Romeo & Juliet House Program by Canadian Stage

Dream in High Park

Romeo &Juliet

Written by William Shakespeare

Canadian Stage has four homes spread across our great city. The Bluma Appel and the Berkeley Street Complex bookend the vibrant St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood and run along what was once the shore of Lake Ontario. Our beautiful High Park Amphitheatre is nestled within the grassy mounds and forests of our city’s most beloved park. Our most recent addition, the Winter Garden Theatre, is located right in the bustling downtown core. Canadian Stage is grateful to be able to tell our stories on this bountiful land that we all share. This sacred land has held story for thousands of years: stories that live in the fabric of who we are as a nation. Canadian Stage would like to acknowledge and thank the original caretakers and knowledge keepers of this territory: the Anishinaabe Nations (including the Mississaugas of the Credit), the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Wendat and Métis Nations. We give thanks to the Nations recorded and unrecorded, acknowledged and unacknowledged, who also share the responsibility for this territory. We honour the Dish With One Spoon Treaty and our responsibility to peaceably share and care for the resources that surround us. We are honoured to be in this meeting place called Tkaronto that many First Nations, Inuit and Métis people from across Turtle Island call home.

A Canadian Stage Production

Romeo & Juliet

Praneet Akilla

Romeo

Lili Beaudoin

Juliet

Matthew G. Brown

Singer/Friar

John (Mercutio Understudy)

Marie Farsi Director

Tara Rosling

RBC Emerging Artist Intern Director

Sim Suzer

Set & Costume Designer

Ben Junor Head Technician

Camile Macdonald

Lighting Technician

Patrick Hong

Audio Technician

Katie Hochman Dresser

Joella Crichton

Lady Capulet (Nurse Understudy)

Daniel Krmpotic

Paris (Tybalt Understudy)

Ziska Louis Tybalt

Cast

Diego Matamoros Singer/Friar

Lawrence

Dan Mousseau Mercutio (Romeo Understudy)

Meilie Ng Benvolio (Juliet Understudy)

Creative

Logan Raju Cracknell*

Lighting Designer

Emilie Trimbee Associate

Lighting Designer

Olivia Wheeler

Sound Designer & Composer

Crew

Brayden Crawford

Technical Director

Marshall Kidd Associate Technical Director

Kendalin Bishop Assistant

Technical Director

Stephen Cota Choreographer

Geoff Scovell Fight Director

Anna R. Kaltenbach

Stage Manager

Mary Spyrakis Head of Props Chynah

Philadelphia Props Assistant

Alysson Burnabe Scenic Painter

Madeline Ius Assistant Head of Wardrobe

Asher Rose

Prince (Benvolio Understudy)

Mike Shara

Lord Capulet

Michaela Washburn Nurse

Meghan

Speakman Assistant Stage Manager

Bea Freedman

Apprentice Stage Manager

Tim Welham Text Coach

Karen Donaldson Stitcher

Violet Loconte Stitcher

Erin Halls Stitcher

Sharon Ryman

Hair Styling consultant

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Director’s Note

Marie Farsi

Romeo and Juliet has come to symbolize idealized, all-consuming love. In shaping this production for the park, I was drawn to what lies beneath the romantic lens through which this story is so often viewed. I wanted to create a world where the actors, the creative team, and I could excavate the play’s darker core—its tensions, its violence, its complex and contradictory characters—while still crafting a sensual, mythic atmosphere that honours the poetry of Shakespeare’s language.

I chose to set the play in Southern Italy during the interwar period (1930s–1940s), a time of deep political unrest, rising authoritarianism, rigid gender roles, and stark economic divisions. It was a world clinging to moral order while chaos simmered beneath the surface. In this landscape, cycles of violence and vengeance are passed down like inheritance. It is a deeply patriarchal, pious society governed by bloodlines, honour, and superstition— an Italy of vendetta.

Rather than modernizing the play, this historical frame sharpens its resonance. The past echoes eerily in the present, drawing out the play’s timeless tensions. Shakespeare himself imagined Italy as a heightened, metaphorical landscape—less concerned with accuracy than with emotional and dramatic possibility. In the same spirit, I’ve taken liberties, inspired particularly by the South: where the sun crushes the piazzas, emotions run high, and the lines between danger and desire blur. It’s a place where beauty and decay live side by side, where walls remember the grandeur of a lost civilization.

This show is for everyone—for those new to Shakespeare and for lifelong lovers of his work. At its heart, it’s a story of young people trying to forge their own path in a world that won’t make space for them. I invite you to watch with abandon and delight—and to rediscover the play you thought you knew.

Praneet Akilla − Romeo

Behind the Moon (Touchstone Theatre); Someone Like You (Arts Club Theatre); Hamlet (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Heist (Vertigo Theatre); Iceland (Theatre Calgary); Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach).

Film/TV: Chopper in “SkyMed” (Paramount Plus); “Nancy Drew” (CW); “Motherland” (Hulu); “Allegiance” (CBC); “October Faction” (Netflix). Praneet is currently producing/developing a TV adaptation of Chelene Knight’s celebrated Canadian novel JUNIE

Lili Beaudoin − Juliet

Juliet, a Revenge Comedy (Monster Theatre), The Nutcracker (Caravan Farm Theatre), Goblin Macbeth, Blind Date (Spontaneous Theatre), I, Claudia, Sister Judy (The Arts Club), The Humans (Theatre Calgary).

Film/TV: Lots of voiceover! Edie in “Littlest Pet Shop”, Crick in “Beat Bugs”, Lana in “Future Boy Conan”, Plaid Stripes/Kettle Corn/K-lo in “My Little Pony”, Demon/ God in “Reginald the Vampire”.

Matthew G. Brown − Singer/Friar John (Mercutio Understudy)

Canadian Stage: Is God Is, Hair, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Other theatre: Controlled Damage (Neptune, NAC), The Real McCoy (Blyth Festival), Appropriate (Associate Director, Coalmine), Intimate Apparel (Belfry), Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, To Kill A Mockingbird (Stratford). Film/TV: “Mother Father Sister Brother Frank” (Highball TV), “Fellow Travelers” (Showtime), “Pretty Hard Cases” (CBC), “Pinkalicious & Peterrific” (PBS Kids), “The Kennedys” (History Television). Training: Randolph College, The Canadian Film Centre Actors Conservatory.

Joella Crichton − Lady Capulet (Nurse Understudy)

Hedda Gabler, The Wedding Band, Les Belle-Soeurs, London Assurance, Death and The King’s Horsemen (Stratford Festival). Joella completed the Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival in 2024.

Daniel Krmpotic − Paris (Tybalt Understudy)

Richard III, The Front Page, Othello (Stratford Festival). Film/TV: Young Bertram in “Albatross” (Apple TV). Daniel is a graduate of TMU’s BFA in Performance Acting, the Soulpepper Academy and Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory.

Ziska Louis − Tybalt

The Darkest Dark and Russell’s World (Young People’s Theatre); On A Night Like This and The Walk Up (Soulpepper). Film/TV: “Dom in Two Cents” (Two Cents Productions), “The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd”. Ziska graduated from Soulpepper’s Academy and Factory’s Training Enhancement Program. Ziska is grateful for this dream.

Diego Matamoros − Singer/Friar Lawrence

Canadian Stage: Hamlet (2024). Other theatre: JOB (Coalmine Theatre), Winter Solstice (Necessary Angel Theatre), Rosmersholm (Crow’s Theatre), A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Outside The March Theatre), King Lear (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, England). TV: “Law & Order Toronto”, “Murdoch Mysteries”. Film: “Fugitive Pieces”.

Dan Mousseau − Mercutio (Romeo Understudy)

Canadian Stage: Hamlet (no more). Other theatre: There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death or, the Born Again Crow (Native Earth, Buddies); Wildwoman, The Seagull, Innocence Lost (Soulpepper); Prodigal (Crow’s/Howland). Film/TV: “The Boys” (Amazon); “Murdoch Mysteries”, “Frankie Drake Mysteries”, “Strays”, “Workin’ Moms” (CBC); “Tempted by Danger” (Lifetime); “Sincerely, Yours Truly” (Hallmark). Dan would like to thank his beloved dog, Merlin. Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo, Slava Ukraine, Landback!

Meilie Ng − Benvolio (Juliet Understudy)

Canadian Stage: The Winter’s Tale. Other theatre: In This World (Roseneath – Dora Nominee); Les Zinspirés 1, Les Zinspirés 6 and Les Zinspirés 11 (TFT – Dora Nominees); Richard III (Metachroma); 1, 2, 3 (CNA); Nisei Blue (ATP); Pinocchio (Geordie). Film/TV: “Umbrella Academy” (Netflix), “Rabbit Hole” (Prime), “Sex/Life” (Netflix), “Covert Affairs” (Prime), “Makinium” (SRC), “Indéfendable” (TVA), “Splendeur et Influence” (SRC), “The Revenge of my Black Best Friend” (CBC). Upcoming 2026: Bonnes Bonnes (Factory Theatre and Théâtre Français de Toronto).

Asher Rose − Prince (Benvolio Understudy)

Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare BASH’d), Small Gods (Factory), Garden of Alla (Minmar Gaslight), 1184 (Phoenix Arts), Henry G20 (Luminato), Heart of a Dog (Nowadays), The Bonds of Interest (Odyssey). Film/TV: “Accused”, “Violence”, “The Players”, “You Deserve It”, “Save The Date”, “The Lift” (winner: Best Actor – Toronto International Short Film Festival). Asher is proud to stand alongside organizers fighting for liberation for all, from Turtle Island to Palestine.

Mike Shara − Lord Capulet

Canadian Stage: Take Me Out; It’s A Wonderful Life. Other theatre: 10 seasons of old plays at Shaw, 10 seasons of even older plays at Stratford. Performances at Soulpepper, Tarragon, Crow’s, MTC, Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse, NAC, Aquarius, Drayton. Film/TV: Many things filmed in Toronto and North Bay and Hamilton that you’ve likely never seen. And “Murdoch Mysteries” (twice!). Mike dedicates this performance to the memory of his mother, Pam, whom he misses very much and was his biggest fan.

Michaela Washburn − Nurse

Takwahiminana (Punctuate!/Soulpepper); This Is How We Got Here (Native Earth); Almighty Voice and His Wife (Soulpepper); Guarded Girls (Tarragon/ Green Light Arts); Grace (Nightwood). TV/Film: “Skymed” (Paramount/CBC/ CBS); “Pretty Hard Cases”, “Burden of Truth” (CBC); “Baroness Von Sketch” (CBC/IFC); “The River You Step In” (Marjory Avenue Productions & Film Coop); “Just One Word” (Paper Canoe Projects). Michaela is currently writing a TYA play titled Going Under, a third in a trilogy with Joelle Peters and Carrie Costello.

Creative

Marie Farsi − Director

After The Rain (Tarragon/MSC), Fifteen Dogs (Crow’s, Segal Centre, Mirvish, NAC); With Love and a Major Organ (Here For Now); Providencia (Aux Écuries); Ghost Quartet (Crow’s); I, Claudia (Arts Club). Upcoming: Reproduktion (The Vault, Here For Now); Way Out Theatre (YES Theatre).

Tara Rosling − RBC Emerging Artist Intern Director

Canadian Stage: As an actor – Habeus Corpus, The Lonesome West Other theatre: As a director – A Recluse & His Guest (Neil Munro Intern Director), And Then There Was You, This Property Is Condemned, Dear Elizabeth (Shaw – Secret Theatre), Gnit staged reading (Shaw). Film/TV: “I Will Find You”, “Star Trek Discovery”, “Beacon 23”, “Accused”, “Impulse”, “Happy Place”, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Murdoch Mysteries”, “Ransom”, “The Five Senses”, “The Uncles”. Grateful to Patrick & Eliana for making this adventure possible.

Sim Suzer − Set & Costume Designer

Canadian Stage: Associate Set Designer on 1939. Other theatre: Set & Costume Designer, Comfort Food (Crow’s Theatre); Set and Costume Designer, Sanguine (Cahoots Theatre); Co-Set Designer, The Bidding War (Crow’s Theatre); Costume Designer, A Year With Frog and Toad (Capitol Theatre).

Logan Raju Cracknell − Lighting Designer

Canadian Stage: Fairview, Sound of Our Nation, Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It. Other theatre: After The Rain (Musical Stage/ Tarragon), Alice In Wonderland (Bad Hats/Soulpepper), Alligator Pie (Soulpepper), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Howland/Crow’s), Casey and Diana (Theatre Aquarius/RMTC).

Emilie Trimbee − Associate Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer: Big Stuff (Baram & Snieckus/Crow’s), Queer Youth Cabaret, Sympathy for the Devil (Soulpepper), Antigonick, Bright Lights, Overruled (Shaw Festival Directors Project). Associate Lighting Designer: Big Fish: The Musical (Theatre Sheridan), What the Constitution Means to Me (Soulpepper), Rubaboo (The Grand/Arts Club). Assistant Lighting Designer: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s/MSC/Mirvish), Alligator Pie (Soulpepper), Nabucco/Faust (COC), multiple seasons at the Shaw Festival Studio Theatre (2022/2023) and Stratford Festival Avon Theatre (2024/2025). Online: @emilietrimbeedesigns + emilietrimbee.com

Olivia Wheeler − Sound Designer & Composer

Canadian Stage: Playing Shylock. Other theatre: Sound Designer for Forgiveness, Cymbeline (Stratford), The Secret to Good Tea (Grand/NAC), The Bidding War (Crow’s), Infinite Life (Coal Mine), The Fixing Girl (Young People’s Theatre); Alligator Pie, De Profundis, The Walk-Up (Soulpepper), Mad Madge (Nightwood), ECHO (Next Stage); Here Lies Henry, Armadillos (Factory Theatre); Between a Wok and a Hot Pot (Cahoots). Associate sound designer for A Wrinkle in Time (Stratford), Bad Parent (Soulpepper/vACT/PTE), Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon).

Stephen Cota − Choreographer

Frankenstein Revived, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Mad Woman of Chaillot, Romeo and Juliet, The Hypochondriac (Stratford Festival), Mary Poppins (The Grand Theatre).

Geoff Scovell − Fight Director

Over 20 years experience including 12 seasons at The Stratford Festival, 5 seasons at Shaw, most recently wait till dark. And a bunch elsewhere. Film/TV: Over 150 film and TV credits including the upcoming “Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein”, “The Boys” (5 seasons), “FUBAR” (2 seasons), “Terminal List”, “Reacher”, “Ginny and Georgia”, and the upcoming “Vladimir”. Geoff is a 3-time nominee of the SAG award for Best Stunts, and a 2-time ACTRA Best Stunt nominee.

Anna R. Kaltenbach − Stage Manager

Canadian Stage: Maanomaa My Brother, Topdog/Underdog, Lehman Trilogy, Hamlet, My Name Is Lucy Barton, Fat Ham. Other theatre: Anahita’s Republic (Bustle & Beast); Dana H. (Crow’s); Chloe=Catalyst, King’s Playlist (Culchahworks); Bright Star (Garner Theatre Productions); 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.

Meghan Speakman − Assistant Stage Manager

Canadian Stage: Hamlet. Other theatre: Comfort Food (Crows), Hypothetical Baby (Nightwood), Madama Butterfly, Faust (COC), Madame Minister (TIFT), Age is a Feeling (Soulpepper), Canoe (Native Earth), Monster (Factory), Where You Are (LFT). This one’s for Gram.

Bea Freedman − Apprentice Stage Manager

SM: Macbeth: A Tale Told by An Idiot! (Eldritch Theatre), APR: Bed and Breakfast (Lighthouse Festival Theatre), Upcoming – APR: Love You Forever and More Munsch (Young People’s Theatre). Beatrice is a recent graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Production Design and Technical Arts Program.

Tim Welham − Text Coach

Canadian Stage: Hamlet. Other theatre: Text coach at the Stratford Festival, currently supporting As You Like It, Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, Sense and Sensibility, Dangerous Liaisons and Ransacking Troy. Tim is also an instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada, and has taught for Western, Windsor, Guelph, Brock, Waterloo and Toronto Metropolitan universities, and the Birmingham Conservatory. He holds an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in England, and a BFA from the former RTS.

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Canadian Stage is grateful to the many individuals, foundations and corporations that supported our activities during the 24.25 season. They allowed us to invest in artist development, build our pipeline of new work and present artistic experiences at the highest level.

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We are grateful to the following individuals who have very thoughtfully and generously remembered Canadian Stage in their estates.

The Estate of Bluma Appel

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We have made every effort to ensure proper recognition. If, however, your name has been accidentally omitted, listed incorrectly, or misspelled, we apologize. Please notify us at donate@canadianstage.com with any corrections.

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The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

Production Underwriters & Sponsors

David W. Binet

Alan Rowe & Bryan Blenkin Paul Maranger & Robert Brown

Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds

Trina McQueen, O.C.

Dream in High Park

Lead Corporate Sponsor Foundation Support

Programmatic Support Lead Donors

Ian & Kiki Delaney BraveWorks Founding Donors

Alexandra Baillie

EmpowHer Founding Donors

Catherine Graham & Katy Graham Debost

Janet L’Heureux

Education & Community Outreach Lead Donor

Marilyn & Charles Baillie Family Foundation

Ed & Fran Clark Future Forward Fund Lead Donor

The Westaway Charitable Foundation Production Underwriter

Emerging Artists Support

Fabio Mascarin Foundation New Work Development Lead Donor

Foundation and Corporate Supporters

Marion Armstrong Charitable Foundation

Kingfisher Foundation

City Builders Principal Member

The Paul Butler and Chris Black Foundation at Toronto Foundation

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Henry White Kinnear Foundation

FOUNDATION

Hotel Sponsor

Government Support

Media Sponsor

TORONTO DOWNTOWN

Premiere Executive Pass Partners

Canadian Stage

Board of Directors

Hugh Clark Chair

Sara Angel

Nimal Amitirigala

Alexandra Baillie

Navin Bhat

David Bronskill

Rupinder Dhillon Councillor Paula Fletcher

Management

Brendan Healy Artistic Director

Monica Esteves Executive Director

Daniel Bennett Director of Production and Facilities

Tanya Doroslovac 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

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

Adam Burke Treasurer

Colin Hennigar

Nina Josefowitz

Elaine Kierans

Frances Mahil

Fabio Mascarin

Trina McQueen

Vafa Mirzaagha

Development

Leslie Francombe

Associate Director, Corporate Giving and Partnerships

Chris Faulkner Senior Manager, Government Relations and Foundations

Luisa Kurtz Senior Manager, Individual Giving

Gillian Hoff Manager of Special Events

Jordana Green Development Coordinator

Marketing and Communications

Shannon Tigert Senior Marketing Manager, Loyalty & Growth

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

Huw Evans Secretary

Qasim Mohammad

John Montesano

Daniel Sinniah

James Spearing

Julie Sutherland

Maple Tam Vandana Taxali

Abbas Abbas

Peter Genoway

Elyssia Giancola

Mima Higashi

Alex Jackson

Mackenzie Kerr

Colette Mbariko

Seamus Murphy

Sydnie Phillips

Henrique Santsper

Sienna Singh

Mya Wong Audience Services Staff

Production

Brayden Crawford

Technical Director

Meg Woods

Production & Site Manager

Matthew Hadley

Building Operations Manager

Marshall Kidd Associate Technical Director

Kendalin Bishop 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

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.

Fall On Your Knees (2024). Photo by Dahlia Katz