ALSTF Casts & Directors

 

Casts & Directors: 2021 Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival

Bakersfield Mist

Leslie Dame (Maude)  Leslie Dame is a film and stage actress residing in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.   She has been performing for many years with Saranac Lake’s Pendragon Theatre.  Favorite roles include Linda in Fiction, Veta Louise in Harvey and Jocasta in Oedipus.  She is excited and grateful to be performing in front of a live audience.   

Jordan Hornstein (Lionel Percy) Jordan previously appeared in the Summer Theatre Festival production of Walk in the Woods in 2017. Other acting credits include I Hate Hamlet and many other productions with Pendragon Theatre and the Adirondack Stage Rats’ productions of Tuesdays With Morrie and Last Romance. Jordan has also directed three shows for ALCA (Proof in 2019, Talley’s Folly in 2018, and Crimes of the Heart in 2015). He also has directed productions for the Stage Rats in Saranac Lake (God of Carnage) and the Our Town Theatre Group in North Creek (The Mousetrap). Originally from Brooklyn, Jordan has been a full-time resident of Long Lake for the past fourteen years, where he lives with his wife Jacqueline, and their three theatrical cats, Willie, Gracie and Nova Lee.

Beth Glover (Director) Beth is a professional actor/director/producer/teaching artist.  As an actor, her credits include: Broadway First National Tours – Cinderella, Wicked Step Mother; All Shook Up, Mayor Matilda; Dirty Blonde, Jo. Many shows Off-Broadway: the first revival since 1945 of Counsellor at Law (Lucille Lortel Winner) role of Cora, Peccadillo Theatre; First revival ever of Take Me Along (Drama Desk nominated) role of Lily, Irish Repertory Theatre -- Both can be viewed in The Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. Regional Theatre: Virginia Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Shakespeare Theatre Co. of D.C., Pioneer Theatre, GeVa Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Depot Theatre, Pendragon Theatre, etc. Favorite roles: Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire; Big Edie & Little Edie in Grey Gardens, TheatreWorks-Palo Alto, CA (SFBACC Best Actress). National Commercials, TV & Film. Last film Beyond the Night can be seen on Netflix. As a Director: Heroes, Wicked City for Depot Theatre; Fourth Wall, Bakersfield Mist, Lifespan of a Fact and many readings for Adirondack Stage Rats where she is the co-founder and co-Artistic Director. She teaches acting at SUNY Plattsburgh and LPCA.  For more info:  www.Beth-Glover.com

 

Twelfth Night: A Radio Play

Charlotte Peartree Moon (Viola/Cesario) is a Boston-based theatre artist and actor, and is entering her senior year at Boston University pursuing a BFA in acting and a BA in psychology. Charlotte’s motivation and drive in all of her work stem from a lifelong passion for investigating the human condition through both science and all forms of storytelling. This is Charlotte's second time working with the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts for their Summer Theatre Festival. Charlotte cannot wait to begin exploring one of her favorite plays, as one of her favorite characters, and in one of her favorite places: the Adirondack Mountains and Blue Mountain Lake.

Annachristi Cordes (Olivia) is a singer/actor based in Tupper Lake, NY. She graduated from SUNY at Fredonia in 2020 with her BFA in Musical Theatre, where she studied with voice professor Daniel Ihasz. Annachristi is thrilled to be performing with the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts for another summer season. In previous years, she has played Mayzie la Bird in Seussical: The Musical, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, and Edith in Pirates of Penzance. In 2019, Annachristi spent the summer in Ohio with the light-opera company Ohio Light Opera. She has also been featured as a concert artist with High Peaks Opera, Long Lake Friends of Music, and Tupper Arts.

Kirsten Denis (Sebastian/Jesty) is delighted to be making her debut with the Adirondack Lakes Center for the
Arts. She is an upcoming Senior Musical Theatre (BFA) Major at SUNY Cortland. Favorite
credits include Lysistrata (Ismenia), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), and Guys and Dolls (Sarah
Brown). She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support, along with the
crew at Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts for this wonderful opportunity.

Mason Barber (Malvolio/Valentine) is honored to be returning to ALCA after previously appearing in Macbeth (Ross/Lennox). Previous credits include: Henry in Next to Normal with Essex Theatre Company; Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! with Artistry Community Theatre; Igor in Young Frankenstein with Clinton Community College; and Will Ogden in Mothers and Sons with Artistry Community Theatre. He studies Theatre and Music at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. At Plattsburgh, he has been nominated three times for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship for his work on The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Augusta Bracknell, A Peter Rabbit Tale as Peter Rabbit, and She Kills Monsters as Orcus/Ronnie. Huge thank you to the creative team for this wonderful opportunity.

Matthew Varden (Duke Orsino/Aggie) is currently a Junior Music Business Major and Musical Theatre Minor with a concentration in Voice at the Crane School of Music. Previous shows include operas such as the world premiere of Tom Cipullo’s Mayo (Francis/Chorus), Speed Dating Tonight (Dater #5), and Pirates of Penzance (Dance Captain/Ensemble) with the Crane Opera Ensemble, as well as musicals such as Heathers (JD) with SUNY Potsdam’s MTO & Beauty & The Beast (Lumiere) with Camp Pendragon. 

 

OTHER CAST:

Festy/Fabiano: Dante Giacovelli

Sir Toby Belch: David Myers

Sir Andrew Aguecheek: Fred Balzac

Maria: Monica Bills

Antonio: Mike Corey

 

DIRECTOR: George Cordes
ABRIDGEMENT: Jayson Grigsby/William Loudermilk

 

With this production, we honor Jayson Grigsby, director and actor in several Summer Theatre Festival Shakespeare productions, who tragically passed away in 2019. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jayson directed and appeared in Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing with the ALSTF and played Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. A resident of Brooklyn, NY, Jayson's previous roles included Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, The Creature in Monster, The Ghost in Hamlet, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Van Helsing in Dracula, Oscar Wilde in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, and Porthos in The Three Musketeers, among others. He also directed productions of As You Like It and Twelfth Night. Jayson will be greatly missed.

 

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