La Shawn Banks will play the role of the Duke of Buckingham in this season’s Richard III. La Shawn returns to Notre Dame for a third season where he was last seen in Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors. Chicago credits: The Liar, Travels With My Aunt, Old Glory, The Turn of the Screw, Othello, The Duchess of Malfi and To the Green Fields Beyond (Writers’ Theatre), The Island (Remy Bumppo Theatre) Edward II (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Execution of Justice (About Face Theatre), A Year With Frog and Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre) and five seasons of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre). Regional credits: Twelfth Night, Richard III, Troilus & Cressida, The Liar, The Taming of the Shrew and Of Mice and Men (American Players Theatre). Around the World in 80 Days (Indiana Repertory) and the Amen Corner (Cleveland Playhouse).