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JANET ULRICH BROOKS

AMY J. CARLE

LILLIAN CASTILLO

CORDELIA DEWDNEY

ELIZABETH LEDO

SUSIE MCMONAGLE

MCKINLEY CARTER

HANNAH FERNANDES

MEIGHAN GERACHIS

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JANET ULRICH BROOKS (Ouiser) Previously at Drury Lane: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; Crazy For You. A Company Member of TimeLine Theatre, Janet’s performed in over 15 productions including the role of Maria Callas in Master Class (Joseph Jefferson Award – Performer in a Principal Role). Other Chicago credits with: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Northlight, Theatre at the Center.   Regional theatre: Woolly Mammoth, Milwaukee Rep, Kennedy Center, Theatre Squared in Fayetteville, AR.  Films include: Divergent, Conviction, One Small Hitch, Fools  T.V.: Work In Progress (Showtime) Fargo (FX), Sense8 (Netflix), Proven Innocent (FoxTV), Boss (STARZ).  Janet was the first recipient of the Ed See Outstanding Theatre Alumnus Award from University of Central Missouri.  A proud member of AEA & SAG/AFTRA, Janet is represented by Gray Talent Group.

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AMY J. CARLE (M’Lynn) spent the pandemic with her babies, who are now toddlers at 2 and 1 – and is thrilled to be at Drury Lane! Chicago credits include: A Doll’s House (Writers Theatre); Harvey, Orlando (Court Theatre); The Book of Joseph (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Wonderful Town, The Sins of Sor Juana, Rock ‘N’ Roll, Desire Under the Elms (Goodman Theatre); The Book Thief, The Internationalist, Animals Out of Paper, Sex With Strangers, Hedda Gabler (Steppenwolf); Hard Times, North China Lover, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Peter Pan, Trust (Lookingglass); Season’s Greetings (Northlight); Noises Off, Chapter Two (Windy City Playhouse); Luce (Next Theatre), Gidion’s Knot (Profiles); Refuge (CollaborAction); SubUrbia, The Lights, Ecstasy, WAS, and The Planets (Roadworks Productions). Off-Broadway National Tour: The Vagina Monologues. Regional: The Profane (Chautauqua Theatre Company); Fully Committed, The Diary of Anne Frank (Madison Rep.); Or, (Forward Theatre); Morning Star (Kansas City Rep.). Television: Soundtrack (Netflix), Boss (STARZ), Chicago Code (FOX), Law & Order, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, CRISIS (NBC). Film: Who Gets the Dog?

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LILLIAN CASTILLO (Annelle) is so happy to be returning to the Drury Lane stage.  Her Drury Lane credits include: Tracey in Hairspray and Rosalia in West Side Story. Chicago credits include: Mama Mia, Sister Act, Kiss Me Kate at Marriott Theatre; Seussical, Taming of the Shrew, Ride the Cyclone (US premier) at CST; Music Man at Goodman Theatre. Regional credits: Why Do Fools Fall in Love, In the Heights, and Titanic at Milwaukee Rep; Glorious at Arkansas Rep;  H.M.S Pinafore, School for Wives, Macbeth at Utah Shakes; In the Heights at Seattle Rep and Portland Center Stage; Ride the Cyclone at ACT, The Alliance Theatre, and MCC. She voices Jocasta Stormwood on Mythic Thunderlute a D&D musical podcast.

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CORDELIA DEWDNEY (Shelby) is overjoyed to be making her Drury Lane debut.  Chicago credits include Mr Dickens’ Hat at Northlight Theatre and Moby Dick, Hard Times, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at the Lookingglass Theatre where she is thrilled to be an Artistic Associate.  Regional credits include Moby Dick at The Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, and South Coast Repertory as well as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (The McCarter Theatre in association with Lookingglass Theatre).  Television credits include Chicago Med. She is represented by Stewart Talent and is a proud member of AEA and SAG.

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ELIZABETH LEDO (Truvy) Drury Lane credits: Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Mamma Mia. Chicago credits: Alls Well That Ends Well, The King’s Speech, Tug of War, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Amadeus (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), The Secret Garden, Titus Andronicus, The Illusion, Tartuffe, Uncle Vanya (Court Theatre), The Matchmaker, Boleros for the Disenchanted, A Christmas Carol (The Goodman Theatre), Homebody/Kabul, Morning Star (Steppenwolf Theatre), Isaacs Eye, Arms and the Man (Writers Theatre), The Chalk Garden, Charm (Northlight Theatre). Chicago credits include productions with About Face Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Victory GardensTheatre, Timeline Theatre and First Folio Theatre. Regional credits include productions with American Players Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Indiana Rep, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage and over 20 productions with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. National Tour: The King’s Speech. Elizabeth is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago.

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SUSIE MCMONAGLE (Clairee) was last seen at Drury Lane as Donna in Mamma Mia.  Other DL credits include: Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot and Diana in Next to Normal for which she won a Jeff award.  Ms. McMonagle’s Chicago credits include: Gretta in James Joyce’s The Dead, Man of La Mancha (Court Theatre), Candida in Rock ‘n’ Roll (Goodman Theatre), Suzannah in Black Pearl Sings, Jane Grant in At Wits End, Daisy in Sideshow (Northlight Theatre).  Additional Chicago credits include: Flora in Indian Ink, Mae in Dirty Blonde, Shelby in Spitfire Grill, Annie in Annie Get Your Gun, Ellen in Miss Saigon, Reno in Anything Goes, Grizabella in Cats, Eva Perón in Evita and Florence in Chess. First National tours include: Mrs. Wilkinson and Mum in Billy Elliot. Other National Tours include Donna in Mamma Mia!, Fantine in Les Miserables and The Secret Garden. McMonagle appeared on Broadway as Fantine in Les Miserables. Susie has appeared on Chicago Med in several episodes.  She is a recipient of After Dark Awards, Critics’ Circle Awards, Joseph Jefferson Award as well as eleven Joseph Jefferson nominations. She received her BFA from Stephens College.

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MCKINLEY CARTER (u/s Truvy, M’Lynn) previous work at Drury Lane includes Mama Mia, The Sound Of Music, Deathtrap, Something’s Afoot, Ragtime, and Tintypes. Other Chicago credits include: Spring Awakening, Sunset Blvd, Putting It Together, Porchlight Music Theatre; Into The Woods, Parade, Writer’s Theatre; Fun Home, Victory Gardens; The Book of Will, Title Of Show, Northlight Theatre; Mama Mia, The Sound Of Music, Ragtime, Drury Lane Theatre; The Merry Widow, Carousel, Lyric Opera; Macbeth, Road Show, Julius Caesar, Sunday In The Park With George, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Blind Date, Turn Of The Century, The Visit, Floyd Collins, Goodman Theatre; The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes, Mercury Theatre; John and Jen, Assassins, Apple Tree Theatre; Forbidden Broadway, Royal George Theatre; Winesburg Ohio, Steppenwolf Theatre; James Joyce’s The Dead, Cymbeline and Pericles, Court Theatre. She’d like to sincerely thank you for continuing to support live theatre and all the artists who make it happen. Keep the Arts alive!

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HANNAH FERNANDES (u/s Shelby, Annelle) is thrilled to be back on the Drury Stage so soon after making her debut in The King and I as Ensemble and Anna u/s! In addition to performing, Hannah has taught acting at Viterbo University and is on her way to becoming a certified Intimacy Director. NOTABLE CREDITS: MTWichita- Carousel (Carrie); Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma- Disney’s When You Wish (Jasmine), West Side Story (Rosalia/Maria u/s). EDUCATION: Wichita State University, Maggie Flanigan Studio, IDC Professionals. Many thanks to the original inhabitants of this land, the Indigenous tribes: Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Bodwéwadmi, Myaamia, Hoocąk, and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. With much love and to my family and friends and gratitude to the entire cast, crew, and production team, I would like to dedicate this performance to the lineage of resilient women in my family. HANNAHLFERNANDES.COM

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MEIGHAN GERACHIS (u/s Ouiser, Clairee) Chicago credits include:  Roe,The Wolves, A Christmas Carol, New Stages Blue Skies Process and Graveyard Shift (Goodman); Admissions, Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Theater Wit) Small Mouth Sounds, Solstice (A Red Orchid Theater); Domesticated, Our Town and The House on Mango Street (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Electric Baby, Precious Little, The Walls, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Indulgences at the Louisville Harem, Factory Girls, My Simple City, Wrens  (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble); Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Cloud Nine (About Face Theatre); Cigarettes and Moby Dick and Che Che Che (Latino Chicago); The Underpants (Noble Fool Theatricals).  Regional:  Charm (Mixed Blood Theatre); Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (Stageworks)  Film /TV Somebody Somewhere , Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, At Any Price, Virginia. Chicago P.D., Crisis, Bobby & Iza, Sirens and Battleground.