Susaan Jamshidi (she/her) was recently seen as Mrs. Cratchit/Ortle in Goodman’s A Christmas Carol. Past Goodman productions include The Winter’s Tale and Yasmina in Yasmina’s Necklace. Other Chicago credits include Drury Lane, Lookingglass, Victory Gardens, Northlight, 16th Street, Remy Bumppo, Theatre Wit, The Gift, Halcyon, and Sideshow Theatre Company (Idomeneus, Jeff Award -Ensemble) among others. Regional credits include Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, and Pittsburgh Public. She traveled to Vancouver, Toronto and London to perform the solo show Oh My Sweet Land with Silk Road Rising. Film credits include Little Nations, Cicero in Winter, The Wallet and A Cadaver Christmas. Television credits include Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Sirens. Jamshidi received her MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, has studied with The Second City and is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency. She is also a Regional Coordinator for Statera Mentorship. 

Christine Vrem-Ydstie (she/her) is an actor, writer and producer born and raised in Washington, DC. She received her BA with honors from Barnard College and has called Chicago home for the past 8 years. Christine co-created and starred in the web series Actress and the feature film I Am A Channel (currently in post-production). She’s appeared on-screen in multiple feature films, including, most recently The Last Shift with Academy Award-nominee Richard Jenkins and Come As You Are, which will be released by Samuel Goldwyn in 2020. On stage, she’s worked with Steppenwolf Theatre, Theater Wit, Griffin Theatre and others, and is a regular player with One Year Chekhov and The Backroom Shakespeare Project. She’s worked on commercial campaigns for DQ, Walmart, Pampers, Ace Hardware, Halls and McDonald’s, among others, and has guest starred on Chicago Med, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire. Christine trained as an actor at School at Steppenwolf, Black Box Acting Academy, The Annoyance, iO Chicago and The Green Room Chicago. For more information on Christine’s work, check out christinevy.com.

Dana Black (she/her) is a Chicago theater/film/TV and voiceover actor in Chicago. Recent theatre credits include understudying Dance Nation at Steppenwolf Theatre, playing Anne de Bourgh in TheatreSquared’s production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley directed by Keira Fromm, Northlight Theatre’s The Book of Will, Steep Theatre’s The Few and About Face’s Abraham Lincoln Was a F@gg@t (Jeff Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress). Dana has also worked with Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, American Blues, Jackalope, Strawdog and Timeline Theatre. She is a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf and represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. She also proudly worked as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago for almost 6 years.