is very happy to be back at Northlight, where he has previously appeared in Faceless, Inherit the Wind, and All in the Timing. Joe has worked at nearly every Chicago theatre including Goodman, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Court, Drury Lane, Oak Brook, Paramount, and Remy Bummpo, as well as regional theatres City Theatre Pittsburgh, St Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Centerstage Baltimore, and Milwaukee Rep. TV roles include Somebody, Somewhere, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Early Edition, and What about Joan? Joe is a former member of the Second City National Touring Company and the Neo-Futurists. Thx to BJ!

Northlight credits include Ben Jonson in The Book Of Will, and Vinnie in The Odd Couple. Recent Chicago credits include Inherit The Wind, A Christmas Carol, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Father Comes Home From The Wars, Blind Date (Goodman Theatre); The Comedy Of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Choir Boy (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Pitmen Painters (Timeline Theatre). Regional theatres include Asolo Repertory, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory, Madison Repertory, Michigan Public, Los Angeles Theatre Center. TV: Dark Matter, Emperor Of Ocean Park, A League Of Their Own, 4400, Fargo, Chicago Fire, Empire. Film: Fred Claus, Stranger Than Fiction, The Break Up, The Merry Gentleman, Oz The Great And Powerful, The Company. williamdick.net

Ty recently made his Broadway debut in Othello starring Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal, directed by Kenny Leon. Other recent roles include: Hamlet (Hamlet) at the Denver Center and the world premiere of Jen Silverman’s SPAIN at Second Stage (Off-Broadway). Chicago credits include Lindiwe (Steppenwolf), Teenage Dick (Theater Wit), and numerous productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Writers Theatre. Ty spent five seasons at American Players Theatre (An Iliad, She Stoops to Conquer), two seasons at Utah Shakespeare Festival (Romeo in R&J), Indiana Rep, and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. TV/film roles include: the upcoming film “Bolio: Spirit of the Mustang” (starring Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams), “Chicago Med”, “Search Party”, and the Comedy Central film “Hot Mess Holiday”. BFA, Oklahoma City University.

At Northlight, Cindy appeared in Pride and Prejudice, Jekyll and Hyde, Mothers and Sons, Awake, and Sing. Chicago area appearances include Miz Martha Washington (Steppenwolf Theatre); Wipeout (Rivendell); Christmas Carol, Measure for Measure (Goodman); Indecent (Victory Gardens); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Drury Lane); Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare); Showboat, and My Fair Lady (Lyric Opera). Regional credits include Cake (Asolo Theatre); Showboat, Daughter of the Regiment (The Kennedy Center) (where she shared a role with RBG!) Music Man (Glimmerglass Opera, both in New York and at the Royal Opera House in Muscat). Cindy performed 2 summers with Peninsula Players. She won a Jeff award for playing Gertrude Stein in Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty’s Loving Repeating. Recent TV: Work in Progress, Empire, Chicago Fire, and Leverage. Film: Ghostlight, I Used to Go Here. Cindy is Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Northwestern University.

 is the recipient of three Joseph Jefferson Awards–for Les Misérables, Ragtime and Forbidden Broadway–the latter with which he has toured internationally-as both director and actor, and performed off-Broadway. Recent credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Drury Lane-Jeff Nom), Titanic (Marriott), The Band’s Visit (TheatreSquared), No Man’s Land, Noises Off (Steppenwolf), Cabaret (Porchlight), Clue (Mercury), Mr. Dicken’s Hat (Northlight), The Diary of Anne Frank (People’s Light), Peter..Starcatcher (Paramount), and work with the Goodman, Writers, About Face, American Blues, Syracuse Stage, and Pioneer Theatres. Mark has toured (twice) with Disney’s The Lion King.
TV: Utopia (Amazon), Chicago Fire (NBC), Being Blago (Hulu).
Film: the upcoming Adult Children. He sits on the board of Season of Concern, which provides financial assistance to artists in need.

Sarah Coakley Price is thrilled to be returning to Northlight, where she was previously seen in Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Chicago theatre credits include Eurydice (Writers Theatre); The Wolves (Goodman Theatre); The Secretaries (First Floor Theatre); Earthquakes in London (Steep Theatre); X, Mai Dang Lao (Sideshow Theatre); Monstrous Regiment (Lifeline Theatre) and others. Regional credits include The Play That Goes Wrong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Indiana Repertory Theatre); The Stranger (Peninsula Players) and With Love and A Major Organ (Boise Contemporary). TV: Chicago Fire (NBC). Sarah is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University, the Improv Training Program at iO, and Second City’s Conservatory. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. More at www.sarahcoakleyprice.com.

is the author of many plays, including Magic Time, The God of Isaac, Beau Jest, Jest A Second!, Romance in D, From Door to Door, Jacob and Jack, and Chagall In School. He began his professional career with The Second City in Chicago and received an M.F.A. degree from Brandeis University. He was a founding member of the Playwrights Ensemble of the Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theater. James’ plays are regularly produced by theaters throughout the United States and have also been seen in Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Poland, South Africa, China, and Korea. In the summer of 2008, James wrote and directed the movie of his play, BEAU JEST, starring Lainie Kazan, Seymour Cassel, and Robyn Cohen. James currently teaches at Columbia College of Chicago and DePaul University. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America. www.jamessherman.coma.

BJ JONES is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of Northlight. Mr. Jones is a two-time Joseph Jefferson Award Winning actor and a three-time nominated director. He’s directed the world premieres of Charm (Jeff Award Best New Play), The Outgoing Tide (Jeff Award Best New Play), White Guy on the Bus (Jeff Nominated Best New Play), Chapatti (Nominated Jeff Award Best New Play), Better Late, and Rounding Third. Notably, he has directed productions of Outside Mullingar, Grey Gardens, The Price, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. As a producer he has guided the three world premieres of The Christmas at Pemberley Trilogy (Jeff Award Best New Play), Shining Lives, The Last Five Years, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. Additional directorial credits include Pitmen Painters (Timeline, Jeff Award Best Production); 100 Saints You Should Know (Steppenwolf); Glengarry Glen Ross (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Suzi Bass nomination Best Director); The Lady with All the Answers (Cherry Lane, New York); Animal Crackers (Baltimore Center Stage); Three Musketeers, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing (Utah Shakespeare Festival), and four productions at the Galway International Arts Festival. As a performer, he has appeared at Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and other theatres throughout Chicago. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid, and Turks, among others.

Jeffrey is an award-winning Production Designer for theatre and television. His designs have been seen on NBC, Apple+, Comedy Central and the CW, as well as Norwegian Cruise Line, Northlight Theatre, The Rev, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Lyric Opera, Theatre Under the Stars, Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Timeline Theatre, American Players Theatre, Porchlight, Raven Theatre, The Artistic Home, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Heritage Theatre Festival and The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Jeffrey received his MFA from the University of Virginia, BA from Illinois State University and is a member of USA 829.

is a costume designer and educator. Selected costume design credits: CHICAGO: Northlight Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo Theatre. REGIONAL: The MUNY, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, St Louis Shakespeare Festival. FILM: Curio, Limerence, Cheap Plastic Mask. Raquel has been nominated for 5 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Costume Design and is the recipient of The Michael Merritt Emerging Designer Award and the Academic Achievement Prize for Collaborative Design. Raquel is an Assistant Professor of Design at Northwestern www.raqueladorno.com

returns to Northlight having designed Souvenir and Nina Simone. Chicago: Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane Theatre, The Marriott Theatre, The Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Lightscape (Chicago Botanical Garden). Regionally: The Old Globe, Alliance Theatre, Kennedy Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mark Taper Forum, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Merrimack Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Two River Theatre, Arsht Center. Opera: Chicago Lyric, San Jose, Dallas, Portland, Kentucky, Colorado, Florentine. International: Jurassic World Exhibition (China), Marriage of Figaro (Japan), Movement Stories (Abu Dhabi). He has worked on the lighting teams for TV shows including: The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rosie Show, The Steve Harvey Show, Fox Sports, Chicago Bears Network. Lee was the Lighting Director at The Santa Fe Opera. www.leefiskness.com.

Andre has designed the Broadway productions of Metamorphoses, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Drama Desk Award nomination) as well as the world premiere of The Clean House at Yale Repertory and Lincoln Center. Based in Chicago, his work has appeared on most of the city’s stages including Northlight (Shining Lives with Amanda Dehnert), Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and Lookingglass where he is an associate artist. He has composed music and designed sound for theaters around the U.S., most frequently at the Oregon and California Shakespeare Festivals, Berkeley Repertory, Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, Seattle Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse and Center Theater Group. Choral works include: Winesburg, Ohio,Eastland, Whitman, Undone (with Ben Sussman), and Paris By Night (with Amy Warren).

Nick is a freelance prop and scenic artist based in Chicago. Theatrical prop design credits include: Twisted Melodies, Prayer for the French Republic, The Heart Sellers, Little Women, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Brooklyn Laundry (Northlight Theatre), Charlotte’s Web, Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, Last Stop on Market Street, The Diary of Anne Frank (Young People’s Theatre of Chicago), Misery (American Blues Theater), The Normal Heart (Redtwist Theater). Nick has also worked as a prop artisan with Steppenwolf Theater, Drury Lane Productions, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Kehoe Designs, Glimmerglass Opera, and The Texas Shakespeare Festival. To view more of Nick’s work, or to make inquiries, you can visit his website nickbartleson.wixsite.com/nickbartleson 

Katie returns to Northlight for her sixth season where credits include The First Lady of Television, Prayer for the French Republic, The Heart Sellers, Little Women, 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 others. National: Hamilton (Eliza Tour Sub); Sorin: A Notre Dame Story (Tour). Regional: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, Geva Theater Center, ArtsEmerson. Other recent Chicago credits include Dhaba on Devon Avenue, The Hot Wing King, Eurydice, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Wife of a Salesman, Into the Woods (Writers); Dhaba…, Notes from the Field (TimeLine); Villette (Lookingglass) and productions at Victory Gardens, Theater Wit, About Face Theater and ten seasons at American Theater Company.