HEATHER CHRISLER
(Helen Schlegel) returns to Remy Bumppo having been an understudy for Fallen Angels. Chicago credits include Twilight Bowl (Goodman), Small Mouth Sounds (A Red Orchid), Mies Julie (Victory Gardens, Chris Jones Top Ten Performances of 2018), Mary’s Wedding (First Folio), Machinal (Greenhouse, Jeff Nomination – Performer, Chris Jones Top Ten Performances of 2017), Her Majesty’s Will (Lifeline), Captain Blood, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (First Folio), and good friday (Oracle, Jeff Nomination – Ensemble). Other credits include Dancing Lessons (Riverside), Romeo and Juliet (Door Shakespeare), A Christmas Carol, The Three Musketeers (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Much Ado About Nothing, and Blithe Spirit (Monomoy Theatre). She is an Artistic Associate of First Folio Theatre and earned an MFA from Ohio University. Heather is represented by Shirley Hamilton Inc.

JODI KINGSLEY (Jacky
Bast) is excited to return to Remy Bumppo where she was last seen in Travesties. Chicago credits include In A Little World Of Our Own, Spinning (Irish Theatre of Chicago); The Birds, Men Should Weep (Griffin, Jeff Award for Best Production); Wrens (Rivendell); Danny And The Deep Blue Sea (Kokandy); Smartphones (Trap Door); and Troilus And Cressida (Backroom Shakespeare). Other credits include Hometown Christmas (Wagon Wheel, IN), Talk Show (HBO/Warner Bros Workspace, LA), and The Devil’s Disciple (Houston Shaw Festival). Her TV work includes The Chi on Showtime and the recurring role of Madeline Gastern on NBC’s Chicago Med. Jodi is an ensemble member of Irish Theatre of Chicago and is represented by Big Mouth Talent. jodikingsley.com

TOMMY MALOUF (Paul
Wilcox) is thrilled to be working with Remy Bumppo again, having appeared in the co-production with Silk Road Rising of Great Expectations. Chicago credits include United Flight 232, Kitty Hawk, Hatfield & McCoy (House Theatre); The Light Fantastic, Thirst: Climate Change Theatre (Jackalope); Bobbie Clearly, Posh (Steep); Million Dollar Quartet (TATC); and Heartbreak Hotel (Broadway Playhouse in Chicago). Tommy is an Educator with Catharsis Production and a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf. He is represented by Stewart Talent.

MICHAEL McKEOGH
(Charles Wilcox) is excited to be back at Remy Bumppo after appearing in The Skin of Our Teeth. Chicago credits include Southern Gothic (Windy City Playhouse); A Wrinkle in Time, The Killer Angels (Lifeline); Pocatello (Griffin); The White Road (Irish Theatre of Chicago); Hamlet (Oak Park Festival); Concerning Strange Devises From The Distant West (TimeLine); Freshly Fallen Snow (Chicago Dramatists); and Welcome Yule (Chicago Symphony Orchestra). Other credits include The 20th Century Way (The Know Theatre of Cincinnati). Michael is represented by Paonessa Talent.

NATALIE SANTORO (Evie Wilcox) is excited to work with Remy Bumppo for the first time. Chicago credits include Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits, A Christmas Carol (Citadel) and understudying Cardboard Piano (Timeline) and The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (Raven). She is a recent graduate of Loyola University and The School at Steppenwolf. Natalie is represented by Big Mouth Talent.

ELIZA STOUGHTON (Margaret Schlegel) is a Core Ensemble member at Remy Bumppo having appeared in Frankenstein, Born Yesterday, Fallen Angels, Both Your Houses, and You Never Can Tell. Chicago credits include How I Learned to Drive, A Loss of Roses, Vieux Carre (Raven); Doubt (Writers); The Farnsworth Invention (TimeLine); and Wit (Gift). Other credits include Three Sisters (American Players Theatre); The Merchant of Venice (Cardinal Stage); Twelfth Night, Hamlet (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet, School for Scandal (Riverside Theatre); Twelfth Night, Hamlet, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo and Juliet (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). elizastoughton.com

EMILY TATE (Dolly
Wilcox) returns to Remy Bumppo where she appeared in Les Liasons Dangereuses. Chicago credits include Crumbs from The Table of Joy (Raven); Opus, Scarcity, Turtle, Circle Mirror Transformation (Redtwist); Bedroom Farce (Eclipse); Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Windy City Playhouse); The Sweeter Option (Strawdog); Dead Accounts (Step Up Productions); The Language Archive (Piven Theatre Workshop), and Sense and Sensibility (Northlight). Other credits include Gaslight (Utah Shakespeare Festival); A Christmas Carol, Cyrano de Bergerac (Milwaukee Rep); The Open Road Anthology, and The Tens (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Emily is the Managing Director of Vagabond School of the Arts where she also teaches and mentors young artists. She is married to Remy Bumppo Associate Artistic Director, Ian Frank. She is represented by Big Mouth Talent.

MARK ULRICH (Henry
Wilcox) is thrilled to work with Remy Bumppo for the first time. Chicago credits include Mariela In The Desert (Goodman); The Book Thief, How Long Will I Cry (Steppenwolf);
The Audience (TimeLine); The Gamester (Northlight); A View From The Bridge (Teatro
Vista); Abigail’s Party (A Red Orchid); Yasmina’s Necklace (16th Street); How I Learned To Drive (Raven); Mosque Alert (Silk Road Rising); Assassination Theater (Museum of Broadcast Communications); Silence, The
Walls, Falling: A Wake, and American Wee Pie (Rivendell). Other credits include The Seafarer (City Theatre of Pittsburgh); Equivocation, Perfect Mendacity, Vigil (Next Act Theatre of Milwaukee); Our Town, The Foreigner (Indiana University Summer Theater); The Price (Palm Beach Dramaworks); In The Next Room, Moonlight and Magnolias (Forward Theatre of Madison); The Dining Room, and Sylvia (Iowa Summer Theater). Mark is a member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and the recipient of Jeff
Award for Best Supporting Actor in Juno and the Paycock (Artistic Home). He is represented by Gray Talent Group.

E.M. FORSTER (Author) Edward Morgan Forster was born on New Year’s Day 1879 in Coventry, England. His father died soon after and Forster was raised as an only child by his mother and aunts at Rooksnest, the much beloved country house in Hertfordshire that would later become the inspiration for the Wilcox’s home, Howards End. He attended Cambridge where his liberal arts education sparked a fire of intellectual and personal discovery. It also inspired the humanism at the heart of his writing and a lifelong skepticism towards the moralistic strictures of Victorian society. After graduation in 1901, he traveled abroad for a year and upon his return became immersed in the London salon culture of the Bloomsbury Group. Filled with intellectuals, artists, and political theorists, this amazing collection of people doubtlessly galvanized Forster who wrote Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), and Howards End (1910) all within a remarkably short span. Howards End marked his arrival as a critical success but 14 years later Forster’s A Passage to India cemented his legacy as a major figure in 20th century literature. Later in life he turned to teaching at his alma mater, but continued to write short stories, biographies, and travel books. He remained political throughout his life writing essays taking on traditions and prejudices he felt were choking the human spirit and its essential connection to nature. His novel Maurice, unpublished until after his death, centered empathetically on a young man’s homosexual awakening and was based on his own experiences. Forster died at the home of friends near his birthplace in Coventry on June 7th, 1970 at the age of 91.