WardrobeHead of WardrobeAssistant Head of WardrobeSeasonal Wardrobe SupervisorCuttersFirst HandSewersBijoux/DecorationAssisted byBoots and ShoesAssisted byBoots and Shoes ApprenticeCostume PaintingDyeingAssisted byMillineryAssisted byWardrobe BuyerAssistant BuyerWardrobe ApprenticeWarehouse SupervisorWarehouse AssistantWigs and MakeupHead of Wigs and MakeupConstruction CrewAdditional Wigs byBradley DalcourtElizabeth CopemanLinda SparksJohanna Billings, Kim Crossley,Terri Dans, Jennie WonnacottJoanne DaviesSusy Arnold, Monica Berg,Denise Bott,Caroline Broadley,Cindy Brown,Sharon Gashgarian,Jennifer Gilbert, June Gunn,Debbie Kschesinski,Anna Lach, Paulette Laporte,Karen Merriam, Krista Nauman,Magdalene Raycraft,Joan Scheerer,Victoria Shillington,Ca<strong>the</strong>rine Weber, Silvia WidmerSusan Allerston-RichardsRebecca Dillow,Liane Guttadauria, Kathi PosliffMark Fetter, Michael KarnKaren Beames, Sarah Cook,Connie PuetzChristopher MoloughneyLisa HughesLinda PinhaySylvia MinarcinKaz MaxineThea C. Crawford,Helen FlowerMichelle AshbourneCaitlin LuxfordChevy BarlowMadonna DeckerValerie LariviereGerald AltenburgTracy Frayne, Dave Kerr,Barb Newbery, Alana Scheel,Julie Scott, Stanley WickensChristine Vaughanleft to right from top | nora mclellan (miss flora van huysen),tom mccamus (horace vandergelder) and director chris abraham;skye brandon (ambrose kemper).The Michael Langham Workshop forClassical Direction“The Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction will continueMichael Langham’s tradition of mentorship in a risk-free environment,allowing directors to develop <strong>the</strong>ir craft with <strong>the</strong> rich history and evolvingartistry of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>.”– Des McAnuffWe extend our thanks to <strong>the</strong> Department of Canadian Heritage, RBC,<strong>the</strong> Philip and Ber<strong>the</strong> Morton Foundation, Johanna Metcalf andKaron C. Bales and Charles E. Beall.Participants in <strong>the</strong>2012 workshop:Eric BensonHea<strong>the</strong>r DaviesAlan DilworthAndrea DonaldsonDarcy EvansVarrick GrimesKevin HammondRachel PeakeMumbi Tindyebwa OtuKristen van GinhovenAaron WillisFunding for artisan apprenticeships is provided by <strong>the</strong> William H.Somerville Theatre Artisan Apprenticeship Fund, funded by <strong>the</strong> J.P.Bickell Foundation, and by Robert and Jacqueline Sperandio.A member of <strong>the</strong> Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, <strong>the</strong><strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong> engages, under <strong>the</strong> terms of <strong>the</strong> CanadianTheatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of CanadianActors’ Equity Association. Stage crew, scenic carpenters, drivers, wigsand makeup attendants and facilities staff are members of Local 357of <strong>the</strong> International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).Wardrobe attendants are members of IATSE Local 924. Scenic artists aremembers of IATSE Local 828. The <strong>Festival</strong> acknowledges with thanks <strong>the</strong>co-operation of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Stratford</strong> Musicians’ Association, Local 418 of <strong>the</strong>American Federation of Musicians.9
Chris AbrahamThird season: Director of The Matchmaker. <strong>Stratford</strong>: The Little Years,For <strong>the</strong> Pleasure of Seeing Her Again. Elsewhere: Seeds, I, Claudia,BOXHEAD (Crow’s Theatre); Eternal Hydra (Crow’s/Factory Theatre);Geometry in Venice (Crow’s/Segal Centre); I, Claudia, The PatientHour (Tarragon); Blue/Orange (Canadian Stage); Antigone, The Lesson(Soulpepper); Hedda Gabler, The Glass Menagerie, Salt-Water Moon(Saidye Bronfman Centre). Training: National Theatre School of Canada. Awards: DoraAwards for Eternal Hydra, Easy Lenny Lazmon…; Sterling Award for Frozen (CitadelTheatre); Gemini Award for I, Claudia (CBC/Sienna Films); 2002 Elinor and Lou SiminovitchProtégé Award. Website: www.crows<strong>the</strong>atre.com. Et cetera: Chris is <strong>the</strong> Artistic Directorof Crow’s Theatre in Toronto, for whom he will direct <strong>the</strong> premiere of Kristen Thomson’slatest, “Someone Else”, next season. He is past Co-Director of <strong>the</strong> National TheatreSchool of Canada Directing Program.Skye BrandonFourth season: Second Cloten Lord in Cymbeline and Ambrose Kemperin The Matchmaker. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Titus Andronicus, Richard III, TheWinter’s Tale, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesarand Bartholomew Fair. Elsewhere: The Secret Mask, Chimera (PTE);Reflections/The Little Prince, Mary’s Wedding (Dancing Sky Theatre); ThePillowman, Fat Pig (Wild Side Productions); Henry IV, Part 1, The Tempest,The Taming of <strong>the</strong> Shrew (Shakespeare on <strong>the</strong> Saskatchewan); Julius Caesar, The Shapeof Things (Theatre Ecstasis); Twelfth Night (Globe Theatre); The Coronation Voyage, It’s AllTrue (Last Exit Theatre). Directing credits include Pageant (Last Exit) and The Busy Worldis Hushed (Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Light Theatre). Radio: Yann Martel’s The Facts behind <strong>the</strong> HelsinkiRoccamatios (CBC). Training: Birmingham Conservatory, ACT (San Francisco), Universityof Saskatchewan (BFA Honours). Awards: SAT Award (Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, DST),Sterling nomination (The Credeaux Canvas, NLT), Equity Emerging Artist 2005.Alden Adair<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Jupiter/Second Briton Captain/Second Gentleman inCymbeline, appears in Elektra and understudy in The Matchmaker.Elsewhere: Bard in The Hobbit, Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice (GrandTheatre); Alistair in The Alice Nocturne (Globe Theatre); Proteus in TheTwo Gentlemen of Verona, Stephano in The Tempest, Prince Hal in HenryIV, Part 1 (Shakespeare on <strong>the</strong> Saskatchewan); Zastrozzi in Zastrozzi,Dan in Closer (Hectik Theatre). Film/TV: Tideland, RenegadePress.com, Corner Gas, TheEnglishman’s Boy, Hybrid, Storming Juno, Dan for Mayor, Flashpoint. Training: BFA inActing from <strong>the</strong> University of Regina, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre.Ian D. ClarkSecond season: Soothsayer in Cymbeline and appears in TheMatchmaker and Elektra. Elsewhere: The Pitmen Painters, TheatreAquarius; Stuff Happens, Studio 180; The Foreigner, Royal Alex; HumbleBoy, Tarragon; Blue/Orange, Centaur; The Three Musketeers, Citadel;Shaw <strong>Festival</strong> veteran; all o<strong>the</strong>r regional <strong>the</strong>atres coast to coast. SelectedU.S. credits: Amadeus, Enchanted April, The Voysey Inheritance, TheConstant Wife, Finian’s Rainbow, Walnut Street Theatre; The Constant Wife, CoconutGrove, Miami. Film/TV: 14 feature films including Equus, Lilies, The Avro Arrow, Thirty-TwoShort Films About Glenn Gould, That Old Feeling, Cruel Intentions 2, The Boy in Blue; leadin five television series: Little Men, McPherson’s Herd, Paradise Falls, The Associates,Road to Avonlea. Most recently: Above Asking (pilot), Flashpoint, Murdoch Mysteries,Rookie Blue. Awards: Critics, Ohio State, Masque, Best Actor (Miami). O<strong>the</strong>r: Jury member,Canadian Academy; co-author, For a good time, call…; MA from McGill.Devon BhimFourth season: Assistant set designer of Much Ado About Nothing, 42ndStreet, The Matchmaker and Henry V. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Costume assistant, TheGrapes of Wrath; set assistant, The Misanthrope; assistant designer, TheWinter’s Tale, Three Sisters. Elsewhere: Hansel & Gretyl (Solar Stage); Woyzeck(Red Light District); Therac 25 (Direct Flight Theatre); Songs for a New World, …Forum, Tick Tick Boom, Moonlight and Magnolias, Over <strong>the</strong> River and Through<strong>the</strong> Woods (Rose Theatre Productions, Brampton); Twistin’ to <strong>the</strong> ’60s, Spooktacular (Canada’sWonderland); The Love List (Markham Theatre); As You Like It, The Two Gentlemen of Verona(Shakespeare in <strong>the</strong> Square, Brampton). Associate producer: Opera on <strong>the</strong> Rocks, A MidsummerNight’s Dream. O<strong>the</strong>r: Assistant new media designer for Dancap Productions and continuesto work in digital graphics for various clients throughout North America. Awards: FabriclandCreative Design Award and Technical Production Craft Achievement. Training: Sheridan CollegeTheatre Arts, Technical Production.Laura Condlln11th season: Irene Molloy in The Matchmaker, Chryso<strong>the</strong>mis in Elektraand understudy in Cymbeline. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Credits include Peter Pan (Mrs.Darling), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page), King of Thieves(Polly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Shakespeare’s Universe:Her Infinite Variety (<strong>the</strong> Moll), Pentecost (Amira), The Liar (Clarice/Lucrece/Sabine), The Duchess of Malfi (Cariola), As You Like It (Audrey), Henry IV,Part 1 (Lady Mortimer), Timon of A<strong>the</strong>ns (Phrynia). Elsewhere: Beckett: Feck It! (CanadianStage/Queen of Puddings Music Theatre); Having Hope at Home, Marion Bridge (GlobeTheatre, Regina); A Christmas Carol (The Grand Theatre); and Over <strong>the</strong> River and Through<strong>the</strong> Woods (Theatre Aquarius). Training: Laura holds a BFA from <strong>the</strong> University of Windsorand is a graduate of <strong>the</strong> Birmingham Conservatory (2005). Awards: Recipient of <strong>the</strong> MarySavidge Award, <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>.Robert BlackerFifth season: Dramaturge for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>.Dramaturge for The Matchmaker and Henry V. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Dramaturgedseven productions of Shakespeare, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Little Yearsand Rice Boy. Elsewhere: Over 50 projects from Robert’s eight years asartistic director of Sundance Theatre Labs went on to production, including IAm My Own Wife (Tony, Pulitzer), The Laramie Project, The Light in <strong>the</strong> Piazzaand Spring Awakening (Tonys for latter two). He was interim chair of playwriting at Yale Schoolof Drama; taught playwriting and Shakespeare studies in graduate programs at Columbia,Iowa, UCSD and Yale; and dramaturged 17 productions of Shakespeare for Des McAnuff ando<strong>the</strong>rs. Robert was McAnuff’s associate artistic director at La Jolla Playhouse and worked onThe Who’s Tommy and Steppenwolf’s The Grapes of Wrath (Tonys for both), among o<strong>the</strong>rs. Hewas <strong>the</strong> first dramaturge at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater (New York). Training: Cornell.Victor DolhaiThird season: Henrique Oswald in Much Ado About Nothing and August inThe Matchmaker. <strong>Stratford</strong>: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, TheMisanthrope, As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale. Elsewhere: Pride and Prejudice(Citadel); Brilliant! (Belfry/Electric Company Theatre); Little Women (Persephone); AsYou Like It, Death of a Salesman, The Fantasticks (Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre);The Full Monty (Patrick Street Productions); The Pirates of Penzance (ChemainusTheatre <strong>Festival</strong>); Narnia (Kaleidoscope Theatre); Grimm Tales (Itsazoo Productions); WoyzeckSongspiel (Ecce Homo); Guys and Dolls, Tartuffe, Metamorphoses, Tyrants, Street of Crocodiles(Phoenix Theatre); Wreck Beach Butoh (Kokoro Dance); 14 cabarets with Atomic Vaudeville. Training:Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre, Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program,University of Victoria. Awards: Lindsay Thomas Award, Tyrone Guthrie Award. Et cetera: ArtisticAssociate of <strong>the</strong> award-winning SNAFU Dance Theatre. Founding artist with <strong>the</strong> critically acclaimedBlue Bridge Repertory Theatre.Simon Bracken<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: First Cloten Lord in Cymbeline and appears in TheMatchmaker. Elsewhere: Hugo in Tomasso’s Party (NextStage <strong>Festival</strong>);Balthasar in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Ensemblein The Ark: The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht (National Arts Centre); Gordon in<strong>the</strong> The Particulars and In General (Pyretic Productions); Eli in Stop Heart,Hippolito in Women Beware Women, Fiscur in Lilliom (National TheatreSchool). Film/TV: The Transporter (HBO). Training: Simon is a graduate of <strong>the</strong> NationalTheatre School of Canada and <strong>the</strong> University of Manitoba.Andrea Donaldson<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Assistant director of The Matchmaker. Elsewhere: Directinghighlights include <strong>the</strong> following Dora-nominated projects: The Atomic Weightof Happiness for Stand Up Dance and Theatre Direct Canada; Montparnassefor Groundwater in association with Theatre Passe Muraille; Offensive Foulsfor Theatre Direct; and The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinskiin Winnipeg, Victoria and twice in Toronto. Awards: Andrea has beennominated for numerous awards, including <strong>the</strong> John Hirsch Directing Award (2008 and 2011),eight Dora nominations for her various projects and <strong>the</strong> Gina Wilkinson Award for EmergingFemale Directors. She has received SummerWorks’ Spotlight Award – Directing, as well astwo Dora Awards for Theatre Direct’s URGE project And By <strong>the</strong> Way, Miss, for which she was acollaborator and performer. Website: www.sometimesandrea.com. Et cetera: As of fall 2012,Andrea will join Tarragon Theatre in Toronto as Assistant Artistic Director.10