Deanna Kinzie is thrilled to be returning to The Canterville Ghost as Virginia. She is the Co-Artistic Director of ESPtheatre and has been involved in virtually every aspect of theatre, including lighting, sound, set design, costumes, stage management, writing, directing and acting (many of these roles she took on in this show). As an actor, past shows at ESP include Sherlock Sundays, Calling Dr. Freud, and understudying the fairies and mechanicals in the Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

She would like to thank her fellow cast and crew for being some of the most fun, helpful, and overall amazing people she has worked with, and for making this show an absolute joy to be a part of.

Christine Mosere began her career in NYC as both an actor and director with LaMaMa and Playwrights Horizon (where she was mentored by Barbara Montgomery and Arthur French.) She supported her theatre career by acting in over 35 commercials. She performed at BAM!, Center Stage NY, and Westside Rep. She was a founding member of the Lucille Lortel award-winning Peccadillo Theatre Company. Her direction of Expressing Willie received an NYC OOBR award. After time in Seattle (where she worked with Book-It Repertory Theatre and ACT Theatre), she moved to Frederick, MD and fell in love with this city. She founded Endangered Species theatre Project and the Frederick Shakespeare Festival with Aaron Angello in 2019. Her production of Romeo & Juliet received a DC Metro Best Performance Award.

She wants to thank Matthew Bowerman and Julie Herber for their advice and support, and her partner in directing, Kayla Swain -- who is a dream to work with.

Daniel Summerstay acted in his first FSF show in 2018, and, as soon as he put on a mop head and a dress in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and convinced the Frederick Shakespeare Festival that was comedy, they have not let him leave since. You may’ve seen him as Silvius in As You Like It in 2025 or as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night in 2023. When he’s not dancing like a monkey onstage, Christine and Deanna keep him in the costume closet. If you’re reading this, please send food and water; all Daniel’s had is the vodka spray and Lysol they use on the costumes.