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CAST
Scott Leaver | Mortimer/Ensemble
Hailing from St. Catharines, Scott is a recent graduate of the Triple Threat College
Program at Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. Most recently, Scott has
been playing the role of Omni on the ongoing first season of Team Epic (www.
teamepic.tv/Poetic Licence Productions) Previous theatre credits include Duel of
Ages (Michael Rubenfeld/True Edge Productions) The Palace of the Cinnabar
Phoenix (R.Murray Schafer/Patria Music Theatre Project), Thoroughly Modern Millie
(Tracey Flye/Bathurst Street Theatre) and Shovels and Sacks (London Fringe).
Scott is excited to make his first appearance on stage with LKTYP and would like to thank everyone for
the opportunity.
Adrienne Merrell | Sister/Ensemble
Born and raised in Flin Flon, MB, Adrienne has performed all over Canada and
currently makes her home in Toronto. Recent credits include With A Twist (Lunchbox
Theatre Calgary), Strike! the Musical (CBC live Radio broadcast/Burton Cummings
Theatre), Grease (Rainbow Stage), Hair (CanStage), Disney Dreams, The Golden
Mickeys, Hercules the Muse-ical (Disney Cruise Lines), Cinderella’s Castle (Casa
Loma), Love You Forever (Citadel Theatre), Gypsy (Mayfield Dinner Theatre), and
Kiss My Asp! (High Performance Rodeo Calgary). Animation credits include Karen Cobb (Sprays in
the City). Adrienne is so happy to be a part of this special version of Love You Forever…and More
Munsch, and she would like to thank her family of amazing friends in Toronto, her family in Winnipeg
and Bermuda, Philly, Gerry, and her fiance, Kevin for bringing a smile to her face every day! Ms. Merrell
is an honours graduate of the Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts program in Edmonton.
Jennifer Rayner | Mother/Ensemble
Jennifer couldn’t be happier to be making her LKTYP Debut. Other theatre credits
include Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre), Anne of Green Gables,
Fire (Charlottetown Festival and Stage West), Three Days of Rain, Threepenny
Opera (Persephone Theatre), Tempest (Canadian Stage Company), When We
Were Singing (Buddies in Bad Times), Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Boy’s Own
Jedi Handbook (Magnus Theatre), Pinocchio (Sudbury Theatre Centre), Cyberia
(National Arts Centre), McLuhan: the Musical (Great Canadian Theatre Company),
Always…Pasty Cline (Bluewater Summer Playhouse), Godspell, Waiting for the Parade (Georgian
Theatre Festival), Paddle Song (Smile Theatre), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Sunshine Festival Theatre)
and Wizard of Oz, Scrooge (Fanfare Productions). Originally from Ottawa, Jennifer is a graduate of the
music/theatre programmme at the University of Windsor and holds a Master of Arts and Bachelor of
Education from the University of Toronto. When Jennifer isn’t performing, she is a part-time teacher
with the TDSB.
CREATIVE TEAM
Sue Miner | Director/Co-Adaptor
Sue is delighted to be a participant in this amazing LKTYP season with Love You
Forever…and More Munsch. As an actor Sue started in TYA, touring the Maritimes
with Theatre New Brunswick’s bilingual Young Company and later Saskatchewan
with Regina’s Globe Theatre. As a director in TYA, credits include Cinderella in Muddy
York, Bed and Breakfast and Foolish Tales for Foolish Times (Puppetmongers),
Petra (Theatre Direct Canada) and Blush (Carousel Players). She has also directed
three of George Brown Theatre School’s annual plays for young audiences including The Wind in the
Willows, Cinderella and Much Ado About Munsch, a compilation of Robert Munsch stories that she
adapted with the students. Sue’s work has garnered several Dora nominations and three nominations
for the prestigious Pauline McGibbon Award for her body of work in directing. She has taught many
facets of theatre training at George Brown Theatre School, Sheridan Music Theatre, Theatre Ontario,
the Toronto District School Board and Puppetmongers School of Puppetry. Sue is co-artistic director of
Pea Green Productions with her husband Mark Brownell and has two children Lily and Gavin. Upcoming
stuff: Bella Donna at the Berkeley Street Theatre in May and The Barbeque King, a musical at the
Fringe of Toronto. Visit the Pea Green Website at www.peagreentheatre.com.
CREATIVE TEAM CONT’D
Stephen Colella | Co-Adaptor
Stephen is the Company Dramaturg for Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People.
He is a graduate of the Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) Dramaturgy program at
the University of Glasgow and has a B.A. in English with Minors in Theatre and
German from Loyola College in Baltimore. Past projects: Script Dramaturg on
Hana’s Suitcase, Dramaturgy for i think i can, Touch the Sky (LKTYP), Dramaturg
for Three Fingered Jack and the Legend of Joaquin Murieta (Alameda Theatre);
Researcher for Jason Sherman’s adaptation of Enemies (Ryerson); Dramaturg for the 2005 Paprika
Festival; Festival Dramaturg for the 2004 Paprika Festival; Script Manager for Remnants (Tarragon
Theatre). Upcoming: Dramaturg for De Colores Festival (Alameda Theatre).
Robin Fisher | Set Designer
Robin is a graduate of the Scenography Program (National Theatre School) and
the Costume Studies Program (Dalhousie University). Select design credits include
set and costumes: I,Claudia (Theatre & Co./Saidye Bronfman), What Lies Before
Us (Crow’s Theatre), A Number (CanStage), Tiny Dynamite (Theatre Smash), The
Red Priest, Perfect Pie, and Trying (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Set Design:
The Danish Play (Nightwood Theatre), Mayhem and the Naked Play (Theatre
Columbus), and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (TIP). Costume Design: Spirit Horse
(Roseneath Theatre), Hotel Loopy, The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine (Theatre Columbus), and Get
Set for Life Live (CBC). Robin received a Dora Mavor Moore award for best costume design for 36
Views (Actors Repertory Company). Upcoming: Robin will be designing set and costumes for The
Russian Play/Essays (TIP).
Mary Fulford-Winsor | Costume Designer
Mary has been Head of Wardrobe at LKTYP for the past six seasons. Her designs
were last seen here in The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate. Prior to joining LKTYP,
she was Head of Wardrobe at Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton for eight seasons,
where she was also worked as a costume designer. Aquarius costume designs
include: Musicman, War Brides, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat,
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Last Resort, Ethan Claymore, Rock and Roll, Anne
of Green Gables, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Jacob Two-Two and
The Rez Sisters. Her work has also been seen at The Elgin and Ford Centre, The Blyth Festival, The
Grand Theatre and The Mississauga Living Arts Centre. She has worked at The Stratford Festival, The
National Ballet of Canada and taught at Ryerson. Mary holds an MFA in Theatre Design from Brandeis
University, Boston. Lifelong production credits include Nathaniel (13), Madelaine (9) and Josephine (6).
She is a Psychotherapist (in supervision) at The Centre for Training in Psychotherapy.
Kimberly Purtell | Lighting Designer
Most recent design credits include The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful
Redhead (Stratford Festival), Palace of the End (Canadian Stage), Crave, Age of
Arousal (Nightwood Theatre), How It Works (Tarragon Theatre), A Beautiful View
and House (da da kamera), Chekhov’s Heartache (Theatre Smith-Gilmour), The
Russian Play / Essay (Factory Theatre). Kimberly’s designs have been critically
acclaimed both on the national and international stage. They have been seen
across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Prague,
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia. Kimberly has received 7 Dora Mavor Moore nominations for
outstanding Lighting Design and was the 2005 recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award.
J. Rigzin Tute | Sound Designer
Most recent credits include Tales of the Arabian Nights and seven other annual
children’s shows (George Brown Theatre School), The Red Horse is Leaving (The
Theatre Centre), The Medici Slot Machine (Pea Green Theatre), Ah, Wilderness!,
(Shaw Festival), Love’s Labours Lost (Resurgence Theatre), All’s Well That Ends
Well (George Brown Theatre). Other credits: Music Direction of The Threepenny
Opera and Sunday in The Park with George (George Brown Theatre/Equity
Showcase Theatre). Rigzin is a faculty member of the Ryerson and George Brown Theatre Schools
and teaches singing at his private voice studio in Toronto. Special thanks to Mom and Monique.
CREATIVE TEAM CONT’D
Kristen Kitcher | Stage Manager
Past credits for LKTYP include: Stage Manager, Duel at Dawn, Assistant Stage
Manager, Bunnicula, i think i can and Hana’s Suitcase (Tour 2007). Recent
Stage Management credits include: Tamara At The Venetian Workshop (Tamara
Management LLC), Too Many Cooks and It Runs In The Family (Upper Canada
Playhouse), The Drawer Boy (Theatre Orangeville), Beneath the Banyan Tree,
Andrew’s Tree and Petra (Theatre Direct Canada), The Power of Harriet T! (Carousel
Players), I am Yours (Equity Showcase Theatre). She would like to thank her family
and friends for their continued love and support, especially her husband Scott.
Sandi Becker | Apprentice Stage Manager
Sandi is from Ottawa where she originally trained as a performer in school and with
Opera Lyra Ottawa. She attended York University and graduated in 2003 with a
B.A. in Theatre studies. York gave Sandi her introduction to production and stage
management. Since graduation, she has been working professionally as a Stage
Manager and ASM in and around Toronto. She has recently discovered a passion
for Deaf theatre, and is currently studying American Sign Language in hopes of
helping to strengthen a Deaf theatre community in Toronto. Recent credits include: The Drawer Boy
(Theatre Passe Muraille), The Barber of Seville (University of Toronto), The Dispute (Picasso Pro),
Whale Music (Seventh Stage Productions), Ritter Dene Voss (One Little Goat), and Signing the Bard
(Shakespearelink Canada).
Elizabeth Morris | ASL Consultant
Elizabeth recently worked with LKTYP on workshops for Love You Forever…and
More Munsch. Recent credits include work as a principal performer with the National
Theatre of the Deaf, Romeo and Juliet (Signing the Bard workshop – Shakespeare
Link), The Martian Chronicle, Doctor in Spite of Himself (Gallaudet University) and
Mosaic and Road Signs, a traveling theatre group which took her to Mexico, Japan,
Australia, Romania, and South Africa. Media/Film credits include Communication:
an on-line video in ASL and a Campbell soup commercial. Elizabeth has a B.A. from
Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., majoring in Elementary Education and Educational Drama.