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Director David Hogan
Music Director Alex Baerg
Set & Costume Designer David Rogers
Stage Manager Paula Stewart
Lighting Designer Lyle Franklin
Assistant Stage Manager Anna Whitehead
(in alphabetical order)
Alex Baerg
Scott Carmichael
Leah Grandmont
Melissa Morris
Bobby Prochaska
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(in alphabetical order)
Alex Baerg (Guitar)
Drayton Entertainment: Good Ol’ Country Gospel, Godspell. Other theatre: Twist and Shout, Million Dollar Quartet, and Ring of Fire (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Dream a Little Dream (Grand Theatre); Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart (The Guild, Charlottetown); and numerous productions at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, including Rocky Mountain High, Fiddler On The Loose, East Coast Kitchen Party, Murder for Two, and Camelot. Alex is so happy to return to Drayton Entertainment. Love and thanks to my wife and two beautiful kids, Poppy and Jack.
Scott Carmichael (Drums)
Drayton Entertainment: Million Dollar Quartet. Other theatre: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Arts Club, Stage West, Mayfield, WTC, TIP, Theatre Aquarius, Magnus, STC); The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Capitol Theatre, STC); Ring of Fire (Chemainus, TIP); Man of La Mancha (Magnus); It’s a Wonderful Life (Chemainus); The Foursome (Foster Festival); ELF the Musical (Chemainus). Select Film & TV: Mega Brands That Built America (History); Justice for MLK - The Hunt For James Earl Ray (Discovery); Marine Disasters (Discovery); Final 24 (Next Films); Motive and Murder (Cineflix). Scott is grateful for the boundless love and support of wife Cecily.
Leah Grandmont (Fiddle)
Drayton Entertainment: Fiddler on the Loose, Good Ol’ Country Gospel. Other theatre: Where the Heart Is, East Coast Kitchen Party, Starbright Christmas, Scotland Sings (VPP); Vigilante (The Grand Theatre). Since picking up the violin at age three, Leah has enjoyed performing as a fiddler and classical violinist. Over the years, she’s developed a love for theatre performance! Outside of theatre, Leah performs with the Vintera String Quartet at Fever’s “Candlelight Concerts” in London, ON. She spent several summers touring with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, as well as recording and performing with pop artists Stacey Kay, Lindsay El, and Priyanka. Can’t wait to hear you all singing along to “Country Roads” (I know you know the words!)
Melissa Morris (Piano)
Drayton Entertainment: Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream, Bittergirl – The Musical. Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy: March Break Musical Director. Other theatre: Annie Kenney in Lancashire Lass (Watershed Festival); Mrs. Cratchit/MD for A Christmas Carol, Corie in Barefoot in the Park (Upper Canada Playhouse); Feste/MD for Twelfth Night, Puck/MD for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Phebe/MD for As You Like It, Bianca/MD for Taming of the Shrew (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival); Jane Bennet/ Georgiana Darcy/MD for Pride & Prejudice, Sister Margaretta/ Maria Understudy/MD for Sound of Music (Chemainus Theatre); Pianist for Dean and Jerry (Theatre Orangeville). Melissa is a proud faculty member at Capilano University. @missmelissamorris
Bobby Prochaska (Bass)
Drayton Entertainment: Blood Brothers, Cotton Patch Gospel, Sorry...I’m Canadian, Country Legends. Other theatre: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Broadway/National Tour); Crazy For You, Jolson: The Al Jolson Story (Mirvish Productions); Rock and Roll (Toronto/ Warrack Productions); The Shooting of Dan McGrew, Spring Planting, Eighteen Wheels, A Christmas Carol, A Gift To Last, A Snow White Christmas (Theatre Orangeville). Film/TV (selected): Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Murdoch Mysteries, May Day, MVP, Politics Is Cruel. Bobby has also toured several shows as a singer-musician with Way-To-Go Productions, as well as with Hank Williams Live 1952, and various other musical acts.
David Hogan (Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Sh-Boom! Life Could Be A Dream, Fiddler on the Loose, Man of La Mancha, Broadway Heroes, Hollywood Sings, Godspell, The Songs of Sinatra (Director); Blood Brothers (Performer). Other Theatre: Co-Artistic Director of the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia (2012 – present); Artistic Producer of the Starbright Summer Festival in Sarnia, ON (2009 – 2011); Producer and Director of Starbright Christmas (2004 – present); Producer and Director of Broadway on the Avenue, Banff, AB (2007 – 2008). Thank you Alex and the Drayton Entertainment family. Thank you for joining us.
Drayton Entertainment: Good Ol’ Country Gospel, Godspell. Other theatre: Twist and Shout, Million Dollar Quartet, and Ring of Fire (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Dream a Little Dream (Grand Theatre); Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart (The Guild, Charlottetown); and numerous productions at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, including Rocky Mountain High, Fiddler On The Loose, East Coast Kitchen Party, Murder for Two, and Camelot. Alex is so happy to return to Drayton Entertainment. Love and thanks to my wife and two beautiful kids, Poppy and Jack.
Drayton Entertainment: Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Harold Hill in The Music Man, Joseph in Joseph…, Che in Evita, Broadway Heroes (one-man show), Fiddler on the Loose (Creator), Canada 151, Sinatra Seven, Good Ol‘ Country Gospel (Creator and Director), Sh-Boom (Director). One of Canada’s leading musical theatre artists, David has appeared as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Toronto, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, Sudbury, Kitchener, Florida, National Arts Centre, and Kingston. He has played many leading roles in musicals across North America, including: The Phantom of the Opera, Tommy, Camelot, Cats and Into the Woods. David created and produced A Starbright Christmas which played for 10 years at the Stratford Festival Theatre and is now at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, where he is currently the Co- Artistic Director.
Drayton Entertainment: Over the River and Through the Woods, Merry & Bright, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Buying The Farm, Kings & Queens of Country, Out of Order, Office Hours, Hilda’s Yard, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, The Affections of May, Lend Me A Tenor, Too Many Cooks, The Love List, Perfect Wedding, Twelve Angry Men, Separate Beds, The Odd Couple, Funny Money, Boeing Boeing. Other theatre: The Last Enchanted Forest (Petrolia); Walking on Water (Fanshawe College); The Anger of Ernest and Ernestine (Lost & Found Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened … (Ryerson University). He is a graduate of Ryerson University. Lyle is pleased to be working on another lighting design with Drayton Entertainment.
Drayton Entertainment: Over the River and Through the Woods, White Christmas, Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Doris and Ivy in the Home, Evita, Perfect Wedding, Anything Goes, Jonas and Barry in the Home. Other theatre: The Beaver Club, Cinderella... if the Shoe Fits, Darktown Strutters Ball, Boys Girls and Other Mythological Creatures (Tour) (Theatre Orangeville); Smile Serenades, Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol (Smile Theatre). Tapadh leat mo ghaol agus slainte mhath!
Drayton Entertainment: A Christmas Carol: The Panto, Peter Pan: The Panto, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other theatre: Utopia, Immolation, She Kills Monsters, Portia’s Julius Caesar, EVERYBODY, Mustard (University of Waterloo Theatre and Performance). Anna is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo’s Theatre and Performance Program. Thank you to her family and friends for the support.
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