MADDADDAM Casting

Koto Ishihara in MADDADDAM. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
Conductors

David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor (June 13, June 14 at 2:00 pm, 17 at 7:30 pm, June 18 at 2:00 pm, June 19, 20 at 7:30 pm, June 21 at 2:00 pm)

Julian Pelicano, Staff Conductor (June 18 at 7:30 pm, June 20 at 2:00 pm)

The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra 

Prologue

God’s Gardeners
Keaton Leier or Noah Parets, Hannah Galway or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Jenna Savella or Agnes Su*

Pleeblanders
Christopher Gerty or Peng Fei Jiang, Shaakir Muhammad* or Isaac Wright, Genevieve Penn-Nabity or Beckanne Sisk*

Pleebrats 
Brenna Flaherty or Emerson Dayton* , Albjon Gjorllaku or Larkin Miller, Jeannine Haller or Arielle Miralles*

Compounders
Josh Hall or Kota Sato, Connor Hamilton* or Erica Lall*

Ren
Tirion Law (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Monika Haczkiewicz* (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

CorpseCorps 
Trygve Cumpston or Christopher Waters, Oliver Yonick

Act I

Jimmy
Siphesihle November (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Spencer Hack (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Crake
Harrison James (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Naoya Ebe* (June 14, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)
Isaac Wright* (June 18 at 2:00 pm)

Oryx
Koto Ishihara (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Svetlana Lunkina (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Toby
Heather Ogden (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Amanda
Jenna Savella (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Agnes Su* (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Zeb 
Christopher Gerty (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Peng Fei Jiang (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Blanco 
Larkin Miller* (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Donald Thom (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Painballer 1
Peng-Fei Jiang (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Christopher Gerty (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Painballer 2
Spencer Hack (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Ben Rudisin (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Pigoons
Luiz Anselmo or Albjon Gjorllaku, Trygve Crumpston, Chase Hanson or Hamish Lowe, Felix Russell, Jackson Hazlett-Stevens, Christopher Waters, Oliver Yonick

Crakers
Isablle Bratt or Arielle Miralles, Jason Ferro, Keaton Leier, Matthieu Pagѐs, Alexander Skinner, Tene Ward 

Act II

Narrators
Heather Ogden or Alexandra MacDonald, Koto Ishihara or Svetlana Lunkina, Tirion Law or Monika Haczkiewicz, Jenna Savella or Agnes Su, Siphesihle November or Spencer Hack, Harrison James or Naoya Ebe or Isaac Wright, Christopher Gerty or Peng Fei Jiang, Ben Rudisin or Jack Bertinshaw, Larkin Miller or Donald Thom, Jeannine Haller or Arielle Miralles, Genevieve Penn-Nabity or Beckanne Sisk, Hannah Galway or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Brenna Flaherty or Emerson Dayton, Connor Hamilton or Erica Lall, Kota Sato or Josh Hall, Isaac Wright or Shaakir Muhammad, Noah Parets or Keaton Leier, Albjon Gjorllaku or Larkin Miller, Christopher Waters, Chase Hanson or Hamish Lowe, Oliver Yonick

Pigoons
Christopher Waters, Chase Hanson or Hamish Lowe, Oliver Yonick 

Child Crakers
Miles Skarrett+, Matea Huang+, Amanya Campbell+ (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Evan McMillan+, Isla Beasley+, Sumire Watanabe-Shannon+ (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:30 pm)

Act III

Blackbeard
Jason Ferro (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Alexander Skinner (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:30 pm)

Crakers
Jason Ferro,  Matthieu Pagès, Keaton Leir, Alexander Skinner, David Preciado, Ross Allen, Hamish Lowe or Chase Hanson, Josh Hall or Luis Anselmo, Tene Ward, Arielle Miralles or Isabelle Bratt, Pravda Tranfield or Ana Zamora, Isabelle Bratt or Pravda Tranfield, Emma Ouellet, Isabella Kinch or Keira Sanford, Emerson Dayton or Ayano Haneishi, Jeannine Haller or Arielle Miralles, Genevieve Penn-Nabity or Beckanne Sisk, Hannah Galway or Selene Guerrero-Trujilo, Brenna Flaherty or Emerson Dayton, Connor Hamilton or Erica Lall, Kota Sato or Josh Hall, Isaac Wright or Shaakir Muhammad, Noah Parets or Keaton Leier, Albjon Gjorllaku or Larkin Miller

Ancestor Toby 
Heather Ogden (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Oryx
Koto Ishihara (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Svetlana Lunkina (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Ren
Tirion Law (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Monika Haczkiewicz* (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Amanda
Jenna Savella (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Agnes Su* (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Jimmy
Siphesihle November (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Spencer Hack (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Crake
Harrison James (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Naoya Ebe* (June 14, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)
Isaac Wright* (June 18 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Zeb
Christopher Gerty (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Peng Fei Jiang (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Ancestor Adam
Ben Rudisin (June 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm)
Jack Bertinshaw (June 14, 18, 20, 21 at 2:00 pm)

Pigoons and Craker Torchbearers
Luiz Anselmo or Albjon Gjorllaku, Jackson Hazlett-Stevens, Trygve Cumpston, Chase Hanson or Hamish Lowe, Felix Russell, Christopher Waters, Oliver Yonick

*Debut

+Students of Canada’s National Ballet School appear by kind permission of Artistic Director, Margaret Tracey.

All casting subject to change