Lucy Hill

Role: Dee Dee/Mia
Categories: Liars At a Funeral Cast

Lucy is delighted to be returning to Blyth this summer! She was last seen on the Blyth Festival Stage as ‘Tiffany’ in Cakewalk, wearing her favourite costume ever, a ginormous 80s wedding dress. In addition to performing on stages across Canada, Lucy has also appeared in the TV series Hudson & Rex, Murdoch Mysteries, and The Baroness von Sketch Show. Most recently, Lucy had the honour of voicing a young Dr. Ruth for the podcast Exile.

Lucy Hill

Dee Dee/Mia

Lucy is delighted to be returning to Blyth this summer!...

Nora McLellan

Role: Mavis
Categories: Liars At a Funeral Cast

I’m thrilled to be back in Blyth after appearing in The Birds and the Bees. Recently appeared in Sense and Sensibility at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver. Spent many seasons at Shaw and Stratford Festivals. I play Sister Rose on Son of a Critch CBC and CBC Gem.

Nora McLellan

Mavis

I’m thrilled to be back in Blyth after appearing in...

Justin Otto

Justin Otto

Role: Quint/Cam
Categories: Liars At a Funeral Cast

Justin is a former baseball player, drunk, hillbilly turned actor, writer, producer. His theatrical curiosities include new work, masculinity, the working class, adaptation, and actual chaos. A graduate of the University of Winnipeg, Second City Toronto, and a bunch of other fancy places. Justin was last seen in the premiere of Frances Koncan’s SpaceGirl (PTE) and bullying adults as Malvolio in Tim Crouch’s award-winning solo piece –  I, Malvolio (4.5 stars Winnipeg Free Press, NNNN). Upcoming: Alter Boys (CBC). His new play HORSES goes into workshops this fall. And look for updates on his short film, Drunk All the Time. 

E-transfers (commissions & treats) : justinjonotto@gmail.com

IG: @btbamotto

Also here to call out all the nepotism and class barriers to acting and the arts. Give these articles a read. Or don’t. And don’t take these bios too seriously.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/24/nepotism-in-the-movies-its-time-to-call-out-the-acting-school-of-mum-and-dad

https://citygirlnetwork.com/magazine/working-class-in-theatre

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/feb/27/class-ceiling-working-class-actors-study

Justin Otto

Quint/Cam

Justin is a former baseball player, drunk, hillbilly turned actor,...

Amy Rutherford

Role: Leorah/Evelyn
Categories: Liars At a Funeral Cast

Amy is very excited to be performing at Blyth for the first time! An award-winning actor, Amy has worked with many of Canada’s leading directors and playwrights. Recent acting credits: An Undeveloped Sound (Electric Company Theatre) Public Enemy (Canadian Stage) A Streetcar Named Desire (Soulpepper Theatre)  Infinity (Volcano Theatre) Amy is also a published playwright. Her play Mortified, won The Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Carol Bolt Award for Best Play of 2018.

Amy Rutherford

Leorah/Evelyn

Amy is very excited to be performing at Blyth for...

Blair Williams

Role: Frank/Wayne
Categories: Liars At a Funeral Cast

Blair is delighted to be making his Blyth Festival debut, and to be back onstage after the last show he was in closed early due to the pandemic. As an actor and director, Blair has worked in the theatre for more than thirty five years across Canada, the US and England. As director: Here On The Flight Path (Foster Festival); Light Up The Sky; A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur, Peace In Our Time, The Millionairess, Ways Of The Heart, The President (Shaw Festival); Pericles (Dalhousie University); A Fond Husband, Love For Love and The Provok’d Wife (George Brown); The Play’s The Thing(Segal Centre); Rope (Vertigo Theatre). Acting credits include: A Bellyfull (Theatre Aquarius); OSLO (Studio 180); Unholy (Nightwood); The Game’s Afoot at Vertigo Theatre (Calgary); Educating Rita for the Thousand Islands Playhouse; Flesh and Other Fragments Of Love (Tarragon); Pig (Buddies in Bad Times) and over thirty productions with the Shaw Festival. Blair has also played the Segal Centre; Soulpepper; Theatre Calgary; Citadel Theatre; Canadian Stage; The Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia; Geva Theatre, Rochester, and the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, England. Blair has toured the US and Australia with the internationally renown chamber orchestra Tafelmusik. He directs and reads audio books, and is the voice of Mr. Porter on Nickelodeon’s Paw Patrol. A native of North Bay, Ontario Blair is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Blair Williams

Frank/Wayne

Blair is delighted to be making his Blyth Festival debut,...