Denise received her BA and MA in English literature with an emphasis in Shakespeare studies, and a side interest in Greek and Roman mythology. She serves as a lecturer at San Francisco State University, and is currently engaged in post-graduate studies at the Shakespeare Institute, located in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. Denise reviews Shakespeare and related productions throughout the Bay Area and southern Oregon, and wherever her travels take her. Related affiliations include the Shakespeare Institute, Shakespeare Association of America, Friends of Shakespeare's Globe, Touchstone, and the Shakespeare Revue.

Matthew Barbot attends Pennsylvania's Franklin & Marshall College, though he is lifelong resident of Brooklyn, New York. He is a Theater and English double major, and his list of roles includes a number of Shakespeare productions: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom), As You Like It (Charles, Corin), Romeo and Juliet (Lord Capulet), and Macbeth (Malcolm). In addition to PlayShakespeare.com, Matthew reviews Off-Broadway theater for the blog, The New Theater Corps.

Having recently completed his Master's Degree in Directing from Florida State University, Matthew is currently pursuing a writing career in Film/Television as a ghostwriter in Hollywood, CA. Occasionally, you may find him directing, producing or acting in live theatre throughout Los Angeles.  Matthew also specializes in teaching physical acting techniques based in the teachings of Jerzy Grotowski.

Tanya is the owner of the Poor Yorick Shakespeare Catalogue and is on the editorial committee for the Shakespeare on film portion of the Internet Shakespeare Editions from the University of Victoria, BC. She is also a current contributor and audio analyst for the Sourcebook Shakespeare editions. She taught English for four years in Japan and currently lectures in high schools and teacher training programs in Canada and the United States. Tanya received her B.A. in English from McGill University in Montreal and her M.A. in English from the University of Toronto.

Tabitha Kenlon received a BA in English from the University of Maryland and an MA in Text and Performance from King's College London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She recently moved to Boston to begin work on a PhD in English. Tabitha has written a novel (as yet unpublished) and began writing a play for her MA thesis.

Liz Kimberlin lives and works in New York City. Her professional theatre and writing career began in the early 1980s with classical actors training at NYC’s National Shakespeare Conservatory. As V.E. Kimberlin, her numerous plays, film shorts and comedy sketches have been produced/performed in various media in New York and Los Angeles, as well as Chicago, Philadelphia, Orlando, Santa Fe, and in the U.K. Also a published fiction and non-fiction writer, Kimberlin contributes news and feature articles to several New York metro area print and online publications. She also freelances doing P.R. writing projects, web design/development and content writing.

Jack Morgan graduated from UC Berkeley, where he earned two degrees with highest honors; German and English. He watches plays, is obsessed with Shakespeare, writes poetry, and rides motorcycles. The number of plays he sees in a year is staggering, his poetry is famous, and his motorcycle-riding is notorious.

He's won awards for poetry and blogging, both of which can be found at Trainwreckunion.com

Julian López-Morillas has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1973. In eighteen seasons with the Berkeley/California Shakespeare Festival, he directed, among others, Pericles, King John, Timon of Athens, Coriolanus, Henry the Fourth Part One, and All’s Well that Ends Well. He directed What the Butler Saw, Night of the Tribades and On the Verge for the Marin Theatre Company. Julian’s other directing work includes productions at San Jose Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Berkeley Jewish Theatre and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has taught acting, directing and dramatic literature at San Jose State University, the University of California at Berkeley, Dominican College and Mills College. He is a recipient of several Bay Area Critics Circle and Drama-Logue Awards for both directing and acting. In 1994, Julian was a two-day winner on Jeopardy!

Originally from the Channel Islands, Claudine graduated from the University of Southampton, UK, with BA (Hons) English and Music, and MA English. She currently works in the editorial department of a small London publisher and enjoys writing freelance for several classical music publications. As might be expected, her interest lies especially in Shakespeare and music, which was the focus of her MA dissertation and is something she hopes to continue researching in the near future.

Georgina Petronella graduated from Georgetown University in 2005 with a major in English and minors in Spanish and Psychology. Originally from Texas, she now resides near Washington, DC. She has a background in theater production, and has mostly recently worked backstage at The Shakespeare Theatre. Her favorite Shakespeare play is probably A Midsummer Night's Dream or Twelfth Night.

While studying at American Conservatory Theater, Ron played the title role in the ExitTheatre's controversial reverse-cast production of Othello. Starting as a magician when he was nine, he wrote and performed in The Great Escape, a play about the life of Harry Houdini. Travelling all over Europe, he has performed in Shakespeare festivals and television. He recently won a BATCC Award for his solo adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Tue studied English at University of Aarhus and history at University of Copenhagen, and now aims at becoming a writer of non-fiction, mostly involving Shakespeare. His interests include the synthesis of art and science, and pop culture in general.

Roseanne started working with Shakespeare in fifth grade when she performed as Puck in an adapted A Midsummer Night's Dream. She attended California Shakespeare Festival's Summer Program and American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory before moving to New York. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, she is a writer, dancer, and amateur Shakespeare scholar in New York City. She looks forward to pursuing a Master's degree in Literature, attempting to find connections between Falstaff, Touchstone, and the Fool from King Lear.