Alaia

Hamer

Alaia is a Vancouver theatre designer originally from the Gulf Islands. Recent projects she has worked on include costume design for Macbeth, The Dark Lady, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Measure for Measure (Bard on the Beach), Disney’s Frozen, Miracle on 34th Street, Million Dollar Quartet, Sexy Laundry, The Cull, Beneath Springhill, The Birds and the Bees (Arts Club) The East Van Panto: Robin Hood, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid (Theatre Replacement), HMS Pinafore, Carmen Up Close and Personal (Vancouver Opera), set design for On Native Land (Urban Ink), The Hobbit, Case for Existence of God, God Said This (Pacific Theatre), Liste des enfants dévorés par les loups, Ce Que Je Sais de Vrai (Seizieme). She has worked on a variety of smaller shows through Vancouver and has a passion for costuming dance. Alaia is a graduate of the UBC Theatre Design program in 2017 and holds an English literature degree from 2012.

Andie

Lloyd

Andie Lloyd is a queer interdisciplinary artist and community advocate, currently based on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territories. She works internationally as a lighting designer and media artist, and is a co-founder of HK House 香港屋 (@hkhouseofficial), a volunteer-powered non-profit based in Vancouver, B.C. As a justice motivated artist, Andie aims to work alongside collaborators in alignment with her values of self-determination, land sovereignty, climate justice, fat liberation, queer liberation and anti-capitalism. She hopes to bring these values into all of her creations through the avenues of radical compassion and respect. Some of her notable involvements include: Happy Valley/馬照跑．舞照跳（rice & beans theatre) - Projection Design, Lose Myself Again (Music Video, Argel MDR) -Media/Lighting Designer, BQFKN Online! (rEvolver Fest 2023) - Digital Design Director/Lighting Designer, ūtszan (to make better) (The Cultch) - Projection Designer, Clean/Espejos (Neworld Theatre) - Surtitle Designer, whip (FakeKnot) - Lighting Designer, and she looks forward to designing for the world premiere of Peace Country by Pedro Chamale in Fall 2023. GFHG SDGM.

Angella

Cody

Angella Cody (She/Her) is a Vancouver-born actor and recent grad of Capilano University’s Musical Theatre Program. Recent credits include Kimberly Akimbo (The Arts Club), The Truth and Darers (Van Fringe/Railtown Studio), Legally Blonde, School of Rock, The Prom (Theatre Under the Stars), Romeo and Juliet, Alice by Heart (CapU Theatre). She is over the moon to be performing with Green Thumb for the first time!!

Arthi

Chandra

Arthi Chandra is a director and writer based out of Vancouver, BC. She has directed and produced with many companies across Canada (The Arts Club, Bard on the Beach, The Shaw Festival, Theatre Replacement, Studio 58, Pacific Theatre, and more). Arthi teaches devising and directing and enjoys it very much. She graduated from Simon Fraser University’s School of Contemporary Arts, has humbly received many grants and awards, and is an Associate Artist at Theatre Replacement. She is the happiest while swimming, casting spells, or gardening. Upcoming: John Proctor is the Villain at The Arts Club.

Ben

Brown

Ben Brown is a Vancouver-based actor and writer, originally from St. Albert, Alberta. He is thrilled to be making his Green Thumb Theatre debut in She Shoots, She Scores! Previously, Ben has appeared on stage with the Arts Club, Gateway Theatre, Firehall Arts Centre, Neworld Theatre, and recently as Joes Cafe in East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement). Ben is a graduate of Studio 58, and is currently working toward his BFA at Simon Fraser University.

Caleb

Dyks

Caleb Dyks (he/him) is an actor and multidisciplinary artist originally from Ottawa, ON, located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. Caleb is a graduate of Studio 58 and he serves on the Board of Directors at Pi Theatre. Recent credits include: The Game's Afoot (Theatre NorthWest), Dogfight: The Musical (JBM Theatre), Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (Western Canada Theatre), Cranked: The ReMix (Green Thumb Theatre), Urinetown: The Musical (Studio 58). Film/TV: Virgin River (Netflix), The Hunting Party (NBC/Universal).

Carol

Chu

Carol Chu is a Vietnamese/Chinese artist from Edmonton (amiskwacîwâskahikan) on Treaty 6 Territory and an alumna of MacEwan University's Theatre Arts program. Her love for performing and acting has taken her to Vancouver, where she graduated from Studio 58. She is grateful to be based and working on the unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) lands. She has played at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival and has been part of One of a Kind (Vancouver International Children's Festival). Select Studio 58 credits include: Heather McNamara (Heathers: The Musical), Marshall (Baggage), and Sea Turtle (Gillty as Fin, FourPlay). While at Studio, she made her Panto debut as Squirrel in East Van Panto: Robin Hood! Carol is grateful to have received the 2025 Sydney Risk Acting Award and hopes to continue creating art that connects hearts and the communities around her.

Chris

Lam

Christopher Lam 林子榮 is a Chinese-Canadian director/actor who is based on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, also known as Vancouver. He is the co-artistic director of Ensemble Theatre Company. He has worked with Arts Club Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Pacific Theatre and The Stratford Festival, to name a few. He received his BPA from Capilano University. He is currently finishing his MFA in Theatre directing at UBC. Upcoming: Sandsprite (Western Gold Theatre) and The New Canadian Curling Club (Metro Theatre). www.thechrislamshow.com

Chris

Ross-Ewart

CHRIS ROSS-EWART (he/him) is excited to work with Green Thumb this season. Past design credits include Benevolence (Lincoln Center, Belfry, Tarragon), The Born Again Crow (Buddies in Bad Times), Measure for Measure (Bard on the Beach), Hamlet (Canadian Stage), A Tale of Two Cities (Alliance Theatre), The Clearing (Shaw), Hamlet 911 (Stratford), The Sound Inside (Coalmine), The Cave (Luminato), and Distant Early Warning (Buddies in Bad Times). His design work appears on the recently released CBC podcast Short Sighted. chrisross-ewart.com

Dek

Green

Dek Green (she/her/they) is a settler twice-over, originally born and raised in the stolen territory of the Ani’yunwiya/Cherokee people and now grateful to reside in the lands of the Coast Salish. A theatre artist, technician, and stage manager, Dek works to create art anywhere there’s a stage. Past credits include stage management for Every Day She Rose, Hedwig (ZeeZee Theatre) MIA (Coyote Pact/Vancouver Fringe), Th’owxiya (Axis Theatre), Pippin, Into the Woods (Play On Words), RENT, Joseph, Sinners (Metro Theatre), The Woman in Black (Classical Act Collective), and Fates Festival 2024 (Promethean Theatre) More can be found at www.dek.green

Erin

Purghart

Erin Purghart (they/she/he) is an actor, comedian and award-winning producer based in Vancouver, BC, who has toured both nationally and internationally. Erin graduated with a BFA in Acting from the University of British Columbia in 2021, and has since produced and performed in indie film, professional stage productions, and comedy shows across North America. Erin runs forever sold-out comedy show, That’s gay! comedy which has been presented by Just For Laughs VANCOUVER and the Vancouver Fringe. Recent acting credits include: Vascular Necrosis (Touchstone Theatre, Glitch Theatre), For Now (Green Thumb Theatre), and JUGGLE ME NOT (Axis Theatre).

Finnley

O'Brien

Finnley (she/her) is a stage manager holding a BFA in Theatre Production and Design from UBC. She is very excited to embark on her first tour! Recent stage management credits include Primary Trust (The Grand), 9 to 5 (Thousand Island Playhouse), and Waitress (Arts Club). Finnley is so grateful to be part of this brilliant team and sends huge thanks to all the folks at Green Thumb.

Grace

Carmichael

Grace is a multidisciplinary artist and has worked in theatre for over a decade. She grew up on the unceded traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people, the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. Graduating from the University of Victoria, Grace specialized in Production and Management. Select Show Credits include stage manager for Cinderella with the Canadian College for Performing Arts, apprenticing on From Alaska at the Belfry Theatre, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe with Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People, and Odyssey at Pacific Opera Victoria.

Jamie

Norris

After graduating from the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School in 1987 Jamie worked as an actor, playwright and director throughout Western Canada. Selected acting credits include: The Cripple of Inishmaan (Arts Club), Twelfth Night (Bard on the Beach), Of Mice and Men (Vancouver Playhouse), Popcorn (Sea Theatre). Selected directing credits include: The Palace Grande (Dawson City), True West (Humdinger Productions), Seven Stories (Guild Theatre, Whitehorse), Scraping the Surface (Theatre Terrific), Land of Trash (Green Thumb Theatre). Jamie also served as Artistic Director of Theatre Terrific as well as Associate Artistic Director of the Station Street Arts Centre where he created and directed "The Kids' Series". His play November took home first prize in Theatre BC's Canadian National Playwriting Competition. He has been nominated for six Jessie Richardson awards, winning twice. After directing and acting in a show in Dawson City Jamie decided to shift careers and move North. In 2007 he moved to the Beaufort Delta region of the Northwest Territories where he still lives and works as a Community Counsellor and Expressive Arts Therapist. Jamie is also a faculty instructor at Vancouver Expressive Arts. Over the years Jamie has written six plays for Green Thumb Theatre. He is grateful to the Green Thumb team for providing the opportunity to revisit the character of Derwent and update his story for a new generation of young audiences.

June

Hsu

June (she/her) is an interdisciplinary sound and video designer. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada –the unceded and stolen territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Skwxwú 7mesh, and Səl̓ í lwətaɬ Nations, June has been surrounded by the colourful sounds and sights from the cities to the mountains; sparking an interest in exploring the interrelations between sounds and visuals and their unique personalities. She is a graduate of SFU’s BFA Theatre Production and Design program and of Douglas College’s Stagecraft and Event Technology program. Some of her works include: "The Flying Dutchman" (Vancouver Opera | Assistant Projection Designer), “I Fear Love” (Fringe Festival | Projection Designer), and “FOREIGN | FUTURES” (Video Designer).

Kelsey

Wavey

Kelsey Kanatan Wavey (they/she/he) is a gender fluid multidisciplinary artist currently based in so-called Vancouver. Kelsey was born and raised in Treaty 1, Winnipeg, is 5th generation settler of German/British/Norwegian ancestry and Muskeg Ininowahk (Swampy Cree), and is a proud member of Tataskweyak Cree Nation (Treaty #5). Kelsey attended Studio 58 to study acting, and has been working as an actor, writer, director, and curator since graduating in 2019. Kelsey is also a singer and is working on self-releasing their work with Indigenous indie pop duo “EVERB0DY”, as well as sings with two femme Indigenous drumming group “M’girl” and “iskwew singers”. Some of their recent theatre acting work includes In My Day (Zeezee theatre), The Rez Sisters, Women of the Fur Trade (MTC), Making the Mystics, Break Horizons: a Concert Documentary (Urban Ink and The Cultch). You may have seen their recent directing work in Cerulean Blue (Studio 58) and Gather: Stories in Nature (Neworld and Pacific Theatre).

Kevin

Nguyen

Kevin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian actor born and raised in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. A graduate of Studio 58, his stage credits include work with Theatre Replacement, The Women’s Company, Green Thumb Theatre, Pacific Theatre, and Ruby Slippers Theatre. On screen, he appeared in the short film The Official Guidebook to Lying, which played at both the Toronto and Vancouver Asian Film Festivals. His feature film debut, Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants, premiered at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Kim

Harvey

Kim Senklip Harvey is a proud Syilx and Tsilhqot’in award-winning creator known for her ability to direct bold iconoclastic productions that inspire and delight. Kim was the first Indigenous woman to win the Governor General’s Award for Drama with her play Kamloopa to which she directed the 3-city world premiere. She is the director of 2 feature-length documentary films Break Horizons: A Concert Documentary and Making The Mystics. Kim is a 2-time recipient of a Netflix and Indigenous Screen Office fellowship. She is also currently writing on a CBC mini-series and her pilot Half Way Home is currently in development with Sphere Media. Kim has her Masters in Creative Writing and is currently getting her Ph.D. in Law. Kim’s passion for storytelling lives within its transformational nature and works in service to her Indigenous Nations.

Kimira

Reddy

Kimira Reddy is an award-winning Set Designer and Creative Director working at the intersection of physical and virtual storytelling. Originally from South Africa, she brings a global perspective to her practice, ranging from large-scale art installations on Granville Island to digital world-building across multimedia and VR platforms. Holding an MFA from UBC, Kimira’s extensive portfolio includes work for Vancouver Opera, Indian Summer Festival, and the Arts Club, among many others. She is also a frequent collaborator with Green Thumb Theatre, inspired by their dedication to creating thought-provoking work that sparks the imagination of young audiences. www.kimirareddy.com

Matthew

MacDonald-Bain

Matthew MacDonald-Bain is a Vancouver-based actor/sound designer and is honoured to be returning to Green Thumb! He is a four-time Jessie Award nominee and two-time Award winner for Acting and Sound Design. Select design credits include East Van Panto: Pinocchio (Theatre Replacement), Middletown, Bar Mitzvah Boy, The Lonesome West, The Wolves (Pacific Theatre), The Competition Is Fierce (Itsazoo), The Day Before Christmas (Arts Club), Bright Blue Future, Bug, Of Mice And Men (Hardline). Matthew is a graduate of Studio 58.

Michael

McCreary

Michael McCreary https://www.aspiecomic.com/ Michael McCreary is an autistic comedian, actor, author, and TEDX speaker who’s been performing stand-up comedy since age 13. In the past 10 years, he has performed stand-up shows and keynote addresses in every province in Canada – plus the Yukon - and across the United States. He has done shows for tech giants IBM and SAP International; for universities such as McMaster, Queen’s, McGill, Montana State U and the University of Texas; and for many agencies and autism organizations: Autism Ontario, Autism Canada, Autism Nova Scotia, Autism Asperger’s Friendship Society (Calgary), Firefly Autism (Denver), Autism Yukon, Geneva Centre for Autism, Autism Society Newfoundland & Labrador, Pacific Autism Family Network; and for schools and school boards across the continent. Michael has also written the book “Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic” (Annick Press); hosted the Autism Ontario video “Autism: See the Potential” https://vimeo.com/144769608; has consulted on the TV show “Ransom” to ensure the authenticity of a character with autism and has been featured on The National and on CBC Radio’s “Laugh Out Loud!” He was the featured comic in Commander Chris Hadfield’s Generator show at Massey Hall in Toronto in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2W30iYP30 He played the role of a neurodivergent character in the TV series Astrid & Lilly Save the World (SYFY Network) and he can also be seen in Season 2 of Ginny & Georgia (Netflix). In May 2022 he was part of the closing Gala at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival for CBC. He is currently working on a play, a new book, a documentary, and getting his driver's license.

Mishelle

Cuttler

Mishelle is a composer, musician, and sound designer whose work is centered around the integration of music, sound, and storytelling. She has designed sound for theatres across Canada, from new indie work to large festivals. Past shows at Green Thumb include The Mixolydian and Jabber. Some other favourite recent projects include: Tao of the World, Hedda Gabler (Stratford Festival), Much Ado About Nothing (Bard on the Beach), The Seventh Fire (Neworld Theatre), Someone Like You (Arts Club). Mishelle has an MFA in Musical Theatre Composition from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a BFA from UBC’s Department of Theatre. Coming up: Here Here, songs we sing for home (Little Chamber Music).

Nyla

Carpentier

Nyla Carpentier (Tahltan, Kaska, French, Scottish) is a multifaceted performing artist currently residing in North Vancouver. She’s a new mom, a powwow dancer and workshop facilitator. Theatre acting highlights: Battle of the Birds (Savage Society), The Flats/Les Flats (Prairie Theatre Exchange and Theatre Cercle Moliere), The Berlin Blues and Ipperwash (The Blyth Theatre Festival) and Busted Up: A Yukon Story (Openpit Theatre). Nyla performed her solo show Dissection of a... Mixed Heritage Woman at the Victoria and Vancouver Fringe Festival. She is currently working on a second solo show and her first full length play.

Patrick

McDonald

Patrick McDonald served as Artistic Director of Green Thumb Theatre from 1988 to 2020; prior to that he was the Artistic Director of Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. He has directed over 75 productions for Green Thumb and has overseen the commissioning and development of more than 50 new plays for children, teens and young adults. He has commissioned work from emerging writers like Dave Deveau and Michelle Riml and established writers Morris Panych, Joan MacLeod and George F. Walker. During his tenure Green Thumb productions have won numerous Jessie Richardson Awards, several Betty Mitchell Awards, and three Canada Council Awards for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences. McDonald has been nominated for many awards and has received Jessie Richardson Awards for both directing and “Continued Excellence in the Field of Theatre for Young Audiences”. In 2009 he received the Jessie Richardson Award for Career Achievement, and in 2013 he was a recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award. He has directed across the country at theatres including The Belfry, The Grand Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, National Arts Centre, Vancouver Playhouse, Gateway Theatre, Manitoba Theatre for Young People and Arts Club Theatre. He has been a two time member of the Canada Council’s Theatre Advisory Committee and has sat on many peer juries at the provincial and federal levels.

potatoCakes_digital

potatoCakes_digital is the award winning multimedia design and technical services company of Emily Soussana and Andrew Scriver. Formed as a collective in 2018, and officially incorporated in 2021, they have been unofficially working together for over six years as an all-encompassing artistic and technical team offering dramaturgy, management, and technical direction--as well as designing video, lighting, sound, set, and costumes for live performance, installation, and digital art in Tiotia:ke and across Canada. Recent credits include designing lights and video for Kim Senklip Harvey’s Kamloopa at Soulpepper in Toronto (2022), and the Break Horizons: A Concert Documentary (2021). potatocakesdigital.ca

Quinn

Churchill

Quinn Churchill would like to thank the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, for their constant patience and deep care for the art that is created on their traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories. Since graduating Studio 58 for Acting, Quinn has had the pleasure of working on a variety of shows: Men Express their Feelings by Zee Zee Theatre, A Comedy of Tenors by Miracle Theatre and Heathers, the Musical by Sherwood Theatre. This is such an important play and I can't wait to present it! Up next: “A Paper Bag Princess” by Carousel Theatre!

Renae

Morriseau

Renae Morriseau is Nêhiyawi/Cree, Nahkawiniw/Saulteaux. Since the 80’s Renae has worked individually and collectively on Indigenous stories in music, theatre, film and television. Much of her work is about art created with, for and about the hopes of a good future for Indigenous people on their lands and in the cities of Turtle Island. She has worked across Canada and internationally with her singing group, M’Girl. Renae is currently recording her songs in both traditional and contemporary sounds. Quest Out West, a documentary APTN Television series will debut its 4th season in May, 2023. She directed 5 episodes on this Syilx/Okanagan food sovereignty show. She directed a new work by Rosanna Deerchild, THE SECRET TO GOOD TEA at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and right after, the late Taran Kootenayhoo’s, White Noise at the Firehall Arts Centre in 2023. She currently teaches at Capilano University in Indigenous Film Studies.

Sam

Bob

Sam Bob (traditional name-Tulkweemult’) of the Snaw-Naw-us First Nation on Vancouver Island has performed nationally in television, film, radio, and theatre. He is a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominee for Best Actor in 2004 and 2022, nominated for Best Actor by Edmonton’s Dreamspeaker’s Film Festival in 1998. Mr. Bob has an extensive body of theatre work across Canada. He can also be seen in film and TV in Blackway with Anthony Hopkins, Monkey Beach, with CBC, Loudermilk on Amazon Prime. And recently shot a pilot called Canoe Journey in Lummi territory near Bellingham. Sam has taught free community theatre classes at the Vancouver Friendship Centre for several years and finds putting young people on stage a particular joy.

Sam

Cheng

Originally from Hong Kong, Sam is an emerging artist from UBC Theatre Design and Production, specializing in Scenic and Lighting Design, and Technical Direction. Select design credits include: The Very Book Indeed (UBC Theatre), The Pillowman (Face Drama) as Set Designer. The Lawyer Show: 9 to 5 (Touchstone Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire (Ensemble Theatre Company), Citysong (VitalSpark Theatre), Pippin (Play On Words Production), Salt-Water Moon (Western Gold Theatre), and Metamorphoses (United Players of Vancouver) as Lighting Designer. https://www.samchengwx.com/

Sophie

Tang

Sophie Tang is an award-winning lighting and set designer working in Theatre, Opera and Dance. She has worked with companies including Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, National Arts Center, Electric Company Theatre, Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera, Artsclub Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Citadel Theatre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Replacement and so on. Recent set design credits: "Cinderella"( Gateway Theatre), "My Little Tomato"( Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre), "Kitchen", (Studio 58), "Bad Parent"(Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre x Prairie Theatre Exchange x Soulpepper Theatre),"The Rez Sisters"(Stratford Festival). Recent Lighting credits: East Van Panto: Robin Hood (Theatre Replacement), The Lehman Trilogy (Theatre Calgary), Jersey Boys (Artsclub Theatre), Salesman in China (Stratford Festival), Three Musketeers (Citadel Theatre x Artsclub Theatre), Twelfth Night (Bard on the Beach), Portfolio website: sophieyufeitang.com