Grief & Grace Festival

A week of staged readings directed by emerging female directors.

Enya Watson and Desmond Lazar in ALCESTIS IS GOING TO DIE.

Photo by Meaghan Salmon.

Text reading "Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House Directed by Miranda Wiseman Tuesday March 12 2024" on a seafoam background. A line drawing of a house sits in the bottom left corner.
Miranda is a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair. She has green eyes, which are the same shade as her dress, and the background. She is looking directly at the camera.

Miranda Wiseman

Director

Clair is an indigenous nonbinary performer, with long brown hair, and kind brown eyes. They are looking to camera, wearing a teal sweater, with a grey background.

Clair Mooney

Nanny, Maid, Messenger, Children, Stage Directions

Emma, a white woman, is looking at the camera, with her head slightly angled to the left and a sly smile. She has brown wavy hair and bangs. She is wearing a blue turtleneck with black lace overlay.

Emma Ratcliffe

Nora Helmer

Erik is a white man with blonde hair and brown eyes. He sits backwards on a wood chair, resting his arms of the top of the chair's back. He is wearing a think blue sweater, and his chin is tilted up slightly towards the camera

Erik Salmon

Nils Krogstad

Jules is a nonbinary performer with warm skin. They have short black hair and are looking defiantly at the camera. They are wearing a black leather jacket with a rose embroidered on the sleeve

Jules Spizzirri

Dr. Rank

Mason, a white man, is looking to camera. He has brown hair and a beard, and is smiling. He is wearing a thick green turtleneck, and is in front of a white background.

Mason Sheaves

Torvald Helmer

Saskia, a white woman, has shoulder length brown hair that is swoopeed back from her face. She is smiling at the camera. ?She is wearing a white collared shirt and grey blazer, which matches the grey background behind her.

Saskia Muller

Kristine Linde

Rachel is a white woman with blonde hair and green eyes, which match her green turtleneck. She is looking softly to camera, in front of a white background.

Rachel Anne Hunt

Director

Adrian, a white man, stands in front of a white background. He has short brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a navy sweater, and the collar of a white shirt sticks out the neck of the sweater.

Adrian Chevalier

Fyodor Kulygin

Blake, a white man, smiles at the camera. He has shoulder-length brown hair, and a goatee. He is wearing a pumpkin coloured sweater and a silver chain necklace.

Blake Pyne

Staff Capt. Vassily Solyony

Bronwyn, is a non-binary female presenting performer standing in front of a light brown background. They. have short brown. hair and blue eyes, and are looking to camera. She is wearing a blue long sleeved crop top and black pants.

Bronwyn Keough

Anfisa, Stage Directions

Carling is a white woman who is in front of a dark green background. She has curly blonde hair and dark eyebrows. She is smiling at the camera, wearing a deep v black top.

Carling Tedesco

Dr. Ivan Chebutikin

Joseph, a white man, leans slightly to the left but is looking at the camera with a pleasant neutral expression. He has close-cropped brown hair and a beard, and is wearing a purple button down over a white t-shirt

Joseph Brown

Lt. Col. Alexander Vershinin

Julianna, a white non-binary performer is standing in front of a green wall, smiling at the camera. They are wearing glasses, a grey long sleeve shirt and black pants. Her hair is pinned up behind her head.

Julianna M Docherty

Natasha

Katelyn is a white woman with long blonde hair, and green eyes. She is leaning towards the camera, wearing a burgundy shirt. She is in front of a black background.

Katelyn Doyle

Irina Prozorov

Kenneth Johnson, a white man, standing in front of a dark background. He has brown hair and a tidy beard. He is looking at the camera with an open expression, and is wearing a brown shirt.

Kenneth Johnson

Tuzenbach

Laura is a white woman with red hair and brown eyes. She is looking to camera with a determined expression. She wears a blue shirt, in front of a dark background

Laura Janzen

Olga Prozorov

Mason, a white man, is looking to camera. He has brown hair and a beard, and is smiling. He is wearing a thick green turtleneck, and is in front of a white background.

Mason Sheaves

Andrey Prozorov

Nell stands in front of a grey background. They have short dark hair and are smiling at the camera, with their arms crossed. They are wearing a pink button down shirt.

Nell Khayutin

Masha Prozorov

Meaghan, a white woman, stands in front of a light background. She has shoulder-length brown hair and is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white v neck sweater.

Meaghan Salmon

Director

Aaron is a white man with short brown hair and green eyes. He is wearing a dark green shirt that matches the background, and a navy blazer.

Aaron Clapperton

Polixenes, King of Bohemia

Bronwyn Keough

Jailer, Officer of the Court, Shepherdess

Caillen is a white woman in front of a white brick background. She has long brown hair, and is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white sweater.

Caillen Lush

Mamillius, Cleomenes, Mariner, Shepherdess’s Son

Jona, a Filipino-Canadian woman, is smiling softly at the camera. She has long brown hair and is wearing a white mock neck top.

Jona Villa

Emilia, Perdita

Joseph, a white man, leans slightly to the left but is looking at the camera with a pleasant neutral expression. He has close-cropped brown hair and a beard, and is wearing a purple button down over a white t-shirt

Joseph Brown

Leontes, King of Sicilia

Josephine, a white woman, has cropped brown hair and blue eyes. SHe is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a navy shirt with a peter pan collar that has roses embroidered on it. The background is also blue.

Josephine Herbut

Camilla

Nick is a brown man with short black hair. He is facing the camera with a small smile. He is wearing a white button down shirt.

Nick Patel

Antigonus, Servant

Rebecca, a white woman, looks at the camera with a soft smile. She has long auburn hair that is wavy, and is wearing a black top.

Rebecca Lashmar

Hermione, Time

Sam, a white man, is smiling at the camera. He is standing in front of a black background, and is wearing a grey quarter-zip

Sam Mellemstrand

Florizell, Prince of Bohemia

Sarah is a white woman with a dark brown bob. She is staring down the camera in front of a dark blue backgorund. She is wearing a black tank top.

Sarah Schmidt-McQuillan

Paulina

Cheyenne, a white woman, stands in front of a white background. She has a light brown bob and blue eyes. She has a small smile, and is wearing a dark green turtleneck

Cheyenne Chandler-Strub

Director

Alison, a white non-binary performer, is in front of a black background. They have short brown hair and light blue eyes. She is wearing a red shirt and denim jacket.

Alison Dickson

Court 1

Blake, a white man, smiles at the camera. He has shoulder-length brown hair, and a goatee. He is wearing a pumpkin coloured sweater and a silver chain necklace

Blake Pyne

Apollo

Desmond, a white man, is in front of a grey background. He has brown hair and a beard. He is looking at the camera, and is wearing a black t-shirt.

Desmond Lazar

Herakles

Enya is a white woman with long brown hair and blue eyes. She is smiling at the camera, and wearing a white sheer shirt. The background is grey.

Enya Watson

Kore

Erik is a white man with blonde hair and brown eyes. He sits backwards on a wood chair, resting his arms of the top of the chair's back. He is wearing a think blue sweater, and his chin is tilted up slightly towards the camera

Erik Salmon

Admetus

Freya is a Maltese Canadian actress with long brown hair. She is smiling at the camera, and wearing a grey mock neck shirt. She stands in front of a grey background.

Freya Maria

Court 3

Hadley, a non-binary white performer, is in front of a grey background. They have short brown hair and green eyes, that match their green t-shirt.

Hadley Abrams

Court 4

Hannah, a white woman, has short blonde hair and blue eyes. She is smiling at the camera with a white background. She is wearing a black sweater

Hannah Gammon

Stage Directions

Kira, a white woman, stands in front of a pink background. She has long brown hair, and is wearing a black dress with lace at the top.

Kira Kulha-Ralls

Body

Madeleine, a nonbinary performer, is in front of a green background. They have a brown bob, and are smirking with mischief at the camera. They are waring a white turtleneck.

Madeleine Storms

Soul

Madi, a white woman with blue eyes and long blonde hair looks to camera. She is wearing a coral shirt and is in front of a black background

Madi Morelli (Playwright)

Death

Meaghan Salmon

Court 2

Meaghan, a white woman, stands in front of a light background. She has shoulder-length brown hair and is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white v neck sweater.
Rebecca, a white woman, looks at the camera with a soft smile. She has long auburn hair that is wavy, and is wearing a black top.

Rebecca Lashmar

Pheres

Meaghan Salmon

Producer

Meaghan, a white woman, stands in front of a light background. She has shoulder-length brown hair and is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white v neck sweater.

Production Staff

Sabrina, a white woman, smirks at the camera. She has blonde shaggy hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a black top, and stands against a purple background

Sabrina Weinstein

Festival Stage Manager

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