THE COMPANY



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Intrepid Shakespeare Company
is an Encinitas theatre company dedicated to presenting Shakespeare and modern classics to the community in an intimate, accessible, affordable way through passion, imagination and language.

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(760) 652-5011

CHRISTY YAEL, Artistic Director     

SEAN COX, Artistic Director     





Artistic Director Sean Cox 

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits: 

ACTING
the Bastard, King John 
Macbeth, Macbeth
Balthazar, Much Ado About Nothing (FREE WILL)
Richard II, Richard II (FREE WILL)
the Bastard, King John (FREE WILL)




DIRECTING
co-director, King John
co-director, The Taming of the Shrew
director, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare For A New Generation)

Shakespeare For A New Generation Education Tour
Mercutio, Lord Capulet, Romeo and Juliet
Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sean is a co-founder of Intrepid Shakespeare Company and has worked in the professional theatre for over twelve years.  As an actor, director and teacher he has worked with numerous theatre companies and festivals including Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival, PCPA Theaterfest, Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Los Angeles Repertory, Nevada Shakespeare Festival, North Coast Repertory, Bank Theatre of Philadelphia, La Jolla Playhouse, Sierra Repertory, Cygnet Theatre, Performance Riverside, Fritz Theatre, Lamb’s Players, Compass Theatre and Moxie Theatre.  Selected San Diego acting credits include Macbeth, Housman in The Invention of Love, Edmund Tyrone in Long Days Journey Into Night, John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Walker/Ned in Three Days of Rain, Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and the west coast premiers of The Sugar Syndrome, The Receptionist and Dying City.  Training includes the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, the University of the Arts and the Globe Theatre (London). Mr. Cox is the recipient of multiple awards for his work in the theatre.





Artistic Director Christy Yael 

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits: 

ACTING
Lady Macbeth, Macbeth
Constance, King John (FREE WILL)

DIRECTING
co-director, King John
co-director, The Taming of the Shrew

PRODUCER, Shakespeare For A New Generation


Christy is a co-founder of Intrepid Shakespeare Company.  Originally from Canada, she has worked at numerous Shakespeare festivals and regional theatres throughout the country.  After moving to Los Angeles to train at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she has worked with many local regional theatre companies including South Coast Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Orange County, Century City Playhouse, The Matrix Theatre, North Coast Repertory, Cygnet Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Moonlight Stage Productions, Compass Theatre, among others.  Having studied and performed Shakespeare professionally from the age of nine, favorite roles include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Isabella in Measure for Measure.





Associate Director Jason D. Rennie 

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits: 

ACTING
Henry Bolingbroke/Henry IV, Richard II (FREE WILL)





DIRECTING
co-director, Macbeth
co-director, The Taming of the Shrew
director, Much Ado About Nothing (FREE WILL)

Jason is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts - NYC.  He brings with him over twenty years of experience in numerous facets of theatrical production: performance, directing, stage management, lighting design, set design and construction, art direction, videography and combat direction.  His most recent work in the San Diego area was in 2005 with North Coast Repertory Theatre's production of "Romeo and Juliet", where he served as fight choreographer.  Jason currently resides in Los Angeles and has worked across the country with Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Nevada Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Project - College of Charleston, Charleston Guerrilla Theatre, Mutineer Productions, The Guild of St. George and Slow Train Theatre Company - to name a few.





Resident Artist Tom Hall 

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits: 

King John in King John
Don John in Much Ado About Nothing (FREE WILL)
Bushy in Richard II (FREE WILL)
Lewis in King John (FREE WILL)





Tom arrived in San Diego in 2003 after earning his degree in Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He recently returned from Sweden, where he performed in the world premiere reading of A.C. Harvey’s Fade to White, commissioned at the Polar Center Andree Museum in Grenna. Tom began his association with Intrepid Shakespeare Company by performing in the 2009 Free Will Reading Series, and has performed in a number of venues across San Diego. Selected theatre credits include: Phil in Hurlyburly (ION Theatre at Diversionary); Jonesy in Side Man (Bang! Productions at Diversionary); Casca in Julius Caesar (New Village Arts); Edgar Evans in Terra Nova (Inukshuk Productions); Alberto Barcos in The Magic Fire (Moonlight Stage Productions); Percy Bysshe Shelley in Bloody Poetry (6th @ Penn Theatre); Simon Bliss in Hay Fever (Moonlight Stage Productions); Greg Poynter in Relatively Speaking (North Coast Repertory Theatre); Terry in A Hundred Birds (6th @ Penn Theatre). Tom also appeared in Back of the Throat (ION Theatre); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Lotus Theatre Collective); Bedroom Farce (Moonlight Stage Productions); and East Coast productions of Art; Little Murders; Beyond Therapy; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Inherit the Wind; and others. In 2003, Tom directed Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal for the SRO Theatre in Wilmington.



Technical Director / Resident Artist Christopher Renda

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits:

Lighting Designer / Technical Director, King John  
Lighting Designer / Technical Director, Taming of the Shrew

Robert Faulconbridge, King John
Biondello, The Taming of the Shrew
Conrade, Much Ado About Nothing (FREE WILL)
Green, Richard II (FREE WILL)

Chris also works at Mesa College Theatre Company as the Master Electrician as well as assistant director and T.A. in acting classes.  His onstage credits include King John, The Taming of the Shrew Intrepid Shakespeare Company; Romeo and Juliet, Gorilla Shakespeare Company; A View From The Bridge, Lamplighters; Titus Andonicus, Taming of the Shrew San Diego Shakespeare Festival; Angels Among Us, Coronado Playhouse; Wild Oats, Grapes of Wrath, Room Service MCTC; As the Gondola Sinks, Faultline.  His recent backstage credits include Lighting design for King John, The Taming of the Shrew at Intrepid Shakespeare Company; As Much As you Can, The Little Dog Laughed, Bent at the Diversionary Theatre, Hurly Burly with the Ion Theatre Company; live microphone mixing for It's a Wonderful Life and A Little Night Music at Cygnet Theatre.  Scenic design for Fat Pig and First Love with intermission productions.  Lighting design for La Diego Dance Company and Dance Express.






Resident Stage Manager Ryan Ford

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits:

Sound Designer / Stage Manager, King John
Sound Designer / Stage Manager, Taming of the Shrew








Ryan is thrilled to be working with his dear friends at Intrepid Shakespeare Company.  Though working in San Diego mostly as a stage manager; Intrepid has given him the opportunities to work in sound design, program design, assistant directing and production management.   Since graduating from UCSD with a B.A. in Theatre Arts, he has worked non-stop within the San Diego Theatre community.  Local credits include:  The Taming of the Shrew and King John (Intrepid). Man From NebraskaDying City (Cygnet); Twist, Facing East (Diversionary); The Butcher of Baraboo (Moxie); Three Days of Rain (Compass); Terra Nova (Inukshuk); The Best Mistake, Plays By Young Writers '09 and '10 (Playwright's Project). Red Herring (Scripps Ranch Theatre); Tuesdays With Morrie, Dracula, String of Pearls, A Shayna Maidel, and Madagascar (North Coast Rep). Ryan also has eight years of acting experience, favorite roles include Lennie in Of Mice and Men (Moorpark College)Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (E.J. Harrison Theater), and John Heminge in The Beard of Avon (UCSD).  In school, he directed and produced several one-act plays as well as Patrick Marber's Closer.  He has also dabbled in playwriting and lighting design.



Resident Costume Designer Beth Merriman

(bio coming shortly)




Resident Artist Savvy Scopelleti

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits:

Constance, King John
Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew

Shakespeare For A New Generation Education Tour
Nurse/the Prince, Romeo and Juliet
Titania/Helena/the Lion, A Midsummer Night's Dream


Savvy Scopelleti is appearing in our 2010 season productions of Taming of the Shrew (Grumio) and King John (Constance). She is also a member of Intrepid’s Shakespeare for a New Generation Education Tour.  Other San Diego credits include: Ann in Love Negotiated (Lotus Theatre Collective); Snake Handler in Talking With (Sullivan Players); Rosanna in Death by Survival (Vantage Theatre).  Savvy has a background in psychology, broadcasting and marketing, and is a member of AFTRA and SAG.



Resident Artist Danny Campbell


Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits:

Hubert, King John
Vincentio, The Taming of the Shrew
Sir Stephen Scroop, Richard II (FREE WILL)
Hubert, King John (FREE WILL) 
Rosse, Macbeth




Danny’s appeared as Rosse in Intrepid Shakespeare Company’s inaugural production of Macbeth and in Intrepid’s productions of The Taming Of The Shrew (Vincentio) and King John (Hubert). Favorite roles elsewhere include Horatio in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing and Pertruchio in The Taming Of The Shrew; he has also adapted and directed productions of Romeo And Juliet and Twelfth Night. Recent stage credits include: Dr. Glass in Room Service at Lamb’s Players Theatre, Adolph in The Last Night of Ballyhoo at Scripps Ranch Theatre, Finch McComas in G.B. Shaw’s You Never Can Tell and Romainville in Ring Round The Moon for Moonlight Stage Productions, and Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady at Starlight Theatre. 

Other

appearances include such shows as 1776 (James Wilson), Dancing At

 

Lughnasa 

(Michael),  Brigadoon (Jeff), 

La Béte (Bejart), 

Sweeney 

Todd (Jonas Fogg), West Side Story (Lt. Schrank), 

The Odd Couple (Felix), 

A Walk In The Woods (Honeyman), and I Never Sang For My Father (Gene). He is married to Sandy Campbell, with whom he has appeared in such shows as Lips Together Teeth ApartThe Apple Tree: Act I - The Diary of Adam and Eve, and Guys And Dolls. Directing credits also include Closer  Than EverMan Of La Mancha84 Charing Cross Road, and the Avo Theatre concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.

 




Resident Artist Eddie Yaroch

Intrepid Shakespeare Company credits:

King Phillip, King John
Tranio, The Taming of the Shrew
Aumerle, Richard II (FREE WILL)
Banquo/Doctor, Macbeth







Other roles include Gaston in Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Patte Award, Best Ensemble) and Roxy Gottleib in Golden Boy (New Village Arts); Gene in Side Man (Bang! at Diversionary); Loren/Jack in Acts of Faith (Laterthanever); Brian in The Shadow Box (SRT); Wilson in Terra Nova (Inukshuk); Cornwall in King Lear (Washington Shakespeare Co.); Ephraim in Don't I Know You? and Odin in Idunn and the Golden Apples (Moving Word Theatre, London).  Twenty-two years ago, he played Touchstone in As You Like It at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he received a BFA in Theatre.







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