Talia Acker - Terese

Talia has been acting in Kingston for the past three years. Credits in Kingston include: for Critical Stage Theatre Company - Heterotopia ("Felicity"), Where do I Start ("Rosie"), The Deviants ("Lilith", "Belina"); for Single Thread Theatre Company - Everyman ("God"), Famine ("Sinead").

Talia would like to thank her excellent family and friends for their love and support. And, thank you to Zorba, Jude, Clay, Pete and the Crew for making this a hardly good experience.

Jude Bursten - Sandy

Jude's career as a thespian spans a lifetime though she has rarely been afforded a real stage or a formal script.

Jude is filled with gratitude that no bones was broken and no graves got dug. She wishes to thank the village it took to uncover the Sandy within-especially Kylie, Bill and Rob. Also special thank you to my co-casted whacktarts and Zorba for believing it was possible.

Clayton Garrett - Joe

Clayton is glad to be working with Bottle Tree and the Wellington Street Theatre for the first time. Clayton was last in Op Knox production of Caesar last summer as Marc Antony. In the past, he has played Lenny in Of Mice and Men, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and one or two other things around town. Hope you enjoy The Crackwalker.

Peter Jensen - Alan

Peter is a graduate of Upper Canada College's International Bacchelaureate program specializing in Theatre and English, and holds a B.A. Hons. degree from the University of Toronto with a major in Theatre and minors in history and English. He recently appeared as Louis in the Domino Theatre's production of Heat Wave in January 2008 and makes his debut at the Wellington Street Theatre as Alan in Judith Thompson's, "The Crackwalker."

Zorba Dravillas - Homeless Man

Zorba came to Canada from the U.S. and enrolled in Theatre Complete at QECVI. He has played many roles in the last five years, including Hamlet, and leading roles in Dr. Faustus, The Glass Menagerie, and Equus. Zorba has previously directed "Waiting For Godot" for Theatre Five.

Amy Axford - Darlene Moss

Amy Axford is excited to return to community theatre after many years of attending and working to pay for university kept her away from the stage. Amy completed an honours BA in Drama at Queen's University in 2005 and has just landed a job teaching Special Education and Drama at LCVI. Before her hiatus Amy performed in 9 out 10 years of Dramatic Impact's 'A Christmas Carol', Jake's Women (Neil Simon), The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Peter Pan. She would like to thank Chris for helping a rusty old actress practice her lines.

Michael Bullett - Phil Moss

Michael has his honours degree in theatre and history from Queen's University and currently teaches Theatre Complete with the Limestone District School Board. His most recent credits include "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"(Charlie Brown) "Cat in the Hat"(Cat) and "Waiting for Godot"(Vladmir) Mike has also written adaptations of "Cat in the Hat". "The Lorax" "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and a full length musical "QE:The Musical" When not teaching or acting, he can be seen with his wife Charmaine, chauffering their three daughters; Cassandra, Jesica, and Arianna in their 2004 Dodge Caravan!

Aerin Kemp - Gail Pierce

Aerin grew up in Kingston, and now teaches the Nexus Program at QECVI. She is thrilled to be back performing again with such an outstanding cast, director, and crew.

Eirik Rutherford - Dan Torelli

Eirik is a Kingston native that received Theatre training at Queen's University and Concordia University and has been seen on stage and screen in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. He has been involved with many local theatre productions including “Grace”, Domino's production of “Communicating Doors”, OpKnox's production of “Club Chernobyl”.

Eirik is also the Artistic Director of the Acting Academy for the performing arts and a drama teacher at Sydenham High School.

Zorba Dravillas came to Canada from the U.S. and enrolled in Theatre Complete at QECVI. He has played many roles in the last five years, including leading roles in Dr. Faustus, The Glass Menagerie, and Equus. He first learned stage fighting and sword play from John Koengson for his role in Dreaming and Duelling, and has used this skill several times since. Zorba's performance as Hamlet is dedicated to his father, Paul Dravillas, and to his step-father, Bill Hatt.

Steve Powell is happy to make his debut with Bottle Tree Productions, Kingston's newest theatre company, at the Wellington Street Theatre. Steve has been involved in the Kingston Theatre community for over twelve years as an actor and director. Select acting credits include The Thirteenth One (Dramatic Impact), Twelfth Night (Rogue and Peasant), and Jesus Christ SuperStar. Directing credits include Kiss Me Kate and The Drawer Boy. During the day Steve teaches Drama at Regiopolis Notre Dame where he just directed Disney's Beauty and the Beast to rave reviews. Special thanks to Linda and Devon for all their love and support.

Nathaniel Fried is a first year student at Queen's University. He is excited to play Laertes, his first Shakespearean part. Previous roles include Unemployed Man and Waiter in The Good Woman of Setzuan, Max Malone in Adult Entertainment, Lenny in It's A Living and Albert in Bye Bye Birdie. He would like to thank his family for their support and help with learning lines and joining him in his constant battle with irregular iambic pentameter. He would also like to thank Charles and the entire cast for this experience.

Barbara Bell has been acting for several years, both on stage and in film. Favourite roles include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Mary Stuart in Mary Stuart, and the Nurse in Romeo & Juliet. She is thrilled to be part of the cast of Hamlet. Thanks to Charles Robertson and Jacob James for their support and encouragement.

H.Benjamin Ellis's first performance was in Theater 5's Under Milkwood in which he played eight characters. He was given the lead role of Salieri in Amadeus and has played such roles as MacBeth, Mc Murtry (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest) and Stanley Kowalski (A Streetcar Named Desire). His one-man show The Hack opened the season for Bottle Tree Productions at the Wellington Street Theatre.

Mike Sheppard has been working with theatre for many years both on and off the stage. He has played several roles, including Wes Warnicker/Cowboy Bob in "Footloose" Boy in "Pretty Pieces". He has directing experience, and won an Award of Excellence at the Sears Drama Festival for directing and acting in "The Girl in the Mirror", in 2006. Mike is also currently directing a show at the Wellington St Theatre called "That Summer" going up April 4th.

Leigh Ann Bellamy has been working with Charles since she was quite young and quite short. Working with him and the cast of Hamlet has been an absolute blast and she is thankful that she has been given the opportunity to do so. She likes acting very much and hopes to do it for many more moons.

Ian Shanahan is in his third year of studies as a Drama student at Queen's University. His past theatre experiences include high school productions of MacBeth, and Les Misérables, and Queen's Musical Theatre productions of Crazy For You and Blood Brothers. In November, Ian performed in The Good Woman of Setzuan and in January he made his Queen's Student Opera Company debut in Il Barbiere Di Siviglia. This August, Ian will be playing Munkustrap' in Cats. Thanks to the cast and crew of this production for an enriching opportunity!

Paul Tye is delighted to be back on stage for the first time in over a year. The wonderful and talented cast and crew of Hamlet have made this triumphant return particularly enjoyable. The role of Osric, although small, is one that Paul fell in love with right away. Paul would like to thank Bottle Tree Productions for carrying on the legacy of great amateur theatre in Kingston and breathing life into a great old building and to especially Charles Robertson for yet another enormous opportunity. Paul's hope for this production is that the legacy and love of Shakespeare will continue to captivate audiences and actors alike. Cheers.

Gregory Ridge is currently attending his third year of Queen's University, majoring in English. He has not acted for a long time but people tell him he is funny and Gregory finds that he is forced to believe them through necessity. Really.

Jeremy Ennis is a lover of drama and a thespian at heart.

Ana Donefer-Hickie has been actively honing her skill as an actor for several years. She has been a student of Charles' Robertson's since she was a girl, and has taken classes in New York and has applied to Stratford's summer school program.

Eric Nasheim is an avid performer both in theatre and musically. He has played in Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty. Eric has great facility to handle the unexpected and he is a calming and steady influence on those around him.

Hannah Smith loves theatre and has been actively seeking roles since she was eight. She is a student of Charles Robertson's, and has been directed by him in several plays. Her most recent role was Imogen (Best Christmas Pageant Ever) and she had title roles in the musicals Little Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland.

Mitchell Nasheim has several acting credits both on film and in theatre. His talent and timing have proven to be a great asset to the productions that he is involved with. He played leading roles in Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood, and has been actively involved in Bottle Tree Productions' drama school.

Stephen William Anglin debuts as the gravedigger. His motivation and ability are an inspiration to everyone in the cast and crew. He is in good company with Jeremy as one of the 'new kids'.

Shavid Robinson has been acting for several years now, and is coming into his own. He has had roles in Romeo and Juliet, Little Red Riding Hood, and performed brilliantly as Oscar in a class rendition of The Odd Couple.

Brian Collins attends Queen's University and has had several roles in the community and on campus. His cheerful good humour is well-appreciated by cast and crew.