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Josh Carpenter Joe Fernandez Jenny Hoppes Dev Kennedy Tim Kough Dina Monk Tom Morin Allison Sokolowski J.G. Smith |
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| Accompanist Shawn Wallace |
Stage Manager Christopher Prentice |
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Cast
Dramatis Personae
| Bert | Tim Kough |
| Jack Jones, labor leader | Joe Fernandez |
| Jerry Nedwick, bookstore owner | Tom Morin* |
| Lizzie Davis, left-wing debater | Dina Monk |
| "Red" Martha Biegler | Jenny Hoppes |
| Rhoda Katz | J.G. Smith* |
| Fanny Brice | Allison Sokolowski |
| Carl Sandburg | Josh Carpenter* |
| Clarence Darrow | Dev Kennedy* |
| Nurse | Dina Monk* |
Scene:
Chicago and later Denver
* Member Actors' Equity Association
Meet the Company
Tim Kough
Tim Kough is grateful for the opportunity to return as Bert Weber in Dear Rhoda for The Shakespeare Project of Chicago. Favorite roles include Snelgrave in One Flea Spare, Man in Now and Then and all 17 characters he played last year in It’s a Wonderful Life. Tim is also a playwright and musician. Tim’s play Safe Landing: How the Owls Saved Me opened March 2025 and his next play, Safe Landing: Coyote Embrace will open at Theater Wit in July 2026. In addition to writing the music for his plays, Tim’s albums Dreams and Demons and Blurrr have sold across the world.
J.G. Smith
J.G. Smith (Rhoda) is proud to return to this play and to the Shakespeare Project. Previous credits with the Project include Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, Love's Labour's Lost, A Baker Street Christmas Caper, Shakeshafte, and, most recently, Sonnets & Songs. J.G. is an Ensemble Member with American Blues Theater and has performed in their annual production of It's A Wonderful Life as the Foley artist since 2022. Other stage credits include work with the Goodman, Lookingglass, Theater Wit, Northlight, Peninsula Players, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Back Room Shakespeare, City Equity Theatre, TheTankNYC, the GYM@Judson Church, and the Chicago Fringe Festival. On-screen credits include Chicago P.D. (NBC), Short Comings (MTV), Knives and Skin (IFCMidnight), and The Elkhorn Special (upcoming). J.G. is a member of Actors' Equity and repped by Paonessa Talent. JGSmithActor.com
