Chloe Baldwin (Bridget, u/s Maire) Writers Theatre Debut. Chicago: POTUS (Steppenwolf Theatre), The Winter’s Tale, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Goodman Theatre), The Invisible Scarlet O’Neil (Babes With Blades). Regional: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (The Old Globe), As You Like It, Macbeth (Kingsmen Shakespeare). National Tour: The Woman In Black (Pasadena Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Royal George Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse). Film: Widows, Perpetrator, Morning is Broken. Television: Chicago Fire, Shining Girls, Utopia. Awards: Two-Time Jeff Nominee, Curious Elixirs Creator Grant, Sarah Siddons Society Scholarship. Training: The Theatre School at DePaul, Second City, Interlochen. "Deepest thanks to my family and chosen family." ChloeBaldwin.net @chloeglowyflowy 

Kevin Gudahl WRITERS: The Diary of Anne Frank, Twelfth Night, Parade, A Minster’s Wife, She Loves me, Othello, and The Doctor’s Dilemma. CHICAGO: Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, The King's Speech, Pacific Overtures, Richard III, A Little Night Music, and the title roles in Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida (Chicago Shakespeare); Inherit The Wind, King Lear, The House of Martin Guerre (Goodman Theatre); My Fair Lady, Uncle Vanya, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Court Theatre); Spring’s Awakening, Elf, 1776 (Marriott Theatre); and shows at Northlight Theatre, Remy Bumppo, Drury Lane Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater. INTERNATIONAL: five seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Canadian Stage; Donmar Warehouse; and Royal Shakespeare Company. FILM: While You Were Sleeping, Home Alone III. TELEVISION: The Emperor Of Ocean Park (MGM+) The Shining Girls (Apple TV+); Chicago Fire, Crisis (NBC); Boss (STARZ); Empire, The Chicago Code (FOX); and Early Edition (CBS). Gudahl is a multiple Jeff Award recipient, and a Shakespearean verse coach. 

Erik Hellman returns to Writers Theatre where he has previously appeared in Smart People, Marjorie Prime, and Hysteria. Other credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Othello, and Mousetrap at Court Theatre; Richard III at Chicago Shakespeare; Let the Right One In at Berkley Rep; 1776 and The Sound of Music at Marriott; Lindiwe and Familiar at Steppenwolf; Little Women, Georgiana and Kitty and Miss Bennet at Northlight Theatre; Luna Gale at the Goodman. Film/TV work includes The Dark Knight, Walden, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Empire, The Good Fight, Mrs. America, Fargo, 61st Street, and David Fincher’s The Killer. 

Casey is thrilled to return to Writers Theatre where he previously appeared in Twelfth Night (2018). He’s worked on stages all across Chicago including at Paramount Theatre (A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley), Northlight (Dear Jack, Dear Louise), Chicago Shakespeare (All’s Well, Comedy of Errors). He’s spent the last seven years working at American Players Theatre in Wisconsin. Other regional credits include: Chamber Theatre, Next Act, Forward Theatre, Indianapolis Repertory, Minneapolis Children’s Theater, and the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis where he grew up and went to school. He received a Jeff Award for his fight choreography in EthiopianAmerican for Definition Theatre. 

Ian Maryfield (Doalty) is pumped to be making his Writers Theatre debut with such an incredible cast and crew! Some Chicago credits: A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre); The Lord of the Rings Musical - US Premiere & New Zealand Tour, SS: Romeo & Juliet, SS: Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); All Quiet on the Western Front (Red Tape Theatre); Photograph 51 u/s, The Originalist u/s (Court Theatre); Hamlet, Indoor Cats (Red Theater); Recipe for Disaster (Windy City Playhouse); The Nutcracker (The House Theatre). Regional credits: As You Like It (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). Commercial credits: Illinois Lottery, State Farm, Wisconsin Lottery, Guinness, Legendary Whitetails, and Avocados From Mexico. Television credits: Chicago Fire (NBC). Ian holds a BFA from Oklahoma City University. He would like to thank his mother and brother for their love and support, Stewart Talent, and his wife Mer for being his love, his inspiration and his partner in crime. To God be the glory. 

Tyler Meredith returns to Writers Theatre where she previously worked on Eurydice & Mystery of Love and Sex. Chicago credits include: Inherit the Wind, The Penelopiad, The Cherry Orchard, Twilight Bowl, Graveyard Shift/New Stages (Goodman Theatre); Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Northlight Theatre); Campaigns, Inc. (Timeline Theatre); The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane Theatre). Regional credits include: A Phoenix Too Frequent (American Players Theatre); At The Wedding, Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley (TheatreSquared).TV/Film credits include Chicago Fire. Tyler is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, School at Steppenwolf and the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. @tylermckmeredith 

Andrew Mueller (was last seen at Writers as Dolokhov in 2024’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Other Chicago credits include: Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Marriott; Jeff Award), Ernest Shackleton in Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Porchlight; Jeff nomination), Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera), and Mark in RENT (Paramount), among others. Off-Broadway: Alice by Heart (MCC) and Peter and the Starcatcher (New World Stages). 

Julia Rowley (she/her) Theater credits include: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (The Gift Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Macbeth (Invictus Theatre Company), Airness (Citadel), Hamlet (Red Theater), Blue Stockings (Promethean Theatre, Jeff Nomination: Best Ensemble). Film/TV credits: Chicago Med (NBC), South Side (HBO), neXt (Fox), The Killer (Netflix). She is a graduate of The Black Box Acting Academy, Second City and CIC improv, and Art of Acting Studio Los Angeles. She is represented by NV Talent. She’d like to thank her parents, family, and friends for their bottomless support. “Thank you for supporting live theater!” 

Jonathan Weir (Jimmy Jack) returns to Writers for his eleventh production. Writers credits: Into the Woods, Days Like Today, The Liar, A Little Night Music, Bach at Leipzig, Arms and the Man, Misalliance, Doctor’s Dilemma, The Father and Booth. Chicago: Uncle Vanya (The New Theatre Project); Candide, The Visit, A Christmas Carol, 2666 (Goodman Theatre); King Charles III, Twelfth Night, Emperor’s New Clothes (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Stepping Out (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Merry Widow (Lyric Opera Chicago); and productions at Marriott Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Oakbrook Court and Northlight Theatres. Broadway: Scar and Pumbaa in Disney’s the Lion King and Jafar in Aladdin. National tours: Aladdin, Jersey Boys, Lion King, Scrooge the Musical. He is a proud husband, father and grandpa. 

Amanda Fink (she/her) makes her Writers Theatre debut. Chicago: Noises Off, POTUS (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Pro-Am, Plano, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard, peerless (First Floor Theater, selected); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Court Theatre); Tilikum, Give It All Back (Sideshow Theatre Company). Regional: Noises Off (Geffen Playhouse). Education: The ACADEMY at Black Box Acting; The University of Chicago. She is a proud company member of First Floor Theater, a co-owner of Black Box Acting, and is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. 

Matt Martin is an artist, advocate, and educator in Chicago. He is making his Writers debut. Recent work includes In His Hands (First Floor), Lavender Men (About Face), Mothers (The Gift), Christmas Carol (Drury Lane), Last Hermanos (Red Orchid), and Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Northwestern). Matt developed and performed new and immersive work in New York City with Accomplice, Pigeonholed, New Light Theater Project, and as a founding member of Lalabala Collective. Favorite regional credits include Romance/Romance, The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee, and Angels in America. When not performing, he is on staff supporting Arts Alliance Illinois in its endeavors to empower the creative sector across the state. MFA: Northwestern University. He is repped by DDO Artists Agency. Follow him @matt_mart. 

Scott Westerman (he/him) has performed with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Northlight, Lookingglass, Frame of Reference, Haven, Nothing Without A Company, Snails On A Bike, Filament, The Artistic Home, Chicago Dramatists, Strawdog, Lifeline, Stage Left, Apple Tree, A Crew of Patches, Mary Arrchie, and Festival Theatre of Oak Park. Outside Chicago, he has done shows with The Shakespeare Theatre Company and Ford’s Theatre in DC, Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, The Warehouse in South Carolina, and Barter Theatre in Virginia. Film credits include Chicago Fire, Prison Break, and Machine Gun Preacher. He’s an award-winning filmmaker and Artistic Director of Go To Productions. ScottWesterman.org