Large text on the bottom left says "Guys and Dolls". Two men and two women walk arm in arm together. The men are wearing striped suits in dark colours with hats. One woman is wearing a bright red dress, and the other woman is wearing a red blazer with navy and gold details.

Mark Uhre, Jennifer Rider-Shaw, Dan Chameroy and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane. Photo: Dariane Sanche.

Festival Theatre

April 22 – November 1 |

Opens May 26

Musical

GUYS AND DOLLS

A musical fable of Broadway

Based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

Directed by Donna Feore

Choreographed by Donna Feore

Can love beat the odds?

In the bustling streets of New York, a smooth-talking gambler wagers he can charm a pious missionary, while another high roller desperately fights to keep his game alive and his fiancée from walking away. In a city ruled by chance, love takes unexpected turns and both men soon discover they are risking far more than money.

MEIGHEN FORUM EVENTS

CAST & CREATIVE

CAST

Birmingham Conservatory, 2003
2026: Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Nostradamus in Something Rotten! 18th season. Stratford: Oliver Warbucks in Annie, Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, The Diviners, Chicago, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Winter's Tale, A Funny Thing Happened..., West Side Story, Oklahoma!, Cymbeline, Camelot. Elsewhere: Fifteen Dogs (Crow's/Mirvish); The Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare); A Little Night Music (Koerner Hall); Life After, The Wild Party (Musical Stage); Toronto/U.S. National Tour of Matilda - Toronto Theatre Critics Award (Mirvish/Dodger); Of Human Bondage, Idiot's Delight (Soulpepper); Company (Theatre 20); The Wizard of Oz, The Arsonists (Canadian Stage); The Magic Fire (Shaw); Beauty and the Beast - Dora Award, The Drowsy Chaperone (Mirvish). Voice over: Saving Me, Super Why, Mittens and Pants, Hotel Transylvania, Paw Patrol. Awards: Multiple ACTRA, DORA and CSA's nominations. Online: @danchameroy. Et cetera: Love to Christine and Olivia.

2026: Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. 16th season.

Birmingham Conservatory, 2024

2026: Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls and Portia in Something Rotten! Fourth season. Stratford: Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, As You Like It, Dangerous Liaisons, Portia in Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Joanne in Rent, Richard II. Elsewhere: Vicky in Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Gloria in Damn Yankees, White Christmas, The Importance of Being Earnest, Shawground, 1922 in Concert, Charley's Aunt (Shaw); Home For the Holidays (Theatre Aquarius); Emcee in Cabaret, Finding Black Joy (Grand Theatre); Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet (Capitol Theatre); Sophie in Mamma Mia! (Rainbow Stage). Voiceover: We the Culture (Facebook). Training: Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance, Sheridan College; H.B. Beal Secondary and C.C.H. Online: @oliviasinclairbrisbane. Et cetera: Olivia dedicates this season to her amazing support system, her family both chosen and biological, her friends and mentors. To anyone moving through life with bravery, joy, kindness and deep love.

(he/him)

2026: Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls and Nick Bottom in Something Rotten! Seventh season. Stratford (selected): Rooster Hannigan in Annie; Nick Bottom in Something Rotten!; Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man; Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls; Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore. Broadway: Enjorlas in Les Misérables. Elsewhere (selected): Shaw Festival company member (seven seasons); Sky in Mamma Mia! (Mirvish); The Donnelly Trilogy: Sticks and Stones, St. Nicholas Hotel, Handcuffs (Blyth); Elmer Woods in Paradise Square (Berkeley Rep); Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bert in Mary Poppins, Seeds of Self, The Last Five Years (Grand); Avram in Indecent (Segal Centre); Tom Watson in Parade (Musical Stage); Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (Neptune); Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (RMTC); Just So (Globe). Training: Guildford School of Acting, England. Et cetera: Mark is also a painter and published illustrator. Online: @markuhre.

Birmingham Conservatory, 2024

2026: Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls and appears in Something Rotten! 13th season. Stratford: Amiens in As You Like It, Coop in Forgiveness, Peter in Something Rotten!, Gord in The Diviners, Romeo in Play On!, Al in A Chorus Line, Henrik in A Little Night Music, Rolf in The Sound of Music. Appeared in Chicago, King Lear, Rent, Billy Elliot, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof and Tommy. Elsewhere: Johnny alternate in American Idiot (first U.S. tour); Hank in Jersey Boys (Dancap); Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown). Film/TV: Captain von Trapp in The Pacifier. Training: Birmingham Conservatory, Etobicoke School of the Arts. Online: @GabrielNacci (Twitter/Instagram). Et cetera: Thanks to Stratford and Colin McMurray. This season is dedicated to my beautiful wife Robin and their kitty Dusty Rose.

2026: Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Shylock in Something Rotten! 23rd season. Stratford: As You Like It, La Cage, Something Rotten!, Grand Magic, Richard II, Love's Labour's…, Chicago, Finally There's Sun, Rocky Horror, Guys and Dolls, The Lion, the Witch…, Shakespeare in Love, Hamlet, Alchemist, Crazy for You, Tommy, Grapes of Wrath, Kiss Me, Kate, Cyrano, Mockingbird, The Odyssey, Dream, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus. Elsewhere: Waitress (RMTC); 12 Dinners, Life Without, goldfish (Here For Now); Every Brilliant Thing, The Foursome, For the Pleasure… (New Stages); Fleeto, Oh, the Humanity, 4th Graders (Tiny Room); London Road, Indian Ink, Into the Woods, Dream (CanStage); Assassins (TIFT); Frog and Toad (MTYP); Orson's Shadow (Pilot Group); A New Brain (Musical Stage); Shrek, A Christmas Story (Grand); The Producers (Mirvish/Neptune); Seussical, Sylvia (Aquarius); The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Citadel), Three Sisters (ATF).

2026: Robin in Something Rotten! and appears in Guys and Dolls. 10th season. Stratford: Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Chicago, Here's What It Takes, Billy Elliot, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, 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…Looking-Glass, Canada Rocks (Charlottetown Festival); Cats (Mirvish/Panasonic). Film/TV: Romeo and Juliet (2017), Full Out (Netflix), Big Fun Weeknights (YTV), Get Up 'N Move (Revolver Films). Awards: Max Helpmann Award, Maureen Forrester Award, Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival); Amy Wallis Scholarship (Charlottetown Festival); gold and silver medals (International Tap Dance Championships). Online: @EricMackAbel. Et cetera: Thanks to my family, Krista, Bruce and the TH gang for all their support.

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Coast Salish Indigenous (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw)

2026: Understudy in Something Rotten! and Guys and Dolls. Second season. Stratford:The Diviners, Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Anne of Green Gables, Mamma Mia (WCT); Rez Gas, Billboard in Concert: 1986 (Capitol Port Hope); The Secret to Good Tea (NAC/The Grand); Pollyanna, Maggie, Mamma Mia (Theatre Aquarius); Anne of Green Gables, I'm Every Woman, Tell Tale Harbour, Maggie (Charlottetown Festival); Elf (The Grand); Peter Pan (Carousel Theatre); Children of God (Segal Centre, Citadel); Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia (Arts Club); Les Misérables (Chemainus Festival). Film/TV: Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), Dancing Through Christmas (Lifetime), First Native and Borderline (Orca Cove). Voiceover: Spirit Rangers (Netflix), Skookum and Chums (Telus), Barbie web shorts (Mattel). Live music: Vocalist for Indigenous music groups M'Girl and Tillicum Shantie. Training: Bachelor of Performing Arts from Capilano University. Online: MichelleBardach.com, @michyb123. Et cetera: Much love to EV and huge thanks to TH!

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2026: Appears in Something Rotten! and Guys and Dolls. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Anything Goes, La Vie En Rose, White Christmas 2025 & 2022 (Shaw Festival); Jersey Boys, Munschables, Anne of Green Gables 2024 & 2022 (Charlottetown Festival); White Christmas, Newsies (Drayton Entertainment); The Little Mermaid (Persephone Theatre); Let's Dance! (Terra Bruce Productions); And I Never Stopped Dancing (Smile Theatre); Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Sunday in the Park with George (Eclipse Theatre); Grow (Canadian Music Theatre Project). Training: Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance from Sheridan College. Online: @alex_batycki. Et cetera: Many thanks to the TH crew and much love to my Mom and family for everything they do.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! 11th season. Stratford: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Annie, 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. Choreography, TV: SEE, Man Seeking Woman, six tv commercials; Pacific Rim (associate choreographer); Degrassi: Next Class, Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (assistant choreographer). Choreography, theatre: Elf: the Musical (Neptune), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Adventures of Pericles (Stratford), Holiday Inn (Shaw, assistant choreographer). Online: @carlabennettshara.

2026: Rusty Charlie in Guys and Dolls and appears in Something Rotten! Ninth season. Stratford: Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 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 (selected): Chris, Mrs. (Winter Garden Theatre); Joseph…Dreamcoat (Theatre Aquarius); National Tour of Laurier (Confederation Centre/Theatre New Brunswick); Shrek the Musical (Rainbow Stage). Film/TV: Max on The Next Step; Mia Michaels Live; MuchMusic Video Awards. Training: Bachelor of English Language and Literature from Queen's University. Online: @thedevonbrown. Et cetera: I met my wife doing Guys and Dolls almost 10 years ago, so this show has a special place in my heart. This one's for you, Green. I love you.

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2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Swing in Something Rotten! Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Ensemble/Tumbler, understudy Ed in Toronto's recent company of Disney's The Lion King (Mirvish Productions); Ensemble/Tumbler with the inaugural cast of Beetlejuice: The Musical onboard the Norwegian Viva (Norwegian Cruise Line); Swing in 9 to 5: The Musical (Pace University); Woof in Hair: The Tribal Love-Rock Musical (BrownCow Collective); CS Grandstand Shows (The Calgary Stampede). Training: Pace University's BFA Musical Theatre program, The Young Canadians School of Performing Arts, Calgary Gymnastics Centre. Online: @wadebu. Et cetera: Wade is thrilled to be making their Stratford Festival debut among this incredible 2026 acting company. It is their honour to get to share this music, this movement and this joy we explore here at the Festival Theatre with each and every one of you! Thanks for being here :)

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2026: Swing in Guys and Dolls and understudy in The Tempest. Fourth season. Stratford: Wendy and Peter Pan (Mrs. Darling), Carousel (Louise), Monty Python's Spamalot, Pericles, Camelot, Jesus Christ Superstar. Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar. First national tours: Matilda, Anything Goes (Purity). La Jolla Playhouse: Jesus Christ Superstar. Stratford Festival/Mirvish: A Funny Thing Happened...Elsewhere: White Christmas, Kiss Me Kate (Drayton Entertainment); Something Bubbled, Something Blue (TIFT); Beauty and the Beast (Globe Theatre); Never Swim Alone (GDTP); Cinderella, The Little Mermaid (Ross Petty Productions). Online: jacksonben.com @jacksonbendesigns. Et cetera: Being an actor and having a toddler is virtually impossible without the support and sacrifices from our loved ones. My husband sacrificed it all to care for our daughter so that I could be in this season and I will never be able to thank him enough. Eric, thank you for helping make these three dreams come true. You are it.

(he/him)

2026: Minstrel in Something Rotten! and appears in Guys and Dolls. Second season. Stratford: Something Rotten! and La Cage aux Folles. Elsewhere: Come From Away (Australian National Tour/Mirvish); Treemonisha (Volcano Theatre); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Segal Centre/RMTC); Rock of Ages, Rocky: The Musical, Ghost: The Musical, Hairspray, Joseph…, Red Rock Diner (Drayton Entertainment); Alberta Kitchen Party (Alberta Theatre Projects); 9 to 5 (Citadel Theatre); Back in '59 (TIP); Hairspray (Theatre Aquarius); Shrek (Globe Theatre/Drayton Entertainment); Porgy and Bess (Opera de Montréal); and four seasons at the Shaw Festival. Film/TV: Madam CJ Walker (Netflix/Warner Bros.). Training: McGill University's Schulich School of Music for Vocal Performance. Awards: Betty Mitchell Awards for Outstanding Ensemble and Production of a Musical (Alberta Kitchen Party, 2022, performer/cowriter). Online: @jcarverjames. Et cetera: Special thanks to the friends, family, and the Talent House team for their ongoing love and support.

2026: Big Jule in Guys and Dolls and Brother Jeremiah in Something Rotten! 19th season. Stratford: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Front Page, Paradise Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Treasure Island, Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Henry V, Much Ado, The Misanthrope, Twelfth Night, Kiss Me, Kate, Evita, Bartholomew Fair, Three Sisters, All's Well, Shrew, As You Like It, Hamlet, Dracula, Midsummer Night's Dream, Man of La Mancha. Elsewhere: Citadel Theatre, Podium Concerts, Coalmine, Shaw Festival, Factory Theatre, Acting Up Stage, CanStage, Chicago Shakespeare, Tarragon, NAC, Mirvish. Film/TV: The Boy in the Iron Box, God of Frogs, Murdoch Mysteries, Mother Father Sister Brother Frank, Hudson and Rex, Mother of all Shows, Intersection, Sneakerella, Six Guns for Hire. Voice: Elinor Wonders Why, Paw Patrol, Around the World in 80 Days. Training: BFA University of Alberta. Awards: Dora, Gemini, Jefferson, Ovation, Carbonell, Toronto Theatre Critics. Online: Instagram @chioranada.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Swing in Something Rotten! Third season. Stratford: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Annie, Something Rotten!, The Diviners. Elsewhere: Shrek (TUTS); Crazy For You (The Gateway); Twist and Shout, Footloose (Chemainus Theatre); Mary Poppins (Arts Club and YPT); Mamma Mia (Arts Club and Stage West); 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.

(she/her)

2026: Appears in Something Rotten! and Swing in Guys and Dolls. Fifth season. Stratford: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Annie, Rent, A Wrinkle in Time, Chicago, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show, and Jacob Two-Two (workshop). Elsewhere (selected): Grease, Flashback Fever (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: Thanks to my amazing family for always believing in me, and the gang at TH. Big love to my JMah, who I'm so grateful to be sharing another season with. For Charlie - always.

(he/him)

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Swing in Something Rotten! Third season. Stratford: Chantal in La Cage aux Folles, Swing in Something Rotten!, Prince Herbert in Monty Python's Spamalot, Swing in Frankenstein Revived. Elsewhere: Pinocchio in Shrek, Mamma Mia! (Drayton Entertainment); Tin Man/Iron Man in The Lion of Oz, The Prince in Cinder-Ellie, Mamma Mia! (Tweed and Co.); Mamma Mia! (Mayfield); Fender in Hairspray (Theatre Aquarius); LeFou in Beauty and the Beast (Globe Theatre); Pavlo in Kamp (Eastern Front Theatre/Neptune Theatre); Rock of Ages (Stage West Calgary); Beauty and the Beast (Capitol Theatre); Alice Through the Looking Glass, Ensemble in Canada Rocks!, Mamma Mia!, and Tommy Sloane for three seasons in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival). Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Dance from Toronto Metropolitan University. Online: @doigjosh.

2026: General Matilda Cartwright in Guys and Dolls and Bea Bottom in Something Rotten! Third season. Stratford: Bea, Something Rotten!; Jacqueline, La Cage…; Crystal, Little Shop…; Ensemble, Billy Elliot. Elsewhere (selected): Hannah, Come From Away (You Are Here); Connie, Red Velvet (Crow's); Safiya, Dixon Road; Retold (MSC); Ma understudy, Room; Dynamite, Hairspray (Mirvish); Shaw Festival (four seasons) including: Sally understudy, Me and My Girl; Grace, An Octoroon; Vonzia (originated), Oil and Water (NAC); Lorrell, Dreamgirls (Arts Club); Mrs. Corry, Mary Poppins, Binti, Binti's Journey (YPT); Charlaine, Ain't Misbehavin' (CanStage); Narrator, Cookin' at the Cookery (Citadel, ASF); The Adventures of a Black Girl... (Harbourfront). Film/TV: Hudson & Rex; A Change in Heart; Puppy Master, Odd Squad; Pearl, Hairspray; 4Tone, 4Square. Resident director: Ain't Misbehavin' (European/Broadway tours). Awards: Dora - Red Velvet, Dixon Road. Socials: @starrdomingue, @6love_apparel; youtube.com/user/starrdomingue; starrdomingue.wixsite.com/-starrdom. Et cetera: Luv 2 God, Mom, Fam, Kurty, SG & KC.

2026: Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls and Nigel Bottom inSomething Rotten! Eighth season.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Fourth season.

2026: Ensemble in Guys and Dolls, and Swing in Something Rotten! Second season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Something Rotten! Elsewhere (selected): Lucy in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Anything Goes, Brigadoon, Playboy of The Western World, On the Razzle, Irving Berlin's White Christmas [2022 and 2025], Damn Yankees (Shaw Festival); The Louder We Get! (Theatre Calgary); Anne of Green Gables, Jesus Christ Superstar, House of Martin Guerre in concert (Charlottetown Festival); Starlight Tours (Canadian Music Theatre Project). Film (selected): Almost There (Sorel Productions); Five Days at Memorial (ABC Signature); Encounter UFO (Eyewitness UFO (Saloon) Productions); Every Little Brunette (music video); Still Call You Mine - Famba (Sony Music Canada). Training: Hon. Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance, Sheridan College. Awards: Highest Achievement in Dance 2014-2017, Sheridan College. Online: @alex_gratton. Et cetera: To the people I call my family: I love you forever.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! 11th season. Stratford: Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Something Rotten!, Hunyak/Velma understudy in Chicago, Judy/Cassie understudy in A Chorus Line, The Rocky Horror Show, dance captain/Mrs. Dunlop in The Music Man, Carmen/Adelaide understudy in Guys and Dolls, Petra understudy in A Little Night Music, Crazy For You, Carousel. Elsewhere: Rockette in Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Peter's Final Flight (Ross Petty Panto), Joseph and the Amazing... (Drayton Entertainment), Dancer in Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company), Cabaret (FV, Tandem Productions). Film/TV: Dancer in Warehouse 13, Dancer in Locke and Key (Netflix). Online: @bonbondancer. Et cetera: Bonnie would like to thank her family, partner and DaCosta for all the support. "MOM...this is for you!"

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2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Third season. Stratford: Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles. Elsewhere: Rocky Balboa in Rocky: The Musical, Prince William in Sleeping Beauty: The Panto, Mikey Thomas in Shear Madness, 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. Online: @aakelly. Et cetera: Special thanks to Talent House. Endless love to my boys Jude and Nash, pup Blue and beautiful wife Shelley.

2026: Carmen, co-dance captain and assistant choreographer of Guys and Dolls and assistant director and assistant choreographer of Something Rotten! 10th season. Stratford: Annie, Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Liz in Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Crazy for You, The Beaux' Stratagem. Elsewhere (selected): Return to Grace (Fallsview Casino and Thailand); Chicago, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan (Drayton); Joseph…, Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius); Dance Legends (Drayton, Grand Theatre). Film/TV (selected): Just Short of Reality (STRATFEST@HOME), The Boys, What We Do in the Shadows, Warehouse 13, Hellcats, L.A. Complex, Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. Training/teaching: Music Theatre Performance (Sheridan); certified yoga instructor, and mentor to dancers. Online: @bethanykovarik. Et cetera: Go after your dreams! Family and friends: Thank you for everything. Love to my fiancé Chad, Mom, Dad, Ryan, Andrea, James, Matteo and Talent House.

2026: Shakespeare in Something Rotten! and understudy in Guys and Dolls. Fourth season. Stratford: Ralph MacLean in Forgiveness, Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet. Elsewhere: Jeff has performed in theatres across North America including Soulpepper (23 productions, including Of Human Bondage and Spoon River at Signature Theatre, Off-Broadway); Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Shaw Festival (5 seasons); Crow's Theatre, Canadian Stage, Tarragon, Passe Muraille, Factory, Buddies in Bad Times, Musical Stage Company, Mirvish/Studio180, MTC, Citadel, The Grand, Aquarius, NAC, Theatre Calgary, ATP, YES Theatre, TIFT. Film/TV: Coffey in Netflix's Locke & Key, On the Basis of Sex, Designated Survivor, Murdoch Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, Nurses. Awards: Dora for Outstanding Performance: The Light in the Piazza. Five additional individual Dora nominations. Et cetera: Love & gratitude to Kimwun & my family.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Fourth season. Stratford: Lily St. Regis in Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 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 family and friends. I miss you Daddy <3. To my sweet pup Einarr xx. CHEERS 10 Talent!

Métis Nation of Alberta

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Fifth season. Stratford:Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Something Rotten!, The Diviners, Monty Python's Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived, Chicago. Elsewhere: Lucille in Controlled Damage (Grand 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: @graciemackk. Et cetera: For my mom and dad, my brother and sister and always for Tia. Gratitude for Stephen and the team at DaCosta. As always, love to David.

2026: Swing, co-dance captain, associate choreographer of Guys and Dolls and understudy, associate choreographer of Something Rotten! Fourth season. Stratford: Annie, Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Spamalot, Frankenstein Revived. Elsewhere: Matilda (first national tour, Mirvish); The Wizard of Oz (first national tour, Mirvish); Peter Pan in Wonderland (Ross Petty); five seasons at the Charlottetown Festival; Mamma Mia! (Grand); Rock of Ages (Drayton); Elf, Mary Poppins (Aquarius); West Side Story (Vancouver Opera). Choreography: Assistant Choreographer - Annie (Stratford); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary). Associate Choreographer - Mamma Mia!, Kronborg (Charlottetown). Choreographer - Good Grief (Ship's Company); Sugar Highs (Season 1, Emotion); Assassins, Metamorphoses (Sheridan). Film/TV: Sullivan's Crossing (CTV); Washington Black (Disney/Hulu); FROM (Epix); The Sinner (USA). Awards: Lindsay Thomas Award (Stratford); Alan Lund Dance Award (Charlottetown); Brian Linehan Triple Threat Award (Sheridan College: 2008-2010). Online: @armacpherson. Et cetera: Big love and thanks to TH, Donna, Flea, and my family out East.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Eighth season. Stratford: Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 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. Online: @Djmah5. Et cetera: Jordan would like to thank everyone at The Talent House, his family, friends and mentors for all the incredible support. A special thanks to my rock, my love Christine. This season is dedicated to my little bub Charlie, till we meet again.

2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls. 12th season. Stratford: Chicago (Fred Casely), Billy Elliot (Mr. Wilkinson), Guys and Dolls, Romeo and Juliet, A Chorus Line (Don), As You Like It, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, The King and I, Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, Oklahoma!, My One and Only. Elsewhere (selected): Kiss Me, Kate (Gremio), U.S. Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mary Poppins (Valentine), Brigadoon (Harry Beaton), Dance Legends (Drayton). Performed across Canada and internationally at COC, Stage West, Grand Theatre, Citadel, Theatre Calgary, MTC, Charlottetown, Tokyo Disneyland, Ballet Jörgen. Film/TV (selected): Hairspray, A Christmas Dance Reunion, Just Short of Reality (STRATFEST@HOME). Awards: Just Short of Reality multiple film festival awards, Brian Macdonald Choreographer Award (2023). Other: Dance Canada Convention - Director. Online: @chad910. Et cetera: Love to my family and fiancé Bethany.

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2026: Appears in Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Fifth season. Stratford: Star-To-Be in Annie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 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! (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, Minor in Commercial Dance. Awards: Lindsay Thomas Award (Stratford Festival), 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!

2026: Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls and understudy in Something Rotten! Tenth season. Stratford: Roosevelt, Lt. Warden (Annie); Ensemble, Lawrence U/S (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels); 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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2026: Ensemble in Guys and Dolls and Swing in Something Rotten! Second season. Stratford: Ensemble in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Swing in Annie. 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: Thanks to the TH team for their endless support! All my love to Mum, Dad, Dave and Jason - who push me to try, and catch me when I fall.

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2026: Appears in Something Rotten! and Swing in Guys and Dolls. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Frozen (Theatre Aquarius); Bring It On - The Musical (Globe Theatre); Cinderella Pantomime (Torrent Productions); Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, Jersey Boys* (Charlottetown Festival 2022, 2024*); Billy Elliot (Neptune Theatre); Damn Yankees (Park Playhouse NY); Swing! The Broadway Musical (NCL); Oliver (Neptune Theatre); Wizard of Oz (Theatre Antigonish). Film/ TV: Kindness (CFC); Backstage (Family Channel); Mr. D (CBC); Sex! With Hot Robots (Short Film); Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (CBS); The Elizabeth Smart Story (Lifetime). Online: @brianross111. Et cetera: Brian is excited to make his Stratford debut in the 2026 season and would like to give special thanks to his family in Nova Scotia for their constant support. Also thanks to everyone at the Festival, his agents at 10TalentManagement, and all coaches that helped get him here today!

2026: Dance captain and appears in Something Rotten! and Guys and Dolls. 13th season.

2026: Swing in Guys and Dolls. Stratford debut. Zachary is a Jamaican-Antiguan performer born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He began his training in the competitive dance circuit with Turning Pointe Academy of Dance. He attended Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts and the School of Cadence Ballet to further his training in ballet and modern dance. He later moved to New York City to complete a BFA in dance and a minor in business at NYU. He has also trained with Alvin Ailey and The Royal Ballet in London, England. Post graduation, he joined the cast of Disney's The Lion King that played at the Princess of Wales Theatre under Mirvish Productions. Zachary is elated to be a part of the 2026 season with the Stratford Festival and to continue telling stories through movement. @zach_cj

CREATIVE

2026: Director and choreographer of Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! Artistic associate for musical theatre development. 30th season. Stratford: Ms. Feore is the recipient of the 2025 Stratford Festival Legacy Award. Director and choreographer of Annie (the longest-running show in Festival history), Something Rotten!, Chicago, Billy Elliot the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, The Madwoman of Chaillot, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Charlie Brown, Cyrano de Bergerac, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, Crazy for You. Elsewhere: As director and choreographer: Goodspeed Opera House's critically acclaimed world première, Summer Stock, now Get Happy (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation (5th Avenue, Seattle); The Hockey Sweater: A Musical (NAC, Segal Centre). As director: Bernhardt Hamlet (Goodman Theater, Chicago); Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream (NACO); Yorkville (Blyth Festival); The Very Best of Broadway with Audra McDonald and Marvin Hamlisch; Rock 'N' Roll, It's A Wonderful Life (Canadian Stage); Lecture on the Weather, A Soldier's Tale with F. Murray Abraham (Detroit Symphony Orchestra); Mozart: A Life in Letters (Toronto Symphony Orchestra); Annie Get Your Gun (Massey Hall). Creative producer of Undisrupted (NAC/CBC Gem). Creative producer/director of Life Reflected (world première NACO with Canadian and European tours). Choreography: Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company/Opéra National de Lyon); Tosca, Red Emma, Oedipus Rex (Dora Award) (COC). Film and TV (selected): Politics is Cruel, Mean Girls, Eloise, Martin and Lewis, Stormy Weather, Romeo and Juliette, Don Giovanni, Feast of All Saints. Et cetera: I want to thank my family for their unconditional love and support.