The Comedy of Errors

By William Shakespeare

THE CAST

Antipholus of Ephesus & Antipholus of Syracuse (twin brothers): Kyle Missman
Dromio of Ephesus & Dromio of Syracuse (twin brothers): Bert Anderson
Adriana: Cassidy Cagney
Luciana: Anglina McClung
Angelo: Mark Cornfield
Aegeon: Ken Thompson
Aemelia: Christine Nicholson
Duke Solinus: Mike Poe
Courtezan: Fiona Lawler
Luce, Citizen & The Second Merchant: Joshua Rose
Balthazar, Servant & Citizen: Cuautli Quezada-Gardea
Officer, Servant, Citizen & The First Merchant: Karlie Lenson
Officer & Citizen: Cydney Crane

THE Production Team

Director: David Harris
Movement Director: Jamie Van Camp
Costume Designer: Rebecca Redmond
Assistant Director and Lead Sound Designer: Erendira Quezada-Gardea
Sound Design Team: Lorenzo Mestidio, Gina Hill, Xavier Downs, Syd Mahlke
Lead Video Designer and Production Manager: Ian Wallace
Video Design Team: Christine Lovette, Sidney Cohen
Technical Director: Cameron Hoyt
Stage Manager: Carlos Llontop
Assistant Stage Managers: Madeline Hardiman, Chase Thompson, Nickolas Ribadeneira, Syd Mahlke
Prop Master: Bill Mai
Props Team: Gina Hill
Virtual House Management: Gina Hill, Marc Dubin
Publicity and Outreach: Jennifer Wallace

This production is funded in whole or in part by a grant from the Brice and Barbara Harris Fund for the Fine & Performing Arts.

Bios

Bert Andersson (Dromio of Suracuse and Dromio of Ephesus)
Bert returns to Falcon’s Eye Theatre, this time portraying the dynamic Dromio’s. Many would be satisfied with playing but one Dromio, but Bert “more covetous, would have” both of them. He is of course most grateful to David Harris, Ian Wallace, Rebecca Redmond, Cameron Hoyt, and, yay, even Carlos Llontop for their support and the opportunity to play the fool. Having acted in college, Bert returned to the stage in 2012. Since then he has performed in many plays in the greater Sacramento area. You may have caught a glimpse of him in Falcon’s Eye’s, Hot l Baltimore, Alice in Wonderland, Macbeth, You Can’t Take It With You, and Rhinoceros. In his non-thespian time, Bert is an attorney with the State of California, and lives in Folsom with his wife, Amy, a son, and a dog.

Cassidy Cagney (Adriana)
Cassidy is thrilled to be working with Falcon’s Eye Theatre again after appearing in Spring Awakening in 2017. Since then, she has earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Cal Poly SLO, and is currently earning her Master’s Degree in Inspired Teaching with an emphasis on Social Emotional Learning. Shakespeare is one of her greatest passions in theatre as well as in teaching, and playing Adriana has been such a blessing while the face of theatre is changing. When she is not in class or rehearsal, she can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @cccagney. She is looking forward to the future of theatre in the coming year, and is grateful for the new experiences Comedy of Errors has given her.

Cydney Crain (Officer/Various)
This is Cydney Crain’s first production with Falcon’s Eye Theatre. Cydney found her love for theatre through Sheldon High School Theatreworks with whom she acted in several productions. Some of her past productions include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Marcy Park), The Addams Family (Wednesday Addams), The Imaginary Invalid (Angelique), Rodgers and Hammersteins’s Cinderella (Cinderella), and Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio). Additionally, Cydney won an Elly Award for “Best Supporting Actress” for her role in The Imaginary Invalid in 2019. Cydney is very thankful for all of the support from her friends and family over the years and for this opportunity to work with such amazing people.

Mark Cornfield (Angelo)
Mark Cornfield returns to FLC for his second show having appeared five years ago in Rhinocerus. Mark is the drama teacher at Cordova High School and a founding member of Shakespeare on the Vine. Mark has been in productions of Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing. Mark has also starred in Greater Tuna and Six Characters in Search of an Author. Mark spent two weeks studying at the Globe Theatre in London.

Gina Hill ( Sound/Props/Virtual Mgmt) 
This is Gina’s first production at Falcon Eye Theatre.  She is working with a talented crew and learning new skills.  Gina has worked on some small films doing sound and camera work. After a change in careers, she realized her true passion is working on a production crew.  She is currently studying theatre at FLC and hopes to gain more experience by working on more productions.

Lorenzo Jan Mestizo (sound team)
Lorenzo works for the sound team in tech. He's proud of his past achievements in Marching Band but is now trying out the world of theatre to get experience for the career he plans to pursue in the future. He wants to be a sound designer in the future and is majoring in Theatre at FLC to help get to that goal.

Fiona Lawler (Courtezan)
This is Fiona’s first production with Falcon’s Eye Theatre and she is excited to be part of this memorable and exceptional production this year. She enjoys acting and has participated in several theatre productions while in High School. This is her second Shakespearean play. Fiona is a freshman at Folsom Lake College and is majoring in Theatre Arts. Besides acting she also enjoys playing the violin and likes horseback riding. 

Karli Lenson (First Merchant)
This is Karlie’s first production with Falcons Eye Theatre. She is excited to be a part of such a great production with so many wonderful people. She has been studying acting for a few years now and is glad to be able to finally use the skills she has learned. She hopes to continue acting and honing her craft!

Angelina McClung (Luciana)
The Comedy of Errors is Angelina’s first play at Folsom Lake College. She was only three years old when she was in her first play at Roseville Theatre Arts Academy, which ignited her acting passion. After that, she continued to have a wide variety of melodramatic roles at RTAA, including a near-deaf grey-haired woman, a lumberjack chef, and a Navy general. Angelina can also be seen in numerous YouTube movie shorts and parodies. 

Kyle Missman (Antipholus of Syracuse and Ephesus)
Kyle Missman is a young performer, and this is his first show performing for the Falcon's Eye Theatre Company, and his first Shakespeare show! He most recently worked with Falcon's Eye as Pippin in their production of Pippin, which was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. He has also been nominated for an Elly Award (as Pulitzer in Newsies!), as well as earning an Outstanding Actor Award (as Prez in The Pajama Game), both from SARTA. In the future, Kyle wishes to make on stage performance into a lifelong career. Enjoy the show!

Christine Nicholson (Emilia)
Comedy of Errors is Christine’s second production with Falcon’s Eye: Penny/You Cant Take It With You, Director: Cloud Nine. She spent much time with Shakespeare as both actor and director: Rosalind /As You Like It with Tahoe Shakespeare; Antipholus/Comedy of Errors, Trinculo/The Tempest, Emilia/Othello, Lady Macbeth with Sacramento Shakespeare; Duke/Othello with Big Idea, title roles in KING LEAR and MACBETH , Angelo/MEASURE FOR MEASURE for Wildflower Women’s Ensemble., as well as director for Sacramento Shakespeare for the past 8 seasons, as well as directing Midsummer for Sac State, UC Berkeley, and Sac Theatre Company. Other favorite roles include Martha/…Virginia Woolf, Anna/Closer, and Greta/Carthaginians. She is writer/producer of ‘British’ Pantomimes; teaches/directs theatre at CSUS, Sac City College, and UCB; holds an MFA in theatre UCDavis (Irish drama focus.)

Mike Poe (Solinus)
This is Mike Poe’s first performance with Falcon’s Eye Theatre. He has performed at regional theaters, summer stock, and in TV commercials. Some of his favorite roles include Noah in Two by Two, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and Harry Roat in Wait Until Dark. In San Francisco, he worked in stage management for the American Conservatory Theater and at the Marine’s Memorial Theater. Mike retired after 28 years as a TV producer-director for the University of California. He is currently the technical director for the City of West Sacramento’s Black Box Theater.

Joshua Rose (Luce/Nell/Second Merchant)
This is Josh's first production with Falcon Eye's Theater company. He is excited to start acting again, because he really enjoyed performing and his parents thinking he is doing something with his life. He already got a job, Gina. Stop pushing. He is also excited to perform through a new medium ,to hopefully learn something new with acting with this new process. 

Cuautli Quezada-Gardea (Balthazar/Various)
Cuautli Gardea is very excited to perform in his first Falcon's Eye Theatre production with the cast of Comedy of Errors! He’s excited to continue performing Shakespeare even during quarantine! Cuautli's past roles include Oliver in As You Like It, Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Paris in Romeo and Juliet. He would like to thank Denver Vaughn and Kristen Deweygreen for all their mentoring. 

Erendira Quezada-Gardea (Assistant-Director and Lead Sound Designer)
Erendira is very excited to be working on this production of Comedy of Errors! This is their first show as a production team member though they have held many tools to past Falcon's Eye Theatre Sets. They are very excited to have been able to work with this talented cast and crew! Past work from Erendira includes assistant-directing As You Like It and writing and arranging music for productions of As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream! They are a Theatre Arts major at FLC who will be starting classes at Southern Oregon University next semester while completing an AA and a Technical Theatre Certificate at FLC! They hope you enjoy the show!!

Ken Thompson (Aegeon)
Ken has been involved with Sacramento area theater for five years. Comedy Of Errors is his ninth production with Falcon's Eye Theater, after The Hot L Baltimore,Alice In Wonderland,Macbeth, Marat/Sade, Cyrano, You Can't Take It With You, Tommy, and Rhinoceros. He's also done shows with Errant Phoenix, The Alternative Arts Collective, Freefall Stage, and Theater In The Heights. When he's not acting, he's a software engineer and a photographer.