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
This production includes mature themes and occasional coarse language, as well as e-cigarettes, theatrical haze, recorded gunshot sounds and flashing lights (that do not strobe). The plot uses humour to explore and expose stereotypes about gender and disability.
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.
The 2025 Season is supported by Ophelia Lazaridis.
Production Co-Sponsors:
Sylvia D. Chrominska
The Whiteside Foundation
This production is dedicated to the memory of director and producer Bobby Garcia.
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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: 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. 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: 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!
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: 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.
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: 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.
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.
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: 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: 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).
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.
(he/him) Langham Directors' Workshop, 2025
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 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.
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: 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 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.
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: 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).
(he/him)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.
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.
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