LEADING ACTORS
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The Winter's Tale
Comes from London, England. He has done seasons at Bolton, Durham, York, Southampton, Newbury, Basingstoke and with the Chrub Company. Also, Oxford Payhouse, Hamlet (Hamlet); Bristol Old Vic, The Clandestine Marriage (Lovewell); London's Donmar Warehouse, Down by the Greenwood Side (St.George); Chester Gareway, Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence); Newbury Watermill, Othello (Roderigo). For the Royal Shakespeare Company: The Constant Couple (Vizaret), King Lear (Cornwall), Hamlet (Rosencrantz), The Comedy of Errors (Angelo) and The Love of the Nightingale. He recently spent three months in Japan on a research gran with Edward Hall; and was then assistant director to Edward on his production of Richared III at the Tokyo Globe Theatre. TV includes Eastenders, The Bill, Casualty, I Love Keith Allen, So Haunt Me, All in the Game, Persuasion.
Jeffrey Julian Fletcher (Florizel) is a graduating senior in the performance track at USF. He will be pursuing a professional career as an actor. He would like to thank Edward for his direction and the rest of the cast and crew, withouth whom this production would not be possible.
Louis Greto (Polixenes) is an actor trained at USF. He has performed as Tartuffe in Moliere's Tartuffe and as Lucky in Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He would like to thank Christopher Steele, Denis Calandra, Paul Massie, Monica Bishop-Steele, Nancy Cole and Mary Ann Bentley for their times, patience and forgiveness.
Erica Jensen's (Perdita) first appearance on a USF mainstage production was as Maria in Twelfth Night. She has since performed with the Loft Theatre (10 for the Loft 1994) and Stageworks (Rainbow Tribe). She is currently writing and producing a body of original work to be performed at the Off-Center Theatre at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.
Colin Pigott (Camillo) was last seen at USF as Phillip Glass in All in the Timing. He has also written songs and performed for the Eckerd Theatre Company in Clearwater.
Bridget Roney (Paulina) is a fourth generation native of St. Petersburg, however the majority of her time these days is being spent in Tampa. Her second semester at USF is proving to be very rewarding. The future look bright and all is right with the world.
Heather May Smith (Hermione) is a graduating senior, and this is one of her last performances on the USF mainstage. She has been seen at USF as The Visitor in Suitcase, Melchoir in On the Razzle, Luba in Ghetto, She in Counting the Ways, and Hilary in Golden Girls. Heather appreciates all the work the faculty and students have done to advance her as an actress and would like to thank them all, as she continues to grow in her artistic career.