In front of the camera
Kaitlyn Semple - Lucy
Kaitlyn Semple is an actor, singer, dancer and teacher from Regina, Saskatchewan. Since completing her BFA in Acting from the University of Regina, she has trained in Toronto with CBC's Triple Sensation, in Edmonton at the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program, and in Regina with the Globe Theatre Conservatory. Acting credits include: Us, Bittergirl, Mary Poppins, Shout Sister, Jake and the Kid, and Metamorphoses (Globe Theatre); It's A Wonderful Life, Little Women, and Ring of Fire (Persephone Theatre); Root, Hog, or Die (Sandbox Series); Cope (Persephone Youth Series, Live Five); The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Keyano Theatre and Vertigo Theatre); Cinderella and Steel Magnolias (Rubarb Productions); As You Like It (Citadel Theatre); The Last Five Years (Golden Apple Theatre); Alice In Wonderland and The Hockey Sweater (Sum Theatre). Kaitlyn and her husband Greg Ochitwa create original theatrical works, most recently Try Your Wings for the Regina Jazz Society. Check out their work at www.kaitlynsemple.com
Ryland Alexander - Paul
Ryland Alexander is a Regina-based actor and educator and has been working in film and theatre for the past twenty years. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta BFA - Drama (Acting), Rose Bruford College MA - Theatre Practices, and the University of Regina BEAD - Arts Education programs. Previous film credits include: Donkey Head, Cagefighter, Mercy, SuperGrid, The Adventure Club, Chokeslam, Big Muddy, Wolfcop, Step Dogs, Stranded, 13 Eerie, Hemorrhage, The Englishman's Boy, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story. IMDB
Kate Herriot - Sara
Kate Herriot is a garden and nature enthusiast who currently works in simulation-based healthcare education at the University of Saskatchewan. Before moving into the simulations world, Kate had spent about ten years as an actor in theatres around Saskatchewan and in various film and TV projects. She is an organizer with Climate Justice Saskatoon, a co-host of Mom I'm a Thespian on 90.5FM CFCR, and an aunt to two sweetie-pies. Some theatre and film credits include: As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, and Richard III (Shakespeare in the Saskatchewan); Christmas Carol (Globe Theatre); Blow, Wind (Dancing Sky Theatre); Chained (Anchor Bay Entertainment, dir. Jennifer Lynch) and Hard Core Logo 2 (Twilight Entertainment, dir. Bruce McDonald). Kate currently lives in Saskatoon with her sister Maia and a sweet pup named Bruce the Boy Genius.
Micaele Johnson - Taylor
Resting Potential was Micaele Johnson’s first principal role in an independent feature film. Acting training received at On Broadway, at Circle in the Square Theatre School NYC . Currently, Micaele is based out of Vancouver and is signed with Mint Talent. Film credits include the feature film Mercy which was nominated for Best Feature at the Regina International Film Festival, and screened at the Whistler International Film Festival. IMDB
Cavan Cunningham - Chris
Cavan Cunningham was born in San Francisco and raised (for the most part) in Vancouver, BC. Cavan has been acting on film, tv & stage since the mid-80’s. He has worked on many productions but is probably most well known as Mayor “Fitzy” on the several iterations of Corner Gas. He’s worked all around western Canada and even parts of northern Europe. Sometimes Cavan can be found teaching at the University of Regina but these days is most often seen corralling his kids and helping to organize his professorial wife’s busy life. IMDB
Jodi Sadowsky - Jamie
Jodi Sadowsky is a professional theatre, film and television performer. She is also one of the Associate Producers of the short advocacy film Reel Women Seen, a film inspired and produced by the ACTRA National Women’s Committee. As well, she is a past nominee of the Saskatchewan Arts Board Lieutenant Governor's Arts Award for Individual Leadership in the Arts. Select film/TV credits: The Land of Rock and Gold, Vampire Dog, InSecurity, Corner Gas, Incredible Story Studios, renegadepress.com and Velvet Devil. Select theatre credits: Dry Streak, Chickens, Volstead Blues (Souris Valley Theatre); Kafka’s Monkey (Golden Apple Theatre); See Bob Run (Fringe-Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Regina); The Mirror Game, Signe’s Lost Colors, Waiting for the Parade (Persephone Theatre); Grace and Wit (Globe Theatre). Her ongoing commitment to the arts includes prior involvement as the ACTRA Saskatchewan National Councillor, Producer of the Regina Fringe Theatre Festival, and one of the Founding Board Members of the Golden Apple Theatre. Jodi Sadowsky
Dawn Bird - Theresa Pelletier
Dawn Bird is an Actor, Writer, Casting Director, and Producer for tv, film and web in Regina, Saskatchewan. She runs three Regina-based production companies: B.E.ZEE Productions Inc., DBD Productions Inc. and Iron Door Productions Inc. Dawn produced Feature films Bread Thieves and Mercy, which can be viewed on the National Film Board’s website, the comedic web series Zarqa, which can be viewed on CBC Gem and is currently producing the 5th season of the animated TV series Why Am I? Previous seasons can be viewed on City TV Saskatchewan. Despite having cast, written, and produced multiple projects, Dawn’s true passion is acting. Dawn has had the good fortune of landing several different acting roles within the film and television industry and continues to voice the character of Lily the Bison for Why Am I? and most recently played two roles in the award-winning short Outstanding in his Field. IMDB
Alan Bratt - Sandy
Alan Bratt has been in the business in Saskatchewan for a long time. Early on he decided to stay here and through the years saw the film business grow and prosper and then suffer a precipitous decline. Now with new money being infused from the government he hopes to see it grow again. Often he used to play less than pleasant people and now he hopes to play nasty old men. They’re the most fun. Alan is the President and National Councillor of ACTRA Saskatchewan. IMDB
Mark Claxton - Robert
Mark Claxton is a Prairies-based theatre artist currently making his home on Treaty Four lands in Regina. Mark’s theatre credits include, All Shook Up, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Regina’s Globe Theatre. Mark has also been seen in many other theatre productions including but not limited to Neighbourhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Persephone Theatre); Dry Streak, The Odd Couple (Souris Valley Theatre); Driving Miss Daisy, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (RuBarb Productions); and Wizard of Oz: The Panto (Diversified Productions). In film and television, Mark has been seen in Corner Gas: The Movie, Vampire Dog, Stranded, A.R.C.H.I.E., Corner Gas, InSecurity, and Little Mosque on the Prairie, and his performance in Dr. Ripp earned him a Saskatchewan Independent Film Award. A former journalist and communications consultant, he is also the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals (SATP). His work with SATP is driven by gratitude and love for the Saskatchewan theatre community that nurtured his late-blooming vocation as an actor and director.