-Romeo vs Juliet Cast-

	T.J. Anderson (Benvolio) is incredibly excited to be a part of Pretty/Windy Theatre Company's production of Romeo vs. Juliet. His recent acting roles include Felix in Paradise Lost (The Agency Theatre Collective), Daniel in The Complete Works of Shakespeare [Abridged], Horatio in Hamlet (Northern Michigan University), J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Pirelli in Sweeney Todd (Peninsula Arts Appreciation Council). In addition to acting, he has been an active music director and theatre musician in Chicago since relocating from Michigan in 2011.
	Nick Bonges (Paris) is from Evanston and attended Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) with a major in psychology. Recent credits include A Christmas Carol with Citadel Theatre and Zastrozzi with Division Theatre where he is also an artistic associate. "Thank you to my family for all of your love and support."
	Bill Daniel (Ensemble) is an actor/playwright living in the city of Chicago. He graduated from Illinois State University with a BA in acting. In October 2010, Bill won the Hobo Robo New Comedy Festival with his play The Great Sloppy Joe Extermination. His works include Pingree Road and The Machine, both of which debuted at Illinois State University’s One Act Festival, The Glass Man, which premiered in Illinois State University’s Freestage Festival, and The Living Canvas: Rain, which played at the National Pastime Theatre in Chicago. When not writing, Bill is a historical interpreter for Navy Pier’s Tall Ship Windy and performs a one man mime tribute entitled The Lamentable Comedy of the Laborious Deaths of Marcel Marceau in any venue that will have him, most recently at Second City’s Skybox Theatre.
	Brian Elliott (Friar Lawrence) is an actor living in Chicago. He recently appeared in The Baker’s Wife at the Circle Theatre. He would like to thank Emma for all her support.
	Kim Fukawa's (Lady Capulet) is performing in her first show with Pretty/Windy and she's happy to be here. She is an Artistic Associate with The Babes With Blades Theatre Company and has done Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet with them in the past as well as fight choreography for their most recent show, Trash. She is also part of The Fight Factory, a combat choreography/teaching team based in Chicago. Like them on Facebook as they will offer classes in the future. She'd like to thank Bobby and her parents for their unending love and support as well as her castmates for keeping it fun.
	Samantha Garcia (Nurse) is a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has lived and played all over the world. Since making Chicago her home she has done a lot of cool projects with a lot of cool people, including Stir Friday Night (Chicago's premiere Asian American comedy troupe) and Gorilla Tango Burlesque (Provocative Parody for the Discerning Nerd), among others. Thank you, Audience, for supporting live theatre!
	Dave Gonzalez (Romeo) is an actor and fight choreographer from Chicago. Dave holds a B.A. in Acting from Illinois State University, and is a recognized Advanced Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. Most recently, Dave served as a guest artist at California State University- Stanislaus, assisting with fight choreography, serving as fight captain, and playing Tybalt. He also has worked as fight choreographer for Clockwise Theatre Co.'s Courting Vampires and The Plagiarist's Caesura: A Butchery. As always, many thanks to Ma, Dad, and Senors Dennhardt and Tovar.
	Evan Henderson's (Ensemble) is taking part in his first appearance on stage out of the gates of graduating from Illinois State University. It's been so much fun getting to work with the Pretty/Windy crew. No better way to start life in the big city than beating ninja's unconscious with an oar!
	Gaby Labotka (Ensemble) is having an identity crisis. You see, she works on the Tallship Windy as a professional pirate, yet she is portraying a ninja in this play. Before this and besides on the Windy you may have seen her around Chicago theatres as a house manager for Mary Arrchie Theatre Company, as a demon in The Living Canvas: Demons (2010), as an intern for The House Theatre of Chicago, or as the director of The Living Canvas: Rain (2011). You can see her next in Right Brain Project's Production of Marat/Sade as Mademoiselle Coulmier. Gaby recently graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Acting and Directing with Exceptional Merit in the Arts, and is currently enjoying trying to figure out her grown-up-theatrical-artist life in the city. She wouldn't be doing stage combat if it weren't for Paul Dennhardt and Orion Couling, her Fighting Fathers. Love and thanks to her family and friends. Keep Smiling!
	Genevieve Lally-Knuth (Ensemble) has performed in Chicago with The State Theatre of Chicago as an actor and puppeteer (The Voodoo Chalk Circle, The World Over, Crowded House: The Winter’s Tale), The Shakespeare All-Stars (Macbeth), Chicago dell’Arte (Dante’s Inferno), The Actor’s Gymnasium (Neverwhere: A Circus Underground), the Tall Ship Windy as a pirate and with AMEBA Acrobatic and Aerial Dance Company as an Apprentice Company Member. Internationally Genevieve has toured Greece in The Bacchae with The University of Detroit Mercy. She holds a BA in Theatre and Art from Cornell College. Special thanks to Jill Heyser for aerial coaching and choreography.
	Almir Limaj (Apothecary, Ensemble) is a stage and on camera actor and is more than excited to be a part of this wonderful production with an amazing cast and crew. Previous on stage experience in Chicago include: Stage 773 (long form improv), Cornservatory Theatre (Nightmares on Lincoln Ave. 3), New Rock Theatre (Swordswoman of San Gimignano), Columbia College Chicago (An Ideal Husband and He Who Gets Slapped...). Almir is a recent graduate from Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in acting (’11), and is a certified stage combatant by the SAFD. Some recent film credits include: “FLOST”, “The Defiled” and “Factory of Lies”.
	Kiki Marich (Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing with the amazing cast of Romeo vs. Juliet! Kiki is a sketch ensemble member of Pretty/Windy, and has recently performed with the company in Nothing Personal, Your Funeral, and at The Chicago Sketchfest. At Case Western Reserve University, where she studied, she was seen as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, and had the opportunity to perform at The Cleveland Playhouse as Audrey in As You Like It. She would like to thank Emma, Fin, her friends in Pretty/Windy, and the cast of RVJ for giving her the opportunity to perform Shakespeare again, and for the ninja lessons.
	Zack Meyer (Mercutio, Fight Captain) is a local grown Actor and Fight Director. Recent experience includes performing on the Tall Ship Windy on Navy Pier (Historical Interpreter, Assistant Artistic Director), with the UnRehearsed Shakespeare Company (Founding Ensemble Member, Othello/Fight Director, Much Ado about Nothing/Claudio), Bard in the Barn (Timon of Athens/Timon, Romeo and Juliet/Romeo), Polarity Ensemble (Tom Jones/Fight Director), and 20% Theatre Company (Fight Director). His next performance will be Comedy of Errors with the UnRehearsed folks ON the Tall Ship Windy playing…well you’ll just have to come and find out. Love to his family. Thanks to Pretty/Windy. Dum Spiro Spero.
	Pearl Paramadilok (Ensemble) is a native Chicago actor and is ecstatic to be performing with Pretty/Windy Theatre. You may have quickly seen Pearl on the last season of Boss. Some of her past roles include: Miss Julie in Queer Strindberg and First Faerie in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Stage Center Theatre), Agatha Slimesworth in Nightsongmanchild (Strangeloop Theatre) and various festivals with N.U.F.A.N. Ensemble, Gorilla Tango, the Cornservatory and Just Say Yes Productions.
	Nelson Rodriguez (Lord Capulet) earned a MFA in Acting at the University of Southern Mississippi and a BA in Theatre at Brenau University. Since moving to Chicago in August, Nelson has had the privilege to work with Adventure Stage, Pride Films & Plays, Renny Black Productions and The Agency Theatre Collective. He will also be joining The Eclectic Theatre for their inaugural season in Six Degrees of Separation. Nelson previously worked as a professional actor with Southern Arena Theatre and was a member of touring repertory company for 8 months that culminated in a performance in an ancient amphitheater in Epidaurus, Greece.
	Kelsey Rohrer (Ensemble, Costume Design) is thrilled to be making her Chicago stage debut with such an amazing production! Originally hailing from Southeast Michigan, Kelsey studied theater at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. Past credits include: Bard to Go (Titania/Juliet/Witch)- which toured Western Michigan and Shanghai, China; Love’s Labors Lost (Jacquenetta), Sure Thing (Betty), The Rocky Horror Show, and Ragtime. Many thanks to all my friends and family, so happy I get to share this with you! Extra special thanks to the wonderful cast and crew of RvJ - especially to Emma and Fin who conned me into doing this in the first place!
	Stephanie Shum (Juliet) is thrilled to be working with the talented cast of RvJ and with Pretty/Windy! Previous credits include productions at McGill University (Polaroid Stories, The Bacchae, Savage in Limbo) and Two Lights Theatre Company (Where We Go). Stephanie works as Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Marketing Assistant and is a company member with The New Colony and also serves as their Associate Director of Marketing and Box Office Manager. Upcoming projects include a web series entitled “Bad People.” Love to Mumsy, Dad, Jess and my Sunshine.
	Nick Stockwell (Prince) is a native of Boulder, Colorado where he attended the University of Colorado and earned a BFA in Theatre Performance. He is very excited to be performing with Pretty/Windy and this wonderful version of Romeo vs Juliet. Infinite thanks to my mother and father as well as my super cool sister Lauren.
	Freddy Lynn Wilson (Lord Montague) is a native of both Gainesville, FL and Mountain City, TN, and recently moved to Chicago after performing for four seasons as a Cowboy/ Indian / Horseback Rider in the Wild West Train Adventure at Tweetsie Railroad Theme Park, NC. Previous experience includes Horn In The West Outdoor Drama (including Dracula), Texas Legacies Outdoor Drama (including A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and A Christmas Carol at Blowing Rock Stage Company. Freddy Lynn holds a BA in Theatre Performance from Appalachian State University (NC), where he performed in Hamlet, The Laramie Project, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Love and thanks to Ali!
	Kai Young (Tybalt) is thrilled to be participating in this unique production. As an actor combatant bred of Columbia College Chicago, and a Harbinger of Truth, he relishes any opportunity to play with swords. Thanks, mom.