A Taste of Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cast and Key Production Personnel
Titania/Narrator |
Nicky Guadagni |
Oberon |
Daniel Kash |
Puck |
Kate Hennig |
Hermia |
Tara Rosling |
Lysander |
Frank Zotter |
Helena |
Stephanie Belding |
Demetrius |
Sergio Di Zio |
Theseus |
Brian Tree |
Hippolyta |
Soo Garay |
Quince |
Sean Sullivan |
Flute |
Lynne Griffin |
Snug |
Jack Newman |
Snout |
Brett Heard |
Bottom |
Eric Weinthal |
Fairies |
Stella Rotstein |
| Isabel Rotstein | |
| Tess Benger | |
| Ruby Smith-Merovitz | |
| Ariel Smith-Merovitz | |
| Maia Smith-Merovitz | |
| Gualtiero Cavaliere | |
Directed by |
Dug Rotstein |
Adapted and Produced By |
Eric Weinthal |
Executive Producer |
Ada Craniford |
Director of Photography |
David Patrick |
Prop Master |
Brian Patrick |
Make-up and Hair |
Barbara Barkey |
Scenic Painters |
Anita Olsthoorn |
| Tamara Calic | |
Still Photography |
Dianna Last |
Bottom's Mask built by |
Karen Rodd |
Production Designer |
Teresa Przybylski |
Music |
Rusty McCarthy |
Special Visual Effects by
Bone Digital Effects
Compositor - Nathan Cando
Nicky Guadagni (Titania/Narrator in DREAM) movie credits include: CRASH, SILENT HILL, television credits include: Queer as Folk, A Nero Wolfe Mystery. She won Gemini Award for best supporting actress in 1998 (Major Crime), and another in 2004 for best actress in BLUE MURDER. Nicky Guadagni is a key member of the repertory cast of the A&E Network's A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
DANIEL KASH (title role in MACBETH, Roderigo/Narrator in OTHELLO, Oberon in DREAM, Gratiano in MERCHANT)
plays Simon Peter in THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, starred in Atom Egoyan's GROSS MISCONDUCT,
appears with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt in TUXEDO, with Judy Davis
in ME AND MY SHADOWS, with Sigourney Weaver in ALIENS, and has appeared in
dozens of plays including Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
SOO GARAY (Lady Macbeth in MACBETH, Regan in LEAR, Hippolyta in DREAM) played Dr. Davison in PSI FACTOR, guest starred on PUPPETS WHO KILL, THE HUNGER and MUTANT X, starred in HBO's SHOT THROUGH THE HEART and appears in the feature films FOOLPROOF and NOTHING, directed by Vincent Natali.
Kate Hennig (Puck in DREAM) won a Dora nomination for THE DANISH PLAY and has proven her dramatic mettle in PHEDRE and THE LAST ROMATICS - in fact, everything from Noel Coward to Shaw. But she also won a Dora for the musical RATBAG, and this summer was the alternate for Mama Rose in the Shaw Festival's GYSPY. Film Credits include: THIRTYTWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD, and THE CLAIM.
BRIAN TREE (Brabantio in OTHELLO, Shylock in MERCHANT, The Fool in LEAR, Friar Lawrence in ROMEO, Claudius and Polonius in HAMLET and Theseus in DREAM) has performed in fourteen seasons at the Stratford Festival, where he has appeared in over forty-five productions of Shakespeare's plays.
TERESA PRZYBYLSKI (Production Design, Costume Design: DREAM,
HAMLET) is an architect and designer for opera, theatre, dance and film, including
productions at Stratford, Shaw, Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre,
Théâtre Français de Toronto, and Native Earth. She is
the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
DAVID J. PATRICK (Director of Photography: LEAR, MACBETH, DREAM)
has been a Copywriter and Technical Producer in radio, an Actor, Stage Manager
and Lighting Director in theatre, and a Key Grip and Gaffer for commercials,
corporate and rock video and feature film. He has directed and edited and
is Director of Photography on dramas and documentaries using everything from
super8 to 35mm and lipstick-cam to HighDef. David designs and builds production
hardware systems and teaches lighting and cinematography.
RUSTY McCARTHY (Composer: OTHELLO, ROMEO, DREAM, MACBETH) has played guitar with countless bands including a long collaboration with Mary-Margaret O'Hara. He is a versatile musician who composes in many styles, producing music for film, T.V., dance and for recording artists at his own studio, The RecRoom.
ERIC WEINTHAL (series creator) has written dozens of television
shows, directed a few and been a story editor. The Toronto International Film
Festival hired him to be Screenwriting Mentor to six screenwriters across
the country. Eric’s first feature film as a writer/director played at
film festivals, theatrically and on television. He was commissioned to write
a book and a television series. Eric sings, writes music and acts, and is
writing a play and a musical.
ADA CRANIFORD (series creator) holds a Ph.D in Renaissance Studies and wrote her doctoral thesis on Biblical allusions in Shakespeare's comedies. She has taught English and Drama at universities and high schools. She has just published a book entitled “Mordecai Richler: A Life in Ten Novels”.
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