double major. Performances with Little Radical Theatrics: Brigadoon
(July 2019, Sandy Dean/featured sword dancer); Performances with Theatre Fairfield: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(April 2019, multiple roles); Other: Scare Actor (October 2019, Scared by the Sound).
