For TIFT: Debut

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Elsewhere: Theatre: 15 seasons with the Stratford Festival - most recently Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Captain Hook in Wendy and Peter Pan; Fifteen Dogs (Crow's Theatre); Casey and Diana, Delicate Balance, Idomeneus, The Heidi Chronicles, The Crucible, The Norman Conquests (Soulpepper); Fun Home (Toronto Theatre Critics Award - Mirvish/Musical Stage); An Enemy of the People (Toronto Theatre Critics Award - Tarragon); Chimerica, This (CanadianStage). Film/TV: The Players (Sonya Di Rienzo); Wilfred (Seamless Pictures); The Lake (Amazon); Nurses (Global); Murdoch
Mysteries (CBC).

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Other: Laura is thrilled to be joining TIFT for the first time!

For TIFT: Tales of an Urban Indian, Cock (Assistant Director & Sound Design).

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Other: Nolan Moberly is an Afro-Indigenous artist from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with a focus on acting for stage and screen. He also engages in writing, directing and sound design. Nolan began his professional acting career 12 years ago with the award-winning web series ‘My Lupine Life’. He has received education and training from Weengushk Film Institute and the Centre for Indigenous Theatre. Nolan values his journey as an artist, blending his cultural heritage with his craft, aiming to contribute to a more diverse and inclusive artistic community.

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For TIFT: Youth Chaperone, Into the Woods

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Elsewhere: Theatre: Merchant of Venice, As You Like It (Shakespeare BASH’d); Those Movies (OOH & Upper Canada Playhouse); Where You Are, Our House, Book Club (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Forever Young: A Ghetto Story (GCTC); This Was the World (Tarragon Theatre); Doll Play (Bloodpact/Witchboy); Asking For It (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Wolves (Howland Company/Crows–TTCA Winner); Mikveh (HGJT); FITZ HAPPENS! (Lighthouse Festival Theatre); Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre (Toronto Fringe); 9 Parts of Desire (Seventh Stage/Theatre Centre); The Lion King (Mirvish). Film/TV: The Outlier (Open City Works); Night Shift (Rapid Eye Movement); The Umbrella Academy (Netflix); Taken(NBC/Universal); Dance Together (Amazon Prime); and Hemlock Grove (Netflix).

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Other: Brittany is also an OCT teacher and arts educator with her MEd from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Love always to my Buddy and my two Js.  

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For TIFT: La Bête (Toronto), Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (Toronto and Buenos Aires – Dora Winner), Sin and Sorrow, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and The Government Inspector.

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Elsewhere: Theatre: Nick and Others in Come From Away (You Are Here–Gander); Herman in Wedding Band and Conrad in Much Ado About Nothing (Stratford Festival); Grand Ghosts (Grand Theatre); On Golden Pond and Twelve Angry Men (Drayton); Oil (Actors’ Repertory Company); Four Chords and a Gun (Toronto and Chicago, Starvox); The Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience (Soulpepper); Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Ross Petty Productions). Film/TV: Accused (Fox); Roger and Rupert Newsome on Murdoch Mysteries (CBC).

For TIFT: First Métis Man of Odesa (February 2024)

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ELSEWHERE: Mariya co-wrote and stars in First Métis Man of Odesa, which she has been honoured to share with audiences across Canada. The show won 3 Dora Awards, with Khomutova also receiving a nomination for Outstanding Acting. In 2023, the Toronto Star named Mariya one of the ‘Breakthrough Artists of the Year'.

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OTHER: Mariya worked in two repertoire theaters in Kyiv and had an extensive career in Ukrainian film and TV. In 2020, Mariya won Best Actor at the Odesa International Film Festival, for her performance in the film Two People. Since February 24, 2022, Mariya has concentrated her work around promoting contemporary Ukrainian playwrights’ voices to the global theatre community. Slava Ukraini! @markhom87

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TIFT: Sin and Sorrow are Common to All, Sweeney Todd, She Stoops to Conquer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Candide, Dani Girl, Napoleon, Bye Bye Birdie, Open the Window (Project Manager & Performer), Jesus Christ Superstar (Production Manager)

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Elsewhere: Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Billy Elliot (Stratford Festival); Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Prom Queen (Segal Centre); Countess Charlotte in A Little Night Music (RCM–Koerner Hall); Standby for Girl in Once (DORA AWARD Best Ensemble/Production–Mirvish); Tell Me On A Sunday, We Will Rock You (Magnus Theatre); Roz in 9 to 5: The Musical (, Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty: A Panto Awakening, The Little Mermaid, Fiddler on the Roof (Capitol Theatre); The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, Perfect Wedding (Drayton Ent.); Home for the Holidays (Grand); To Life (Harold Green Jewish Theatre - DORA nomination, Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical).

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Other: Hailed “Canada’s Queen of Cabaret” by CTV, Gabi has performed her signature solo shows all over North America including NYC where her cabaret was named “Best Cabaret of the Year” by the Times Square Chronicles. Her solo show and love letter to Barbra Streisand, Gabs Sings Babs, has been performed at Globus Theatre, Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Theatre Collingwood, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Leah Posluns Theatre, and most recently at the Capitol Theatre to sold out audiences. Her sophomore album, also called Gabs Sings Babs, is available on all streaming platforms and her website.

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For TIFT: Baker in Into the Woods (Winter Garden Theatre–Dora nomination); Oscar Wilde in The Judas Kiss; Written In Blood; Pal Joey.

Elsewhere (Selected): Seven seasons at the Stratford Festival (including Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, 2025); The Best Brothers (Western Canada Theatre/TNW); The Last Five Years, Having Hope At Home (Neptune); A Christmas Carol, The Wild Guys (Grand Theatre); Lucky Stiff, Spamalot (Drayton); Red, Legally Blonde, The Mousetrap (Aquarius); Cabaret (Mayfield); The Wedding Singer (Stage West–Calgary Critics nom.); Sherlock Holmes (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Lies My Father Told Me (Segal Centre); Visiting Mr. Green (Harold Green); Altar Boyz (Angelwalk Toronto). Training: Toronto Metropolitan University (BFA - Theatre); Birmingham Conservatory (Stratford). Awards: Guthrie (Chalmers Apprentice Award).

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For TIFT: Into the Woods, Sin and Sorrow Are Common To All, The Judas Kiss, Into the Woods (2021, 2024), She Stoops to Conquer

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Elsewhere: Wendy and Peter Pan, Cymbeline, Rent, A Wrinkle in Time, Finally There’s Sun (Stratford Festival); Wizard of Oz: The Panto (Drayton); Ride The Cyclone, Mamma Mia! (Tweed and Company); The Adventures of Pinocchio (Young People's Theatre); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Eclipse Theatre); The Threepenny Opera, ‍On the Town, Kiss Me Kate (Theatre Sheridan).

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Other: Noah is a graduate of Sheridan’s Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program. He also attended Factory
Theatre’s Mechanicals Program in 2020. Much love and hope you enjoy the show!

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