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Richard Sheridan Willis
Director -A Midsummer Night's Dream
Kerry Ann Doherty
Director/Choreographer - The Importance of Being Earnest - Movement - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Kerry Ann Doherty has been a theatre professional for over years. She has performed in 4 seasons at SLSF in various roles, including Mrs Quickly in Trouble on Dibble Street, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Constance (the mad hatter) in Maid for a Musket and Launce (co-starring with the late Ellie Mae Cassleman) in Two Gentlemen of Verona. She has also performed with Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, VideoCabaret, Port Hope, Theatre Columbus, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Talk is Free Theatre, Theatre By The Bay, Citadel Theatre, Stage West, Alberta Theatre Projects and more.
Directing credits include two new musicals, One
More Time by Rebecca Peacock and Nobody’s Children, book and lyrics by Lezlie Wade, music by Scott Christian plus The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh by Christopher Craddock, Grounded by George Brant, Asking For It by Ellie Moon, and Tuesdays and Sundays by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn.
Kerry Ann holds a BFA in Drama with a Minor in Dance from the University of Calgary, an MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Essex, UK, a Diploma in University Teaching from the University of New
Brunswick and a Certificate in Indigenous Canada from
The University of Alberta. She’d like to thank Gavi Casselman for filling in for Kingsley Marrioherty while she's away from home. For more information, check out
kerryanndoherty.com.
This is for Thom, Liam and Anwen.
Kerry Ann Doherty has been a theatre professional for over years. She has performed in 4 seasons at SLSF in various roles, including Mrs Quickly in Trouble on Dibble Street, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Constance (the mad hatter) in Maid for a Musket and Launce (co-starring with the late Ellie Mae Cassleman) in Two Gentlemen of Verona. She has also performed with Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, VideoCabaret, Port Hope, Theatre Columbus, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Talk is Free Theatre, Theatre By The Bay, Citadel Theatre, Stage West, Alberta Theatre Projects and more.
Directing credits include two new musicals, One
More Time by Rebecca Peacock and Nobody’s Children, book and lyrics by Lezlie Wade, music by Scott Christian plus The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh by Christopher Craddock, Grounded by George Brant, Asking For It by Ellie Moon, and Tuesdays and Sundays by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn.
Kerry Ann holds a BFA in Drama with a Minor in Dance from the University of Calgary, an MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Essex, UK, a Diploma in University Teaching from the University of New
Brunswick and a Certificate in Indigenous Canada from
The University of Alberta. She’d like to thank Gavi Casselman for filling in for Kingsley Marrioherty while she's away from home. For more information, check out
kerryanndoherty.com.
This is for Thom, Liam and Anwen.
Hannah Wayne-Philips
(Puck/Egeus/Woman/Lane/Merriman)
Joy Tanner
(Hippolyta/Titania/Miss Prism)
Van Abrahams
(Bottom/Dr Chasuble)
Van Abrahams began his career in 1993 as an ensemble member of Harold Prince’s Award Winning revival of Showboat in Toronto, then on Broadway. He would follow that up with the US National Tour of Ragtime before making his European debut as Jim in the Bregenz Festival production of Porgy and Bess in 1997, directed by famed German director
Hans Friederich.
Mr. Abrahams would stay in Europe and become a house singer for the Grand Theatre de Genevewhere
he would create the role of Chime in the world premiere of Scourge of the Hyacinth, directed by Robert Wilson. Van’s career has led him to roles in Switzerland, Germany, France, England and later, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South Africa.
He has also had the pleasure of working with Canadian Opera giants Ben Heppner, Stewart Hamilton and John MacMaster.
In 2009,
Mr. Abrahams made his film debut as the South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat in the acclaimed
Opera-Doc “Fig Trees” directed by John Greyson. That same year, Van was commissioned to write his first play “Songs of Freedom” by the Niagara International Music Festival, which debuted at the historic St-Marks Anglican Church.
Van is currently in his 15th season as a contract singer with the Canadian Opera Company. He is also in his fifth year as a vocal coach with the Shaw Festival.
Van Abrahams began his career in 1993 as an ensemble member of Harold Prince’s Award Winning revival of Showboat in Toronto, then on Broadway. He would follow that up with the US National Tour of Ragtime before making his European debut as Jim in the Bregenz Festival production of Porgy and Bess in 1997, directed by famed German director
Hans Friederich.
Mr. Abrahams would stay in Europe and become a house singer for the Grand Theatre de Genevewhere
he would create the role of Chime in the world premiere of Scourge of the Hyacinth, directed by Robert Wilson. Van’s career has led him to roles in Switzerland, Germany, France, England and later, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South Africa.
He has also had the pleasure of working with Canadian Opera giants Ben Heppner, Stewart Hamilton and John MacMaster.
In 2009,
Mr. Abrahams made his film debut as the South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat in the acclaimed
Opera-Doc “Fig Trees” directed by John Greyson. That same year, Van was commissioned to write his first play “Songs of Freedom” by the Niagara International Music Festival, which debuted at the historic St-Marks Anglican Church.
Van is currently in his 15th season as a contract singer with the Canadian Opera Company. He is also in his fifth year as a vocal coach with the Shaw Festival.
Rhys Phillips
(Demetrius/ Quince/Algernon)
Rhys’ recently graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, England. He enjoys physical acting, stage combat, playing with accents and doing Shakespeare.
He performed in King Lear (playing Kent), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon and Hippolyta), Enron, and the short film Gently Rise with Mountview.
Before that, he played Osho, an influential guru in the 60’s, in the play Sannyas, and featured in Witness and a clown
piece called Heroes as part of the cult season in the London Camden Fringe Festival.
Since leaving drama school he has been the lead in the short films SWIM, Judgement and Predictions & The Challenge.
Before that, he was featured in Our Town (web series), Fine (music video), Late and the Tate Britain (dramatic reading of
fairytales), Someone’s Watching (horror short film), and Pathways (short film).
Rhys’ recently graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, England. He enjoys physical acting, stage combat, playing with accents and doing Shakespeare.
He performed in King Lear (playing Kent), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon and Hippolyta), Enron, and the short film Gently Rise with Mountview.
Before that, he played Osho, an influential guru in the 60’s, in the play Sannyas, and featured in Witness and a clown
piece called Heroes as part of the cult season in the London Camden Fringe Festival.
Since leaving drama school he has been the lead in the short films SWIM, Judgement and Predictions & The Challenge.
Before that, he was featured in Our Town (web series), Fine (music video), Late and the Tate Britain (dramatic reading of
fairytales), Someone’s Watching (horror short film), and Pathways (short film).
Isaiah Kolundzic
Lysander/Flute/Jack Worthing
Isaiah Kolundzic is proudly from Vineland, ON.
He is incredibly grateful to be working with this year's amazingly talented ensemble. Select credits; Theatre: Water Wonder
(Carousel Players), False Claims (False Claims Collective), Venus in Fur, The Boys in the Band, Bash: The Later Day Plays (The Edge Productions), Six Stories Told at Night (Gangway! Theatre Co.), Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre By The Bay), Portraits. Patterns. Possibilities (Culchuhworks Collective).
Film/TV: Noel Next Door (Hallmark), Mayday (Discovery ID), Matches, Well Spent (Stompin’ Ground Films), WW1: The
Road to Victory (Discovery).
Training; Steppenwolf, BFA
University of Windsor.
Upcoming: Isaiah will next appear in Theatre by the Bay's world premier of Icemen by Vern Thessin. To Sam, thank you with all my heart.
Isaiah Kolundzic is proudly from Vineland, ON.
He is incredibly grateful to be working with this year's amazingly talented ensemble. Select credits; Theatre: Water Wonder
(Carousel Players), False Claims (False Claims Collective), Venus in Fur, The Boys in the Band, Bash: The Later Day Plays (The Edge Productions), Six Stories Told at Night (Gangway! Theatre Co.), Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre By The Bay), Portraits. Patterns. Possibilities (Culchuhworks Collective).
Film/TV: Noel Next Door (Hallmark), Mayday (Discovery ID), Matches, Well Spent (Stompin’ Ground Films), WW1: The
Road to Victory (Discovery).
Training; Steppenwolf, BFA
University of Windsor.
Upcoming: Isaiah will next appear in Theatre by the Bay's world premier of Icemen by Vern Thessin. To Sam, thank you with all my heart.
Breanna Maloney
(Helena, Starveling/Gwendolyn)
Breanna is an actor, writer and arts educator based in
Toronto. She is thrilled to be working along the water this summer with the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival.
Breanna earned her MFA in Acting at East 15 Acting School in the UK and is a graduate of the University of Windsor’s BFA acting program. Recent theatre credits include Iphigenia
in Splott (Toronto Fringe), Cooking for Grief (Vancouver Fringe), A Christmas Carol, Ether (White Mills Theatre Co.) and The Dutch Courtesan (Poculi Ludique Societas).
A few of her favourite writing credits include Cooking for Grief, contributions to The Tank NYC Theatrical Productions and poetry contributions to The Nature Poetry and
Environmental Zine, curated by Alley Biniarz (Windsor, ON). Breanna is passionate about storytelling that challenges our perception of society and the way in which
we interact with each other and our environment. It is
Breanna’s ongoing mission is to create professional theatre with care, joy and curiosity.
Breanna is an actor, writer and arts educator based in
Toronto. She is thrilled to be working along the water this summer with the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival.
Breanna earned her MFA in Acting at East 15 Acting School in the UK and is a graduate of the University of Windsor’s BFA acting program. Recent theatre credits include Iphigenia
in Splott (Toronto Fringe), Cooking for Grief (Vancouver Fringe), A Christmas Carol, Ether (White Mills Theatre Co.) and The Dutch Courtesan (Poculi Ludique Societas).
A few of her favourite writing credits include Cooking for Grief, contributions to The Tank NYC Theatrical Productions and poetry contributions to The Nature Poetry and
Environmental Zine, curated by Alley Biniarz (Windsor, ON). Breanna is passionate about storytelling that challenges our perception of society and the way in which
we interact with each other and our environment. It is
Breanna’s ongoing mission is to create professional theatre with care, joy and curiosity.
Cara Rebecca
(Hermia, Snug, Cecily)
Cara Rebecca (she/her) is an actor, fight director, and
budding director based in Montreal. An award-winning and META nominated actor, she has performed for theatres across the country. Select credits include: Fall On Your Knees (Canadian Stage/Neptune/NAC/Grand), Cowgirl Up (ATP), Indecent (Segal), The Ward Cabaret (Harbourfront),
Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing (Repercussion).
Cara directed the short Love in the Time of Corona Virus, and co-directed Joan/ Jehanne, which aired at New York’s East to Edinburgh Festival, as well as the Hamilton and Calgary Fringe Festivals. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School, McGill, and is accredited with the Academy of Dramatic Combat.
Cara is a co-founder of Ragtag, a multidisciplinary collective whose inaugural installation QUEERasure will premiere in Montreal this August.
Upcoming: GCDC director’s mentorship program and
Extra/Beautiful/U with Infinithéâtre.
Outside of work, Cara
can be found reading, cycling, and adoring every dog she meets. @caractor_rebecca
Cara Rebecca (she/her) is an actor, fight director, and
budding director based in Montreal. An award-winning and META nominated actor, she has performed for theatres across the country. Select credits include: Fall On Your Knees (Canadian Stage/Neptune/NAC/Grand), Cowgirl Up (ATP), Indecent (Segal), The Ward Cabaret (Harbourfront),
Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing (Repercussion).
Cara directed the short Love in the Time of Corona Virus, and co-directed Joan/ Jehanne, which aired at New York’s East to Edinburgh Festival, as well as the Hamilton and Calgary Fringe Festivals. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School, McGill, and is accredited with the Academy of Dramatic Combat.
Cara is a co-founder of Ragtag, a multidisciplinary collective whose inaugural installation QUEERasure will premiere in Montreal this August.
Upcoming: GCDC director’s mentorship program and
Extra/Beautiful/U with Infinithéâtre.
Outside of work, Cara
can be found reading, cycling, and adoring every dog she meets. @caractor_rebecca
Philip Pace
(Theseus, Oberon/Lady Bracknell)
Philip (he/him) is excited to be making his SLSF debut and is grateful to spend the summer working on these great plays in the community where he lives.
Philip’s credits include Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
My Fair Lady, Gigi (Stratford Festival), King Lear, As You Like It (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Link), Annie, Grease, Oklahoma! (Montana
Summer Theatre), The Tempest (Nipissing Stage Company and Tour), Forever Plaid (Ontario Tour), Kilt (New Stages
Peterborough), Romeo & Juliet (ShakespeareWorks), and Shakespeare Abridged (US National Tour).
Training: Philip
holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and a Bachelor of Education from York University. He is a graduate of the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training and the 2-year Professional Music
Theatre Program at Circle in the Square in New York City. For the past 5 years, Philip has been an Adjunct Professor in the Music Theatre Performance Program at St. Lawrence College.
Love and gratitude to Chad and Pace.
Philip (he/him) is excited to be making his SLSF debut and is grateful to spend the summer working on these great plays in the community where he lives.
Philip’s credits include Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
My Fair Lady, Gigi (Stratford Festival), King Lear, As You Like It (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Link), Annie, Grease, Oklahoma! (Montana
Summer Theatre), The Tempest (Nipissing Stage Company and Tour), Forever Plaid (Ontario Tour), Kilt (New Stages
Peterborough), Romeo & Juliet (ShakespeareWorks), and Shakespeare Abridged (US National Tour).
Training: Philip
holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and a Bachelor of Education from York University. He is a graduate of the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training and the 2-year Professional Music
Theatre Program at Circle in the Square in New York City. For the past 5 years, Philip has been an Adjunct Professor in the Music Theatre Performance Program at St. Lawrence College.
Love and gratitude to Chad and Pace.
Rebecca Beith
Stage Manager
Rebecca (she/her) was born in small town in northern Ontario but now resides in London ON. She is excited to be back working in beautiful Prescott, working with this extremely talented team.
Past credits include The Winter's Tale, Cyrano
de Bergerac (SLSF 2019) Into the Woods -Highschool Project (The Grand) My Fair Lady and Beauty and Beast
(Capital Theatre Port Hope), Moose on the Loose, Armstrong’s War (Sudbury Theatre Center) and Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream in COVID 19, Of Mice and Men, Drums in the Night (Fanshawe College).
When not working,Rebecca
can be found knitting, sewing, and reading with her 19-year-old rescue cat Rosie.
She would like to thank her beautiful fiancé Chara for all her love and support as she chases her dreams. @aviddyslexicreader
Rebecca (she/her) was born in small town in northern Ontario but now resides in London ON. She is excited to be back working in beautiful Prescott, working with this extremely talented team.
Past credits include The Winter's Tale, Cyrano
de Bergerac (SLSF 2019) Into the Woods -Highschool Project (The Grand) My Fair Lady and Beauty and Beast
(Capital Theatre Port Hope), Moose on the Loose, Armstrong’s War (Sudbury Theatre Center) and Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream in COVID 19, Of Mice and Men, Drums in the Night (Fanshawe College).
When not working,Rebecca
can be found knitting, sewing, and reading with her 19-year-old rescue cat Rosie.
She would like to thank her beautiful fiancé Chara for all her love and support as she chases her dreams. @aviddyslexicreader
Shannon Lea Doyle
Original Designer - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rob Bertola
Sound & Music - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Davies
Set Designer (Earnest)/Technical Director
Susanne Zorzella
Set Designer (Earnest)/Production Manager
Karen Koivumaki
Costumes (Earnest)
Sharon Flood
Head of Props
Debra Lynn Currier Real Estate - Main sponsor
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