Archives: Team Members

Haley Bolithon (She/her) makes her Victory Gardens debut with Tokens of Promise. Chicago credits include: Grey House (Jeff nomination for best ensemble) and The Haven Place at (Red Orchid Theatre), The Nutcracker and Hatfield & McCoy (The House Theatre), A Christmas Carol (The Goodman Theatre), Spring Awakening (Blank Theatre Company), Pinocchio (Chicago Children’s Theatre), and Herland (u/s Redtwist Theatre). Film & TV credits are Knives & Skin and Work In Progress. Haley is an alumnus of School At Steppenwolf.

Bryan Bosque (he/him) makes his Victory Gardens debut with Tokens of Promise. Other Chicago credits include: The Compass (Steppenwolf SYA); The Grown-Up (Shattered Globe); Washer/Dryer (Rasaka Theatre); Barbecue Apocalypse (The Ruckus); The Skriker (Red Tape Theatre). Television credits include: Chicago Fire (NBC). Bryan is a company member with the educational theatre organization PlayMakers Laboratory and is represented by Lily’s Talent.

Niko Kourtis (he/him) Victory Gardens: Reckoning: Furies From A New Queer Nation – 2019 Ignition Festival. Recent Chicago Credits Include: Love In The Time of Jonestown (The New Coordinates), Elizabeth Rex (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Homos, or Everyone In America (Pride Films & Plays), Three Days of Rain (BoHo Theatre),The Assembled Parties (Raven Theatre), Fear and Misery In The Third Reich (Haven Theater), Bent (The Other Theatre Company), Cock (Profiles Theater), The Normal Heart (TimeLine Theatre), Animals Commit Suicide (First Floor Theater), A Splintered Soul (ARLA Productions). New York/Regional: The Timing of A Day (Center Stage NY), The Austerity of Hope (Barrow Group Theatre), Angels In America Parts I&II (Kansas City Repertory Theatre).

Rebekah Ward (she/her) is thrilled to be involved with Victory Gardens’ Ignite Chicago. She has worked with multiple Chicago and Regional theatres, including the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Northlight Theatre, IRT (Indiana Repertory), The HOUSE Theatre, BackStage Theatre Company, Strawdog Theatre Company, Oak Park Festival Theatre, and Remy Bumppo. She received a Joseph Jefferson Best Actress award for her work as Sabina in “The Skin of Our Teeth” as well as a Joseph Jefferson Best Supporting Actress Nomination for her role as Edna in “Waiting for Lefty”. Rebekah’s film/television credits include roles on Empire (FOX), Shameless (SHOWTIME), Chicago Med, Chicago PD & Chicago Fire (NBC), Masters of Sex (SHOWTIME),and Sam & Cat (NICKELODEON). Her most recent film work includes a supporting role in the critically acclaimed film Saint Frances (SXSW Audience Award, Champs-Élysées Film Festival Critic’s Choice). She is represented by Stewart Talent and Grossman & Jack Talent for Voiceover. AEA, SAG-AFTRA.

Michael Aaron Pogue (he/him) makes his Victory Gardens Theater debut with Tokens of Promise. Other Chicago credits include: Father Comes Home from the Wars (Goodman Theatre); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Electra, Agamemnon, Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, Angels in America, Spunk (Court Theatre); Carter’s Way, Venus (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Recommendation, Becky Shaw, Stick Fly (WindyCity Playhouse); Dutchman (American Blues Theater). Television credits include: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Crisis (NBC). Michael will direct Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at South Bend Civic Theatre this winter.

Stephen Spencer (he/him). Victory Gardens: Queen. Chicago: Five Presidents (American Blues), Blizzard ’67 (16th Street), The Life of Galileo, Our Class, Night and Day (Remy Bumppo), Body+Blood (Gift Theatre), The Quality of Life (The Den & TOTL), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Wait Until Dark (Court), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Congo Square/Goodman).  Regional: Blackbird (Riverside Theatre); Romeo & Juliet, The Winter’s Tale (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Rep), Heroes (Nebraska Rep), Utah Shakespeare, The Asolo. International: Medeamaterial (Moscow’s Leninsky Komsomol Theatre), Battery (Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Film & TV: Public Enemies, Henry, Mr. Lonely, Greg’s Leg, Morning Due (Cannes). “Fargo,“ “Chicago Med,” “Empire.”

Eileen Doan (she/they) Victory Gardens Theater: Cambodian Rock Band. Other Chicago credits include: Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Theater Wit). Regional credits: Cambodian Rock Band (City Theatre Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre), Anytown, New Kid (George Street Playhouse), Unto These Hills (Mountainside Theatre). Eileen has released 4 albums of original pop-folk music available on all streaming platforms. Eileen is represented by DDO Chicago. @eileeneileend | eileendoan.com