Romeo and Juliet

Raymond O. Caldwell (Director). Folger Theatre: Rap Monologues. Work at regional theaters includes Signature Theatre, Round House, Imagination Stage, Mosaic Theater, The Kennedy Center, National Players/OTC, Solas Nua, CulturalDC, African Continuum, and the Hegira. Theater Alliance: former Producing Artistic Director. Howard University: former faculty and resident director. Arena Stage: former Community Engagement Director. Raymond has partnered and worked with artists, activists, non-profits and NGOs throughout the world. In partnership with the US Department of State and Contact Base (a cultural NGO based in West Bengal) — he developed A GLOBAL I.D.E.A with 23 artists and activists from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and the US that explored what Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility mean on the global stage. He has done similar work throughout the US, India, Ukraine, and Croatia. The Ohio State University: Acting/New Play Development, MFA; University of Florida, Acting, BFA. 

Jeannette Christensen (Costume Designer) Folger Theatre: Metamorphoses (Associate Costume Designer), Our Verse in Time to Come, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Associate Costume Designer), Amadeus (Associate Costume Designer); Gala Hispanic Theatre: On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan (World Premiere in Spanish; Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Costume Design); Kennedy Center/KCTYA: Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Show Way. Work at other theaters includes Olney Theatre Center; Roundhouse Theatre; Wolf Trap Opera; Studio Theatre. Work at regional theaters includes American Players Theater; Oklahoma City Rep; Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival; American Stage; The Muny. National tour: Show Way, On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. Arizona State University, Design & Production, BA; University of Maryland, Design, MFA; Maryland Institute College of Art, Business of Art & Design, MPS (Graduating Sept. 2024). jchristensendesign.com.

Kaja Dunn (Resident Intimacy and Cultural Consultant): Folger Theatre: Metamorphoses, The Winter’s Tale, Our Verse In Time To Come, The Reading Room; Arena Stage: American Prophet; Denver Center for the Arts: Choir Boy, 5thAve; ACT Theatre (Seattle): Choir Boy; St. Louis Rep.: Private Lives, Confederates; Two River Theatre: Wine In The Wilderness; Penumbra Theatre: Sugar In Our Wounds; Broadway: A Strange Loop (Assoc. Intimacy Director); Television: The Best Man, Final Chapters, Harlem, The Equalizer; Awards: Kennedy Center American Theatre Award, Playwrights Project Excellence in Arts Education; Publications: Arden Contemporary Shakespeare, Intimacy Direction For Theatre, Theatre Symposium, HowlRound, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training (UK). Carnegie Mellon University: Associate Professor.

Ebony Gennes (Assistant Stage Manager) Folger Theatre: debut; Theater J: The Chameleon; Olney Theatre Center: Lend Me a Soprano;  Cumberland Theatre: The Outsiders, Company, Rock of Ages, True West, Clue. Academic: It’s a Wonderful Life, Ricochet Dance Concert. Education: Frostburg State University, BS. Instagram: @EbonyGennes

Kate Murray, CSA  (New York Casting Director): Folger Theatre: The Winter’s Tale. Kate is a casting director for the Public Theater in New York where they have cast Shakespeare, new plays, and musicals. Broadway: For Colored Girls…, The Crucible, A View From The Bridge, A Delicate Balance, and A Raisin In The Sun. 

Matthew M. Nielson (Sound Designer and Composer) Folger Theatre: The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet; Arena Stage: Four Women/Nina Simone; Ford’s Theatre: The Carpetbagger’s Children; Round House Theatre: Oslo, Book of Will; Theatre Alliance: Mnemonic (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Sound Design); Olney Theatre: Mary Stuart, The Magic Play; Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse: Last Wide Open, Treasure Island, Misery; Portland Center Stage: Astoria, Parts 1 & 2, The Color Purple; Denver Theatre Center: Anna Karenina; Actor’s Theatre of Louisville: Dracula; Repertory Theatre of Milwaukee: Two Trains Running, Peter and the Starcatcher; Baltimore Center Stage: Shakespeare In Love; Off-Broadway: 59E59 Theatres: Occupied Territories; Lincoln Center: Where Words Once Were; Public Theater/NYSF:  Shakespeare’s Villains; Film: From Hell To Hear, Elbow Grease, Blue, The Long Road, Little Lamb; TV: The Hero Effect, EPIX Drive-In,  Facebook,  Delivery.com,  NFL,  UFC on FOX. Nielson has won five Helen Hayes Awards has been nominated for several others, including the League of Cincinnati Theatre, Barrymore and BroadwayWorld nominations.  CuriousMusic.com

Tiffany Quinn (Choreographer) Folger Theatre: debut; Signature Theater: Passing Strange (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography in a Musical); Creative Cauldron: Diagnosed; The Kennedy Center: Show Way: The Musical, Beastgirl, Earthrise; Theater Alliance: A Chorus Within Her, The Blackest Battle, Blood at the Root (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Play); Imagination Stage: Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip Hop Creation Myth; Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale (Assistant to the Choreographer); National Players Tour: The Diary of Anne Frank; Mosaic Theater: Les Deux Noirs; Solas Nua: The Frederick Douglass Project; The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Dancing Spirit (Assistant to the Choreographer); Phiadanco!: For Truth (Assistant to the Choreographer); Howard University: Trojan Women, The Children’s Hour, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Montgomery Community College: In The Heights; University of Maryland Baltimore County: The Mail Order Bride. Performance credits: Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company, B.Moore Dance, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Francine E. Ott/The Walk. Howard University: Dance Arts, BFA.

Jonathan Dahm Robertson (Scenic Designer) Folger Theatre: debut; Kennedy Center: Look Both Ways; Signature Theatre: Passing Strange; Round House Theatre: Nollywood Dreams; Theater J: Two Jews Walk into a War, The Christians; Mosaic Theater: The Agitators, Oh God!; 1st Stage: The Mamalogues, Member of the Wedding, the Nance; Theater Alliance: Day of Absence, Blood at the Root; American Stage: Indecent; The Barnstormers Theatre: Into the Woods; Cape Fear Regional Theater: Wait Until Dark; OPERA: The Princeton Festival: Nixon in China, Fidelio, Peter Grimes; Opera in the Heights: Candide, Un Ballo En Maschera, Cosi Fan Tutte. www.jdahmrobertson.com @jdahmrobertson

Tori Schuchmann (Production Stage Manager) Folger Theatre: Rap Monologues (The Reading Room Festival 2024); Constellation Theatre Company: Orlando, The School for Lies, Once on This Island; Imagination Stage: Inside Out and Backwards; Theater J: Tiny Lights; IN Series Opera: The Return of Ulysses; University of Maryland: Dance²; Arts on the Horizon: The Laundromat Show. Production Manager of Andy’s Summer Playhouse in New Hampshire and the Senior Project Manager for ViDCo (Virtual Design Collective).