Guest Artists 2015

For TBC: Fight Choreographer, Lion in the Streets (2015)

Alexandra Barberena is a fight director and film/stage performer.  She graduated from Humber Theatre Performance program and trained stage combat with the Academy of Dramatic Combat.  Fight directing credits include: Shakespearience from 2013-2016, Wizard of Oz (Markham Youth Theatre), We Walk Among You (Artichoke Heart), The Three Musketeers (E.S.A) and DINK; she also helped put combat together for Stratford Festival's Man of La Mancha (2014) and Breath of Kings (2016).

For TBC: Photographer

Working as both a photographer and camera operator, Kevin Bryan enjoys working on projects of all sizes and shapes as each comes with its own set of benefits and challenges. When he's not behind the camera or on set Kevin is most likely talking about his motorcycle, talking about travelling, or talking about pretty much anything to anyone who will listen. 

For TBC: Actor, Lion in the Streets (2015); Fight Choreographer, Lion in the Streets (2015); Fight Choreographer, Comme-ci Comme-ça (2016)

David Chinchilla is a Toronto native actor who graduated from Humber's Theatre Performance Program. In the past 3 years David has had various theatre credits including Han's in Horses at the Window ( Go Play Productions), Greenie Doctor in We Walk Among You ( Artichoke Heart Collective), and Othello in Othello. In addition to acting on stage; David has had the privilege to learn from fight director and stunt Co-ordinator John Stead working in various theatre and TV shows from ESA's The Three Musketeers, Stratford's Man a La Mancha, Crazy for you . Film and TV work includes Bitten, The Listener, Dark Matter as well as acting roles in Manchester's voted top six movies to see Kidnap Capitol and Free Forms Shadow Hunters.

For TBC: Stage Manager, Tournament of Lies (2015)

Nathaniel Kinghan is a Toronto based actor and upcoming graduate of both Sheridan College and the University of Toronto. Graduating in June of 2016 with a Conservatory Acting Diploma from Sheridan and an H.B.A. in Theatre and Drama Studies from U of T, Nathaniel is excited and ready to take what skills and ambitions he has accumulated during his education into the industry. 

Past credits include Jean in The December Man (The Curtain Club **), Troilus in Troilus and Cressida (Theatre Erindale) and Orestes in Orestes (Theatre Erindale). Nathaniel is also an avid writer and an aspiring director who plans to use these passions to inform his work as a creator at large.

For TBC: Actor, Tournament of Lies (2015)

Iain is a local Toronto theatre and film actor. A graduate of McMaster University's School of the Arts, he previously starred in TBC's production of Tournament of Lies at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2015. Iain also works as a Production Manager and Assistant Director for film, with a background in theatrical producing and stage management.

For TBC: Actor, Tournament of Lies (2015)

Sarah is an MA graduate from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. She holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and Honours English Literature from Concordia University. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant in English Theatre. Sarah has worked on diverse projects ranging from burlesque, Beijing Opera and clown. Follow her at sarahmarchand.com!

Recent credits include: Helena, RUR (Blameworthy Productions) Liz, A Tournament of Lies (Toronto 2015 Fringe Festival); Witch, Macbeth (Wolf Manor Theatre Collective); Hero, Much Ado About Nothing (Hudson Players Club); The Soldier, Palace of the End (The Waterworks Company).

For TBC: Sound Designer & Operator, Lion in the Streets (2015); Sound Designer, Winter Play Project (2016)

Once upon a time Shaun was a paramedic, until one day he realized that his passions revolved around sound. Shaun can often be found in some studio recording some band or maybe backstage clearing the blood, sweat, and tears out of microphones. Shaun can take whatever situation is thrown at him; it’s said that he can even hear sign language. He studied Artist Management and Audio Engineering, and has a very wide range of technical and business skills to bring to a project. Shaun is always excited to be creative with sound, whether in the live chaos of the theatre, or the meticulous work in the studio.

For TBC: Actor, Lion in the Streets (2015)

Now Toronto-based, Natasha is a graduate of the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and The University of Toronto. In addition to Theatre by Committee, she has performed with SolarStage Theatre, Fail Better Theatre, Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective, and has performed in multiple tours with Education Arts Canada. She is working on an upcoming one-woman production with Binocular Theatre in this year's 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival.