AMANDA DRINKALL (Margot Wendice) Chicago: A Streetcar Named Desire (Paramount); Cherry Orchard, Venus in Fur, Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, Continuity, Bernhardt/Hamlet, and Ah, Wilderness! (Goodman); Mary Page Marlowe (Steppenwolf); King Charles III (Chicago Shakespeare); Tragedy of Othello (Court); White Guy on the Bus, Funnyman, By the Water (Northlight); Southern Gothic (Windy City Playhouse); Significant Other (About Face); Last Train to Nibroc (Haven-Jeff Award: Best Actress); and 30 shows with The Back Room Shakespeare Project. TV/Film: The Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+), Chicago Med (NBC), The Original Monster (Netflix). Ms. Drinkall is represented by Gray Talent Group and is married to actor Gage Wallace.
ERIK HELLMAN (Tony Wendice) previously appeared at Drury Lane in Ring of Fire. Recent credits include 1776, and The Sound of Music at Marriott Theatre; Translations, Smart People, and Marjorie Prime at Writer’s Theatre; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Othello, and Mousetrap at Court Theatre; Richard III at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Let the Right One In at Berkley Rep; Lindiwe, and Familiar at Steppenwolf Theatre; Little Women, Georgiana and Kitty, and Miss Bennet at Northlight Theatre; Luna Gale at the Goodman. Film/TV work includes The Dark Knight, Walden, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Empire, The Good Fight, Mrs. America, Fargo, 61st Street, and David Fincher’s The Killer.
ALEXANDRA SILBER (Maxine Hadley) is thrilled to return to Chicago. BROADWAY/NYC: Fiddler on the Roof, Master Class, Our Class (Lortel Award), The Merchant of Venice, Arlington, Hello Again. LONDON: Indecent, Kiss Me, Kate; Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof, The Woman In White. SELECTED REGIONAL: world premieres of ¡VOS!, Lend Me A Soprano, Murder…Orient Express; and The Music Man (Marriott) and Midsummer (Chicago Shakespeare). Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Grammy Nominee for her West Side Story with the San Francisco Symphony. “After Anatevka,” and “White Hot Grief Parade” both published by Pegasus Books. She is also the book writer for the latest adaptation of Brigadoon making its world premiere at Pasadena Playhouse.
IAN PAUL CUSTER (Captain Lesgate) is excited to be making his Drury Lane debut. Chicago credits: Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Paramount Theatre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Jeff Award, Best Ensemble, Best Musical – American Blues Theater), 33 Variations (Jeff Award– Best Production – TimeLine Theatre). Ian has also worked with Goodman, Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, Marriott Theatre, and Theater Wit. He’s an Ensemble Member at American Blues Theater and earned his BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul. Television credits: APB, Empire, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD. Thanks to Big Mouth Talent and my loves, SCP & RMC. Follow me @ipcyeahyouknowme
JONATHAN WEIR (Inspector Hubbard) is delighted to return to Drury Lane. Broadway: Jafar Aladdin (New Amsterdam) Scar & Pumbaa Lion King (Minskoff) National Tours: Aladdin, Jersey Boys and Lion King. Chicago credits: Translations, The Father, Misalliance, Arms and the Man, Bach at Leipzig, A Little Night Music, The Liar (Writers Theatre) Uncle Vanya (New Theatre Project) Billy Elliot, Camelot, Ragtime, Most Happy Fella,City of Angles (Drury Lane Oakbrook) King Charles III, Twelfth Night, Emperors New Clothes (Chicago Shakespeare) 2666, Candide, The Visit, A Christmas Carol (Goodman) He has performed at Steppenwolf, Marriott Lincolnshire, Lyric Opera Chicago, Northlight, Court Theatre, Apple Tree and many regional theatre’s. Proud husband, dad and papa. JonathanWeirActor.com
JOE EDWARD METCALFE (u/s Captain Lesgate & Inspector Hubbard) is thrilled to be working at Drury Lane for the first time! CHICAGO: True West (Paramount) In Quietness (Red Orchid) The Writer (Steep) Southern Gothic, Recipe for Disaster! (Windy City) Keely & Du (Redtwist) REGIONAL: These Shining Lives, Other Desert Cities (Studio Theatre Tierra, FL), Re-Entry (MontanaRep), TwoConversations, Dreamerwake (Humana), Dracula (Actors Theatre Louisville) TV/FILM – Whispers of the Witching Hour (Amazon Prime) Soundtrack (Netflix) Next (Fox) TRAINING: PT-Company (Actors Theatre Louisville) – MFA (Northern Illinois University).
GRAINNE ORTLIEB (u/s Margot Wendice/Maxine Hadley) is from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She received her BFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Upon graduating, Grainne worked for First Floor Theater in the production Sugar in Our Wounds (Isabel), an independent film By The Grace of… (Lizzie), and Chicago Med. During the pandemic, Grainne joined April Cleveland and fellow classmates in Santa Fe to create the Exodus Ensemble. Grainne has worked as an understudy for Fen at Court Theatre and most recently for A Lie of The Mind at Raven Theatre.
NICK VIDAL (u/s Tony Wendice) couldn’t be more pleased to be working with Drury Lane for the first time! Tour credits include: Peter and the Starcatcher First National Broadway Tour and The Woman in Black West End American Tour; Selected Regional credits include: Boeing, Boeing and The Book Club Play at Third Avenue Playworks, Peter and the Starcatcher at Peninsula Players, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter at Steppenwolf, and April the 4 th , 1968 at Indiana Repertory Theatre; Television credits include: Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, The Chi, and Sirens. All his love to Maggie and Gimli. Proudly represented by Gray Talent Group.
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