Ted Roisum - R.G. Lear, Owner of the Pittsburgh Gents and the Commissioner of Baseball

Ted is pleased to be making his first appearance with the Re-Theatre Instrument. Ted's other Portland Credits: Another Fine Mess, King Lear, A Christmas Carol, True West, Hamlet, The Devils Bus Stop (Portland Center Stage). The Country Girl, Long Days Journey Into Night, The Subject Was Roses, Diary of Anne Frank (Artists Repertory Theatre). All My Sons, Klonsky and Schwartz (Profile Theatre). The Set-Up, St. Nicholas, Faith Healer (Cygnet Theatre), Watch on the Rhine, Rashomon (New Rose) Regional Theatres: Pioneer Square Theatre, Seattle; Columbia Theatre, Longview; Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland.

Pat Janowski - Gloria Goneril Albany, Owner of the Los Angeles Knights

Pat has been on an artistic quest her whole life. She wrote, directed and performed in plays in elementary school, and continued on the stage throughout her schooling. While never letting go of her love of performing, she took a twenty year detour to pursue an honest living, earning her degree in physics and French literature and masquerading in the worlds of journalism and advertising. She now brings her many-faceted passion to Lear, including an abiding love for and appreciation of the Minnesota Twins (particularly the early 80's teams: big ups to Brunansky, Gaetti, Hrbek and Puckett).

Making up for lost time, Pat now does it all. At the same time. A selection:
Radio: Live Wire! Siren of Sound (sound effects) to Triage drama series.
Music: Choir Director (Flash Choir) to Master Harmonizer (Emily Post).
Theatre: Orestes (Helen of Troy) to It's a Wonderful Life.
Film: Commercial, independent, and webisodes.
Family: The incredibly understanding John, Joe, and Nora, without whom none of this would be possible.

Racheal Erickson - Regan Hartnett-Cornwall, Owner of the New York Crowns

King Lear marks Racheal's first appearance with the Re-Theatre Instrument, and she is very excited to be a part of it. She is member of Northwest Classical Theatre Company where she has appeared in a wide variety of roles including Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing Tamora in Titus Andronicus and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. NWCTC has also allowed Racheal to stretch her directing muscles, and she is very proud of the recent productions of Krapp's Last Tape and Hedda Gabler.

Sara Fay Goldman - Cordelia Lear, Vice President of the Pittsburgh Gents

Sara Fay Goldman is relatively new to the Portland theatre community and finds herself working with more New Yorkers than ever before, including in school, in New York. She studied theatre at Barnard College and has recently appeared in Portland Actors' Ensemble's Julius Caesar and Scott Tebeau's webseries Everything Will Be Fine. This is Sara Fay's first production with the Re-Theatre Instrument, and she would like to thank Jason for scheduling so many hours to talk loudly about Shakespeare.

Keith Cable - Roger Albany, General Manager of the Knights

Keith is making his first appearance with Re-Theatre. He has been in several productions for Theatre Vertigo, including "Escape From Happiness" and "Like I Say." In fact, he was a member of Theatre Vertigo until recently, when he realized his four year old son laughed at his dumb jokes too, and it didn't involve as much travel.

Tom Mounsey - John Cornwall, General Manager of the Crowns

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Jeff Gorham - Mike Gloucester, Manager of the Crowns

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Ben Buckley - Edgar Gloucester, SS - New York Crowns

This is Ben's first production with the Re-Theatre Instrument. His past Portland credits include The Beard of Avon/Twelfth Night, First Beard (Portland Center Stage), Singin' in the Rain, The Andrews Sisters (Broadway Rose), Hello Dolly, Oklahoma, Where's Charley (Lakewood Theater Company), The Seagull (Artists Repertory Theater), The Secret Garden (STAGED), Babes in Arms, Jack and the Beanstalk, Narnia, Pinnochio, Peter Pan (North West Children's Theatre). He also spent this last summer with the Chattauqua Theatre Company in New York playing Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream and workshopping Zayd Dorn's newest play, Sick. Ben trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where he earned a BA in Theatre.

Jeffrey Gilpin - Edmund Gloucester, 3B - New York Crowns

Jeffrey has played various roles in India, SE Asia, London, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Portland. His most recent theatre work includes Arles Struvie, et. al in A Tuna Christmas (Oregon Repertory Theatre); Orchestro in A Lovely Day (Upon These Boards); and Musician/Big Mike in The Boxcar Children (Oregon Children's Theatre).

He has also been seen in numerous roles with Profile Theatre Co., Artists Repertory Theatre, Salem Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, the Washington Shakespeare Company, and many others. Jeffrey holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting degree from The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and Bachelor of Science degree in Theatre Arts and Psychology from Willamette University in Salem, OR.

He is presently the Artistic Director for Oregon Repertory Theatre and Portland Public Schools.

Deirdre Atkinson - Reece Kent, Lear's most trusted advisor

Deirdre is thrilled to make her debut with the Re-Theatre Instrument. Portland performances include: Christmas Past in Appalachian Ebeneezer with Artists Repertory Theatre; Lydie Breeze in Bullfinch's Mythology, Sally Talley in both Talley's Folly and Tally and Son, Bessie in The Ride Down Mount Morgan, and in Gint, all with Profile Theatre Co.; Queen Elizabeth in Richard III and Lizzie in Goblin Market with Stark Raving Theatre; The Medium in Rashomon and Isobel in Lion in the Streets with Theatre Vertigo; Terri in Carver Country for Portland Arts and Lectures: VERB series; Addie in The Water Principle for Sowelu; Miranda in The Tempest at Tygre's Heart; Kate in Symphony of Rats and Poppiette in Half Light with Imago Theatre; The Bride in Blood Wedding with Miracle Theatre; Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, the Storyteller in Peter Pan, Milady DeWinter in The Three Musketeers, and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, all with the Northwest Children's Theatre.

She teaches the drama program at the Catlin Gabel Middle School and can often be found, staying up too late on a school night, dancing the Tango.

Joseph Sousa - Gentleman Joe, Mascot of the Gents

Joseph Sousa comes fresh off the Brooklyn boat to Portland. Several of his New York credits include Hal in Proof directed by Jason Zimbler, Fedotek in Three Sisters at La Mama, Davis in Red Light Winter in the New Workshop Theatre, and dying soldier in Shakespeare in the Park's Mother Courage. Joseph recently completed his first play Jacova which will have it's NYC premiere this winter with The Barefoot Theatre Company. He is also a proud member of 776 Lincoln Productions which is wrapping their first documentary Witch Orphans about children accused of witchcraft in Angola. Many thanks to the lovely Kerry and Sam for the gracious hospitality.

Jonah Weston - Ensemble

Jonah is pleased to be the last minute addition to Lear. He was last seen in An Evening of William Butler Yeats: Poetry and Plays at the Stonehenge memorial at Maryhill museum. Other Portland credits include Curate Shakespeare As You Like It, Arcadia, Three Years, Orestes, By The Bog Of Cats, What Mad Pursuit, and Alcestis, as well as several readings for Readers Theatre Rep, Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon and directing for Pavement Productions "End of the Pavement" festival. Jonah will be seen next in Biloxi Blues at Profile Theatre.