Troilus and Cressida Company
Geoffrey Armour - Pandarus/Calchas
Geoffrey Armour is a multidisciplinary artist. An actor first and foremost, but also a collective creator, conspirator, director, musician, technician, carpenter, technical director / production manager, adjudicator and stage manager with a 30 year career creating theatre.
Geoffrey is delighted to be returning to the beloved company Shakespeare BASH'd. His last performance with the company was in 2018 as 'Angelo' in Measure for Measure directed by Catherine Rainville. Shakespeare BASH'd is a singular and exceptional company in the city and it is an honour to be a part of their unique and conscientious exploration of Shakespeare's works. It is with great pleasure that he treads the boards with you on this day.
Geoffrey is delighted to be returning to the beloved company Shakespeare BASH'd. His last performance with the company was in 2018 as 'Angelo' in Measure for Measure directed by Catherine Rainville. Shakespeare BASH'd is a singular and exceptional company in the city and it is an honour to be a part of their unique and conscientious exploration of Shakespeare's works. It is with great pleasure that he treads the boards with you on this day.
Felix Beauchamp - Patroclus/Servant/Antenor/Myrmidon
Felix is a Jessie Award winning and Dora/Prix Gémeaux-nominated actor based in Toronto. He has worked in English and French across the country over the past decade, both in theatre and on-camera. Recently, he’s had the pleasure of starring in the French youth TV series Makinium, which airs on CBC (Radio-Canada). He has always had a love for Shakespeare’s work and has been a part of numerous classical theatre productions over the years. He also completed his stage combat certifications through Rapier Wit and loves to play live music with various artists around the city. He’s excited to be working with Shakspeare BASH’d again, alongside such wonderful artists!
Jennifer Działoszynski - Ulysses / Fight and Intimacy Director
Jennifer is an actor, fight director, stage combat instructor, and voice artist. She is excited to get to dive into this lesser produced play with the stellar Shakespeare Bash’d team! Jenn has worked in theatres across Canada including: Four seasons at The Shaw Festival; Fairview (Canadian Stage/Obsidian/ Necessary Angel), Hidden Treasures (The Lighthouse Festival), Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth (Canadian Stage); Two Noble Kinsmen, Othello, Richard III, Hamlet, (Shakespeare Bash'd); Antony & Cleopatra, Three Musketeers (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival); Jane Eyre, Gone With The Wind (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); August: Osage County (The Citadel); Boeing, Boeing, Perfect Wedding (Magnus Theatre); Kindertransport (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Hana’s Suitcase (The Grand Theatre); among others. As a Fight Director she has worked with Canadian Stage, The Tarragon Theatre, The Coal Mine, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, Magnus Theatre, and many times with the fine folks of Shakespeare Bash’d.
Austin Eckert - Diomedes/Helenus
Austin Eckert is an actor originally from Regina, Saskatchewan. He is honoured to be making his Toronto theatre debut with Shakespeare BASH’d. Theatre (select): The Royale (Citadel Theatre); Being Here:The Refugee Project, Taking Shakespeare, Spring Awakening (Belfry Theatre); As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare Theater/ Citadel Theatre/ MTC/ Bard on the Beach) MISS UNDERSTOOD (PuSh Festival); HAIR (Mayfield Theatre) The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Shakespeare in Love, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, (Bard on the Beach); Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, London Assurance, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Hamlet (Stratford Festival). Film/ Television (select): Supernatural, Batwoman, The Flash (CW), Colony (USA), The Magicians (SyFy), Narcoleap (CBC/Telus) Training: The Canadian College of Performing Arts Awards: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (The Royale), Leo Award (Narcoleap), Max Helpmann Award (Stratford Festival) Online: @austineckert
M Fera - Stage Manager
M (she/her) is a Toronto-based artist and producer. She is the Co-Founder of A.C.T. Productions. She has been stage managing in Toronto for over 10 years. M is thrilled to be working with Shakespeare BASH’d again!
Some of her recent credits include: The Second City; (as Stage Manager) Wozzeck, Don Pasquale (Canadian Opera Company); (as Apprentice Stage Manager) ; Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs; (Nightwood Theatre); (as Stage Manager) The Merchant of Venice, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tragedy of King Lear (Shakespeare BASH’d).
Some of her recent credits include: The Second City; (as Stage Manager) Wozzeck, Don Pasquale (Canadian Opera Company); (as Apprentice Stage Manager) ; Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs; (Nightwood Theatre); (as Stage Manager) The Merchant of Venice, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tragedy of King Lear (Shakespeare BASH’d).
Jordin Hall - Hector
Jordin is extremely grateful to be working with Bash'd again.
Seven seasons at the Stratford Festival: Anne of Green Gables, The Art of War, Cymbeline, Richard II, Grand Magic, Love's Labour's Lost, All's Well That Ends Well,Richard III, Henry VIII, The Crucible, The Neverending Story, An Ideal Husband, Julius Caesar, To Kill a Mockingbird. Elsewhere (selected): The Other Place (TIFT), Serving Elizabeth (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Neverending Story (NAC); Othello (Driftwood Theatre); Love's Labour's Lost, The Winter's Tale (Dauntless City Theatre); Titus Andronicus (Seven Siblings Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Humber River Shakespeare). Film/TV: The Kings of Napa (OWN); The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu); Mayday (Discovery); See No Evil (Discovery ID). Training: Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre; Brock University (Performance Concentration). Etc: Love, peace, and SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TRAIN.
Seven seasons at the Stratford Festival: Anne of Green Gables, The Art of War, Cymbeline, Richard II, Grand Magic, Love's Labour's Lost, All's Well That Ends Well,Richard III, Henry VIII, The Crucible, The Neverending Story, An Ideal Husband, Julius Caesar, To Kill a Mockingbird. Elsewhere (selected): The Other Place (TIFT), Serving Elizabeth (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Neverending Story (NAC); Othello (Driftwood Theatre); Love's Labour's Lost, The Winter's Tale (Dauntless City Theatre); Titus Andronicus (Seven Siblings Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Humber River Shakespeare). Film/TV: The Kings of Napa (OWN); The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu); Mayday (Discovery); See No Evil (Discovery ID). Training: Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre; Brock University (Performance Concentration). Etc: Love, peace, and SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TRAIN.
Andrew Iles - Achilles
A graduate from the University of Windsor’s B.F.A. in Acting program (2015) and the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory (2017), Andrew has worked in Theatre, TV/Film, the music industry for the past 17 years. He is currently in Soulpepper Theatre’s Academy program (2025). TV: The Miniature Wife, What we do in the Shadows, Reign, and The Boys. Theatre: Henry VIII and The Neverending Story (2019), Three Tall Women (2021), Hamlet-911 (2022), King Lear (2023), Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night (2024), all at the Stratford Festival. A songwriter, producer, and session musician for Thicc, The Wanderlust Club, The Brandy Alexanders, South River Slim, Andrew creates music of many genres including Rock, Soul, Pop, R&B, Blues, Funk. Instagram: @iles4miles
Isaiah Kolundzic - Agamemnon/Myrmidon
Shakespeare BASH’d is thrilled to welcome Isaiah Kolundzic to the cast of Troilus & Cressida! Originally from Vineland, ON, Isaiah is a lifelong cinephile and computer tinkerer who couldn’t be more excited to make his BASH’d debut with this electrifying production.
Recent stage credits include Common Ground (Orillia Opera House); The 39 Steps (Guild Festival Theatre); The Melville Boys, Niagara: A Christmas Carol (The Foster Festival); ICEMEN, Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre by the Bay); The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival); Bridgerton: The Live Experience (Netflix/Fever); Water Wonder (Carousel Players); Venus in Fur, The Boys in the Band, bash: Latter-Day Plays (The Edge Productions).
Film/TV credits include Noel Next Door, Languages of Love (Hallmark); Lemons (Creekview Entertainment); Mayday(Discovery ID); Matches, Well Spent (Stompin’ Ground Films); and WWI: The Road to Victory (Discovery).
Isaiah trained at the Steppenwolf Academy in Chicago and holds a BFA from the University of Windsor. He extends heartfelt thanks to the phenomenal crew and production team—whose artistry makes the work on stage shine.
Recent stage credits include Common Ground (Orillia Opera House); The 39 Steps (Guild Festival Theatre); The Melville Boys, Niagara: A Christmas Carol (The Foster Festival); ICEMEN, Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre by the Bay); The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival); Bridgerton: The Live Experience (Netflix/Fever); Water Wonder (Carousel Players); Venus in Fur, The Boys in the Band, bash: Latter-Day Plays (The Edge Productions).
Film/TV credits include Noel Next Door, Languages of Love (Hallmark); Lemons (Creekview Entertainment); Mayday(Discovery ID); Matches, Well Spent (Stompin’ Ground Films); and WWI: The Road to Victory (Discovery).
Isaiah trained at the Steppenwolf Academy in Chicago and holds a BFA from the University of Windsor. He extends heartfelt thanks to the phenomenal crew and production team—whose artistry makes the work on stage shine.
David Mackett - Nestor/Priam/Myrmidon
David recently appeared in The Tempest and She Stoops to Conquer at the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival. His past credits with Shakespeare BASH’d include: The Tragedy of King Lear, Cymbeline, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, and staged readings of The Man of Mode, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Edward ll, and Gorboduc.
His other theatre credits include Arcadia (Citadel Theatre); The Good Thief, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Cold Comfort (Fly on the Wall); Titus Andronicus (Hart House); After the Fall (Equity Showcase); The Weir (MacKenzieRo); Aftershock (SummerWorks); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Touchmark Theatre); Half Life (Rose Theatre); Lucrece (Willow Cabin Theatre); Peter Pan (TheatreWorks/USA); Candida, Of Mice and Men (Kentucky Rep); A Christmas Carol (Arts Trust).
David is a graduate of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, Circle in the Square Theatre School (NYC), and he completed his Classical Theatre Training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is the Co-Artistic Producer of Fly on the Wall Theatre.
His other theatre credits include Arcadia (Citadel Theatre); The Good Thief, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Cold Comfort (Fly on the Wall); Titus Andronicus (Hart House); After the Fall (Equity Showcase); The Weir (MacKenzieRo); Aftershock (SummerWorks); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Touchmark Theatre); Half Life (Rose Theatre); Lucrece (Willow Cabin Theatre); Peter Pan (TheatreWorks/USA); Candida, Of Mice and Men (Kentucky Rep); A Christmas Carol (Arts Trust).
David is a graduate of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, Circle in the Square Theatre School (NYC), and he completed his Classical Theatre Training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is the Co-Artistic Producer of Fly on the Wall Theatre.
Kate Martin - Helen/Cassandra/Alexandra / Associate Director
Kate is a theatre artist and educator raised in rural Saskatchewan and based in Toronto. Previously with Shakespeare BASH'd: Emilia in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Lorenzo in The Spanish Tragedy (staged reading), Annabella in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (staged reading), assistant director for The Tragedy of King Lear. Elsewhere: A Million Billion Pieces, Antigone (workshop), the Kissing Game (workshop) with Young People's Theatre; Twelfth Night with Crane Creations Theatre. Twice Dora-nominated within Outstanding Ensembles. Kate holds her BFA in Acting from Toronto Metropolitan University. You can find her face on gas pumps, subway posters, and romance novels.
Julia Nish-Lapidus - Thersites
Julia Nish-Lapidus (she/her) is a director, Dora-nominated actor, and producer, as well as a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Shakespeare BASH'd (Best Site Specific Theatre Company, NOW Magazine Readers’ Choice 2018, 2019). She is also the Co-Artistic Director of the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott, ON.
She was a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing in, acting as the Assistant Director on Private Lives and Associate Director on All's Well That Ends Well, and as co-facilitator of the WordPlay series in the Forum. In the Festival's 2021 season she was Co-Director and Co-Curator of Play On! A Shakespeare-Inspired Mixtape.
For Shakespeare BASH'd, Julia has directed The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors. She has also performed in many BASH'd productions, including The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tragedy of King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, among others.
Julia is a graduate of the joint acting program at UofT and Sheridan College.
She was a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing in, acting as the Assistant Director on Private Lives and Associate Director on All's Well That Ends Well, and as co-facilitator of the WordPlay series in the Forum. In the Festival's 2021 season she was Co-Director and Co-Curator of Play On! A Shakespeare-Inspired Mixtape.
For Shakespeare BASH'd, Julia has directed The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors. She has also performed in many BASH'd productions, including The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tragedy of King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, among others.
Julia is a graduate of the joint acting program at UofT and Sheridan College.
Matt Nish-Lapidus - Sound Designer
Matt Nish-Lapidus is an artist and musician based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Matt’s varied practice probes the myth that computers should be useful rather than beautiful through examining contemporary technoculture, its histories, and its impacts on society, people, and his own life. His work results in diverse outputs including publications, recordings, installations, performances, software, and objects. Matt has performed and exhibited locally and internationally including MOCA (Toronto), The Power Plant (Toronto), INDEX Biennial (Braga), ACUD Macht Neu (Berlin), Electric Eclectics (Meaford), InterAccess (Toronto), ZKM (Karlsruhe), and more, including many DIY community spaces. He holds a H.BFA in New Media from Toronto Metropolitan University and a Master of Visual Studies in Studio Art from The University of Toronto. You can find Matt online and away-from-keyboard under various aliases and collaborations including emenel, New Tendencies, and <blink>.
Rianna Persaud - Aeneas/Myrmidon
Rianna Persaud (she/her) is a queer, BIPOC performer and creator based in Toronto. After graduating from Randolph College for the Performing Arts, she had the pleasure of joining James and Julia for two staged readings (‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Knight of the Burning Pestle) and now is thrilled to be making her Shakespeare debut in Troilus and Cressida. Outside of BASH’d, Rianna has been training and performing in Improv and Storytelling (Bad Dog Theatre, Replay Storytelling). When she is off the stage, she is often writing and collaborating with fellow artists, musicians and actors alike.
Adriano Reis - Ajax/Myrmidon
Adriano is a bilingual Brazilian-Canadian actor, stunt performer and fight director. Shakespeare Bash’d credits: “The Merchant of Venice”, “The Knight of the Burning Pestle”. Other selected credits: “Martyr” (ARC Stage, Dora nominated), “A Midsummer, Night’s Dream” (YES Theatre), “Romeo and Juliet” (YES Theatre), “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” (YES Theatre), “Cyrano de Bergerac” (Theatre on the Ridge), “Shanty Show” (The Lakeside Players). Adriano is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School and is currently studying Portuguese Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He appreciates and thanks you for supporting live indie theatre!
Deivan Steele - Troilus
Deivan Steele is an actor, writer, and director born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Previous credits for Shakespeare BASH’d: King Lear, Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and Knight of the Burning Pestle. His work has received four Dora nominations and one win, taking him to theatres including the Grand Theatre, Aquarius, Tarragon, Neptune, St Lawrence Shakespeare, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Bad Hats, YES Theatre, Theatre Direct, Eastern Front, Shakespeare by the Sea, Driftwood, Crossroads Theatre, Unwrap Theatre, Villains Theatre, and Outside the March, as well as projects in Ireland, Czechia, and South Africa. His plays include Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Hour (commissioned by St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), Ice/berg (co-commissioned by Tarragon Theatre and The Creative School, TMU), and The Assembly, co-written with Breanne Tice (commissioned by Theatre Direct). More info at: deivansteele.com
Sruthi Suresan - Lighting Designer
Sruthi is thrilled to be working with Shakespeare BASH'd. Her past credits include Lighting Design: Legally Blonde, London Road (MacEwan University); La Boheme, Is He Dead?, Almost Maine, The Underpants, Stupid F***ing Bird, Threads: Impact (University of Wisconsin - Madison); The Drawer Boy (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Three Sisters (University of Windsor). Associate Lighting Designer: Maggie the Musical (The Savoy Theatre), The Rhubarb Festival (Buddies in Bad Times). Assistant Lighting Designer: Annie, Sense and Sensibility, Dangerous Liaisons, Something Rotten!, Romeo and Juliet, London Assurance, Rent, Much Ado About Nothing and Les Belles-Soeurs, Chicago, Hamlet, The Miser (Stratford Festival Theatre); Nutcracker, Fall For Dance North (2023) (at Meridian Hall); White Girls In Moccasins (Buddies in Bad Times); Tea (University of Wisconsin - Madison); Old Wives Tale (Port Stanley Festival Theatre). Training: MFA - Theatre and Drama - Lighting Design (University of Wisconsin - Madison); BAH: Drama and Communication Media and Film (University of Windsor).
Breanne Tice - Cressida
Breanne is an actor, producer, writer, movement choreographer, and intimacy coordinator. Her goal is to be a theatrical swiss army knife - useful in most situations. Previous BASH'd credits: The Tragedy of King Lear (Cordelia), Man of Mode (Bellinda), and The Two Noble Kinsmen (Various). She has worked with companies including St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Soulpepper, YES Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, Theatre Direct, Crossroads Theatre, SpringWorks Festival, Theatre on the Ridge, and Eastern Front. Breanne is the co-creator and performer of the five time Dora nominated show, The Assembly, and the associate producer of CBC’s acclaimed PlayME podcast. www.breannetice.com
James Wallis - Director
James is a director, educator, actor. He is the Co-Artistic Director of both the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival and Toronto's Shakespeare BASH'd. For BASH’d, James has played the title roles in Hamlet, Richard III, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. With BASH’d, James directed over a dozen productions and staged readings.
James spent four seasons at the Stratford Festival. He was a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing in 2016/2017 assistant directing Macbeth with director Antoni Cimolino (2016), the world premiere of Bunny by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Sarah Stanley (2016), Romeo and Juliet (2017) and Julius Caesar (2018) directed by Scott Wentworth. Additionally, James worked with the Birmingham Conservatory.
For Stratford, James co-created and co-directed, with Julia Nish-Lapidus and Robert Markus, Play On! A Shakespeare Inspired Mixtape outdoors for the Festival’s 2021 season.
His other directing credits include: Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Hour, The Tempest (SLSF), As You Like It (Theatre by the Bay), Titus Andronicus (Hart House Theatre), Antony and Cleopatra (Secret Shakespeare Project), Scenes from The Tempest (Playing for Free), Henry IV Part 1 and 2 (Theatre Erindale), Romeo and Juliet and Joni (Workshop Production), Pygmalion, The Revenger’s Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi (Toronto Metropolitan University), Romeo and Juliet (YES Theatre/Sudbury Theatre Centre), and Romeo and Juliet (George Brown Theatre School).
James spent four seasons at the Stratford Festival. He was a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing in 2016/2017 assistant directing Macbeth with director Antoni Cimolino (2016), the world premiere of Bunny by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Sarah Stanley (2016), Romeo and Juliet (2017) and Julius Caesar (2018) directed by Scott Wentworth. Additionally, James worked with the Birmingham Conservatory.
For Stratford, James co-created and co-directed, with Julia Nish-Lapidus and Robert Markus, Play On! A Shakespeare Inspired Mixtape outdoors for the Festival’s 2021 season.
His other directing credits include: Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Hour, The Tempest (SLSF), As You Like It (Theatre by the Bay), Titus Andronicus (Hart House Theatre), Antony and Cleopatra (Secret Shakespeare Project), Scenes from The Tempest (Playing for Free), Henry IV Part 1 and 2 (Theatre Erindale), Romeo and Juliet and Joni (Workshop Production), Pygmalion, The Revenger’s Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi (Toronto Metropolitan University), Romeo and Juliet (YES Theatre/Sudbury Theatre Centre), and Romeo and Juliet (George Brown Theatre School).
Ben Yoganathan - Paris/Menelaus/Myrmidon
Ben Yoganthan is an actor, writer, composer, and director born in Sri Lanka and based in Toronto. He is thrilled to be working on his second Shakespeare Bash'd show! Selected credits include: Hal/Henry V in King Henry Five (Driftwood Theatre), Andrei in Three Sisters (The Howland Company), Todd Tweedie in Killing Time (Mixtape Projects), Ayub in Behind the Moon (Belfry Theatre), Flavius in Tiffn'y of Athens (Shakespeare in the Ruff).