On & Behind the Stage with the Bedford Park Players

For the past eight years, I’ve had the great fortune to be a member of the Bedford Park Players (BPP), a community musical theatre troupe. Under the amazing direction of Sarina Condello

and inspired musical direction of Sheila Philcox, the BPP have played to roughly over 9,600 audience members. Thanks to the dedicated production of Kristi Herold, our show has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Sarina’s charity, the Big Little Caravan of Joy (www.sarinacondello.com).

While none of us are true triple threats (or even double, at times), our cast of 28 friends has such a high return rate year over year because our rehearsals are a genuine place to freely play, explore our creative selves, be completely goofy, push our boundaries, and laugh, laugh, laugh. Plus, with up to 12 complicated dances to learn each year, it’s a great work out for the body and brain! I think my friend Kevin Sullivan captured the experience best in this Facts & Arguments article for The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/from-bay-street-to-centre-stage/article1373153/.

In short, this theatre troupe, made up of surgeons, investment bankers, teachers, lawyers, chefs, chiropractors, entrepreneurs, tennis coaches, jewellery designers, stay-at-home-parents, and tv producers, is my tribe… I’m so very lucky.

Here are some on-stage and behind-the-scenes pics from all plays (which are twisted versions of originals), and my roles to date:

2016 WONDER IN ALICELAND

Violet and Chorus