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Up Next: King Beer

The Canon Shakespeare Company presents our annual Sauced Shakes fundraiser: King Beer, directed by Justine Summers!

Join us for an evening of madness & mayhem as we retell King Lear like you’ve never seen it before.

  • Buy a drink—or buy an actor a drink!

  • Bid on ridiculous obstacles & fabulous prizes!

  • Torture the performers with hot sauce!

There will be fights! Affairs! Pickle juice! Sock puppets! So come, one and all, and join us for a night you may not remember—but you definitely won’t forget.

Performances will run August 5th, 19th, and 26th at Darcelle XV Showplace. Tickets available here, with more information in the Ticket Booth.

Meet the Drunks

Sean “Ruthie” Morgan

King Lear

Sean (any) has been participating in theatre since, more than likely, before you were born. Sean has three kids, a cool-ass wife and is VERY queer. Sean loves Bears and Vultures and doesn’t think birds are real. Sean doesn’t love un-empathetic people or Gnomes. This is the first theatre production Sean has been part of in ten years, so make sure to heckle the shit out of him.

Ryan Pfeiffer

Kent

Ryan (he/him) is excited to return to Sauced Shakespeare with Canon! Last year’s show (R&J) was a boozy ol’ time, and this year’s production of King Beer will be no less intoxicating!

Each & every Shakespeare production Ryan has done with Canon, from historical (Henry IV) to comical (Twelfth Night) to tragical (Julius Caesar) and now pastoral (Dr. Faustus), have all been amazing.

"...come and crush a cup of wine (or beer, or any spirit you wish)" with us!

Chloe Lovelady

Goneril & Regan

Chloe (she/her) is incredibly excited to join this wonderful cast in King Beer. This is her second year doing Sauced Shakes; last year she had to pleasure of being drunk Juliet. Her other recent acting experience includes Lucifer in Doctor Faustus, Goneril in King Lear (lol), and Sebastian in Twelfth Night.

Owen Webb

Albany & Cornwall

This is Owen’s (any) 3rd show with Canon Shakespeare Company. They have always had a deep love for acting, and an undying respect for the illusion of theater. This lead Owen to earn their BFA in performance from Southern Oregon University. Owen’s most recent role was Wagner in the Cannon’s production of Doctor Faustus. They'd like to thank all of their incredible friends and family for supporting them during their journey as a theater artist.

Katy Payne

Cordelia & Fool

Katy (she/her) is originally from Walla Walla, Washington and received her BA in Theatre Arts with an Acting emphasis from Willamette University in 2021. She’s been seen around Portland at the Funhouse Lounge (Catherine in Silence! A Musical Parody, Whiffle #3 in Cry-Baby the Musical), with The Canon Shakespeare Company (Feste in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It), with The Broken Planetarium (MC in The Greenbrier Ghost) and most recently with ETP (Elizabeth Lavenza in Frankenstein, Third Witch in Macbeth). She would like to thank her cat, Patty, for helping her memorize her lines by sitting on her script.

Ivey Rhyson

Oswald & more

After a long break from acting, this will be one of Ivey’s (she/they) first onstage performances in over a decade - aside from karaoke, which has prepared her well for a drunk fundraiser. She is thrilled to be working with the Canon again after stage managing Doctor Faustus earlier this year, and would like to thank her husband, Alex, for his patience and support as she throws herself fully back into theater.

Lauren Pickthorn

Edmund

Lauren (she/her) is a Portland area native with theatre arts degree from Portland State University. You may have seen her in past Canon productions, like Hamlet (Horatio), Much Ado (Beatrice), Two Gents (Speed), and Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (Worcester and Pistol). When she isn’t galavanting with her nerdy Bard Buddies, Lauren works in youth theatre and spends time with her family. Thanks to her sons Asher and Phineas for their love. They are not old enough to attend this show, but would get a lot of joy from buying their mom a shot of something gross.

Alec Henneberger

Edgar

Alec Henneberger is an actor and director, originally from Fairfax, VA, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Theater from George Mason University. A founding member of The Canon, he most recently directed Julius Caesar, Henry IV parts 1&2, and As You Like It, in addition to appearing as Faustus in Doctor Faustus, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Jess in The Complete Work of William Shakespeare, Abridged, and Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. For the foreseeable future, he will continue dedicating his work to making the Bard for everyone, and to creating theater that brings communities closer together.

Ruth Jenkins

Gloucester

Ruth holds a BFA in theatre from the University of Colorado and an MS in speech language pathology from PSU. She has previously been seen with Canon Shakespeare as Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, so has a history as bad dad. She has also worked locally for Bag&Baggage, Twilight Theatre, Experience Theatre, Lakewood Theatre, and Readers Theatre of Gresham. She (along with her rather wonderful husband, Patrick) owned and performed with ComedySportz and still performs in that and other improv shows at Portland Comedy Theatre.

Justine Summers

Director

Justine Summers is thrilled to join the Canon again, this time as a director! Justine boasts absolutely no relevant training—classically trained as a mezzo soprano, she currently works as an anesthesiologist in the Portland area. Recent roles include Linda, Fiction; Hotspur, Henry IV, Part One; Vera Claythorne, And Then There Were None; Olympe de Gouges, The Revolutionists; Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls; and Nancy, Oliver!. Huge thanks to the cast, crew, and Board for taking a chance on me! All the love to Fritz and Addy.

Jaime Fields

Stage Manager

Jaime Fields (she/her) has been backstage or in the booth since her sophomore year of high school. She's also never been drunk. Recent shows include Doctor Faustus (director), Sauced Shakes: Romeo & Juliet (director & SM), and Julius Caesar (stage manager) with Canon Shakespeare Company, Jeeves at Sea (sound designer) with Magenta Theater, and Fezziwig's Fortune (sound designer & booth operator) with Twilight Theatre. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Miranda Mattlin

Costume Designer

Miranda Mattlin (she/her) studied Costume Design and Construction as part of her B.A. at Pomona College, where she also worked in the costume shop and as a Stitcher and as a Wardrobe Supervisor. She previously assisted with costumes for the Canon Shakespeare Company's production of Twelfth Night, and designed costumes for Broken Planetarium's production of The Greenbriar Ghost. She is thrilled to work with the Canon again for their 2026 season.