Creative Team

Director
For Blyth: Debut

Mary Francis is the Artistic Director of Theatre Aquarius and a multiple Dora Mavor Moore Award winning artist. She has worked at theatres across the country such as Vancouver Arts Club, The Globe Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, Factory Theatre, Harbourfront Centre as well as six seasons at The Charlottetown Festival. Her work has been seen on stages internationally such as Goodspeed Musicals, The Tristan Bates Theatre, and Universal Arts. She is published in Canada, the United States and Brazil.

Intimacy Director
For Blyth: Debut

David Chinchilla is a multidisciplinary artist. He is recognized for his versatility across theatre, voice, film, and television. He is a graduate of Humber’s Theatre Performance Program, where he gained a passion for stage combat. He has over 16 Years of experience instructing and fight directing at notable institutes such as Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, National Theatre School, Canadian Stage, Soul Pepper, and many more.

Set & Costume Design
For Blyth: Quiet in The Land

Sean is a designer based in Ontario whose work has been showcased across Canada, the U.S., and Central America. Selected companies include The Stratford Festival, The Grand Theatre, Canadian Stage, Drayton Entertainment, The Shaw Festival, and Neptune Theatre. Past awards include three Robert Merritt Awards (TNS), Best Group Costume Design (Pride Toronto), and the 2020 Laureate of the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design (OAC/OAF). Sean is a member of ADC/IATSE 659. www.seanmulcahydesign.com

Lighting Designer

Selected Credits: Othello (Stratford Festival); Tiny Beautiful Things (Prairie
Theatre Exchange); Mary Poppins (Thousand Island Playhouse); Job (Winnipeg
Jewish Theatre);The Rising World (Seoul Arts Centre), Witness for the
Prosecution (Shaw Festival); Heist (Citadel/Grand); The Importance of Being
Earnest, In Seven Days, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Grand Theatre);
Come From Away: The Concert (Marquis Productions); Ring of Fire (Theatre
Aquarius); The Hobbit (Adirondack Theater Festival; Ann (Arkansas Rep
Theatre). More info on her website www.siobhansleathdesign.com.

Sound Design

For Blyth: Quiet in the Land, Powers and Gloria, Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, the Golden Anniversary, the Real McCoy, Liars at a Funeral, the Donnelly trilogy, the Drawer Boy, If Truth be Told, the Last Donnelly Standing, Mary’s Wedding
Other recent credits include: Witness for the Prosecution (Shaw), a Mirror (ARC), Public Display of Affection (Studio 180), the Gig (theatre Aquarius), Stag and Doe (Capital Theatre), Pipeline (soulpepper)

Production Stage manager

For Blyth: Quiet in the Land, The Farm Show: Then and Now, Resort to Murder, The Donnelly Trilogy, The Drawer Boy, Berlin Blues, Ipperwash, (Blyth Festival)

Recent Credits: Boys with Cars, (Nightswimming/YPT). Disney’s Frozen, (The Globe Theatre).

Sandy is the great-grandson of Morley Plunkett of the almost forgotten WW1 Canadian Vaudeville Troupe, The Dumbells.

Upcoming: Mosque Heights (The Globe Theatre)

Sandy is the great-grandson of Morley Plunkett of the almost forgotten WW1 Canadian Vaudeville Troupe, The Dumbells.

Assistant Stage Manager

For Blyth: Liars at a Funeral, Radio Town: The Doc Cruickshank Story, Powers and Gloria

Emma Marcy is a recent graduate of Brock University’s Dramatic Arts Program. She is thrilled to be returning to the Blyth Festival this season after working as a Production Assistant on Powers and Gloria and Radio Town: The Doc Cruickshank Story last season. Her selected ASM credits include: Nobody’s Children (Yellow Door Theatre Project), Liars at a Funeral (Blyth Festival), The Devi Triptych (Red Beti Theatre), and Scorched (Brock University).