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Eleanor Crowder is a director and a playwright, working from a foundation as an actor in mime and physical theatre. She has directed large cast productions of Brecht, Shakespeare and contemporary Canadian playwrights since the 1970s.
To premiere this new
Canadian work, Eleanor has brought together a team of Ottawa’s most exciting
emergent and established talents.
William
Somers, resident performer with Salamander Theatre, is known to Fringe
audiences for his performances as Romeo in both Romeo and Juliet and The
Deathe of Tybalt (2010) as well as his Rideau Award-nominated collective
creation A Grimm Tale (2008).
Bronwyn Steinberg, recently seen as
Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Gladstone Theatre, is
also familiar at the Fringe for her own collective creations Pirate Jenny's
Circus (nominated for a Rideau Award in 2009) and Mixing Boal: Kitchen
of the Oppressed (2010).
Rachel Eugster’s work as a performer and
music director has encompassed everything from Shakespeare to opera. Favourite
credits include: Anne Elliott in a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion;
Luna in Conventional Behaviour, a send-up of sci-fi conventions; and
Bronwyn in the Arthurian drama Avalon.
Musical and foley accompaniment are provided by:
Tony Nguyen, clarinet, kitchen utensils, etc
Daniel Tarof, guitar, bass, etc
Kevin Guerette, guitar, bass, drums, etc
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