The Cast and Crew

MATT ALFANO
BROTHER/APACHE DANCER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut.
This is Matt’s first time performing at The Grand, and he is happy to be a part of Joseph. Since the age of 3 he has been training in all styles of dance. His knowledge of dance involves R.A.D., C.D.T.A., A.D.A.P.T., Royal Winnipeg Ballet school, Banff Ballet School and he is an alumnus of the Canadian College of Performing Arts
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THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Sweet Charity, Dance Legends (dancer/Choreographer) (Drayton Entertainment), West Side Story, Cyrano, Music Man, Moby Dick (Stratford Festival), We Will Rock You (Mirvish Productions), Anne of Green Gables, Canada Rocks (Charlottetown Festival), Rain, Verb.atim (Helix Dance Project).

Most recently Matt just finished teaching on his first cross Canada tour with his co-owned dance workshop, Shuffle Pop dance sessions. Thanks and love to his friends and his family for inspiring and supporting him always.

MARY ANTONINI
WIFE

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): The Wizard of Oz, Anton in Show Business, The Vagina Monologues, Linda Garneau’s Helix Dance Project, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King of Thieves, and West Side Story.

Mary Antonini is thrilled to be spending her winter with a great cast and in such a beautiful theatre. Having graduated from The Randolph Academy For the Performing Arts, she is so glad to have the opportunity to sing, dance, and act in Joseph this Christmas. Special thanks to Peter, Stephen. And always mum and B for never hanging up.

CAMERON CARVER
BROTHER/JOSEPH U.S.

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Fiddler on the Roof (High School Project 2004), Oklahoma! (High School Project 2005), West Side Story (High School Project 2007). Assistant Music Director: The Sound of Music (High School Project 2006).

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): High School Musical 2 (Silver Mist), Broadway Gold and Broadway Gold 2 (Rose Theatre), Cabaret, Pippin, Metamorphoses and Big Time Operator (Theatre Sheridan). Cameron recently started his own dance company based in Toronto called The Dance Concept. They recently presented their first show called Panopticon.
Cameron would love to thank friends, an incredible cast, the good people at Talent House, his mom and aunt Beverly. XOFC

MATTHEW CASSIDY
BROTHER/PHAROAH

Matt was an original member of the Amabile Boys Choir and has looked forward to being on this stage at The Grand since he was a child. Matt has recently finished a wonderful run of Jersey Boys in Toronto and is now thrilled to be performing so close to his hometown of Woodstock.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): The Music Man, Moby Dick, Oklahoma! and Pentecost (Stratford Festival); Lord of the Rings (Mirvish); Beauty and the Beast, The Secret Garden and Honk! (Globe Theatre); Henry in Jasper Station (Theatre New Brunswick); Curly in Oklahoma! (Drayton); Brad in The Rocky Horror Show (Stage West) and Smudge in Forever Plaid (Charlottetown Festival).

Matt would like to thank his wife Sarah and our families for all their support. Matt is a councillor for the Canadian Actors Equity Association and would like to dedicate this performance to his new son Declan.

GRAHAM COFFENG
BROTHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Annie.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Joe White in Joe White and the 7 Divorcées (Best of Fringe 2010); Freddie in My Fair Lady, Henry in Jasper Station, and Frankie in Forever Plaid (Drayton Entertainment); Max in Lend Me A Tenor (Theatre Collingwood); Ingram Frizer in It Was Kit (Best of Fringe 2007); Soldier in Hello Again (Tarragon Extra Space); Rick Taylor in Batboy (Bathurst St. Theatre); Camillo in A Winter’s Tale and Dr. Caius in Merry Wives of Windsor (Classic Shakespeare Company); Perchick in Fiddler On The Roof (Stage West); Swing for Mamma Mia! (Mirvish Productions); Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables, Andy in Johnny Belinda, and World Premiere of Emily (Charlottetown Festival); The Music Man and Amadeus (Stratford Festtival).

OTHER CREDITS INCLUDE: Superstar (SNL Studios), The Chippendale Murders (USA/Showtime), and various commercials.

JAYNE COLLINS
WIFE/FIDDLER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Jane is thrilled to be making her Grand Theatre debut.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Red Fightin’ Blue (Talk is Free Theatre), Ablaze, Boxed In, Frame (Theatre in Her Shoes), Saltwater Moon (Twilight Tales Theatre), Canon in D Minor (Core Theatre), Looking After Eden (WeFew Collective).

OTHER: Part of the Groundswell Playwright’s Unit at Nightwood Theatre with her new play The Pact.

Special thanks to Colin and her family for their love and support!

PATRICK COOK
BROTHER/BUTLER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Chip in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Drayton), The Sound of Music (Mirvish/Original North American Company), Houdini (Theatre Outremont/Canadian Premiere), Lead Tenor in The Producers (Neptune), Annie Get Your Gun with Louise Pitre and Billy Ray Cyrus (Massey Hall/Toronto), Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival/Stirling Festival), The Chairmaker (Theatre New Brunswick), Morris Townsend in The Heiress, The Bear, A Man in a Case (Studio Sheridan).  AS DIRECTOR: Actor, Singer, Server (Yellow Alert/Alchemy Studio), Falsettos and The Music Man (Sheridan College). Film/TV: The Vow, For Rent, The Rick Mercer Report.

UPCOMING THEATRE: To Life (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company) at the St. Lawrence Centre/Toronto.

KAREN COUGHLIN
NARRATOR

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Belle Beauty and the Beast; Miss Stacy Anne of Green Gables; Twist & Shout; Legends.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Belle Beauty and the Beast (Drayton/Theatre Aquarius/Disney Cruise Lines/Silvermist); Sarah Brown Guys & Dolls (Drayton); Cathy The Last Five Years (Westside Studio); Aldonza Man of La Mancha (A.C.T.); Meg Brigadoon (Drayton); Patsy A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia/Lighthouse Festival).

OTHER: Karen is featured on HGTV’s hit show Property Virgins - which documents the real-life purchase of her 1st home. She has also had the privilege of singing with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Calgary Symphony. Her 2nd CD “Over the Rainbow” is available in the theatre lobby.
Visit www.karencoughlin.com for more info!

This spring Karen and her husband Daniel are expecting their first child! Any dream WILL do!!! xo

JONATHAN ELLUL
BROTHER/POTIPHAR

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: MainStage: Bundles/Louis Howe/Various in Annie; Rudy Sussman/Shoppingbag Mary in Wang Dang Doodle. McManus Studio: PlayWrights Cabaret (multiple years).

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): The 39 Steps, (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); Guys And Dolls in Concert, (National Arts Centre); Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!, (Stratford Shakespeare Festival) where he also appeared in King Lear; Mortimer in The Fantastiks, (RedBarn Theatre); Bob Crachit in A Christmas Carol, (Theatre Orangeville); Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha, (Stirling Festival Theatre); Weenie in Aladdin the Family Musical Canadian Tour (Ross Petty Productions); Feste in Twelfth Night, and Le Fou in Beauty and the Beast, (Globe Theatre Regina).

FILM AND TELEvISION CREDITS: Then Again, Hallmark; The Magic Flute, Sullivan Productions; In With the Old World, Old World Films; Calvin’s Dream, Top Shaker Films, R.U.U., Dark Circle Productions. Mr. Ellul appears in numerous television commercials.

This one is for my beautiful daughter Eloïse, with all my love.

MICHAEL FLETCHER
JACOB-JOSEPH’S FATHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Bye Bye Birdie (Purple Patches 1961), L’il Abner, (Purple Patches 1962), Freddie in My Fair Lady, (London Little Theatre) Gilles de Rais in St. Joan (London Little Theatre), Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Big Jim Warrington in Little Mary Sunshine.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Stratford Festival: Escalus in Measure for Measure, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Pangloss-Volitaire in Candide, Van Helsing in Dracula, Schrank in West Side Story, Threepenny Opera, Colours in the Dark. Alley Theatre, Houston: Black Coffee, Strider, The Cherry Orchard, Betrayal. For Canadian Stage: The Judge in Sweeney Todd. Live Entertainment: Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor ® Dreamcoat, Showboat, Ragtime. Charlottetown: Matthew in Anne of Green Gables, Mary Queen of Scots. Theatre Plus: Quartermaine’s Terms, Lulu. Vancouver Playhouse: Caucasian Chalk Circle. Calgary Allied Arts Theatre: Walsh. For Centre Stage, London: Little Eyolf. Adelaide Court Theatre, Toronto: Orphans.

Belated thanks to Peter Dearing, then director of the London Little Theatre for recommending me 45 years ago to the artistic staff at Stratford.

STEVEN GALLAGHER
BROTHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Hickory/Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): A Midsummer Night’s Dream, It’s a Wonderful Life, Urinetown and The Rocky Horror Show, all for the Canadian Stage Company: Elegies, a Song Cycle, A New Brain for Acting Upstage. In Toronto: Batboy: The Musical, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Top Gun: The Musical. Also Shear Madness and many productions of Forever Plaid.

Thanks to Susan and Kerry. Love to D and D.

PARRIS GREAVES
BROTHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): The Tale of Ivan vs. Ivan - European Tour, The
Producers – Benefit Concert, and Napoleon – In Concert (Talk Is Free Theatre, Barrie), Broadway Gold II (The Rose Theatre, Brampton), A New Brain (Acting Up Stage, Toronto), The Amorous Ambassador, The Christmas Express, Having Hope at Home, and Out of Order (Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg), Putting it Together, The Andrews Brothers, and Don’t Hug Me (Cornerstone Theatre, Canmore).

Parris is delighted to be making his Grand Theatre debut and is thankful for the opportunity to work with such a talented cast and creative team. As always Parris would like to dedicate this performance to his family whose love and support allow him to pursue his dreams.

KEELY HUTTON
WIFE/PIANIST

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. Keely is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful production. A classically trained singer, she holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and then went on to study music theatre at Sheridan College and NYU Steinhardt.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Maria in West Side Story, Christine understudy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, (N. American Tour), Beth in Little Women, Hot Box Girl in Guys and Dolls, Mistress in Evita, and the title role in Peter Pan. Keely recently appeared as a cheerleader on Hellcats. She was also the second runner-up on CBC’s Triple Sensation (season 1).

Keely is a proud Newfoundlander, and so lucky to be blessed with such a loving, musical family. This one’s for Joshua. Enjoy the show!

JUDY KOVACS
WIFE/APACHE DANCER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut.
THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Cabaret (Theatre Sheridan), Anything Goes (Theatre Sheridan), Metmorphoses (Theatre Sheridan), Grease (Theatre Sheridan), Cats (Etobicoke School of the Arts), Seussical (Etobicoke School of the Arts), and Footloose (Etobicoke School of the Arts).

DANCE CREDITS: The Nutcracker (National Ballet of Canada), The Contract (National Ballet of Canada), and Pastoral (National Ballet of Canada).

Judy would like to thank all her family, friends, and Colin McMurray for supporting her through all her training and education. She is pleased to begin her theatre career with The Grand Theatre and is looking forward to the future.

DEREK MACDOUGALL
BROTHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Derek will be making his second appearance on The Grand Theatre stage this year. He started his musical theatre journey on this stage four years ago in West Side Story (High School Project 2006). Derek just graduated from Sheridan College’s Musical Theatre Performance Program in May and is extremely excited to start his career on this stage.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Made his Stratford debut in Starbright ‘Choir’(Directed: David Hogan), played all of the gods in Metamorphoses ‘Apollo, Zeus, Bacchus’ (Theatre Sheridan, Mimi Mekler), Anything Goes ‘Rev. Henry T. Dobson’ (Theatre Sheridan, Scot Denton), played the part of ‘Duke Theseus’ in the original Canadian Musical Oberon directed and written by Jim Betts.

THANKS: “I would like to thank my family, friends and teachers for being so supportive of me
throughout the years. If it weren’t for them I don’t know where I would be today”.

AYRIN MACKIE
WIFE/MRS. POTIPHAR

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Ayrin is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful show, her debut at The Grand.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Ayrin has previously been seen in Sweet Charity playing Nickie for Drayton Entertainment, Ulla in The Producers for Neptune Theatre, Rita in White Christmas for Theatre Aquarius, Eowyn in the Mirvish Production of Lord of the Rings, and Mirvish’s The Producers, to name a few. She is a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, has her Reiki level two and is engaged to the most amazing man ever! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy the show!

HEATHER McGUIGAN
WIFE/NARRATOR U.S.

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Heather is so happy to be returning to The Grand. Last seen as Percy in The Spitfire Grill.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Two North American tours of Camelot and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Christine Colgate; Sally Smith in Me and My Girl; Evita (Drayton); Step Right Up! (Orangeville); Fireweeds; Moll in Moll (Canstage); Nikki in Jasper Station (Theatre Aquarius, TIP); four seasons with the Charlottetown Festival (Anne, Canada Rocks!, British Invasion). Heather is currently a company member at the Shaw Festival (The Women, One Touch Of Venus). She is the co-founder of Hope Totes - a charity for women. Best wishes for the holiday season and to our true north strong and free!

STEWART ADAM McKENSY
BROTHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. Originally from Richmond Hill, Ontario Stewart is thrilled to be in London with this talented cast returning from his fall wedding.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): The Wedding Singer, A Chorus Line and Leader Of The Pack (Stage West) Dreamgirls and Seussical (Theatre Aquarius), To Kill A Mockingbird and My One And Only (Stratford Festival), Original Canadian Cast of Hairspray and The Producers (Mirvish Production).

Special thanks to God, without whom none of this would be possible, my friends, family and Clarence.

JAMIE McKNIGHT
JOSEPH

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 2001.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Toronto – The Toxic Avenger, The Producers, Hair, Annie Get Your Gun, Ross Petty’s Aladdin and Snow White and the Group of Seven, Go-Go Beach. Stratford – Oklahoma!, King Lear. Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival), Footloose (Rainbow Stage Winnipeg), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Theatre New Brunswick), A Chorus Line (Stage West Mississauga), The Rocky Horror Show (Theatre Aquarius Hamilton).

In 2008, Jamie toured and recorded with vocal group The Canadian Tenors. Jamie would like to thank his Mom and Dad, and his sister Jenny.

JAY T. SCHRAMEK
BROTHER/BAKER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Nana in Peter Pan, Beggar in King of Thieves, Pepe in West Side Story (Stratford Festival), Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Mirvish), Batboy – Batboy the Musical (Canadian Premiere), Jimmy in White Christmas (Broadway Tour), Barnaby in Hello Dolly, Action in West Side Story (Stage West), Man 1 in Clooney Tunes, Rick in Broadway Club (Victoria Playhouse), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Joey in Dads II (Magnus Theatre), Jinx in Forever Plaid (Rose Theatre).

FILM/TV/VOICE (SELECTED): Blinky on Willa’s Wild Life (YTV/Discovery), Tad in Totally Spies – The Movie (Marathon), Kakuta in Slam Dunk (Kalidescope/Teletoon), Getting Along Famously (CBC), Felix in Both Sides Now (Bravo), Queer As Folk (Showtime), Hadyn in Dark Sector (PS3/Xbox360).

OTHER: Graduate of Banting High School – GO BRONCOS! Ryerson University, Dance Teacher and husband to Kerry Gage. www.jaytschramek.com

SUSAN FERLEY
DIRECTOR

FOR THE GRAND: Artistic Director 2001-present. Director credits: Pride and Prejudice, The Wizard of Oz, Grease (High School Project 2009), The Wild Guys, A Christmas Carol, The Pirates of Penzance (High School Project 2008), Hana’s Suitcase, Anne of Green Gables – A Musical, Les Misérables School Edition (High School Project 2007), Romeo and Juliet (High School Project 2007), For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story (High School Project 2006), Twelfth Night (High School Project 2006) Einstein’s Gift, Trying, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Sound of Music (2005 High School Project), Fiddler on the Roof (High School Project 2004), Strawberries in January, Peter Pan, The Music Man (High School Project 2003), Proof, Blithe Spirit, Oliver! (High School Project 2002), Macbeth and The Gin Game.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): My Fair Lady (Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend), The Importance of Being Earnest (Globe Theatre, Regina), Artistic Director of The Globe Theatre in Regina from 1990-1998.

OTHER DIRECTING CREDITS (SELECTED): The Stone Angel (Alberta Theatre Projects), Salt Water Moon (Prairie Theatre Exchange), Burn This, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Romeo and Juliet, Misalliance and Twelfth Night (Globe Theatre).

TRAINING: Ryerson University, (BFA-Theatre), York University (MFA- Theatre) and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, UK.

HEATHER DAVIES
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

FOR THE GRAND: Fall High School Project 2010 Anything Goes, Spring High School Project 2010 Macbeth, The Little Prince, PlayWrights Cabaret 2009.

AS DIRECTOR: Suicide Brunette/The Native (Old Red Lion, UK) Toronto Noir, (Summerworks), Educating Rita, Laughing Wild, Blithe Spirit (English Theatre, Frankfurt), Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Saints and Sinners and The Taming of the Shrew, (Creation Theatre, Oxford), Plunder, (Watermill Theatre/Greenwich Theatre, UK), Copenhagen, Neville’s Island, (Watermill), Medea (PAC, Richmond, Virginia), Lope de Vega’s Montagues and Capulets (RSC/Capital Centre), Poor Mrs. Pepys, (New Vic Theatre, UK), A New Vision of Life (Royal Albert Hall), Party Pieces (The Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon). For the RSC: Stratford Talking, The Witch; Desire Under the Elms. Also, staged readings for The Globe Theatre, UK.

AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND RESIDENT DIRECTOR: The Winter’s Tale (U.K. and International Tour) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (West End), Calico (West End); two seasons with the RSC including The Jacobethan Season; (for which the RSC won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement).

RYAN DESOUZA
MUSICAL DIRECTOR

FOR THE GRAND: Music Director/Pianist for The Last Five Years.

MOST RECENTLY: Music Director for One Touch of Venus, Shaw Festival.

OTHER: Musical Director for Kiss Me Kate in Concert for Talk Is Free Theatre (with a 22 piece orchestra), Sweet Charity for Stage West Calgary, the world premiere of Playground for TIFT, and productions of Songs For A New World (Theatre New Brunswick) and Kander & Ebb’s And The World Goes Round for New Stages Peterborough. As a pianist, he has worked on such shows as Side by Side by Sondheim (CanStage), Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor ® Dreamcoat for Theatre Aquarius, Ross Petty’s Cinderella and Sunday in the Park with George (Equity Showcase). He has accompanied recording artists Andrea Bocelli and The Canadian Tenors, and has also worked as the audition pianist for the Toronto productions of We Will Rock You, Dirty Dancing, Lord of the Rings and Hairspray. Ryan is a graduate of Saint Michael’s Choir School and holds an Hons. BSc. from the University of Toronto.

UPCOMING: Music Director/Composer for The Admirable Crichton, Associate Conductor for My Fair Lady (Shaw Festival) and most importantly, the birth of his first child Porridge with his beautiful wife Kerrie.

KERRY GAGE
CHOREOGRAPHER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: CHOREOGRAPHER CREDITS: The Wizard of Oz, Anne of Green Gables – A Musical, Annie, My Way, Fiddler On The Roof (High School Project 2004).

CHOREOGRAPHY CREDITS: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Stratford Festival), Triple Sensation (CBC), Nunsensations, Broadway Club (Victoria Playhouse), Forever Plaid, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, Oh-Coward! (Theatre New Brunswick), World Goes Round (Huron Country Playhouse), Batboy – The Musical (Bathurst Street Theatre), Hello Dolly (Stage West).

OTHER: Kerry spent six seasons at the Charlottetown Festival as a member of the creative team, performing, and as Director of the Charlottetown Festival Young Company. She was also Children’s Resident Director for the Mirvish production of The Sound Of Music.
This one is for my fabulous husband Jay T.

BILL LAYTON
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Anything Goes, set designer, Legends, set and costume designer, The Wizard of Oz, set and costume designer, Dreamgirls, set and costume designer, A Christmas Carol, set designer, Twist and Shout: The British Invasion, set and costume designer, The Phoenix Lottery, set and costume designer.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, Dora Award, Best Set Design; The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Directed by Peter Hinton; King Lear and Socrates at the Jean Cocteau Reperatory in New York City; Rigoletto, Theatre Passe Muraille; Pal Joey, Theatre Calgary; The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, The Citadel Theatre, Best Set Design Award; Tennessee Williams, The Strangest Kind of Romance with Jackie Burroughs. Bill was Douglas Schmidt’s assistant on Broadway plays and musicals including Legends with Mary Martin and Carol Channing.

OTHER DESIGN CREDITS: Art Direction; For Film and Television; Heaven and Earth, written and directed by Deepa Mehta; the TV series Wingin’ It for The Family Channel Da Kink in Her Hair, Til Death Do Us Part, hosted by John Waters; G Spot, The Showcase Series; and the series Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye and Doc.

RENÉE BRODE
LIGHTING DESIGNER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Legends, Wizard of Oz, Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast, Anne of Green Gables, Wild Guys, Trying, Fiddler on the Roof (High School Project 2004).

Renée has designed lighting for shows in Canada and internationally. Recently she has designed for Neptune Theatre (Romeo and Juliet), The Charlottetown Festival (Anne, Buddy, Hairspray), Theatre Aquarius (Doubt, Half Life), Obsidian Theatre/ Canadian Stage Company/Citadel (Intimate Apparel), and Canadian Opera Company Ensemble (Cosi Fan Tutte). She has also designed with Globe Theatre, Opera Ontario, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Lighthouse Festival, Canadian Opera Company, and Stratford Festival. Recent touring designs have taken her to Venezuela, Hawaii and Japan. Renée graduated from York University with a BFA in Theatre Design. She is a member of Associated Designers of Canada.

JIM NEIL
SOUND DESIGNER

Mr. Neil came to the Grand Theatre in 1983 after a very successful career as a professional musician. Since that time he has designed, built, and operated over 190 productions as Head of Sound here at The Grand.

For the last 13 years Mr. Neil has also been a Sound Designer for the Stratford Festival, where he has worked on over 30 shows including the current season’s productions of Evita and Peter Pan.
Mr. Neil would like to thank IATSE Local 105 for giving him the freedom to pursue his career as a sound designer.

KELLY LUFT
STAGE MANAGER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Thirteenth season with The Grand working on various shows including The Wizard of Oz (‘09), A Christmas Carol, Real Estate, Les Misérables – School Edition (High School Project 2007), The Spitfire Grill, Moonlight and Magnolias, The Graduate, Trying, Over the River and Through the Woods, My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Wang Dang Doodle, The Wizard of Oz(‘02), Blithe Spirit, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Le Bal (Theatre Plus), Not Wanted on the Voyage (Canadian Stage Company) and Anne of Green Gables (Elgin Theatre).

OPERA CREDITS: Guilio Cesare (Orchestra London), Turandot (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Die Walkure (Hawaii Opera Theatre), Macbeth (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Abduction from the Seraglio (Hawaii Opera Theatre), Wagner’s Ring Cycle - Götterdämmerung (Canadian Opera Company) at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Die Zauberflote, Eugene Onegin, The Marriage of Figaro, Roméo and Juliette, Madama Butterfly, Don Giovanni (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Die Zauberflote, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Tosca (Orchestra London/ Pacific Opera Victoria), Idonmeneo (Opera Atelier), Carmen (Edmonton Opera), 15 seasons for Opera Ontario of which favourites include Tosca, Otello, Le Portrait de Manon/La Voix Humaine, Les pêcheurs de perles, Die Lustige Witwe, Lakmé, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Abduction from the Seraglio and two productions of Carmen.

OTHER: Kelly spent two years working in London, England’s West End.
UPCOMING: Two productions of Lucia di Lammermoor (Hawaii Opera Theatre, Opera Lyra Ottawa).

GERRY EGAN
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: This is Mr. Egan’s first production with the The Grand Theatre.

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Assistant Stage Manager Credits: Bunnicula, Private Lives, The Drawer Boy, Menopositive the Musical (Theatre Athena), Mary’s Wedding (Blue Water Summer Playhouse). Stage Manager: Don’t Dress for Dinner, Here on the Flight Path, Shirley Valentine, Love Shack (Port Stanley Festival Theatre) Romeo and Juliet (Resurgence Theatre), Binti’s Journey, Offensive Fouls (Theatre Direct Canada).

OPERA CREDITS (SELECTED): Assistant Stage Manager: Macbeth, Eugene Onegin, Le Nozze Di Figaro, Don Giovnnni (Opera Lyra Ottawa), The Magic Flute (Opera Hamilton), The Shadow, Opera to Go 2008 (Tapestry New Opera Works), Candide (University of Toronto), Ariadne auf Naxos (Toronto Summer Music Festival), La Traviata (Opera New Brunswick). Stage Manager: Get Stuffed (Tapestry New Opera Works), Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Merry Widow, The Magic Flute (UWOpera), Hansel und Gretel, Once Upon a Christmas (Opera NUOVA).

JESSICA STINSON
APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER

FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: The Last Five Years, Dry Streak, The Syringa Tree, The Pirates of Penzance (High School Project 2008).

THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Production Assistant, Studio Theatre, Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Do Not Go Gentle, King of Thieves, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Apprentice Stage Manager; Animal Magnetism, Harvest, Mending Fences (Port Stanley Festival Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (The Driftwood Theatre Group), Mask and Madness in Macbeth (Shakespeare In Action). Stage Manager: Rhinoceros (Theatre@York). Assistant Stage Manager: Paradise By The River (Shadowpath Theatre Productions).

OTHER: Jessica is a graduate of the York University Theatre program with a double specialization in Production (Stage Management) and Theatre Studies (Creative Ensemble).

LESTER B. PEARSON SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS BACK ROW: Emma Ruddock, Isabella Wolder, Iain Ailles, Zach Peddie, Callyn Melville, Hannah Delaney, Cole Nelson, Alexandra Grant, Robin Feeney MIDDLE ROW: Raine Petrie, Kiersten Overton, Emily LaVacca, Maddie Lownie, Nic Noguera, Brittaney Everitt, Parker Sweet-Boulay FRONT ROW: Justin Eddy, Erin Culp, Kiara Desender, Danie Dixon

ST. MARY CHOIR SCHOOL BACK ROW:Victoria Goldsack, Sarah MacDonald, Danielle Stranges, Alexa Pravongviengkhan, Bridget O’Quinn, Emily Pellarin, Laura Acton MIDDLE ROW: Kaitlin Matchett, Haley Kriz, Jenna Quinn, Alexis Sabino, Kate Moran, Alex Thorburn, Matthew Bermudez FRONT ROW: Emma Alberto, Nicholas Agostinelli, Guillaume Hewitt, Aurora Rivera, Douglas Fraumeni, Quentin Gene