ARTISTS

Judith Bowden Costume Designer

Judith Bowden has been designing for the theatre for the past 25 years. Selected Credits: Costume design for Queen Goneril and King Lear (Soul Pepper Theatre). The Humans, (Citadel Theatre/ Canadian Stage). London Road, The Other Place, (Canadian Stage). Sense and Sensibility, (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre). Chimerica, (M.T.C./ Canadian Stage). Set and Costume design for White Christmas, Gaslight, Holiday Inn, LadyKillers, Grand Hotel, St Joan, and Sweeney Todd, costume design - Cabaret, at the Shaw Festival where she has designed for the past 20 seasons. She has had the pleasure of working at a number of theatres including the National Arts Centre, the Grand Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, P.O.V. Theatre Calgary, The Citadel, Crows Theatre, ATP and Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.

Joyce Padua

Assistant Costume Designer

Joyce Padua is a Toronto-based costume designer, cutter, and head of wardrobe. A BFA graduate of York University, her work as a designer and assistant has been featured in several productions including shows with the Shaw Festival, the Stratford Festival, and Factory Theatre. Awards: In 2021, Joyce was nominated as a Siminovitch Prize Protegée under designer Gillian Gallow. Theatre Credits: Costume design: Too True to Be Good (Shaw Festival), Year of the Rat (Factory Theatre), Desire Under the Elms (Shaw Festival), Head of Wardrobe: TOKA (Theatre PasseMuraille), Trout Stanley (Factory Theatre), Lady Sunrise (Factory Theatre), Marjorie Prime (Coal Mine Theatre).

Leigh Ann Vardy Lighting Designer

Recent Theatre Credits: Hamlet 911, The Neverending Story, As You Like it, The Diary of Anne Frank (Stratford), The Breathing Hole, Metamorphosis (NAC), Misery, The Rocky Horror Show (Neptune), Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Belfry Theatre), For A Look or a Touch (Pacific Opera Victoria), Tell Tale Harbour (Confederation Centre for the Arts), Between Breaths, Everybody Just C@ lm The F#ck Down (Artistic Fraud), The Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre), The Third Colour (Prairie Theatre Exchange), Secret Life of a Mother (Theatre Centre, Crows Theatre), and The God That Comes (2b). Other: Leigh Ann is a teacher and coach at NTS. She is originally from Newfoundland and now lives in Nova Scotia and works all over the country. She’s honoured to be part of the telling of this story with these remarkable people.

Brian Kenny Sound Designer

Brian is a designer for theatre from Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador and is a graduate from The National Theatre School of Canada and Sheridan College. Selected Credits: Come From Away in Concert (Mirvish, Marquis Ent), Billy Elliott, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, Little Shop of Horrors (Stratford Festival), Elf, Grow, Mary Poppins (Grand Theatre), Once (Segal Centre), Everybody Just C@lm The F#ck Down, Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland), Supper Club, Birthday Balloon (RCA Theatre). Other: Brian is a board member of the IATSE Local 659, The Associated Designers of Canada.