Noises Off

Jess Andra is incredibly grateful to be returning to live theater at Cape Rep with this wonderful team in this hilarious show! Last season Jess appeared in several virtual offerings including The November Project and The Vinyl Sessions (Cape Rep). She was most recently seen IN PERSON at The Umbrella Stage Company in the regional premiere of Hundred Days. Previous Cape Rep credits include Men On Boats, A New Brain, Merrily We Roll Along, Mamma Mia!, UMPO: Summer Blockbusters and The Full Monty. Jess is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. “Live theater is an amorphous art, constantly shifting and evolving with every performance.”-Andrew Keenan-Bolger
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Matt Corr (Lloyd Dallas) Coming all the way from NYC, Matt is ecstatic to be back at Cape Rep Theatre! He was last seen at CRT as Gabe in Next To Normal in 2013. Other credits include Peter in Bare: A Pop Opera (Off-Broadway), Batboy (Edgar) in Batboy: The Musical, Henry in Next To Normal, Drew in School Spirits (Syfy Channel). This year, Matt adds Author to his resume with his debut LGBT coming-of-age novel Land On Me, releasing on August 26th, 2021. Pre-order is available now on Amazon! To learn more about him and his book, please visit www.matthewrcorr.com or follow him across social media @matthewrcorr. Thank you to CRT for having me back, and to Ryan, Kyle, and all of my friends and family for their continued support in doing what I love!

Nick Nudler (Garry Lejeune) Nick was born and raised in Westford, MA. Some of his favorite shows he’s been a part of have been: Indecent, Shakespeare in Love, Hairspray, and Rough Crossing at Cape Rep Theatre; The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth at Shakespeare & Company; Jesus Christ Superstar, As You Like It, and The Importance of Being Earnest at CT Repertory Theatre; and the devised piece, Ziggy Bacchus and the Maenads from Mars. He performed his one-man show The Old Names at Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s New Works Festival. He received a BFA in Acting from UConn, where he studied at the Theatre Academy of London for a semester. His hair comes courtesy of his Ashkenazi Jewish heritage and Apollo, God of the Sun. His website is: NickNudler.com.

Kirsten Peacock (Brooke Ashton) Kirsten is a British/American born theatre creative who grew up in the mystical Kingdom of Norway. Since 2018, she has been a company member at Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA), primarily playing badass women on tour; such as Desdemona, Titania, Ophelia, Kate the Curst and Lady Macbeth. Prior to that she worked in San Francisco with companies such as Theatre Rhinoceros, The Cutting Ball Theatre, ASF and The Breadbox Theatre. She is so excited to lay bare her raw talent with Cape Rep Theatre for the first time in this gloriously bonkers (bonking?) production. IG: ladypeacockx

Cara Gerardi is thrilled to be back performing at Cape Rep Theatre! Cara has appeared at Cape Rep in Men On Boats, Circle Mirror Transformation, Good Bye Mary Rose, Jerusalem, Knuffle Bunny, and will be playing in this years summer kids show, The Fantastical House of Maya Mouse! Cara has also recently appeared in two films, Put Your Feet Up and How to Rob. Thank you to my wonderful parents, Riley, and our fur baby Benson for their unending love and support!

Ari Lew (Frederick/Phillip) Ari is thrilled to be back at Cape Rep alongside his (slightly) better half Holly Hansen (Belinda). He was most recently in seen in the one man show Fully Committed at Cotuit Center for the Arts. He has performed in many other theaters in the area including Cape Cod Theatre Company/HJT, Eventide, WHAT, Priscilla Beach Theatre, and Harbor Stage Company. He can also been seen this summer in the morning children’s show The Fantastical House of Maya Mouse.

Holly Hansen – After a successful run of her one woman show Charolais (CCftA), Holly is excited to be back at Cape Rep. Favorite Cape performance credits include: Much Ado (CCftA), Urinetown (Tilden Arts), The Odd Couple (CCftA). Ever grateful to be doing live theatre again, especially when sharing the stage with her silly husband, Ari.

Ryan returns to Cape Rep for his third season! He was seen here previously in The Tuna Goddess, Mamma Mia!, Shakespeare in Love, The Full Monty, and Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed (Cape Cod Times nominated Favorite Actor, 2019). Off-Broadway: Watch Your Back (The Barrow Group), Bored in the USA, Ghost Cat, Stuck Keys (Abingdon Theatre Co). Regional: Orson’s Shadow (WHAT) The Odd Couple (Cotuit Center for the Arts), Pippin (Cape Cod Theatre Co). Ryan is a graduate from Quinnipiac University’s Theater and Film B.A. programs. Ryan would like to thank, as always, his family for their constant love and support. www.RyanSheehanActing.com

Dennis Cunningham (Selsdon Mowbray) Dennis’ previous Cape Rep credits include roles in Outside Mullingar, Regular Singing, and Shakespeare in Love. At the Harbor Stage in Wellfleet he appeared in Glen Garry Glenross, The Weir, and in Three Sisters. He has a long connection to theater on Cape Cod, dating back to the opening season at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in 1985 when he played Bobby in David Mamet’s American Buffalo. He has also played numerous roles in Stephen Russell’s WHAT for Kids.

Maura Hanlon (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director at Cape Rep Theatre. She is very grateful to back making work together with wonderful artists in person after so many months away. She spent this past winter with 37 members of the Young Company (YoCo) creating theater outside in the all kinds of weather; it was a remarkable experience, working with these young artists every week for 5 months despite the pandemic. Thank you, Cape Rep, for that opportunity. Mo’s last directorial outing was in February 2020 with YoCo’s Once in a Lifetime. For our 2019 season, she directed Indecent and Proof. Favorite directing credits include Indecent, Men on Boats, Failure: A Love Story, Jerusalem, Eurydice, Wintertime, The Rose Tattoo (Cape Rep) and Peter Pan and Wendy (HJT). A sometime-actor, she was last seen on stage at Cape Rep as Rosie in Mamma Mia!  and Helen in Fun Home. She is a frequent sound designer (My Name is Asher Lev, Top-dog/Underdog, The Bottom of the Sky, to name just a few), and an occasional playwright (Good Bye, Mary Rose, Dinosaur Pirates from Outerspace!, which she also composed, and Alice in Wonderland and many adaptations for YoCo with Janine Perry). Mo is a graduate of Holy Cross where she was a French/Pre-Med major. She studied acting and directing at Trinity Rep Conservatory and received her MFA in directing from UCSD. She was twice nominated for the Richard E. Sherwood Award at the Mark Taper Forum and was offered a Drama League Directing Fellowship. Her productions have been named frequently in the Cape Cod Times annual “Favorite Shows of…” She is a well-respected acting teacher and coach, and teaches acting and directing through Cape Rep’s  Theatrelab and YoCo. Extra-special thanks to her incredibly supportive family, Art, Paddo, Seamus and Macklin. Up next? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.  maurahanlon.com.

Ryan McGettigan (Scenic Design) Ryan is a Houston-based scenic designer of theater, opera, and dance working across the country and Europe. He is the Resident Designer at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster, MA as well as a Company Artist with Prague Shakespeare Company and the Classical Theatre Company of Houston. Regional Credits: Theatre under the Stars, Stages Repertory Theatre, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare & Company, Cape Rep, Abilene Shakespeare Festival, Legacy Theatre, Prague Shakespeare Company. Opera and Dance: Glimmerglass Festival, New Orleans Opera, Opera San Jose, HGOco, Open Dance Project, and the Houston Ballet. Recent and Upcoming: Theatre under the Stars: A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening. Atlanta Opera: Glory Denied. Napa Music Festival: Goodbye, Mr Chips.  More at www.RyanMcGettigan.com

Susan Nicholson (Lighting Design) Susan is a northeast based lighting designer. Starting in 2005 she has been a part of 34 productions as well as VetCo, Young Company, Footlight Fantasy and many benefits and special performances. Favorite show credits include-Full Monty (the first time), Xanadu, UMPO, Merrily We Roll Along, Rough Crossing, Billy Elliot, and Boundless. She also has worked for Skylight Theatre in Milwaukee, Prospect Theatre in NYC, Forestburgh Playhouse in Upstate NY, and many others. She is an events lighting designer for WorldStage in NYC. www.susanmnicholsondesign.com

Robin McLaughlin (Costume Design) was resident costume designer at Cape Rep for many years. She returned from California for the summer season in 2017 to do Men on Boats and Billy Elliot the Musical, and decided to remain on the Cape. Robin continues to be a nationally-known designer of handmade journey bags and has added custom wedding accessories to her collection. CapeCodJourneyBags.wordpress.com

Alison Weller (Dialect Coach) has been dialect/speech coach at Cape Rep on Jerusalem, Woman in Black, Billy Elliot, and all YoCo productions. She was last seen in Mamma Mia! Broad- way: Coram Boy. O Broadway: is Beautiful City (Vineyard Theatre), Gone Missing (Barrow St. Theatre), and Aphrodisiac (PS 122). As an Associate Artist with the Obie Award-winning Civilians: original collaborator on the long-running Gone Missing and critically-acclaimed is Beautiful City, also The Ladies (Chashama), and The Modern World Project with Anne Kauffman. Other NY: The Female Terorist Project ( The Committee), Out from Under It, and Blue Lila Rising (New Georges). Regional: Portland Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, WHAT, and seven seasons at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. With Cape Rep: Billy Elliot, Men on Boats, Outside Mullingar, and many others. Alison is proud to have been in the company of American Records’ ReEntry, performing at naval bases in VA, CA, and MS for sailors returning from deployment. Her play Boundless premiered at Cape Rep in 2017. She is teaching an investigative theatre class at e New School in this fall. BA, Harvard; MFA, UCSD

Anthony Teixeira has been active with Cape Rep as a performer and stage manager since 2010. Previous shows include Something Rotten, The Full Monty, UMPO: Summer Blockbusters!, Shakespeare in Love, Mamma Mia!, The Tuna Goddess, Merrily We Roll Along, Evita, Funny Girl, The Light in the Piazza, Mack & Mabel, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, How I Became a Pirate, Frog & Toad, Lyle the Crocodile, and this summer’s The Fantastical House of Maya Mouse. He has also performed with Theater Under the Stairs, Harwich Junior Theatre, and Cotuit Center for the Arts, and as a soloist with the Cape Symphony. I’m so grateful to Janine, Mo, and the entire company for a decade of dear friendship and creative collaboration!

Nina Jones previously worked on Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed here at Cape Rep in 2019. This year she will stage manage The Fantastical House of Maya Mouse in addition to assisting with Noises Off. In the spring, she will graduate from UMass Amherst with a double major in studio art and comparative literature and a minor in art history.