Brian Whitwham, Miller Thomson LLP

Keith Armour, Man in Chair

Retired from work, Keith designed a newspaper distribution computer program. Now he pursues his hobbies. Visual arts: Digital art, traditional, drawing, acrylic and oil painting. Gaming: Role-playing games. Theater: Keith stage managed Lovelash and Peter Panhandler. He was a chorus member in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Malvolio in 12th Night, The Provost in Measure for Measure and Scrooge in A Seussified Christmas Carol.

Sean Brennan, Robert Martin

For MTP: Joseph - Potiphar; The Wedding Singer – Robbie Hart; Elsewhere: Finding Hyde - Playwright, Herbert (PTAC); Picasso at the Lapin Agile - Einstein (PTAC); Beauty and the Beast - Cogsworth (PTAC); Trials of Robin Hood - Robin Hood (PTAC); Treasure Island - Long John Silver (PTAC); The Three Musketeers! – Porthos (PTAC); Get Away – Josh (Banished By the King); A Creetin Christmas! - Freddy Stone (Banished); The Seafarer - Sharky (Shrew’d Business); and The Family Creetin! - Freddy Stone (Banished). Sean is happy to be back on stage with such a talented and hilarious group of people! Big thanks to Hailey, Christine, Ben, Regine and all the production team for your professionalism and sense of fun in bringing this extremely silly show to life! Love to Cass who is strength and love and warmth and courage. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me out to play! Big hugs and kisses to my little monkeys Jack, Nora and Connor!

Tameka Brown, Trix the Aviatrix

Tameka is a wife and mom of three amazing boys, who loves to sing and perform. A former elementary school teacher and now Admin Assistant and Freelance Proofreader, she is now finding the time to immerse herself in something she’s always truly loved - theatre! This is her second show in London, and she can’t wait to continue showing up on stage!

Meg Buchanan-Lunn, The Drowsy Chaperone

Meg is very grateful to be back on stage to share in the magic of musical theatre! She has a degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Guelph. The Drowsy Chaperone is her fourth show with MTP, and second with Allswell. Select credits include: Souvlaki Vendor/Emily Understudy/Ensemble - Elf: The Musical (The Grand Theatre), Potiphar’s Wife/Brother - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (MTP), Gargoyle - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (AK Arts), Mary Poppins - Disney: Heroes and Villains (AK Arts), Lucy Harris - Jekyll & Hyde (CCP), Claudia - I, Claudia (SETS), Delilah Strict - Zombie Prom (CCP). Meg would like to thank her wonderful husband for his enthusiastic support, and to thank YOU for supporting community theatre!

Matt Butler, Aldolpho & Robert Martin Understudy

Matt has been in the London community theatre scene for about a decade now. When he's not on stage, he enjoys designing posters for local shows and composing music. This is Matt's fourth Allswell show and second time playing a moustachioed Italian man named Aldolpho. Matt would like to thank his not-yet-born niece Charlotte for pushing his family cruise a month ahead, making him newly available to perform in this show.

Blake Carey, Gangster

Blake is a Grade 12 student at H.B Beal and is incredibly excited to work with Allswell and MTP once again after being in their last co-production, Sweeney Todd, as Tobias. He was in Sweeney Todd again just this March, this time with LYTE as Judge Turpin. Some other notable past shows include Into The Woods (LYTE) as the Mysterious Man, and Beauty and the Beast (PTAC) as Chip. He wants to give a massive thanks to his family and friends for their support, and to everyone in the cast and crew for all their hard work in putting together this incredible show that is sure to keep you all coming baklava for more in the future.

Sue Gray, Ensemble & Mrs Tottendale Understudy

Sue is an Early Childhood Educator by day and an actor, model, and stand-up comedian on nights and weekends. Sue has a passion for the arts, trying new things, and finding new ways of being creative. You might recognize her from her recent time on stage at The Palace as the stepsister Grace in Cinderella (Musical Theatre Productions and London Community Players) and as Martha in Finding Hyde (LCP). Sue has also played Harry in Freckleface Strawberry (Storybook Theatre), Alice Beane in Titanic the Musical, and Linda Kerwood in Tom Dick and Harry (Peace Players). Sue has been a lover of theatre for many years and has thoroughly enjoyed her time off stage too as a director, producer, choreographer, set designer, and anything else people would let her stumble into. Sue’s finest achievement however was convincing her fiancé to say “I do” this coming June.

Jeremy Hewitson, Ensemble & Underling Understudy

Jeremy is excited to be making his return to community theatre after a three year hiatus! Jeremy is a graduate of the Music Theatre Performance program at St Clair College and has a long history in all aspects of theatre production including directing, stage managing, acting, playing in the pit and once, choreographing (badly - he knows his weaknesses!). Previous credits with Allswell and MTP include Sweeney Todd (Ensemble), The Wedding Singer (Stage Manager), Night of Noir Cabaret (Director/writer), Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage Manager). Other acting credits include Adam in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (London Community Players), CB in Dog Sees God (Simply Theatre), Mickey in The Normal Heart (London Community Players), and Verges in Much Ado About Nothing (Western Summer Shakespeare).

Amelia Hilton, Dance Captain & Trix/Drowsy Chaperone Understudy

Amelia is excited to be returning to MTP since her last appearance with the company in Zorba the Musical (2013). She is now a graduate of St. Clair College’s Musical Theatre program as well as a dance instructor. Notable performance credits include; Anything Goes and Twelfth Night (St. Clair College), Les Miserables and Hello, Dolly! (High School Project), Pippin and Mary Poppins (Beal Musical Theatre). Amelia would like to thank her friends and family for their endless love and support.

Jesslyn Hodgson, Janet Van De Graaf

Jesslyn is thrilled to perform this show with this fabulous cast and crew. She has been fortunate to play 'both comedic and dramatic roles' with Allswell & MTP, including 'Dogfight' (Marcy), Sweeney Todd (Ensemble), The Wedding Singer (Julia), Hello Dolly! (Ermengarde) and Heathers (Heather Mac). She is also involved with Banished by the King Productions - workshopping and performing original work, including Finding Hyde, Get Away, and The Family Creetin. Thank you to her friends and fam for their continued support!

Matt McQueen, Feldzieg & Aldolpho Understudy

Drowsy marks Matt's first on-stage performance in a good while, and it's his first time participating in London's musical theatre community after doing many memorable shows with U of G's Curtain Call Productions. He is very glad to be back at it with this welcoming and talented cast and crew. Thank you to everyone involved, and to Caro and Evie for all of your support and patience the past few months!

Raven Mullan, Mrs Tottendale

Raven is thrilled to be back on stage after a 3 year hiatus! Raven is usually type cast in avian roles such as Tap Dancing Penguin and Tap Dancing Seagull and is delighted to finally be playing a character that allows her to be herself.

Dylan Rock, Underling & Man in Chair Understudy

Dylan is excited to be back on the musical stage after a several year hiatus. He is happy to be working with so many new and old friends and to get to use his fabulous English accent again. Notable credits include Finding Hyde (Banished by the King/LCP), Sweeney Todd (Allswell/MTP), Beauty & the Beast (LCP), Dogfight (Allswell), Reefer Madness (King's Players), The Rocky Horror Show (Pacheco Theatre), A Family Creetin (Banished by the King), Jesus Christ Superstar (MTP), Oklahoma! (MTP). Congratulations to everyone involved on a wonderful production!

Rachel Sherret, Kitty & Janet Van De Graaf Understudy

Rachel is ecstatic to be a part of one of her favourite shows! This is her first time working with Allswell Productions, and her second time working with her showmance-turned-life partner, Dylan. Past credits include: Ensemble, Cinderella (MTP&LCP); Lily Craven, The Secret Garden (Wavestage); Ensemble, Beauty and the Beast (LCP); Franca Naccarelli, The Light in the Piazza (MTP); Violet Russell, Sullivan and Gilbert (LCP); Ensemble, Sweeney Todd (Pacheco); Annelle, Steel Magnolias (ETG); Ensemble, Anything Goes (HSP). Many thanks to Stobie’s for the pre- and post-rehearsal slices.

Leo Sigut, Gangster & George Understudy

Leo has been performing in musical theatre for 9 years. Some of his favourite roles include Sweeney in Sweeney Todd (LYTE), the Baker in Into the Woods (LYTE), Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods (the High School Project), and Ben in 1949 (London Community Players). He is in Grade 10 at Saunders Secondary and plans to study music after high school. This is Leo’s first production with Allswell and MTP, and he is happy to be enjoying such a sweet roll...

Liz Smith, Ensemble & Gangster Understudy

This is Liz’s first performance with Musical Theatre Productions and Allswell and she is so excited to be a part of this show! Her past shows in the London Community include Beauty and the Beast (London Community Players), Jesus Christ Superstar (Pacheco Theatre), and Bitter Girl (Pacheco Theatre).

Matthew Van Bussel, Ensemble & Feldzieg/Gangster Understudy

Matthew is an Alumni of The Grand Theatre's High School Project (Evita 2017, Prom Queen 2018) And is a Graduate of Sheridan College's Performing Arts Prep program. This is Matthew's first time being an Understudy & Swing in a show and is also his first show with Allswell Productions! Matthew is really looking forward to everyone getting to see The Drowsy Chaperone!

Jacob Wiley, George

Jacob Wiley is honoured to be doing what a Best Man aught! Selected Credits Include: The Raccoon & Butcher- Cinderella: Enchanted Edition, Sebastian- The Tempest, The Broom- Beauty and the Beast (Palace Theatre), Fleance- Macbeth (Good Foundation Theatre), Shane- The Wedding Singer (Auburn Stage), Eugene- Grease (Theatre Woodstock). Jacob is filled with gratitude from the support from his friends, family and colleagues, but would like to send a special thank you to his parents and Dylan.

Steve Allen, Lighting & Sound Designer

As a technician with a wide skill set Steven has been involved on various levels in hundreds of productions ranging from Sound, Light and Video Design and Implementation to Technical Direction. A Sheridan grad who has been at the Grand for over a decade and has notable credits including Sound Design for Sweeny Todd (Musical Theatre Productions & Allswell Productions), Lighting Design for Heathers (Musical Theatre Productions).

Candace Cooper, Trumpet II

Candace is a trumpet player, conductor, and musical director. She has studied music for years, earning a Bachelor of Music with an Honours in Music Education as well as a Master of Music Education at Western University. She has also just completed her Bachelor of Education at Althouse. Some notable credits include Chicago (trumpet) with Original Kids Theatre Company, Damn Yankees (trumpet) with London Community Players, White Christmas (trumpet) with Original Kids Theatre Company, White Christmas (Vocal Director) with Original Kids Theatre Company, and Bring It On (Musical Director) with Theatre Western. Passing along the love of music and theatre is one of Candace’s greatest passions.

Amy Fairclough-Clay, Assistant Stage Manager

Amy Fairclough-Clay is an artist & historian who relocated to London, Canada from London, UK five years ago. In the UK, Amy worked in heritage; telling stories and avoiding ghosts inside old castles. In her spare time she builds puppets, birdwatches and writes ever-expanding campaigns for her tabletop gaming group. She is so excited to be back helping out with local theatre again after a long hiatus!

Christine Gruenbauer, Stage Manager

Christine is an experienced producer, stage and arts manager, having co-founded Allswell Productions with Hailey and Ben in 2018. Her recent production credits include: Dogfight (Allswell, 2018), The Laramie Project (Theatre Aezier, 2019), The Woolgatherer (Scooter Productions, 2019), Sweeney Todd (MTP & Allswell, 2019), Patchface (Allswell, 2021), and The Romeo Initiative (Allswell, 2022). Christine is the current Company Manager of the Grand Theatre, and serves on the Board of Directors for Musical Theatre Productions. Upcoming: Craving (Curveball Creative)

Hailey Hill, Director & Kitty Understudy

Hailey is a director, actor, and proud Artistic Director of Allswell Productions. She has been acting in theatre productions for 15 years and has discovered her passion for directing within the past 7 years. She directed Allswell’s past 4 shows, including Dogfight (2018) and their last co-production with MTP, Sweeney Todd (2019). Other notable directing credits include Chicago (Blue Canoe Productions), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (King's Players), Gamer Boy (London Fringe Festival) and The Laramie Project (Theatre Aezir). The Drowsy Chaperone has been one of Hailey’s favourite musicals for years and she is so excited to share this crazy and special show with you.

Ben Leibovitz, Music Director & Keyboard I

Ben is the Director of Music and a co-founder for Allswell Productions and a member of MTP's Board of Directors. A conductor, keyboardist, French horn player, and double graduate of the Don Wright Faculty of Music, he is thrilled to be returning to live musical theatre. For Allswell: The Romeo Initiative (original music), Patchface (original music), Sweeney Todd (co-pro with MTP), and Dogfight. For MTP: Show Off, Hello, Dolly!, The Little Mermaid (pit), Gypsy (pit), and Oklahoma! (pit). Elsewhere: Curtains (Original Kids), Newsies (Original Kids), and plenty more. Love and gratitude as always to his friends and family for their tireless support.

Regine Li, Producer & Keyboard II/Percussion

Regine holds the post of Production Coordinator for Allswell Productions and is a pianist, saxophonist, and video game producer. Drowsy is her first foray into theatre producing and she would like to thank Christine, Hailey, Ben and MTP for their trust in taking up this mantle. Previous Stage Manager credits include Sweeney Todd (Allswell/MTP), Patchface, The Romeo Initiative (Allswell). Previous musician credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (King's Players), A Chorus Line (Theatre Western), Hello, Dolly! (MTP), and Newsies, White Christmas (Original Kids Theatre Company). She is ecstatic to be returning to live musical theatre and has loved getting to laugh so much throughout the process of working on this show. She is so proud of everyone who had a hand at helping bring this musical to the stage and is thrilled it’s finally time to share it with audiences. She would like to thank her friends and family for their continued support!

Indrani Mahadeo, Assistant Lighting Designer

Because playing miniature tabletop games, D&D, and having seen the original Star Wars trilogy in theatres on its first run wasn't enough geek cred, Indrani decided to add theatre tech to her resume. Past credits include Young Frankenstein: the Musical (Mavis Productions, Lighting Design), Iphigenia in Aulis (New Stage, Lighting Design), Her Naked Skin (New Stage, Lighting Design), and 1949 (LCP, Assistant Lighting Design).

Bronwyn Monkhouse, Hair/Makeup Designer & Stage Crew

Bronwyn Monkhouse has a passion for makeup and hair which started with her competitive dance days. She did the hair and makeup for all her high school performances including Frozen Jr where she played Olaf, as well as several other plays and musicals which were student originals. This is her first show out of high school and she is looking forward to a new and fun experience!

Christopher Newton, Bass

Christopher studied jazz performance for 2 years at UofT he has enjoyed playing in various jazz ensembles, musicals, and various other musical groups.

Lauren Nicolaas, Assistant Stage Manager

By day, Lauren is a public accountant and an accounting instructor at Western University. By night, Lauren is a musical theatre devotee, who uses her love of spreadsheets to help organize the creative genius of the cast and creative team. Lauren would like to thank all of her friends who are coming out to the show even though, if she's done her job right, you will never see her.

Barbara Rand, Props Designer

Barbara’s love of theatre started around age 8, when she saw her first live production of The Music Man. Her behind-the-scenes work began when she joined Theatre Æzir as Production Assistant for A Permanent Image, followed by two Brickenden Award-winning shows, as Associate Producer for The Laramie Project (Theatre Æzir) and Prop Designer for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Allswell Productions & Musical Theatre Productions). She has returned to Allswell for every production since then -- as Prop and Costume Designer for Patchface and The Romeo Initiative and now back as Prop Designer for The Drowsy Chaperone. Eagerly anticipating whatever comes next.

Craig Robertson, Trumpet I

Craig’s professional career to date has spanned over 30 years and has included tours to most of the major centres in Canada, the United States and the UK. Craig has performed as principal trumpet with several symphony orchestras in Canada and the U.S. He has played in the 'pit' for 100s of Broadway musicals and plays with several Elvis, Rat Pack, and Motown tribute artists. Craig has had the privilege to play the U.S. and Canadian national anthems at NBA games in Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado. He can also be seen and heard on dozens of music videos, albums, and video game soundtracks. Among the many highlights working with local and international artists, Craig has opened for Alice Cooper playing with Canadian rock icons Helix and has accompanied Christopher Plummer in performances of Shakespeare. Other career highlights include performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London England, Massey Hall, and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. Craig has a Bachelors in Trumpet Performance from the University of Western Ontario.

Samantha Sendas, Choreographer

Samantha is incredibly honoured to be back at MTP but this time as a Choreographer. Most recently you may have seen her choreography at Original Kids Theatre Company where she has done Camp Rock, The SpongeBob Musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Born and raised in London, Samantha spent her years training at various dance studios, and performing in shows around the city including London Fringe Festivals, Grand Theatre High School Projects, London Lightning Dance Pak and musicals with MTP (Bye Bye Birdie, White Christmas, Seussical, Gypsy). After completing the Beal Dance and Music Theatre program she then went on to graduate from Music Theatre Performance at St. Clair College in Windsor, ON. Now back in London, Sam spends her days in an office but she fills her nights either choreographing for shows or teaching at multiple dance studios in the city, finessing her vocal and acting skills, creating content for social media pages, or taking dance classes in London and the GTA.

Laura Sepulveda, Set Designer

Laura is a freelance set and lighting designer as well as the Production Manager at Original Kids Theatre. She is passionate about sustainable theatre design and using theatre as a tool for positive change. Past set design credits include: Susannah (Peck Productions), The Wedding Singer (Musical Theatre Productions), Matilda the Musical (Original Kids Alumni), The Light in the Piazza (Musical Theatre Productions), and many, many more!

Elona Thielen, Costume Designer

Elona has done Costume Design for Dogfight (Allswell), Sweeney Todd (Allswell), Catch Me If You Can (Kings Players), Reefer Madness (Kings Players) - has been sewing and making own clothes for years - is a lover of all things cats, tea and writing

Henry Truong, Keyboard III/Reeds

Henry is a theatre addict who loves nifty challenges, perhaps excessively. Here, he is attempting to be anywhere from two to four reed players, despite his scant single mouth. Much love to his fantastic and ever-supportful wife Margot, who probably has not seen him since he wrote this.

Ben Williams, Trombone

Ben is a teacher in the Thames Valley District School Board, and a graduate of the Don Wright Faculty of Music. He teaches music lessons at the School of Music Arts and is the co-director of Undercover-Mix, an a cappella chorus. He also is currently playing with the London Concert Band.

Heather Williams, Drums

Heather is a drummer and percussionist who has been an enthusiastic member of many pit bands since 2012. Recent performances include SpongeBob SquarePants The New Musical, White Christmas (Original Kids Theatre Company), Hello, Dolly! (Musical Theatre Productions), Damn Yankees (London Community Players), and Dogfight (Allswell Productions). Heather was the Assistant Stage Manager for Allswell's most recent production of The Romeo Initiative.