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FAIRYTALES COME TO LIFE IN PLAYHOUSE’S BIGGEST MUSICAL YET INTO THE WOODS, JULY 22 – AUGUST 23, SPRINGER THEATRE

GANANOQUE, ON – Not every story at Thousand Islands Playhouse can end “happily ever after”. Opening on July 22, INTO THE WOODS is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairytales. It intertwines the plots of a few choice stories to explore the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel. The tale is all tied together by an original story about a baker and his wife who go on a journey to reverse a curse, put on them by the witch next door. The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 1987, winning Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical. The Hollywood film released in 2014 also received three Academy Award nominations. “INTO THE WOODS is Stephen Sondheim’s most popular work, and it happens to be one of my favourite musicals,” says Playhouse Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran, who is directing the show. “What is so great about this piece in particular, is that it is full of familiar stories and unfamiliar surprises; it is a celebration of family, of purpose, and of overcoming obstacles in a community. Beautiful and thoughtful, I know this piece will enchant and delight our audiences.” The formidable cast and creative team will bring the storybook tales to life through incredible music, costumes, choreography, and design (full list attached). Show Times: Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, Wednesday to Saturday at 8:00 pm. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2:30 pm (starting the Sunday after opening) Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes Pricing: Regular Ticket - $32, 65 Plus - $30, Under 30 - $20

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Since 1982, the Thousand Islands Playhouse has been producing live, professional theatre with talent drawn from across Canada. With two fully accessible venues housed in historic buildings and a panoramic waterfront view of the St. Lawrence River, the Playhouse has been named, “The most charming theatre in Canada.” (CBC Radio)

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Thousand Islands Foundation For the Performing Arts Artistic Director: Ashlie Corcoran | General Manager: Richard Van Dusen Box 241 | Gananoque, ON | K7G 2T8 (P) 613-382-7086 (Box Office) 1-866-382-7020 | 613-382-7020 1000islandsplayhouse.com BIOGRAPHIES: INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Book by James Lapine Directed by Ashlie Corcoran July 22 – August 13 in the Springer Theatre CAST Ian Deakin...... Mysterious Man / Narrator Nicole Norsworthy...... Little Red Kristin Galer...... Witch Ron Pederson...... Baker Nicola Hadjis...... Lucinda Gillian Reed...... Rapunzel / Cinderella’s Mother Madison Hayes-Crook...... Florinda Katie Ryerson...... Cinderella Sara-Jeanne Hosie...... Baker’s Wife Travis Seetoo...... Jack Michael Hughes...... Rapunzel’s Prince / The Steward Shelley Simester...... Cinderella’s Stepmother / Granny / Giant Eric Morin...... Cinderella’s Prince / Wolf Marcia Tratt...... Jack’s Mother CREATIVE Director...... Ashlie Corcoran Stage Manager...... Kate Porter Musical Director...... Stephen Woodjetts Associate Director...... Rob Kempson Choreographer...... Shelley Stewart Hunt Assistant Director...... Jason Hall Set & Costume Design...... Drew Facey Assistant Stage Manager...... AJ LaFlamme Lighting Design...... Michelle Ramsay Apprentice Stage Manager...... Kelsey Rutledge Sound Designer...... William Fallon MUSICIANS Piano...... Stephen Woodjetts Percussion...... Greg Runions Bass...... Bob Arlidge Reeds...... David Smith Second Keyboard...... Erin Puttee

BOB ARLIDGE BASS

For the Playhouse: A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart Elsewhere: Forever Plaid, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Godspell, Blue Champagne, Annie, Les Misérables, H.M.S. Pinafore, Man of La Mancha, The Buddy Holly Story (Grand Theatre Kingston); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Wellington Street Theatre).

ASHLIE CORCORAN DIRECTOR

For the Playhouse: Artistic Director since November 1, 2012. Director for: Blithe Spirit, The Pirates of Penzance, Don’t Dress For Dinner, Bed & Breakfast, Dear Johnny Deere, The Ugly One, She Loves Me, Driving Miss Daisy, Salt-Water Moon, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Third Floor Elsewhere: As Director: Mustard (Tarragon Theatre); Das Ding (The Thing) (Theatre Smash/Canadian Stage); Durango (Theatre Smash/fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company); The Gay Heritage Project (Buddies in Bad Times); The Ugly One (Theatre Smash/Tarragon Theatre); The Magic Flute (Opera

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE… Philadelphia); Don Giovanni, Le Lauréat, Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters (The Glenn Gould School, RCM);The Bremen Town Musicians, Operation Superpower, The Brothers Grimm, Isis and The Seven Scorpions, Cinderella, The Bear (Canadian Opera Company); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Western Canada Theatre). As Artistic Producer & Director: Tiny Dynamite, Tijuana Cure, A Boy Called Newfoundland (Theatre Smash). Upcoming: Das Ding (The Thing) (TIP); Second Nature, The Magic Flute (Canadian Opera Company); Kiss (Theatre Smash/ Canadian Stage); Bed & Breakfast (Centaur Theatre). www.1000islandsplayhouse.com/ashlie-corcoran/ IAN DEAKIN BIOGRAPHIES: INTO THE WOODS NARRATOR / MYSTERIOUS MAN Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Book by James Lapine Directed by Ashlie Corcoran For the Playhouse: The Last Resort (1997) July 22 – August 13 in the Springer Theatre Elsewhere: 13 Seasons at the Stratford Festival including The Tempest, Cymbeline, The Odyssey, Henry IV; King Lear (Lincoln Centre NYC); Much Ado About Nothing, The Miser (City Centre NYC); School For Scandal (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Theatre Aquarius); Hairspray (Drayton Entertainment); Man of La Mancha (TBTB); She Loves Me (Rose Theatre); Sound of Music (Neptune Theatre). Film and Television: Hemlock Grove, Man Seeking Woman, The Listener, Assassin’s Creed/Syndicate.

“For Robin.” DREW FACEY SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER

For the Playhouse: The Pirates of Penzance, Waiting for the Parade Elsewhere: Evita, Stickboy, Sweeney Todd (Vancouver Opera); Merry Wives (Bard on the Beach); Das Ding (The Thing) (Canadian Stage/Theatre Smash); Deux ans de votre vie, À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou (Théâtre la Seizième); Romeo Initiative (Touchstone); Whipping Man (Pacific); “Art” (Gateway); Little Brother Little Sister (Caravan); Indian Arm, Penelope (Rumble); Educating Rita (Arts Club); Broken Sex Doll (Virtual Stage); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Western Canada). Drew was also the Exhibition Designer for Future Worlds, an interdisciplinary theatrical event at the University of British Columbia. He is the recipient of eleven Jessie Awards for outstanding design and twenty-six nominations. www.drewfacey.com WILLIAM FALLON SOUND DESIGNER

Elsewhere: As sound designer: The Immigrant (Harold Green); Imprints (Theatre Gargantua); In Transit (Segal Centre – Young Company); As You Like It (Repercussion Theatre); Cabaret (NTSC). As associate/ assistant sound designer: A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Stratford Festival); Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snow White (Ross Petty Productions); Life Reflected (National Arts Centre Orchestra); Nìagara – A Pan-American Story (Panamania); Alice Through the Looking-Glass (Charlottetown Festival); Aladdin (Disney Theatrical); This (Canadian Stage); Hair (The Grand Theatre). As production sound engineer: The Last Five Years (Toronto Summer Music Festival); The Wild Party, Once on This Island, Falsettos (Acting Up Stage); What Makes A Man (Necessary Angel); Alligator Pie (Soulpepper). William is a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. KRISTIN GALER WITCH

For the Playhouse: The Pirates of Penzance, She Loves Me, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Suds: The Rocking 60’s Musical Soap Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, Nunsense 2, Blood Brothers. Elsewhere: The Lord of the Rings (Mirvish); The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre); Mary Poppins (Port Hope); Blood Brothers (Rose Theatre Brampton); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Silvermist); Nunsense (Stage West Calgary/Mississauga); I Love You… Now Change, Oklahoma!, The Odd Couple, (Drayton); Anne of Green Gables (Grand Theatre London); Leo, The Royal Cadet (Toronto Operetta Theatre); The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Threepenny Opera (Stratford Festival). Kristin sends gratitude to all at the Playhouse, and love to her family and friends, especially her fiancé Kevin. NICOLA HADJIS LUCINDA For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Sunday in the Park with George, Sweet Charity, The Enlightenment of Percival Von Schmootz, Chess (Theatre Sheridan); 33¹/³, Star Stuck, Central Park Tango (Canadian Music Theatre Project); A Dickens of a Christmas (Canadian Opera Company). Proud graduate of Sheridan College’s Music Theatre Performance Program. “For my nieces: listen well and stay young!” www.nicolahadjis.com JASON HALL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

For the Playhouse: Playwright of Violet’s the Pilot, Rose’s Clothes, Third Floor, Assistant Director of Blithe Spirit Elsewhere: A First Class Death (Vault Festival, UK); 21 Things You Should Know About Toronto’s Crack- Smoking Mayor (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); The Match (Company of Angels/Latitude Festival, UK); Third Floor (Summerworks/Lower Ossington Theatre); Stand Sentry (Rhubarb Festival/Buddies In Bad Times Theatre); GBS (Toronto Fringe Festival/Theatre 503, UK); Eyes Catch Fire (Finborough Theatre, UK). Upcoming: Jason will be the Assistant Director of A Grand Time in the Rapids for the Playhouse’s 2016 season. Jason is the visiting artist for the 2016 season. He is also a lecturer in Playwriting at Brunel University, London, UK. MADISON HAYES-CROOK FLORINDA

For the Playhouse: Rose’s Clothes Elsewhere: Disenchanted (Broadway in Chicago), Legally Blonde, Anything Goes (Lower Ossington Theatre), Lord of the Flies (Annex Theatre) Upcoming: Disenchanted National Tour. Professional training includes Randolph Academy’s Triple Threat Program, Open Jar Institute in NYC, Broadway Artist’s Alliance, and work as an Odyssey Theatre Apprentice. Madison would like to extend a huge thanks to Mom, Dad, Jonah, Mike, Stacey, and Puck for their endless support and her numerous teachers for their dedication, generosity and kindness. SARA-JEANNE HOSIE BAKER’S WIFE

The Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: The Wild Party, Falsettos (Acting Upstage); Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, Cabaret, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, White Christmas (The Arts Club Theatre), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, (The Belfry); Chicago (Mayfield); Guys and Dolls (The Gateway); Little Shop of Horrors (Bluebridge); Odd Couple (Petrolia Playhouse), A Chorus Line, South Pacific (Chemainus Theatre). Direction & Choreography: Associate Director on A Little Night Music, Man Of la Mancha (Stratford Festival); My Fair Lady, Alice vs Wonderland (Bluebridge Rep Theatre); The Buddy Holly Story, Chickens (Chemainus Theatre); Godspell, Blood Brothers, Altar Boyz, Suds: The Rocking 60’s Musical Soap Opera (Arts Club Theatre); Ruthless, Title of Show, Glory Days, Songs for a New World. Upcoming: Rebecca Northan’s Slipper at ATP Sara-Jeanne has an album of original music entitled “In Case You Didn’t Know”. Many thanks to the Talent House. www.sjhosie.com MICHAEL HUGHES RAPUNZEL’S PRINCE / THE STEWARD

For the Playhouse: The Pirates Of Penzance, She Loves Me Elsewhere: The VPP Christmas Jamboree (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); West Side Story Suite (National Ballet of Canada, Four Seasons Centre); All Shook Up (Theatre North West); Anne and Gilbert (Harbourfront Theatre, PEI). Michael is the creator and star of the internationally acclaimed, Canadian Comedy Award nominated, Mickey & Judy. For his performance in the off-Broadway production, Michael was CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE… awarded the 2013 New York City Bistro Award for Outstanding Debut. A sought after cabaret and concert performer, Michael was featured on the David Foster & Friends concert tour alongside Sarah McLachlan, Earth Wind & Fire, and Chicago. His award-winning, self-titled album is available for purchase on iTunes. www.mickehughes.com SHELLEY STEWART HUNT CHOREOGRAPHER

For the Playhouse: The Pirates of Penzance, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Waiting For The Parade, She Loves Me Elsewhere: Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Under The Stars);The Duchess: a.k.a. Wallis Simpson (Ruby Slippers), The Drowsy Chaperone (Exit 22 Prod.); Oklahoma!, Spring Awakening (Studio 58); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Western Canada Theatre Company); I Love You Because (Intimate Theatre Prod.); Guys and Dolls (Gateway Theatre); Winter Sport (West Vancouver’s official Olympic celebration site multi-media show); motion capture choreography for Barbie: The Princess & The Pauper (Mattel). Selected performance credits: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies (Hero Tapper); The Full Monty (Patrick Street Productions); Evita, My Fair Lady (Arts Club/Stanley Theatre); CATS National Tour; Bye Bye Birdie (ABC-TV). Based in Vancouver, Shelley is a faculty member in Capilano University’s Musical Theatre Diploma program, and will be starting as the tap instructor at Studio 58 at Langara College in the fall. ROB KEMPSON ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

For the Playhouse: Associate Artistic Director. Director: Rose’s Clothes, Violet’s the Pilot. Associate Director: Dear Johnny Deere. Assistant Director/Male Ensemble: She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Writer/Director: SHANNON 10:40 (Videofag); Mockingbird (Next Stage). Co-creator/Director: explicit (Rhubarb Festival, Buddies), #legacy (HATCH, Harbourfront Centre); In My Own Skin (YRDSB); The HV Project (Community Project). Director: IMissYou (hub 14); Songs for a New World (Claude Watson). Writer/Performer: The Way Back To Thursday (Theatre Passe Muraille - Dora nomination); Performer: Hero and Leander (Common Descent/SummerWorks). Upcoming: Assistant Director for You Are Here (TIP); Writer/Director for Trigonometry (timeshare). Rob is thrilled to be back at the Playhouse again this year, the place where he saw his first ever professional theatre. More info at www.robkempson.com or @rob_kempson on Twitter. AJ LAFLAMME ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER For the Playhouse: The Pirates of Penzance Elsewhere: Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry New Opera Works); Chimerica, Julie, London Road, The Arsonists, Red, Another Africa (Canadian Stage); All Shook Up (Globe Theatre); The Unplugging, Bingo! (Factory Theatre); Waiting Room (Tarragon Theatre); A Beautiful View, The Africa Trilogy (Volcano Theatre); Kim’s Convenience, Spoon River, La Ronde, True West (Soulpepper); Tainted (Moyo Theatre); Tosca, La Traviata, Die Zauberflöte, Le Tragedie de Carmen (Highlands Opera Studio); Cabaret, A Chorus Line (Rose Theatre); Everything Must Go (Andrea Martin). Upcoming: You Are Here: A New Musical (Thousand Islands Playhouse) AJ is a graduate of Sheridan College and the University of Toronto. She is also a writer; her work can be found at www.artbytheft.com. ERIC MORIN CINDERELLA’S PRINCE / WOLF For the Playhouse: The Pirates of Penzance, The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: City of Angels (Theatre By the Bay); Falsettos (Acting Up Stage); The Three Musketeers, Little Women, Midsummer Nights Dream, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Shakespeare in the Park (Canadian Stage); Next to Normal (The Arts Club); The Wizard of Oz (a Ross Petty Production); Footloose (Drayton Entertainment). Upcoming: Assistant Director on A Grand Time in the Rapids, and the North American tour of Catalyst’s vigilante. Eric is a multi-disciplinary artist and has worked and collaborated with some of Canada’s most distinguished artists and theatre companies. Eric is a graduate of the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Training Program (2011/12), earned his BFA at the Ryerson Theatre School, and attended the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Earlier this year, Eric is the assistant director for Das Ding (The Thing), which will have its Playhouse debut this fall. His work and involvement in past productions have been recognized for the Dora, Sterling, Jessie, and Ovation Award. NICOLE NORSWORTHY LITTLE RED For the Playhouse: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Pirates Of Penzance Elsewhere: The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); The Barber of Seville (Canadian Opera Company); Annie (YPT); Fiddler on the Roof (Stage West); unEarth (Helix Dance Project). Selected film/tv credits: Bomb Girls (Global TV); Nikita (Warner Bros); Suits (USA Network); Frenemies (Disney Channel); Suicide Squad (Warner Bros). Nicole is thrilled to be a part of Into the Woods as Little Red. She is a graduate of The Randolph Centre for the Arts and recipient of the Triple Threat award. Outside of performing, Nicole is an active dance teacher and choreographer. Special thanks to Stephen and Peter, and to her supportive friends, family and Alex. RON PEDERSON BAKER For The Playhouse: She Loves Me! Elsewhere: Soulpepper, Stratford, Tarragon, The Canadian Stage Company, Theatre Passe Muraille, Citadel, MTC, Vancouver Playhouse, Arts Club, Belfry Theatre, FreeWill Shakespeare Festival, Catalyst, ATP, Teatro La Quindicina, SummerWorks. Film & Television: MADtv- 3 Seasons (FOX), The Late Late Show (CBS), Murdoch Mysteries, Insecurity (CBC), Degrassi (CTV) SideKick (YTV). Ron has a Dora Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Musical 2016, and Best Actor 2014. He also has Jessie and Merrit Award nominations. He is a recipient of the SummerWorks Performance Award, Sterling Award, RBC Arts Professional Award, and Multiple Canadian Comedy Awards including: Best Improviser 2011. As Founding Member of National Theatre of the World, he is the Artistic Producer of the Theatre Department. KATE PORTER STAGE MANAGER

For the Playhouse: Stage Manager: The Pirates of Penzance, The Importance of Being Earnest, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Drowsy Chaperone, Les Misérables, The Red Priest. Assistant Stage Manager: Don’t Dress for Dinner and Anne & Gilbert. Elsewhere: Wormwood, Sextet, The Amorous Adventures of Anatol (Tarragon Theatre); Rigoletto, Carmen (Vancouver Opera); Tom At the Farm (Buddies in Bad Times); The Dining Room (Soulpepper); The God That Comes (2b theatre company); Tribes (Theatrefront / Canadian Stage); Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project) (Theatrefront / Tarragon Theatre / Western Canada Theatre); Noises Off (Western Canada Theatre). Assistant Stage Manager: Semele (Brooklyn Academy of Music). Upcoming: Dead Man Walking (Vancouver Opera) ERIN PUTTEE SECOND KEYBOARD

For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Legally Blonde, Crazy for You, New Faces 2016 (SLC); Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen, The Medium, Dialogues of the Carmelites (University of Ottawa). Upcoming: Erin returns as a partial load professor and voice teacher in the Music Theatre Performance program at St. Lawrence College and maintains an active private voice studio in the Ottawa region Erin holds a Master’s in Musicology and is a proud member of NATS and ORMTA.

MICHELLE RAMSAY LIGHTING DESIGNER

For the Playhouse: Dear Johnny Deere, The Pirates of Penzance, She Loves Me, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Night, Blood Brothers, Poochwater Elsewhere: Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry Opera); Lucio Silla (Opera Atelier); Gertrude and Alice (Independent Aunties/Buddies in Bad Times Theatre); The Mountaintop (The Grand Theatre - London); dead reckoning (Blue Ceiling Dance); Mockingbird (timeshare); Road to Paradise (Human Cargo); huff (Native Earth Performing Arts); You Play Beautifully (Theatre New Brunswick); Cannibal the Musical (Starvox); Arcadia (Mirvish Productions/Shaw Festival); Obaaberima (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre); Sultans of the Street (YPT); The Wanderers (Cahoots Theatre Company); The Stronger Variations (Theatre Rusticle). Michelle has received five Dora Awards, a SATAward and the 2008 Pauline McGibbon Award. GILLIAN REED RAPUNZEL / CINDERELLA’S MOTHER

For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Grand Hotel, Sweet Charity, The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz, Chess (Theatre Sheridan); My Fair Lady, Nunsense, Annie, South Pacific, Into the Woods, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Brigadoon, Les Misérables, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Cinderella, Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music (Kelowna Actors Studio); The Selfish Giant (Bumbershoot Children’s Theatre).Workshops/Readings: Atlantis (Canadian Music Theatre Project). Training: Sheridan College, Music Theatre Performance GREG RUNIONS PERCUSSION

For the Playhouse: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Secret Garden, Oliver, The Music Man, Les Misérables, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Blood Brothers, Poochwater, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler On The Roof, The Drowsy Chaperone Elsewhere: Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Beauty and the Beast, Carousel, Camelot, Evita, West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, South Pacific. Greg plays regularly with the Kingston Symphony and can occasionally be heard leading his own big band. http://www.myspace.com/gregrunionsbigband KELSEY RUTLEDGE APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER

For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Stage Manager: Slip (Circlesnake Productions); Trout Stanley (Severely Jazzed Productions); The Real McCoy (4th Line Theatre). Apprentice Stage Manager: The Unplugging, (Factory); Miracle on 34th Street (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival). Upcoming: Das Ding (The Thing) (TIP – Apprentice Stage Manager) Kelsey is a graduate of Humber College’s Theatre Production Program and holds a BFA degree in Theatre Performance from Laurentian University. KATIE RYERSON CINDERELLA

For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Janet Wilson Meets The Queen (World Premiere), Generous, Pomme & ‘Restes: Shipwrecked! (GCTC); Dream a Little Dream (The Grand); The Sound of Music (NAC); The Wizard of Oz (The Globe); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hal & Falstaff, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors (a Company of Fools). A born Calgarian and raised in Ottawa, Toronto is now home for this Ryerson Theatre School grad. Katie feels incredibly lucky to be spending the summer in beautiful Gananoque doing one of her dream shows. Love and thanks to this incredible group of artists, Ashlie and the Playhouse team, my family, and Warren. Thank you for joining us, enjoy! TRAVIS SEETOO JACK

For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Sweet Charity, Pygmalion, Cabaret, Juno and the Paycock, Guys and Dolls, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Workshop Performances of 33¹/³, Spring Awakening (Shaw Festival); The Pirates of Penzance, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Stratford Festival); West Side Story (Citadel); The Sound of Music (Theatre Aquarius); Dear Santa (Upper Canada Playhouse); The Nutcracker (The National Ballet of Canada). Upcoming: Sleeping Beauty (Ross Petty Productions) James and the Giant Peach (Young Peoples Theatre) Travis trained at the National Ballet School, Sheridan College, Slate Family Academy (Shaw Festival), and the Banff Citadel Professional Training Program. He was the recipient of the Lindsay Thomas Award (Stratford Festival) Newton Award (Shaw Festival), and a Sterling Award. A Kingston native, he attended his very first summer theatre camp at the Thousand Islands Playhouse when he was 11 years old. SHELLEY SIMESTER CINDERELLA’S STEPMOTHER / GRANNY / GIANT

For the Playhouse: The Pirates of Penzance Elsewhere: Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival/Citadel Theatre); Man of La Mancha (The Globe Theatre); Sweeney Todd, Elf (Neptune Theatre); Queen Marie (4th Line Theatre); Rocky Horror Picture Show, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz (The Citadel Theatre); [title of show] (Angelwalk Theatre); Music Man (The Stratford Festival). TV and Film: Reign, Saving Hope.

DAVID SMITH REEDS N/A

MARCIA TRATT JACK’S MOTHER

For the Playhouse: As an actor: The Drowsy Chaperone, Les Misérables, Anne & Gilbert, The Beggar’s Opera, Seven Stories. As director: Having Hope at Home, Dads ll Elsewhere: Belles Soeurs the Musical (National Arts Centre / Montreal Segal Centre for the Arts); The Wedding Singer (Stage West Calgary); Hilda’s Yard (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Theatre Calgary); Anne of Green Gables (Grand Theatre London); Beauty & the Beast (Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto); Blithe Spirit (Showboat Festival); Nunsense (Toronto Free Theatre). Elsewhere as director: The Drawer Boy, Sexy Laundry, Having Hope at Home, The Shape of a Girl, Wrong for Each Other, Cakewalk, Educating Rita. Upcoming: Belles Soeurs the Musical (Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown PEI). “Love always to Dave & Alma.” STEPHEN WOODJETTS MUSICAL DIRECTOR / PIANO

For the Playhouse: Debut Elsewhere: Selected music direction credits: Man of La Mancha (Globe); Mary Poppins, Singin’ In The Rain (Capitol Arts Centre & Rainbow Stage); Sweeney Todd, Edwin Drood (Vertigo); The Producers, All Shook Up (Stage West Calgary); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre Calgary); Dreamgirls (Manitoba Theatre Centre/Theatre Aquarius/Stage West Calgary); Urinetown (CanStage). Composer credits: Stratford Festival for 14 seasons, original music for the “Wingfield” series of plays, Much Ado About Nothing (Globe Theatre); creating the musicals 9 Months, 9 Months Two and Adam and Eve. Directing credits: Carousel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (University of Windsor); Jacques Brel… (National Arts Centre); The Happy Prince (Hermione Presents). Mr. Woodjetts is the recipient of four Betty Mitchell Awards (Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, Berlin to Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), and a Dora Mavor Moore award for Urinetown, all for Outstanding Music Direction – and is currently on the faculty of the Music Theatre program at Sheridan College.