J. Barrett Cooper as Judge Atherton / Walter Higgs
Around Louisville: ATL (Dracula), Kentucky Opera (La Bohème, Carmen, Dead Man Walking), StageOne (Number the Stars, The Giver, Hamlet, Night of the Living Dead!), Kentucky Shakespeare (Richard II, Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, among others), Savage Rose (King Lear, Macbeth, Krapp's Last Tape, among others), Bunbury Theatre (RED, Buried Child, Sunset Limited), CenterStage (Annie). NYC & Regional: Theatre 1010 & Manhattan Stage (NYC), Constellation Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Playhouse (SLC), Wayside Theatre, Arkansas Rep. Film: Killer Nurses, Gaslit by My Husband (Lifetime), Sugar Babies (BET+), The Alto Knights (with Robert De Niro), White Noise (with Adam Driver), Land Lord, Mr. Manhattan, The A-Frame, Queen of the Ring (with Josh Lucas). TV: The Resident (Fox), Chicago Fire (NBC), and numerous commercials.
Around Louisville: ATL (Dracula), Kentucky Opera (La Bohème, Carmen, Dead Man Walking), StageOne (Number the Stars, The Giver, Hamlet, Night of the Living Dead!), Kentucky Shakespeare (Richard II, Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, among others), Savage Rose (King Lear, Macbeth, Krapp's Last Tape, among others), Bunbury Theatre (RED, Buried Child, Sunset Limited), CenterStage (Annie). NYC & Regional: Theatre 1010 & Manhattan Stage (NYC), Constellation Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Playhouse (SLC), Wayside Theatre, Arkansas Rep. Film: Killer Nurses, Gaslit by My Husband (Lifetime), Sugar Babies (BET+), The Alto Knights (with Robert De Niro), White Noise (with Adam Driver), Land Lord, Mr. Manhattan, The A-Frame, Queen of the Ring (with Josh Lucas). TV: The Resident (Fox), Chicago Fire (NBC), and numerous commercials.
Zac Campbell-Hoogendyk as Dr. Wetherell
Zac has performed internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the International Shakespeare Festival in Neuss, Germany. Regionally, he's performed at The Cleveland Play House, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Gulfshore Playhouse, among others. In Louisville, you may have seen him performing with StageOne Family Theatre, Bunbury Theatre, LouHive Collective, Three Witches Shakespeare, This Bridge Theatre, or as Macbeth with Kentucky Shakespeare. He is a producer with This Bridge Theatre, through which two of his plays (Ossietzky: A Peace Play and Over My Dead Body) have been produced. This Bridge Theatre is also responsible for the recurring short play celebration Shotz! He has an M.F.A. from Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Play House. He can accomplish nothing without the love and support of Kasey and Luna.
Zac has performed internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the International Shakespeare Festival in Neuss, Germany. Regionally, he's performed at The Cleveland Play House, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Gulfshore Playhouse, among others. In Louisville, you may have seen him performing with StageOne Family Theatre, Bunbury Theatre, LouHive Collective, Three Witches Shakespeare, This Bridge Theatre, or as Macbeth with Kentucky Shakespeare. He is a producer with This Bridge Theatre, through which two of his plays (Ossietzky: A Peace Play and Over My Dead Body) have been produced. This Bridge Theatre is also responsible for the recurring short play celebration Shotz! He has an M.F.A. from Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Play House. He can accomplish nothing without the love and support of Kasey and Luna.
Ryan Lash as Major Bannister
Ryan has attempted acting in Talk Radio, The Diviners, Orphans, Frankenstein, Psycho Beach Party, God's Favorite, All in the Timing, The Graduate, Clybourne Park, Smart People, The Houseguests, The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Grapes of Wrath, 13th of Paris, Bent, Proof, In the Next Room, Too Much Too Much Too Many, HONK!, A Tuna Christmas, and many more. He would like to thank his friends and family for putting up with his ridiculous acting habit.
Ryan has attempted acting in Talk Radio, The Diviners, Orphans, Frankenstein, Psycho Beach Party, God's Favorite, All in the Timing, The Graduate, Clybourne Park, Smart People, The Houseguests, The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Grapes of Wrath, 13th of Paris, Bent, Proof, In the Next Room, Too Much Too Much Too Many, HONK!, A Tuna Christmas, and many more. He would like to thank his friends and family for putting up with his ridiculous acting habit.
Jay Nicole as Jane Atherton
Jay Nicole is a second-year MFA Performance Student at the University of Louisville. She is passionate about using theatre as a tool for advocacy, with a particular interest in mental health, community engagement, and stories that inspire empathy and meaningful dialogue. She is honored to be part of this reading and grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such a talented group of artists.
Jay Nicole is a second-year MFA Performance Student at the University of Louisville. She is passionate about using theatre as a tool for advocacy, with a particular interest in mental health, community engagement, and stories that inspire empathy and meaningful dialogue. She is honored to be part of this reading and grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such a talented group of artists.
Shona Tucker as Madame Atherton
Native Louisvillian Shona Tucker is an actor, director, writer, and educator. She is Full Professor and Chair of the University of Louisville Department of Theatre Arts and the Mary Riepma Ross Chair at Vassar College's Drama Department. As an actress, she is an original cast member of the Broadway hit To Kill a Mockingbird and appeared in Broadway's Death of a Salesman with Wendell Pierce. Other performance credits include numerous Off-Broadway and regional productions with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Playwrights Horizons, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and ACT San Francisco. Her television and film credits include The Hating Game, Linoleum, Lights Out, Walk the Fish, Preaching to the Choir, New York Undercover, and Law & Order. At UofL she has directed Bridget Wimberley's St. Lucy's Eyes and August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean. She has also directed at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, Arena Stage, the Smithsonian, and many other venues. As a writer, the second part of her trilogy, Growing Wild, was featured in the #HealMeToo Festival at IRT. She is a NYTW Usual Suspect, Audelco Award recipient, and Fulbright Scholar. She holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from NYU/Tisch.
Native Louisvillian Shona Tucker is an actor, director, writer, and educator. She is Full Professor and Chair of the University of Louisville Department of Theatre Arts and the Mary Riepma Ross Chair at Vassar College's Drama Department. As an actress, she is an original cast member of the Broadway hit To Kill a Mockingbird and appeared in Broadway's Death of a Salesman with Wendell Pierce. Other performance credits include numerous Off-Broadway and regional productions with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Playwrights Horizons, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and ACT San Francisco. Her television and film credits include The Hating Game, Linoleum, Lights Out, Walk the Fish, Preaching to the Choir, New York Undercover, and Law & Order. At UofL she has directed Bridget Wimberley's St. Lucy's Eyes and August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean. She has also directed at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, Arena Stage, the Smithsonian, and many other venues. As a writer, the second part of her trilogy, Growing Wild, was featured in the #HealMeToo Festival at IRT. She is a NYTW Usual Suspect, Audelco Award recipient, and Fulbright Scholar. She holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from NYU/Tisch.
Katie Blackerby Weible as Laura Atherton
Katie is currently on the Theatre faculty at the Youth Performing Arts School. Previously, she was the Director of Education at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has also been a faculty member at the University of Louisville, JCTC, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and Commonwealth Theatre Center. As an actor, she has performed extensively across the country. Favorite Off-Broadway and regional credits include The Great Gilly Hopkins (New Victory Theater), Tom Sawyer (Promenade), HomeFires (Jack Heifner world premiere at Arkansas Repertory Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (New York Renaissance Festival), The Imaginary Invalid (Idaho Repertory Theater), and Hello, Dolly! (Galveston Island Musicals). She has also appeared at Actors Theatre, StageOne, Kentucky Shakespeare, and Derby Dinner Playhouse in numerous productions over the past twenty-five years. Katie received her BFA in Performing Arts from Western Kentucky University and her MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Katie is currently on the Theatre faculty at the Youth Performing Arts School. Previously, she was the Director of Education at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has also been a faculty member at the University of Louisville, JCTC, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and Commonwealth Theatre Center. As an actor, she has performed extensively across the country. Favorite Off-Broadway and regional credits include The Great Gilly Hopkins (New Victory Theater), Tom Sawyer (Promenade), HomeFires (Jack Heifner world premiere at Arkansas Repertory Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (New York Renaissance Festival), The Imaginary Invalid (Idaho Repertory Theater), and Hello, Dolly! (Galveston Island Musicals). She has also appeared at Actors Theatre, StageOne, Kentucky Shakespeare, and Derby Dinner Playhouse in numerous productions over the past twenty-five years. Katie received her BFA in Performing Arts from Western Kentucky University and her MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin.