The Royal Family, by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman

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Megan Adair as Gwen Cavendish
Megan is thrilled to join this group of talented artists at LFPL. After a two-year theatre hiatus, she’s excited to return to the world of words. Over the years, she’s performed locally with StageOne, Looking for Lilith, Pandora Productions, Liminal Playhouse, The Bard Theatre, and most recently, This Bridge Theatre for Shotz Louisville. She’s also appeared as a puppeteer and movement artist with Mary Shelley Electric Co., and as a dancer with Moving Collective and LouCoLab. She’s grateful to be back in the mix and sharing stories with such fantastic company.
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Abigail Bailey Maupin as Kitty Dean
Abigail started playing make-believe professionally at the age of seven and now works regularly with Kentucky Shakespeare, where she has taken on a wide swath of roles. Favorites include Lady Macbeth, Beatrice, Kate, Olivia, Mercutio, Titania, Queen Margaret, and Jaques. Louisville theatergoers may have seen her on many other local stages, most recently as Renfield in Kate Hamill's Dracula (Actors Theatre). Abigail and her husband Greg (as Wingback Productions) created and performed a two-actor A Christmas Carol in living rooms around Louisville, as well as an adaptation of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. In 2004, they co-founded Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble, and they also perform as Prohibition-era musical duo Rannygazoo. She currently uses her vocal talents for evil, narrating audiobooks at the American Printing House for the Blind. Regional and New York credits include: 43 Plays for 43 Presidents, My Fair Lady (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Sweeney Todd (Goodspeed Opera House); Babes & Dudes, Die Like a Lady (NY International Fringe Festival); Iolanthe (Village Light Opera Group, NYC); Gift of the Magi (Vermont Stage Company), Hansel and Gretel (Theatreworks/USA).
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Heather Burns as Julie Cavendish
is a theatre practitioner in whose career has included acting, directing, writing, and teaching. She is the Education Director for StageOne Family Theatre. During her time in Louisville, she has performed with Walden Conservatory, Kentucky Shakespeare, Frazier Museum, StageOne, Louisville Repertory, Pandora Productions, and LePetomane Theatre Ensemble. Some of her favorite roles include Andromache in The Trojan Women, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Hypatia in Misalliance. Her favorite directing credits include Frankenstein, The Selkie Wife, She Kills Monsters, and The Book of Will. Many thanks to friends and family.
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Zac Campbell-Hoogendyk as McDermott/ Gilbert Marshall
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 amongst 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.
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J. Barrett Cooper as Oscar Wolfe
Around Louisville: ATL (Dracula), Kentucky Opera (La Boheme, Carmen, Dead Man Walking) Stage One (Number the Stars, The Giver, Hamlet, Night of the Living Dead!) Kentucky Shakespeare (Richard II, Henry IV pt 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. As a director and fight director: over 125 productions. Film: Killer Nurses, Gaslit by My Husband (Lifetime), Sugar Babies (BET+) The Alto Knights (w/ Robert De Niro) White Noise (w/ Adam Driver) Land Lord, Mr. Manhattan, The A-Frame, Queen of the Ring (W/ Josh Lucas) among others. TV: The Resident (Fox) Chicago Fire (NBC) among others, and in numerous commercials.
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David Hussey as Tony Cavendish
A professional actor from age 11, David has appeared alongside Howard Keel in Camelot, and George C. Scott  in Finding The Way Home.  Past roles include Hamlet (Ft. Worth Shakespeare), The Scarecrow (Bass Hall), Pseudolus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,  Bob Hope Theatre), and Algernon (The Importance of Being Earnest,  Margo Jones Theatre). Local roles include: Buddy (Elf: The Musical) and Oscar (The Odd Couple ) at Derby Dinner Playhouse. With a BFA from SMU and over 100 TV commercials, movies/shows including BeckerMadTVBlue Chips, and VH-1’s Reality Wrap-Up, David is also a 2-time world champion joggler and fronts 3 progressive rock bands. “Love and thanks to my parents, Beautiful Bride and Amazing Son!” 
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Ryan Lash as Perry Stewart
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?, 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.
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Gregory Maupin as Herbert Dean
Gregory and his wife Abigail currently bring parlor-sized theater into people’s homes as Wingback Productions―including productions of A Christmas Carol, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and the upcoming Macbeth―and appear as Prohibition musical duo Rannygazoo. In 2004 they co-founded Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble. He works frequently as actor and dramaturg with Kentucky Shakespeare and co-founded the Church of Grover’s Corners, an incredibly specific local play-reading group. With Kentucky Shakespeare: The Tempest (Caliban) Twelfth Night (Feste 2022; Malvolio 2016), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Pride & Prejudice (Mr. Bennet/Charlotte), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom); Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), As You Like It (Touchstone), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Guildenstern). With Actors Theatre of Louisville: A Christmas Carol: Ghost Story (solo) Luna Gale, At the Vanishing Point, Our Town (Simon Stimson), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents. Gregory is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
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Jennifer Pennington as Fanny Canvendish
Jennifer Pennington has enjoyed working as an actor, director and educator with companies all over the country including South Coast Repertory Theatre, Boston Court Theatre, Theatre Banshee LA, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Arizona Shakespeare Festival and Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Some of Pennington’s favorite recent roles she has performed locally include: Prospera (The Tempest); Mrs. Bennett (Pride and Prejudice); Bottom (Midsummer Night’s Dream); Tamora (Titus Andronicus); Mistress Quickly (Henry IV Parts I & II); Emilia in (Othello); Van Helsing in (Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville - understudy); Blanche (A Streetcar Named Desire). Jen is currently an Assistant Professor of acting and directing at the University of Louisville, home of the African American Theatre Program.
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Sean Turley as Jo
Sean is a graduate of IU Southeast with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications with a focus in Theatre Arts. Sean has performed with several local theatre companies such as Pandora Productions, Mind’s Eye Theatre Company, and Centerstage at the Jewish Community Center of Louisville. Favorite performances include Evil Dead: The Musical (Scott), Avenue Q (Boy Bear/Rikky), and The Nerd (Warnock Waldgrave) Sean would like to thank his wife, Sophia, his 3 cats, and his dog for all of their support in his endeavors.
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Meg Caudill as Della
Meg hails from Appalachia, but moved to Louisville in 2007 to join Kentucky Shakespeare as a teaching artist/tour actor. Since then, she has been fortunate to work with several local theatre companies, including Pandora Productions, Walden Theatre/CTC, StageOne, Company Outcast, This Bridge Theatre, three witches shakespeare, and Looking for Lilith. Meg most recently appeared in three witches shakespeare's production of Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) but you may also have seen her performing in the libraries as Erma Frey (Route 3) of The Book Women with Looking for Lilith, or performing stories with StageOne’s Storyteller’s Live! series. When she isn’t teaching, directing, or visiting schools with workshops, she can be found at the zoo during special events, making special appearances as Queen Elizabeth I, or helping Santa check his list twice. Meg is a company member with Looking for Lilith and a proud alumna of the KY Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP).