Cast Bios
Joey Tremblay - Jean Claude
Joey grew up in a very small hamlet called Ste. Marthe in Southeast Saskatchewan.
He received a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Regina (1987) and a diploma from the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School (1989). After working several years as a freelance actor, Joey co-founded Noises in the Attic, a theatre company mandated to produce and create new Canadian plays on the fringe festival circuit across Canada. From 1996 to 2002, Joey became Artistic Co-director of Catalyst Theatre in Edmonton where he wrote, directed and produced (and sometimes performed in) the following plays: Electra, The Abundance Trilogy, My Perfect Heaven, Elephant Wake, Songs for Sinners, The House of Pootsie Plunket, The Blue Orphan and Carmen Angel, which, combined, have garnered over 30 awards and nominations for outstanding work: including two Scotsman Fringe First awards for outstanding writing. Currently Joey is living in Regina and is pursuing his career as a freelance actor/director/writer/teacher. For Globe Theatre, Joey has written and directed, The Alice Nocturne and George Dandin. He devised and directed Fusion I, II and III. He performed in the plays A Man for all Seasons, Twelfth Night, Just So and Sylvia.
Bretta Gerecke - Director, Lighting, Set and Costume Designer
Bretta grew up in Winnipeg and has resided in Edmonton for the past 13 years. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Interior Design (1992) and from the University of Alberta with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design (1996). Bretta is the resident designer at Catalyst Theatre, where she has designed world premieres which have toured internationally to Great Britain, Australia, the U.S. and Canada. Bretta also works at The Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Theatre Calgary, Canadian Stage, Calgary Opera and Globe Theatre. She is the recipient of 13 Elizabeth Sterling Hayes Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Set, Lighting and Costume Design, The Enbridge Award for Best Emerging Artist, and was shortlisted for The Siminovitch Prize. Bretta designed a summer home on Devil’s Lake, Alberta and continues her work as an archaeological illustrator.
Sheila Crampton - Stage Manager
Globe Theatre credits: On the Line, The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz, Wit, Strawberries in January and Elephant Wake. Other Theatre(s): Lighting, sound, and staging for live events (Performance Productions, Saskatoon); Production Manager (Saskatchewan Children’s Festival) Other: Graduate of Technical Production, National Theatre School of Canada.
