For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Marjorie Prime (Coal Mine Theatre); Paradise Lost, Merry Wives of Windsor, The Front Page (Stratford Festival); Mustard, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs, Humble Boy, The Fall, Communion (Tarragon Theatre), A Whistle in the Dark, Marion Bridge, Domesticated (Company Theatre) among others.
Sarah has been seen in theatres from St John’s, NFLD to Victoria, BC. A graduate of George Brown Theatre, she began her career in 1996, as an apprentice actor at Stratford. She has appeared in over 20 productions at the Festival. A fan of new play development, she has premiered works for Erin Shields, Kat Sandler, Daniel MacIvor, Colleen Murphy and other remarkable Canadian writers. She is the recipient of 2 Dora awards (4 Dora nominations) as well as a 2020 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for her work in Marjorie Prime. You can also see Sarah on Anne with an E, Ginny and Georgia and Murdoch Mysteries. She would like to thank everyone at TIP for making this show possible, it’s great to be back!

For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Taming of the Shrew, Moby Dick (Stratford Festival). Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Engaged, Light Up The Sky (Shaw Festival), Oleanna (Theatre New Brunswick), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Stephenville Festival), The Arsonists, London Road (Canadian Stage). Oliver (National Arts Centre) among many others. Upcoming: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto)
Shawn was in the original Canadian cast of Jersey Boys and the original American cast of Mamma Mia. He made his Pacific Opera debut in The Mikado. He was Playwright-In-Residence at the Charlottetown Festival in 2019 where he also played Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables. His autobiographical one man show, Ghost Light, has had seven productions so far across Canada. It was published in 2018 and was one of 4 finalists for the international LAMBDA award, the others being from South Africa, USA and the Philippines. The show is about his mother Regina’s life and death. In it, Shawn plays both himself and his mum. Shawn’s awards include the Dora, Guthrie, Newton and My Entertainment prizes plus a few nominations for the Broadway World Award. He was thrilled to play the murderous Andrew Trevor on Murdoch Mysteries. He trained at Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts and now teaches acting at a few colleges. His performance tonight is for Nika.

For TIP: Blessings in Disguise (Actor)

Elsewhere: Nell Gwynn (National Theatre School of Canada); A Doll’s House: Part 2 (Mirvish Productions/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), Dancing at Lughnasa, (Shaw Festival – Wall Street Journal’s 2017 Best Revival of a Modern Play) The Lion in Winter, Fly Me to the Moon, (The Grand Theatre); Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Sense and Sensibility, Morning After Grace, Private Lives, The Seagull (Royal MTC); Awaken (zone41/Shakespeate in the Ruins), The Miser of Middlegate (zone41/Theatre Projects Manitoba); Village Wooing (zone41). Associate Director: All My Sons (Stratford Festival).

Upcoming: 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre), Escaped Alone (Full of Days Collective). New works in development: Sophia Fabiilli’s Liars at a Funeral (Blyth Festival) and Vern Thiessen’s stage adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners.

Krista is the founding artistic director of zone41 theatre in Winnipeg and has served as Apprentice Artistic Director at The Grand Theatre (London) 2014/15, and Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre 2016-2019. She holds the Stratford Festival Jean Gascon Award and the 2013 Gina Wilkinson Prize. www.kristajackson.net

For TIP: Debut

Elsewhere:  Paradise Lost (The Centaur Theatre) Musik Fur Das Ende (Crows Theatre/Soundstreams). London Road, The Other Place (Canadian Stage), Sense and Sensibility (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre) Chimerica (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Canadian Stage), Holiday Inn, LadyKillers, Grand Hotel, St.Joan, Sweeney Todd (Shaw Festival), Junk, Watch on the Rhine, My Fair Lady (Arena Stage in Washington.D.C.) Paradise Lost, The Changeling (Stratford Festival).

Judith has designed for Theatre for over 25 years. She has had the pleasure of working across the country including the National Arts Centre, The Grand Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, P.O.V. Theatre Calgary, The Citadel and Alberta Theatre Projects. She has won two Dora Awards for Scenic Design as well as the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award for Costume Design and she was short-listed for The Siminovitch Prize in 2006.

For TIP: Das Ding, Bed and Breakfast, Leading Ladies, Salt Water Moon

Elsewhere: The Front Page (Stratford), The Hound of Baskerville, Dracula, Rope, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Shaw), Jesus Hopped the A Train, Idiots Delight, The Crucible (Soulpepper), The Children, It’s a Wonderful Life (Canstage)Upcoming: The Curse of the Raven (Shaw), Serving Elizabeth (Stratford)

John’s first opera will be workshopped in 2022, The Machine Stops, and is writing for film and tv as he learns to work with a mask through zoom, while trying to figure out how to talk to real people all over again.

For TIP: Ring of Fire, Leading Ladies, Into the Woods, Dear Johnny Deere, Pirates of Penzance, She Loves Me, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Night, Blood Brothers and Poochwater

Elsewhere: acts of faith, Lady Sunrise (Factory Theatre); Sherlock Holmes and the Raven’s Curse, The Russian Play (Shaw Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Our Town (Theatre Rusticle); Broken Tailbone (Nightswimming); Shanawdihit (Tapestry Opera); Lilies (lemonTree Creations/Why Not); School Girls (Obsidian/Nightwood); The Royale (Soulpepper); Daughter (Quiptake/Pandemic); The Magic Hour – co-designed with Jennifer Tipton (Jess Dobkin). 

Michelle has received eight Dora Awards, a SATAward, a Harold Award and the 2008 Pauline McGibbon award. Michelle has also been a coach and mentor at the National Theatre School, X University, and Humber College. She is co-founder of the Designer’s Guild (a national social media discussion group) and on the Board of the Associated Designers of Canada.

For TIP: Sexy Laundry, The New Canadian Curling Club

Elsewhere:  Eraser : A New Normal (Theatre Direct); Kitne Saare Laloo Yahan Pey Hain (NextStage Festival); Room (The Grand Theatre); The Pianist of Willesden Lane (Harold Green Jewish Theatre) Aqsarniit, Anne of Green Gables, Jesus Christ Superstar (Charlottetown Festival); Eraser (The Riser Project – Why Not Theatre, Theatre Direct); Rose (Soulpepper);  Birds of a Feather (Roseneath Theatre); King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, All’s Well That Ends Well (Canadian Stage)

Cole has also worked as a Venue Stage Manager at the Toronto International Film Festival. He has a BFA Theatre Production and Design from York University.