Core Company

Justus was born and raised in Prescott, Arizona and has been involved in theatre across the Southwest for over 20 years. He appeared as an actor in several FlagShakes productions prior to joining the staff. Other theatre companies that Justus has worked with, either as a performer or in an administrative capacity, include Southwest Shakespeare Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and his hometown’s own Laark Productions. Justus holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre performance from Northern Arizona University. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona with his wife, Bree, who is a career journalist and the current host of Morning Edition at KNAU public radio. Together they are the proud parents of 2 rescue dogs (Jill and Sonora) and a cat (Indigo). In his spare time, Justus enjoys hiking, powerlifting, horror movies, and frequenting Flagstaff’s many excellent coffee shops and microbreweries.

Hannah is proud to have been with the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival since 2017, both onstage and off. Her favorite onstage FlagShakes credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), The Tempest (Caliban), Othello (Desdemona), and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet). Hannah has also worked with FlagShakes as a director, choreographer, movement and music director, costume designer, and podcast producer, and was previously on staff at Flag Shakes for 6 years! Hannah has also worked with Island Shakespeare Festival, Sweet Tea Shakespeare, Tier 5 Theatre Company, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, Southwest Shakespeare Company, and more. Hannah holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre from Southern Utah University. Hannah also runs the narrative aerial program at Momentum Aerial and can be found performing her one-woman cabarets all over Arizona and beyond! When Hannah isn’t doing theatre, you can find her baking, volunteering at her church with her amazing husband, and snuggling dogs.

Ryan L. Jenkins is excited to join FlagShakes as a Core Company Member! She was last seen on the FlagShakes stage as Tybalt/Page/Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet, and Viola in Twelfth Night. Ryan’s other FlagShakes credits include Crumbs From The Table Of Joy (Ermina Crump), As You Like It (Orlando), Much Ado About Nothing (Ursula/Third Watch/Sexton), The Taming Of The Shrew (Katherine), and Macbeth (Third Witch/Third Murderer).

She has also worked with Spotlight Youth Theatre, Childsplay, Stray Cat Theatre, Black Theatre Troupe, Tier5 Theatre Company, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Virtual Theatre of Arizona, iTheatre Collaborative, and Nearly Naked Theatre. Ryan is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and earned her Acting BFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2014.

Suze St. John has been a performer for most of her life and is honored to count several shows at FlagShakes among her favorite performances: Comedy of Errors (Aemelia, et al), Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell), A Lie of the Mind (Meg), Much Ado About Nothing (Leonata), Taming of the Shrew (Baptista), and the 2017 Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page). Recent credits in the Phoenix area include Queen Elizabeth in William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead at Theater Works, and Hale Center Theatre’s Fiddler on the Roof (Yente) and My Fair Lady (Mrs. Higgins). Also Velocity of Autumn (Alexandra), The Revolutionists (with an AriZoni nomination for her role as Marie Antoinette), and the title role in The Giver at Stage Left Productions, as well as playing Mrs. Claus in Claus and Effect at Order Chaos Theatre Company AND in The Truth About Santa Claus at BlkBoxPhx.  Suze holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona, and a Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from ASU West. Miss St. John spent 25 years teaching Performing Arts at South Mountain High School in Phoenix and now happily sells movie tickets at Harkins.

Vicki Thompson was most recently seen in the FlagShakes production of Two Noble Kinsmen in various roles. Some of her favorite FlagShakes roles have been as Titus in Titus Andronicus and as Lorraine in A Lie of the Mind. She is a Viola Award winner for her role as Margie in Good People. Thanks for all your love and support in helping the theatre community by joining us as a  participant or audience member, we couldn’t do this without you.

Audrey Young was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona where she performed in shows with Arizona Theatre Company and The Arizona Repertory Theatre. She received a BS in Theatre from Northern Arizona University with a minor in Psychology. Audrey was the recipient of the Viola Award for Emerging Artist in 2020 and portrayed Gerte Schulte in the 2023 Viola Award winning production of Crumbs from the Table of Joy. The summer of 2024 Audrey spent studying theatre/Shakespeare in Prague, Czech Republic and performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Pistol/ Anne Page U/S) as well as toured Italy performing in The Tempest (Sebastian) with the Prague Shakespeare Festival. Audrey is also a core member of Emerson Theater Collaborative, based in Sedona, Arizona and Mystic, Conneticut. Recent FlagShakes productions include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia/Quince/Mustardseed), Two Noble Kinsmen (Emilia), Twelfth Night (Feste), and Othello (Emilia.) Additional productions include: The Comedy of Errors (First Merchant/Courtesan) with Laark Productions, Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane) with Red Earth Theatre Co., and Eurydice (Little Stone/Eurydice U/S) and The Great Gatsby (Daisy Buchanen) with Emerson Theater Collaborative.