MUSIC BY GEORGE STILES
BOOK & LYRICS BY ANTHONY DREWE
Take three little superstar Piglets, their devoted single-parent Mom, a misunderstood Big Bad Wolf and the award-winning tuneful wit of Stiles and Drewe and you’ve got the perfect “Great Big Little Broadway Show” for audiences of three years old and up. This very curly musical tail will huff, puff and blow you away!
WARNING: THIS PLAY UTILIZES THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL ELEMENTS – HAZE/FOG AND FLASHING LIGHTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY ACCESS NEEDS REGARDING THESE TWO TECHNICAL ELEMENTS, PLEASE LET THE FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF KNOW SO WE CAN ASSIST YOU ACCORDINGLY.
CAST
Angela Chu
Frankie Cottrell
Steffanie Davis
Kamyar Pazandeh
Tanner Zerr
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Chris Lam
Musical Director: Arielle Balance
Choreographer: Nicole Rose Bond
Stage Manager: Jasmin Sandhu
Assistant Director: Katie Voravong
Puppet Design & Direction: Stephanie Elgersma
Set Designer: Ariel Slack
Costume Designer: Christopher David Gauthier
Lighting Designer: Itai Erdal
Sound Designer: Shawn Sorensen
Props Designer: Monica Emme
Student Costumers: Amy Bell & Ryan Dye
Seamstresses: Chanel Bonin & Johanna Karlen
Special Thanks to: Douglas College & David Johnston
“Director Chris Lam has corralled a dynamite grouping of talent and allows each cast and creative team member to contribute their unique skills to this high-energy, entertaining show. This is first and foremost children’s theatre, and it’s wonderful to know that over the holiday season, children (some of whom may be seeing theatre for the first time) will have the opportunity to experience the magic, creativity, and fun of musical theatre.” – Vince Kanasoot (vancityvince.com)
“[Kamyar Panzandeh] has a strong voice and just the right combination of ferocity and silliness to keep the young audience entranced and not too afraid.” – Jerry Wasserman (vancouverplays.com)
Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island, Vancouver BC
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Cast
Angela Chu
Siu & Twit
Angela Chu
Siu & Twit
Angela is a second-generation Chinese Canadian artist originally from Calgary. She is excited to be a part of this production. She’d like to thank everyone for their amazing support through the process and she’s grateful to be collaborating with them all. Some of her experiences include understudying for a recent project with A Wake of Vultures production of Double Happiness: Detour This Way. She was also in Touchstone Theatre’s production of Ominous Sounds at a River Crossing portraying Six and Young Cal in Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre MSG Lab stage reading of Before They Cut Down our Tree. Angela is also a graduate of Studio 58.
Ariel Slack
Set Design
Ariel Slack
Set Design
Ariel Slack is a set/props designer and actor. Most recent credits: Writer/Actor/Set/Costume designer, How to Believe in Anything (Vancouver Fringe, Cultchivating the Fringe winner); assistant designer, Richard III (Stratford Festival). Select set design credits: The Pillowman (Untold Wants); Mx (Off the Corner Productions/The Cultch); Spine (Backbone Theatre Collective); Alice in Glitterland (Geekenders); Superior Donuts (Ensemble Theatre Company, Jessie Nomination). Graduate of Studio 58 (‘18) Website: www.arielslack.squarespace.com
Arielle Balance
Music Director
Arielle Balance
Music Director
Arielle is thrilled to be back at Carousel! Previous credits include A Charlie Brown Holiday Double Bill, Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”, House at Pooh Corner (CTYP); Baking Time (Presentation House); Anne of Green Gables (Capilano U); Company (Raincity Theatre— Ovation Award winner, Outstanding Music Direction). Arielle is also a piano and voice teacher at Resound School of Music and the assistant artistic director for the BWB choir in North Vancouver.
Chris Lam
Director
Chris Lam
Director
Chris Lam is director, actor and theatre maker working on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Recent credits: Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night! (Davey Calderon); How to Believe in Anything (Dreamphase Prods./Vancouver Fringe); I, Myself Am Strange and Unusual (Studio 58), Frankenstein: Lost in Darkness (Pacific Theatre); The Nether (Redcurrant Collective/Firehall Arts Centre). He is currently the associate artistic director of Ensemble Theatre Company, and founder of West Moon Theatre both based in Vancouver. Follow him on IG: @phildashil.
Christopher David Gauthier
Costume Designer
Christopher David Gauthier
Costume Designer
Christopher lives, works, and plays on the stolen ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, Stó:lō, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations. Credits include: Arts Club; Capilano University; Citadel Theatre; Douglas College; Frank Theatre; Hardline Productions; Honest Fishmongers; Pacific Theatre; Patrick Street Productions; Realwheels Theatre; Shaw Festival; Slamming Door; Studio 58; Touchstone Theatre; VACT; Yogurt Theatre Company. Currently projects ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE- Theatre Northwest, IN MY DAY- The Cultch/Zee Zee Theatre A teacher, wardrobe head, and Studio 58 Production Graduate www.christopherdavidgauthier.com
Frankie Cottrell
Cha & Twoo
Frankie Cottrell
Cha & Twoo
Frankie is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Gibsons. He is Indigenous from the Tahltan Nation and his Tahltan name is Wākin’ādā. Select credits include: Elvis Presley in Million Dollar Quartet (Chemainus Theatre Festival and Theatre Northwest), Eddie in The Ring of Fire (Theatre Northwest), Mamma Mia (Arts Club), The Café (Aphotic Theatre/Itsazoo Productions), and The Canada Show (Monster Theatre). Enjoy the show! 🙂
Itai Erdal
Lighting Designer
Itai Erdal
Lighting Designer
Itai has designed over 350 shows, winning six Jessie Richardson Awards, Toronto’s Dora Award, a Winnipeg Theatre Award, Victoria’s Spotlight Choice Award, the Jack King Award and the Design Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival. He was shortlisted to the Siminovitch Prize in 2018. Itai’s one-man show: How to Disappear Completely has had 25 remounts and continues to tour. His play Soldiers of Tomorrow will be at the 2023 Push Festival, opening at the Roundhouse on Feb 2nd. He is the artistic director of the Elbow Theatre in Vancouver. www.itaierdal.com, www.theelbow.ca
Kamyar Pazandeh
Big Bad Wolf
Kamyar Pazandeh
Big Bad Wolf
Kamyar is delighted to be a part of his first Carousel Theatre production. Select credits include Something Rotten! (TUTS); Shakespeare in Love; The Taming of the Shrew; Pericles; The Merchant of Venice; The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Bard on the Beach); Beauty and the Beast; The Piano Teacher; The Men in White; Jitters (Arts Club). Kamyar is a Jessie Award Nominee, an Ovation Award Winner, and the recipient of the Koerner Arts Award and the Lloyd Nicholson Memorial Scholarship. He is a graduate of Studio 58.
Katie Voravong
Assistant Director - The 3 Little Pigs
Katie Voravong
Assistant Director - The 3 Little Pigs
Katie Voravong is a theatre artist who has worked with companies such as the Chop, the frank theatre, ITSAZOO, Green Thumb, jk jk, and Neworld theatre since graduating Studio 58’s acting program in the Fall of 2019. Katie is so pumped to be on the team of The Three Little Pigs at Carousel Theatre, and feels so blessed to be surrounded by so many inspiring artists.
Jasmin Sandhu
Stage Manager
Jasmin Sandhu
Stage Manager
Jasmin is excited to be a part of this kind & creative team! Select credits include; Otosan (Little Onion Puppet Co.), Classic Country Roads (Chemainus Theatre Festival), OVERTURE(S), Reveal + Tell & What If (ASM, Ballet BC), East Van Panto: Alice in Wonderland (ApSM, Theatre Replacement), No Child (ApSM, ACTC), House at Pooh Corner (ApSM, CTYP), It’s a Wonderful Life & Herringbone (ApSM, Patrick Street Productions), It’s a Bit Grimm, Second Star to the Right & The Windsinger (Place des Arts), The Nether & Spring Awakening (West Moon Theatre).
Monica Emme
Props Design
Monica Emme
Props Design
Monica Emme (she/her) is a props creator, set designer, fabricator, and puppet maker currently based in the Vancouver. Some favourite credits include: production design for “The Old Man and the Old Moon” (Arts Umbrella); Props for “In My Day” (Zee Zee Theatre), “Messiah” (Pacific Theatre), “Iron Peggy” (Boca del Lupo),“Stiles and Drewe’s The Three Little Pigs” (Carousel Theatre for Young People). Images and full credit list can be found at www.monicaemme.com
Nicole Rose Bond
Choreographer
Nicole Rose Bond
Choreographer
NICOLE ROSE BOND began formally training at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts-Dance cum laude in 2005. Nicole has performed works by many choreographers including Peggy Baker, Patricia Beatty, David Earle, Danny Grossman, Christopher House, James Kudelka, Yvonne Ng, and Peter Randazzo. Nicole is currently a freelance artist, and a dance instructor at Arts Umbrella. Through Nicole’s work as both an artist and a teacher, Nicole’s goal is to empower others.
Steffanie Davis
Mother Pig
Steffanie Davis
Mother Pig
Steffanie is thrilled to be back at Carousel Theatre! She is a Vancouver based performer and can be found acting on stage & screen or singing at various venues around the city. Select credits: Killer Queen in We Will Rock You (TUTS); Cabaret (Raincity Theatre); Someone Like You (Listen To This Audio Plays with The Arts Club Theatre); Grease (Chemainus); Velveteen Rabbit, Go, Dog.Go! (Carousel Theatre); The Best Laid Plans (Patrick Street Productions). IG: @Steffwithanff
Stephanie Elgersma
Puppet Design & Direction
Stephanie Elgersma
Puppet Design & Direction
Stephanie is a London/Vancouver actor, puppeteer, and puppet maker/director. As a puppet maker, she has worked for Disney Paris, The Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, and Nick Barnes Puppets (UK), as well as The Cultch (Vancouver), Ghost River (Calgary), Brock University (St. Catherines) and the NAC (Ottawa). Stephanie has directed puppets for Savage Society, Studio 58 (CA), and Blackheath Opera (UK) and teaches puppetry skills in both countries. www.stephelgersma.com
Shawn Sorensen
Sound Design
Shawn Sorensen
Sound Design
Shawn is the Technical Director for both the Massey Theatre and Anvil Theatres in New Westminster. He is excited to be working with Carousel. Shawn is a Graduate of Studio 58.
Tanner Zerr
Bao
Tanner Zerr
Bao
Tanner Zerr (he/him) is an actor, singer, and musician. He is a recent grad of Studio 58, where he received his Diploma of Performing Arts in Spring 2021. Some of Tanner’s recent work includes MARY’S WEDDING at FireHall Arts Centre, and WE WILL ROCK YOU at Theatre Under the Stars. Tanner is ecstatic to be one of the Three Little Pigs, hand feels very lucky to be a part of this team of artists.
