For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Heresy (Paprika Festival); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Eclipse Theatre Company); Chelsea Sunrise, On the Town, Phantom of the Opera and Crazy for You (Theatre Sheridan); Erik with a K (Canadian Music Theatre Project); Mamma Mia (Theatre St. John’s); The Diviners (Upstage Production). 

Michael is so happy to be working with this incredible team and working on one of Canada’s most loved musicals!

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Framed (Lighthouse Theatre); Plaid Tidings (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Evil Dead The Musical (Starvox Entertainment); Merrily We Roll Along, Violet, Hairspray, American Idiot (YES Theatre); Girl Crazy (Smile Theatre); The Four Of Us (Foxglove Theatre); The Tempest (Ravenous Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Old Flame Brewing Co.); Oliver! (Stratford Festival).    

Christopher is delighted to be spending his summer in Gananoque and to be a part of this classic Canadian musical!

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: We Will Rock You (Starvox); Avenue Q, Urinetown, We Will Rock You, Cinderella (Stephenville Theatre Festival); We are Canadian (Charlottetown Festival Young Company). 

Thomas is thrilled to be part of Anne of Green Gables with the Thousand Islands Playhouse! Thomas is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Musical Theatre Performance program. Thank you and enjoy the show!

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Mamma Mia (Globe Theatre); Grease (Royal Caribbean International); From Page to Stage (Aria Entertainment); 9 to 5, Naughty Cat and The Cheesy Moon (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Spring Awakening, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Randolph Academy).

Seanna is thrilled to make her Thousand Island Playhouse debut alongside the ever inspiring Stephanie Graham. Lots of love to her incredibly supportive family and friends, and the incomparable Sarah Matton of 10TalentManagement. Instagram:@seannadawn

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: The Wizard of Oz, Crazy For You, Damn Yankees (Mirvish Productions); Hairspray, West Side Story, Honk, Sister Act (Drayton Entertainment); It’s A Wonderful Life, The Rocky Horror Show, A Christmas Carol, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, Man of La Mancha (Theatre Aquarius); Larry’s Party, The Dreamland (Canadian Stage/NAC); Lady Be Good, Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Manitoba Theatre Centre); The Wild Party (Acting Up Stage); Gypsy, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Neptune Theatre); Shaw and Charlottetown Festivals, as well as 5 seasons with the Stratford Festival. Film & TV: Hairspray (New Line Cinema); Music Man, Flash Forward (Disney); Suits (Universal); Downsizing (Paramount Pictures); Murdoch Mysteries, This Is Wonderland, More Tears (CBC); Damien, Breakout Kings (A&E); The Firm, Covert Affairs (NBC); The Listener, Flashpoint (CTV); Nikita (CWTN); Goosebumps (Fox).

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Rock of Ages (Stage West Calgary); Crazy For You, Beauty and the Beast, King Arthur: The Panto (The Capitol Theatre); The Wizard of Oz, I Think I Can (YPT); Drinking Alone, The Melville Boys, Barefoot in the Park, Blood Brothers, The Full Monty, Cabaret, The War Show, A Christmas Carol (The Rose Theatre); All Shook Up (Stage West Mississauga); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (The Empire Theatre.

Jamie is more than excited to be making her Thousand Islands Playhouse debut this summer. She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School and has been performing in both theatre and musical theatre across Canada. As well as being a classically trained actor, singer, and dancer, Jamie is also an accomplished classical and jazz pianist. She has received the Second City Comedy Award while training at George Brown, and is a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner for the production of Wizard of Oz at Young People’s Theatre in Toronto.  A special thanks to her husband, Gerry and her ever supportive parents. 

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Scenes from the Bathhouse (Talk is Free Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Theatre by the Bay); Hugh and I (Toronto Fringe); Oklahoma!, RENT, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Central Park Tango (Theatre Sheridan). Film/TV: Anne with an E (Netflix/CBC), Between (Netflix/CityTV), Stage Fright (Serendipity Point Films), Cherry Beach Comedy (TOSketchfest/MTL Zoofest- OFF JFL). 

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Kitsault (Workshop- Pucl & Price); Charlie: Son of Man, Context (Echo Productions); Evil Dead: The Musical, Disenchanted, Cannibal! The Musical (Starvox Entertaiment); Urinetown, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Blue Champagne (Stephenville Theatre Festival). 

Upcoming: Going In (Backlash Pictures) 

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere:  Fiddler on the Roof (Capitol Theatre); Into The Woods, Kiss Me, Kate, Crazy For You, Footloose (Theatre Sheridan); The Charlottetown Young Company (Confederation Centre of the Arts). 

Emily is absolutely delighted to be making her debut at Thousand Islands Playhouse as Anne in Anne of Green Gables. She is a proud Maritimer, and graduate of Sheridan College’s Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program. Emily would like to thank her incredible friends and family, far and wide, for their endless support and encouragement. Special dedication to Kent and Mama Jude, with all my love.

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Freaky Friday, Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius); Wizard of Oz (Ross Petty); A Chorus Line, As You Like It (Stratford Festival); Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Beauty and the Beast, Singing’ In the Rain, Footloose, Anne of Green Gables, Damn Yankees (Drayton Entertainment); My Fair Lady (Port Hope); Cabaret (MTC). Film/TV: Reign, Sunshine on Leith.

Conor is a proud graduate of the Randolph Academy and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Thanks to Shane and our families. It’s so great to be back in Avonlea. 

For TIP: Debut 

Elsewhere: Anne and Gilbert (The Guild Theatre); Crazy For You, Kiss Me Kate, Trap Door (Theatre Sheridan); Chelsea Sunrise (CMTP).

Jacob is ecstatic to be back in Avonlea and to be sharing one of his favourite stories and shows with you. Thanks to my family and the TH team for their unwavering support. Instagram: @jisheffield 

For TIP: Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, The Music Man

Elsewhere: The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre); Mamma Mia (Globe Theatre, Capitol Theatre); Little Mermaid (Globe Theatre); White Christmas (The Producing House/Sony Centre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (The Grand Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick); Disney’s Aladdin (Silvermist Productions); Forever Plaid (Sudbury Theatre, The Piggery); Miss Saigon (Mirvish Productions).

Upcoming: Writer/Director/Producer for Torrent Productions 4th Annual Merry Magical Pantomime – Jack and the Beanstalk

So Happy to be back at TIP. Farmers feed cities. Know your farmer. Buy local. Enjoy the show!

For TIP: Into the Woods, The Drowsy Chaperone, Les Miserables, Anne and Gilbert, The Beggar’s Opera 

Elsewhere: Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical (Segal Centre, NAC, Confederation Centre, Theatre Calgary); Beauty & the Beast (Grand Theatre, London); Halfway There, Hilda’s Yard, Looking (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Oliver! (Drayton Festival). 

So happy to be back performing at this beautiful theatre! Thanks to all, and love to Dave (see us at “What We Do With Dave and Marcia” on YouTube) and my Alma. 

TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Under the Stairs (Young People’s Theatre); Mary and Max (Theatre Calgary); One Small Step (Toronto Fringe); Ai-Yah! Sweet and Sour Secrets (Lunchbox Theatre); Pinocchio: A Merry Magical Pantomime (Torrent Productions); Life After (Canadian Stage/Musical Stage Company); Senza Luce (Theatre Sheridan).

Upcoming: Launchpad (Musical Stage Company)

Love to Mommy and Papa, her wonderful friends, and Kola. Instagram: @kelseeyverzotti

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Anne Of Green Gables (The Charlottetown Festival); Newfoundland Mary (Lunchbox and Smile Theatres); Marvelous Wonderettes (Gravenhurst); Calendar Girls (Moonpath Productions); The Producers (Stage West); Mamma Mia, Crazy For You (Mirvish Productions); ShowBoat, Ragtime (Livent); Beauty And The Beast (Disney).

She is looking forward to spending time in Gananoque and her cottage in Brighton this summer.

For TIP: Debut 

Elsewhere: Once (Ed Mirvish Theatre); Sound of Music (Princess of Wales); Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat (LIVENT touring); Suds, Buddy Holly, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Singing in the Rain, High Society, She Loves Me, Funny Girl, My Fair Lady (Arts Club); Bright Star, Tent Meeting (Rosebud Theatre); Once (Theatre St John’s); Hello Dolly, Sound of Music, Little Women (Chemainus Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof (WCTC); Gypsy, Kiss Me Kate, Chess, Fiddler on the Roof (Marcello Productions, Touring); Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); Diamond Tooth Gertie’s (DTG Gambling Hall); Hello Dolly, The Music Man, Cabaret (Limelight). One Piano, Two Canadians with husband, pianist Jim Hodgkinson (headline comedy act), Silversea. Piano Lounge and Cabaret Singer (m/s Paul Gauguin, Celebrity Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Holland America, RCCL). TV: Super Dave’s All Star’s. Playwright: 21 Reasons to Come Home to Walsh, Good Morning Cottage Country. 

Upcoming: Piaf/Dietrich (CAA Theatre) 

For TIP: You Can’t Take It With You, The Music Man

Elsewhere: Director/Choreographer: Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia, Shrek-The Musical, The Little Mermaid, All Shook Up (Globe Theatre); The Last Five Years (YRG); Back in ’59 (Stephenville Festival); Johnny Belinda (Smile Theatre). Choreographer: Cinderella, The Addams Family (Neptune); Fun Home, Grey Gardens, The Wild Party (Musical Stage Company); Chariots of Fire (Grand Theatre); Crazy For You (Capitol Theatre); Kiss Me Kate, Dogfight, Colours in the Storm (Theatre Sheridan); Spamalot (Stephenville Festival); It’s a Wonderful Life (Theatre Aquarius); Mary Poppins, The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe Theatre); Next to Normal (RMTC).

Upcoming: Director/Choreographer: Chicago, Billy Elliot-The Musical (Globe Theatre), Choreographer: Peter Pan (Neptune). 

So thrilled to be back at TIP working on one of her favourite shows! Thank you for supporting live theatre. www.stephaniegraham.ca

For TIP: You Are Here 

Elsewhere: Beauty and the Beast (Globe Theatre); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Eclipse Theatre Company); Belles Soeurs: The Musical, Funny Girl, Forever Plaid, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Play’s the Thing (Segal Theatre); Demain matin Montréal m’attend (Théâtre du Nouveau Monde & Quebec Tour); Belles-Soeurs: Théâtre Musical (Place des Arts & Quebec Tour); Last Night at the Gayety, Schwartz’s: The Musical (Centaur Theatre); The Cradle Will Rock, Senza Luce, Dogfight (Theatre Sheridan); Rooms: A Rock Romance, Altar Boyz, Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins (CETM); The Last 5 Years (Toronto Summer Music)

Upcoming: L’homme de la Mancha (Théâtre du Rideau Vert) 

Chris is a graduate of Dawson College’s Professional Theatre Program and McGill University (B.A. in music and theatre). 

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Sound Designer: Once, Shrek! The Musical, Addams Family (Neptune Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Grand Theatre). Acting Head of Audio, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival; FOH Engineer: Coriolanus (Stratford); Jesus Christ Superstar (Stratford, La Jolla Playhouse)

Upcoming: Sound Designer, Ring of Fire (TIP); FOH Engineer, The Neverending Story (Stratford)

For TIP: This is Robin’s 9th season designing for the Playhouse.  Her most recent credits include Set and Costumes for Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, and costumes for The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee.

Elsewhere: Select designs include set and costumes for: Avenue Q (Citadel Theatre), Torn Through Time (Manitoba Theatre for Young People), Obeah Opera (Luminato Festival), The Dining Room (Soulpepper).  Set:  Cottagers and Indians (Tarragon Theatre) and Acquiesce (Factory Theatre).  Costumes: Dream a Little Dream (The Grand Theatre), Mamma, Mia! (Globe Theatre), and The Wizard of Oz (Young People’s Theatre). 

Robin is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore awards and the 2015 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award for Costume Design. www.robinfisher.ca

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Choreographer/Asst. Dir: A Chorus Line (Rainbow); Asst. Choreo: Mary Poppins (Rainbow); Asst. Dir/Choreo: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre Sheridan); Choreo: Across The Universe (Stratford PAL Benefit); The Big Boom Theory (Celebrations). As a performer: 5 Seasons at the Stratford Festival and many Canadian regional theatres.

Upcoming: Choreographer: Cinderella (Rainbow)

Thrilled to be part of this production of Anne! Gratitude to Stephanie, Brett, TIP and the cast for this learning opportunity! The services of Alexandra Herzog are made possible through Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program, funded by the Ontario Arts Council. 

For TIP: Somewhere Beyond the Sea, SUDS! The Rollicking 1960’s Musical, Driving Miss Daisy, Midsummer: A Play with Songs.

Elsewhere: KAMP (EFT/Neptune Theatre); Brighton Beach Memoirs (HGJT); The Journey (Daniel’s Spectrum Corp.). Awards: Guthrie and The Tom Patterson Award (Stratford Festival); 8 Merritt Nominations – 3 Awarded (Theatre Nova Scotia); Pauline McGibbon Nominee; Finalist, The Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award. 

Upcoming: Reservations For Six (Theatre Aquarius)

Sean is a graduate of York University; Post-Graduate studies, Humber College. www.seanmulcahydesign.com

For TIP: Tuesdays with Morrie (Associate Lighting Designer)  

Elsewhere: The Horse and His Boy, Wilde Tales (Shaw Festival); Miracle on 34th Street, A Year with Frog and Toad, Shrek and The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre); Steel City Gangster, On a First Name Basis,The Ladies Foursome (Theatre Aquarius); Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Avenue Q (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Unnecessary Farce, The Men’s Foursome and Sexy Laundry (Drayton Entertainment); Elegies: A Song Cycle (Acting Up Stage); The Last Resort (Globe Theatre). 

Siobhan is the Associate Lighting Designer on the Canadian production of Come from Away. Siobhán was recently nominated for a Pauline McGibbon Award. www.siobhansleathdesign.com

For TIP: Midsummer, The Birds and the Bees, Educating Rita, The Importance of Being Earnest, Suds!, Somewhere Beyond the Sea.

Elsewhere: La bohème, The Abduction from the Seraglio (Canadian Opera Company); Once, Billy Elliot, A Couple of Blaguards, Hairspray, The Lion King (Mirvish Productions); Jukebox Hero (Anerin/Mirvish Productions); The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, Sleeping Beauty (Ross Petty Productions); Billy Bishop Goes to War (Soulpepper); Medée (Royal Opera Versailles/Opera Atelier); Fun Home, Passing Strange, A Craigslist Cantata (Musical Stage Company). Ten seasons with Opera Atelier, including tours to Glimmerglass and the Royal Opera Versailles, nine seasons with Soulpepper, productions with Starvox, Obsidian, Tarragon, Nightwood, Theatre Smith Gilmour, Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Art of Time Ensemble, Nuit Blanche, and Drayton Entertainment. 

Upcoming: Rusalka (Canadian Opera Company)

Jessica is a graduate of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. 

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager: Idomeneo (Opera Atelier); The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre). Apprentice Stage Manager: Actéon And Pygmalion, The Marriage Of Figaro (Opera Atelier); To Kill A Mockingbird (Stratford Festival); acquiesce (Factory Theatre); Crazy For You (Capitol Theatre); Script Supervisor: Ross Petty’s A Christmas Carol; Production Assistant: Stratford Festival; Stage Management Intern: Wicked (Broadway). 

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Dear Evan Hansen (Mirvish); The Abduction from the Seraglio (Canadian Opera Company); Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life (Musical Stage Company, Outside the March); Fun Home (Musical Stage Company); Life After (Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage, Yonge Street Theatricals); KISS (Canadian Stage); Breath in Between (Crow’s Theatre); A Bear Awake in Winter (Binocular Theatre, NSTF); Catapult Festival (Convergence Theatre); Workshop Producer – Dixon Road; Associate Producer – Box 4901 (Summerworks). 

Upcoming: Asking for It (TIP)

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere: Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre/Project Humanity); Mary Poppins, Newsies, The Producers, Beauty & The Beast, The Little Mermaid (Lower Ossington Theatre). 

Karli is a graduate of Queen’s University Department of Drama and Faculty of Education. Special thanks to her family and friends for their love and support, and the children of Avonlea for the fun!