Yelena
Shannon is thrilled to be working on this show again! She has spent seven seasons at the Stratford Festival: King Lear (Goneril), Les Belles-Soeurs (Marie-Ange), I Am William (Mary, Queen Elizabeth I), The Crucible (Elizabeth Proctor), Twelfth Night (Olivia), The School for Scandal (Lady Teazle), Shakespeare in Love (Viola), The Hypochondriac (Angélique), The Diary of Anne Frank (Margot Frank), Oedipus Rex (Priest), and The Sound of Music (Liesl). Other selected theatre credits include ROOM (Grand Theatre and Mirvish); Mother’s Daughter (Soulpepper and Stratford Festival); A Doll’s House (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); King Charles III (Mirvish and Studio 180); The Road to Mecca (Soulpepper); Pride and Prejudice (National Arts Centre and Theatre Calgary); The Jones Boy (Surface/Underground); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women: The Musical (Citadel Theatre); and The Madonna Painter (Factory Theatre). Film and TV: Don’t Hang Up, Private Eyes, MayDay. Training: Birmingham Conservatory; TMU Theatre School (BFA). Awards: Mary Savidge Award; Dora nomination for Outstanding Performance. Love to P & D!