Peter Jorgensen – Direction and Musical Staging
Peter is an actor, director, choreographer and writer. Recent directing credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Guys & Dolls, and Oklahoma! for Chemainus Theatre, Falsettos at the Chutzpah! Festival, Bat Boy: The Musical, The Full Monty and Into the Woods for Patrick Street Productions, The Full Monty and Little Shop of Horrors for Persephone Theatre, and The Emperor of Atlantis for City Opera Vancouver. As an actor Peter appeared most recently in Mimi…or a Poisoner’s Comedy for Touchstone Theatre. He appeared at the Arts Club in Dirty Blonde, Forever Plaid, Dames at Sea, Dial M…for Murder, and She Loves Me (Jessie Nomination: Outstanding Performance); at the Gateway Theatre in Guys & Dolls, Leading Ladies, Lend Me a Tenor, and Forever Plaid (Jessie Award: Outstanding Ensemble Performance); at Bard on the Beach in Cymbeline; at the Playhouse in No Great Mischief; and at Carousel Theatre as George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life (Jessie Nomination: Outstanding Performance). With Royal City Musical Theatre he starred as Harold Hill in The Music Man and as Julian Marsh in 42nd Street. Writing highlights include his one-man show, To Broadway and Back (Jessie Nomination: Original Script) and an adaptation of Orphee Aux Enfers entitled Offenbach’s Orpheus: Gone to Hell! Peter is a graduate of AMDA in New York. He is the founder and Program Director of the Arts Club Musical Theatre Intensive, a founder and Artistic Producer of Patrick Street Productions, and proud father of a 4-year-old boy.
Sean Bayntun – Musical Director
Sean Bayntun began studying piano at the age of 3 with his father, and has now been playing for over a quarter of a century. He has his Master’s (Rice) in piano performance and has been a featured soloist with the VSO. Sean worked with PSP as Musical Director for Bat Boy: The Musical and worked with Peter Jorgensen on Falsettos as Associate Musical Director & keyboard player. He received a Jessie nomination for music directing Songs for a New World (Not Another Co-op) and an Ovation Award nomination for The Wild Party (Pint Size Tall). You can find Sean bluesin’ it up with the jazz/burlesque collective Pandora and the Locksmiths, or at a dance party in the basement of an empty print shop in his electro-synthpop band, Facts.
Kinza Tyrrell – Music Supervisor
Victoria native Kinza Tyrrell made her orchestral debut at age 12 under the baton of Paul Freeman and the Victoria Symphony. Critics have called her a “sensation,” pronouncing her playing “brilliant” with “beautifully limpid tone colours and sparkling passagework” and “skilled artistry.” She began piano lessons at age 4, acquired her AVCM at 15, and went on to study with Hans Graf at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and J.S. Benda at the Graz Musikhochschule at age 18, care of the Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship. Over the years, she has also had the pleasure of studying with world-renowned keyboard artists such as Jon Kimura Parker, Anton Kuerti and Gyorgy Sebok. As well as being a solo performer, Kinza is in great demand as a vocal/language coach and recitalist. She won the 2003 Bösendorfer Prize from the Opera Coaching division of the International Belvedere Opera Competition in Vienna and holds a Doctorate of piano and vocal coaching from McGill. Before accepting the positions of Principle Repetiteur and Music Director of VOIS at Vancouver Opera, she was on the music faculty at the Canadian Opera Company for 3 years, and recently returned to Europe to teach and mentor young singers and pianists at the COSI opera program in Sulmona, Italy.
Lance Cardinal – Set Designer
Lance Cardinal is very excited to be designing for his first PSPs production, The Light in the Piazza. Originally from the Bigstone Cree Nation reservation in Desmairis, AB, Lance has become a main player in Vancouver’s professional theatre community in a remarkably short time. Career highlights include a Jessie Richardson Award for his design for Carousel Theatre’s A Christmas Carol; a Jessie nomination for The Wind in the Willows, also with Carousel; and working as Lead Production Designer for Vancouver Opera in the school touring production of The Magic Flute: Quest for the Box of Shadows. Lance was recently invited to take part in the 10-year anniversary celebrations for the Bigstone Cree Nation community school, a project that involved creating a new Theatre Arts Curriculum suitable for First Nation students never before exposed to the arts, and facilitating two seven-week theatrical workshops which included Dance, Drama, Puppetry and Music. This proved to be a deeply rewarding experience. At the final performance during the celebration ceremonies, the students presented a First Nations puppetry spectacular which included 70 children from the school dancing, speaking, drumming and parading. The performance told the story of their First Nations landscape from the beginning of time. The giant life-sized puppets were designed by Lance and created together with the students. Lance is currently in the middle of studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design working toward a degree in Visual Arts – Sculpture, Illustration & Photography. His influences include Tim Burton, Jim Henson, Walt Disney and anybody else who brings magic into people’s lives.
Jessica Dmytryshyn – Costume Designer
Jessica Dmytryshyn has been making costumes come to life since she learned to sew. She obtained her fashion design degree at at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, kick-starting her passion for colour, texture and movement. Her persistent need to create has resulted in one-of-a-kind garments with an underlining tradition to their construction. Some of her recent projects include: designing athletic wear at lululemon, cabaret costumes for Pandora and the Locksmiths, musicals including Bat Boy, The Wild Party, and Falsettos, and her own line of custom fit garments. Jessica is thrilled to be a part of Patrick Street Productions’ The Light in the Piazza.
Alan Brodie – Lighting Designer
In his 20-year career, Alan Brodie has created designs for close to 200 live theatre productions and is regarded as one of Canada’s top theatrical lighting designers. He has worked across Canada for companies that include Neptune Theatre (Halifax), Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Soulpepper (Toronto), Shaw Festival, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canadian Stage (Toronto), Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg), Globe Theatre (Regina), Theatre Calgary, the Citadel (Edmonton), the Playhouse (Vancouver), Vancouver Opera and the Belfry Theatre (Victoria). Alan has been nominated for numerous Jessie, Sterling and Dora Awards, and received Jessie Awards for Diplomacy, Mary’s Wedding and Art and a Jessie Award and Bay Area Critics Circle Award for The Overcoat, and has been nominated for the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in theatre. Alan’s body of work includes designs for new plays, modern and classic repertoire, musical theatre, dance and opera. A member of the Associated Designers of Canada, Alan holds a BFA in theatre from UBC. He has taught stage lighting at UBC and the National Theatre School.
Anne Taylor – Stage Manager
Anne first worked with Katey many years ago as a brand-new apprentice on a little show called The Pintauro Café. She has been building an extensive stage management and production management career ever since. Anne has been with PSP since its inception as Stage Manager for Into the Woods and The Full Monty, Production Manager for Bat Boy: The Musical, and Stage Manager for the Persephone Theatre remount of The Full Monty. Anne’s extensive experience includes stage management with the Arts Club (Stanley Theatre, Granville Island Stage, and BC tours), Axis Theatre, Pi Theatre, and Theatre Conspiracy, and production management for challenging events like the Vancouver Fringe and Chutzpah! Festivals. She is a key contributor to the operations of PSP.
