GREGORY FENNER (he/him) Victory Gardens Theater: Holcomb & Hart (New Plays for a New Year festival) and The First Deep Breath. Other Chicago credits include: Richard III, Hang Man, Hamlet, Cosmologies, The Pillowman (The Gift Theatre), Megastasis (Eclipse Theatre-Jeff Nominated), A Small Oak Tree Runs Red (Congo Square Theatre), 10 out of 12 (Theater Wit), Love and Information (Remy Bumppo Theatre), Native Son (Court Theatre, u/s). Regional credits include: Pass Over (Curious Theatre Company), Angels in America: Parts I & II, Six Degrees of Separation (Stray Dog Theatre), The Whipping Man (New Jewish Theatre), Fully Committed (Stray Dog Theatre-St. Louis Theatre Circle Award Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Comedy), Whammy! The Seven Secrets to a Sane Self (HotCity Theatre/NYC Fringe Festival). Television credits include: The Chi (SHOWTIME), Empire (FOX), Chicago Fire and Chicago PD (NBC), NEXT (FOX). Greg is an ensemble member at The Gift Theatre, graduate from the Second City conservatory.
Archives: Team Members
Rom Barkhordar
ROM BARKHORDAR (he/him) was last seen at Victory Gardens in Ayad Akhtar’s The Who and the What. Chicago credits include: Wife of a Salesman (Writer’s Theatre), Acts of God (Lookingglass Theatre), Yasmina’s Necklace (Goodman Theatre), Vanya (Or, that’s Life!) (Rasaka Theatre), Mosque Alert (Silk Road Rising), In a Garden (A Red Orchid Theatre – Jeff Nomination for Best Actor), Regional credits include: Proof (Kitchen Theatre), Disgraced (Virginia Stage Co.), The Who and the What (Huntington Theatre Co., Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Around the World in 80 Days (Center Stage Theatre). Television credits include: Chicago MD (NBC), Proven Innocent (Fox), Chicago Justice (Universal), Chicago Fire (NBC), Boss (Lionsgate). Rom is a proud Organizer for SWANASA Central (website at swanasacentral.org) and represented by Gray Talent Group.
Robert Wilson
ROBERT WILSON (he/him) Primary Trust makes his Victory Gardens debut. Chicago credits include: BootyCandy u/s (Windy City Playhouse), Daylight (NeoFuturists), Happy To Be Here and The Best Decision You’ve Ever Made (The Second City). Regional Theatre credits include The New Pink and A Christmas Carol (Virginia Stage Company). Touring credits include The Second City and The Westside Theater. Television Credits include: The Big Leap (FOX); Empire (FOX); Shameless (SHOWTIME); Hall of Shame (SHOWTIME); Chicago Med (NBC); Chicago Fire (NBC) Rob is repped by Stewart Talent and on IG he is @Rob_Willsun
Chanell Bell
CHANELL BELL (she/her) is an American storyteller and humanitarian. She received her BFA from Howard University and her MFA from DePaul. Previous performances include Fireflies (Northlight Theatre), She The People (Second City), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Raven Theatre), and Moon Man Walk (Definition Theatre) winning her the BTAA Most Promising Actress Award. Chanell can currently be seen recurring on POWER IV (STARZ) as Dr. Lauryn Williams. Recent nominations include Best Supporting Actress at the New Jersey Film Awards. Chanell teaches young artists throughout the southside of Chicago and is proudly repped by Paonessa Talent & ATA Management.
Thee Ricky Harris
THEE RICKY HARRIS (all pronouns) is a performer and music director throughout the city. He’s music directed Drowsy Chaperone (Chicago Christian High School), Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Strawdog Theatre), Broadway Bound Dance Class (All About Dance), The First Deep Breath, The House That Will Not Stand (Victory Gardens Theater), Lyle Lyle Crocodile (Lifeline Theatre), Hoodoo Love, Direct from Deathrow the Scottsboro Boys (Raven Theatre – Jeff Award for Best Ensemble), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Beverly Arts Center) to name a few. Follow @thee_ricky_harris to be in the know of everything going on in Chicago!
Spencer Fritz
SPENCER FRITZ (he/him) makes his Victory Gardens debut as Assistant Stage Manage on In Every Generation. Other Chicago credits include A Recipe for Disaster (Windy City Playhouse); Boys in the Band (Windy City Playhouse); Admissions (Theater Wit); Shadows of Birds (Glass Apple Theater); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (Eclipse Theater). Fritz is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Theatre.
Jean Marie Koon
JEAN MARIE KOON (she/her) makes her Victory Gardens Theatre debut as Paola (U/S) in In Every Generation. She was most recently seen, in pre-pandemic times, as Duchess of York in RICHARD III for Eclectic Full Contact Theatre. Other Chicago credits include The Good Fight (Babes With Blades), and Ten Dollar House (Pride Films and Plays). She has understudied for Interrobang Theatre, Erasing The Distance, Piven Theatre Workshop, Eclipse, The Gift, Theater Wit, Steep, and Jackalope theatres. Thanks to Rob for his loving support and Molly for her inspiration.
Henry Bolzon
HENRY BOLZON (he/him) makes his Victory Gardens Theater debut with In Every Generation. Selected Credits: An Inspector Calls (National Theatre of Great Britain at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Fool for Love (Facility Theatre), King Lear (Eleusis Collective), Life of Galileo (Remy Bumppo), Good for Otto (u/s, Gift Theatre), Hamlet, Cherry Orchard, The Female Entertainer (Denver Center Theatre Company). Film credits: The Public Eye. He studied at the American Conservatory Theatre in S. F. with Bill Ball. He is also a painter. Encaustics, oils and watercolors. www.henrybolzon.com
Paul Dillon
PAUL DILLON (he/him) Victory Gardens: Hauptmann. Other Chicago credits include: Conquest of the South Pole, Hellcab (Famous Door Theater, Jeff Award), Killer Joe (Next Lab), Serious Money (Court), Soul of a Whore (Viaduct), Bang Bang Spontaneous Theater (No Exit), Tis Pity She’s A Whore, In the Solitude of Cotton Fields, Do You Feel Anger? (A Red Orchid). Off-Bway: Killer Joe (Soho Playhouse). Regional: Killer Joe (Gardner Stages, Ovation Award), Superior Donuts (Geffen Playhouse), Hellcab (Tamarind Theater, LA Weekly Award), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Mark Taper Forum), The Event (needtheater), Rantoul and Die (Lillian), Nine Circles, The Willows, Death of a Salesgirl (Bootleg Theater). FILM: Blink, Austin Powers, Soldier, Fair Game, Fight Club, Natural Born Killers, Cutthroat Island, On the Road, Hellcab. TELEVISION: Chicago Fire, Law and Order, The Pretender (NBC), NYPD Blue, Nightstalker (ABC), The Guardian, CSI, CSI: Miami (CBS), Millennium (FOX), The Shield (FX), The Closer (TNT).
Risha Tenae
RISHA TENAE (she/her) is a Theatre, Television and Film Actor that has been involved with Theater and Theater education since high school. She graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts, attended Miami University B.A. theater program, and graduated from The California Institute of the Arts M.F.A. Theater program where she focused on performance. Theatre and TV credits include: Blues for an Alabama Sky (Angel), King Lear (Cornwall), 24 Hours the Musical (Shawnna), In the Blood (Welfare/Bully), Three Sisters (Irena), The Music Man (Alma), King Henry V (Kate), The Colored Museum (Woman #3). Don’t Make Me Over (Cissy Houston), Single Black Female (SBF 2), Julius Caesar (Portia), The Seagull (Masha), Frankenstein (Caroline), Urban Love Story (Ms. Marion), The Color Purple; directed by Gary Griffin(PA), The Projects (Doreen), When We Heal and The Chi. In addition to acting, Risha finds joy in being a Teaching Artist. She taught Theatre for grades K-12 in multiple schools around Los Angeles County during her time there and is currently teaching Theatre for multiple schools around Chicago.