Kiss Me Kate.indd - Stratford Festival

Chilina KennedySecond season: Lois Lane in Kiss Me, Kate and Eva Perón in Evita. Stratford:Maria (West Side Story) and Philia (…Forum). Chilina is proud to be a part ofthe 2009/10 Birmingham Conservatory. Elsewhere: Most recently, Chilinaappeared as the guest artist for an evening with Jason Robert Brownat Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio. Credits include The President (Lydia),Wonderful Town (Eileen), Summer and Smoke (Nellie), Mack and Mabel, Gypsy,Major Barbara, Follies – In Concert (Shaw Festival); Variations on a Nervous Breakdown (TIFT);the world première of The Lord of the Rings (Mirvish); Mamma Mia! (Sophie) (U.S. first nationaltour); Anne of Green Gables (Anne), Emily and the workshop of Not Wanted on the Voyage(Charlottetown Festival); On Albert Street (Angelina) and Seussical – The Musical (Mayzie)(Theatre Aquarius); A Chorus Line and The Last Resort (Stage West). Recordings: Chilina isfeatured on CBC’s Celebrate the Seasons and has recorded with Burt Bacharach.Monique LundFifth season: Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate and appears in Evita. Stratford:Max in Cabaret, Louise/Gypsy in Gypsy, Angelique in The Imaginary Invalid,appeared in Carousel, Our Town, HMS Pinafore, World of Wonders, TheBacchae. Elsewhere: Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (U.S. national tour);Elranien in The Lord of the Rings (Mirvish Productions); Ulla in The Producersand Victoria Grant in Victor/Victoria (Stage West); Judy Haynes in WhiteChristmas (Arts Club); Babette in Beauty and the Beast (Neptune/Arts Club); Lilli Vanessi inKiss Me, Kate in concert (Talk is Free Theatre); Shirly in Rock and Roll (TNB/Theatre Aquarius).Original cast member in the Toronto productions of Mamma Mia!, The Rat Pack, The Who’sTommy, Crazy for You, Joseph… and Cats. Recordings: Sweet Airs That Give Delight (StratfordFestival 40th anniversary). Et cetera: “Love to dearest Mark and Charlotte.”Holly KorhonenNinth season: Assistant stage manager of Kiss Me, Kate and DangerousLiaisons. Stratford: Assistant stage manager of The Importance of BeingEarnest, Ever Yours, Oscar, Cabaret, My One and Only, The Comedy ofErrors, South Pacific, Oliver!, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Edward II, The Count ofMonte Cristo, Anything Goes and Henry VI: Revenge in France and Revolt inEngland. Stage manager for the 2006 and 2007 Birmingham Conservatory.Elsewhere: Assistant stage manager of The Love List, My Fair Lady and Noises Off (ThousandIslands Playhouse); Strawberries in January, A Guide to Mourning and Mary’s Wedding (GlobeTheatre); Miracle on 34th Street (Grand Theatre); and Zadie’s Shoes and Belle (FactoryTheatre). Awards: Recipient of the Tanya Award and two Tyrone Guthrie Awards. Et cetera:Holly would like to thank Jason and her family for their constant love and support. “Enjoy theshow, Madeline and Julianna!”Lorena MackenzieStratford debut: Appears in Kiss Me, Kate and Evita. Elsewhere: Polly/Irenein Crazy for You (Drayton Entertainment), Side by Side by Sondheim (TheatreCollingwood), Rumpleteazer in original cast of Cats (Elgin Theatre, firstnational tour), Jennyanydots/Jellylorum in Cats (Drayton Entertainment/Theatre Aquarius), Julia/Jessica in The Last Resort (Theatre Aquarius), Pitti-Sing in Brian Macdonald’s production of The Mikado (National Arts Centreand national tour), Cosette understudy/ensemble in Les Misérables (Royal Alexandra Theatre/National Arts Centre), Annie in The Norman Conquests (Imperial Theatre), Dorothy in TheWizard of Oz (Elgin Theatre), Gertie/Anne in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival). TV:Queer as Folk (Showtime), Exhibit A (Discovery Channel), numerous television commercials.Training: Humber College (theatre), Trinity College of Music Performers certificate. Et cetera:Vocal music teacher and mom to Tanner, Nolan and Kimbal. “Love to Kevin and family.”Michael LairdStratford debut: Associate sound designer of Kiss Me, Kate. Elsewhere: EvilDead: The Musical (New York, Toronto and Montréal); Stuff Happens (Studio180 and Mirvish Productions); Blackbird, Offensive Shadows (Studio 180); ABeautiful View (da da kamera); The Princess and the Handmaiden, ForbiddenPhoenix, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz (LKTYP); Festen,Marion Bridge (Company Theatre); Such Creatures (Nightswimming); NobleParasites (Theatre Passe Muraille); Norway.Today, Tijuana Cure, Tiny Dynamite (Theatre Smash).Awards: 2006 Dora Award nomination for A Beautiful View, da da kamera.Josie MarascoSecond season: Mistress in Evita and swing in Kiss Me, Kate. Stratford:Anybodys in West Side Story (Maria understudy), Cyrano de Bergerac.Elsewhere: Josie recently participated in the workshop of the new musicalplay Amelia: No Ordinary Girl with the Toronto Operetta Theatre. Favouritecredits include Anne of Green Gables, Canada Rocks, Something Wonderful(Charlottetown Festival, three seasons); Chicago (Neptune Theatre). Film/TV: Stunt double in CTV’s Flashpoint, seasons one and two; Class Act (Life Network). Etcetera: “A warm thank-you to my family, friends and everyone at TH for their unwaveringsupport. To my husband: you are my world. Enjoy the show!”Jennifer LennonStratford debut: Assistant lighting designer of Kiss Me, Kate and Evita.Elsewhere: Assistant lighting designer of Intimate Apparel (ObsidianTheatre/Canadian Stage Company) and That Face (Nightwood Theatre/Canadian Stage Company). Jennifer’s lighting design credits include thePenelopiad Director’s Showcase (Nightwood Theatre); Nursery SchoolMusical (Fence Post Productions); Good As New Festival and Autobahn (FlyBy Night Theatre); and The Bewitched (Theatre@York). Training: BFA, York University, theatreproduction and design.Peter McBoyle15th season: Resident sound designer of the Stratford ShakespeareFestival. Sound designer of Kiss Me, Kate, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Welland Living in Paris and The Tempest. Stratford: Favourites include West SideStory, Bartholomew Fair, Julius Caesar, Fuente Ovejuna, Krapp’s Last Tape,Oklahoma!, Shakespeare’s Will, Pentecost, Oliver!, King Lear and Fiddler on theRoof. Elsewhere: Highlights include Come Fly Away (Broadway); High Society,Gypsy (Shaw); Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Into the Woods (Citadel); Fire,Little Shop of Horrors, The House of Martin Guerre (CanStage); The Wrong Son, Trying, Mary’sWedding (NAC); Medea, Orpheus Descending (MTC/Mirvish); Robin Hood, Cinderella (RossPetty); and Barrymore (Livent). Training: Bachelor of Music and Masters in sound recording,both from McGill. Et cetera: Peter made his Broadway debut this spring with Twyla Tharp’sCome Fly Away. Peter lives in Stratford with his wife, Meghan, and their daughters, Ella andBeatrice. He would like to thank them for all their love, support and encouragement.Daniel LevinsonSecond season: Fight director of As You Like It, Kiss Me, Kate, Evita andJacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Elsewhere: A certified fightmaster with Fight Directors Canada, Daniel is the owner of Rapier Wit,Canada’s oldest stage combat school, and is a founding member of theRiot ACT stunt team. He has fight-directed for such companies as VolcanoTheatre, Canadian Stage, Actors Repertory Company, ACT Productions,Shakespeare in the Square, Factory, Tarragon, Shakespeare in the Rough and RBC Festivalof Classics. He teaches stage combat internationally, and is the resident stage combatinstructor at Sheridan College, University of Toronto at Mississauga and Canadore College.Workshop highlights: Fight Directors Canada National Workshop (Banff, Victoria, Toronto,Montreal), Boston University, Arcadia University, the International Scuola Brancaleoni StageCombat Workshop (Italy) and the Paddy Crean International Art of the Sword Workshop(Banff). Training: Daniel holds a BFA (acting) from York University. Web Sites: www.rapierwit.com and www.riotact.ca.Andrea MittlerStratford debut: Assistant set designer of Kiss Me, Kate. Elsewhere:Selected set design credits: Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing(Humber River Shakespeare Company); The Menaechmus Twins(Theatreworks); Julius Caesar and The Seagull (Wordsmyth Theatre);Bluebeard (GromKat); Fat Pig (Geek Girl); Twelfth Night and Macbeth (ClassicalTheatre Project). Andrea has also been the set designer and guestinstructor at Etobicoke School of the Arts for the past six years, where she has designedmusicals such as Seussical, Cats, Anne of Green Gables and Urinetown. Training: BFA YorkUniversity, theatre production. Web Site: www.andreamittler.com. Et cetera: Andrea wouldlike to thank her friends and family for their continuous support, most of all David andMacDuff.13