Who’s Who
DERRICK PHILLIPS
(Trinculo) was most recently
scene in the role of Jimmy
Floyd in The Pitmen Painters
at American Stage. Other
regional credits include: Richard
in Richard III, Leonato in Much Ado About
Nothing, Macduff in Macbeth, Lord Capulet
in Romeo and Juliet (Tampa Shakespeare
Festival); Actor #2 in Lebensraum; Man in
Tender Napalm (TRT2); Joseph Cardin in The
Children’s Hour and Peter Shaw in Silent Sky
(Tampa Repertory Theatre); The 39 Steps and
Fox on the Fairway (Southern Arena Theatre).
Chicago credits include: Ludicrous Theatre and
Riddlemark Theatre. He serves as an artistic
associate with the Tampa Shakespeare Festival.
He received his MFA in Performance from the
University of Southern Mississippi. He would
like to thank his family and friends for their
love and support.
BRIAN SHEA (Antonio) An
actor and lmmaker, Brian
previously performed in Jobsite
Theater’s A Skull In Connemara.
Other Jobsite productions
include: Time Stands Still,
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike, The
Lonesome West, The 39 Steps, Mindgame, and
Dracula. A recipient of Creative Loa ng’s
Best Of The Bay award, Brian has performed
with most of the professional theaters
throughout the Tampa Bay area. Some of his
other credits include: Deathtrap, Lend Me A
Tenor (Hat Trick Theater), Waiting For Godot
(Stageworks), The Santaland Diaries, God Of
Carnage, Art, Around The World In 80 Days,
August: Osage County (American Stage),
Harvey, The Buffalo Kings (freeFall Theater),
Twelfth Night (Eckerd Theater). Brian is also
the co-producer and lead actor of the award
winning independent feature lm Waiting
On Mary, which received the Gasparilla
International Film Festival’s Audience Selection
Best Florida Film Production 2016 Award and
the Intendence Film Festival Best Comedy Film
2017. Follow his lm’s journey on Facebook,
Twitter, or Instagram.
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WARD G. SMITH (Stephano)
is delighted to back among the
Jobsite fold once again where his
past appearances include: The
Goat or Who Is Sylvia, What The
Butler Saw, We Won’t Pay! We
Won’t Pay! and The Odd Couple. Other local
stage appearances include: Comedy of Errors,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (freeFall)
and South Paci c (St. Pete Opera). As artistic
director for the Heather Theatre, his director
credits include: Private Wars, Two Thirds
Home, The Mountain Top, Race and Disgraced.
Television Guest Star credits include: Zoo,
Nashville, Burn Notice, Army Wives and Let’s
Stay Together. Ward is a proud member of
the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity
Association and is honored to be among this
brilliant ensemble.
KATRINA STEVENSON
(Ariel, Costume Design) most
recently appeared onstage in
Cloud Nine as Ellen/Lin/Mrs.
Saunders, The Great Gatsby as
Myrtle, Psycho Beach Party as
Marvel Ann, The Maids as Claire, in the title
role of Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, and as Mrs. Van
Buren in Intimate Apparel with American Stage.
Other credits include Richard III (Elizabeth),
Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice),
Lebensraum (Woman), Twelfth Night (Olivia),
Closetland (The Woman), Crimes of the
Heart (Meg), The Taming of the Shrew (Kate),
Dog Sees God (Tricia), Gorey Stories (Lady
Celia), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Hermione),
Rabbit Hole (Izzy), Boston Marriage (Anna),
and The Mineola Twins (Myrna/Myra). An
award-winning costume designer, her costumes
have been seen onstage in Gorey Stories,
The Underpants, Return to the Forbidden
Planet,The Hound of the Baskervilles, The 39
Steps, and many more. Katrina holds an MFA in
Acting from the University of Florida and a BA
in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern
Colorado. When not at the theatre, Katrina
loves ying on aerial silks and running after her
dogs, Tink and Sherlock.