Cast & Creative
Cast
*Keith O’Brien appears courtesy of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
Creative
Pratik Gandhi – Director / Music Director (A Hand of Bridge): Pratik, an alumnus of Markham District H.S. and the University of Western Ontario, maintains a very busy schedule conducting, playing drums and percussion, and composing and arranging. In his young career he has conducted orchestras, wind bands, chamber works, musicals, operas, and choirs. He is currently the director of the UTSC Alumni & Community Band, a conductor of the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra, and assistant conductor of Symphony on the Bay, as well as music director of Soup Can Theatre. |
Sarah Thorpe – Director (No Exit), Co-Producer: Sarah is a Toronto based theatre practitioner. She holds an Honours – Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from York University, and received York’s Mira Friedlander Award for her achievements in theatre writing, criticism, world and Canadian theatre studies. Performance credits include The Loyalists, Much Ado About Nothing (Single Thread Theatre), You Should Have Stayed Home (Praxis Theatre/Summerworks), The Threepenny Opera (UC Follies), the Canadian premiere of BARE (WatersEdge Productions), The Nightwood (Luminato), and the world premiere of Thomson Highway’s Pimooteewin/The Journey (Soundstreams). Film/Voice credits include shorts with the Canadian Film Centre, Ryerson University, and video game voice-overs.Sarah is a founding member and the Artistic Director of Soup Can Theatre. For Soup Can Theatre, she has directed Marat/Sade(Nominee – Best Direction of a Musical, 2011 Broadway World Toronto Awards), Love is a Poverty You Can Sell (2012 Next Stage Festival, 2010 Toronto Fringe & Best of Fringe), co-produced Antigone (2012 Toronto Fringe), and will be directing their upcoming sequel to Love is Poverty You Can Sell (2013 Toronto Fringe). For more info: www.sarahthorpe.net. |
Justin Haigh – Dramaturge / Sound Designer / Set Co-Designer (No Exit), Co-Producer: Justin is a writer, theatre aficionado, and arts journalist – having been the primary Toronto contributor for Plank Magazine, and currently the editor and primary contributor of performing arts website/podcast ArtsVox.ca.Justin is proud to be one of the founding members of Soup Can Theatre; his credits include Soup Can Theatre’s previous three productions, Love is a Poverty You Can Sell (Writer/Emcee segment Co-Director/Co-Producer), Marat/Sade (Sound Designer/Set Co-Designer/Co-Producer), and Antigone (Co-Producer). In addition to his creative responsibilities, Justin enjoys the challenges of handing Soup Can Theatre’s marketing, publicity, graphic design, web design, copy editing, and other miscellaneous tasks.Justin is grateful for having stumbled into the friendly and supportive world of theatre and is not at all unhappy that it has drawn him away from his background in film production. (Who needs money anyway?) If you see Justin, say hi. He likes talking to people. |
Randy Lee – Lighting Designer, Set Co-Designer (No Exit): Randy Lee is a York University graduate, majoring in Theatre Production. Past credits include set designer and carpenter for Grease (Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts) and Marat/Sade (Soup Can Theatre), as well as lighting designer for Antigone (Soup Can Theatre) and Matt and Ben (The Theatre Elusive). He has also been the set designer and carpenter on 7 Stories, The Long Weekend, Autobahn, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, The Selkie Wife, and Mr. Marmalade, all produced by Fly By Night Theatre, of which he is also a founding member. Randy is thrilled to be working with the always amazing Soup Can Theatre team again. |
Katherine Belyea – Stage Manager (A Hand of Bridge): Katherine is a stage manager and arts administrator. She is thrilled by two major firsts: stage managing an opera and working with Soup Can Theatre! Toronto credits include Three Farces from Three Lands, A Medieval Christmas: Go We Hence to Bethlehem’s Bower, Behold the Time of Mercy, To Seek a Child, What Light Is This? (Poculi Ludique Societas), Into (Newface Entertainment), The Glenn Gould Variations (U of T et al), Samkon and Francis Go Swimming (Zocalo, Toronto Fringe), Unspoken (Unspoken Prod.), Hot Docs Awards, Daughter of the Dust (Created Independently), Channel One (James and JF, Toronto Fringe), Chameleon (A.H. Dance, Toronto Fringe), The Lawyer Show: As You Like It (Nightwood), FemCab (Nightwood). Thanks to everyone and especially Pratik for bringing me on board. |
Elle Mills – Stage Manager (No Exit): Elle has played many roles behind the scenes over the past few years. She was Stage Manager of 422 Scenes at Queen’s University Drama Department and she has also served as Director of Check, Please and Sarah’s Red. Elle has thoroughly enjoyed the chance to work with the cast and crew of No Exit and hopes you enjoy the show! |
Nick MacInnes – Co-Producer: Nick is thrilled to be joining Soup Can Theatre as a co-producer. He is a Theatre & English graduate of Dalhousie University and, prior to pursuing a career in arts administration, worked extensively in film and television. His roster of colourful credits includes Trailer Park Boys, Mom at 16, an international advertising campaign for Cisco Systems, and occasional stand-in for Tom Selleck. Nick currently is currently employed as a sales coordinator with Young People’s Theatre and has also been fortunate to have also worked with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Company, Dancap Productions, and Neptune Theatre. |
Leslie Thorpe-Dermody – Props Manager (No Exit): Stage credits include Mozart’s Requiem and Carmina Burana (Guelph Symphonic Choir), Cult Classics; The Nightmare Before Christmas: In Concert; Bat Boy and The Outsiders (Markham Youth Theatre), three productions of The Vagina Monologues (VDAY Guelph), Everyman (Single Thread Theatre), and A Memory, a Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer (VDAY Toronto). Production credits include Manager of the Guelph Symphonic Choir, Fight Director for Cult Classics and Bat Boy (Markham Youth Theatre), Co-Director of The Vagina Monologues (VDAY Guelph), and Assistant Stage Manager for Soup Can’s Love is a Poverty You Can Sell (Fringe Festival and Best of Fringe 2010), Marat/Sade (2011), and Antigone (Fringe Festival 2012). As her day job and passion, Leslie teaches high school in York Region, doing her best to instill in her students a love of Shakespeare, an appreciation of history, and an understanding of the intricacies of working backstage (VERY proud of her running crews). Leslie is proud to be one of the founding members of Soup Can Theatre. |
Scott Dermody – Executive Producer: Born in Markham, Ontario, Scott is now a Toronto-based theatre artist. He is a founding member and the Artistic Producer of Soup Can Theatre. He is also the Youth Outreach Coordinator for the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, for which he runs the hipTIX and citySPECIAL programs. Scott’s career in theatre thus far encompasses on and off stage roles. He has been a Producer for most Soup Can Theatre shows, as well as having a crack at Directing (for Soup Can Theatre and VDAY Toronto) and Production Managing (Soup Can Theatre and Single Thread Theatre). As an actor, Scott has played in classics, avant-garde multidisciplinary work, clown turns, children’s theatre, murder mysteries and a few short films. He has taught introductory theatre courses in GTA-area schools, and ran a theatre camp in Vaughan for two years. Scott holds a BA in theatre from Queen’s University. |
Orchestra
Conductor – Pratik Gandhi
Oboe – Joanna Shuster
Clarinet – Katie Arnup
Bassoon – Elena Cimolai
Trumpet – Erika Schengili-Roberts
Piano – Suzan Kim
Percussion – Justin Han
Violins – Kevin Wong, Lindsay Naft
Violas – Daniela Gassi, Kevin Belvedere
Cello – Cory Latkovich, Danielle Weber-Adrian
Bass – Liam Gallagher