FORTUNE FALLS

CAST & CREW

Shannon Blanchet – Ensemble

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: Nevermore (Radio Mouse Entertainment/Catalyst Theatre), Whiplash Weekend (Teatro La Quindicina), A Picasso (Chorus Productions), 9 to 5: The Musical (Mayfield Dinner Theatre), Von Mitterbrink’s Second (ACME Theatre), The Adulteress (Teatro La Quindicina), Shatter (The Maggie Tree), LoveHateKill (Pony Productions). Film/TV/Other Media: Mass Effect: Andromeda (Associate Voice Over Producer, BioWare), Tiny Plastic Men II & III (Supervising Producer, Mosaic Entertainment), Caution: May Contain Nuts (2nd Assistant Director, Mosaic Entertainment). Awards: Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 class of 2014 (Edmonton), Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (A Picasso), Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (Von Mitterbrink’s Second). Love and Thanks to Aaron. Enjoy the show!



Braydon Dowler-Coltman – Ensemble

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: Scaramouche Jones, Subway Circus (Blarney Productions); Burning Bluebeard (Edmonton Actor’s Theatre); The Mechanicals (Thou Art Here); That’s Danger (AWHC); Tarzan (Broadway Live); Bloody Poetry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Blood Wedding (Studio Theatre); A Christmas Carol, The Pillowman, Peter Pan, Oliver! (Citadel Theatre). Film/TV: Young Drunk Punk, Silhouette.



Daniel Fong – Ensemble

For ATP: The Circle. Elsewhere: A Midsummers Night’s Dream (Theatre Calgary/SBTB); Twelfth Night, DiVerseCity (The Shakespeare Company); A Christmas Carol (Belfry Theatre); The 12 Days of Christmas (Stage West for Kids); Spring Awakening (Artists Collective Theatre); Twelfth Night (Suspension of Disbelief); The Wasp (Ignite! 2013); Film/TV: Fargo, Wynonna Earp, Mutant World, The Dorm, Forsaken, Klondike. Daniel was also a member of the acapella group HOJA, and performed over four hundred shows in their 2014-2015 Canada tour. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Nadia and all his friends for their love and support.



Graham Mothersill – Ensemble

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: The Crucible (Theatre Calgary); The Tempest (Shakespeare by the Bow); Good with People (Trunk Theatre); The Fall of the House of Atreus: A Cowboy Love Song (Troglodyte Theatre); Tom at the Farm, Salome, Gabriel (Bleviss Laboratory Theatre); The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever (Whizgiggling Productions); How to Leave (Theatre Outré); Code Word: Time (Roxy Performance Series); Coraline: The Musical (Impossible Mongoose Productions); Spring Awakening (Strathcona Alumni Theatre). Film/TV: The Trespassers, Q-4 Dream Corporation. Graham sends his love to mom, dad, Shannon, and Corben. Born and raised in Calgary, Graham is a graduate of the University of Alberta's BFA Acting program.



Jamie Tognazzini – Ensemble

For ATP: Get Lost! A Musical. Elsewhere: Calgary, I Love You but You're Killing Me (One Yellow Rabbit); The Toxic Avenger Musical (Broadway West); Evil Dead: The Musical (Ground Zero Theatre/Hit&Myth); The Astonishing Adventures of Awesome Girl and Radical Boy (Lunchbox Theatre); Project Whooping Crane (Green Fools Theatre). Jamie sends sweet thanks to all the fine folk at ATP and Catalyst, and sugar-coated gratitude for the generous, loving support of friends and family. Enjoy the show!



Jonathan Christenson – Director, Co-Writer, Composer

For ATP: ATP Premiere. Elsewhere: Vigilante (National Arts Centre, Persephone Theatre, The Grand, Citadel Theatre, Keyano Theatre); Nevermore – The Imaginary Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (New World Stages, The Barbican Theatre/London International Festival of Theatre, New Victory Theater, Winter Garden Theatre, The Arts Club/The Cultch/PuSh Festival, Vertigo Theatre/High Performance Rodeo, Persephone Theatre, National Arts Centre/Magnetic North Festival, Catalyst Theatre, Keyano Theatre); The Soul Collector (Catalyst Theatre); Hunchback (Vancouver Playhouse, Citadel Theatre); Frankenstein (Canadian Stage, Theatre Calgary/High Performance Rodeo, The Cultch/PuSh Festival, Yukon Arts Centre, Eric Harvie Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Keyano Theatre); The Blue Orphan (Traverse Theatre, Tron Theatre, Magnetic North Festival, The Scott Theatre, Maine Centre for the Arts + 11 additional theatres across Central and Eastern Canada); The House of Pootsie Plunket (The Cultch, The Merlin, ARC Theatre, The Liverpool Playhouse,
The Pleasance, Le carrefour international du théâtre, On the Waterfront Festival, The Tron Theatre, St. Brides' Theatre, Catalyst Theatre). Awards: Jonathan's original productions have received over 100 international, national and regional awards and nominations including Lortels, Sterlings, Doras, Betty Mitchells, SATAs, Herald Angels, Fringe Firsts, Stage Awards and City of Edmonton Salute to Excellence Awards.



Beth Graham – Co-Writer
For ATP: The Drowning Girls (co-creator). Elsewhere: The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Factory Theatre/Obsidian Theatre, Theatre Network, Persephone Theatre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Prairie Theatre Exchange), The Drowning Girls (premiere: Alberta Theatre Projects, national tour: Tarragon Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, Belfry Theatre, Richmond Gateway Theatre, Persephone Theatre) Working It Out (Alberta Workers’ Health Centre), The Last Train (Shadow Theatre). Awards: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (Working It Out), Betty Mitchell Award (The Drowning Girls), Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award (The Drowning Girls, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble), finalist for the 2015 Governor Generals’ Award (The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble). Thanks to my family in Cochrane and Patrick and Oscar in Edmonton for all of their support. Enjoy the show!



Laurel Green – Production Dramaturg

For ATP: Production Dramaturg – Cockroach, The Circle, Butcher, You Will Remember Me, Same Same But Different, The God That Comes, The Valley, Ash Rizin. Assistant Director – Charlotte’s Web, Red. Artistic Associate at ATP. Elsewhere: Listener in Residence at the High Performance Rodeo You Are Here Too: Recalling the Whaler (The Deep Field Podcast). Dramaturg/Director - Oblivion (Third Street Theatre), I think my boyfriend should have an accent…(Ottawa Fringe / Encore Series). Dramaturg – Touch, Taste (Ghost River Theatre / Beakerhead), Sky Sounds +15 Audio Installation (The Deep Field), Goldie Locks and the Three Polar Bears, Attack of the Pine Beetles! (Evergreen Theatre); Collapsible (mi casa theatre). Associate Artist with SpiderWebShow.ca, Co-Producer for The Deep Field (podcast available on iTunes), Board Member for LMDA Canada and Member of the PACT Diversity Committee.



Laura Krewski – Choreographer

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: Vigilante, Hunchback, Nevermore, Frankenstein (Catalyst Theatre); West Side Story, Spamalot (The Citadel Theatre); Made in Italy (Western Canadian Theatre), Enron (National Arts Centre), Chicago, Footloose (The Mayfield); Next To Normal (Citadel Theatre /Theatre Calgary), The Yellow Wallpaper (self-produced for Expanse Festival), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Home is a Beautiful Word, Spring Awakening (Belfry Theatre); new musicals Rich and Rapa Nui (Manitoba Theatre for Young People). Upcoming: Jesus Christ Superstar (The Mayfield). Awards: YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Arts and Culture, The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards for Choreography (West Side Story, Chicago, Spamalot, Nevermore), a Betty Mitchell Award for Choreography (With a Twist, Lunchbox Theatre), and a Lucille Lortel nomination for the Off-Broadway run of Nevermore.



Jane MacFarlane – Dialect Coach

For ATP: Legend Has it, The Circle, The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, Venus in Fur, Th Mother F**ker with the Hat, Toad of Toad Hall, That Elusive Spark, The Syringa Tree, Vincent in Brixton Elsewhere: Sherlock Homes & the Case of the Jersey Lily, The Mousetrap, Dial M for Murder [Vertigo Theatre] as well as productions at Theatre Junction, Sage Theatre, Stage West Theatre, Lunchbox Theatre. Jane Is the Resident Voice Coach for Theatre Calgary, where she has worked on over 40 productions in the past decade. Film/TV: Wynonna Earp. Jane is also an actor, director and instructor, having taught at such institutions as York University, Harvard, University, SMU, UCalgary, MRU, UofA and most recently for the Globe Theatre Conservatory in Regina.



Kerem Çetinel – Set/Lighting Design

For ATP: The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (Lighting design). Elsewhere: Comrades (Kill Your Television Theatre), Fat Pig (Northern Light Theatre), Helen's Necklace (Shadow Theatre), Faithless (OYR & Azimuth Theatre), Death and the Maiden (Globe Theatre), Dark of the Moon (Phoenix Theatre), Bash'D! (Theatre Passe Muraille), A Streetcar Named Desire (Bluebridge Repertory Theatre), The Trespassers (Belfry Theatre & Vancouver Playhouse), The Kite Runner (Theatre Calgary & Citadel Theatre), Animal Farm (National Theatre of Turkey), Ezel Bahar (National Ballet of Turkey, Modern Dance Company) and Biz (Voicing the Resistance Festival - Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin). Awards: Victoria Critics Choice Award (A Streetcar Named Desire), Betty (The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst) – In Turkey: Afife (A Comedy of Errors), İsmet Kuntay (Yarın Başka Koruda). Kerem is a member of the ADC and has a MFA Theatre Design degree from University of Alberta.



Megan Koshka – Costume Design

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: Loves, Labours, Lost and Romeo and Juliet (Free Will Players Theatre Guild); Gordon (Theatre Network); The Other (Pyretic Productions); The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Alberta Opera). Film/TV: Juste Poure Rire TV (Alberta) Inc. Megan would like to thank her family and friends for their unending support. She has enjoyed every minute designing on this show and hopes you love it as much as she does!



Lauren Acheson – Design Associate

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: Lighting Design, King Kirby (Sage Theatre); Set Design, Almost, Maine (Red Deer College); Design Assistant, Carmen (Edmonton Opera); Costume Design (student), The Andersons (National Theatre School); Set Design, Corpus Christi (Ignition Theatre). Film/TV: Production Design, Year After Year (Ignition Films/The Matchbox Foundation). Lauren is thrilled to be working with the great folks at ATP and Catalyst. She hopes you enjoy the show!



Matthew Skopyk – Music Producer/Sound Designer

Matthew Skopyk is an Edmonton based Sound Designer and Composer. Recent Design/Composition credits include: Romeo & Juliet (Freewill Shakespeare Festival), Or The Whale (Wishbone Theatre), Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre), Playing With Fire: The Theo Fleury Story (Citadel Theatre/ Persephone Theatre/Alberta Theatre Projects), ENRON (National Arts Centre), Whisper (Studio Theatre/ Catalyst Theatre). Michelle et Ti Jean, Palace of the End (Theatre Network). Titus Andronicus, As You Like It, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Twelfth Night, Othello (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Matthew also currently resides as the Sound Supervisor for the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta.



Wayne Paquette – Stage Manager

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: Director: Blackbird; The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead; Polaroid Stories; A Christmas Carol (Assistant Director) (Citadel Theatre) The Country; The Dazzle; Glorious! (Shadow Theatre); Full Frontal Diva; Mote; A Steady Rain; Age of Arousal; Orange Flower Water; Murielle (Blarney Productions) Stage Manager: Arcadia; Death of a Salesman; Three Musketeers (Citadel Theatre); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Three Days of Rain (Shadow Theatre). Awards: Sterling (Directing - Murielle; A Body of Water; The Christian Brothers; Afterplay; Stage Management – Individual Achievement in Production). Thank you to Denise, my parents, and my Shadow / Citadel theatre family.



Kerry Johnson – Assistant Stage Manager

For ATP: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Elsewhere: Liberation Days, Mary Poppins (Theatre Calgary); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Freewill Shakespeare); Ursa Major (Catch the Keys/Workshop West); Christina~Phillipe, Ride, The Ecstatics (Northern Light Theatre); Other Desert Cities, A Christmas Carol, Arcadia, The Wizard of Oz, The Forbidden Phoenix (Citadel Theatre). Kerry is a graduate of the BFA Stage Management program at the University of Alberta.



Robbie Savage Herington – D. Michael Dobbin Apprentice

For ATP: Debut. Elsewhere: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, The Laramie Project, The Sparrow (Western Canada High School). I would like to thank my parents and Caitlin Gallichan-Lowe for always being so supportive of me.