Earl Larch
Recent roles in 6 seasons with Soulpepper Theatre Company include Lucky in Waiting for Godot, Horatio in Hamlet, Mr. Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Other favourite roles include Caliban, Ziggy, Ted, Antigonus, Peer Gynt, Ivan, Stephano, Kemp, Mitch, Lophakin, Touchstone, Jack, Eric, Williams, Aguecheek, Mr. Gibbs, Bob Cratchit, Joe Gargery, and Massimo, Thomas, Ed, Bill and all the other Theatre Columbus creations. Oliver recently played Jerry, a journeyman actor in the second season of Slings and Arrows.

Ellie Larch
Margot appeared most recently in the Stratford Festival’s production of The Swanne, creating the roles of Proserpine, Venus, and Mrs. Chapel. Previous Stratford roles include Mary Stuart, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, and Julia in The Rivals. Canadian Stage: The Queens, Richard III, Nothing Sacred. Trinity Rep in Providence, Rhode Island: The Country Girl, The Man Who Came To Dinner, The Real Thing, Red Noses, Misalliance, Present Laughter, Hurly Burly. Piggery Theatre: Communicating Doors, Wrong for Each Other, Private Lives, Same Time Next Year, Sylvia, Italian American Reconciliation. Selected credits: Molly in What Is To Be Done? at the Tarragon; Tamara in Tamara in the Los Angeles production. Margot has taught and directed at the National Theatre School, Bishop’s University, Bishop’s College School, Horace Mann School in NYC, and the New York State Theatre Institute. An award-winning audiobook narrator, she is currently producing an audiobook of Mavis Gallant’s Montreal Stories.

Peter Larch, Sound Design, Props
Jody has appeared onstage in productions of The Torch Bearers (Birdland), The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Inkling), Twelfth Night (first with Thorneloe, then with Repercussion), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Thorneloe), Beyond Mozambique (Fraudster Brown), and Here Lies Henry (Dead Weight) among others. His one man play, The Slump in the Chair, was produced at The Sudbury Theatre Centre. He has appeared in the films Magnus Opus (Leightgeist Entertainment) and Customer Service (Clavir/Levitt).

Leah Larch
Tricia is thrilled to be a part of the Larch family and Dorothy Said Theatre! Most recently, she appeared as Susan in the premiere of Panhandled (UnSpun Theatre), and performed in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario as Mae West, Carol Channing and various other bewigged characters in George & Gracie (Googie Productions). Other favourite credits include Mozart ’s Magic Fantasy (The Children’s Group, Canada/U.S. tour), The Case of the Curious Cabaret (Creatif Productions), Macbeth (HurlyBurly Theatre), The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Inkling Theatre), The Cherry Orchard and The Fantasticks (Pull Chain Theatre), as well as the Toronto Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists. Tricia is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School and a classically trained soprano and pianist. Upcoming: the independent feature film Dakota.

Joel Brenne
Michael was last seen in Edmonton at the Citadel Theatre as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Last summer he performed for Soulpepper Theatre Co., playing Jimmy Jack in Translations and The Count in Mirandolina. Past Soulpepper shows include Willie in Happy Days, Teleygin in Uncle Vanya, and The Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos (Dora Nomination). Presently he is working with Theatre Columbus on The Ibsen Project. Other shows with Theatre Columbus include Lonely Nights, Betrayal, Twelfth Night, and Paranoia (Dora Award). At the Stratford Festival, Michael was in The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. At the Centaur Theatre he starred in Vigil and in Banff he was Tusenbach in the much acclaimed Three Sisters (Dora Nomination).

Playwright, Director, Set Design
LAST HOUSE is McElwain’s first full-length play. She has stage managed for Sandra Shamas, George Brown Theatre and Company of Sirens, and apprentice stage managed for Soulpepper, CanStage, Factory Theatre and the World Stage Festival. Alison Assistant Directed Sylvia at the Piggery Theatre under Greg Tuck, and Pauline and Turgenev at the Great Canadian Theatre Company under Micheline Chevrier. Also at the GCTC, Alison assisted with staged readings of The Strip by Phyllis Nagy and Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr, and directed readings of works-in-progress by the GCTC’s playwright’s unit. She has produced, written and directed her short-work at the Toronto Fringe Festival (We Move Slowly - the Yak Story, an adaptation of the Journey Prize nominated story by Jessica Johnson), The Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama’s Festival of Original Theatre (Bite, Chew, Swallow), Bishop’s University New Plays Festival (Bite, Chew, Swallow).

Assistant Director, Photography, Light / Sound Operator
Keith is a free standing structure with eight fingers, two thumbs and two feet (each with their own toes). he likes to take his time, but not when he’s in a hurry. from time to time keith winks, but more often he tends to smile, his mother never remembers what stories she tells him, and two goodnights are far better than one. for real real. this is keith’s second adventure at running lights and sound for a theatre company, and also his second time as an assistant director.

Lighting Design
Karen has really enjoyed working with Dorothy Said Theatre! on this production of LAST HOUSE. Her design credits include: designs at Theatre on the Grand, including the premieres of Race Day, Jasper Station and The Edible Woman, productions of Swing, The Foreigner and Magic Moments at Stirling Festival Theatre, Building Jerusalem for Volcano Productions, Don Juan Etc at The Centuar Theatre in Montreal and three Grand Night for Stratford galas for the Stratford Festival Company. Karen has been resident lighting designer for the Stirling Festival Theatre and the Red Barn Theatre where she will be returnig this summer. She has assisted for the Canadian Opera Company and on over fifteen Productions at The Stratford Festival. Karen is a member of TAG.

Graphic / Web Designer
JJ was diagnosed with an acute case of stage fright after a brief childhood flirtation with acting. Consequently she has redirected her efforts and now enjoys working endless hours with no sleep creating websites and printed materials. A mild caffeine buzz is her motivation. Fall 2004 hosted JJ’s spontaneous move to London, England — a plan 7 years in the making. Now she spends most of her time trying not to use phrases like “spot of tea” and “lunched it”. JJ does not share the opinion of those who hate mimes. More of her work can be seen at www.jjbezant.com. And rumours are true: she WILL do backflips for peanuts.

Costume Design
Joanne is thrilled to be working as costume designer LAST HOUSE. Past costume/wardrobe credits include Bill’s Ladies and Armless Aphrodite (F.O.O.T. Festival), and assisting on The Torchbearers and The Boy Jones (Graduate Centre for Study of Drama). Acting credits include Theresa in Marion Bridge (Graduate Centre for Study of Drama) and The Evil Queen in Sleeping Beauty (Solar Stage Children’s Theatre). She can presently be seen on stage performing as an Arrogant Prince, a Good Fairy and a Piece of Wood in The Little Elf That Could (Solar Stage Children’s Theatre).

Stage Manager
Andrea is excited to be part of the inaugural production of Dorothy Said Theatre! Most recently she stage managed Cast Iron (Nightwood Theatre) and assistant stage managed It’s a Wonderful Life (The Grand Theatre). Other recent credits include assistant stage manager of Don Pasquale (Opera Ontario), Cookin’ at the Cookery (Taurpro), Opera to Go (Tapestry New Opera Works) and the remount of The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Marquis Entertainment/Mirvish Productions). Selected other credits include assistant stage manager of Love’s Labour’s Lost and Measure for Measure (Resurgence Theatre/York Shakespeare Festival), The Piano Lesson (Obsidian Theatre Company), The Secret Garden (Theatre New Brunswick), The Maids, Absolutely Chekhov, The Beggar’s Opera (Soulpepper); stage manager of Lobby Hero (Pilot Project Theatre Company) and the workshop productions of The Language of the Heart and The Guide to Being Fabulous After You’ve Skinned Your Knees (AfriCanadian playwrights festival) and The Play About the Baby (Soulpepper). Upcoming: stage manager for rock.paper.sistahz festival (b Current) and FemCab (Nightwood Theatre) and assistant stage manager for Taming of the Shrew (ShakespeareWorks).

Publicist
Wayne is excited to be working with Dorothy Said Theatre! after recently publicizing Canada House (The Canada House Cooperative) at Theatre Passe Muraille. He was a founding member and Executive Producer for Bittersweet & Co.’s production of Pipe Dreams which played at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in 1998. He was also an Associate Producer for First Draft Theatre Inc.’s production of Semi-Private, which played at the Tarragon Theatre. Recent acting credits include a workshop performance of The Sheep and the Whale and the title role in New Canadian Kid at The Sudbury Theatre Centre. Other theatre highlights include Prince Chulalongkorn in The King and I and Cerimon in Pericles (Stratford Festival); Merrily We Roll Along and Caesar and Cleopatra (Shaw Festival); the Dora Award-winning Iron Road (Tapestry New Opera Works/Elgin Theatre). Film: Innocent (Eric Wiegand Productions). Upcoming: Producer for The Butterfly Kiss (Toronto Fringe).