Where the Wild Things Are
Cast and Creative Team
LINDA A. CARSON as Mom/Narrator
Linda, a graduate of Vancouver’s Studio 58, has performed in theatres across Canada, Japan, Europe, Australia and the US. Linda has written several plays including Mom’s The Word (co-wrote), George And Martha (Adapted from James Marshal), Hear To Here (Carousel Players), Jack and the Bean (YPT), So How Should I Be? and Driving Me Crazy (Co-wrote with Suzanne Ristic). Linda is excited to bring Where the Wild Things Are back to YPT and would like to thank all the staff for making it happen.. Let the Wild Rumpus begin!
VICTOR MARIANO as Max
Victor (he/him) is a Vancouver-based theatre artist with a focus on physical theatre and work for young audiences. Recent and favourite stage credits include: Heavy and Light, Learning and Forgetting, Where the Wild Things Are, and Pop! Pop! (Presentation House Theatre), The House at Pooh Corner and The Velveteen Rabbit (Carousel Theatre for Young People), Suddenly Slaughter (The Biting School), and Die Hard: The Musical-ish (District 13 Presents). Since 2008, Vic has also worked extensively as a drama instructor and workshop facilitator at several elementary schools in the North Vancouver area (The Firefly Project), at Carousel Theatre for Young People, the Gateway Academy, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, and the School for the Contemporary Arts (Simon Fraser University), where he received his BFA in Theatre Performance.
KIM SELODY – Director
Kim Selody has worked as a writer, director and actor in Canadian theatre for over 30 years, directing more than 100 productions, many world premieres for youth and young audiences. Playwriting credits include Silverwing, The Hobbit, Fool’s Angel, Synthetic Energy, Suddenly Shakespeare and The Last Drop. Kim wrote and co-created L’en Vol Du L’ange for Montreal’s Dynamo Theatre and co-created and directed a musical version of The Cat Came Back with Jay Brazeau and Fred Penner for MTYP. Kim has served as Artistic Director of the Playwrights Theatre Centre, Carousel Players in Southern Ontario, and at Presentation House Theatre since 2011.
GISELLE CLARKE-TRENAMAN – Stage Manager
Giselle has roots in the Toronto theatre community and holds a B.F.A. Hons in Theatre from York University. Now a resident of Vancouver B.C., Giselle was recently nominated for a Jessie Award (2019) for her work in Stage Management and highlighted by the Black Theatre Caucus for their 101 Black Stage Managers Celebration. Recent Stage Management credits include working with Presentation House Theatre on Heavy and Light, Pop! Pop!, So, How Should I Be? and Learning and Forgetting, the International tours of Jack and the Bean and Where the Wild Things Are and the National tour of Baking Time. She has worked with Carousel Theatre, Goh Ballet, Soulpepper, Highlands Opera Studio and Opera Atelier to name a few. As the founder of Black History Matters, she has presented to schools in the Vancouver area reaching over 4,000 students with her tailored age-appropriate presentations. She currently sits on the Board for ASSITEJ Canada and is a member of the Black Pledge Collective.
LINDA LEON – Set, Props & Costume Designer
BRAD TRENAMAN – Lighting Designer
CATHY NOSATY – Composer & Sound Designer