MEET THE CAST OF IDLE SHAKES 1ST SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By supporting this show, you’re directly supporting your local artists, learn more about them below!
Sara McCormick
Sara McCormick is a New England-based actress, dancer, singer, dramaturg, teaching artist, and party princess. She graduated from Salve Regina in 2023 with degrees in Theatre Arts and Dance. She is a member of Metamorphosis Dance Company and is also a New England-based actor. Sara is the Director of Dance for the Rhode to Broadway Institute. Recent roles include Mary Magdalene in The Bible Women’s Project in the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Martha Jefferson in 1776, and Elizabeth Bennet in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.
Beatrice - The Watch
Naomi Tyler
Naomi Tyler is an actor, director, writer, and producer working between Boston and Providence. Recent roles include performing as Thetis in the Shield of Achilles as part of Idle Fest, and playing the role of Karly in Octet at The Wilbury Theater Group. She continues to write, for both theater and film in her spare time, and excited to work in both mediums. In Idle Hands Theater Collective they operate as an Artistic Producer, and is thrilled to participate in Much Ado About Nothing as part of the cast. Naomi also wants to thank her family for all the love and support throughout her career, both onstage and off.
Benedick
Perry is excited to return to Idle Hands in Much Ado About Nothing! When not on stage you can find him running around Providence with a camera on his own or with the photography collective Sessions.pvd, and as a living statue and character actor for TEN31 Productions. Theatre: Achilles in Shield of Achilles (Idle Hands), Dalton in Roadhouse The Musical(RI Ukulele Armada), Wolfgang in Witching Hour Social Club, Favorite Son in American Idiot (Wilbury Theatre Group). Film: Felix in Lady of The Lake, Lev in Black Castles.
ClaudioPerry Barkett
Ysabel is a Boston-based actor, writer, and singer. She is a recent graduate of Suffolk University where she got her degree and Theatre and Creative Writing. Recent works include Inventing Samanta, Central Square Theatre, Chimera, Queer Theatre Collective, and Rat War, Fork and Shoe Theatre Co-op. Her play GRL PRAYR will be debuting at the Boston Theatre Marathon at the beginning of May. She is thrilled to be working with Idle Hands! insta: @ysaflora
Hero - The SextonYsabel Cardona
Mary Paolino
Mary Paolino is happy to make her debut with Idle Hands Collective. She is a familiar face on the RI theatre scene, having appeared in numerous comedies, dramas and musicals over the past 50 years. In addition, she has many film, TV, commercial and industrial credits. Mary is a teaching artist at the Gamm Theatre.
Leonato
Aiden Costa
Aidan is a URI Theatre graduate who has done several shows locally, most recently playing Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Stadium Theatre and Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet with the Reverie Theatre Group. Previously playing the role of Borachio several years ago, Aidan is excited to work on Much Ado through a new lens with his debut at Idle Hands.
Don Pedro - The Watch
Don John
EJ Caraveo
EJ Caraveo is very excited to be back with Idle Hands Fest! EJ got a BFA in Theater from the University of Rhode Island, where they studied acting and costume design. They have worked in local RI theaters including The Barker Players, Reverie Theatre Group, and Burbage Theatre Company. EJ wants to thank their parents for the endless support.
Dogberry - Friar - BalthsarChristina Morris
Christina is a local actor/singer/writer. Most recently seen as Lily in Stadium Theatre’s production of Anastasia, Opener for RI Ballet’s the Nutcracker at TheVets, and Idle Fest at Cambridge Foundry where she Directed/Choreographed/Wrote an original piece Ghost Ballet, performed as a Soloist/Singer with an original song, & embodied Desire in Noah Martinez’s original piece Spiderweb. She additionally was a part of Idle Hands first 24hr Play Fest 2025 as a writer. You can find her on Instagram @singer_morris
Tali Russell
Tali is so thrilled to make her Idle Hands debut surrounded by so many friends and talented artists. After moving across the country, many of her "Much Ado" castmates are the first friends she made in New England, and it's an honor to perform alongside them again. Recent credits include Angie in "anthropology" at Barker Playhouse, Anne Page/Simple in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Taunton Performing Arts Center, and Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Stadium Theatre.
Borachio - Messenger
Ian Treen
Ian is thrilled to be returning to the stage with this wonderful cast! He was recently featured in the second Idle Fest with idle hands and can't wait to share the stage with his freinds again. Recent credits include Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, George Baily in It's a Wonderul Life (Stadium Theatre), Jack in Into the Woods (RISE), and The Man in The Fear is Becoming Normal at the Providence Fringe Festival.
Antonio - Conrade
Margaret - SeacoalMadelyn Law
Madelyn Law is a Boston-based writer, actress, and director. She has worked on several projects across film and stage, including her upcoming directorial short film debut ‘Lady of the Lake’. Law will also be starting her MFA in Dramatic Writing at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London this upcoming fall.
Ursula - VergesEJ Hines
EJ Hines is thrilled to be making her Idle Hands debut with “Much Ado About Nothing”! She was recently in “anthropology” at the Barker Playhouse. She would like to thank her friends, family, and wonderful girlfriend for all of their support and love!