Women in Jeopardy! | Merrimack Repertory Theatre (2024)

MRT: Debut. Off-Broadway: Green Girl, The Public Theater; Bone Portraits, Soho Rep. Regional: Outside Mullingar, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley; The Second Girl, Contemporary American Theater Festival; An Enemy of the People, Gulfshore Playhouse; A Servant to Two Masters and Othello, Pittsburgh Public Theater; Henry VIII, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Informed Consent, Cleveland Play House and Geva Theatre Center; Educating Rita, Florida Rep; The Book Club Play, Geva Theatre Center; The Understudy and Black Pearl Sings! (BATCC Award for Best Leading Performance), San Jose Rep; Boston Marriage, Capital Rep; A Christmas Story, Crime and Punishment, Twelfth Night, Dracula, No. 11 (Blue & White) [Humana Festival] and The Ruby Sunrise [Humana Festival], Actors Theatre of Louisville. Television: The Americans, FX. International: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, English Theatre Frankfurt; Crimes of the Heart, Vienna's English Theatre. Other: MFA from Brown University/Trinity Rep.

Julia originated the role of Jo in Women In Jeopardy! at Geva Theatre (director Sean Daniels). Having also done the play with Sean at The Cape Playhouse, she is thrilled to be in Lowell for the “third time’s a charm” production at MRT. World Premieres: George Is Dead (written and directed by Elaine May, opposite Marlo Thomas), Magic Theatre, George Street Playhouse, and Arizona Theatre Company, and the Broadway production, renamed Relatively Speaking, three one act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, directed by John Turturro; Seagull (adapted by Libby Appel), Magic Forest Farm, Fortune, Marin Theatre Company; Regional: The Lily’s Revenge (with Taylor Mac), Magic Theatre; three productions of Wit (Vivian Bearing); Medea (title role, director Joseph Chaikin), Pacific Repertory Theatre; Body Awareness, The Game’s Afoot, Gulfshore Playhouse; Abigail’s Party, SF Playhouse; Other Desert Cities, TheatreWorks.

MRT: Debut. Regional: The Heidi Chronicles, The Game's Afoot, You Can't Take It with You, Asolo Rep; Ten Chimneys, In the Next Room: or the vibrator play, Cleveland Playhouse; Finding Home, As You Like It, Indiana Rep, Noises Off, Clarence Brown Theatre; The Mousetrap, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Chicago: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Goodman, Northlight Theatre, First Folio Theatre, The Chicago Theatre, Chicago Dramatists and American Blues Theater. Television: Chicago Fire, Crisis, Boss, Chicago Code and dozens of national commercials selling everything from insurance to vacuums. Other: Gail was recently nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Solo Performance for her work in The Unfortunates with SoloChicago Theatre. A proud member of two unions, she serves on the Chicago board of SAG-AFTRA. www.gailonline.net

Ashley Shamoon is enthused to be returning to the role of Amanda in her MRT debut! National Tour: Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B.). Regional: Women in Jeopardy! (Amanda, Cape Playhouse), Women in Jeopardy! (Amanda, Geva Theatre Center), Alice in Wonderland (Alice, Hilberry Repertory Theatre), A Doll's House (Nora Helmer, WSU Studio Theatre), Speech and Debate (Dwiata, The Elizabeth Theatre). Film: Trees, The Space In-Between, Lock & Key. Education: BFA at Wayne State University. For her Baba, Grandpa, and Ken. Thanks to Bobby, Ally, and the rest of her enormously beautiful family. Love to Team Willis!

Regional: The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon), Noises Off (Garry Lejune), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (The Player), Nashville Repertory; Macbeth (Macbeth), Coriolanus (Tullus Aufidius), Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro) Atlanta Shakespeare; The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay), The Game's Afoot (Felix Geisel), It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Jazzbo), Stage Door Players; Fat Pig (Tom), The Explorer's Club (Sir Bernard Humphries), Lombardi (Jim Taylor), Aurora Theatre; Angry fa*gs - World Premiere (Bennett Riggs), 7 Stages. Television: Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Adult Swim; TURN: Washington's Spies, AMC. Film: Paternity Leave, What's the Matter with Gerald? Other: Jacob is a playwright whose works include Homers, Adultery for Beginners, and Initiative. tinyurl.com/jacobyork