Nanaimo Theatre Group

Cast of Blood Brothers

Lorna McNeil (Mrs Johnstone)

Lorna has been involved with local theatre for the past 10 years, most recently playing 3 minor characters in Night of Shooting Stars, and Little Sally in Urinetown, the Musical. Last year she took on Lucille Ball in Brian March's one-act, Lucy and Tarzan. With NTG, she has played major roles in Accomplice, The Affections of May and Much Ado About Nothing. When not on stage, she likes to design and build costumes for NTG (winning a festival award for Fortinbras), for Bard to Broadway, Schmooze (Rocky Horror Show) and UBetcha! (Gondoliers). As a mother, playing Mrs. Johnstone has been an amazing, heart-wrenching experience.

Nick Murphy (Mickey Johnstone)

Nick has been involved in community and school theatre for the past six years and during that time has managed to dedicate a large part of his life to over 25 shows, both on stage and backstage. Nick last appeared in the LSLT production of The Long, the Short, and the Tall which won best production in this year's South Island Zone festival.

Geoff Moddle (Edward Lyons)

Geoff has been involved in theatre for more than half of his life, first appearing in the Arts Alive production of Sleeping Beauty, and hardly stopping since. He has been in a number of other Arts Alive shows, as well as UBetcha!'s The Gondoliers, Bard to Broadway's Honk Jr. and South Pacific, and playing the parts of Malvolio in Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night, and Reverend Parris in Arthur Miller's The Crucible at MalU, not to mention a chorus role in NTG's pantomime, Robinson Crusoe. Watch for Geoff at Lady Smith's Little Theatre in November in Of the Fields, Lately.

Whitney Benson (Linda)

Whitney was last seen onstage as Princess Bobastasia in last year's panto.
She is pursuing a career on stage and on screen and is involved with Malaspina's theatre program and Spotlight Academy. Whitney is happy to be on stage for the third time with her Auntie Lisa.

Bill Young (Narrator)

Bill is pleased to be back in the acting mode again. After many years in theatre in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and with various choirs, including the Medicine hat Oratory Choir, Bill and his wife moved to the Island in May 2005. He got involved with Ladysmith Little Theatre last fall as Dr. Montague in their production of The Haunting of Hill House. This is his first time with NTG and he is hoping for a long association with the talented people in this group.

Brian March (Mr. Lyons)

Brian has enjoyed working with many fine groups in the last 5 years including NTG, YPDG, Western Edge and LSLT. Various functions included acting, directing and producing. He thanks the wonderful cast and crew who have helped him through the exhilarating process of musical theatre.
Special thanks to Barbara for her constant support and understanding.

Joy Andrews (Mrs. Lyons)

Joy has been active in community theatre for more than ten years. She took acting in high school and returned to it while living in Prince Rupert in 1994. She continued her participation in Victoria playing the doctor in I Never Sang for My Father. She has played in eight NTG productions, most recently as Sybil Brody in Deadly Affairs last spring. She won Best Supporting Actor at the 2004 zone festival for her role in Death and God.

Alan Watt (Sammy)

This is Alan's debut with NTG and of the six shows he has done he has found this one to be the most challenging and the most fun. Previous work has been with YPDG and LSLT including Christmas pantomimes, Coarse Acting Show, See How They Run, and backstage work. When not performing with talented local people, Alan can be found working at the Ladysmith credit union and raising two sons. He will next be seen in Yellow Point Drama Group's Dracula.

Frannie Reside (Miss Jones)

This is Frannie's first year performing with the Nanaimo Theatre Group. For the past five years, she has performed with the Arts Alive summer theatre productions including playing the role of Tzeital in Fiddler on the Roof.
She has also performed in Cinderella and My Fair Lady at Dover Bay Secondary. Frannie's interests have also moved backstage where she was in charge of costumes for Charlie And the Chocolate Factory and just recently, Arts Alive's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Frannie is excited to be starting her first year at Malaspina in the Stagecraft Theatre program in the fall of 2007.

Brenda Sutherland (chorus)

Brenda is honoured to be donning pigtails and bright red leotards for this incredible show. She has been immersed in music most of her life. She taught music in the Nanaimo School district for many years and enjoyed working with a variety of children's choirs and musical productions. Brenda was involved in musical theatre years ago with NTG and has just recently come back on the scene playing a Contadina in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers. She is thrilled to be a part of Blood Brothers and to be working with such an enthusiastic and supportive cast and crew.

Jonee Janolino (chorus)

Jonee has been in many productions during his four seasons with NTG including Gonzo, Accomplice and How the Other Half Loves. At the South Island Zone Festival this spring Jonee won Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Japanese prisoner in The Long, the Short and the Tall with Lady Smith's Little Theatre. He also received an Honourable Mention for the same role at Mainstage 2007.

Paul Mosiuk (chorus)

A newcomer to theatre, Paul played Corporal Johnson this spring in the Lady Smith's Little Theatre's The Long, the Short, and the Tall, which won the South Island Zone Festival and went on to Mainstage. He also performed in NTG's Evening of One Acts this past June. Paul has enjoyed the added challenge of singing and dancing as well as acting and plans to continue his theatre involvement.

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