Dave has appeared with ESP in Indecent and Sunday Sherlocks. He has performed at Chesapeake Shakespeare, Fells Point Corner Theatre, Vagabond players, Molotov Theatre, Peter’s Alley and other companies in the DMV.

Ally Jenkins is thrilled to be returning to ESP in a show from one of her favorite playwrights. She serves as the Associate Producing Director for Landless Theatre Company and also as a Founding Member/Board Member. Favorite roles include Rose in Gypsy, Betty in The Foreigner, and Princess Puffer in Edwin Drood. Much love to the amazing and talented cast, Kayla and Christine, and to her family and friends for always supporting local theater. Ally will be next seen in Landless’ The Lion in Winter as Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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.

Robert is delighted to reprise this role with ESP. Previous shows with ESP include: Romeo & Juliet (Capulet). Other regional productions: The Shakespeare Theatre/Julius Caesar (u/s Julius Caesar); The Comedy of Errors (Balthasar); The Tempest (Gonzalo u/s performed). Keegan Theatre/Woman in Black (Mr. Kipps); A Couple of Blaguards (Malachy McCourt); Noises Off (Selsdon); Elizabeth Rex (Will Shakespeare); 1776 (Benjamin Franklin); Man For All Seasons (Common Man); The Tempest (Prospero); Cat on A Hot Tin Roof (Big Daddy); The Field (“Bull” McCabe); The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio); Man of La Mancha (Sancho). Vpstart Crow Theatre/Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Falstaff); The Three Musketeers (Athos); Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch); Hamlet (Claudius).

Training: The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University (2004).

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.

Jackson Walker Peters-Mosere was last seen in ESPtheatre’s production of Macbeth, as one of the weird sisters. They would like to leave space for the tea cups they lost during rehearsal. They are very excited to be a part of this production of The Importance of Being Earnest, as Algernon. They would like to mention that the lost tea cups were not entirely on them as at least two others may have broken a tea cup each. You can find more of their work if you look for it. Again to reiterate that only one of the many tea cups lost through this production is actually due to them, and that, to be fair to them, it was for a really funny gag.

Elle Marie Sullivan is a theatre artist based in DC working primarily as an educator, actor and director. Some theatres she has worked with include Stillpointe Theatre, Smithsonian’s Discovery Theatre, Shakespeare Opera Theatre, Grassroots Shakespeare, Washington National Opera, Unstrung Harpist. Elle studied at the University of Central Florida, Stella Adler Studio of Acting and International Performing Arts Institute. Elle is a company member of Shakespeare in Schools with Educational Theatre Company where she is also currently music directing the original musical Every Little Drop at Cardinal Elementary School. Elle is also producing Nu Sass Productions’ Fifth Date currently running in DC. She teaches with Round House and Imagination Stage and is a registered yoga instructor. ElleMarieSullivan.com

Kayla Swain is a 2024 graduate of Hood College, looking to pursue a professional career in the performing arts. She has been working with the Endangered Species theatre Project since 2021 in a variety of roles. Most recently, she stage managed the company’s production of 4am Friends and played Ross in their production of the Scottish play. She is very excited to be working with the company again and to be making her directorial debut with them. She would like to thank you for your support and hopes you enjoy the show.