Chapter Two

Heather Ayers (Faye Medwick) is thrilled to be back at ETC where she has appeared as Mary in Women In Jeopardy, Mrs. Van Buren in Intimate Apparel, Charlotte in A Little Night Music and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (2016 Santa Barbara Indie Award). On Broadway, she has been seen in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever with Harry Connick Jr. and Trevor Nunn’s A Little Night Music. Heather has performed Off-Broadway in Five Course Love, Forbidden Broadway, Sarah, Plain and Tall, and several Encores! productions. She has enjoyed playing many regional theatres, including The Old Globe, Yale Rep, Kansas City Rep, St. Louis MUNY, Cincinnati Playhouse, and George Street Playhouse. Heather’s TV credits include “Scandal,” “The Exes,” “Lights Out,” “Z Rock,” and IFC’s forthcoming “Brockmire” starring Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet. Next year, you can see her on Broadway as Mrs. Lancaster in the new musical version of Groundhog Day.  www.heatherayers.com

Thomas Vincent Kelly (Leo Schneider) is pleased to return to the Ensemble Theatre Company where he played Shep in Bell, Book and Candle, and Alan in Opus. Regional credits include: Joey Doyle in A Steady Rain (Guthrie Theater and Alliance Theatre); Mike Dillon in Good People (Alliance Theatre); Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Jimmy Porter in Look Back In Anger (Writers Theatre); The Wind Cries Mary (San Jose Rep. and East/West Players); A Touch of the Poet, Zoot Suit (Goodman Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Steppenwolf Theatre); Eastville (Connecticut Rep.); Henry IV parts 1 & 2, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare); As You Like It, Hamlet (American Players); and Shakespearean festivals in Utah, Florida, Illinois, and Idaho. He is a founding member of Irish Theatre of Chicago where he appeared in Scenes From the Big Picture, Chekhov In Yalta, and Neither Have I Wings To Fly. Television credits include: “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” “Law & Order: LA,” “Saving Grace,” “The Closer,” “24,” “Without a Trace,” and numerous other guest appearances. Tom is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA.

Caroline Kinsolving (Jennie Malone) CA theatre credits include Olivia in Twelfth Night (The Old Globe); Amanda in Private Lives (ICT); Jo in Little Women (North Coast Rep); Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Viola in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It (Kingsmen); Almost, Maine (The Colony Theatre), and in NY: Love/Sick (Arc Stages), and Last Gas (Shadowland Stages); Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All In the Timing (Harold Clurman Rep); Coriolanus (Shaw Theatre); The Ice Pick Killer (Guild Hall); her father’s Word Play (Playwrights Horizons), and Love, Loss and What I Wore with Christine Baranski, earned a Best Actress nomination for her work as Vanda in Venus in Fur (San Diego Rep). She recently started a theatre company in New York, and played Beatrice next to John Cariani in Much Ado About Nothing, in a barn on a farm. Television: “Medium,” “Criminal Minds” (with Tim Curry),“Cold Case,” “Satisfaction,” “My Crazy Ex,” “Sam Has 7 Friends,” “Headhunters” (Pilot), “Whistleblowers” (Pilot). Film: The Watcher, Krankenhaus, The Pink Conspiracy, Break, The Adventures of Umbweki, Noobz, Puppy Love, and The Collaboration. Her project, “FOEMS” brings poetry to the next generation through a strong international following on YouTube. She graduated from Vassar and studied at RADA in London, Stella Adler, Yale, and Steppenwolf with Jeff Perry, Kristin Linklater, Gerald Shoenfeld, and Mike Nichols. Thank you as always, Andy B. For Tina, for so many reasons.

Todd Weeks (George Schneider) recently starred in HBO’s “All The Way” opposite Bryan Cranston as Chief of Staff Walter Jenkins, and stars in the upcoming ABC mini-series “When We Rise.”  Broadway:  The Full Monty (original cast); The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Summer and Smoke, Our Town. National Tours: Angels in America, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.  Off-Broadway: Member of the Atlantic Theater Company since 1986, performing  in premieres of The Voysey Inheritance, The Cider House Rules, Distant Fires, Boys’ Life (also at Lincoln Center Theater), The Lights (LCT), among many others.  Regional: The Full Monty, Lucky Duck (Old Globe); November, Romance (Mark Taper Forum), appearances at Dallas Theater Center, Playmakers Rep, Williamstown, Hartford Stage, Alliance, among others.  Director: I Loved Lucy  (Laguna Playhouse). Television:  “Falling Skies,” “Modern Family,” “Detroit 187,” “Men of a Certain Age,” “The Defenders,” “Rubicon, Numb3rs,” “Medium,” “The Unit,” “Law & Order(s).” Film: Cafe Society, Brightest Star, The Maiden Heist, The Deal, Amos & Andrew.  Todd is very grateful to be making his debut with Ensemble Theatre Company.