Cast of The Christie Pits Riots
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Sam Rosenthal (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR) - Sam is an actor, voice-over artist (samrosenthalnarrator.com), director, writer, and producer. He created the Hogtown Collective as a loving nod to his Father Joseph who grew up in Toronto and shared his passion for “Hogtown”. Hogtown ran for two seasons at the Campbell House and garnered several Dora nominations. The show featured 35 plus actors and a Jazz band where the audience could choose its own adventure. In its second season Hogtown was turned into a musical and played for 7 weeks for Toronto audiences and tourists.
Sam has also been an Artistic Director for several theatres including most recently Eastern Front Theatre in Halifax where he guided the company to 17 Merritt Nominations. He also brought the magic of Hogtown to the East Coast where a new story and group of actors created Great Harbour an Immersive Experience which played to sold out audiences at the Keiths Brewery. He also was the AD for Tribal Productions a small professional company which was the resident theatre company of the TorontoCentre for the Arts for five seasons. Tribal left its mark on the Toronto theatre scene withseveral notable accomplishments. The company presented five seasons of programming and toured many of its productions across Canada.
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Sam Rosenthal
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Selected Directing Credits
Chirstie Pits Riot ( Hogtown/CBC)– Kamp ( Eastern Front Theatre ) Merritt Award for Outstanding Production andMerritt nomination for Best Direction , Theatre On The Town ( Festival Antigonish),Great Harbour ( Hogtown Collective) , Frankenstein A Radio Play ( Eastern FrontTheatre , Bluenose A Musical ( Workshop - Eastern Front Theatre )Ladies Foursome ( Lighthouse Festival Theatre Hogtown ( Workshop)The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising , War of the Worlds ,Cherry Docs, The Game , Underneath the Lintel ( City Playhouse), Here on the Flight Path ( Gravenhurst Opera House),Treasure Island ( Assistant Director) , The Marketeer (Theatre New Brunswick) , Misery ,The Wild Guys, The Possibilities, A Doll’s House , Death Defying Acts, Office Hours, Dangerous Liaisons, The Diary of Anne Frank, Video Wars , Peacemaker ( Golden Horseshoe Players) and next summer Sam will be Directing The Ladies Foursome (Lighthouse Festival Theatre)
Selected Acting Credits
Caroline or Change (Musical Stage Company) , The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz (Segal Centre / New York (Developmental Workshop), Beauty and the Beast ( Neptune Theatre / Capital Theatre), Urinetown ( Confidential Music Project) , Dancer a Musical in 10 Furlongs ( Development Workshop ) , Time Stands Still ( TSS Collective) Real Estate ( Globus Theatre ) , Miracle on 34th Street ( Theatre Orangeville ), Hilda’s Yard The Foursome , Skin Flick( Theatre New Brunswick ), The Chosen , Broken Glass, Peace Warriors (Teatron Theatre), On the Other Side of the World ( Next Stage Festival),1984, Of Mice and Men, Death of a Salesman ( Tribal Productions
Selected TV and Film
The Mohel ( Short Film), Diggstown ( CBC), Escaping The NXIVM Cult( Sony pictures),The Riftwood Chronicles ( First Love Films), Man Seeking Woman ( 101 Broadway Video), Murdoch Mysteries ( CBC) , Copper ( BBC), The Firm ( E1), Russell Peters Christmas Special).
Selected Producing Credits
Over 50 plus producing credits. Kamp, Half Cracked, Great Harbour , Bluenose A Musical ( Eastern Front Theatre) 1984,Of Mice and Men, Dangerous Liaisons, The Possibilities, The Wild Guys, Prelude to a Kiss, The Puppetmaster of Lodz, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Shadow Box, Misery, Whiskey Serenade, Forever Plaid, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change!, Suds, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, When The Reaper Calls, Death of a Salesman, The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising , Office Hours, A Doll’s House ,Death Defying Acts, ( Toronto Centre Studio Theatre Tribal Productions.)
Selected Writing redits
Hogtown , Hogtown a Muscial, Great Harbour, Christie Pits Riot.
Selected Audio Credits
Christie Pits Riot Walking Tour, Mustang Mary, The Vibrational State , Riding A Black Horse, Flying on Borrowed Wings, Legion of the Damned, World War The Relife Project and Drip Castle ( to be released in 2021). Visit Sam’s audio website to discover more at samrosenthalnarrator.co
Drew Carnwath
Drew Carnwath (WRITER / PRODUCER) - As a writer, Drew was Playwright-in-Residence at the Tarragon Theatre, and his published plays (including Johnnyville, Total Body Washout and Hide and Seek) have been produced across the country. For film and television Drew attended the Canadian Film Centre’s Feature Programme and TV Bootcamp, and has written over 250 hours of scripted and unscripted Television. As a performer, Drew spent 3 seasons with the Banff Centre’s Advanced Actors company; credits include roles in Spring Awakening, Salt Water Moon, and the title role in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (3 tours). Thanks to Sam for the ride, and to collective for their incredible spirit and generosity.
Measha Brueggergosman
Measha Brueggergosman (COMPOSER) – Motivated and hungry for new experiences, Ms Brueggergosman’s career effortlessly embraces the broadest array of performance platforms and musical styles and genres.
Measha began her career predominantly committed to the art of the song recital and has presented innovative programs at Carnegie Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, both the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Madrid’s Teatro Real, as well as at the Schwarzenberg, Edinburgh, Verbier and Bergen Festivals with celebrated collaborative pianists Justus Zeyen, Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake, and Simon Lepper.
The worldwide pandemic put a stop to a lot of projects for the 20/21 season including appearing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for example, but this only inspired Measha to keep inventing new ideas across the wide range of her musical styles and many interests. As part of the ongoing relationship with Opera Atelier in Toronto, she will be the featured artist in their October online production of the pasticcio Something Rich and Strange.
On the opera stage, her recent highlights include the roles of Giulietta and Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Elettra in Idomeneo, Jenny in Weill’s Mahagonny, Emilia Marty in Janáček’s Věc Makropulos, Hannah in Miroslav Srnka’s Make No Noise, and Sister Rose in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. On the concert platform last season she performed with the Orchestre de National Lyon, Toronto Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic where she performed Berlioz’s Nuits d’ete, and at the Vancouver Recital series with Justus Zeyen. She also performed at the Barbican Center in London and with the Orchestre de Paris, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony Orchestras and conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, and Daniel Harding.
Her first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Surprise, includes works by Schoenberg, Satie and Bolcom and is one of the most highly regarded debut albums of recent years. Her subsequent disc Night and Dreams, which features songs by Mozart, Brahms, Strauss, Schubert, Debussy, Duparc and Fauré won several awards and her recording of the Wesendonck Lieder with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra earned her a Grammy nomination.
Off the stage, Measha is just as active: she recently released her memoir “Something Is Always On Fire” published by Harper Collins, she appears regularly on primetime TV (most recently advocating on behalf of contemporary Canadian literature); and leading Canadian children across the country in song, in celebration of the nationwide campaign for music education.
Measha Brueggergosman champions the education and involvement of new audiences and holds several honorary doctorates and ambassadorial titles with international charities.
Measha began her career predominantly committed to the art of the song recital and has presented innovative programs at Carnegie Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, both the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Madrid’s Teatro Real, as well as at the Schwarzenberg, Edinburgh, Verbier and Bergen Festivals with celebrated collaborative pianists Justus Zeyen, Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake, and Simon Lepper.
The worldwide pandemic put a stop to a lot of projects for the 20/21 season including appearing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for example, but this only inspired Measha to keep inventing new ideas across the wide range of her musical styles and many interests. As part of the ongoing relationship with Opera Atelier in Toronto, she will be the featured artist in their October online production of the pasticcio Something Rich and Strange.
On the opera stage, her recent highlights include the roles of Giulietta and Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Elettra in Idomeneo, Jenny in Weill’s Mahagonny, Emilia Marty in Janáček’s Věc Makropulos, Hannah in Miroslav Srnka’s Make No Noise, and Sister Rose in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. On the concert platform last season she performed with the Orchestre de National Lyon, Toronto Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic where she performed Berlioz’s Nuits d’ete, and at the Vancouver Recital series with Justus Zeyen. She also performed at the Barbican Center in London and with the Orchestre de Paris, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony Orchestras and conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, and Daniel Harding.
Her first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Surprise, includes works by Schoenberg, Satie and Bolcom and is one of the most highly regarded debut albums of recent years. Her subsequent disc Night and Dreams, which features songs by Mozart, Brahms, Strauss, Schubert, Debussy, Duparc and Fauré won several awards and her recording of the Wesendonck Lieder with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra earned her a Grammy nomination.
Off the stage, Measha is just as active: she recently released her memoir “Something Is Always On Fire” published by Harper Collins, she appears regularly on primetime TV (most recently advocating on behalf of contemporary Canadian literature); and leading Canadian children across the country in song, in celebration of the nationwide campaign for music education.
Measha Brueggergosman champions the education and involvement of new audiences and holds several honorary doctorates and ambassadorial titles with international charities.
Tara Baxendale
Tara Baxendale (Mary O'Grady Hunt) – Originally from the Maritimes, Tara has a Master’s Degree in Music Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. She is thrilled to be back with her HOGTOWN family as Mary O’Grady Hunt. Selected credits include: Matron in Dancock’s Dance (The Hogtown Collective), Sonia in Life X 3 (Damsels in De-Stress Productions) and Ouiser in Steel Magnolias (Plain Stage Theatre Co.) Twitter: @tarabaxendale
Jerome Bourgault
Jerome Bourgault (Thomas Foster) – Jerome is a self-trained stage and screen actor who cut his teeth doing community theatre in Ottawa, having decided one day “Hell, I can do that.” As one of the original members of the Hogtown Collective, Jerome returns to Campbell House to reprise his role of Toronto Mayor Thomas Foster. In addition to Hogtown, he performed with the Collective in Dancock’s Dance this past February. Other performances of note include Sins of the Mother (New Ottawa Repertory Theatre) and The Kings of the Kilburn High Road (Seven Thirty Productions), as well as recent television appearances in Lost Girl, Reign, Mayday, and 12 Monkeys.
Mercy Cherian
Mercy Cherian (Katie O'Malley August 1-20) - Mercy is an actor/director who occasionally writes and sings. Hailed from this side of Bavaria (Kitchener/Waterloo): she earned her degree at University of Waterloo and the tears shed at Studio 58. Although she has dabbled in the classics, and musical theatre - her preference is film and comedy. Recent credits as an actor include the films: "The River You Step In" and "Getaway Car", for theatre: "Hamlet" (Socratic Theatre), “Ismene" (Socratic Theatre), and “Thugs, Drugs and Dougs” (Social Capital Theatre); credits as a director include: "Spike Heels" (Red Sandcastle Theatre) and "Ninety" (Fringe Festival). Much love to all my family - specifically to my dad who passed this year. I will never stop missing you.
Emma Wiechers
Emma Wiechers (Anastasia) - Emma is extremely excited to join this incredible cast of Hogtown once again! A part of her has always belonged in the 1920’s, so she’s thrilled to be back as Anastasia. Some of her favourite past credits include Little Women (Confidential Musical Theatre Project), Cabaret (First Act Productions), High School Musical (Drayton Entertainment) and Lord of the Flies (Randolph Academy). Emma is thrilled to announce that she will be attending NYU in the fall and continuing her love for performing in New York. She would like to thank her friends and family for their support.
Dan Willmott
Dan Willmott (Bob Delacourt) - Dan is an International Award-winning Actor, Voice Artist, and Presentation, Performance and Voice Coach. Dan has been very active in 2017 with the recurring role of Buck Olander in FARGO Season 3 and Jerry in Private Eyes, airing later this season. You’ll hear Dan’s voice this summer for Enercare, Dairy Farmers of Canada and Smuckers. Dan returned to theatre in March 2017 in the positively reviewed role of Robert in “Proof” (Theatre UnBlocked) - “Heartbreaking, a truly masterful and nuanced performance.” He is a participating member of TAP (The Actors Place), TAPFest Film Festival, and VAP (Voice Actors Place). Dan is very proud and excited to be a part of this amazing ensemble of very gifted talent in Hogtown. “You are in for a real treat!” ~xod imdb.me/danwillmott Or his websites www.danwillmott.com and www.VoiceSPOTWCS.com
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Jeremy LaPalme
Jeremy LaPalme - Another summer in the pig pen! Jeremy is a graduate of the musical theatre program at Sheridan College and he could not be more excited to be coming back to the Campbell House for this show that is equal parts challenge and reward. Some recent credits include: True North Mixtape, Romeo and Juliet Chainsaw Massacre (Toronto Fringe), Drinking Habits, Young Frankenstein, Spamalot (Stage West Calgary), and many productions with Bain and Bernard Comedy. 'Special thanks to Gabi, who got me involved with the Hogtown Collective and to this incredible team of dedicated pro's both on and off the set.'
Mike Lummis
Mike Lummis - Mike studied Theatre at York University, majoring in Directing. He is excited to play Bob Delacourt again in HOGTOWN. Acting credits (Theatre) include: Michael in God Of Carnage (Halo Productions), Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream (ROTF), Ross in Macbeth (Tempest Theatre) and Testicles in The Comedy of Eros (Aftershock Productions).
Film/TV credits include: Gus in Orphan Black and Greg in Fear Thy Neighbor (Discovery VR). Mike would like to thank Sam Rosenthal for the opportunity to be a part of HOGTOWN and his wife, Lisa, for her unending love and support.
Film/TV credits include: Gus in Orphan Black and Greg in Fear Thy Neighbor (Discovery VR). Mike would like to thank Sam Rosenthal for the opportunity to be a part of HOGTOWN and his wife, Lisa, for her unending love and support.
Jessica Watters
Jessica Watters - Jessica is a Toronto-based actor/singer and creator, stoked to be joining the cast of HOGTOWN this summer as a swing. Last year she received her degree in Music Theatre Performance, with honours from Sheridan College. At Theatre Sheridan she performed many roles including; Serena in Legally Blonde, Nickie in Sweet Charity and Raffaela in Grand Hotel.
Other theatre credits include: Becoming Me (SomethingInTheSix Productions), Runaway (Small But Mighty Productions), and last summer she performed in HOGTOWN as Sally and Pauline. Jessica would like to thank her famjam, partner, and pets for their support and the creative team for crafting this unique and bold theatre experience. Jessica also runs her own company “Jammin with Jess” providing music and movement through play to children. www.jamminwithjess.com Instagram: @jewatters
Other theatre credits include: Becoming Me (SomethingInTheSix Productions), Runaway (Small But Mighty Productions), and last summer she performed in HOGTOWN as Sally and Pauline. Jessica would like to thank her famjam, partner, and pets for their support and the creative team for crafting this unique and bold theatre experience. Jessica also runs her own company “Jammin with Jess” providing music and movement through play to children. www.jamminwithjess.com Instagram: @jewatters
Nicola Pantin
Nicola Pantin (CHOREOGRAPHER / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) - Nicola is a native of Waterloo, Ontario. She is an independent choreographer, dancer and instructor based in Toronto. Her most recent choreography credits include James and the Giant Peach (YPT) and Shrek the Musical (Sheridan) Other selected choreography credits: See Me Now (Light the Girl Productions) , Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Charlottetown Festival, Shanghai Theatre Academy, George Brown Dance (Unleashed, Nextsage) La Jolla Playhouse (assoc. choreographer for Yoshimi) Harbourfront World Stage, Nuit Blanche, Summerworks, Springworks (Stratford ON) TNB, Citadel Theatre, Second City, Spark/Expect Theatre, Red Barn Theatre, Humber River Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Rough and Theaturtle. Awards include two Doras (Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang, RJ Remixed), a gold medal at Les Jeux de la Francophonie (Corpus). Select film: Mise En Scene (NFB) Bare Knuckle Duet, The Table Dance. Nicola is co artistic director for 3 Degrees, an independent dance theatre company in Toronto. This summer Nicola will direct and choreograph Captain Louie for Imusicals (children's group from Shanghai, China) at Sheridan college.
Susan Waycik
Susan Waycik (ASSISTANT PRODUCER / MARKETING MANAGER) - Susan is a theatre artist located in Toronto, ON who studied music theatre performance at St. Lawrence College. She is so excited to be working with The Hogtown Collective again. Susan's most recent performance credits include: Judge/Store Manager in Legally Blonde (SLC Stage), The Fisherman’s Wife in Once Upon A Grimm (Puddle Jump Players), Ben Affleck in Matt & Ben (Waycik Productions), her solo cabaret: I [heart] Boy Bands (Waycik Productions). Production Credits include: Co-Director for “Matt & Ben” (Waycik Productions), Assistant Director for “Sick Kids Wanna Talk To You” (Alumnae Theatre) and Marketing Manager & Assistant to the Producer for “Wheels – a song cycle” (Next Stop Productions). Susan would like to thank Sam & Drew for supporting & believing in her; Eric for being a ridiculous perfectionist, and her mother, Toni, for being a shining example of what it means to be a strong, independent woman. Twitter/Instagram: @susanwaycik @waycikprod
Virginia Cardinal
Virginia Cardinal (STAGE MANAGER) – Virginia is a Toronto based Stage Manager, completing her stage management apprenticeship. Recent credits include: Stage Manager for The Good Doctor Holmes and His Children of God (Tanagra), Three Sisters (Wolf Manor Theatre Company) and Dancock’s Dance (Hogtown Collective), Assistant Stage Manager for The Hogtown Experience (January and Summer 2016, Hogtown Collective) and Apprentice Stage Manager for Lucio Silla (Opera Atelier).
Laura Lakatosh
Laura Lakatosh (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) - Laura’s theatre credits include: Assistant Stage Manager for both the January and Summer 2016 productions of The Hogtown Experience and Assistant Stage Manager for Dancock's Dance (The Hogtown Collective); Stage Manager for Rukmini’s Gold (Red Betty Theatre), Séance (at Theatre Passe Muraille), Talking Heads (Precisely Peter Productions), Port Authority (Fly on the Wall Theatre), and Hazel (Port Moresby Productions).
Douglas Price
Douglas Price (MUSICAL DIRECTOR) - Douglas is excited to join the Hogtown Collective this summer as the Music Director and co-composer. Douglas has his Masters in Music Direction from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and is the Head of Music at the National Theatre School of Canada. Doug has also been the writer/arranger for many companies in Toronto including Suitcase Theatre (3 touring TYA shows), MyPopChoir for which he’s contributed over 60 choral arrangements. Selected Music Directing Credits include: Dancock’s Dance (The Hogtown Collective), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Blue Champagne (Stephenville Festival), Last 5 Years (Daemon Theatre), Sunday in the Park with George, Legally Blonde (RCS), Guys and Dolls, Light in the Piazza (Shaw Theatre Festival, intern MD).
Colin Frotten
Colin Frotten (ACCOMPANIST) - Originally from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Toronto-based pianist and tenor Colin Frotten is a graduate from Mount Allison University. He performs and teaches regularly throughout the city in both opera and musical theatre. Recent performances include work with the Tafelmusik, the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, Opera Atelier, and concerts with That Choir. Other appearances include tenor soloist for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Fredericton Symphony Orchestra and Handel’s Messiah in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Music directing/vocal coaching credits - Seussical: The Musical, The Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast (G&G Musical Theatre Society), The Fantasticks, My Fair Lady, Spamalot (Showcase Productions), Evil Dead: The Musical (Black Tie Productions), Chicago (th'YARC), Legally Blonde (Curtain Call Players), and Urinetown (First Act Youth Company).
Music directing/vocal coaching credits - Seussical: The Musical, The Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast (G&G Musical Theatre Society), The Fantasticks, My Fair Lady, Spamalot (Showcase Productions), Evil Dead: The Musical (Black Tie Productions), Chicago (th'YARC), Legally Blonde (Curtain Call Players), and Urinetown (First Act Youth Company).
Christine Urquhart
Christine Urquhart (SET DESIGNER) - Christine has worked as a designer in the UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia; an itinerant designer seeking to work with incredible collaborators. Favourites include: 'Medea' (Zen Zen Zo), 'The Wholehearted' (Massive Company), 'Potatostamp Megalomaniac' (Pressure Point Theatre) and 'Call of the Sparrows' (Proudly Asian Theatre). She cannot wait to get back into Campbell House after designing 'Dancock's Dance' for the Hogtown Collective. Other Toronto based projects include 'The Good Doctor Holmes' (Theatre Passe Muraille), devised show 'The Ward' (Fringe), 'The Nails,' 'What Linda Said' and shadow puppet theatre 'Rootless' (Summerworks) and her debut design in feature film, 'Language,' an avante garde, multilingual adaption of 'King Lear'. She strives to be a curious and inventive artist.
Jan Venus
Jan Venus (COSTUME DESIGNER) – Jan is excited to be re-joining the Hogtown team. Costume Designer credits include: ‘Dancock’s Dance” Hogtown Collective 2017, ‘Chaparral’, short Docudrama for Bravo TV 2017, ‘Hogtown Experience’ Hogtown Collective 2016 (Dora Nomination). Costume coordinator for ‘Brundibar’, ‘East ‘O the Sun West ‘O the Moon’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (Canadian Children’s Opera Company) 2015, 2016, 2017. Also design of the’ World Pride Parade’ float (Kulanu Toronto) 2014 and 2015, costumes for ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ (Jet Girls) 2014. Sets for ‘Into the Woods ‘and ‘Cabaret’ (Music Theatre Montreal) 2012-13.
Claire Hill
Claire Hill (LIGHTING DESIGN) – Claire is an MFA candidate in Sustainable Design for Theatre at York University. She gets a real kick out of immersive design and is thrilled to be part of the Hogtown team. Credits: set design for Twelfth Night/King Lear, assistant set design for All’s Well That Ends Well/Hamlet at Shakespeare in High Park (Canadian Stage); set design for Liver, Retreat, Cockfight (Brouhaha); Contractions, Dangerous Liaisons, House of Yes, The Castle (Red One Collective); Turtleneck, Donors, Nature of the Beast (safeword), Nine Mile Portage, Macbeth (Theatre By the Bay), lighting for Dancock’s Dance (The Hogtown Collective); scenography for 4 ½ (ig)noble truths (zeitpunk/SummerWorks 2016). Four My Entertainment World nominations for best design. Thanks to Sam & Drew for taking a chance, and Christine for being awesome. www.honeybadgerscenography.com
Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey (COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER) – Paul is excited to be re-joining the Hogtown team. Credits include: Soulpepper Theatre: Composer/Sound Designer for Glenn (Dora Nominee), The Gigli Concert, True West, Farther West, High Life. OTHER THEATRE: Composer: Yankee Tavern at The Grand Theatre, London, Ont. Composer/Musical Director for Briefcase Productions (Old King Cole, Hunter's Moon, Savage Heat, Reversing Falls, Dads); For Theatre Rusticle: Dinner at 7:30 and The Stronger Variations at Buddies in Bad Times, Time Stands Still (TSS Collective) and The Ties That Bind at Theatre Passe Muraille, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (The Red One Theatre Collective) Waiting for Lewis (Theatre Direct Canada). FILM: Leaving Turtleford (2017) Ron Kennel, A Craigslist Christmas (Lease Bertram) 2017.
Tara Litvack
Tara Litvack (SUBSITUTE ACCOMPANIST) – Tara is a Toronto-based freelance music director, keyboardist, accompanist, and vocal coach. Recently, she worked on Mirvish's production of Strictly Ballroom as an alternate keyboardist and is currently the alternate on the Stratford Festival's production of HMS Pinafore. Tara has worked in various capacities with the Shaw Festival, Charlottetown Festival, and Theatre Sheridan, among others. She is also a sought after audition and masterclass accompanist and vocal coach. Selected credits: Reframed, The Wild Party, Falsettos (The Musical Stage Company). Cabaret (Shaw Festival), Legally Blonde (Theatre Sheridan), Anne and Gilbert (The Guild), Misprint, The Yellow Ribbon (Musical Works in Concert). Thanks to Doug, Colin, and the rest of the Hogtown team!
Jarrett Stoll
Jarrett Stoll (ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN) – Jarrett is a Creative Industries major at Ryerson University specializing in Acting/Dance studies and Storytelling in Media. He is thrilled to be joining the amazing talent that is the Hogtown Collective this summer as the Administrative Intern as he continues to broaden his understanding of immersive theatre and the unique way it lends itself to the audience. Jarrett has been on stage in many community theatre productions and is now beginning the journey of directorship with Ryerson Musical Theatre’s production of “Into the Woods”. Jarrett would like to thank Susan for opening up this world to him and to Brae because she’s Brae.