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“Jayce is thrilled to be making her Shadow Theatre debut! A graduate of the 2010 Theatre Arts program at Grant MacEwan, Jayce has worked to continuously expand her skill set, adding writer, producer, improviser, and hypnotist to her bag of tricks. Jayce has had the pleasure of working with some of Edmonton’s finest theatre companies, including Northern Light Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Maggie Tree, and Whizgiggling Productions. Her outstanding work has earned her three Sterling nominations and a Sterling award for her performance in Whizgiggling’s Fringe production of SALT WATER MOON. Her next opportunity is another new work written by Trevor Schmidt, called CANDY AND THE BEAST, premiering in April 2023 at Northern Light Theatre.
Jayce’s passion for theatre opened doors for her to work in film, TV, and commercial acting and she has also established herself as a professional voiceover artist. She recently recorded the voice of a lead character for the new children’s cartoon and video game, TIME HOPPERS: SILK ROAD and has been doing commercial voiceover work for Shaw Communications since 2019.
Jayce is the owner and operator of Alpha Awakening and when she’s not playing pretend, she helps people heal and level up with meditation, hypnosis, and spiritual coaching. Jayce fell in love with ROBOT GIRLS that moment she read the script and she’s excited to be teaming up with Shadow Theatre to share this wonderful show. ”

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John is the founder and Artistic Director of Shadow Theatre. As a director he has over 110 productions to his credit including: The Wrong People Have Money, Bloomsday, Cottagers and Indians, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Comedy Company, Fly Me To The Moon, Outside Mullingar, Slumberland Motel, The Best Brothers, ‘ART’ & Annapurna (Shadow Theatre), Henry and Alice Into the Wild, The Odd Couple (The Mayfield Dinner Theatre), Gidion’s Knot (Pick of the Fringe, Edmonton Journal, Vue Weekly), A Picasso (Sterling Award: Outstanding Fringe Production and Outstanding Fringe Director, (Critics Award Outstanding Fringe Production 2013), The Unseen (Critics Award Outstanding Fringe Production 2011). Other favourites include Grace (Sterling Nomination: Outstanding Director and Outstanding Production) and Three Days of Rain (Sterling Nomination: Outstanding Director and Outstanding Production). He also directed the Canadian premieres of: Mistakes Were Made, The Pavilion, Speaking in Tongues, Honour and The Beginning of August, and the world premieres of The Wrong People Have Money, The Comedy Company, Miss Teen, Little Elephants, The Science of Disconnection, and The Liars. One of his passions is working as a dramaturge and he has helped nurture many new plays to production. In 2016 he was inducted into the City of Edmonton’s Salute to Excellence Hall of Fame, for Arts and Culture, and has twice been nominated for the Mayor’s Arts Awards for Outstanding Artistic Direction.

Lana is a director, actor, playwright, sound designer and producer based in Edmonton. This season she joins the Shadow Theatre team as the 2023/24 Artistic Director Fellow – a program she developed alongside the organization. Her work as an actor, director, and playwright has been seen throughout Western Canada. Acting highlights include: Winnie Gertske, Champion Off-Ice (SKAMpede), Loud & Queer Cabaret (Guys in Disguise), The Anxiety Project and The National Elevator Project (Theatre YES), Birdie On The Wrong Bus and The Fairy Catcher’s Companion (Promise Productions), Love(her)/Fight(her) (Urban Curvz), and The Laramie Project (Citadel Theatre). Selected directing credits include: Nightshrine (Workshop West), Jack & The Beanstalk (Alberta Musical Theatre Company), The Remarkably True, Real Life Adventures of Callie Montgomery (Promise Productions/Skirts of Fire Festival), Encounters (Citadel Theatre), Bust ‘Em Up Burlesque (Send in the Girls Burlesque/Citadel Theatre), A Bronte Burlesque (Send In the Girls Burlesque/Theatre Network), and Tudor Queens: A Burlesque (Send In The Girls Burlesque). Though currently on a creative sabbatical, she is usually at the helm of Catalyst Theatre, where she has been the Managing Director for the past 6 years.

Trevor Schmidt is a performer, designer of set and costume, a published playwright and the Artistic Director of Northern Light Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for the past 20 years, where he has been recognized for directing and designing the Canadian premieres of works including Carol Anne Duffy’s THE WORLD’S WIFE and Sean Graney’s THE 4TH GRADERS PRESENT AN UNNAMED LOVE-SUICIDE and received the Outstanding Production Award for the popular Canadian premiere of Elise Forier Edie’s THE PINK UNICORN. Playwrighting awards across Canada include THE WATERMELON GIRLS, and CHANGE ROOM, as well as the wildly embraced FLORA & FAWNA’S FIELD TRIP! (with Fleurette!)- co-written and created with frequent collaborator Darrin Hagen. He performed the one-man show COFFEE DAD, CHICKEN MOM, AND THE FABULOUS BUDDHA BOI before reprising it as part of New York’s FRIGID FESTIVAL, and originated the role of Bette Davis in the much-lauded BITCHSLAP! and received performance awards for both. He was most recently nominated for Leading Male or Non-Binary award for his work in the movie ME & MR. RIGHT by the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association. He is honoured to be produced at The Greater Boston Stage Company.

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Even Gilchrist (he/him) is a trans and queer theatre creator working based in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). He went to the University of Alberta for the MFA in Theatre Design. When he’s not designing or collaborating on new projects, he is constantly rearranging and tending to his house plants.

Some recent design credits include: for Shadow Theatre – Bloomsday (set & lights) and The Mountaintop (set), The Globe Theatre #34 (Set & Costume Design), He wrote the play Re:Construct for Donkey Dog Theatre (Set & Video Design), for Company of Fools Love From Afar (Set), and for Theatre Network – The Innocence of Trees (Lights). You can check out evengilchrist.com for more of his work and recent collaborations, if you’re feeling fancy.

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