26 Chicago stage actors you’ve seen on ‘Fargo’
The latest season of Fox’s “Fargo” takes place in Kansas City in the 1950s, but was filmed in the Chicago area. In addition to spotting familiar places in the city and suburbs, viewers may also recognize some of the actors on “Fargo” from different Chicago theater and comedy shows.
Here are 26 actors you may recognize from some of your favorite Chicago theater shows.
James Vincent Meredith
Meredith is a Chicago native, a longtime Chicago theater and film actor and an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Recent Chicago theater credits include “Lottery Day” (Goodman Theatre), “Radio Golf” (Court Theatre), “Between Riverside and Crazy,” “The Minutes” (both Steppenwolf), "Roz and Ray” (Victory Gardens Theater) and “Othello” (Chicago Shakespeare Theater).
Andrew Bird
A Chicago native and Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter, Bird makes his acting debut on “Fargo.”
Matthew Elam
Recent Chicago theater credits include “Pipeline” (Victory Gardens Theater) and “Hoodoo Love” (Raven Theatre).
Sean Fortunato
Fortunato has graced many stages of Chicago’s theaters. His recent Chicago theater credits include “2666” (Goodman Theatre), “Twelfth Night, Or What You Will” and “Hedda Gabler” (both Writers Theatre) and “Billy Elliot” (Porchlight Music Theatre).
J. Nicole Brooks
Brooks is an actor, author and director and ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company. She recently wrote and directed “Her Honor Jayne Byrne” at Lookingglass ahead of the COVID-19 shutdown. Recent Chicago theater credits include “Lottery Day” (Goodman Theatre), “Beyond Caring" and “Death Tax” (both at Lookingglass).
Ira Amyx
Amyx’s recent Chicago theater credits include “The Seafarer” (Irish Theater of Chicago), “Way West” (Steppenwolf Theatre) and “The Arsonists” (Strawdog Theatre Company).
William Dick
Dick’s recent Chicago theater credits include “The Wizard of Oz” (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), “Blind Date”, “Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” (Goodman Theatre) and “The Pitmen Painters” (Timeline Theatre Company).
Nadirah Bost
Bost was recently on stage in “For Her as a Piano” (Pegasus Theatre Chicago).
Leo Sharkey
Leo Sharkey’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Assembled Parties” (Raven Theatre) and “The Heavens Are Hung in Black” (Shattered Globe Theatre).
Aaron Lamm
Lamm’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Love’s Labor’s Lost” (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), “The Cryptogram” (Profiles Theatre), “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Oak Park Festival Theatre) and “A Christmas Carol” (Goodman Theatre).
Torrey Hanson
Hanson’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Dance Nation” (Steppenwolf Theatre), “Arcadia” (Writers Theatre) “The Language Archive” (Piven Theatre Workshop), “Paulus” (Silk Road Rising) and “Elizabeth Rex” (Chicago Shakespeare Theater).
Lucy Carapetyan
Carapetyan’s recent Chicago theater credits include “First Love is the Revolution,” “Linda,” “Earthquakes in London” (all at Steep Theatre), “You Can’t Take It With You” (Northlight Theatre) and “The Magnificents” (House Theatre of Chicago).
Kaiser Ahmed
Ahmed is the artistic director of Edgewater’s Jackalope Theatre; his recent Chicago theater credits include “Ideation” and “Lunacy!” (both Jackalope).
Karen Aldridge
Aldridge is a longtime film, television and theater actor. Recent Chicago theater credits include "Victims of Duty” (A Red Orchid Theatre), “Tug of War” and “Hamlet” (Chicago Shakespeare), “The Qualms” (Steppenwolf Theatre) and “How to Catch Creation” (Goodman Theatre).
Ed Kross
Kross’ recent Chicago theater credits include “Shear Madness” (Mercury Theater), "Hazel” (Drury Lane Theatre) and “Side Man” (American Blues Theater).
Will Clinger
In addition to his work as an actor, Clinger is the host of “Wild Travels,” a 30-minute program that takes viewers across the country and into the lives of unusual people. Recent Chicago theater credits include “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (Porchlight Music Theatre) and his one-man show, “'Dr. Harlon’s Keys to Better Living” (Royal George Theatre).
Janet Ulrich Brooks
Another longtime theater and film actor, Brooks has appeared across Chicago’s stages. Recent Chicago theater credits include “Tiny Beautiful Things” and “Pipeline” (Victory Gardens Theater), “The Children” (Steppenwolf Theatre), “Master Class” and “The Audience” (Timeline Theatre) and “2666” (Goodman Theatre).
Katie Kershaw
Kershaw’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Gaslight District” (Second City).
Eric Slater
Slater’s recent Chicago theater credits include “The Tasters” (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble), “Tiny Beautiful Things” (Victory Gardens Theater), “Small Jokes About Monsters” (16th Street Theater) and “Support Group for Men” (Goodman Theatre).
Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel
Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (Lookingglass Theatre Company), “Hope: Part II of a Mexican Trilogy,” “The Abuelas,” “La Havana Madrid” (Teatro Vista) and “Lela & Co.” (Steep Theatre).
Ty Olwin
Olwin’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Lord of the Flies,” "Hir,” “The Burials” and “The Rembrandt” (Steppenwolf Theatre Company).
Joel Reitsma
Reitsma’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Birdland,” “Red Rex” and “The Invisible Hand” (Steep Theatre) and “By the Water” (Northlight Theatre).
Michael Tepeli
Tepeli’s recent Chicago theater credits include “Noises Off” (Windy City Playhouse), “Cocked” (Victory Gardens Theater) and “Great Expectations” (Strawdog Theatre Company).
Guy Van Swearingen
Swearingen is a founding member and founding artistic director of Chicago’s A Red Orchid Theatre. Recent Chicago theater credits include “Victims of Duty” “The Nether” and "Traitor” (A Red Orchid Theatre) and “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” (Goodman Theatre).
Taylor Blim
Blim’s recent Chicago theater credits include “The Wolves” (Goodman Theatre), “Welcome to Jesus” (American Theater Company), "Love’s Labor’s Lost” (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and “Grizzly Mama” (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble).
James Farruggio
Farruggio’s recent Chicago theater credits include “A View From the Bridge" (Goodman Theatre), “Broadsword: A Heavy Metal Play” (Gift Theatre) and “The Wolf at the End of the Block” (Teatro Vista).
———
©2020 the Chicago Tribune
Visit the Chicago Tribune at www.chicagotribune.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
