Alex is an Alberta-based artist and is so thrilled to be working on this madness of a play with such a talented team of artists and creators! Previous Citadel credits include: The Three Musketeers, The Importance of Being Earnest, CLUE, and Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel Theatre)/(The Arts Club). Other selected credits include: The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Othello, Twelfth Night, and Winter’s Tale (The Shakespeare Company); Might As Well Be Dead, Murder On The Orient Express, and HEIST (Vertigo Theatre); Listen Listen (Teatro La Quindicina). Film & Television: Fortunate Son (CBC).

Vanessa Leticia Jetté is a Mexican-Canadian artist based out of Calgary. Her select acting credits include: A Christmas Carol 2019-23, The Mousetrap, Little Women, Hamlet (Theatre Calgary); The Extractionist, Clue, Sherlock Holmes and The Vanishing Thimble (Vertigo Theatre); Premium Content (Major Matt Mason Collective); The Strid (Downstage Theatre); Hamlet Frequency (One Yellow Rabbit/The Shakespeare Company); In and Out of Love, Radioheaded Three (One Yellow Rabbit). She is excited to be making her Citadel debut and would love to thank her family and her partner Chris for their endless support.

Andrew is the Artistic Director of Teatro Live! (formerly Teatro La Quindicina), a comedy-focused theatre company in Edmonton. Previous credits include: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, 9 to 5, Matilda, Crazy for You, Shakespeare in Love, Mary Poppins, Avenue Q, One Man, Two Guvnors (Citadel); A Grand Time in the Rapids, Fever Land, Witness to a Conga, Pith! (Teatro); Best Brothers, The Comedy Company (Shadow); Forever Plaid, Shear Madness, Wizard of Oz (Mayfield); Avenue Q, Matilda (Arts Club); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Crazy for You (Theatre Calgary).

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Excitedly making her Citadel debut, Emily is a Métis performer and creator, born and raised on Treaty One Territory. Credits throughout Canada include: Into the Woods, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Royal MTC); Frozen River (MTYP, YPT); Li Keur (Manitoba Opera); Gentleman’s Guide… (DryCold Productions); Reefer Madness (WST); Stronger Together (Suitcase Theatre); The Dream Catchers (Charlottetown Festival/Eastern Canada tour); Joseph… (Rainbow Stage). Emily has trained at Toronto’s Second City and holds a degree in Music Theatre Performance (B. Hons) from Sheridan. Thanks and love especially to mom & dad!

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Bernardo is an Albertan actor and musician honored to be working again with such amazing theatres to create this massive production. Recent credits include: Network (Citadel Theatre/ Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Vertigo Theatre); With Bells on (Lunchbox Theatre); Little Women, Forgiveness (Theatre Calgary). Bernardo would like to dedicate this performance to Michael: “You’re going to love this one.”

Honey Pham is a performer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Previous credits include: we could be clouds (fuGEN Theatre); Carried By The River (Red Snow Collective); A Perfect Bowl of Pho (Kick & Push Festival); Narnia (Badhats/Theatre Sheridan); Nobody Asked To Be Here (Musical Stage Co./Potassium Theatre); School Of Rock (Winnipeg Studio Theatre). TV/Film Credits Include: Zaasaakwe, Fourth Period Burnout (CBC); and The Colour Of Scar Tissue (APTN/ImagiNATIVE/TIFF). A big thanks to The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s National Mentorship with Kimberely Rampersad and her mom, sister, & ba noi.

Joel Schaefer is a Betty Mitchell Award nominated performer, music director, and educator. He can’t wait to share this outrageous production with you! Previous Credits Include: The Louder We Get, Escape to Margaritaville, Billy Elliot (Theatre Calgary), Tick, Tick… Boom!, Naughty… But Nice (Forte), Something Rotten (Shakespeare Company), Morricone + Bernstein, Ragtime (Calgary Philharmonic), Beauty and the Beast (Young People’s Theatre), Slipper (ATP). Joel also teaches voice lessons out of his home studio. So many thanks for love and support always to Mom, Dad, Julia, Kristi, Jamie, Garrett, and Paige!

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Ray is a Winnipeg-born Theatre Artist of Filipino and Grenadian descent. Ray trained with the Black Hole Theatre Company, and at The Banff Centre, and has been previously seen at The Citadel in The Tempest, Shakespeare in Love, and most recently as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in The Mountaintop. Recent theatre directing credits include: The Velveteen Rabbit (Manitoba Theatre for Young People) and Hedda Gabler (Echo Theatre). Ray will be directing King James (RMTC), and the World Premiere of Billie and The Moon (Manitoba Theatre for Young People) in 2025. Ray can also be seen on The Porter (CBC Gem/BET).

Daniela is an award-winning Canadian actor & playwright. Selected credits include: Vimy, Equus, Einstein’s Gift, The Drowning Girls, Arms and the Man (Citadel Theatre); Dora Maar: the wicked one (WWPT); Cockroach (ATP); Disgraced (Magnus Theatre); Goodnight Desdemona, Good morning Juliet (Belfry Theatre); Sherlock Holmes (Theatre Aquarius); All’s Well that End’s Well, Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew (Stratford Festival); Cripple of Inishmaan, God of Carnage (Theatre Calgary); Doubt (Canadian Stage); A Doll’s House (Persephone Theatre); The Red Priest (Globe Theatre). Daniela is a graduate of the University of Alberta, BFA Acting program.

Recently, John appeared in The Three Musketeers, as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Citadel); Little Shop of Horrors (Arts Club/Citadel); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Theatre Network); and 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); Cabaret, The Pillowman, Rocky Horror Show, and Death of a Salesman (Citadel). He has worked across the country in many theatres from The Segal Centre in Montreal to The Belfry Theatre in Victoria.

Henry Lewis is an Olivier Award and Drama Desk Award winning writer, actor, director and producer and is the Artistic Director of Mischief. Henry’s work has been produced in over 45 countries worldwide. Theatre – Broadway: The Play that Goes Wrong (Lyceum); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Ethel Barrymore). West End: Mind Mangler (Prince of Wales/Garrick); Magic Goes Wrong (Apollo/Vaudeville); Groan Ups (Vaudeville); Mischief Movie Night (Vaudeville/Arts); The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (Criterion); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo); The Play that Goes Wrong (Duchess & UK/International Tour); and Austentatious (Arts). Off West End/Regional: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Ahmanson, Los Angeles); Mind Mangler (UK Tour); Good Luck, Studio (UK Tour – as director); Mercury Fur (Trafalgar Studios); The Play that Goes Wrong (UK/International Tour); Superior Donuts (Southwark Playhouse – as producer); Beasts & Beauties (Hampstead); Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (various). TV: Riddiculous (ITV1); The Valiant Quest of Prince Ivandoe (Cartoon Network); The Goes Wrong Show (BBC1); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC1); A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC1); Royal Variety Performance 2015 & 2019 (ITV1); We are Most Amused and Amazed: Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday Celebration (ITV1); Children in Need 2020 (BBC1); and Comic Relief 2022 (BBC1).

Jonathan Sayer is an Olivier Award-winning writer, actor, producer and Director of Mischief. His work has been performed in over 45 countries worldwide. Theatre credits include: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (writer/actor- Broadway/LA/West End/UK/International tours); Mind Mangler (writer/actor – West End & UK Tour); Mischief Movie Night In (co-creator/actor/producer – live stream); Magic Goes Wrong (writer/actor – West End/Lowry/UK Tour co-created with magicians Penn & Teller); Groan Ups(writer/actor – West End/UK/International tours); Mischief Movie Night (cocreator/actor/producer- West End/UK tours); The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor- Criterion Theatre/UK/International tour); The Play That Goes Wrong (actor/writer – Lyceum Theatre, Broadway/Duchess Theatre, West End/UK and international tours; Lights! Camera! Improvise! (actor, improviser, producer). Television credits include: The Goes Wrong Show Series One and Two, (BBC1, writer/actor); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC1, writer/actor/associate producer); The Royal Variety Performance: The Play That Goes Wrong (ITV, writer/actor); A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC1, writer/actor). Jonathan has also appeared in We are Most Amused and Amazed (ITV1); Keep it in the Family (ITV1); Children in Need 2020 (BBC1) and Comic Relief 2022 (BBC1).

Henry Shields an Olivier Award-winning writer and actor known for: The Play That Goes Wrong; The Comedy About a Bank Robbery; Magic Goes Wrong; Groan Ups; Good Luck, Studio; Mind Mangler Member of the Tragic Circle; Peter Pan Goes Wrong; A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong; The Goes Wrong Show; The Royal Variety Performance and Children in Need.

Dennis is a theatre director, author, and avid hiker. His was the Artistic Director at Theatre Calgary and the Grand Theatre. Directing highlights include: Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird (Citadel / RMTC). Clue (RMTC / Grand); Cabaret, Timothy Findley’s The Wars (Grand Theatre); world premiere of musical The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); Barber of Seville (Florida Grand Opera / Opera Lyra / Vancouver Opera); King Lear (Theatre Calgary / Bard on the Beach); Carmen, La Traviata (Pacific Opera); West Side Story (Bangkok University); Stratford Festival (four seasons); Shaw Festival (six seasons). Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dennis published his first novel in 2022:  TOWARD BEAUTY recounts his 830 km walk cross Spain.

Beyata is an Edmonton-based set & costume designer currently living with a beloved household of friends and dogs. When not galivanting around with them, she splits her time between out-of-province contracts and building maquettes. She has an especial love for shows that embrace the absurd, musically driven pieces, and has an incredibly soft spot for Sondheim. On a good day, she can juggle a bit. Selected credits include: The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, Playboy of the Western World, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw Festival); The Inheritance (CanStage); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Little Shop of Horrors (Artsclub/Citadel); Jersey Boys (Citadel); Metronome, Mob (Workshop West). Catch her work next year with Heist (The Grand/Citadel) and with Shaw’s 2025 season.

Joseph is excited to be with the Citadel Theatre for the first time! He is a queer Filipino theatre designer from Treaty No.1 territory, and is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg. Some of his select costume design credits include: The Comeback, The Piano Teacher, Calpurnia, Bang Bang (RMTC); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Grand Ghosts (The Grand); Snow White, Spelling 2-5-5 (MTYP). Joseph also worked as an assistant costume designer in shows such as Othello, The Neverending Story, The Rocky Horror Show, Romeo & Juliet (Stratford Festival)

This is the first time Alberta based composers Dave Pierce and Donovan Seidle intend it goes wrong! The music sound design team led by Emmy awarded Dave Pierce is known for global spectacles and theatrical experiences. Marking 30 years as collaborators, Donovan joins Dave for a return to Citadel, TC and MTC. Previously, the duo have done the following things right: Vancouver 2010 Olympics; World Expo Dubai; Radio City Music Hall 75th; Alberta Royal Visit 2005; Canada’s Walk of Fame; NBC Christmas with Michael Bublé (5 seasons); Grammy’s Sinatra 100; Tony Awards (Twyla Tharp’s Sinatra); National Tours: Thoroughly Modern Millie/Crazy For You/Chicago/Annie Get Your Gun/Swing. 2024 marks 30 years of music for The Calgary Stampede’s Grandstand Show.  www.davepiercemusic.com

Kimberly is a lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance. Previously for The Citadel she designed Rubaboo, Almost a Full Moon, The Candidate, The Party, Mamma Mia!, Alice Through The Looking Glass. She has designed for Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Soulpepper Theatre, National Arts Centre and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Philadelphia, Edmonton Opera, Theatre Calgary, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, among many others.  She is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, a Montreal English Theatre Award, and an Elizabeth Sterling Award. Kimberly is the VP of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Morgan works as an actor, fight director, arts educator and Co-Artistic Producer of Azimuth Theatre. Her focus lies in new work and physical-based theatre. With the Citadel, recent projects include: Prison Dancer, Pride and Prejudice, Clue, The Fiancée and 9 to 5: The Musical as a Fight Director, Almost a Full Moon as an Assistant Director, The Three Musketeers, Pride and Prejudice, Delay – The Horizon Lab as an actor. For more on her past, present, and upcoming work, check out her website: www.morganyamada.com

Daniel Fong is a mixed-race actor, singer and voiceover performer born and raised in Calgary Alberta. He is proud to be a guest of the long tradition of storytelling in the Treaty 6 region of Alberta and hopes to continue lifting up and creating art with the communities he loves. Daniel was the recipient of the 2020 Stephen Hair Emerging Artist Award and his select stage credits include: The Three Musketeers (Citadel); Forgiveness (The Arts Club/Theatre Calgary); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Romeo & Juliet (Bard on the Beach); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Skin of Our Teeth (Rosebud Theatre); US (The Globe); Alberta Kitchen Party, The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Fortune Falls, The Circle (ATP).

Michael has previously worked at the Citadel on The Color Purple, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (with Royal MTC). Recent credits include: Clue (with Royal MTC/The Grand); The Mountaintop, Into the Woods (Royal MTC); Calpurnia (Royal MTC/NAC); The Nutcracker (RWB); The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow Stage); Space Girl, The War Being Waged (PTE); The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (WJT). Mike is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg theatre program. Enjoy the show!

Lore is thrilled to be back at the Citadel doing what she loves! Selected credits include: A Christmas Carol, West Side Story, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Sense & Sensibility, Hadestown, Silver Arrow, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Clue, Jersey Boys and The Importance of Being Earnest (Citadel Theatre); Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Mamma Mia! and Titanic (Grand Theatre); Barvinok, Michael Mysterious and Alina (Pyretic Productions) and the national tour of First Métis Man of Odesa (Punctuate! Theatre). Lore has a BFA in stage management from the University of Alberta.

Charlotte Braid (she/her) is a Stage Manager in Alberta. She is thrilled to be returning to the Citadel to work on this show. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Stage Management program. Recent credits include: Three Musketeers (Citadel Theatre); Meteor Shower (Theatre Calgary); Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare); Trouble In Mind (Citadel Theatre); Honk! The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher (Storybook Theatre); Home for the Holidays (Lunchbox Theatre). She would like to thank her family and friends for their continued love and support! Enjoy the show!