JEREMY BAUMUNG

Pierre Gringoire, Ensemble

Jeremy's recent theatre credits include: Homeless (Workshop West/Canoe Festival), Christmas Carol, Rocky Horror Show, Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, The Wizard of Oz, Pride and Prejudice – Citadel Theatre, and Urinetown for Persephone Theatre. He's also very much enjoyed working with these companies: Freewill Players, Northern Light Theatre, THEATrePUBLIC, Azimuth Theatre, Theatre Prospero, Concrete Theatre, Alberta Worker's Health Center, Nextfest, and the N.A.C.C.(Yellowknife). In 2002, Jeremy graduated from Grant MacEwan's Theatre program. In 2008, he participated in the Citadel Theatre/Banff Professional Theatre Program. Jeremy's one-man show Dead Man Talking premiered at the Azimuth Theatre in 2002 and toured to the Edge Theatre in Aukland, New Zealand in 2005. His other one-man show Homeless has played at venues diverse as shelters, rehabilitation centers, and the Canadian Fringe Circuit. Next up for Jeremy is The Sound of Music for the Citadel Theatre.

JAMES ROBERT BOUDREAU

Production Manager

Jim Bob is a freelance Production Manager / Technical Director. Catalyst Theatre productions he has worked on in the past include: The Blue Orphan, Frankenstein and Nevermore. Other notable contracts include – Technical Director for the Alberta Centennial Initiative's 2005 Royal Visit and Production Manager for the Edmonton Fringe Festival. Prior to starting his freelance activities in 1990, he worked for companies such as, The Stratford Festival; The Banff Centre; The Manitoba Theatre Centre; The Vancouver Playhouse and The Canadian Stage Company. He teaches a course on Technical Direction at Grant MacEwan University.

CANDICE CHARNEY

Assistant Stage Manager

Candice is excited to be working once again with the wonderful team on Hunchback. Candice was born and raised in BC, but has lived in Edmonton for the past ten years. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a BFA in Technical Theatre specializing in Stage Management in 2005. This will mark Candice's third trip back to Vancouver with Catalyst Theatre. Previous Catalyst shows include Nevermore, The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe and Frankenstein.

JONATHAN CHRISTENSON

Writer, Director, Composer

As artistic director of Catalyst Theatre, Jonathan has directed, written, composed and occasionally performed in more than sixteen original productions including such critically acclaimed works as Hunchback, Nevermore, Frankenstein, The Blue Orphan, The House of Pootsie Plunket, Songs for Sinners, The Abundance Trilogy, Carmen Angel and Elephant Wake.

His productions have been seen at more than 45 different theatres across England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, the United States and Canada, including such preeminent venues as The Barbican in London, The Traverse in Edinburgh, The Playhouse in Liverpool, The Tron in Glasgow, The New Victory in New York, The Winter Garden & Bluma Appel Theatres in Toronto, Theatre Calgary's Max Bell, The Citadel's Shoctor Theatre in Edmonton and the Vancouver Playhouse. His work has also appeared at such festivals as the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), Le Carrefour international du théâtre (Quebec City), and PuSh (Vancouver). His work on these productions has been recognized with numerous Sterling Awards (Edmonton), a Betty Mitchell (Calgary), two Fringe First Awards (Edinburgh), one Herald Angel Award (Glasgow) and two City of Edmonton Awards of Excellence.

He brought more than fifty Edmonton-based artists together for the interdisciplinary performance events JAM, Twelve and Fusion: Let There Be Light (for which he received a special Sterling Award for Outstanding Theatrical Event); he co-created two installation works (Paper Flight Cocoon Storm and Love + Love); and he co-founded and curated Catalyst's international performance series Blind Dates that presented the work of cutting edge theatre companies from Russia, Ireland, England and South Africa to Edmonton audiences.

In 2006 Jonathan was selected as one of Alberta's one hundred prominent theatre artists of the past one hundred years by Alberta Playwrights Network and in 2011 was named one of Alberta's "Fifty Most Influential People" by Alberta Venture, the province's leading business magazine.

Jonathan has taught in the M.F.A., B.F.A. and B.A. Programs at the University of Alberta's Department of Drama, where he completed a Master of Fine Arts (Directing) in 1996.

His first children's book, Maximilian's Mistake (illustrated by Bretta Gerecke), will be published in time for Christmas.

ANDREW COHEN

Phoebus de Chateaupers, Pierrat Torterue, Ensemble

Andrew is overjoyed to be joining the Catalyst Team and to be making his debut at the Playhouse. He holds a BFA in Acting from the University of British Columbia, where he gave the Valedictory Address. Select Theatre: Pharaoh in Joseph (StageWest Calgary), Fiddler on the Roof (Chemainus), Elegies (Homeshark Equity Co-op), The Dead Man in Dead Man's Cell Phone, Pvt. Wars, Arms and the Man, The Laramie Project directed by Nicola Cavendish (Theatre@UBC), Gordon in A New Brain (Pipedream), Grease (TUTS - Ovation Award Winner), Laramie Project 10 Years Later (World Premiere Reading with Tectonic Theater and Homeshark Theatre). Andrew tap danced and was a featured solo singer in the 2010 Winter Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. He was also in the Top 12 on Triple Sensation and Inspiration & Performance (CBC TV; CBC Bold). Andrew was a member of the National Artist Program and helps direct the performance troupe Showstoppers. Andrew recently directed, wrote, and executive produced the viral YouTube video UBC LipDub. www.ACPEdge.com

MOLLY FLOOD

Fleur-de-lis, Ensemble

Molly is elated to be part of the Catalyst team. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program, a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Performing Arts Scholarship and a nominee of Northlands Emerging Artist Award. Select credits include: The Dazzle (Shadow Theatre), Ladies Who Lynch (Serial Collective), Social Sundays (Rapid Fire Theatre), The Tall Building (Azimuth Theatre, Sterling Nomination Best Supporting Actress), Hello…Hello (Kill Your Television), Cowboy Mouth (Orange Bus Productions), Pig (Cowgirl Opera), Duck, Duck, Bang (FireFly Theatre), The Invisible Project (OYR High Performance Rodeo/City of Calgary), Killer Joe, Crime Against Humanity (The Media Room), Something Red (Vault! Theatre of Invention), B Girl Blues (Nextfest), After the Fall, As You Like It, Scenes from an Execution, The Myth of Summer (Studio Theatre). Molly also plays keyboard and synth in Christian Hansen & the Autistics. Select film credits include: Anna, Loosing Will (HighWire Films), Fortified (CityBird Films), Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Eden Rock Media), Cocaine Trade Music Video (Rabbit in the Yard Productions).

BETH GRAHAM

Paquette, La Chantefleurie, Eloise De Gondelaurier, La Falourdel, Ensemble

Beth was last seen with Catalyst Theatre in Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe. Also for Catalyst: The Blue Orphan, twelve, Fusion: Let There Be Light and Sticky Shoes. Other theatre credits include: The Drowning Girls (National tour). Death of a Salesman, A Christmas Carol and Penelope vs. The Aliens (Citadel Theatre), Summer of My Amazing Luck (Theatre Network, MTC Warehouse). Beth is a graduate of the BFA acting program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She is also the co-writer of several plays including: The Drowning Girls, Comrades, The Last Train and Mules.

BRETTA GERECKE

Production Designer, Resident Designer

Bretta grew up in Winnipeg and has resided in Edmonton for the past eighteen years. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Interior Design in 1992, and from the University of Alberta with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design in 1996. Bretta is the resident designer at Catalyst Theatre, where she has designed world premieres, which have toured internationally to Great Britain, Australia, and the U.S. and across Canada. Bretta also works at The Citadel Theatre, Canadian Stage, Workshop West Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera,, Theatre Calgary and The Globe Theatre. She is the recipient of over twenty Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Jessie Richardson Awards, Betty Mitchell Awards and SATAwards for Outstanding Achievement in Set, Lighting and Costume Design; The Enbridge Award for Best Emerging Artist; The Global Women of Vision Award; Edmonton's Top 40 Under 40 and was short-listed twice for the Siminovitch Prize. Bretta designed a summer home on Devil's Lake, Alberta, and continues her work as an archaeological illustrator.

SHEENA HAUG

Costume and Prop Associate and Builder

Sheena Haug is a freelance theatre artist who loves to play dress up. Recent credits include Costume Design for Communion andHard Core Logo Live (Theatre Network); Costume Design for Dry the Rain (Workshop West); Associate Costume Design for Spine(Studio Theatre/RealWheels); Costume Design for The Woman in Black (Theatre Network) and Costume and Lighting Design for Hwy 63: The Fort Mac Show (Azimuth Theatre). Sheena is the Costume Associate for Frankenstein and Nevermore (Catalyst Theatre); she has acted as Wardrobe Assistant for the FreeWill Shakespeare Festival for the past four seasons. She was also head scenic painter for Seedsavers (Workshop West). Sheena holds a BFA in Theatre Design (U of A, '08) and certificates for Costume Cutting and Construction (RDC, 2003, 2004). Whenever she finds herself between shows, Sheena spends many happy hours at the Theatre Garage in Edmonton.

JAN HODSON

Stage Manager (Vancouver)

Most recent credits include La Cage aux Folles (Vancouver Playhouse); Midsummer Night's Dream (Caravan Farm Theatre); No Exit (American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco); Death of a Salesman (Vancouver Playhouse); Studies in Motion (Electric Company Canadian Tour); Tear The Curtain, (Arts Club Theatre in Association with the Electric Company).

DON HORSBURGH

Music Director - Edmonton
Original Music Direction and Vocal Arrangements - Vancouver

Don is thrilled that the Vancouver Playhouse has chosen to give Hunchback the first of its "next lives". As resident music director at the Citadel Theatre and Robbins Academy faculty, Don has been enjoying connection with both Citadel Young Companies and the Citadel Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program participants. Last season Don was the music director for Little Women, the Musical and Hunchback, and provided original music for August: Osage County. Previous seasons, he has been the music director for Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story, Oliver!, Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Aspects of Love and Duddy. Additionally, he has provided original music for Pride and Prejudice, Blithe Spirit, and The Constant Wife. Recently Don has visited Winnipeg to Music Direct Hairspray, White Christmas and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. For the Stratford Festival he has provided original music for 19 productions and music directed Threepenny Opera. He is the recipient of five Dora Awards for his contributions to Rigoletto; A Little Night Music; Fire and Lilies and a Sterling Haynes Award for outstanding music direction for Cabaret.

LAURA KREWSKI

Choreographer

Hunchback is Laura's 3rd production with Catalyst Theatre. Recent choreographic credits include Frankenstein and Nevermore, (Catalyst Theatre), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Belfry Theatre / Vancouver Arts Club & The Mayfield), As You Like It (Citadel Theatre), Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore (Edmonton Opera), The Forbidden Phoenix (LKTYP/Citadel Theatre/MTYP), The Last Tree of Rapa Nui, and RICH (Manitoba Theatre for Young People), With a Twist (Lunchbox Theatre), Two Gentleman of Verona (River City Shakespeare Festival), and Footloose (The Mayfield). Laura will be choreographing Chicago at the Mayfield later this spring.

AMY KUCHARUK

Costume and Prop Associate and Builder

Amy is an Edmonton based scenic artist who often finds herself in the plumbing section of the hardware store mumbling to herself, whilst balancing a basket full of tape and adhesive products. This is her 5^th year working with the Catalyst, having built Frankenstein, Nevermore and now Hunchback along with the rest of the design team. She gives thanks to her mentor Bretta for her never-ending faith in the process, and to her darling Ian for his undying enthusiasm and support.

AVA JANE MARKUS

La Esmeralda, Ensemble

Ava Jane is very grateful to be working with the whole Hunchback team in beautiful, humid Vancouver. Select credits include: Communion (Alberta Theatre Projects), Mr.Marmalade (SummerWorks 2011), Hunchback and Julius Caesar (Citadel Theatre), Doubt, a Parable (Globe Theatre), Fairy Tales Scratched (Rapid Fire Theatre), PIG (Cowgirl Opera/High Performance Rodeo '10), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Studio Theatre), Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew (Freewill Shakespeare Festival), Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Calgary's Shakespeare In the Park), and The Attic, the Pearls & Three Fine Girls (Sage Theatre) for which she received a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical. In her spare time Ava Jane designs iPhone apps and makes music in a band called OhPowerful. She is a graduate from the University of Alberta and Mount Royal College's Theatre Arts program.

ROBERT MARKUS

Jehan Du Moulin, Ensemble

Robert is thrilled to be performing in his hometown of Vancouver. Selected credits include: Hunchback, The Rocky Horror Show and A Christmas Carol at the Citadel Theatre, Titus Andronicus and The Comedy of Errors for Freewill Shakespeare Festival; Spine for Real Wheels at Studio Theatre; The Good Woman of Setzuan, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Assassins for Studio Theatre; Alberto! for Kompany Family Theatre; The Crimson Yak at the Edmonton Fringe and Grease, Big, the Musical and Footloose for Theatre Under the Stars. Robert has a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. Upcoming: Chicago at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre in Edmonton. Robert would like to thank his family, friends and Karyn for their constant support.

DANIELA MASELLIS

Costume and Prop Associate and Builder

Daniela is happy to return to the Catalyst team. She fully enjoys her days spent in the workshop studio crafting fanciful skirts, hats, horses, coats, props and all the other imaginative experiments this director/designer duo can think up. She always appreciates the challenging and inventive nature of working on a Catalyst production and is constantly inspired by the talent, dedication and ingeniousness of the actors, and team that surrounds her (and would especially like to thank the design ladies for their awesomeness.) Daniela holds a BFA in Theatre Design from the U of A and is an Edmonton based Theatre Designer in her own right. Recent productions have included work with Alberta Opera, Workshop West, THEATrePUBLIC, Shadow Theatre, Teatro laQuindicina and the Citadel’s Young Company

NARDA MCCARROLL

Light Associate

Narda is an Edmonton-based set, costumes and lighting designer. She has an MFA in theatre design from the University of Alberta. Some recent/favorite design credits include: Lights for The Wizard of Oz (Alberta Theatre Projects), The Drowning Girls (National Tour), As You Like It (Citadel Theatre) and The Forbidden Phoenix (Citadel, Lorraine Kimsa, Manitoba Theatre For Young People); set/lights for True Love Lies (Citadel), set/costumes for The Trespassers (Belfry Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse) and co-production design (with Bretta) on Vimy (Citadel). Narda has designed the costumes for the Freewill Players' Shakespeare Festival for 13 seasons. She is thrilled to return to collaborate with the amazing Catalyst family. Narda was inspired to pursue a career in theatre design after assisting Bretta on The Abundance Trilogy in 1996.

BETTY MOULTON

Voice and Text Coach

Betty Moulton has taught voice, speech, text and worked as a coach for over 30 years in U.S., U.K. and Canadian professional actor training programs. She heads the MFA program in Theatre Voice Pedagogy, training new theatre voice specialists at the University of Alberta. Professional coaching credits include Catalyst’s Nevermore, three seasons with The Citadel/Banff professional program coaching As You Like It, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women and The Three Musketeers and 10 seasons as company voice, speech and text coach for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder (37 productions). Selected theatre companies and acting studios where she has given master classes and workshops include Shakespeare in the Red in Winnipeg, Freehold Studio Lab in Seattle, and the Free Will Players in Edmonton.

RON PEDERSON

Quasimodo, Ensemble

Ron Pederson has worked with The Vancouver Playhouse, The Arts Club, The Citadel Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Workshop West, Theatre Network, Free Will Players, Kill Your Television, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicinca, MTC, The Canadian Stage Company, Tarragon Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Eastern Front Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, and The Summerworks Festival. He is a founding member and artistic producer of the award winning theatre critically acclaimed company The National Theatre of the World in Toronto. Television and Film credits Include MadTV(Fox,3 Seasons) InSecurity(CBC), Sidekick(YTV) She's The Mayor(Vision) The Late Late Show (CBS) and Vampire Dog.. Ron is a Sterling Award and Canadian Comedy Award Winner and Jessie Richardson and Merritt Award Nominee.

JOHN RAYMOND

Stage Manager

John has recently toured Frankenstein to Toronto (Canadian Stage) and Nevermore to London, England (Barbican Centre) and New York City (New Victory Theater on 42^nd Street). John is now thrilled to continue his work with Catalyst Theatre on Hunchback, work that began in 2005 with Sticky Shoes and The Blue Orphan. He is an Associate Professor in the Drama department of the University of Alberta (presently on sabbatical leave) where he leads the country’s only specialized Stage Management university program. During his career John has stage managed for many of Canada’s prominent professional theatres including the Citadel Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, and the Banff Centre for the Arts as well as The Studio Theatre at the U of A. He was the Director of Production at the Citadel Theatre from 1998 to 2004. At present he chairs a national advisory committee of Stage Managers (SM-CPAG) for Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

RYAN SIGURDSON

Répétiteur - Vancouver

Ryan Sigurdson is an award-winning music director and composer as well as an accomplished actor and teacher. He has music directed for the Citadel Theatre, Studio Theatre, St. Albert Children's Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Teatro la Quindicina and the Mayfield Dinner Theatre. Last year, he received the Sterling Award for music direction for the Mayfield's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. A graduate of MacEwan's Theatre Arts Program and the Canadian National Voice Intensive, Ryan has appeared in musicals at The Citadel Theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Leave it to Jane Theatre, Concrete Theatre and the Edmonton Fringe Festival.

WADE STAPLES

Sound Designer

Wade is grateful to be a part of the creative team with Catalyst Theatre. Past sound design credits with Catalyst include: Frankenstein, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, The Blue Orphan, The Key to Violet's Apartment, Carmen Angel, and the world premier of Hunchback at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre. Wade holds Music Performance, Recording Arts and Theatre Production diplomas from Grant MacEwan University, where for the past seventeen years he has been an instructor and sound designer for the Theatre Production program. He also operates his own production company and works as a freelance sound and multimedia designer, systems consultant, production manager, pyrotechnician, and sound engineer. Wade is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada, and he has also designed extensively at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The River City Shakespeare Festival, and The Citadel Theatre.

SCOTT WALTERS

Claude Frollo, Clopin Trouillefou, Ensemble

Scott is enthralled to be involved with the Hunchback experience at The Playhouse! Recently, Scott finished the Vancouver premieres of What About Luv? & Evil Dead: The Musical. Hailing originally from Edmonton, he also completed a 800 performance run in Toronto of the Dora Award winning Queen Rock Musical: We Will Rock You. Other favourites include: I Love You,You're Perfect, Now Change & Rocky Horror Show @ Arts Club Theatre; Big River & Grease @ Citadel Theatre; Boygroove (Dora Award Best Musical), Pilk's Madhouse, & Bouncers with RibbitREpublic. Scott is very thankful of his family, patient friends & his Twin Seussie. Toujours la grand 'Amour!