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2026 Michigan Shakespeare Festival Company

Technical Production Associate

Danny Ayotte
Y. Stanley/Verges/Gibbett

Festival Properties Designer

Aly Renee Amidei
Costume Designer:
The Beaux' Stratagem

Lady Anne / Antonia / Kate

David Blixt*
Fight Director /
Intimacy Coordinator /
Movement Coach

Sidnei Austin
Ensemble / Margaret / Cherry

Carpenter

Janice L Blixt*
Director: Richard III
Director: Much Ado About Nothing

Will Bryson
Clarence/Borachio/Ensemble

Matéo Davis
Dorset / Balthazar / Aimwell

Diane D. Fairchild*
Festival Lighting Designer

Bailey Graham
Festival Assistant Stage Manager

Janet Haley*
Duchesse / Lady Bountiful

Genevy Hong
Scenic Charge Artist

Jeromy Hopgood*
Scenic Designer: Richard III

Kate Hopgood*
Festival Composer / Sound Designer

Production Assistant

Festival Technical Director

Elise Kauzlaric
Festival Dialect Coach
Margaret/Beatrice

Robert Kauzlaric*
Director: The Beaux' Stratagem
Buckingham / Benedick

Carpenter

2026 Seenic Adaptor /

Assistant Technical Director

Janai Lashon
Elizabeth / Ursula / Molly

Khalil LeSaldo
Edward IV - Richmond / Don Pedro / Hounslow

Mary Leyendecker

Costume Designer:

Much Ado About Nothing

Festival Stage Manager

Cassius Merriweather
Assistant Stage Manager

Rivers / Claudio / Scrub

Sarah Pearline
Scenic Designer:
Much Ado & The Beaux' Stratagem

Alexis Primus
Princess / Hero / Dorinda

Alyssia Rogers
Assistant to the Costume Designers /

Wardrobe Supervisor

Duane Shabazz
Catesby / Don John / Bagshot

Adam St. John
Stanley / Francis / Sullen

Hastings / Dogberry / Archer

Brynna Tompkins -Stevens

Carpenter

Rico Bruce Wade
Richard III / Leonato / Boniface

Jeremy Lee Thompson
Ratcliffe / Comrade / Foigard

Master Carpenter

Jwymon Williams

Technical Production Associate

* denotes Michigan Shakespeare Festival Artistic Associates

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