CHLOE CHAMPKEN

Born in England, Chloe was inspired by her love of reading and storytelling quickly became her passion. After graduating from her BA at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London, Chloe made the leap to New York. She attended the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and has recently graduated from their 2 year conservatory. Chloe continues to explore and witness the wonderful fusion of Actor, Director, Playwright, and Producer Acting Credits include: Julius Caeser (Metellus/Cicero, Ensemble Shakespeare Company) England (by Tim Crouch, Crowded Space) Stick Fly (Kimber, Stella Adler Conservatory), Little Women (Jo March, Trinity Laban Conservatory), The Hypochondriac (Edinburgh Fringe), Kes, and Lord of The Flies (Edinburgh Fringe) Directing Credits include: Drunk Romeo and Juliet (Kulturkanonen - The Vina Theatre)The Rainmaker (The Court Square Theatre), Dreams on 81 written by Gabriel Drax (DeviousMindsNYC - The Secret Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RiffRaff - The Court Square Theatre), Shakespeare Showcase ‘Flattery in Friendship’ (with RiffRaff - The John DeSotelle Theatre)

ROB HATZENBELLER

Credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ESC Works in Progress), Hamlet, Women Beware Women (Shakespeare Theatre Company/STCA), The Visit (Goodman Theatre), Richard III (SoHo Shakespeare Company), Rhinoceros (SPT @ Lynn Redgrave Theatre), The Bonus Army (The Gym at Judson), Call Me Madam, Wildcat, A Funny Thing … Forum (42 nd Street Moon), Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music (AMTSJ), The Opposite of Sex (Magic Theatre), and Wonderful Town (Marin Theatre Company) – SF Bay Area Critics Circle Award. MFA: Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy at The George Washington University. Patsy Rodenburg Associate (summer 2025).

SUSANNAH HOFFMAN

Susannah Hoffman received an MFA in acting from the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. Regional theater credits include Baby Doll in Baby Doll (McCarter Theatre), Mary Debenham in Murder on the Orient Express (McCarter Theatre and Hartford Stage), Cherie in Bus Stop (CENTERSTAGE), Sylvia in The Cottage (ACCC), Elizabeth in Heartless, Abigail in A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World (Contemporary American Theater Festival), Sexual Perversity in Chicago (ART), The Donkey Show (ART), Connie in The Effect (Gloucester Stage), Ophelia in Hamletmachine (ART Institute), The Little Tragedies (Moscow Art Theater), and Nina in The Seagull (Opera House Arts). Her New York credits include The Actress in insignificance, Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet/Mercutio/Prince/Balthasar in Empirical Rogue’s four-actor Romeo & Juliet, Morgan in Owned, Celine in ... But the Next Morning, and Claire in L'Amour Fou. TV/Film: Jumpcut, Sender, Rogue Hostage, House of Cards, The Good Fight, Instinct, Spiderman 2, Invisible.

DENNIS KEAR

Proud to be counted among Ensemble Shakespeare Company’s founding members, and thrilled to be able to share the space with these generous, talented, dedicated artists. Fourteen years of working with Patsy Rodenburg and her Associates has yielded a bountiful harvest.

DENIS LAMBERT

Broadway: Tammy Faye, Spamalot, Doctor Zhivago, A Chorus Line. Tours: The Producers, White Christmas. New York/Regional: City Center Encores!, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Dallas Theatre Center, York, Asolo Rep, Pittsburgh CLO, Paper Mill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theater Group, Theatre Calgary, Theatre Aspen, Princeton Festival. Most recently: Oleanna (Riverside Theatre and Florida Rep) and Ponyboi (Sundance Film Festival 2024 and in theatres June 2025). LAMDA and CCM graduate. Denis is thrilled to be a part of Julius Caesar, after playing Oberon in Ensemble Shakespeare Company's Works in Progress: A Midsummer Night's Dream.

GERRARD LOBO

Gerrard Lobo is a NYC based actor. A student of Patsy Rodenburg, he is thrilled to be a part of ESC and its inaugural event. Gerrard also trains with Larry Moss and Bob Krakower. His recent credits include “Only Murders In the Building” on Hulu and “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” on Comedy Central.

PAUL MARCHEGIANI

Paul Marchegiani is a Los Angeles-based performer and founder/CEO of Vox Vera, LLC (www.voxvera.com), a premium performance skills consulting firm that helps leaders, advocates, educators, and artists deliver a message, connect with others, and inhabit any space with presence. Paul's performance experience spans several disciplines, from classical voice (LA Opera, SF Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus), to jazz, musical theatre, Shakespeare, and improvisation. Prior to launching Vox Vera, Paul worked as an entertainment lawyer and business affairs executive at several major Hollywood studios, including Warner Bros,, NBCUniversal, and Amazon. He holds a JD from Berkeley, a BA (History) and BMus (Voice & Opera) from Northwestern, and a PRA teaching certification from world-renowned voice, presence, and Shakespeare coach Patsy Rodenburg. In addition to performing and coaching, Paul frequently teaches courses on communication skills, presence, and public speaking at top law schools, including Stanford, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago.

CELESTE MORATTI

Celeste Moratti (RRT, PRA) born in Italy, where she completed her academic studies in Theoretical Philosophy. Before graduating from the Stella Adler Studio she also trained in Milan and Paris with Dario Fo and Yoshi Oida. Voice Teacher Training with Patsy Rodenburg (NYC-London-Portugal). She teaches regular Shakespeare workshops in NYC and Milan, Italy, and Voice and Speech at the Stella Adler Studio in NYC. Shakespeare-related credits: AD and founder of First Maria Ensemble and current company member of ADKShakespeare, Titan Theatre Company, Hyperion Theatre. ETC/NYC. Acting credits include Hamlet, Macbeth, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Henry VI parts 1, 2 and 3, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III, The Tempest, Measure for Measure. Directing credits include Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night. Other (non-Shakespeare) credits (selected): Theatre (acting): Medea, A crazy Sound, Angelina, Boing Boing Against the wall, Ting Ting in our heads, Hamlet Hallucinations, Days of Antonio, Night Lights, The Theory of Color, Red Noir. Directing: Really Really, The Wolves. Member of the Living Theatre, the American Mime Theatre, Teatro Patologico. Film Credits: My Mother’s Fairy Tales, Fight The Panda Syndicate, L’Uomo Gallo, Traffickers, Murder of God’s Banker.

ELLA OLESEN

Ella is thrilled and honoured to be part of this wonderful ensemble! Select Credits: Welcome To The Big Dipper (York Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (Philadelphia Orchestra), Oleanna (Florida Repertory Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest (Florida Repertory Theatre). Training: University of Michigan, BFA in Musical Theatre. British American Drama Academy, Certificate in Shakespeare. Gratitude to Erin & Dylan for cultivating this safe, creative, focused, playful, connected space for exciting and fulfilling work.

JOE STATON

Joe Staton is a British actor and producer based in New York, working across theatre and film. His stage work includes Macbeth, Murder on the Orient Express, and Taming of the Shrew with Cumberland Theatre in Maryland, as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Classic Theatre of San Antonio (TX) and Romeo & Juliet with The Curtain in New Jersey. On screen credits include The Lightworker, Seagull, and Chekhov's Eye. He is the co-artistic director of RiffRaff NYC, a company committed to uplifting immigrant voices. RiffRaff is currently developing its second mainstage production, Much Ado About Nothing, which will feature an ensemble composed of 50% immigrant actors. Joe is thrilled to be working with Ensemble Shakespeare and will appear this August in The Woman in Black at Bluff City Theater in Missouri.

COLLEEN SMITH WALLNAU

Colleen was in Ensemble Shakespeare Company’s WIP of “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Broadway; Crazy for You, Off-Broadway; Joseph Papp Public Theatre (Through Darkest Ohio), SoHo Rep (On the Verge), Peccadillo Theatre (Beggar on Horseback), Mint Theatre (The Flattering Word and Oroonoko) among others. Regional theatre; Paper Mill Playhouse (An Ideal Husband), Asolo Repertory Theatre (The Dark of the Moon, The Winslow Boy, The Dining Room) and Meadowbrook Theatre (A View from the Bridge) and several productions for the Centenary Stage Company. Colleen holds an MFA from the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She is on the faculty at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and is married to actor/director Carl Wallnau. Equity, SAG, and VASTA.

DYLAN DIEHL

Dylan Diehl performs, directs, and teaches in a variety of venues in New York and Los Angeles. Favorite Shakespeare roles include Portia in The Merchant of Venice (Downtown Rep), Viola in Twelfth Night (Advent Theater), and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (every theater imaginable). On screen, starring roles in numerous festival films and a turn on Law & Order: SVU. With Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, she designed and directed numerous educational programs teaching Shakespeare to students in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. A graduate of Columbia University, her studies include work with noted Shakespeare scholar and Public Theater dramaturg James Shapiro. She is a Patsy Rodenburg Associate, selected and certified by Patsy Rodenburg OBE to instruct and utilize her methods of voice, breath, and speech. Recent work as a director includes Much Ado About Nothing for the Sierra Madre Shakespeare Festival and, very proudly, ESC’s inaugural Works in Progress. She looks forward to directing ESC’s full production of Midsummer in July. For Dad, who made any audience the best house, and for Mom, my teammate, who makes any dream a possibility.

ERIN ROTH

Erin is Artistic Director of ESC and most recently played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth with Hudson Classical Theater and Hostess in Henry V with Knickerbocker Players. Also with Hudson Classical: Elinor Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility, Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Other theater credits include Time Out Critic’s Pick Back of the Throat with the Flea Theater, On the Razzle at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Love of Three Oranges at the Santa Fe Theatre Festival, and Old School Sketch Show at the PIT. As a producer, past film and TV projects have gone to the Raindance Film Festival, Catalyst (formerly iTV Fest), and screened at AMC networks as a part of AVID, a disability awareness initiative. In addition to being Artistic Director of ESC, Erin is a Registered Rodenburg Teacher, trained and certified by master voice and Shakespeare teacher Patsy Rodenburg OBE. Erin has taught and coached at S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, and the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. Erin also writes articles on Shakespeare for Backstage Experts.

SOPHIA ALANIZ

Sophia Alaniz (Stage Manager) is delighted to be making her debut with Ensemble Shakespeare Company. Favorite credits include Downtown Urban Arts Festival at Theatre Row and Addams Family, Summer Stock Austin. When she is not in a black box or theatre, she is on set as a production designer. She hopes you enjoy the show!