Darcy Evans (Director)
Recent Directing Credits: Village of Idiots, Lord of the Flies (Metro Studio, Victoria, BC), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sudbury Theatre Centre and Magnus Theatre) and The Most Happy Fella (Theatre Sheridan). Darcy directed Lucy Peacock as Cleopatra in his contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra in the Studio Theatre at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival as part of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. He was Associate Director for Little Women on Broadway (starring Sutton Foster) and remounted the Broadway staging for the first U.S. national tour (starring Maureen McGovern). During 8 Seasons as an actor and associate director with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, his credits include: Dangerous Liaisons (assistant director), To Kill a Mockingbird (associate director), Hello, Dolly! (associate director), The King and I (assistant director), Fuente Ovejuna, The Winter’s Tale, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, Patience, The Three Musketeers, The Music Man. Stratford Festival Casting Credits: Cabaret, Love’s Labours Lost, The Music Man and The King and I. Regional directing credits: As Bees in Honey Drown (Company C), Sleeping Beauty, (Sudbury Theatre Centre). Associate director credits: Heartland (Madison Repertory Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin/Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas, Texas), Not Wanted on the Voyage (CanStage), Little Women (Theatre Previews at Duke). Other directing credits: 2,346 Miles from Broadway, The Twilight Players, The Barber Shop. Training: BFA: directing, University of Victoria. Darcy was invited to participate in the inaugural Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Lily Ling (Musical Director)
Known for her sensitivity and command, Lily has established herself as a successful collaborative artist and musical director. Selected credits include The Fantasticks (Soulpepper); The Passion of Adele Hugo (Eastern Front); and Canadian premieres of The Light in the Piazza, Parade (Acting Upstage); Jerry Spinger – The Opera, Reefer Madness, High Fidelity (Hart House Theatre). She has also acted as musical director and supervisor for plays including Our Class (Studio 180/Canadian Stage); Tout Comme Elle (Luminato/Neccesary Angel); and Little One (Summerworks/Theatre Crisis). In 2010, Lily served as intern musical director at the Shaw Festival for their production of Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus, and became the first woman to conduct a Shaw mainstage production. Lily holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of Toronto.