Nick Thurston (born December 7, 1987) is an American actor, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area of California.
 A college graduate, Thurston attended several schools, including the American Conservatory Theatre, as well as the British American Drama Academy located in London.
 Thurston finally graduated with a Bachelor's degree in acting from the University of Southern California.
 Since graduating, Thurston has become an active member in the acting community, starring in several films including Reviving Ophelia, White Irish Drinkers, Not for Human Consumption, and a notable appearance as Blue Eyes, who is considered to be the secondary ape protagonist in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."
 Nick has also acted on the set of several TV shows including "Ghost Whisperer," "Cold Case," and "The Truth Below" on well-known TV broadcasting stations including CBS and MTV.
 Thurston has also appeared in "The Lake," an online TV series created by Warner Bros.
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Sands Hall (April 17, 1952) is an American writer, theatre director, actor, and musician.
 The daughter of novelist Oakley Hall, she was born in La Jolla, California, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Irvine.
 She earned two Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Iowa, one in Theatre Arts and the second in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
 She also studied at the American Conservatory Theatre Advanced Training Program.
Linda Rich is a hazzan (also called cantor) who, while only in her teens, became the first female cantor to daven (chant) in a Conservative synagogue (specifically Temple Beth Zion in Los Angeles), although she was not ordained until 1996 when she finally received her ordination of "Hazzan Minister" from the "Jewish Theological Seminary" in New York.
 That same year she became a member of the "Cantors Assembly of America".
 The 1984 Olympics were held in Los Angeles, and Rich was chosen as their official cantor; she also sang at the "1984 World Chassidic Festival" in Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv.
 An album entitled "World Chassidic Festival" was later released, containing among other songs her recording of "Barcheynu Avinu."
 In January 2008, Cantor Linda received a Commendation from the "City of Los Angeles" for her "extraordinary talent and accomplishments".
 Rich is a fifth-generation cantor from an Orthodox Jewish family.
 Her father was well-known Cantor Israel Reich (Z'L) of New York and Los Angeles, and both of her brothers, Barry and Brian, are cantors as well in the Bay Area.
 Together, the 4 cantors concertized throughout the country during the 80's and 90's and eventually recorded their own album entitled "The Reich Family, Cantors Four".
 Linda's daughter, Rachel Reich Freed, plans on one day becoming the sixth generation of cantors in the "Reich Family", as they are known.
 After the passing of her grandfather in March 1999, Rachel was included in the family concerts as the fourth cantor.
 The concerts were renamed "The Reich Family, Cantors Three plus One".
 Linda is married to Philip Freed of London, England.
 She majored in Theatre Arts and Music at San Francisco State University, and received scholarships to study acting at the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), musical theatre at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and is also an accomplished classical pianist.
 In addition to her membership in the Cantors Assembly of America (CA), Linda is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and appeared in minor television roles prior to becoming a full-time cantor.
Charles Dillingham was the Managing Director of the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles from 1991 through, June 30, 2011.
 Prior to CTG, he was CEO of The Entertainment Corporation USA, presenting the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Opera, Kirov Ballet, Kirov Opera and Royal Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House and on U.S. tours.
 He was executive director of American Ballet Theatre when Mikhail Baryshnikov was artistic director, managing director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Theatre Company, general manager of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and general manager of the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
 He has served on the board of LA Stage Alliance and on theatre advisory panels at the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts and on the Board of Arts for L.A..
 He is a member of the Board of Councilors of the USC School of Theatre, and the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres.
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress.
 She began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theatre.
 She was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in "Coastal Disturbances".
 She is a four-time Academy Award nominee; for "The Grifters" (1990), "American Beauty" (1999), "Being Julia" (2004) and "The Kids Are All Right" (2010).
 In 2006, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Richard III is a 1995 British drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood, and Dominic West.
 The film sets the play in a fictional fascist version of 1930s Britain.
Terrence O'Brien is an American theatre director.
 O'Brien is a graduate of University of Notre Dame, and received advanced training in acting and directing at American Conservatory Theatre, A.C.T. in San Francisco.
 He is the Founding Artistic Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, which began in 1987 with a modest outdoor production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, produced in cooperation with the 29th Street Project.
 In 1988, the Festival moved to Boscobel, a Hudson River museum estate in Garrison, New York.
 Once in its new home and under a big tent, the festival grew dramatically, from its first season audience of 230 to 37,000 in 2010.
 Dedicated to producing the plays of Shakespeare with an economy of style that focuses its energy and resources on script, actors, and audience, the festival draws theater-goers from the tri-state area and beyond.
The American Musical Theatre of San Jose (AMTSJ), previously known as the San Jose Civic Light Opera (SJCLO), was a major professional nonprofit musical theatre company in San Jose, California.
 Founded in 1934 as the San Jose Light Opera Association, it became the second largest theatre company in the Northern California (exceeded only by the American Conservatory Theatre), with an annual budget of $9.8 million and an attendance exceeding 150,000, including 15,000 season ticket holders.
 The company performed at the 2,677-seat San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.
 The organization incurred debts after a 2002 agreement to become a receiving house for touring Broadway productions.
 It closed in December 2008.
The Pick Up Performance Company is a not-for-profit theatrical producing organization founded in 1971 and incorporated in 1978.
 Its mission is to support the artistic work of choreographer-director-writer David Gordon and playwright Ain Gordon.
 The company is located in New York City and its productions have been performed in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Theater Workshop, New York Theatre Workshop, Danspace Project, the Joyce Theatre, P.S. 122, The Kitchen, and other venues throughout the city.
 Its work has also been seen in London and in major venues throughout the United States, including American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Mark Taper Forum and Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and many others.
Jane Atkins is an American film & television writer and actress.
 She is a native of Florida.
 As an actress, she has performed with the "American Conservatory Theatre", the "Actors’ Theatre of Louisville", South Coast Repertory, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the "London Young Vic".
 Atkins is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
 She has worked for Disney, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Lifetime TV as well as penning several nature documentaries which aired on PBS.
 She served as Director of Playmaking for the "Virginia Avenue Project".

Question: Which character was played by the American actress who starred in Richard III at American Conservatory Theatre?
Answer: Lady Macbeth