Citadel: As an actor: Once, A Christmas Carol. As musical director: Little Shop of Horrors, She Loves You, Uptown Girls.   

Other Theatre: The Pillowman (Theatre Yes); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill Festival); Les Misérables (U.K. Tour); and a recurring role on long running series Coronation Street. As a musical director, her work in Canada includes The Invisible, Nevermore (Catalyst).  

Ruth is an Edmonton-based actor/musician originally from Scotland. Her career spans four decades in theatre and television. Ruth is co-artistic producer of “Theatre Yes” alongside her husband, director Max Rubin.  

Understudy: Oberon/Theseus, Bottom, Demetrius 

Citadel: Jersey Boys 

Other Theatre: Grease (Western Canada Theatre); Ragtime: A Concert Performance (Theatre Calgary); Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow); Romeo & Juliet, Love’s Labours Lost (Freewill Shakespeare); Rumpelstiltskin (Alberta Musical Theatre Company).  

Billy wants to thank The Citadel Theatre for this opportunity and wishes the audience enjoys this spectacular show! 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: The Maids (Putrid Brat); Brick Shithouse (Fenceless); Smoke (Downstage); Bloomsday (Shadow); We Are All Treaty People (Quest); The Ballad of Peachtree Rose (Workshop West). 

Film/ TV: No Bedroom (Vital Only Films); EUDAIMONIA (Truthful Work Productions); Contamination (Brimstone Pictures). 

Alexandra released her debut EP, Virgo’s Last Stand. She’s excited to debut in a brand-new musical, as music is a life-long love of hers! Thanks to her wonderful mother Jacqueline for always encouraging and supporting her creative pursuits, and her father Craig for instilling a deep love of 70’s music.  

Citadel: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, As You Like It, Once, Peter and The Starcatcher, Trouble In Mind, A Christmas Carol.  

Other Theatre: As You Like It, Julius Caesar (Bard on The Beach); As You Like It (Theatre Calgary); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Arts Club); As You Like It, Trouble in Mind (RMTC); The Hothouse Prince, Evelyn Strange, The Oculist’s Holiday (Teatro Live!); Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter’s Tale (Freewill); Barvinok (Pyretic Productions/Tarragon); Featuring Loretta, Criminal Minds (Punctate!); Much Ado About Nothing (Thou Art Here).   

All my love to Gianna and Remy. 

Citadel: Debut 

Other Theatre: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Rosebud Theatre); La Boheme (Edmonton Opera); Il Tabarro (Pacific Opera Victoria). 

Film & TV: Canada’s Got Talent, Indians on Vacation, Walking the Dog . 

Concert Soloist: VOLARE TENORS, Pro Coro Canada, Chilliwack Symphony, Tenore, Vocal Alchemy. Thanks to all my voice students for inspiring me every day! @Taylor_Fawcett_Tenor  

Citadel: Captain in The Sound Of Music, Lt. Kaffee in A Few Good Men.  

Other Theatre: Four seasons at the Shaw Festival, eight at Bard on the Beach, two at Stratford Festival and dozens of performances across Canada. Some Highlights: Frankenstein, Long Day’s Journey (Stratford); Shakespeare In Love (BOTB), The Real Thing (Belfry).  

Film/TV: Good Witch, Murdoch Mysteries, Fringe, Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief. Voice Over: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Paw Patrol: The Movie.  

Trained @Studio58theatre. A photographer, musician, and director/collaborator. Thank you for coming to see Theatre! @charlie_byrd  

Understudy: Quince/Egeus/Keyboard Player, Titania/Hippolyta, Hermia 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: The Little Mermaid (Persephone Theatre); Hamlet (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Spring Awakening (Ppl R Ppl); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Miracle on 34th Street (Persephone Theatre); Baba’s Magic Mitten (Dancing Sky Theatre); The Fianceé (Persephone Theatre); The Addams Family (Edinburgh Fringe). 

Kristel is an award-winning actor, singer, and musician, and is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ and Mad/Crip communities.  

Citadel: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Clue, Little Shop of Horrors, Christmas Carol. 

Other Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Arts Club); Hoodies, CTRL-ALT-DLT (Concrete); Caribbean Muskrat (Teatro Live!); Macbeth (Freewill Shakespeare); Hiraeth (Bright Young Things). 

Rochelle (she/her) is ecstatic to bring two of her great loves to the Maclab stage: Shakespeare and 70’s music. Thank you Mom for all the joy, dancing and singing. 

Citadel: We Are Family Concert (upcoming), Vinyl Cafe (workshop), A Streetcar Named Desire, The Royale, The Color Purple (w/RMTC), As You Like It (w/RMTC). 

Other Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing, Wedding Band, Les Belles Soeurs (Stratford); The Fiancée (Persephone); Heaven (Lunchbox); Sister Act, All Shook Up, Soul Sistas (Mayfield); John Ware Reimagined (Workshop West). 

MacEwan Theatre Arts Alumnus. Sterling & Mary Savidge award recipient. Thank you to my loved ones for your endless support. @jameela_jade 

Citadel: The Vinyl Cafe (workshop).  

Other Theatre: Selected credits include: Hamlet in Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bard on the Beach); 

The Seafarer (ATP); carried away on the crest of a wave (NAC); Mustard, Peter and the Starcatcher (Arts Club); Cranked (Greenthumb).  

Film & TV: Upload, Murder in a Small Town, Rogue, Strawberry Shortcake, Luna Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go, Polly Pocket.  

Thank you for supporting live theatre!  

Citadel: A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, Clue, Jane Eyre (Mainstage); Going Solo (House Series).  

Other 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).  

Christina is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting Program. Much love and thanks to C & S. Upcoming: Little Women (Citadel).   

Citadel: A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors, Prison Dancer (Mainstage), Going Solo, Toque, Cafe Wanderlust (House Series). 

Other Theatre: Die Harsh (Grindstone Theatre); Until Next Breath (Catalyst Theatre). 

The Edmonton Public Library’s new Musician in Residence, Biboye is active in Edmonton’s music scene, playing with acts, local beyond, such as ODARIO (CBC Radio’s Afterdark), Motorbike James and his own, Good Information; alongside producing weekly music series’ New Standards (The Common) and Daze Days (Mimi Bar). 

Understudy: Flute/Guitar Player, Snout/Bass Player, Starveling 

Citadel: The Play that Goes Wrong, Network.

Other Theatre: Little Women, Forgiveness (Theatre Calgary); With Bells On (Lunchbox Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Shakespeare Company); The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Vertigo Theatre).

Film & TV: Heartland, Under The Banner of Heaven.

Bernardo would like to dedicate this performance to Michael: “You would’ve loved this one.” 

Understudy: Puck, Lysander, Helena 

Citadel: The Wolves (with The Maggie Tree).

Other Theatre: Peter Pan (Globe Theatre); The Little Mermaid (Persephone Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure (Freewill Shakespeare); Little Women (Theatre Calgary)

Dean is grateful to be a writer of music, a french-speaker, a pacifist, and an environmental activist in Treaty 6. 

Citadel: Almost A Full Moon, The Candidate/The Party, Shakespeare In Love (with RMTC), A Christmas Carol, Arcadia, The Sound of Music; Director of Education & Outreach (2021-present).  

Other theatre: Over 35 credits including Juliet in Shakespeare’s R+J (Kill Your Television); King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill); Songs My Mother Never Sung Me (Sterling Award) (Concrete); director of Bright Lights, Legoland, Never Swim Alone (Blarney); Edmonton Opera, Workshop West, Teatro, Tiny Bear Jaws. 

Luc is a Queer artist from Jackfish Lake, AB, who received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and the Lieutenant Governor Emerging Artist Award. Big thanks to Daryl. Love, as always, to Mom and Dad. 

Citadel: The Play That Goes Wrong, The Three Musketeers, as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, The Pillowman, Rocky Horror Show, and Death of a Salesman.  

Other Theatre: Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Theatre Network); performed in the Spiegeltent at K-Days with Firefly Theatre. John is very familiar to The Citadel Theatre. Favourite roles include: Matilda (RMTC/Citadel/Arts Club); Beauty and the Beast (Citadel/Theatre Calgary).   

John has worked across the country in many theatres from The Segal Centre in Montreal to The Belfry Theatre in Victoria.  

Citadel: A Streetcar Named Desire, Three Musketeers, Christmas Carol, Jane Eyre, Made in Italy, The Fiancée, Network, Shakespeare in Love, Almost A Full Moon, Matilda.   

Other Theatre:  As You Like It (Citadel; Bard on the Beach, Vancouver; Chicago Shakespeare; The Shakespeare Company, Washington DC; Milwaukee Rep; Theatre Calgary; Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre; Grand Theatre, London). 

Daryl has been the Artistic Director of the Citadel since 2016. This spring, Daryl is directing Sense & Sensibility at the Stratford Festival.  

Citadel: Shakespeare in Love, As You Like It. 

Other Theatre: Director: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); The Shipment (Speakeasy Theatre). Actor: Othello (Bard on the Beach); Mustard (25th Street Theatre). 

Film & TV: Supernatural, Fairly Legal, Zarqa, A Million Little Things 

Kayvon is a Canadian Artist of Iranian/Irish descent. He is a co-founder of Sum Theatre (BC), the founder of Pull: A Ten-Minute Play Festival (Vancouver) and was the Artistic Director of Speakeasy Theatre until 2020. He is the current Artistic Director of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan.  

Citadel: Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, As You Like it, Matilda The Musical, Pride and Prejudice. 

Other Theatre:  As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare); The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Bard On The Beach); Other Desert Cities (The Arts Club); Our Man In Havana (Vertigo). 

Ben hails from Vancouver, is graduate of Studio 58, has a problem with collecting musical instruments, and ever grateful for the love and support of his amazing wife, Kori Danielle<3 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: The Seafarer (ATP); Selma Burke (Theatre Calgary); The Girl on the Train (Vertigo Theatre); Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart (Shaw Festival). Upcoming: GNIT (Shaw Festival). 

Hanne is a set and costume designer based in Calgary. She grew up in Belgium. 

Before her move to the beautiful prairies, Hanne was living and working in Berlin. 

Her design work can be viewed online at hanneloosen.com 

Citadel: Pride and Prejudice (winner of the 2022-2023 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.   

Citadel: Frozen, A Midsummers Night Dream, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire. 

Other Theatre: A Christmas Story The Musical, Pollyanna, The Hours That Remain (Theatre Aquarius); The Last Timbit (GUT Creative); The Orphan of Chao, Prince Caspian (Shaw Festival). 

Jareth has a love for new work that examines identity politics, culture, and heritage. In addition to his artistic practice, he is a stagecraft instructor at York University Online @ Jareth.Li 

Citadel: The Sound of Music. 

Other Theatre: Canadian sound designs have been with Globe Theatre, Luminato, Asha Productions, Grand Theatre, Rainbow Stage, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Neptune Theatre, Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Canadian Stage, Theatre20, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Canadian Opera Company.  

Emily is an award-winning sound designer who has worked on productions across Canada and internationally. She is a member of ADC and teaches University theatrical sound design and technology.  She would like to thank my family for their continued support. 

Citadel: Little Shop of Horrors; A Christmas Carol; Assistant Choreographer Jersey Boys.  

Other Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors (The Arts Club); Éphémère (Firefly Theatre and Circus); I Don’t Even Miss You (Tiny Bear Jaws); Shakespeare’s Will (Thou Art Here). 

Gianna is an actor, dancer, and choreographer. She is also an Italian pastaia and the creator of Bell’uovo, a bespoke naturally colourful handmade pasta business based here in Edmonton. Love to Oscar, Remy, and the kittens. 

Citadel: Debut

Select Fight and Intimacy Choreography credits: Dick Piston Hotel Detective (Nacho Pals Theatre), Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (Town & Country Productions), and Pirates of Penzance (Foote in the Door Productions)

Film & TV: Please Stay (upcoming)

Sarah also works as an actor, theatre producer, and director. In whatever spare time she has, she loves reading murder mysteries, taking in friends’ shows, and building Legos with her partner, Thomas.

Citadel: The Three Musketeers. 

Other Theatre: Elena has been programmed by Factory, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Toronto), One Yellow Rabbit (Calgary), Verb Theatre (Calgary), UpintheAir Theatre (Vancouver), Centaur Theatre (Montreal). 

Film & TV: In 2024, Elena was a member of Spindle Films Inaugural Trans and Non-Binary Filmmaking Intensive, and will be filming their first short in Spring 2025. 

Elena Belyea is a queer and trans playwright, performer, producer, arts educator, and Artistic Director of Tiny Bear Jaws (@tinybearjaws). They were born and raised in amiskwaciwaskahikan (colonially known as Edmonton) on Treaty 6 territory, and have had works produced across Turtle Island and internationally (including Hungary, Austria, Berlin, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa, and Quebec City). Elena was the recipient of the 2023 Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical, and their company, Tiny Bear Jaws’ production of Smoke won the 2023 Sterling Award for Outstanding Indie Production. More at elenabelyea.com 

Citadel: Ballad of Johnny and June, Christmas Carol, The Candidate, The Party.  

Other Theatre: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Broadway / San Francisco); Wendy in Wendy and Peter Pan, Cymbeline (Stratford); This London Life (Grand); Girls Like That (Tarragon); Boys Girls and Other Mythological Creatures (Carousel Players).  

Film & TV: From, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Marry F Kill, Love’s Match, Murdoch Mysteries, Barbelle, Hudson & Rex, In the Dark  

Gratitude to Canada Council for the Arts, Stratford Guthrie Awards, Citadel’s BIPOC Fund. Training: NTS. Cynthia is an acting coach / drama teacher. www.cynthiajimenezhicks.com 

Citadel: Goblin:Macbeth, The Ballad of Johnny and June, The Three Musketeers, Pride and Prejudice, Network, Clue, A Christmas Carol. 

Other Theatre: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare (The Grand, Catalyst); Vigilante in Concert (Catalyst); La Bête (Talk is Free); Kinky Boots (Drayton); The Play’s The Thing, Dead In The Water (TheatreYes); Brick Shithouse (fenceless theatre); Brother Rat (ReadyGo Theatre). 

Love to her family and husband Erik. Special thanks to Daryl and the Citadel Team for this opportunity and to Nyssa and Andrea for being the best team gal could ask for. 

Citadel: The Mountaintop; Little Shop of Horrors; Pride and Prejudice; Jane Eyre; Matilda; Christmas Carol; Shakespeare in Love. 

Other Theatre: Nevermore, The Invisible (Catalyst); Dead Letters, Unsung, Here there be Night (WWPT); Mermaid Legs (SkirtsAfire); The Wrong People Have Money, The Mountaintop (Shadow Theatre). 

Thank you to all loved ones that continue to supply snacks and accept my avoidance of sunlight. 

Citadel: A Christmas Carol, Is My Microphone On? (Citadel Young Company). 

Other Theatre: Mump & Smoot in “EXIT”, With Bells On! The Musical, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Theatre Network); Brick Shithouse (fenceless theatre); The Hooves Belonged to the Deer (In Arms Theatre); Re:Construct (Common Ground Arts).  

Andraya is a stage designer/manager from amiskwaciwâskahikan. Love to Mom & Jay.