GRADUATES 2014

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JAMES SIMON FACULTY 2013/2014

KATHRYN AKIN (Physical Text and Devising, HUME BAUGH (Scene Study) The Alexander Technique) BRENDA BAZINET (Guest Director, TV Acting) RICHARD BEAUNE (Shakespeare Scene Study) HEATHER BERRY-MacPHAIL (Cardio) CINDY BLOCK (Storytelling, Voice & Movement) BRIAN BORTS (Business of Acting) MARK BROWNELL (Theatre History, Creative Process) CLAIRE CALNAN (Shakespeare Scene Study) ALAN DILWORTH (Guest Director) MAURIZIO DODARO (Dramatic Literature, On the LAUREN FERRARO (Speech, Dialects) Town) SHARRY FLETT (Monologue) SIMON FON (Stage Combat) LESLIE FRENCH (Movement, Vocal Masque) TODD HAMMOND (Acting, Director, Vocal VRENIA IVONOFFSKI (Mask, Commedia Dell’Arte) Masque) DAVID JANSEN (Scene Study) JOHN JARVIS (Period Study) PAM JOHNSON (Contact Improvisation) DEBORA JOY (Voice) JEANNETTE LAMBERMONT-MOREY ANNA MacKAY-SMITH (Monologue) (Monologue, Period Study ) C. KENNEDY MacKINNON (Shakespeare) ROBERT McCOLLUM (Dance) SUE MINER (Career Studies, Guest Director) DIANA REIS (Acting) ED SAHELY (Group Improvisation) TRENT SCHERER (Canadian Drama) JAMES SIMON (Director, Business of Acting, CHRISTOPHER STANTON (Vocal Masque) Scene Study) JULIE TEPPERMAN (Business of Acting) J. RIGZIN TUTE (Music) PETER C. WYLDE (Text Study)

GEORGE BROWN THEATRE Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tankhouse Lane, Toronto, Canada M5A 3C4 416.415.5000 x2167/ F 416.415.2537 llaforet@georgebrown.ca georgebrown.ca/theatre

LEEANN BALL LeeAnn is from Scarborough, Ontario and is excited to be graduating from George Brown Theatre School this spring. Before attending George Brown she attended classes at Young Peoples Theatre, Soulpepper, and Suite Life Arts for Youth. Select credits include: An Ideal Husband (GBTS), The Munsch Bunch (GBTS), Breaking Away, Just Look (YPT) and Solferino (3PT). School credits include: Olivia (Twelfth Night), Irina (Three Sisters), Lydia Languish (The Rivals), Hannah Kennedy (Mary Stuart) and Spud (The Vic). Thanks to Theatre Ontario for this wonderful opportunity.

NICOLE BUSCEMA Selected credits: Velma in Birdbath (Still & Moving Theatre); Sarah in The Lover, Florence Nightingale in Solferino (Three Peasants Theatre), Young Patsy in Perfect Pie (Kingstown Players); Anna in Drums in the Night, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sheep in Candide (Queen’s Drama); Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Queen’s Musical Theatre); Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (Blue Canoe Productions); Pagliacci (Queen’s Student Opera Company). Film credits include: Lilly in Waterlily (Stillwater Films), Bo in The Den (Eclipse Productions). GBTS credits: An Ideal Husband, The Gut Girls, The Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot), Tough!, Mary Stuart, The School for Scandal, Wild Oats, The Munsch Bunch, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya. Nicole is a recent graduate of Queen’s University with a BSc in Biology and a BAH in Drama and Global Development Studies. ALESSANDRO COSTANTINI Alessandro was born and raised in Sudbury, ON. Recent credits: Lost in Yonkers starring Marion Ross (Harold Green Jewish Theatre), Hockey Dreams (Theatre New Brunswick), The Full Monty, James and the Giant Peach (Sudbury Theatre Centre). He is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of YES Theatre in Sudbury. Credits for YES include Jesus Christ Superstar, Spring Awakening, Rent, and HAIR. Select George Brown credits include The Vicomte in An Ideal Husband, Faust in Faust, Trout in Trout Stanley, Faulkand in The Rivals. Film and TV: Sticks and Stones (CTV), Wisegal, starring Alyssa Milano and James Caan, How to Be Indie (YTV), Baxter (Family), Mayday (Discovery). Upcoming- Sparkish in The Country Wife (GBTS), JCS and In the Heights (YES Theatre) Proud member of ACTRA and CAEA.

TIFFANY DEOBALD Tiffany's most recent and favourite credits include: Ellen (The Gut Girls), Rhoda (Age of Arousal), Mrs. Malaprop (The Rivals), Martha (Goethe's Faust), and Olga (The Three Sisters). Past credits from The University of Calgary include: Cavale (Cowbody Mouth), and Madame (The Maids). Film credits include: Cody Fitz (Yellow Umbrella Productions) and Flash (Toronto Film School).

KASEY DUNN Hailing from Hanover ON, Kasey is delighted to be part of this acting ensemble! George Brown credits include: Lady Helena (The Gut Girls) Sugar/Grace (Trout Stanley), Gretchen (Faust), Yelena (Uncle Vanya), Ensemble (The Munsch Bunch). Recent credits elsewhere: Passion Play (Outside the March, Convergence, and Sheep No Wool Theatre Co.); Hotel Dieu (Fourgrounds Media); Phedre (Brock University); Big Love (Brock University); The Diary of Anne Frank (Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects); Sweeney Todd (Garden City Productions) and Disney Princess for Fantasy Fables Children Entertainment.

STEPHAN ERMEL Stephan Ermel is co-founder and Artistic Director of Three Peasants Theatre; this past summer he co-produced and performed in Harold Pinter's The Lover, directed by Peter Wylde. He has also ventured into the world of directing, with Three Peasants' premiere of Emily Johnson's Solferino in the summer of 2012. Acting credits include: Wild Abandon (Steve), Cliffhanger (Melvin McMullan), The Laramie Project (Jedadiah Schultz, Father Roger Schmidt, Dennis Shepard), Twelfth Night (Sebastian) and Marvin's Room (Hank; Theatre Ontario - Best Supporting Actor Award '05).

JACK EVERETT Jack is thrilled to be part of the third year acting company at George Brown Theatre. His highlights include: Mr. Harcourt in The Country Wife, Jim in The Gut Girls, Dr. Everard Barfoot in Age of Arousal, Leicester in Mary Stuart, Captain Absolute in The Rivals, Max in The Munsch Bunch, Trigorin in The Seagull and King John in King John. Other theatre credits include: Solferino (Three Peasants Theatre), The Mantel (Sears Festival).

CHARLIE GOULD Charlie is a Calgary-bred actor now based in Toronto. Past theatre credits include: An Ideal Husband (GB Theatre), The Gut Girls (GB Theatre), Richard III (Shakespeare in the Ruff), girls! girls! girls! (Major Matt Mason Collective), The Munsch Bunch (GB Theatre), Hay Fever (Theatre MRU), Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Double Falsehood (Shakespeare in the Park Calgary), and Blithe Spirit (Sunset Theatre). Charlie is a graduate of Mount Royal University’s Theatre Performance Program and will be collaborating with Major Matt Mason Collective on their upcoming project, Control, in the spring.

ALINA KOUVCHINOVA Russian born, Alina Kouvchinova is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator and George Brown Theatre School student, with a passion for travel. She teaches Movement at St. Joseph House, a local centre that works with the community, and aids in supporting people with homelessness, drug addiction, and physical & mental disabilities. She attended York Sheridan Joint Design Program and works as a freelance designer, photographer and life-drawing model.

MICHELLE LANGILLE George Brown - Lady Basildon in An Ideal Husband, Lady Helena/Eady/Emily in The Gut Girls, Elise in The Vic, Lady Sneerwell in School for Scandal, Lady Amaranth in Wild Oats. Other Theatre - Evelyn in The Shape of Things (Volition Theatre Co-op), The Missionary Sister in The Ecstasy of Mother Teresa (Ecce Homo), The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Oliver!, Evita, The Sound of Music (Neptune Theatre) Upcoming - Mrs. Squeamish in The Country Wife (George Brown Theatre), Mary Snow in Salt Water Moon (Single Thread Theatre Company). Etcetera - Michelle is proud to be a co-founding member of Theatre Inamorata which will be presenting their first production in the fall of 2014. For more details please visit www.theatreinamorata.com

WARREN MACAULAY Warren is a Fredericton, N.B. born actor. He is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Science in Medicinal Chemistry and a minor in Fine Arts Drama. Select credits with Theatre UNB include Carthaginians, Billy the Kid and The Rover. Other NB credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It (Bard in the Barracks). Last summer, he played Caiaphas in YES Theatre’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Sudbury, ON. With George Brown Theatre, he most recently appeared as Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband and has appeared in scenes from The Optimists, School for Scandal, The London Merchant, Wild Oats, Three Sisters and Platonov. He will next be working with director Alan Dilworth in The Country Wife. MICHAEL MacEACHERN Michael was born and raised in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. GB credits: Mephistopheles in Faust, The London Merchant, Platonov, and The Optimists. Michael also wrote The Lighthouse Song which was featured in last year's The Munsch Bunch. Other credits: The Wizard of Oz, (Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre), Solferino (Three Peasants) The Pirates of Penzance (NS Gilbert and Sullivan Society), Our Town (Regional Players) Upcoming: Dorilant in The Country Wife (GB Theatre) and Jacob in Salt-Water Moon (Single Thread). Thank you to Theatre Ontario for this great opportunity!

ADAM PELLERINE Selected credits include: Birdbath (Still & Moving), Shakespeare Experiment (Buddies in Bad Times), Hockey: The Musical (Toronto Fringe) and Fame (Curtain Call Productions). George Brown highlights: Charles (School for Scandal), Demetrius (Midsummer), Sir. George Thunder (Wild Oats), Matthew (Rune Arlidge), Ivanov (Ivanov) and Ensemble (The Munsch Bunch). Selected directing credits include: Hometown (Blyth Festival), Grey Ground (Toronto Fringe), Reefer Madness: The Musical (Curtain Call Productions), Tuesdays and Sundays (409series). Film: How to Build a Better Boy (Disney), The Ikon (Translucence Media). Adam is an honours graduate from the University of Guelph. Join us for The Country Wife where Adam can be seen playing the notoriously cunning and charismatic Mr. Horner. FIONA SAUDER Fiona is a multi-disciplinary artist, born and raised in Ottawa, ON. Fiona is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Bad Hats Theatre Co.; with whom she co-wrote and performed Enough (Ottawa - NAC) and looks forward to developing My Alternate Story come spring. Recent credits at George Brown include: Lee in A Beautiful View, Polly in The Gut Girls, and The Tooth Fairy in The Munsch Bunch for which she wrote the song 'Teeth'. She looks forward to playing Alithea in The Country Wife this February. MATTHEW SHAW Matt Shaw grew up in Brampton Ontario, where he attended the Regional Arts Program at Mayfield Secondary School. After a brief stint at another theatre school in the city that just wasn't the right fit, he was accepted into George Brown's theatre program, and is thrilled to be a part of this extremely talented and dedicated graduating class. Past George Brown credits include: Madjacko and Len in The Gut Girls, Bobby in Tough, Sir Peter Teazle in School for Scandal, Scotty in The Munsch Bunch, Constantin in The Seagull, and Vershinin in The Three Sisters. Other credits include: Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, Macduff in Macbeth (Ale House Theatre).