Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors |Gilbert Blin, Stage Director | Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director | Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Dance Director| Hubert Hazebroucq, Choreographer | Anna Kjellsdotter, Costume Designer | Alexander McCargar, Set Designer | Kelly Martin, Lighting Designer | Ellen Hargis, Assistant Stage Director | Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Wig Designer + Supervisor : Seth Bodie | Asst: Liv Miller
Marc Molomot
Sam Higgins
Photo: Kathy Wittman
Cast: Douglas Williams, Nero, Roman Emperor | Emőke Baráth, Octavia, his wife | Michael Skarke, Tiridates, King of Armenia | Amanda Forsythe, Ormœna, the King’s wife | Hannah De Priest, Livia, a Latin Princess, relative of the Emperor | Aaron Sheehan, Piso, a Campanian Prince and Roman Patrician | Sherezade Panthaki, Clelia, a Florentine Princess | Richard Pittsinger, Fabius, Imperial General | Christian Immler, Seneca, a Stoic Philosopher and Imperial Adviser | Jason McStoots, Lepidus, a Chamberlain | Marc Molomot, Davus, Court Quartermaster | Anna Bjerken*, Lady-in-Waiting to Octavia | Andréa Walker*, Maid of honor to Clelia | Reed Demangone*, Ormœna’s nurse | Sam Higgins*, Sporus, the Emperor’s freedman | Seth Hobi*, A Praetorian Centurion | Raphaël Laden-Guindon*, A Praetorian Prefect |
Roman Actors: Caitlin Klinger, Irenie Melin-Gompper*, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Julian Donahue, Junichi Fukuda, Hubert Hazebroucq
Roman Gentlemen and Noble Ladies: Caitlin Klinger, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Irenie Melin-Gompper*, Julian Donahue, Hubert Hazebroucq, Junichi Fukuda
Roman Gentlemen and Noble Ladies: Caitlin Klinger, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Irenie Melin-Gompper*, Julian Donahue, Hubert Hazebroucq, Junichi Fukuda
Fishermen: Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Alexis Silver, Julian Donahue, Junichi Fukuda | Gravediggers: Julian Donahue, Junichi Fukuda, Hubert Hazebroucq | Ghosts: Caitlin Klinger, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Irenie Melin-Gompper* | Flora: Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière | Cupids: Caitlin Klinger, Irenie Melin-Gompper* | Zephyrs: Julian Donahue, Junichi Fukuda
*Denotes member of the 2025 Young Artists Training Program
| Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer | Maria van Kalken, Assistant to the Executive Producer | Mercedes Roman-Manson, Production Manager | Carmen Alfaro Henry, Production Stage Manager | Carla Chrisfield, General Manager | Perry Emerson, Operations Manager | Elizabeth Hardy, Production & Company Assistant | Morgen Heissenbuettel, Intern Assistant to the Musical Directors & Orchestra Director | Grant Sorenson, Intern Assistant to the Stage Director | Isabel Oliart, Orchestra & Operations Intern | Erin Genett, Company Assistant | Nicholas Holloway, Company Assistant | Emma Ross, Assistant Stage Manager | Abigail Lindhart, Assistant Stage Manager | Emma Belfer, Production Assistant | Gordon Manson, Technical Director | Michael Geoghegan, Assistant Technical Director/Flyman | Ren Squire, Deck Supervisor | Kaitlin Smith, Master Electrician | Tyler Lindsley, Assistant Master Electrician | Zachary Connell, Programmer | Maya Ramirez, Props Supervisor | Ian Thorsell, Props Artisan | Seth Bodie, Wig Designer & Supervisor | Jackie Oliva, Costume & Wardrobe Supervisor | Chloe Moore, Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor | Melina Abreu, Hair & Makeup Designer | Taylor Clemente, Hair & Makeup Artisan | Ellen Hargis, Supertitle Creator | Dan McGaha, Supertitle Supervisor
Sets built by MJM Fabrication Design Engineering, Norwood, Massachusetts, and
American Repertory Theatre Scene Shop, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scenic Softgoods printed by Sew What?, Inc., Rancho Dominguez, California. Costumes made by Anna Kjellsdotter. Tailors, Dyework, and Headpiece made by Bitte Palm, Nils Harning, Tim Mårtensson,
and Hanna Rönnbäck, Stockholm, Sweden. Bear Animal Costume provided by Western Costumes Company, North Hollywood, California. Lighting equipment provided by High Output, Inc., Canton, Massachusetts. Scenic rigging equipment and support provided by Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, Massachusetts, and United Staging and Rigging, Woburn, Massachusetts. Additional Production Support Spaces provided by ATGE/Emerson Colonial Theatre and Red Sky Studios
American Repertory Theatre Scene Shop, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scenic Softgoods printed by Sew What?, Inc., Rancho Dominguez, California. Costumes made by Anna Kjellsdotter. Tailors, Dyework, and Headpiece made by Bitte Palm, Nils Harning, Tim Mårtensson,
and Hanna Rönnbäck, Stockholm, Sweden. Bear Animal Costume provided by Western Costumes Company, North Hollywood, California. Lighting equipment provided by High Output, Inc., Canton, Massachusetts. Scenic rigging equipment and support provided by Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, Massachusetts, and United Staging and Rigging, Woburn, Massachusetts. Additional Production Support Spaces provided by ATGE/Emerson Colonial Theatre and Red Sky Studios