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Simon Fon Third season: Fight director of Titus Andronicus, stunt coordinator of The Little Years and Hosanna and aerial stunt coordinator of Camelot and Jesus Christ Superstar. Stratford: West Side Story, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Zastrozzi, Bartholomew Fair, Phèdre, Peter Pan, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Rice Boy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; King Lear (Birmingham Conservatory). Elsewhere: With over 400 professional credits stretching across Canada from Stratford to Yellowknife, Simon specializes in all areas: weaponry, aerial flying and unarmed combat (Eastern and Western). Most recently Simon has worked on Dora-winning projects The Mill, Hamlet (Necessary Angel) and When We Were Birds. Executive Director and founder of Riot ACT, earning 17 nominations and eight awards in their past four years, including Simon for Male Action Performer of the Year, 2009 AOF Festival, California. Websites: www.simonfon.com and www.riotact.ca. Bruce Godfree Fourth season: Sir Robert Brakenbury in Richard III and Demetrius in Titus Andronicus. Stratford: Peter Pan, Dangerous Liaisons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Macbeth, Julius Caesar (Titinius), Hamlet (Laertes), The Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well That Ends Well. Elsewhere: In the U.K.: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (The Lord Chamberlain’s Men); Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Avery in Charlotte’s Web, Tom in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Duke’s Theatre, Lancaster); Edgar in King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company); Luka in Sitting Pretty (Really Useful Group); and Kip in Tennessee Williams’s Something Cloudy, Something Clear (U.K. première, Finborough Theatre). In Canada: The Fantasticks (Chester Playhouse); Dickon in The Secret Garden, Gavroche in Les Misérables (Neptune Theatre); and Hank in Marvin’s Room (Festival Antigonish). Film: The Magic of Marciano, Parsley Days. Radio: Peyton Place (BBC Radio 4), The Family Canoe (CBC). Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Carmen Grant Stratford debut: Appears in Richard III and Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Kent (King Lear) (Calgary); Lady Macduff (Macbeth), Lady Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), Phebe (As You Like It) (Halifax); Viola (Twelfth Night) (Globe Theatre); title role in The Miracle Worker (LKTYP); Ruth (Zadie’s Shoes) (ATP); Catherine (Proof) (Neptune); The Syringa Tree (Neptune, Belfry, MTC, Grand); Catherine (Doc) (Soulpepper). Training: Mount Royal College, National Theatre School, Birmingham Conservatory. Awards: Dora nomination (The Miracle Worker), ATP Rising Star (Zadie’s Shoes), Merritt Award (The Syringa Tree). Et cetera: Carmen is deeply grateful for the generosity of her teachers, colleagues, friends and family who have supported and encouraged her through some profoundly difficult years in this business. She is ecstatic to be working at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and to be understudying the roles of Richard in Richard III and Tamora in Titus Andronicus. Varrick Grimes Stratford debut: Assistant director of Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Originally from Newfoundland, Varrick is a director, teacher and performer. He initiated the Gros Morne Theatre Festival in his homeland and toured Canada as a creator/performer with Number Eleven Theatre: ICARIA, The Prague Visitor and The Lamentable History of Peter Schlemiel. Directing highlights: A Woman Alone, Lion in the Streets (Bare Boards); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Weir (Theatre Newfoundland Labrador); Once a Shoreline, Your Name is Written in the Sky (Jumblies Theatre); The Unknown Island, Open Air, A Lot on Your Plate, The Labyrinth Project, S’alk’wa (Runaway Moon); Common Ground (Claque Theatre, U.K.); Tale of a Town (Fixt Point); You Don’t Know Jack (Carpet Bag Brigade, U.S.A.). Training: He has a BFA from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Et cetera: He offers deep gratitude to his Aikido Sensei for her unwavering belief. P L A Y O N 16-29? Get $25 tickets! Get the behind-the-scenes scoop and fabulous ticket deals with the Play On program at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Youth certainly has its privileges! P L A Y O N A Y P L O N The program provides $25 tickets for patrons 16-29, plus exclusive deals where you shop, eat and stay! For more details, check out www.stratfordshakespeare festival.com/playon and get with the program! SPONSORED BY Stay connected! Follow us on Ashleigh Hendry Stratford debut: Appears in The Grapes of Wrath and Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Susan in The Waves (Toronto Fringe – awarded Best of Fringe, Patron’s Pick, Critic’s Pick, Best Production and Best Ensemble); Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, Beauty in Sleeping Beauty, Heidi in The G-String Broke, Red in Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White in Snow White, Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk, Vikki in Caught in the Net (Port Hope Festival Theatre); Goldilocks in Goldilocks (Theatre Collingwood); Loretta in The Melville Boys (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Manuelita in Refugee Hotel (Crosscurrents Festival – Factory Theatre); Witch and Fleance in Macbeth (Modern Times Stage Company tour to Iran); Janine in Finger of Fate (workshop, Videocab/Canadian Stage). Training: Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre, LAMDA, University of Toronto. Website: www.ashleighhendry.com. Et cetera: “For my family and my husband, Jeff.” 13
Dion Johnstone Seventh season: Lord Grey in Richard III and Aaron in Titus Andronicus. Stratford: Caliban (The Tempest), Valentine (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Macduff (Macbeth), Octavius (Julius Caesar), Tom Robinson (To Kill a Mockingbird), Edmund (King Lear), Orlando (As You Like It), Iachimo (Cymbeline), Orestes (Electra and The Flies), King John, Timon of Athens, The Swanne, part two, Agamemnon. Elsewhere: George (A Raisin in the Sun) (Soulpepper); Boromir (The Lord of the Rings) (Mirvish Productions, world première); Davey Battle (Take Me Out, Canadian première) (Canadian Stage); Octavius (Antony and Cleopatra), Richmond (Richard III) (Bard on the Beach). Film/ TV: Guest-star and principal roles include Sea Wolf (mini-series), Ice Twisters (TV movie), The Core, Stargate SG-1. Training: BFA (acting), University of Alberta; Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Jennifer Lennon Second season: Assistant lighting designer of Richard III and Titus Andronicus. Stratford: Assistant lighting designer of Kiss Me, Kate and Evita. Elsewhere: Lighting designer of Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in Action); Gingerbread Guy (Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre); Almost, Again (Go Go Go Productions); Double Double (Caterwaul Theatre); The Penelopiad Director’s Showcase (Nightwood Theatre); Nursery School Musical (Fence Post Productions); Dog Sees God, Good As New Festival, Autobahn (Fly By Night Theatre); and The Bewitched (Theatre@York). Assistant lighting designer of Hairspray (Charlottetown Festival); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz (Grand Theatre); Intimate Apparel (Obsidian Theatre/Canadian Stage); and That Face (Nightwood Theatre/Canadian Stage). Training: BFA, Theatre Production and Design, York University. Lindsay Jones Stratford debut: Sound designer of Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Over 300 shows in Off-Broadway and regional theatres across the U.S. and Canada, as well as shows in Austria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Scotland and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. Film/TV: Scoring credits include Mama, I Want To Sing for 20th Century Fox, Family Practice for Sony Pictures/Lifetime Television and A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award winner, Best Documentary, Short Subject) for HBO Films. Awards: Five Joseph Jefferson Awards and 15 nominations, an Ovation Award and three nominations, L.A. and S.D. Drama Critics Circle Awards, award nominations for Drama Desk, Henry Hewes Design, AUDELCO, Barrymore, L.A. Weekly, Connecticut Critics Circle, Austin Critics Table and Garland Awards. Lindsay was also the first sound designer to win the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. Website: www.lindsayjones.com. Amanda Lisman Third season: Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and appears in The Grapes of Wrath. Stratford: Iris in The Tempest, Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac, Second Sister in Macbeth and Julia in Zastrozzi. Elsewhere: Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (Citadel Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life (Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre); The Cherry Orchard, Crimes of the Heart, King Lear (Studio Theatre); Unity (1918), [sic], Lieutenant Nun (Theatre SKAM); Dancing at Lughnasa, Steel Magnolias, Rebecca (Victoria Theatre Guild); and cabaret performances with Atomic Vaudeville. Film/TV: Psych (USA Network), The Party Never Stops (Life Network). Training: Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre; Banff/ Citadel Professional Training Theatre Program; BFA, Acting, University of Alberta; and BA, Anthropology, University of Victoria. Emma Laird Sixth season: Assistant stage manager of Titus Andronicus. Stratford: King of Thieves, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cabaret, Pentecost. Elsewhere: Emma adventured out west, touring Another Home Invasion to the Citadel and the Arts Club Theatre. Dancing amphibians busied her fall with Frog and Toad at LKTYP. Other credits include The Overwhelming (Studio 180/Canadian Stage), Stuff Happens (Mirvish/Studio 180), bedbound (MacKenzieRo), Upstaging Cancer (Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation), A Dickens Christmas (Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus), Everyone Jump (Children’s Hour Productions, national tour) and many PAL fundraising performances. Training: Emma is a York University graduate. Awards: Recipient of the Lindsay Thomas Award, two Tyrone Guthrie Awards, the Kenneth Ford Award and the Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award. Et cetera: Emma wouldn’t be here without all the love and support from her family and friends. “Thanks for always making the drive out to the sticks, ladies!” Kim Lott 15th season: Stage manager of Titus Andronicus. Stratford: Most recent credits include Evita and West Side Story. Elsewhere: Theatre credits include five seasons with The Grand Theatre, My Fair Lady (Drayton Entertainment), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opera Ontario) and The Who’s Tommy (Elgin Theatre). Et cetera: “To my wonderful family – thank you for bringing such beauty and sunshine into my life. Keep celebrating.” Cyrus Lane Second season: Cardinal Bourchier in Richard III and Mutius in Titus Andronicus. Stratford: King of Thieves, Peter Pan. Elsewhere: Ferdinand in Rock ’n’ Roll (Canadian Stage and Citadel Theatre); Habeas Corpus, Take Me Out, Amadeus, Sweeney Todd (Canadian Stage); Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Talk Is Free Theatre); Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre); Step Right Up! (Theatre Orangeville); The Mercy Seat (Alchemy Theatre); Mickey in Blood Brothers (Theatre Aquarius); SARSical and An Inconvenient Musical (Factory Theatre); Lord of the Flies, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Uncle Vanya and SS Tenacity (Shaw Festival). Film/TV: The Summit (CBC), Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning. Recordings: Voices on video games Resident Evil: Outbreak, Onimusha 2 and Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft). Training: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Et cetera: “Love to Joanne and Eliza.” Roberta Maxwell 15th season: Duchess of York in Richard III and Nurse in Titus Andronicus. Stratford: Began her career as apprentice under Sir Tyrone Guthrie and Michael Langham (1957). Roles: Oenone, Lady Macbeth (Des McAnuff, director), Rosalind, Nina (The Seagull 1980/Robin Phillips). Broadway: Equus, Our Town, The Carpetbagger’s Children, Othello, The Merchant. Off-Broadway: Three Sisters (2011/CSC), Richard III, Ashes, Stevie (MTC), The Cripple of Inishmaan (N.Y. Public). Regional U.S.: Ahmanson Theatre (Pygmalion), Old Globe (Othello, Rashomon), Seattle Repertory (Saint Joan), the Guthrie Theater, Connecticut Shakespeare (Juliet), ACT (Phèdre), Lincoln Center (The Plough and the Stars). Films: Brokeback Mountain, Dead Man Walking, Philadelphia, Popeye, Psycho 3. TV: Warehouse 13, Rookie Blue, Mourning Becomes Electra (PBS), Law & Order. Awards: Two Obies (A Whistle in the Dark, Ashes), Drama League Award (Slag), Helen Hayes nomination, Villager (Mary Stuart, director Des McAnuff), Carbonelle (Lettice and Lovage, starring Julie Harris). Claire Lautier Third season: Tamora in Titus Andronicus and appears in Richard III. Stratford: Silvia (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), Ceres (The Tempest), Aricie (Phèdre). Elsewhere: N.Y.C.: Isabella (Edward the Second), Duchess (The Revenger’s Tragedy) (Red Bull Theatre); The Dining Room (Keen Company); Hedda Gabler (Broadway); Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center). Regional/ International: Aricie (Phèdre) (ACT); Lady Anne (Richard III), Roxane (Cyrano) (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Princess of France (Love’s Labour’s Lost) (RSC and Shakespeare Theatre Company); and many others across the U.S. Film: Margarita, My Soul to Take, Ghost Town, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Elf, House of D, By Courier (Academy Award nomination, 2001). TV: 3lbs, Grey’s Anatomy, Numb3rs, Law and Order, All My Children, Guiding Light. Training: Honour graduate, Duke University and Juilliard. Awards: Drama Desk (The Dining Room), William Shakespeare Award (as member of Shakespeare Theatre Company), Michel and Suria St. Denis Award, John Houseman Award. Sean Mulcahy Seventh season: Assistant designer of Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Recent credits include set and costume designer for The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Neptune Theatre), set designer for Vigil (Sudbury Theatre Centre) and set and costume designer for Voces de Los Cerros (première production of the Stratford/Suchitoto Project, Es Artes, El Salvador). Selected credits: There Is a Land of Pure Delight, Relatively Harmless (set/costume, Live Bait Theatre); The Chronicles of Narnia (set), Forever Plaid (set/costume, Theatre New Brunswick); Sexy Laundry (set/costume), Heatwave, The Melville Boys and The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls (set, Sudbury Theatre Centre); Here on the Flight Path (set/costume, Prairie Theatre Exchange). Training: BFA Honours, design, York University. Awards: Tom Patterson Award and a Guthrie. Website: www.catalysttcm.com/seanmulcahy.html. Et cetera: Sean is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. 14
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