David is thrilled to be recently inducted into Promethean Theatre Ensemble! Graduating from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Theater in 2007, he has had the pleasure of working around Chicago with such local companies as The Gift Theatre Company, Redmoon, Lifeline Theatre, City Lit Theater, The Hypocrites, and Theatre-Hikes-to name a few. He is a proud resident Teaching Artist with City Lit Theater's Real Live Literature program. He is also a Musician and a Professional Adventurer-which is just as exciting as it sounds.

Catherine Gillespie is an actress, teaching artist, and occasional dialect coach. She is the Managing Director of The Viola Project (www.violaproject.org), an educational non-profit dedicated to empowering young women through the exploration Shakespeare’s plays. A proud Michigan girl, she graduated from Oakland University with a BA in Music Theatre. Mitten-based theatre credits have included work with Meadow Brook Theatre, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, and the Michigan Theatre Festival. In Chicago, Catherine has spent time with City Lit Theatre in Lovers, The Wind in the Willows and Frankenstein. She’s been dialect coach there for The Sign of the Four and The Copperhead. Other Chicago credits include And Neither Have I Wings To Fly (Citadel Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet (Glass Onion Theatre), and The Pirates of Penzance (Savoyaires). This past spring, she had the pleasure of playing Kate in Promethean’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry V.

Sara joined Promethean in the summer of 2010 after playing with PTE in Spring Awakening (Ilse). Since then she was seen in Bury the Dead (Bess Schelling) and lighting designed Seascape with Sharks and Dancer. She also serves as PTE's Business Manager. She has also performed with Lakeside Shakespeare,  Wildclaw, The Mammals, The Gift, The Factory Theatre, Victory Gardens, Lifeline, WNEP, and Strawdog. For more please visit saragorsky.com.

Nicole is a founding member of PTE. She has been seen in several Evenings of Shakespeare and cabaret performances and is also active in Promethean’s education and outreach programs. She also teaches English and Theatre in a Chicago Public School and coaches the drama club. Nicole studied Theatre, English Literature, and Secondary Education at Northwestern University.

Anne oversees special events coordination, annual mailing campaigns, grant writing and other fundraising efforts for PTE. As an actor she has had the pleasure of working on PTE’s productions of Bury the Dead, Kennedy’s Children, The Illusion and Our Country’s Good. Previously she has appeared onstage with City Lit (staged readings), Griffin Theater and Bohemian Theatre Ensemble. She received her B.A. from Northwestern University in Theatre and English in 2005.

Nick graduated with a B.A. in Theatre from Northwestern in 2005. Work with Promethean includes: Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Illusion, Measure for Measure, The Last Unicorn, The Fantasticks, Spring Awakening, and Kennedy's Children. He will be seen this season in both Seascape with Sharks and Dancer and Henry V. Nick's acting extends beyond Promethean: he has worked with companies such as City Lit, Strawdog, and The New Colony. Nick also toured nationally with Boston-based Chamber Theatre Productions. He appeared in The Darling Children at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2008. Nick narrates live sky shows at the Adler Planetarium. He is happily married to Chicago harpist Janelle Jansen Lake.

John Arthur Lewis earned his BFA in Theatre from TCU, and his MFA in acting from Binghamton University.  Before finding his home in Chicago, he performed in and directed many plays in New York and across the country in regional theatres. Chicago credits include: Agamemnon in Iphigenia at Aulis (The Rogue Theatre), Vronsky in Anna Karenina (Vitalist Theatre), He in Counting the Ways (Greasy Joan &Co.),  Studdard in Pugilist Specialist (Red Tape Theatre), Tom Wilson in The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (Redtwist), Banquo in MacBeth (CityLit), Bengtsson in The Ghost Sonata (Oracle), and Mars Streznick in Daddy Long Legs  ( Bruised Orange), and Wayne in Kingsville (Stage Left), Ian in Shining City (Redtwist), John in Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Remarcable), The Mayor in Brand (Red Tape), and Claire in The Maids at Oracle where he is a company member. Before becoming a company member, John appeared in two Promethean Productions, The Last Unicorn, and Henry V. He also directed PTE’s Winter, 2012 Evening of Shakespeare.

A founder of Promethean, Brian has served as Executive Director since the company's inception. He is also the Managing Director at City Lit Theater and is on the board of The Mime Company. He is a former troupe member with Chicago dell'Arte. As an actor, Brian has performed with Promethean, City Lit, The Mime Company, Chicago dell'Arte, Strawdog, Bailiwick Repertory, Arts/Lane, Element and Authentic Theatre. His PTE credits include Our Country's Good, The Last Unicorn, Measure for Measure, The Light of Love and Bury the Dead. Brian is also an adaptor and director, having co-adapted The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Pudd'nhead Wilson for City Lit and directed The Dark Side of the Bard and season six's Henry V with Promethean.

Andy Swindler is an entrepreneur passionate about using communication technology to expand our understanding of one another and our bottom lines. In 2003 Andy founded Chicago-based Astek Consulting, an interactive digital agency that delivers a comprehensive set of integrated Web and mobile products and services for clients including not-for-profits. He speaks regularly about communication technology including social media and mobile.

Tom has appeared with Promethean previously in Beyond Therapy, The Light of Love, The Illusion and Kennedy’s Children. Other recent favorites include The Glorious Ones with Boho Theatre (Jeff nomination--Best Ensemble), The Crucible with Infamous Commonwealth (Jeff recommended), and Oh Boy! with City Lit (Jeff recommended).

Beth is a proud founder of Promethean Theatre Ensemble. Originally from Southern California, she landed in Chicago after graduating from Northwestern University in 2003 with a double major in theatre and gender studies. As an actor and director in Chicago, Beth has worked with such companies as Tangerine Arts Group, Chicago Jewish Theatre, Smoke & Mirror Productions, GroundUp Theatre, the improv group Valid Hysteria, and City Lit Theater. Promethean credits include directing Bury the Dead and The Fantasticks, and appearing as Isabella in Measure for Measure. Other directing credits include Klonskied (20% Snapshots Festival), Taibele and her Demon (City Lit Art of Adaptation), and staged readings of Abe Lincoln in Illinois and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (City Lit Theater).