Citadel: A Christmas Carol, Clue. 

Other Theatre: Steel Magnolias (Globe Theatre); The Little Mermaid (Persephone Theatre); Jack and the Beanstalk (Alberta Musical Theatre Company).  

Maya is an Edmonton based theatre artist. Sending all the love to her family and friends who always support her. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Patsy Cline, 9 to 5, Canadian Superstars & Feelin’ Groovy, Legends of Country (StageWest); Hairspray (Theatre Aquarius, Mayfield, Drayton Entertainment, Charlottetown Festival); The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music (Live @ The Centre, PEI); Anne of Green Gables, Disco-Cirque, British Invasion 2 (Charlottetown Festival). Choreography: The Music Man (Storybook Theatre). 

Thank you to Stephanie, Theatre Calgary, The Citadel and 10 Talent for making this dream come true. Love to my family, friends and Corey for always believing in me! 

Citadel: The Three Musketeers, The Play That Goes Wrong 

Other Theatre: A Christmas Carol (2018, 2023-24), Forgiveness (Theatre Calgary); Romeo & Juliet (Bard on the Beach); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Skin of Our Teeth (Rosebud); US (Globe); Alberta Kitchen Party, The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Fortune Falls, The Circle (ATP).  

Daniel is a mixed-race actor, singer, voiceover performer born and raised in Calgary. Daniel was the recipient of the 2020 Stephen Hair Emerging Artist Award. Thanks to his family and his beautiful wife, Nadia. 

Citadel: Almost a Full Moon. 

Other Theatre: The Pillowman (Theatre Yes); Dion: A Rock Opera (Coal Mine); Cabaret (Ovation); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Sh-Boom, Naked Radio (Drayton); One Day (Segal); Christmas at Pemberley, It’s a Wonderful Life, Naked Radio, Classic Country Roads (Chemainus); Little Women, Candide, Fiddler on the Roof (NUOVA); Mary’s Wedding, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (POV). 

Film & TV: The Garden of Alice. 

Kaden is an actor, singer, and songwriter. Thanks to Talent House, my family, and Em. @kk_brett 

Citadel: The Ballad of Johnny and June. 

Other Theatre: The Addams Family (Capitol); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, The World Goes Round (StageWest); Back in ’59 (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Sister Act (Drayton); Always Patsy Cline (Theatre Northwest); Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sudbury); Million Dollar Quartet, Jeeves At Sea (Chemainus). 

Many thanks and love to the incredible team at TC & CT, her wonderful family and chosen family who support her through it all and to you for supporting Canadian theatre! Sarahhorsman.com  

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre:  Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville (Theatre Calgary); Waitress (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Little Shop of Horrors (Theatre Northwest); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (StageWest); Tick, Tick…Boom, Austentatious (Forte Musical Theatre).  

Jessica is a graduate of the University of Calgary’s Theatre program. She was honored to be nominated for a Betty Mitchell Award for her performance in Tick, Tick…Boom. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: High School Musical (Uniform Theatre); Aqsarniit (Confederation Centre Young Company); Heathers: The Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot (Scona Alumni Theatre Company).  

Gunho would like to thank his family for their continued patience as he continues to work towards his dreams. He would not be here without their love and support. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Ragtime: A Concert Performance, Theatre Calgary Sings for Pride (Theatre Calgary); The Great Comet of 1812 (MacEwan University); Heathers: The Musical (MacEwan University).  

Layne is a performer based in Calgary and is currently finishing her BFA in musical theatre performance at MacEwan University in Edmonton. She wants to thank her family and friends for their unwavering support in her artistic pursuits. She hopes you enjoy the show! 

Citadel: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The 70’s Musical, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Royale, The Color Purple, As You Like It. 

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). 

Jameela is a MacEwan Theatre Arts Alumnus & Sterling, Mary Savidge Guthrie Award recipient. She is a writer and producer. Thank you to my loved ones for your endless support. @jameela_jade

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Ragtime: A Concert Performance, Shakespeare by the Bow – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet (TC); Susan’s Dream Date (Grant Tilly); Fresh Prints (ATP); Girls Like That (Tightrope).  

Film & TV: Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey; Fargo: Season 5; Heirlooms of the West.  

Robyn’s a graduate of Mount Royal University’s Theatre Program & Sheridan College’s Musical Theatre Performance Program, a member of Six Degrees Music and Sound. Thanks to her dear friends, wonderful family and her love, Connor. 

Citadel: Crazy For You. 

Other Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Crazy For You, Beaches the Musical (TC); Too Many Cooks, Spamalot, Young Frankenstein, Screwball Comedy, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Stage West); Brigadoon (Shaw); Newsies, The Drowsy Chaperone, Rock of Ages, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music (Drayton); Ghostlight (Off-Broadway), Spring Awakening, Hamlet (Roxy). Choreography: Something Rotten!, Elf: The Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Honk! (Storybook); Austentatious (Forte). 

Love & gratitude to Mom, Dad, Bob, Scott for their unconditional support. yogawithgreg.com, @yoga.with.greg 

Citadel: Mustardseed, u/s Puck, Helena, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The 70s Musical. 

Other Theatre: Jo March in Little Women (TC); Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Globe); 

Andrina, U/S for Scuttle in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Persephone); Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Feste in Twelfth Night, Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Froth, Nun in Measure for Measure (Freewill).  

Dean is grateful to be a writer of music, a French-speaker, a pacifist, and an environmental activist in Treaty 6 (and sometimes Treaties 4 and 7). 

Citadel: The Three Musketeers, A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors, The Play That Goes Wrong, Crazy For You, Next to Normal, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, Matilda, Cabaret, The Pillowman, Rocky Horror Show. 

Other Theatre: A Fitting Confusion (TC); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Theatre Network); Spiegeltent (Firefly). 

Later this season he will reprise his role of Ebenezer Scrooge then Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman.  He’s worked all over the country & makes Edmonton home with Annie, the dogs and the cats. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Mary and Max A New Musical (TC); Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown); Dion: A Rock Opera, The Antipodes (Coal Mine); 

Pollyanna (Theatre Aquarius); Bittergirl, Anne of Green Gables (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Kelly v. Kelly, Life After (CanStage/ Musical Stage Co.); Gaslight (Vertigo); A Christmas Carol (Shaw); Into the Woods (Talk is Free); The Adventures of Pinocchio (YPT). 

Since graduating from Sheridan College’s Music Theatre Performance Program, Kelsey has worked across the country.  Lots of love to her parents, Rainer & Kola. @kelseeyverzotti 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Shakespeare by the Bow – Romeo & Juliet (TC); A Little Night Music, 

Titanic: The Musical (NUOVA Vocal Arts); The Book of Joan (Alchemy Festival); Lights Out, Venus & Adonis…and the rest of us (UCalgary); Beauty and the Beast (YES Theatre).  

A graduate of George Brown Theatre School, a Bachelor of Music student at the UofC, and the current soprano section principal of the Calgary Philharmonic chorus. Many thanks to her family, friends, and mentors whose guidance & support have driven her to new heights. 

Citadel: Mamma Mia!, 9 to 5: The Musical, A Christmas Carol, Almost A Full Moon, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Alice Through The Looking Glass. Concerts: Uptown Girls, Feels Like Home, and She Loves You.  

Other Theatre: Urinetown,Little Shop of Horrors (CanStage); Billy Elliot, Hamlet (Neptune Theatre).  

The Last 5 Years (RMTC). 

Film & TV: see IMDB.  

Upcoming: Vinyl Café (Citadel); The Pink Unicorn (NLT).

Love to my daughter, Melody. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Buttercup is thrilled to be making her debut as Rufus. In her spare time, she likes napping, chewing on rubber toys, and playing with her neighbours Wallie and Henry. You can follow her and her big brother on Instagram (@princess_._._buttercup and @playbillmurray). She also has a little brother, Finnick, but he’s not old enough to sign up for Instagram. She would like to thank her family for typing this for her since she hasn’t learned to type yet. 

Citadel: The Garneau Block. 

Born October 4, 2015. Koko loves dog sports and competes at an advanced level of agility.  He’s a bit of the class clown and gets super excited for the ear rubs after his performances.  He was the understudy for The Garneau Block in 2021. During his off time, Koko likes to hang out by the fence and wait for dogs that he can ignore.  His favourite foods are lettuce, cheese and any snack he finds under people’s desks. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Twelfth Night (Stratford); Matilda (TUTS); Miss Caledonia 

(Tweed & Co.); Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, All Shook Up, Mary Poppins, The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Mamma Mia!, The Music Man, Back in ’59, Anne 

of Green Gables (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Last Five Years (YRG Productions); Fun 

Home, Grey Gardens, The Wild Party-Dora Award (Musical Stage Company); Chariots of 

Fire (Grand); Cinderella – Merritt Award, Peter Pan, Addams Family (Neptune); Crazy for You 

(Capitol); Next to Normal (RMTC). 

Stephanie is one of Canada’s most sought-after Director-Choreographers, a founding member of the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers and the Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Making Movement. www.stephaniegraham.ca  

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Groundhog Day (YES Theatre, Canadian Premiere); Bittergirl: The Musical (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Rent (Rainbow Stage). 

Quadruple threat performer and music director, Rachel hails from Winnipeg. A graduate of the University of Winnipeg, Rachel has extensive training in piano, theatre, voice and specializes in collaborative musicianship and musical theatre. Rachel is thrilled to be making her TC and 

Citadel debut and for the chance to collaborate again with Stephanie. Special thanks 

always to D, T, and A. TikTok and Instagram: @the_singing_pianist 

Citadel: Heist, The Play That Goes Wrong, Little Shop of Horrors, Jersey Boys.  

Other Theatre: Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Horseplay, Metronome, Mob (Workshop 

West); Sleight of Mind (WCT); The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, Playboy of the Western World, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw). 

Beyata is an Edmonton-based set & costume designer. 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. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Heist, Misery, I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (Vertigo); The Dark Lady, Brave Girl (Lunchbox); Avenue Q, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago (StageWest). 

Film & TV: Witches X, Brother, The Order, The Last of Us, Gaby Time, What’s the Word (CAFTCAD award). 

An award-winning costume designer for film/theatre, recently Emmy-nominated for The Last of Us. Her interest in costume history keeps her busy exploring period costuming and drafting historical costumes for her work on stage and in film. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Alcina (Rice University); Anne of Green Gables, Jersey Boys, Becoming Dolly 

(Charlottetown); Cinderella (TUTS); Spamalot (Stratford); The Music Man (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Swan Lake (Alberta Ballet); Black Super Hero Magic Mama, The Fantasticks (Stages Repertory); Monster (Monster Collective); Prince of Players (Houston Grand Opera); Farinelli and the King (Belasco).  

Houston Press Best Lighting Design award for The Whipping Man (Stages Repertory). She is the Design/Production Area Coordinator & Lighting Design Professor at the University of Oklahoma and proud to be a founding member of IATSE ADC659. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Forgiveness, Ragtime: A Concert Performance, Million Dollar Quartet, The Louder We Get, Billy Elliot, The Secret Garden (Theatre Calgary); The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance Theatre); RENT (Stratford); A Christmas Carol (Broadway: w/Jefferson Mays, Tony Nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award); A Little Night Music (Arizona Opera); Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Color Purple (National Tours); Girlfriend (TheatreWorks Hartford, CT Critics Circle Award); Jerry Springer: The Opera (Signature Theatre); A Time Like This (Carnegie Hall).  

Josh is a Canadian/American sound/systems designer based in NYC. ReidSoundDesign.com 

Citadel: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Kite Runner. 

Other Theatre: Resident voice coach for Theatre Calgary and has worked on 85+ productions since 2000, including 17 years on A Christmas Carol (now the Associate Director of the annual production).  She has coached productions for ATP, Vertigo, The Shakespeare Company, Lunchbox Theatre, and Old Yellow Rabbit. 

Jane has taught at York University, Southern Methodist University, Mount Royal University, the UofA, is on faculty in the Drama Division of the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the UofC. 

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire, Beaches the Musical, Selma Burke, Meteor Shower, Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville (TC); Mary Stuart (SAGE); Austentatious (Forte Musical Theatre); Silent Sky (Fire Exit); Girl On the Train (Vertigo); The Immaculate Perfection (Body Cube Arts/High Performance Rodeo); Hurry Hard (WCT); Brontë (Studio Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure For Measure (Freewill); Genesis: The Mary Shelley Play (Edinburgh Fringe). 

Anastasia is a queer, certified intimacy director/coordinator, founding member of Principal Intimacy Professionals (PIPs), and instructor for PIP’s SAG-AFTRA accredited training program.  

Citadel: Debut. 

Other Theatre: Legally Blonde, A Christmas Carol, As You Like It (TC); Bluebeard’s Castle, Gianni Schicchi, Don Pasquale, Don Giovanni, The Elixir of Love, Le Nozze di Figaro, Macbeth, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Carmen, La Traviata, The Merry Widow, The Yuletide Sessions, La Bohème (Calgary Opera); Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, La Fille mal gardée, The Sleeping Beauty, The Seagull (National Ballet of Canada); The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, West Side Story (Stratford); Mimi, Courageous, If We Were Birds (Tarragon).  

Film & TV: Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsay (Paramount+); My Life With The Walter Boys, The Abandons (Netflix); Heartland (CBC); Prey (Disney).  

Shelby-Jai worked on both the Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 

Citadel: A Christmas Carol, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Garneau Block. 

Other Theatre: Legally Blonde (Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre); Stars on Her Shoulders (WWPT); The Hooves Belonged to the Deer (In Arms); The Spinsters (Small Matters Productions); I Don’t Even Miss You (Tiny Bear Jaws); Boy Trouble (Amoris Projects); El Funeral (Diaspora Diaries Collective); Grand Ghosts (Grand Theatre). 

Andrea is a Salvadoran stage manager based in Treaty 6 Territory. Much love to their family, friends, and partner Alex for everything. 

Citadel: A Christmas Carol. 

Other Theatre: As You Like It, Salesman in China, Frankenstein Revived, 1939, Wanderlust, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Stratford Festival); Salesman in China (NAC); Hansel & Gretel, Nutcracker, Botero (Alberta Ballet); Cipher (Vertigo Theatre), Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells), (Nightwood Theatre); The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Segal Centre); 8 seasons with the Shaw Festival. 

Ken spends his free time turning butter, sugar, and magic into the best butter tarts you’ll ever eat-seriously, they will change your life. @KennyJ. 

Citadel: Debut 

Other Theatre: Jersey Boys, Flashback Fever, Grease, Canada Rocks! The Reboot (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Dance Nation (SkirtsAfire Festival); Civil Blood: A Treaty Story (Thou Art Here Theatre). 

I am so grateful to be joining the Legally Blonde team for my first Citadel production. Much love to Everett, Shelby-Jai, Andrea, & Ken! 

Other Theatre: The Extractionist (Vertigo); The Legend of Georgia McBride (Arts Club); Prince Hamlet – USA Tour (Why Not Theatre); Sex, Getting Married (Shaw); To Kill A Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, The School For Scandal, Twelfth Night, The Aeneid, Six Characters In Search Of An Author (Stratford); The Dandelion Project (Sage).  

Film & TV: Yoga Teacher Killer (Lifetime); Wild Cards (CW/CBC); The Good Doctor (ABC); Bates Motel (A&E); Supernatural (CW).  

Monice is a writer-in-residence with Urban Ink Theatre. They extend heartfelt thanks to Stephanie Graham for her continued mentorship and support. 

Other Theatre: Oz (Meat Loaf) in We Will Rock You (North American Tour & Royal Caribbean); Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (StageWest); Canada the Musical, A Christmas Carol (Carter-Ryan Productions); Hope Cladwell in Urinetown (Stephenville Theatre Festival); Carmen Diaz in Fame (Madinat Theatre); Cinderella in Cinderella (STF). Choreography and Directing: Twelfth Night (CSTF/Choreographer), Minotaur (CSTF/ AD); TDC Events (Choreographer/MD). 

A graduate of Randolph College, Alysse is a musical theatre actress as well as an emerging director and choreographer. She is immensely grateful for her loved ones and supporters! 

Other Theatre: Go For Gold Audrey Pham (Lunchbox Theatre); Charlotte’sWeb (ATP); Buy Me a Drink, Joe (Forte Musical Theatre); Argonautika (U of C SCPA). 

A graduate from the University of Calgary’s Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre. Cassie is a lighting, costume, projection and set designer based in Mohkinstsis and works with the National access Arts Center as a design consultant and technical translator. Recently Cassie traveled with the NaAC dance ensemble to South Korea for the Seoul Performing Arts Festival. cassieholmes.ca 

Other Theatre: Sound Technician – Beaches the Musical, Jimmy Buffett’s Escape from Margaritaville, Million Dollar Quartet, The LouderWe Get (Theatre Calgary); Sound Design Assistant – Benefit (Downstage); Sound Design – Legislating Love (Sage). 

Laurence O’Keefe received 2007 Tony and Drama Desk nominations for his work on Legally Blonde. Larry thanks all Blonde producers and creative team. He won the Ed Kleban Award, the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and a Jonathan Larson award for his music and lyrics. Off-Broadway credits: Bat Boy: The Musical (Lucille Lortel, Richard Rodgers, Outer Critics’ Circle awards), which has received 100+ productions worldwide; music for Sarah, Plain and Tall, lyrics by Nell Benjamin (touring with TheatreWorksUSA). Co-author with Nell Benjamin of Cam Jansen (Drama Desk nomination) and The Mice. Larry is a product of his education with the Harvard Krokodiloes, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Harvard Lampoon and the Actors’ Gang, but especially the incomparable Nell Benjamin. 

Nell co-wrote the score to Legally Blonde, the Musical with composer Laurence O’Keefe, which received Tony Award nominations, Drama Desk nominations, and the Olivier and Helpmann Awards for Best Musical. Nell wrote the lyrics to Mean Girls, which received multiple Tony Award nominations, including for Best Original Score and Best Musical. Nell’s play, The Explorers Club, won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant. Nell has written book and/or lyrics for Pirates! (or Gilbert and Sullivan plunder’d), Sarah, Plain and Tall, Cam Jansen (Drama Desk-nominated), I Want My Hat Back, How I Became A Pirate, The Mice, Life of the Party and Because of Winn Dixie. Upcoming musicals are: Huzzah!, Life of the Party, Dave.  

Television writing includes “Unhappily Ever After”, Animal Planet’s “Whoa! Sunday with Mo Rocca”, “Electric Company”, “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris”, “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway”, “Julie’s Greenroom.”  Benjamin is the recipient of the Kleban Foundation Award and a Jonathan Larson Grant. 

Heather received 2007 Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her work on Legally Blonde. Graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, School of Journalism. Worked at The New York Times Denver Bureau as a research assistant and Sports and Fitness Publishing in Boulder, Colorado, as a magazine editor. Member of Denver’s Comedy Sports improv comedy troupe. Worked on the TV shows “Caroline in the City” and “Dilbert.” Won Walt Disney Screenwriting Fellowship in 1999. Film credits include Disney’s “Freaky Friday” and “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” Also wrote the young adult novel “Freaky Monday” with Mary Rodgers. Much love to friends and family, especially Jason, Harper and Drake.