Cassia is a graduate of Rosebud School of the Arts Acting Progamme and Shakespeare & Company Actor Intensive in Lennox, MA. Selected theatre credits include; Sound of Music, Little Women, Spitfire Grill, Barefoot in the Park, Miracle on 34th Street, Songs for a New World, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe,  Anne of Green Gables, and Man of La Mancha (Rosebud Theatre), In Flanders Fields (Lunchbox Theatre & Forte Musical Theatre), Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Stage West 4 Kids & Birnton Theatricals) and touring productions with Sandbox Children's Theatre and Canadiana Musical Theatre. She is also a recording artist featured on New World & Sky (Fool's Tongue) and solo recordings Let the Music In, in memory of...and The Lullaby Project: Songs for the Sleep Deprived. Buckets of love to Nathan, Gabriel, Madelyn & Damien. Thanks to Grant & Jocelyn for all their heart & hard work! 

Jason always loves being able to explore new work and is thrilled to be a part of this workshop! His other new musical workshops include Something Spooky This Way Comes (Robert More / Jacqueline Sadler),  Man at the Airport (Hassan Al Kontar / Ellen Moore), The Urban Jungle Book (Joe Slabe). Selected theatre credits include: The Full Monty (Drayton); The Wizard of Oz (ATP), Here Comes the Sun (Carter-Ryan Productions), Cinderella (Torrent Productions); Buy Me a Drink Joe (Forte Musical Theatre); Step by Step, 9 to 5 The Musical (Stage West); Camelot (VPP); Rock of Ages, Balloonacy, 9 to 5 The Musical, Neverland (Stephenville Theatre Festival);. Film/TV: Murdoch Mysteries, The Fabric of Christmas, Molt, Send Pic?, Finding Your Rhythm. Jason sends a huge thank you to his partner Caulin.

Selected Theatre:

A Christmas Carol : Live Radio Play, Dark Lady, Complete History Abridged, Blues in the Night (LBT); Life of Pi (Citadel/RMTC); One Christmas Carol (Storybook); Come From Away, Mousetrap, Humble Boy, Counsellor-At-Law (Theatre Calgary); Wildwoman, Charlotte's Web, Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, Drowning Girls, Around the World in 80 Days, Blue Light (ATP); Dracula: Bloody Truth, Sherlock Holmes, Ends of the Earth, Edwin Drood (Vertigo); Nine Dragons (Gateway); Becoming Dr. Ruth, Hound of the Baskervilles (TNW); The Gig (Aquarius); Coyotes, Abundance, Beggar's Opera (Caravan); Thousand Splendid Suns (Grand); Titus Andronicus, Richard III (TSC); What You're Missing (Chutzpah Festival); Communion, Palace of the End, Life Skills (Network); Love (NLT); Speaking in Tongues (Shadow); Trespassers (Belfry); Lion in the Streets (Sage); Unnecessary Farce, Fiddler on the Roof, 39 Steps (Stage West); Amadeus, Macbeth, Constant Wife (ATF); Speak (Globe).

Christine Brubaker is a director, performer and educator. Over her 20+ year career as a freelance artist, she worked on many of Canada’s large and small stages including Theatre Aquarius, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Charlottetown Festival, Citadel Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre, CanStage and others. She has directed dozens of world premieres and is the winner of two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for performance, the Gina Wilkinson Prize and Ken MacDougall Prizes for Direction. Her current work uses interactive technology in live performance and she is developing a show for family audiences, Rella’s Cambrian Dream with TELUS Spark for their Digital Immersion Gallery.  She is an alumnus of the National Theatre School, the Michael Langham Classical Direction Program at the Stratford Festival, and is on faculty at UCalgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts. www.christinebrubaker.com; www.actionpants.ca

Jocelyn Hoover (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Moh’kinsstis (Calgary) who specializes in movement and physical theatre.

Performance: Lunchbox Theatre, Rosebud Theatre, Little River Entertainment, The Shakespeare Company, Jubilations Dinner Theatre, Nightingale Collective, Occasional Notes, BrownCow Collective, Incendiary Festival, and kloetzel&co. 

Choreography: Lunchbox Theatre (Betty Mitchell Award nominee), Rosebud Theatre, Forte Musical Theatre, Jubilations Dinner Theatre, BrownCow Collective, Incendiary Festival.

Writer/Creator: EDJE Dance Theatre, kloetzel&co.

Jocelyn is a graduate of The University of Calgary with degrees in Dance (Choreography and Performance) and Music (Voice). She is thrilled to have been brought into the development of this piece! @hoovey

Select credits: The Verdict,The Brothers Paranormal (Vertigo theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Alberta Theatre Projects), The Tale of the Gifted Prince (Theatre Calgary) Please Return to Empire Video (Lunchbox Theatre).

Michael is excited to be joining the show for the first time while it is still in its workshop stages. A graduate from the University of Calgary, he has been working as a Stage manager/ Assistant Stage Manager for 5 years now. When not in the theatre he enjoys reading at home or playing video games with his partner. He would like to thank his partner, Skylar, for their continued love and support. 

Thank you Grant for including me in this wonderful project. Such a great story told in such an original way!

Originally hailing from Nova Scotia, Konrad has spent decades working across Canada. Drayton Entertainment: Rock of Ages, Fiddler On The Roof, Man of La Mancha (Stage West Calgary) A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, Sister Act, Avenue Q, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Wedding Singer, Young Frankenstein (TIFT) Napoleon, Moving Day (Charlottetown Festival) A Matter of Heart (Lunchbox) Gutenburg! The Musical! (Neptune) Death, The Musical! (Festival Antigonish) The Fantasticks (Smile Theater) Extraordinary. In demand as an arranger he has constructed over 30 musical revues ranging from ragtime to contemporary pop.

Taking a seat in the recording studio, Konrad has produced for artists such as Ian Sherwood, Grant Tilly, J. Sean Elliott and Lee Siegel. Armed with a Masters in Classical Performance, Konrad has also tickled the ivories aboard Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines.

Grant is a playwright, composer, and lyricist based in Calgary (Mohkinstsis). His musical, Bingo Ladies (which was developed and premiered as a one-act at Lunchbox Theatre), is currently receiving its eighth production at the Stephenville Festival in NL. His works have won Best of the Toronto Fringe and been shortlisted for the Tom Hendry Musical Award from the Playwrights Guild of Canada.

Tilly has also performed in regional, summer stock, and TYA across Canada. He spent two years with the original Canadian National Company of Jersey Boys and ten summers with Rising Tide Theatre in Trinity, NL. In Alberta, he’s worked with the Citadel Theatre, Vertigo, Rosebud, Lunchbox, and Stage West. He received his BFA from the University of Calgary, where he recently completed his MFA in Playwriting. Visit www.granttilly.com for more information on past shows and works in development.

Elinor Holt

Eric Wigston

Robyn Ord

Steven Conde

Sara Turner

Clem Martini

Meg Braem

Anton de Groot

With special thanks to:

Grant W. Tilly

Janet Hoover

Mary Mitchell

Alberta Foundation for the Arts 2026

Calgary Arts Development 2025