#opsfest

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SARAH JANE FRIDLICH

Hometown: Orlando, FL # of Years with OPS: 3 Favorite OPS Role: Rosalind in As You Like It Favorite OPS Show: As You Like It Favorite Non-OPS Role: Nina in The Seagull with Mad Cow Theatre (FL) Favorite Non-OPS Show: The Seagull with Mad Cow Theatre (FL) School: University of Cincinnati--College-Conservatory of Music (Cincinnati, OH) Other Companies You've Worked With: Portland Actors Ensemble, Oregon Children's Theatre, Orlando Repertory Theatre (FL), Mad Cow Theatre (FL), Shakespeare Miami (FL), Winter Haven Theatre (FL), Greater Orlando Actors Theatre (FL), Theatre Downtown (FL) Favorite Quote: "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." --Henry David Thoreau

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BETH YOCAM

Hometown: Portland, OR # of Years With OPS: 6 Favorite OPS Role: Kate in The Taming of the Shrew Favorite OPS Show: Much Adoe About Nothing Favorite Non-OPS Role: Bunny in The House of Blue Leaves at the Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC) Favorite Non-OPS Show: Steel Magnolias with Knightsbridge Theatre (LA) School: Connecticut College (New London, CN) Other Companies You've Worked With: Knightsbridge Theatre (LA), Looking Glass Theatre (NYC), Sonnet Repertory Theatre (NYC), New England Shakespeare Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival Favorite Quote: “ 'Thou shalt not' might reach the head, but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart.” --Phillip Pullman

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MADELINE SHIER

Hometown: Pullman, WA # of Years with OPS: 2 Favorite OPS Role: Helena in A Midsommer Night's Dreame Favorite OPS Show: The Comedie of Errors Favorite Non-OPS Role: Amanda in For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls with Ohio Wesleyan University (OH) Favorite Non-OPS Show: Stop Kiss School: Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH) Other Companies with Which You've Worked: Northwest Classical Theatre Company, Staged!, Pullman Civic Theatre, Missoula Children's Theatre Favorite Quote: "We save our lives in such unlikely ways." --Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

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BRIAN BURGER

Hometown: Vancouver, WA # of Years with OPS: 3 Favorite OPS Role: Richard of Gloucester in Richard III Favorite OPS Show: Much Adoe About Nothing Favorite Non-OPS Role: Jack in Leading Ladies with Sandy Actors Theatre Favorite Non-OPS Show: Parade with Staged! School: University of Portland (Portland, OR) Other Companies You've Worked With: Florida Studio Theatre (FL), Staged!, Portland Actors Ensemble, Post5 Theatre, Bag&Baggage Productions, Willamette Shakespeare, Playwrights West, Miracle Theatre, Sandy Actors Theatre, The Pulp Stage, Portland Civic Theatre Guild, Readers Theatre Repertory, Readers Theatre Gresham Favorite Quote: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." --Samuel Beckett

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JOHN BRUNER

Hometown: Auburn, CA # of Years With OPS: 3 Favorite OPS Role: Malvolio in Twelfe Night Favorite OPS Show: Much Adoe About Nothing Favorite Non-OPS Role: Iago in Othello with Twilight Repertory Theatre Favorite Non-OPS Show: Park Bench by Gypsie Raleigh School: Portland Community College (Portland, OR) Other Companies You've Worked With: Post5 Theatre, Anon It Moves, Fuse Theatre Ensemble, Oregon Adventure Theatre, HumanBeingCurious Productions, Redd Productions, Twilight Repertory Theatre, The Working Theatre Collective, The Light-Fingered Five, Carnivore Leap Favorite Quote: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." --Kurt Vonnegut

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SARAH KEYES CHANG

Hometown: Chesapeake, VA # of Years with OPS: 2 Favorite OPS Role: Hero in Much Adoe About Nothing Favorite OPS Show: The Comedie of Errors Favorite Non-OPS Role: Elizabeth in The Crucible at the MasterWorks Festival Favorite Non-OPS Show: The Fantasticks School: Columbia University (New York, NY) and Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, VA) Other Companies with Which You've Worked: American Shakespeare Center (VA), Salt and Sage Productions, Oregon Adventure Theatre, Hillsboro Artists Repertory Theatre, Masque Alfresco, Weathervane Playhouse, Lionheart Theatre (GA) Favorite Quote: "They seemed almost, with staring at one another, to tear the cases of their eyes. There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture." --The Winter's Tale (V.II)

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ISABELLA BUCKNER

Hometown: Santa Fe, NM # of Years with OPS: 3 Favorite OPS Role: Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part I Favorite OPS Show: Henry IV, Part I Favorite Non-OPS Role: Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with Portland Actors Conservatory Favorite Non-OPS Show: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with Portland Actors Conservatory School: Portland Actors Conservatory (Portland, OR) Other Companies You've Worked With: Post5 Theatre, Anon It Moves Favorite Quote: "I have frequently not been on boats." --Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

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KAIA MAARJA HILLIER

Hometown: Portland, OR

# of Years with OPS: 6

Favorite OPS Role: Helena in A Midsommer Night's Dreame and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet

Favorite OPS Show: A Midsommer Night's Dreame and Romeo & Juliet

Favorite Non-OPS Role: C.B.'s Sister in Dog Sees God

Favorite Non-OPS Show: The Odd Couple (Female Version)

School: Portland State University (Portland, OR)

Other Companies You've Worked With: Artists Repertory Theatre, CoHo Productions, Northwest Classical Theatre Company, Bag&Baggage Productions, Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Company, Blue Monkey Theater Company, Readers Theatre Repertory, The Pulp Stage, Eddie May Murder Mystery

Favorite Quote: "And though she be but little, she is fierce!" --A Midsommer Night's Dreame (III.II)

Anything else you want included in your bio? Thank you to Clara-Liis Hillier, Bo, and Lena-Liis Kiesel!