HENRY VI PART II
Written by William Shakespeare

THE COMPANY
Brooks Borden - York, others
Ryan Castalia - Gloucester, Richard of York, others
Matthew Gibbs - DJ Falconer, Matthew Gough
Samuel Gibbs - Cabana Boy
Su Thomas Hendrickson - Salisbury, Duchess Eleanor, Simpcox, others
Rick Ivanisin - Warwick, Somerset, other
Anagha Putrevu - Buckingham, Edward of York, others
Charlotte Righetti - Cardinal Winchester, Cade, Young Clifford, others
Andrew Schwartz - King Henry VI, others
Rebecca Tyree - Queen Margaret, Iden, others
Lake Wilburn - Suffolk, Clifford, others

THE CREW
KC Athol - Stage Manager
Mary Berthelsen - Intimacy Director
Danny Brown - Assistant Director, Dramaturg
Robin A. Ediger-Seto -Lighting Designer
Matthew Gibbs - Music Designer, Sound Designer
Sam Gibbs - Director, Artistic Director
Crystal Lee Kovacs - Assistant Costumes, Wardrobe
Žilvinas Jonušas - Set Designer, Technical Director
Amie Schow - Costume Designer

A note from the Dramaturg:
Henry VI Part II holds formative place in Shakespeare's canon for two reasons. First, it can claim several possible (though contested) firsts: Shakespeare's first history play, his first tragedy, and even possibly his first play ever. Second, regardless of where and when it lands in his early chronology, we can see the little experiments Shakespeare is playing with that he will continue to use throughout his oeuvre. He dabbles with the theatrical devices like omnipotent spirits, digs in to write metaphor drenched soliloquies, and seriously questions history on what makes it theatrical. A play like Henry VI Part II shows why Shakespeare was undoubtedly so promising early on. The success of this play compelled him to write parts I and III and complete this history tetralogy with Richard III.