Harper Rae Asch with Clue in Annie. Photography by David Hou.

Laura Condlln, Harper Rae Asch and Dan Chameroy. Photography by Ted Belton.

Text on the top says "More Theatre to love! Extended until November 16." Large text on the left says "Schulich Children’s Plays Anne of Green Gables". On the right, quoted text shows four starts and says "Unmissable" from Toronto Star, "Heartwarming, gut-wrenching, life affirming" from the Globe and Mail and “A very viable broadway show” from Chicago Tribune.

Julie Lumsden (left) and Caroline Toal. Photography by David Hou.

Schulich Children's Plays
Anne of Green Gables
A new adaptation by Kat Sandler. Based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Stratford Festival Commission. World Première. Directed by Kat Sandler.
Set and costume design by Joanna Yu 潁摠醑. Lighting design by Davida Tkach. Original music by James Smith. Sound design by Debashis Sinha.

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ANNIE

Book by Thomas Meehan

Music by Charles Strouse

Lyrics by Martin Charnin

Original Broadway Production Directed by Martin Charnin

Based on “Little Orphan Annie”® by Permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC

Directed by Donna Feore

Choreographed by Donna Feore

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“YOU'RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE”

Annie has reigned as one of the world’s most beloved family musicals since its original six-year Broadway run. Annie Bennett is the iconic redheaded orphan who knows the sun will come out tomorrow for her, no matter how dark it gets today. (Even if “today” is under the domain of Miss Hannigan, the caretaker of the orphanage and an over-the-top misopedist.) When Annie and her scrappy dog, Sandy, are taken in by the secretary of the billionaire Oliver Warbucks, the girl's lifelong search to find her birth parents sets off a chain of wacky, heartwarming adventures.

Runtime: 2 hours and 23 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission*
*Run times are approximate

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2025: Annie in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Matilda in Matilda the Musical (Meridian Arts Centre); Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Stagedoor Manor); Susan Waverly in White Christmas (Wavestage Theatre Co.); Katherine in Newsies Jr. (Meridian Arts Centre); Rainbow Fish in The Rainbow Fish Musical (Meridian Arts Centre). TV/Animation: Guest Roles on Super Wings (Season 9). Training: The Royal Conservatory of Music (Voice), PSB & Interplay Dance Academy, Fayez 1 Dance Academy. Awards: Ontario Music Festival Association - 1st Place/Best of Class for Musical Theatre (Solo) 2023. Instagram: @harperasch. Et cetera: Harper is thrilled to be making her Stratford debut! Special thanks to Mom & Dad, agent Megan and vocal/acting coaches Allison, Alex & Maggie, along with everyone at TYS and the Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts.

Birmingham Conservatory, 2003

2025: Oliver Warbucks in Annie. 17th season. Stratford: Nostradamus in Something Rotten!, Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, The Diviners, Chicago, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Winter's Tale, A Funny Thing Happened..., West Side Story, Oklahoma!, Cymbeline, Camelot. Elsewhere: Fifteen Dogs (Crows/Mirvish); The Wizard of Oz (Canadian Stage); The Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare); A Little Night Music (Koerner Hall); Life After, The Wild Party (Musical Stage); Toronto/U.S. National Tour of Matilda - Toronto Critics' Award (Mirvish/Dodger); Of Human Bondage, Idiot's Delight (Soulpepper); Company (Theatre 20); The Arsonists (Canadian Stage); The Magic Fire (Shaw); Beauty and the Beast - Dora Award, The Drowsy Chaperone (Mirvish). Film/TV: Leer Estates (Stratfest@Home). Voice Over: Saving Me, Super Why, Mittens and Pants, Hotel Transylvania, Paw Patrol. Awards: Multiple ACTRA, DORA and CSA's nominations. Love to Christine and Olivia. Instagram @danchameroy.

(she/her) Birmingham Conservatory, 2004/2005

2025: Miss Aggie Hannigan in Annie. 17th season. Stratford (selected): Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Hook (Wendy and Peter Pan), Pauline (Casey and Diana), Mary Shelley (Frankenstein Revived), Emelia (Othello), Irene Malloy (Matchmaker), Mistress Page (Merry Wives of Windsor), Mrs. Darling (Peter Pan), Ashley (Virgin Trial), Chrysothemis (Elektra), Helena (Midsummer Night's…), Audrey (As You Like It), Chorus Leader (Bakkhai). Elsewhere (selected): Fifteen Dogs (Mirvish/Crow's); Madam Minister (Talk Is Free), goldfish (Here For Now); Fun Home (Mirvish/Musical Stage); A Delicate Balance, Idomeneus, The Heidi Chronicles, The Crucible, The Norman Conquests (Soulpepper); An Enemy of… , Sextet (Tarragon); Chimerica (Canadian Stage/MTC); THIS, Beckett: Feck It! (Canadian Stage); Top Girls (Segal Centre); 4:48 Psychosis (Necessary Angel). Awards: Dora nominee/winner, two-time Toronto Theatre Critics award winner. Film/TV: The Players (dir. Sarah Galea-Davis), Wilfred (dir. Samuel Davey), The Lake (Amazon), Nurses (Global), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC).Et cetera: For Jnr, always.

2025: Lily St. Regis in Annie and appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Third season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Annie in Chicago. Elsewhere: Sister Rice in The Amen Corner, Ensemble in Gypsy, Daphne/Ensemble in Holiday Inn (Shaw Festival); Jovie in Elf the Musical, Cinderella understudy/Ensemble in Cinderella (Neptune Theatre); Ensemble in Guys and Dolls (Capitol Theatre); Michelle/Ensemble/Deena understudy in Dreamgirls (Lower Ossington Theatre); Calonice in Lysistrata (2017 Toronto Fringe Festival); Lulu's New in Town (New York Musical Theatre Festival). Film/TV: The Boys, Children Ruin Everything, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Spin. Online: @damanda_13. Et cetera: Forever blessed with the love and support from my hunny Eric, family and friends. I miss you Daddy. xx to Einarr, the inspiration for our dog business @thegildedleash. CHEERS 10 Talent!

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2025: Grace Farrell in Annie. 16th season. Stratford: 15 seasons including Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Maggie in A Chorus Line, Sally Simpson in Tommy, Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. Elsewhere: In 2019 Jennifer revived the role of Sally Simpson in The Who's Tommy In Concert, performing alongside Pete Townshend at the La Jolla Playhouse. She has also performed on stages across Canada: the Shaw Festival, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Charlottetown Festival, Grand Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Drayton Entertainment, Ross Petty Productions and YES Theatre. Training: Music Theatre Performance (Sheridan), Acting (Red Deer College). Et cetera: This season is dedicated to my daughter Josephine, you are magic. Love to my incredible husband Robert. Thanks as ever to Bruce and TH.

(he/him)

2025: Rooster Hannigan in Annie. Sixth season. Stratford (selected): Nick Bottom in Something Rotten! Elsewhere (selected): Enjorlas in Les Misérables (Broadway); Sky in Mamma Mia! (Mirvish); Michael Donnelly in The Donnellys (Blyth Festival); Elmer Woods in Paradise Square (Berkeley Rep); Sweet Charity, The Lady from the Sea, Trouble in Tahiti, The Millionairess, My Fair Lady, Maria Severa, The Cherry Orchard, Star Chamber, A Little Night Music, Follies, Mack and Mable, Tristan (Shaw Festival-seven seasons); Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bert in Mary Poppins, Seeds of Self, The Last Five Years (Grand Theatre); Avram in Indecent (Segal Centre); Tom Watson in Parade (Musical Stage); Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (Neptune); Percik in Fiddler on the Roof (RMTC); Just So (Globe). Et cetera: Mark is also a painter and published illustrator @markuhre.

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2025: Pepper in Annie. Stratford debut. Film/TV: Solo semifinalist on Canada's Got Talent (City TV+); Lo Show dei Record (Italian National TV); Cirque du Soleil (National TV). Training: Canadian Dance Company - Under the direction of Allain Lupien (Competitive Dance); Stars Academy Talent - Under the direction of Francesca Nicassio (Film/TV/Theatre). Awards: Guinness World Record 2024 - Most full-body revolutions in a backbend; 2x Inductee to Hall of Fame Dance; Soloist of the year nominee, the View Dance Challenge. Online: @Cyd.our.kid. Et cetera: Cydnee is grateful to be a young artist and to have the opportunity to inspire others in the community to work hard, follow your dreams and never give up.

2025: Appears in Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Ninth season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Chicago, Here's What It Takes, Billy Elliot, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, R+J Remixed, Guys and Dolls, Romeo and Juliet, A Chorus Line, The Hypochondriac. Elsewhere: Chris, Mrs. (Winter Garden); Peter's Final Flight (Ross Petty Panto); Joseph and the Amazing… (Theatre Aquarius); Funny Girl (Segal Centre); Anne of Green Gables, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Canada Rocks (Charlottetown Festival); Cats - Dora-nominated (Mirvish - Panasonic). Film/TV: Romeo and Juliet (Stratford, 2017), Full Out (2015), Big Fun Weeknights (YTV), Get Up 'N Move (Revolver Films). Awards: Maureen Forrester Award, Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival); Amy Wallis Scholarship (Charlottetown Festival); gold and silver medals (International Tap Dance Championships). Instagram/Twitter: @EricMackAbel. Et cetera: Thanks to my family, Krista, Bruce and the TH gang for all their support.

2025: Appears in Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 10th season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Carousel, The Adventures of Pericles, Crazy for You, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 42nd Street, Much Ado About Nothing, West Side Story, A Funny... Forum, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, The King and I. Elsewhere: Chris, Mrs. (Winter Garden); Holiday Inn (Shaw); Return to Grace, A Funny... Forum (Mirvish); multiple seasons for Drayton Entertainment, Theatre Aquarius and Neptune Theatre. Film/TV: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Next Step, Hellcats, Slings and Arrows, Honey. Choreographer: Elf: the Musical (Neptune); A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Adventures of Pericles (Stratford); SEE (Season 3, Apple TV); Man Seeking Woman (FXX); six tv commercials. Associate Choreographer: Pacific Rim (Warner Bros). Assistant Choreographer: Holiday Inn (Shaw); Degrassi: Next Class, Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (CBC). Online: @carlabennettshara.

(he/him)

2025: Appears in Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Eighth season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Something Rotten!, Henry Clerval in Frankenstein Revived, Brother Maynard in Monty Python's Spamalot, Chicago, Nelson Green in Wedding Band (The Meighen Forum); Billy Elliot, Tommy Djilas in The Music Man, Romeo in R+J Remixed (workshop), Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, Frankenstein (workshop). Elsewhere: Chris, Mrs. (Winter Garden Theatre); Joseph…Dreamcoat (Theatre Aquarius); National Tour of Laurier Project (Charlottetown Festival/Theatre New Brunswick); Shrek the Musical (Rainbow Stage); Hill Rise in Dancer! (A Musical in Ten Furlongs) (workshop - Elgin Theatre). Film/TV: Mia Michaels Live; "Max" on The Next Step; MuchMusic Video Awards. Training: Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from Queen's University. Online: @thedevonbrown. Et cetera: Love to my wife, Heather, thank you for always supporting me.

2025: Appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Swing in Annie. Second season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, The Diviners. Elsewhere: Shrek (TUTS); Crazy For You (The Gateway); Twist & Shout, Footloose (Chemainus Theatre); Mary Poppins (Arts Club and YPT); Mamma Mia (Arts Club and StageWest); Beauty and the Beast (Capitol Theatre); The Tempest (Banff/Citadel); Chicago (Globe); The Prom, Evita (Drayton), Joseph And ... (Tweed & Co.). Film/TV: Christmas Movie Magic, Phil: A Tale of Flossing and Plumbing, When Calls the Heart, Centre Stage - Dance Camp, Rags. Online: @jarretcody. Et cetera: Jarret is also an accomplished dance instructor and choreographer who loves nothing more than to share his passion for movement and storytelling. He sends love and gratitude to everyone at da Costa Talent, his family, and Joey for their unending support.

2025: Tessie in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Cinderella: The Panto, Joseph … Dreamcoat (Drayton Entertainment); Young Nala in The Lion King Jr., Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS (Youth Performing Arts, selected). Training: Competitive dancer at Needham School of Dance, vocal training with Katherine Quick. Awards: Many competitive dance overall and special awards, Kiwanis Festival of London First Award winner for Musical Theatre. Et cetera: Tegan is so honoured to be working with this talented cast and crew! Tegan loves creating all kinds of crafts and spending her free time with her dog and cats. Tegan wants to thank her Mom, Dad, brothers and everyone who has given so much support. She is so excited to perform on the Festival Theatre stage!

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2025: Appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Swing in Annie. Fourth season. Stratford: Rent, A Wrinkle in Time, Jacob Two-Two (workshop), Chicago, The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. Elsewhere (selected):Flashback Fever, Grease (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Anne of Green Gables, The Drowsy Chaperone (Charlottetown Festival 2020); Hairspray (Theatre Aquarius); Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady (Port Hope Festival); Aladdin (Drayton Entertainment); 42nd Street, Oklahoma!, A Little Night Music, Jesus Christ Superstar (SCC). Training: Music Theatre Performance at St. Clair College. Online: @christine.desjardins. Awards: Jean A. Chalmers (SF), Overall Achievement (SCC), Triple Threat (ACS). Et cetera: Christine thanks her amazing family for their never-ending love and support, and the gang at TH. Big love to my JMah, who I'm grateful to be sharing this season with. Enjoy the show!

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2025: Bert Healy in Annie and appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Seventh season. Stratford: Nigel Bottom in Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Historian/Not Dead Fred in Monty Python's Spamalot, A Wrinkle in Time, Chicago, Here's What It Takes, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, Rocky Horror Show, The House of Martin Guerre. Elsewhere: Tim in Chris, Mrs., Doody in Grease (Winter Garden); Sondheim (New Stages); Camelot (Drayton Entertainment); Anne of Green Gables (Grand Theatre); West Side Story (BMT); What a Wonderful World (VPP); Carnival Cruise Lines; Footloose, My Fair Lady, Legally Blonde and The Addams Family (Grand Theatre HSP). TV: Murdoch Mysteries. Training: Canada's National Ballet School, Dance Steps, Beal PA. Online: @thefirmstonator. Et cetera: Love to my parents and my wife, Ash. Huge thanks to TH and all of the mentors who have helped along the way.

2025: Appears in Annie and Swing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Third season. Stratford: Mercedes in La Cage Aux Folles, appeared in Something Rotten!, Swing in Chicago. Elsewhere: Barry Belson in Jersey Boys (Citadel Theatre); Wally Patton in Sh-Boom!, Drifter In Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man (Drayton Entertainment); Frank in In Studio: The Words and Music of Britta Johnson (Theatre Sheridan); Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Oliver (Theatre Norfolk). Training: Sheridan College Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre. Awards: Dance Award, Vocal Music Award (Sheridan College); Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival). Et cetera: BIG thank you to the awesome team at TH, my family, friends, and everyone who has supported me along the way. Love to Diggs, Jada and Timothy.

2025: Molly in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Gretl in The Sound of Music, Children's Choir in Evita (Drayton Entertainment); Sasha in Little Heaven, Heavenly Friend in Carousel, Edith Liddell in Curiouser (Penny & Pound). Film/TV: Sarah Hartmann on The Dark Side of Comedy. Training: The Dance Centre KW, Music Makerz, Sherwood Music. Et cetera: Evonny loves being on stage and is passionate about dance and aerial silks. She enjoys playing piano, singing, art and is learning to crochet. Evonny wants to thank her family, friends, teachers and coaches for always supporting her in her dreams. Thanks to Cat and the da Costa team, as well as the Stratford Festival.

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2025: Appears in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: KW Glee. Training: Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre at Anna Marie Oliver School of Dance. Vocal - Stephen Roloson, Peter West. Piano - Caron Chilton. Awards: Barbara Price Music Scholarship from All Saints Guelph. Etcetera: This was my first audition and I am beyond thrilled to have this wonderful opportunity. I'm excited and I look forward to learning all I can from this impressive cast. A big thank you to my family for all of their love, support and prayers, especially my mom and dad. Plus, all my friends and teachers at St. Joseph Catholic School.

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2025: July in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Jane Banks in Mary Poppins (Rainbow Stage). Training: Dance - Shelley Shearer School of Dance: Pre-Professional Program, where she trains and competes in all genres; Vocal training - Joy Lazo and Alyssa Crockett. Awards: Numerous competitive dance soloist overall awards and special awards; Vocal - Kanta Na! Singing Competition. Online: @islaevehorner. Et cetera: Isla is thrilled for this exciting opportunity! She is sincerely grateful to her incredible dance family at SSSOD including Joseph Sevillo, Lori Watson, Justin Stadnyk and Robert Boge for their inspiration and guidance. Isla is also very thankful to her family and friends, Joy Lazo and the Rainbow Stage community for their love, support and encouragement.

2025: Mrs. Pugh, Perkins in Annie and Muriel Eubanks in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fifth season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles (Mme. Dindon), Wendy and Peter Pan (Smee); Man of La Mancha (Assistant Director/Choreographer),A Little Night Music (Asst Director); Private Lives (Choreographer). Elsewhere: Miss Stacy in Anne, Tanya in Mamma Mia! (Charlottetown Festival); The Villain -Petty Pantos (5 seasons); Myth of the Ostrich, Take Care (Here For Now); Kate in Wild Party, Charlotte in Falsettos (Musical Stage); Mary in Mary Poppins, Fantine in Les Misérables, Patsy Cline in A Closer Walk…, Betty in White Christmas, Original Canadian Alison Bechdel in Fun Home (Arts Club); Baker's Wife in Into the Woods (Neptune); Velma in Chicago (Mayfield); Rona in Spelling Bee (Belfry); Les Belles-Soeurs (Nat'l Tour) Bittergirl (Drayton); Nellie in South Pacific (Chemainus). Sara-Jeanne is also an accomplished Director, Choreographer and Writer. Online: @sjhosie.

2025: Appears in Annie and Swing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 10th season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Hunyak in Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show, Mrs. Dunlop/Dance Captain in The Music Man, Carmen in Guys and Dolls, Judy in A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Crazy for You, HMS Pinafore, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Man of La Mancha. Elsewhere: Peter's Final Flight (Ross Petty Panto); Joseph and the Amazing... (Drayton Entertainment); Rockette in Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Dancer in Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company); Cabaret (FV, Tandem Productions); Chantons sous la pluie (Singin' in the Rain, FV, Just for Laughs); Singer in '80s Flashback (Tropicana Hotel Casino, Atlantic City). Film/TV: Dancer in Warehouse 13, Locke and Key (Netflix). Instagram: @bonbondancer. Et cetera: Bonnie would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support. "Mom…this is for you!"

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2025: Appears in Annie and Swing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles. Elsewhere: Prince William in Sleeping Beauty: The Panto, Mikey Thomas in Shear Madness, Rocky Balboa in Rocky: The Musical, West Side Story (Drayton Entertainment); Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (Globe Theatre); Jersey Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Stage West); Mamma Mia!, Crazy For You, A Christmas Carol, West Side Story, Evangeline (Citadel); Usnavi in In The Heights, Judas in Godspell (Theatre Sheridan). Film/TV: Brave Rebel Army, Dark Side of the 2000s. Training: Sheridan College BMTP; Banff/Citadel Professional Training Program; NASM Certified Personal Trainer. Online: @aakelly. Et cetera: Special thanks to Talent House. Endless love to my boys Jude and Nash, pup Blue, and beautiful wife Shelley.

(she/her)

2025: Appears in and co-dance captain of Annie. Ninth season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Liz in Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Crazy for You, The Beaux' Stratagem. Elsewhere (selected): Return to Grace (Fallsview Casino and Thailand); Chicago, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan (Drayton); Joseph…, Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius); Dance Legends (Drayton, Grand Theatre). Film/TV (selected): Just Short of Reality (STRATFEST@HOME), The Boys, What We Do in the Shadows, Warehouse 13, Hellcats, L.A. Complex, Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. Training/Teaching: Graduate of Sheridan College, Musical Theatre Performance; certified yoga instructor, mentor and trainer to dancers. Online: @bethanykovarik. Et cetera: Forever grateful for the support of family and friends. Love to Mom, Dad, Chad, Ryan, Andrea, James and Talent House.

(he/him)

2025: Drake in Annie and Andre Thibault in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: Salesman in China, Romeo and Juliet. Elsewhere: Zhang Lin in Chimerica (Duceppe); Jay in Frog Song (Here For Now/Stratford Symphony); Chinatown (City Opera Vancouver); Old Man and the River (WeeFestival); The Cave (Luminato); Antonio in The Tempest (Citadel); Narrator/Mysterious Man in Into the Woods, Louis in Pal Joey, Beadle in Sweeney Todd (TIFT); Mr. Beaver in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Theatre New Brunswick); Mr. Shi and His Lover (Tarragon/NAC); Boy in Blood Weddings (Modern Times/Aluna Theatre). Awards: Toronto Theatre Critics Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. Online: derekkwan.net, @kwanzoku. Et cetera: Derek is artistic director of Common Boots Theatre and is also a therapeutic clown.

(she/her)
2025: Appears in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Michael Darling in Peter Pan: The Panto (Drayton); Matilda in Matilda, Flotsam in Disney's The Little Mermaid (Royal City Musical Productions), Chorus in Joseph…, A Christmas Carol: The Panto (Drayton). Training: Seven year Company Dancer with Performance Dance Academy. Online: @heyheyfaefae. Et cetera: Fae is pumped to be a part of her first Stratford Festival performance in Annie! She is grateful to the production team for this opportunity. When she's not onstage, or preparing to be, Fae loves being with her family and her dog. A huge shoutout to her theatre family for their love and support - Ben, Jane, KimC, KimH, Sarah at TenTalent, the cast of Peter Pan - especially Christine, Stephanie, Jackie, Zoe, David - and her loving parents and sisters, for helping her along this journey!

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2025: Appears in Annie and Swing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fourth season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Chicago, The Flood (DWP), exercise your demons (DWP). Elsewhere: Lucille in Controlled Damage (Grand Theatre); Fame (Randolph Theatre). Choreography: Assistant choreographer: The Diviners (Stratford); Associate choreographer: Fame (Randolph). Film: A Way of Life (RobertsonFilms). Training: Randolph College for the Performing Arts. Awards: Randolph College Triple Threat Award and Governor General Award, Citizen of the Year (Sylvan Lake, Alberta). Online: Instagram: @graciemackk. Et cetera: For my mom and dad, my brother and sister and always for Tia. For the Mountains, the stars and the dreamers. Love to DaCosta, Stratford and all of the artists who paved the way.

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2025: Swing, co-dance captain, assistant choreographer for Annie. Third season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived. Elsewhere: Matilda (first national tour, Mirvish); The Wizard of Oz (first national tour, Mirvish); Peter Pan in Peter Pan in Wonderland (Ross Petty); five seasons at the Charlottetown Festival; Mamma Mia! (Grand); Priscilla, Rock of Ages (Drayton); Elf, Mary Poppins (Theatre Aquarius); West Side Story (Vancouver Opera). Choreography: Assistant Choreographer - A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary). Associate Choreographer - Mamma Mia!, Kronborg (Charlottetown). Choreographer - Good Grief (Ship's Company); Sugar Highs (Season 1, Emotion); Assassins, Metamorphoses (Sheridan); Godspell (FAST). Film/TV: Sullivan's Crossing (CTV); Washington Black (Disney/Hulu); FROM (Epix); The Sinner (USA). Awards: Lindsay Thomas Award (Stratford); Alan Lund Dance Award (Charlottetown); Brian Linehan Triple Threat Award (Sheridan College - 2008-2010). Online: @armacpherson. Et cetera: Big love and thanks to Talent House, Flea, and my family out East.

2025: Appears in Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Seventh season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Chicago, Billy Elliot the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, A Chorus Line, The Hypochondriac, Walker Rhodes (workshop). Elsewhere: Salesman in China (NAC); Holiday Inn, White Christmas, Brigadoon (Shaw Festival); Anne of Green Gables, Jesus Christ Superstar (Charlottetown Festival); Rock of Ages (Elgin Theatre); Mary Poppins (YPT); West Side Story (Citadel Theatre); Clara's Dream, Shumka at 50! China Tour (Shumka/SPI Productions). Film/TV: Mother of All Shows, Canada's Got Talent Season 2. Training: Grant MacEwan University, Theatre Arts. Instagram: @Djmah5. Et cetera: Jordan would like to thank everyone at The Talent House, his family, friends and mentors for all the incredible support. Remember: "On the opposite side of fear is opportunity." A special thanks to my rock, my love Christine.

(she/her)

2025: Clara in Annie. Stratford debut. Training: Competitive jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, song and dance-Stratford Dance Co. (Breanna Willis), Piano-Coda Music (Mia Masui), Flight Studio Children's Choir (Brooke Dufton). Online: @attwellmartin (Instagram). Et cetera: Atty is thrilled to be making her professional stage debut in Annie! She dreams of performing on Broadway one day and is so grateful for the opportunity to take this exciting first step. Atty would like to give special thanks to Breanna Willis for her incredible coaching, Rianna for always being there to help, and her amazing family for their endless love and support. Big love to her Stratford Dance Company team - "Love you, team!"

2025: Star-To-Be in Annie and appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fourth season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, The Music Man, Oliver! Elsewhere: Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables-The Musical, Tell Tale Harbour, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kronborg - The Hamlet Rock Musical, Mamma Mia!, We Are Canadian (Charlottetown Festival); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Elf: The Musical, Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia! (Grand Theatre); The Sound of Music (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Spring Awakening (Argyle Theatre). Film/TV: Paranormal Revenge (CTV Sci-Fi); Dark Side of the Ring (Vice TV) Training: Pace University, BFA Major in Musical Theatre and Minor in Commercial Dance. Awards: Peter Mews Award (Charlottetown Festival). Online: jamiemurray.ca, @jamiemurr. Et cetera: Love and thanks to the TH team, my pup Rory, and to my family for their constant love and support!

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2025: Duffy in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Swing/Baby June/Baby Louise/Balloon girl/Cowgirl in Gypsy (Shaw). Training: Competitive dance: ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, acro, hip hop, lyrical. Theatre and vocal: Joffrey Ballet School, Broadway Kids Auditions. Awards: Canadian Dance Finals 2024 - Junior Title Soloist; Runway Dance Connection 2024 - Top of the Runway Finalist; 24 Seven Dance Convention - Junior Non-Stop Dancer; NUVO Dance Convention - Break Out Artist; NFPA 2024 - first place (Primary Musical Theatre). Online: @sofia.otta. Et cetera: Sofia would like to thank her mom, dad and big sister Hannah for their love and support. Sofia would also like to thank the Stratford Festival for this opportunity and looks forward to making lifelong memories with everyone! Special thanks to Joe Perez for his care, guidance and training.

2025: Audrey in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Theatre Wellesley, KW Glee, Cambridge Youth Orchestra. Training: Grade 7 French Immersion at Our Lady of Fatima School. Trained in piano, violin, voice, dance, acting. Awards: Ontario Music Festival Association, Stratford Kiwanis Festival, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Kitchener-Waterloo Kiwanis Festival, Hutchinson-Morrison Trophy, Stars of the Festival, Viewer's Choice Award. Online: @olivia.m.padfield (Instagram). Et cetera: Olivia is thrilled to be cast in this production of Annie! She would like to thank all of her teachers who have had an impact on her development and journey. She is especially grateful to her family who have provided her with unconditional support.

2025: President Roosevelt, Lt. Ward in Annie and Ensemble in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Ninth season. Stratford: Fogarty, Harrison (Chicago), Unicorn, Ensemble (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), Mr. Erlanson (A Little Night Music), Giorgio (Passion), Sam (Crazy for You), Barber (Man of La Mancha), Captain Walker (Tommy), Snoopy (Charlie Brown), Mordcha (Fiddler on the Roof), Wanderlust, Camelot, Jesus Christ Superstar, As You Like It, Jacques Brel. Elsewhere: Jackie (Wild Party), Marvin (Falsettos) (Acting Up Stage); Sir Galahad (Spamalot), Che (Evita), Chris (Miss Saigon) (Drayton); Bob (White Christmas) (MTC, Neptune); Freddy (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) (North American tour); Marius (Les Misérables) (Broadway); Laurie (Little Women) (first U.S. national tour); Bobby Strong (Urinetown) (Canadian Stage); Jerry (The Full Monty) (Stage West). Et cetera: RHW3.

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2025: Appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Swing in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Ensemble/dance captain in Cinderella (Neptune Theatre); Swing in White Christmas (Shaw Festival); Debra in Let's Dance! The Musical (Terra Bruce Productions); Maria/Choreographer in The Sound of Music (Highlands Summer Festival); Performer/Serenader in And I Never Stopped Dancing (Smile Theatre); Featured Singer in the Yellowpoint Christmas Spectacular (Razzle Dazzle Productions); Ensemble/Bowery Beauty in Disney's: NEWSIES (Theatre Under the Stars); Ensemble in Head Over Heels, Concord Floral, Tiny Tenement of Terrors (Sheridan College Music Theatre). Training: Sheridan College Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre '22. Online: @ali__powell. Et cetera: So much love to her family (hi mum, hi dad!), friends, the TH team, and all the wonderful magic makers of the 2025 Stratford season.

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2025: Kate in Annie. Stratford debut. Film/TV: Featured in two East Side Mario's commercials; "Featured Friend" in a TV network commercial (Project Network); "Ballet Girl" in a pain relief commercial. Training: Acting classes at Kids Camera Acting and Talent Inc.; Competitive Dancer in tap, ballet, jazz and acro at iDance Studio; Vocal lessons at Katerina's Voice Studio; Piano at MuSix Studio and Services; Violin at The Piano Studio. Awards: 1st Place in Singing at Aurora Art Festival; Achievement Award in Piano at Unionville Music Competition. Online: @jessicareddy3013. Et cetera: Jessica is thrilled to be part of the cast for Annie! This marks her first time in a full production, and she's excited to bring her passion for performance to the stage. She dedicates her debut to her family and mentors for their constant support and encouragement.

2025: Appears in Annie and appears in, dance captain for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 12th season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage…, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Chicago, Billy Elliot, Little Shop…, Rocky Horror…, Music Man, Chorus Line, Sound of Music, Carousel, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, JCS, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes. Elsewhere: Miss Saigon, JCS (Broadway); Lion King (Mirvish, Las Vegas); Dirty Dancing (Mirvish); We Will Rock You (Mirvish, national tour); Yoshimi (La Jolla); Holiday Inn (Shaw); Mary Poppins (Drayton). TV: 71st/66th Tonys, 37th Daytime Emmys, Dancing with the Stars, Live with Regis & Kelly Las Vegas, Marilyn Denis Show. Film: Honey, Chicago. Choreographer: Discover… Tom Patterson Theatre (Stratford Festival); Great Grand Road Trip (Grand Theatre HSP). Assistant: Chicago (Stratford); The Boys. Awards: Derek F. Mitchell Artistic Director's Award (2016); Brian Macdonald Choreographer Award (2018). Online: @JasonSermonia. Et cetera: Love to my family, friends, T House, Mélanie and Léon.

2025: Jolene Oakes in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and understudy in Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Tammy in Escape to Margaritaville (Theatre Calgary); Deb in Elf the Musical, Gingy in Shrek (Neptune Theatre); Principal Sherman in Let's Dance (Canadian Tour); Swing in Grease (Irregular Entertainment); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins (Grand Theatre); Lisa in Mamma Mia!, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins (Rainbow Stage). Choreography: Associate choreographer for A Christmas Story (Theatre Aquarius); associate choreographer for Let's Dance (Terra Bruce); director/choreographer for Marvellous Wonderettes, choreographer for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Urinetown, Blue Champagne (Stephenville Theatre Festival). Commercials: American Express, Tim Hortons, Home Hardware, BetRivers, Wistia. Training: Graduate of St. Lawrence College and the CGDC Associate Program. Online: @MzShuster. Et cetera: For Mama Shust, Ed, the chosen family, and the gang at TH for always believing in me. Thank you for supporting live theatre. XO

2025: Sandy in Annie. Stratford debut. Clue is a Foxhound-Poodle cross who loves to be on the stage. He actively performs with the official SuperDogs as well as the Flying Furballs performance team, entertaining crowds with his impressive high jumping skills and racing. He also has an extensive screen resumé, appearing in commercials and TV shows. He is trained and competes in flyball, dock diving and disc. When he isn't busy with his career or competing, he is a spoiled house dog, sprawled on the couch and going for hikes. Sandy is a dream role for this scruffy, adorable guy and he is delighted to be working alongside his best friend Uno!

2025: Sandy in Annie. Stratford debut. Uno is a Border Collie-Australian Shepherd cross and is no stranger to the main stage. He actively performs with the official SuperDogs and the Flying Furballs performance team, entertaining crowds with his impressive racing skills and disc tricks. He also has an extensive screen resumé, appearing in commercials and ads. He is trained and competes in flyball, dock diving and disc. When he isn't busy with his career or competing, he is a spoiled house dog, sprawled on the couch or going for hikes. He's happy to be sharing the iconic role of Sandy with his best friend Clue!

CREATIVE

Book: Annie

Thomas Meehan received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book for Hairspray. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has written the books for the musicals Rocky, Elf the Musical, Cry-Baby, Young Frankenstein, Chaplin, Bombay Dreams, I Remember Mama, Ain't Broadway Grand and Annie Warbucks. In addition, he was a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy-Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks' Spaceballs and To Be or Not to Be. Meehan was also a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He and his wife, Carolyn, divided their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owned and presided over the long-running and near-legendary children's store Peanut Butter & Jane.

Lyrics: Annie

Martin Charnin created the role of Big Deal in the original Broadway company of West Side Story in 1957, the only acting job he ever had. He began writing during West Side Story and his first collaborator was Mary Rodgers.

He was subsequently the director, lyricist, composer, librettist, producer or a combination of the aforementioned, for over 140 theatrical productions, including Annie, Annie Warbucks, the Rock Opera version of Joan of Arc, Mata Hari, Loose Lips, Star-Crossed, Sid Caesar and Company, Carnal Knowledge, In Persons starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, The Flowering Peach, Winchell, the revised Can Can by Cole Porter (for which he wrote a new libretto), Cafe Crown, Mike, Laughing Matters, The No Frills Revue, The First, On the Swing Shift, A Little Family Business, Upstairs at O'Neals, The National Lampoon Show, Lena Horne on Broadway, I Remember Mama, Hot Spot, Zenda, Put It In Writing, Fallout, Kaleidoscope, Ballad for a Firing Squad, La Strada, Nash at Nine, Music Music, Two by Two, And in London, Bar Mitzvah Boy, Bless the Bride, The 9 1/2 Quid Revue, and internationally and regionally, 17 productions of Annie.

In the '60s and '70s he turned to television and created seven specials that garnered over 15 Emmy Awards and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting.

His collaborators included Peter Allen, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Keith Levenson, Michael Danziker, Peter Sipos, Mary Rodgers, Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers, and Charles Strouse.

He wrote for and directed among others, Fred Astaire, Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury, Johnny Mathis, Bill Murray, Jon Stewart, Bebe Neuwirth, Bernadette Peters, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gilda Radner, Molly Ringwald, Chita Rivera, Lou Reed, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Joan Rivers, Chuck D., Phoebe Snow, Shirley MacLaine, Marlo Thomas, Julianne Moore, Martha Plimpton, and Barbra Streisand.

Charnin was the artistic director of Seattle's Showtunes for seven years, before moving back to New York for the fourth incarnation of Annie on Broadway. He also created a one-woman theatrical entertainment for his wife, Broadway and television star Shelly Burch.

Music: Annie

A long-standing member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in January 2002, an inductee into The Theater Hall of Fame, Charles Strouse's first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), won him a Tony Award and the London Critics Best Foreign Musical Award. In 1970, Applause, starring Lauren Bacall, achieved the same honors and his smash hit, Annie (1977), also won a Tony for Best Score as well as two Grammy Awards. Some of his other musicals include All American, Golden Boy, It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, I and Albert, directed in London by John Schlesinger, and Dance a Little Closer, written with Alan Jay Lerner. Charlie and Algernon won a 1981 Tony nomination for Best Score, as did Rags in 1987 and Nick and Nora in 1992. He wrote both the music and lyrics for off-Broadway's Mayor, and teamed again with Martin Charnin to create Annie Warbucks, the sequel to Annie. His film scores include Bonnie and Clyde, The Night They Raided Minsky's, and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Those Were the Days, the theme song for TV's All in the Family is a Strouse song, with lyrics by his most frequent collaborator, Lee Adams. Strouse's far-ranging talents include chamber and orchestral works, a piano concerto, a two-piano sonata, and operas. In 1999, Strouse received the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award for Career Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre.

2025: Director and choreographer of Annie. 29th season. Stratford: Director and choreographer of Something Rotten!, Chicago, Billy Elliot the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show (the longest running show in Festival history), The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, The Madwoman of Chaillot, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Charlie Brown, Cyrano de Bergerac, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, Crazy for You. Elsewhere: As director and choreographer, Goodspeed Opera House's critically acclaimed world première and highest grossing show, Summer Stock, newly titled Get Happy (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation (5th Avenue, Seattle); The Hockey Sweater: A Musical (NAC, Segal Centre). As director: Bernhardt Hamlet (Goodman Theater, Chicago); Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream (NACO); Yorkville (Blyth Festival); The Very Best of Broadway with Audra McDonald and Marvin Hamlisch; Rock 'N' Roll, It's A Wonderful Life (Canadian Stage); Lecture on the Weather, A Soldier's Tale with F. Murray Abraham (Detroit Symphony Orchestra); Mozart: A Life in Letters (Toronto Symphony Orchestra); Annie Get Your Gun (Massey Hall). Creative producer of the ground-breaking musical and visual series Undisrupted (NAC/CBC Gem). Creative producer/director of Life Reflected, a multimedia orchestral production (world première NACO with Canadian and European tours). Choreography: Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company/Opéra National de Lyon); Tosca, Red Emma, Oedipus Rex (Dora Award) (COC). Film and TV (selected): Politics is Cruel, Mean Girls, Eloise, Martin and Lewis, Stormy Weather, Romeo and Juliette, Don Giovanni, Feast of All Saints. Et cetera: I want to thank my family for their unconditional love and support.

2025: Music director of Annie. 46th season. Stratford: Music director (selected): Something Rotten!, Monty Python's Spamalot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music. Composer of numerous productions including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Memoir and Inherit the Wind. Elsewhere: Music director: Rich and Famous (ACT San Francisco, director John Rando), A Christmas Carol (director Carey Perloff); Oliver!, The Music Man (Citadel Theatre, director Robin Phillips); Brent Carver in Concert (Soulpepper). Composer: I Am My Own Wife (NAC); Don Carlos (Soulpepper); Cyrano (Citadel Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia). Awards: Tyrone Award and five Guthrie Awards (Stratford Festival), two Sterling Awards (Citadel) and nominated for Music Direction (San Francisco Bay Awards). Et cetera: Immense gratitude to Donna and Bert.

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2025: Set and costume designer of Annie and costume designer of Macbeth. 21st season. Stratford: Richard II, Chicago, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show, Guys and Dolls, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Hosanna, The Comedy of Errors, An Ideal Husband - set; Something Rotten!, The Crucible, A Chorus Line, Bunny, The Sound of Music, Christina, The Girl King, Taking Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Edward II, The Triumph of Love - set and costumes. Elsewhere: Set and costumes for Emma Bovary (National Ballet of Canada), Jasper (Signature Theatre, Off-Broadway); set for Embrasse (Théâtre du Nouveau Monde), La Dame Aux Camélias (Les Grands Ballets) and Hadrian (Canadian Opera Company); costumes for Hamlet (Ex Machina/Côté Danse), Frame by Frame (The National Ballet of Canada/Ex Machina), and for Ricciardo e Zoraide (Rossini Festival, Pesaro, Italy).

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2025: Lighting designer of Annie and Macbeth. 16th season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Frankenstein Revived, A Wrinkle in Time, Hamlet, Private Lives, Mother's Daughter, The Front Page, Brontë: The World Without, Timon of Athens, The Virgin Trial, Madwoman of Chaillot, Breath of Kings: Rebellion/Redemption, Bunny, Taming of the Shrew, Possible Worlds, The Last Wife, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Man of La Mancha, Christina, The Girl King, Waiting for Godot, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Little Years, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. Elsewhere: Mirvish, Shaw, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, NAC, Pacific Opera, Arena Stage DC, Opera Philadelphia, Edmonton Opera, Theatre Calgary, RMTC, Citadel, among others. Awards: Three Doras, Pauline McGibbon Award, Montreal English Theatre Award, Toronto Theatre Critics Award, Ottawa Critics' Circle Award, Elizabeth Sterling Award. Kimberly is the Vice President of the Associated Designers of Canada and ADC659.

2025: Additional dance arrangements and orchestrations for Annie. Stratford debut. Broadway: Oh, Mary! (Arranger), Bob Fosse's Dancin' Revival (composer and additional dance music arrangements), Beetlejuice (dance music arranger), the revival of Funny Girl (additional dance music), Sondheim on Sondheim (additional orchestrations). Off Broadway: NYTW The Events (music supervisor) and Carol Churchill's Love and Information (music director), Big Gay Jamboree (arranger and music supervisor). Film/TV: David earned an Emmy nomination for composing the music to the song "Eat sh*t, Bob!" on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He arranged The Lonely Island medley for SNL 50's Homecoming Concert featuring Andy Samberg and Lady Gaga. HBO's documentary Six by Sondheim (music arranger/orchestrator). Concerts/Albums: Audra McDonald and NY Philharmonic's Sing Happy (orchestrator). Training: Carnegie Mellon University/The Hartt School of Music.

2025: Projection designer of Annie. 12th season. Stratford: Monty Python's Spamalot, The Who's Tommy, A Word or Two, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cabaret, Wanderlust, Don Juan. Elsewhere: Summer, Dr. Zhivago, JCS (Broadway); Madama Butterfly, Whiteley (Opera Australia); Swan Lake (National Ballet); Ballad of Johnny and June (Citadel, LJP);Sideways, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse); Going Home Star, The Handmaid's Tale (RWB); Manchurian Candidate (Minnesota Opera); Macbeth (LA Opera); Gounod's Faust (Metropolitan Opera); Nixon in China (S.F. Opera, Lyric Kansas City, W.O.O. Dublin, Royal Swedish, Vancouver Opera); A Word or Two (Ahmanson); Rear Window (Hartford Stage); Lillian Alling, Magic Flute (Vancouver Opera); Mountaintop, Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); Mythbusters, Alton Brown, Kids in the Hall (Touring). Event: 2025 and 2017 Invictus Games Ceremonies, 2010 Winter Paralympics Ceremonies. Online: seannieuwenhuis.com, sensoryoverloadinc.com. Et cetera: Member IATSE ADC659 & USA829.

2025: Sound designer of Annie. Second season. Haley made her Stratford Festival debut last season with Something Rotten! Other recent design credits include: Broadway: Monty Python's Spamalot. Regional: Schmigadoon!, The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, NINE, Bye Bye Birdie, Tick, Tick… Boom!, Sunset Boulevard and Guys and Dolls (Kennedy Center); Waitress, Mary Poppins, Something's Afoot, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, The Wiz, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (The 5^th Avenue Theatre); The Last 5 Years (A Contemporary Theatre); Cabaret (The Old Globe); Mamma Mia! (Village Theatre); How Can I Love You (Cave B); We've Battled Monsters Before (ArtsWest). Love to Brent, Hannah and her family.

2025: Fight and intimacy director of the 2025 season. Eighth season. Fight and intimacy director (selected): Stratford Festival 2024 season; Fat Ham, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hamlet, Fairview (CanStage); Groundhog Day (YES); CRAZE (Tarragon); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Perchance); The Bidding War, Wights, Bad Roads, Prodigal (Crow's); Roberto Zucco, Angels in America (Buddies in Bad Times); The Retreat (Imago); Truth (YPT); Jesus Christ Superstar (Here for Now); WildWoman (Soulpepper); Hamlet (The Rose); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (TIP); Fall on Your Knees (CanStage/NAC/The Grand); Counter Offence (Segal Centre). Stunt performer/actor credits (selected): Copenhagen, Slasher, Twisted Metal Season 2, Law & Order: Toronto, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, The Boys, Handmaid's Tale. Upcoming theatre projects: Robin Hood (CanStage). Upcoming film/TV projects: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2. Online: anitanittoly.com.

2025: Child performer advocate for Annie, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale. 10th season. Stratford (selected): Acting: title role in The Diary of Anne Frank, Queen Isabel in Richard II, Macbeth, Brothers Karamazov. Child performer advocate: R+J, Hamlet-911, Wedding Band, etc. Elsewhere: An actor for 25 years, Maggie played leading roles across Canada. She now works supporting children in many capacities; as co-founder of The Collaborative, a psychotherapy and consulting business in downtown Stratford, seeing youth in private practice and consulting with organizations and theatre schools on Trauma-Informed Practice. Maggie's full-time job is leading research and knowledge mobilization at Boost Child and Youth Advocacy Centre in Toronto. She holds an MA in Classical Theatre, an MA in Child and Youth Work and is certified in EDI. Online: maggieblake.com. Et cetera: Maggie dedicates this to Chris and Colleen Blake, whose love and support continue to inspire.

2025: Associate director of Annie. 14th season. Stratford: Assistant director of Something Rotten! Appeared in The Music Man, Julius Caesar, Sound of Music, Man of La Mancha, Crazy for You, Tommy, Elektra, Camelot, Kiss Me Kate, Evita, Cabaret and others. Elsewhere: Monique has performed from coast to coast in Canada and the US. as an actor, singer and dancer for the past 35 years. Most recently, she has had the good fortune to work as a director, designer and dramaturg on several plays with Here for Now Theatre in Stratford including Whack! (associate director), Infinite Possibilities, The Tracks, Every Day She Rose and Margaret Reid. Et cetera: A huge debt of gratitude to Donna Feore for inviting me on this journey and many thanks to the gang at Talent House. Much love to Mark, Char and my entire family.

2025: Associate choreographer of Annie. Sixth season. Stratford: Associate Choreographer: Something Rotten! Associate director/choreographer: Chicago. Assistant choreographer: Music Man, Rocky Horror, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors. Elsewhere: Director/choreographer: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (SBT, Calgary). Choreographer: My Fair Lady (Capitol); Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Step by Step, Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia! (SWC); Odd Squad (TVO); Music Man (SAC); Hit That Jive Jack (H&S Foundation). Associate choreographer: The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation (5th Avenue Th., Seattle); Summer Stock (Goodspeed Musicals, Connecticut); Grand Hotel (Shanghai). Assistant choreographer: In the Heights (Sheridan); Once on This Island (Acting Up Stage); TIFF Thanks You (Cineplex). Training: Randolph Academy, Canadian Dance Company. Et cetera: Huge thanks to Donna, Laura, Anthony, Bethany, David, creative team, cast and crew. Thanks to Bruce and the T-House team. Love to my family, friends, Kris, Lil L, Big E and Cam.

2025: Associate conductor for Annie and composer of Anne of Green Gables. Fourth season. Stratford: Associate conductor and keyboard for Something Rotten! and Monty Python's Spamalot. Elsewhere: Composer and sound designer for The Importance of Being Earnest, Our Town, Dance of Death, Faith Healer (Shaw Festival); The Effect (Coal Mine Theatre); Writer/performer of Lessons in Temperament (Outside the March, Soulpepper NYC); Composer/lyricist of Chasse Galerie (Soulpepper, Storefront); Conductor/pianist for Rose (Soulpepper); Canada Rocks (Charlottetown Festival); Assassins (Talk is Free Theatre). As an actor: La Bête, Chasse Galerie, It's a Wonderful Life, The 27 Club, A Moveable Feast (Soulpepper); Four Chords and a Gun (Starvox); Lessons in Temperament, The Golem's Mighty Swing, Mr. Burns (Outside the March). Training: Soulpepper Academy, Shaw Festival's Music Director Internship, BMUS from Queen's University. Awards: Dora Award for Sound Design/Composition of Chasse Galerie, three Dora nominations.

2025: Associate fight director of the 2025 season. Fourth season. Stratford: Wendy and Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet, Cymbeline, Monty Python's Spamalot, King Lear, Richard III, Little Women. Elsewhere: Major Barbara, Candida, The Amen Corner (Shaw Festival); Hamlet (Hit and Myth Productions); Romeo and Juliet (National Theatre School); Girl in the Photograph (Chameleon Productions); Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet (National Theatre School). Acting: FUBAR, The Fabric of Christmas, My Husband Hired a Hitman, The Last Woman Who Lived Here, Chucky, Mayor of Kingstown, Reacher, Revenge of the Black Best Friend, The Hot Zone. Stunts: The Boys, Dark Matter, Kill Joys, Teen Titans, Lucky Day, Amazing Race Canada, Frankie Drake. Voiceover: Far Cry 6, Pinkalicious and Peterrific. Training: Humber Theatre Performance program, various martial arts, acting at the renowned Pro Actors Lab in Toronto. Online: Instagram: @davidchinchillaofficial.

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2025: Assistant projection designer of Annie and assistant set designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Assistant set and prop designer: My Fair Lady, One Man Two Guvnors, Sherlock and the Mystery of the Human Heart (Shaw Festival); Assistant video designer: Rock of Ages (More Entertainment); Head set and costume designer: Alice in Wonderland, The Language of Birds (Canadian Children's Opera Company); Props fabricator: Dralion, Luzia, Ovo, Volta, Crystal, Kooza, Echo, Totem (Cirque Du Soleil); Assistant technical director: Magic Flute, Gainni Schicchi, Fantasma, Bluebeard's Castle, Flying Dutchman (Canadian Opera Company). Film/TV: Star Trek Discovery, Designated Survivor, Gen V, Gisel's Big Backyard. Training: Humber College, The Art Institute.

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2025: Assistant set designer of As You Like It, Annie and Sense and Sensibility. Third season. Stratford: Assistant set designer of Something Rotten!, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, London Assurance, Richard II, Wedding Band. Set designer of Phaedra's Love, Macbeth, Amphitryon (Langham Directors' Workshop, 2024); Macbeth, The Fall of the House of Atreus (A Cowboy Love Song) (Langham Directors' Workshop, 2023). Elsewhere: Designer: There are No Gays in Chechnya (Page 1 Theatre). Awards: Tom Patterson Award Recipient, 2024. Online: freddyvancamp.ca.

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2025: Assistant costume designer of Annie. Fourth season. Stratford: Costume designer of Langham Directors' Workshop (2024); Assistant costume designer of Romeo and Juliet, La Cage aux Folles (2024); Casey and Diana, Women of the Fur Trade and Love's Labour's Lost (2023); wardrobe apprentice (2022). Elsewhere: Associate costume designer of 1939 (Canadian Stage, 2024). Training: B.F.A in Theatre Production and Design, York University. Et cetera: Barbara hopes you enjoy the show!

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2025: Assistant lighting designer of As You Like It, Annie and Ransacking Troy. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer: Killing Time: A Game Show Musical (Mixtape Projects), Cymatix (Citadel + Compagnie), TEASE (Crow's Theatre), Ursa: A Folk Musical (The Uncommon Folk Collective), Insert Clown Here (Parlous Theatre), ECHO (a front company). Assistant/associate lighting designer: Fall For Dance North 2024, PUS (Road Trip Collective), Trayf (Harold Green Theatre), The Ballad of Stompin' Tom (Capitol Theatre), Spring Mix 2024 (Citadel + Compagnie). Training: Toronto Metropolitan University, Performance Production and Design (BFA). Canadian Green Alliance 2024 Green Mentorship Recipient. Online: mathildakane.com.

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2025: Assistant lighting designer of Annie, Sense and Sensibility and Dangerous Liaisons. Fourth season. Stratford: Assistant lighting designer of Something Rotten!, Romeo and Juliet, London Assurance, Rent, Much Ado About Nothing, Les Belles-Soeurs, Chicago, Hamlet and The Miser. Elsewhere: Lighting design: Alkebulan: A Musical African Tale (Batuki Music Society); Merchant of Venice, Two Noble Kinsmen (Shakespeare BASH'd); Legally Blonde, London Road (MacEwan); La Bohème, Is He Dead?, Almost Maine, The Underpants, Stupid F***ing Bird, (University of Wisconsin); The Drawer Boy (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Three Sisters (University of Windsor). Associate lighting designer: The Mars Project (FFDN); 1939 (Canadian Stage), FRONTIERS & WATER SPIRIT (Lua Shayenne Dance Company); Maggie (The Savoy). Assistant lighting designer: My Name is Lucy Barton (Canadian Stage); Nutcracker and Fall for Dance North (2024, 2023). Training: MFA Theatre - Lighting Design (University of Wisconsin); BA(H): Drama (University of Windsor).

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2025: Sound designer of The Art of War, assistant sound designer of Annie and associate sound designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fourth season. Stratford: The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, DWP 2022/2024 (sound designer); Get That Hope, Richard II (associate sound designer); Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Frankenstein Revived, Rent, King Lear, Les Belles-Soeurs, Chicago, Hamlet, Death and the King's Horseman (assistant sound designer). Elsewhere: Sound designer for Resort to Murder, A Huron County Christmas Carol, John Ware Reimagined (Blyth); Jack! A Beanstalk Panto (Capitol Theatre); associate sound designer for Orphée + (Edmonton Opera); composer for BODY, Alone Together, Four, What Happened To Lee (Human Body Expression); Lasterday (Kaeja d'Dance); A Sonata Of Shadows (CCDT); orchestra for Shrek The Musical, 42nd Street, Singin' in the Rain, Piaf/Dietrich, Ain't Too Proud (Mirvish); percussionist with TorQ Percussion Quartet and Ladom Ensemble. Recording: Debut album, Guess I'm a People Too (2019), available on all platforms. Et cetera: Make art, not war.

2025: Stage manager of Annie. 29th season. Stratford (selected): Something Rotten!, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Crazy for You, Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady. Elsewhere: Over 40 years as a stage manager in live entertainment including gala events, music concerts, opening ceremonies and fundraising events. Over 25 years with the Canadian Opera Company as a stage manager. 25 years spent as a singer/dancer and choreographer. Associate director/choreographer to her mentor, Alan Lund. Et cetera: I am dedicating my season to my family. My daughter Jennifer, my son-in-law, Andrew, my grandchildren Kennedy, Koston and Connor and my sister, brother, nieces, nephews and my 97-year-old Dad. We miss you Steph. Enjoy the show from heaven!!!

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2025: Assistant stage manager of Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Good Ol' Country Gospel, Fiddler on the Loose, Annie, Rocky: The Musical, Holiday Inn, Sexy Laundry (Drayton Entertainment); Hairspray (Theatre Aquarius). Et cetera: A heartfelt thank you to my loving family and friends for their unwavering support. A special thank you to Ryan for his unconditional love and to his shoulder for always being there to lean on. Enjoy the show!

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2025: Assistant stage manager of As You Like It and Annie. 19th season. Stratford: Stage manager - Romeo and Juliet; Wedding Band; Freedom 2.0: Black Music That Shaped the Dream of America; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Julius Caesar; Bunny; Possible Worlds; Hirsch. Assistant stage manager - Tartuffe; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Evita; Kiss Me, Kate; Macbeth; Rice Boy; Romeo and Juliet; Caesar and Cleopatra; My One and Only; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Duchess of Malfi; The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. Apprentice stage manager - Noises Off. Elsewhere: University of Waterloo, Inter Arts Matrix, Theatre Sheridan, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Erindale, Theatre Direct Canada/Eldritch Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille/Obsidian Theatre Company, Bluewater Summer Playhouse, Charlottetown Festival. Training: Sheridan College.

2025: Assistant stage manager of Annie and Dangerous Liaisons. Fourth season. Stratford: Assistant stage manager: Something Rotten!, London Assurance, Rent, Les Belles-Soeurs, Chicago and Hamlet. Elsewhere: Before coming to Stratford, Tiffany was an assistant stage manager with the Canadian Opera Company for 20 seasons working on shows such as Aida, Turandot, Elektra, Götterdämmerung, Siegfried, Louis Riel, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, La Bohème, Rigoletto, La Clemenza di Tito, Die Fledermaus, L'Amour de Loin, A Florentine Tragedy, Gianna Schicchi, Death in Venice, Iphigénie en Tauride and more. Tiffany also stage managed at Opera Hamilton working on Barber of Seville and The Pearl Fishers. Tiffany has worked with The National Ballet of Canada in past seasons on shows such as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Swan Lake and Innovation. Tiffany's most favourite job though is being Mom to her three girls: Kennedy, McKinley and Reagan.

2025: Production stage manager of the Festival Theatre. 11th season. Stratford: Production stage manager of the Festival Theatre ('23, '24). Assistant stage manager of Chicago, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Romeo and Juliet, A Chorus Line, As You Like It, Hamlet, The Sound of Music, Crazy for You and Fiddler on the Roof. Elsewhere: Come From Away (Rubinoff/ACC); Tell Tale Harbour, Anne of Green Gables - The Musical (Charlottetown Festival); The Hockey Sweater (Segal Centre/NAC); The Candidate (Citadel Theatre); Hamlet (Perchance Theatre); Into the Woods (Opera on the Avalon); Glenn (Soulpepper); The Mill, parts 1 to 4 (Theatrefront); Peter and the Starcatcher, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Western Canada Theatre); It's a Wonderful Life, The Rocky Horror Show (Theatre New Brunswick); Shakespeare in Love, Happy Days (Neptune Theatre); Generous (Tarragon Theatre).

2025: Production assistant of the Festival Theatre. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Stage manager for The Long Weekend (Cow Patti); Shakespeare by Any Other Name (Dauntless City Theatre); Voice: Song and Scream (Toronto Fringe); Jesus Christ Superstar, Candlewood Lake, Rooted: A Musical Poem (Theatre Sheridan). Apprentice stage manager for Acis and Galatea (Opera Atelier); Mary's Wedding (Lighthouse Theatre Festival). Training: Sheridan College. Et cetera: I am incredibly lucky to work alongside some of the best stage managers in the industry, as well as a team of truly wonderful people. Thank you for making each day at work joyful and something to look forward to.

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2025: Cello for Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 22nd season. Elsewhere: Principal cello for London Symphonia; member of the INNERchamber String Quartet and Ensemble; composer and cello for Roy Lewis's Moments With You. Film/TV/Radio: Composer of Unexpected Peace (a Dove Tale production, 2024); orchestrator of Sultans of String's Walking Through the Fire; arranger for Dayna Manning's Morning Light and The Bookends' A Celtic Celebration.

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2025: Drum kit for Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Festival Theatre fanfares. 43rd season. Stratford: As a drummer and percussionist, David has performed in over 100 productions at the Stratford Festival. Elsewhere: David can be heard on dozens of recording projects playing in all kinds of styles and genres. He's been timpanist for Tafelmusik, Canada's Juno Award-winning and internationally acclaimed period-instrument orchestra, for 40 years. He performs with local jazz groups, symphonies and many other artists. David is thankful for his partner Anne, adult children Arielle and Dylan and spouses Dave and Julie, and granddaughters Maille and Murphy.

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2025: Flute, Bb clarinet, alto and baritone saxophone for Annie. Second season. Tara Davidson is a JUNO Award-winning saxophonist who has performed around the world at such prestigious venues as the acclaimed North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. As a bandleader, Davidson has produced eight recordings since 2004 and performed on over 40 recordings as a side musician. Five of her recordings as a leader have been nominated by the JUNO Awards for Album of the Year in the jazz categories. Davidson is an active educator presently on faculty at the University of Toronto and York University. Tara's first season with the Stratford Festival was to play in Chicago (2022), and she is thrilled to return this season for Annie!

2025: Violin for Annie. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: 2024: Viola in Les Misérables at (Mirvish); Violin in The Last Timbit at the Elgin Theatre. 2023: Violin in Joseph…, Viola/Violin in Hamilton, Violin in Jagged Little Pill, Violin in Ain't Too Proud (Mirvish). 2022: Violin in Jesus Christ Superstar (Mirvish). 2019: Viola/Violin in Hamilton (Mirvish). 2018: Violin/Viola in Anastasia (Mirvish). Training: University of Toronto, New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Lynn University in Boca Raton, University of Miami Henry Mancini Institute. Et cetera: Adam is very excited to play his first season with the Stratford Festival!

2025: Keyboard programmer for Annie and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Ninth season. Stratford: Music director for If Love Were All; keyboard programmer for Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Billy Elliot, The Rocky Horror Show, Guys and Dolls, A Little Night Music, A Chorus Line, Carousel, The Sound of Music. Elsewhere: Vocal director and coach with Disney Cruise Line; assistant/associate music director of Strictly Ballroom, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music (Mirvish Productions); several seasons with The Musical Stage Company (Toronto) as music director. Training: Faculty of Music, University of Toronto; music direction internship at Shaw Festival (Metcalf Foundation). Online: @wayneofgwillimbury.

2025: Flute, clarinet, soprano and alto saxophone for Annie. 48th season. Stratford: Since Candide in 1978, Ian has played woodwinds in more than 80 productions. He was an onstage musician in Wild Oats, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet. Elsewhere: Active in Toronto theatre since 1976, Ian played in the original Toronto productions of Cats, Les Misérables, Crazy for You, Chicago and most other Mirvish musicals, including The Lion King and The Lord of the Rings. Since 2010 Ian has also played woodwinds and uilleann pipes with Loreena McKennitt and can be heard on her albums The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Lost Souls, and Live at the Royal Albert Hall. Training: Jazz arranging/composition at Humber College in the mid-'70s. Et cetera: Ian lives on a sheep farm north of Owen Sound with his lovely wife, Donna-Claire, and a menagerie of animals.

2025: Trumpet for Annie and Festival Theatre fanfares. 28th season. Elsewhere: Mary is a full-time member of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra with a busy season of concerts, outreach performances and educational events. She can be heard each night on the CTV News themes and on the Blue Jays baseball themes. Training: Mary studied trumpet performance at the University of Toronto, in the Royal Conservatory's orchestral training program and in the National Youth Orchestra, but continues to learn with each wonderful player she has the privilege of working with. Away from the horn, Mary rides a horse named Bourbon, and loves to cook, garden, quilt and crochet! Thanks for supporting live performances!

2025: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet and tenor saxophone for Annie. 40th season. Played in numerous Stratford productions and musicals since 1983. Bass clarinetist with National Ballet of Canada Orchestra.

2025: Music copyist for the 2025 season. Acoustic bass and orchestra supervisor for Annie. 13th season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Crazy for You, Rocky Horror Show, Billy Elliot the Musical, Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Chicago, Carousel. Elsewhere: Anastasia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mirvish), Caroline, or Change, Grey Gardens, The Wild Party (Musical Stage). Writing/Arranging Credits: Charlottetown, Drayton, Shaw, London Symphonia, Stage West. Training: Master of Music Performance, University of Toronto. Former Professor of Music Theory and Bass at Toronto's Humber College. Recordings: Can be heard on dozens of albums as bassist, producer and/or arranger. Michael's own album, Sing in Me Muse, is available to stream, or visit michaelmcclennan.com.

2025: Music Administrator for the Stratford Festival; trombone for Annie, tenor and bass trombone for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Festival Theatre fanfares. 13th season. Spurning advice to learn the clarinet, Janice made her start on a third-hand trombone at age 10. Since then, she has enjoyed playing numerous musical theatre productions in Stratford, Toronto and Washington, DC, and performances with Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic and many others. As a member of the Washington, DC-based Monumental Brass Quintet, she played on 13 tours for the Columbia Artists' Concert Series across 48 states in the US, the White House and at the Kennedy Center. Recordings include Carousel (Stratford Festival), Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival) and Christmas Presence (Monumental Brass Quintet).

2025: Trumpet for Annie, Cornet, Flugelhorn, Trumpet for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Festival Theatre fanfares. 22nd season. With over 100 productions to his credit (Stratford Festival, Windsor Light Opera, Huron Country Playhouse, the Grand Theatre, Toronto Operetta Theatre, et al.). Philip can also be seen and heard as a member of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and as a regular guest with The National Ballet and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Seguin teaches Classical Trumpet at Toronto's York University.

2025: Tuba for Annie. Stratford debut. Tubist Jennifer Stephen is originally from Yellowknife, NT. She pursued her studies first at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Bowling Green State University, and the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Prior to joining the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony as Principal Tubist, Jennifer was an active freelance tubist in Ontario and across the country, performing with ensembles such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, National Ballet Orchestra of Canada, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Esprit Orchestra, and the Hamilton Philharmonic, among others. She is a member of the Hannaford Street Silver Band, and also an active chamber and session musician in Ontario. She is on faculty at the National Music Camp of Canada and the University of Toronto.

2025: Trombone for Annie and Festival Theatre fanfares. Fifth season. Stratford: Tenor trombone for Chicago; tenor trombone, bass trombone and euphonium for Billy Elliot; trombone, bass trombone substitute musician for Man of La Mancha, HMS Pinafore and The Music Man. Elsewhere: A Toronto-based freelance musician for 25 years, Cathy has served as an extra or substitute trombonist with all major orchestras in southern Ontario. Cathy can be heard on numerous recordings of 20th-century American orchestral music with the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She is a graduate of University of Saskatchewan and University of Toronto. Cathy lives in Toronto with her two sons.

2025: Acoustic guitar and banjo for Annie, electric and acoustic guitar, banjo and orchestra supervisor for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 10th season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, Rent, Chicago, Finally There's Sun, Billy Elliot the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, Tommy, Wanderlust, Jesus Christ Superstar. Elsewhere: Rock of Ages, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cinderella: The Panto, Legends of Rock 'n' Roll, Canadian Legends, Little Shop of Horrors, Aladdin: The Panto, Snow White: The Panto, Peter Pan, Sweet Charity, Robin Hood, The Christmas Show (Drayton). Dave has been a freelance touring and session musician, recording engineer, writer, arranger and educator for over 30 years. Dave holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music. Online: davethompson.ca.