Casting is ongoing for Stratford’s next season before this one’s even over. Here’s what we know so far:
– super exciting choices are marked with * or **, depending on the degree of awesome.
– terrible ideas are marked with an x or xx, depending on the degree of horror.
Richard III:
Seana McKenna as Richard **
Gareth Potter as Richmond*
Martha Henry as Margaret*
Twelfth Night:
Andrea Runge as Viola**
Brian Dennehy as Sir Toby
Stephen Ouimette as Sir Andrew
Ben Carlson as Feste*
Tom Rooney as Malvolio*
Cara Ricketts as Maria xx
Merry Wives of Windsor:
Geraint Wyn Davies as Falstaff **
Tom Rooney as Ford *
Janet Wright as Mistress Quickly
Lucy Peacock as Mistress Ford
Andrea Runge as Anne Page*
Titus Andronicus:
nothing yet
Jesus Christ Superstar:
Paul Nolan as Jesus x
Chilina Kennedy as Mary Magdalene x
Brent Carver as Pontius Pilate
Camelot:
Geraint Wyn Davies as King Arthur*
Brent Carver as Merlyn and Pellinore*
Lucy Peacock as Morgan le Fey*
Hosanna:
Gareth Potter as Hosanna** (Let’s hear it for bravery and breaking out of the romantic hero mold! Bravo Mr. Potter)
The Little Years:
Evan Buliung as Roger
The Grapes of Wrath:
Chilina Kennedy as Rose of Sharon x
Janet Wright as Ma
Evan Buliung as Tom Joad
The Homecoming:
Brian Dennehy as Max
Stephen Ouimette as Sam
Cara Ricketts as Ruth x
The Misanthrope:
Ben Carlson (Alceste)
Brian Bedford
Shakespeare’s Will:
Seana McKenna as Anne Hathaway*