A Taste of Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet
Cast and Key Production Personnel
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Romeo |
Michael Tolfo |
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Juliet |
Katherine Ellis |
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Nurse |
Royce Herron |
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Mercutio |
Joel Jordan |
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Tybalt |
Eric Metheny |
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Lady Capulet |
Gail Van Cott |
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Lord Capulet |
David Markey |
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Friar Lawrence |
Brian Tree |
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Benvolio |
Steven Bollinger |
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Gregory |
Mark Daniel |
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Writer/Director/Producer |
Eric Weinthal |
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Executive Producers |
Ada & Doug Craniford |
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Director of Photography |
Azusa Ohno |
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Music |
Rusty McCarthy |
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Costume Design |
Antoinette Squeo |
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.
KATE ELLIS (Juliet in ROMEO & JULIET) guest-starred on NYPD BLUE, was a regular on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and starred in the NBC series GO FISH.
Royce Herron has been teaching at Glendale Community College for 10 years. As an adjunct associate professor in the Theatre Arts Department, she has appeared in a number of television and film projects including ER, The Bernie Mac Show, The Power Rangers, and Rescue 911. In LA, she has acted in a number of stage productions including For the Love of Freedom with the Robey Theatre Company, Passing with the Towne Street Theatre
Key Creative Personnel
CAMERON PORTEOUS (Production Design, Costume Design: KING LEAR,
MACBETH) was Head of Design at Ontario's Shaw Theatre Festival for 17 years.
He has also designed sets and costumes for theatre and opera across Canada,
and was Production Designer for all of DevineEntertainment's Artist, Inventor
and Composer films, including BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS, for which he won an
Emmy Award.
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: 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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