Bios The Importance of Being Earnest
Barbara Larose, Director
Barbara studied theatre at Concordia University in her home town of Montreal and has worked as an actor, director, dramaturge, and acting coach for many years. Barbara has directed numerous productions at the Alumnae Theatre including Sharon Pollock's Blood Relations, and Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. Recent directing credits also include Seeking Refuge by Rick Jones and Life in the Raw which she also co-wrote, both at the Toronto Fringe Festival; and Evelyn Strange by Stewart Lemoine and Mr. Pim Passes By by A.A. Milne at the Village Playhouse. |
Cast
Nicholas Koy, Jack
Nicholas is thrilled to be performing in one of his favourite comedies as a part of his Alumnae Theatre debut. A graduate of Concordia University and LAMDA, he recently appeared at the Hart House Theatre as Rev. Hale, in The Crucible. He would like to thank his friends and family for their continued support and forgives his cat for not offering any. |
Sean Jacklin, Algernon
Sean is an actor/musician/technician/writer from Perth, Ontario. He is delighted to play Algernon in one of his all time favourite plays. Recent credits include: Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac (The Leslieville Players), Brian in Turtleneck (emerGENce), Marchbanks in Candida (The Classic Theatre Festival), Walter in His Girl Friday (Bygone Theatre), Deputy Gov. Danforth in The Crucible (Kindling Collective), and Eric in An Inspector Calls (The Classic Theatre Festival.) Look for the Leslieville Players next summer as they hope to mount multiple shows after their breakout first season. |
Laura Meadows, Cecily
Laura Meadows is Toronto based actor who was born and raised in the UK. She graduated from York Universities Acting Conservatory Program (BFA) in 2015. Laura is so excited to be working with Alumnae Theatre. Recent Theatre credits include Sarah Kane’s CRAVE (Tarragon Theatre); Aemilius/Nurse in Titus Andronicus (HartHouse Theatre); Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops To Conquer (Guild Festival Theatre); Don John in Much Ado About Nothing (HartHouse Theatre); Silenced (HERstory Counts Theatre Company); Tina in This is My Last Transmission (New Ideas Alumnae Theatre) and the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (Guild Festival Theatre). Enjoy the show! |
Kathryn Geertsema, Gwendolen
Kathryn is a Toronto-based actor born in South Africa and raised in Singapore. In 2018, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from York University’s Acting Conservatory. Kathryn’s previous work includes All of Me (2018 Toronto Fringe), Dido, Queen of Carthage (Peter Hinton), Deportation Cast (Keira Loughran), and Post National (Deborah Pearson, Ross Manson, Kate Alton). Kathryn is thrilled to be playing Gwendolen, and to be working with the female-led Alumnae Theatre. She would like to extend her thanks to her friends and teachers, to Alumnae, and to her family on the other side of the world. |
Tina Mcculloch, Miss Prism
Tina has done pretty much everything in theatre (except design) at one time or another, and is delighted to bust out her inner priss on Alumnae’s Main Stage as Miss Prism. She most recently appeared in The End Is The Beginning (Gay Play Day 2018 – in Alumnae’s Studio). Other favourite stage roles include: Mother in Lemons from Life (Ryerson New Voices 2018); Bertha in After Mrs. Rochester and Ruth in Cosi (Alumnae Theatre Company); Mary in Mauritius and Rose in Enchanted April (Village Playhouse); and Jane Eyre (Amicus Productions). |
Tricia Brioux, Lady Bracknell
Tricia is excited to be back at the Alumnae stage after a longish hiatus. Previous favorite roles at the Alumnae have included Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gina Mae in Beautiful City, Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending, and Claire in A Delicate Balance. Tricia has dabbled in film and TV, but found her real calling as a voice over artist. She has voiced numerous TV and radio campaigns as well as gaming and animation. She currently works as a full time voice over talent (www.triciasvoice.com). Tricia is thrilled to be working with her favorite director, Ms Larose, once again! |
Rob Candy, Rev. Chasuble
Rob is excited to be appearing on the Alumnae stage again. Previously, he has performed in August: Osage County, Blood Relations, The Lady’s Not for Burning, The Killdeer, Delicate Balance, The Real Inspector Hound/After Magritte, as well as the New Ideas and Fireworks Festivals. Elsewhere, recent appearances have included Mr. Pim Passes By and Tainted Justice (Village Players), Sense and Sensibility (Amicus) and Joyful Noise (East Side Players) and the 2018 InspiraTO Festival. |
Lisa Lenihan, Lane
Lisa is a classically trained actor hailing from Montreal. She has toured extensively with Montreal’s Repercussion Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park and has sat on the board of the Montreal Fringe Festival. She has played queens, duchesses, French Canadian madmen and a burlesque house madame. And she can fence without doing injury to herself or others. Mostly. Alumnae audiences may know her from Sweet Mama and the Salty Muffins done here for the New Ideas Festival and its remount done for the D’Arcy Symposium. |
Barbara Salsberg, Merriman
Barbara is thrilled to be back on the Alumnae stage as part of the talented cast and crew of “The Importance of Being Earnest”. She previously performed there in “In Her Golden Years” as part of the 2018 Inspirato Festival. Other favourite shows she has appeared in include “Les Belles-Soeurs” and “Mr. Pim Passes By” at the Village Playhouse, “The Council” and “D-Cup” at the New Ideas Festival and “Nude with Violin” for East Side Players. She sends love and gratitude to her family, especially Wyatt, Austin, Sam, Cole and Thea who always remind her how to play. |