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The Company
katherine Arcus – apprentice stage manager
Second season: Apprentice stage manager of Three Sisters and
Bartholomew Fair. Katherine, a graduate of the technical theatre
program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
in the U.K., is delighted to return for her second season at the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Previous credits include The
Sound of Music (Mirvish), Cinderella: The Sillylicious Family Musical (Ross Petty
Productions), Homebody/Kabul (Berkeley Street Theatre), Romeo and Juliet, Othello,
Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (Classical Theatre Project), writers’
assistant for the first season of Less Than Kind (CityTV) and production assistant for
the Tom Patterson Theatre’s 2008 season. Katherine would like to thank her family
and friends for their encouragement, love and support.
Quincy Armorer – actor
Stratford debut: Nightingale in Bartholomew Fair, Clitus in Julius
Caesar and appears in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Quincy is
honoured to be a member of the 2008 Birmingham Conservatory
for Classical Theatre and to be making his Stratford debut. Past
credits include As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice (St. Lawrence
Shakespeare Festival); Romeo and Juliet, Condoville, Tiger’s Heart (Centaur
Theatre); Blacks Don’t Bowl, A Common Man’s Guide to Loving Women (Black
Theatre Workshop); The Jungle Book (Geordie Productions); Fame – The
Musical (Grand Theatre, Kingston); Twelfth Night, The Fantasticks (Piggery
Theatre); Hamlet (Beyond the Cubicle); Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar, King Lear, The Taming of the
Shrew (Shakespeare by the Sea); and Romeo and Juliet at the Minack Theatre in
England. He has also worked with Repercussion Theatre and Tricycle Productions
and was associate artistic director of Black Theatre Workshop in Montreal. Quincy
is a graduate of the theatre department at Concordia University.
Dalal badr – actor
Second season: Irina in Three Sisters, Mistress Overdo in
Bartholomew Fair and Ismène in Phèdre. Originally from Kitimat,
B.C., Dalal is thrilled to be in her second season in the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival acting company. Selected theatre credits:
Rosaline (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Balthazar (Romeo and Juliet), Luxor
(Caesar and Cleopatra) (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); Charmian/Menas, Antony
and Cleopatra (Shakespeare in the Rough); Josephine, Tideline (Factory Theatre);
Laila El Rafi, Relative Good (Great Canadian Theatre Company); Venus, Tales from
Ovid (Centaur Theatre). Selected TV/film/radio credits: Z.O.S. (The Movie Network/
Movie Central, HBO Canada), Little Mosque on the Prairie (CBC), Caesar and
Cleopatra (Bravo!, CTV), 72 Hours – True Crimes (CBC, TLC), The Memoirs of Hector
Berlioz (Radio Series). Dalal is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada
and the University of Victoria. “Love to my family and friends.”
sean baek – actor
Third season: Orderly in Three Sisters and Pocher in Bartholomew
Fair. Sean is pleased to be making his debut on the Tom
Patterson stage. Prior to returning, he had a very busy winter
in his hometown, Toronto, working on Bird Brain (adapted by
Vern Thiessen from a German children’s book, LKTYP), Hallaj (a
three-week developmental workshop, Modern Times Stage Co.), Canadian Rep
Theatre (spearheaded by Ken Gass, in association with Factory Theatre), Kissed By
Lightning (an indie feature film) and Sawbones (Canadian Film Centre). Previously
at Stratford: Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus,
Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing. Having been an actor for 12 years
now, Sean has extensive theatre, film, TV and voice (CBC radio dramas and video
games) credits. Sean is a graduate of York University’s theatre program and was a
member of the 2005 Birmingham Conservatory.
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martine beland – assistant stage manager
11th season: Assistant stage manager of Bartholomew Fair and
Phèdre. Stratford credits include production stage manager
(Avon Theatre) 2004-2006, stage manager for the Birmingham
Conservatory for Classical Theatre (2003 and 2005), Fuente Ovejuna,
Pentecost, Don Juan, The Elephant Song/The Human Voice, The
Birds and Quiet in the Land and assistant stage manager for Othello, Richard III,
Henry IV, Part 1, Falstaff, Measure for Measure, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet,
Much Ado About Nothing, Carousel and Treasure Island. Over the years Martine has
had the pleasure of working in many theatres, including the Neptune Theatre,
Atlantic Theatre Festival, Theatre New Brunswick, Shaw Festival, Blyth Festival,
Grand Theatre and the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, B.C. As a script supervisor in film,
Martine’s credits include The 4th Floor and Frozen in Fear. In 2006 Martine was a
stage manager for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 15th Asian Games
in Doha, Qatar.
skye brandon – actor
Stratford debut: Haggis in Bartholomew Fair, Cinna the poet
in Julius Caesar and appears in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A
Saskatchewan-born actor/director, Skye has worked throughout
the prairies, including Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg
and Saskatoon, where he received his BFA Honours from the
U of S. Skye also trained at ACT in San Francisco. Acting credits include The
Pillowman, Fat Pig (Wild Side Productions); Henry IV, Part 1, The Tempest, The Taming
of the Shrew (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Someone Who’ll Watch Over
Me (Skinny Walrus); Chimera (Prairie Theatre Exchange); The Credeaux Canvas
(Northern Light Theatre); Julius Caesar, The Shape of Things (Theatre Ecstasis);
Twelfth Night (Globe Theatre); Mary’s Wedding (Dancing Sky Theatre); and The
Coronation Voyage, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, It’s All True (Last Exit
Theatre). Directing credits include Pageant (Last Exit) and The Busy World is Hushed
(Northern Light).
todd campbell – fight director
Stratford debut: Fight director of Bartholomew Fair and Zastrozzi.
Todd Campbell is a graduate of the American Musical and
Dramatic Academy (N.Y.C.) and the School of Physical Theatre
(Toronto), where he trained in the Lecoq method of movement
theatre, and is a certified fight director with Fight Directors
Canada. Todd has arranged fights for The Tempest Theatre Group, Theatre in Port,
the Sudbury Theatre Centre, Repercussion Theatre, the American Renaissance
Theatre, Birdland Theatre, Absit Omen Theatre, George Brown University,
Kawartha Lakes Summer Playhouse, Driftwood Theatre, Tribal Productions and
Resurgence Theatre, to name a few. In 2007 Todd produced and directed the
Fringe show Duel of Ages with his production company, True Edge Productions.
Todd teaches stage combat at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts
and Rapier Wit Studios, and is a founding member of the award-winning RIOT
A.C.T. stunt team.
Juan chioran – actor
10th season: Solyony in Three Sisters and Zeal-of-the-Land Busy
in Bartholomew Fair. Stratford credits include The Taming of the
Shrew, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, As You Like It, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Man of La Mancha, The Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night,
The Mikado, Knight of the Burning Pestle and Timon of Athens.
Other theatre credits include A New Brain (Acting Up Stage); Cymbeline, The Three
Musketeers, Hecuba (Chicago Shakespeare); Private Lives (Theatre Athena); Blithe
Spirit, An Ideal Husband (Citadel); It’s a Wonderful Life, Much Ado About Nothing,
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (CanStage); Love’s Labour’s Lost
(NAC); The Producers (Mirvish; Dora Award); Present Laughter, The Play About the
Baby (Soulpepper); Anything That Moves (Tarragon); and Kiss of the Spider Woman
(Broadway/first national tour; Ovation, Carbonell and Jeff awards). Film: Finn on
the Fly, Face Machine, Republic of Love, The Perfect Son and Universal Soldier. TV:
Roxy Hunter, The Call, This Is Wonderland, Wildcard, Soulfood, Cheetah Girls, Monk
and Dracula (Gemini Award).