Tennessee Shakespeare Co. - 2024-2025 Playbill

24 TNSHAKESPEARE.ORG Mid-South. He is also an ensemble member of Playback Memphis and a teaching-artist for the Orpheum, continually sharing his skills and passion for the performing arts. BAXTER KONSTANS (SEBASTIAN IN TWELFTH NIGHT; APPRENTICE) TSC: The Comedy of Errors (Dr. Pinch/First Merchant), The Macbeth Initiative . Illinois performance credits at Wesleyan University: True West, Much Ado About Nothing, The Exception and the Rule, Brilliant Traces , and Mauritius . This is his first season with TSC. Baxter graduated with an B.F.A. in Acting in 2024 from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he was given the opportunity to study classical pieces and comedy-writing. JANICE BENNING LACEK (COSTUME DESIGNER FOR TWELFTH NIGHT ) TSC: Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night (2014), Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo & Juliet Project (2018), and makeup design for The Tempest (2012). Regional/national/international highlights include projects with La Jolla Playhouse, A.C.T. in San Francisco, Syracuse Stage, San Diego Rep, American University of Cairo, Egypt, and over 36 productions of Shakespeare across the United States. Janice has taught costume and theatre production at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Kenyon College, and the University of Memphis. She lives in Colorado, where she an associate professor at the University of Denver. RAVEN MARTIN (2ND MERCHANT/PINCH’S ASSISTANT IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS ) has a deep passion for theatre and extended her theatre geek fan status to performer status when she was featured in Broadway covers such as Eclipsed, One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show, Carmen Jones , and many more. She has also won various acting awards, including the Ostrander Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is elated for her Tennessee Shakespeare Company debut. ROBBY MATLOCK (ORSINO IN TWELFTH NIGHT ) Regional credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius), Urinetown (Bobby Strong), Julius Caesar (Brutus), Love’s Labor’s Lost (King), Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt), Shakespeare in Love (Henslowe),