2026 Shakerspeare Playbill - The Tempest

House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Gulfshore Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Connecticut Rep (Connecticut Critics’ Circle nomination), Wilma Theater, People’s Light, Delaware Theater Company, Arden Theatre Company, National Constitution Center, Theatre Horizon (Barrymore Award). TV: Wu Tang: An American Saga (Hulu), Take My Muffin (Toonbox Studios), Los Jarochos (Best Writing, iTV Fest). Podcast: co-creator of Mythic Thunderlute: A D&D Podcast Musical (Broadway Podcast Network). Dogberry & Verges Are Scared, a play he co-wrote with Will Mobley, debuted in the Philly Fringe and will continue its rolling world premiere at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Edinburgh Fringe this summer. Love to Alex and the cats. IG: @thedohberman www.mikedoh.com Harrison Farmer (Francisco) is delighted to return to St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. His last time performing in the Glen was in Romeo and Juliet directed by Elena Araoz. Other regional credits: The Ugly Duckling (Imaginary Theatre Company); The Haunting of Breck Theatre, The Great Divide, The Gift of the Magi, The Understudy, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Play That Goes Wrong (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (American Players Theatre); Suddenly Last Summer (Tennessee Williams Festival); Hamlet (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady (The Muny). Big thanks to his family and especially to his late grandmother Barbara Ritchey for supporting the Arts and inspiring him in many ways. Michael Grieve (Boatswain/Music Director) is so thrilled to be in his first production at STL Shakes! Other Shakespeare credits include Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Tempest at Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Other favor- ite regional credits: Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Disney Cruise Line; Elvis: The Musical (Scotty Moore), Arrow Rock Lyceum; Bright Star (Darryl), Florida Studio Theatre. Original Music Composition credits include: Covenant, Alliance Theater; Cebollas, Denver Center; The Heart Sellers, Seattle Rep. As a graduate from Webster Conservatory, Class of 2017, it is a pleasure to be back in the city of St. Louis. Thank you to Rick Dildine for bringing me along on another adven- ture and trusting me with this beautiful music. Thankful to work with ongoing collaborator, the brilliant Melanie Chen Cole. Above all, Michael is grateful to get to work alongside his incredibly talented wife, Sigrid Wise. Crayton Haney (Adrian) is excited to be making his St. Louis Shakespeare Festival debut after graduating with his BFA in Musical Theatre from Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory this past May. Recent Webster performance credits include Roving Accordion in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; music director, pianist, and accordionist for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; and foley artist/percussionist for The SpongeBob Musical. In March, Crayton was an understudy and the assis- tant music director for The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ Ring of Fire, and in MEET THE CAST & CREATIVE TEAM *Member, Actor’s Equity Association 24