Photo by Cloud City Photography. Text design by Joseph Sheldahl.
Professor Jekyll and Miss Hyde: A Modern Adaptation
Opening November 2021 at Twilight Theater
This modern, female-driven reimagining of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic was built from the ground up to comment on the moral hangups and hypocrisies of the #MeToo era.
“Professor Jekyll and Miss Hyde has the visceral force of a great horror film.” —Willamette Week
-Director: Shannon Walcott-Cluphf
-Writer/Producer: William Thomas Berk
-Production Manager: Christie Quinn
-Stage Manager: Crystal Lemons
-Prof. Mary Jekyll/Ms. Zelda Hyde: Kate Faye Cummings
-Roberta "Bobbi" Poole: Rachel Ladd
-Prof. Astrid Lanyon/Louisa Poole: Meghan Daaboul
-Dean Joan Otteson: Shelley Tate
-Male Chorus: Sam Hawkins
-Lighting Designer: Kelly Terry
-Sound Designer: Cora Beeman
-Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna
-Makeup and Hair Design: Heather Ashford
-Photographer: Cloud City Photography
-Carpentry: Iain Chester
-Stage Hands: Caralynn Rose, Maddy Gourlay, Rosalyn Long, and William Thomas Berk
Photo by Russell J. Young
From the Ruby Lounge
Produced August 22nd - September 7th, 2019
A world-premiere event six years in the making. This is an original work of devised theatre with an all-female cast, each actor portraying a different employee within the same fictional Portland strip club. Years of research and training went into developing this authentic, empowering, sex-positive, feminist portrayal of local strippers and their profession.
"A Soaring, Sensual Anthem of Empowerment” —Willamette Week
Ranked #2 on “WW’s List of Portland’s Top 10 Plays of 2019”
SCRIPT DEVISED BY William Thomas Berk with the cast and crew
PRODUCED BY William Thomas Berk
DIRECTED BY Sarah Marie Andrews and Athena Aura Nova
STARRING (in alphabetical order):
Bryn Butler
Taylor Jean Grady
Heidi Hunter
Kylie Rose
Maya Seidel