Shakura Dickson with members of the company in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Photography by David Hou.

Shakura Dickson, Liam Tobin and Jonathan Goad. Photography by Ted Belton.

Text on the top says “More Theatre to love! Extended until December 14.” Large text on the left says “Annie”. Quoted text on the right says “Critic's Pick” and “One of Stratford's Best” from The Globe and Mail and “Crowd-pleasing staging by Donna Feore” from the New York Times.

From front-left: Jennifer Rider Shaw, Harper Rae Asch and Dan Chameroy with members of the company. Photography by David Hou.

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. Music direction by Laura Burton.
Set and costume design by Michael Gianfrancesco. Lighting design by Kimberly Purtell. Projection design by Sean Nieuwenhuis. Sound design by Haley Parcher.

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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

Book by Jeffrey Lane

Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek

Based on the film “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” written by Dale Launer and Stanley Shapiro & Paul Henning

Original Broadway Production Directed by Jack O'Brien

Directed by Tracey Flye

Choreographed by Stephanie Graham

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“IT WAS JOY, IT WAS SUBLIME, A SPLENDID WAY TO EARN A DIME.”

Lawrence Jameson is no stranger to the high life—he’s lived it for years by separating lonely rich ladies from their fortunes in a swanky Riviera town. When he and his chief competitor in the con business, Freddy Benson, make a bet to swindle an heiress out of $50,000, the professional scoundrels soon discover they may not always be the smartest people in the room. Inspired by the hit 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the musical comedy earned 11 Tony Award nominations for its hilarious hijinks and frivolity—beautifully reminiscent of an earlier age.

Runtime: 2 hours and 29 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission*
*Run times are approximate

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CAST

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2025: Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: I Am William, Freedom 2.0 Cabaret. Elsewhere: A Streetcar Named Desire, Bad Hats' Alice in Wonderland, 'da Kink in My Hair, Billie, Sarah, and Ella (Soulpepper); Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Theatre Calgary); Dear Evan Hansen (Mirvish); Jerusalem (Outside the March/Crow's Theatre); Trout Stanley (Factory Theatre); Light, Girls Like That (Tarragon Theatre); Other Side of the Game (Obsidian/Cahoots). Film/TV: Grand Army (Netflix), Private Eyes (Global TV), Coroner (CBC). Training: Sheridan Music Theatre. Online: @badgalkooks. Et cetera: Shakura is so happy to get to make art with friends as a job.

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2025: Lawrence Jameson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 18th season. Stratford: Directing - The Crucible. Acting - The Diviners, Monty Python's Spamalot, Henry VIII, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Alchemist, King Lear, A Midsummer…, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Pentecost, Phèdre, The Music Man, King John, Pericles, Orpheus Descending, Henry IV, Henry VI, Fiddler…, As You Like It, Fuente Ovejuna, Julius Caesar, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Bartholomew Fair, The Brothers Karamazov. Elsewhere: Public Enemy (Canadian Stage); The Drawer Boy (Blyth); A Whistle in the Dark, Speaking in Tongues (Company Theatre); Our Class, The Laramie Project (Studio 180); King Lear (Soulpepper). Directing:100 Words for Snow (Here for Now); John (Company Theatre). Film/TV: Law and Order: Toronto, Reign, Alias Grace, Dorsal, Nikita, Republic of Doyle, Heartland, Murdoch Mysteries, Othello, Rookie Blue. Training: NTS, Birmingham Conservatory, U.Waterloo, Banff Centre. Teaching: NTS, Fanshawe. Et cetera: Thank you!!

2025: Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: Sir Dennis Galahad in Monty Python's Spamalot. Broadway: The Book of Mormon. Tours: Elder Price in The Book of Mormon (second national tour); Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (first national tour); Tony in West Side Story (international tour). Film/TV: Sex/Life (Netflix); How to Kill Your Husband (TUBI); Strays (CBC); Sappy Holiday (MOW); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Unperfect Christmas Wish (MOW). Elsewhere: The Sound of Music (Mirvish); Link in Hairspray (Charlottetown Fest.); Joseph in Joseph... (Stage West); Lord Farquaad in Shrek; Buddy in Elf (The Grand); Gabe in Next To Normal (RMTC); Lancelot in Spamalot, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, Cable in South Pacific, Blood Brothers (Drayton), Tony in West Side Story (Neptune Theatre). Online: @ltobes4. Et cetera: Big thanks to the Talent House, my family, Danielle, and our sweet little Emmy.

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.

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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.

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: 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.

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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.

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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.

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2025: Appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre/Soulpepper); Velma Kelly in Chicago, BG Vocalist/understudy in Key Change (Globe Theatre); Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (Young People's Theatre); Velveteen Rabbit in The Velveteen Rabbit (Carousel Players); Prissy in Anne of Green Gables, Lisa in Mamma Mia! (Charlottetown Festival). Film/TV: ET Canada (CTV); Private Eyes (Global TV); Ghostwriter (Apple TV). Training: Sheridan College Bachelor of Music Theatre. Recordings: Alice In Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre). Live Music: Aisha also performs around the globe as a backup vocalist in bands such as Digging Roots and Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar. Awards: Dora for Outstanding Production (Alice in Wonderland - Bad Hats Theatre/Soulpepper). Online: @aishajarvisoduro. Et cetera: She would like to thank her family, friends, and husband Junior for filling her life with so much love.

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.

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2025: Appears in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Cinderella: the Panto, Anything Goes (Drayton); Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox); Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, West Side Story, The Producers, Annie, Footloose (Rainbow Stage); Crazy For You (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Beauty and the Beast (Capitol Theatre); Les Feux Follets (Charlottetown Festival); Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Damn Yankees (Theatre Sheridan). Training: Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance, Sheridan College. Awards: Jean Murray-Moray Sinclair Scholarship (RMTC). Et cetera: Kelsey also holds a Master of Science in Physiotherapy from McMaster University. When not on stage you can find her in the clinic! @dancephysio.kelsey. Love to my husband, Daniel, my family, and the TH team for their endless support.

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: 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

CREATIVE

Book: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Jeffrey Lane was most recently represented on Broadway by his work with David Yazbek for the musical version of Pedro Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. His work for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels earned him both Tony and Drama Desk nominations, as well as the Drama League Award for Best Musical. Perhaps best known for such television programs as Mad About You, Ryan's Hope, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey, The AFI Life Achievement Awards, The Tony Awards, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and the miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan, he is the winner of five Emmy Awards, three Writers Guild Awards, two Peabodys, a Golden Globe and the Christopher Award, and the relatively good-natured loser of many more. According to imdb.com, he also played Clarice's father in the film The Silence of the Lambs. But he didn't.

Music and Lyrics: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

A varied career as a recording artist, Emmy-winning TV and film writer, music producer and pianist has somehow led Yazbek to a career on Broadway. His four shows, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and The Band's Visit were all Tony nominated for Best Score. Yazbek took home the Tony for Best Score for The Band's Visit. The Full Monty won him the Drama Desk Award for Best Music. As a recording artist, Yazbek is responsible for five albums: The Laughing Man (winner NAIRD award, Best Pop Album of the Year), Tock, Damascus, Tape Recorder and Evil Monkey Man. He also produced the original cast albums of The Band's Visit, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the first three of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Yazbek scored the final season of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, scored and performed the music for Larry David's giant Broadway hit Fish in the Dark, and built an Ikea storage shelf. Yazbek teamed up with 13 librettist Robert Horn to collaborate on the musical Tootsie, which won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical and was nominated for a total of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

2025: Director of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fourth season. A recipient of numerous awards, Tracey is one of Canada's most respected directors and choreographers. Credits include: a 12-year association with the legendary rock band Queen and We Will Rock You internationally, Kelly vs Kelly, Next to Normal (Musical Stage Co), Ring Of Fire (Citadel Theatre/Theatre Aquarius), ONCE (The Grand Theatre/RMTC), Million Dollar Quartet (Charlottetown Festival), West Side Story (Vancouver Opera), Buyer & Cellar, Venus in Fur (ATP), Cabaret, Jane Eyre, The Penelopiad, The 39 Steps, Billy Elliot (RMTC), Hairspray (Rainbow Stage), Kiss Me Kate, Evita (Stratford Festival), The Drowsy Chaperone (TC/RMTC), Andrew Lloyd Webber's Boys in the Photograph (Mirvish), Resident Director for Warhorse and ONCE (Mirvish). Tracey remains committed to the mentorship of young-in-craft artists (CGDCweb.com) and as a creator/dramaturg, to the development of new work.

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2025: Choreographer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Forgiveness. Fifth season. Stratford: Choreographer: Twelfth Night (2024). Actor: Oklahoma!, My One and Only, Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, Gigi. Elsewhere (selected): Director: Matilda (TUTS); The Last Five Years (YRG);Miss Caledonia (Tweed). Director/Choreographer: Legally Blonde (Theatre Calgary/Citadel); Cinderella (Neptune); Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia!, Music Man, Anne of Green Gables (Thousand Islands); Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, Little Mermaid, All Shook Up (Globe). Choreographer: Fun Home, Grey Gardens, The Wild Party (Musical Stage); Chariots of Fire (Grand); The Addams Family, Peter Pan (Neptune); Crazy for You (Capitol); Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Next to Normal (RMTC). Awards: Merritt and Dora Awards for Outstanding Choreography. Online: www.stephaniegraham.ca; @sgrahamchoreo. Et cetera: Founding member of the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Making Movement. Love to Rob. For Bobby.

2025: Director of Music for the Stratford Festival. Music director of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 16th season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Rent, Chicago, Billy Elliot, The Music Man, A Little Night Music, Funny Thing Happened..., Carousel, Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me Kate, Evita, HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance. In concert: Why We Tell the Story, Finally There's Sun, Fantasticks, Passion, Next to Normal, Up Close and Musical (Stratfest@Home). Elsewhere: Show Boat, Ragtime, The Lion King (Toronto/US tours); Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Lloyd Webber's Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Lord of the Rings (Mirvish); Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Meridian Hall); Annie Get Your Gun (Massey Hall); The Threepenny Opera (Soulpepper); London Symphonia's Enchanting Broadway; Birmingham Conservatory (Singing Coach), American Boychoir School, Illinois and Dorian Opera Theatres. Recordings: Carousel, Crazy for You (Stratford Festival); The Voice Next Door (Marcus Nance). Training: Vocal Coaching/Accompanying, U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2025: Set designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and set and costume designer of Forgiveness. 12th season. Stratford: Hedda Gabler, Mother's Daughter, The Flies - set and costume; London Assurance, Grand Magic, Two Gentlemen of Verona - set and lighting; The Miser - lighting; A Midsummer Night's Dream - costume; The Front Page, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Timon of Athens, Agamemnon, Electra, Bereav'd of Light, Fellini Radio Plays, Walk Right Up and Shadows - set. Elsewhere: Wait Until Dark, My Fair Lady (Shaw Festival); Sound of Music (Grand Theatre); Mahabharata (WhyNot Theatre/Shaw/Barbican) - set. Winter Solstice (Necessary Angel/Canadian Stage); De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail (Soulpepper) - set and lighting. Awards: Five Dora Awards. Et cetera: Member of the Associated Designers of Canada. Online: lorenzosavoini.com.

2025: Costume designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 11th season. Stratford: Romeo and Juliet, Brief Lives, Victoria, The Beggars' Opera, When That I Was, Hamlet (with Brent Carver), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nora, Richard III, Irma la Douce (costume), Mother Courage (with Susan Wright), No Exit, The Human Voice, Elephant Song. Sue's first job in the theatre was here at the Festival in accessories 50 years ago. Elsewhere: Over 200 productions for theatre, dance and opera. Shaw Festival: Saint Joan, Ragtime, The Doctors' Dilemma, Born Yesterday, Uncle Vanya, Arcadia, Brigadoon (costumes). Premières of Canadian work include Anne of Green Gables The Ballet, the Estacio/Murrell operas Filumena, Frobisher and Lillian Alling and more than 25 new plays at the Tarragon. Most recently: Liars at a Funeral (Blyth Festival),Downed Hearts (Ship's Company). Et cetera: Delighted to be back!

2025: Head of Design for the Stratford Festival and lighting designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Winter's Tale and Ransacking Troy. 21st season. Stratford (selected): Chicago, Richard III, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, Birds of a Kind, Rocky Horror, The Music Man, The Tempest, Guys and Dolls, The School for Scandal, Macbeth, A Chorus Line, Hamlet, The Sound of Music, Oedipus Rex, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, Fiddler on the Roof, The Matchmaker, Twelfth Night. Elsewhere: Piaf/Deitrich (Mirvish); Bluebeard's Castle (COC, 2022); Così Fan Tutte (Israeli Opera, COC); Il Trittico, Jenufa, Maria Stuarda, Albert Herring (Pacific Opera Victoria); A Doll's House Part 2 (RMTC/Mirvish); Kiss Me Kate, Beautiful, Grease (Drayton); The Humans (Citadel/Canadian Stage); A Word or Two with Christopher Plummer (CTG/Stratford, Los Angeles); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways (La Jolla Playhouse); Chimerica (RMTC/Canadian Stage).

2025: Head of Sound Design for the Stratford Festival. Sound designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Winter's Tale. Third season. Stratford: Grand Magic, London Assurance. Ranil Sonnadara is an award-winning, UK-trained theatrical sound designer and composer who moved to Canada in 1998 to pursue research in psychoacoustics. In his "spare time" Ranil is the Creative Director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind's LIVELab, and Director of McMaster University's Performance Science Lab. Elsewhere: A Christmas Story The Musical, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Barnum, Beauty and the Beast, Beautiful Scars, Chris, Mrs., Coriolanus, Hamlet, Jesus Christ Superstar, King Lear, Little Shop of Horrors, Peter Pan, Pirates of Penzance, Red, Rocky, Singing in the Rain, Sweeney Todd, The Extinction Therapist, The Father, The Invisible Hand, The Nether, The Sound of Music, True West, Wicked, Wind in the Willows. Online: @ranilmakesnoise.

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: Associate Choreographer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fourth season. Stratford: Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Chicago, Wendy and Peter Pan (2020). Elsewhere (selected): Associate choreographer: Big Fish (Theatre Sheridan); Assistant choreographer: Mamma Mia! (Thousand Islands, Globe), Who Do You Love (workshop); Actor: Addams Family, Shrek, Beauty and the Beast (Neptune); Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, I Love You, You're Perfect… (Stage West); Newsies (Drayton); Mamma Mia!, All Shook Up (Globe); Saturday Night Fever (North American Tour, NorthCore Prod); Crazy For You (Capitol Theatre); Anne of Green Gables, Evangeline, Ring of Fire (Charlottetown Festival). TV/Film: The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu/MGM Television), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), 1Up (Lionsgate/Buzzfeed). Et cetera: Founding board member of the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Love to my Dan, my fam, THouse, and the incredible DRS team.

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2025: Associate conductor for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Eighth season. Stratford: Associate conductor and keyboard for La Cage aux Folles, Rent, Chicago, Billy Elliot, The Music Man. Accordion for La Cage aux Folles; keyboard for Something Rotten!; rehearsal pianist for HMS Pinafore; music director for Birmingham Conservatory's presentation of The Winter's Tale and The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Shakespeare School's Musical Theatre Intensive. Elsewhere: Conductor of the Stratford Symphony Youth Orchestra. Keyboard for Elf: The Musical (The Grand Theatre). Associate conductor of Call It Love (Eclipse Theatre); Sweeney Todd (Opera on the Avalon). Music director of Susannah (Peck Productions and London Community Players);JUDY: Stonewalled! (LINK theatre); Company (Music Theatre on the Thames); Street Scene (Halifax Summer Opera Festival).

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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.

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2025: Assistant director of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Steven is a theatre director and actor from the Philippines and has been professionally engaged in productions across Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Manila. Director: Kensuke's Kingdom (Storybook Theatre); Good as Gold (FlipSide Theatre);The Underlings (Wagonstage Theatre); Sideshow, Madagascar the Musical (Atlantis Theatrical); My Name is Asher Lev, Suicide Incorporated, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Wit (Twin Bill Theatre). Assistant Director: A Killing at La Cucina (Vertigo Theatre); Seafarer (Alberta Theatre Projects); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theatre Calgary); Matilda the Musical, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Band's Visit, Waitress (Atlantis Theatrical). Affiliations: Board member (Theatre Alberta), executive committee member (Philippine Festival Council of Alberta). Online: @calgarydirector. Et cetera: Love to my family. For Direk Bobby.

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.

2025: Assistant costume designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Fourth season. Stratford: Associate costume designer: Something Rotten!; Costume designer: Shakespeare's N****; Costume and set designer: Cymbeline (Langham Directors' Workshop '23); Assistant set and costume designer: Monty Python's Spamalot, Les Belles-Soeurs and The Miser; Costume designer: exercise your demons, Much Ado About Nothing and What If If Only (Langham Directors' Workshop '22); Assistant costume designer: Every Little Nookie. Elsewhere: Costume Designer: Rapunzel, A Very (Hairy) Holiday Panto (Cameco Capitol Theatre); Costume and set designer: Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome (Here For Now), ECHO (a front company). Training: BFA in Performance Production and Design with distinction (Toronto Metropolitan University); Diploma in Fashion Techniques and Design (George Brown College). Online: rebeccachaikin.com, Instagram: @rebeccachaikin.

2025: Assistant lighting designer of Macbeth, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Anne of Green Gables. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Followspot caller and operator for Echo by Cirque du Soleil; Associate video designer for The Last Timbit (Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre); Lighting designer for Bol, Brown Boy, Bol at the Toronto Fringe Festival; Associate Member of ADC 659. Training: Diploma in Theatre Technical Production (Humber College); Master's in Event Management and Public Relations; Show Production Seminar (Walt Disney World); Diploma in Video Mapping (SAE Institute); BA in Entertainment Business Management. Awards: Toronto Fringe Festival 2024 Award-Winning Play: Bol, Brown Boy, Bol. Online: okra-plantain-587t.squarespace.com, @araluna_production. Et cetera: A creative explorer blending light to tell unforgettable stories.

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2025: Assistant lighting designer of Macbeth and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: Assistant lighting designer of La Cage aux Folles and Wendy and Peter Pan. Elsewhere: Lighting designer: Big Stuff (Baram and Snieckus/Crows), Sympathy for the Devil (Soulpepper), NightShift (Citadel + Compagnie), Antigonick (Shaw Festival, Directors Projects '24), Bright Lights, OverRuled (Shaw Festival, Directors Projects '23). Associate lighting designer: What the Constitution Means to Me (Soulpepper), Cinderella…If the shoe fits (Theatre Orangeville), Rubaboo (The Grand Theatre/Arts Club), Prodigal (Crows Theatre/The Howland Company). Assistant lighting designer: Nabbuco/Faust (Canadian Opera Company), Dion (Coal Mine Theatre), Clue (RMTC/Grand Theatre), The Amen Corner, The Apple Cart, Playboy of the Western World, Gem of the Ocean, Everybody, Too True to Be Good (Shaw Festival). Film/TV: Assistant BOH lighting director: Canada's Got Talent (2024). Training: BFA: Performance Production and Masters of Digital Media (TMU). Online: emilietrimbee.com, @emilietrimbeedesigns.

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2025: Apprentice sound designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Winter's Tale. Stratford debut. Elsewhere (selected): Sound designer, Big Fish (Theatre Sheridan); sound designer and mixer, Mamma Mia! (Thousand Islands Playhouse); assistant sound designer, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Gypsy (Shaw Festival); sound designer, Guildwood (Garner Theatre Productions); assistant sound designer, Rock Of Ages (More Entertainment); assistant sound designer, 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Mirvish Productions/Marquis Entertainment Inc./Talking Fingers Inc.).

2025: Stage manager of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 27th season. Stratford (selected): Hedda Gabler, Monty Python's Spamalot, Death and the King's Horseman, Nathan the Wise, An Ideal Husband, Treasure Island, The Breathing Hole, Breath of Kings: Rebellion, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, The Three Musketeers, Henry V, Hosanna, Peter Pan, Cabaret, South Pacific and My One and Only. Elsewhere: Max's career spans over 30 years, including work with Citadel Theatre, the Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage, the Toronto International Film Festival, Young People's Theatre and Mirvish Productions. Training: University of Lethbridge, MacEwan University. Awards: 2012 and 2017 Guthrie Awards. Et cetera: Max runs the e-commerce division of ravenvision.ca, Canada's leading purveyor of orchid growing supplies.

2025: Assistant stage manager of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 24th season. Stratford: Assistant stage manager: Wendy and Peter Pan; Spamalot; Wrinkle in Time; Richard III; The Miser; Rez Sisters; Little Shop of Horrors; Rocky Horror Show; Timon of Athens; Madwoman of Chaillot; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; A Little Night Music; The Taming of the Shrew; Love's Labour's Lost; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Blithe Spirit; Charlie Brown; Merry Wives of Windsor; Kiss Me, Kate; Dangerous Liaisons; The Importance of Being Earnest; Cabaret; My One and Only; South Pacific; Oliver!; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Edward II; The Count of Monte Cristo; Anything Goes; Henry VI. Stage manager: Birmingham Conservatory (2006 and 2007). Awards: Recipient of the Tanya Award and four Guthrie Awards. Et cetera: Holly would like to thank Steve and Jackson for all their love and support.

2025: Stage manager of Anne Of Green Gables and assistant stage manager of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 28th season. Stratford (selected): Stage manager: Wendy and Peter Pan, A Wrinkle in Time, Play On! Cabaret (2021 season in the tent), Mother's Daughter, The Matchmaker, Titus Andronicus, Evita, West Side Story. Assistant stage manager credits (selected): Treasure Island, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Elsewhere (selected): Stage manager: Ring of Fire, Hana's Suitcase, Annie, Twist and Shout (Grand Theatre); My Fair Lady (Drayton Entertainment). Et cetera: To my amazing and beautiful family for being there for each other with grace, humour and resilience as we navigate through it together.

2025: Assistant stage manager of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Dangerous Liaisons. Second season. Stratford: Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Selected credits include Gypsy, A Grand Night for Singing, Gem of the Ocean, Just to Get Married, Cyrano de Bergerac, Desire Under the Elms, Trouble in Mind, Shawground, Fairground, Gatsby's Jazz, Sonny's Blues, Getting Married, Mythos, The Magician's Nephew, Wilde Tales, 1979, Sweeney Todd, The Next Whisky Bar, Top Girls, Our Town, Peter and the Starcatcher (Shaw Festival); Little Red Robin Hood (Ross Petty Productions); 1979 (1979 Productions); A Christmas Carol (Soulpepper); Armide, Persée (Opera Atelier, Royal Opera House of Versailles); Abduction from the Seraglio (Opera Atelier); Educating Rita, She Loves Me (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Blue/Orange, The Winter Wonderettes (Theatre Kingston). Training: B.A.H., B.Ed (Queen's University).

2025: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre. 25th season. Most Recently: Salesman in China, National Arts Centre (Ottawa). Stratford: Stage manager: Salesman in China, Frankenstein Revived, 1939, Rez Sisters, Private Lives, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Bakkhai, Tartuffe, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Taming of the Shrew, King John, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Dangerous Liaisons, Cyrano de Bergerac, Zastrozzi, All's Well That Ends Well, Fanny Kemble, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Electra, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hamlet. Assistant stage manager: The Neverending Story, Antony and Cleopatra, The Matchmaker, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It. Training: Technical Production, National Theatre School of Canada. BA, Bishop's University.

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2025: Production assistant of the Avon Theatre. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Assistant stage manager for The Nutcracker Ballet in 2024 (Toronto International Ballet Theatre); Associate producer for All that is between (tiger princess dance projects); Apprentice stage manager for Naked Radio (Drayton Entertainment); Running crew/production assistant for Peter Pan: The Panto (Drayton Entertainment); Stage manager for The Sinking of the S.S. Ethie and Ed and Ed's New B&B! (Gros Morne Theatre Festival, 2022 season). Training: University of Waterloo and Goldsmiths, University of London. Et cetera: Thank you to my family for all your support, the Stratford Festival for this incredible opportunity and to Janelle Rainville for being with me every step of the way.

MUSICIANS

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2025: Keyboard for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Third season. Stratford: Keyboard programmer for Monty Python's Spamalot. Keyboard substitute for Chicago, Billy Elliot, A Little Night Music, A Chorus Line, Sound of Music. Rehearsal piano for Chicago (2020). Elsewhere: Music Director/Conductor: Hamilton: An American Musical (North American Tour); Boy Falls From The Sky (Mirvish). Associate Music Director: Into the Woods (Koerner Hall); & Juliet (Mirvish); Dear Evan Hansen (Mirvish). Keyboard programmer: Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Crow's Theatre/Musical Stage); My Fair Lady (Shaw); Secret Garden (Shaw). Film/TV: Piano/Keyboards: 13: The Musical (Netflix); Assistant Music Director: Over the Rainbow (CBC). Awards: Dora Award - Outstanding Composition/Sound Design: The Belle of Winnipeg, Keystone Theatre. Online: davidatkinson.ca. Teaching: David is a member of faculty at Sheridan College. Et cetera: David dedicates his run to his own dirty rotten scoundrel, Sarah Joy.

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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: Violin for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Sixth season. Andrew Chung is a violinist with London Symphonia, while also serving as Artistic Producer. He also performs regularly with Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stratford Festival. Andrew spent a number of years living in Sydney, Australia, where he was performing with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House. He has performed recitals in Australia and Canada, including appearances as part of Stratford Summer Music. On baroque violin, he has performed with Nota Bene Baroque Players, the Aradia Ensemble, and at the Grand River Baroque Festival. In 2010, Andrew started a chamber music series called INNERchamber in Stratford and serves as Artistic Director.

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2025: Horn for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Marie-Sonja has held the position of third horn with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony since 2017 and is also an active freelancer in the Toronto region. She has performed regularly with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, among many other orchestras across Canada and the United States. Training: McGill University. Conservatoire de Musique de Québec. Awards: Eugene Rittich Prize from Domaine Forget. Leadership Award with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. New Horizon Fellowship at Aspen Music Festival. Et cetera: Formerly Professor of Horn at Texas Wesleyan University, Marie-Sonja still teaches privately in Kitchener and enjoys helping students of all ages.

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: Soprano and alto saxophone, flute, alto flute and Bb clarinet for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Garrett is a multi-instrumentalist and educator and is thrilled to be joining the Stratford Festival for his first season! He is excited to continue telling stories through live theatre, music, and performance. Forever a supporter for music education for all, Garrett is part of the wonderful organization at Interprovincial Music Camp (IMC) where he is entering his fourth season as part of the administration team. You belong at IMC! Many thanks to family and EBP for their love and support. Elsewhere: Mean Girls, The Last Timbit, Cats (Mirvish); Pollyanna, A Christmas Story (Theatre Aquarius). First national tours: Cats (Revival), Love Never Dies, Kinky Boots. International tours: Chicago, Saturday Night Fever.

2025: Percussion for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 15th season. Stratford: Performed as a member of the Festival orchestra for many productions as well as several onstage musician roles at the Festival Theatre and Tom Patterson Theatre. Elsewhere: Three seasons at the Blyth Festival, most recently as Fred/Musician in the Huron County Christmas Carol (2023). 13 seasons as a percussionist with the Inner Chamber ensemble. Recorded and toured with Loreena McKennitt on the Under a Winter's Moon tour (2022) as well as on her LostSouls album (2018). Training: BMus (University of Victoria) and MMus (University of Toronto) in Percussion Performance. Awards: Dora (2015, Sound Design/Composition) 2nd and 3rd place in the All-Ireland Bones Competition (2017, 2019).

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2025: Rehearsal piano for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Hadestown, Joseph…, & Juliet (Mirvish); Silent Screen, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Emma Bovary (National Ballet); My Fair Lady, Kabarett, Cotton Club (Shaw); The 7 Fires, Kelly v. Kelly, RETOLD, Take the Moment, UnCovered…Dolly Parton (Musical Stage); Enchanting, Jesus Christ Superstar (Sheridan); Dion (Coal Mine); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly); Sondheim's Follies in Concert at Koerner Hall (RCM); as well as cabaret acts across Ontario and NYC. Training: University of Toronto. Awards: Two Dora Award nominations, ARTES scholarship. Online: benjaminkersey.com.

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2025: Flute, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone and bassoon for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles. Elsewhere: Mean Girls (Mirvish); Escape to Margaritaville (Theatre Calgary); A Christmas Story (Theatre Aquarius); Follies (Royal Conservatory of Music). Training: Humber College. Online: denniskwok.ca. Et cetera: Dennis is thrilled to be back at the Stratford Festival this year!

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2025: Acoustic and electric bass for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: Orphan Boy in Oliver. Elsewhere: A Gentleman's Guide…, Marvelous Wonderettes, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler on the Loose, Music Man (Drayton Entertainment); Million Dollar Quartet (Grand Theatre); Mary Poppins (Young People's Theatre); Kelly v. Kelly (Musical Stage Company); Legally Blonde, Rocky Horror Show, Hair, Hedwig…, Into the Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar (Hart House Theatre); and several productions at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. Training: Humber College Bachelor of Music Program. Online: @ErikSonOfLars. Et cetera: Erik has been fortunate enough to play with some of Canada's most celebrated musical talents, including Steven Page, The Tenors, Jully Black, and Emilie-Claire Barlow. He is thrilled to be back at the Stratford Festival once again for his first show since he was 10 years old.

2025: Flugelhorn and trumpet for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Third season. Stratford: Monty Python's Spamalot, Festival Theatre fanfares. Substitute: Chicago, La Cage Aux Folles. Elsewhere: Anne of Green Gables, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, West Side Story (Dancap). 42nd Street, Anastasia, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Nicholas Nickleby, The Phantom of the Opera, Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Strictly Ballroom, Wicked, The Wizard of Oz (Mirvish). The Admirable Crichton, Follies (in Concert), My Fair Lady, One Touch of Venus, Play Orchestra Play, Ragtime, Shawfest, Sunday in the Park with George, Wonderful Town (Shaw Festival). Other: Esprit Orchestra, Intrada Brass Band, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, National Ballet of Canada, Niagara Symphony, Ontario Philharmonic, Orchestra London, Peterborough Symphony, Talisker Players, Toronto Concert Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Durham Youth Orchestra (Assistant Music Director). Film/TV: Fever Pitch, Brilliant Minds and various commercials.

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: 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.

2025: Flute, Bb clarinet, oboe, English horn and tenor saxophone for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Third season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, The Music Man. Elsewhere: Sousatzka, Mary Poppins, Hugh Jackman in Concert, The Producers (Toronto productions). Crazy for You, The Music Man, The Boyfriend, Pirates of Penzance, Carousel, Man of La Mancha (Drayton). In concert: Plácido Domingo, Johnny Mathis, Joan Sutherland, Richard Harris, Roger Hodgson. Orchestral: 10 seasons with Windsor Symphony; Canadian Opera Company, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Orchestra London, Thunder Bay Symphony, National Ballet of Canada, Symphony New Brunswick, Casino Rama Orchestra, and many others. Former music director of the Barrie Concert Band. Training: Bachelor of Music in Performance, University of Toronto. Oboe with Melvin Berman. Also from Cary Ebli (TSO), James Mason (KWSO), Per Olof Gillblad (Stockholm Philharmonic). Et cetera: Soprano Saxophone with the Dimanche Matin Saxophone Quartet.