Charlotte Bydwell
'Margaret Dashwood/Lady Grey/Mrs. Ferrars/Gossip'
Charlotte is thrilled to be back at Cape Playhouse after appearing in Private Lives and Murder on the Orient Express last season! She has performed and choreographed at leading theaters around the world, as well as in recognized film/TV productions. Select theater credits include: The Michaels (Public Theater), HELP (The Shed), A Month in the Country (Williamstown), Much Ado About Nothing (The Old Globe), and Venus in Fur (Virginia Stage Company). Favorite choreography projects include: National Tour of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Alternatino on Comedy Central, La Traviata at the Houston Grand Opera(Revival Choreographer) and multiple productions with Jessica Holt. Charlotte’s one-woman show, Woman of Leisure and Panic, has been presented across the United States and Mexico. Her solo film, “The Nude Model”, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe before screening at a variety of festivals focused on boundary pushing cinema. Training: Juilliard BFA in Dance, The Old Globe/USD MFA in Acting. www.charlottebydwell.com
Jenn Gambatese
'Elinor Dashwood'
Jenn most recently originated the role of Miranda Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway. Prior to that she played Principal Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock and also originated the roles of Jane in Disney’s Tarzan, Natalie in All Shook Up (Outer Critics Circle nomination), and Marie in Is He Dead?. Other Broadway: Hairspray, A Year with Frog and Toad, and Footloose. She traveled across America by bubble as Glinda in Wicked, and captured hearts in Chicago as both Maria in The Sound of Music, and Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel for The Lyric Opera. Regional and Off-Broadway work includes an award winning turn as Annie Oakley for Goodspeed Musicals, shows for City Center’s Encores!, and The School for Lies with Classic Stage Company. Jenn has performed with world class orchestras and in intimate cabarets, as well as guest starred on television. More details and fun stuff over at www.jenngambatese.com!
Katie Hartke
'Mrs. Dashwood/Anne Steele/Gossip'
New York: Winter’s Tale (Bedlam); Olivia (Twelfth Night), Lady Capulet/Lady Macbeth (Youth & Ambition), and Leena Breitwisch (Breitwisch Farm, world premiere), Esperance Theater Company, where Katie is also a co-founder; Othello (Epic Theatre Ensemble); Wonder of the World (Core Theatre Comp.); Life Is A Dream (Flux Theatre Ensemble). Regional: Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility (A.R.T.); 10 seasons with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, where favorite roles include Viola (Twelfth Night), Imogen (Cymbeline), Lucrece (The Liar), Rosaline (Love’s Labours Lost), and Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Sense & Sensibility (Virginia Stage); Blithe Spirit (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Cul-de-sac (Half Moon); Love/ Sick (Arc Stages); Love/Sick, Clybourne Park (Shadowland); A Christmas Carol (Portland Stage); Maggie in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof (Middlebury Actors Workshop). TV/ Film: “Succession”, “FBI: Most Wanted”, “The Blacklist”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Law & Order: SVU”, “Bedlam: The Series”, “Lost Nation”, “I’ll Be Right There”, “Guiding Light”, “College Humor”, “The Circuit”. Training: Catholic University, Circle In the Square Theatre School. Proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG- AFTRA. For my loves, Ryan and Zoë.
Drew Hirshfield
'Colonel Brandon/Lady Middleton/Cat/Maid/Thomas/Gossip'
Drew is so happy to make his Cape Playhouse debut. In addition to Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility, he is lucky enough to have worked on plays by Bertolt Brecht, Francis Beaumont, Sandy Rustin, Arthur Miller, Robert Askins, Jordan Seavey, Lucas Knath, Anton Chekhov, Steve Martin, Peter Shaffer, Lanford Wilson, Sam Shepard, Oliver Goldsmith, Tom Stoppard, Nick Starr, Neil Simon, Steven Sater, Shakespeare, and many others, at theaters and rehearsal rooms large and small across the county. He earned an MFA from American Conservatory Theater. He’s long served on the acting faculty at New York Film Academy. Thanks to A+S, WTG+LG.
Erik Kochenberger
'John Wiloughby/John Dashwood/Lady Middleton/Gossip'
ERIK KOCHENBERGER (John Willoughby/John Dashwood/ Lady Middleton/Gossip) was trained at NYU’s Tisch School for the Performing Arts. Credits include: The Great Gatsby (Ivoryton Theater), In This Place (Theatre Row), Macbeth (DCPA), Other Desert Cities (HPAC), The Dudleys: A Family Gameshow (HERE Arts Center). Film/ Television credits include “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS), “Rosie” (Writing and Directorial Debut), “Three Pregnant Men” (3PM Productions), and “Against the Night” (Ball Four Productions).
Manna Nichols
'Marianne Dashwood'
Manna is thrilled to reunite with so many friends (our last go at this show was Feb 2020!)! She has performed on Broadway in Allegiance and the First National Tour of Lincoln Center’s The King & I (Tuptim). NYC/Off-Broadway: Encores! Dear World, Tokio Confidential, Death for Five Voices. Regional: Arena Stage, The Guthrie, 5th Avenue, Goodspeed Opera House, Kansas City Starlight, Walnut Street Theatre, Fulton, Pioneer Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Virginia Stage, Cape Playhouse, Maine State, Theatre Raleigh, North Carolina Theatre, and Geva. Favorite roles include Natasha in Great Comet and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. She has performed in concert with the Santa Rosa Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and USO Show Troupe. Her film credits include Cold Pursuit starring Liam Neeson (Minya), and 11 Disney’s Live Action Beauty and the Beast (background vocals). She also teaches via zoom. Love to Lawrence, my Austonian pandemic romance turned Husband! @Manna_Nichols_Wong
Noah Plomgren
'Edward Ferrars/Robert Ferrars/Lady Middleton/Gossip'
Cape Playhouse debut! Most recently, Noah played Jason in Lynn Nottage’s SWEAT at The Guthrie. National tours: Finding Neverland (Lord Cannan), HAIR (Claude). Regional: Romeo & Juliet (Redhouse Arts), All is Calm (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Cabaret (Ogunquit Playhouse), From Here to Eternity and Treasure Island (The Rev), Guys and Dolls (Goodspeed), Noises Off (Pittsburgh Public), The Circus in Winter (Goodspeed), Lend Me A Tenor (Bay Street Theater), Tigers Be Still (City Theater Company), Titanic (Westchester Broadway Theater), Next to Normal (Hangar Theater). Television: “Law & Order: Organized Crime”. Education: C arnegie Mellon University. @plomegranate
Nandita Shenoy
'Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood/Lucy Steele/Gossip'
Nandita is an actor-writer living in New York City. She is thrilled to return to S&S as it was the last play she did before the pandemic. Nandita has starred in the Off-Broadway production of her own play Washer/Dryer at Ma-Yi Theater Company and has originated roles in World Premiers of plays by Adam Szymkowicz, Madhuri Shekar, Chelsea Marcantel, Angela Hanks, Eric Pfeffinger, and Richard Dresser. She spent a season in the Repertory Company at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Television credits include “Daredevil”, “The Last O.G.”, “Dickinson”, and “Evil”. As a playwright, her work has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Flint as well as in Shanghai. Her Rage Play was named to the 2020 Kilroys List. She is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, DTFWAW, the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity, and SAG/AFTRA. As a member of the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC), she received a 2022 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater. Nandita holds a BA in English literature from Yale University. www.nanditashenoy.com
Britte Steele
'Mrs. Jennings/Nurse/Gossip'
Britte is honored to be making her Cape Playhouse debut with this wondrous cast, crew and team. She has enjoyed performing in New York City, on national tours, on the high seas, and at many outstanding theaters around the USA -this one now included. Thanks to everyone who makes this show possible each day, both on and offstage. As always, for sweet Will. Life with you just makes sense! Lastly, thank YOU for supporting live theater! www.brittesteele.net @livelaughbritt
Christopher Tramantana
'Sir John Middleton/Fanny/Servant/Doctor/Horse/Gossip'
Christopher returns to the Cape Playhouse stage after playing Michel and Marcel in last season’s production of Murder on the Orient Express. Theatre credits include: NYC: Playing House (HERE); Vera Laughed (Playwrights Horizons); Brokenbrow (NYTW); Unblinking Eye(Justin Taylor); R&J&Z (Hard Sparks); Buddhas are Screaming In China (Planet Connections); A People (TerraNOVA); Homeward Bound (Greenlight Productions); Regional: Back of the Throat, Bravo, Caruso! (Next Act Theater, Milwaukee); Three Sisters, The Life of Galileo, Major Barbara, King Lear, A Flea in Her Ear, All My Sons, As You Like It, Guys and Dolls, and A Christmas Carol (Clarence Brown Theater). Film: Paradise City, Naked Singularity. TV: “Ramy”, “God Friended Me”, “Manifest”, “Future Man”, “Delocated”, and “Sweetbitter”. Christopher teaches Clown and Physical Comedy in New York and around the country. He is currently on faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is the recipient of the 2020 Artists Patron Fund. BA, Fordham, College at Lincoln Center. MFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. www.christophertramantana.com
