Cast of Hamlet 2025

Paul Bisesi

Hamlet

Paul is excited to return to the Foodbank Players and raise money for the cause, having recently played Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby, Edgar in King Lear, and Oliver in As You Like It. Other recent credits include Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Inferno...

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Kelsey Goeres

Ophelia

Last seen as Jordan Baker in last February's production of The Great Gatsby.

Kelsey's work includes beining Director for The Foodbank Players production of King Lear. She is an actor and improviser from the central coast of California, where she began her theater career at PCPA. With a...

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Don Martin

Claudius

Last seen as playing Gremio in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Don is a transplant from Upstate NY, via Philadelphia in 2007. He and his husband currently live in the Richmond Annex. This is his first appearance on stage with the Foodbank Players. Previous credits...

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Caitlin Kenney

Gertrude

Last seen playing Tranio in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Caitlin is a lifelong theater enthusiast and sometimes actor-playwright-choreographer-director, most often with pre-teens and in small local festivals. When not on stage, she puts her talents to use in her...

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Jennifer Morrill

Polonius

Last seen as Grumio in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Jennifer is happy to be returning to the stage with The Foodbank Players, having provided flute music for romeo and juliet, singing for A Christmas Carol, and recently provided a healthy dose of fear in...

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Sam Weiner

Laertes

Last seen as Tom Buchanan in last February's production of The Great Gatsby.

Sam is an East Bay native who earned a BFA from Chapman University before spending a decade in LA. Memorable roles include Romeo, and performing in If All The Sky Were Paper around the country, most...

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Ben Rings

Rosencrantz

Last seen playing Meyer Wolfsheim in last February's production of The Great Gatsby.

Ben's previous project with The Foodbank Players was as stage manager for our production of King Lear. He has previous acting experience at West Valley College in Saratoga, but has been away from the stage...

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Matt Rich-Gotesman

Guildenstern

This is Matt's debut stage performance. Matt fell in love with the play Hamlet while taking an AP English class where he studied Hamlet and a spin off play by Tom Stoppard called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which is the story of Hamlet from the point of view of Rosencrantz and...

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Maggie Deagon

Horatio

Maggie is delighted to join the Foodbank Players for this production of Hamlet, continuing to make good on her 2025 resolution to participate in more community theater. She made her Bay Area debut early this year in Alexandra Pink's stage production of the Infinite Play, an experimental...

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Bill Brobeck

The Ghost

Reprising his role as "Ghost" (Hamlet, 2022), Bill was last seen as Curtis in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Bill's website is at: https://billbrobeck.com

Retired mechanical...

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Karin Jensen.jpg

Osric

Last seen playing OSWALD in our October of 2024 production of King Lear.

Karin is a writer for the Alameda Post and a dance instructor at the Alameda Ballet Academy. She has performed with Alameda Civic Ballet, Berkeley City Ballet, and Omega West Dance Company. Over the summer, she played...

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Luis Araquistain

Player King

Most recently seen as playing Hortensio in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Previous performances with FBP include the title role in Macbeth, the Earl of Kent in King Lear, Prince Escalus in Romeo and Juliet, and Theseus in...

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Martie Muldoon

Player Queen

Martie Muldoon (Player 2 / Player Queen) is thrilled to return to the Food Bank Players for this classic tale! She was last seen as Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and was also part of Midsummer’s Night Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. Other favorite roles include Fraulein Schneider (Cabaret), Dolly...

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Justin Nilsen

Lucianus / Francisco

Last seen as Lucentio in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Justin is an East Bay native who recently returned to the Bay Area after graduating with an M.S. in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara. This is his latest production with the Foodbank Players of Alameda, and...

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Joan Legaspi

Fortinbras / Bernardo

Joan Legaspi is a Meisner-trained actress active in the Bay Area theatre scene since 2016, looking to cross over into film while keeping in touch with her stage roots. She was most recently in Marin Shakespeare Company's innovative modern interpretation "Romeo/Juliet", as well as "Much Ado about...

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Konstantin Stern

Marcellus

Last seen as Philip in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Hi! My name is Konstantin Stern and this will be my first time working/performing with the food bank players! I’m super excited to be a part of this modern take on taming of the shrew. Im a new actor who goes to...

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Kari Warfield

Clown 1

Last seen as The Widow on last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Has been the General Manager at Altarena Playhouse since 2023. Previous works include Don John in Much Ado About Nothing and Luciana in The Comedy Of Errors (Cannon Shakespeare, Portland, OR)...

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Sally Geary

Clown 2

Last seen as Baptista in last June's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Her training includes the Leela Improv Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Stage experience includes Food Bank Players productions of King Lear, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,...

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Maithili Tikhe

Fortinbras’s Lieutenant

Maithili is a long-time theatre lover, having pursued the stage since eight years old. She loves acting, writing, singing and dance, participating in any form of storytelling available to her. She has performed in any and all school musicals and plays available to her. This will be her first...

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Gene Kahane

Priest / Director of the show!

Gene was last seen playing King Lear in last October's production of the same name.

Gene Kahane founded the foodbankplayers in order to support the vital work of the Alameda Food Bank, give local actors a chance to perform and because the stage in the Healing Garden called out to him one...

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Yelanis Rivera

Stage Manager

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing group of people. I have always been fascinated by how a production comes to life. My passion lies in the costumes that bring the characters to life. I designed the costumes for Alameda High School's productions of Radium Girls and The 25th Annual...

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