Actor Honor Roll
2023 Actor Honor Roll Inductee Brendan Hunt
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival announced the 2023 Actor Honor Roll inductee at the Bard Bash celebration on Sunday, August 6, 2023, at the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre on the campus of Illinois State University. The 2023 inductee is Ted Lasso creator, actor, writer, and producer Brendan Hunt.
Hunt was part of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival company for four seasons. He began as an actor in Antony and Cleopatra in 1991. In 1992 and 1994, he worked as a carpenter, lighting technician, and lighting designer. In 1996, he appeared in The Tempest as Trinculo and Twelfth Night as the character Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
*Denotes membership in Actor's Equity Association.
Honorees
Recipients and the ISF seasons in which they have participated.
Robert Gerard Anderson - 1979, 1980, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018
Randall Arney - 1979, 1980
Yetide Badaki - 2003, 2004
David Aaron Baker - 1982, 1983
Ian Barford - 1987
Francois Battiste - 1996, 1997
Robert Caisley - 1990, 1991, 1992
Stephanie Childers - 1996, 1997
Gary Cole - 1978
Jordan Coughtry (2018 Recipient) - 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
Tandy Cronyn - 1998, 2000, 2002
Corryn Cummins - 1999
Lisa Gaye Dixon - 1999, 2003, 2019, 2021
Ray Frewen - 1980
Peter Garino - 1981, 1982, 1984, 2013, 2014
Reginald Hayes - 1989, 1990, 1991
Pat Healy - 1992
Brendan Hunt (2023 Recipient) - 1991, 1992, 1194, 1996
Tom Irwin - 1978, 1979
Phillip Earl Johnson - 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
Timothy Edward Kane - 1997, 1998
Henson Keys (2022 Recipient) - 2003, 2007, 2015, 2022
David Kortemeir - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
Kathy Logelin - 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2021
Rebecca Maclean - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Kevin McKillip (2019 Recipient) - 2018, 2019
Jack McLauglin-Gray - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Frank Nall - 1996, 1999, 2003
Patrick O'Gara - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003
Bill O'Leary - 1980
Roderick Peeples - 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005
William Peterson - 1978
Robert Petkoff - 1985
Laura Pulio Colbert - 1984
Q Brothers - JQ/GQ - 2015, 2017
Thomas Anthony Quinn - 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Tim Russ - 1978
Lindsay Smiling - 2013
Craig Spidle - 1983
Deborah Staples - 2014, 2016
Nathan Stark - 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2019, 2021
Nisi Sturgis - 2013, 2017, 2019
Cecilia Suarez - 1995
Chauncy Thomas (2021 Recipient) - 2019, 2021
Steven Young - 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2018