Cast

Peter Richards
For Blyth: Debut

What a great way to celebrate 50 years as a professional actor, being invited to be part of the Blyth Festival.

My pro acting days started in the UK. Returning home to Canada, I’ve played parts across the country; including 10 seasons/Stratford Festival and 14 seasons/Shaw Festival. There were forays southerly to New York and Washington D.C. TV/film roles, plus many animation voices. Two great kids, great life partner. And now Blyth as a bonus.

Olive Richards
For Blyth: Country Hearts, Sometime Never

Robin Craig is an actor and playwright with over 50 years in Canadian theatre. Credits include six seasons at the Shaw Festival, the inaugural Tarragon Theatre season, and three productions of Anne of Green Gables as Rachel Lynde. Awards include an Actra Award, a Gemini for Wind at My Back, and three Dora Mavor Moore nominations. She is delighted to return to Blyth and dedicates this season to her beloved uncle, Dr. G.S. Cameron.

Kate Allen
For Blyth: A Huron County Christmas Carol (Belle, Emily Cratchitt, Clara)

Brontae Hunter is an actor and musician based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, Québec), though she grew up about 30 minutes away from Blyth, on the shores of Lake Huron. Seeing theatre at The Blyth Festival was an integral part of her childhood, and she is so proud to be back among this vibrant community.

Rob Armstrong
For Blyth: The Huron Tiger, His Own Boss

My first apprenticeship was here at the Blyth Festival and I am thrilled to be returning this season.  I’ve performed from Vancouver Playhouse to Ottawa’s NAC, highlights include  The Music Man at the Citadel, Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave at Grand Bend, and 8 seasons at the Stratford Festival. After 18 years as a flight instructor and Birddog pilot, it is a privilege to return to my first love — the Theatre.

Charlie Richards
For Blyth: The Donnelly’s Trilogy, The Drawer Boy, Saving Graceland, The Trials of Maggie Pollock, Our Beautiful Sons: Remembering Matthew Dinning

Cameron is thrilled to return home to Blyth. Past credits include The Trials of Maggie Pollock, Saving Graceland, The Donnellys Trilogy, The Drawer Boy, and Our Beautiful Sons. Cameron is a Founder and Artistic Leader of The Howland Company. Credits include The Welkin, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Three Sisters, and Casimir & Caroline, for which he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Ensemble. Cameron wants to thank Gil, Rachael and the whole Blyth team.

Denise (Richards) Smith
For Blyth: The Farm Show: Now & Then, Resort to Murder, The Donnellys: A Trilogy

Hallie is thrilled to return to Blyth. Raised in Sutton, Québec, she now calls Toronto home. Selected theatre: take rimbaud (Howland/Buddies); The Welkin (Soulpepper/Howland/Crow’s); The Farm Show: Then & Now, Resort to Murder, The Donnellys Trilogy (Blyth); The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare BASH’d); Prairie Nurse (Lighthouse). Selected TV: Fellow Travelers (Showtime), Mayday (Discovery). Hallie is a Co-Founder of The Howland Company, and has won a Dora Award and a Toronto Theatre Critics Award.

John Richards
For Blyth: Debut

Adrian is an actor, composer and sound designer. He has appeared recently at Tarragon Theatre (The Hooves Belonged to the Deer), Buddies in Bad Times (Every Day She Rose), Port Dover’s Lighthouse Festival Theatre (Murder at Ackerton Manor) and Theatre Orangeville (Bed & Breakfast). For his work in sound design he has won two Dora Awards; one he deserved and one he did not. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.