WCT - The House at Pooh Corner Program - 2017

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Written by A.A. Milne, Adapted by Kim Selody, from the play by Bettye Knapp M arch 4 and 11, 2017, Pavilion Theatre BIO GRAPHIES HEATHER CANT Director At WCT: Director: The Velveteen Rabbit; Associate Director: Don’t Dress For Dinner; Assistant Director: Mary Poppins, Peter and The Starcatcher, Educating Rita, A Christmas Story, Noises Off, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wit; and Actor: Having Hope at Home. Elsewhere: Director: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, The Last of the Dragons (Project X Theatre); Penned (Burnt Candle Productions); Simple Machines (Upintheair). Assistant Director: The Rocky Horror Show, Twelfth Night (Project X Theatre); Alan and the Unbearable Likeness of Quarks (Upintheair). Actor (select): James and the Giant Peach, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Project X); Bye Bye Baby (Presentation House); The Memory of Water (Metro Theatre); Lady Windermere’s Fan (United Players); I Am Yours, Sunday on the Rocks (ADTC); A Bright Room Called Day (Somewhat Cooperative); and Lion in the Streets (Soundandfury). Film/TV: When a Man Falls, Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Portside, and The Peace Offering. Upcoming: Director: Armstrong’s War (Western Canada Theatre). ANDREW G. COOPER Tasker, Piglet, Tigger At WCT: As actor: Masterpiece Theatre: Redux (High-wire Festival). As Assistant Director: Mamma Mia! Elsewhere: Andrew holds his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Thompson Rivers University, is a nominee of the Kamloops Mayor’s Performing Artist of the Year Award, and is the founding Artistic Director of Chimera Theatre. He couldn’t be more excited to be taking a journey into the Hundred Acre Wood with Christopher Robin and all his lovable friends! He hopes that you have as much fun watching the show as he has performing it! Favourite previous acting credits include The Monkey King in The Wizard of Oz, Guy of Gisbourne in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, and Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Project X Theatre). This summer, Andrew will be directing a medieval tournament theatre show called Knights of the Sun with Chimera Theatre at Sun Peaks! RANDI EDMUNDSON Music Director / Alice the Nanny, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl At WCT: As Assistant Director: In a Blue Moon. Other: Randi is thrilled to be back in her hometown, performing in this delightful story with such a talented team. Randi is now a Vancouver-based actor, puppeteer, and puppet designer. Favourite puppetry credits include James and the Giant Peach (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Freddie in the Neighbourhood (The Little Onion Puppet Company); Trunk Puppet Now! (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop); and Kolejka (star star theatre). Kamloops audiences will remember Randi and her puppet designs from Project X Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, The Last of the Dragons, and Munsch Upon a Time and from WCT’s High-Wire Festival, where she performed her puppet show Francine and Frankie B Make Art! Up next, Randi will be on tour with Project X Theatre’s Munsch Upon a Time. STEFANO GIULIANETTI Alexander, Winnie-the-Pooh At WCT: Dear Santa, Alice: A Wonderland. Elsewhere: This is a happy return to Kamloops for Stefano as his first professional contract was with WCT and he has enjoyed many fun summers with Project X (Compleat Works Abridged, Alice in Wonderland, Last of the Dragons). He has performed coast to coast in shows with Axis Theatre, Chemainus Theatre Festival, BellaLuna Productions, Carousel, Kaleidoscope, Théâtre la Seizième and more. Some favourite plays for family audiences include The Emperor's New Threads (Axis), Munsch Ado About Nothing (Chemainus) and The Hobbit (Carousel). You may catch a glimpse of him on TV in “Once Upon a Time”, "Supernatural" and on the YTV sitcom "Some Assembly Required". Other: Stefano enjoys surfing and riding his Vespa scooter with his charming wife, Ella Simon. TRAVIS HATT Set & Lighting Designer At WCT: Miss Caledonia. Elsewhere: Previous design credits include The Best of Everything, As You Like It (TRU Actors Workshop


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