written by Michele Riml
Director Brenley Charkow
Set Designer Samantha Burson
Costume Designer Jennifer Wonnacott
Stage Manager Ricardo Alvarado
Lighting Designer Jareth Li
Apprentice Stage Manager Madie Bennett
Intimacy Director Anisa Tejpar
The Company (in alphabetical order)
Peter N. Bailey Jacklyn Francis
Sexy Laundry was first produced by the Belfry Theatre (Victoria, BC) and the Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver, BC) in the 2004/2005 theatre season. Sexy Laundry is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
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the cast
(in alphabetical order)
Peter N. Bailey (Henry)
Drayton Entertainment: A Few Good Men. Other theatre: A World Without Shadows, The Wilberforce Hotel, Jumbo, The Real McCoy (The Blyth Festival); Other Side of the Game (Cahoots Theatre Co. and Obsidian Theatre); To Kill a Mockingbird, An Ideal Husband, Richard III, All’s Well That Ends Well (Stratford Festival); Fences, Primary Trust (Grand Theatre); Here Are the Fragments (The Theatre Centre); Romeo and Juliet, Sweat, Fairview (Canadian Stage Company). Voice and dialect coaching credits include: The Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage Company, Crow’s Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Necessary Angel Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, The National Theatre School.
Jacklyn Francis (Alice) Drayton Entertainment: Debut. Other theatre: Nine seasons at the Stratford Festival, and has performed at theatres across Canada, including The Thousand Islands Playhouse, The Citadel Theatre, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Canadian Stage, The Lighthouse Festival Theatre, The Sudbury Theatre Centre, RMTC, Measure for Measure, Resurgence Theatre, Thought for Food, Theatre By The Bay, Theatre North West, Young People’s Theatre, Buddies In Bad Times, Equity Showcase, as well as the Toronto Fringe and SummerWorks Festivals. Film and TV Highlights: Brilliant Minds, Welcome to Derry, Murdoch Mysteries, Ruby and The Well, Rookie Blue, Flashpoint.
the creative team Brenley Charkow (Director) Drayton Entertainment (Directing): Flight Risk. Other theatre (select Directing): Anahita’s Republic (Factory Theatre); Seagulls, Look Up! (Shaw Festival); Girl in the Machine, Scorch, On the Other Side of the World, Almost Maine (Bustle & Beast); The Ballad of Peachtree Rose (WWPT); Blood; A Scientific Romance (The Maggie Tree); Sister Act (Storybook); A Bright Room Called Day (Studio Theatre); If We Were Birds (BLT). Assistant Director: The Devil’s Disciple (Shaw Festival); The Humans (Canadian Stage/Citadel); Mamma Mia! (Citadel). Voice Director: Over 30 titles with Penguin Random House Canada Audio. Brenley is the Artistic Producer of Bustle & Beast Theatre and holds an MFA in directing from the University of Alberta. A big thank you to Alex and David for the opportunity! www.brenleycharkow.ca @brenleyc
Samantha Burson (Set Designer) Drayton Entertainment: Rock of Ages, ‘Art’, The Drowsy Chaperone, I’ll Be Back Before Midnight. Other theatre (selected): 39 Steps, Motown Gold, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music, Leader of the Pack, Canadian Explosion, California Dreaming, British Invasion. Samantha has worked in theatre for over a decade as a Scenic Designer. Some of her past clients include: Stage West Mississauga, the Charlottetown Festival, the Sunshine Festival Theatre, and Leah Posluns Theatre. She would like to thank all the dedicated and hardworking people who work behind the scenes to bring her designs to life. Thanks also to her family for their continued support and always believing.
Jennifer Wonnacott (Costume Designer) Drayton Entertainment: Nashville Music City, The Sound of Soul, Naked Radio, A Few Good Men, On Golden Pond, Twelve Angry Men. With more than 20 years’ experience in theatre wardrobe production, Jennie is thrilled to be using her costume knowledge for design. Design credits include Here For Now Theatre and Western University, production credits include shows with The Stratford Festival, Mirvish Productions, Theatre Aquarius, and others. Jennie has recently obtained her MFA in Arts Leadership, and is the recipient of the 2016 Pauline McGibbon Award from the Ontario Arts Council.
Jareth Li (Lighting Designer)* Drayton Entertainment: Grease. Design credits (selected): Waiting for Godot, Sense and Sensibility, Every Little Nookie (Stratford Festival); The Orphan of Chao, Prince Caspian (Shaw Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A 70’s Musical, Frozen: The Disney Broadway Musical, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Citadel Theatre); A Christmas Story, Pollyanna, The Hours That Remain (Theatre Aquarius); Top Dog/Underdog (Canadian Stage); Come From Away, Frozen, Matilda, Controlled Damage, Kim’s Convenience (Grand Theatre). Jareth is a proud member of IATSE 659 – The Associated Designers of Canada. He believes strongly in mentorship, and creating opportunities for the next generation of theatre practitioners. Online @Jareth.Li
Ricardo Alvarado (Stage Manager) Drayton Entertainment (Stage Manager): Evita, The Crooner. Other theatre: Othello (ASM, Stratford); A Christmas Story, Million Dollar Quartet, The Little Mermaid, The Mountaintop, The Revolutionists (SM, Persephone Theatre); Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It (SM, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Luna (Puppet Designer, 25th Street Theatre); Spring Awakening, Hand to God, [Title of Show], Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue Q, The Rocky Horror Show (Director, Ppl r Ppl Productions); Cabaret, Annie (Director, SSP). Film: A Life Less Empty (Intimacy Coordinator). Up Next: Little Women (SM, Persephone). Ricardo is a Chilean-Canadian theatre and visual artist based in Saskatoon. They are the co-founder of Ppl r Ppl Productions, and they believe that by sharing our stories, we strengthen the communities we live in together. ¡Mucho amor!
Madie Bennett (Apprentice Stage Manager) Drayton Entertainment: Naked Radio (Apprentice Stage Manager), Peter Pan: The Panto (Running Crew/Production Assistant). Other theatre: Apprentice Stage Manager: Eureka Day (Coal Mine Theatre); Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Globe Theatre - Regina); Production assistant: Avon Theatre (Stratford Festival); Assistant Stage Manager: The Nutcracker Ballet - 2024 performance (Toronto International Ballet Theatre); Associate producer: All that is between (tiger princess dance projects); Stage Manager: The Sinking of the S.S. Ethie and Ed and Ed’s New B&B! (Gros Morne Theatre Festival 2022 season). Madie is a graduate of the University of Waterloo (2021) and Goldsmiths, University of London (2023 - MA). https://ma2benne.wixsite.com/madiebennett.
Anisa Tejpar (Intimacy Director) Drayton Entertainment: Dear Evan Hansen. Other theatre/dance: Slave Play (Canadian Stage); A Streetcar Named Desire, Emma Bovary, Anna Karenina (The National Ballet of Canada); Heart Drive (Ballet BC); Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Ex Machina/Côté Danse). Film/TV: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Amblin); The Terminal List (Amazon); Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC); Darkest Miriam (Low End); Modern Whore (Clique Pictures). Anisa is a Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning performer and a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School. @anisatejpar.
*Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.
the author Michele Riml (Playwright / Screenwriter)* Michele Riml is a critically acclaimed playwright from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her first play, Souvenirs, won The BC Young Playwrights Search. Some of her other works include Under the Influence, Poster Boys, RAGE (winner of the 2005 Sydney Risk Award), which has been produced in French, Polish, and German; On the Edge; and The Amaryllis, which was produced by The Search Party and premiered at The Fire Hall Theatre in Vancouver in the fall of 2020. The Cull, co-written with Michael St. John Smith, premiered at The Arts Club Theatre in 2023. Michele’s play Sexy Laundry has become an international hit, translated into more than 17 languages, and enjoyed by audiences in Canada, the United States, and Europe. It continues to be produced worldwide, along with its sequel Henry and Alice: Into the Wild. Michele also writes for young audiences, and her plays for YPT have been widely produced and translated. These include The Skinny Lie, The Invisible Girl, and Tree Boy, which was published by National Geographic and most recently produced in Athens, Greece. Her most recent play, She Shoots, She Scores!, an adaptation of hockey legend Cammi Granato’s book I Can Play, Too!, will premiere in 2026 with Green Thumb Theatre. Michele is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s FPA program. In 2008, she was nominated for the Siminovitch Prize. * Michele Riml is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
2026 Season Dedication The Drayton Festival Theatre 2026 Season is dedicated in memory of Bruce Schieck, founding Board member who proudly served for 34 consecutive years (1991 – 2024), and Victor Roberts, whose love of theatre resulted in many enjoyable performances on the Drayton Entertainment stage over the decades.
Bruce Schieck
Victor Roberts
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