SF Shakespeare Festival

Rebecca (she/her) has been on the staff of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival since 2002 and Artistic Director since 2012. She holds a BA in English and Theatre from Scripps College and an MFA in performance from U.C. Davis. She has taught and written curriculum at the elementary through college levels. As a director and teaching artist, she has worked locally with Marin Theatre Company, PlayGround, Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival, Pear Theatre, Napa Valley Repertory Theatre, Peninsula Youth Theatre, Los Altos Youth Theatre and Shakespeare At Stinson. Ms. Ennals has directed eight productions for the Festival's Shakespeare On Tour in-school touring program, six productions for the Civic Arts Stage Company program in Pleasanton, and four productions for Free Shakespeare in the Park. She also regularly writes the Festival’s Green Shows and conceived and executed the 2012 pop-up Shakespeare project "30 Days of Free Shakespeare in the Parklet" and the 2017 project “35 Famous Speeches in 35 Famous Places.” She  developed a new musical of As You Like It with The Kilbanes and Phil Wong, which was produced in Summer 2019.

Phil (he/him) is a director, actor, stage manager, teacher, a member of Actors Equity Association, and formerly the Education Director for SF Shakespeare Festival and a member of the Resident Artist Company. He has performed with Shakespeare on Tour (Macbeth) and Free Shakespeare in the Park (The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale and King Lear), was Assistant Director for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other companies Phil has appeared with include Shotgun Players, Central Works Ensemble and Lamplighters Music Theatre, where he is also on staff. Phil has directed musicals, operas and operettas around the Bay Area for companies such as Altarena Playhouse, Berkeley Opera, Pocket Opera, Lyric Theatre of San Jose, and Lamplighters.

Amelia Adams is a performer, director, choreographer specializing in clowning, mask work, puppetry, and partner acrobatics. She is a Resident Artist with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and a teaching artist with The Quinan Street Project, Cal Shakes, Performing Academy, Arabian Shakespeare Festival and Circus of Smiles. Amelia performs with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Berkeley's Balinese performing ensemble. Recent credits include Malvolio/Sebastian in Twelfth Night with the Arabian Shakespeare Festival. Amelia's solo work has premiered at SF Fringe and Utopia Theatre Project. She wrote and directed Fortune's Fool, a theatrical circus inspired by the Odyssey. She has toured commedia dell'arte shows to Fringe festivals on both coasts with her company AlulA Ensemble. Amelia is a graduate of Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.