Geoffrey Armour

Geoffrey Armour

Role: James Carroll, James Donnelly Jr., Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Geoffrey is absolutely chuffed to be returning to the Blyth Festival Theatre in this landmark production of James Reaney’s Donnelly Trilogy. He grew up in Goderich and was a part of the Blyth Festival Young Company for six summers in his youth, worked as a house manager for two seasons and later went on to direct the Young Company’s original creation ‘Hatchlings and Hayseeds’ in 2015. This will be his tenth summer in Blyth. Coming back home to act before his family, friends and the fine people of Huron County and beyond has always been his dream. See you all at the theatre. It’s going to be spectacular.

Geoffrey Armour

James Carroll, James Donnelly Jr., Ensemble

Geoffrey is absolutely chuffed to be returning to the Blyth...

Masae Day

Role: Maggie Thompson, Bridget Donnelly, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Masae Day is delighted to be performing with the Blyth Festival for the first time. Based in Vancouver BC, she has worked with theatre companies such as Axis Theatre (The Troll Grandfather), Western Canada Theatre/Thousand Islands Playhouse (Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story), Chemainus Theatre Festival (Once, Dracula, A Shayna Maidel/A Pretty Girl), and Carousel Theatre for Young People (The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe). This past year, she produced and starred in the world premier of Mozart and Her Brother (developed over the pandemic with Mark Weatherley and Geniusettes Theatre Society). Masae trained at in theatre at Studio 58 and in music at the University of Victoria (BMus in violin performance), and has appeared on TV in Supernatural, Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce, and the Hallmark movie Ms. Matched. She plays fiddle with the band LittleFox.

Masae Day

Maggie Thompson, Bridget Donnelly, Ensemble

Masae Day is delighted to be performing with the Blyth...

Paul Dunn

Role: Andrew Keefe, Father Connolly, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Paul is very happy to return to the Blyth Festival, after a memorable experience of performing in Mark Crawford’s Bed and Breakfast here in 2019. He recently appeared in Wildfire at Factory Theatre in Toronto (Dora Award – Outstanding Production). Previous to that he toured Bed and Breakfast, with stops at Vancouver’s Arts Club, Regina’s Globe, Victoria’s Belfry, Ottawa’s GCTC, Montreal’s Centaur and the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque (where it premiered). Over the past three decades, he has performed in theatres large and small across the country. Some highlights include The Gay Heritage Project (Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times and national tour), Tartuffe (National Arts Centre Newfoundland tour), Vigil (Theatre New Brunswick), East of Berlin (Tarragon) and TomorrowLove (Outside the March) in Toronto, HAIR (Grand Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Driftwood) and seven seasons at the Stratford Festival (including Peter Pan, Glenn, Elizabeth Rex, Merchant of Venice, Caesar and Cleopatra). Other credits include Murdoch Mysteries (season 3) and the recent radio recordings of Bed and Breakfast and Wildfire for CBC/PlayMe. He first encountered The Donnellys trilogy 26 years ago, and he’s thrilled to be a part of this adaptation. He lives in Stratford.

Paul Dunn

Andrew Keefe, Father Connolly, Ensemble

Paul is very happy to return to the Blyth Festival,...

Randy Hughson

Role: James Donnelly, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Blyth Credits: Angus (The Drawer Boy), Scrooge (A Huron County Christmas Carol), Stompin’ Tom (Stompin Tom). Many roles over seven season including directing Power and Gloria and Heat Wave.

13 seasons at the Stratford Festival. Randy has played leading roles across Canada. He has performed in Mexico and the United states including many shows at the Tarragon, Canadian Stage, Factory theatre, Soulpepper, Theatre Passe Muraille, Necessary Angel and Crows theatre in Toronto. He has been nominated for eight Dora awards, three Vancouver Jessie Awards, three Edmonton Sterling awards, one Calgary Betty Mitchell award, one Gemini and two Broadway World awards and was awarded one of each.

Randy Hughson

James Donnelly, Ensemble

Blyth Credits: Angus (The Drawer Boy), Scrooge (A Huron County...

Rachel Jones

Role: Johannah Donnelly, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

For Blyth: Joanna Donnelly, various in The Donnelly Trilogy; In the Wake of Wettlaufer; Cake-Walk. Elsewhere (selected): Hamlet and Death and the King’s Horseman (Stratford Festival); Admissions (Theatre Calgary); La Bête (Soulpepper); All’s Well that Ends Well and Hamlet (Canadian Stage); Antony and Cleopatra (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), Cinderella (Globe Theatre), Christmas Carol (Grand Theatre). Film/TV: Late Night; Let’s Go Luna!; Glowbies; The Boneyard Man. Love and thanks always to Aidan and Bruce.

Rachel Jones

Johannah Donnelly, Ensemble

For Blyth: Joanna Donnelly, various in The Donnelly Trilogy; In...

Cameron Laurie

Cameron Laurie

Role: Tom Donnelly, Pat Farrell, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Cameron is thrilled to return home to Blyth for another season. His past Blyth credits include last season’s The Drawer Boy and 2016’s Our Beautiful Sons. Cameron is also a Founder and Artistic Leader of The Howland Company, where he has performed in a number of shows including Prodigal, Three Sisters, Punk Rock and Casimir & Caroline, for which he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Ensemble. Cameron wants to thank Gil and Rachael and the whole Blyth team.

Cameron Laurie

Tom Donnelly, Pat Farrell, Ensemble

Cameron is thrilled to return home to Blyth for another...

Steven McCarthy

Steven McCarthy

Role: Will Donnelly, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Steven McCarthy is an award-winning actor, director, and musician. He was awarded a Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Best Guest Performance in a dramatic series for his portrayal of a dying rock singer in Mary Kills People. Acting credits include recurring roles in The Expanse (Amazon), the Stephen King adaptation Chapelwaite (Epix), V/H/S 94 and the FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven. McCarthy holds diplomas for acting and directing from the National Theatre School of Canada. He is the lead singer and manager of the 10 piece funk band The ElastoCitizens.

Steven McCarthy

Will Donnelly, Ensemble

Steven McCarthy is an award-winning actor, director, and musician. He...

Hallie Seline

Role: Jenny Donnelly, Norah Kennedy, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Hallie is thrilled to be making her Blyth Festival debut. A Toronto-based actor, who grew up in the Eastern Townships countryside of Québec, Hallie has acted in many critically-acclaimed shows in Toronto, throughout Ontario, and in the Townships. Selected Theatre Credits: Prodigal, Three Sisters, Casimir and Caroline, The Wolves, Punk Rock, 52 Pick-Up (The Howland Company); Prairie Nurse (Lighthouse Festival/Showboat Theatre); Stag and Doe, Jonas and Barry in the Home (Bluewater Summer Playhouse); As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare BASH’d); Oliver! (Capitol Theatre Port Hope). Selected TV Credits: Fellow Travelers (Showtime), Mayday (Discovery). Hallie is one of the Founding Artistic Leaders of The Howland Company, hailed by NOW Magazine as “one of Toronto’s most exciting independent theatre companies”. She has won a Dora Mavor Moore Award and a Toronto Theatre Critics Association Award.

Hallie Seline

Jenny Donnelly, Norah Kennedy, Ensemble

Hallie is thrilled to be making her Blyth Festival debut....

James Dallas Smith

Role: George Stub, Showman, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

James has Six Nations Mohawk (Turtle Clan) & Scottish heritage. Raised in Port Elgin, he’s ecstatic to be returning to Blyth to be part of the Donnelly Trilogy.

Selected credits: Where the Blood Mixes, Almighty Voice & His Wife (Dora Nomination for Outstanding Performance) (Soulpepper), The Secret to Good Tea (MTC), This is How We Got Here (NEPA), Cottagers & Indians, The Berlin Blues, Ipperwash (Blyth), The Drawer Boy, Proof (Centaur), MacBeth (GSSC).

James Dallas Smith

George Stub, Showman, Ensemble

James has Six Nations Mohawk (Turtle Clan) & Scottish heritage....

Mark Uhre

Role: Michael Donnelly, John Cassleigh, Ensemble
Categories: The Donnellys Cast

Mark is thrilled to be creating with such an incredible company at Blyth.  Most recently Mark created and performed Seeds of Self for the Grand Theatre.  Other selected theatre: Enjorlras in Les Miserables (Broadway); Elmer Woods in Paradise Square (Berkeley Rep); Indecent (Segal Centre); Parade (Studio 180); 3 Seasons at the Stratford Festival; 7 seasons at the Shaw Festival.  Also a visual artist Marks work can be found on instagram @markuhre.

Mark Uhre

Michael Donnelly, John Cassleigh, Ensemble

Mark is thrilled to be creating with such an incredible...