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Extravaganza! Bianca   Details   Photos   Cast & Crew Troupe On stage Monica Botelho Tzeitel, Mistress Monica Botelho studies music at Carleton University, and voice with Yoriko Tanno-Kimmons. She has participated in many Kiwanis competitions, a NATS competition and performs with the Carleton University Choir. She also has performed in her singing teacher's annual show Shooting Stars. Monica is thrilled to be working with Productions Nemesis and especially with all her fellow talented performers. What a great experience this has been! THANX AND BREAK A LEG!!! Aviva Kolet Eliza Doolittle Aviva Kolet has been singing since the young age of 7, whether it was in a school choir or with a private teacher. Now, at the age of 21, she is a third year classical voice student at Carleton University. In the fall, Aviva will continue performing with the Carleton University Choir and will hopefully become the new conductor of the North Grenville Concert Choir. It will be a busy year, as she anticipates competing in NATS and the Kiwanis Music Festival. After her graduating recital, Aviva plans to complete a Master's Degree of Operatic Performance and eventually perform internationally. As for her debut performance with Productions Nemesis, Aviva would like to take the time to thank her fellow cast members and the Productions Nemesis staff. She looks forward to working with them again in the near future. Lauren Kronick Charlie Davenport, Ado Annie Lauren Kronick graduated from Canterbury High School this year where she was a vocal music student. She is pursuing her studies in journalism at Concordia University in Montreal. Lauren has sung in too many choirs to count on one hand, participated in the Kiwanis Music Festival for several years, and has been in a variety of performances, most recently The Wizard of Oz. She would like to thank her family and friends for being there for her and the amazing cast and crew for all the laughs, memories and good times. Play rehearsals have never been so much fun! Guy Marsan danseur, Capitaine de danse Guy étudie en théâtre à l'Université d'Ottawa. Il fait de la danse hip-hop en compétition depuis près d’un an avec l'école Dance Studios.ca. Guy a aussi fait trois ans de Jazz quand il était plus jeune, en plus de ses études en théâtre. Guy est content de faire partie de la production de Extravaganza! puisqu’elle lui permet de combiner deux de ses arts préférés dans un même spectacle! Si seulement il pouvait chanter...! Alexandre Matte officier, trompette Alexandre est un homme à tout faire, un homo universalis tout craché. Il a plusieurs intérêts et plusieurs talents. La scène n'est pas étrangère pour Alexandre. Il a déjà offert plusieurs performances à travers les années. Musicien d'abord, il a participé au Festival Fringe d'Ottawa comme comédien et ensuite comme metteur en scène. Comme trompettiste, élève de Douglas Sturdevant, il était membre de l’Orchestre des jeunes d’Ottawa en 1999 et en 2000, et il a remporté la médaille d’or du concours Kiwanis en 2000. Étudiant en sociologie et en communication, il espère poursuivre ses intérêts artistiques encore longtemps. Dans ses temps libres, Alexandre est fixé à son écran d'ordinateur ou fixé à une pente de ski. Marilla Montgomery Annie Oakley Our Marilla loves to sing and dance and she looks forward to completing her fourth year in the music program at Carleton University. Marilla's life, like Extravaganza!, is full of spontaneous bursts of impassioned song and dance. It is with this electrifying enthusiasm that she invites you to enjoy this refreshing splash of fun and frivolity. And remember, if you don't like the show, she is the "best sure shot in this here town"! Soniya Mukhedkar Hodel, Eva Soniya has been singing since the tender years of her childhood. Always one for the spotlight and stage, she is drawn to the ambiance of musical theatre and its particular style. A student of Yoriko Tanno-Kimmons, in April 2003, she competed in the Kiwanis Music Festival for Musical Theatre Solo and placed first in her class. She was also the recipient of the Youth Performing Arts Foundation scholarship. She is absolutely exuberated to be a part of Extravaganza! Watch out Broadway Babies, here comes Soniya! Yannick-Muriel Noah Esméralda, Marie-Jeanne Yannick-Muriel Noah a eu le coup de foudre pour la scène dès l'âge de quatre ans. Elle s'est produite dans une variété de spectacles incluant Tosca avec Opéra Lyra au CNA, Little Shop of Horrors a l'Université Carleton, Rights Now! - un spectacle itinérant qu'elle a co-écrit pour Amnistie Internationale et plusieurs pièces de théâtre. Ayant complété son diplôme en Architecture a l'Université Carleton, cette lauréate de plusieurs prix de chant lance sa carrière de chanteuse à l'aide de son professeur, Mme Yoriko Tanno-Kimmons. Patrick Roy Buffalo Bill, Magaldi L’Odyssée musicale de Patrick Roy a commencé avec la guitare, puis a gravité vers le piano, la clarinette, le saxophone baryton et la musique par ordinateur. On peut aussi trouver la souche de cet amour musical auprès de son père, Yves, qui est connu comme étant le chauffeur d’autobus chantant de la région d’Ottawa. Patrick a acquis son expérience théâtrale à l’école secondaire et a récemment participé aux spectacles Garneau High School Dance Concert 2000 et une variété d’autres concerts de chorale télédiffusés sur les ondes de Rogers Télécommunautaire. Il a aidé à organiser un concert pour la communauté francophone en novembre 2002, intitulé Polyphonies d’automne et participe à la chorale ‘Chantons-prions’, qu’il a co-fondé. Patrick est dans la dernière année de son baccalauréat en musique et administration des arts. Anna Sharrett fiddle, Chava Anna Sharrett has studied music and theatre since she was a child. She has acted in several stage productions, including Smoke and Mirrors and Getting Away With Murder. She has also been a member of several choral ensembles. Anna has been playing the fiddle for seven years and is a former student of the Ottawa Folklore Centre. She currently studies English at Carleton University and hopes one day to be a professional actress. Jane Simpson dancer Jane has studied classical ballet as well as Highland, modern, contemporary, urban and belly dance. She first performed with Productions Nemesis as an actress and dancer in Conversations and has since shown that her eclectic theatre experience is not limited to the stage; she performed double duties as make-up artist and assistant stage manager for Intolérance au velours at this year’s Ottawa Fringe Festival. Jane was also a performer in DERA’s latest fundraiser. Larry Tarof piano While Larry¹s career background is high tech, previously as a Nortel worker and later an executive with a local startup, with a Master¹s and Ph.D. in electronic engineering, his passion is music, especially musical theatre and jazz. Classically trained in the U.S., his music career includes seven years as youth music director at Temple Israel, lay cantorial work, accompanying students for Kiwanis and recitals for the past decade, and even playing keyboards in a local rock band. Over the years, he has worked extensively with Yoriko Tanno Kimmons’ studio and accompanies professional singers. This past season he accompanied more than 100 competitors at Kiwanis, working closely with five different studios, accompanied at ten recitals or productions, and produced more than 100 accompaniment backup pieces on CD. He was the audition accompanist for the most recent Mirvish production casting call for Mamma Mia. And for something completely different, he also appeared onstage as the Shiva Cantor in the Orpheus production of Rags. Luc Vaillancourt guitare When he is not studying nanotechnology and quantum physics, Luc Vaillancourt busies himself by enriching his own musical theory knowledge and culture, drawing from almost everything from Romantic classical music to jazz to modern rock. Luc détient un diplôme en musique et en administration des arts de l’Université d’Ottawa. This is his second collaboration with Productions Nemesis; il a composé et enregistré la musique pour Peau des Ongles, la seule pièce de théâtre francophone du Festival Fringe d’Ottawa en 2002. Luc has this to say of Productions Nemesis: "I respect and admire this group of people because their motivation is drawn purely from a great passion for the performing arts. These are people you know are going to be at it for the rest of their lives... and you just know they'll keep getting better and better." Back stage John Douglas Technicien Avec Productions Nemesis, John s’est distingué sur et en arrière scène. Ses tous derniers projets sont l’adaptation de textes et la mise en scène, incluant la pièce Melancholy Elephants, qui a été présentée à Ottawa et à Hamilton. John a complété son baccalauréat à l’Université d’Ottawa, et il espère continuer ses études en Technique Théâtrale. En plus du théâtre, la passion de John est la musique; il compose et enseigne le piano. Arianne M. Matte Metteur en scène Journaliste de formation et agente de communication de profession, la passion d’Arianne demeure le théâtre. En plus d’être co-fondatrice de Productions Nemesis, elle écrit, dirige et comédie dans toutes sortes de projets. Ses mises en scène et réalisations antérieures ont été de vifs succès; soulignons en particulier la première mondiale de Fantastic Reality, pour laquelle Arianne a obtenu le prix de meilleure mise en scène en 1999. Sa plus récente prestation théâtrale a été Intolérance au velours au Festival Fringe d’Ottawa cette année, pièce que CBC Radio a qualifiée de « extremely courageous ». Marie Ouellette Costumes et accessoires Marie a récemment incarné le rôle ardu et artistique de Dorthy dans Melancholy Elephants. Auparavant, on a pu voir Marie dans The Vagina Monologues (avec l’Université d’Ottawa), Fantastic Reality (également avec Productions Nemesis), Les Animaux Malades de la Peste et Les Maris Fondus. Lorsqu’elle ne travaille pas sur une production théâtrale, Marie complète son diplôme en littérature française à l’Université d’Ottawa et poursuit une carrière en tant qu’écrivaine. Sylvie “Spice” Royer Musical Director Sylvie has been singing since she learned to talk. She has acquired many years’ experience as a stage hand thanks to her mother’s several years directing the Greely Players. Sylvie has over seven years of musical training and several instruments under her belt, including the piano, the clarinet and the double bass. In her last year of high school, Sylvie was assistant choir director. Extravaganza! is her first official (and solo) work as musical director. Although Sylvie is not planning to pursue music as a profession, it will certainly always be a part of her life for its enriching entertainment value to herself and others. Grace Villanueva Choreographer Grace Villanueva started her career at three years of age with Miss Joanne, her ballet teacher. Seventeen years later, she became a dancer/choreographer/teacher. She has performed in Europe, Canada and the Caribbean for Sunquest Resorts and Cruises. She has taught hip-hop in Toronto, London (England) and in her hometown of Ottawa. Grace is glad to be a part of Extravaganza! and dedicates her work to her big baby Nigel and her little baby Robbie. Also participating : Tom Douglas officer, trumpet Joel Guénette Édith Piaf Emmanuel Jean-Simon Frank Butler, Quasimodo Karim Mohanna Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Peron