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A Doll’s House
by Henrik Ibsen
A New Version by Amy Herzog
Cast
Hailey Gillis Nora
Gray Powell Torvald
Jamie Robinson Krogstad
Amy Herzog Playwright
Brendan Healy Director
Gillian Gallow Set & Costume Design
Madeleine Gagnon Set & Costume Design Assistant
Giulia D’Amanzo Head of Lighting
Keijo Makela Head of Audio
Brayden Crawford Technical Director
Kendalin Bishop Assistant Technical Director
Marcela Prado Orozco Assistant Technical Director
Janet Pym Head of Wardrobe
Madeline Ius Wardrobe Assistant
Laura Condlln Kristine
David Collins Dr. Rank
Elizabeth Saunders Anne-Marie
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Kevin Lamotte Lighting Design
Deanna H. Choi* Sound Design & Original Music
Siobhan Richardson Fight / Intimacy Director
Stephanie Graham Choreographer
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Jackson Sayliss Head Carpenter
Wes Allen Head of Props
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Geoff Hughes Cutter
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Gwyneth Whalen-Hughes Stitchers
Sharon Ryman Production Wig Supervisor
Karen Rodd Senior Props Builder
Athan Giazitzidis Ivar
Vera Deodato Emmy
Anna Kaltenbach Stage Manager
Wei Qing Tan Assistant Stage Manager
Suchiththa Wickremesooriya
Apprentice Stage Manager
Laura Larson Child Supervisor
Justin Tucci Flyperson
Susan Batchelor Head of Wardrobe
Alysson Bernabe Scenic Artist
Mary Spyrakis Head of Props
Chynah Philadelphia Props Assistant
Quỳnh Diep Metcalf Foundation Intern
Stage Employees of the Bluma Appel Theatre are represented by Local 58 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Wardrobe Employees are represented by Local 822 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. *Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local SC659
This performance runs 105 minutes with no intermission
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Original Broadway Production Produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions Gavin Kalin Productions Wessex Grove Julie Boardman Kate Cannova Bob Boyett Hunter Arnold Creative Partners Productions Eilene Davidson Productions GGRS Kater Gordon Louise L. Gund Los Angeles Media Fund
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Hailey Gillis – Nora
Canadian Stage: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hedda Gabler. Other theatre: Octet, Ghost Quartet (Crow’s); Natasha Pierre and the Great comet of 1812 (Crow’s/Musical Stage/Mirvish); The Seagull, Rose, The Dybbuk, Spoon River, The Crucible (Soulpepper); Jane Eyre (Citadel). Hailey has voiced many audiobooks including: “Far Cry”, “Twenty-Seven Minutes”, “Margrets New Look”, “The Afterpains”, “We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky”, “Tell Me When You Feel Something”, and “Daughter”. Hailey won a 2023 Dora award for her work in THE SHAPE OF HOME and is also a New York Times ‘Critics Pick’ award winner.
Gray Powell – Torvald
Man and Superman, Henry V, Middletown, Engaged, You Never Can Tell, Arcadia, Hedda Gabler, Born Yesterday, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Shaw Festival); Appropriate (Coalmine). Film/TV: “The Last Frontier” (Apple Studios); “Hell Motel” (AMC/Shudder); “Sort Of” (CBC/MAX); “Murdoch Mysteries” (CBC); “Brilliant Minds” (NBC); “End Of Sex” (Vortex); “Drive Back Home” (Woods Ent./Mason Films). Gray will be a part of Stratford’s 2026 season playing John Bois in The King James Bible Play.
Jamie Robinson – Krogstad
Canadian Stage: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Director), Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure. Other theatre: Risky Phil (YPT. Dora Award Winner); Gas Girls (New Harlem Productions, Dora Award nomination); Richard III (Metachroma Theatre, METAward nomination); four seasons with the Stratford Festival. Film/TV: “The Greatest” (Amazon/MGM), “Brilliant Minds” (Warner/ NBC), “Skymed” (Paramount), “Condor” (AT&T), “Believe Me” (Showcase), “Hudson & Rex” (Rogers), “Expanse” (SyFy), “Murdoch Mysteries” (Shaftesbury). Jamie is an Associate Professor at York University’s Theatre, Dance and Performance Department.
Laura Condlln – Kristine
Canadian Stage: THIS (Dora Nomination), Chimerica. Other theatre: 15 seasons with the Stratford Festival and appearances with theatre companies across the country including Mirvish, Musical Stage Company, Crow’s, Soulpepper, Tarragon, NAC, Manitoba Theatre Centre. Film/TV: “The Players” (dir. Sarah Galea-Davis), Wilfred (dir. Samuel Davey), “The Lake” (Amazon), “Nurses” (Global), “Murdoch Mysteries” (CBC). Laura is a two-time Toronto Theatre Critics Award winner for Best Actress, 2018 and 2016: Fun Home, Mirvish/Musical Stage.
David Collins – Dr. Rank
Canadian Stage: Donut City, 12th Night, Comedy of Errors. Other theatre: Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, London Assurance, Richard III (Stratford); The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Obsidian/ Mirvish); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Passe Muraille). Film/TV: “Sex/Life”, “Frankie Drake”, “Diggstown”, “The Coroner”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “Nurse.Fighter.Boy”. Founding Member of Obsidian Theatre Company. In 2026: The Tempest and Saturday, Sunday, Monday; 18th season at Stratford.
Elizabeth Saunders – Anne-Marie
Canadian Stage: Transit of Venus, The Stone Angel. Other theatre: As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Glengarry Glen Ross, 4:48 Psychosis, StopHeart, Dock Mother God Society, Goodnight Desdemona…, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Crucible, La Bete, Holy Mothers, Confederation (Dora nom.) and 4 seasons at the Shaw Festival. Film/TV: “FROM” (Saturn Award nom.), “Mary Kills People” (CSA nom.), The Shrouds, 40 Acres, It, “SmokeBreak” (ACTRA Award), “Big Oil Alliance”, “When Hope Calls”, “SurrealEstate”, “Alias Grace”, “Orphan Black”, “Clarice”, “Transplant”, “Slings & Arrows”. Liz has voiced numerous cartoons and video games; is an acting coach, fledgling writer, mother, and grandmother. She holds a BFA & MA in theatre & performance.
Athan Giazitzidis – Ivar
Jimmy Bean in Pollyanna The Musical: World Premiere (Theatre Aquarius).
Film/TV: “The Accused” (FOX), Leads & Recurring Roles in multiple animation series/films including Dasher (Disney), Mittens & Pants (CBC Gem), Camp Snoopy (Apple TV+), Elinor Wonders Why/Xavier Riddle (PBS Kids). Athan has voiced characters in video games and performed in a number of local amateur theatre productions.
Vera Deodato – Emmy
Rockette Christmas Spectacular 2022/2023; Opening Vocal Performance Radio City Music Hall; Ivanka in Once (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Lyrics for a Cause Vocalist (Green Room 42). Vera has been featured in commercials, demonstration videos, and has recorded voices for cartoons, recently recording as the lead character for an upcoming animated feature. She has danced competitively since age 2 for Kingston Danceforce Studios and has won many awards for dance and vocals.
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Amy Herzog – Playwright
Amy Herzog’s plays include Mary Jane (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award), 4000 Miles (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Obie Award for Best New American Play), After the Revolution (New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award) and Belleville (Drama Desk Award nominee). She received the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Amy teaches playwriting at the David Geffen School of Drama.
From Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Lynn Nottage, Clyde’s is a sharply funny, deeply human story about people rebuilding their lives on their own terms. Set in a roadside sandwich shop staffed by formerly incarcerated workers, the play explores dignity, purpose, and the radical power of second chances. If A Doll’s House stirred you with its questions of freedom and self-determination, Clyde’s will move you with its wit, warmth, and belief in what’s possible when people choose to start again.
Brendan Healy – Director
Brendan is the Artistic Director at Canadian Stage. His productions at Canadian Stage include Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Matthew López’s The Inheritance and Olivier Choinière’s Public Enemy
Prior to coming to Canadian Stage, Brendan was the Artistic Director at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. His productions have garnered multiple Dora Mavor Moore Awards and he is a recipient of the Ken McDougall and the Pauline McGibbon awards for directing.
Gillian Gallow – Set & Costume Design
Canadian Stage: Slave Play (set), Yukonstyle (set & costumes). Other Theatre: Mahabharata (costumes, Why Not Theatre); Major Barbara, Shadow of a Doubt, An Octoroon, The Russian Play (set & costumes, Shaw); Hadrian, Louis Riel (costumes, COC). Gillian is the 2021 Siminovitch Prize Laureate.
Madeleine Gagnon – Set & Costume Design Assistant
The Sankofa Trilogy (Assistant Set Designer, Theatre Centre); Koli Kari (Set, Costume, Props Designer, Toronto Fringe Festival). Film/TV: “Échec et Moi” (Set & Costume Designer, TFO), “Schafer’s Labyrinth” (Costume Assistant, Willis Sweete Productions), “Cherry on Top” (Set Designer, indie). Beyond the stage, Madeleine works as the Uniform Lead at the Canadian Opera Company.
Kevin Lamotte – Lighting Design
Canadian Stage: Mahabharata, London Road, Belleville, Domesticated, The, Of Mice and Men, The Last Five Years, The Beard of Avon, Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Other theatre: Mahabharata (international tour); GNIT, Tons of Money, A Christmas Carol, White Christmas, The Secret Garden, (Shaw Festival); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); 1979 (Belfry Theatre). Kevin’s nominations and awards for outstanding lighting design include Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Award.
Deanna H. Choi – Sound Design & Original Music
Canadian Stage: Let’s Run Away. Other theatre: Love You Wrong Time (2 Dora Awards); Ransacking Troy, A Wrinkle in Time (Stratford Festival); Bright Star, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Things I Know to Be True (Mirvish); and many others. Film/TV: Last of the Right Whales; “The Nature of Things” (CBC); “Exclusion” (Ballinran); “Gray” (AGC); Relax, I’m From the Future (Universal). For all the Noras out there.
Siobhan Richardson – Fight / Intimacy Director
Canadian Stage: The Inheritance. Other theatre: Resident fight/intimacy director (Canadian Opera Co); Fulfillment Centre, Detroit (Coal Mine); HEIST (Sterling Award Nomination) (Grand Theatre, Citadel); Waitress, The Full Monty (Capitol Arts Centre). Upcoming: Vocal Combat Technique intro (Virtual Paddy), stage combat training and social events (Burning Mountain).
Maev Beaty Liisa Repo-Martell
YOU, ALWAYS
By Erin Shields
From award-winning playwright Erin Shields,You, Always wis a deeply affecting story of two sisters bound by love, history, and the roles they’ve inherited. Brought to life by a powerful ensemble, the play explores how family relationships can both sustain us—and quietly reshape who we are.
If A Doll’s House resonated with you through its intimate performances and its exploration of women defining themselves within—and beyond—their relationships, You, Always will move you with its rich characters and its honest examination of identity, obligation, and choice.
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Lorne Bridgman
Stephanie Graham – Choreographer
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Anna Kaltenbach – Stage Manager
Canadian Stage: Maanomaa My Brother, Topdog/Underdog, Lehman Trilogy, Hamlet, My Name Is Lucy Barton, Fat Ham, Romeo & Juliet, A Doll’s House, Clyde’s. Other theatre: Anahita’s Republic (Bustle&Beast); Dana H (Crow’s); Chloe=Catalyst, King’s Playlist (Culchahworks); Bright Star workshop (GTP); Wake (Persephone); Chew (Project:Humanity); Truth (YPT). Anna stage managed Motown Broadway & West End, eight Broadway tours, for Broadway Asia, and various regional US theatres.
Wei Qing Tan – Assistant Stage Manager
Canadian Stage: My Name is Lucy Barton. Other theatre: ASM for Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre), Mahabharata (Why Not Theatre/NAC), Waitress (Capitol Theatre); SM for Everything Has Disappeared (MDR), Love You Wrong Time (Bad Muse Collective/NAC).
Life of PI (Citadel Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); The Student Prince (Toronto Operetta Theatre); 3 Men in a Boat and 3 Men on a Bike (GFT); Bombay Black (Alberta Theatre Projects). Film/TV: “Priya Tate: Super Taster” (Bad Hats), The Lesser Road, Recording Rituals, Languages. He is also the Associate Artistic Producer at Common Boots Theatre and co-writing a new play about family and healing.
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Don & Marjorie Lenz
The Brian Linehan
Charitable Foundation
Gail MacNaughton
John & Kay McKellar Household
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Sandra & Jim Pitblado
Polar Foundation
Emmanuel Pressman
Timothy & Frances Price
PwC Canada
Penny & Robert Richards
Jim Riley & Nicole Sigouin
Edward S. Rogers
Rogers Communications Inc.
Ellen & Brian Rose
Schuyler Bankes & Family
TC Energy
Tridel Corporation
Chip & Barbara Vallis
Arlene & Michael Willis
Julie, Peter & James in Memory of John David Wood Anonymous (2)
Legacy Giving
We are grateful to the following individuals who have very thoughtfully and generously remembered Canadian Stage in their estates.
The Estate of Bluma Appel
The Estate of Kenneth C. Dawe
The Estate of John Gordon
Hunter Larry Lubin
The Estate of Helen Joan Kates
The Estate of Stanley Shaw
Theatre Ball 2025 Supporters
Sponsors
Castlepoint Numa
Jennifer Connolly & Ken Hugessen
The Globe and Mail
Premium Table Buyers
Hugh Clark
Tim & Frances Price
Regular Table Buyers
Alexandra Baillie
Navin Bhat
Bond Paving and Construction
David Bronskill & Mark Dilworth
Helen Burstyn
CIBC Mellon
Davies LLP
Nina Josefowitz
Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds
KPMB Architects
Vafa Mirzaagha
Polar Asset Management Partners
Shaw Festival
SvN
The Mitchell Partnership Inc.
Torys LLP
Veltri Wealth Management Group
Half Table Buyers
Deloitte
Frontier Flooring
Hogg, Shain & Scheck Professional Corporation, CPAs
Treasure Hill
Event Donations $2,000+
Jamie & Patsy Anderson
Sara & Michael Angel
Ezio Bondi
Hugh Clark & Rebecca Rive
Ed & Fran Clark
Jason Cope
Eileen Costello
Aaron Cowan
Matt DuPerrouzel
Ellen & Robert Eisenberg
Ian and Rebecca Joseph
Vafa Mirzaagha
Power Corporation of Canada
Janice & J. Paul Sabourin
Julie Sutherland & Greg Lemaich
Saverio Veltri
Anonymous (2)
Table Selling Committee
Steven Casey
Hugh Clark
Nina Josefowitz
Frances Mahil
John Montesano
Drew Sinclair
Auction Support
Estée Lauder
Alexandra Baillie Legacy Fund Donors
Matching
and
Lead Donor
$10,000+
Mark & Gail Appel
Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong
Alexandra Baillie
Marilyn Baillie, C.M. & Charles Baillie, O.C.
Hugh Clark
The Krstajic Foundation
Greg Lemaich & Julie Sutherland
Trina McQueen, O.C.
Vafa Mirzaagha
Maureen & Roger Parkinson
Drew Sinclair & Liza J. Stiff
$5,000 - $9,999
Sara Angel & Dr. Michael Angel
Upkar & Nita Arora
Tony Baylis
Navin Bhat
Burstyn Family Charitable Fund
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin
Julia Foster, C.M. & Robert Foster, C.M.
Good & Well Inc
Colin Hennigar & Justine Turner
Nina Josefowitz
Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys
John Montesano
Chip & Barbara Vallis
$100 - $4,999
David Bronskill
Adam & Gayle Burke
Doone & George Estey
Huw Evans & Kathryn Bird
Brendan Healy
Qasim Mohammad
Daniel F. Sullivan
Vandana Taxali
Thanks to our 25.26 Season Sponsors and Funders
Season Sponsor and Access Partner
Baillie Theatre Season Underwriter
The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation
David W. Binet
Paul Maranger & Robert Brown
Bluma Appel Season Underwriter
John & Nancy Embry
Dream in High Park Lead Sponsor
Production Underwriters & Sponsors
Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds
Trina McQueen, O.C.
Alan Rowe & Bryan Blenkin
BraveWorks Founding Donors
Alexandra Baillie
Ian & Kiki Delaney
Programmatic Support Lead Donors
Education & Community Outreach Lead Donor
Marilyn & Charles Baillie Family Foundation
Ed & Fran Clark Future Forward Fund Lead Donor
EmpowHer Founding Donors
Catherine Graham & Katy Graham Debost
Janet L’Heureux
Fabio Mascarin Foundation New Work Development Lead Donor
Dream in High Park
Canadian Stage
Board of Directors
Hugh Clark Chair
Navin Bhat
David Bronskill
Eileen Costello
Jamie Crotin
Councillor Paula Fletcher
Management
Brendan Healy Artistic Director
Monica Esteves Executive Director
Daniel Bennett Director of Production and Facilities
Melysa Rogen Director of Marketing and Communications
Heather McMartin Director of Development and Campaigns
Beth Toombs Director of Finance and Administration
Artistic
Lynanne Sparrow Producer
Jordan Laffrenier Associate Artistic Director Laurie Merredew Assistant Producer
Manuel Chaves Manager of Education and Community Engagement
Maple Tam Vice Chair & Secretary
Diane Hatch
Colin Hennigar
Nina Josefowitz
Elaine Kierans
Frances Mahil
Trina McQueen
Finance & Administration
Sunitha Rai Manager, Payroll Administration and HR Support
Kari Seppen Intermediate Accountant
Brian Parsons Senior Manager, IT Services
Ruth-Anne Yiu
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Development
Chris Faulkner Senior Manager, Government Relations and Foundations
Madison Zinger Senior Marketing Manager, New Audiences
Derek Ma Graphic and Digital Manager
Vaishnavi Panwar Marketing Coordinator
Michael Crumpton Senior Sales Specialist
Audience Services
Conor Copeland Ticketing and Audience Services Manager
Faisal Butt Assistant Ticketing Manager
Abbas Abbas
Peter Genoway
Elyssia Giancola
Mima Higashi
Alex Jackson
Naomi Kaplan
Mackenzie Kerr
Colette Mbariko
Seamus Murphy
Sydnie Phillips
Giovanna Rossi
Veronica Schmeiser
Sienna Singh
Miriam Sossin
Mya Wong
Audience
Services Staff
Vandana Taxali
Chris Wood
Production
Brayden Crawford Technical Director
Meg Woods Production & Site Manager
Matthew Hadley Building Operations Manager
Kendalin Bishop Assistant Technical Director
Marcela Prado Assistant Technical Director
Ian Kowalski Production Coordinator
Mary Spyrakis Head of Properties
Janet Pym Head of Wardrobe
Chynah Philadelphia Properties Assistant
Josh Vlodarchyk Head Technician
Karen Elizabeth Head Technician
Ben Junor House Technician
Quynh Diep
Metcalf Foundation
Wardrobe and Props Apprentice
Thank you to our volunteers
We thank our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to Canadian Stage!
Great performances live here.
At BMO, we take pride in our local communities, and the ar tists that contribute to the cultural diversity and creative richness of our cities. We are proud to be Canadian Stage’s 2025/2026 Season Sponsor and Access Partner.
