<strong>Festival</strong> Theatre Café Enjoy light lunches, pastries, ice cream and other treats, as well as coffee and cold beverages from our licensed café in the <strong>Festival</strong> Theatre lobby. The café opens two hours prior to each <strong>Festival</strong> Theatre performance. Live music performed before selected weekend performances. Picnics Picnics may be picked up at our <strong>Festival</strong> Theatre Café: eat in or take out to the park. Order 48 hours in advance by calling 1.800.567.1600. Grilled salmon on a bed of quinoa, flourless chocolate square, apple, water. $22. Roast chicken breast on an Asian salad, cookie, apple, water. $19. Grilled vegetable wrap with goat’s cheese, cookie, apple, water. $14. Picnics are prepared fresh daily by the chefs in our Greenroom. Prices include taxes. stratfordshakespearefestival.com/lobbycafe 14 We are proud to use environmentally friendly packaging.
lucy peacock – actor 22nd season: Masha in Three Sisters, Ursla in <strong>Bartholomew</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> and Roxy in The Trespassers. Last season: Nurse (Romeo and Juliet) and Grumio (The Taming of the Shrew). Over 50 <strong>Stratford</strong> credits include the two-season sold-out run of her one-woman show (The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead), which toured to Vancouver, Dolly (Hello, Dolly!), Duchess (The Duchess of Malfi), Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing), Emilia (Othello), Gabriella (Pentecost), Jane (Fallen Angels), Anna (The King and I), Lady Macbeth, Portia, Rosalind, Viola, Desdemona, Titania, Kate (The Taming of the Shrew), Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Gwendolyn (The Importance of Being Earnest), Mrs. Peabody (The Swanne), Helena (All’s Well That Ends Well), Lady Anne (Richard III), Masha (Three Sisters), Yelena (Uncle Vanya) and Regan (King Lear, Tony-nominated production). She is a farm wife, mother of two teenagers, teacher, fourth-generation actress and graduate of the National Theatre School. “This season is dedicated to the memory of my very dear friend Richard Monette.” christopher prentice – actor <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Winwife in <strong>Bartholomew</strong> <strong>Fair</strong>, Pindarus in Julius Caesar and appears in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Chris is honoured to be the Birmingham Conservatory’s 2008 Chicago Fellow. Theatre includes: Macbeth in Macbeth, King/Lavatch in All’s Well That Ends Well (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks); Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Short Shakespeare!); Robin Hood in Robin Hood (Oak Park <strong>Festival</strong>); The Tempest (First Folio); Hamlet in Hamlet, The Zoo Story, She Stoops to Conquer, Waiting for Godot, Catch-22, Much Ado About Nothing (Signal Ensemble Theatre, co-founder); The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Pride and Prejudice (Northlight); and productions with American Players Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Dallas Theater Center, Illinois Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>, Irish Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Next and Stage Left. Film: Butterfly (official selection: Chicago International Film <strong>Festival</strong>). As director: Old Wicked Songs, The Weir (Signal Ensemble Theatre). A native Texan, he took a BFA from Southern Methodist University (Dallas). Janine ralph – production stage manager (Tom Patterson Theatre) 20th season: Production stage manager of the Tom Patterson Theatre. Stage manager of Ever Yours, Oscar. Janine is delighted to be returning for her second season as production stage manager at the Tom Patterson Theatre, where last season she was also privileged to work with Michael Langham and Simon Callow on There Reigns Love. For the <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong> Janine has stage-managed a variety of musicals and plays at both the Avon and <strong>Festival</strong> theatres, including The Gondoliers, Gypsy, Carousel, Henry V, An Enemy of the People, The Merry Wives of Windsor, One Tiger to a Hill and Henry VIII. Janine also worked on the Asian Games’ opening and closing ceremonies in Doha, Qatar, and has worked in a variety of theatres in Ontario and for BBC TV in England. noah reid – actor <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Rohde in Three Sisters, Filcher in <strong>Bartholomew</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> and Lowell in The Trespassers. Noah Reid is thrilled to make his debut on the <strong>Stratford</strong> stage. A recent National Theatre School graduate, Noah has been acting professionally since the age of eight. Theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard, Major Barbara, Restoration, the title roles in Macbeth and John... Sudden Death (NTS); Innocence Lost, Big Box (Blyth <strong>Festival</strong>); Who Has Seen the Wind (Theatre Aquarius); and Beauty and the Beast (Princess of Wales Theatre). Noah participated in The Ark at the National Arts Centre and in the Master Directors’ Summit here at <strong>Stratford</strong> last summer, as well as in workshops of new plays in Toronto. Film and television credits include In Love and War, Terry, Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, Soul Food, Nikita, Jane and the Dragon, Rolie Polie Olie and Pippi Longstocking. He was also the original voice of Franklin the Turtle. Noah would like to thank his family, friends and Susie for their unwavering support. suzanne roberts smith – actor <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Maid in Three Sisters, Punk Alice in <strong>Bartholomew</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> and understudy in Phèdre. As a member of the 2008 Conservatory, Suzanne is delighted to make her debut into this engaging season. A graduate of the National Theatre School (2003), her credits include Florence (The Ginkgo Tree) and Marie Louise (The Thirteenth One) (Blyth <strong>Festival</strong>); Doris (Same Time Next Year) (Acorn Theatre); Choreographer (For Coloured Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf) (Coloured Girls Collective); and Macheath (The Beggar’s Opera) (NTS). Selected film credits: Mary Shelley (Ciné Qua Non Media) and Every Day Is Music (independent). A member of Maracatu Nunca Antes, an Afro-Brazilian percussion troupe in Toronto, she co-directed My Leaky Body and collaborated with Cheryl Zinyk and Janet Munro on I Am. Suzanne dedicates this to everyone and everything who contributed to her being here and all the ways in which she is continually supported. “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.” cliff saunders – actor <strong>Stratford</strong> debut: Lantern Leatherhead in <strong>Bartholomew</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> and Marcus Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Theatre credits include North American première of the Tonynominated Broadway hit The 39 Steps (IRNE Award, best supporting actor; Cort, Roundabout and Huntington Theatres); The Lord of the Rings (Princess of Wales Theatre); Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath); Habeas Corpus, Pélagie (CanStage);The Drowsy Chaperone (Winter Garden); A Flea in Her Ear (Soulpepper); Crackwalker, Wind in the Willows (Grand Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Princess of Wales); Possible Maps (Tarragon); A Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pinocchio (YPT); and Biloxi Blues and The Foreigner (Royal Alexandra). Film and TV credits include Outlander, Roxy Hunter, Chicago, Lobster Tale, Open Range, Spider, The Fool, The Music Man, Midwives, Joan of Arc, Eloise, Eloise at Christmastime, Harlan County Wars, Catch a Falling Star, Flowers for Algernon, The Crossing, Deathland, Monk, Doc, Sue Thomas F.B.Eye, La Femme Nikita and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Daughters include Alberta and Bridget. Wives include Lizzie. Jennifer schamehorn – production stage manager (Tom Patterson Theatre) Third season: Production stage manager of the Tom Patterson Theatre. Stage manager of Ever Yours, Oscar. Jennifer’s favourite stage management credits include Krapp’s Last Tape, Hughie, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead and Pentecost (<strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>); Dialogues of the Carmelites (Wilfrid Laurier University); Oliver! (Theatre Aquarius); Chutzpah a Go-Go (Eclectic Theatre Company at the Factory Theatre and Manitoba Theatre Centre); Forever Plaid (New Yorker Theatre); Allos and Hijos del Mais (Poor Alex Theatre); Woyzeck and To Damascus (Equity Showcase Theatre); and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge (Theatre and Company). She also spent 14 years as a resident stage manager for the Sunshine <strong>Festival</strong> Theatre Company in Orillia. Jennifer is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is thrilled to be starting graduate studies in drama this fall at the University of Guelph. She makes her home in <strong>Stratford</strong> with her husband, Andy, and daughters, Mary and Claire. “Thank you to my beautiful girls and to my favourite boy. Toujours.” carolyn m. smith – designer 11th season: Designer of <strong>Bartholomew</strong> <strong>Fair</strong>. Credits include seven previous productions with the <strong>Stratford</strong> Shakespeare <strong>Festival</strong>: costumes for the première of The Swanne, parts 1, 2 and 3; set and costume design for The Duchess of Malfi, Othello and Shakespeare’s Universe; and set design for The Odyssey. Past credits include Macbeth (National Arts Centre, Citadel); The Way of the World (NAC/Soulpepper); Atlantis (Grand Theatre); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Grand Theatre/Vancouver Playhouse); Through the Eyes (Factory Studio Theatre); and design work on over 17 new Canadian plays as well as the Canadian operas Beatrice Chancy (Queen of Puddings Music Theatre) and The Gang (Autumn Leaf Productions). She has designed costumes for Neptune Theatre, Necessary Angel, the Shaw <strong>Festival</strong>, Broadway and for film and television. She is a recipient of a Jessie Richardson Award for outstanding costumes for Scary Stories (produced by Alberta Theatre Projects/Vancouver Playhouse). Ms Smith is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. 15
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