the cast
(in alphabetical order)
Tracey Ferencz (Annie Wilkes)
Drayton Entertainment: An Inspector Calls. Other theatre (selected): Estelle Singerman (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Room (Mirvish/ Grand Theatre); Hana’s Suitcase (YPT); Seeds (Blyth Festival); Afterplay (Campbell House); Becky’s New Car (ATP); Enchanted April (Theatre Calgary); The Overcoat (Canadian Stage/International Tour). Ten Seasons with the Shaw Festival. Some favourite Shaw productions include: The Petrified Forest, Cavalcade, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Film/TV (selected): The Expanse (SyFy); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure (Disney); King (Showcase).
Randy Hughson (Paul Sheldon)
Drayton Entertainment: Scrooge in A Christmas Carol: The Panto, A Few Good Men, Driving Miss Daisy. 9 seasons at the Blyth Festival. 13 seasons at the Stratford Festival. Randy has played leading roles at theatres across Canada, including Canadian Stage, Tarragon, Factory, Theatre Passe Muraille, National Arts Centre, Necessary Angel, Crow’s, Soulpepper, Citadel, Mirvish, The Arts Club, Neptune, Theatre Calgary, Centaur Theatre and the Segal Centre. He has been nominated for 9 Doras, 3 Edmonton Sterlings, 2 Vancouver Jessies and 2 Broadway Worlds, a Calgary Betty Mitchell and Gemini and has won one of each, as well as 2 Doras. He has worked extensively in film, TV, and radio.
Roy Lewis (Buster)*
Drayton Entertainment: An Inspector Calls, Death of a Salesman. Roy Lewis is a poet, playwright, director and actor. He is a Founding Member of the Obsidian Theatre Company and a sixteen season veteran of the Stratford Festival acting company. On stage he has played Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Cyclops in The Odyssey, Claudius in Hamlet, The Stage Manager in Our Town, Abel Magwitch in Great Expectations, Prospero in the Tempest, Mr. Potter in It’s A Wonderful Life, Charley in Death of a Salesman and Camillo in The Winter’s Tale. Roy has directed 10 plays, which include: Moments With You and I See the Crimson Wave: The Nat Love Story and had their premieres at the Here For Now Theatre and Talk Is Free Theatre.
*Fight Captain
the creative team
Skye Brandon (Director)
Drayton Entertainment: (directing) Mary’s Wedding, A Few Good Men, (acting) 12 Angry Men, Death of a Salesman. Other theatre: (directing) Richard II, Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Long Day’s Journey into Night, Death of a Salesman (Theatre Naught); Cymbeline, Richard II, Henry IV (1 and 2), (YXE Shakespeare Lab); Henry V, Unity (1918) (Greystone Theatre); (acting) Hamlet, Done/Undone, Iago Speaks (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); This is How We Got Here, Stones in His Pockets (Persephone Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, The Matchmaker, Titus Andronicus (Stratford). Film/TV: Just Friends (New Line); Redemption SK (Lasa Media Arts); Corner Gas (CTV). For P.B.
Doug Paraschuck (Set Designer)*
Drayton Entertainment (selected): The Sound of Soul, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Crazy For You, The Full Monty, An Inspector Calls, Kiss Me, Kate, Jersey Boys, Fiddler on the Roof, American Son, The Music Man, South Pacific, Dial M for Murder. Over 30 productions for the Stratford Festival. Director of Design and Associate Director for the UAE Golden Jubilee Celebration (2021) Expo, Dubai. Designer for Stephen Fry’s Mythos (Shaw Festival, Edinburgh Festival, English National Tour). Director of Design for the Calgary Stampede Grandstand show (2014-23). Director of Design for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics opening, medals, and closing ceremonies. Director of Design for the opening and closing ceremonies for the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. For over 35 years, Doug has designed for television, theatre, film, opera, ballet, and touring productions and has created hundreds of productions in Canada, the United States, Asia, and Europe.
Jessica Pembleton (Costume Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: Mean Girls: High School Version, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Footloose, Bittergirl The Musical, Legally Blonde: The Musical, We’ll Meet Again, It Runs in the Family, ‘ART’, Man of La Mancha, Canada 151: Better Late than Sorry, Kings & Queens of Country, Footloose, Canadian Legends, The Odd Couple, The Crazy Time, The Last Resort, Boeing Boeing, Twist and Shout: The British Invasion, Lend Me A Tenor, Legends of Harmony, The Love List, Oliver!, Harvey, Murder at the Best Western, The Melville Boys, Separate Beds, The Odd Couple, On Golden Pond. Other theatre: All Shook Up (Head of Wardrobe, Stage West Mississauga). Jessica would like to thank her amazing family and husband for all of their unconditional love and support.
Kevin Fraser (Lighting Designer)*
Drayton Entertainment: Shrek The Musical, Evita, The Full Monty, Jersey Boys, Fiddler on the Roof, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, An Inspector Calls, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Few Good Men, ELF: The Musical, The Miracle Worker, Man of La Mancha, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Death of a Salesman, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, and many more. Other theatre: Gypsy (Shaw Festival); Cirque Ambiente (Canada’s Wonderland); Beautiful Scars (Theatre Aquarius); Shakespeare In Love, Carousel (Stratford Festival). Kevin is a member of Associated Designers of Canada, and a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School. Web: kevinfraserlighting.com
Allan McMillan (Sound Designer)
Drayton Entertainment (selected): The Sound of Soul, The Crooner, Evita, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cinderella: The Panto, The Full Monty, Crazy For You, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Jersey Boys, Kinky Boots, Man of La Mancha, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Rock of Ages. Allan is a graduate of the Technical Production Program at Sheridan College, and over his 35+ years of experience, has held many positions in production, from Technical Direction, Lighting Design, Carpentry and Production Management.
Joe Bostick (Fight Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Crazy For You, Peter Pan: The Panto, Disney’s Newsies, The Miracle Worker, Rocky: The Musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, One for the Pot, Deathtrap, I’ll Be Back Before Midnight,. Other theatre (selected): Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Ragtime (Broadway & U.S. National Tours); Les Misérables, Heart of Robin Hood, Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, Beauty and the Beast (Mirvish); Heart of Robin Hood (National Theatre, Iceland/Grand Theatre, Hong Kong); Beauty and the Beast (Aquarius); Trainspotting (Canadian Stage); Romeo and Juliet (Theatre by the Bay); I Hate Hamlet (Stage West); New Canadian Curling Club (Orangeville); Romeo & Juliet (National Ballet). Trained with S.A.F.D and various Fight Masters. Founding member of Fight Directors Canada. Love to Stephanie, Devon and Jesse.
Rebecca Gibian (Assistant Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Halfway There (2024 and 2025), Perfect Wedding. Other theatre: Directing (selected): The Importance of Being Earnest (Repercussion Theatre); How to Survive in the Wild (Segal/Persephone Productions); The Flick (Centaur/Persephone Productions); Pool No Water (Persephone Productions); All Shall Be Well (Repercussion); Indecent (Assit. , Studio 180, RBC Emerging Director.) Acting (selected): Casey and Diana (Neptune Theatre); Dear Robert (VideoCabaret); Open House (Infinitheatre); Paradise Lost (CentaurTheatre); Dracula (Shaw Festival); Madness of George III (Shaw Festival.) Upcoming: Rebecca will be directing Seeker at Centaur Theatre. Rebecca is a graduate of the National Theatre School, associate artist at Centaur Theatre, and artistic director of Persephone Productions.
Paul Pembleton (Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment (selected): Stage Manager: Beehive - The ‘60s Musical, Crazy For You, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, Evita, It Runs in the Family, A Few Good Men, ‘ART’, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, The Miracle Worker, Rocky: The Musical, Holiday Inn, Man of La Mancha, The Drowsy Chaperone, Death of a Salesman, The 39 Steps, Godspell (U.S. National Tour), Harvey, Shear Madness, On Golden Pond, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (U.S. National Tour). Other theatre: Stage Manager: The Birds, Cockfight, Alcestis (Theatre Erindale, UofT); They’re Found in Trees (Theatre Orangeville); 1812 (The Foster Festival); Suds: The Musical (Carousel Playhouse).
Charles Russell (Assistant Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment: Million Dollar Quartet, Over the River and Through the Woods, An Inspector Calls, Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, Fiddler on the Loose, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Grease, The Miracle Worker, Jack and the Beanstalk: The Panto, Hairspray, Kings & Queens of Country, Million Dollar Quartet, The 39 Steps, All Shook Up, Red Rock Diner, Anything Goes, Sexy Laundry, The Music Man, The Crazy Time, The Wizard of Oz, Look No Hans!, Godspell (U.S National Tour), Oliver!, The Love List, Blue Suede Shoes, Harvey. Other theatre: The Wizard of Oz (Charlottetown Festival); Rules and Regulations for Hanging out the Wash, Extraordinary, Canada In Love (Young At Heart Musical Theatre for Seniors).
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