Kate Fry is happy to return to Writers, where she has performed in A Distinct Society, Wife of a Salesman, Arcadia, Marjorie Prime, Hedda Gabler, The Letters, Oh Coward!, and A Minister’s Wife. Other Chicago credits include work with Northlight Theatre (Birthday Candles, Mother of the Maid, Beauty Queen of Leenane, Outside Mullingar, The Miser), Goodman Theatre (The Cherry Orchard, The Winter’s Tale, Ah Wilderness, A Christmas Carol), Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Paranormal Activity, Henry V, As You Like It, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labours Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona), Court Theatre (The Belle of Amherst, Mousetrap, Cymbeline, Pericles, Caroline or Change, Twelfth Night, My Fair Lady), and Victory Gardens (In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play). Elsewhere, she has worked with McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton), Center Theatre Group (LA), American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco), Shakespeare Theatre (Washington DC), Rep Theatre of St. Louis, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK), and Lincoln Center Theatre (NYC). Film/Tv: Chicago PD (NBC), Boss (Starz), Empire (FOX), Monster: The Ed Gein Story. (Netflix). Kate is the recipient of four Joseph Jefferson awards, an After Dark award, the Sarah Siddons award for Chicago’s leading lady, Chicago Magazine’s actress of the year, and Court Theatre’s Nicholas Rudall award. She is married to actor/teacher Timothy Edward Kane. They have two sons.

At Writers Theatre: The Band's Visit, A Distinct Society, Wife of a Salesman, Incident at Vichy, and Fallen Angels

Rom Barkhordar is THRILLED to be making another return to Writers Theatre for The Band’s Visit. Previous Writer’s productions: A Distinct Society, Wife of a Salesman, Incident at Vichy and Fallen Angels. Chicago credits: Mosque4Mosque (About Face Theatre), Acts of God, Around the World in 80 Days (Lookingglass Theatre), Yasmina’s Necklace, Ruined (u/s) (Goodman Theatre), The Elephant Man, Homebody/Kabul (u/s) (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Who and the What (Victory Gardens Theatre), Mosque Alert, Night over Erzinga (Silk Road Rising), Pravda, Halcyon Days, Not About Nightingales (Timeline Theatre). Regional credits: The Band’s Visit (TheatreSquared), The Art of Burning (Huntington theatre) (Hartford Stage), Proof (Kitchen Theatre); Disgraced (Virginia Stage Co.); The Who and the What (HuntingtonTheatre) Around the World in 80 Days (Kansas City Rep.) (Centerstage Theatre). Film credits: CHHAYA, CanalStreet, Abi , Roundabout American. Television: Proven Innocent, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice, Mind Games, Chicago Fire, Boss, The Beast. Mr. Barkhordar is represented by Gray Talent Group. 

[Bio as of February 2024]

At Writers Theatre: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Eurydice, Wife of a Salesman, The Niceties, A Number and Julius Caesar

COURTNEY O'NEILL is thrilled to return to Writers Theatre, having previously designed Eurydice, Wife of a Salesman, The Niceties, A Number, and Julius Caesar. She’s an award-winning Scenic Designer who works extensively in Regional Theatre and considers Chicago her artistic home. Don’t miss their upcoming production of Circus Quixote at Lookingglass Theatre. Chicago: Steppenwolf, Lookingglass Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Court Theatre, Paramount, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Northlight, among others. Regional: KC Rep, Denver Center, Baltimore Center Stage, The Apollo Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Marin Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Awards: Jeff Award, USITT Scene Design Award, Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. Education: MFA, Northwestern University and BFA, DePaul University. She lives in France with her husband Kirby and enjoys riding her bicycle through the mountains.

[Bio as of September 2024]

At Writers Theatre: As You Like It, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, The Band's Visit, and Wife of a Salesman.

RAQUEL ADORNO is a costume designer and educator. Selected costume design credits: CHICAGO: Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Court Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens REGIONAL: The MUNY, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, St Louis Shakespeare Festival FILM: Curio, Limerence, Cheap Plastic Mask. Raquel is the recipient of the Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Costume Design and The Michael Merritt Emerging Designer Award. www.raqueladorno.com

[Bio as of October 2025]

Katie Klemme is delighted to return to WT, where her credits include Two Sisters and A Piano, Dhaba on Devon Ave, The Hot Wing King, Eurydice, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Wife of a Salesman, & Into the Woods. National tours: Hamilton & Sorin: A Notre Dame Story; Regional: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theater Center, & ArtsEmerson. Select Chicago credits include six seasons with Northlight Theatre, as well as productions with TimeLine, Lookingglass, Theater Wit, About Face Theatre, Victory Gardens, & 10 seasons with American Theater Company. She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.