Million Dollar Quartet

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary: A Christmas Carol (2018). Devon has performed in numerous productions with New West Theatre as well as Theatre Outre in his hometown of Lethbridge where he holds a BFA in Dramatic Arts-Performance from the University of Lethbridge. Prior to making a home here in Calgary, Devon spent two years, alongside his loving wife, performing abroad with Disney Cruise Lines. He is no stranger to the Man in Black. In recent years, after two productions of Million Dollar Quartet in Edmonton and Lethbridge, Devon recently developed a Johnny Cash Tribute show which he will continue to perform in pop-up tours across western Canada. That train keeps a rollin.

(she/her) For Theatre Calgary: TC Sings for Pride. A new artist to the Calgary area, Samantha is ecstatic to be a part of this production. A graduate of AMDA in New York, she has performed throughout Canada and the US. Samantha is a performer, director, teacher, and voiceover artist. Favourite Past Productions: Director - Disney’s Descendants (StoryBook Theatre), SCOPE (Lunchbox Theatre), Meg in Little Women (Chemainus Theatre Festival), Director - Little Shop of Horrors (SLS), June in Ring of Fire (Western Canada Theatre/Chemainus Theatre Festival), Marian the Librarian in The Music Man (Theatre Under the Stars), Ali in The Invisible Girl (GreenThumb Theatre), and Anne in Anne of Green Gables (Kaleidoscope Theatre). She sends her love and thanks to her supportive family, especially Alex, Cecilia and Shepherd, and the incredible Theatre Calgary team. Thank you for supporting live theatre and enjoy this show!

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Born and raised in Mohkínstsis (Calgary), and now proudly calling amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) home, Steven is a Jessie and OVATION Award-winning music director, musician and actor, with credits that span over 90 productions across Canada. An alumnus of Calgary Young People’s Theatre, the Calgary Boys’ Choir and Calaway Live, recent credits include Tune to A (Expanse/Azimuth), Peter Pan Goes Wrong, A Christmas Carol, Ring of Fire, and Once (Citadel Theatre), Into the Woods (MacEwan University) performed to a pandemic-era audience of teddy bears-only, ‘Max’ in Lend Me a Tenor (Mayfield Theatre), and Million Dollar Quartet (Arts Club Theatre). He has been an instructor at Studio 58, Capilano University and MacEwan University (his alma mater). Upcoming: Ring of Fire (Theatre Aquarius), and The Wrong People Have Money (Shadow Theatre). For Papa. stevengreenfield.ca

(he/him) THEATRE CALGARY DEBUT. Steven Jackson, born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, studied a collection of various styles of music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He centers his playing on soulful fusion, blending and meshing different styles to create a unique blend pleasing to a multitude of audiences. Now playing with the popular bands Groove Academy, Mocking Shadows, and Jocelyn Alice, he has credits in Mexico, China, and other various parts of the world.

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Kale is a west coast actor and musician living in Stratford, Ontario with his wife and two cats. He has appeared across Canada starring in Disney’s Newsies, Rock Of Ages, and Million Dollar Quartet for companies such as Drayton Entertainment, Theatre Aquarius, The Citadel Theatre, and Arts Club Theatre Company. He’s honoured and grateful to be part of this electrifying show with Theatre Calgary after these last two years. Kale’s debut EP The Tracks is available wherever you stream music online, and was recently adapted into a musical play by Mark Weatherley. It premiered last summer at Here For Now Festival in Stratford, starring Kale and his wife Lauren Bowler. @kale.penny

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary: One Man Two Guvnors, Major Barbara, Enron, A Christmas Carol (2011, 2012), Enchanted April, Timothy Findley’s The Wars. Stafford is an award-winning theatre and film actor who has worked on stages across the country. Some favorite credits include: The Ministry of Grace (Belfry Theatre); Cipher, Strangers on a Train, Dracula: The Bloody Truth, The Lonely Diner (Vertigo Theatre); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (ATP); In On It, With Bells On (Lunchbox Theatre). For TV: Black Summer (Netflix), Damnation (Universal), Heartland (CBC), Wynonna Earp (Sci-Fi Channel), Tinstar (Amazon), and Tribal (APTN).  Recent feature films include: Secrets in the Wilderness, Rent a Groom, For the Love of Pasta, and In Plainview. Stafford would like to thank his family, Meredith, Llewyn and Gallagher, for making life so wonderful.

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Michael Vanhevel is a huge fan of the amazing music of the 50’s and 60’s and as such is extremely excited to be (finally!) joining the cast, crew and creative team at Theatre Calgary for this production of Million Dollar Quartet! He has played the role of Elvis Presley in Million Dollar Quartet three times before in Canadian productions with Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay, Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque and The Sudbury Theatre Centre. You may have seen him before on Ontario stages at the Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, Drayton Theatres across Southwestern Ontario, or performing with Canadian symphonies in Niagara, Halifax, London, Sarnia, Windsor, Kingston, Cambridge or Hamilton. He sends all his love to his family back in Petrolia, Ontario.

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary: Mary and Max, The Secret Garden, Twelfth Night, Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age (tc UP CLOSE w/Forte Musical Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors, A Christmas Carol (2014). Eric is a Calgary based actor, musician, and restaurant manager. Born and raised in Edmonton, he is a graduate of the Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts program and has been working in theatres all over Alberta for the last thirteen years. Select theatre credits include: In Flanders Fields, Lest We Forget, That Men May Fly, Dads in Bondage (Lunchbox Theatre), Jeremy de Bergerac (Forte Musical Theatre); Evil Dead: The Musical (Hit and Myth Productions); Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); The Soul Collector, Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre); Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Company). He’d like to send a big thank you to his family and the A1 Crew for all their support and love to his forever adventure partner Emma. Instagram: @ericwigston

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary: The Louder We Get, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Evita (2003), Cabaret, Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill. Elsewhere: Directing: You Can’t Stop The Beat (Stratford Festival); Up Close and Musical (Stratford Festival - Assistant Director); Seussical, Mary Poppins (Young People’s Theatre);  A Little Night Music, Wonderful Town (Randolph Academy);  Performing:  Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - The Musical (Broadway); Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy (Toronto); Rent (Toronto, 2nd National U.S. Tour); Into The Woods, Macbeth, King Henry VII (Stratford); Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, Ragtime (Shaw); My Fair Lady (RMTC); The Drowsy Chaperone (Arts Club); Take Me Out (Canadian Stage); The Party/The Candidate (Citadel).  TV/Film:  Coroner, Killjoys (Canadian Screen Award), Frankie Drake Mysteries, Hudson and Rex, Murdoch Mysteries, Kim’s Convenience.

Theatre Calgary debut. Other theatre: Pageant: The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest (Kay Meek Theatre streaming series), Silence! The Musical (Arts Club/BMO Theatre), Cinderella (Saskatchewan premiere by RuBarb Productions/Mae Wilson Theatre), City of Angels (Pit Collective/Performance Works), Evil Dead: The Musical (Norman Rothstein Theatre), The Gift of the Magi and All Shook Up (Chemainus Theatre Festival), Victor/Victoria (Metro Theatre). Resident Choreographer for the Gateway Theatre for 3 years (All Shook Up, Annie, Thoroughly Modern Millie). Other teaching: 4 contracts with KASI Dance Olympic Workshops in Perth, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, and 15 years as choreographic liaison with the Vancouver School Board. Film/TV: Joon-Pop-Hits Variety Show (KBS/Seoul), Phenomena Girl Group (Warner Records/Taiwan), singer Cory Lee’s Canadian Promo Tour, Gap Advertising Launch (The Bay/Global TV). Ken dedicates this show to his late father Arthur, a true child of the '50s.

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary (selected): TC Returns, A Christmas Carol (lighting – 1999, set & projections – 2019, production design – 2020, 2021), Billy Elliot the Musical, Mom’s The Word: For Crying Out Loud, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Raisin in the Sun, Sherlock Holmes, Crimes of the Heart, Romeo and Juliet, Gaslight. Elsewhere: Alberta Kitchen Party, Stealing Sam, Disgraced, The New Canadian Curling Club, The Virgin Trial, The Last Wife, 1979 (ATP); Strangers on a Train, Dracula: The Bloody Truth, The Thin Man, The Lonely Diner, Nine Dragons, The Drowning Girls (Vertigo); Eugene Onegin, South Pacific, Die Tote Stadt (Calgary Opera); Our Canada, Class Acts (Alberta Ballet); Better Get Hit in Your Soul, Modern Vaudevillians, Juliet and Romeo (DJD). Scott has also designed for such companies as Quest Theatre, Lunchbox, and The Shakespeare Company. scottreiddesign.com

(she/her) For Theatre Calgary: A Christmas Carol (2019, 2021), Noises Off, Shakespeare by the Bow (2012-2018, 2021), Blow Wind High Water, The Crucible, One Man, Two Guvnors, King Lear. Deitra is overjoyed to be ending this season with a bang!! She has been designing theatre, dance, film, and TV across the prairies for well over a decade. She is an awarded designer who was educated both at Grant MacEwan University and ACAD. Her career in design has allowed her to work with some of the best companies in the country. Selected credits include: Dracula: the Bloody Truth!, Calamity Town, Sherlock Holmes, Sweeney Todd, The 39 Steps (Vertigo); Intimate Apparel, Legend Has It, playRites 2013 (ATP); Evil Dead: The Musical: ’09, ’10, ‘12 (GZT/H&M); and The Penelopiad (Arts Club). Enjoy yourselves and welcome back. Sending love to my brood of boys!

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary: The Louder We Get, Dear Johnny Deere. Opera credits include productions for the Canadian Opera Company & Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Minnesota Opera, Against the Grain/Banff Centre, and Tapestry Opera. His theatrical lighting designs include new plays and musicals for Young People’s Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Grand Theatre, Canadian Stage, the Stratford Festival, the Shaw Festival, the Charlottetown Festival, and Soulpepper. He has designed the lighting for a number of immersive experiences: ten of the Immersive Van Gogh and Immersive Frida Kahlo installations (Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Boston, Nashville, New York, Toronto), Illusionarium (Toronto), and Jamie Allan's Magic Immersive (Chicago). He has nine Dora Award nominations (Toronto) and won a META (Montreal) for Outstanding Design, and is a protégé recipient of the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.

(he/him) For Theatre Calgary: The Louder We Get, Billy Elliot The Musical, The Secret Garden. Elsewhere: Recent design selections include A Little Night Music (Arizona Opera), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (National Tour), The Color Purple (National Tour), Girlfriend (TheatreWorks Hartford, Connecticut Critics Circle Award), A Christmas Carol (Geffen Playhouse, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, LA Ovation Award), The Royal Family of Broadway (Barrington Stage), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Signature Theatre), A Time Like This (Carnegie Hall). Broadway Associate Design Credit selections include: Flying Over Sunset, The Ferryman, The Iceman Cometh, Falsettos, American Psycho, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Visit, Act One, and House of Blue Leaves.  Full credentials listed at ReidSoundDesign.com. 

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Chase is a Winnipeg based artist and a proud graduate of Randolph College for the Performing Arts. Theatre: Assistant Choreographer - Godspell (Winnipeg Studio Theatre). Actor - Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Addams Family (Dry Cold Productions); Alice in Wonderland - the Panto (Diversified Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Dauntless City Theatre); Andy Warhol Musical (Pop Up Theatre/Mirvish Workshop); The Nutcracker (National Ballet of Canada); The Drowsy Chaperone (Randolph); Lead Vocalist internationally with Oceania Cruises. Upcoming: Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow Stage). FILM/TV: ’Tis the Season to be Merry, Crashing Through the Snow (Hallmark); The Porter (CBC/BET+); SkyMed (Paramount+/CBC/CBS). For more visit: chasewinnicky.com 

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Although he is originally from Newfoundland, Matthew grew up in Calgary. He studied audio engineering at SAE Institute Vancouver and has worked in live concert and club lighting for 4 years. Matthew just completed his second year of study as a Drama Major at the University of Calgary and after he graduates he is planning on pursuing a career in the arts and entertainment industry. *UCalgary internship sponsord by Tyro Project in SCPA – Drama

(she/her) For Theatre Calgary: Resident Voice Coach – More than 60 productions since 2000 including Steel Magnolias, Admissions, The Louder We Get, Noises Off, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Scarlet Letter, Mary and Max – A New Musical, Honour Beat, 10 seasons of Shakespeare by the Bow and 15 years of A Christmas Carol. Jane has also worked for ATP, is the Voice & Dialect Consultant for Vertigo Theatre and the Voice & Text Coach for The Shakespeare Company. Jane also coaches Voice and Presence through her business Voice Activated. She has taught Voice for the Actor and Acting at such institutions as York University, Harvard University, Southern Methodist University, MRU, UofA, and is currently teaching in the Drama Division in the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the UofC. Jane lives in Mohkínstsis, with her husband and daughter, and our sweet lab, Trixie.

(she/her) For Theatre Calgary: The Louder We Get, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Light in the Piazza, The Little Prince the Musical, The Kite Runner. Elsewhere in Calgary, Jen has stage managed Gracie for Alberta Theatre Projects, and The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst for Ghost River Theatre/Alberta Theatre Projects. Based on Lekwungen territory, also known as Victoria, she has been the unofficial resident stage manager at the Belfry Theatre for fourteen seasons. In addition to stage managing, she works as Financial Manager for Electric Company Theatre, and during COVID worked as Associate Producer for Electric Company Theatre, and Interim General Manager for Neworld Theatre, both in Vancouver. She is grateful to these companies for getting her through the last eighteen months, but is thrilled to now be returning to the rehearsal hall and live theatre.

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Originally from Edmonton AB, Steven is thrilled to be a part of Million Dollar Quartet. A proud mixed-Filipino artist and a graduate from Grant MacEwan, Steven's previous credits include: Rigoletto (Edmonton Opera), Hiraeth (Bright Young Things), Small Mouth Sounds, Matara (WWPT), Dodona (Small Matters Production), and Hansel and Gretel (Alberta Musical Theatre). In 2022 Steven was a participant of the Citadel Theatre's RBC emerging artist program. Steven wants to thank his family and Casey for all the love and support.

(he/him) Theatre Calgary debut. Selected Credits: Descendants (StoryBook Theatre), Murder in the Studio (Vertigo Theatre), Theory of Relativity (StoryBook Theatre), The Strid (Downstage Theatre). Michael is an emerging stage manager based in Calgary and is excited to be joining Theatre Calgary for the first time! When not in the theatre, he can be found hiking the mountains or building puzzles and playing video games. He would like to thank his partner, Skylar, for their continued support as he finds his way into the world of theatre. 

(she/her) Theatre Calgary debut. Elsewhere: I Love You Because, Zanna Don’t! (Musical Director, Attic Players), Sorority Girl’s Slumber Party: The Musical (Musical Director, Scorpio Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Composer, Theatre Prospero), Trial by Faith (Composer, DIY Theatre), The Hobbit (Composer, Canmore Summer Theatre Festival). Shelby is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist and classically trained singer. She has worked as a voice and piano instructor for over 15 years and has recently begun composing for theatre and film. She would like to thank the amazing people in her life who continuously support her cinematic and theatrical adventures. You know who you are. Also a big thank you to Theatre Calgary for providing opportunities like tcMentors to early-career theatre artists.