CameLot - Stratford Festival

Katrina ReynoldsStratford debut: Appears in Camelot and Jesus Christ Superstar. Elsewhere:Karisma in Hair (Canadian Stage); Michelle in Dreamgirls (Stage WestCalgary); Mack and Mabel and Hotel Peccadillo (Shaw Festival); Bird Girl #3 inSeussical (Theatre Aquarius); Lorelle Robinson in Dreamgirls (MTC, TheatreAquarius and the Grand Theatre); featured singer in One Hit Wonders andMotown Gold (Stage West Mississauga and Calgary); Tina Turner in TheWedding Singer (Stage West); Little Inez in Hairspray (Charlottetown Festival). Film/TV: Singerin Zesty Mango McDonald’s commercial. Training: Randolph Academy for the PerformingArts. Et cetera: Kat would like to thank her wonderful and supportive parents, Nelson andBrenda Reynolds. “I couldn’t do it without you guys!”Lee SiegelStratford debut: Simon Zealotes in Jesus Christ Superstar and appears inCamelot. Elsewhere: Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (Thousand IslandsPlayhouse), Old Deuteronomy in Cats (Drayton Entertainment and NeptuneTheatre), John in Miss Saigon (Drayton Entertainment), Wayne (Curtisunderstudy) in Dreamgirls (Canadian cast première – Stage West Calgary,MTC, Theatre Aquarius and The Grand, London, Ontario), OCE Niagara,Smokey Joe’s Café (Stage West Mississauga), Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (GCP). Websites:Lee Siegel (actor/director) on Facebook and www.myspace.com/LeeSiegel. Et cetera: “Muchlove to my incredible family, Mom, Dad, friends and foes who may have come and gone buttaught me so much about life; to the Talent House gang and Bruce for seeing somethingin a young guy from Niagara; to God (thank you!); and to you, our audience: thank you forsupporting the arts! Enjoy!”Matthew RossoffStratford debut: Clarius in Camelot and swing in Jesus Christ Superstar.Elsewhere: North American tour of Fiddler on the Roof with Topol andHarvey Fierstein, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (August Wilson Theater,N.Y.C.), Disney’s When You Wish (Theatre Under the Stars, TX), A ChorusLine (Coastal Carolina, SC), White Christmas (Carousel, OH), Guys andDolls (Drayton), West Side Story (Citadel/Theatre Calgary), Hello, Dolly! andFiddler on the Roof (Vancouver Playhouse). Film: Reefer Madness (Showtime), Once Upon aMattress (ABC/Disney). Choreography/Teaching: Soul Kitchen (Joe’s Pub, N.Y.C.), High SchoolMusical (Paper Mill Playhouse, associate), Juilliard School, Circle in the Square, BroadwayConnections. Training: UBC (BA), Circle in the Square, newly certified yoga instructor. Etcetera: A Vancouver native now residing in New York City, Matthew is honoured to be hereat the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. “Thank you, Talent House. Love and gratitude to myfamily.”Siobhán SleathFifth season: Assistant lighting designer of The Merry Wives of Windsor,Camelot, Twelfth Night and The Misanthrope. Stratford: Lighting designexecution of Kiss Me, Kate. Assistant lighting designer for As You Like It,The Tempest, Dangerous Liaisons, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Trespassers, RiceBoy, Zastrozzi, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, To Kill aMockingbird, The Comedy of Errors, My One and Only. Elsewhere: Lightingdesign for Back to X (Larchaud Dance Project); Twelfth Night (Direct Flight Theatre/GromKatProductions); Richard III (Hart House Theatre); Confluence, Frida and Herself (AnandamPerformance Group); Les Belles-Soeurs, The Killing Game (Randolph Academy); Bluebeard(GromKat Productions); Fat Pig (Geek Girl Productions); Disciples (DMT Productions). Associatelighting design on Anne and Gilbert: The Musical (Campbell Webster Entertainment). Siobhánalso worked on Nuit Blanche 2008 designing the lighting score for Brendan Fernandes’sinstallation Future (…---…) Perfect. Training: BFA in Theatre Production from York University.Dominique RoyStratford debut: Esther in Jesus Christ Superstar and appears in Camelot.Recently: Motown Gold: A Musical Revue (Stage West Calgary). Elsewhere:Dirty Dancing (Mirvish Productions, Toronto); The Best of Broadway, FrenchTease, Viva Casino (Atlantic City); Rent (Broadway); Womyn in 3 (FringeFestival, N.Y.); La Cage aux Folles Dinner Theatre (Toronto). Film/TV: D’unerive à l’autre (CFC); Eddie and the Cruisers, Due South, Straight Up (AllianceFilms); Side Effects (CBC). Recordings: The single FREEWAY (Black Vinyl Records, U.K.),appearing on European and U.S. dance music compilations. Training: Les Grands BalletsCanadiens (Montreal), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (N.Y.), Al Waxman (Toronto),Sally Johnson Studios (N.Y.), Bill Zeffiro (N.Y.). Et cetera: Dominique is thrilled to be joiningthe Stratford Shakespeare Festival. “Thank you, Mom, friends and family for your undyingsupport.”Cynthia Toushan15th season: Stage manager of Camelot. Stratford: Stage manager ofmusicals including Kiss Me, Kate; The Music Man; Man of La Mancha; WestSide Story; Fiddler on the Roof; My Fair Lady; The Sound of Music; The King andI; Guys and Dolls; Hello, Dolly!; Oliver!; Oklahoma!; and PSM swing. Elsewhere:Original PSM for Jersey Boys Toronto (2008 to 2010); 18 seasons with theCanadian Opera Company including, most recently, Nixon in China; seniorstage manager of Pope John Paul II’s visit in 2002; assistant director of the Olympic TorchRelay on Parliament Hill, 2009; 23 years working with her mentor, Alan Lund, as his dancecaptain, assistant choreographer and assistant director. Et cetera: Cindy spends as muchtime as possible with her daughters, Stephanie and Jennifer, her son-in-law, Andrew, andher fiancé, Paul.Jason SermoniaSecond season: John in Jesus Christ Superstar and swing in Camelot.Stratford: Anything Goes and Guys and Dolls. Thrilled to be back at theStratford Shakespeare Festival! Theatre: The Lion King – Las Vegascompany; Dirty Dancing, We Will Rock You, The Lion King – MirvishProductions; West Side Story, Peter Pan – Citadel Theatre. Film/TV: Chicago,Honey and A Brave New Girl. Et cetera: “Love and thanks to my family,friends, MM and the T. House Gang for their love and support.”Brian Tree22nd season: Dubois in The Misanthrope and understudy in Camelot.Stratford: Adam (As You Like It), Old Shepherd (The Winter’s Tale), HumphreyWasp (Bartholomew Fair), Erronius (Forum), Costard (Love’s Labour’s Lost),Touchstone (As You Like It), Stephano (The Tempest), Joxer Daly (Juno andthe Paycock), Mr. Dussel (The Diary of Anne Frank), Mr. Bennet (Pride andPrejudice), Dolly Spanker (London Assurance), Oswald (King Lear, also LincolnCenter, New York), Caversham (An Ideal Husband), Holofernes (Love’s Labour’s Lost), PeterQuince (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and many others. Elsewhere (highlights): Michael(Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me), Kemp (Vigil) – Tarragon Theatre; Bottom (A MidsummerNight’s Dream) – Canadian Stage; Harry (The Sum of Us) – Belfry Theatre; Jim (Passion) –Bastion and Grand Theatre; the Player (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) – Touchmark.Film/TV: Billable Hours, La Femme Nikita, Traders, Forever Knight, Street Legal; eightproductions of A Taste of Shakespeare.Julius SermoniaSixth season: James in Jesus Christ Superstar and appears in Camelot.Stratford: Kiss Me, Kate (Nathaniel), Evita, Forum, West Side Story (Chino),Cabaret, My One and Only (New Rhythm Boy), Oklahoma!, Guys and Dolls,Anything Goes (Luke). Elsewhere: Forum (Stratford/Mirvish); final Broadwaycompany and U.S. national tour of Cats (Mistoffelees); Contact (first U.S.national tour); Miss Saigon (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera); The DrowsyChaperone (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Cinderella (Ross Petty); Sweet Charity (assistantchoreographer) (Stage West Calgary); West Side Story (Chino) (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Hair(Karma) (Canadian Stage); Beauty and the Beast (Grand, Drayton/Aquarius); Pleasure Island,Kids of the Kingdom (Disney World, FL). Awards: Tyrone Guthrie Award (Dora Mavor Moore).Et cetera: Julius would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support.Aaron WalpoleSecond season: Sir Lionel in Camelot and Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar.Stratford: Angie the Ox/Nicely and Big Jule understudy (Guys and Dolls),Quartet Tenor #2 (Anything Goes). Elsewhere: Lonny (Rock of Ages) (Mirvish);Big Bopper (The Buddy Holly Story), Herman (Sweet Charity), Bouley (DamnYankees), ensemble (One Hit Wonders), Canadian Explosion, The Best LittleWhorehouse in Texas (Stage West); Eddie/Dr. Scott (The Rocky Horror Show)(Theatre New Brunswick); Hank (Nursery School Musical) (Berkeley Street Theatre); Parker(Rock and Roll) (Grand Theatre); Aaron (The Compleat Works…), Fleshcreep (Jack and theBeanstalk) (Gayety Theatre); Roger (Grease) (Citadel Theatre), Moose (Crazy for You) (HuronCountry Playhouse). Film/TV: Breakout Kings (A&E series); feature films Felling Shadows,Silent but Deadly, Deacons for Defense; Canadian Idol, season 3 (third-place finalist).Recordings: Debut self-titled album available in stores across Canada through Sony/BMGCanada. Training: Sheridan College Music Theatre Performance Program. Website: www.aaronwalpole.com.16