Paul is thrilled to finally have a bio! Paul has been a part of the Theatre Network team for nearly 5 whole seasons, and has loved every minute of it! For this production Paul was forced to seek out experimental surgery. He has had an extra head attached, to house the extra brain (that has been necessary more than once) and the extra set of eyes, and 2 extra arms added just below his original ones (for obvious reasons). He really wanted a prehensile tail but one was not available. Please don’t stare. Paul is disappointed that he will never get a bio again. Enjoy the show!

Jesse is positively eupeptic to be playing once again at the Roxy with his friends at Theatre Network!  Other credits include:  Hello Hello (Kill Your Television) Rhinoceros (University of Alberta); Pig (ChezPierre):  Orange Flower Water (Blarney Productions);  Nami Namersson The Viking Who Liked To Name Things 2005/2008 World Domination Tour, (Concrete Theatre); Scythe (Dammitdance Theatre); Duck Duck Bang (Firefly Theatre);  MacGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas, Ten Times Two, While My Mother Lay Dreaming (Shadow Theatre); Silence, The Beard, Fat Pig, Urban Tales 10 (Northern Light Theatre);  Eros and the Ichy Ant (Teatro La Quindicina);  The Neo Nancies: Hitler’s Kickline (Guys in
Disguise); The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Loves Labours Lost. (FreeWill Players); Maggie’s Getting Married, See How They Run, Carousel (Mayfield Dinner Theatre);  Penelope Vs. The Aliens (Fringe A Go Go 2005); The Headshot of Dorian Grey (Acme Productions);  Burlesque!,  Paradise City (Panties Productions); All Clear (Theatre Network); Measure for Measure, Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Hay Fever (Theatre Calgary); Deathtrap (Vertigo Mystery Theatre); Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Globe Theatre).  

Jesse a graduate of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program.

Darrin Hagen is an award-winning authour, playwright, composer and Drag Artiste.  He has written (or co-written) 18 plays, and his first play, The Edmonton Queen, was expanded into book form and published by Brindle & Glass.  His second play, Tornado Magnet: A Salute to Trailer Court Women was also published by B&G, and a new shortened version just finished a run at Calgary’s Lunchbox Theatre starring Karen Johnson-Diamond. Hagen just returned from Key West, Florida, where he directed a new American production of BitchSlap!, starring Christopher Peterson. Other plays by Hagen include The Neo-Nancies; Hitler’s Kickline; The Glory, The Fury, and Inventing Rasputin.  

Hagen is the artistic director of Guys in Disguise, and with partner Kevin Hendricks, has toured his unique brand of cross-dressing comedies across the country.  “Guys” productions have played in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Regina, Meacham, Red Deer, Calgary, Vancouver, Whitehorse, and Orlando.  In addition, PileDriver! by Hagen and Wes Borg has been produced twice in Seattle, and BitchSlap! is already confirmed for a second run in Key West. He has received several Sterling Awards for his work in Edmonton theatre, and an AMPIA award for his work in television.  Back in the old day, he won a crown or two for being a pretty young thing in a fabulous gown.  He was also named as one of the 100 Edmontonians of the Century.  To the best of his knowledge, he’s the only drag queen on that list.

Ian is proud to be a part of Buddy.  His past work at Theatre Network includes Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Excavations. Other work Ian has done includes but is not limited to Peter Pan (Citadel Theatre); Kafka's Amerika, Breeder, Urban Tales,  Water's Daughter (Northern Light Theatre); Dream Life (Catalyst Theatre); Tranne of Green Gables and BitchSlap! (Guys in Disguise). Ian is a Sterling Award recipient of a Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Multimedia Design 2003. He has also received a Mayor's Achievement Award in Arts and Business.  Ian has been a professional photographer for twelve years working out of Edmonton. He is part of the team at EPIC Photography Inc. Ian would also not be able to exist in this universe without the love and support of his dog Nicky and wife Gina Moe.

Mark most recently performed in The Maggie Tree’s A Life In The Day. Before that he appeared in ONE at Workshop West’s Canoe Festival and prior to that his animation was seen in Azimuth Theatre’s Sukat. He’s thrilled to be involved in this fresh and very original production with such capable company. Other credits include Richard III and As You Like It for Free Will Players, Concrete Theatre’s Are We There Yet? and Work Plays, Shadow Theatre’s Macgregor’s Hard Ice Cream & Gas, Summit Conference for Northern Light Theatre and Vertigo Theatre’s Murder In Green Meadows. His film credit is the recently released Freezer Burn: Invasion at Laxdale and he’ll be on the Free Will stage again this summer. Mark is an improvisational dancer, a classical animator, visual artist and now a dad. He’d like to dedicate this show to Matea Dylan Jenkins.

Cheryl is excited to be back with the gang and working on Darrin’s new play.  Past shows with Theatre Network include Alias Godot, Choke, and A Beautiful View.  Most recently Cheryl Stage Managed Ron Jenkins’ Extinction Song at the Citadel Theatre.  Other Citadel shows include the co-production of Amadeus with CanStage, To Kill A Mockingbird and Of Mice And Men, co-productions with the Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Importance of Being Earnest, co-production with The Grand Theatre, Angels In America, Part 2- Perestroika, My Fair Lady, Hello Dolly, Suddenly Last Summer and Popcorn.
Other shows include Workshop West Theatre’s productions of The Blue Light, My One and Only, Mary’s Wedding, The Red Priest and Apple.   Henry V and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Free Will Players, The Leisure Society and Get Away for Alberta Theatre Projects Playwright’s Festival and Catalyst Theatre’s productions of The Blue Orphan and Carmen Angel which toured Canada, Scotland, Wales and Australia. When not Stage Managing, Cheryl also works in the film and television industry.

Bradley is delighted to be directing the world premiere of Buddy and to be creating this unique theatrical and filmic experience with such a great cast and production team. Originally from Montreal, Bradley is a MFA graduate in directing from the University Alberta. He joined Theatre Network in 1995 to create the multidisciplinary emerging artist festival – Nextfest. Recent productions directed include: Without You, Alias Godot, Misery, A Beautiful View, Closer And Closer Apart, Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad, the Sterling Award Winning play Summer Of My Amazing Luck, True West, Girl In The Goldfish Bowl, The Leisure Society, Hosanna, Marion Bridge, A Skull In Connemara, Midlife, the Sterling Award Winning glam rock musical Hedwig And The Angry Inch, For The Pleasure Of Seeing Her Again, and Lawrence & Holloman.

This is Scott's fifth year as Production Manager and Lighting Designer for Theatre Network. In those five furious years, Scott has made dozens of life long buddies at The Roxy, and is very fortunate to be able to work with such a supportive, creative and dedicated group of people year in and year out. Thanks Buddies! Some recent design credits include: Lighting Design for Theatre Network: Alias Godot, A Beautiful View, Closer and Closer Apart, Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad, The Summer of my Amazing Luck, Marion Bridge. For Shadow Theatre: A Year of Winter (lighting design), Almost, Maine (set and lighting design), Underneath the Lintel (set design). Others: Jumping Jack (production design, Blue Moon Productions), The Coming of the Kings (lighting design, Theatre Prospero), The Black Rider (sound design, November Theatre), A Rocky Night For His Nibs (set and lighting design, Teatro Quindicina), Kitchen Witches (lighting design, Mayfield Dinner Theatre).