LEARNED LADIES - Belise

RICHARD II   - Northumberland

Liz is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Recent credits include Henry VI Part 1 (Countess of Auvergne) with Sycamore Shakespeare, Private Lives (Sybil) with the Mid-Town Players, Much Ado About Nothing (Ursula) at The Loft Theatre, and As You Like It (Phebe), and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) with the Long Island Shakespeare Festival. She is originally from East Moriches, NY.

LAUREN COPPOLA

LEARNED LADIES - Henriette

RICHARD II   - Bushy/Duchess of York

Lauren is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Credits include What I Did Last Summer (Bonny) with Retro Productions, as well as The Seagull (Nina), Antigone (Eurydice), and Equus (Hester Soloman). She has a B.A. in History from Yale University, and is originally from Longmeadow, MA .

DAN DERKS

LEARNED LADIES - Trissotin

RICHARD II   - Lord Ross/Keeper

Dan is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Company credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream on the Outdoor Stage. Recent credits include Extremities (Raul), This is Our Youth ( Warren ), and The Goat (Martin). Dan attends Clark University, and is originally from New Britain, CT.

TOMMY DICKIE

LEARNED LADIES - Lepin

RICHARD II   - Duke of York

Tommy is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Credits include Kill Me Like You Mean It (Tommy) with Stolen Chair Theatre Company. Off-Broadway: Fools in Love (Bottom) and Tempest Tossed Fools (Stephano). He has a B.A. in Theater from Dartmouth College, and is originally from Weston, MA.

MAXWELL EDDY

LEARNED LADIES - Clitandre

RICHARD II   - Henry Percy/Thomas Mowbray

Maxwell is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Company credits include The Taming of the Shrew (Servant) on the Outdoor Stage. Recent credits include The Frogs and Blue/Orange. Maxwell currently attends the Tisch School of the Arts, and is originally from Montclair, NJ.

NADIA GAN

LEARNED LADIES - Martine

RICHARD II   - Duke of Aumerle

Nadia is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Recent credits include Sodom's Wife with Ripple Arts Productions, The Heist Project with Art House Productions, and Ren Ah, Ren with Yangtze Repertory Theater. She is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts, and is originally from Malaysia .

KEVAUGHN HARVEY

LEARNED LADIES - Vadius

RICHARD II   - Green/Exton

Kevaughn is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. His favorite credits include Miss Julie (Reveler), Waiting for Godot (Lucky), and A Raisin In the Sun (Asagai). Kevaughn is a graduate of Cornell University , where he studied theater and psychology. He is originally from Queens, NY.

MORGAN HOOPER

LEARNED LADIES - Julien

RICHARD II   - Henry Bolingbroke

Morgan is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Credits include Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio) with Classics on Tour, and Third Child (Orestes) at the NY Fringe and Prague Fringe. Morgan is originally from New York.

LOUISA BRADEN JOHNSON

LEARNED LADIES - Phliaminte

RICHARD II   - Captain

Louisa is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Credits include The Three Sisters (Masha), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn), Las Meninas (Queen Mother), and As You Like It (Rosalind) with Stony Brook University, as well as The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page) and The Taming of the Shrew (Widow) with the Long Island Shakespeare Festival. She is an MFA student at the Tisch School of the Arts, and is originally from Brooklyn, NY.

MEGAN MCDERMOTT

LEARNED LADIES - Armande

RICHARD II   - Bagot/Servant

Megan is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Recent credits include Amadeus (Katherina), Spring Awakening (Wendla), Twelfth Night (Viola), The Glass Menagerie (Laura), and The Importance of Bing Earnest (Cecily). Megan is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a degree in Music, and is originally from Trenton, NJ .

TIM NICOLAI

LEARNED LADIES - Ariste

RICHARD II   - King Richard II

Tim is in his third season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Company credits include directing the Next Stage Ensemble production of Twelfth Night, as well as directing the Late Night Projects Motley Crew: Shakespeare's Fools and La Ronde. Other credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Albert Einstein), and The Foreigner (Charlie). Tim is originally from Jackson, MO.

NICHOLAS WILDER

LEARNED LADIES - Chrysale

RICHARD II   - John of Gaunt/Groom

Nicholas is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Recent credits include Romeo and Juliet and Pericles with the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, U.S. Drag and Autobahn with Flashpoint Theatre Company, and Much Ado About Nothing with the Delaware Shakespeare Festival. He is originally from Philadelphia, PA.

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