Proof

Monica Giordano (Catherine) – Monica is an actor, writer, and model based in New York. Select theatre credits include: Chill, Silent Sky (Merrimack Rep,) A Midsummer Nights Dream (Actors Shakespeare Project), Miss Holmes (Greater Boston Stage Company), The Tempest, Tartuffe (Shakespeare & Co.) Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice (Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare/Pigeon Cry Productions). Select film and television credits include: The Dollhouse (2019), Zimmer met Meerblick, The Primrose, I Kant Even, Julian, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. Monica received an F Minus in freshman algebra. Her parents are proud. Love to them, Marcus, and to Emma and Meg for teaching me how to be a sister.

Mark S. Cartier is proud to make his Cape Rep debut.  In Boston, he has worked at Shear Madness, the Lyric Stage, Wheelock Family Theatre and Boston Shakespeare Company.  In Rhode Island, he has appeared at Ocean State Theatre and the Gamm.  And in Maine, he has worked at Penobscot Theatre, the Public Theatre and has been a company member of the Theater at Monmouth for over 20 seasons.  This summer at Monmouth, he will play Polonius in Hamlet, Shallow in Merry Wives of Windsor and a dozen roles in Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville.

As someone who takes his weekly Dungeons & Dragons game just as seriously as he takes his physical health, Wes is so excited to step into the shoes of fellow jock/geek, Hal.  Since working on the show in a university acting lab, Proof has ranked high on Wes’s bucket list of plays.  Originally from South Carolina, Wes has been an NYC-based actor since graduation last year.  Recent works include: Spring Awakening, 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, Violet, and Really, Really. Thanks to friends, family, and Cape Rep for this truly awesome opportunity. Andreadis Talent Agency. Proud CCU Alum. Wesawilliams.com

Holly Erin McCarthy is a local performer, director and writer who is thrilled to return to Cape Rep for her 13th consecutive season, having first appeared almost twenty years ago in By the Bog of Cats (which was also directed by Mo Hanlon!) Favorite Cape Rep credits include Avenue Q, Failure: A Love Story, Wintertime and many outdoor children’s shows. Holly is also the founding director of Theater Under the Stairs, for whom she has written many original children’s shows, including Lulu’s Lemonade Stand, which was produced here in 2017 and inspired a picture book, co-published by Cape Rep.  This August, Holly will premiere a new Lulu spin-off as well as her Dark Night Cabaret series in Cotuit.

Maura Hanlon (Director) – is the Associate Artistic Director at Cape Rep Theatre. In addition to opening our 2019 season with Proof, she is really excited to be directing the secret show running in September/October. She is fresh off of adapting (with Janine Perry) and directing The Odyssey with Cape Rep’s Young Company. She had an extraordinarily busy 2018 season, adapting and directing Great Expectations for YoCo, directing Merrily We Roll Along and Shakespeare in Love, and appearing as Rosie in Mamma Mia! and Helen in Fun Home. Mo has directed many, many plays at Cape Rep, and quite a few elsewhere. Favorite directing credits include Men on Boats, Failure: A Love Story, Jerusalem, Eurydice, Wintertime, The Rose Tattoo (Cape Rep) and Peter Pan and Wendy (HJT). She is also a sometime actor (including Cape Rep’s The Drowsy Chaperone, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play), 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). 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. 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: Cape Rep: Shakespeare in Love. Glimmerglass Festival: Cunning Little Vixen. More at www.RyanMcGettigan.com

Robin McLaughlin (Costume Design) was resident costume designer at Cape Rep Theatre for many years. After several years in California she is very happy to be back East to work at Cape Rep once again. She continues to be a nationally known designer of hand made journey bags and has added custom wedding accessories to her collection.

Paul Miller (Lighting Design) – Broadway: Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures, First Love, Out Of The Mouth Of Babes, Clinton – The Musical, Pageant, Vanities – the Musical, Waiting for Godot. Regional: The Old Globe, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, D.C. Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, American Conservatory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, The Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO and others. U.S. Tours: The Illusionists, Elf, Shrek, Story Time Live, Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, The Producers, The Sound of Music. Television: Camelot (Live from Lincoln Center), numerous specials for Netflix, Showtime and Comedy Central. 

Anthony Teixeira (Stage Manager) – is a local performer, producer, music director and educator who is always grateful to be working with Cape Rep. Previous shows here include Shakespeare in Love, Mamma Mia!, Merrily We Roll Along, The Tuna Goddess, Evita, Funny Girl, The Light in the Piazza, Mack & Mabel, A Year with Frog & Toad, Lyle the Crocodile, and How I Became A Pirate, as well as shows at Cotuit Center for the Arts, Harwich Junior Theatre, and Theater Under the Stairs.  Anthony has been a soloist and featured singer for the Cape Symphony, including their recent concert performance of The Wizard of Oz.