Sacramento Shakespeare Festival

Phoenix Brewer – Caius Cassius

This is Phoenix’s first time acting in a play by William Shakespeare; he couldn’t be more thrilled than to act in the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival’s production of Julius Caesar along with this cast. Previous roles have included Conrad in Stupid Fucking Bird, Dennis Shepard in The Laramie Project, and Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show—all of which were at Sacramento State. Phoenix has just recently graduated Sac State with a BA in Theatre and a BS in Biology and is preparing to embark on a MS of Biotechnology program in stem cell research this fall at his alma mater. 

Sarah Palmero – Julius Caesar

Sarah is a Sacramento-area actor who has been with the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival for the last six years.  She has appeared on other Sacramento stages with various companies, most recently as Emilia 3 in EMILIA at Sac City College and as Odysseus in THE PENELOPIAD  with Women’s Theatre Collective.  When she’s not on stage, she’s probably making something with her hands.  She hopes you enjoy this year’s festival!

Noah Galvan – Cinna the Poet

Noah has transferred to Sacramento State University (CSU), continuing majoring in Theater and minoring in Psychology. He will be starting classes there this fall. He previously performed in multiple plays at SCC such as Howie Mandelo in SNOW WHITE: A BRITISH PANTO, seven different characters in THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Dapper in THE ALCHEMIST and Chorus in EURYDICE. Noah performed in a musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as Orin Scrivello at River City High School where his theater journey began. This will be his first time performing in a Shakespeare play.

Joy Gee – Soothsayer

Joy is delighted to play with the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival once again. Last year she terrified you as Hecate in MACBETH. At Christmas she was part of MOBY DICK: THE PANTO with Splinter Group Theatre. When not performing or helping backstage, Joy writes. She is a published novelist and playwright and is currently working on a new musical.

Kathleen Poe – Decius Brutus

Kathleen is a Music Professor at Sacramento City College but loves doing theater in her copious free time. She played Macduff in last summer’s production of MACBETH, and then The Father in EURYDICE. Some favorite previous roles include The Narrator in WOLVES (Big Idea Theater), Judy Boone in THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME (City Theater), Polonius in HAMLET (both at CSUS and Sacramento Shakespeare Festival), Colleen/Edna in MR BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY (City Theater), and Jaques in AS YOU LIKE IT (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival). She is a proud original company member of Wildflower Women’s Ensemble, an all-female Shakespeare ensemble.

Julianna C. Schultz – Calpurnia/Citizen

Julianna received a BA from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Drama, Applied Theatre, and Education. Julianna is a Teaching Artist at B Street Theatre working across all aspects of their outreach & education programming. When she is not teaching, Julianna can be found performing with Wildflower Women’s Ensemble. She’s been seen as Ophelia/HAMLET, Romeo/ROMEO AND JULIET, Hermione/THE WINTER’S TALE, and Henry/HENRY V. Ask her about taking classes at B Street!

Janey Pintar – Calpurnia/Citizen X

Courtney Janey Vargas Pintar, also known as Janey, is an actor, director, and theatre educator.

Her theatre and educational work centers on inclusion and empathy and encourages underrepresented voices. Janey proudly directed SWEAT at Sacramento City College earlier this year.

Lucinda Briggs – Marullus/Citizen

Lucinda was last seen in the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival as Mercutio in ROMEO AND JULIET, and Phoebe in ANOTHER AS YOU LIKE IT REUNION.

Jim Laferierre – Pindarus

Jim returned to acting last year after a decade’s hiatus. Since then, he has performed in CLUE (Village Stage Productions, dir. by Betsy Longoria), MACBETH (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, co-dir. by Christine Nicholson and Lori Delappe-Grondin), EURYDICE (Sacramento City Theatre, dir. by Christine Nicholson), MOTHER GOOSE: A BRITISH PANTO (Sacramento City Theatre, dir. by Luther Hanson), MOBY DICK: A BRITISH PANTO (Splinter Group Theatre, dir. by Vernon Lewis), JANMADIN (Big Idea Theatre’s Annual One-Act Festival, dir. by David Fox), POODLE WITH GUITAR AND DARK GLASSES (Happy Hour Theatre, co-dir. by Christi Van Eyken and Sean Thomas Olivares), and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Resurrection Theatre, dir. by Margaret Morneau).

Dakoda “deejay” Jones – Dardanius

Dakoda Jones, also known as deejay, developed a love for the performing arts at age 13 and has been a proud theatre kid since. He has studied theater for seven years and performed in over a dozen productions; the latest being SWEAT here on the Sac City College campus. Dakoda graduated from City this past May with an associates in social and behavioral sciences. He will go on to Sac State this fall to study theater along with child and adolescent development in order to pursue his dream of teaching in the arts.

Lauren Ormond – Clitus

Lauren Ormond is overjoyed to be in her third Sacramento Shakespeare Festival production. When it comes to previous Sac Shakes and City Theatre productions, you may have seen her as Caithness/Macbeth, Louisa Musgrove/Mrs. Clay/Persuasion, Sampson/Romeo and Juliet, Carol Henderson/Decision Height, El Bobo/Life is a Dream.

Luna Solis – Soothsayer/ASM

Luna Solis is ASMing their fourth show at City Theatre; this time being the production also as Soothsayer Three. Previous shows at City being Eurydice, SWEAT, and Emilia. They have stage managed four and acted in five productions at Kit Carson International Academy.