Death of a Salesman

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Jan 24 - Feb 15, 2026
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Death of a Salesman

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A gripping exploration of the American Dream, this timeless classic follows Willy Loman, a traveling salesman nearing the end of his career, as he struggles to reconcile his aspirations with reality. Burdened by unfulfilled dreams and familial tensions, Willy’s journey reveals deep truths about ambition, identity, and legacy. Set against a shifting backdrop of the past and present, this poignant drama delves into the fragile human spirit, the pursuit of success, and the yearning for validation. With unforgettable characters and powerful emotions, this production captures the heartache and resilience of a man striving to leave his mark in an unforgiving world.

Cast & Creative Team

Alexander Ariate

Happy Loman

Alexander Ariate

Happy Loman

Citadel: A Christmas Carol, Heist, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Three Musketeers, The Importance of Being Earnest, CLUE, Peter Pan Goes Wrong.
Other Theatre: 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); The Odd Couple, Listen Listen (Teatro La Quindicina).
Alex would like to thank his friends, family and Andrea for their constant love and support!

Nadien Chu

Linda Loman

Nadien Chu

Linda Loman

Citadel: Vinyl Cafe: The Musical, Little Women, 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).
Gratitude and Thanks to Daryl Cloran, KS, LC, NC and Jempa.

Tess Degenstein

The Woman

Tess Degenstein

The Woman

Citadel: As You Like It, Death of a Salesman
Other Theatre: (selected) Blind Date (Spontaneous Theatre); Red Velvet, Noises Off (Arts Club); Dance Nation (The Search Party); Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Bard on the Beach); Time Stands Still, The Father (Theatre Aquarius).
Film & TV: (selected) Murdoch Mysteries, The Players, The Monkey, Keeper.
Thank you to Daryl, to Nathan, and to you for being here!

Jeff Gladstone

Howard, Stanley, Upright Bass

Jeff Gladstone

Howard, Stanley, Upright Bass

Citadel: A Christmas Carol (2019)
Other Theatre: As You Like It (dir. Daryl Cloran); All’s Well That Ends Well, Macbeth, Othello, Pericles (Bard on the Beach); Blind Date, Buddy, Ring of Fire (Arts Club); Riot! (Monster Theatre).
Film: Kryptic; The Bearded Girl; She Talks to Strangers; Kingsway; Bones of Crows.
TV: Fire Country; Resident Alien; Twilight Zone.
Co-founder Tightrope Impro Theatre; creator F*ck Marry Kill; Original music: Hell of a Girl; Wanted. @jeffgladstone

Nathan Kay

Biff Loman

Nathan Kay

Biff Loman

Citadel: Debut
Other Theatre: Bunny, Stupid F*cking Bird, Dance Nation (The Search Party); Hamlet, Twelfth Night, The Dark Lady, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Bard On The Beach); King Arthur’s Night (Neworld Theatre) and more.
Film & TV: Wild Cards, My Secret Santa, Rags 2 Richmond and more.
Instagram: @naykay10
Thank you to Dad, Mom, Rachael, Tess, and Midge. And thank you to the Citadel for having me!

Christina Nguyen

Jenny, Letta, Piano

Christina Nguyen

Jenny, Letta, Piano

Citadel: Little Women, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ‘70s Musical, A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, Clue, Jane Eyre, Going Solo.
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  (WWPT).
University of Alberta BFA Acting Alumni. Upcoming: Everyone is Doing Fine (WWPT). Much love to C & S.

Anthony Santiago

Charley

Anthony Santiago

Charley

Citadel: HEAVEN, SWEAT, Of Mice and Men, Angels in America Part 2, Peter Pan.
Other Theatre: The Effect (Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO Production); The Mousetrap, SWEAT (Arts Club); Death & The King’s Horseman, King Lear, The Diviners (Stratford Festival); Anne of Green Gables, OLIVER (Gateway Theatre); COMPANY (Rain City Theatre); Loves Labour’s Lost, The Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach).
Film & TV: Motherland: Fort Salem, SCTV.
Much love to my wife Alexis, and my kids James and Nya-Manet.

John Ullyatt

Willy Loman

John Ullyatt

Willy Loman

Citadel: Death of a Salesman, Legally Blonde, A Midsummer Night’s Dream – The 70’s Musical, A Christmas Carol, Cabaret, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Long Days Journey Into Night, The Pillowman, Doubt.
Other Theatre: Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Theatre Network); ShipShow! (Edmonton Fringe); Best Brothers (Belfry Theatre); The 39 Steps (Vertigo, Stage West).
John is a notable street performer: The Human Fountain and 21st Century Gargoyles. He makes Edmonton home with his wife, Annie, two dogs and two cats.

Andrew Wheeler

Uncle Ben

Andrew Wheeler

Uncle Ben

Citadel: Onegin, Comedy of Errors.
Other Theatre: Anne of Green Gables (WCT); Footloose (Chemainus), Hamlet (Bard on the Beach); Primary Trust (Arts Club); Things I Know to be True (Theatre Seizieme); Mamma Mia! (Mirvish).
Film & TV: DC Legends of Tomorrow, Lucifer, Fargo.

Tenaj Williams

Bernard

Tenaj Williams

Bernard

Citadel: Little Shop of Horrors (Arts Club), Network (MTC), The Color Purple (MTC), The Fiancee.
Other Theatre: Disney’s The Lion King (Mirvish), Guys and Dolls, Beautiful the Carol King Musical (Arts Club); Into the Woods (MTC); Clue (Vertigo).
Film & TV: JANN (CTV), Meet Me at Christmas (Hallmark), Wynonna Earp (Scy-fi).
Instagram: @tenajwilliams

Morgan Yamada

Miss Forsythe, Fight & Intimacy Director

Morgan Yamada

Miss Forsythe, Fight & Intimacy Director

Citadel: Little Women, A Streetcar Named Desire (Theatre Calgary) – Fight & Intimacy Director. The Play That Goes Wrong (The Grand Theatre, MTC, Theatre Calgary) – Fight & Movement Director. The Three Musketeers (Arts Club), Pride and Prejudice, Peter and the Starcatcher – Actor.
Other Theatre: Glory (Chemainus/TNW/National Tour/Original Cast – WCT, et al.); Actor: GIANT (Ghost River Theatre).
Morgan is an artistic producer at Azimuth Theatre. You can learn more about her work at www.morganyamada.com. Big love to Mac & Ash!

Braydon Dowler-Coltman

Understudy: Biff, Happy, Bernard

Braydon Dowler-Coltman

Understudy: Biff, Happy, Bernard

Citadel: Life of Pi, A Christmas Carol, The Three Musketeers, Little Shop of Horrors, Pride & Prejudice, Network, Jane Eyre, The Tempest.
Other Theatre: As You Like It (Freewill), The Three Musketeers, Little Shop of Horrors (ArtsClub), Network (RMTC), Burning Bluebeard (Edmonton Actor’s Theatre), Bright Lights (Blarney Productions), Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre).
Film & TV: The Irrational (NBC), Abracadavers (Numera Films).
An alumnus of University of Alberta, Braydon has studied at the Banff Citadel Professional Training Program and Frantic Assembly.

Garett Ross

Understudy: Charley, Uncle Ben, Howard/Stanley

Garett Ross

Understudy: Charley, Uncle Ben, Howard/Stanley

Citadel: Life of Pi, The Three Musketeers, Sound of Music, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Shakespeare in Love, Peter and the Starcatcher, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet.
Other Theatre: Nevermore, The Soul Collector, Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre); The Odd Couple, Private Lives, Fever-Land, I Heard About Your Murder (Teatro Live!); Sherlock Holmes and the Raven’s Curse (Vertigo Theatre); Liberation Days (Theatre Calgary); Jack Goes Boating (Sage Theatre); Outside Mullingar, The Best Brothers, Beginning of August (Shadow Theatre); Chicago, Hairspray, Sheer Madness (Mayfield Dinner Theatre).

Patricia Zentilli

Understudy: Linda Loman, The Woman, Miss Forsythe

Patricia Zentilli

Understudy: Linda Loman, The Woman, Miss Forsythe

Citadel: Vinyl Cafe: The Musical, Legally Blonde, Christmas Carol, 9-5, Mamma Mia, Almost A Full Moon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Other Theatre: The Pink Unicorn (NLT); Billy Elliott, Rabbit Hole, Hamlet, What the Butler Saw, Of Mice and Men, Grease, (Neptune Theatre); Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown (Canadian Stage); Closer Than Ever, Spelling Bee (WCT).
Film & TV: See IMDB.
Big love to my daughter, Melody.

Daryl Cloran

Director

Daryl Cloran

Director

Citadel: Vinyl Cafe: The Musical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ’70s Musical, A Streetcar Named Desire, Three Musketeers, A Christmas Carol, Jane Eyre, Made in Italy, The Fiancée, Network, Shakespeare in Love, Almost A Full Moon, Matilda.
Other Theatre:  Sense & Sensibility (Stratford Festival); 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.

Beyata Hackborn

Set Designer

Beyata Hackborn

Set Designer

Citadel: Life of Pi, Legally Blonde, Heist, The Play That Goes Wrong, Little Shop of Horrors, Jersey Boys.
Other Theatre: The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw Festival); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Metronome, Mob, Horseplay (Workshop West); The Maids (Putrid Brat), Freaky Green Eyes (Fringe/Punctuate!); Sleight of Mind (WCT).
Much love to my household of dogs & friends, to shows that embrace non-reality and the absurd, to my mediocre juggling and of course, to my embarrassingly fervent love of Sondheim.

Jessica Oostergo

Costume Designer

Jessica Oostergo

Costume Designer

Citadel: HEIST, A Streetcar Named Desire, Almost A Full Moon, The Sound of Music.
Other Theatre: Elf (MTC); Handmaids Tale (Banff Centre Opera); Die Walküre (Edmonton Opera); Ring of Fire (Arts Club); Bunny, Dance Nation, Stupid F*cking Bird (Search Party); Julius Caesar (Bard).
Other: She is a four-time Jessie Richardson Award winner for Significant Artistic Achievement with a total of eight nominations. Jessica is a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Arts & Design. Visit jessicaoostergo.com

Bonnie Beecher

Lighting Designer

Bonnie Beecher

Lighting Designer

Citadel: A Streetcar Named Desire, A Servant of Two Masters, The Tempest, Jane Eyre.
Other Theatre: Bonnie has created the lighting design for 400+ productions for theatre, opera and dance across Canada. Internationally recent productions include Mary Queen of Scots (Scottish Ballet), Lady Macbeth (Dutch National Ballet), The Welkin (Soulpepper Theatre). Upcoming productions: Something Rotten and Guys and Dolls (Stratford).
Bonnie lives in Toronto and is a member of the associated Designers of Canada. www.bonniebeecher.com

Joelysa Pankanea

Sound Designer & Composer

Joelysa Pankanea

Sound Designer & Composer

Citadel: Life of Pi, Little Women, A Streetcar Named Desire.
Other Theatre: Behind the Moon (Touchstone); The Mousetrap (Theatre Calgary); Henry V (Bard).
Film & Podcast: Title Track for Comedy Invasion (Prime, Hulu); Rolling Hills (Sunny Drake Productions); Sue Sada (Cindy Mochizuki).
Originally from Kenya, Joelysa is an award-winning composer and sound designer from Vancouver. She’d like to thank Daryl Cloran for this exciting opportunity!
www.joelysa.com
@joelysa_composer

Belinda Cornish

Assistant Director

Belinda Cornish

Assistant Director

Citadel: HEIST (with Grand Theatre); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (with Arts Club); Playwright:
The Garneau Block.
Other Theatre: An Undiscovered Shakespeare (Grand Theatre); Private Lives, Evelyn Strange, The Exquisite Hour (Teatro Live!); Coriolanus, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Playwright: hiraeth (Varscona Theatre); Category E (The Maggie Tree/Coal Mine Theatre); Little Elephants (Shadow Theatre). Director: The Odd Couple (Teatro Live!); Sea Wall (Assembly Theatre).
Voice Over (Selected): Mass Effect, Dragon Age (Bioware Corp).
www.belindacornish.com

Madison Henry

Stage Manager

Madison Henry

Stage Manager

Citadel: Vinyl Cafe: The Musical, Little Women, The Ballad of Johnny and June, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Three Musketeers, The Sound of Music, The Importance of Being Earnest, Network.
Other Theatre: Hey Viola! (Charlottetown Festival); The New Canadian Curling Club, The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse); seven seasons at Western Canada Theatre.
Maddy is a graduate of the Thompson Rivers University Theatre Program in Kamloops, BC. Many thanks to Daryl, Frances, and Andy.

Frances MacDonald

Assistant Stage Manager

Frances MacDonald

Assistant Stage Manager

Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Assistant Stage Management: As You Like It, The Tempest (Freewill Shakespeare); O’kosi (Making Treaty 7). Apprentice: Deadly Murder, Cipher (Vertigo Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Dark Lady, Cottagers & Indians (Lunchbox Theatre); Stone Soup & Festive Favorites (Calgary Opera). Stage Management: We Are All Treaty People (Quest Theatre); Miracle on 34th Street (Rosebud Theatre); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Grindstone Theatre).

Andraya Diogo

Apprentice Stage Manager

Andraya Diogo

Apprentice Stage Manager

Citadel: Bear Grease: Shack Up for the Winter, Vinyl Cafe: The Musical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ‘70s Musical; A Christmas Carol; String, Is My Microphone On? (Citadel Young Company); Young Production Company Facilitator (2024-present).
Other Theatre: Moonshine (Mavka Theatre); Lucky Charm (Defiance Theatre); Brick Shithouse (fenceless theatre); Re:Construct (Common Ground Arts).
Andraya is a stage designer/manager from amiskwaciwâskahikan. More info: andrayadiogo.ca. Lots of love to Mom, Tiago + Jay. Many thanks to Maddy + Frances!