Actors bios

August and September 2008 Performances
at the Portuguese Association in Montreal


Cuk	Boudreau	Dunn	Fedun	Miller	Nachaj	Rodriguez	Saheb	Vatsis	Wilding

Andrew Cuk
Director
Andy Cuk

Andrew Cuk is the founder and artistic director of Canis Tempus, a movement-based company with a unique approach to theatre. He has extensive experience as a performer, director and teacher, and has worked in places all across North America and Europe.

Andy is on the faculty of the Department of Theatre and Music at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, where he is currently the acting section coordinator.

His recent directorial credits include The Day They Let the Lions Loose, Evita, Not Wanted on the Voyage, and Elektra.

Since receiving his Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2004, Andy has made his home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Isabelle Boudreau
Costumes & Masks
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Isabelle Boudreau started as a ballet dancer. She danced in The Nutcracker at Place Des Arts with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and fell in love with the magical aspect of the stage.

She has travelled all over Australia, Central America and South-East Asia and has lived inVancouver.

She designed costumes for Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
for Elysian River Theatre. She worked on costumes at Centaur for Tremblay's Assorted Candies, for the Sudbury Theatre's remake of Cinderella. Isabelle has worked on many productions at John Abbott College. These include: Return to the Forbidden Planet (design);
Hair (choreography). She also built masks for these productions. An upcoming project is the choreography for youth production of Peter Pan.

Ashley Dunn
Cast member
AshleyDunn

Ashley Dunn is a recent graduate of John Abbott College’s Professional Theatre – Acting Program. She has performed in such roles as Sheila in Hair, AshGirl in The Ash Girl and Jenny Jones/Mrs. Waters in Tom Jones. Ashley is currently a student at Concordia University and is thrilled to be making her Montreal stage debut in the fascinating composition of Quixote under the direction of Andrew Cuk.

Peter Alec Fedun
Sound
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Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Peter Alec Fedun has made Montreal his home for the past 18 years working in a number of creative mediums but with a distinct preference for sound design. While studying Communications at Concordia University, Peter started working with Contemporary Dance Companies creating and recording Soundscapes & Music.

In 2004 when Canus Tempus Director, Andrew Cuk asked him to create and perform a live Soundscape for his Fringe Festival production of Juliet & Romeo. Peter jumped at the opportunity to return to live performance after a 20 year hiatus. With Quixote, his second collaboration with Canus Tempus, Peter will continue to explore his fascination with the sounds of daily life through a collection of "found objects" crude, hand-made instruments and computer manipulation.

Kyla Miller
Stage Manager
kyla

Kyla Miller is currently a third year student in the Professional Theatre Program at John Abbott College. Her previous experience with John Abbott Theatre includes: Stage Manager for Godspell, Set Crew for Tom Jones, Costume Crew for Hair, and Assistant Stage Manager for their most recent show, You Can't Take it With You. She is excited to be working with Canus Tempus on this production.

Chris Nachaj
Cast member
AshleyDunn

Chris Nachaj was born in Montreal. He is a John Abbott Professional Theatre Acting graduate. He has been performing plays in the greater Montreal area for 5 years. Chris is currently working on an untitled production with The Nanny Bumpkin theatre company, to be performed this summer.

Sara Rodriguez
Cast member
AshleyDunn

Sara Rodriguez recently graduated from John Abbott College, where she studied Creative Arts with a concentration in theatre. At JAC, she stage managed Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author and Timothy Findley’s Not Wanted on the Voyage. She also performed in and co-choreographed Evita and Urinetown: The Musical. Sara was the 2008 co–winner of the John Abbott Pam Montgomery Award and is pursuing theatre studies at Concordia University.

Anne-Marie Saheb
Cast member
saheb

Anne-Marie Saheb graduated from the Dawson College Professional Theatre Department in 2004. Some of her most challenging roles include Helena in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Lady Fidget in William Wycherley's The Country Wife.

Peter Vatsis
Lights & Sets
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Peter Vatsis is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. His credits include work for the Cirque du Soleil, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Elysian River Theatre, Second Body Productions and he is resident lighting designer of Hudson Village Theatre. For the last three years he has been teaching lighting design in the Professional Theatre program at John Abbott College. He would like to thank Andy and everyone else on the Canis Tempus team for their support.

Chris Wilding
Cast member
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Having just graduated John Abbott College’s three year professional theatre program, Chris Wilding is eager to sink his teeth into this, his first post-Abbott production. He is both honoured and thrilled to join the Quixote cast and having seen the show in its preview stage, is terribly excited to experience the production from an entirely different perspective. Some previous credits include the troubled Juror #3 from Twelve Angry Men, the stuffy Mr. Kirby from You Can’t Take it With You and the foul mouthed transvestite/famous anthropologist Margaret Meade from Hair. Chris is currently working on getting a production off the ground for fall of 08’, theater gods and finances willing.