

Cast & Creative Team
Nadien Chu
Marmee, Ensemble
Citadel: The Three Musketeers, Pride and Prejudice, Network, Jane Eyre, The Garneau Block, August Osage County, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Tempest, The Penelopiad.
Other Theatre: As You Like It (Theatre Calgary, The Grand); The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Titus Andronicus, A Winter’s Tale (FreeWill Shakespeare Festival); All the Little Animals (One Yellow Rabbit); The Thin Man (Vertigo Theatre); Charlotte’s Web (ATP).
Special thanks to Jenna Rodgers, KS, LC, FC and Jempa.
Steven Greenfield
Friedrich Bhaer, Mr. March, Ensemble
Citadel: Frozen, A Christmas Carol, Jersey Boys, Clue, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Ring of Fire, Once, Children of God.
Other Theatre: After Mourning—Before Van Gogh, The Wrong People Have Money (Shadow); A Little Night Music (NUOVA); The Little Mermaid (Persephone); Grease (WCT); Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre Calgary, ACTC); Beauty and the Beast (TUTS). Upcoming: Newsies The Musical (Ross Sheppard); The Wizard of Oz (Citadel).
Steven is an Edmonton-based actor, music director and theatre educator (FTS, Artstrek, CapU, Studio 58, MacEwan). www.stevengreenfield.ca
Donna Leny Hansen
Meg March, Aunt March’s Parrot, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: After Mourning, Before Van Gogh (Shadow Theatre); The Matrixx & Gatsby Cabaret (Spotlight Cabaret); The 11 O’clock Number (Grindstone Theatre); Paper Fortune Teller (Maiden Speech Festival); Children of Eden (Cameron Mackintosh Theatre/Mountview).
Film & TV: TicTac (commercial) – TicTac UK & Ireland; Seventeen (Music Video) – Tors.
in her spare time, DL dabbles in calligraphy and Producing Improv at The Grindstone Theatre. You can find her online @delightfullittlecreatures on Instagram.
Paul-Ford Manguelle
John Brooke, Frank, Young Man, Ensemble
Citadel: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Three Musketeers.
Other Theatre: The Drawer Boy (The Shadow Theatre); Die Harsh (The Grindstone Theatre).
Film & TV: Twenty Something (Limited Visuals production).
Paul-ford Manguelle is a Canadian, French and English-speaking actor of Cameroonian origin. He’d like to thank his family for their love and support.
Hayley Moorhouse
Jo March, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Stars on Her Shoulders (Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre); Robot Girls (Shadow Theatre); Smoke (Tiny Bear Jaws); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lodestar Theatre); Tracks (Vena Amoris Projects); Slight of Mind (Theatre Yes); The Bully Project (Concrete Theatre).
All my love to Mom, Dad, Cadence, and Jasmine.
Christina Nguyen
Amy March, Annie Moffatt, Ensemble
Citadel: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The 70’s Musical, A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, Clue, Jane Eyre (Mainstage); Going Solo (House Series).
Other Theatre: Civil Blood: A Treaty Story (Thou Art Here Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Winter’s Tale (Freewill Shakespeare); Alina, Michael Mysterious (Pyretic Productions); Here There Be Night (Workshop West).
University of Alberta BFA Acting Alumni. Dedicated to Mama, and with much love to C.
Troy O'Donnell
Mr. Laurence, Mr. Dashwood, Dr. Bangs, Ensemble
Citadel: A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Music, The Royale, The Tempest.
Other Theatre: Dance Nation (SkirtsAfire); As You Like It (Grand Theatre); The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); The 39 Steps (Mayfield); It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol (Theatre Northwest); The Umbrella (Quest Theatre); The Early Bloomer, Smokescreen (Concrete Theatre); Anxiety, Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat (Theatre Yes); An Inspector Calls, The Diary of Anne Frank (Rosebud).
Erin Pettifor
Beth March, Sallie Gardiner, Ensemble
Citadel: Slight of Mind.
Other Theatre: Stigma, Pistil and Style (Wee Witches); WYRD (Larrikin Entertainment/Atomic Vaudeville); Little Women (NUOVA Vocal Arts); Artist in Residence with children and youth at Evergreen Theatre.
Erin is a Sterling Award Winning Performer. She would like to thank her partner Dana, her family, and her loved ones for supporting her in her work in Little Women and as a theatre creator and performer.
Gabriel Richardson
Laurie Laurence, Edward, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Smoke (Tiny Bear Jaws); Brick Shithouse (Fenceless Theatre); Jupiter (Theatre Network).
Film & TV: Heartland, Montana Mavericks.
I would like to thank my family for putting up with me, my community for always looking out for me, and most importantly my partner, Sarah, for always supporting and loving me.
Jenna Rodgers
Director
Citadel: Mary’s Wedding: A Metis Love Story.
Other Theatre: Murder on the Links, Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble (Vertigo); Teenage Dick, Undressed, Actually (ATP); Smoke (Tiny Bear Jaws); The Green Line, Hookman (Chromatic Theatre).
Artistic Director of Concrete Theatre and the Director of Theatre Alberta’s Artstrek Program. Jenna is a passionate advocate for equity in the arts, a fierce supporter of new play development, and is learning to raise small responsible humans while maintaining a career in the arts. Love to Will, Archer, Hugo, Bramble.
Robin Fisher
Robin Fisher Set and Props Designer
Citadel: Avenue Q.
Other Theatre: (selected) Set and costumes: Wendy & Peter Pan (Stratford Festival); The Jungle
Book (MTYP); The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon (Globe Theatre). Set: Cottagers and Indians
(Tarragon Theatre); Acquiesce (Factory Theatre). Costumes: A Wrinkle In Time (Stratford Festival);
The Wizard of Oz (Young People’s Theatre); Dream a Little Dream (The Grand Theatre).
Robin is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore awards and the 2015 Virginia and Myrtle
Cooper Award for Costume Design. www.robinfisher.ca
Deanna Finnman
Costume Designer
Citadel: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The 70’s Musical, Pride and Prejudice (Sterling Award for Outstanding Costume Design).
Other Theatre: Li Keur Riel’s Heart of the North and La Cenerentola (Manitoba Opera); La Bohème, Rigoletto, Così fan tutte, and Count Ory (Edmonton Opera); Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio (Alberta Musical Theatre); Sunday in the Park with George (MacEwan University); The Magic Flute (Calgary Opera).
Deanna has designed costumes for over 150 professional productions including dance, theatre, and opera.
Whittyn Jason
Lighting Designer
Citadel: Made in Italy, The Royale, Jane Eyre, The Fiancée, Heaven, Brimful of Asha.
Other Theatre: The Hooves Belonged to the Deer (Tarragon Theatre, In Arms Collective; Mermaid Legs (Skirtsafire); I Don’t Even Miss You (Tiny Bear Jaws); Little Women (Theatre Calgary).
Film & TV: Eudaimonia
Whittyn is an award-winning Edmonton based lighting designer. They are a member of ADC659, Festival Director of Found Festival, and Artistic Producer at Major Matt Mason Collective. whittyn.com
Joelysa Pankanea
Composer and Sound Designer
Citadel: A Streetcar Named Desire.
Other Theatre: Behind the Moon (Touchstone Theatre); Fire Never Dies (Electric Company); The Mousetrap (Theatre Calgary); Henry V (Bard on the Beach); Romeo and Juliet (Bard on the Beach); Mala (Arts Club Theatre); Anywhere But Here (Electric Company); Ladri di Biciclette (PuSh Festival); Buffoon (Arts Club Theatre).
Joelysa is a multiple award-winning composer, sound designer, and musical director based in Vancouver BC.
Brett Dahl
Assistant Director
Citadel: The Importance of Being Earnest, Is My Microphone On? (Young Company).
Other Theatre: Troilus and Cressida (Studio Theatre); Strange/Familiar (Theatre Outré), Hecuba (University of Alberta); Pretty Ugly (Alberta Queer Calendar Project); The Prom (Assistant Director – Nuova Vocal Arts); Men Express Their Feelings (Assistant Director – Downstage); King Lear (Assistant Director – Shakespeare Company).
Brett is a graduate of the MFA-Directing program at U of A and the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award (2018).
Madison Henry
Stage Manager
Citadel: The Ballad of Johnny and June, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Three Musketeers, The Sound of Music, The Importance of Being Earnest, Deafy, Network, & Jane Eyre.
Other Theatre: Gaslight (Chemainus); Hey Viola! (Charlottetown Festival); The Wizard of Oz, Chelsea Hotel, A Christmas Carol (Western Canada Theatre); The New Canadian Curling Club, The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse).
Maddy (she/her) is a multi-discipline Stage Manager based in Edmonton, AB, and is so grateful to be a part of this project. Many thanks to Daryl, Jenna, Molly, Jessica and the Citadel team!
Molly Pearson
Assistant Stage Manager
Citadel: A Christmas Carol, The Mountaintop, Rubaboo, The Royale, The Garneau Block (Stage Manager); Trouble in Mind, Children of God, and Peter and the Starcatcher (Assistant Stage Manager).
Other Theatre: Freewill Shakespeare Festival: The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Comedy of Errors, and The Merchant of Venice (Stage Manager); Nashville Music City, Rock the Canyon and Mamma Mia! (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); and Dance Nation (Skirts Afire Festival).
Jessica Haight
Apprentice Stage Manager
Citadel: Disney’s Frozen.
Other Theatre: The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Orlando, Wildfire, Rough Magic, She Kills Monsters (Studio Theatre); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Melody Lingers On (NUOVA Vocal Arts).
Originally from Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Jess will be receiving their BFA in Stage Management from the University of Alberta this June. Shout out to Vale, Faith, and Sam.