Director/Technical Director: Chester Shepherd
Chester is one of the co-founders of SSCo and directed the previous Bard at the Barn productions Twelfth Night and As You Like It. He holds an MFA in Acting. He has been an active performer at Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, and PaperHouse Theatre. He teaches at CTC and for the Blumenthal Arts LEAP program. He couldn't do any of this without his partner in all things Katy and their wonderful Perbear.

Costume Designer/Production Manager: Katy Shepherd
Katy’s Dad is a renowned furniture designer and taught her to sew at just 5 years old. As a Co-Founder of SSCo, she costumes and manages all of their shows. You also may have seen her on stage locally in many productions with CTC, ATC, and SSCo. Katy is also very passionate about theatre education and can often be found in the classroom with the next generation of world changers. Most importantly, she is Mama to wild and wonderful Perry Alan. She would like to thank her love Chet for dreaming alongside with her and her Dad for being her first artistic inspiration.

Stage Manager: Hannah Risser
Hannah Risser has been active in the Charlotte theater community for the past eight years and this is her second time working with the wonderful Shepherd Shakespeare Company. She has stage managed throughout Charlotte, including ANGELS IN AMERICA with Queen City Theatre Company and THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE with Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte. Hannah can also be found onstage, her past roles including Little Theater of Gastonia's HEATHERS (Heather Duke), Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte’s AMERICAN IDIOT (Leslie), and QC Concert's LOCAL SINGLES (Chloe). Working this show has been an absolute joy and she wants to thank Chet and Katy for including her in this production!

Assistant Stage Manager: Iesha Nyree
Iesha is so happy to be back with Shepherd Shakespeare, this time backstage. She was last seen performing with Queen City Concerts production of Rent. She has appeared in many local theatre productions over the past twenty years and currently works as a professional voice-over talent. She is the proud mom of two awesome teens and entirely too many pets. She is also grateful for her amazing boyfriend that keeps her smiling through it all.

House Manager: Hailey Turner Gilland
Hailey from Gastonia, North Carolina is thrilled to be your FOH Manager! A technical theatre graduate from High Point University, Hailey has stage managed over 25 productions, including THE CHINESE LADY, NEXT TO NORMAL, CONFEDERATES, and 12TH NIGHT. She is excited to be working again with Shepherd Shakespeare! Hailey has recently accepted the position of Production Manager for Three Bone Theatre's 13th season. Hailey loves having a part at telling impactful stories to the Charlotte community.