The Drowsy Chaperone
NOVEMBER 8 – 24, 2018

Bob Martin has been working as an actor and writer in Canadian theatre, film and television for over 3 decades. He has had a long association with the Toronto Second City, where he co-wrote and performed in four Second City revues, directed three, and had a stint as Artistic Director.

He is a co-creator of The Drowsy Chaperone, and has performed in many of its incarnations including Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles), Marquis Theatre (Broadway), Novello (London).

Bob has won a number of awards for his work including an LA Drama Critics Circle Award, an L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award. He is also co-creator of the critically acclaimed dramatic series Slings & Arrows. Recent TV projects include Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays I & II (CBC), Sensitive Skin I & II (HBO), and Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas (NBC).

Recent theatre projects include Elf (Broadway), and Minsky’s (Ahmanson LA).

Don McKellar was born on 17th August 1963 in Toronto, Canada.  Beginning his career in the theatre at a young age McKellar co-founded Childs Play Theatre, and went on to study English and theatre at the University of Toronto.  In 1989, he co-founded the Augusta Company with Daniel Brooks and Tracy Wright. He then began writing feature films including the screenplay for Bruce McDonald’s film Roadkill (1989).

McKellar has produced engaging and provocative work in film, TV, and theatre. He made his directorial debut in 1992 with two short films, Blue (starring David Cronenberg) and Bloody Nose. In 1998, he completed his first feature film, Last Night, which he directed, wrote, and starred in, for which he won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival.

McKellar is particularly memorable for his acting roles as Curtis in 2 seasons of Twitch City, voicing the character Jack in 5 seasons of Odd Job Jack and as pretentious theatre director Darren Nicholls in Slings and Arrows.

Along with co-writer Bob Martin, McKellar won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical for The Drowsy Chaperone.

Lisa Lambert is an actress, comedy writer, and Tony Award-winning composer. She is known for her roles in Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014), Comedy Now! (1997) SketchCom (1998), and for writing the musical score for The Drowsy Chaperone, which won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Original Musical Score.

She also composed the opening and closing music for Canadian television series Slings and Arrows alongside Greg Morrison.

Greg Morrison (born 1965) is a Canadian writer and composer best known for his work on the music and lyrics of The Drowsy Chaperone, which he wrote with Lisa Lambert.

His credits as a composer and lyricist for both theatre and film include Hello…Hello (Tarragon Theatre), Mump and Smoot in Something Else (Canadian Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre), American film Treading Water, and Canadian television series Slings and Arrows.

He also has extensive credits for directing and musical directing shows across the United States and Canada.

He is a recipient of a Canadian Comedy Award and a Sterling Award for Original Composition.

Jacques Lemay has directed and choreographed hundreds of theatre and opera productions across Canada, as well as film and television. He is a former Artistic Director of the Charlottetown Festival and founding Director of the Jazz Dance department for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. He gained renown as a choreographer for the RWB and other international companies.

He was Artistic Director and Senior Choreographer of the Calgary Olympics Opening Ceremonies; Producer/Artistic Director of the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games, Special Olympics World Winter Games, Canada Summer and Winter Games, Opening Ceremonies of Confederation Bridge; Creative Advisor for the Vancouver Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies; and Artistic Director of six Royal visits. He has been retained by the Canada Council for the Arts and provincial and territorial arts councils.

Lemay also co-founded the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Recently, his work was seen in Simon Boccanegra, his sixteenth production with Pacific Opera Victoria.