Making her way all the way from Philadelphia, Becki is thrilled to be joining the FlagShakes admin team after performing with them in 2019. Previous FlagShakes credits include Indecent (Halina), God of Vengeance (Sore), The Duchess of Malfi (Malatesti) and The Winter’s Tale (Paulina). She’s worked all over the country and the globe as an actor and a stage manager. Performance credits include Merry-Go-Round Playhouse and The National Theatre for Children, and stage management credits include the International Tour of West Side Story from 2016-2018 (ASM), The Polar Express with Warner Bros. & Rail Events Productions (SM), Asolo Repertory Theatre (SM Apprentice), Creede Repertory Theatre (ASM) and Bigfork Summer Playhouse (ASM). When not in rehearsal, you can usually find her lost on a trail, on the dance floor or in a really good cup of coffee. Follow along in the adventures! #BeckSideStory or at www.beckizaritsky.com

Hannah is proud to have been with the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival for three seasons, both onstage and off. Her favorite onstage FlagShakes credits include The Tempest (Caliban), Duchess of Malfi (Julia) and Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Quickly). Hannah doubles with FlagShakes as a director, choreographer, and movement director. Her favorite offstage credits include directing A Christmas Carol, co-directing and choreographing Indecent and choreographing Duchess of Malfi. Hannah has also worked with Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Neil Simon Festival and Canyon Moon Theatre Company. Hannah holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre from Southern Utah University. She can also be seen behind her computer and around town as FlagShakes’ Executive Marketing Assistant and Housing Manager. When Hannah isn’t acting, directing or choreographing, you can find her out swing dancing, baking and snuggling dogs.

Christine Schmidle is working as Deputy Text Associate at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. She received her MFA at Mary Baldwin College. Christine’s acting experience includes various roles at the American Shakespeare Center, the Pocket Theater in Stony Brook, and the Airport Playhouse. In Germany, she worked at the Shakespeare Festival in Neuss and the Theatre of Krefeld as Assistant Director. She has been published in the Shakespeare Bulletin with “Bilingual Hamlet: Der Bestrafte Brudermord in the 21st century,” and she translated “Der Bestrafte Brudermord” into English for Hidden Room’s puppet show, which is currently touring Europe.