YRG PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
THE LAST 5 YEARS
JULY 27 - JULY 29, 2018
wychwood theatre, artscape wychwood barns
"...an emotionally powerful and intimate modern musical
about two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love." -mtishows.com
THE COMPANY
TESS BENGER
as Cathy Hiatt
DANIEL GREENBERG
as Jamie Wellerstein
STEPHANIE GRAHAM
Director
THALIA KANE
Stage Manager
JARETH LI
Lighting Designer
CHRIS TSUJIUCHI
Music Director
TESS BENGER, Cathy Hiatt Select credits include Girls Like That (Tarragon), Dora award-winning Chasse Galerie (Soulpepper/Storefront), Top Girls, Sweeney Todd, The Next Whiskey Bar, Cabaret, The Philadelphia Story (Shaw Festival), Mamma Mia (Citadel), Grease (Elgin Winter Garden), Sunday in the Park with George (T.I.F.T), Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival), Camelot National Tour, Top 10 on CBCs Triple Sensation Season 2.
DANIEL GREENBERG, Jamie Wellerstein The Last Five Years marks Daniel's first foray into the world of producing theatre. He is as well a dedicated performer who's been seen in theatres across Canada and the US. Some of his favourite credits include: I Love You... Now Change (Stage West), Hairspray (Rainbow), Addams Family (Neptune), The Little Mermaid (Globe), and Queen's We Will Rock You (Intn'l Tour).
STEPHANIE GRAHAM, Director Stephanie is a director and Dora award winning choreographer. She has worked on a wide range of projects at theatres across the country in her twenty year career. She is a graduate of Sheridan College's Musical Theatre performance program and so thrilled to be working with the talented artists on this project.
THALIA KANE, Stage Manager Thalia is an Ecuadorian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist based out of Toronto. She has worked as an actor on stage and screen, voiceover artist, stage manager, producer, designer and writer. She is the creator and host of the podcast Stage Door Confessional with the online theatre platform Intermission. Thalia is a co-founder of Got Your Back Canada, an organization of artists working together for positive change and serves as a collaborator and adviser for [de] centre. She is also the Artistic Producer of Crave Productions. Thalia has listened to the soundtrack for The Last Five years well over 100 times.
JARETH LI, Lighting Designer Jareth is a lighting designer based in Toronto in love with storytelling. Select lighting design credits include: Prairie Nurse (Factory); Risky Phil (YPT); Black Boys (Buddies in Bad Times + Canada Tour); Punk Rock, The Glass Menagerie, Casimir and Carolin (The Howland Company); What Linda Said, Serenity Wild, (SummerWorks 2017); Chautauqua (Pearle Harbour Presents); Dusk Dances (2015-2018); Crazy For You (Port Hope Capitol Theatre); The Trial of Judith K (Thought for Food Productions). Jareth is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada, and is a stagecraft instructor at York University. Upcoming: Portia’s Julius Caesar (Shakespeare in the Ruff), The Wolves (The Howland Company & Crows Theatre)
CHRIS TSUJIUCHI, Music Director Chris has worked as an accompanist and teacher at Sheridan College, Randolph Academy, and George Brown College. He has toured extensively with Sharron Matthews, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, and can also be seen taking centre stage in his "Chris-terical" series of Cabarets.