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  Directed by Jillian Keiley

  

  Directed by Jillian Keiley

  Jillian Keiley has directed and taught across Canada and internationally.  She was the founding Artistic Director of Artistic Fraud.  Highlights from her 27 years with the company include In Your Dreams Freud, Under Wraps, AfterImage, The Cheat, The Chekhov Variations, and Salvage: Story of a House, Oil and Water, Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, and I Forgive You, most of which were featured on tours across Canada including the NAC. Jillian assumed her role as NAC English Theatre Artistic Director in 2012 and finished her tenure in 2022.   Other NAC productions include A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid and Copenhagen. She also directed Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, and As You Like It for the Stratford Festival, as well as The Neverending Story and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, both produced as collaborations between the Stratford Festival and the NAC. Tempting Providence, her collaboration with Robert Chafe for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, toured internationally for 12 years. Her production of Tell Tale Harbour at the Confederation Centre for the Arts was a blockbuster hit at the Confederation Centre this past summer and she looks forward to opening summer productions of Richard the Second at the Stratford Festival and Come From Away in Gander, Newfoundland.   Jillian holds Honorary Doctorates of Letters from both Memorial University and York University, and she was the winner of the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize in 1997.

  Metteure en scène primée de St. John’s, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Jillian Keiley est la fondatrice de la compagnie de théâtre Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. Elle a signé des mises en scène et enseigné partout au Canada, et elle a aussi travaillé à l’étranger. Titulaire d’un baccalauréat en Beaux-arts avec concentration en Théâtre de l’Université York, Mme Keiley a remporté le prestigieux prix Siminovitch (mise en scène) en 2004, ainsi que le prix John-Hirsch du Conseil des arts du Canada, et a reçu des doctorats honorifiques en Lettres de l’Université Memorial et de l’Université York. Jillian est entrée en poste comme directrice aretistique du Théâtre anglais du CNA en août 2012, et les productions qu’elle a mises en scène au CNA comprennent The Neverending Story, Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid, Tartuffe, Oil and Water et Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Récemment, elle a mis en scène Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank et As You Like It pour le Festival de Stratford, et ses productions de Tartuffe (CNA) et The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud) ont tourné à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Tempting Providence, fruit de sa collaboration avec Robert Chafe pour Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, a tourné sur la scène mondiale pendant douze ans et a été la production inaugurale lors du lancement du Nurse Myra Bennett Theatre à Cow Head, Terre-Neuve, l’été dernier.

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  Featuring Sean Arbuckle

  

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  Featuring Tim Campbell

  

  Featuring Tim Campbell

  Tim has appeared in over 35 productions at the Stratford Festival, including John Proctor in The Crucible, Buckingham in Henry VIII, Chris Keller in All My Sons, and Horatio in Hamlet. Other theatre credits include Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC); Death of a Salesman, Twelve Angry Men, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Soulpepper); and Private Lives (Chicago Shakespeare). Recent film and TV credits: Robyn Hood (Global), Under the Banner of Heaven (FX), You Can Live Forever (Prospector Films), and V/H/S/94 (Shudder).

  Tim a joué dans plus de 35 productions présentées au Festival de Stratford, notamment John Proctor dans The Crucible, Buckingham dans Henry VIII, Chris Keller dans All My Sons et Horatio dans Hamlet. Parmi ses autres collaborations au théâtre, mentionnons :  Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.); Death of a Salesman, Twelve Angry Men, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Soulpepper); et Private Lives (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Au cinéma et à la télévision, on a pu le voir récemment dans Robyn Hood (Global), Under the Banner of Heaven (FX), You Can Live Forever (Prospector Films) et V/H/S/94 (Shudder).

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  Featuring Laura Condlln

  

  Featuring Laura Condlln

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  Featuring Ijeoma Emesowum

  

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  Featuring Jordin Hall

  

  Featuring Jordin Hall

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  Featuring Kim Horsman

  

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  Featuring Andrew Iles

  

  Featuring Andrew Iles

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  Featuring Roy Lewis

  

  Featuring Roy Lewis

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  Featuring Hilary McCormack

  

  Featuring Hilary McCormack

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  Featuring Katelyn McCulloch

  

  Featuring Katelyn McCulloch

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  Featuring Andrew Robinson

  

  Featuring Andrew Robinson

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  Featuring Jake Runeckles

  

  Featuring Jake Runeckles

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  Featuring Rylan Wilkie

  

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  Featuring Mamie Zwettler

  

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  Designer Bretta Gerecke

  

  Designer Bretta Gerecke

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  Composer Hawksley Workman

  

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  Sound Designer Don Ellis

  

  Sound Designer Don Ellis

  Sound design credits include The Neverending Story (NAC/Stratford Festival); Anne and Gilbert, A Christmas Carol (NAC); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It (Stratford Festival); The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Under Wraps, Afterimage, Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Ann and Seamus (Shallaway); Rick Mercer's Show Me the Button, I'll Push It. Film/TV: Boom Operator: Republic of Doyle, Random Passage (CBC); Love and Savagery (Morag); Rare Birds. Production sound: Danny (NFB); Misery Harbour (UIP Denmark). Producer/engineer: Hunter Hunter, Spectators (Amelia Curran); Dardanelles, The Eastern Light (Dardanelles); The Once, We Win Some We Lose (The Once); All Will Be Well (Fortunate Ones). Musician: Boy on Bridge (Alan Doyle). Awards: JUNO for Hunter Hunter; East Coast Music Award for The Once, Duane Andrews; MUSIC NL - Industry Professional of the Year.

  Les conceptions sonores signées Don Ellis comprennent : The Neverending Story (CNA/Festival de Stratford); Anne and Gilbert, A Christmas Carol (CNA); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It (Festival de Stratford); The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Under Wraps, Afterimage, Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Ann and Seamus (Shallaway); Show Me the Button, I’ll Push It de Rick Mercer. Il a été perchiste au cinéma et à la télévision, dans Republic of Doyle et Random Passage (CBC), Love and Savagery (Morag) et Rare Birds. On lui doit la sonorisation de Danny (ONF) et de Misery Harbour (UIP Danemark). Il a agi comme producteur et ingénieur du son dans : Hunter Hunter, Spectators (Amelia Curran); Dardanelles, The Eastern Light (Dardanelles); The Once, We Win Some We Lose (The Once); All Will Be Well (Fortunate Ones). Comme musicien, on l’a entendu dans Boy on Bridge (Alan Doyle). Don a également remporté plusieurs prix, dont un prix JUNO pour Hunter Hunter, le East Coast Music Award pour The Once, Duane Andrews et un prix MUSIC NL comme Professionnel de l’année dans l’industrie.

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  Movement and Puppetry Director Brad Cook

  

  Movement and Puppetry Director Brad Cook

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  Associate Director Mikaela Davies

  

  Associate Director Mikaela Davies

  Mikaela Lily Davies is an actor, director and creator. She is a 2020 graduate of the prestigious CBC Canadian Film Centre's Acting Conservatory. She has performed in eight shows with Soulpepper Theatre (Two Dora Mavor Moore nominations for Best Ensemble) and spent four seasons at The Stratford Festival, playing Katherine of France in Breath of Kings, Irma in The Madwoman of Chaillot and Beatrice-Joanna in The Changeling. She is a graduate of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction and the inaugural recipient of the Jon Kaplan Canadian Stage Performer Award. She holds a Elizabeth Sterling Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Comedic Performance for the titular role Miss Bennet at The Citadel Theatre and a Montreal English Theatre Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performance for her work as Bess in The Last Wife at The Centaur Theatre. She has directed and created a handful of plays with Polly Phokeev including the award-winning How We Are, and The Mess. You can see her on this season's Murdoch Mysteries and hear her on Audible, voicing Lila in Camilla Gibb's beautiful novel, The Relatives. Most recently, she directed and co-created a new original musical adaptation of Master and Margarita created with Phokeev and Hailey Gillis, that received a workshop production at Crow's Theatre.

  Mikaela Lily Davies est comédienne, metteure en scène et créatrice de nouvelles œuvres. Elle joué dans huit spectacles au théâtre Soulpepper et a passé quatre saisons au Festival de Stratford (Katherine de France dans Breath of Kings, Irma dans The Madwoman of Chaillot et Beatrice-Joanna dans The Changeling). Elle est comme comédienne et membre du Michael Langham Conservatory for Classical Direction. Mme Davies est la première lauréate du Jon Kaplan Canadian Stage Performer Award, et a été mise en nomination pour un prix Elizabeth Sterling Haynes pour sa prestation dans Miss Bennet, ainsi qu’un Montreal English Theatre Award pour sa prestation dans The Last Wife.

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  Stage Manager Brian Scott

  

  Stage Manager Brian Scott

  Brian is happy and grateful to return to the NAC.  Thank you’s to Jillian, Andy, Samira, the Copenhagen Company, and all the staff at NAC English Theatre. Previous productions at the National Arts Centre include the just-before-the-pandemic-hit The Neverending Story, Alice Through The Looking-Glass (both produced in association with the Stratford Festival) and Frida K.

  The original stage manager on this production of Copenhagen is Kai Yueh Chen. Brian would like to thank Kai for all of his help and assistance on this second rehearsal/performance process. 

  Brian lives in Stratford, Ontario.

  Brian est heureux et reconnaissant de revenir au CNA. Merci à Jillian, Andy, Samira, à la Copenhagen Company et à tout le personnel du Théâtre anglais du CNA. Parmi ses précédentes productions au Centre national des Arts, citons The Neverending Story, Alice Through The Looking-Glass (toutes deux produites en association avec le Festival de Stratford) et Frida K.

  Le régisseur original de cette production de Copenhagen est Kai Yueh Chen. Brian souhaite remercier Kai pour toute son aide et son assistance lors de ce deuxième processus de répétition/spectacle.

  Brian habite à Stratford, en Ontario

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  Assistant Stage Manager Jacki Brabazon

  

  Assistant Stage Manager Jacki Brabazon

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  Assistant Stage Manager Loreen Gibson

  

  Assistant Stage Manager Loreen Gibson

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