Lili Roussakis
Co-Artistic Director
Lili Roussakis (she/her) is very excited to be co-directing the Ottawa premiere of Ride the Cyclone with one of her dear friends, Euan Wheaton. After being involved in numerous LBMT productions in both cast and crew positions, she is excited to be involved in the premiere of this incredible musical! Whether you are sailing through space or have the highest GPA, the directing team hope that this show helps you to think a little deeper about what makes a life well-lived. She hopes everybody enjoys the show!
Euan Wheaton
Co-Artistic Director
Euan Wheaton (he/him) is honoured to be sharing such an important show with one of his oldest theatre friends, Lili Roussakis. Having worked with LBMT since their launch party, he couldn’t think of a better company to help bring Cyclone to Ottawa for the first time. You might recently have seen him as “Pirelli” in Sweeney Todd (Paper Moon) or as “Gene” in One Small Misstep (Sol One Arts). His original show Girls Can Do Anything (Except That) will be featured at this year’s Ottawa Fringe Festival, and he also performs as “Pierre” in Oh Canada Eh! (Totally Legit Productions). Like Constance in the show, he is a Scorpio, and wants everyone to know: there’s no shame in loving your town, large or small.
Mathieu Charlebois
Producer
Tania Granata
Music Director
Tania is thrilled to be on this “Ride” with LBMT. She has been around the Ottawa music scene as a solo pianist, accompanist, vocal coach, producer, teacher for many years. Previous musical theater shows include Sweeney Todd (Paper Moon 2024), Willy Wonka (SOPAC 2024), The Aristocats (SOPAC 2023), Frozen Junior (SOPAC 2022), James and the Giant Peach (Suzart 2018), You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (independant), amongst many other shows. She is also active as a classical pianist with a focus on opera and art song. She is Music Director for SOPAC, is finishing her 3rd season as accompanist for Musica Ebraica, and teaches private piano and MYC in Westboro. She thanks her amazing husband and son for their support on this adventure and can’t wait to see what comes next!
Sharon Leger
Choreographer
Haileigh Simpson
Stage Manager
Haileigh Simpson (they/them) is making their LBMT debut as the stage manager for Ride The Cyclone and couldn’t be more thrilled! They are a committed theatre lover, studying BA theatre at the University of Ottawa and taking shows everywhere they can. Recent stage management credits include I Have Something To Say and Sell The Children (Youth Infringement), Legally Blonde (Carleton Musical Theatre Society) and High School Musical Jr. (Orangeville Music Theatre). They also have assistant stage management credits for 1984 (Sock ‘n’ Buskin Theatre Company) and have done department productions at the University of Ottawa. Haileigh also loves costume design, with credits designing Heathers and The Great Gatsby (uOttawa Theatre Club). “They want to thank their lovely friends and family for their infinite support and their lovely production team for joining them on this ride and creating such a beautiful show.”
Miles Chow
Lighting Designer
As a rollercoaster enthusiast, Miles knew that Ride the Cyclone was the perfect show for them. They are overjoyed to be working with this wonderful cast and crew. Although the also love performing, recently playing Debbie in Groundhog Day the Musical (Mississippi Mudds), Miles found their love of theatre tech while a part of the Canterbury High School tech crew. Since graduating, they have stage managed and lighting designed for Jekyll & Hyde the Musical (ASNY Productions), lighting apprenticed for Steel Magnolias (Three Sisters Theatre), lighting apprenticed for The Prom (Suzart) and now stage manages Oh Canada Eh! Dinner Theatre.
Jason Dubue
Projection Designer
Jason Dubue is a multidisciplinary artist with a background in graphic design and an ever-growing collection of creative skills. Always looking to learn and challenge himself, this marks his first foray into projection design, proving that curiosity (and caffeine) can take you pretty far. In collaboration with his equally clever partner in life, Kitty Dubue, and their creative venture, bwylgroup.com, Jason brings years of experience helping community projects thrive through thoughtful and creative problem-solving. Together, they are grateful for the chance to contribute to the magic of live theatre. “Ride the Cyclone stuck with us—it’s chaotic, heartfelt, funny, and beautifully strange, just like life.”
Kitty Dubue
Projection Designer
Gillian Hosick
Props and Set Designer
Gillian has worn many hats in the theatre world, both onstage as a performer and backstage in technical roles. With a background rooted in musical theatre, she’s gradually found herself drawn to the creative problem-solving side of props and set design. Working on Ride the Cyclone has been a chance to combine her performance instincts with the behind-the-scenes work that helps shape the show’s weird and wonderful vibe. She would like to give a huge thanks to her father, Phil Hosick, for his endless patience and building expertise.
Shawn Langille
Sound Designer
Juliana Morewood
Costume Designer
Stefania Wheelhouse
Hair and Makeup Designer
Rory Woodland
Assistant Stage Manager
Rory Woodland is thrilled to be a part of this thrill ride of a show! It’s a thrill to be back with LBMT. The cast and crew are nothing short of thrilling. The most thrilling part? Working with their amazing girlfriend Catherine (“Jane Doe”). They are beyond thrilled for everyone to experience the thrilling journey we’ve poured our hearts into! Insta: @rorywoodland_
Arson McTaggart
Assistant Stage Manager
Arson McTaggart is honored to do their first professional Assistant Stage Managing job with such an amazing cast and crew. She comes from a background of woodworking and literature, with a smidge of visual arts. From both she brings a love of putting things together to create a beautiful final product. They look forward to learning as much as possible from the talent around them, so she can help put on a remarkable show.
Kendra Thompson
The Amazing Karnak
This is Kendra’s Lost Baggage premiere! She is thrilled to be taking the stage as an ominous novelty machine. Though she is no stranger to the stage, you may have last seen her in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Orpheus Musical Theatre. She can often be found backstage, having worked on a variety of Orpheus and TotoToo productions in the last few years. Kendra thanks her parents for always supporting her and coming to see every show she is involved in since childhood.
Emily Ramdyal
Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg (Swing: Jane Doe)
After previously performing as ensemble and the understudy for ‘Clarisse’ in The Lightning Thief (Suzart 2024), Emily is happy and HYPED to be making her LBMT debut in her favourite musical and to be playing her biggest dream role of all time. As a longtime fan of Ride the Cyclone, getting to perform this show with such an amazingly stacked cast and crew is truly a full circle moment for Emily. She hopes she will do Ocean justice, for herself and for others who love this musical just as much as she does. One fun fact about Emily is that she has the same initials as Emily Rohm, who played Jane Doe in the original cast of the show!! Offstage, Emily is in grade 11 at Canterbury High School. When she’s not acting or singing, her hobbies consist of being silly, making pop culture references and spending money on energy drinks. She hopes you enjoy the ride and that you keep your arms and legs inside the cart at all times!!
Dominic Perrin
Mischa
Dominic is beyond excited to be portraying ‘Mischa Bachinski’ in LBMT’s production of Ride the Cyclone. This is his second Ottawa show after playing ‘Dr. Orin Scrivello, D.D.S.’ in last year’s Little Shop of Horrors (CMTS). Previous acting credits include Beauty and the Beasts‘s ‘Monsieur D’Arque (QMT, 2020) and ‘Rapunzel’s Prince’ in Into the Woods (QSB, 2019). Насолоджуйтесь шоу!
Gil Skoll
Noel Gruber
Gil (they/them) is beyond excited to be playing ‘Noel Gruber’ in this production of Ride the Cyclone. Previous credits include Carrie: The Musical (Laurier Musical Theatre), Insight Theatre (Planned Parenthood Ottawa), and the occasional drag king gig. Fun fact: they once planned to perform “Noel’s Lament” in drag… so actually getting cast as Noel is both a dream come true and cosmic alignment!
Ace Corbin
Ricky Potts
Ace Corbin (he/him) is thrilled to be playing Ricky Potts in LBMT’s production of Ride the Cyclone! His most recent credits include Into the Woods as ‘Jack’ (Canterbury High School) and The Lightning Thief as ‘Clarisse’ (Suzart Productions), as well as being a co-director for Go Go Honeybee! at the Children’s Theatre Festival (Canterbury High School). He would like to thank his family and friends for their unwavering support. He hopes you enjoy the show!
Llewyn Kinney
Constance Blackwood
Llewyn Kinney (They/He) is kinda freaking out right now about playing ‘Constance Blackwood’ in Ride the Cyclone! They have loved their work as a soloist, contestant, host, vocal coach, and ‘Al Capone’ with Lost Baggage, and as a high society lady in Doctor Bird’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ at the Meridian Theatre (2024), however ‘Constance Blackwood’ is their dream role and to be able to perform it with this cast has been absolutely incredible. If you can’t get enough of Llewyn Kinney then you won’t want to miss Girls Can Do Anything (Except That) at Ottawa ‘s Fringe Festival.
Catherine O’Farrell
Jane Doe
Catherine is thrilled to be part of her 4th LBMT show! Originally a competitive dancer, she trained in many styles such as ballet, hip hop, tap and acrobatics and is currently working towards her Grade 9 voice exam with the RCM. When she’s not on stage, she can be found teaching music and dance in elementary school in Casselman and Ottawa. Previous credits include ‘Mary Sunshine’ Chicago (LBMT 2023), ‘Laker Girl’ Spamalot (Greely Players 2024), ‘Morticia Addams’ Addams Family (LBMT 2024), ‘The Acrobat’ Matilda (Suzart 2024) and ‘Cha Cha’ Grease (Greely Players 2025). Although she loves performing, she will be studying esthetics and makeup next year in hopes of becoming a skincare specialist and freelance makeup artist. Enjoy the show!
Faith MacGea
Swing: Constance/Ocean
Faith is beyond excited to be making her acting debut in this incredible production. “Words simply cannot express how grateful and privileged I am to have been able to work alongside such an undeniably talented group of artists!”
Isaac Mitchell
Swing: Mischa/Karnak
Isaac is thrilled to be a part of this great production! Recently, he performed in Villains Cabaret with Lost Baggage Musical Theatre, took on the mischievous ‘Puck’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the uOttawa Theatre Club, and brought life to the role of ‘Ram Sweeney’ in uOttawa Theatre Club’s The Heathers. Passionate about storytelling and performance, Isaac can’t wait to bring his energy to the stage once again! Enjoy the ride!
Eli Rutherford
Swing: Noel/Ricky
Eli Rutherford (he/him) is so excited to be making his LBMT debut as the swing for Noel and ‘Ricky’ in Ride the Cyclone. He has been seen recently in CMTS’s production of Legally Blonde and is beyond excited to be making his community theatre debut alongside such an incredibly kind, passionate and talented team.
Katina Brown
Talia (In Projections)
Miranda Lewis
Wardrobe Supervisor
Laurenne Tynski
Set Builder
Laurenne has always been drawn to the impact of scenic design in storytelling and she is thrilled to help bring Gillian’s incredible set to life. With a background in performing, she first began working on the production side of theatre in high school where she co-designed and built the sets for their musicals. Recently, she worked on the sets for The Addams Family (LBMT) and hopes to do more in the future!
Phil Hosick
Set Builder
Lost Baggage Musical Theatre 