DESDEMONA - KAITE BRANDT

Kaite is an actor, director, dramaturg, teacher, and text coach. Recent productions include Hamlet (USMH); Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Love and Information, Everybody, Hamlet, Measure for Measure (Antaeus); King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet (Radically Miscast Shakespeare - The Porters of Hellsgate); Julius Caesar, The Women of Shakespeare (Warriors for Peace); Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost (Sierra Madre Shakespeare Festival); Love's Labour's Lost (Chase What Flies); Much Ado About Nothing (The Unlikely Shakespeare Company); Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar (Southern Bard); Much Ado About Nothing (the 6th Act); Troilus and Cressida (Ad Astra/Staring Straight Productions). Kaite is looking forward to upcoming projects with The 6th Act and The Porters of Hellsgate later this spring.

LODOVICO - SHANNON LEE CLAIR Shannon Lee Clair has performed at L.A. Theatre Works, La Mirada Theatre, Will Geer Theatricum, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, EST/LA, MainStreet Theatre, New Canon Theatre Company (Monterey), Book-It Rep (Seattle), Harlequin Productions (Olympia) and The Antaeus Company, where she just finished a run as Ann Deever in All My Sons. Indie film credits include The Unknown (available on Amazon) and The Dangle (Best Short: California International Film Festival). This month, she is shooting a comedy mockumentary pilot, a drama MFA thesis film, and a short RomCom. As a writer, Shannon has been a Top 50 List-Semifinalist in the Nicholl Screenwriting Competition and a Finalist for fellowships with Stowe Story Labs. Thanks to ample time spent sailing on tall ships in her teens and twenties, Shannon also holds a Merchant Marine license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Education: Princeton University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

OTHELLO - JUDY LOUISE JOHNSON

Judy Louise Johnson’s most recent theatrical work has been originating the role of Alma Patton in, Paint By Numbers, written by Jack A. Kemper for the Temporal Refugee Foundation Theatre Company. And, originating the role of the Therapist in, Bedridden, written by Haley Cooper and directed by Calvin Picou at Heart of Heart Theatre Company for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, including an “encore” run. 

Her most recent film work includes, Fresno, a feature film written and directed by Terry Huang, released in 2025. Other recent film credits include, Greyhound, written and directed by Diante Singley and Emily Or Oscar written and directed by Christopher M. Allport.

TV credits include: The Disappointments, Toy Therapy, House M. D., The Practice, The Drew Carey Show, Side Order of Life, George Lopez. Other films include: A Patient Man, and Dominique's Baby. Other Theatre credits include:  Crane Mississippi, Wayside (The Elephant), Fantasticks (The Morgan-Wixson), Comedy of Errors (Pacific Shakespeare Co.) Little Mary Sunshine (Richard Basehart Theatre), Little Foxes (Antaeus Theatre Company)

Othello is Judy’s first piece, working with the Unsex Me Here Players. She is so grateful and excited to be taking on this incredible role with this dream ensemble. 

RODERIGO - KAT JOHNSTON

Kat Johnston is an LA-based actor and cat lover. On-screen credits include the indie films The Purgation,  Roll, and We Are Love. Kat spent over a decade treading the boards with City Garage Theatre in Santa Monica. Highlights include The Penelopiad, Charles Mee’s Cardenio, Young Jean Lee's Lear, and Exit the King. She’s thrilled to be a part of Unsex Me Here's second reading and would like to thank Emily, Ann and the lovely cast for the chance to play!

EMILIA/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - EMILY ASHER KELLIS

Emily is an actor and director native to Los Angeles and the Founder and Artistic Director of UnSex Me Here Players. Past Credits include: At City Garage Theatre: The Penelopiad, Odysseus; Largo Desolato, Suzana; Eurydice, Little Stone; Voices of New Belarus, Ensemble. ’Night Mother, Jessie (The Elite Theatre Company), The Pillowman, Ariel (Long Beach Shakespeare Company), Troilus and Cressida, Assistant Director (Ad Astra/ Staring Straight Productions); Think & Imagine Play Festival, multiple roles (Fierce Backbone); Twelfth Night (Southern Bard), King Lear (Radically Miscast- Porters of Hellsgate);  Women of Shakespeare (Warriors for Peace); Cat’s Milk Improv Show (Gary Austin). Emily double majored in English and Theatre at Scripps and Pomona Colleges. They are so excited to tackle this long standing bucket-list role. They are incredibly blessed and grateful to this incredible cast for all of their hard work and talent and to all of our supporters for making this and future USMH productions possible!

BIANCA - BETHANY KOULIAS

Bethany Koulias is ecstatic to be working with the UnsexMeHere Players, and has been seen on stages both nationally and internationally-- primarily in Seattle, NYC, London, Edinburgh, and her native Los Angeles. She is a company member of The Open Fist Theatre Company and Whatnot Theatrics-- and has been a Teaching Artist with The Geffen Playhouse, the University of Southern California, and Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum. She was recently seen in the devised theater work of 'The Wake of Annie Grady' (Whatnot Theatrics--Seattle's Stimson-Green), 'Stupid Fucking Bird' (Theatre Extempore-- LA Theatre-Bites nominee for Best Supporting Actress, BroadwayWorld nominee for Best Supporting Performer in a Play), 'BatBoy: The Musical' (Open Fist Theatre Company-- BroadwayWorld LA nominee for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical, StageScene LA award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical, TicketHolder LA Runner-Up for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical), and 'Dissent' (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Nominee for Dance and Physical Theatre). She thanks you for supporting live theatre!