A Taste of Shakespeare
Cast and Key Production Personnel:
MAURICE DEAN WINT (title role in OTHELLO) played the title role in the world premiere of the play THE REAL McCOY. He starred in the feature films RUDE, IT ALL HAPPENS INCREDIBLE FAST, CUBE and CURTIS’ CHARM. As a series regular on the television series BLUE MURDER, Maurice was nominated for a Gemini Award. On stage Maurice was nominated for a Dora Award for his performance as Aaron in Shakesp’s TITUS ANDRONICUS.
HOLLY LEWIS (Desdemona in OTHELLO) starred in the feature film THESE GIRLS, and appeared on television in THE NEWSROOM and PUPPETS WHO KILL.
ANN-MARIE MACDONALD (Portia in MERCHANT) has won two Gemini Awards for her acting. As a writer, she won the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Novel, the CAA Literary Award for Fiction, and the Dartmouth Award for Fiction for her first novel FALL ON YOUR KNEES.
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.
DAVID FOX (Lear in KING LEAR) won the Dora Award for his starring
role in the Governor General's Award-winning play THE DRAWER BOY, was a regular
in television’s ROAD TO AVONLEA and has acted in too many plays to count.
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.
JANE SPIDELL (Emilia in OTHELLO) created the title role in Michael Healey's play RUNE ARLIDGE, appeared in the feature film MEN WITH BROOMS, on television in SLINGS & ARROWS and she has played many Shakespearean roles at the Stratford Festival Theatre.
MICHAEL McMANUS (Edmund in LEAR) plays KAI in the sci-fi T.V. series LEXX and starred in Atom Egoyan's SPEAKING PARTS.
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.
CLARE COULTER (First Witch in MACBETH) has won the Dora Award, starred in television’s WORST WITCH, and has appeared in dozens of movies, television series and plays in Canada and England, including 25 plays at Tor’s Tarragon Theatre.
GARY REINEKE (Gloucester in LEAR) won the Dora Award for his stage performance in Sam Sheppard's BURIED CHILD and has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows.
GEOFF BOWES (Narrator/Kent in LEAR) has won the Dora, acted at Stratford, Shaw and every major theatre in Canada, starred in films and television.
WANETA STORMS (Cordelia in LEAR) starred in CTV’s THE ELEVENTH HOUR and won the Dora Award for her performance in the play COYOTE UGLY.
TANJA JACOBS (Gertrude, Laertes & Gravedigger in HAMLET) has performed to acclaim in dozens of plays across Canada, and is a Dora-award winner.
KAREN DWYER (Ophelia & Horario in HAMLET) starred in the feature film BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE.
RICHARD MCMILLAN (Antonio in MERCHANT) played Saromon in the world premiere production of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Also on stage he played Scar in THE LION KING, and played Nankee-poo in THE MIKADO on Broadway.
KATE ELLIS (Juliet in ROMEO & JULIET) appeared in the feature film OLD SCHOOL, guest-starred on NYPD BLUE, was a regular on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and starred in the NBC series GO FISH.
Key Creative Personnel
CAMERON PORTEOUS (Production Design, Costume Design: OTHELLO, 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: OTHELLO, 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 has
written two plays.
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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