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Kellen Blair
Kellen Blair (Book and Lyrics) is the Drama Desk-nominated co-creator of Murder for Two, the murder mystery musical comedy that ran for a year off-Broadway and has been continuously produced across the United States and internationally since 2014. The show earned Kellen (and co-writer Joe Kinosian) the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical Work in Chicago and the ASCAP Foundation Mary Rodgers / Lorenz Hart Award for their contribution to musical theatre. Kellen’s lyrics have been heard on Broadway stages (at the Theatre World Awards), at the Kennedy Center and in theatres across the country. His other musical works include Scrooge in Love (available to license through Tams-Witmark), Just Between the All of Us (an immersive musical comedy commissioned by Pittsburgh CLO) and Diane Steals the Show (being developed with Second Stage Theatre). In addition to writing for the theater, Kellen enjoys writing fiction and poetry. He teaches film and playwriting in New York City, where he lives with his wife and young son. kinosianandblair.com
Book and Music
Joe Kinosian (Book and Music). Joe is the composer and co-bookwriter (with lyricist Kellen Blair) of Murder for Two, which he’s also performed in over 700 times. Murder for Two had its world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, receiving the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical and earning Joe a nomination for Best Leading Actor, before going on to an acclaimed off-Broadway run, where it earned Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. A two-year national tour and well-received productions in Japan, China, Korea, England, Chile and Argentina followed. Joe’s work with Kellen has been showcased at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and on Broadway at the Theatre World Awards, and their new backstage musical/farce is currently in development at Second Stage Theater. In addition, Joe (with Marcus Stevens) adapted the children’s book Dragons Love Tacos into a successful touring musical. Joe is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Award, selected and presented by Stephen Schwartz, and the Harrington Award from the BMI Workshop. His acting credits include Dear Edwina (off-Broadway), as well as regional productions of Dirty Blonde with Emily Skinner, An Act of God, and the title role in The Nerd. kinosianandblair.com
Director
ROYAL MTC Actor: Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (with Segal), Into the Woods, 2021/22 National Mentorship Program.
OTHER THEATRE Director: The Prom (Dry Cold). Assistant Director: Million Dollar Quartet (TC). Actor: Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow); Narnia (Bad Hats/MTYP); Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Addams Family (Dry Cold); Alice in Wonderland (Diversified Theatre); Much Ado about Nothing (Dauntless); Andy Warhol Musical (Mirvish workshop); The Nutcracker (National Ballet of Canada); Oceania Cruises.
FILM/TV Actor: A Carol for Two, Haunted Wedding, A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe, ’Tis the Season to be Merry, Crashing through the Snow, SkyMed, The Porter.
TRAINING Randolph College for the Performing Arts, Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC).
ET CETERA Thank you for supporting live theatre! chasewinnicky.com
Music Director
ROYAL MTC Assistant Music Director: The Sound of Music (with Citadel).
OTHER THEATRE Music Director: White Christmas (Drayton); Tell Me on a Sunday (Magnus); Fame, SpongeBob the Musical (WST); And I Never Stopped Dancing (Smile Theatre); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Rock ‘n’ Fables (Stephenville Theatre Festival). Assistant MD: Mary Poppins (Rainbow). Alternate Conductor: The Little Mermaid, Rent (Rainbow). In the pit: White Christmas, Damn Yankees, A Year with Frog and Toad, 1922 (Shaw); Into the Woods (Opera on the Avalon); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (STF).
TRAINING Shaw Festival music directing internship 2022; M. Mus. University of Manitoba.
ET CETERA Principal Keyboard of the Thunder Bay Symphony.
Movement Director
ROYAL MTC Choreographer: Urinetown The Musical (Lawyers Play). Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer: Into the Woods. Assistant Director: Fun Home. Actor: Lesley in Billy Elliot the Musical.
OTHER THEATRE Actor: The Wizard of Oz, Mamma Mia! (Rainbow). Choreographer: The Prom (Dry Cold). Apprentice / Assistant Director / Choreographer: A Man of No Importance, The Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Dry Cold); Les Misérables, Shrek the Musical (Rainbow); Heathers, Avenue Q (WST).
TRAINING/TEACHING Completed the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Teacher Training Program (2007) and Rainbow Stage Creative Mentorship Program for Choreography (2016). Currently teaches at Kickit Dance Studio.
ET CETERA Many thanks to my family and the Kickit Directors for their continued support.
Set Designer
ROYAL MTC among men (with TPM), Yaga, Bang Bang (with Belfry), Buying the Farm (tour).
OTHER THEATRE Scenery Design: Gaslight (Magnus); Scenery Design: Ma-Buhay! A New Musical (Rainbow); Scenery and Lighting Design: Stupid Fucking Bird (U of W); Scenery Design: Pals, or Scenes from a Friendship (WJT); Scenery Design: Twelfth Night (SIR); Scenery Design: The Prom (Dry Cold); Lighting Design: Narrow Bridge (WJT); Lighting Design: Antigone (Sick + Twisted); Scenery and Lighting Design: A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Dry Cold); Lighting Design: Salt Baby, Lunenburg (Magnus).
TEACHING Associate Professor in Theatre Design at University of Winnipeg.
ET CETERA Adam’s ongoing support comes from his wife Tamara and three kids (Mackenzie, Keaton and Harrison) and dog Coco. He is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
Costume Designer
ROYAL MTC The New Canadian Curling Club.
OTHER THEATRE Dragonfly, Sargent & Victor & Me, The Elmwood Visitation (TPM); The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Richard III, Henry IV, Romeo and Juliet (SIR); Angels in America Part 1 & 2, Ivanov (WJT); Peter Pan (MTYP).
FILM/TV Stand!, I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story, High Life, Sunnyside, Into Invisible Light, Me Estas Matando Susana, Silent Night, The Mother and the Bear.
TRAINING B HumEc majoring in clothing design and history from the University of Manitoba.
Lighting Designer
ROYAL MTC The Comeback, The Sound of Music (with Citadel), Burning Mom, The (Post) Mistress, Di and Viv and Rose, 23.5 Hours, Armstrong’s War, The Secret Annex, Harvey, Other People’s Money, August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, The Seafarer, Looking Back – West, Bleeding Hearts, Rope’s End, The Retreat from Moscow, Fully Committed, Mating Dance of the Werewolf, The Miracle Worker, Cloud Nine, Bedroom Farce, How I Got That Story, The Affections of May, Mrs. Klein, The Gin Game, Paper Wheat.
OTHER THEATRE Cercle Molière, Globe Theatre, 25th Street Theatre, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, PTE, MTYP, Persephone Theatre, Dry Cold Productions.
ET CETERA Evie Award for Outstanding Lighting Design in 2020. Larry divides his time between engaging theatre projects and teaching yoga.
Voice & Dialect Coach
ROYAL MTC Coaching: Waitress, Little Women, The Recipe (with TPM), among men (with TPM), Trouble in Mind, The Rez Sisters, Jane Eyre. Acting: Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III.
OTHER THEATRE Coaching: The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet, Richard III (SIR); Iceland, Mary’s Wedding (TPM); Little Thing, Big Thing (PTE); Shrek (Rainbow). Acting: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Little Women, Urinetown (Dry Cold); Hamlet (Bunchback’d Toads); Passion (Red Hen Productions); Annie (Rainbow); The Odyssey (SIR); Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure (Tom-Tom Theatre).
FILM/TV Coaching: The Porter, Esther, Incident in a Ghostland. Acting: The Spencer Sisters, Love in the Alps, Burden of Truth, Nobody.
TRAINING/TEACHING MFA in Acting with a Voice Specialization from York University. Tom regularly teaches courses on voice and performance for the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg.
ET CETERA I’m so glad to be back at Royal MTC supporting another fantastic group of artists!
Assistant Set Designer
ROYAL MTC Assistant Lighting Designer: Little Women, The Recipe (with TPM), among men (with TPM). Apprentice Lighting & Video Designer: The Lehman Trilogy. Apprentice Lighting Designer: The Mountaintop.
OTHER THEATRE Lighting Designer: Miss Shakespeare (WST); From Up Here (U of W). Costume Designer: Miss Shakespeare (WST); Liars at a Funeral (Magnus); Stupid Fucking Bird (U of W). Stage Management: Something Rotten! (MTYP); Scenes from Love and Information (U of W). Assistant Lighting & Set Designer: The Prom (Dry Cold).
TRAINING BA Hons. in Theatre and Film from the University of Winnipeg, with specializations in Design, Stage Management & Production, and Directing.
ET CETERA Anika would like to thank her friends, family and mentors for their endless support.
Stage Manager
ROYAL MTC Mix Tapes From My Mom (tour), Assassinating Thomson (tour), The Secret to Good Tea.
OTHER THEATRE Kiss Me Kate, A Few Good Men, Sleeping Beauty: The Panto, Rocky: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Footloose, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, White Christmas, Mary Poppins, Sleuth, Shear Madness, The Pirates of Penzance, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Tap Dogs tour (Drayton); Tales of An Urban Indian (TiFT); British Invasion (Stage West Mississauga); Sword and the Stone (Theatre Orangeville); The Neverending Story (Roseneath/YPT/NYU).
TRAINING Graduate of Fanshawe College and Sudbury Regional Hairdressing School.
ET CETERA Sadie is glad to be back at Royal MTC for a third regional tour and she would like to pass on love to her family for all of their support – Alec especially.
Apprentice Stage Manager
ROYAL MTC Mix Tapes From My Mom (tour).
OTHER THEATRE Apprentice Stage Manager: Mary Poppins (Rainbow). Stage Manager: James and the Giant Peach JR (WST). Production Assistant: The Little Mermaid, RENT, The Wizard of Oz, The Hockey Sweater: A Musical (Rainbow).
TRAINING Graduate of University of Winnipeg with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film.
ET CETERA Thank you to my family, friends and colleagues for their never-ending support and guidance.
Marcus
ROYAL MTC Waitress, Once (with Grand).
OTHER THEATRE Rent, Strike! The Musical, South Pacific (Rainbow); Hamlet: A Modern Players Guide (SIR/Gargoyle Players); Charlie Brown, Narnia (MTYP); Afterlight (with The Keep), End of the Line (with TPM), The Ballad of Johnny Boy, “KING”, The Headliners, The Last Garden, Blink (Walk&Talk); Breaking Up With Me (JHG Creative); Pippin (with ViC), Reefer Madness (WST).
FILM/TV Alter Boys (CBC Gem); First Person Shooter (Tubi); Oh My Doctor (Flaming Macongo); La Monde De Gabrielle Roy (CBCFrench).
ET CETERA If you’d like to see more funny musicals that revolve around a piano and see me playing opposite an incredibly talented actress like this one, be sure to check out my vampire musical Afterlight this October! Tickets available at rainbowstage.ca.
The Suspects
ROYAL MTC Little Women, The Comeback, Into the Woods, The Audience (with Mirvish).
OTHER THEATRE Selected: Narnia, Spelling 2-5-5 (MTYP); Feast, Fly Me to the Moon (PTE); The Prom, The Light in the Piazza, A Man of No Importance, Into the Woods (Dry Cold); Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Timon of Athens (SIR); Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Sister Act, Annie, The Full Monty (Rainbow); The Game (Sarasvàti); Sunday in the Park with George (Gallery Works).
FILM/TV Larry Saves the Healthcare System (Research MB/Tripwire); Burden of Truth (CBC/Eagle Vision).
ET CETERA Special thanks to our Creative Team and to all at Royal MTC who helped create this show and set up the tour; to Sadie, Larissa, Carter, Josh and Duncan for being great, fun people with amazing skills and talents, to my trusted piano guide Mel Koop; and to Paul, Emma and Andrew and family and friends for their support and love. Cheers to all of you and our audiences too – thanks for the laughs!