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Playwrights
Henry, Henry and Jonathan met while training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). All core members of Mischief Theatre, they had already worked in comedy together for several years before they started out as a writing team. The three’s first piece was The Play That Goes Wrong (winner – Best New Comedy – Olivier Awards and What’s On Stage Awards). The show started out on the London and Edinburgh Fringe before touring the UK and internationally and then returned to the West End in September 2014, where it is still running. It also played on Broadway and headed out on a US tour in 2018 and has been performed in over 20 other countries around the world. Peter Pan Goes Wrong was their second piece, opening in November 2014 for a UK tour before a hugely successful West End season in Christmas 2015. They also adapted the script of Peter Pan Goes Wrong for the BBC, which was filmed with the original West End cast and broadcast in 2016. They were invited back to wreak more havoc at the BBC in 2017 with Christmas Carol Goes Wrong on BBC1. The Comedy About a Bank Robbery marks their third writing project as a trio and earned them another Olivier nomination. @mischiefcomedy and mischieftheatre.co.uk
Director
ROYAL MTC Clue (with Grand), Three Tall Women, Of Mice and Men (with Citadel), Closer, To Kill A Mockingbird (with Citadel), Vinci (with NAC).
OTHER THEATRE Highlights: Barber of Seville (Florida Grand Opera/Vancouver Opera); Cabaret, Prom Queen (Grand); Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Lost – A Memoir (TC); Twelfth Night (Bard on the Beach); S.S. Tenacity (Shaw); Trials of Ezra Pound (Stratford).
TRAINING Masters Degree – Direction – University of British Columbia.
ET CETERA Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dennis was the Artistic Director of the Grand Theatre for seven seasons and at Theatre Calgary for 11 seasons. Dennis recently wrote TOWARD BEAUTY: Reigniting a creative life on the Camino de Santiago, which follows his 830 km walk across Spain (amazon.ca).
Set & Props Designer
ROYAL MTC First engagement.
OTHER THEATRE The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, The Playboy of the Western World, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw); The Inheritance (CS); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Little Shop of Horrors (Arts Club/Citadel); Jersey Boys (Citadel); Metronome, Mob (Workshop West); Sleight of Mind (WCT).
ET CETERA Beyata enjoys assisting other designers across Canada – building maquettes, drafting, illustrating. She has an especial love for shows that embrace non-reality and the absurd, musically-driven pieces, and has an incredibly soft spot for Sondheim. On a good day, she can juggle a bit.
Costume Designer
ROYAL MTC Costume Designer: The Comeback, The Piano Teacher, Calpurnia (with NAC/Black Theatre Workshop); Tiny Plays, Big Ideas; Bang Bang (with Belfry); Last Train to Ni-broc. Associate Costume Designer: Into the Woods. Apprentice Costume Designer: Billy Elliot the Musical. 2020/21 National Mentorship Program.
OTHER THEATRE (selected) Costume Designer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Grand Ghost (Grand); Snow White, Spelling 2-5-5 (MTYP); Volare, Space Girl, Voice (PTE); Plé (Plé Collective presented by MTYP); Women of the Fur Trade (Vault Projects); Mary’s Wedding, Ice-land (TPM). Production Designer: The Player King (SIR); The Game, Two Indians (Sarasvàti). Assistant Costume Designer: Othello, The Neverending Story, The Rocky Horror Show, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford).
TRAINING University of Winnipeg.
Lighting Designer
ROYAL MTC Let’s Run Away (reWork Productions), Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Jane Eyre, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), Cul-de-sac.
OTHER THEATRE Kimberly has designed for Theatre Calgary, Citadel, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Soulpepper Theatre, National Arts Centre and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Philadelphia, Edmonton Opera, among many others.
ET CETERA She is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, a Montreal English Theatre Award and an Elizabeth Sterling Award. Kimberly is the VP of the Associated Designers of Canada.
Associate Lighting Designer
OTHER THEATRE Christian Horoszczak is a Toronto based Lighting Designer. Previous designs include: Doubt: A Parable (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Bad Roads (Crow’s Theatre); All The Sex I’ve Ever Had – Tokyo, Kyoto, Seoul, Zurich and Sydney World Pride Editions; Sex, Drugs and Criminality – Riga Edition (Mammalian Diving Reflex); Three Sisters, Entrances and Exits (Howland Company). Assistant Lighting Designer: Fall For Dance North and the Stratford Festival.
ET CETERA He is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award in lighting design.
Sound Designer
ROYAL MTC Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical (1996 – with TC).
OTHER THEATRE Come Fly With Me; Sinatra; Moving Out; Chicago; Annie Get Your Gun; 42nd Street; Dr. Dolittle; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Crazy For You; Forever Swing; Red Rock Diner; A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline; 30+ Years of Calgary Stampede Grandstand Shows.
FILM/TV Olympic Opening Ceremonies 2010–present; multiple Michael Bublé TV Specials; FIFA Stadium Openings; World Expo Dubai; Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth; Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Tour.
ET CETERA Emmy award for Outstanding Music Direction of 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony; Arranger for 10+ Grammies; Supports inclusiveness in the creative world.
Sound Associate / Composer
OTHER THEATRE Supporting work on: Come Fly With Me; Sinatra; Moving Out; Chicago; Annie Get Your Gun; 42nd Street; Dr. Dolittle; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Crazy For You; Forever Swing; Red Rock Diner; A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline; 30+ Years of Calgary Stampede Grandstand Shows; GlobalFest (10 years of Fireworks original composition); Quest Theatre: Roll for Initiative; Sage Theatre Ignite! Festival: Immediate Swoons; Dancing Monkey Laboratories: Sublimity – A Love Supreme.
FILM/TV Olympic Opening Ceremonies 2010–present; multiple Michael Bublé TV Specials; FIFA Stadium Openings; World Expo Dubai; Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth; Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Tour; Lloyd the Conqueror; Little Red Ball Circus Company; Secret history of the West; The Agreement; Wrath of God.
TRAINING/TEACHING Mount Royal Conservatory Academy, Amici String School, University of Calgary, Vancouver Institute of Media Arts; String Masters; Private coaching and teaching.
ET CETERA Supporting wild collaborative creative endeavours, technology in the arts and genuine expression!
Fight & Movement Director
OTHER THEATRE Fight Director: A Streetcar Named Desire, Prison Dancer, Jersey Boys, Clue, 9 to 5: The Musical, The Fiancée (Citadel); Cinderella (Alberta Musical Theatre Company); Deathtrap (Teatro Live!); The Ministry of Grace (Belfry). Assistant Director: Almost a Full Moon (Citadel). Actor: The Three Musketeers, Pride and Prejudice, Peter and the Starcatcher (Citadel); Glory (Chemainus Theatre Festival/National Tour/Original Cast – WCT, et al.); GIANT (Ghost River Theatre).
TEACHING Sessional Instructor – Stage Combat – MacEwan University – BFA Music Theatre Performance; AFDC – Fight Instructor.
ET CETERA Morgan is grateful to be part of The Play That Goes Wrong team! Learn more about her upcoming work at morganyamada.com and her work as one of Azimuth Theatre’s Artistic Producers at azimuththeatre.com.
Assistant Director
OTHER THEATRE Forgiveness, A Christmas Carol, Shakespeare in the Park (TC); The Three Musketeers (Citadel/Arts Club); Romeo and Juliet (Bard on the Beach); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Rosebud Theatre); US (The Globe); Alberta Kitchen Party, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Fortune Falls, The Circle (ATP).
ET CETERA Daniel Fong is a mixed-race Chinese/European performer and director born and raised in Moh-kíns-tsis (Calgary) in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta and he is beyond excited to share this silly show with Royal MTC! Daniel was the recipient of the Stephen Hair emerging artist award in 2020. Daniel is supported by his amazing wife Nadia, his friends and family. Some shows are like building a house of cards and some shows are like knocking one down!
Stage Manager
ROYAL MTC (selected) Stage Manager: The Comeback, The Mountaintop, Clue (with Grand), Into the Woods, New, Calpurnia (with NAC/BTW), Vietgone (with fu-GEN/Hope and Hell), Hand to God. Assistant Stage Manager: Burning Mom, The Color Purple (with Citadel), A Christmas Carol, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel), Chimerica. 2022/23 National Mentorship Program.
OTHER THEATRE (selected) The Nutcracker (RWB); The Little Mermaid (2023), The Wizard of Oz (2022), Mamma Mia! (Rainbow Stage); Space Girl, The War Being Waged (PTE); The Winter’s Tale/Le conte d’hiver (SIR/TCM); MTYP’s Midwinter Mosey (MTYP); The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (WJT); Meet Me at Dawn (TBTR).
TRAINING B.A. (Hons) in Theatre Production and Stage Management at the University of Winnipeg.
ET CETERA Enjoy the show!
Assistant Stage Manager
ROYAL MTC Stage Manager: First Métis Man of Odesa (Punctuate! Theatre Production).
OTHER THEATRE A Christmas Carol, West Side Story, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Sense and Sensibility, Hadestown, The Silver Arrow, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Clue, Jersey Boys and The Importance of Being Earnest (Citadel); Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Mamma Mia! and Titanic (Grand); Barvinok, Michael Mysterious and Alina (Pyretic Productions); and the national tour of First Métis Man of Odesa (Punctuate! Theatre).
TRAINING BFA in Stage Management from the University of Alberta.
Apprentice Stage Manager
ROYAL MTC The Sound of Music.
OTHER THEATRE Stage Management: Miss Shakespeare (WST); Snow White School Tour (MTYP); Neither Here Nor There (s+t); On marronne? Si ça te dit, viens (TCM/Théâtre de l’Entonnoir/l’Alliance Française de Ziguinchor). Apprentice Stage Management: Twelfth Night (SIR); Summer of Semitism, Narrow Bridge (WJT); The Velveteen Rabbit (MTYP).
TRAINING Graduate of the University of Winnipeg in Production and Stage Management.
ET CETERA Sarah (they/them) would like to thank their partner Juel and their family for all of their love and support!
Jonathan; US: Robert
ROYAL MTC First appearance.
OTHER THEATRE The Three Musketeers, The Importance of Being Earnest, CLUE, Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel/Arts Club); The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Othello, Twelfth Night, Winter’s Tale (The Shakespeare Company); Might As Well Be Dead, Murder on the Orient Express, HEIST (Vertigo Theatre); Listen Listen (Teatro La Quindicina).
TV Fortunate Son (CBC Gem).
TRAINING 2018 Graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting Program Mount Royal University Diploma in Theatre Performance.
ET CETERA Alex is thrilled to be making his Winnipeg debut with such an amazingly talented team. He hopes you enjoy the show!
Sandra
OTHER THEATRE A Christmas Carol (2019-2023), The Mousetrap, Little Women, Hamlet (TC); The Extractionist, CLUE, Sherlock Holmes and The Vanishing Thimble (Vertigo Theatre); Premium Content (Major Matt Mason Collective); The Strid (Downstage Theatre); Hamlet Frequency (The Shakespeare Company/One Yellow Rabbit: Beautiful Young Artist).
ET CETERA Vanessa is so excited for everyone to see this crazy silly show. She would love to thank her family and her partner Chris for their love and support as she navigates windows...
Max
ROYAL MTC The Sound of Music (with Citadel), Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (with Arts Club/Citadel), Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel).
OTHER THEATRE Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Jersey Boys, Crazy for You, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins, One Man Two Guvnors, The Pillowman (Citadel); Cocktails at Pam’s, Pith!, Witness to a Conga (Teatro Live!); The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance (Edmonton Opera); Little Shop of Horrors, Shear Madness, The Wizard of Oz (Mayfield); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Crazy for You, Mary Poppins (TC); The Liars, The Best Brothers (Shadow).
FILM/TV Tiny Plastic Men, Inward Edward, The Man That Got Away.
ET CETERA Andrew is the Artistic Director of the comedy-focused theatre company Teatro Live!, in Edmonton, where he lives with his outrageously talented wife Louise, whom he met in Winnipeg. @drewmacsmith
Stage Crew; US: Krista, Sandra, Annie
ROYAL MTC Into the Woods, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. 2022/23 Pimootayowin Creators Circle, 2021/22 National Mentorship Program.
OTHER THEATRE Frozen River (MTYP); Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North (Manitoba Opera); Gentleman’s Guide (Dry Cold); Reefer Madness (WST); Stronger Together (Suitcase Theatre); The Dream Catchers (Charlottetown Festival YoCo/Eastern Canada touring company); We All Got Lost (Hamilton Fringe); The Last 48 (Winnipeg Fringe); Jo’s Coat (Rainbow).
FILM/TV Kara Robinson Story, Aberdeen, Safehaven.
TRAINING Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance from Sheridan; the Second City Conservatory Programme for Improv and Sketch Comedy, Toronto.
ET CETERA Grateful five-time Royal MTC Jean Murray-Moray Sinclair Scholarship winner; recipient of the Elizabeth Mawson-Maud Whitmore scholarship for voice. Thank you to Royal MTC, my supportive family and friends, especially mom and dad.
Stage Crew; US: Max, Trevor, Jonathan
ROYAL MTC Network (with Citadel).
OTHER THEATRE The Humans (San Diego Repertory); Little Women (TC); With Bells On (Lunchbox Theatre).
TRAINING Art of Acting Studio’s Professional Conservatory, Graduate of University of Calgary’s BFA.
Annie
ROYAL MTC 2023/24 National Mentorship Program, 2023/24 Assistant Education Coordinator.
OTHER THEATRE we could be clouds (fu-GEN); Carried By The River (Red Snow Collective); A Perfect Bowl of Pho (Kick & Push Festival); Narnia (Theatre Sheridan/Bad Hats); Nobody Asked To Be Here (Musical Stage Co./Theatre Sheridan & Potassium Theatre); School Of Rock (WST).
TV Zaasakwe, Fourth Period Burnout (CBC); Colour of Scar Tissue (APTN).
TRAINING Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College.
ET CETERA Recipient of the Acting Award, Student Leadership Award and Creative Dance Project Award (Sheridan College); and the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Scholarship. Shoutout to the after school leaders program for providing accessible arts education for low income students. Thank you to my dearest friends, jj, mom, sister and ba noi.
Robert
OTHER THEATRE Escape to Margaritaville, The Louder We Get, Billy Elliot The Musical (TC); Tick, Tick... Boom!, Naughty... But Nice (Forte); Something Rotten (Shakespeare Company); Morricone + Bernstein, Ragtime (Calgary Philharmonic); Beauty and the Beast (YPT); Slipper (ATP).
FILM/TV Baroness Von Sketch Show, 1Up.
TRAINING/TEACHING Graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Joel teaches voice out of his private studio in Calgary.
ET CETERA Joel Schaefer is a Betty Mitchell Award nominated performer, music director and educator. So many thanks for love and support always to Mom, Dad, Julia, Kristi, Jamie, Garrett and Paige! @joelrschaefer
Trevor; US: Dennis
ROYAL MTC The Mountaintop, Into the Woods, The Three Musketeers, Calpurnia (with NAC/Black Theatre Workshop), It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (with TC).
OTHER THEATRE Director: The Velveteen Rabbit (MTYP); Hedda Gabler (Echo Theatre). Actor: Feast (PTE); The Prom (Dry Cold); The Tempest (Citadel); Deserter, Remember the Night (Moving Target); The Whipping Man (WJT).
FILM/TV The Porter (CBC Gem/BET); Violent Night, Vandits.
ET CETERA I’m honoured to be representing the folks creating theatre magic behind the scenes. Special Shoutout to Matthew Lagace and Gary Plouffe.
Dennis
ROYAL MTC Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical (with Arts Club/Citadel), Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel).
OTHER THEATRE A Christmas Carol, Crazy for You, Cabaret, Private Lives, The Pillowman, I Am My Own Wife, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Spamalot (Citadel); The Best Brothers, Puttin’ on the Ritz (Belfry); Funny Girl (Segal); A Little Night Music (VP); The 39 Steps, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Vertigo); and eight seasons with Freewill Shakespeare.
ET CETERA John is a co-founder of Firefly Theatre and Circus in Edmonton, and is a notable street artist whose works include The Human Fountain and the 21st Century Gargoyles.
Krista
ROYAL MTC Playwright/Actor: The Drowning Girls.
OTHER THEATRE By The Light of a Story (Theatre Orangeville); Hamlet (Rose Theatre/Shakespeare Company/Hit & Myth); The Orange Dot (Theatrefront); Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (TA); Disgraced (Magnus Theatre); God of Carnage, Cripple of Inishmaan (TC); Cockroach, Drama: Pilot Episode (ATP); Doubt (CS); All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew (Stratford); Vimy, Equus, Einstein’s Gift, Arms and the Man (Citadel); Goodnight Desdemona, Good morning Juliet (Belfry); Strawberries in January, The Red Priest (Globe Theatre). Playwriting credits include Sleight of Mind, The Castaways and The Fox. Plays co-written with Beth Graham include: Dora Maar: the wicked one, Comrades, Mules and the multiple award winning play, The Drowning Girls.