Actors & Actresses

Mark Moede

Actor r more than 35 years in a variety of states, countries, languages, and genres. Twenty years of these performances include the Door Peninsula, beginning with Theatre M, which Mark and his wife Mary White founded in 1991. They have lit up stages at The Town Hall Bakery of Jacksonport, Third Avenue Playhouse, Woodwalk Gallery and …

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Linda Fortunato

Artistic Director Linda Fortunato has spent 17 seasons at Peninsula Players as a director, choreographer, actor and business manager. Fortunato was previously the artistic director of Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana where her credits include directing White Christmas, Cabaret, The Pajama Game, Big River, The Tin Woman, Steel Magnolias, and a dozen others …

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Carol Kuykendall

Actress Carol is overjoyed to make her Peninsula Players debut. For 30 years she worked in Chicago at such theaters as Writers Theatre: As You Like It, Our Town; Chicago Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music; Marriot Lincolnshire: The King and I, Into The Woods, Gypsy, Grand Hotel; The …

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Matthew Holzfeind

Actor Matt very happily makes his Peninsula Players debut. Recent Chicago credits include: Our Class (Remy Bumppo), Miss Marx (Strawdog), The Mikado (The Hypocrites), Homecoming 1972 (Chicago Dramatists), Completeness (Theater Wit) and the title role in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bailiwick Chicago). Also: Peter Pan: a Play (Lookingglass), ENRON (TimeLine), Porgy and Bess (Court Theatre), Another Part of the Forest (Writers Theatre), Honus and Me (Chicago Children’s Theatre), and The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen and many others (Strange …

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Erica Elam

Actress Erica Elam lives in Los Angeles, California, but has traveled the world with The Second City on Norwegian Cruise Lines and performed all over Chicago at theaters including The Goodman, Steppenwolf and Chicago Shakespeare.  She teaches improvisation and acting at Second City, iO, The School at Steppenwolf, Notre Dame and Princeton University. Erica is …

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Kristine Thatcher

Actor/Director Kristine is delighted to be back in the land of excellent theater, sound sleep, delicious food and dear friends. Her Peninsula Players directing credits include Miracle on South Division Street, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Uneasy Chair, Over the Tavern and Panic. Her Players acting credits include Jo in A Few Good Men, Eliza in Pygmalion and Agnes in Dancing at …

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Erin Noel Grennan

Actress Erin Noel Grennan happily returns for her sixth season at Peninsula Players where her other credits include Miracle on South Division Street, The Game’s Afoot, Sunday in the Park with George, Making God Laugh, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Nerd, Murder on the Nile, Unnecessary Farce, Angel Street, Shady Business, The Last Night of …

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Joel Hatch

Actor Joel has many wonderful memories of working at Peninsula Players, starting with All My Sons and You Can’t Take It With You in 1995, and later Communicating Doors, The Cherry Orchard, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Chicago credits include House And Garden and Pericles at the Goodman Theatre, Another Part of The Forest, Benefactors, Misalliance, and Our Town at Writers Theatre, Cymbeline and The Merry Wives of Windsor at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. …

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Tom Mula

Actor/Director Tom Mula is delighted to be back at his “home down by the bay” for his 20th season. His acting performances include Chicago, Heroes, Cabaret, and The Mystery of Irma Vep. Shows he has directed include Amadeus, Lion in Winter, Greetings, and the world premiere Making God Laugh. Peninsula Players premiered Tom’s play Bob Almighty, which was written for Bob Thompson. Tom was the Goodman …

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