Monica Bell has appeared in over seventy productions and directed many works in both the academic and professional arenas. New York credits; Invention for Fathers and Sons (American Jewish Theatre), How It Hangs (West Side Arts Theatre), lift (Reading, York Theatre), and POPart: The Musical (Reading, York Theatre). Regional credits; The Pittsburgh Public, The Huntington Theatre, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, The Porthouse Theatre, The Warehouse Theatre, The Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre, Studio Arena, Theatre Virginia, New Mexico Repertory Theatre, The Dorset Theatre, The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, national and international tours with The Suzuki Company. Film and Television: Everything Relative (Sundance Film Festival), Law & Order (ABC) and A Perfect Minute with Martha (Comedy Central). Monica is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Coastal Carolina University.

Melissa-Anne Blizzard received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. She has worked as the Assistant Costume Shop Manager at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Allan Albert Productions where they construct costumes for Hershey Park in Pennsylvania. She then worked at Barbara Matera Limited in New York City where she constructed costumes for The Lion King, Aida, Spamalot, and Wicked to name a few. She also had the opportunity to work as an assistant to William Ivey Long on Hairspray and The Producers first national tour. Melissa-Anne has most recently been the Costumer for the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, in North Carolina and for Coastal Carolina University.

Brian Carter, a native of North Carolina, moved to Conway in 1997 from Wilmington, NC where he worked with Opera House Theatre Company, Thalian Hall Center, and UNC Wilmington, among others. Since relocating to the Grand Strand, Brian holds the position of Resident Lighting Designer with Theatre of the Republic, the oldest community theatre in Horry County, and is currently an Assistant Technical Director for Wheelwright Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University; where he has served as a guest lighting designer for their Theatre Department. Brian has also worked as an Assistant Designer and lighting programmer for The Palace Theatre; including four seasons with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular; as a full time Lighting Director with The House of Blues and has toured with Hootie and the Blowfish.

Steve Earnest is Associate Professor of Theater at Coastal Carolina University. A member of SAG and AEA, he has worked professionally with Performance Riverside, The Burt Reynolds Theatre, Jupiter Theatre, Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre, The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and the Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach). He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Colorado and an M.F.A. from the University of Miami.

Marc McIntyre was born in Pittsburgh, PA but started his theatrical career while in high school in Raleigh, NC, where he worked on and performed in numerous productions with local community and professional theatres including; Raleigh Little Theatre, Theatre in the Park, Raleigh Ensemble Players, Soloman Isaacs Productions, Man Bites Dog, and Burning Coal. Marc also appeared in Raleigh-area commercials, several industrials and even did a little voice-over work for documentaries. After graduating from NCSU with a degree in Theatre, he moved to Richmond, VA where he worked with Henrico Theatre Co. and Theatre IV, again both as an actor and a technician. In 2001, Marc moved to Myrtle Beach and worked briefly with The Magic of Allen Valentine before being hired by Coastal Carolina University as the Technical Director at Wheelwright Auditorium. He is a member of USITT and is working towards his ESTA certification in Theatrical Rigging. In his free time, Marc likes to do freelance design, production and consultation work. He currently lives in Myrtle Beach with his wife Kris and their two “children,” Ellie and Bailey.

Kristi Rau McIntyre is a member of the Theatre and Communication Departments at Coastal Carolina University. She graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with an emphasis in Theatre, and from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting. She spent three years at Theatre Virginia where she appeared in productions including Scandals, Moon Over Buffalo, Much Ado About Nothing, Last Night at Ballyhoo, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and the musical version of It's a Wonderful Life. Kristi has been seen in Coastal Carolina University's Theatre Department's productions of Hamlet as Queen Gertrude and Lie of the Mind as Lorraine.

Marjorie Craig Mitchell has enjoyed stage managing in some wonderfully artistic and nurturing regional organizations, among them Boston Lyric Opera, Dallas Children’s Theatre, Porthouse Theatre Company and Texas Shakespeare Festival, with some wonderfully talented artists, including Colin Graham, Christopher Mattaliano, Leon Major, Keith Fowler, Rick Lombardo, Ellen McLaughlin, Stephen Spinella and Jenny Friend, on some incredible productions, of special note, Cryptogram by David Mamet, The Marriage of Figaro / Figaro Gets a Divorce by Eric Overmyer, Wenceslas Square by Larry Shue, L’Elisir d’Amore by Donizetti, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten and most recently the premiere of Let Leaping Gods Fly!, an inspiring one-woman show by Marlene Hodgdon. Marj, a member of AEA, AGMA and SMA (Stage Managers’ Association), earned her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and is a Teaching Associate at Coastal Carolina University.

Mindi Blackburn Penn has been acting professionally for 16 years, has an MFA from the University of South Carolina and has appeared regionally at Charlotte Repertory Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina; South Carolina Shakespeare Festival and Trustus in Columbia, South Carolina; Theatre Three and WaterTower Theater in Dallas, Texas; and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Roles of note: Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at WaterTower Theatre - 2003 Leon Rabin Award, Best Play; Racing Demon and June Moon at Theatre Three - 1997 & 1998 Dallas Observer, Best Play. Directing credits include All in the Timing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Comedy of Errors, Guys and Dolls, and High School Musical. Mindi is an original company member of the improv comedy company The We're Not Your Mother Players. She is a National Board Certified Theatre teacher at North Myrtle Beach High School where she selected as Teacher of the Year for 2006-2007.

Thom Penn has been acting professionally for 16 years, has an MFA from Southern Methodist University and has appeared regionally at Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre in Chillicothe, Ohio; Trustus in Columbia, South Carolina; the Dallas Theater Center, Kitchen Dog Theatre, the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, Theatre Three and WaterTower Theater in Dallas, Texas; and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thom’s fight choreography has been featured in productions of Hamlet, I Hate Hamlet, Batboy: the Musical, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cabaret. Directing credits include Moon over Buffalo, Still Life with Iris, All in the Timing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Comedy of Errors, Overtones, The Flattering Word, The Cinderella Syndrome and Pizza Man. Thom received a prestigious 2000 Leon Rabin Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the villain Iago in Othello. Thom is committed to arts education and believes in the power of the arts to enrich and revitalize a community. As an Artistic Associate of Atlantic Stage, he hopes to contribute to the growth of an artistic tradition here on the Grand Strand. Thom is a Teaching Associate at CCU.

Robin Russell received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from the University of South Carolina. She also did a one-year professional internship at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C . Productions for the Shakespeare Theatre included Richard III with Stacey Keach, Othello with Avery Brooks, Andre Braugher, and Fuente Ovejuna with Josie De Guzman. She also toured an adaptation of As You Like It directed by Daniel Fish through the Washington,D.C. schools. She is also the host and lead public relations personality for Coastal Today.

Sandi Shackelford earned an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University and studied for two summers at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Professional stage credits include productions at The Alley Theatre in Houston, the Philadelphia Drama League, Riverside Shakespeare Co. in NYC, and the Delaware Theatre Company. Film and television credits include Sleeping with the Enemy, New Best Friend, White Squall, Unsolved Mysteries, Army Wives, and Touched by an Angel. She is also artistic director and principle performer for Girl Thing Productions, a touring theatre company.

Stephen Toney has an M.F.A. in Lighting Design and Technical Direction from the University of Memphis and a B.A. from Coastal Carolina University. In Memphis he was the Lighting Designer for various productions, including House & Garden, Into the Woods, and Everyman. Before moving to Memphis he worked in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area with The Gatlin Brothers, All American Music Theatre, The Crook & Chase Theatre and The Magic of Allan Valentine. In addition to being a lighting designer, he has worked for many years as a Technical Director and Stage Manger.

John Woodson has more than thirty years of professional experience as an actor and director. He has performed in over a hundred productions including; Jason in the Broadway production of Medea, starring Dame Diana Rigg; Kent in King Lear with Hal Holbrook at the Great Lakes Theatre Festival and Roundabout Theatre (Gerald Freedman directing), NYC; Kent in King Lear with F. Murray Abraham at the NY Shakespeare Festival/Public Theatre, Exeter in Henry V, NY Shakespeare Festival; Destiny of Me, Lucille Lortel Theatre; and Love Suicide at Schofield Barrack (world premiere), as well as being a founding company member at Signature Theatre Company. Regionally, John has worked in many theatres including: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Dallas Theatre Center, Alley Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival (company member) Cleveland Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Fesival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Long Wharf, Buffalo Studio Arena and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (a founding company member). John served as Artistic and Executive Director of The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC from 2002-2006. John is an alum of the North Carolina School of the Arts.