two gentlemen of verona - cast

Ben Glisczinski - VALENTINE

Ben Glisczinski (he/they) is thrilled to be making his debut with Frosted Glass Creative! He has worked locally with Lyric Arts, End Times Theater Company, and the Children’s Theatre Company where he is a member of the Acting Cohort for the 2025-2026 season. For Kona, his Crab.

Alex Galick* - PROTEUS

Alex Galick (Proteus/co-director): Having won a BroadwayWorld award for his portrayal of Mercutio with Shakespeare in the Vines’ previous production of Romeo and Juliet, and stage managing for last year’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, Alex is excited for the challenge of a dual role in this year’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. An actor, director, and stage manager, his previous works include directing RED HERRING, an original murder mystery opening Park Square LAB’s inaugural cohort earlier this year, stage managing for IIlusion Theater’s touring school show Keepin It Real, and performing with Theater Mu’s world premier of Fifty Boxes of Earth. He’s also worked frequently with local companies including Guthrie Theater, Dark & Stormy Prod., Ten Thousand Things, Yellow Tree Theater, History Theater, Gray Mallard Theater Co., TigerLion Arts; regionally with Swine Palace in Louisiana, Door Shakespeare in Wisconsin, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and on camera in Feature Films V/H/S/85 and Scare Package 2. He’s a graduate of Macalester College, and Louisiana State University’s MFA in Acting program.

Madelyn Tax - JULIA

Madelyn Tax is making her Frosted Glass debut! Originally from Watertown, Minnesota, she is a recent graduate from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities BA Theatre Arts program. She has recently been seen in Mac Beth (Witch 1), Cabaret (Lulu/US Sally), and Pride & Prejudice (Lydia/Lady Anne) on the UMTAD stage and Come Back, Little Sheba (Marie) with Dark & Stormy Productions. Alongside performing, Maddy enjoys working as a teaching artist for Stages Theatre Company and the Phipps Center for the Arts.

Erika Soukup - SILVIA

Erika Soukup (Lucetta) is excited to make her Shakespeare in the Vines debut with The Two Gentlemen of Verona! Soukup is a Saint Paul based actor, dancer, and technician working with several theaters in the area. Recent appearances include For the Love of Wine and Murder! (Frosted Glass Creative); Twelfth Night (Zephyr Theater); It’s a Wonderful Life (The Phipps Center for the Arts); Anything Goes, The Book Club Play (Lakeshore Players); Dial M for Murder (Yellow Tree Theatre); Men on Boats (Theatre in the Round); Alice in Wonderland (Sol Creative Productions); Rent (EPE).

Training: BA, Concordia University St. Paul. Website: https://erikasoukup.weebly.com/

Madison Neal - LUCETTA

Madison Neal is thrilled to be making her debut with Frosted Glass Creative! After pursuing her BFA in Musical Theatre at Cornish College of the Arts in

Seattle, where she explored roles such as Paula in Fefu and Her Friends, and Pamela in Head Over Heels, she is excited to be back in her hometown telling this beautiful story. Other credits include Penumbra Theatre Company, Ten Thousand Things, and Wonderlust Productions.

Edwin Strout - DUKE OF MILAN

Edwin is so happy to be making his debut with Frosted Glass. In the 34 years that Edwin has been performing in the Twin Cities, he has worked with over 52 different theater companies in over 100 roles. Most recently, he has performed as Rogers in “And Then There Were None” at Lyric Arts; ME in “The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch!” for Joking Apart Theater in the Minnesota Fringe Festival; The Narrator in “I’ll Be Home For Kahless” with Just Us Theater; and both Lesgate AND Hubbard in “Dial M for Murder” at Yellow Tree Theatre. Upcoming Productions: “I’m Afraid, I Have To Leave” at MN Fringe Festival; and “Arsenic and Old Lace” at Sidekick Theatre.

Michael Dufault - ANTONIO / MOSS VEXLEY

Michael is happy to be appearing once again with Frosted Glass Creative, having been a part of "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Little House on the Prairie," and "It's a Wonderful Life". With an MFA in Drama from the University of Washington, Michael has worked at regional theaters across the country including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, and the Pan Asian Rep in New York City. In Minnesota, Michael has appeared at the Duluth Playhouse, Sidekick Theatre, Lyric Arts, Seasons Dinner Theatre, and the Zephyr.

Danny Zubić - EGLAMOUR

Danny Zubić is an actor and writer-editor from St. Paul. His most recent credits include Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Zephyr Theatre), The Fixer and the Guide in The Adding Machine (Clevername Theatre), Lear's Fool in King Lear (Theatre in the Round), and the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Wayward Theater). His other past work includes The Little Prince and The Government Inspector with TRP, Good Boy and the Kid with Sheep Theater, Twelfth Night and (Drunk) Macbeth with Clevername, and over a dozen productions as a Core Artist with Classical Actors Ensemble.

Michael Quadrozzi - SPEED

Michael is delighted to be part of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA with such a talented cast! Some of his favorite recent credits include Brian in THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at Lyric Arts and Charlie in ON GOLDEN POND at Minnetonka Theater. He has performed in Minnesota with theaters including Yellow Tree, Zephyr Theatre, Six Points, Pillsbury House, Open Window, Wonderlust Productions, Wayward, Theatre Pro Rata, BARD Shakes, National Theatre for Children, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, and more. His self-written one man show, AGAINST MY WILL, won the Golden Lanyard Staff Pick at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival. A full-time freelance actor, Michael also performs in film and commercials, and works with local companies training first responders in mental health crisis intervention. You can see him this Fall as Dr. Einstein in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Sidekick Theater!

Pat O'Brien* - LAUNCE

Pat O’Brien Returned to the Twin Cities nineteen years ago after twenty-five years in L.A. and New York. He’s been in dozens of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Pleasantville, and Stuart Little. He’s guest starred in dozens of TV shows including E.R., C.S.I., West Wing, Monk, Reba, Home Improvement, Married With Children, Sabrina, Wonder Years, Night Court, and, (if you’re pushing 50) was Mr. Dewey on Saved By The Bell.

Stage credits include a slew of shows for Frosted Glass and the Zephyr including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet “in the vines”. He’s performed across the nation in The New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles Shakespeare Festivals; The Pasadena, Cleveland, and La Jolla Playhouses; The Arizona Theatre Company, The Old Globe in San Diego, the Arena Stage in D.C., and Maine’s Portland Stage. Locally he’s worked with Mixed Blood, The Guthrie, Chanhassen, Park Square, and The Gremlin.

Kjer Whiting - HOST

Kjer Whiting, (he/him), Was most recently seen in The Cake at Theatre In The Round. Some favorites acting roles include: Frost in Frost/Nixon (TheatreX), Niels Bohr in Copenhagen (Melancholics Anonymous), Ben Jonson in Book of Will (Theatre Pro Rata), Reverend Parris in The Crucible (Hang Fire Productions), Horst in Bent, Tupolski in The Pillowman (also co-directed), Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pisanio in Cymbeline (Brick By Brick), and Saul in True West (Theatre In The Round) Kjer recently directed Triassic Parq: The Musical with Minneapolis Musical Theatre And A Pink Triangle with The Arts Nest. Up next: Titus Andronicus (Titus) with The Birth Play Project

Jiccarra N. Hollman - PANTHINO

Jiccarra N. Hollman (Panthino) is honored to make her Frosted Glass Creative debut. An actress and Air Force Captain, she brings a perspective shaped by both service and storytelling, grounding her work in discipline, empathy, and lived experience.

Her theater credits include The Welkin (Frank Theatre), Cost of Living (Full Circle Theater), Mud Row (Billie Holiday Theatre), Kumbayah, The Juneteenth Story (touring Minnesota), SECRETS (Capri Theater), and Angry BLK WMN / Well Intended WHT GRL (Mixed Precipitation). On screen, she has appeared in Stalked by My Stepsister (Lifetime) and Same Girl (Amazon Prime).

Beyond performing, she works as a stage manager, host, independent journalist, and is the founder of Living On Purpose, a space rooted in care, creativity, and community. She trained at the Guthrie Theater’s Actor’s Lab and The Billie Holiday Theatre’s Artist Intensive.

Follow her work @JiccarraNHollman on all platforms.

Thomas Teeter - THURIO

Thomas Teeter is an actor, writer, and theater maker based in the Twin Cities. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Teeter is a proud graduate of Carleton College and the National Theater Institute. Recent credits include the Commonweal Theatre, Classical Actors Ensemble, and Minnesota Fringe.

Chad Bracewell - ROWAN SLICKBLADE / ENSEMBLE

Chad Bracewell has been in several live theater productions. His most recent being, The Sound of Music, Much Ado About Nothing, Mary Poppins, School of Rock, Mama Mia, and Guys and Dolls. Born in Ontario, Canada, he moved to Stillwater, MN from California in 2014. Chad’s favorite part of performing is making friends and improving his acting abilities. He was asked to be in a Healthy Boundaries series for Special Olympics. In his spare time, he loves to play the drums, listen to music, rock out on his front porch (while playing air guitar), and decorate his house for Halloween (See Here) and Christmas. He also enjoys performing and dancing with Curio Dance Studio (See Here), being a farmer at 21 Roots Farm (See Here), attending events at The Valley Friendship Club, riding horses at River Valley Riders, working at Walmart and Kowalski’s, selling merch at his brother’s shows, and walking his dogs, Charley and Newman. He has performed with Frosted Glass Creative, The Zephyr Theatre, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theatre, California Arts Academy, and most recently he was in the film “Bobby’s Intermission” with Justin Films.

Sandesh Sukhram - GRIM BOB FALLOWHEART / ENSEMBLE

Sandesh is excited to be joining Frosted Glass Creative for this production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. In the past they have performed with Theatre Pro Rata, KJ Productions, Lyric Arts & more. When not onstage or backstage Sandesh works as a Technical Consultant at SPS Commerce and loves to play Yu-Gi-Oh and video games competitively. Enjoy the show and wine! @sukhram_sandesh on Instagram

Cherelle-Renée Childs - QUINNETTA OF BLOODWORM CREEK / ENSEMBLE

Cherelle-Renée Childs (she/her) is a performer, composer, and playwright based in the Twin Cities. Previous roles include Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing (Stillwater Zephyr Theatre), Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre), and The Narrator/Flutist in Arms and the Man (Glowing Ember Theater). She also wrote, produced, and acted in an original musical called In Celebration of the Mysterious. Cherelle performs at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival with The Globe Players, The Elizabethan Syngers, and Flutes and Folklore.