The Howland Company

CAST:

Name: Michael Ayres
Role: Levi Côle

Hometown: Toronto, ON
For The Howland Company: Casimir & Caroline
For Crow’s Theatre: What I Call Her (In Association)
Additional Theatre: Bang Bang (GCTC), Cannibal (Next Stage Festival)
Film/TV: Sugar Highs (OutTV), Two Sentence Horror Stories (CW), The Handmaid’s Tale (MGM/Hulu)

Name: Veronica Hortiguela
Role: Sadie

Hometown: Scarborough
For The Howland Company: Casimir and Caroline (Dora Award – Best Ensemble)
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: Little Women, Every Little Nookie, (Stratford Festival),
Additional Theatre: Dry Land (Cue6, Globe and Mail 10 Best Productions 2018), As We Live It (Shakespeare in the Ruff), Recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation Grant for her devised work with The Raccoons
Social Media: @veronicapilar

Name: Cameron Laurie
Role: Henry Clark

For The Howland Company: Three Sisters, Casimir and Caroline, Punk Rock, 52 Pick-Up. Cameron is part of the Founding Artistic Leadership of The Howland Company
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: The Drawer Boy (Blyth Festival)
Additional Theatre: Our Beautiful Sons (Blyth Festival), Stag & Doe (Bluewater Summer Playhouse), Mercury Fur (Seven Siblings Theatre)
Upcoming Projects: The Donnellys Trilogy: Sticks and Stones, The St. Nicholas Hotel, Handcuffs (Blyth Festival)
Film: The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight)
Awards: Dora Mavor Moore Award “Outstanding Ensemble” – Casimir and Caroline, Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination “Outstanding Ensemble” – Punk Rock
Other: Singer of Toronto indie-punk band Stuck Out Here and co-host of the Kevin Costner dedicated podcast Talkin’ Costner
Social Media: IG: @cam_out_here, t: @camlaurie

Name: Dan Mousseau
Role: Edmund Clark

Hometown: Waterloo
For The Howland Company: Three Sisters (Theo Alternate)
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Three Ships Collective/ Soupcan Theatre), Perfect Wedding (Thousand Island’s)
Additional Theatre: Innocence Lost, It’s A Wonderful Life (Soulpepper)
Upcoming Projects: The Seagull (Soulpepper)
Film/TV: Frankie Drake Mysteries, Workin’ Moms (CBC), Tempted By Danger (Lifetime)
Social Media: @mandousseau
Thank You: Dan would like to thank his family and friends and his beloved dog, Merlin.

Name: Nancy Palk
Role: Marilyn Clark

Hometown: Winnipeg
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent theatre: Queen Goneril and King Lear (Soulpepper)
Additional Theatre: Founding Member of Soulpepper, performed in August Osage County, Angels in America, Death of a Salesman
Upcoming: Brementown (Next Stage)
Film, TV: Reacher, Suits, Rogue, Catch and Release

Name: Rick Roberts
Role: Rowan Clark

Hometown: Hamilton
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: Copenhagen (NAC), R+J (Why Not Theatre, Stratford)
Additional Theatre: Orestes (writer, Tarragon Theatre), Prince Hamlet (Why Not Theatre), Enemy of the People (Tarragon Theatre), Waiting for Godot (Soulpepper), Animal Farm (Soulpepper)
Film/TV: Transplant (CTV), Fortunate Son (CBC), North of Albany (Slykid and Skykid), Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft)
Awards: ACTRA and CSA awards for best actor for Jack (CBC)

Name: Hallie Seline
Role: Violet Clark

Hometown: Sutton, Québec
For The Howland Company: Three Sisters, Casimir and Caroline, The Wolves, Punk Rock, 52 Pick-Up. Hallie is part of the Founding Artistic Leadership of The Howland Company
For Crows: The Wolves
Recent Theatre: Prairie Nurse (Lighthouse Festival/Showboat Theatre), As You Like It (Shakespeare BASH’d)
Additional Theatre: Stag and Doe, Jonas and Barry in the Home (Bluewater Summer Playhouse); Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare BASH’d); SHANNON 10:40 (timeshare, Videofag); Oliver! (Capitol Theatre Port Hope)
Upcoming Projects: The Donnellys Trilogy: Sticks and Stones, The St. Nicholas Hotel, Handcuffs (Blyth Festival)
Film/TV: Fellow Travelers (Showtime), The Grind (Neon Grey Films), Mayday (Discovery)
Awards: Dora Mavor Moore Award “Outstanding Ensemble” – Casimir and Caroline, Toronto Theatre Critics Association Award “Best Ensemble Performance” – The Wolves.
Social Media: IG: @hal_e t: @HallieSeline w: hallieseline.com

Name: Meghan Swaby
Role: Pauline

Hometown: Toronto
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: Controlled Damage (Neptune Theatre/bcurrent), Calpurnia (Nightwood/Sulong Theatre)
Additional Theatre: Venus’ Daughter (Obsidian Theatre), All Our Happy Days Are Stupid (Harbourfront/The Kitchen NYC), Family Story (Birdtown and Swanville/Summerworks), In This World (Roseneath), The Devil We Know (Blyth Festival), Tout Comme Elle (Luminato/Necessary Angel), Bullet for Adolf (Hart House)
Film/TV: Ghostwriter, (Apple+), Odd Squad Mobil Unit (Sinking Ship), Voiceover: Max & Ruby S7 (Treehouse), Pinkalicious & Peterrific (PBS Kids)
Social Media: @maygunz

Name: Shauna Thompson
Role: Simone Côle, Preacher

Hometown: Brampton
For The Howland Company: Three Sisters
For Crow’s Theatre: Orphans for the Czar
Recent Theatre: Beautiful Renegades (Peggy Baker Dance Projects), The Devil’s Disciple (The Shaw Festival)
Additional Theatre: Man and Superman with Don Juan in Hell (The Shaw Festival), Victory (The Shaw Festival), Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre), Romeo and Juliet: Love is Love (Repercussion Theatre)
Upcoming Projects: Vierge (Factory Theatre)
Film/TV: Tainted (Gearshift Films)
Social Media: @_ShaunaThompson (IG)
Thank You: Shauna would like to thank her family, friends, and cat for their ongoing love and support.

Name: Jeff Yung
Role: Quentin

Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: Trojan Girls and the Outhouse of Atreus (OtM x Factory)
Additional Theatre: Monday Nights (PuSh Festival),  Vietgone (RMTC x fu-Gen), Antigone: (YPT), Portia’s Julius Caesar (Shakespeare BASH’d), Banana Boys (Factory).
Film/TV: Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Kung-Fu (CW), Titans (WB), Coroner (CBC), Kids in the Hall (Amazon).
Social Media: @jefftds
Thank You: To my forever team Green teammate for holding my heart. And to all of you for being here to experience this story. Enjoy the show!

Creative Team:

Name: Paolo Santalucia
Role: Writer & Director

Hometown: Toronto
For The Howland Company: Entrances and Exits, Three Sisters, Casimir and Caroline, 52 Pick-Up
For Crow’s Theatre: Orphans for the Czar
Recent Theatre: 11 Seasons with Soulpepper, including The Seagull (Upcoming), La Bête, The Goat, Animal Farm, Spoon River, Of Human Bondage, The Heidi Chronicles, The Crucible; As You Like It (Canadian Stage); Mustard (Tarragon); Peter Pan (Bad Hats Theatre); Lion in Winter (The Grand)
Upcoming Projects: The Seagull (Soulpepper), Armadillos (Factory Theatre)
Film/TV: JP on Pillow Talk (Crave TV); Kim’s Convenience (CBC)

Name: Mark Hockin
Role: Set Designer

Hometown: Toronto
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Additional Theatre: Rumours of Our Death (Staged and Confused), Crackwalker (Staged and Confused)
Upcoming Projects: SportsNet Blue Jays Central (Rogers)
Film/TV: Othello the Tragedy of the Moor (CBC), Over the Rainbow (CBC), Indspire Awards 2014-2018, Hockey Night In Canada 2021 (Rogers)
Awards: CSA nominated for best non-fiction production design in 2018 and 2019.
Thank You: Mark would like to thank his amazing wife Nicola, for encouraging him to reconnect with his love of theatre design. 

Name: Logan Raju Cracknell
Role: Lighting Designer

Hometown: From Hamilton, live in Toronto
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Orphan’s for the Czar, William Shakespeare’s As You Like It: A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal
Recent Theatre: The Extinction Therapist (Theatre Aquarius), Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats/Soulpepper)
Additional Theatre: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Theatre Calgary), Dixon Road (Musical Stage Company/Obsidian), As You Like It (Canadian Stage),
Upcoming Projects: Fairview (Canadian Stage/Obsidian), The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It (Mirvish/Crow’s)

Name: Emilie Trimbee
Role: Associate Lighting Designer

For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: Lighting Designer; Directors Project (Shaw Festival), Lighting Designer; Self-Portraits with Amrita (Arzoo Dance Theatre), Assistant Lighting Designer; Too True to Be Good, Everybody, and Gem of the Ocean (Shaw Festival)
Additional Theatre: Mississauga Festival of Trees (Creative Hub1532), Associate Lighting Designer; John School (Essential Collective Theatre)

Name: Laura Delchiaro
Role: Costume Designer

For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Head of Wardrobe: Orphans for the Czar, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Julius Caesar, Towards Youth, A&R Angels
Recent Theatre:  Costume Design: Gem of the Ocean (Shaw Festival), Into the Woods (YES Theatre), The Great Shadow (4th Line), La Bete, Sweeney Todd (Talk is Free Theatre)
Additional Theatre: Costume Design: The Judas Kiss, Into the Woods, Herringbone, The Yalta Game, For Both Resting and Breeding (Talk is Free), Poison (Coal Mine), Romeo and Juliet (Lost & Gone), Little Thing, Big Thing, Don’t Misunderstand Me (Festival Antigonish). Head of Wardrobe: Peter’s Final Flight, Alice in Winterland (Ross Petty Productions), Is God Is, New Monuments, (Canadian Stage)
Awards: Nominated: Dora Award – Sweeney Todd (TIFT), Pauline McGibbon Award (2022)
Online: lauradelchiarodesign.com 

Name: Jacob Lin 林鴻恩
Role: Sound Designer

Hometown: Toronto
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Recent Theatre: Ok,You Can Stop Now / X and Da Spirit (Theatre Passe Muraille), Post-Democracy (Tarragon Theatre)
Additional Theatre: Cast Iron (Factory Theatre),
Upcoming Projects: The Hooves Belonged to The Deer (Tarragon Theatre)
Social Media: Insta @jacoblin.jpg  Website: Jacoblin.ca
Thank You: Thanks to the whole prodigal team! 

Name: Sam Hale
Role: Stage Manager

For The Howland Company: Entrances & Exits, The Home Project, Casimir & Caroline, The Wolves, Lemons . . ., The Glass Menagerie, 52 Pick-Up. Sam is part of the Artistic Leadership of The Howland Company.
Recent Theatre: The Other Place (Talk Is Free Theatre), Death and the King’s Horseman, All’s Well That Ends Well (Stratford Festival).
Additional Theatre:  Little Shop of Horrors (Stratford Festival), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Picture This, Parfumerie, Riverboat (Soulpepper); Jerusalem, Mr. Burns (Outside the March); Disgraced (Mirvish/Citadel/Hope & Hell); The Judas Kiss, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Into The Woods (Talk Is Free); Fall for Dance North (FFDN/TO Live).
Upcoming Projects: Casey & Diana (Stratford Festival).
Other: Sam has also worked for Toronto Metropolitan University, dance: made in canada, University of Toronto, TIFF and Hot Docs.
Thank You: Sam would like to thank his friends, family, mentors and Nic for all their love and support.

Name: Keleshaye Christmas-Simpson
Role: Apprentice Stage Manager

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
For The Howland Company: Debut
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre: The Music Man (Thousand Islands Playhouse), RENT (BurlOak Theatre Group)
Upcoming Projects: Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (Volcano/Canadian Opera Company/Soulpepper/Movable Beast), Intimate Apparel (Thousand Islands Playhouse)
Social Media: @kele_christmas
Thank You: To her family, both chosen and blood, your support means the world. Much gratitude and love to each and every one of you ❤

Name: Sebastian Biasucci
Role: Prodigal Associate Producer

Hometown: Toronto
For The Howland Company: Entrances & Exits (Marketing Manager)
For Crow’s Theatre: Debut
Recent Theatre (Performance): Us Against Everyone (Toronto Fringe), What A Guy (The Assembly Theatre), Retreat (Hart House)
Additional Theatre (Producing): Two Minutes to Midnight (The Assembly Theatre), Fusion Festival (emerGENce Theatre) Window of Opportunity Festival (The Assembly Theatre), A Christmas Carol Comedy (No Porpoise Productions)
Upcoming Projects: Game Show (Good Old Neon)
Social Media: @sebastian.biasucci on Instagram