Sean has been a company member of the Stratford Festival for 20 seasons, performing in Shakespeare, musicals, contemporary classics, and new plays. Credits there include this season’s Richard III  and All’s Well That Ends Well, The Merchant of Venice, Cabaret, Titus Andronicus, Guys and Dolls, Three Sisters, The Pirates of Penzance, Pericles, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, 42^nd Street, The Swanne (Princess Charlotte), The Neverending Story,  and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He has performed in Canada at Canadian Stage, the Segal Centre, the Harold Green Jewish Theatre, and the Grand Theatre, and in the US both on- and off-Broadway as well as in many regional theatres and a national tour. He shares a Dora Award for Canadian Stage’s production of London Road, and is a graduate of Duke University, Queen’s University, and the Juilliard School.

Percy makes his Theatre Aquarius Debut in Serving Elizabeth. Percy appeared in the dance theatre production AKOMA (Betty Oliphant Theatre). Previous television and film credits include American Gods on STARZ Network, In the Dark, and CBC Gem’s dramatic comedy Virgins!, Under the Christmas Tree (MOW), Black Liberators WWII on the History Channel. Percy trains at EVN Film Studios. Follow Percy @plantainpercy.

Kaylee makes her Theatre Aquarius debut in Serving Elizabeth. Kaylee’s theatre credits include  The Invisible (Catalyst), Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (National Tours), The Light in the Piazza, Cabaret, Trifles, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (Shaw), Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway, Stratford, La Jolla Playhouse), Camelot (Stratford), The Jazz Singer (HGJTC), The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady (Western Canada Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Citadel), Les Misérables (Arts Club), Radio City Music Hall, Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Select Film and Television credits include Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Workin’ Moms, Mayday, Christmas Movie Magic, Reign, Good Witch, America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards.

 Thanks to TH and DPR. @kaylee.harwood.

This is Keren’s Theatre Aquarius debut. Keren’s previous acting credits include Reaching for Starlight (Geordie Theatre); How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Black Theatre Workshop); For Colored Girls (MAI/Les 6 Productions); Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct/Black Theatre Workshop); Love and Information, Daughters of the Revolution, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Dome Theatre). Keren’s film and television credits include Separated at Code; Lily Pad. A graduate of Dawson College Professional Theatre and alumna of Black Theatre Workshop’s Artist Mentorship Program, Keren says, “There is nothing better than when your passion meets your purpose.” A resident of Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) of Caribbean heritage, Keren was fortunately blindsided by acting while taking a theatre elective. She is dedicated to embodying multi-faceted characters in stories that explore the spectrum of humanity. You can follow Keren @letmeklrmythroat.

With over one hundred shows and 25 seasons with Theatre Aquarius, Beth is very excited to be back! Other theatre credits include Oliver, Sound of Music, Anne & Gilbert (National Arts Centre), Camelot & Saturday Night Fever (North American Tours), Dreamgirls & The Winslow Boy (MTC), Les Miserables, Big Band Legends, Evita, Elf and many other shows (Drayton Entertainment). Beth is a graduate of the Theatre Program at University of Waterloo.

For Theatre Aquarius, Sexy Laundry, The Hours That Remain Jackie’s other theatre credits include: Annie Mae’s Movement, Almighty Voice and His Wife, Tombs of the Vanishing Indian, Salt Baby, From Thine Eyes, HUFF (Native Earth Performing Arts), Gas Girls, Cake, The First Stone (New Harlem Productions), Romeo and Juliet (TD Dream in High Park/Can Stage), Zadie’s Shoes, Lady Sunrise (Factory Theatre), Brown Balls (Fu-Gen), Fish Eyes Trilogy (GCTC), A Year with Frog and Toad (MTYP), Moment, Dissidents, KISS, Oil, Gloria (ARC Theatre), Cowboy Versus Samurai, 39 Steps, Oraltorio (Soulpepper), The Komagata Maru Incident (Stratford Festival).  

Production Designer and Costume Designer: Inside, The Beard (Rabid Pictures), The Trip, (Un)Certainty (Etheriel Films), Awake, Bable (Expect Theatre), The Ache (Wondrous Light), Lune (Open City Works), You’re Invited (Arc Theatre), One Small Visit (Coffee Partners). Jackie has a BFA from Concordia University in Theatrical Design, an MFA from Northwestern University in Theatrical Design (full scholarship). She also Teaches Theatrical Design at the University of Toronto (UTSC).  Jackie has been a resident artist with Artist Repertory Company (ARC) since 2013.  She was named in NOW magazine’s Top 10 Theatre Artists of 2009, nominated for the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design, nominated for a Saskatoon Area Theatre award, Winnipeg Theatre Award, 2 Broadway World awards, and she has received 9 Dora nominations for outstanding set and costume design. 

For Theatre Aquarius, Logan’s credit includes 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 Logan’s website at www.loganmcnutt.com.

Serving Elizabeth is Esie’s debut at Theatre Aquarius. Her other select theatre credits include Dixon Road, Caroline or Change, Victory, The Russian Play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 1837: Farmers’ Revolt, Venus’ Daughter. Esie’s film and TV credits include Pretty Hard Cases, New Monuments, Cavities, TESSEL, A Revolution of Love, FoxTV’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Expanse. Essie has received two Dora nominations, and she is a member of Canadian Guild for Stage Directors and Choreographers. Originally from Hamilton, Esie is a graduate of George Brown College in Commercial Dance Studies. You can follow Esie on Social @EsieMensah www.esiemensah.com.

Tim makes his Theatre Aquarius debut with Serving Elizabeth. Select theatre credits include Pipeline, How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Black Theatre Workshop); From The Stars In The Sky To the Fish In The Sea (Geordie Theatre); This Is How We Got Here, The River (Magnus Theatre); Marjorie Prime (Segal Centre). Tim was also Assistant Lighting Designer for Porte Parole’s production of L’Assemblée on Télé-Québec. A graduate of the Contemporary Dance Department at Concordia University; Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada; Member of IATSE Local ADC659 and Association Des Professionnels Des Arts De La Scène Du Québec, Tim is also a two-time Montreal English Theatre Award Nominee for Outstanding Lighting Design and President of the Board of Directors for Mainline Theatre / Montréal Fringe Festival. You can follow Tim @timrodrigues_lx.

Serving Elizabeth is Francis’ Theatre Aquarius debut. Previous credits include Gīkūyū Language Consultant and Dialect Coach for Serving Elizabeth (Stratford). Francis trained at University of Alberta MBA Program, Canadian Foreign Service Institute, Intercultural Effectiveness Course. From 2015 – 2021, Francis was a Kiswahili language instructor as part of Kiswahili Learning Centre. Francis is a radio host, news broadcaster and DJ, and has been heard on Kiswahili FM (CJSR FM 88 Radio). Francis’ website is www.kilece.com.