Rashada Dawan is so relieved to be returning back to theater, to this beloved cast and to this classic piece. Thank you to all for returning to the theater! Chicago credits include Madagascar, Junie B. Jones, The Nutcracker (Marriott); Elf, Cinderella (Paramount); Caroline or Change (Firebrand/Timeline); Djembe (Foresight); Something In The Game (AMTP/Wirtz); The Winner of Our Discontent, A Red Line Runs Through It (Second City); Aida (MUNY); Dynamite Divas, Black White Love Play, and The Other Cinderella (Black Ensemble). TV/Film: The Chi, Chicago PD, Shameless, Hope Springs Eternal, Easy, The Red Line, and Proven Innocent. Rashada is a Jeff award nominated actress, vocalist and Executive Director of B. Fli Productions. She is most thankful to God for her Village, family and friends, Paonessa Talent Agency, and her two intelligent managers aka daughters, Journey and Genesis. www.RashadaDawan.com @ButtafliDawan

Yao Dogbe is excited to be returning to Northlight Theatre to reprise his role as George post pandemic. Regional— Nollywood Dreams (Off-Broadway); Cymbeline (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Fences (American Players Theatre); Homebound, Ohio State Murders (Round House Theatre); Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Richard III, Twelfth Night (Houston Shakespeare Festival); Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). Awards: listed as one of Houston’s best actors in 2017 for his performance as Booth in Suzan Lori-Parks’ Topdog/Underdog; recently received an honorary membership into Alpha Psi Omega (the National Theatre Honor Society) from his alma mater, Norfolk State University. Education: MFA in acting from University of Houston.Professional Affiliations: Member of AEA (Actor’s Equity Association). Instagram: @Yaonation

Felicia P. Fields earned a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in The Color Purple on Broadway and a 2006 Theatre World Award, two Broadway.com awards, an NAACP nomination and the award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sophisticated Ladies. Other Northlight Theatre credits include she and E. Faye Butler’s review of Let the Good Times Roll, It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, and Low Down Dirty Blues. Other credits include: Writers Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Theatre at the Center, Milwaukee Rep, The Broadway Playhouse and the Goodman Theatre. She has performed throughout the country in the musical Low Down Dirty Blues. Television/film credits include Slice with Chance the Rapper, Save the Last Dance, Who Gets the Dog, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Bad Judge (NBC), Sense8 (Netflix), Early Edition (CBS), The Knights of Prosperity (ABC) and many commercials/voice-overs to date. She is the recipient of a Clarence Dewitt Award, many Joseph Jefferson nominations and won the Jeff award for her performances in Sophisticated Ladies. Governor Quinn declared July 24th Felicia P. Fields.

Sean Fortunato was recently seen in Othello (Court) and Talley’s Folly (Peninsula Players). Other credits include Miss Trunchbull in Matilda (Drury Lane), Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Writers), and work at Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman, Theatre at the Center, Timeline, Marriott, Remy Bumppo, About Face, First Folio, Next, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Intiman (WA), Old Globe (CA), and The Duke on 42nd (NY). Film: The Merry Gentleman directed by Michael Keaton. TV: Antoon Dumini in Fargo (FX), Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire (NBC). Sean has received eight Joseph Jefferson nominations and an After Dark Award. Next: Starbuck in The Rainmaker at Peninsula Players.

Mildred Marie Langford is super excited to be back at Northlight, where she was last seen in Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas. Other credits include Gunshot Medley: Part 1 (CAB/Rogue Machine Theatre, Ovation Nomination, Lead Actress); Native Son (Antaeus Theatre Company/Kirk Douglas Theatre, 2019 Block Party); Domesticated, Animal Farm, Venus, The Crucible (Steppenwolf); The Royale (American Theater Company, BTAA Best Featured Actress); Luck of the Irish (Next Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun (Milwaukee Rep/Timeline); My Kind of Town, In Darfur (Timeline); Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens). TV/Film: Dimensional Shift, Magic Funhouse, Chicago Med, Masters of Sex, Boss, Dignity, Grow Up, Your Beautiful Baby, Concrete Rose, and Analysis Paralysis. Thank you, always, to my family and friends for your constant love and support. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

Al’Jaleel McGhee is excited to return to Northlight Theatre so soon! He is a proud Chicago built actor- having received his B.A. in Theatre & Performance from UIC and his MFA in Acting from Northwestern University as a member of the inaugural Acting program cohort. He is represented by Gray Talent Group. Theatre credits include: Fireflies (Northlight), Wolf Play(The Gift), Hamlet (Chi. Shakespeare), Graveyard Shift (Goodman New Stages), To Catch A Fish, Paradise Blue (TimeLine), Breach (Victory Gardens Theater) and Blues For An Alabama Sky (Court Theatre). Film/Television credits include: Shining Girls (Apple), 61st Street (AMC), The Red Line (CBS), Chicago Med (NBC), Empire (FOX), The Chi (Showtime), Proud Mary (Sony Pictures).

Rebecca makes her Northlight debut with Intimate Apparel. Theatre: Top Girls, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Equity Jeff Nom.), The Voysey Inheritance (Remy Bumppo); Every Brilliant Thing (Windy City Playhouse); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (SYA), Mary Page Marlowe, The Crucible, Our Lady of 121^st Street and Pacific (Steppenwolf); Continuity (Goodman New Stages Festival); In The Garden (Lookingglass); Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West (TimeLine); This (Theatre Wit); The Firebirds Take the Field, How the World Began, These Shining Lives (Equity Jeff Nom.), WRENS (Rivendell). Film: Candyman, Princess Cyd, Slice, Man of Steel, Contagion, The Dilemma, Public Enemies, Grace is Gone, and The Break-Up. Television: Utopia, Empire, Easy, Boss, Crisis, Chicago Fire, Betrayal, The Mob Doctor, Detroit 1-8-7, The Chicago Code, The Beast, and Prison Break.

Scott Penner (Scenic Design) For Northlight: Fireflies, Intimate Apparel. Selected Credits: Job (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theater); The Extinction Therapist, ShirleyValentine (Theatre Aquarius); Cymbeline (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); Rasheeda Speaking (Jeff Nomination, Shattered Globe Chicago); Shakespeare’s Will (Indiana Rep); Body Politic (Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto); Hair, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Grand Theatre London); Constellations, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Raisin in the Sun, Love’s Labour’s Lost, (American Players Theatre); Happy Days, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Flint Rep); DION: A New Musical (Coalmine Theatre Toronto); Guys & Dolls (Arts Club Vancouver); Small Mouth Sounds, The Little Prince (Theatreworks Colorado Springs). Scott is a member of Iatse Local ADC 659. @scottpennerdesign

Raquel Adorno (Costume Design) Selected credits: Chicago: Dial M for Murder, Georgiana and Kitty, Intimate Apparel (Northlight Theatre); Thanksgiving Play, POTUS, Describe the Night (Steppenwolf); Measure for Measure, I, Banquo (Chicago Shakespeare); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Antigone, Gospel at Colonus, The Island, Othello (Court); The Band’s Visit, Wife of a Salesman (Writers); The Music Man (Marriott); PERSONALITY: The Lloyd Price Musical (Hard Kill LLC); Unelectable You (Second City). Regional: Waitress, Rent (The MUNY); Tempest, Intimate Apparel (Utah Shakespeare Festival); A Raisin in the Sun, Taming of the Shrew, Cymbeline, A Doll’s House, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (American Players Theatre).

Katie Klemme (Production Stage Manager) Northlight credits include The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Brooklyn Laundry, Dial M for Murder, The Porch on Windy Hill, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Intimate Apparel, Mr. Dickens’ Hat, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Landladies, and You Can’t Take It With You. Chicago: The Hot Wing King, Eurydice, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Wife of a Salesman, Into the Woods (Writers); Notes from the Field (TimeLine); Villette (Lookingglass) and productions with Victory Gardens, Theater Wit, About Face Theater and American Theater Company. National: Hamilton (Eliza Tour Sub); Sorin: A Notre Dame Story (Tour). Regional: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theater Center, ArtsEmerson.