Katie Nowak | Actor & Stage Manager
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Edge of the Wood Theatre | Spring 2026
Production Description
Shakespeare’s modestly titled play is the forebear of Hollywood’s classic screwball comedies. Set in post-WWII America – and featuring period slang, references, and swing tunes – this production is a nostalgic homage both to the Bard and to the genre he inspired.
Jeff Recommended!
Production Team
Director: Herb Metzler
Choreographer: May Bayot
Stage Manager/Fight Captain: Eve Doyle
Assistant Stage Manager: Gillian O'Neal
Intimacy Director: Amanda Hays
Production Manager: John Chambers
Costume Designer: Emmalee Berger
Lighting Designer: Finley Wedge
Props Designer: Janet Rourke
Set Designer: Brian Wasserman
Technical Director: Jeanann Power
Cast
Benedick: Jack Hradecky
Beatrice: Katie Nowak
Claudio: James Wheeler
Don Pedro: Sam Waddell
Hero: Olivia Finkelstein
Leonato: R. Scott Purdy
Antonia: Janet Rourke
Margaret: Karli Scott
Borachio: Damondre Green
Dogberry: Rory Jobst
Verges: Jeff Broitman
Ursula/Sexton: Lisa Stran
Don John, u/s Benedick: Andrew Bosworth
Conrade, u/s Don John: Mitchell Connolly
Friar Francis, u/s Don Pedro: Chris Toft
Telegraph Messenger/Newsboy, u/s Friar/Verges: Rowan Collins
Watch/Ensemble, u/s Claudio: Brock Hayden
Canary: Adrienne Grove
Musician/Ensemble, u/s Borachio/Conrade: Stephen Oberhardt
u/s Beatrice/Canary: Emma Blonda
u/s Dogberry: Stephen Loch
u/s Leonato: Herb Metzler
u/s Ursula/Antonia: Larissa Strong
u/s Hero/Margaret: Leela Watts
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