Gardy Gilbert is excited to be a part of Here Are Some Plays We Like 2026! He is a Chicago-based actor and movement artist originally from Cincinnati, OH.  Some of his favorite movement design credits include Kubrickian (The Factory Theater), Static (Physical Theater Festival Scratch Night), and the lost loser (You, Me, and That Thing Over There). Recent performing credits: Infinity Burns (AROT Incubator), UNTITLED (blood, marble) (Snails on a Bike), The Aliens (Kalliope & Co), and IS GOD IS (AROT). He is represented by TalentxAlexander. gwww.gardygilbert.com

Ian Maryfield is a Chicago based actor, director, fight director, intimacy designer, scenic carpenter; just an all around theater guy. Some Chicago credits: Translations (Writers Theatre); A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre); The Winter’s Tale u/s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream u/s, 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); The Taming of the Shrew u/s, Photograph 51 u/s, The Originalist u/s (Court Theatre); Hamlet, Indoor Cats (Red Theater); Recipe for Disaster (Windy City Playhouse); and The Nutcracker (The House Theatre). Regional credits: Much Ado About Nothing (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Eurydice (River and Rail Theatre), and As You Like It (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). Ian holds a BFA from Oklahoma City University.

Jacinda Ratcliffe is a performing artist and choreographer. Recent performance credits include Portal, Ice Cream Circus (Lookingglass Theatre); Circus Quixote (Lookingglass Theatre, McCarter Theatre); Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, Exorcise (First Floor Theater); Get Out Alive (Haven Chicago, California Center for the Arts Escondido); The Love Object (The Story Theatre); The Cabinet, and Walk With Little Amal (Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival). Choreographic credits include Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Court Theatre, About Face Theatre, Haven Theatre, Griffin Theatre, and the Actor's Gymnasium. She is an ensemble member with Lucky Plush Productions, faculty member at the Actor’s Gymnasium, and Associate Director of Chicago Movement Collective. Rep: Big Mouth Talent. www.jacindaratcliffe.com

Collin Quinn Rice (they/them) is a queer actor and photographer based in Chicago. They were most recently seen in Top Girls (Raven Theatre), The Singularity Play (Jackalope Theatre), Fairview (Definition Theatre), Laced, Le Switch (About Face Theatre), The Tasters (Rivendell), All Quiet on the Western Front (Red Tape Theatre), Mike Pence Sex Dream (First Floor Theater), The Harvest (Griffin Theatre Co.), and Hatfield & McCoy (The House). Regional credits include From on High (OddKnock Productions, Denver). TV credits include an Emmy-nominated episode of The Bear (FX/Hulu) and Work in Progress (Showtime). Collin is represented by DDO Chicago. Their comprehensive work can be found at www.collinquinnrice.com.

Anne Sheridan Smith (she/they) is pleased to join Here Are Some Plays We Like for this reading of Michel Marc Bouchard’s Tom at the Farm. Recent credits include Jessie Cates in 'night, Mother (Redtwist Theatre), Titus in Titus Andronicus (Redtwist Theatre), and Arkadina in The Seagull (Red Theater). Other Chicago credits include Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Shattered Globe Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Promethean Ensemble, Blank Theatre, and Factory Theater. Anne returns to Goodman Theatre this holiday season in A Christmas Carol. She is represented by DDO Chicago.