2009 Creative Team

	Brad Austin Grounded Tony Brad is pleased to be making his debut on the lighthouse stage. Celebrating his eighteenth year in the biz, he has been seen in the TV series Doc, Twice in a Lifetime, Wild Crad, Forever Knight, and Kevin Hill, as well as the television movies, Talk to Me, Recipe for a Perfect Christmas, and most recently in Anne of Green Gables. Stage credits include Laertes in Hamlet, and Dominic in Wrong Turn at Lungfish at the Gryphon theatre. Film credits include Habitat, Danger Beneath the Sea, and Focus. Brad lives in Hamilton with his beautiful wife Stacey, and their new puppy Finn.
	Michael Barber Outlaw Set Designer Mike is happy to be back as a set designer at Lighthouse Theatre after designing the set for the 2007 hit A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. An artist and graphic designer by trade, Mike has his own gallery in the theatre's lobby. He has also designed the theatre's brochures for the past four seasons. Mike is involved in a number of community and charitable projects throughout Norfolk county, donating his time and talents to help not-for-profit agencies achieve their goals. He lives in Silver Hill with his wife Lisa and daughters Sierra and Marisa.
	Richard Bauer Skin Flick Alex Boyle Sexy Laundry Henry Lane Richard is happy to be returning to Lighthouse Festival Theatre. You may remember him from Bedtime Stories and as Martin in Ethan Claymore. Recent credits include Amadeus for Theatre Aquarius, Tom, Dick and Harry, Run For Your Wife, and Caught in the Net for Upper Canada Playhouse, as well as the premiere of Bedtime Stories for Theatre Orangeville. Enjoy the show!
	Karen Bayer Skin Flick Lighting Designer Karen is looking forward to returning to Lighthouse Festival Theatre for her third season this summer to design the lighting for Skin Flick. You saw her work here last summer on Between Friends and the year before on Bedtime Stories and A Christmas Carol. Other designs include: The Dishwashers, The Love List, Goodbye Piccadilly and the premiere of Broadway Treasures (Red Barn Theatre); Psychobabble (Silhouettes); Joseph Andrews (Studio 256); Last House (Dorothy Said Theatre!); the world premieres of Race Day, Jasper Station, and The Edible Woman (Theatre on the Grand); four Grand Night for Stratford galas (Stratford Festival Company).
	Bill Brillinger Production Manager Bill is happy to return to Lighthouse for his second season as production manager. He just finished his sixth season with Smile Theatre, touring Ontario bringing theatre to seniors.
	Renée Brode Outlaw Lighting Designer Renée's LFT lighting credits include Old Love, Separate Beds, 400 Kilometres, and Jasper Station. She has also designed at Stratford Festival of Canada, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Lost & Found Theatre and Touchmark Theatre. Renée is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
	Bill Chesney Sexy Laundry Set & Costume Designer Bill is delighted to continue his long association with Lighthouse Festival Theatre in beautiful lakeside Port Dover. Bill combines teaching at the University of Waterloo with professional set and costume design and scenic painting, and has been working in the Canadian theatre for more than thirty years. He lives in Guelph with his wife Jane Macleod and three almost-grown kids, and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
	Danielle Dean-Alton Grounded Apprentice Stage Manager Danielle is extremely excited to be involved with Lighthouse Festival Theatre for her first season. Highly active in the Hamilton theatre scene, Danielle’s stage credits in their various capacities include The Wiz (MMT), Pippin (MMT), Cabaret (MMT), Dead Certain (BBF), A New Brain (Hammer Entertainment), Jekyll and Hyde (HTI), The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge (BBF), Closing the Door (Hammer Entertainment), An Ideal Husband (MTC) and Footloose (MMT) as well as working with the McMaster Summer Drama Festival, the Hamilton Fringe Festival and the Emerging Artist Series with Black Box Fire. Outside of theatre, Danielle is a graduate of the Honours Music program at McMaster University, dotes on her beloved nephew Jacob, and religiously follows the best of Canada’s national sports, lacrosse.
	Maria Dinn Grounded Kate Maria is thrilled to be returning to the Lighthouse Theatre Festival. Maria last appeared at Lighthouse in the world premiere of Norm Foster’s Jenny’s House of Joy where she played Natalie. Since then Maria has performed at The Grand Theatre in The Graduate as Elaine. Television credits include “Ricky” in The Boarder (CBC), and Catherine in The Best Years (Global). Maria has a BFA in Acting from the University of Windsor and this past winter Maria studied with the SITI Theatre Company in New York City. Maria loves Port Dover and is so happy to be spending her summer here!
	Eileen Earnshaw-Borghesan Skin Flick Set Designer Eileen, who has worked across Canada, is pleased to have been invited back after designing Mary's Wedding, 400 Kilometres, A Stranger in Our House, and Old Love. It is both exciting and a great privilege to have the opportunity to be involved in the creation of a new body of work. Kudos to all. Previous designs include: Who's Under Where? (Theatre On The Grand); How Could You Mrs. Dick? (Theatre Terra Nova); Touching (Toy Town Troopers); Halo (Redeemer University College); Evita, Into the Woods, Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, Toad-!, and On Golden Pond (Theatre Aquarius), Chagall (Theatre Calgary); Pinnochio, Sweet Phoebe, and Treasure Island (Gadz Productions). Recent productions include Grease (Performance Arts Programme) and Opening Night (Theatre Aquarius). Eileen, an instructor for the Burlington Art Centre, is also a wife and mother when she is at home.
	Melodee Finlay Skin Flick Daphne Waters Sexy Laundry Alice Lane Melodee is thrilled to be back at LFT for Skin Flick and Sexy Laundry. She was last here in 2007 when she played Betsy, Snady, and Yolanda in Norm Foster's Bedtime Stories. Some of you may remember her as Twink//Beth in Separate Beds or Emeline in Jasper Station. Love it here…so glad to be back!!! Xxoo to D.B.B.
	Norm Foster Skin Flick Playwright Outlaw Playwright, Will Vanhorne Norm Foster has been called Canada's preeminent comic playwright, and he is also one of the most prolific and most produced of all Canadian playwrights. Halifax Chronicle-Herald columnist Ron Foley writes "Foster's stage writing remains one of Canada's greatest theatrical treasures," and The Calgary Herald describes him as “one of the funniest writers of intelligent comedy in Canadian theatre today.” Mr. Foster has over 40 plays to his credit including Ethan Claymore, The Foursome, The Melville Boys, The Affections Of May, Wrong For Each Other, Jasper Station (with Steve Thomas), The Last Resort (with Leslie Arden), The Love List, Outlaw, Jenny's House Of Joy, and Mending Fences. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for his play, The Melville Boys, and he was recently honoured with an award from Theatre Ontario for his distinguished service to Ontario 's theatre community.
	Gaye Elizabeth Gardiner Outlaw Costume Designer Gaye has worked extensively in feature films and for Theatre Orangeville where Outlaw premiered. She now lives on Salt Spring Island where she continues to design and paint. Gaye has worked for the best of Hollywood past and present, from Red Skelton to Robert DeNiro, Imogene Coca to Rene Zellweger.
	Liz Gilroy Skin Flick Jill Liz is thrilled to be making her Lighthouse debut. She just recently choreographed Grease, and before that she premiered Norm Foster's brand new play Bob's Your Elf at Upper Canada Playhouse. Some of her previous credit's include: two seasons at the Stratford Festival, three seasons as Diana Barry at the Charlottetown Festival, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Blood Relations, The Play's the Thing,and Marion Bridge at the Georgian Theatre Festival, The Odd Couple and Singin' in the Rain at Huron Country Playhouse, Laura at Vertigo Theatre in Calgary and many productions at Stage West Mississuaga and Calgary.
	Linda Goranson Grounded Marion Linda is thrilled to be returning to Lighthouse Theatre, last appearing here in the 2005 hit Kitchen Witches. She has worked at theatres across the country; recently in Steel Magnolias (Drayton Entertainment & Stirling Festival Theatre); Kitchen Witches and The Glass Menagerie (Theatre Northwest); Cinderella (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Noises Off (Atlantic Theatre Festival). Extensive film & TV credits include Owning Mahowny, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, Harrison Bergeron, Lucy Maud Montgomery and The Rowdy Man. She is the voice of Hermia in the cartoon series Friends and Heroes. She has won the Best Actress Award at the Canadian Film Awards and the Yorkton Film Festival, an ACTRA nomination for Best Supporting Actress and starred in The Painted Door, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short.
	Wendy Greenwood Grounded Lighting Designer Wendy loves coming back to Port Dover every summer to spend time with the folks at LFT! She has designed numerous LFT productions including most recently Mending Fences and A Stranger in Our House. Wendy is the Lighting Coordinator for the Canadian Opera Company, a position which has included work as Associate Lighting Designer for productions of Carmen, The Handmaid's Tale, Faust, Eugene Onegin and the complete Ring Cycle. She has received Dora nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design for The League of Nathans (Factory Theatre) and in the Best Independent Production category for Our Country's Good (Theatrefront). Elsewhere design credits include Agamemnon, Electra, The Flies, The Trials of Ezra Pound, Good Mother and Oscar Remembered (Stratford Festival); The School for Scandal (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Glass Menagerie (The Globe Theatre); Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life, Cherry Docs and Annie: The Musical (The Grand Theatre). When not spending time in the theatre, Wendy loves nothing better than to grab her paddle and hit the water with her Dragon Boat Teams.
	Daniele Guillaume Skin Flick, Grounded Stage Manager Daniele is happy to have been involved with Lighthouse Festival Theatre for 12 seasons where she has worked on many great shows including Jasper Station and Tour, A Christmas Carol, Bedtime Stories, Having Hope at Home, Mini-Putt, and Between Freinds. Other selected SM and ASM credits include: Dreamgirls at Theatre Aquarius, Sexy Laundry and One Moment at Theatre Orangeville, The Graduate, Stones in His Pockets and Moonlight and Magnolias for the Grand Theatre in London. Daniele and her husband Simon Joynes are strongly encouraging 5-year-old Fiona to run away and join an engineering firm.
	Debra Hale Grounded Elizabeth Debra’s previous LFT credits include Emma in Norm Foster’s Storm Warning and the Irish Barkeep/mime artist in Colleen Curran’s In the Country of the Blue. It’s great to be back in this fabulous theatre and town. Other stage highlights include Sexy Laundry and Looking (1000 Islands Playhouse), Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet (Magnus), Something Drastic (Tarragon Extra), Noises Off (Gryphon), A Flea in Her Ear (Drayton), and 7 Stories (Sudbury Theatre), and many farces at many theatres. Her playwriting includes the comedy/thriller I Won’t Tell a Soul (five productions) and Heads Will Roll (two festivals), and the fringe hit Freedom 85!, which is playing off off-Broadway in New York early in 2009.
	Josephine Ho Sexy Laundry Assistant Stage Manager Josephine is looking forward to spending another summer at Lighthouse. Some of her favourite credits include: SM for Barefoot in the Park (Theatre & Company), SM for the workshop of Singkil (fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company), apprentice for Time after Time: The Chet Baker Project (Crow’s Theatre), Mosley and Me (DVxT) and Fiddler on the Roof (Stage West). Thanks to Phil, family and friends who come out to watch all her shows (even though she is always backstage and never seen!)
	Vanessa Janiszewski Skin Flick Costume Designer Vanessa is happy to be back in Port Dover. She has worked at Lighthouse in the past in wardrobe, props, and as a designer. Vanessa also works at Stage West as the head of props. Cheers!
	Walter Learning Sexy Laundry Director Outlaw Roland Keats Sexy Laundry marks Walter Learning’s directorial debut at Lighthouse Festival Theatre. He is very pleased to be working with such a talented cast and supportive crew and staff. Learning is the founding artistic director of Theatre New Brunswick and has also served as artistic director of The Vancouver Playhouse and The Charlottetown Festival. Directing and acting assignments have seen him working coast to coast in Canada as well as stints in the USA and Australia. After the opening of Sexy Laundry, Learning’s next project will be acting in the LFT production of Norm Foster’s Outlaw. Soon after that he will travel to Canberra, Australia to direct at the Canberra Repertory Theatre.
	Roy LeBlanc Blue Suede Shoes: Memories of the King The King of Rock n' Roll In 1999 Roy Leblanc entered the world's largest Elvis contest held yearly in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. He won the championship that year and has never looked back. Shortly after that big win he started working with one of the best tribute bands available and has since been performing at fairs, festivals, theatres, dance halls and casinos across the world, wowing crowds with not only his voice but his stunning resemblance to Elvis himself. Other accomplishments include taking top honours again in Collingwood in 2001, headlining in Memphis during Elvis week, meeting and performing with many with Elvis's entourage like DJ Fontana, Joe Espisito and even the Jordinaires. In 2003 Roy was named "The World's Finest Elvis Impersonator" at the annual Elvis Extravaganza in Las Vegas. He also does incredible tributes to Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison in full costume.
	Claire Levick Grounded Costume Designer Claire is excited to be returning to Lighthouse for her second season as wardrobe and first season as a designer. She is a graduate of the Ryerson University Theatre School and recently was costume designer for Metamorphoses. Outside of school she has worked as assistant costume designer for Fu Gen’s Banana Boys at Hart House. She has recently done wardrobe work for So, You Think You Can Dance and The National Ballet. Claire has been coming down to Port Dover and Long Point for as long as she can remember and is ecstatic to spend another summer by the beach.
	Steve Lucas Sexy Laundry Lighting Designer Grounded Set Designer Steve has designed sets and lighting for more than 200 productions of theatre, dance and performance art throughout his 20 year career. His work has mainly focused on new and original plays, designing the world premieres of many shows, several of which have gone on to further acclaim. These include: Breath[e], Tequila Vampire Matinee, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, and The Stompin’ Tom Show. He has been nominated for several of Canada’s most prestigious awards including the Simonvitch Prize, the Pauline Mc Gibbon award, and 29 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations. In 2005, Steve moved to a little slice of heaven north of Shelburne, where he lives with his wife Jennifer and their son Griffin - is greatest design yet.
	Marcus Lundgren Sleeping Beauty Adaptation, Director Marcus is delighted to once again spend the summertime in beautiful Port Dover. His previous credits at Lighthouse Festival Theatre include directing his adaptations of Robin Hood, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and The Wizard of Oz, directing Pinocchio and The Hobbit, participating in new play development and performing in Steamer Atlantic. Other directing credits include Keeper of the Stories (London International Children’s Festival) and Polkaroo and the Imaginary Zoo (Young People’s Theatre). Marcus is artistic director of the “nearly world-famous” DuffleBag Theatre.
	Crystal MacDonell Outlaw Stage Manager Crystal is thrilled to be working on her first show with Lighthouse Festival Theatre. Some of her favorite stage management credits include: Ain’t Misbehavin’, A Year with Frog & Toad, Romeo & Juliet, Little Shop of Horrors(Sudbury Theatre Centre); Billy Bishop Goes To War, Little Women – The Musical (Theatre Orangeville); Same Time, Next Year (Showboat Festival Theatre); Caught In The Net, Lost In Yonkers (Drayton Entertainment); The Rhubarb Festival (Buddies In Bad Times Theatre) and five years at the Toronto International Film Festival. She would like to thank her family & friends for their laughter, and everyone involved with this production for their hard work. Enjoy the show!
	Jackie McCormick Skin Flick Assistant Stage Manager Jackie is delighted to be working at Lighthouse Festival Theatre on Skin Flick. Last Christmas she was Stage Manager for the premiere of Norm Foster?s Bob?s Your Elf at Upper Canada Playhouse where she also stage managed Having Hope at Home, The Affections of May and A Seaway Story. Other credits include: The Mousetrap (Drayton Entertainment), Collected Stories (Mea Culpa Productions), and At the Hop (Smile Theatre). She?ll be spending the rest of her summer in Morrisburg working on Wrong for Each Other and Maggie?s Getting Married. Thanks as always to her ever-supporting family.
	Chris McHarge Skin Flick, Outlaw, Grounded Director Blue Suede Shoes: Memories of the King - Co-creator, Director Chris is entering his fifth season as Artistic Director here at Lighthouse Festival Theatre in beautiful lakeside Port Dover. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Chris has been directing in Canada for over 20 years. He is the former Artistic and Executive Director of Theatre on the Grand in Fergus, Ontario, as well as a former Artistic Associate at Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton. Chris has worked throughout Canada, in Europe and the United States, and has directed over 80 productions including close to 30 world premieres. He has been nominated for a number of awards including the Eleanor and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre (2001 and 2004), the Canada Council John Hirsh Award and the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing. Chris is most proud of his roles as Dad to sixteen-year-old Caitlyn, eleven-year-old Erin, and eight-year-old Quinlan.
	Rob Middleton Sexy Laundry Stage Manager Grounded Assistant Stage Manager Five years ago, Rob became a member of the Lighthouse family. In the years since 2004 when Rob was originally employed as the house technician, Rob has been the Assistant Stage Manager for productions of Sitting Pretty, Jenny’s House of Joy, Jasper Station, Ethan Claymore, Bedtime Stories, The Long Weekend, and the Southern Ontario Tour of Jasper Station. This season, Rob is excited to work with all of his talented friends (old and new) on Sexy Laundry, and Grounded. Elsewhere, Rob has stage managed Rope’s End for Theatre Aquarius, Mary’s Wedding and Playwrights’ Cabaret for The Grand Theatre, The Long Weekend for Theatre Orangeville, and Mambo Italiano for C-Factor Inc. Memorable shows include: Seussical The Musical – Theatre Aquarius, Carmela’s Table – Centaur Theatre, Mary’s Wedding – Grand Theatre, My Fair Lady and CATS (tour) – Drayton Entertainment. This August, Rob will celebrate his fifth wedding anniversary with his lovely wife Julie to whom he owes a debt of thanks and gratitude for her never ending support and understanding.
	Morgan O'Dwyer Sleeping Beauty Stage Manager Junior Camp Instructor Morgan is a recent graduate of the Universtiy of Guelph where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Studies. As part of her final year of study, she created an interactive youth theatre program aimed at getting children participating in theatre at a young age. This project resulted in her writing, directing, and producing her own original script Jack Matilda and the Beanstalk at LFT last year. Morgan is also an accomplished dancer, having recently appeared in the Disney film Camp Rock with the Jonas Brothers. A Port Dover native, Morgan is a former member of the LFT Young Company, and is looking forward to returning to Lighthouse for her second season as part of the theatre's youth programs.
	Kevin Olson Outlaw Assistant Stage Manager Kevin is excited to return to Lighthouse Festival Theatre and the town of Port Dover. Not too long ago, he survived a tremendous season at Theatre Aquarius as Apprentice Stage Manager for Opening Night, Seussical - The Musical, Dreamgirls and Over the River and Through The Woods. Also at Aquarius, he was Stage Manager for Treasure Island, Pied Piper of Hamlin (gadz Productions) and Grease (Theatre Aquarius Performing Arts Programme). Recently, he stage managed Kaha:wi Dance's Hobday Award-winning production of The Soldier's Tale, which was a collaboration between Santee Smith, Max Reimer and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Kevin would like to offer his deepest thanks to Daisy and his family, not to mention the dozens, if not hundreds of people who have helped him along his way in the past year.
	Michael Rawley Skin Flick Rollie Waters Michael is thrilled to be returning to Lighthouse, after appearing in Fire last summer and Dads In Bondage in 1990. Most recently, Michael played Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Flower City Theatre Festival in Brampton and Scrooge (again – YEE-HA!!!) for the Grand Theatre in London. Please sign your organ donor card and tell your family of your wishes.
	Michele Riml Sexy Laundry Playwright Michele is an award-winning playwright from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her play Sexy Laundry has been produced extensively throughout Canada and will open in the USA in 2008. Other critically acclaimed plays include Miss Teen, Under The Influence and RAGE, which won the 2005 Sydney Risk prize for Outstanding Original Play as well as the Jessie Richardson award for Outstanding Theatre Production and was recently staged at The Globe Theatre in Saskatchewan. A production of the French translation of RAGE will tour Canada in 2008. Her plays for young audiences include the Cool, Invisible Girl, The Skinny Lie and Tree Boy for Green Thumb Theatre and continue to tour throughout Canada and the USA. Her newest work Poster Boys, a play about love and branding, will premiere March 2008 at The Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver. She is currently completing Souvenirs, a main stage play commissioned by Green Thumb Theatre. Michele has been nominated for ten Jessie Richardson Awards and won BC’s Young Playwright Search way back in high school. When she’s not writing, she’s happily hanging out with her son Christopher, who is her constant joy and inspiration.
	Derek Ritschel Outlaw Bob Hicks Derek is very pleased to be in Port Dover for his seventh season. You may remember him the Mending Fences, the smash hit of 2008, or from past productions of Heat Wave, The Drawer Boy, Mary's Wedding, A Stranger in Our House, A Christmas Carol and Bedtime Stories. Other selected stage credits for Derek include Of Mice and Men, Hurly Burly, The Crackwalker, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Strawberries in January, and Macbeth. He has also appeared on the big screen in Blackheart, Glitter, Men With Guns, and Silent Hill. On the small screen, he has appeared in Sesame Park, Traders, and Doc among others. This season’s for MR and HR. http://www.derekritschel.com/
	Jaclyn Scobie Sexy Laundry, Blue Suede Shoes: Memories of the King Assistant Director Jaclyn is a graduate of McMaster University with a combined degree in Theatre & Film and Art. Since completing her degree, she has been pursuing a career in directing, having previously directed Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap and Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park. She worked as Assistant Director at Lighthouse Festival Theatre in the summers of 2007 and 2008, and was also a cast member for the premiere reading of Meet the Creature for Lighthouse Festival Theatre's Playwrights Festival. Most recently she directed the premiere of Carol Libman’s Connections at Theatre Aurora and at Theatre Alumnae in Toronto. Jaclyn is very excited to be back at LFT. She thanks her family and her friends for their unending support and guidance.
	Ralph Small Grounded Nathan Brewer Ralph has an extensive list of credits as an actor, director, writer and teacher, with over 30 years of professional experience. For Theatre Erindale at UTM he has directed Love's Fire, Jane Eyre, Alarum Within and Radium Girls. While on faculty in the Theatre Dept. at Laurentian University (Thorneloe), he directed String Of Pearls and a workshop production of The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe. Other directing credits include The Foreigner, The Affections Of May and Maggie’s Getting Married and most recently, As Bees In Honey Drown for Rep21 (Canadore College/Theatre Passe Muraille). As an actor, Ralph's credits include the World Première of Norm Foster’s Looking at the Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, (later remounted at Theatre Aquarius) as well as M.J. Cruise's Separate Beds for VPP, LFT and more recently, Theatre Orangeville. Other credits include The Grand ('Kris Kringle' in Miracle On 34th Street), Theatre Aquarius (Colours In The Storm), Huron Country Playhouse (Noises Off), Charlottetown Festival (Anne Of Green Gables & The Shooting Of Dan McGrew), National Arts Centre (Thin Ice), Theatre New Brunswick (Wild Guys), Jane Mallet/Vancouver Playhouse and US tour (Durante), among many others. Ralph has also workshopped, acted in, and/or directed dozens of new plays and musicals with companies such as Tarragon Theatre, Miles Nadal (JCC), Script Lab, Buddies in Bad Times/Shaw Festival, Roseneath, and Theatre Orangeville, where he directed mainstage productions of The Secret Garden and Jim Betts’ The Mystery Of The Oak Island Treasure. As an associate and resident director at Toronto Youth Music Theatre Company, he has directed Guys & Dolls and The Music Man. He has also written and directed several musicals for young people, and wrote the book for Whiskey Serenade, which premiered at the Toronto Centre for the Arts' Studio Theatre. He is presently on faculty at both The University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) and the Sheridan Institute for Advanced Learning and Technology.
	John Spurway Grounded Playwright John started writing for theatre in 1999 and was thrilled to get his first professional production at LFT last summer with the hit comedy Between Friends. He is looking forward to seeing Grounded, his second play and second world premiere, produced at Lighthouse Festival Theatre this summer. When not writing plays, John works with a clean energy technology company in his home town of Fredericton, New Brunswick. He and Margot have been married for 30 years and have two grown children.
	Colin Stewart Blue Suede Shoes: Memories of the King Co-creator, Musical Director, Bass Colin has worked as a professional musician for nearly 30 years, and has worked in professional theatre as a Musical Director, Band Leader and Musician for more than 15 years. Having performed in clubs and theatres throughout Canada, and on Carnival Cruise Lines around the world, Colin has worked with such blues artists as John Ellison, The McAuley Boys, Dutch Mason, Chris Murphy, Chicago Pete, Ellen McIlwaine and Phil Guy. Colin's musical theatre credits include West Side Story, Annie, Beauty and the Beast, Spitfire Grill, The Pajama Game, Oliver, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, Anne of Green Gables, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. As Musical Director, Colin's credits include Fire, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, 18 Wheels, Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, and the world premieres of Lovin', Lyin' and Leavin' and Canadian Café. Colin has been touring extensively with his live musical tribute shows, Memories of the Rat Pack, DooWop to Motown, Memories of Hank Williams & Patsy Cline, Heaven's Little Honky Tonk, Vegas Knights, Sweet Soul Music, Motown Magic, Summer of Love, and Cowboys and Outlaws, which he co-created with Chris McHarge, and which have played to capacity crowds throughout Canada and in Europe.
	Jamie Williams Skin Flick Byron Jamie is thrilled to be making his debut at Lighthouse Theatre Festival. He has just returned from the Neptune Theatre in Halifax where he originated the role of 'Byron' in the premiere production of Skin Flick. Other favorite roles include Quinn in Norm Foster's Affections of May (U.C. Playhouse), Oswald in King Lear and Rosse in Macbeth (Stratford), Williams in Possible Worlds (N.A.C), and Gary in Noises Off (Theatre Aquarius). Television credits include Katts and Dog (CTV), and Due South (CTV).

HELEN WAGENAAR (Administrative Director)

In 1965 Helen appeared on Tiny Talent Time. The show was hosted by Bill Lawrence and her troupe was called the Dover Swingers.