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Brendan Murray Third season: Archbishop in Richard III and Chiron in Titus Andronicus. <strong>Stratford</strong>: The Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry VI (parts one and two), Henry V, Twelfth Night, Inherit the Wind. Elsewhere: Title role in Hamlet (Resurgence/ Richmond Hill Centre); Hannay in the Canadian première of The 39 Steps (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Hook in Peter Pan, Father Flynn in Doubt, A Christmas Carol (Globe); The Glass Menagerie (Red Barn); The Woman in White (Aquarius); Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (BeMe Theatre, Munich); Salt-Water Moon, directed by David French (Charlottetown <strong>Festival</strong>); Lucy, Twelfth Night (Canadian Stage); Relatively Speaking, Proof, Macbeth (Grand); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Centaur); Love’s Labour’s Lost (NAC); Descent (Passe Muraille); The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre by the Bay); Goodnight Disgrace (Postscript); Measure for Measure, Blue/Orange (Citadel). Training: George Brown Theatre School, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Michael Spencer-Davis Third season: Duke of Clarence in Richard III and Clown in Titus Andronicus. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bartholomew Fair, Shakespeare’s Universe. Elsewhere: Recent credits include Romeo and Juliet, Nativity (National Arts Centre); Lawrence and Holloman (Persephone Theatre/Prairie Theatre Exchange); As You Like It (Citadel); Sexy Laundry (Globe Theatre). Other credits include Medea (Manitoba Theatre Centre/ Mirvish); Macbeth, Othello (NAC/Citadel); And All For Love, Twelfth Night (NAC); The Elephant Man, The Stone Angel, The Tempest, Heaven, The Beard of Avon, Twelfth Night, Unless, Amadeus (Canadian Stage); The Real Thing, Humble Boy (MTC); apple (PTE); Via Dolorosa (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre); Blithe Spirit, Einstein’s Gift (Citadel); The File (SummerWorks); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (<strong>Festival</strong> of Classics); A Phoenix Too Frequent (Touchmark Theatre). Film/TV: Murdoch Mysteries, Flash of Genius, The Eleventh Hour, Street Time and Canada: A People’s History. Christian Palte <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Understudy in Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Christian’s introduction to the theatre came through a Shakespeare on Wheels workshop. Actor/director Don Carrier, one of the presenters of the workshop, encouraged Christian to audition at the <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>. Usually shy and reserved by nature, Christian was an active, animated and entertaining participant in all the drama activities during the workshop; he delighted classmates and teachers with his character range and creativity. Et cetera: Christian dedicates his first season with the <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong> to his school teacher, Kathleen Carr, whose consummate support and encouragement have been transforming. Jessica Stinson Second season: Apprentice stage manager of Richard III and Titus Andronicus. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Production assistant, Studio Theatre: Do Not Go Gentle, King of Thieves, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Elsewhere: Apprentice stage manager: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Last Five Years, Dry Streak, The Syringa Tree (The Grand Theatre); Mending Fences, Harvest, Animal Magnetism (Port Stanley <strong>Festival</strong> 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), The Pirates of Penzance (The Grand Theatre). Training: Jessica is a graduate of the York University Theatre Program with a double specialization in Production and Theatre Studies. Et cetera: Jessica would like to thank her family for all of their support. Joshua Pearson <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Associate costume designer of Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Has been an associate/assistant to Linda Cho many times, including Twelfth Night (Oregon Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>) and The Two Noble Kinsmen (NYSF/Public Theater), directed by Darko Tresnjak, and Limelight (La Jolla Playhouse). Thirty-five productions at the Williamstown Theatre <strong>Festival</strong> as the costume shop manager, assistant shop manager and costume designer. Darko Tresnjak <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Director and set designer of Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Joseph Papp Public Theater, Royal Shakespeare Company Complete Works <strong>Festival</strong>, Oregon Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Old Globe, Theatre for a New Audience, Huntington Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre <strong>Festival</strong>, Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Vineyard Theatre Company, Blue Light Theater Company, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Florida Grand Opera, Sarasota Opera, Virginia Opera. Training: Swarthmore College, Columbia University. Awards: San Diego Theatre Critics Awards for outstanding direction of Cyrano de Bergerac, The Winter’s Tale and Pericles, and for excellence in artistic direction; TCG National Theater Artist Residency Grant; Alan Schneider Award for Directing Excellence. Website: darkotresnjak.com. Et cetera: Mr. Tresnjak was the Artistic Director of the Old Globe Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong> from 2004 to 2009. He is the new Artistic Director of Hartford Stage. Janine Ralph 21st season: Production stage manager of the Tom Patterson Theatre. Stage manager of Richard III. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Janine is delighted to return to the <strong>Festival</strong> from Singapore. She was production stage manager for the Tom Patterson Theatre for two seasons, and stage-managed Ever Yours, Oscar and There Reigns Love at that time. In the past Janine has stage-managed a variety of shows at both the Avon and <strong>Festival</strong> theatres, including The Gondoliers, Gypsy, Carousel, Henry V, An Enemy of the People, One Tiger to a Hill and Henry VIII. Elsewhere: Janine stage-managed Voyage de la Vie for Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore and production-managed Pinocchio: The Musical for Singapore Repertory Theatre, Singapore. She has also worked on the Asian Games’ ceremonies in Qatar; in a variety of theatres in Ontario, including Young People’s Theatre, Toronto; and also for BBC TV in England. Dylan Trowbridge <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Martius in Titus Andronicus and appears in The Grapes of Wrath. Elsewhere: Neil Kellerman in the West End and Mirvish productions of Dirty Dancing; John Rutherford in Rutherford and Son, Harry Tench in Widowers’ Houses, Etienne in The Coronation Voyage, Simon in Lord of the Flies, Barnaby in The Matchmaker and Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Shaw <strong>Festival</strong>); Escape from Happiness, Tideline (Factory Theatre); Vinci (Canadian Stage); Tiny Dynamite (Theatre Smash); Return: The Sarajevo Project (Dora nomination), Mojo (Theatrefront); Swimming in the Shallows (Buddies in Bad Times); Grace (Platform 9); Romeo and Juliet (Repercussion Theatre); Henry V (Shakespeare by the Sea). Film/TV: Guns, Til Death Do Us Part, Poker Night, Saw III, Kardia, The Fraternity. Training: Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Et cetera: Dylan is a founding member of the award-winning Toronto-based company Theatrefront. E.B. Smith <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Marquess of Dorset in Richard III and Alarbus in Titus Andronicus. Elsewhere: Chicago Shakespeare Theater – Seyton in Macbeth, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet; First Folio Theatre – Macduff in Macbeth; Karamu House Theater – King in King Hedley II (Cleveland Scene, Best Production of 2007), Moustique in Dream on Monkey Mountain, Junior in Before it Hits Home. Other credits include work at the Cleveland Play House, the Idaho Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong> and Theater Wit in Chicago, and two seasons at the Great Lakes Theater <strong>Festival</strong>. Film/TV: The Beast (Sony Pictures Television), Ask Gilby, Maybe By Then and Thunder Bay (PBS-TV). Training: Studied acting at Ohio University and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Et cetera: E.B. dedicates his work to Moira, his parents and grandmother, and to the memory of his Papa, who will always be in the front row. Suzanne Turnbull 13th season: Dramaturge of Titus Andronicus. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Worked in various capacities such as dramaturge, text and understudy coach, researcher and assistant director. Elsewhere: Suzanne directed My Little Butterball, which toured Windsor schools for the Windsor Feminist Theatre. Was a co-director of Kam Theatre, Kaleidoscope’s theatre school director and University of Western Ontario director-in-residence. Participated in two NAC Ark workshops. Suzanne was choral director for James Reaney’s Sticks & Stones and The St. Nicholas Hotel (Banff). More than 30 directing credits include Goodbye My Fancy, The Madras House, Albertine in Five Times, Henry IV, Macbeth, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Fighting Days and Les Belles-Soeurs. Teaching: Western, Windsor and Lakehead universities; George Brown, Humber and St. Clair colleges; Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction; and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Training: University of Alberta (BFA acting). 16