Shakespeare on tour

SCP is thrilled to be hitting the road with a new adaptation of Shakespeare's iconic comedy adapted by local theatre maker and educator Megan Schumacher (The Foundry at PlayPenn, Jouska Playworks), directed by Producing Artistic Director, Shamus who led last summer's critcally acclaimed production of Two Gentlemen of Verona! 

The Comedy of Errors will be popping up at parks and other public spaces in Philadelphia and beyond! Got a venue we should partner with? Reach out to our Tours & Special Programs Manager and let's see if we can bring it to you too!

Meet the Artists

Megan Schumacher

Adaptation Playwright (she/her)

A recent alum of The Foundry at PlayPenn, a member of the Playwrights Cohort at PlayPenn, and a recipient of Villanova’s 2021 Sue Winge Playwriting Award for her play, Laundry, Megan Schumacher is a Philadelphia-based playwright (Unprecedented, ...and Stones, Dionté and Khai Do Dinner, Superlosers), director (Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Azuka, Arcadia University), and dramaturg (Quintessence, Inis Nua). She has taught theater at Temple University and Montgomery County Community College, and she currently teaches theater at a local Quaker school. She holds an MA in Theatre from Villanova University. You can learn more about her work and keep up with her happenings at www.meganlschumacher.com.

Kishia Nixon

Adriana (she/her)

This is Kishia's first time working with SCP and she is extremely excited! Last season Kishia was part of the Barrymore Award Winning Ensemble of Clyde’s at The Arden Theatre Co. Other recent credits include Adriana in Comedy or the Errors (yup, doubling up!) with Lantern Theatre Company, Bonecruncher in BFG, with The Arden Theater Co. She has worked with many other regional theaters such as Theatre Exile, The Wilma, Die-cast, and more. Thank you to everyone who is involved with this production! And a huge shout out to my cast mate, my fiance, Joyous, I love you. 

Minou Pourshariati

Angela/Luciana (she/her)

Minou is an Iranian-American actor, maker, and Philly native. She is excited to work with SCP again, having previously appeared in The Taming! Minou has also performed locally with Delaware Shakespeare (Cymbeline Community Tour), Opera Philadelphia/Obvious Agency (Toshio Hosokawa's The Raven), EgoPo (Alice: not your child's...), Inis Nua (The Night Alive), Revolution Shakespeare, Commonwealth Classic Theatre, and more, as well as at the National Constitution Center (Living News). Minou trained at the British American Drama Academy (LTP ’13) and is a proud member of Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists. Up next: The Winter's Tale (Delaware Shakespeare Community Tour 2024). minoupourshariati.com 

Jennifer Summerfield

Emilia/Courtesan (she/her)

Jennifer has performed as Lady Macbeth and Medea at Hedgerow Theatre, Marie Antoinette in David Adjmi’s reimagining of the French queen’s tragic life at Curio Theatre, a site specific production of Hedda Gabler at the historic Physick House, and world premieres of Osceola and Alpe d’Huez, both written for her by John Rosenberg. She has also played Horatio in Hamlet, Van Helsing in Dracula, and Brutus in Julius Caesar. Most recently, she appeared at New York's Actor's Temple for the Off-Broadway premiere of Out of the Apple Orchard.  In 2018, she was commissioned by the Rosenbach Museum and Library to write and perform a one-person show about Mary Shelley, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. She went on to tour this production to area libraries, and during quarantine in 2020, created a filmed version of the finished piece, Mary Shelley: Strange Star.

Joyous Whitfield

Antipholus (they/them)

Joyous was last seen at Shakespeare in Clark Park in Everyman. They are a proud teaching artist and performer who has worked throughout the community including PlayPenn, Beacon Theatre Productions, Azuka, Die-Cast & others.

Wyatt Flynn

Dromio (they/them)

Wyatt is a performance artist/musician from Philadelphia. They got their degree in musical  theater from Temple University. They are excited to be returning to Shakespeare In Clark Park for a second season. You may have seen them on stage with Jaffe St Queer productions, The Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe, Shakespeare at Stoneleigh, Hella Fresh Theater co., and other independent productions.  They are also a children’s musician, teaching artist, and a founding member of The Hum’n’bards theater troupe.

You can listen to their EP Moving Day on bandcamp: https://wyattflynn.bandcamp.com/album/moving-day