David Baughan
Stage Manager

Born in England, David has a background as a theatre stage manager, lighting designer, and photographer. Stage management credits in BC include numerous productions for TheatreOne (Nanaimo), Graffiti Theatre (Salt Spring Island), and Chemainus Theatre Festival (CTF). He is pleased to return for his 17th production at CTF where he stage managed Mr. Pim Passes By and Oklahoma!, and Anne last year. He is an associate director of Graffiti Theatre. David's photographs have been exhibited in many European and North American cities. His photographs are held in the Musée national d'art moderne collection in Paris.

Norma Bowen
Costume Designer

Norma (aka Prunella Vulgaris, the Witch in the Wardrobe) is an associate artist with Chemainus Theatre Festival, where she has designed more than a dozen shows. Favourite costume designs include An Inspector Calls, A Streetcar Named Desire, Little Women, Anything Goes, Murder on the Nile, The Miracle Worker, Mr. Pim Passes By, and most recently, The Woman in Black. Norma is a graduate of Studio 58.

Marisha Devoin
Musician/Bass

After graduating from Vancouver Island University's Jazz Degree program, Marisha played bass in the Bard to Broadway productions of Annie Get Your Gun and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, as well as in James McRae's group The Message - a tribute to Horace Silver. After a year-long stint traveling the Caribbean in a cruise ship show band Marisha is thankful to be home and grateful for the opportunity to work with this outstanding group of musicians, actors and technicians.

J. Douglas Dodd
Co-Music Director

Doug has composed music for theatre, television, concerts, orchestras and film. As an award-winning composer and a Jessie recipient, Dora Mavor Moore nominee, Genie nominee, and Leo nominee, his works have been performed by symphony orchestras, professional choirs, theatre companies and artists across the nation. Doug's theatre music direction credits are numerous and as far reaching as the National Arts Centre in Ottawa to Chemainus Theatre Festival in 2008 where he music directed Joelle Rabu's tour de force Tonight Piaf. Doug is delighted to return to Chemainus Theatre Festival.

Omanie Elias
Set Designer

Omanie is delighted to return to Chemainus Theatre Festival as a designer; it's good to have a change from set painting now and then! Past set designs include The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Pacific Theatre), The December Man (Green Thumb), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder (Douglas College), A Miracle on 34th St, and Lost in Yonkers (Chemainus Theater Festival), Falsettos Company (Skycorner Productions), and The Yoko Ono Project (Firehall Arts Centre), which was nominated for a Jessie Award for Outstanding Set Design. Omanie is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Ereca Hassell
Lighting Designer

Ereca has worked as a lighting designer at most of the major theatre companies in Canada. At Chemainus Theatre Festival: Ah, Wilderness! Recent design credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Gateway Theatre); Souvenirs (Prairie Theatre Exchange/Green Thumb Theatre); Albertine in Five Times (Shaw Festival); Semele (Pacific Opera Victoria); Anything that Moves (Belfry Theatre); Glorious! (Belfry Theatre/Arts Club Theatre). Ereca is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Sara-Jeanne Hosie
Patsy Cline

Most recently audiences here will remember her as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, but also from Annie, Godspell, Memories of a Xmas Ornament, and Little Shop of Horrors. Her favourite roles include: Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Gateway - Jessie nomination best supporting actress), Betty Haynes in White Christmas, Fantine in Les Miserables, Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Woman #1 in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well (Arts Club); Connie Frances in Red Rock Diner (tour), Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Mayfield Theatre) and Babette in Beauty and the Beast (Citadel/Theatre Calgary). Please visit www.sjhosie.com.

Andrew Legg
Little Big Man

Andrew is overjoyed to be back on the island for another production with Chemainus Theatre Festival. Previous roles include Winnie the Pooh, Santa Claus, the Cowardly Lion (Andrew believes type casting is a gift from God). 2010 marks his return to theatre on the West Coast having spent the last 3 years in Alberta. Christmas of 2009 he fulfilled his dream of a one-man performance, creating over 40 characters in Dickens' own script of A Christmas Carol. He will be treading the boards in Rosebud, Alberta this summer in the role of Mr. Bumble in Oliver. Enjoy the show.

James McRae
Musician/Drummer

James is a versatile drummer having performed professionally for the past 30 years in many different contexts. 2009 has included a BC tour with the Aaron Cadwaladr Band, festival dates with The Message, a CD recording for Joan Wallace, and playing drums in the musical production of Hedwig and The Angry Inch for Western Edge Theatre. James also teaches, composes music and leads an 8-piece group doing the music of Brazilian composer AC Jobim called The Big Bossa.

Alan Medcalf
Musician/Guitars

Alan has performed with Canadian icon Lucille Starr, Tex-Mex legend Freddy Fender, Door's drummer John Densmore, and country artists Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Patricia Conroy. A past president of the BC Country Music Association, Alan performs regularly with his own band and is a guitar instructor and producer. He previously appeared in the Studio 58 production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

Dean Regan
Playwright

Dean has personally directed over 20 productions of this show and has since developed Red Rock Diner, that premiered in Canada at the Vancouver Arts Club, Forever Swing, a popular big band musical, the Black and Gold Revue, and most recently, Hotel Porter (a Cole Porter Revue) at the Stanley Theatre. He was recently inducted into the B.C. Entertainers Hall of Fame and continues to write and direct.

Nico Rhodes
Co-Music Director/Musician/Pianist

Nico, 20, has already had the privilege of performing in BC, Panama, Mexico and the USA. He is an award-winning saxophonist and at 17 was asked to perform with the National All Star Big Band. His music direction credits include: Open Minds at the Port Theatre, VIU's Oh! What a Lovely War and TheatreOne's Summer Street Theatre Project. Nico plays in numerous ensembles, on stage and in the studio, and is currently collaborating on a new musical with playwright David Jewell. Shows here include: Anything Goes (musician), Tonight Piaf (musician) and The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (composer).

Nathan Tinkham
Musician/Guitar

Nathan has been a long-time member of the Canadian folk and country scenes. Since the early 1980s he has performed and recorded with Ian Tyson, Sylvia Tyson, Quartette, Cindy Church, Great Western Orchestra, Diamond Joe White, Undertakin' Daddies and a host of others. He spends part of his time in the Yukon, and currently lives on Gabriola Island.