Tennessee Shakespeare Co. - 2024-2025 Playbill

23 2024-2025: SEASON SEVENTEEN ROGER HANNA (SCENIC DESIGNER FOR TWELFTH NIGHT, THE GRACE OF GRACE, AND SAINT JOAN ) TSC: The Importance of Being Earnest, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hamlet, The Glass Menagerie , and The Tempest . He has designed sets for theatre, opera, and dance in Japan, Israel, and across the U.S., including over 150 productions in NYC. Collaborators include Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz, MacArthur “Genius” Susan Marshall, and 10-time Tony-winner Tommy Tune. Awards include a Lortel Award, two Drama Desk nominations, and a True West Award from the DCPA. As an educator, Roger has taught and designed at major schools including Manhattan and Mannes Schools of Music, NYU, and Yale. He is currently the Head of Set Design at Colorado State University. STUART HEYMAN (BALTHASAR/JAILER IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS ) TSC founding member: The Tempest (Gonzalo), Cyrano de Bergerac (Ragueneau), As You Like It (Old Adam), The Comedy of Errors (Duke Solinus), All’s Well That Ends Well (Lefeu), The Taming of the Shrew (Baptista), Othello (Brabantio), As You Like It (Corin). Theatre Memphis: Dracula (Van Helsing). Circuit Playhouse: Peter and the Starcatcher (Alf) and Tom Sawyer (Doc Robinson). Desoto Family Theatre: My Fair Lady (Henry Higgins) and Oliver! (Fagin). Germantown Community Theatre: Man of La Mancha (Cervantes/ Quixote). New Moon Theatre: The Homecoming (Teddy). JOE JOHNSON (COMPOSER/ SOUND DESIGNER FOR SAINT JOAN ) TSC: Cyrano de Bergerac and The Tempest , and many other shows elsewhere. Joe is a composer, sound designer, musician, and incessant doodler of circles. He enjoys making the absurd and bizarre feel like home. Visit semiaveragejoe.com for more. MICHAEL KHANLARIAN (SIR TOBY BELCH/MASTER OF THE REVELS IN TWELFTH NIGHT ) is a self-described passionate actor and teaching-artist in Memphis. He holds a degree in Theatre Performance from the University of Memphis, where his love for theatre began. As a founding member of TSC, Michael has been instrumental in bringing the arts to various communities across the