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MEET THE COMPANY

DAVE LANG

Duke Solinus, Doctor Pinch

This marks David’s 23rd  virtual performance during Covid times. He has enjoyed working on multiple wonderful projects with Upstart Arts. His virtual favorites include Sense and Sensibility at Forge Theater, Lady Windermere’s Fan at 1 st Street Players, Clue at Gettysburg Community Theater and The Adventures of Mouse Deer at The Micro Theater at the Broadway Tavern. On stage, he has performed at Lebanon Community Theater (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), HCPAC (Back to the 80’s) and Hershey Area Playhouse (The Homecoming, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Little Mermaid).  In normal times, David enjoys competitive ping-pong and is an avid board gamer.  He enjoys volunteering with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and tutoring adult students to pass their high-school equivalency exam at the Tri-County OIC.  Virtual performance has been such a blessing in these difficult times. It has been a pleasure to work with these wonderful cast members.

GINA WAGNER

Aegeon, Luce

Gina Wagner is an at-home mom who has been working in community theatre since 2012. She has worked on around 40 productions both on-stage and off. She always enjoys working on Shakespeare productions when possible, and loves working on comedies of any sort. While she enjoys working in the online formats, she is also looking forward to a return to live theatre!

MEREDITH SINGLETON

Antipholus Of Syracuse

Meredith is excited to be back doing theatre with Gayle and Michelle! She has been doing Shakespeare every summer for the past few years, and this is her second time doing Comedy of Errors. In her freetime, Meredith plays the violin, knits, and reads other Shakespeare plays. Enjoy the show!

CAROLYN STEWART MORALES

Dromio Of Syracuse

Carolyn Stewart Morales hails from Mexico and Scotland. She moved back to New York in 2013.  And after a lengthy break from Acting she is THRILLED to be back performing in her first full length Shakespeare play with Upstart Arts. And would like to dedicate her performance to her dad and the friends that encourage and inspire her every single day. 

ASHAR OTTO

First Merchant, Second Merchant, Stage Management

Ashar has done many different theatre productions with different groups. He has done some very fun productions with Upstart Arts though his favourite thing to do for Upstart is being stage manager. Ashar has recently moved cross country to Arizona.

JACQUELINE PEREZ SOTO

Luciana

Jacqueline (Jacky) Perez Soto is a 24 year old girl from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, dancer and singer who started in the world artistic in 2017 with a play called “El Gran Baile de la Luna Llena” in Broadway Theatre, then  “Spa de Princesas” in Paseo La Plaza Theatre, “Jovenes en Acción”, “La Escuela del Mundo Al Revés” and many other theatre plays as well as so many shows dancing and singing.

ASHLEY WHITE

Adriana

Ashley White is from Central Pennsylvania. She has an AA in Theatre Arts Performance from Northampton Community College, a BA in Theatre Arts Performance from Florida Southern College, and a MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin College. She is excited to work with Upstart Arts again and wants to thank her friends and family for their ongoing support. Special thank you to her husband Andrew for putting up with her all these years.

JOAN CONCILIO

Angelo

Joan Concilio is a former Pennsylvanian living in the (truly unbelievably hot) Arizona desert. Professionally, they make websites, and for fun, they make websites, and also enjoy reading, talking with their hands, going on ridiculous adventures, giving away stuffed penguins, scrapbooking and doing jigsaw puzzles. This is Joan's second year participating in virtual theater with Upstart.

LAURA KATE MARSHALL

Antipholus Of Ephesus

Laura Kate Marshall is an internationally, classically trained soprano and actress. A versatile artist, Laura has performed in Opera, Zarzuela, Musical Theatre, and Art Song, on Broadway, across the United States, and in Europe. She was most recently engaged as The Duchess of Alba in The Immorality of Thought- The Life of Francisco de Goya for the American Playwrights Guild, and in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance at The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. In 2019, Laura served as music director and vocal coach for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the historic Colonial Playhouse, for Philadelphia’s YPTC program’s The Lion King Jr., as well as for the Kimmel Center’s One Musical Philadelphia production of Cinderella. Upcoming roles include: Queen Alonsa in Delaware Shakespeare Festival’s 2022 production of The Tempest! Laura began her music studies at NYU and holds a degree in Classical Vocal Performance and a Masters degree in Historical Vocal Performance. She thanks Upstart Arts for welcoming her in her first male Shakespearean role as Antipholus of Ephesus. Hail fellow and well met, thou peevish sheep!

GABRIELLE MANNA

Dromio Of Ephesus

Gabrielle Manna is an actress based in the Greater New York City area. She graduated from Smith College with a BA in English & Theatre in May 2020. Gabby played Dromio of Syracuse at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2018, and she is happy to be participating in this outrageously funny show again! Some of her previous credits include As You Like It (Le Beau/Hymen), Finding the Sun (Gertrude), and Love & Information. Gabby enjoys virtual theatre but is eager to get back on a physical stage soon. She has really enjoyed the playfulness of this production, and hopes you will too!

GAYLE EUBANK

Courtezan, Producer

Gayle Eubank is the President of Upstart Arts, always taking on multiple tasks for any projct ranging from music to vocal coaching to set construction. When not involved in performing arts, Gayle is the Managing Editor, Digital, at the York Dispatch.

PAULA RINEER

Abbess

A twin who is happy she got to grow up with her twin - not have to search for her! This is her second time working on Comedy of Errors, first time she did props. She is excited to help bring this show to you online.

MICHELLE DENISE NORTON

Director

Michelle Denise Norton is the creative engine behind Upstart Arts. When not thinking about Shakespeare 370 days a year, Michelle is a writer, poet, cartoonist, painter, and consultant. Michelle attended Northwestern University, then moved to York, PA and began an apprenticeship in theatre that led to founding first a beloved local touring Shakespeare program, Theatre Under The Trees, followed by its spinoff, the collaborative effort that is Upstart Arts.

KITTY GEOGHAN

Graphic Designer

Kitty Geoghan is an actor, writer, storyteller, illustrator, and the graphic designer for Upstart Arts. She has previously appeared as Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew and Celia in As You Like It, and Claudio in last summer's Much Ado About Nothing. 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A Comment On the Author

Modern productions of William Shakespeare's plays often wrestle with whether or not to modernize/sanitize the plays. At Upstart, we believe that William Shakespeare has created characters who are the most human of humans, written in such beautiful, original language that centuries of actors have brought them to vivid life. And that by watching and performing the works of William Shakespeare, language literacy is improved for audience and actor. His plays are also deeply stained with English Imperialism and full of many bigotries. But whitewashing his works would not allow a full conversation about their flaws and harms, so instead we present them in full and recommend Professor Kim F. Hall's Things Of Darkness as a place to start a more enlightened conversation.

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