Maggie

World Première

Music by: Johnny Reid, Matt Murray and Bob Foster.
Book and Lyrics by: Johnny Reid and Matt Murray.
Direction and Dramaturgy by: Mary Francis Moore.
Musical Direction and Supervision by: Bob Foster

April 19 – May 6, 2023

Meet Maggie, a Scottish single mother of three boys. Set between 1954 and 1976, MAGGIE tells the inspirational tale of a fiery school cleaner living in the mining town of Lanarkshire Scotland. After suffering an unthinkable loss, Maggie must rely on her strength, sense of humour and fiercely loyal group of friends to raise her boys and protect them from the harsh and ever-changing world around them. Based on a true story, MAGGIE features a soul-stirring score by award-winning recording artist Johnny Reid. A tribute to Johnny’s Granny and the people of an almost forgotten generation, this exciting new musical is a celebration of family, community and the joy and laughter that can be found, even in the darkest of times.

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“‘Maggie’ celebrates not only my Gran and her life but also an entire generation of women who fought through some tough times by keeping faith, hope, love, family, friendship and humour close to heart.”
– Johnny Reid

Cast Announced for the World Premiere of MAGGIE a New Musical

Hamilton, Ontario, January 24, 2023 – Theatre Aquarius and Confederation Centre of the Arts are celebrating Robbie Burns Day by announcing the extraordinary 18-member cast of MAGGIE, a new musical produced in association with Michael Rubinoff and Johnny Reid…

Meet the Creative Team

Johnny Reid

Book, Music & Lyrics

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Over an illustrious career spanning more than two decades, JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter, Johnny Reid has captured the hearts of fans and audiences around the world. The critically acclaimed singer is widely known for his lyrical honesty and musical ability, as demonstrated by an extensive catalogue of hit songs, album sales totaling over 1.5 million units in Canada, countless awards and multiple sold-out national arena tours.

Matt Murray

Book, Music & Lyrics

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Matt is a Toronto-based musical theatre book writer, playwright and lyricist. Musical credits include: Grow – book writer (collaboration with Colleen Dauncey and Akiva Romer-Segal). Maggie – co-book, co-music and co-lyric (collaboration with acclaimed recording artist Johnny Reid). Going Under – book writer (collaboration with Colleen Dauncey and Akiva Romer-Segal). Matt has written six Ross Petty Pantos – Peter’s Final Flight! Lil’ Red Robin Hood, The Wizard of Oz and A Christmas Carol, all at Toronto’s Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, as well as two digital productions, There’s No Place Like Home For The Holidays and Alice in Winterland. A Christmas Carol was recorded for broadcast by CBC/Family Channel. Plays include: Myth Of The Ostrich, Remember, Maggy? (collaboration with Carol Anne Murray) and Chronicles of Sarnia, Blyth Festival.

Bob Foster

Music, Music Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements

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Bob Foster is a Toronto-based Music Director, Composer and Orchestrator/Arranger. His theatre credits include: Come From Away, Rock Of Ages, Hairspray, Dirty Dancing, Wizard Of Oz, Billy Elliot, The Boys In The Photograph (Mirvish Original Canadian Casts). He is Head Of Music at the Charlottetown Festival, and Music Supervisor for Tell Tale Harbour , Evangeline, Maggie and Bittergirl, the Musical. Bob has been Music Director of the Ross Petty Christmas Panto in Toronto since 2005. He wrote the hit songs Good Mother and Looking For It, among others, with Jann Arden, and has played guitar and keyboards with her both live and in the studio. He is recipient of two SOCAN Airplay Awards and two Betty Mitchell Awards.

Mary Fancis Moore

Direction & Dramaturgy

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Artistic Director of Theatre Aquarius, Mary Francis is an award-winning director, playwright and dramaturg. Recognized for championing new works, Mary Francis has dramaturged and directed numerous plays that have toured across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. She has also developed several new musicals with established recording artists Johnny Reid, Twin Flames and the Estate of Rita MacNeil. Mary Francis co-wrote the smash-hit play Bittergirl with fellow collaborators, Annabel Fitzsimmons and Alison Lawrence. Bittergirl has been produced across Canada (including Theatre Aquarius), London UK, and showcased in NYC.

Michael Rubinoff

Commercial Producer

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Michael Rubinoff is a Toronto based Olivier Award winning and Tony nominated producer who conceived the longest running Canadian musical on Broadway Come From Away. In 2011 he established the Canadian Music Theatre Project, an international incubator for the development of new musicals, where he produced and developed the first workshops of Come From Away, Maggie and 28 other musicals. In 2019 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada for his role in creating the show. He is currently represented as producer and creative consultant on Come From Away on tour across Australia and North America. Upcoming: An all new production of Come From Away in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador this summer and the American premiere of Matt Murray, Colleen Dauncey and Akiva Romer-Segal’s new musical Grow. A proud graduate of Western Law.

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Melissa Cameron

Assistant Stage Manager

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Melissa Cameron makes her Theatre Aquairus Debut with MAGGIE. Other theatre credits include: Anne of Green Gables, Munschables (Charlottetown Festival); Controlled Damage, Grow, Chariots of Fire, Once, Honour Beat (Grand Theatre), Sweeney Todd, The Gamblers, I Claudia, Offline (Talk is Free Theatre); Miracle on 34th Street (Chemainus Theatre Centre); The Last 5 Years, The 39 Steps (Rose Theatre, Brampton); Gin Game, Cottagers & Indians, Crimes of the Heart, Boeing Boeing, Dial M for Murder, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Barefoot in the Park (Watermark Theatre). Melissa is a graduate of Sheridan College. She sends her love to Natalie and Rocky.

Sydney Cutulle

Apprentice Stage Manager

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This is Sydney Cutulle’s Theatre Aquarius Debut. Other theatre credits include Grease (McMaster); Once on This Island (Innovative Arts) Cabaret, Newsies, On The Town (Sheridan); CAPS, two years (Sheridan). Sydney is a graduate of Sheridan College, and you can follow her @sydney_cutulle

Al Gadowsky

Stage Manager

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This is Al’s Theatre Aquarius debut. Select credits include Carmen, La Traviata (Canadian Opera Company), Come From Away (Mirvish), SIX, Matilda, and West Side Story (Citadel); The Humans (Citadel/ Canadian Stage); Crazy For You (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Mamma Mia! (Grand Theatre); Anne of Green Gables the MusicalTM, Atlantic Blue, Jesus Christ Superstar, Million Dollar Quartet, and Mamma Mia! (Charlottetown Festival); The Marriage of Figaro, and Rigoletto (Edmonton Opera). Away from the theatre Al travels the world event supervising international volleyball tournaments. A huge thank you to my family and friends for their continuing love and support.

Yasmine Lee

Choreographer

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Yasmine Lee is a dance & movement-centered artist who has worked across concert dance, theater, film, television, ceremonies & music videos in over 35 countries. Lee is Georgie’s Mama 24/7. Select credits include Upcoming: Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola), Let The Right One In (Berkeley Rep), Disco Show (Caesar’s Palace). Now Playing: Parable Of The Sower, A Beautiful Noise, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child. Past: Made For Love (HBOMax), Social! with David Byrne, Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street Theater); Wild Goose Dreams, Katy Perry for SNL (NBC); The Crucible (dir: Ivo van Hove); The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime; Once, RENT, Opening & closing Ceremonies World Expo ’20 (Dubai); Opening Ceremonies XXII Winter Olympic Games (Sochi), Knives In Hens, Tender Napalm, PEARL (Lincoln Center), My Name’s Not Indian Joe, Issey Miyake product launch (Louvre Museum); AMICI Di Maria Di Felipe (Canale 5 Italia), Across The Universe (Sony Pictures), Dunham Technique Video (Commissioned by US Library of Congress/Archived at Smithsonian Institute), Joan Peter’s Dance Company, MOMIX, Earl Mosely’s Diversity of Dance (Founding Member).

Josh Liebert

Sound Designer

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Josh Liebert makes his Theatre Aquarius debut with MAGGIE. Other theatre credits include New York: [title of show] (2019 Reunion), Regional: Wonderland, Mary Poppins, Joseph… (Tuacahn); Next to Normal, In the Heights (Westport, with Domonic Sack); Part of the Plan (Nashville); The Rocky Horror Show (Bucks County); Story of my Life, South Pacific (Delaware Theatre Co.). International: Central Avenue Breakdown (Daegu, ROK), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (European Tour). Off-Broadway: Brilliant, We are the Tigers, NYMF Festival Designer (2018 & 2019), The Other Josh Cohen (2012), Son of a Gun. Streaming: We Have to Hurry. Broadway/Tour Associate (selected): MJ (Tony, Best Sound Design); Summer; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; A Bronx Tale; Spring Awakening (2015). Josh holds a BFA from Ithaca College and an MFA from UC – CCM. You can find Josh at www.joshliebert.com.

Sam McCue

Costume Designer

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This is Sam McCue’s Theatre Aquarius debut. Other theatre credits include: Rubaboo (The Grand); The Breathing Hole (National Arts Centre); Where the Blood Mixes, Kamloopa (Soulpepper Theatre Company); The Herd (Citadel Theatre); Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer (The Belfry, Theatre Calgary); I Am William (Stratford Festival, co-designed with Michelle Bohn). A graduate of York University’s theatre program, Sam is also a member of Associated Designers of Canada.
Sam was nominated for a Dora Award in 2022, and she is a 2023 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award Nominee and a 2023 Pauline McGibbon Award Nominee. You can find her online at www.sammccuedesign.com and on social @sammccuedesign.

Ken McDonald

Set Designer

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This is Ken McDonald’s Theatre Aquarius debut. Other theatre credits include: The Overcoat – A Musical Retailoring, Canadian Stage/Vancouver Opera/Tapestry Opera, A Thousand Splendid Suns, ACT (San Francisco), Theatre Calgary, The Grand Theatre, Old Globe San Diego, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Arts Club Theatre, RMTC and Arena Stage, Newsies, Anything Goes, Sovereignty, The Shoplifters, Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Engaged, Our Town, Sweet Charity, Arms and The Man, Our Betters, Doctor’s Dilemma, Shaw Festival; Wanderlust, Moby Dick, The Trespassers, Stratford Festival. Upcoming Frankenstein Revisited, Stratford Festival. Ken’s film and TV credits include The Overcoat, CBC Television. Ken is a Gemini Award winner for Outstanding Production Design; he also has two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, a Betty Mitchell Award and seventeen Jessie Mitchell Awards. You can find Ken online at www.kenandmorris.com.

Logan McNutt

Assistance Stage Manager

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For Theatre Aquarius, Logan’s credits include The Gig, The Extinction Therapist, A Hamilton Holiday, Serving Elizabeth, Ring of Fire. Other theatre credits include Grow (Grand Theatre), Alice in Wonderland (Guild Festival Theatre), When Wendy Grew Up (Litmus Theatre), Mary Stuart, Concord Floral (FSPA), Dido and Aeneas / Aeneas and Dido, L’Etoile (Dalhousie Opera). Logan has a BA, Honours in Stage Design and Technical Theatre from Dalhousie University. Visit his website at www.loganmcnutt.com

Anita Nittoly

Fight Director

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This is Anita’s Theatre Aquarius Debut. Selected Fight Director and Sexual Choreographer credits include Fall on Your Knees (Canstage); Counter Offence (Segal Centre); Fairview (Canstage); Prodigal (Crow’s Theatre); Trojan Girls and The Outhouse of Atreus (Outside The March/Factory Theatre); Our Place (Cahoots/TPM); Full 2019 Season at The Stratford Festival; Kitchen Radio, Stag & Doe, Full 2018 Season at The Blyth Festival; The Last Wife, The 39 Steps, Successions (Centaur Theatre); Whole World (Carousel Players); Don Quichotte, Die Walkure, Carmen (Canadian Opera Company, *Associate Fight Master). Anita is a Stage Combat Instructor, Fight Director, and Sexual Choreographer (National Theatre School). Her selected stunt performer/stunt actor credits include: SEE, Star Trek: Discovery, Pretty Hard Cases, Titans, The Boys, Rabbit Hole, What We Do in the Shadows, various Ubisoft motion capture productions.

Rachel O’Brien

Associate Music Director

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Rachel O’Brien makes her Theatre Aquarius debut with MAGGIE. Rachel (she/her) is a Toronto-based music director, pianist, and educator originally from Valley, Nova Scotia. Selected theatre credits include: Music Director, Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre/Soulpepper); A Christmas Carol (Shaw Festival); Twelfth Night (Theatre Sheridan); Anne & Gilbert (The Guild). Associate Music Director, Anne of Green Gables – The Musical, Tell Tale Harbour, Munschables (Charlottetown Festival). A graduate of Mount Allison University’s Bachelor of Music program, Rachel is also a former Shaw Festival Music Intern (Holiday Inn, Gatsby’s Jazz/Sonny’s Blues, Shawground/Fairground, etc).

Kim Purtell

Lighting Designer

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Kimberly is a Toronto based lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance. Her designs have been critically acclaimed across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Prague, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Moscow and Mongolia. She has designed for Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Soulpepper Theatre, National Arts Centre and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Philadelphia, Arena Stage, DC, Edmonton Opera, Theatre Calgary, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, The Grand Theatre, The Charlottetown Festival, among many others. She has also designed productions for the Pan Am Games and the Vancouver and Beijing Cultural Olympiads.

Kimberly has been nominated for numerous awards for outstanding lighting design and is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, a Montreal English Theatre Award, a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, an Ottawa Critics Circle Award and an Elizabeth Sterling Award.

Kimberly is the Vice President of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Meet the Cast

Michelle Bardach

Jean

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Aquarius: Mamma Mia

Other theatre: Elf: the Musical (Grand Theatre), Tell Tale Harbour and Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); Beauty and the Beast and Mamma Mia (Arts Club); Children of God (Segal Centre/The Citadel), Pure 90s (Stage West)

Film/TV: Dancing Through Christmas (Lifetime), Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), Spirit Rangers (Netflix)

Training: Graduate of Capilano University’s Bachelor of Performing Arts program.

Etc: Michelle is an Indigenous storyteller from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw. She is a vocalist in two Indigenous music groups, M’Girl and Tillicum Shantie, and does voiceover in animation, commercials and audiobooks.

Social: @michyb123

Dharma Bizier

Maggie

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre: Matilda the Musical (Linus Hand Productions), Shout! The Mod Musical (Magnus Theatre), Chelsea Sunrise, My Bonnie Lass, Phantom of the Opera, Kiss Me, Kate (Theatre Sheridan), Erik with a K (CMTP).

Training: Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College

Etc: Johnny Reid Love Someone National Tour.

A huge thank you to my mom and my wonderful family for all their love and support. Thank you to Rachael and the team at Talent House. And the biggest thank you of all to the wonderful actors at Sheridan who helped workshop this musical. Their hard work and dedication really helped shape the musical into what it is today. Love you all!

Social: @dharmaayla

Nicola-Dawn Brook

Betty, Understudy Maggie

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Aquarius: Mamma Mia!

Other Theatre:

Canada: Kinky Boots (Mirvish); Mamma Mia, Anne of Green Gables, Bittergirls, Kronborg (Charlottetown Fest); Les Belles Soeurs (Segal Centre); Bend It Like Beckham (St Lawrence Centre); Mamma Mia!, Sound of Music (Drayton Ent); Smarty Pants (Magnus)

West End London: Aspects of Love, Fame, Copacabana, Taboo, Sound of Music, Saturday Night Fever, When Harry Met Barry

UK Rep & National Tours: Chess, Leader of the Pack, A Happy End, Dames at Sea, A Funny Thing…Forum, Romantic Comedy, Hard Times

Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco, Joya

Film/TV: De-Lovely, Sweeney Todd, Little Matchgirl, X-Factor S3, Alert, Transplant, Graymail

Training: Manchester Capital Theatre, Suzanna Lenir

Etc: Became a proud Canadian citizen in 2019!

Social: @nicoldawn, www.nicoladawn.com

Aidan Burke

Wee Jimmy

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre: Buying the Farm (Bluewater Summer Playhouse), My Bonnie Lass, Stars of Mars, The Phantom of the Opera, and Chelsea Sunrise (Theatre Sheridan).

Etc: Aidan is thrilled to be a part of Maggie! A proud Edmontonian, Aidan caught the theatre bug performing in Oliver! at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre, where he would go on to perform in The Wizard of Oz, and six seasons of A Christmas Carol. To subsidize his career, he has also studied the art of making coffee at Starbucks, stocking liquor for Costco, and most recently, delivering mail for Canada Post! He would like to shout out his brothers and sisters at CUPW, and all the working people who make the world go round, this show’s for them.

Liam Crober-Best

Ensemble, Understudy Shug, US Tommy

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre: Bethune (Workshop), The Bluenose (Workshop)

Training: Graduate of Sheridan College Bachelor of Music Theatre Program

Etc: The most love to all my family, friends and this amazing cast and crew!!

Jay Davis

Ensemble / Constable / Understudy Tam & Dougie

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Aquarius: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ

Superstar, Jasper Station, Beauty and the Beast.

Other Theatre: Dear Evan Hansen (Mirvish), Miss Saigon (West End), I Love You

Because (Angelwalk), Assassins (Birdland/Talk is Free), Next to Normal, The Last Five

Years, Ordinary Days, Dracula, Bittergirl – The Musical.

Film/TV: The Handmaid’s Tale, Titans, Designated Survivor

Training: Sheridan College

Etc: Furniture refinisher @classicrockfurniture, and Michael Buble tribute artist @feelingbuble

Alyssa LeClair

Ensemble, Josie Cameron, Understudy Betty

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre: Blame Canada!, My Fair Lady (Sharon Playhouse), Expensive Cheese, Conversations with My Dad (The Staircase)

Film/TV: Fat Camp (2017 LAFF Premiere), Workin’ Moms

Training: Queen’s University and a Master of Music: Vocal Performance from NYU

Social: @leclairforceone

Jeremy Legat

Uncle Charles

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Aquarius: Spider’s Web.

Other Theatre: Peter Pan (Neptune Theatre); The Last Party (Tarragon Theatre); Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre); Oliver! (London Palladium); Murder For Two, Crazy For You (Watermill Theatre); Grey Gardens (Southwark Playhouse); A Third, Thérèse Raquin (Finborough Theatre); Curtains (Landor Theatre); Hamlet and The Canterbury Tales (Cunard’s QM2); Dido, Queen of Carthage (Kensington Palace); Beautiful Thing (Leicester Haymarket); Peter Pan (Richmond Theatre); Spring Awakening (Young Vic); Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? (Soho Theatre); Gompers (Arcola Theatre).

Film/TV: Stardust (Salon Pictures); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); The Umbrella Academy (Netflix); Chateau Laurier (Amazon Prime); Canoe Man, Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, Hustle, Surviving Disaster, Hope and Glory (all BBC); Mike Bassett: Manager (ITV); Endgame (Evolution Films); The House on Arch Lane (Markenfilm).

Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.

Etc: Composer for web TV series Wimpole Street. Follow @jeremylegat for more.

Lawrence Libor

Shug

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Aquarius: Ring of Fire

Other Theatre: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Harold Green), ONCE (Citadel Threatre), Cabaret (the Grand Theatre), LIL Red Robin Hood (Ross Petty Panto), American Idiot (West End and UK tour).

Film/TV (selected): Take Note (NBC), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount), Frankie Drake (CBC), Teacup Travels (CBBC)

Training: The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

William Lincoln

Tommy

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Aquarius: Hairspray

Other Theatre: Grease (Winter Garden Theatre), Mamma Mia! (YES Theatre), Chelsea Sunrise, My Bonnie Lass, Phantom of the Opera (Theatre Sheridan)

Training: Graduate of Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance

Social: @lincolngouett

Sweeney MacArthur

Geordie Parven

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre (Selected): GROW (Grand Theatre London), Bloodless (Theatre 20); Calendar Girls (Mirvish); Sad Presentments (National Theatre, England); Mamma Mia! (Mirvish); 7 Stories (Rose Theatre); The Shakespeare Company (UK Tour); Dear Johnny Deere (Charlottetown Festival); This Is How We Got Here (Magnus Theatre); Phedre (National Arts Centre); Married Alive (Stage West); Wally’s Cafe (Upper Canada Playhouse)Rocky Horror Show (German Tour).

Etc: This show is dedicated to my mother Doreen who found friendship and laughter during hard times in a ‘steamie’ in Glasgow.

Andrew McAllister

Dougie, Ensemble, Understudy Uncle Charles

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Aquarius: Hairspray (Corny Collins)

Other theatre: 8 Seasons at The Charlottetown Festival. The Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, Beauty and The Beast (Capitol Theatre, Moncton, NB); GROW (The Grand Theatre); The Music Man, Darling of The Day, etc (Talk Is Free Theatre); World Premiere of The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary).

Training: Graduate of The Sheridan College Musical Theatre-Performance Program

Etc: Andrew would love to thank this phenomenal creative team! He is thrilled to be working with some of this country’s best. Thanks to Talent House for endless support. Lastly to the audience, thank you for supporting new Canadian work!

Social: @andrewjamesmcallister

Clea McCaffrey

Ensemble, Understudy Josie Cameron and Theresa

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Aquarius: Hairspray (one of The Dynamites)

Other Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (RMTC); Sam/Lucy (TIFT); GROW ( The Grand Theatre); Sister Act, Jan in Grease ( Drayton Entertainment); Rumspringa Break! ( Next Stage Festival), Mabel Washington in Fame ( Creativiva Dubai)

Film/TV: Y:the last man

Training: St. Clair College

Etc: Driven by healing through raising marginalized voices and representing those who ever felt like an outcast, Clea is unapologetically her. XO Mom, Dad, Dal, Cailz baby. “If you can make it through the night there’s a brighter day“ – Tupac Shakur

Social: Cl.3a_

Jamie McRoberts

Sadie

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Aquarius: Debut
Other Theatre: April Fools (The Segal Center), Into The Woods, For Both Resting and Breeding (Talk Is Free Theatre), Rock of Ages (Stage West Calgary), All Shook Up (Stage West Mississauga), Crazy for You, Beauty and The Beast (The Capitol Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (The Empire Theatre), The War Show, The Christmas Carol, Drinking Alone, Barefoot in the Park (The Rose Theatre).
Training/Teaching : Jamie is graduate of George Brown Theatre School, She has her Grade 10 in classical Piano from The Royal Conservatory of Music, and is a graduate of Theatre Aquarius’s Performing Arts Program. Jamie has created an APP for youth education in the arts called BizWiz Academy (available on the APP store).

Etc: Jamie is excited to be releasing her first album this year entitled Bring Me Your ‘A’ Game, which was co-written and produced by Ross Vannelli. You can find it on her website or anywhere you stream music.

Kaitlyn Post

Teresa, Understudy Jean, Understudy Sadie

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre: Fascinating Ladies (Young at Heart Theatre), Pump Up The Volume (CMTP), Sunday In The Park With George (Eclipse Theatre), NINE (Theatre Sheridan)

Training: Graduate of Sheridan Colleges Musical Theatre Program.

Etc: Kaitlyn would like to thank her family and friends for their never-ending support. This one’s for you, Dad.

Aaron Ryder

Ensemble, Understudy Wee Jimmy and Geordie Parven

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Aquarius: Debut

Other Theatre: One Day (Segal Centre/Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal), Leaving Eden (Shifting Ground Collective), Written in Blood Trilogy (Talk is Free Theatre), Sunday in the Park with George (Eclipse Theatre), Cabaret (Theatre Sheridan), GROW (Theatre Sheridan/CMTP), My Bonnie Lass (Theatre Sheridan).

Film/TV: Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Fremantle), Finale (short film by Human Moves Media), several national/international commercial campaigns.

Training: Graduate of Sheridan College Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program.

Etc: Enormous thanks to Johnny, Matt, Mary Francis, Bob, and Michael, as well as the whole Talent House team. And of course, my family! Enjoy the show!

Julius Sermonia

Ensemble, David, Understudy Constable

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Role: Ensemble, US David and Constable

Aquarius: Beauty and The Beast

Other Theatre: Selected: Miss Saigon, The King and I, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Contact, Cats (Broadway); Chicago, Tommy, Camelot, Evita, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, A Funny Thing…Forum (also Mirvish), Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes (Stratford); Holiday Inn (Shaw); Yoshimi…Pink Robots (La Jolla); Elf, Mary Poppins (Neptune); Shrek (Grand); Marathon of Hope, Damn Yankees (Drayton); The Little Mermaid, Cinderella (Ross Petty); The Drowsy Chaperone (MTC); Sweet Charity (StageWest); Hair (Canadian Stage); West Side Story (Citadel/Theatre Calgary)

Film/TV: Mother of All Shows (Feature Film), The Boys (Sony/Amazon), Hellcats (CW)

Social: @JuliusSermonia

Adam Stevenson

Tam

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Aquarius: A Hamilton Holiday, Ring of Fire, Home for the Holidays, Pippin, Forever Plaid

Other Theatre: Jafar in Disney’s Broadway Tour of Aladdin, The Monster in Young Frankenstein, Spamalot, California Dreaming, Canadian Explosion (Stage West), Les Miserables (Drayton Festival) Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, Tommy, Forever Plaid, Evita, Plaid Tidings (Neptune Theatre, Magnus Theatre) The Wedding Singer (Mayfield Theatre), Race Day (Lighthouse Festival) Robin Hood (Elgin Theatre).

Etc: Adam is an Aquarius Theatre School alumni, and is proud to call Hamilton home. He dedicates this performance to Kate, Sam and Frankie.

Meet the Musicians

Peter Bleakney

Bass

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Peter Bleakney, bass guitar, toured and recorded with Anne Murray from 1984 until her retirement in 2008. His Toronto musical theatre credits include Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia!, Dirty Dancing, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys, Little Shop of Horrors, Matilda, Kinky Boots, Ross Petty’s Xmas Panto, Carol King’s Beautiful, Dear Evan Hansen and more.

Chris Corrigan

Guitar

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Chris is raised in: Edmonton, Alberta and based in: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Theatre Credits include: Tell Tale Harbour, Mama Mia, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evangeline, Hairspray, Disco Cirque, British Invasion, Canada Rocks!, 18 Wheels, Fire, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline. Other: Has toured and recorded with Lennie Gallant, Rita MacNeil, Mary Jane Lamond, Natalie MacMaster, Nathan Wiley, Thom Swift. Recipient of ECMA 2006 Musician’s Achievement Award.

Ethan Deppe

Keyboard Programmer

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Ethan Deppe (Electronic Music Designer): Broadway – Waitress; Tour – Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge, Jesus Christ Superstar 50th Anniversary Tour, Waitress, Million Dollar Quartet; Pre Broadway – The Notebook, Tootsie, Pretty Woman, Paradise Square, Once Upon A One More Time, The Devil Wears Prada; Regional – Mamma Mia! (5th Avenue Theatre), Assassins (Signature Theatre), Into the Woods, Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Sweeney Todd, Once, Cabaret (Paramount Theatre); 42nd Street, Rock of Ages, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Drury Lane); Trevor, Next to Normal (Writers Theatre); Sunday in the Park with George, Follies, Ride the Cyclone, The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Trevor William Grant

Drums/Percussion

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A graduate of Mount Allison University (B.Mus), Trevor migrated west to Vancouver where he performed, recorded and toured across Canada, the US and the UK with a variety of bands and artists covering a diverse range of musical styles from rock to world fusion, jazz and theatre. Now based in PEI he has performed in the last six seasons with the Charlottetown Festival including shows such as “Tell Tale Harbour”, “Million Dollar Quartet”, “Mamma Mia” and “Jesus Christ Superstar”. He performs regularly with award winning artists such as Tara MacLean and Alicia Toner, maintains a busy teaching schedule and can also be found in Yoga studios with his project “SoundEscapes”.
@soundescapespei

Andrew Murray

Guitar

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Andrew is a multiple East Coast Music Award winning musician and songwriter originally from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He has performed as a part of several successful Atlantic Canadian groups, and performs regularly as a pit musician for musicals around eastern Canada. Theatre credits include: Tell Tale Harbour (Charlottetown Festival), Alice in Pantoland (Neptune Theatre), Kronborg: The Hamlet Rock Musical (Charlottetown Festival), Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart (Neptune Theatre), Singalong Jubilee (The Guild), Tapestry: A Tribute to Carole King (The Guild), Could I Have This Dance? (Geordie Brown Productions).

Spencer Kagan Murray

Flutes/Whistles/Bagpipes

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The son of a proud Scottish immigrant, Spencer Murray got his start playing the bagpipes at 8 years old with the Edmonton Boys Pipe Band. In his twenties he moved to Toronto to study Irish flute with Juno winner Loretto Reid from Sligo. In 2016, Spencer was accepted to the University of Limerick, where he became the first ever Canadian to receive a Master’s degree in Uilleann piping. Spencer has performed in Come From Away for over 850 performances and with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of Braveheart. He is about to release his second album with his band Pipeslinger.

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