Deborah Gates
Encyclopedia
Deborah Gates is an American actress and director who founded the acting company Shakespeare at Play in Los Angeles, California
that specializes in abridged versions of Shakespeare’s works for young audiences. Gates has played many classical roles, including Ophelia
in Mark Ringer's
staging of Hamlet
, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream
and Juliet
in Romeo and Juliet
at the Globe Playhouse as well as non classical roles in Mrs. California and Quilters, winning a Drama-Logue Award
for the latter. She has also done extensive work as a voice actress in such films as Oliver & Company
and video games like GuildWars. She played the lead role of American journalist Helen Snow in the Chinese film Yi ge mao xian de mei guo nu ren.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
that specializes in abridged versions of Shakespeare’s works for young audiences. Gates has played many classical roles, including Ophelia
Ophelia
Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet.-Plot:...
in Mark Ringer's
Mark Ringer
Mark Ringer American writer, theater and opera historian, director and actor. Ringer’s books include Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles, a critical analysis of theatrical self-awareness in the seven Sophoclean tragedies, Opera's First Master, which Alan Rich of...
staging of Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
and Juliet
Juliet Capulet
Juliet is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the other being Romeo. She is the daughter of old Capulet, head of the house of Capulet. The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself....
in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
at the Globe Playhouse as well as non classical roles in Mrs. California and Quilters, winning a Drama-Logue Award
Drama-Logue Award
The Drama-Logue Award was a theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would receive a certificate at an annual awards ceremony...
for the latter. She has also done extensive work as a voice actress in such films as Oliver & Company
Oliver & Company
Oliver & Company is a 1988 American animated film in which a homeless kitten named Oliver joins a gang of dogs to survive on the 1980s New York City streets. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and became the twenty-seventh animated feature released in the Walt Disney Animated...
and video games like GuildWars. She played the lead role of American journalist Helen Snow in the Chinese film Yi ge mao xian de mei guo nu ren.