Studio 58 Something Rotten!

In alphabetical order by character:

Astrologer/Grim Reaper/Ensemble and Understudy for Woman in Crowd/Puritan – Linden Kienzle (she/her)
Bea – Saidi Mader (she/her)
Brother Jeremiah/Ensemble – Alex Christie (he/him)
Eyepatch Man/Grim Reaper/Ensemble and Understudy for Valet/Haggard Woman – Chhavi Disawar (she/her)
Flute (Troupe)/Francis Bacon/Ensemble and Understudy for Bea/Minstrel/Foreman – Emma Tow (she/her)
Lady Clapham/Ensemble – Irene Lozano-Garcia (she/her)
Master of Justice/Grim Reaper/Ensemble and Understudy for Shylock – Jacob Joseph (he/him)
Minstrel/Foreman – Daniel Marte (he/him)
Nick Bottom – Dylan McNulty (he/him)
Nigel Bottom – Kobe Lim (he/him)
Nostradamus – Joel Bakajika (he/him)
Panicked Woman/Puritan/Ensemble/Dance Captain and Understudy for Nostradamus/Snout (Troupe) – Keely Coleman (she/her)
Peter Quince (Troupe)/Ensemble and Understudy for Nigel Bottom – Gus Setala-Gay (they/them)
Portia – Payton Gowdar (she/her)
Psychic Woman/Puritan/Ensemble and Understudy for Portia – Michelle Molina (she/her)
Puritan/Ensemble and Understudy for Robin (Troupe)/Puritan – Kaliyana Denham-Rohlicek (she/her)
Puritan/Messenger/Ensemble – Abby Anna Zacharias (she/her)
Robin (Troupe)/Ensemble and Understudy for Brother Jeremiah – Alexander Markovina (he/him)
Shylock/Ensemble – Christo Zouzoulas (he/him)
Snout (Troupe)/Walter Raleigh/Ensemble and Understudy for Nick Bottom – Evan Makowecki (he/him)
Snug (Troupe)/Ensemble and Understudy for William Shakespeare – Dre Zachary-Mattias Ayisi-Nyarko (he/him)
Valet/Haggard Woman/Ensemble and Understudy for Lady Clapham/Peter Quince (Troupe) – Izel De Lara (she/her)
Waitress/Grim Reaper/Ensemble and Understudy for Psychic Woman/Puritan – Lucy McLachlan (she/her)
William Shakespeare – Evan Andersen Sterns (he/him)
Woman in Crowd/Puritan/Ensemble and Understudy for Flute (Troupe) – Ava Knight (she/they)

Studio 58 offers professional theatre training for actors and production personnel. The six terms of practical training consist of intensive classroom work as well as performance and backstage experience in productions. Production students and third term acting students operate sound, lighting and video and act as running crew and stage management.

Stage Management
Assistant Stage Managers – Aurora Maher (she/her), Samaya Pankanea (she/her)

Set & Paint
Set Crew Head – Jocelyn Wale (she/her)
Paint Crew Head – Taylor Weeks (they/she)
Crew – Kamryn Cartwright (she/her), Jack Ea (he/him), Eva Facundo (she/her), Sally Montgomerie (she/her), Fraser Read (they/them), Ted Wicht (he/they)

Props
Crew Head – James Levy Yue (he/him)
Crew – Isabella Maria Ciccone (she/her), Gabriel Eum (he/him), Sawyer Marc (he/him)

Costumes
Crew Head – Hazel Ivy Ogden (any)
Crew – Lucy Bennett (she/her), Vada Collins (she/her), Ava Joy (she/her), Megan McGregor (she/they), Fifi Samuel (she/her) 

Lighting
Crew Head – Destiny Renne (they/she)
Crew – Trinity Ann Chase (she/her), Amelia Kondor (she/her), Edan McLeod (she/her), Michael (he/they), Jordin Yewchuk (she/her)

Sound
Crew Head – Kay Foord-Catterall (they/them)
Crew – Sappho Brown (they/them)

Extreme
Crew Head – Liam Pritchard (they/them)

Marketing 
Crew Head – Haylee Raby (she/her)
Crew – James Fujimagari (he/him), Jeremy Lin (he/him)

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Karey Kirkpatrick began his career as a screen and songwriter for Disney Animation where he penned The Rescuers Down Under and James and the Giant Peach. With more than a dozen feature films produced, screenplay credits include Chicken Run (Golden Globe nominee for Outstanding Comedy), Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget, Charlotte's Web, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Spiderwick Chronicles and Over the Hedge, which he also co-directed. He directed the Paramount Pictures film Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy and co-produced, wrote and performed on the film's soundtrack. He recently directed the Warner Brothers animated musical SMALLFOOT for which he also co-wrote the screenplay and the songs (with brother Wayne). He has most recently written the new Peanuts movie for Apple TV. Karey has won a number of Tony, Oscar and Grammy awards, and that number is zero. Other credits: husband of Nada, father of Sami, Maia and Finn.

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Wayne Kirkpatrick is the Grammy Award-winning songwriter of Change the World by Eric Clapton (Song of the Year). Top 10 singles include Every Heartbeat, Good for Me (Amy Grant); Wrapped Up in You (Garth Brooks); Boondocks, Bring It on Home, Little White Church (Little Big Town); and Place in This World (Michael W. Smith). He is a multi-formatted song­writer with songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Faith Hill, Joe Cocker, Gabe Dixon, Trisha Yearwood, Babyface and Peter Frampton, among others. His songs have been featured in TV shows (Grey's Anatomy, True Blood, Hart of Dixie) as well as feature films (Almost Famous, Phenomenon, Smallfoot). Wayne lives in Nashville with his wife Fran and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame for 2018. Favourite produc­tions: Kourtney, Shelby and Carson. 

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John O'Farrell novels have been translated into over thirty languages and adapted for TV and radio. He is one of a handful of British authors to have achieved best-seller status with both fiction and non-fiction. Titles include Things Can Only Get Better, The Best a Man Can Get, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and The Man Who Forgot His Wife. He was one of the lead writers for the iconic British TV comedy shows Spitting Image and Have I Got News for You. Film credits include Chicken Run and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. With the Something Rotten! team he co-wrote the Mrs. Doubtfire musical and most recently he wrote the book of Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical which played in London's West End and the Mirvish Theatre in Toronto. 

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Dean is the Associate Artistic Director for Bard on the Beach, where he most recently directed the celebrated production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He trained at Studio 58, where he graduated alongside some of Canada’s brightest talents—many of whom he continues to work with to this day. Over more than three decades of professional work, he has been acclaimed as both an actor and director, and is also a much sought-after coach, instructor, and adjudicator. Dean is pleased to return to his alma mater once again to work with so many new artists on such a joyful celebration of musical theatre.

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Juno is a Hong Kong born and raised actor and dancer based in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. His love for performing started when little Juno would hog the mic for karaoke at family gatherings. At age 12, they started dancing, experimenting with different styles like hip-hop, jazz funk, urban dance and waacking; she hasn’t stopped moving since. Their love for acting came later. When she was 18, with a passion for film, he took acting classes at college, which led them to fall in love with the craft of acting and eventually auditioning and training at Studio 58. Their Studio 58 credits include: Manager/Mayo/Woman Dressed Like a Man (A Journal of the Plague Year), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Ensemble (We Are Boy Band) and Geek/Ensemble (Heathers: The Musical). Juno would like to thank anyone who didn’t snatch the mic out of her hands at karaoke. 

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A descendent of Ukrainian, Austrian and British immigrants, Sean grew up, and currently resides, on the ancestral and unceded lands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples (Burnaby).

Having grown up in his father’s piano studio, Sean made his orchestral debut at 16 with the White Rock Symphony, and at 18 performed as a soloist with the VSO. He received his BMus from UBC and MMus from Rice University (Houston) on full scholarship studying with Dr. Jon Kimura Parker, who encouraged him to explore genres beyond classical music.

Returning to Vancouver in 2006, Sean began music directing and playing in bands, and has co-written several albums and has more than 30 theatre productions worth of experience so far.

He is 20% of Leisure Club (indie rock/pop) and 50% of DAñSE (improvised electronic dance). Recent theatre includes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (TUTS), Annie (Gateway), and Heathers: The Musical (Studio 58).

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Monica Sumulong Dumas is a bassist, award-winning music director and educator based in Pitt Meadows who has performed in nearly 60 musicals over the last decade. She has been fortunate enough to perform in over 60 musicals throughout the last decade as well as performing with big bands (Sister Jazz Orchestra, Happiest Big Band on Earth, Leading Ladies Little Big Band) and orchestras throughout the Lower Mainland. The most recent theatre involvements include Into the Woods (Play on Words – Music Director), Waitress (Arts Club), West Side Story (CTORA – Assistant MD) and High School Musical (Align Entertainment). Unending thanks to her husband, sons, family and friends for the constant love and support – none of this would be possible without you. 

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Nicol Spinola is a multi-award-winning theatre artist, choreographer and educator whose work celebrates storytelling through movement. She has worked with the Arts Club Theatre Company, Bard on the Beach, Western Canada Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars, Gateway Theatre, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Raincity Theatre, Align Entertainment, Studio 58 and Capilano University, with upcoming work at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario, the Mayfield Dinner Theatre in Edmonton and Theatre Under the Stars this summer.

For over 25 years, Nicol has shaped and led training programs for young and emerging artists across North America and Asia. She is the Co-Managing Artistic Director of Raincity Theatre and the Co-Founding Executive Director of Camp Cue, an overnight musical theatre camp rooted in process-based training and inclusive, collaborative artistic practice.

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Danica is a theatre artist and arts educator based in Vancouver on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations. A graduate of both MacEwan University and Studio 58, she is delighted to be returning as part of the creative team on such a ridiculously fun show. Recent on-stage credits include: Frozen (Arts Club Theatre Company); Oliver!, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Gateway Theatre); Into the Woods (Studio 58); Matilda, Something Rotten! (Theatre Under the Stars). Choreography: The Watsons (Vital Spark), Girlhood 4 Dummies (Risky Nights, Studio 58). Upcoming: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Chemainus Theatre Festival). A huge thank you to Nicol for letting her join, and to the team, cast and crew for being such a wonderful group to work with.

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Mayara Nobre is a multidisciplinary artist with training in theatre and film in Brazil and Canada. She is grateful to be currently living and working on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.  Her credits include This is Not a Tale of Carlos Fernando Abreu (Director), The Dressing Room (Production Designer), A Ópera do Malandro (Role of Victoria) and We Are Boy Band (Assistant to the Director). As a fifth-term Production student at Studio 58, Mayara is exploring her passion for theatre design and is delighted to stage manage Studio 58’s production of Something Rotten! 

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Shizuka is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose expertise spans puppetry, set design, illustration and jewelry making. Her theatrical portfolio includes collaborations with Arts Club, Theatre Replacement, Théâtre la Seizième, Carousel Theatre for Young People, Rumble, Neworld and Boca del Lupo. Recent credits include set design for East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement) and Stuart Little (CTYP). A Studio 58 graduate, she has earned eight Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, an Ovation Award, the Earl Klein Memorial Scholarship and the Steven B. Jung Award. Her creative practice bridges performance, visual arts and craftsmanship. Shiz currently serves as Set Design Instructor and Production Program Coordinator at Studio 58, produces puppet slams throughout the year with the Vancouver International Puppet Festival and parents her hilariously creative three-year-old daughter.

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Anne Constance Osborne is a fifth-term Production student at Studio 58 and has been an active member of the theatre community for over a decade. Her theatrical experience spans multiple disciplines, including set design, stage management, sound design and lighting design. She is honored to serve as Assistant Set Designer for Something Rotten! and is grateful for the opportunity to collaborate so closely with this wonderful design team. Previously, she stage managed A Journal of the Plague Year and had a wonderful time. Her upcoming projects include Apprentice Stage Manager for Arsenic and Old Lace at the Globe Theatre in Regina. She hopes you enjoy the performance. 

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Emma is a Vancouver-based props designer and fabricator with a background in mascot making. Her work focuses on crafting detailed, durable and functional objects that serve storytelling in live performance, with a particular love for puppet design and construction.

Emma holds a BFA in Technical Theatre & Design from the University of Lethbridge. Her design and production credits include: Props Designer for Petite Ondine (Théâtre la Seizième); A Journal of the Plague Year, Linck & Mülhahn and Into the Woods (Studio 58). As a Props Builder/Buyer, her credits include: Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B and Lionel Bart’s Oliver! (Gateway Theatre); The Garden of Alice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Pearl Fishers and HMS Pinafore (Vancouver Opera); Something Rotten!, Heathers: The Musical (Studio 58); and The Neverending Story, Curious George, Sister Act, Return to Treasure Island, The Giver, Goosebumps The Musical, Junie B. Jones and Into the Woods (Storybook Theatre).

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Donnie has built his career wearing many hats in the wardrobe department and has established himself in Vancouver as a dresser, wig stylist and Jessie and Ovation Award winning costume designer. After years of learning tricks from the 'front lines' as Head Dresser at the Arts Club, he shifted focus to design going on to work with companies such as TUTS, Neworld Theatre and Vancouver Opera. He satisfies his cravings for work behind the curtain by touring internationally as the Wardrobe Supervisor for Kidd Pivot. Donnie’s work can also be seen on screen on the runways of drag competition series such as RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, Drag Race Canada and Call Me Mother (S2). Upcoming: The Little Mermaid (TUTS). @donnietejani

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Head of wardrobe: East Van Panto: West Van Story and Robin Hood (Theatre Replacement) and How Black Mothers Say I Love You (the frank theatre). Costume design: Home Deliveries (United Players of Vancouver), Grandma. Gangsta. Guerilla. (Ruby Slippers Theatre Co.) and Maps of Utopia (the frank theatre). Assistant costume design: Jersey Boys (Arts Club), Hamlet (Bard on the Beach), East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Replacement), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Gateway Theatre), Stupid F*cking Bird (The Search Party) and Starwalker (Urban Ink).

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Jonathan, better known as Jono, is an award-winning Korean-Canadian lighting designer who currently lives and works on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Recent credits: Behind the Moon (Touchstone Theatre); Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman (Pacific Theatre); Casey and Diana (Arts Club); Braiding the Land - tour (Raven Spirit Dance); RENT (Metro Theatre); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B (Gateway Theatre); James and the Giant Peach (CTORA); Ridge (Brendan McLeod & The Fugitives); TRANSFORM Festival: The Starwalker Experience (Urban Ink); English (Blackout Art Society); The Baking Show Show: The Play (Ruby Slippers Theatre); A Journal of the Plague Year (Studio 58); Nunsense (Metro Theatre); and Franklinland (Arts Club).

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Kady Yeung is an emerging theatre artist who graduated from Studio 58’s Production Program. As a multidisciplinary artist, she spends most of her time curating art as a sound designer and a stage manager. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she is endlessly grateful to be accepted and be sharing her art on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Recent design credits include: BFF-less (Vancouver Fringe 2025, Technical Advisor, Roomie Productions), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Apprentice Sound Designer, Bard on the Beach), Ring of Fire (Apprentice Sound Designer, Arts Club Theatre Company) and FourPlay 2024 (Sound Designer, Studio 58). Find out more about her work on Instagram @kadyworkshere.

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Lisa Goebel is an interdisciplinary artist primarily working as an intimacy director, choreographer, and actor. Recent credits include directing Beneath Our Feet (Studio 58), intimacy director for Tomboy (Chlopczyca) (the frank theatre), Così fan tutte (Vancouver Opera), Little Women (Arts Club), The Effect (Rumble/ITSAZOO) and choreographer for Bright Star (GTP/Mirvish). Last seen on stage with Little Onion Puppet Co’s Otosan (Jessie Award, Outstanding Ensemble) and Sticks and Stones’ Middletown. Proud Studio 58 grad.

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Bradan is a guitarist from North Vancouver, BC. He began composing and performing live when he was still in high school, where he formed a progressive rock band. He has since widely expanded his musical tastes and skills. He graduated in 2017 from Capilano University with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. His musical credits include Shrek (Align Entertainment), Something Rotten! (Theatre Under the Stars), and The Lightning Thief (CTORA). You can often find Bradan playing various styles of music, including indie pop band SUGARFUNGUS and indie shoegaze band David Lunch.

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John loves to play bass for musical theatre productions and has happily done so for yadda yadda and so on, and he cherishes each and every memory. Do doo.

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Kyla Kish is a first-year student studying trumpet performance at the University of British Columbia. She studied with Geeta Das, and is currently studying under Larry Knopp and Alan Matheson. She has performed in the pit orchestra of two high school musicals, one of which won the Canada Young Theatre Award in 2023, and the other which has been nominated for the same award in 2026. She is well versed in classical, jazz and musical theatre. Kyla’s favourite thing about performing the trumpet is inspiring younger audiences and encouraging the growth of the next generation of musicians.

Artistic Director – Paul Moniz de Sá (he/him)
Associate Director – Raes Calvert (he/him)
Communications and Marketing Manager – Halla Bertrand (she/her)
Production Manager (On Leave) – Ruth Bruhn (she/her)
Production Manager – Pamela Jakobs (she/her)
Technical Director – Kevin MacDonald (he/him)

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