Shawn Kerwin Set & Costume Design
Shawn is a multiple Dora Award-winning designer who has worked for theatre and opera companies in Canada, the U. S. and England. Canadian Stage credits include: All’ s Well that Ends Well, Heaven, Habitat and others.
Other design credits include: The Goat, The Bakkhai,( Stratford Festival), The Lehman Trilogy, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Class( Belfry Theatre) Come From Away( Gander, Nfld.), Between Breaths, Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil & Water( Artistic Fraud) float( Choral Canada, St. John’ s), Sea Sick( Theatre Centre / international tour) A Tender Thing, Great Expectations, Our Town( Soulpepper). Shawn was a full-time faculty member in York University’ s Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance for over 20 years, serving as Department Chair for 6 years.
Olivia Wheeler Sound Designer
Olivia Wheeler is a mixed-race, Chinese Canadian sound designer and composer. Her artistic work spans across the country with companies such as the Stratford Festival, Why Not, Soulpepper, Alberta Theatre Projects and Theatre SKAM. Other Theatre Credits include: Sound Design for Cymbeline( Stratford), Infinite Life( Coal Mine), Mad Madge( Nightwood), The Fixing Girl( YPT), De Profundis( Soulpepper), Here Lies Henry, Armadillos( Factory Theatre), and Between a Wok and a Hot Pot( Cahoots). Upcoming designs include The Bidding War( Crow’ s) and Alligator Pie( Soulpepper). Outside of her sound design practice, she is a playwright, puppet designer, and puppeteer with her play Quest for the Moon performed in BC and Ontario.
More at: www. oliviagwheeler. com
Jason Hand Lighting Design
Selected opera credits include productions for the Los Angeles Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, Against the Grain, Banff Centre, Edmonton Opera, Vancouver Opera, and Tapestry Opera. Theatrical designs include Young People’ s Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Grand Theatre, Canadian Stage, the Stratford Festival, the Shaw Festival, and the Soulpepper Theatre Company. Immersive experiences such as the Disney Animated Immersive Experience( Singapore, Las Vegas, Toronto and 14 more cities across North America), the Original Immersive Van Gogh( Las Vegas, Nashville, New York, and 13 more cities across the US), Jamie Allan ' s Magic Immersive( Chicago). JasonHandLighting. com Instagram @ JH _ Lighting
Corey Ross Producer Starvox Touring
Corey Ross, CEO and Producer of Starvox Touring and Lighthouse Immersive, is a five-time Profit Magazine ' s top growth company and is the only live entertainment company to be listed.
As CEO, Ross was instrumental in Lighthouse Immersive’ s worldwide acclaim with groundbreaking immersive experiences like " Immersive Van Gogh " and " Immersive Disney Animation," smashing box office records from Tokyo to Montreal.
Ross also produces multiple theatrical shows and exhibits, with hits like the long-running " Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience " and the record-breaking " Evil Dead: The Musical." In Las Vegas, he produces three shows;“ Wow Variety Spectacular," " Extravaganza," and the hilarious " Potted Potter."
Past productions include Andrew Lloyd Webber ' s " Cats," " Forever Plaid," and " Sherlock Holmes " starring David Arquette. He premiered Trey Parker ' s cult classic " Cannibal: The Musical " and brought the North American premiere of " Bend it like Beckham: The Musical " to Toronto. He has produced and toured the celebrated exhibition " The Art of Banksy " as well as Tropicana de Cuba in Moscow and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Carnegie Hall. His productions showcase A-list talent, including the likes of Woody Harrelson, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, and Andrea Bocelli.
Ross produced the critically acclaimed AMAZE, bringing Jamie Allan ' s theatrical story-telling and jaw-dropping magic and Illusion to London ' s West End in 2024 and has transferred AMAZE now to New York, where it continues to receive acclaim.
Polonsky Shakespeare Center( PSC)
Theatre for a New Audience’ s home, Polonsky Shakespeare Center( PSC), is a centerpiece of the Brooklyn Cultural District and a contributor to the continued renaissance of Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by celebrated architect Hugh Hardy, Polonsky Shakespeare Center is the first New York City theatre built for classic drama since Lincoln Center’ s 1965 Vivian Beaumont. The 27,500- square-foot facility is a uniquely flexible performance space. In addition, Polonsky Shakespeare Center is a sustainable( green) theatre, with a LEED-NC Silver rating from the U. S. Green Building Council.