Casey and Diana (2024)
Produced by
Soulpepper Theatre Company and Stratford Festival
Playwright: Nick Green
Director: Andrew Kushnir
Venue
The Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre
Run
January 23rd, 2024 – February 11th, 2024
Synopsis
Toronto’s Casey House was Canada’s first-free standing AIDS hospice, providing care and comfort to clients diagnosed with and dying of AIDS. In 1991, as this devastating epidemic was reaching its peak, Casey House received a historic visit from Diana, Princess of Wales. Casey and Diana by Nick Green and directed by Andrew Kushnir is a gripping play that vividly captures a historic moment in time between caregivers, advocates, a princess, and people dying of AIDS.
It was a moment that helped reshape the course of the AIDS epidemic by providing hope, challenging stigmas, and uniting a community. (soulpepper.ca)
Cast
| Sean Arbuckle | Thomas |
| Laura Condlln | Pauline |
| Katherine Gauthier | Diana |
| Linda Kash | Marjorie |
| Davinder Malhi | Andre |
| Sophia Walker | Vera |
Creative Team
| Nick Green | Playwright |
| Andrew Kushnir | Director |
| Joshua Quinlan | Set Designer |
| Joshua Quinlan | Costume Designer |
| Louise Guinand | Lighting Designer |
| Debashis Sinha | Sound Designer |
| Debashis Sinha | Composer |
| Geoff Scovell | Fight Director |
| Bob White | Dramaturge |
| Beth Russell | Stratford Festival Casting Director |
| Michael Walton | Head of Design |
| Michelle Barnier | Original Costume Designer |
Production
| Michael Hart | Stage Manager |
| Sam Hale | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Martha Farrell | Dialect Coach |
| Christopher Blanchenot | Scenic Painter |
| Paul Boddum | Head Scenic |
| Greg Chambers | 1st Props Builder |
| Greg Chambers | 1st Props Buyer |
| Allan Cooke | Prosthetics Artist |
| Andy DeVries | Head Carpenter |
| Erin Halls | Stitcher |
| Erin Halls | Sewer |
| Ellie Koffman | Head of Wardrobe |
| Brooke Logie | Dresser |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Kalina Popova | Assistant Head of Wardrobe |
| Jacqueline Robertson-Cull | Head of Wigs |
| Ethan Robinson | Lighting Operator |
| Bill Stahl | 1st Carpenter |
| Mike Susz | Deck Hand |
| Tristan Goethel | Technical Director, Studio Theatre |
| Andrew Mestern | Technical Director, Scenic Construction |
| Sean Hirtle | Scenic Shop Manager |
| Andrew Clemens | Associate Technical Director |
| CS Fergusson-Vaux | Design Coordinator |
| Miranda Forbes | Production Administrator |
| Christin Bossenberry | Administrative Assistant |
| Kimbra Young | Technical Management Assistant |
| Greg Lamure | Transportation |
| Dirk Newberry | Transportation |
| Mike Peleshok | Transportation |
| James Thistle | Transportation |
| Dona Hrabluk | Original Head of Properties |
| Duncan Johnstone | Original Head Scenic Artist |
| Ryan Flanagan | Original Head Carpenter |
| Kimberly Catton | Original Head of Wardrobe |
| Caitlin Luxford | Original Head of Wardrobe |
| Dana Osborne | Original Head of Wardrobe |
| Tracy Frayne | Original Head of Wigs |
| Tracy Frayne | Original Head of Makeup |
Staff
| Dave Auster | Producer |
| Elissa Horscroft | Director of Production |
| Bonnie Green | Associate Producer |
| Heather Cassels | Producing Coordinator |
| Hilary Nichol | Company Manager |
| Beka Morrison | Producing Assistant |
| Jonathan Heppner | Executive Producer |
| Annie Clarke | Producer |
| Robyn Hoja | Producer |
| Julia Carrano | Associate Producer |
| Jasmine Knox | Senior Production Manager |
| Patricia Vinluan | Production Manager |
| Leslie Hernandez | Technical Director |
| Nicholas Beardsley | Associate Technical Director |
| Alex Edwards | Production Assistant |
