Funny, inspiring, heartfelt and theatrical. Four Island stories woven together through song, and the red dirt road itself that join our lives together.
Adapted by Marlane O’Brien from book “And My Name Is…Stories From The Quilt” by Margie Carmichael
Raised in: Sedley, SK FOR THE CENTRE: Spoon River, Evangeline, Canada ROCKS!, Anne of Green Gables–The Musical™ THEATRE: Beauty and the Beast, P.S. Cabaret #1 (Toronto); A Christmas Carol (Soulpepper); Guys and Dolls (Montreal); Hairspray
(Canadian premiere, 1st U.S. National); Cinderella (London); Closer Than Ever
(Canadian premiere, Toronto); 3 seasons Stratford Festival. FILM/TV: Channeled Lives, Crawford, Saving Hope UPCOMING: P.S. Cabaret #2 — Married to a talented actor. Mother to two talented sons. Deeply grateful.
Katie Kerr
Raised in: Windsor, ON For the Centre: Mamma Mia!, Anne of Green Gables–The Musical™, Evangeline, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Ring of Fire, Canada ROCKS! Theatre: Mamma Mia! (Theatre Aquarius/WCT); Come From Away; Theory of Relativity; Spring Awakening; Oklahoma! (Theatre Sheridan). Other: Film/TV: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (CBC) — Katie is thrilled to be returning for her eighth season. Katie spends her off-season teaching voice and drama at Holland College. She would like to thank her family and her husband for all their love and constant support.
Connor Lucas
Raised in: Comox Valley, BC For the Centre: We Are Canadian!, Voices of Canada, Anne of Green Gables–The Musical™, A Misfortune Selected Theatre: Yellowpoint Christmas Spectactular (Razzle Dazzle Productions); Floyd Collins, Shrek The Musical, Grand Hotel (Theatre Sheridan); Scotland Sings! (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia). Other: Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance, Sheridan Institute. — Overjoyed to be spending my fourth summer with The Festival. Thanks for supporting Canadian theatre!
Andrea Menard
Indigenous Affiliation: Métis Nation (Manitoba), lives in Vancouver For the Centre: Debut Theatre: Thanks For Giving (Arts Club); Evita, Only Drunks and
Children Tell the Truth (Persephone); The Velvet Devil (NAC); The Rez Sisters,
Joni Mitchell: River (PTE); Great Expectations (Gateway). Other: TV: Blackstone;
Supernatural; Moccasin Flats, Rabbit Fall. Her one-woman show The Velvet Devil
was made into a TV movie. @andreamenardmusic
Marlane O’Brien
Raised in: Proud I.B.C. For the Centre: Glenda’s Kitchen, Alice Through the
Looking-Glass, Evangeline, Canada ROCKS!, Ring of Fire, The Full Monty, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, If You Could Read My Mind, Dads Theatre: Grace in
Grace and Glorie (1st annual PPTF Festival in Charlottetown); Maddie in the world
premiere of Toronto Mississippi (Tarragon Theatre); Miss Hannigan in Annie (Neptune). Film/TV: Mrs. Stuart in TV’s Emily of New Moon; Cat in Thom Fitzgerald’s feature film Cloudburst; voice of Clara in Teletoon’s Eckhart. — Thrilled to have my show, Stories From The Red Dirt Road, at The Mack this summer.
Melanie Phillipson
Raised in: Moose Jaw, SK For the Centre: Anne of Green Gables–The Musical™ (Mrs. Spencer/Sloane), Belles Soeurs: The Musical, A Misfortune, Kronborg: In Concert Theatre: Belles Soeurs: The Musical (NAC), Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls, Lady
Windermere’s Fan, My Fair Lady, Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel, The Women, Follies, The President, Hotel Peccadillo, Wonderful Town (Shaw Festival, 7 seasons); Hairspray (Mirvish); Molière (Tarragon); Annie Get Your Gun, Peter Pan, The Buddy Holly Story (Drayton); CATS (Stuttgart). Other: Film/TV: Degrassi, Luggage, and 15 television commercials. — Thrilled to be back on the Island!
Shawn Wright
Raised in: Saint John, NB For The Centre: Debut Theatre: Stratford Festival
(7 seasons), Shaw Festival (6 seasons), Jersey Boys (Toronto premiere); Mamma Mia!
(U.S. premiere); Lord of the Rings (World premiere); Les Misérables (Neptune);
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (TNB); decades of leading roles across North America. Other: TV: Murdoch Mysteries, Due South. Playwriting: Ghost Light, published by Playwrights Canada Press.
