Dustin Ayers (Yvan) returns to Blue Heron Theatre
where
he preformed Harold in Master Harold and the
Boys. Other credits include Pentheus in the Bacchae
(Theater Conservatory
at Roosevelt University);
Reverend Hale in The
Crucible (Theatre Conservatory
at Roosevelt University); King's Messenger in Hamlet
(Buffalo Theatre
Ensemble); the Bellhop in What the
Butler Saw (Borealis Theatre); Austin in True West
(Borealis Theatre);
Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet
(Ivanhoe Theatre Productions); Lysander in A
Midsummer Night's Dream (Ivanhoe
Theatre
Productions); Fag in The Rivals (Citylit Theatre);
Orsino in Twelfth Night (Chase Theatre); Roger in
the Balcony (Tinfish Theatre);
Leon in Fools
(Tinfish Theatre). He was last seen as
Cassio/Senate/Montano in Othello in Mask (Polarity
Theatre Ensemble). Film credits include Mitch in
Collision with Open Flame Films.
Darren Jones (Marc) - has been blessed with various challenging roles
in over 27 professional productions since his first part as Howard Benedict in Applause! on this very stage. They
include favorite portrayals such as Winin’ Boy in The Piano Lesson, Papa Shakepeare in The African Company
Presents Richard III, The Kind in The Cave Dwellers and Meridian Henry in Blues for Mister Charlie –
all produced here in the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theater. Other productions he has been fortunate to appear in include Love’s
Light Flight at eta Creative Arts Foundation, Showboat at the Starlight Theater in Wilmette, The Pawnbroker
at the Mary-Archie Theater, A Cry For Players at Timeline Theater and the world premiere of A Red Death
at Chicago Theater Co. He garnered a Best Lead Actor nomination from the Black Theater Alliance in 1999. Last year he
was seen as Sam in an amazing run of Nina
Simone: The High Priestess Speaks at the Black Ensemble Theater.
