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steve ross – actorSixth season: Ragueneau in Cyrano de Bergerac and understudyin The Importance of Being Earnest. Previous Festival creditsinclude The Comedy of Errors, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odyssey,Fiddler on the Roof, Patience, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’sDream, Richard II, The School for Scandal, Man of La Mancha,Julius Caesar, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Camelotand Coriolanus. Other credits include A New Brain (Acting Upstage); A Year withFrog and Toad (MTYP); One for the Pot, 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, West Side Story (Citadel); The Foursome, Forthe Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (New Stages);Three Sisters (ATF); Sideshow of theDamned (TDC); Indian Ink, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods (Canadian Stage);and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre by the Bay). His film work includesDisney’s Ice Princess.geoff scovell – actorStratford debut: Swing in Cyrano de Bergerac. Mr. Scovell ishonoured and delighted to be making his Stratford debut inCyrano de Bergerac. He has had the distinct pleasure of workingwith celebrated fight director John Stead for almost 10 years asan actor, fight director and stunt performer with credits on suchstages as Tarragon, Soulpepper, CanStage and the COC. He is also the recipientof the 2003 Paddy Crean award for excellence in stage combat. A graduate ofthe Ryerson Theatre School’s BFA program, Mr. Scovell’s unique career includesstage credits: Nith Wits, The Mikado, Cabaret, The Who’s Tommy, Romeo and Juliet,Suburban Motel and Into the Woods. Film and TV credits include Aaron Stone, TheDresden Files, Othello (CBC), The Mad, Heartstopper, The Last Sect and Good MorningTomorrow. Mr. Scovell wishes to thank Mr. John Stead and Mr. James Binkley for alltheir support and friendship.andrea runge – actorStratford debut: Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnestand Sister Marthe in Cyrano de Bergerac. Past theatre creditsinclude Frost/Nixon (Canadian Stage/Playhouse Theatre); BetweenFriends (Lighthouse Festival Theatre); Bluebeard (GromKat);Cloud 9, Loves and Hours, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress(Pennsylvania Centre Stage); Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth (Shakespeareon the Saskatchewan); A Man for All Seasons, Coronation Voyage (Globe TheatreRegina); and Much Ado About Nothing, Translations, Escape from Happiness (PennState University). Selected film and television credits: Corner Gas, Incredible StoryStudio, Sliced, The Risen and Try to Remember. Andrea is a 2007 graduate of thePennsylvania State University MFA acting program and a 2004 graduate of theUniversity of Regina BFA acting program.genny sermonia – actorStratford debut: Francisca in West Side Story and appears in Cyranode Bergerac. Genny is excited to make her Stratford debut and tofinally share the stage with her brother Julius. Favourite theatrecredits include Miss Saigon (Drayton Entertainment), Les FeuxFollets (Charlottetown Festival Young Company), Urinetown, TheBarbecue King, 110 In the Shade (Theatre Sheridan), as well as working very closelywith Mulan aboard Disney Cruise Line. Genny is a proud graduate of SheridanInstitute’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance Program. A huge thank yougoes out to Bruce and Jess for the miracles they’ve performed, her family forbeing there through every step of the way, and to those who never stoppedbelieving in her.stephen russell – actor27th season: Doc in West Side Story and Cuigy in Cyrano deBergerac. In 2007 Mr. Russell celebrated a quarter of a century withthe Stratford Shakespeare Festival playing Brabantio (Othello),Slim (Of Mice and Men) and Father Sergei Bojovic (Pentecost).Other Stratford credits include Sergeant Ortuño (Fuente Ovejuna),Cominius (Coriolanus), Mr. Brownlow (Oliver!), Chorus Leader (Oedipus Rex), Ernst(Cabaret), Cornwall (King Lear) at the Lincoln Center in New York and the title rolesin Julius Caesar, Richard II and Henry VI. He has appeared in theatres across Canada.Credits include James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night and InspectorGoole in An Inspector Calls (MTC), Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles(Theatre Aquarius) and Find Frank/Nicholas in the première of Nanking Winter(Factory Theatre). His most recent film project is the part of Pontius Pilate in TheGospel of John. He lives in Stratford with his wife, Astrid, and son and daughter,Andrew and Isabelle.mike shara – actorStratford debut: Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of BeingEarnest and Christian de Neuvillette in Cyrano de Bergerac.Elsewhere: 10 seasons at the Shaw Festival including Arms andthe Man, Picnic, The Heiress, Nothing Sacred, Rutherford and Son,You Can’t Take it With You, Hay Fever, Candida, Marsh Hay, Hobson’sChoice and You Never Can Tell. Other: Long Day’s Journey Into Night (MTC); TakeMe Out (Dora nomination), It’s a Wonderful Life (Canadian Stage); The AmorousAdventures of Anatol (Vancouver Playhouse); An Inspector Calls (Theatre Calgary);Richard III, Caesar and Cleopatra, A Man for All Seasons, The Cherry Orchard (Citadel);Our Town, Platonov, The Real Inspector Hound, Black Comedy, The Play’s the Thing,The Way of the World (Soulpepper); Skylight (NAC); Picasso at the Lapin Agile(Aquarius); and Mojo (Theatrefront). Film and television: Little Mosque on the Prairie(CBC), The Call (CBC), Queer as Folk (Showtime), Due South (CTV), The Gathering(Lifetime), Aldrich Ames: America Betrayed (HBO) and Show Me Yours (Showcase).marco antonio santiago – actorStratford debut: Chino in West Side Story and appears in Cyrano deBergerac. Marco, a native of New York, is excited to visit Canada forthe first time. He recently played Bernardo in London’s West Endproduction of West Side Story. Other credits include Shane in TheWedding Singer (first national tour), Paul in A Chorus Line (CohoesMusic Hall) and Tommy K. in Annie Get Your Gun (Sharon Playhouse). He holdsa BFA and MFA in acting. He would like to thank Sergio, Gary and Josh for thisamazing challenge, and of course God for blessing him with His guidance andcare. He hopes that this production speaks to and touches you, leaving a lastingimpression.andrew shaver – actorStratford debut: Donalbain in Macbeth, First Marquis in Cyrano deBergerac and Verezzi in Zastrozzi. Andrew has been a performerwith, and Canadian Artistic Director of, the Brooklyn/Montrealbasedcreation ensemble SaBooge Theatre since 2000. He is alsothe Artistic Director of SideMart Theatrical Grocery, the residentcompany of the Studio at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal.SideMart is currently developing a musical adaptation of Derek McCormack’sThe Haunted Hillbilly with Juno-nominated songwriter Matthew Barber. Actinghighlights include Darren O’Donnell’s [boxhead] (director Chris Abraham), MarkDoherty’s Trad (director Bryan Quinn), Greg Kramer’s Isadora (director SarahStanley), Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (director Alexandre Marine) and Ted Hughes’sadaptation of The Oresteia Trilogy (director Craig Walker). Film credits include I’mNot There, Zackary Samuel: Illusionist, Les Pieds dans le vide, Cruising Bar 2, The LastKiss and 300. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and École Jacques Lecoq.15