Barry M. Press is delighted to be making his debut at CST.  He most recently appeared in House and Garden (Trinity Rep), and has performed Off-Broadway and in regional theaters from Alaska to Florida, including Seattle, Merrimack, and Yale Repertory Theatres.  Some of his favorite roles include:  Ben Hecht in Moonlight And Magnolias, Niels Bohr in Copenhagen, Azdak in  The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Falstaff in Henry IV.  Mr. Press has an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and is artistic director of Living Literature, a RI based literacy program dramatizing non-dramatic writing, which he founded in 1996.

Richard McElvain is just back from New York City, where he performed the role of Norman in the American premiere of Playing Sinatra with Austin Pendleton at Theater for the New City.  At CST, he has played the title role in URT’s Galileo and directed The Nora’s A Moon For The Misbegotten. Previously for The Nora, he also created his own adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, in which he played Creon. Other notable work includes The Luck of the Irish (Huntington Theatre Company), The Critic in Saint Nicholas (Elliot Norton award, Súgán Theatre), and Roy Cohn in Angels In America (Boston Theatreworks). He has translated and directed four plays by Moliere. His film and television credits include Mermaids, What’s The Worst That Could Happen, Mister North, and Spenser For Hire.  With his colleagues, he has created an award-winning theater program at Fitchburg State University.

Stacy Fischer was last seen at CST in URT’s Distracted and The Nora’s Hysteria (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress). Previously, she also played Ophelia in The Nora’s production of The Secret Love Life of Ophelia. Other recent credits include Robert Brustein’s The Last Will (Commonwealth Shakespeare) and Our Town (Huntington Theatre Company).  Stacy has performed in numerous theaters in the Boston area, including Boston Art Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Gloucester Stage, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, New Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Publick Theatre Boston, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Stoneham Theatre, The Súgán, and Village Theatre Project.  Stacy is a graduate of Emerson College and is a founding member of Harbor Stage Company in Wellfleet, MA.