Cast & Creatives
Ella Loudon is honored to produce this new adaptation of Tina Packer’s Women of Will in her hometown of Edinburgh. Stage credits include Iago in Othello (Harlem Shakespeare) and Indiana Elliott in Robert Ashley’s opera Mother of Us All (dir. R.B. Schlather), alongside three seasons with Shakespeare & Company, where she played Miranda in The Tempest and Phoebe in As You Like It (earning two Berkshire Theater Critics Association nominations), as well as Viola in Twelfth Night and Banquo in Macbeth. On screen, she can be seen this summer in One Night Only (dir. Will Gluck). She also models, draws, sings, writes poetry, and sits on the board of Think Film. She will never pick one thing.
Nigel Gore is thrilled to be working with Ella, Michelle and Siofra on this extraordinary adaptation. Favorite roles include Macbeth, Macbeth, directed by Eric Tucker in Providence and L.A., Gloucester, King Lear, w/Christopher Lloyd; Prospero, The Tempest, w/Ella as Miranda at S&Co; George, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Eliot Norton Award Outstanding Actor), Boston Publick; Dr. Rank, A Doll’s House; TFANA. Col. Brandon, Sense & Sensibility; Dorn, The Seagull; Bedlam. Enobarbus, Antony & Cleopatra; Folger DC. Bottom A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Richard, Richard III; Colorado Shakes. Film and TV include Diplomat, FBI Most Wanted, Last Knights, The Brotherhood, Cold Wallet, Bedlam The Series. He is a published poet.
An accomplished playwright, Siofra Dromgoole’s staged works include After Sex, Walk Swiftly & With Purpose, If It Didn’t Matter and Baby, What Blessings. She is an alumna of the prestigious Royal Court Writers Group and Soho Theatre Workshop, and has multiple screen projects in development. Her debut novel will be published in 2027 by Serpent’s Tail.
Michelle Joyner is a director, writer and actor. Recent directing works include multiple productions of the award winning THE SHOT, starring Sharon Lawrence (Annenberg Center, L.A. 2027), THE WAVERLY GALLERY alongside Tina Packer, many acclaimed regional productions across America, and multiple seasons with The LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. under Lisa Wolpe and Tina Packer. A favorite early stage role was Juliet opposite Viggo Mortensen, LIFE SENTENCES (Second Stage) and more recently THE APPROACH at Shakespeare and Co (Tina Packer, dir) and SHE/HER (writer/performer NY, Edinburgh, London). Michelle has had an extensive film and television career and has written ten studio screenplays. She leads the women’s writing group THE LONG TABLE. Her new play IODINE will be workshopped this fall.
Paul-Lou Lemieux is a French producer based in New York City and Paris whose work spans film, theater, and immersive multimedia art. After studying film in Nice, France, he moved to the United States and co-founded Insouciant Films in 2022. He has developed a strong reputation for producing boundary-pushing stage works that blend different forms of media. In late 2023, he produced “Untitled, 1970,” a highly innovative multimedia theater piece staged inside a Brooklyn apartment. The immersive production creatively merged live acting with pre-recorded cinematic television segments, allowing the story to flow seamlessly from stage to screen. Building on these theatrical endeavors, Paul-Lou is honoured to be bringing Tina Packer’s “Women of Will” to the Edinburgh Fringe with the Team in August 2026.
Smart Entertainment is a London-based theatre production company specializing in general management, executive producing, production accounting, and consultancy.
Since its inception, the company has supported over 150 projects, ranging from large-scale musicals, plays, and operas to concerts and immersive experiences. Smart Entertainment partners with producers and creative teams to navigate the complexities of live performance, with a core mission to manage production details, minimize risk, and ensure that shows achieve their full potential both creatively and commercially. They are a member of UK Theatre and are registered in England and Wales.
Soho Theatre is a premier London-based theatre company, registered charity, and social enterprise dedicated to producing and presenting new writing, alternative comedy, and cabaret. Operating from its flagship three-space venue on Dean Street in the West End and its 960-seat venue in Walthamstow, the company is renowned for championing diverse, progressive, and counter-culture voices. Beyond its physical stages, Soho Theatre works extensively across the UK and internationally—maintaining a major presence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and running platforms like Soho Theatre India—all while fostering emerging talent through creative development programs and the prestigious Verity Bargate Award.