Daryl is the Artistic Director of Theatrefront, one of Canada’s most innovative independent theatre companies. He has directed their productions across Canada as well as in Bosnia and South Africa, including: UBUNTU (The Cape Town Project), RETURN (The Sarajevo Project), fforward, Mojo, I Might Be Edgar Allen Poe, The Underpants, Our Country’s Good, and Swimming in the Shallows. Daryl’s directing credits also include: And All For Love (National Arts Centre), Generous (Tarragon), The Last Five Years (CanStage & Manitoba Theatre Centre), Afterplay (Shaw Festival), This is How it Goes (Neptune), Helen’s Necklace (Grand Theatre, London), and The Play About The Baby (Soulpepper). Daryl has received the Canada Council's John Hirsch Prize for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Director, the Toronto Theatre Emerging Artist Award, a Merritt Award for Outstanding Direction, and numerous Dora Award nominations. Daryl recently co-wrote and directed his first feature film: Late Fragment (produced by the National Film Board and Canadian Film Centre), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Wayne has provided music direction for several Acting Up Stage productions: Elegies: A Song Cycle, john & jen, and tick, tick... BOOM!. Recent credits include conducting Anyone Can Whistle In Concert (Diesel Playhouse, Talk is Free Theatre), providing arrangements for Roger Peace's Piaf: Love Conquers All (Off-Broadway premiere), and serving a music director internship at the Shaw Festival, supported by the Metcalf Foundation. Upcoming: Assistant Conductor for the Toronto production of The Sound of Music, and Associate Orchestrator for Sunday in the Park with George (Shaw Festival). Originally from Saskatchewan, Wayne is a graduate of University of Toronto's Faculty of Music.

Marc is thrilled to be back in his hometown working once again for Acting Up Stage Productions. Previous Acting Up Stage credits are tick, tick... BOOM! and john & jen. Marc's choreography has been seen on Degrassi: The Next Generation, CTV's Instant Star, and he has worked with Neil Young, Chaka Kahn, Kurt Browning and Katy Perry. Theatre choreography credits include West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, Grease (Fallen Rock), High School Musical, Is There Life After High School (Randolph Academy), BoyGroove: The Musical and Company: In Concert (Avon Theatre, Stratford). As a perfomer, recent credits include the Stratford Festival (Cabaret, The Trojan Women) and Hairspray feature film. Many thanks to Mitchell for his continuous support and friendship. And to family, friends, Michael and Talenthouse for the neverending inspiration.

Mitchell is the founder and Artistic Producer of Acting Up Stage Theatre Company. He also is the Associate Producer of Theatre, Dance, Film & Music for Luminato - Toronto's Festival of Arts and Creativity. Mitchell has previously produced the 2006 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, and for four years, served as the Production Coordinator for the It’s Always Something Variety Show at the Princess of Wales and Elgin Theatres. Mitchell is a graduate of York University 's Fine Arts Cultural Studies program with a focus in Arts Administration.

After years of training as a dancer and rhythmic gymnast, Stephanie eventually found herself drawn to the production side. Stephanie now works mainly as a Stage Manager and Arts Administrator in the Theatre and Dance community in and around Ontario . A New Brain marks Stephanie’s first show with Acting Upstage. Highlights of her career so far have been reconnecting with the dance world, working with companies such as Nightwood Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts and touring five seasons with the Driftwood Theatre Group. Select dance credits include: Stars of the 21^st Century (Solomon Tencer Productions), Four at the Winch 2005 & In the Boneyard (Toronto Dance Theatre), Side [a]ffects (IDAC). Select theatre credits include: Wise Woman of Abyssinia (workshop: b current), The Place Between, The Triple Truth, A Very Polite Genocide (Native Earth Performing Arts), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo & Juliet (Driftwood Theatre Group), The Prince Hamlet (Why Not Theatre), Age of Arousal and A Nanking Winter (Nightwood Theatre), An Evening With Uncle Val  (Andy Jones Productions/Theatre Passe Muraille). Upcoming: Almighty Voice and His Wife (Native Earth Performing Arts). Stephanie holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance Production from Ryerson University .

Lindsay is a designer, scenic artist, props builder, and technician, and is currently the head scenic at the Tarragon Theatre. Selected recent designs include two backdrops for the Canadian National Exhibition, set and costumes for In Darfur (Theatre Awakening), Khalida (Theatre Theatrical), part of Necessary Angel’s fundraiser One Day; Three Plays, and set for Nearly Lear (Magpye). All-time favourite projects include set and ship costume designs for April 14, 1912 (Theatre Rusticle -- 2 Dora nominations), weaving red cane into a giant thicket for Hedda Gabler (Volcano), carving and texturing the deck of The Monument (Obsidian), and painting a full-scale translucent drop of the Rose Window for Hunchback of Notre Dame (Stratford). She has had a mask and puppet studio since 1992, through which she teaches workshops in high schools, and she was the 2007 recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award for a production craftsperson.

Alex is very happy to be back working with Mitchell Marcus on her 4^th production with Acting Up Stage. Alex designs over 70 shows each year, costuming many theatre groups across the GTA, as well as at the Rose Theatre Brampton, The Capitol Theatre Port Hope, Port Stanley Festival Theatre , Upper Canada Playhouse in Morrisburg, and The Red Barn Theatre in Jackson ’s Point. As always, thanks to Carmen, for saving my life.

After retiring from a rewarding career teaching Drama and English, Arlene needed a new challenge to keep her busy and out of trouble.  Serving on the Board of Directors for Acting Up Stage is providing that challenge.  It’s a pleasure to watch Mitchell grow this wonderful theatre company.  Arlene wears many hats as a chorister, gardener, amateur photographer, avid theatre-goer and props hunter for Acting Up Stage for Elegies, A Man of No Importance and now for this fantastic show.  It’s a pleasure to work with such talented and dedicated people in this crew and cast. Thank you always to Len, who has endured papier mache/foam insulation messes in the kitchen and extended scavenger hunts instead of dinner, for his patience, love and support. 

Doug is quite happy to be working on a musical for once.  It has been quite a while since he's had a catchy tune stuck in his head, instead of some line from a play. Doug is pleased to be working with Acting Up Stage Theatre Company.  Previous companies include but are not limited to: Volcano Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Modern Times Theatre, Adonis Productions, The Company Theatre, Theatre Panik, Actors Repertory Company, Crows Theatre, Theatre Smash.  Doug is the Production Manager for George Brown Theatre School.