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Katie Baskerville serves as Shrewd's Literary Manager for our 2015-2016 season. About Katie Making her Shrewd debut as an Ensemble Member of Emma When You Need Her, Katie is very excited to take on a new role as the Literary Manager for Shrewd Productions. Other productions include: Workshop of Slake (Assistant Director),Talking at God (Director), The Diary of Anne Frank (Assistant Director), The Heidi Chronicles (Director), The Laramie Project (Director), The Beauty Queen of

Clarissa Smith-Hernandez is the Assistant Director for Shrewd's production of As You Like It. About Clarissa Clarissa Smith-Hernandez is from El Paso, Texas and has recently made her home here in Austin. She is the founder of Green Apple Theatre Collective, in where she produced and directed John Cameron Mitchel’s ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ in 2007 and again in 2011 as well as Topdog/Underdog by Suzanne-Lori Parks in 2012. Clarissa hopes to continue to grow her Green Apple

Mindy Griffin is the Stage Manager for Shrewd's upcoming production of As You Like It. About Mindy Mindy Griffin graduated from Southwestern University with a BA in theatre, and a shamefully low GPA, but hey, if you’ve got good grades, you’re devoting too much time to studying and not enough time to the theatre. Since then she has worked as the resident stage manager, prop master, company manager and master of excellence at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, prop goddess at Bristol

Michael Mergen plays Corin and Charles the Wrestler in Shrewd's upcoming production of As You Like It. About Michael Michael has 20 years theater and film experience, with more than 40 productions to his credit as an actor, producer, director and designer. Michael has appeared in more than 20 Shakespearean and other Elizabethan plays, with companies including Shakespeare at Winedale, Austin Free Shakespeare Society, Bedlam Faction and Hidden Room. Most recently, Michael was

Lily Wolff directs Shrewd's upcoming production of As You Like It. Why are you excited about this production of As You Like It? I'm so pleased to be collaborating with Shrewd Productions on their first Shakespeare play! I had the privilege of working under Shannon as an Assistant Director for Liz Fisher's DEUS EX MACHINA. I continue to be inspired by Shrewd's mission to support new work, women's voices and emerging artists. AS YOU LIKE IT is an exquisite choice for Shrewd wi

Valoneecia Tolbert plays Phoebe in Shrewd's upcoming production of As You Like It. About Valoneecia Valoneecia Tolbert is an Austin Texas Native (Unicorn!). She spent her last seven years in New York as a broker before falling back in love with acting and working with groups like My Own Delirium, and on the OWN Networks "Unfaithful". Previously in Austin, you may have seen her in works with Austin Shakespeare Festival, The Vestige Group, Yellowtape Productions and Pro-Arts

Kevin Moxley plays Sylvius in Shrewd's upcoming production of As You Like It. About Kevin Still a relatively new arrival to Austin, Kevin’s only local credit was with The City Theatre’s recent production of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Kevin has performed across the country in a variety of disciplines including circus, dance, and opera. A big proponent of high-quality performance for and with young audiences (death to pedantic singing/dancing vegetables!), Kevin spends

Robin Grace Thompson plays Celia in Shrewd's upcoming production of As You Like It. About Robin Robin Grace Thompson (Celia) is a teaching artist and museum director/curator here in Austin. She spends her summers out in the piney woods with Camp Shakespeare at Winedale and is excited to be working on Shakespeare back in the big city. She holds a BA in Theater from St Edward’s University and was a member of the Actor's Theatre of Louisville Acting Apprentice Program in ’05-‘06