Large text on the bottom right says "Something Rotten!" Nick Bottom dances and sings with chorus members. Nick is wearing brown pants, a green shirt and blue jacket. The chorus members are wearing pink and orange costumes and gold top hats.

Mark Uhre with members of the company in Something Rotten!, 2024. Photo: Ann Baggley.
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell. Music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick. Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Directed by Donna Feore. Choreographed by Donna Feore. Music Direction by Laura Burton.
Set and Costume design by Michael Gianfrancesco. Lighting design by Bonnie Beecher. Sound design by Haley Parcher.

Festival Theatre

May 11 – October 31 |

Opens May 29

Musical

SOMETHING ROTTEN!

Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell

Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick

Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick

Directed by Donna Feore

Choreographed by Donna Feore

It's back and funnier than ever

The Bottom brothers, two struggling playwrights in Renaissance London, need a hit. That’s easier said than done when your chief competition is local rockstar William Shakespeare. The Bottom brothers’ plan? Write the world’s first musical!

MEIGHEN FORUM EVENTS

CAST & CREATIVE

CAST

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: 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.

(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, 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: 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: 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).

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.

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.