HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts

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PRE SHOW CONVERSATIONS

We invite you to join us before the show on the select dates below for a pre-performance conversation. These conversations are free and will be held in the Barbaralee Theater at The Public.

June 14, 6-6:30PM: Faces Like Ours: AANHPI Artists and the Shakespearean Stage
Join us for AANHPI Community Night, featuring a conversation with two leading Shakespeare scholars. NYU Performance Studies professor Karen Shimakawa and CUNY literary critic and theater historian Erika T. Lin come together to discuss what it means to see Asian representation in the Shakespeare canon, and why it matters now more than ever.

June 25, 6-6:30PM: Power, Gender, and the Shakespearean Stage
What do Shakespeare's most fascinating women reveal about power, gender, and the stage? Join author Gina Apostol and Dr. Pasupathi of Hofstra University for a conversation about the women at the center of Shakespeare's histories—from Joan of Arc to Margaret of Anjou—and what it means to bring them to life in 2026.

June 26, 6-6:30PM: Shakespeare Today: Artists in Conversation
How do you make a 400-year-old play feel relevant today? Join Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, HENRY VI adaptor and director Stephen Brown-Fried, for a candid conversation moderated by dramaturg Jack Moore about the art of staging Shakespeare in 2026 and what it demands, what it reveals, and why it still matters.

Cast

Tommy Bo

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Tommy Bo

Ensemble

PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Messenger 3; Vernon, John Talbot (Lord Talbot’s son)
Act 2: Messenger; Soldier; Servant; Commoner
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: John; Soldier; Prince Edward
Act 2: Prince Edward

TOMMY BO he/him. NAATCO debut. Off Broadway: Snow in Midsummer (Classic Stage Company). Regional: House of India (Old Globe), The Far Country (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Brothers Paranormal (Olney Theatre Center), The Great Leap (Portland Center Stage). Film/Television: Boogie, Master, “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” and more. Gratitude to Stephanie and TBD Casting, HCKR, ChiChi, Taylor Blackman, and Jennifer Chang. IG: @prettydumbboys

Rajesh Bose

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Rajesh Bose

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Richard Plantagenet (Duke of York), Solder
Act 2: Duke of York
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Duke of York
Act 2: 2nd Hunter; 1st Messenger

RAJESH BOSE he/him. NAATCO: Henry VI ( 2018), Bus Stop (NAATCO/Transport Group/Classic Stage Company), The Seagull. He has performed on and off-Broadway and throughout the country – favorites include Life Of Pi on Broadway and A.R.T., four productions at Bedlam Theatre (Julius Caesar, Persuasion, The Crucible, and Pygmalion), Twelfth Night (TheatreSquared), This Much I Know (Aurora Theatre), Oslo (St. Louis Rep), Mary Stuart (Folger Theatre), Guards at the Taj (Capital Stage), and multiple productions of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, The Invisible Hand, and The Who and The What. Television appearances include guest starring on “Bull,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Quantico,” and “Blue Bloods.”

Kimiye Corwin

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Kimiye Corwin

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Duke of Somerset
Act 2: Duke of Somerset
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Duke of Somerset; Messenger; Elizabeth
Act 2: Messenger; Elizabeth (Lady Grey)

KIMIYE CORWIN she/her (Cast and Movement Choreographer; Intimacy Coordinator). NYC: NAATCO, Red Bull Theater, La MaMa, Ars Nova, Ripe Time, NYTW Next Door, Ma-Yi. Regional: Syracuse Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Studio Theatre, Hartford Stage, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Guthrie, McCarter, Two River Theater. Film/TV: “FBI,” “New Amsterdam,” “One Life to Live,” “Blacklist,” “The Family,” “The Michael J. Fox Show,” “Five Dances.” Movement/Choreography: Dallas Theater Center, Guthrie, Oregon Shakes, Hudson Valley Shakes, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Training: The Actors Center NYC, Juilliard (BFA Dance), Brown/Trinity (MFA Acting). Thank you, Jesse, Ruby, and Maxine. kimiyecorwin.com

Myka Cue

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Myka Cue

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc); Prison Nurse
Act 2: Duke of Buckingham
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Duke of Buckingham; Edmund (Earl of Rutland)
Act 2: Messenger; Hunter; Lady Bona

MYKA CUE she/her is an actor, theatremaker, and fierce collaborator making her NAATCO debut! She most recently originated the role of Ginger Snap in Fiasco Theater’s Bartleby at The Old Globe earlier this year. Select credits: Export Quality (HERE Arts), Sweeney Todd (Trinity Rep), Valor (Guthrie Theater), Chasing the Butterflies (Pan Asian Rep), Wolf Play, Mr. Burns, Much Ado About Nothing, and Angels in America (Brown/Trinity). She has participated in workshops and readings at New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists, Pink Fang, and Baryshnikov Arts Center, among others. Education: BFA in Acting from Brown/Trinity. mykacue.com IG: mykacue 

John D. Haggerty

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John D. Haggerty

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Lord Talbot
Act 2: Petitioner; Soldier; Guard; Commoner
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Holland; Soldier; Earl of Northumberland
Act 2: Earl of Northumberland

JOHN D. HAGGERTY he/him NAATCO: Henry VI (2018), online readings of Romeo and Juliet and Our Town. New York: Clubbed Thumb, The Directors Company, EST, Les Miserables (Broadway and National Tour). Regional: Alliance Theatre (Maybe Happy Ending pre-Broadway run), La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Education: Brown. https://www.johndhaggerty.net/

Đavid Lee Huỳnh

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Đavid Lee Huỳnh

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Charles (Dauphin of France), 1st Servingman; Bassett
Act 2: Petitioner; Sheriff
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Dick; Young Clifford
Act 2: Young Clifford; Lord Hastings

ĐAVID LEE HUỲNH he/him (Cast; Co-Fight Captain) is a Ragin’ Cajun Asian who went from working on his family’s shrimp boat to making theatre all over the world. Theaters include NAATCO, the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Company, Ma-Yi, Red Bull, Yale Repertory, Alley Theatre, and many others. On camera: “FBI,” “Blue Bloods,” Solitary, “Encounter Party.” His playwriting has been supported by Ma-Yi, LIT Council, Yangtze Rep, HB Studios, Second Generation Productions, and others. MFA: University of Houston | www.davidleehuynh.com | @huynhsome | "không phải tôi. chúng ta"

Anna Ishida

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Anna Ishida

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Earl of Warwick, Soldier
Act 2: Earl of Warwick
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Earl of Warwick
Act 2: Earl of Warwick

ANNA ISHIDA she/her. NAATCO: Henry VI Parts 1 & 2 (2018), Cymbeline. NYC: The Antelope Party (Dutch Kills), Trigger (Leviathan Lab). Regional: The Three Sisters (Two River Theater), Moby-Dick: A Musical Reckoning (A.R.T.), Shipwreck (Woolly Mammoth), The Tempest (Marin Shakespeare Company), This Much I Know (Aurora Theater World Premiere). Film: I am a Ghost (H.P. Mendoza). Forever gratitude to Alley Scott of Dutch Kills Theater Company. IG: @annaishida |  web: www.annaishida.com

Paul Juhn

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Paul Juhn

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: William de la Pole (Duke of Suffolk), French Soldier
Act 2: Duke of Suffolk
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Smith; George (Duke of Clarence)
Act 2: George (Duke of Clarence)

PAUL JUHN he/him is a Korean American actor and writer.

Mia Katigbak

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Mia Katigbak

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Humphrey of Lancaster (Duke of Gloucester)
Act 2: Duke of Gloucester
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Michael; Marquis of Montague
Act 2: Marquis of Montague

MIA KATIGBAK she/her (Cast; NAATCO Co-Founder and Actor-Manager). NAATCO: Henry VI (2018), Out of Time, Caryl Churchill’s What If If Only (US premiere), Awake and Sing! (Obie Award). Selected NY: Uncle Vanya (Lincoln Center); Infinite Life (Atlantic; National in London); Deep Blue Sound (Clubbed Thumb); A Delicate Balance (Transport Group). Other NY: Public Theater, LCT3, Soho Rep, New Georges, NYTW, WP, Ma-Yi, Play Company, Target Margin. Regional: Berkeley Rep, Two River Theater, Yale Rep, Long Wharf, The Guthrie. TV: “How to Get Away With Murder,” “The Sinner,” “Chicago PD.”

Teresa Avia Lim

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Teresa Avia Lim

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Messenger 2, Queen Margaret
Act 2: Queen Margaret
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Queen Margaret
Act 2: Queen Margaret

TERESA AVIA LIM she/her. NAATCO’s Awake and Sing! Broadway: Eureka Day at MTC and JUNK at Lincoln Center. Other: Shakespeare in the Park's all female production of Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and Call and Response at the Public Theater. Lam originated her roles in Galilee 34, Peerless, Water by the Spoonful, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, and Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West. TV: “Bupkis” (Peacock), “Monsterland” (Hulu), “The Code” (CBS), “Ray Donovan” (Showtime), “Group,” “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “Limitless” (CBS), “Unforgettable” (CBS), “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC). Film: All Rise. Training: Yale School of Drama IG: @teresa_avia_lim

Orville Mendoza

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Orville Mendoza

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Reignier (Duke of Anjou), Mortimer (Earl of March); Voice
Act 2: John Hum; Post
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Jack Cade
Act 2: King Lewis XI; 2nd Messenger; Lieutenant

ORVILLE MENDOZA he/him. NAATCO: Ivanov, Antigone, The Seagull, Blind Mouth Singing, A Play on War, Charles Francis Chan…Murder Mystery. Broadway: Swept Away, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Pacific Overtures, Peter and the Starcatcher. Off-Broadway/Regional: Plays for the Plague Year, Road Show, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens (Public Theater/NYSF); Passion (CSC), Found (Atlantic), Adrift in Macao (Primary Stages; Philadelphia Theater Co. Barrymore Award winner, Drama Desk nomination); Noises Off!, Crime & Punishment – A Comedy, The Taming of the Shrew (The Old Globe). National Tours: Small Mouth Sounds, Miss Saigon. TV: “Billions,” “The Blacklist,” “Dead Ringers,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Frequent performer with Suzan-Lori Parks and The Joyful Noise. orvillemendoza.com

Jon Norman Schneider

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Jon Norman Schneider

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Henry VI
Act 2: Henry VI
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Commoner; Henry VI
Act 2: Henry VI; Post

JON NORMAN SCHNEIDER he/him. NAATCO: Henry VI (2018), What If If Only, Henry VI, Awake and Sing!, A Play on War, Blind Mouth Singing. Most recently appeared in Jay Stull's my utopias as part of the Exponential Festival. NY: Laowang (Primary Stages), Eurydice (Signature), Usus (Clubbed Thumb), Poor Yella Rednecks (MTC), The Coast Starlight (LCT). Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley, Alliance, Goodman, Huntington, Long Wharf, Magic, McCarter, Milwaukee Rep, Mosaic, Northern Stage, Old Globe, and South Coast Rep. Film/TV: Bitter Melon, Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy, The Normals, Goosebumps, Evil, “Jessica Jones,” “Veep,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” IG: @yesjns  |  BlueSky: @yesjns.bsky.social

David Shih

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David Shih

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Messenger 1, Duke of Burgundy
Act 2: Horner; Sir John Stanley; Commoner
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Lord Saye; Edward (Earl of March)
Act 2: Edward (Earl of March), later King Edward IV

DAVID SHIH he/him. NAATCO: Henry VI (2018), Awake and Sing!, Bus Stop (in partnership with Classic Stage Company/Transport Group), [Veil Widow Conspiracy], Henry VI, A Dream Play. Previously at The Public: SUMŌ (Ma-Yi Theater/La Jolla Playhouse), The Tempest (Shakespeare Lab), 365 Days/365 Plays. Broadway/National Tour: Life of Pi. Off-Broadway: Gnit (TFANA), KPOP (Ars Nova), Somebody’s Daughter (2ST), ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME, Bike America (Ma-Yi Theater). Regional: The Far Country (Yale Rep), Life of Pi (A.R.T.), Kim’s Convenience (Westport Country Playhouse), The Great Wave (Berkeley Rep), Tiger Style! (La Jolla Playhouse). IG: @DavidShihNY  |  web: DavidShih.ne

Julyana Soelistyo

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Julyana Soelistyo

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Bastard of Orleans; Mayor, Soldier
Act 2: Peter; Murderer
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Bevis; Richard (Duke of Gloucester)
Act 2: Richard (Duke of Gloucester)

JULYANA SOELISTYO she/her. NAATCO: Cymbeline. Broadway: Golden Child (Tony nominee, Drama League and Clarence Derwent Award), Skin of our Teeth (LCT). Other: Orphan of Zhao, On the Town, Glorious Ones (LCT), Pericles (BAM), Iphigenia, Caucasian Chalk Circle (Yale Rep), My Utopias, WYATM (National Queer Theater) , Stranger Love (LA Philharmonic). International: The Tempest (Stratford), Wild Swans (Young Vic - London), Children of Heracles (Bottrop, Rome, Paris). Soelistyo has made appearances in film and on television. She hails from Indonesia and is a member of The Actors’ Center. Thrilled to return to The Public where she made her NY debut 30 years ago. IG: @jsoelistyo

Sue Jin Song

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Sue Jin Song

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Duke of Bedford, 2nd Servingman, Sir William Lucy
Act 2: Eleanor (Duchess of Gloucester); Commoner
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Sir Humphrey Stafford; Soldier
Act 2: Earl of Oxford; Tutor

SUE JIN SONG she/her is pleased to be making her NAATCO debut. Theater: Manhattan Theatre Club, Pearl Theater, McCarter Theatre, PA Shakespeare Festival, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, Theater J, Constellation Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Crescent City Stage. Film: Steel Town, Pipe Dream, Someone Like You. TV: “Genera+ions,” “New Amsterdam,” “24,” “ER,” “Law & Order.” Education: MFA Acting NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is a Usual Suspect at NYTW.

James Yaegashi

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James Yaegashi

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PART I – FOREIGN WARS
Act 1: Henry of Beaufort (Bishop of Winchester)
Act 2: Cardinal Beaufort
PART 2 – CIVIL STRIFE
Act 1: Clerk; Lord Clifford; Tutor
Act 2: Messenger; Duke of Somerset

JAMES YAEGASHI he/him. Broadway: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, Take Me Out (2003 original cast). Off-Broadway: Durango, Richard III, Take Me Out (The Public); Whisper House (The Civilians); The Oldest Boy (LCT); House Rules, I_NY (Ma-Yi); A Few Stout Individuals (Signature); Macbeth (TFANA). Film: Civil War, Man on a Ledge, Thomas Crown Affair. TV: “Marvel’s Runaways,” “Mech Cadets,” “Zero Day,” “Fallout,” “The Missing,” “Poker Face,” “The Blacklist,” “New Amsterdam.” In 2025, Yaegashi received a Drama Desk nomination for his work on the fight-choreography of Ma-Yi’s Sumo at The Public.