Steven’s Toronto credits include Elegies for Acting Up Stage, It’s A Wonderful Life, The Rocky Horror Show, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Urinetown at Canstage, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Hello Muddah Hello Fadduh at The New Yorker, Batboy The Musical at the Bathurst Street Theatre, Top Gun! The Musical! At the Toronto Fringe and The New York Musical Theatre Festival. Other shows include Billy Bishop Goes To War (Tribal), Cabaret (Stage West Mississauga), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (St. Lawrence Theatre Company), and Forever Plaid (everywhere!). Steven is thrilled to be working with his favourite actors on this beautiful piece. Grateful to Sandie Newton (for fifteen years!) and Yanick at NLM, also indebted to Daryl, Wayne and Marc. Mazel Tov to Mitchell and Orrin. Love to Doris and Duke.

Barbara is excited to return to the work of William Finn to complete the hat-trick, having starred in the original Toronto casts of Falsettos (Tarragon Theatre) and Elegies (Acting Up Stage). Selected credits include: Lady Bracknell in Earnest, an original operetta, Mama Rose in Gypsy, Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown (Jessie Award nomination), Maria Callas in Master Class, Golde in Fiddler On The Roof (Stratford Festival), Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (Livent), Charlotte in Larry’s Party (CanStage, NAC, MTC), and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. She has received six Dora Award nominations for Closer Than Ever, Forbidden Broadway, Chutzpah a GoGo, Snappy Tales and Assassins. She co-produced with her husband Marek Norman, the original Canadian production of Assassins which garnered five Dora Awards. She was a member of the legendary Second City Company and co-founder of Reprise Concerts, great musicals in concert.

Thom is delighted to return to Acting Up Stage after his Dora-nominated performance in Elegies: A Song Cycle. Actor, singer and cabaret artist, Thom Allison has performed from Central America to Europe. Selected theatre credits include The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, My Fair Lady, King Henry VIII, The Threepenny Opera, The King and I, Pericles, Macbeth, and Into The Woods (Stratford Festival), Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music, Follies: In Concert (Shaw Festival), Miss Saigon, The Who's Tommy, Rent (Mirvish Productions), Rent (2nd National U.S. Tour), Outrageous, Take Me Out (Canadian Stage Company), Evita (Manitoba Theatre Centre/Theatre Calgary), Cabaret (Theatre Calgary), The Drowsy Chaperone (The Vancouver Playhouse. Some Film and TV credits include: Repo: The Genetic Opera, Leaving Metropolis, Road To Christmas, I Me Wed.  You can purchase Thom's CD by visiting his website at www.thomallison.com

Juan Chioran received a 2004 Dora Mavor Moore Award for his outstanding performance in Mirvish’s The Producers. He also received a Gemini Award in 2000 for his performance in Dracula. Theatre credits include: Hamlet, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Man of La Mancha (Stratford Festival); Cymbeline, The Three Musketeers, Hecuba (Chicago Shakespeare); It’s A Wonderful Life, Much Ado About Nothing, Goodnight Desdemona Good Morning Juliet (The Canadian Stage Company); Blithe Spirit, An Ideal Husband (Citadel); Love’s Labour’s Lost (NAC); Present Laughter, The Play About The Baby (Soulpepper), Anything That Moves (Tarragon); and  Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Broadway/First National – Ovation, Carbonell, and Jeff Awards). He has also appeared on the television series This is Wonderland, Queer as Folk, Earth: Final Conflict, Relic Hunter and Traders. Feature film appearances include Finn on the Fly, Republic of Love , The Perfect Son and Universal Soldier.

Parris is delighted to be making his Acting Up Stage debut with A New Brain, and is thrilled to be working with such a talented group of people. Parris is a recent graduate of the Randolph Academy, and is happy to be performing back in Toronto. Some favorite past roles include: Michele in Having Hope at Home and The Detective in Out of Order (Upper Canada Playhouse) The Narrator and Eddie in The Rocky Horror Show, Aarvid in Don't Hug Me, and Pierre in The Oh Canada, Eh? Dinner Show (Canadiana Productions) , Ching Ho in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Juror #8 in The Twelve (Randolph Academy) as well as productions of Brigadoon (Tommy), Godspell (Jesus), and Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat (Simian). Most recently, Parris appeared onstage as the King in Sleeping Beauty at Casa Loma. Parris would like to dedicate this performance to his family whose love and support allow him to pursue his dreams.

Since graduation from Sheridan College's prestigious musical theatre performance program a year and a half ago, Allie Hughes has been pretty busy. Allie was most recently seen as a top ten finalist in CBC's How Do You Solve  A Problem Like Maria.  Other television and film (Instant Star/CTV), (Being Erica/CBC), (The Rocker/Fox Atomic).  In March Allie will be part of the original cast of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Ben Elton musical The Boys In The Photograph premiering at the Manitoba Theatre Center.  Other theatre credits (Anyone Can Whistle/TIFT).  Allie Hughes is a singer/songwriter- check out her music at www.myspace.com/alliehughes

Steve's very excited to be a part of this.  His recent credits include One for the Pot (Drayton) and The Producers (Neptune).  Other credits include Seussical (Aquarius), The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Jasper Station (Lighthouse Festival), Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad (Showboat Festival), Emily (Talk is Free Theatre), Guys & Dolls, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, West Side Story and A Year with Frog and Toad (Citadel), For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again and The Foursome (New Stages), Sylvia, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph… (Theatre Aquarius), Indian Ink, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd (Canadian Stage), Sideshow of the Damned (The Damned Co-op); The Piper (Necessary Angel), Three Sisters (ATF), The Producers (Mirvish Productions) and five seasons with The Stratford Festival of Canada.  Film:  Ice Princess (Disney).  Upcoming: Cyrano de Bergerac at The Stratford Shakespearean Festival.

Jonathan is thrilled to be making his Toronto theatre debut with Acting Up Stage, surrounded by such inspiring talents, and in one of his favourite musicals to boot!  A graduate of The University of Western Ontario (and Londoner at heart!), Jonathan is currently completing his final year of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College .  Favourite credits include Emcee in Cabaret, Sweeney in Sweeney Todd (Theatre Western); Bernard in Arcadia (UWO); Smudge in Forever Plaid (PSFT); Miss Saigon (Drayton); and Urinetown (Theatre Sheridan).  Love and thanks to his parents, his brothers at 803, and the Amabile Choirs of London, who taught him the meaning of Heart and Music.  This one’s for Matt.

Paula Wolfson is a Dora Award winner (Shaking the Foundations, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre) with a 28 year career in professional theatre. First professional gig: Godspell at the Bayview Playhouse (now Bruno's Fine Foods). "Mega" musicals: Les Miserables at the Alex and the 1st Canadian National Tour; Beauty and the Beast Princess of Wales theatre, and 2nd American National Tour; Irving Berlin's White Christmas Sony Centre. Proud moments: Fire!, Arthouse Cabaret, When We Were Singing and her very own cabaret Between Engagements. See Paula's website for more gory details (www.paulawolfson.com). Paula revels in this opportunity to play with Mitchell Marcus, this stunningly talented cast, and the Acting Up Stage family.