Lawrence Novikoff and Paul Engelhardt founded Strawdog Theatre Company in 1988 after performing together in a production of Euripides’s Helen. Strawdog was intended to be a home for a company of actors drawn to a gritty, realistic theater style. The group took their name from Sam Peckinpah’s movie Straw Dogs and was founded with the commitment to the ensemble approach, which remains the backbone of Strawdog today.
Emeritus Ensemble
Dan Apodaca
Jennifer Avery
Alexandra Billings
Nancy Bishop
Chrisanne Blankenship
Nicole Bloomsmith
Brittany Dee Bodley
Abigail Boucher
Shannon Branham
Leslie Brumlik
Michelle Caplan
Donald Cardiff
Becca Cardo
Erin Carlson
Debbie Caruso
Kristin Caskey
Laurie Charlton
Elea Crowther
Scott Cummins
Tim Curtis
Anita Deely
Jamie Denton
Laura Dieli
Nic Dimond
Michael Dobbs
Amy Dunlap
Paul Engelhardt
Paul Fagen
Amy Fenton
Johnny Ferrick
Mikhail Fiksel
Kyle Gibson
Elly Green
Chris Hainsworth
Lynne Hall
Kamal Hans
Chuck Harper
Catherine Head
Carrie Hegdahl
Stephanie Heller
Erik Hellman
Tom Hickey
Jess Hill
Lindsay Jones
Jordan Kardasz
Kirsten Kelly
Dan Kerrigan
Oona Kersey
Lynne Koscielniak
Elizabeth Laidlaw
Katharine Laidlaw
Anderson Lawfer
Karen Hough Majidzadeh
Todd Majidzadeh
Sean T. Mallary
Stephanie Manglaras
David Meihaus
Joanna Melville
Gregor Mortis
Mike Mroch
Stephen F. Murray
Larry Novikoff
Janice O’Neill
Jo Ann Oliver
Jamie Pachino
Stacy Parker
David Pease
Daniella Pereira
Bart Petty
Mike Przygoda
Dan Rankin
Loretta Rezos
Kevin Richey
Brandon Saunders
Steve Savage
Richard Shavzin
Sean Sheridan
Noah Simon
Josh Sobel
Maggie Speer
Julie Stanton
Scott Stegenga
Sarah J. Stray
John Taflan
Chris Thunker
Garrett Todd
Sherry Vivar
David Warren
Kenny Williams
Ashley Ann Woods
James Anthony Zoccoli
Emeritus Artistic Leaders
Jennifer Avery
Hank Boland
Brandon Bruce
Michael Dailey
Nic Dimond
Kyle Hamman
Heath Hays
Jess Hill
Leda Hoffmann
Anderson Lawfer
Larry Novikoff
Richard Shavzin
Emeritus Managing Directors
Leah Barish
Hank Boland
Alex Goodman
Kyle D. Hillman
Cortney Hurley
Mike Mroch
Patrick Rybarczyk
Charlotte Thomas
Tim Zingelman
James Anthony Zoccoli
Emeritus Board
Mike Aden
Gregory Altman
Elizabeth K. Auman
Jen Banys
Stephen Bennett
Krista Bryski
Charles Bullock
Meaghan Clayton
Sheila Deely
Jim Hobart
Romain Ichbiah
Thomas V. Linguanti
Joyce McGreevy
Camille McLeod
Jennifer Nelson
Julie O’Keefe
Seth Rickard
Jack Rubin
Nora Stapleton
Mark D. Warner
Chelsea Wilson
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin
Tim Zingelman
Teddy Zmrhal
Patrick Zubrod