The Passages of Everett Manning: Cast

Cast

Everett Manning - Lyf Stolte
Blame - Athena Guy
Lucy - Amanda Whitney
Jean, Young Joyce, Teenage Joyce - Larissa Benfey
Bob, Cop, Reporter, john, Voice - Ben Hudson
Driver, Cop - Tony Alexander
Robin - Richard Bechard
Young Everett, Reporter, Cop, Voice - Tijiki Morris

Lyf Stolte

Has been working as Actor-in-Residence at Sanctuary since January 2003. Since that time he has expanded his artistic repertoire with what some might call directing. Acting is Lyf's first passion and he is glad to be able to get back to the stage in this exciting role. Selected acting credits include Paul in 2nd Timothy (a one-man dramatization of the 2nd letter of Paul to Timothy in the New Testament), Jerry in The Zoo Story by Edward Albee, Rev John Hale in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Selected directing credits include Words, Words, Words, Catpive Audience, Arabian Nights & Babel's in Arms by David Ives, Entertaining Mr. Helms & An Altar Boy Talks To God by Christopher Durang.

Athena Guy

Athena Guy isn't new to the stage yet she attacks each role with the enthusiasm of a fresh faced actor. Her eagerness and charisma is shown through her passion for drama and theatre. Performing for over 10 years she hopes to win an Oscar and perform at Stratford. Athena dedicated herself whole heartedly in this show with the commute in some pretty aweful weather with no second thought. Her love for this script was enough. Athena thanks her kids for their patience and support and hopes to enlighten the audience with another side of the world average people take for granted. Past performances include roles in Oleana, Sojourner Truth, and Ain't Mis Behavin to name a few.

Amanda Whitney

Amanda Whitney graduated from the University of Guelph with a BAH in the theatre program, where she learned much about being political and Canadian. She now lives in Toronto, Ontario as an aspiring actor and writer, and has since become involved in various theatre projects around the city, including work with Clay and Paper Theatre and Pivotal Arts Inc. She is thrilled to be working with the Screaming Monkeys, and would like to thank her friends and family for their constant support and love throughout the process. Past roles include Cookie Cusack in Neil Simon's Rumours, Ma in Christopher Durang's Stye of the Eye, Punch and Judy in Nuit Blanche, Mrs. Thompson in Pivotal Inc's Inside Out, and herself in Conversations on Love and Death.

Larissa Benfey

Larissa has been drawn to the stage since childhood. Acting has always been one of her biggest passions and she enjoys any opportunities to live out this passion. She desperately hopes to make a career of film and theatre acting so that she can spend the rest of her life doing something she loves. This production will be her second with Sanctuary and she hopes it won't be the last. Throughout highschool she wrote, directed and starred in quite a few plays and loved every second of it. Past performances include 'Entertaining Mr. Helms', 'Wedding Bells and Hooker Boots' and 'A Fairy God Mother Story'.

Ben Hudson

Ben, having recently been pulled out of one of Southern Ontario's many large snowbanks, is glad to be back on the stage, whatever form it may take.

If you were recently in Barrie, you may have seen Ben in Mike Cyr's Shumskawsling. Although he enjoyed it, Ben is quite happy to return to performing in his native spoken English (Ben's part in Shumskawsling was performed entirely in American Sign Language). Ben has previously performed in multiple plays at McMaster University in Hamilton, and he also has done some work in Toronto, most notably Marivaux's The Dispute. Also, if you have a quick eye (and/or a functioning pause button), you may have caught Ben and his wife Hayley in the background of such shows as The Border, or Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Tony Alexander

Tony Alexander has been part of the Sanctuary community for a few years now. He is a pre-eminent crazy eights player and thoroughly enjoys his soccer season. Tony began with the group in January of 2004 and has been in almost every performance to date. He enjoys the opportunity to tell a story from a characters perspective. Selected acting credits include Milton in Words, Words, Words, Gorph in Babel's in Arms & TV Man in Captive Audience by David Ives, The Hunter in The Hunter by Kirk Buis, God in An Altar Boy Talks to God by Christopher Durang.

Richard Bechard

Richard has worked with the Screaming Monkeys for almost 3 years now. Selected acting credits include Norman in Arabian Nights by David Ives, The Teacher in The Presidential Call & The Applicant in The Lie Detector Operator by Kirk Buis.

Tijiki Morris

...bio to come...