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Our Creative Team

Festival Artistic Team

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Melanie McNeill*
Set Designer
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Noah Feaver
Lighting Mentor
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Hailey Kennedy
Lighting Designer
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Lyon Smith
Sound Mentor
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Lilian Lam
Sound Designer
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Paul Cegys
Video Mentor
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Jay Havens
Design Coordinator
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Alix Sideris
Acting Coach/Directing Mentor

* Appears courtesy of Associated Designers of Canada 

Utopia Artistic Team

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Joshua Barroso
Playwright
Hanna Freitas
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Director
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Anna Whitehead
Stage Manager
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John Stapleton
Costume Designer
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Siobhan Richardson**
Fight / Intimacy Director
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Paula Bornacelli
Beatty
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Marshall Kocher
Johnny
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Lia Mendonca
Mary (March 20)
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Becca Zadorsky
Jasmine Ward
Charlotte
Mary (March 19, 21, 22)

** Appears Courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association 

The Waiting Room Artistic Team

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Jasmine Rajaballey
Roza Tasneem
Playwright
Director
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Quinn Andres
Stage Manager
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Nadine Grant
Costume Designer
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Erin Keaveney
Dylan
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Shirley Ma
Aamir
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Katie Yuan
Tee

Hell Weeks Artistic Team

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Kye Stevenson Hatayama
Playwright & Director
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Talia Dmitrienko
Co-Playwright
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Molly Mück
Stage Manager
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Abhishek Bommali
Video Designer
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Nadine Grant
Costume Designer
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Lex Podrats
Olivia
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Leo Ridpath
Duke
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Sasha Takoo
Mia
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David White
Theo

Production Team

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Janelle Rainville
Production Manager
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Shaw Forgeron
Props Coordinator
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Christopher Greenhalgh
Carpentry Supervisor/ Technical Director
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Melissa Zarnke
Front of House Manager
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Emma Alderman
Lighting Supervisor/ Technical Coordinator
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Morgaine McEvoy
Publicity & Outreach Associate
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Rheea Maistry
Publicity Assitant
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Stephanie Svenson
Publicity Assistant

Festival Dramaturgs

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  • Joshua Barroso

  • Gill Brook

  • Elsa Chen

  • Diana Czarnota

  • Talia Dmitrienko

  • ​Raquel Fiaes  

  • Hailey Kennedy   

  • Jasmine Rajaballey 

  • John Stapleton 

  • Roza Tasneem 

  • Angelique Wellington 

Sorouja Moll
Supervising Dramaturg

THPERF 244 Class

Carpentry/Paint

Kayla Burmaster  

Jaime Connors 

Sophie Koroman  

Yijia Sun  

Sarah Weber 

Wardrobe

Priscilla Asare  

Kate Brown  

Ethan Nevills 

Julia You 

Lighting

Marshall Kocher  

Leo Ridpath  

Olivia Rossel  

Bella Ortiz 

Renee Walker 

Props

Sarah Kelly

Daniela Milicevic  

Work Studies

  • Paula Bornacelli – Carpentry Shop Assistant 

  • Daniella Djomga - Assistant Box Office Manager

  • Hanna Freitas – Wardrobe shop Assistant  

  • Petrina Lee - Assistant to the Technical Coordinator (HUM)  

  • Ryan Chen - Assistant to Technical Coordinator (TofA)  

  • Hailey Kennedy – Assistant to the Technical Coordinator (TofA) 

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples.

Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.

 

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