TiTus andronicus - Stratford Festival

The Company
Sean Arbuckle
10th season: Sir William Catesby in Richard III and Saturninus in Titus
Andronicus. Stratford: Cabaret (Cliff), Three Sisters (Tuzenbach), The
Winter’s Tale (Camillo), The Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), Who’s Afraid
of Virginia Woolf? (Nick), The Swanne (Leopold/Popple), Twelfth Night
(Orsino), London Assurance (Dazzle), Macbeth (Banquo), The Trojan Women
(Talthybius), Electra (The Beggar), As You Like It (Oliver), The Tempest
(Antonio), Timon of Athens (Alcibiades). Elsewhere: Broadway: The Importance of Being
Earnest. National tour: Copenhagen. Regional: The Turn of the Screw (Grand Theatre);
Phèdre (ACT); Humble Boy, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Pioneer Theatre Company); The
Magnificent Ambersons (Indiana Rep); The Spitfire Grill (George Street Playhouse – world
première); King John (Shakespeare Theatre Company); The Triumph of Love (Walnut Street);
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Dallas Theater Center); Woman in Mind (Berkshire
Theatre Festival). TV: Law & Order, Sex and the City, Hope and Faith. Training: Juilliard.
Talen de St. Croix
Stratford debut: Young Lucius in Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: This is
Talen’s fourth production. He performed the role of Oliver in Theatre
Norfolk’s production of Oliver! this winter. He performed as Chip in Theatre
Norfolk’s production of Beauty and the Beast last spring, as well as in
Brantford Collegiate Institute’s musical. Talen has a passion for theatre,
and loves to act, sing and dance. Et cetera: When Talen is off stage he is
involved in many sports, including lacrosse and ski racing. Talen is on the Holimont Ski Team
in Ellicottville, N.Y., where he is a competitive downhill ski racer. He lives in Brantford and
is very excited to have the opportunity to work with everyone involved with the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival this season.
Wayne Best
16th season: Duke of Buckingham in Richard III and appears in Titus
Andronicus. Stratford: Boatswain (The Tempest), Antonio (The Two
Gentlemen of Verona), Caliban (The Tempest), Mercutio (Romeo and
Juliet), Leontes (The Winter’s Tale), Fluellen (Henry V), Victor (Private Lives),
Horatio (Hamlet), Astrov (Uncle Vanya), Macduff (Macbeth), Gratiano (The
Merchant of Venice), Cornwall (King Lear), Grumio (The Taming of the
Shrew), Enobarbus (Antony and Cleopatra), Ben (Good Mother), Maurice (In the Ring), Le Bret
(Cyrano de Bergerac). Elsewhere: Carl (Heaven), Abbott (Inexpressible Island), Antonio (The
Tempest), Brutus (Julius Caesar), Billy (The Collected Works of Billy the Kid), Johnny Regan
(Balconville), Captain Keller (The Miracle Worker), Quinn (The Affections of May), Jacob
Mercer (Of the Fields, Lately), Jacob Mercer (Salt-Water Moon).
Josh Epstein
Stratford debut: Quintus in Titus Andronicus and appears in The Grapes of
Wrath. Elsewhere: Barfee in The 25th Annual ... Spelling Bee (Belfry, Arts
Club – Ovation nomination), Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Playhouse
– Jessie and Ovation nominations), Studies in Motion (Electric Company
– Canadian tour), Leo in The Producers (Arts Club – Ovation Award), three
seasons at Bard on the Beach, The Drowsy Chaperone (Citadel, NAC),
Death of a Salesman (Aquarius), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Stage West), The Lord of
the Rings (Mirvish) and a recent European tour of his solo show. Film/TV: Hairspray, Breaker
High, So Weird, The X-Files. Josh recently formed the film production company Motion 58
(www.motion58.com), whose films include the 2010 NSI Drama Prize, Bravo!FACT and NFB
winner Wait for Rain, and two features in development. Training: Studio 58, Birmingham
Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Website: www.joshepsteinonline.com. Et cetera:
“4mydad.”
Skye Brandon
Third season: Duke of Norfolk in Richard III and Bassianus in Titus
Andronicus. Stratford: The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar and Bartholomew Fair. Elsewhere:
Reflections/The Little Prince, Mary’s Wedding (Dancing Sky Theatre); The
Pillowman, Fat Pig (Wild Side Productions); Henry IV, Part 1, The Tempest,
The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Chimera
(PTE); Julius Caesar, The Shape of Things (Theatre Ecstasis); Twelfth Night (Globe Theatre);
The Coronation Voyage, It’s All True (Last Exit Theatre). Directing credits include Pageant
(Last Exit) and The Busy World is Hushed (Northern Light Theatre). Radio: Yann Martel’s The
Facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (CBC). Training: Birmingham Conservatory, ACT
(San Francisco), U of S (BFA Honours). Awards: SAT Award (Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist,
Dancing Sky), Sterling nomination (The Credeaux Canvas, Northern Light), Equity Emerging
Artist 2005.
Itai Erdal
Stratford debut: Lighting designer of Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere:
Sweeney Todd (Citadel Theatre); Where the Blood Mixes, A Christmas Carol,
Vincent in Brixton (Vancouver Playhouse); Troilus and Cressida, The Winter’s
Tale (Bard on the Beach); Billy Bishop Goes to War, The Life Inside (Belfry
Theatre); 16 Up, Dirty Kissing, Time for the Good Looking Boy (Box Clever,
London); Crime and Punishment, My Name is Rachel Corrie (Neworld
Theatre); The One That Got Away (Electric Company/NAC). Awards: Dora Award and the
design award in the Dublin Fringe for The Four Horsemen Project, Volcano Theatre; the
ADC’s Jack King Award; Jessie Awards for most promising newcomer and Life Savers, Ruby
Slippers. Website: www.itaierdal.com. Et cetera: Itai recently co-wrote and performed in
How to Disappear Completely for the Chop Theatre.
Linda Cho
Stratford debut: Costume designer of Titus Andronicus. New York:
Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre for a New Audience, Second Stage
Theatre, Juilliard School, Vineyard Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop,
Atlantic Theater Company, Lincoln Center Theater, Classic Stage Company.
Regional Theatre: The Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre
Company, Hartford Stage, The Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe, Chicago
Shakespeare, Baltimore Center Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Goodspeed
Musicals, Yale Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Williamstown
Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Dallas Theater Center.
Opera: Los Angeles Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis. International: Royal
Shakespeare Company; Canadian Stage; Hong Kong Performing Arts Centre; National
Theater, Taipei; Repercussion Theatre, Canada. Training: MFA Yale School of Drama.
Paul Fauteux
Second season: Sir James Tyrrel in Richard III and Lucius in Titus
Andronicus. Stratford: Cecco in Peter Pan and Stringer in King of
Thieves. Birmingham Conservatory. Elsewhere: The Ends of the Earth /
Belfry Theatre; The Pillowman, Tillsonburg / Canadian Stage; Scorched
/ Tarragon Theatre and NAC; That Time / Theatre Centre; Dr. Chekhov:
Ward 6 / Factory Theatre; Cringeworthy, Boxhead and The Kabbalistic
Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik / Theatre Passe Muraille; Kaspar / Go Chicken Go.
Film/TV: Committed, Rookie Blue, The Sea Wolf, This Is Wonderland, Missing, Flashpoint,
Hustle: The Pete Rose Story, Chasing Cain, Due South, L’Ombre de l’épervier. Radio:
Dean Donaldson on CBC radio drama Afghanada. Training: UVic and the National Theatre
School of Canada. Awards: Five Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations. One ACTRA Award
nomination. Et cetera: Paul lives in Toronto with his wife, Camille, their son, Hanlon, and their
daughter, Illia.
David Collins
Fourth season: Lord Rivers in Richard III and appears in Titus Andronicus.
Stratford: Recent: Francisco (The Tempest), Host (The Two Gentlemen of
Verona), Seyton (Macbeth), Publius (Julius Caesar), Apothecary (Romeo
and Juliet), Theodotus (Caesar and Cleopatra). Elsewhere: Shakuntala
(Premiere Dance Theatre); The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God
(Mirvish); The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Donut City (Canadian Stage);
Pusha Man, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Theatre Passe Muraille); The Taming of the Shrew
(ShakespeareWorks); Top Gun the Musical (Factory Theatre/N.Y.C.); El Paso (Factory); Romeo
and Juliet (Shakespeare in Action); Walls (VECC). He is a founding member of Obsidian
Theatre Company. Film/TV: Trojan Horse, 11Cameras, ReGenesis, Owning Mahowny, Shoot
’Em Up, The Incredible Hulk, MVP, Warehouse 13, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, The Listener, Rookie
Blue, XIII, Stag, Against the Wall. Training: MFA, York University. Awards: Dora nominations
for Twilight Café and The America Play.
David Ferry
Fifth season: King Edward IV in Richard III and Marcus Andronicus in Titus
Andronicus. Stratford: Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1; Dogberry in Much Ado;
Dumaine in Love’s Labour’s Lost; Fair Liberty’s Call; Ahab in Moby Dick.
Elsewhere: Most recently he reprised his Dora-nominated performance
in Eternal Hydra (Crow’s Theatre) and was praised for his work in Blasted
(Buddies in Bad Times). He won a 2009 Dora (best actor) for his work in
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and the Critics Choice best-actor award in Victoria for his
Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. Film/TV: His second season of Dan for Mayor is airing
now on CTV. Awards: He has also won a best-director Dora and a best-lighting Dora. Et
cetera: David has directed in Canada and in Italy, most recently with the première of Daniel
MacIvor’s Inside. Website: www.davidferryactor.com.
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