most recently appeared in Northlight’s Jeff nominated A Prayer for the French Republic. He is a founding ensemble member of A Red Orchid Theatre and has appeared in over twenty shows most recently in Turret (Jeff Award – Play). Other theatre credits: Uncle Vanya (New Theatre Project), The Heavens Are Hung in Black and Hannah and Martin (Shattered Globe, Jeff Nomination- Actor), King Charles III, The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre) 2666, Inherit The Wind (Goodman), My Name is Asher Lev (Timeline) In the Next Room (Victory Gardens), Orlando (Court Theatre, directed by Jessica Thebus), The Glass Menagerie (Raven, Jeff Award – Actor), The Brothers Karamazov, 1984, (Lookingglass), I Never Sang for My Father, Wolf Lullaby (Steppenwolf) King Lear, The Lover, Late: A Cowboy Song (dir. Jessica Thebus) (Piven Theatre Workshop). Film: Eric Larue, Night’s End, A Perfect Manhattan, Slice, Captive State, Welcome to Me. Television: Monsters, The Red Line, Chicago PD/Med/Fire. www.grimmactor.com. Gratitude to Susan and Nicholas for leaving the lights on and the gas off.

is thrilled to be returning to Northlight Theatre after appearing in A Prayer for the French Republic. As artistic director and co-founder of The Artistic Home, she has helmed 25 seasons, is director of the AH Acting Studio, and was most recently seen there in Dying for It, for which she received a Jeff nomination. In Chicago, she has worked at Steppenwolf, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman Theatre, Rivendell, Raven, among many others, and was a longtime ensemble member at Center Theater. In LA, she was an ensemble member at Pacific Resident Theatre. TV/Film credits: recurring role on Chicago PD (NBC Dick Wolf Productions), Mr. Throwback (Peacock), Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (Amazon), Good Guy with a Gun (One Shot Productions), Monuments (Zaxiefilms), Into the Wake (Diesel Brothers), among others. She is represented by ATG actorstalentgroup.com.

 is pleased to return to Northlight, having previously appeared in Birthday Candles, Faceless, Lost in Yonkers, The Miser, and She Stoops to Conquer. Other Chicago credits include work with Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Writers Theatre, Rivendell, TimeLine, Goodman, and Steppenwolf. International and Regional credits: The Royal Shakespeare Company (UK), The Mark Taper Forum, Notre Dame Shakespeare, Peninsula Players, and the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. TV: Chicago P.D. (NBC), Chicago Fire (NBC), and Empire (FOX). Awards: two Jeff Awards, AfterDark, Chicago Magazine. Mr. Kane is married to actress Kate Fry, with whom he has two sons; he is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Loyola University Chicago.

Kelvin Roston Jr. is excited to be back at Northlight with this show! Off-Broadway: Donny Hathaway, Twisted Melodies (Apollo); Regional: Sterling Johnson, Radio Golf (The Black Rep STL); Wiz, The Wiz (Fulton); Mister, The Color Purple (MSMT); Caesar Wilks, Gem of the Ocean (Goodman); Oedipus,
Oedipus Rex and The Gospel at Colonus, Othello, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice (Court); James Thunder Early, Dreamgirls (Fulton, MSMT, Marriott- Lincolnshire, Orb [Tokyo, Japan], Festival Hall [Osaka, Japan]); Jackie Wilson, My Heart is Crying (Black Ensemble); Donny Hathaway, Twisted Melodies (Congo Square, The Black Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Mosaic, Apollo[NY, NY]), and many others. TV: South Side, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, KFC, Instant Care, Ace Hardware. Film:
Get a Job, Princess Cyd, Breathing Room. Awards: Jeff Award, 4 BTA Awards, 3 Black Excellence Awards, NAMI Award, Court Theater’s 2019/20 Nicholas Rudall Classic Artist Award. Kelvin is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, a Congo Square Ensemble Member, and represented by Paonessa Talent and Michael Moore Agency!

Georgette Verdin is a Cuban-American freelance director, the Associate Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre and a member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Recent directing credits include: the revival of Night Watch (Raven Theatre); the U.S. premiere of The Writer (Steep Theatre); the world premieres of A Mile in The Dark (Interrobang Theatre Project/Rivendell); Enough to Let the Light In (Teatro Vista); Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company); and Spay (Rivendell). Georgette is a three-time Jeff nominated director and was the 2022 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman Theatre. She was profiled in NewCity Magazine’s 2023 “Players: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” and in Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago 2022.” Georgette is an associate member with Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. For more, visit georgetteverdin.com.

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

Eric Watkins works as a lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance across the country and occasionally around the world. Just before the pandemic he was in eastern Europe on tour of the world premiere piece Song of Home produced by Theatre Lumina. CHICAGO (selected): EthiopianAmerica (Definition Theatre Company); Sugar in Our Wounds and Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies (First Floor Theater); Machinal (Greenhouse; Jeff nomination); In The Blood (Red Tape); A Swell In The Ground (Gift); The Man Who Was Thursday (Lifeline); Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Pegasus); Punk (New Colony); Fish Eye (Dandelion) The Safe House (City Lit); Bomber’s Moon (Williams Street Rep); Fallen (Mozawa); Porcelain (Prologue; Jeff nomination); The Property (Lyric Unlimited) a commissioned klezmer opera. REGIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL (selected): Mrs. Harrison (Indiana Rep); Don Pasquale (Fort Worth Opera); Show Boat,  Falstaff (Dallas Opera); A Streetcar Named Desire (Opera Santa Barbara and Kentucky Opera); The Rake’s Progress (Merola Opera); Barber of Seville (Lithuanian National Opera). Eric received his MFA from Boston University and is a proud member of USA829, the theatrical design union. ericwatkins.com

Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) is a composer and sound designer based in Chicago and is pleased to return to Northlight having recently composed and designed Dial M For Murder, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas At Pemberley (Jeff nomination), and many others. Chicago designs include: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Court Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Remy Bumppo, Victory Gardens, Timeline, Shattered Globe, and many others. Regional: Seattle Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Peninsula Players, Crossroads Theatre, Montana Shakespeare Festival, Nebraska Repertory, and many others. A winner of five Joseph Jefferson Awards, Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please visit christopherkriz.com

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 

 is happy to make her Northlight debut! Recent credits include Cinderella, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Marriott Theatre); Ironbound (Raven Theatre); Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution, The Lion in Winter (Court Theatre); Native Gardens (Williams Street Rep), and Last Night and the Night Before (Steppenwolf). Much love to her family, friends, and Zach.