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Cast & Creative Team
Jaz Robinson,
Catherine of Aragon
Jaz Robinson is a Canadian performer from Whitby, Ontario. She is thrilled to be making her debut at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton and the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto in the Canadian production of SIX. Jaz has toured the globe performing in a variety of stage productions. She has worked as a Lead Vocalist with Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Jaz has also had the pleasure of performing in shows such as: West End: Tina the Musical (The Aldwych Theatre); The Lavelles, Ladies of Motown (UK Tour); Christmas on Ice (Niagara Fallsview Casino) and more. She is honoured to be on this new adventure with this incredible team!
Instagram: @officiallyjaz
Julia Pulo ,
Anne Boleyn
Julia is ELATED to be making her Citadel and Mirvish debut! Born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. Training: Sheridan Honours Bachelor Music Theatre Performance (graduating class of 2023). Select theatre credits: Lucy in Narnia (Bad Hats/Theatre Sheridan); Polly in The Preposterous Predicament of Polly Peel (Theatre Sheridan); Constance in Ride the Cyclone (Tweed &Co). TV/Film: Bakugan (SpinMaster), Teletubbies (WildBrain/Netflix). Julia would like to thank M2 Talent for the opportunity, as well as her mom, dad, Grace, and her closest friends and family for the endless love and support, and for always fixing her crown when its crooked <3
Instagram: @_juliapulia
Maggie Lacasse,
Jane Seymour
Maggie is a Montréal native and a graduate from the Randolph College for the Performing Arts. She is honoured to be making her Citadel and Mirvish debut in one of her all-time favourite shows SIX! Select performance credits: Featured Vocalist for Wonders of the Universe by Alan Menken, Shalica in the musical Step Up: Dubai all in! Featured Singer around the globe for Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Carnival Cruises & DPR. She feels immense gratitude and sends love to her friends, family and everyone out there supporting live theatre!
Instagram: @magslacasse
Krystal Hernández ,
Anna of Cleves
Krystal is thrilled to be making her international debut with Citadel and Mirvish and honoured to be a part of the Queendom! Performances include Quixote Nuevo (US Regional Tour); Miss You Like Hell, Wig Out (Company One/American Repertory Theatre); Wizard of Oz, Matilda, Laughs in Spanish; Jesus Christ Superstar. She is a graduate of the BFA Theatre Performance program at Salem State University with a double minor in Music and Dramatic Literature. All the love and gratitude to her family, friends, Tara Rubin Casting, Stephanie Gorin Casting, Citadel, Mirvish, and the SIX team.
Instagram/TikTok: @krystalhernandezofficial
Elysia Cruz,
Katherine Howard
Elysia Cruz, born in the Philippines, is a Filipino-Canadian performer. She attended the class of ‘23 at Sheridan College for the Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance. Select credits include: An Incomplete List… (Makers Ensemble/Theatre Sheridan & Toronto Fringe Festival); Jesus Christ Superstar and He is Coming – In Studio: With Britta Johnson (Theatre Sheridan); Jewelle Blackman’s Rooted – A Musical Poem podcast (Theatre Sheridan/Musical Stage Co). Special thanks to The Talent House and her partner, Jay. Love and gratitude to the Cruzes: Mom, Dad, little sister Eliana and best dog ever, Bruno for their unconditional love and support!
Instagram: @elysiacruz
Lauren Mariasoosay,
Catherine Parr
Lauren (she/her) is honoured to be joining the queendom! North American Tours: CATS, Disney’s Aladdin. CSU Fullerton: BFA Musical Theatre. Thank you to Tara Rubin Casting, the SIX creative team, Zero Gravity & LA Talent, and mostly, friends and family! She is humbled to be creating this space & representation for South Asian mixed-race artists everywhere.
Instagram: @laurenmariasoosay
Hailey Lewis,
Standby - Dance Captain
After spending the last year at Hogwarts playing Rose Granger-Weasley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hailey is very excited to be welcomed back to the Mirvish stage in this powerful show! Select credits include: Alice in Winterland Virtual Panto (Ross Petty Productions); Hairspray (Drayton Entertainment & Theatre Aquarius); Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); Mary Poppins (YPT); Grease (Irregular Entertainment); The Boys (Amazon); Zombies (Disney); American Gods (Freemantle). She sends many thanks to her agency, friends and most importantly her family for their on-going love & support. Hailey dedicates this one to all her Wretched Queens!
Instagram: @haileyalexislewis
Julia McLellan,
Standby
Julia has performed on some of North America’s largest stages including three companies of the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots (Broadway, 1st National Tour, Mirvish). Select credits include: Mildred in the world premiere of Kelly v. Kelly (Musical Stage Co.); Doralee in 9 to 5 (Citadel Theatre); Persephone in the North American premiere of Mythic (Segal); Val Clark in Stratford’s A Chorus Line, Dorothy Alternate in the North American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz (1st National Tour, Mirvish); Katherine Plumber in Newsies, Annabelle in Lucky Stiff, Ariel in Footloose (Drayton). Love to Hubband, the fam, the biffs, Thouse.
Instagram: @juliaemilymclellan
Abigail Sparrow ,
Standby
Abigail is THRILLED to be returning to the Queendom! Abigail has appeared in numerous productions across NYC and CA, most recently as a vocalist for Broadway legend Jessica Vosk in her headline concert “California Dreaming”. Other credits include: SIX (Katherine Howard on NCL Breakaway 3.0), Rock of Ages (ACT of CT, The Argyle Theatre), Jersey Boys (WPPAC), Heathers (CSUF). Cal State Fullerton MT 2021. She’d like to thank LA Talent, Tara Rubin Casting, Mirvish Productions, the SIX team, and the Queendom for their endless support. Love to mom, dad, Grace, Max, Kailey, her family and friends, and Beckett.
Instagram/TikTok: @abigailsparrowofficial
Darcy Stewart ,
Standby
Other Mirvish Productions: Mrs. Wormwood, Matilda The Musical (1st National Tour/Mirvish) and The Heart of Robin Hood. Select theatre: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Drayton); Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stage West Calgary); Bend It Like Beckham (Starvox); Grease (Drayton & Winter Garden Theatre); Seussical The Musical and RENT (LOT); Legally Blonde The Musical and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Randolph Academy). Film/TV (select): The Madness (Netflix), Slo Pitch (Shaftsbury), Private Eyes (Global), Sensitive Skin (HBO). Huge hugs to the world’s most supportive friends and family. And the biggest thank you to my coach Kyra Millan. I owe this one to you, my queen!
Instagram/TikTok: @darcellas
Elizabeth Baird,
Music Director
Elizabeth has been nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and three Betty Mitchell Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction. Theatre credits include Music Director & Juliet (Mirvish), Dear Evan Hansen (Mirvish), Kinky Boots (Mirvish), Jersey Boys (Dancap), and Mamma Mia! (Mirvish). Television credits include Music Consultant on So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Over The Rainbow Canada and Music Director/Composer for multiple television series and specials. Conductor for Jann Arden’s “The Magic of Christmas” (National Arts Centre/Massey Hall). Elizabeth was part of the Music Supervision team for Jason Robert Brown’s “13 the Musical” for Netflix.
Sarah Richardson,
Associate MD
Sarah is so thrilled to be a part of SIX! Sarah is an award-winning musical director, multi-instrumentalist, singer, actor, dancer, and educator based out of Halifax. She won a Merritt Award for Outstanding Musical Direction for Chester Playhouse’s production of Ruthless: The Stage Mother of All Musicals, and a nomination for HEIST’s production of New Waterford Boy and Neptune Theatre’s Alice in Pantoland. Sarah is a founding member of Whale Song Theatre. Past Theatre credits as musical director include: Elf, Rocky Horror Show, Rumour Has It: the Songbook of Adele, Alice in Pantoland, Assassins, Heathers, Peter & the Starcatcher, 9 to 5, Company, Ruthless, New Waterford Boy, Nunsense. Sarah is also the lead singer of “The Blackrats”. Thank you to loved ones for all their support!
Lisa Humber ,
Production Stage Manager
Previously for Mirvish Productions: Come From Away, The Shark is Broken, &Juliet, Room, Strictly Ballroom, The Heart of Robin Hood, Les Misérables, War Horse, Ghost Stories, The Sound of Music. In addition to her work in theatre, Lisa is also a musician, with her first music EP “The Space Between” released in August 2022.
Kai-Yueh Chen,
Stage Manager
Kai is delighted to join the tudor court. Originally born in Taiwan, immigrated to Canada with his parents and attended the National Theatre School. Favourite credits include; Matilda The Musical (Mirvish), I Forgive You, Copenhagen, The Marriage of Figaro, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Tartuffe, Metamorphoses (National Arts Centre), Choir Boy (Canadian Stage), The Flying Dutchman (COC), 2015 PanAm Games Closing Ceremony (B5C Productions).
Jaimee Q. Vicente-Hall,
Assistant Stage Manager
Jaimee (she/her) is a queer Filipino-Canadian stage manager located in Toronto. She graduated from Humber College’s Theatre Production Program in 2018 and has been working ever since. Some of her credits include (Apprentice/ASM): The Message (Tarragon), Yaga (Tarragon), Cockroach (Tarragon), HMS Pinafore (Toronto Operetta), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish), Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty). She is so excited and grateful to join the company of SIX in bringing this incredible show to Edmonton!
LUCY MOSS,
Writer, Co-Director
Lucy is half of Marlow and Moss, the writing duo behind the musical SIX (West End, Broadway). She won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Score with Toby Marlow for SIX. She is also half of the show’s Tony-nominated directors, making her the youngest woman to direct a musical on Broadway (lol). Other writer-director credits include the multi-award-winning Hot Gay Time Machine (West End). Her directing credits include: Legally Blonde (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical (Actors’ Fund Online Benefit). Her song-writing credits include: The Monkey King (Netflix); Dylan Mulvaney’s Day 365 LIVE! (The Rainbow Room); Book of Queer (discovery+); “The 75th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS). @mucyloss
TOBY MARLOW,
Writer
Toby is the other half of Marlow and Moss, the writing duo behind the musical SIX, alongside Lucy Moss. For SIX, the duo won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Score, two Drama Desk Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and they received a Grammy nomination for the album SIX: Live on Opening Night. Other writing and composing credits include Hot Gay Time Machine (West End), Book of Queer (discovery+), The Monkey King (Netflix), “The 75th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS), Dylan Mulvaney’s Day 365 LIVE! (The Rainbow Room), Courtney Act: Fluid (international tour), and Kyle Hanagami’s Stay Inside. Toby also writes pop music, collaborating with artists such as Jinkx Monsoon (The Virgo Odyssey), and Alaska Thunder**** (“ROY G BIV”). @thetobymarlow
JAMIE ARMITAGE,
Co-Director
Jamie is a Tony Award-nominated director for his work on SIX. Directing credits include: Southern Belles: A Tennessee Williams Double Bill (King’s Head Theatre); Spring Awakening and Sweeney Todd (RCSSD); And Tell Sad Stories Of The Death Of Queens (King’s Head Theatre); Love Me Now (Tristan Bates Theatre); Spoonface Steinberg (Edinburgh Fringe); Richard II (Emmanuel Chapel); Robin Hood, and Henry IV, Part 1 (ADC Theatre). He was a Resident Director at the Almeida Theatre from 2019 to 2021, and an Associate Artist at the King’s Head Theatre. Upcoming projects include the New York transfer of David Hare’s Straight Line Crazy, which he is co-directing with Nicholas Hytner.
CARRIE-ANNE INGROUILLE,
Choreography
She/her. Carrie is an Olivier and Tony Award-nominated choreographer for her work on SIX. Choreography credits include Antigone (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Our Generation (National Theatre), Wonderful Town (Opera Holland Park), This Is My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre), Tales of the Turntable (Southbank Centre), Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Duke of York’s Theatre/U.K. tour), The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Royal Opera House), The Suicide (National Theatre), R&D (Hampstead Theatre), The Catherine Tate Show Live (U.K. tour), Into the Hoods Remixed (Peacock Theatre/U.K. tour) and Some Like it Hip Hop (Peacock Theatre/U.K. tour). Carrie is currently the U.K. Associate Choreographer for Hamilton, London.
JOE BEIGHTON,
Music Supervision
Joe is a musical director and supervisor based in London. In 2019 he received an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music for his work on SIX. Musical supervisor credits include SIX (U.K. tours and West End, Broadway, Chicago [winner: Jeff Award for Musical Direction], Sydney Opera House; NCL); St. Anne Comes Home (Actors Church); Babies (BYMT). Joe studied music at the University of Cambridge before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
EMMA BAILEY,
Scenic Design
Emma is an award-winning set and costume designer based in Scotland. She originally trained as an architect and continued her studies at the prestigious Motley Theatre Design course. In 2011 she was awarded the Linbury Prize for Stage Design for her production of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm at the Royal Opera House London. She trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has gone on to design for theatre, opera, music and fashion. emmabaileydesign.com
GABRIELLA SLADE,
Costume Design
Gabriella works as a set and costume designer in the UK and internationally. She won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Costume Design for SIX. She also won the Off-West End award for SIX in 2019 for Best Costume Design, and was also nominated for an Olivier and Whatsonstage award in the same year. Gabriella was the costume designer for the Spice Girls and their dancers for Spice World, which toured the UK and was seen by over 700,000 fans. Gabriella is thrilled that SIX marks her Broadway debut.
TIM DEILING,
Lighting Design
Nominated for the 2022 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for SIX. West End credits: SIX, Knights of the Rose, American Idiot, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Vanities the Musical. He’s also lit many U.K. tours including Club Tropicana, Our House, HMS Pinafore and Summer Holiday. He’s worked on many plays/musicals at regional U.K. theatres and throughout Europe. He’s also worked for many years as an associate to Ken Billington and The National Theatre in London. Tim is an American living in London.
PAUL GATEHOUSE,
Sound Design
Paul is a Tony & Drama Desk Award-nominated Sound Designer & Music Producer. Sound Design: Identical (Nottingham Playhouse); Oliver! (Asia première in Tokyo); RENT (Hope Mill Theatre); SIX The Musical (London/Broadway/UK & US Tours/Australia); Cameron Mackintosh & Disney’s Mary Poppins (London/Tokyo/Australia); The Witches Of Eastwick (Cirkus Theatre, Stockholm); Amélie (Munich-Werk7); Billionaire Boy (Nuffield Theatres, Southampton). Recordings: SIX Live on Opening Night – Original Broadway Cast Recording (Producer/Mixer); Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein – Original London Cast Recording (Producer/Mixer); Newsies (Mixer); Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording (Recording Engineer/Mixer). Film: SIX The Musical (London).
TOM CURRAN,
Orchestrations
Tom is a Grammy, Tony, Olivier and Drama Desk Award nominated orchestrator, arranger and music producer. Theatre credits include: The Great British Bake Off Musical (West End/Cheltenham); Identical (Nottingham/Manchester); SIX (Worldwide). As associate orchestrator: Funny Girl (Broadway/West End/UK tour); Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory); High Society (The Old Vic). Orchestrations for Alexis French and Marc Almond. Music department for Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds. Tom is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. @tomcurran_music
ROBERTA DUCHAK,
Music Supervision U.S.
Broadway: SIX. Regional: SIX (Chicago Shakespeare, A.R.T., Citadel, Ordway); Emma, Murder for Two, The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakes); resident musical director at Drury Lane Theatre; Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre). Film: vocal coach for Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables. Winner of two Jeff Awards; five nominations. Notable acting credits: Ragtime (Broadway); Show Boat (national tour); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chicago/national tour). @robertaduchakvocalstudio
MEGAN E. FARLEY,
Associate Director
Proud associate for SIX across North America. Regional associate direction/choreography: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Elf, The Wizard of Oz (Paramount Theatre); Peter Pan (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Regional choreography: Groundhog Day, Legally Blonde (Paramount Theatre), Big Fish (BOHO). BSU alum. Love to Chris, our parents and my support system.
@meganefarley
ELIZA OHMAN,
Associate Choreographer
Eliza spent the pandemic teaching, dancing on her roof and handing out free samples of hemp-infused seltzer. Dreams. Pre-pandemic she was seen onstage screaming/crying in King Kong, as well as shows like Hamilton, Fosse/Verdon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Dispatches From Elsewhere. She practices the guitar daily, has seen little improvement, and loves Josh. Rom 12:12. @elizaohman
GALIA BACKAL,
Resident Director
Galia is a first generation Mexican-American director, choreographer and collaborator. Selected credits: The Sound of Music, West Side Story (Bay View Music Festival), El Corrido de California (Roundabout Theatre Company), Macbeth (Circle in the Square Theatre School), The Archive (Pace University), EVERYBODY (LIU Post), El Cóndor Mágico (The Civilians). www.galiabackal.com
TAYLOR McMAHON,
Resident Choreographer
At the core, Taylor thrives to curate creative spaces that place communication and collaboration above all else. Previously: Associate Choreographer Fly (La Jolla), One Thousand Nights and One Day (Prospect Theater) and co-creator Arts for Alz (@artsforalznyc). Choose kind. @taylorjmcmahon
STEPHANIE GORIN,
Toronto Casting Director
Selected Feature/TV casting: Welcome to Derry, Reacher S1-3, The Madness, Fubar, Rabbit Hole, Pachinko S2, 13 The Musical, IT/IT 2, Wildhood, Shazam, Wedding Season, Sneakerella, Painkiller, SAW II-IX, In The Dark, Fargo Seasons 1-3 (Casting Emmy/Artios winner). Selected Theatre: In Dreams, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, War Horse, The Lion King. 2017 recipient of Ontario’s Premier Award for Excellence in Creative Arts.
TARA RUBIN CASTING,
New York Casting Director
Broadway: Six, Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Aladdin, Falsettos, Les Misérables, Indecent, Jersey Boys, Miss Saigon, Cats, School of Rock, Billy Elliot. Film: Here Today. Regional: Yale Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Asolo Rep, Westport Country Playhouse.
DAVID MIRVISH,
Producer
David Mirvish is a multiple Tony®, Olivier and Dora Award-winning Canadian theatre producer. Mr. Mirvish owns and operates four theatres in Toronto: the Royal Alexandra, the Princess of Wales, the CAA Ed Mirvish and the CAA. Mr. Mirvish and his father, Ed Mirvish, also purchased and restored the renowned Old Vic Theatre in London, England which they operated from 1983 to 1998. Mirvish Productions, founded by Mr. Mirvish in 1986, has produced plays and musicals for these and other venues throughout Canada, on Broadway and in London’s West End. The Toronto theatres have been home to such outstanding productions as Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, War Horse, Kinky Boots and Come From Away. In addition, Mirvish Productions has presented over 800 touring productions in the city of Toronto.
KENNY WAX,
Producer
Kenny recently completed a three-year term as president of the Society of London Theatre. He is one of the Producers of the Tony Award winning and Olivier nominated production of SIX, produced Top Hat (winner of three Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical), Once on This Island (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical), the world premiere of Identical based on Erich Kästner’s novel The Parent Trap and most recently Tom, Dick and Harry based on the true story of the Great Escape. Productions with Mischief Theatre include The Play That Goes Wrong (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, currently playing Off-Broadway), Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery and Magic Goes Wrong, in collaboration with Las Vegas magicians Penn & Teller. Family productions include Hetty Feather, The Worst Witch (Olivier Award for Best Family Show) and Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World.
WENDY BARNES & ANDY BARNES for GLOBAL MUSICALS,
Producers
Global Musicals was founded by Wendy and Andy Barnes to produce new contemporary British musicals by lesser-known writers. Spotted by them as a student production at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016, SIX marked the company’s first production and was nominated for five Olivier Awards including Best New Musical. They are currently developing two further new British musicals, Pieces of String and 42 Balloons. Since 2006, Andy and Wendy have also run the award-winning nonprofit musical theatre development company Perfect Pitch, creating contemporary new musicals for younger diverse audiences.
GEORGE STILES,
Producer
George (he/him) is best known as an Olivier Award-winning composer of stage musicals, most notably with lyricist Anthony Drewe. Their acclaimed shows include Honk! (Olivier Award for Best New Musical), Betty Blue Eyes, Soho Cinders and Mary Poppins, which played for six years at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre and is currently enjoying a triumphant West End revival. George is a passionate supporter of new British musicals, nurturing new writing with the Stiles + Drewe Prize and Mentorship Award, and is proud to be making his Broadway producing debut with SIX alongside fellow champions of new British musicals, Kenny Wax, Wendy and Andy Barnes.
KEVIN McCOLLUM,
Producer
Kevin received the Tony Award for Best Musical for Rent (1996), Avenue Q (2004) and In the Heights (2008). Current: SIX (Broadway, U.S. tour); Mrs. Doubtfire (Broadway); Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong (Off-Broadway and U.S. tour). Credits: Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End, U.K. and U.S. tours); The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway, UK); Something Rotten! (Broadway, U.S. tour); Hand to God (Broadway, West End); Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (Broadway, U.S. tour); Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème; [title of show] (Broadway); Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Broadway, tour); and the 2009 revival of West Side Story (Broadway, tour). He also produced the West Side Story (2021) film directed by Steven Spielberg. Up-coming: The Devil Wears Prada, The Notebook, Night At The Museum.
SAM LEVY,
Associate Producer
Sam is a New York-based theatre producer. Credits include Come From Away (Broadway, West End, Canada, North American tour, Australia); The Ferryman (Broadway); The Mentalists starring Stephen Merchant (West End); Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (New York and London). Over a decade with Arielle Tepper Productions, including director of programming at the Summer Play Festival at The Public Theater. Proud to be associated with SIX from its early days in the UK, to Broadway and beyond.
Lucas McMahon,
Executive Producer (U.S.)
Lucas is thrilled to be part of the Queens’ Canadian sit-down! He is represented on Broadway this season with SIX and Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Other credits include Mrs. Doubtfire, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (Broadway and national tour), The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, Off Broadway and national tour), Something Rotten! (Broadway and national tour) and Hand to God (Broadway and West End). He is a proud alumnus of Northwestern University. Lucas saw his first show at Boston’s Colonial Theatre when he was 6 and hopes the SIX tour will be many people’s first show!