Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cast and Creative Team

RUTH ACHEAMPONG as Violet Beauregarde/Oompa Loompa

Ruth is a singer-actor from Toronto. She considers herself a crossover artist and has experience performing music theatre and classical music. Some of her favourite credits include: Shirelle/Uptown Singer in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Segal Centre/RMTC); Miss Stacy in Anne of Green Gables (Tweed & Co.); Irina in Lost in the Stars (Annapolis Opera); Dorinda in Handel’s Orlando (Opera McGill). As a huge fan of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ruth is extremely excited to bring this story to the stage!

THOMAS ALDERSON, Understudy

Thomas is an actor, director, teacher and musical theatre nerd hailing from the small town of Grand Bend, Ontario. He is a graduate of Sheridan College and holds an Honours Bachelors Degree in Music Theatre Performance. Thomas’s work as a performer, director, and assistant director has taken him all over Canada and the United States. He has worked on national touring productions and on shows with many major Canadian theatre companies including: Mirvish Productions, The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, The Grand Theatre, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Globe Theatre, The Citadel Theatre, Arts Club Theatre Company, Theatre Calgary, Neptune Theatre and Drayton Entertainment, among others. Favourite roles include: Brett in Bed and Breakfast, Mordred in Camelot, Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, and being part of the original Canadian company of Kinky Boots. Other favourite theatrical experiences include working as assistant to many wonderful Canadian directors including the fabulous Thom Allison.

NICK BOEGEL as Mike Teavee/Oompa Loompa

Nick (he/him) is a queer, multidisciplinary artist from North Bay, Ontario, territory of the Nipissing First Nation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Theatre Performance from Sheridan College, and has been a proud member of the Toronto/GTA theatre community for the last four years, with recent credits including Outheis (Talk Is Free) and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish). Nick’s love for theatre emerged out of a childhood obsession with imaginary worlds, and he’s thrilled to be making his YPT debut in this nostalgically playful world of Wonka!

DEANN DEGRUIJTER as Mrs. Green/Mrs. Teavee/Oompa Loompa

DeAnn is happy to be back “home” at YPT where she saw her first musical and took her first theatre class. DeAnn began her professional career with YPT’s touring company, then moved to the mainstage performing in A Gift to Last, One in a Million, Cinderella, Bunnicula, The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate and Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang. She has performed on stages large and small from coast to coast to coast, including both Stratford and Shaw Festivals, Mirvish productions, and most recently at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre in another “delicious” show, The Last Timbit! DeAnn does lots of cartoon work and especially loved her seven seasons as the voice of Mayor Goodway on Paw Patrol. When not on stage DeAnn is an experienced arts educator and Expressive Arts Facilitator, delivering workshops for seniors, kids and new Canadians. www.degroovyarts.com She loves kayaking, cats and the colour orange. 🙂

TIFFANY DERIVEAU as Grandma Georgina/Ms. Beauregarde/Oompa Loompa

Tiffany was born in Windsor, Ontario, to her proud Afro-Haitian father and her beautiful Indo-Guyanese mother, embracing a rich and diverse heritage that infuses her every performance. She is thrilled to make her YPT debut, grateful for the chance to inspire and connect with young audiences. Selected stage credits include: The Guide to Being Fabulous (Soulpepper, Dora Award nominee); Beehive, Hairspray and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Drayton); Rock of Ages (More Entertainment); Da Kink in My Hair (Soulpepper/TOLive); Chicago (Stratford Festival); Mamma Mia! (Mirvish); Cookin’ at the Cookery (Canadian Stage); Hairspray (Charlottetown Festival); Little Shop of Horrors (Grand Theatre); and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hairspray, Hair and Soul Sistas (Mayfield). Tiffany extends her heartfelt gratitude to her loving parents and her incredible children, Daniya and Adam, for their unwavering support. Follow her journey on Instagram @tderiveau.

MADELYN KRIESE, Understudy

Madelyn is a multidisciplinary artist from the beautiful west coast mountains of Vancouver, BC. She is a graduate of Sheridan College and holds an Honours Bachelors Degree in Music Theatre Performance. Madelyn is coming off of four seasons at The Shaw Festival. Highlights include playing Dainty June in Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Jean MacLaren in Brigadoon, Aravis in The Horse and His Boy, A Grand Night for Singing, The Magician’s Nephew and Grand Hotel. Other credits include La Bête and The Yalta Game (Talk Is Free Theatre); and Pure 90’s (Stage West Calgary). Film/TV includes: Skymed (Paramount+); Mayday (Cineflex); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Unspoken (Buffalo Gal Pictures). All of this is always on stage with her, collaborating live with the histories of other amazing players, sharing with audiences, a temporary network of souls.

BRETON LALAMA as Charlie Bucket

Breton’s theatre credits include: The Inheritance, Hamlet (Canadian Stage); Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats/Soulpepper); Queen Goneril, King Lear (Soulpepper); Pleasureville, Fully Committed, In Lieu of Flowers, The Rocky Horror Show (Neptune); Orlando (RMTC); Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (CTP/Winter Garden Theatre); Hair (North American Tour; Broadway World Award: Best Featured Performer in a Touring Production). Film/TV includes: Unseen (Crave); The Madness (Netflix); Y: The Last Man (FX/Hulu); Slasher (Shudder); Pretty Hard Cases (CBC/NBC). Plays and screenplays include: Last Show on Earth Trademark Symbol! (Neptune Theatre premiere); What For What (Tarragon Residency, in development); Really Happy Someday (TIFF 2024 premiere). Other: Proud co-founder of the Spindle Films Foundation to support transgender Canadian filmmakers. This one’s for Daniel. Thank you for bringing me to see the view from here. @bretonlikethecrackers 

DAVID LOPEZ as Augustus Gloop/Oompa Loompa

Born and raised in Toronto, David is excited and honoured to be returning to the YPT stage where his love of live theatre began. Selected favourite credits include: Seussical (YPT, Citadel); Robin Hood, A Christmas Carol (Ross Petty Productions); The Jungle Book (STC); Cats (Sunshine Festival); The Little Mermaid (Globe Theatre); The Rocky Horror Show (CanStage, RMTC, STC); High Society (Shaw Festival); Passing Strange, The Wild Party (Musical Stage Co.); La Cage aux Folles (Neptune Theatre, Merritt Award nomination); Ain’t Misbehavin’ (CanStage, Dora Award nomination); Kinky Boots (Mirvish Productions). David has also had the pleasure of being a featured back-up dancer for artists as varied as Amanda Marshall, Patti LaBelle and Katy Perry. Much gratitude to the TH gang, Thom and Jeannie, and all my love to Mom, Dad and James. XO

CAITLYN MACINNIS as Veruca Salt/Oompa Loompa

Select credits for Caitlyn (they/them) include: Sally Applewhite in It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (YPT); Ida Jackson in The Amen Corner, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical, Damn Yankees, Chitra (Shaw Festival); BeeHive (Drayton Entertainment); Rosa Mundi in Concord Floral (Theatre Sheridan). Film credits include: Something Bubbled, Something Blue (Talk Is Free Theatre). Training: Sheridan College. Caitlyn is excited to return to YPT this holiday season! They are a proud non-binary, biracial and queer multidisciplinary artist. Caitlyn loves to coach and teach drama, vocals and dance to all ages! Stay in touch with them on social media @caitlynmacinnis. Big love to my mom, dad, James and all my chosen family for their ongoing support! xo

JACOB MACINNIS as Grandma Josephine/Mrs. Gloop/Oompa Loompa

Jacob (they/them) is thrilled to be back at YPT! Jacob’s credits for YPT include: James and the Giant Peach (Toronto Theatre Critics Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination), Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, Seussical The Musical, Beauty and the Beast and The Adventures of Pinocchio. Other theatre credits include: Dion: A Rock Opera (Coalmine Theatre); Play On! A Shakespeare Mixtape (Stratford Festival); In Real Life (Musical Stage); Anne of Green Gables, Kronburg, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tell Tale Harbour (Charlottetown Festival); Addams Family The Musical, Shrek The Musical (Neptune Theatre); Children of God (Urban Ink); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now (Tweed and Co). Training: Sheridan College Music Theatre Performance Program. Instagram @jacobmacinnis

LARRY MANNELL as Grandpa Joe

Born and raised in St. Catharines, but now a long time Toronto resident, Larry has been a professional actor for over 45 years. He has criss-crossed the country playing a wide range of roles, including performances for the Stratford, Shaw and Charlottetown Festivals. In Toronto, Larry was last seen in Rock of Ages at the Elgin Theatre and has previously worked with Mirvish Productions, The Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage, Ross Petty Productions, the Canadian Opera Company and Young People’s Theatre. Larry also works regularly in film and TV and would like to acknowledge the incredible support of his long time friend and agent, Bruce Dean, proprietor of The Talent House.

ZORANA SADIQ as Mrs. Bucket/Cherry/Oompa Loompa

Zorana is a Pakistani-Canadian actor, playwright, and classical musician whose work spans different types of performance from theatre, verbatim theatre, radio and television to chamber music, modern opera and new music. A Dora-Award-winning actor and soprano, select credits include: Sultans of the Street (YPT); Armadillos (Factory Theatre); Into the Woods (STC); Wildfire (Factory Theatre); MixTape (Crow’s Theatre, The Grand, Here for Now, National Arts Centre); Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre); CHILD-ish (Summerworks Lab); Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep. Theatre); Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox); The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre); Tout Comme Elle (Necessary Angel Theatre); as well as appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Symphony, Boston Musica Viva, Banff Summer Music Festival and at the Tanglewood Music Centre. Film/TV credits include: Kim’s Convenience, Strays, In the Dark, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Designated Survivor and Stealing Vows. Radio/Podcast: Tunnel Runners, MixTape, Wildfire (PlayMe CBC) and Tempo (CBC Music). Also a playwright, Zorana has written two plays, MixTape and Comfort Food (Crow’s Theatre productions 2021, 2025)and a libretto, The Great Pause (CMST- with music by Suzie Wilde). She was a participant in the 2024Banff Playwright’s Lab as well as Playwright-in-Residence at Crow’s Theatre in 2020. Next up: Trident Moon (Crow’s Theatre, National Arts Centre); and her own new play, Comfort Food premiering at Crow’s Theatre in 2025.

MICHAEL THERRIAULT as Willy Wonka

In Toronto, Michael played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Leo Bloom in The Producers (Mirvish). Other theatre credits include roles on Broadway and London’s West End as well as many seasons at both the Shaw and Stratford Festivals. Television credits include recurring roles on: Chucky, Locke and Key, Hemlock Grove, Heroes Reborn and Reign. Michael also played Tommy Douglas in the CBC mini-series: Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story. He is thrilled to be making his YPT debut.

DAVID WEBB as Grandpa George/Mr. Salt/Oompa Loompa

David is thrilled to be on stage in Toronto for the first time in 14 years! Theatre for Young Audiences credits include: ELF (NETworks); A Year With Frog And Toad (Casa Manana). Off Broadway: Honestly Abe, The Quiet Clock. Regional: Peter Pan and The Wizard Of Oz (Fulton Theater); Shrek (CSFAC). More over at www.deardavidwebb.com. A Graduate of PACE University. Thank you to my family, my agents, and above all my wife for making life worth living every day. Be kind to one another.

CREATIVE TEAM

THOM ALLISON, Director

A Canadian Screen Award winner, Thom has appeared on Broadway in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and in the original Canadian companies of Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy and Rent. At The Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet, My Fair Lady, The King and I, King Henry VIII and Into the Woods. At the Shaw Festival: Ragtime, Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music and Follies: In Concert. Other credits include: The Wizard of Oz (YPT); Cabaret (Theatre Calgary); Annie (Grand Theatre); Evita (Theatre Calgary/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); and The Drowsy Chaperone (The Vancouver Playhouse, The Citadel, National Arts Centre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre). Thom’s directing credits include: Seussical, Mary Poppins (YPT); La Cage aux Folles, RENT (Stratford Festival); Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre Calgary); You Can’t Stop The Beat (Stratford Festival); Northern Tracks (Stratfest@home); A Little Night Music, Wonderful Town (Randolph Academy). TV/Film: Slasher: Ripper, Coroner, KILLJOYS, Frankie Drake, Hudson & Rex, Murdoch Mysteries, Kim’s Convenience, CBC’s Over the Rainbow, I Me Wed, Road to Christmas and Leaving Metropolis. 

JEANNIE WYSE, Music Director

Jeannie appeared as the Vocal Coach for CBC’s Over The Rainbow and is in demand as a Vocal Teacher, Coach and Musical Director. Shows include: Seussical (YPT); Kiss Me Kate, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Holiday Inn, The Drowsy Chaperone, Anything Goes, Chicago, The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins (Drayton Entertainment); Jersey Boys (Dancap); The Sound of Music (Mirvish); Nine, Kiss Me Kate (Theatre Sheridan); Canadian Women in Song (Angelwalk); The Full Monty (Rose Theatre); Hair (The Grand); Urinetown, Guys & Dolls, Fame, Wonderful Town, Into the Woods, The Rocky Horror Show (Randolph College); and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Georgian Theatre Festival). Jeannie has toured North America with Riverdance – The Show, and toured and recorded extensively with the Elmer Iseler Singers. She has appeared as a soloist with the AIMS Festival Orchestra, Summer Opera Lab, Vocalpoint Chamber Choir and the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir with whom she was a Vocal Coach for seven years. Jeannie is Vocal Department Head at the Randolph College for the Performing Arts and has served as conductor of the Intermediate Chorus for the Canadian Children’s Opera Company. She was Associate Music Director for the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (including three recordings with The Choir of MCC) for 21 years and is the current Music Director at Jubilee United Church. Jeannie has also been a keyboardist for Beauty and the Beast (YPT); Pelagie (CanStage); Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Lord of the Rings and Book of Mormon (Mirvish). Jeannie studied Voice, Piano and Organ at the Western Conservatory of Music and Opera with Lois McDonall and at the American Institute for Musical Studies in Austria. She has a private studio teaching Musical Theatre, Pop and Classical voice, and is also active as a Clinician and Adjudicator.

ALEXA BELGRAVE, Musician

Pianist, music director and educator, Alexa has been an active member of Toronto’s music community for almost a decade. Upon completing her ARCT and a degree in jazz piano studies from U of T,  Alexa has created and collaborated with multiple projects spanning across diverse genres and mediums. She most recently released her debut album “Let’s Talk” under her personal project, Moodset, this past March. As a musical director she has worked with Dance Immersion (winning a 2024 Dora Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design – Sound for their “Young, Gifted and Jazz” project), Nightwood Theatre, Bad Hats Theatre, Musical Stage Co, Sheridan Theatre, Obsidian and more. Alexa currently teaches at Sheridan College, Randolph College and Mayfield Secondary School of the Arts, as well as freelances in various musical roles.

DAVID MACDOUGALL Musician

ALLISON PLAMONDON, Choreographer

Originally from Edmonton, Allison’s recent theatre choreography credits include: White Christmas, Damn Yankees and Holiday Inn (Shaw Festival); and Grease (Western Canada Theatre). She also wrote, directed and choreographed And I Never Stopped Dancing (Smile Theatre). New York highlights include: Goblin Market (off-Broadway at 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe Festival); The Hills Are Alive! (NYMF); Someone To Belong To (NYC Fringe, Overall Excellence Award, Choreography); direction for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (14th St Y); and co-creation/direction/choreo for Memory Home (2019)and The Tchaikovsky Vignettes (2016), bothin residence at HB Studio. Film/TV choreography credits include the Oscar-winning short film Curfew; Before I Disappear (IFC); Believe (NBC); and Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick. Allison has shared original work at the Lincoln Center Library, Mark Morris, Gibney, fFIDA Dance Festival, Chen Dance Center, The Brick Theater and the inaugural RHI-Think initiative in Portugal. Most recently, Allison was a choreographer in residence through the National Ballet of Canada’s Open Space program. She is a member of the first all-female creative team to receive Opera America’s Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer prize (2021-22) for Orfeo Ed Euridice, and was the apprentice director on Orphee+ with the Edmonton Opera. As a performer, Allison has been onstage at some of North America’s most exciting venues including Madison Square Garden, La MaMa, Symphony Space, the Charlottetown Festival and the National Arts Centre. An avid teacher, Allison is passionate about sharing movement with dancers of all ages and abilities. New York teaching highlights include AMDA, Queens Theater, Tom Todoroff Conservatory, Abrons Arts Center and Broadway Dance Center. She currently teaches tap at Sheridan College. Allison completed the Uta Hagen Teacher Training at HB Studio in 2016 and is a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Trainer.

BRANDON KLEIMAN, Set Designer

Brandon is a set and costume designer based in Hamilton, with work appearing on stages across Canada. He’s had the pleasure to design at The Stratford Festival, Drayton Entertainment, Mirvish Productions, Theatre Aquarius, The Grand Theatre, Musical Stage Co., Canadian Stage Co., The Globe Theatre, Neptune Theatre and countless other independent companies across our country. Up next you can find his work in: A Christmas Story: The Musical (Theatre Aquarius); and A Christmas Carol: The Panto (Drayton Entertainment). He’ll be back in Toronto early next year with FAT HAM at Canadian Stage. Brandon is a multiple Dora Award nominee and two-time winner. He also won a Merritt Award for his work bringing Viola Desmond to life in the world premiere of Controlled Damage in Halifax. For more information and to see his portfolio please visit www.brandonkleimandesign.com.

MING WONG, Costume Designer

Ming is an award-winning Toronto costume designer working in theatre, dance, opera, and film and television for over 15 years. She is a graduate from the Ontario College of Art & Design. She is thrilled to be designing at YPT for the first time! Selected credits: Rosmersholm, The Wrong Bashir, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, The Master Plan, Red Velvet, Uncle Vanya, The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre); Salesman in China, Rent, Hamlet 911 (Stratford Festival); Once, TIP, Things I Know to be True (Company Theatre/Mirvish); Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty Productions); The Inheritance, Public Enemy (Canadian Stage); Is God Is (Canadian Stage/Obsidian/Necessary Angel); Three Sisters, De Profundiis, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Pipeline (Soulpepper); Candida, Just to Get Married, Trouble in Mind (Shaw Festival); Hansel und Gretel (Canadian Opera Company); The Color Purple (Citadel Theatre/RMTC). Digital credits: Alice in Winterland (Ross Petty Productions); New Monuments (Luminato/Canadian Stage); Identity, Savitri (Against the Grain). Upcoming: The Wizard of Oz (Canadian Stage); Wights, Trident Moon, Flex (Crow’s); Kim’s Convenience, A Strange Loop (Soulpepper). Other: 2021 Virginia & Myrtle Cooper Award recipient, two-time Dora Award winner. @mingwongdesign www.mingwongdesign.com

JARETH LI, Lighting Designer

Born in Singapore, Jareth is a stage designer now based in Toronto by way of Calgary. He has a love for new work that examines identity politics, culture and heritage. He is excited to be back at YPT again! Select design credits include: The Fixing Girl, Risky Phil (YPT); The Orphan of Chao, Prince Caspian (Shaw Festival); Every Little Nookie (Stratford Festival); The Last Timbit (GUT Agency/Tim Hortons); Topdog/Underdog (Canadian Stage); Pollyanna, The Hours That Remain (Theatre Aquarius); Matilda, Kim’s Convenience, Controlled Damage (The Grand Theatre); The Home Project, The Wolves, Casimir and Caroline, Punk Rock (The Howland Company); Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Citadel Theatre); Iphigenia and The Furies (Saga Collectif, Dora Award nomination). In addition to his artistic practice, he is a member of The Howland Company, as well as a stagecraft instructor at York University. He believes strongly in mentorship, and creating opportunity for upcoming generations of designers. @Jareth.Li 

BRIAN KENNY, Sound Designer

Brian is a designer for theatre from Newfoundland and Labrador, and is a graduate from The National Theatre School of Canada and Sheridan College. Selected credits include: La Cage aux Folles (Stratford Festival); Fall On Your Knees (Vita Brevis); Kelly vs Kelly (Musical Stage); Jersey Boys (Citadel); Pollyanna (Theatre Aquarius); Million Dollar Quartet, Elf, GROW (The Grand); Everybody Just C@lm The F#ck Down, Between Breaths (Artistic Fraud). Upcoming: A Strange Loop (Soulpepper/Musical Stage); and After The Rain (Tarragon/Musical Stage). Brian is a board member of the IATSE Local 659, The Associated Designers of Canada. 

LAURA WARREN, Projection Designer

JANE GOODERHAM, Dialect Coach

Jane’s selected theatre credits include: 20 seasons with The Stratford Festival; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Cloud Nine, The Lord of the Rings, The Producers (Mirvish); War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Royal National Theatre/Mirvish); Matilda (Royal Shakespeare Company/Mirvish); My Name is Lucy Barton, The Lehman Trilogy, Fairview, Maanomaa My Brother, London Road, The Syringa Tree, Rock ’n’ Roll (Canadian Stage); Fall On Your Knees (NAC/Canadian Stage); Shaw Festival: Oroonoko, Chair (Theatre for a New Audience, New York). Television: Good Sam (CBS); Cross, Reacher (Amazon); Republic of Doyle (CBC). Teaching: Head of Voice, National Theatre School of Canada; Centre for Indigenous Theatre; Birmingham Conservatory. Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (MA Voice), Guildhall School of Music & Drama (BA Acting).

CHRIS PORTER, Stage Manager

Chris is delighted to join the company of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as his first production with Young People’s Theatre. Recently Chris was at Manitoba Opera for Carmen and previous to that he was Production Stage Manager for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Toronto.  Along with numerous engagements with Mirvish Productions, Chris has also worked with the Canadian Opera Company, Ross Petty Productions, Studio 180, Soulpepper, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canadian Stage, Charlottetown Festival, Stratford Festival, Edmonton Opera, Disney Cruise Lines and Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.

EMMANUELLE SO, Assistant Stage Manager

Emmanuelle (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian Stage Manager, based in Toronto. She is excited to be back at YPT this season after working on The Fixing Girl earlier this year. Her Apprentice Stage Manager credits include: Of the Sea (Tapestry Opera, Obsidian); The Marriage of Figaro (Canadian Opera Company); The Ex Boyfriend Yard Sale (Never Mind the Noise, presented by Soulpepper, Outside the March and The Red Light District); Boy Falls from the Sky (Past Future Productions, Mirvish). As Assistant Stage Manager: Age is a Feeling (Soho Theatre and Haley McGee Production, presented by Soulpepper in association with Luminato Festival Toronto). As Stage Manager: Boy Falls from the Sky Regional Tour (Talk Is Free Theatre); John Who (Preamble Productions). Upcoming: Wicked Nix (YPT).

BRIANNA UNGER, Apprentice Stage Manager

Brianna is excited to be back at YPT in a new role after working as a Dresser on Bentboy and Snow White in 2022. Her Apprentice Stage Manager credits include: King James (Theatre Aquarius); Hedda Gabler (Stratford Festival). Assistant Stage Manager for Barber of Seville (Highlands Opera Studio); TouchX (Kaeja Dance); Serious Money (NTS). Stage Manager for Mishaabooz’s Realm (Highlands Opera Studio); welcome we’ve been waiting (Toronto Dance Theatre); Bonus Points If You Have Air Conditioning (NTS); Just for Laughs, Director’s Lab North, Toronto Fringe’s Primetime Festival, and a few workshops in Toronto. Brianna trained atMcMaster University (Sociology, Theatre & Film) and The National Theatre School of Canada (PDTA).