The job seems simple at first: all pickpocket Sue Trinder, played by Tracee Chimo (Bad Jews), has to do is help a con man, played by Josiah Bania, cheat a gullible young heiress (The Heart of Robin Hood‘s Christina Bennett Lind) out of her fortune. But nothing is quite what it seems in this mystery set in the shadows of Victorian England. Spiraling through London streets, madhouses, and a stifling mansion with a shocking secret, Sue finds herself in the most dangerous landscape of all: awakening sexuality, love, and betrayal. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch (All the Way) directs this adaptation of Sarah Waters’ best-selling novel, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
Fingersmith premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015.
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Notable dates
ASL Dates
Jan. 4 at 7:30PM – Jan. 7 at 2PM
Audio Described Dates
Jan. 5, 7:30PM – Jan. 8, 2PM
Open Captioned
Jan. 5, 7:30PM – Jan. 8, 2PM
Age Appropriateness
This literate and thrilling look at Victorian England through the lens of Waters’ 21st-century feminist point of view is appropriate for mature high school students. The play contains graphic sexual themes and imagery, occasional strong language, as well as physical and emotional violence.
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Cast
Young Sue/Young Maud (in alternating performances)
Morgan Jamie Bénard
Young Sue/Young Maud (in alternating performances)
Morgan Jamie Bénard
Young Sue/Young Maud A.R.T.: Debut. Regional includes: Billy Elliot (Debbie), Company Theatre; Scrooge, the Musical (Street Urchin, Ensemble), Riverside Theatre Works; Beauty and the Beast, Seussical the Musical, High School Musical, Willy Wonka, Kids’ Cabaret. Champion Irish Dancer (Dunleavy, Boyle Connolly Academy), ranked 4th in the New England Region and 8th on the continent. Opening dance act for: Tenor Ronan Tynan, Cherish the Ladies (A Celtic Sojourn), and Riverdance (Boston). 5th-grader at Derby Academy in Hingham, MA.
Young Sue/Young Maud (in alternating performances)
Giana Ribeiro
Young Sue/Young Maud (in alternating performances)
Giana Ribeiro
A.R.T.: Waitress (Lulu). Regional: Happy Haunted House (Rebecca), Dixieland Chicks (Daisy), Under the Big Top (Rosie the Clown), and others, Kid’s Curtain Call Productions. Giana is so excited to be back at the A.R.T.!
John Vroom/Mr. Kent
Luke Marinkovich
John Vroom/Mr. Kent
Luke Marinkovich
A.R.T. Debut. Broadway: The Bridges of Madison County. Off-Broadway: The Rehearsal: Playing the Dane, Pan Pan Theatre; Sleep No More. Regional: The Bridges of Madison County, Williamstown Theatre Festival; Victoria Martin (San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award), Moxie; Romeo and Juliet, Lincoln Center Education. TV/ Film: “Law and Order: SVU,” Rapid Eye Movement.
Mrs. Sucksby
Kristine Nielsen
Mrs. Sucksby
Kristine Nielsen
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: You Can’t Take It With You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening, The Greenbird, Jackie, The Iceman Cometh. Off-Broadway: Hir, Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them, How I Spent Last Summer, Omnium Gatherum, Our Leading Lady, Betty’s Summer Vacation (Obie Award), Dog Opera (Obie Award). Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Guthrie; McCarter; Old Globe; Long Wharf; Yale Rep; The Alley; The Matchmaker (Dolly Levi), Goodman Theatre. TV/Film include: Theresa Rebeck’s Trouble; “Happyish”; “Elementary”; Morning Glory; The Savages; Small Time Crooks; “Political Animals”; “Sound of Music Live!,” NBC; “Zelda,” Amazon. BA, Northwestern; MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Sue Trinder
Tracee Chimo
Sue Trinder
Tracee Chimo
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Noises Off (Tony nomination for Best Revival), The Heidi Chronicles; Harvey; Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway: Bad Jews (Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle & Drama League nominations); Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk & Obie Awards, Lucille Lortel nomination); Bachelorette (Clarence Derwent Award, Lucille Lortel nomination); Lips Together Teeth Apart. TV: Chelsea Wheeler on the new TBS show "People of Earth,” “Orange is the New Black” (Neri Feldman), “The Good Wife,” “Blackbox,” “Royal Pains,” “Difficult People." Film: Sully (dir. Clint Eastwood), Black Hat (dir. Michael Mann), The Five-Year Engagement, Concussion, Take Care.
Mr. Ibbs/Vicar/Huss
Patrick Kerr
Mr. Ibbs/Vicar/Huss
Patrick Kerr
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: You Can’t Take it with You, The Ritz. Off-Broadway: Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss; Elizabeth Egloff's The Devils; Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey; Lee Breuer's The Warrior Ant. Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Old Globe, Berkeley Rep (Bay Area Critics Award), Yale Rep, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Rep, The Acting Company. TV includes: “Frasier” (recurring role), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (recurring role), “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “E.R.,” “Will and Grace,” “Elementary,” “Law and Order,” “Star Trek: Voyager.” MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Dainty Warren/Margaret/Betty
Jo Mei
Dainty Warren/Margaret/Betty
Jo Mei
A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: The World of Extreme Happiness, MTC; You For Me For You, Ma-Yi Theater Company; Double Suicide at Ueno Park!, Ensemble Studio Theatre; TEN, Partial Comfort. Regional: King of Hell’s Palace, Goodman Theatre; You For Me For You, Woolly Mammoth. TV/Film: “Nicki,” “Bones,” “The Good Wife,” A Picture of You, Adult World, The Grief of Others, Revenge of the Green Dragons. BA, Wellesley College; MFA, Juilliard. jomei.com
Richard "Gentleman" Rivers
Josiah Bania
Richard "Gentleman" Rivers
Josiah Bania
A.R.T.: Debut. New York: Ironbound, Rattlestick. Regional: Sarah Ruhl’s Three Sisters, Yale Rep; Love’s Labour’s Lost, Chautauqua Theater Company; The Secret in the Wings, Yale Summer Cabaret; The History Boys, Artists Repertory Theatre; The Uneasy Chair, CoHo Theater; A Christmas Carol, JAW: A Playwright’s Festival, Portland Center Stage; Othello, Richard II, The Seagull, Petty Harbour, Yale School of Drama. Television: “The Good Wife,” “Leverage,” “The Mysteries of Laura.” MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Mrs. Styles/Mrs. Cream/Miss Wilson
Kate Levy
Mrs. Styles/Mrs. Cream/Miss Wilson
Kate Levy
A.R.T.: Debut. New York: Stalking the Bogeyman, NewYorkRep, The New Group, Barrow Street, MTC, Roundabout, The Mint. Tours: The Graduate, On Golden Pond. Regional: Arena Stage, TheaterWorks Hartford, Pioneer Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Merrimack Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Yale Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center, Portland Center Stage, St. Louis Rep, Alliance Theatre, O’Neill, Alley, Paper Mill Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Rep, Northern Stage, Florida Stage, Clarence Brown, Philadelphia Festival For New Plays, BoarsHead. TV: “The Deuce,” “Younger,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Unforgettable,” “The Affair,” “The Good Wife,” “A Gifted Man,” “Royal Pains,” Gossip Girl,” “Law & Order” (all three). Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. BA, Tufts; MFA, American Conservatory Theatre.
Mr. Way/Dr. Christie/Hawtrey
Kingsley Leggs
Mr. Way/Dr. Christie/Hawtrey
Kingsley Leggs
(he/him) A.R.T. : Fingersmith. Broadway: Pretty Woman, Sister Act, The Color Purple, Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Touring/International: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Sister Act, Miss Saigon, Ragtime. Regional: Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Baltimore Centerstage, Ford’s Theatre, Seattle Rep, Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre. Film: Hello Again. TV: “The Americans,” “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “One Life to Live.” Education: Bachelor of Music, Benedictine College.
Cook/Nurse Spiller
Lauren Modica
Cook/Nurse Spiller
Lauren Modica
A.R.T.: Debut. Theater includes: Second City’s Twist Your Dickens, OUR TOWN, JAW (2014/16), Portland Center Stage; The Antigone Project, Profile Theatre; The Skin of Our Teeth, Artists Repertory Theatre; PLAY, DC Copeland Presents; Undiscovered Country, DEFUNKT Theatre; King Lear, Northwest Classical; The Crucible, Theatre Vertigo; No Man’s Land, Action/Adventure; Cymbeline, PAE; Much Ado About Nothing, Willamette Shakespeare, A Raisin in the Sun, Public House Theatre; Trailing Colors, Gretchen Icenogle; Fidelio, Portland Opera; Silence, Agnes. lauren-modica.squarespace.com.
Charles/Mr. Hedges
Zachary Infante
Charles/Mr. Hedges
Zachary Infante
A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Do I Hear A Waltz? (dir. Evan Cabnet), Encores!; Pericles (dir. Trevor Nunn), Tamburlaine the Great (dir. Michael Boyd), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Francis Flute, dir. Julie Taymor), Theatre for a New Audience. Regional: Somewhere, Hartford Stage; Peter Pan, Paper Mill Playhouse. TV/Film: School of Rock (dir. Richard Linklater), Carrie Pilby (dir. Susan Johnson), "Alpha House," "GOTHAM." Drama BFA, NYU Tisch (CAP21 & ETW). zacharyinfante.com.
Maud Lilly
Christina Bennett Lind
Maud Lilly
Christina Bennett Lind
A.R.T.: The Heart of Robin Hood. Off-Broadway: PEMDAS (Teacher), 59E59; Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman, Lascivous Something, Cherry Lane Theatre; pool (no water), One Year Lease Theater Company; Wait Until Dark, John W. Engeman Theatre. TV/Film: “House of Cards” (Sharon, opp. Michael Kelly); “Z: The Beginning of Everything” (Tallulah Bankhead, opp. Christina Ricci), Amazon; Calico Skies (Ariel, opp. Tom Sizemore); “Blue Bloods” (100th episode); “All My Children” (Bianca Montgomery), “Forever,” ABC; “Person of Interest,” NBC. Producer: Occupy, Texas (DIFF Official Selection 2016), Starring Austin Pendleton (TriBeCa Film Festival Official Selection 2016), with The Neboya Collective. Writer/actor/director/ producer: Fireworkers (NaFF 2016 World Premiere). christinabennettlind.com.
Christopher Lilly
T. Ryder Smith
Christopher Lilly
T. Ryder Smith
A.R.T.: Paradise Lost. Broadway: War Horse, Equus. Off-Broadway: the world premieres of J. T. Rogers' Oslo; Katori Hall’s Our Lady of Kibeho; Christina Masciotti’s Social Security; Anne Washburn’s Apparition and I Have Loved Strangers; David Greenspan’s She Stoops to Comedy; Richard Foreman’s The Gods Are Pounding My Head and King Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe; Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play and Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Underneath the Lintel (Drama Desk nomination); Lebensraum (Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble Cast). Regional: world premieres of Sarah Ruhl’s Scenes from Court Life, Yale Rep; Yaël Farber’s Salome, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Barbara Hammond’s We Are Pussy Riot, CATF; Doug Wright’s Creditors, La Jolla Playhouse; Chuck Mee’s Big Love, Actors Theatre of Louisville. TV/Film: “Elementary,” “The Blacklist,” “White Collar,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Abolutionists,” Happy Tears, El Cielo es Azul, Brainscan. Voice work: Audiobooks, “The Venture Brothers" TV series, the “Bioshock” videogames.
Marianne/Agnes
Lenne Klingaman
Marianne/Agnes
Lenne Klingaman
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Tartuffe (Mariane), Berkeley Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company, South Coast Rep; Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), Appoggiatura, Denver Center; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Jungle Theater; Anna Karenina (Anna), Capital Stage; Sense & Sensibility (Elinor), Sacramento Theatre; Twelfth Night, The Three Musketeers, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Santa Cruz Shakespeare; Richard III, Intiman Theatre; The Rehearsal, Noises Off, A Noise Within. TV/Film: “Cold Case,” “Welcome to Sanditon,” Love: As You Like It. MFA, University of Washington. Debut album available at lenneklingaman.com.
Ensemble
Zachary Infante
Ensemble
Zachary Infante
A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Do I Hear A Waltz? (dir. Evan Cabnet), Encores!; Pericles (dir. Trevor Nunn), Tamburlaine the Great (dir. Michael Boyd), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Francis Flute, dir. Julie Taymor), Theatre for a New Audience. Regional: Somewhere, Hartford Stage; Peter Pan, Paper Mill Playhouse. TV/Film: School of Rock (dir. Richard Linklater), Carrie Pilby (dir. Susan Johnson), "Alpha House," "GOTHAM." Drama BFA, NYU Tisch (CAP21 & ETW). zacharyinfante.com.
Ensemble
Patrick Kerr
Ensemble
Patrick Kerr
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: You Can’t Take it with You, The Ritz. Off-Broadway: Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss; Elizabeth Egloff's The Devils; Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey; Lee Breuer's The Warrior Ant. Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Old Globe, Berkeley Rep (Bay Area Critics Award), Yale Rep, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Rep, The Acting Company. TV includes: “Frasier” (recurring role), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (recurring role), “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “E.R.,” “Will and Grace,” “Elementary,” “Law and Order,” “Star Trek: Voyager.” MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Ensemble
Lenne Klingaman
Ensemble
Lenne Klingaman
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Tartuffe (Mariane), Berkeley Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company, South Coast Rep; Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), Appoggiatura, Denver Center; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Jungle Theater; Anna Karenina (Anna), Capital Stage; Sense & Sensibility (Elinor), Sacramento Theatre; Twelfth Night, The Three Musketeers, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Santa Cruz Shakespeare; Richard III, Intiman Theatre; The Rehearsal, Noises Off, A Noise Within. TV/Film: “Cold Case,” “Welcome to Sanditon,” Love: As You Like It. MFA, University of Washington. Debut album available at lenneklingaman.com.
Ensemble
Kingsley Leggs
Ensemble
Kingsley Leggs
(he/him) A.R.T. : Fingersmith. Broadway: Pretty Woman, Sister Act, The Color Purple, Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Touring/International: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Sister Act, Miss Saigon, Ragtime. Regional: Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Baltimore Centerstage, Ford’s Theatre, Seattle Rep, Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre. Film: Hello Again. TV: “The Americans,” “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “One Life to Live.” Education: Bachelor of Music, Benedictine College.
Ensemble
Kate Levy
Ensemble
Kate Levy
A.R.T.: Debut. New York: Stalking the Bogeyman, NewYorkRep, The New Group, Barrow Street, MTC, Roundabout, The Mint. Tours: The Graduate, On Golden Pond. Regional: Arena Stage, TheaterWorks Hartford, Pioneer Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Merrimack Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Yale Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center, Portland Center Stage, St. Louis Rep, Alliance Theatre, O’Neill, Alley, Paper Mill Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Rep, Northern Stage, Florida Stage, Clarence Brown, Philadelphia Festival For New Plays, BoarsHead. TV: “The Deuce,” “Younger,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Unforgettable,” “The Affair,” “The Good Wife,” “A Gifted Man,” “Royal Pains,” Gossip Girl,” “Law & Order” (all three). Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. BA, Tufts; MFA, American Conservatory Theatre.
Ensemble
Luke Marinkovich
Ensemble
Luke Marinkovich
A.R.T. Debut. Broadway: The Bridges of Madison County. Off-Broadway: The Rehearsal: Playing the Dane, Pan Pan Theatre; Sleep No More. Regional: The Bridges of Madison County, Williamstown Theatre Festival; Victoria Martin (San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award), Moxie; Romeo and Juliet, Lincoln Center Education. TV/ Film: “Law and Order: SVU,” Rapid Eye Movement.
Ensemble
Jo Mei
Ensemble
Jo Mei
A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: The World of Extreme Happiness, MTC; You For Me For You, Ma-Yi Theater Company; Double Suicide at Ueno Park!, Ensemble Studio Theatre; TEN, Partial Comfort. Regional: King of Hell’s Palace, Goodman Theatre; You For Me For You, Woolly Mammoth. TV/Film: “Nicki,” “Bones,” “The Good Wife,” A Picture of You, Adult World, The Grief of Others, Revenge of the Green Dragons. BA, Wellesley College; MFA, Juilliard. jomei.com
Ensemble
Lauren Modica
Ensemble
Lauren Modica
A.R.T.: Debut. Theater includes: Second City’s Twist Your Dickens, OUR TOWN, JAW (2014/16), Portland Center Stage; The Antigone Project, Profile Theatre; The Skin of Our Teeth, Artists Repertory Theatre; PLAY, DC Copeland Presents; Undiscovered Country, DEFUNKT Theatre; King Lear, Northwest Classical; The Crucible, Theatre Vertigo; No Man’s Land, Action/Adventure; Cymbeline, PAE; Much Ado About Nothing, Willamette Shakespeare, A Raisin in the Sun, Public House Theatre; Trailing Colors, Gretchen Icenogle; Fidelio, Portland Opera; Silence, Agnes. lauren-modica.squarespace.com.
Ensemble
Kristine Nielsen
Ensemble
Kristine Nielsen
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: You Can’t Take It With You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening, The Greenbird, Jackie, The Iceman Cometh. Off-Broadway: Hir, Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them, How I Spent Last Summer, Omnium Gatherum, Our Leading Lady, Betty’s Summer Vacation (Obie Award), Dog Opera (Obie Award). Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Guthrie; McCarter; Old Globe; Long Wharf; Yale Rep; The Alley; The Matchmaker (Dolly Levi), Goodman Theatre. TV/Film include: Theresa Rebeck’s Trouble; “Happyish”; “Elementary”; Morning Glory; The Savages; Small Time Crooks; “Political Animals”; “Sound of Music Live!,” NBC; “Zelda,” Amazon. BA, Northwestern; MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Ensemble
T. Ryder Smith
Ensemble
T. Ryder Smith
A.R.T.: Paradise Lost. Broadway: War Horse, Equus. Off-Broadway: the world premieres of J. T. Rogers' Oslo; Katori Hall’s Our Lady of Kibeho; Christina Masciotti’s Social Security; Anne Washburn’s Apparition and I Have Loved Strangers; David Greenspan’s She Stoops to Comedy; Richard Foreman’s The Gods Are Pounding My Head and King Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe; Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play and Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Underneath the Lintel (Drama Desk nomination); Lebensraum (Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble Cast). Regional: world premieres of Sarah Ruhl’s Scenes from Court Life, Yale Rep; Yaël Farber’s Salome, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Barbara Hammond’s We Are Pussy Riot, CATF; Doug Wright’s Creditors, La Jolla Playhouse; Chuck Mee’s Big Love, Actors Theatre of Louisville. TV/Film: “Elementary,” “The Blacklist,” “White Collar,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Abolutionists,” Happy Tears, El Cielo es Azul, Brainscan. Voice work: Audiobooks, “The Venture Brothers" TV series, the “Bioshock” videogames.
Understudies
Additional staff
Ms. Lind’s costumes by Carmel Dundon.
Additional equipment provided by Sound Associates.
Flying consulting by Henry Wheaton.