THEATRE NEWS: More Stratford prods set for 2012
18 OCT/11

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

TORONTO - The Stratford Festival has put some more flesh on the bones of the 2012 season announced earlier this summer. According to announcements made Tuesday, the roster for the fest’s 60th season reads as follows:

After an impressive turn as Lenny in The Homecoming, Aaron Krohn returns to the Festival stage, tackling the title role of Henry V, joining Ben Carlson, Juan Chioran, Deborah Hay, Lucy Peacock and Tom Rooney in a production helmed by artistic director Des McAnuff.

Veteran thesp Geraint Wyn Davies assumes the title role in Antoni Cimolino’s production of Cymbeline, joined by Ian Lake, Cara Ricketts, E. B. Smith, John Vickery, Tom McCamus and Mike Shara.

Yanna McIntosh plays the title role in Elektra, under the direction of Thomas Moschopoulos, heading a cast that also includes Peter Hutt, Laura Condlin, Seana McKenna and Lake.

Condlin is also cast in Chris Abraham’s production of The Matchmaker, opposite McCamus, McKenna, Shara, Ricketts and Wyn Davies in a cast that also includes Sky Brandon and Andrea Runge.

Richard Binsley, Bethany Jillard, Gareth Potter and Tyrone Savage are cast in Christopher Newton’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, joining James Blendick, Carlson, Hay and Chioran.

Stephen Patterson joins the cast of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, along with Erica Peck, Ken James Stewart, Andrew Broderick, Amy Wallis and Kevin Yee, under the direction of Donna Feore.

Sean Arbuckle and Wallis team up with Kyle Blair and Steve Ross in Ethan McSweeny’s production of The Pirates of Penzance, while Arbuckle and Naomi Costain will play opposite Cynthia Dale in Garry Griffin’s production of 42nd Street.

John Beale joins the playwright in the world première of Daniel MacIvor’s The Best Brothers, under the direction of Dean Gabourie, while Robin Hutton, Randy Hughson, Peacock and Rooney will tackle Wanderlust, written and directed by Morris Panych.