Cadent Shakespeare Co.

Sarah is a theater maker working at the juncture of body, mind, and language. She is a director, actor, teacher, mental healht coordinator, and producer. She has worked with companies across the northeast US and Washington, D.C., including Shakespeare Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company, New York Classical Theater, and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Locally, she has worked with Junkyard Shakespeare, Community Shakespeare of New England, Deerfield Academy, and Majestic Theatre in West Springfield. As a board member at Advice To The Players (Sandwich, NH), she serves as Treasurer and Human Resources Designee, as well as a director and actor. Sarah is also certified with the Association of Mental Health Coordinators where she holds the position of Director of Communications and is supporting their path towards non-profit status. She earned her MFA from the Academy at Shakespeare Theatre Company/GWU and has co-founded three companies now, including The Woolgatherers Theater Group. She is dedicated to finding better practices in this industry, as well as the ongoing research and practice of applying expressive movement and somatic modalities to Shakespeare training and performance. Acting credits include Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Helena (All’s Well That Ends Well); Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night); Hero (Much Ado About Nothing); Lucy (The Rivals); Friar Lawrence (Romeo and Juliet); Adriana (Comedy of Errors); and Gertrude, Ophelia, Osric, and both gravediggers (Hamlet). Directing credits include War of the Roses p. I: She-Wolves and Queens, and War of the Roses p. II: Curses and Queens, and is looking forward to directing Romeo and Juliet summer ’25.

Mark has been acting and directing in the Pioneer Valley for decades, for Silverthorne Theater, New Century Theater, the Majestic Theater, and Capital Classics, among others; favorite productions include Measure for Measure, Richard III, All’s Well That Ends Well, & The Merry Wives of Windsor; Alabama Story (Ken Jones), The War and Walt Whipple, and LadySlipper (Danny Eaton), Sweat (Lynn Nottage),The Boys Next Door (Tom Griffin), Greater Tuna (Williams, Howard, & Sears), The Nerd (Larry Shue), Scotland Road (Jeffrey Hatcher), and Admissions (Josh Harmon). Mark trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA, and holds an M.F.A. in directing from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He is forever inspired by and grateful for Ellen, and is the proud father of Aidan & Liam.

Hilary is an actor and independent producer based in Northampton, MA and NYC. She is founder of Junkyard Shakespeare and co-founder of Elsewhere Shakespeare. Recent credits include As You Like It (Junkyard Shakespeare), 750% (The Secret Theatre), Timeshare (The Tank), Macbeth (Elsewhere Shakespeare), Misconceptions (Blessed Unrest), All in the Telling (Dir. Saul Rubinek) and Hamlet (La MaMa Shares). She received professional actor training at the Tom Todoroff Studio Conservatory in NYC and her BA with honors in Environmental Studies and Spanish from NYU.

Gabriel is an actor, teacher and theatre maker straddling the divide between Northampton, MA and Brooklyn, NY. He is the co-founder of Christopher Bayes’ The Pandemonium Studio in Brooklyn and founder and Artistic Director of Completely Ridiculous Productions in Northampton, MA, where he creates and produces original work in addition to teaching a variety of physical acting classes. Gabe has also taught at The Berkshire Theatre Group, Galim Dance, Smith College, Amherst College, Shakespeare & Co., The Professional Performing Arts High School in Manhattan, and the Yale School of Drama Summer Conservatory Program. Gabe's original work focuses on theatrical comedy and includes Dwellicle 109 (IRT); Brainsongs, or the play about the dinosaur farm (Yale Cabaret); And now we do LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT by Bertolt Brecht (Yale Cabaret); The Most Beautiful Thing in the World (Yale Cabaret/Boston University/Cloudcity); How to Help the Self Needs Help, with Carol A. Jantsen (The Peoples Improv Theater); and most recently A Super Serious and Not at All Funny Reading of Stories I Wrote After Brain Surgery. Other acting credits include An Octoroon (Theatre For a New Audience), Three Sisters (Two River Theater), Far Away (Sharon Playhouse) and King Lear (Actors Shakespeare Project / La MaMa E.T.C). Gabe received a BFA in Acting from Boston University, and an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.

Myka is an actor/director/youth theater educator hailing from Northampton, Massachusetts. Myka studied music theater at the University of Central Oklahoma and also trained in circus style clown with the likes of Frosty Little, Master Clown of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. Shows include: Seminar, A Year with Frog and Toad, and Laughter on the 23rd Floor (New Century Theater), Uncle Vanya and Soldier's Heart(Academy of Music), The Life and Death of Queen Margaret, She Kills Monsters, and Hand Grenades (Real Live Theatre), Tar2fe! (Silverthorne Theater), An Inspector Calls, Iris, and Johnny Guitar (Majestic Theater), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (ACTh), Macbeth and King Lear (Hubbard Hall), Into the Woods and Annie Get Your Gun (Jewelbox Theater).

Ximena grew up in Mexico City and has a degree from La Casa del Teatro. She also studied in Paris at the esteemed L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, as well as training with internationally renowned clown teacher Philippe Gaulier. She created “Ráfaga Teatro” theatre company and performed in several cities in Mexico. Recently, Ximena performed with Serious Play Theatre Ensemble’s production of “Moving Water” and is currently engaged in the production of “Napoleon in Exile” by Eric Henry Sanders. Her commitment to innovative performance techniques and her ability to bring fresh perspectives to the stage make her a vital and engaging presence in the theater community.

Will is a versatile actor and theatre practitioner based in Western Massachusetts. He has collaborated with numerous local companies, including New Century Theatre and Hampshire Shakespeare, enriching the regional arts scene with his dynamic performances, occasionally by professionally tap dancing. Will's training extends internationally, having graduated from the esteemed L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France. He has also worked in New York City and Boston, showcasing a broad artistic range. Most recently, Will contributed to and performed in Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's production of "Moving Water" in Boston, and is currently developing a production of "Napoleon in Exile" by Eric Henry Sanders. His commitment to craft and his ambition to bring together dynamic and interesting ways to present stories on stage aim to create a more exciting and engaging theater experience for audiences and peers alike.