Kimberley Radmacher – Director
Kimberley recently studied at the University of Toronto’s Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, where she specialized in intermedial performance theory and early modern English theatre. She has been directing early modern drama since the mid-1990s, and is delighted to be re-joining the PLS as director again this season, having directed Behold the Time of Mercy and To Seek a Child and co-directed What Light is This? with Linda Phillips. Other selected directing credits include: the Chester 2010 episode Killing of Abel, (Records of Early English Drama); Rowley and Middleton’s The Changeling (Drama Centre); The Wakefield Noah and York Fall of Man (Glendon College). Kim also was an assistant director for: Clyomon and Clamydes (PLS/Drama Centre); Inside Out: The Persistence of Allegory in Renaissance Performance (PLS/Drama Centre); and assistant director and co-video director for the Beaumont Royal Wedding Masque, (Making Publics Project/Records of Early English Drama), all directed by Peter Cockett.
Peter McArthur – Joseph
Peter McArthur received his education in Theatre Arts at Algonquin College. He has appeared in productions with Sock’n’Buskin, Dancing on Water Theatre Company, and Tara Players. He is the winner of the 2003 Ottawa Theatre Challenge with Blacksheep Theatre.
Alice Degan – Mary
Alice has played Martha with the PLS twice, and an angel once, and is honoured to have the opportunity to play Mary this year. She has a PhD in Medieval Studies from U of T, and is a parishioner and acolyte at St. Thomas’s.
Jennifer-Beth Hanchar – Salome (a midwife)
Jennifer currently lives in downtown Toronto where she works as an actor. She’s worked a number of odd jobs in the city including club promoting. Chances are you’ve tried to snuggle up to her to avoid lineups at the club at some point in your life. In her free time she enjoys attempting to master the fine art of cooking, hot yoga, and dancing in her living room to T.Swift and Rihanna. Jennifer attended the Fanshawe Theatre Arts program in London, On and some of her favourite theatre credits include Katerina Cavalieri in Amadeus, Celeste in Moulin Rouge and MacDream as Banquo. Jennifer would like to thank her director Kimberley Radmacher and the cast and the crew for their passion and hard work, she has had a wonderful journey with everyone.
Connie Wang – Zelomye (a midwife)
Danielle Adkins – Angel
Danielle Adkins is very excited to get back into acting. Originally from the US, she is very pleased to join PLS and the community of St. Thomas. She was highly involved in theater during high school and university performing roles such as Eponine in a review show of Les Miserables, Gwendolyn in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Red in Sondheim’s musical Into The Woods, and many others. She was an intern with the Arkansas Shakespeare Theater for costuming and acted in their children’s show as well. She has now followed her husband to offer moral support as he pursues a PhD at the University of Toronto. Danielle is also a recent addition to the 9:30 choir at St. Thomas.
Daina Valiulis – Boras (a shepherd)
Daina Valiulis is a graduate of the University College Drama Program at U of T, with a Masters BA. Under the guidance of such great Canadian artists as Ken Gass, Kate Lynch, Maja Ardal and Kate Hennig, Daina has learned to have a strong regard for telling the story as clearly as possible and always being honest in her work. Some favorite roles include Queen Margaret in The Red Light District’s production of Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, Titania/Hippolyta in Alchemy Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and way back in high school, Salome, in the Oscar Wilde play of the same name.
Daina is a founding member of ‘Theatre in the Red’ and has worn many other hats for the company including Producer, Stage Manager and Administrator. You can find more info at http://www.theatreinthered.com.
Daniel Kim – Manfrace (a shepherd)
Daniel completed his BA in Theatre Studies at York University, as well as obtained his BEd with a specialization in teaching Drama. Passionate about working with young people, he currently works as a substitute teacher, children’s ministry instructor and English tutor for studies in Shakespeare. A long time arts educator, Daniel has been involved with Vision Youth Leadership Program, TDSB, Soulpepper Theatre Company, and The Classical Theatre Project.
Julia Meadows – Mose (a shepherd)
Julia Meadows is an undergraduate East Asian Studies student at the University of Toronto with a hidden passion for theatre. She is thrilled to be working with PLS for her second show. She was previously a shepherd in the first St. Thomas’s/PLS co-production, What Light is This? She has appeared in various community theatre productions through Alexander Showcase Theatre, most recently their 2011 production of It’s A Wonderful Life as a Jingle Singer. In her limited spare time, she enjoys singing and playing with her pet hedgehog.
Timothy Wright – Herod
Tim is pleased to once more tread the boards at St. Thomas’s in this presentation. An active member of the parish, Tim sings with both morning choirs, as well as taking on other jobs in his spare time. He has performed in numerous Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, most recently as Jack Point in the St. Anne’s Music and Drama Society production of Yeomen of the Guard.
Madeleine Redican – Balthazar (a king)
Robert Mitchell – Melchior (a king), St Thomas’s Liaison
Mahaffey Khan – Jasper (a king)
Lindsay Squire – Steward to Herod
Jim Jones – Citizen 1/Retinue to Herod
Meredith Thomas – Citizen 2/Retinue to Herod
Susan Clarke – Citizen 3/Retinue to Herod
Rob Kennedy – Citizen/Retinue to Herod
J.P. Napier – Citizen/Retinue to Herod
Linda J. Phillips – Co-producer; Costume designer
As Artistic Director and resident Costume Designer for Poculi Ludique Societas, Linda has costumed countless Early Drama productions, and directed quite a few as well! In 2010 she directed (with Kim Radmacher) the first PLS/St. Thomas’s Christmas co-production: What Light Is This? Linda has also designed costumes for many other theatre companies, most recently spending the past summer at Theatre Collingwood. She is looking forward to directing John John, part of PLS’s next production Three Farces from Three Lands coming in February 2013.
Bryan Martin – Music Director
Bryan Martin is a founding member of Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval Music, and maintains a busy schedule performing with Sine Nomine, Choir 21, and two of St. Thomas’s choirs, where he is a bass section lead. Bryan appeared in his first PLS production in 1987, as the Thurifer/Ointment Seller in the 14th-century Easter Matins. Since then he has participated in many productions, both on stage (usually as a priest) and behind the scenes assisting in musical production, often with his colleagues in Sine Nomine. After graduate study in musicology, he worked briefly at the CBC on the program In Performance, and is now the resident early music and technical geek at the Faculty of Music Library, University of Toronto. This is Bryan’s second show with PLS as musical director. He would like to thank his friends for their contribution to the music for this production.
Lauren Shepherd – ASM, Costumes, Set
Lauren is a first year PhD student at The University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. Over the past year Lauren has worked with Liberty Junction Theatre Inc, in Mississauga, teaching as a Vocal Coach, Director and Assistant Director of their youth programming where she worked respectively on Seussical Jr, Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and Fame!. Prior to that she completed her Master of Fine Arts in Staging Shakespeare at Exeter University in the UK. While abroad Lauren studied with the instructors and practitioners at Shakespeare’s Globe, as well as performed in The Changeling, Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest as part of her coursework. And just for fun she played w2 in a production of Samuel Beckett’s PLAY. Lauren is delighted to be working with PLS on this production, and cannot wait to work on many more productions still to come!
Katherine Belyea – Stage Manager
Katherine is a stage manager and arts administrator. For PLS: Behold the Time of Mercy, To Seek a Child, What Light Is This?. Other Toronto credits include Into (Newface Entertainment), The Glenn Gould Variations (U of T et al), Samkon and Francis Go Swimming (Zocalo, Toronto Fringe), Unspoken (Unspoken Prod.), Hot Docs Awards, Daughter of the Dust (Created Independently), Channel One (James and JF, Toronto Fringe), Chameleon (A.H. Dance, Toronto Fringe), The Lawyer Show: As You Like It (Nightwood), FemCab (Nightwood). Thanks to everyone and especially to Kim and Linda — a pleasure as always.
Thank you for this cast & crew info. It adds to my enjoyment of the performance, already.