BEROWNE

Ben Kahre is an actor, fight director, and teacher. He’s performed in The Who & the What (Milwaukee Rep), A Loss of Roses (Off-Broadway), The Commons of Pensacola (Manhattan Theatre Company), Higher (American Conservatory Theater), Noises Off (Idaho Rep) and New Stages’ Sweet Potato Queens. He can also be seen on the small screen in The Blacklist, Jessica Jones, and The Mysteries of Laura. As a fight director, he has choreographed stage violence in numerous productions for both stage and screen, most recently coordinating the stunt work in Holmes and Watson at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. He was certified in 2018 as a Dueling Arts International Stage Combat Teacher and teaches workshops throughout the United States. Ben is a proud graduate of the American Conservatory Theater and the University of Evansville.

ROSALINE

Jessa Schinske Oklahoma Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker,A Midsummer Night’s Dream educational tour, and Classics for Kids educational tour series. Other regional credits include: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, The 39 Steps, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, and Shrek the Musical with Pollard Theatre Company; A Streetcar Named Desire and A Funny Thing that Happened on the Way to the Forum with Jewel Box Theatre; Ruthless! The Musical with the Boom!; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cabaret, and Richard III with Reduxion Theatre; and The Hit of Pinch City with Next Stage. She also has been a regular actor with Oklahoma Children’s Theatre, including their touring productions, filmed productions, and their plays in the park series and is an actor educator for Delta Dental of Oklahoma Foundation’s Captain Supertooth program and Oklahoma City Beautiful’s Mother Earth Program.

KING FERDINAND

Paxton Kliewer is an actor from Bethany, Oklahoma. He received his BFA in Drama with an emphasis in Acting from the University of Oklahoma in 2020. His credits include Jaxton-The Thanksgiving play-OKCREP, Captain Wentworth-Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!-Oklahoma Shakespeare, Laertes-Hamlet-Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Banquo-Macbeth-Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Oberon/Theseus-A Midsummer Night's Dream-Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Sebastian-Twelfth Night-Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Captain Georg Von Trapp-The Sound of Music: Interactive-Lyric Theatre,Paul Bratter-Barefoot in the Park-Jewel Box Theatre

PRINCESS OF FRANCE

Sydney Wehmeyer is a Stillwater-based actor drawn to characters with exuberance, wit, and quiet strength, is delighted to take part in her second production with Oklahoma Shakespeare. Previous credits include Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's Christmas Cracker, Eurydice in Eurydice at Upstage Theatre, and Vera Claythorne in And Then There Were None at Town & Gown Theatre. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a performance emphasis BA in Theatre. When she’s not on stage, Sydney enjoys thrift shopping, fiction reading, and entertaining the thought of baking. She is deeply grateful to her cast, crew, and mentors for their endless love and support.

DUMAINE / SIR NATHANIEL / MUSIC DIRECTOR

Jimmy Pike was last seen on the garden stage in Shakespeare’s big 3 comedy M’s; Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Perhaps it’s in the cards to branch out of the alliterative alley he’s found himself in. Who’s to say? Playing teachers, preachers, and sometimes creatures, he is happy to have a home at Oklahoma Shakespeare; So happy in fact that he serves as a member of the board of directors. He is also a proud dad and an electrician.

MARIA

Ariana Sanchez is originally from McAllen, Texas, and is an incoming junior at Oklahoma City University pursuing her BFA for acting. This is her first show with Oklahoma Shakespeare. Ariana has been previously seen in Charlotte’s Web (Oklahoma Children’s Theatre), Shrek: The Musical (Spotlight Theatre), and other hometown shows. She sends her love to her family and friends, thank you for traveling 10 hours and most of all, the never ending support!

KATHERINE / ASST. DIRECTOR / PROPS DESIGN

Olivia Akers (She/Her) is a recent graduate of the BFA Acting program at Oklahoma City University. Recent credits include The Illusion,
Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Special thanks to her family and friends for supporting her throughout this process. “Act well your part; there all honor lies.”

LONGAVILLE / DULL

Teegin Hacker is currently a Senior BFA Acting Major at Oklahoma City University. This is his first production with Oklahoma Shakespeare. He was recently in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Puffs!, and Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. He would like to thank his family and friends for their support.

DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO

Thomas Chavira is an actor/educator/producer from Fort Worth, Texas. He holds a BFA from Abilene Christian University, an MFA in Acting the University of Southern California (Fight On!), and an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from Loyola Marymount University. He has performed in theatres all across Southern California and his Film/Television credits include SHAMELESS and the feature film BENEATH US. This is his second production at Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park  

As a producer, his work has nominations and wins from the L.A. Stage Alliance (Ovation awards for Best Production of an Intimate Theatre - 33 Variations and Violet). Other production credits include Dancing at Lughnasa, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Voysey Inheritance, Spinning Into Butter, and The Sweetest Swing in Baseball.

JAQUENETTA

Lily Marsh (she/they) is a rising junior at Oklahoma City University, pursuing a BFA in Acting with a double minor in Directing and Dramaturgy. Her recent university credits include Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Emily u/s) , Gross Indecency (Carson & Others), Puffs (Swing), and Romeo & Juliet (Swing). She is delighted to be working with OSP again, following her previous work in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Assistant Director), Macbeth (Lennox), and Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker (Elinor Dashwood). She’d like to thank Erin Woods for trusting her with this role, and her roommates, for enduring her arduous hours of music practice with grace.

COSTARD

Denton Meehan is from Kansas City, MO and is a recent graduate from Oklahoma City University. This is his third show at OK Shakes. Recent credits include The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Life Sucks, and Legacy of Light. Special thanks to friends and family.

MOTH / MARCADE

Ella Howard (she/her/hers) is a rising third year acting student at the University of Oklahoma in the Helmerich School of Drama. This is Ella’s third year working with Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, and Love’s Labour’s Lost is her on-stage debut! Her previous theatre credits include As You Like It, Oklahoma!, and Waiting For Lefty. Ella would like to thank her friends and family for their constant encouragement and support.

BOYET

Corey Whaley returns again to OSP having played Horatio in last summer’s Hamlet. This is Corey’s 2nd Love’s Labour’s Lost here at OSP, and 24th production at OSP. Other recent roles include Squidward in The SpongeBob Musical and King Arthur in Spamalot, both at The Pollard Theatre in Guthrie, and Professor Plum in Clue at Carpenter Square Theatre. Corey has also appeared at Theatre Crude in last year’s Fringe Festival (in the rock opera Smoke & Mirrors) and in the most recent installment of their Unconventional Shorts series.

UNDERSTUDY / ASST. STAGE MANAGER / WARDROBE

Meghan Gosse is a graduating senior at Oklahoma City University,  first show at Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. Her recent credits include Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Legacy of Light, and She Stoops to Conquer. She would like to thank her friends for all their support.

UNDERSTUDY

Logan Propst is very excited for his first experience with Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. He is going into his junior year at Oklahoma State University, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. He has been involved in shows there such as May We All, Little Women, and Alice by Heart. He is very grateful for this opportunity and hopes you enjoy the show.

PLAY DIRECTOR AND MARKETING

Erin Woods is a director, playwright, actress, and graphic designer with over 25 years’ experience in Oklahoma Theatre and beyond. Directing credits include Art for Oklahoma City Theatre Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Uncle Vanya for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, and Pride and Prejudice, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Hamlet, Sense and Sensibility, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Women, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses for Reduxion Theatre Company. As a playwright, Erin has written adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Tome Jones, and a holiday play often produced by Oklahoma Shakespeare: Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker. Look for a workshop of her upcoming work: on a new play (not an adaptation!) based on her favorite book genre called How to Write a Regency Romance coming in 2026. (Bridgerton fans are gonna love it!)

COSTUME DESIGN

Bethany Woemmel is thrilled to design her first show with OSP! She is a recent graduate from Oklahoma City University where she received her BFA in Acting and a minor in Costume Design. Recent designer credits include designing Legacy of Light and assistant designing Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor at Oklahoma City University and Where the Rabbits Roam No More at CoArts Productions. She thanks her friends and family for their endless support and patience with the endless piles of costumes.

SCENIC DESIGN

Edward T. Morris† has designed for Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Atlantic Theater Company, The Barrow Group, Cherry Lane Theater, Goodspeed Opera House, Kansas City Rep, LaMama, Magic Theatre, Martha Graham Dance Company, Oklahoma City Repertory Theater, San Francisco Playhouse, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, The New Group, TheatreSquared, Virginia Stage Company, Weston Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, and Yale Repertory Theatre, among many others. Edward is an advocate and consultant on sustainability in the performing arts. He’s a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and Wingspace Theatrical Design. He graduated of University of Michigan and Yale School of Drama.

LIGHTING DESIGN

Kellen Sapp is excited to return to OSP after designing Hamlet last season. Originally from Columbia, MO, she earned her BFA from the Helmerich School of Drama at the University of Oklahoma. Her recent work includes Assistant Lighting Director at Opera in the Ozarks, and lighting design for The Sacred Veil at the Reynolds Performing Arts Center; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, and Orfeo ed Euridice (OU Opera); Rent, Contemporary Dance Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Festival Ballet (OU University Theatre).

FIGHT DIRECTION & INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHY

Kris Kuss (he/him). Kris is a director, fight director, actor, stage combat instructor, and educator based in OKC. He has his MFA in Directing from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is Associate Professor of Movement at OCU and a Recognized Full Instructor with Dueling Arts International. Recent movement credits include King Lear, Legacy of Light, Mother Road, Dracula: a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Romeo & Juliet, She Kills Monsters, The Play That Goes Wrong (OCU), Hamlet, Macbeth (Oklahoma Shakespeare), The Thanksgiving Play, Vietgone (OKCRep), Pagliacci, The Tragedy of Carmen (Painted Sky Opera), Oklahoma!,The Play That Goes Wrong (Lyric Theatre), and Treasure Island (Emerald Coast Theatre Co). 

DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY

Chloe Felts is a recent Oklahoma State Theater BA graduate who previously choreographed Oklahoma Shakespeare’s production of The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged.  She performed the role of Beatrice Rasponi in The Servant of Two Masters, and Sophie in Mamma Mia. She choreographed pieces for the concert dance programs Duality and Flights of Whimsy, among various youth musical theater productions.

SCENIC PAINT

Robin Vest's work has been seen at The Goodman, The Old Globe, Utah Opera, Vancouver Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Cleveland Playhouse, Merrimack Rep, Triad Stage, Playmaker's Rep, Barrington Stage, and Williamstown Theater Festival. In New York she has worked with Manhattan Theater Club, Lincoln Center's LCT3 projects, Manhattan Class Company, Playwright's Horizons, Second Stage Uptown, The Cherry Lane and many others.

Robin spent seven years on the faculty at Mason Gross school of the Arts at Rutgers University, prior to that she had the pleasure of assisting Alexander Dodge, and Walt Spangler. She received her MFA from Yale School of Drama and BFA from the University of Oklahoma.

DRAMATURGY

Sophia Yastrebov is a second-year student at the University of Oklahoma. She is thrilled to have spent her dramaturgy contract with OKShakes! She would like to thank her friends and family for letting her spend the summer far away from home, researching nerdy details about Shakespeare.

STAGE MANAGEMENT

Autumn Manus (she/they) is from Tulsa, OK, and is a student at the University of Oklahoma, majoring in Theatre Performance. This is her third time stage managing for OSP. Her previous stage management credits include The Merry Wives of Windsor (2025) and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abdridged) [revised] [again](2025). Autumn has thoroughly enjoyed stepping into the world of stage management and working with the cast and crew!

SOUND ENGINEER

Adam Troy Atkins is a theatrical technician, scenic painter, set constructor, and overall jack-of-all-trades, contributing his expertise to shows including Wait Until Dark, Enchanted Cottage, A Small Fire, 12 Angry Jurors, Inherit the Wind, and Misery (3rd Act Theatre Company); Dracula and Charlie’s Aunt (Jewel Box Theatre); Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare in Love, and Much Ado About Nothing (Oklahoma Shakespeare); Little Shop of Horrors (Center Stage Theatre); and Into the Woods and Young Frankenstein (KMC Onstage). Adam Troy's proficiency also extends to stage managing, sound technician, and properties, showcasing his exceptional organizational skills and technical prowess. With an unwavering passion for theatre, he continues to make a significant impact on and off the stage, collaborating seamlessly with his talented wife, Brittany, and playing a vital role in the success of unforgettable productions.

SOUND ENGINEER

Drawing on 19 years of experience as a cyber operator in the Air Force, William is excited to apply their meticulous attention to detail and problem-solving skills as the sound technician for Love's Labour's Lost. His extensive background in complex systems and technical operations provides a unique perspective on creating the intricate soundscape for this production. William is grateful for the opportunity to work with this talented cast and crew.

SOUND TECHNICIAN

Thess Holloway is a current student at Oklahoma State University pursuing his B.A. in Theatre and B.S. in Music Industry. He engages in many roles in theatre including sound design, sound engineering, lighting design, and performing. Recent projects Thess has worked on includes being the lead sound technician for Serenade, Vintage Hitchcock, and A Grand Night for Singing with Tent Theatre at Missouri State University. Thess has also worked on The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged with OK Shakespeare.