Macbeth

FIRST WITCH / SECOND MURDERER / CAPTAIN

Lorie is delighted to be working with Scoundrel and Scamp on another creative project. Lorie has been studying, teaching, and performing mime and physical theater all over the globe for the past 30 years. Highlights include tours in China, Poland, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Macedonia, and Candida with The Invisible People, Alithia Mime Theater, and Theatrical Mime Theater. Influential teachers include Marcel Marceau, Polish Mime Stephan Niedzialkowski, Anne Bogart, Gregg Goldston, and C. Nicholas Johnson. Lorie holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance and a Master of Arts in Theatre Studies from the University of Arizona. Currently, Lorie teaches acting and technical theater at The Gregory School in Tucson, Arizona.

SECOND WITCH / FIRST MURDERER / PORTER

Kāli (She/They) is a theater-maker, violinist and visual artist originally from Buffalo, NY. She has performed her two solo shows Off-Off Broadway and at festivals/medical schools throughout the US; taught acting, mask, clown, and solo performance at MIT, Brown, Duke; co-founded GUTWorks Theater Co. (Brooklyn/VT); created/directed original performances at Mississippi University for Women, Bucknell, Trinity Rep; worked with Padua Playwrights (LA), Pearl Theater Company (Off-Broadway), PushPush (Atlanta), Clowns Without Borders (Guatemala/El Salvador), Grupo Galpão (Brazil), Accademia dell’Arte (Italy). They have served on the board of the Network of Ensemble Theaters and are an associate artist with Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble (PA) and Ko Festival of Performance (MA). In 2016 Kāli completed a national tour of her book, I Am Compassionate Creativity, passing through Bisbee, AZ where they now host artists & activists at The Center for Compassionate Creativity. Kāli’s training includes the University of Rochester and an MFA from Dell’Arte International. In Tucson, they study voice with Eric Ashley at Allegro School of Music and Alexander Technique with Jane Clanton Bick. Kāli is grateful to be part of her first S&S production and for her ever-supportive partner Kelly. kaliquinn.com

THIRD WITCH / SERVANT / MESSENGER

Elizabeth is a poet, theater artist, educator, and co-founder of The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre. She has appeared on the Scoundrel & Scamp stage as Renee in Babel, Cathy/Bertha in Brontë, Alice in The Book of Will, and in various staged readings over the years. She also translated Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding for the S&S and adapted this version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, in collaboration with Lisa Wolpe.

MACBETH

Originally hailing from the great state of Minnesota, Callie escaped the frozen northern clutches of the Twin Cities for the searing heat of Tucson. She can be found performing all over southern Arizona as an actor and musician. This includes productions at The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, the Rogue Theatre, Arizona Repertory Theatre, The Bennett Theatre Lab, the Tucson Repertory Orchestra, Engelmann Quintet, and the Sky Island Chamber Society. Her most recent performances with the Scoundrel and Scamp have been in A Wrinkle in Time, Faustus, and Ada and theEngine. When she’s not acting, or playing the violin, she is a music professor at Cochise College, and directs the Cochise County Youth Orchestra. Thank you to the Scoundrel and Scamp, the incredible cast and crew who made this production possible. And thank you to her supportive friends, students, family, and her acting teacher Phil Bennett.

Molly is an international actor, director, and teacher. Transplanted from Chicago, she now makes Tucson her home. Favorite recent roles include: Rebecca & Anne – The Book of Will, Fortune Teller – The Skin of Our Teeth, 7 characters including Ela, Dora, Kyle – String of Pearls, Anna – The Standby Lear, Ellie – Sweet Texas Reckoning, Cabdriver – Hellcab, Quickly & Worcester – Father Ruffian, Nurse – Romeo & Juliet, Beatrice – Much Ado About Nothing, Titania – A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Molly toured internationally playing the last queen of Ireland in her original solo show, A Most Notorious Woman. Molly’s education includes: Santa Clara University, California Institute of the Arts, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Second City. Molly has been a professional acting teacher & coach since 1994.

DUNCAN / GENTLEWOMAN / OLD MAN

Maria is making her mainstage debut at Scoundrel and Scamp, after appearing in their readings of RUSSIAN ROULETTE and CHINS UP! SHOULDERS BACK! Maria recently retired as Artistic Director of Winding Road Theater, and has appeared in Winding Road's GOOD PEOPLE, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and UNITED. Maria is a part-time resident of Spokane, Washington, where she was a resident artist at Interplayers Theatre. She has been seen in their productions THE PRICE (Esther) and ON GOLDEN POND (Ethel). She has appeared in many Spokane Civic Theatre productions, including THE MUSIC MAN (Mrs. Shinn), THE LARAMIE PROJECT (multiple roles), LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (Elaine) and GYPSY (Tessie Tura) where she played opposite Oscar and Emmy award winning actress Patty Duke. Film credits include 'Tiki" and 'Lonely Hearts.'

MALCOLM / UNDERSTUDY

Samantha (they/them/she/her) is thrilled to be returning to the Scoundrel and Scamp stage in this production! Previously, they appeared as Mrs. Whatsit in A Wrinkle in Time and Eeyore in Pooh. Samantha also works with S&S as the producer and director of the Late Night Radio Hour, which just completed its second season. This past year, she performed in POTUS with Winding Road Theater Ensemble, and the double feature play reading A Tit for Two Tats and Path of Totality, written and produced by Thomas Hackett. Formerly, Samantha has worked with other notable Tucson theaters including The Rogue, Invisible Theatre, and Arts Express.

MACDUFF

Dawn is thrilled to return to Scoundrel and Scamp, where she previously performed as Elizabeth/Emilia in The Book of Will and Charlotte in Brontë. A lover of Shakespeare’s timeless works, Dawn has portrayed Viola in Twelfth Night, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well. Her passion for the stage is matched by her extensive work in television, where she has appeared on iconic series such as ER, Frasier (recurring), The Bold and the Beautiful, and Living Single.

In addition to her acting credits, Dawn is an accomplished director, having helmed productions like A Wrinkle in Time and Pooh at Scoundrel and Scamp. Her creativity extends to teaching improvisation and acting techniques, where she empowers others to bring authenticity and confidence to their performances.

When she’s not performing or directing, Dawn is a devoted mother of two and proud dog mom to her beloved pups. She’s grateful for the opportunity to share the stage with such a talented cast and crew in Macbeth.

ROSSE

Tanisha is excited to play in The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre's all-female and non-binary production of Macbeth with this phenomenal group of artists! A published author and licensed counselor, Tanisha J. Ray has previously acted in whimsical plays like Pooh and A Wrinkle in Time, and productions that explore other aspects of the human experience such as Doubt, POTUS, A String of Pearls, Arizona Theater Company's Intimate Apparel (as an understudy), and short films like Precious and the award-winning short film, Yellow Rose. Tanisha is truly honored to be a part of this beautiful adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic story of magic, power, ambition, and the choices we make when faced with tyrannical circumstances.

BANQUO / LADY MACDUFF / DOCTOR

Robin (she/her) has split the majority of her performing career between Tucson and Chicago, having mostly grown up in Tucson and returning from Chicago during the pandemic. Some of her Chicago favorites include Donna Marsala in a professional two-year run of TONY 'N TINA'S WEDDING, Roberta in ZANNA DON'T!, and Sister Hubert in NUNSENSE with Cult Camp Productions. Since returning to Tucson, her credits include Susan in SAPAC’s [title of show], Sister James in DOUBT with Pages on Stage, Charlotte/Ensemble in TAZ Theater Company’s PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS, and most recently, Elaine in THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST at Live Theater Workshop, and understudy/ensemble in Saguaro City's WIZARD OF OZ. Robin is truly grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this incredible cast and ecstatic to be in her first Scoundrel and Scamp Production.

FLEANCE / SON

Emily (She/They) is thrilled to be a part of this fantastic ensemble! Emily received their AFA in Theatre Performance from Pima Community College in 2017, and a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Studies from the University of Arizona in 2019. She will graduate this Spring with a master’s degree in Studies of Global Media from the University of Arizona. Emily was last seen onstage as Popeye Jackson in Live Theater Workshop’s The Miss Firecracker Contest. In 2023, Emily completed training in Shakespeare and Early Modern theatre with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where she played Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and the Inkeep/Friar in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore.

UNDERSTUDY / SWING

Petra is a 19 year old actor and artist based in Tucson. She’s been active in theatre since she was 10 and has been in productions such as She Kills Monsters, Hamlet, Peter Pan, and The Addams Family. Aside from theatre, she also enjoys cosplay, drawing, and spending time with her family and their cat, Lucy. She is honored and overjoyed to be participating in Scoundrel and Scamp’s Macbeth with a brilliant cast, directorial and production teams.

UNDERSTUDY / SWING

Kat is thrilled to return to S & S having previously played Mrs. Who in Wrinkle in Time and Maid in Blood Wedding. Local credits include Winding Road, The Rogue, and Borderlands. Previous credits include five seasons with Southwest Shakespeare Company, two seasons with Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, and three national tours with Cleveland Signstage Theatre. Kat studied at The National Theater Institute as well as The Moscow Art Theatre and has a BA in Theater from Wellesley College as well as an MFA in Acting from Trinity Rep Conservatory.

UNDERSTUDY / SWING

Erin (she/her) is positively chuffed to join Scoundrel and Scamp for this production. She enjoys hiking, birding, reading, writing, watching TV, and tabletop gaming with friends. Some of Erin’s favorite roles/shows as an actor and sound designer include Birds of North America, Tick, Tick, BOOM!, String of Pearls, Amadeus, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, and Treasure Island. Thank you for supporting live theater in Tucson!