Andrea Mittler<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Assistant set designer of <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong>. Elsewhere:Selected set design credits: Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing(Humber River Shakespeare Company); The <strong>Me</strong>naechmus 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.Jaz Sealey<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Hortensio in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and appears in Evita. Elsewhere:Robin Hood, Lil’ Sean John (Ross Petty); Dirty Dancing, Tito understudy(Mirvish); High School Musical, Chad (Drayton); Beauty and the Beast, Beastunderstudy (Neptune); Guys and Dolls (MTC/Theatre Calgary/Citadel and PortHope); Seussical, Wickersham (MTYP); She Loves <strong>Me</strong>, Arpad (Dry Cold); TheWizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Joseph… Dreamcoat, The King and I, Big:The Musical (Rainbow Stage). Film/TV: Make It Happen (Weinstein); Everybody’s Doing It (MTV);Manitoba Dental commercial. Training: Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Faculty of Music (University ofManitoba), Grant Park Performing Arts. Et cetera: Jaz is thrilled to be part of the <strong>Festival</strong> andwould love to thank his friends and family for all of their support. “Habbagoodah Mom!”Margaret Palmer27th season: Production stage manager of the <strong>Festival</strong> Theatre. <strong>Stratford</strong>:Maggie has been production stage manager at the Avon and <strong>Festival</strong>theatres for 18 seasons. Stage-management credits include Will Power,Henry IV (parts 1 and 2), Iolanthe, The Imaginary Invalid, My Fair Lady, A Manfor All Seasons, <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong>, Guys and Dolls, The Government Inspector,Coriolanus, The Mikado (national tour, London’s Old Vic) and Twelfth Night(U.S. tour). Elsewhere: Maggie apprenticed at Neptune Theatre (1966/67) and workedat the St. Lawrence Centre (Toronto Arts Productions), MTC and the Grand Theatre. Shestage-managed Eugene Onegin (Manitoba Opera), the first Dream in High Park and the firstDora Awards. She was publicity director for the NDWT Company, worked for FountainheadTheatre in London and toured Canada with the Charlottetown <strong>Festival</strong>. Training: Graduate ofthe National Theatre School, where she returned to coach last winter.Julius SermoniaFifth season: Nathaniel in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and appears in Evita. <strong>Stratford</strong>:West Side Story (Chino), A Funny Thing … Forum (Protean), Cabaret, My Oneand Only (New Rhythm Boy), Oklahoma!, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes(Luke). Elsewhere: Final Broadway company and U.S. national tour ofCats (Mistoffelees); U.S. national tour of Contact; Miss Saigon (PittsburghCivic Light Opera); The Drowsy Chaperone (MTC); Cinderella (Ross Petty);Sweet Charity (Stage West Calgary); Chino in West Side Story (Citadel); Hair (CanadianStage); Doormat in Beauty and the Beast (Grand, Aquarius, Drayton); Kids of the Kingdom,Pleasure Island (Disney World, FL); Integration (Helix Dance Project); guest artist for D’NeuveContemporary Dance Theatre. Training: Canadian Dance Company. Voice: Eleanor Calbes,Ian Garratt. Awards: 2009 Tyrone Guthrie Award recipient.Jennifer Rider-Shaw<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Appears in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and Evita. Elsewhere: For RossPetty Productions: Robin Hood. For Theatre Sheridan: Grease, Brigadoon(Fiona), A New Brain (Rhoda), Jerome Kern: All The Things You Are. For RDCTheatre: The Sound of Music, Cabaret, The Country Wife (Lady Fidget).Training: Jennifer is a proud graduate of Sheridan Institute’s music theatreperformance program (2009) as well as RDC’s acting program (2006).Et cetera: Jen is thrilled and honoured to be a part of the 2010 <strong>Stratford</strong> company. “Enjoy!”Rachel Slaven<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Assistant director of <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong>. Elsewhere: Broadway:assistant director of Accent on Youth (director Daniel Sullivan), TheAmerican Plan (director David Grindley). Off-Broadway: assistant directorof Equivocation (director Garry Hynes), Romantic Poetry (director JohnPatrick Shanley). Toronto: assistant director of Evil Dead: The Musical(directors Christopher Bond/Hinton Battle). Director of Fake (EnsembleStudio Theatre), Canon in D Minor (SummerWorks), Ike and Pearl, A New Canadian Musical(Toronto Fringe), 365 Days/365 Plays Week 51 (Core Theatre), Secrets of Skeleton Park (TheatreKingston), Urinetown (Queen’s University). Training: Graduate of Queen’s University (drama).2008/09 Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club. Et cetera: Rachel is thrilled to beparticipating in <strong>Stratford</strong>’s inaugural Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction.Steve RossSeventh season: First Man in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and appears in Evita. <strong>Stratford</strong>:West Side Story, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Comedy of Errors, To Kill aMockingbird, The Odyssey, Fiddler on the Roof, Patience, A Midsummer Night’sDream, Richard II, Man of La Mancha, Julius Caesar, Camelot and Coriolanus.Elsewhere: Assassins (TIFT/Birdland); Orson’s Shadow (Pilot Group); A NewBrain (Acting Up Stage); A Year with Frog and Toad (MTYP); One for thePot, Forum (Drayton); The Producers (Neptune); Seussical, Sylvia (Aquarius); Hockey Mom,Hockey Dad (Showboat); Guys and Dolls (MTC/Citadel/TC); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Citadel); TheFoursome, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (New Stages); Three Sisters (ATF); Sideshowof the Damned (TDC); Indian Ink, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods (Canadian Stage); AMidsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre by the Bay). Training: National Theatre School.Siobhán SleathFourth season: Assistant lighting designer of As You Like It, <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong>,The Tempest and Dangerous Liaisons. <strong>Stratford</strong>: Assistant lighting designerof Cyrano de Bergerac, The Trespassers, Rice Boy, Zastrozzi, Romeo andJuliet, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well That Ends Well, To Kill aMockingbird, The Comedy of Errors and My One and Only. Elsewhere: Lightingdesign for Back to X (Larchaud Dance Project); Confluence, Tirtha and Fridaand Herself (Anandam Performance Group); Les Belles-Soeurs and The Killing Game (RandolphAcademy); Bluebeard (GromKat Production Ltd.), Fat Pig (Geek Girl Productions); Disciples(DMT Productions); and Anowa (AfriCAN Theatre Ensemble). Associate lighting design forAnne and Gilbert: The Musical (Campbell Webster Entertainment). Siobhán also worked onNuit Blanche 2008, designing the lighting score for Brendan Fernandes’s installation Future(…---…) Perfect. Training: BFA in theatre production from York University.Cliff SaundersSecond season: Second Man in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong>. <strong>Stratford</strong>: LanternLeatherhead in Bartholomew Fair, Marcus Lycus in A Funny Thing Happenedon the Way to the Forum. Elsewhere: Theatre credits include The 39 Steps(IRNE Award) (Cort, Roundabout, Huntington); The Lord of the Rings, Beautyand the Beast (Princess of Wales); Habeas Corpus, Pélagie (CanStage);The Drowsy Chaperone (Winter Garden); A Flea in Her Ear (Soulpepper);Crackwalker, The Wind in the Willows (Grand); Possible Maps (Tarragon); A Servant of TwoMasters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pinocchio (YPT); Biloxi Blues, The Foreigner (RoyalAlexandra). Film/TV: Includes Living in Cars, Outlander, Chicago, Roxy Hunter, A Lobster Tale,Open Range, Spider, The Music Man, Midwives, Joan of Arc, Eloise, Harlan County Wars, Catcha Falling Star, Flowers for Algernon, The Crossing, Deathland, Monk, Doc, Nikita. Et cetera:Daughters include Alberta and Bridget. Wives include Lizzie.Vince Staltari<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Ralph in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and Magaldi in Evita. Elsewhere:Selected theatre credits: Forever Plaid, Sparky (national tour); Into theWoods, the Baker (Da Capo Productions); Anne of Green Gables, Gilbert (RedBarn); Chicago, understudy Amos (Neptune Theatre); Cats, Skimbleshanksand understudy Gus (Huron Country Playhouse/Theatre Aquarius); TheProducers, understudy Franz (Neptune Theatre). Training: Graduate of theSheridan College musical theatre performance program. Et cetera: Vince is excited to bea part of the <strong>Festival</strong> and part of a fantastic season. “Thanks go out to La Famiglia – all ofthem – for their support over the years! Especially Mom and Dad! Enjoy the show!”14
Kristian Truelsen<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Harrison Howell in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and appears in Evita.Elsewhere: Western Canada Theatre: My Fair Lady, The Man Who ShotChance Delaney; Chemainus Theatre <strong>Festival</strong>: Ah, Wilderness!, Miracle on 34thStreet; Orlando Shakespeare Theater: Into the Woods, Arms and the Man,Trapezium; Mad Cow Theatre: A Delicate Balance; Orlando Theatre Project:A Couple of Blaguards, City of Angels, Underneath the Lintel, 1776, The RealThing, Molly Sweeney. Film/TV: At Risk, Flash of Genius, The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love,Lonely Hearts, The Patriot, Race to Space, Our Son the Matchmaker, From the Earth to the Moon,The Babysitter’s Seduction, My Girl, SeaQuest, I’ll Fly Away, Mickey Mouse Club, Clarissa ExplainsIt All, Welcome Freshmen. Web Site: www.kristiantruelsen.com.Students love<strong>Stratford</strong>!Rudy Webb<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Pops in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and appears in Evita. Elsewhere: Theoriginal Toronto cast of Godspell, Indigo, five seasons with the Charlottetown<strong>Festival</strong>, Pippin, Hey Marilyn, The Tempest, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, Ain’tMisbehavin’, Guys and Dolls, Sophisticated Ladies, Cats, The Music of AndrewLloyd Webber in Concert, Tommy, Annie Get Your Gun and, most recently, DirtyDancing. Film/TV: The Tuxedo, My Baby’s Mamma, American Pie: Beta House,Devil, Wayne and Shuster, ENG, The 11th Hour, Puppets Who Kill, Jeff Ltd., A Raisin in the Sun, TheRon James Show, Crash and Burn, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Join In (series co-host).Et cetera: Rudy is honoured to be a part of the <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>’s 2010company. “A special thank you to my lovely wife, Diane, my daughters, Sherisse and Erin,and my grandsons, Jayden and Nigel, for their love and support.”Zeph WilliamsFifth season: Assistant stage manager of <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and Evita.<strong>Stratford</strong>: The Music Man, Moby Dick, Oklahoma!, King Lear, Richard III, TheThreepenny Opera, The Trials of Ezra Pound. Elsewhere: Jersey Boys (DancapProductions); Oliver!, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Goat,or Who is Sylvia?, Blue/Orange (Neptune Theatre); The Lion King, MammaMia!, The Drawer Boy (Mirvish); Hair, Homechild (CanStage); Das Rheingold(Canadian Opera Company); Reveille (Mulgrave Road); Cherry Docs (Eastern Front); Sylvia(<strong>Festival</strong> Antigonish); The Nutcracker (Royal Winnipeg Ballet/NAC); Cunard’s QE2 2003 worldcruise (production manager); stage manager for Pope John Paul’s 2002 visit to Canada;and, most recently, a supervisor for the 2010 Olympic Games. Film/TV: Director’s assistant,A Christmas Wedding (Lifetime TV). Training: Technical production, National Theatre School ofCanada. Awards: 2001 Tyrone Guthrie Award. Et cetera: “Love to Maria and Mum and Dadfor always being there.”Josh Young<strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Paul in <strong>Kiss</strong> <strong>Me</strong>, <strong>Kate</strong> and Che in Evita. Elsewhere(selected): Les Misérables (Marius, third U.S. tour), West Side Story (Tony,50th-anniversary international tour), A Little Night Music (Henrik, BaltimoreCenter Stage), Songs for a New World (Man 1, Syracuse Stage), See Rock City(Rick/Cutter, Transport Group), The Woman Upstairs (Jack, NYMF). Training:Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts (drama/voice); BFA, SyracuseUniversity (musical theatre). Web Sites: Visit www.josh-young.com for other credits andinformation or to order his debut album (also available at the Theatre Store). Josh is thefounder/producer of a concert series to give exposure to the next generation of musicaltheatresongwriters: www.cuttingedgecomposers.com. Et cetera: Josh would like to thankhis parents, Dena, Doug, Pete and Jed at the Talent House and Rob Ziemba for their loveand support. “And to Grandma Tina and Ada, whose nightly prayers make my careerpossible.”Plays for $25and musicals for only $29*Plus free chaperone tickets**In addition to world-class productions, yourstudents’ theatre experience can include:• Backstage or Costume Warehouse tours• Pre- and post-show chats with companymembers• Workshops for students or teachers• Downloadable curriculum-based studyguides and teaching materials• New! Student picnic lunchesVisit us online or call our SchoolsDepartment for details on bookinga student group today.stratfordshakespearefestival.com519.273.1600 or 1.800.567.1600groups@stratfordshakespearefestival.com*Student pricing applies to performances markedSM and SP in our calendar.**One free chaperone ticket for every 20 ticketspurchased.ANTONI CIMOLINOGeneral DirectorDES MCANUFFArtistic Director15
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