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Jim Petrie - Owner/Artistic Director
Owner and Director
of the Halifax Feast Dinner Theatre since 1989, Jim has written over
50 shows. He is a graduate of Dalhousie ( B.A., B.Ed. ) and the Banff
School of Fine Arts. He founded Festival on the Bay in Glace bay and
his production of Nova
Scotia Songbook won
him a Best Director Award in Toyama, Japan. Jim has appeared on the
Neptune stage in Les Miserables,
Man of La Mancha,
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat and Evita.
His teaching has taken him from Halifax to London, England. Jim
appeared at The Chester Playhouse in Back
to Back
Bennett celebrating
the writer and lyricist Jim Bennett. |
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Lauren Aucoin - DeeDee
Lauren Aucoin is
thrilled to be on stage at the Feast for Beach Blanket Bingo!
Recently she has been see as a crime fighter and a novice nun. Aside
from being a beach bum with Frankie and the gang, Lauren will be
attending MSVU for Hospitality and Tourism. A big thanks to Jim, Chef
and the cast for making the Feast an awesome place to be! |
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Bev Burrows -
Marianne Meadows
Bev is thrilled to
be playing Marianne Meadows in the Feast's hit summer show "Beach
Blanket Bingo." In the past Bev has had a blast playing such
memorable roles as Edith (All in the MacFamily,) Sophia (The olden Girls,)
and Sister Mary Amnesia (Nunsence). Bev, an army brat is originally
from London, Ontario where she studied music and drama at UWO and
performed in the G&S productions of The Pirates of Penzance and lolanthe.
Other credits include The Music Man (Banff) and Godspell (Festival on
the Bay.) special thanks to Mom and Dad, Jim and to my wonderful
husband Wayne. |
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Jennifer Bradley
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Geordie Brown
- Bonehead/ Wolfman Crack
Geordie feels honored
to be making his Halifax debut with this outrageously talented cast
of beach bums. Thanks to Jim for this great opportunity. I dedicate
My performance to my family, friends and myself. |
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Josh Kogon - Rebel Rauserman/ Animal
Josh has been
doing his best to make people laugh for close to ten years now. After
splitting his time for years between theatre and touring the country
with his two bands, he decided to domesticate and make his theatre
his home. A very special thanks goes to Jim and the rest of the Feast family,
and all my love to my beautiful wife Karen and my son Holden. |
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Christie McClelland
Christie grew up
in Oxford, NS in a home filled with music. With a
singer/songwriter father and a piano playing/always singing mother,
Christie began taking piano lessons and singing at the age of 5.
Christie has completed Grade 8 Royal Conservatory Piano and also
plays guitar. While being passionate about music, she also has
a love for science. In May, 2009, she earned her Bachelor of
Science Degree in Biochemistry, achieving First Class Honours with
Distinction from Mount Allison University. While attending
university, she enjoyed volunteering as a piano teacher as well as
sharing her musical talents with the local nursing home.
Christie is thrilled to be part of the cast at the Halifax Feast for
this season's amazing production! |
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Ian Richards - Frankie
Starting at a very
young age, Ian has been involved in several different productions,
ranging from "Annie" and "Greese," to "Romeo
and Juliet". Beach Blanket Bingo being his 4th production with
the company, Ian was also spotted on the feast stage in "High
school Reunion: The Musical" as Harry Grossman, "Little
Hose on the Causeway" as Timmy Tannerman, and "Cod and Order:
CBFU" as Stokes and Pepe. Ian is glad to be continuing his run
with Petrie's Halifax Feast and can't wait to see what the summer brings!
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Sarah
Richardson - Musical Director/ Delilah
Sarah is ecstatic
to be part of Beach Blanket Bingo. She is a huge fan of the era and
is so excited to be a part of a whole show dedicated to it! This show
will round out Sarah's 10th year with the Feast, and she could not be happier!
Some past roles you might remember her from Garcia (Cod and Order C.B.F.U.),
Carrie (Ex & the Sydneys), Sarah hails from Ontario where she received
her Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts in Theatre- Technical Production
from Ryerson University. Sarah would like thank everyone at the Feast,
especially Jim Petrie, for being so amazingly talented, and proving
every day that if you love your job, you'll never work a day in your
life. "Fiddle dee dee!" |
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Ben Shaw - Prof. Arthur Benlockintoshfaulk
Ben Shaw returns once again as The Professor, mostly observing from
a distance and studying the sexual habits of any creature he can
find. Ben hails from the small town of Harvey Station, NB. He picked
up his first guitar at age 12 and hasn't put it down since, falling
into deep romance he discovered his voice and began on the path to a
career in music. |
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