Jenny Hamilton - Teenage Cult Leader

 Jordan Hope Kaltenbruner was born in Calgary AB, scurried to Squamish BC for a liberal arts degree and now calls Whitehorse her home. She’s a burlesque artist, radio show host, theater performer & somatic therapy enthusiast and now gets to stage manage for the one and only Jenny Hamilton. Jordan met Jenny on the set of WYRD (Larrikin Entertainment, 2023) and since those fateful moments, Jordan has been a fan of Jenny’s forevermore. It might be because of Jenny’s outrageous sense of humor. It might be because she makes any conversation a great one. It might just be that she is also a trusted friend of Mary Jane. But no matter the case, it’s a perfect honor and a privilege to keep time for this show. 

Born in rural Ontario, educated in Montréal, and living in Whitehorse, Brandon got his start performing at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in his hometown of Stratford Ontario. Since then, he has been working as an independent Playwright, Performer, and Theatre-maker, his plays having been produced across Canada, the United States, and the UK. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Sigil Theatre Fellowship. 

 Andrew grew up in the Yukon on a small farm. Drawing is something that stuck with him from childhood all the way to present day. Andrew has a background in traditional hand drawn animation and went to Algonquin College in Ottawa where he studied for two years. He had the opportunity to work in studios ranging from Montreal, to Calgary, and the Yukon. Andrew likes to draw from imagination with a solid grounding in good draftsmanship, world building, and creating characters with personality. His animation can be seen in the film When Water Covered The Earth, an ancient oral story brought to life with a mix of animation and live action video – in Dene with English subtitles. 

 Kaori Torigai is a costume designer and creative who pretends to be is employed as a project manager IRL. She has worked on and off the stage, and only wishes to one day act with THE Jenny MF'in’ Hamilton. Until then, she will do what she can to be as close to her as possible without getting charged. 

Kaori has been costuming for theatre for two decades, occasionally stepping into wardrobe for film and commercials should the opportunity present itself. This is her second time clothing puppets in addition to actors, and is thrilled with the chance to make them all look fabulous. She has acted professionally in theatre, film, and in community theatre when the mood strikes. She has just finished costuming for Mustard at the Guild Hall and worked on the world premiere of The F Word in Calgary last spring. 

 Dan Bushnell is a multidisciplinary artist and Co-owner of Molotov and Bricks Tattoo.

Trained at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Vancouver Film School, Dan returned to the Yukon in 2008 after years working in the arts in a variety of media in Vancouver.

Dan has done design work for film, television and stage, working with organizations like Public Dreams and the Stanley Theater. Dan is  ecstatic to be able to work on a production here at home. 

 Since moving to the Yukon in 2004, Patrick has collaborated with many local artists. Initially as the Technical Director and Lighting Director at the Yukon Arts Centre and now beginning his 12 year as the Operations Manager for the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Patrick has worked with a variety of Yukon’s artists, performers, and musicians. Recent lighting designs include, The 2024 YSR Festival,  Air North’s annual Business After Hours, The Whitehorse Hospital Festival of Trees, Young Frankenstein The Musical and The Diamond Tooth Gertie Can-Can Show 2024. 

Other people and places that I have had great fun working with include The Guild Hall, Velvet Antlers, Allyn Walton, Paris Pick, Garbage Man, Major Funk, Roxx Hunter, Lefty’s Well,  Fiona Salon, Brian Fiddler and Kal Wachter. Besides providing lighting designs, Patrick has a large rental inventory of theatre and performance LED lighting fixtures and control that helps to create more magic.

Jenny Hamilton – Teenage Cult is my third lighting design project with Larrikin Entertainment. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this wonderful show.

 Matthew Lien is a songwriter, composer, performer and producer of musical and multimedia works. His first release Bleeding Wolves became a multi-platinum legend in Southeast Asia where his 20+ albums remain popular today and where he’s received honours never bestowed upon a foreigner, including being the first to win the Mando-Asia regions Grammy equivalent. He's since garnered six more nominations, while his work in television and radio have earned an Emmy-equivalent and four nominations. 

His concert performances have sold out the most prestigious concert halls in southeast Asia, attracting audiences of up to 30,000. For his efforts to promote indigenous and traditional culture through music, he's been appointed Cultural Ambassador by Taiwan's government, and Man of the Year by Esquire magazine.

Back home in Canada, he's been awarded Best Yukon Artist and two nominations at the WCMA’s, the Canadian Parliamentary Certificate of Honour, the Canada-based Taiwan Embassy Certificate of Appreciation, and an appointment as Yukon's Special Envoy to Taiwan.

 Ella loves theatre. She has been studying music and singing for over a decade. She has studied dance at The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre, is an alumni of the Music Arts and Drama program at Wood Street School, as well as being one of the originating members of Yukon Theatre for Young People's youth steering committee. She has also worked as a vocalist in-studio with Whispering Willows Records.

Behind the scenes, Ella has been the assistant producer of Yukon Summer Music Camp for the past three years, and has in the past worked with Larrikin Entertainment and Klondike Follies in various backstage roles, including catering, spotlight operation, and assistant stage management. Ella is excited to be adding prop designing to that list!

 Born and raised in the Yukon, Shawn has been a carpenter in the north since 2007. He runs a small, local, construction company, and enjoys building unique projects out of wood in his spare time, such as wands, flying broomsticks, canoes, or whatever he can dream up.  He has had the good fortune of being behind the scenes of a few different theater productions over the years and is looking forward to working with another group of wonderful people! 

 Kasey Rae was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon and is grateful to call the traditional territory of Kwanlin Dün and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council her home.  She works as a coordinator and producer for the arts and recently she has been working as Co-Producer for the Adäka Cultural Festival.  She is thrilled to be part of another Larrikin project and support the cast and crew as a technician on what is sure to be a wild ride with the incomparable; Jenny Hamilton.  

 Hannah Mazurek is a technician, theatre artist, and musician based in Whitehorse, Yukon. Hannah works both on and off the stage, having appeared as the shrieking hag Black Annis in Larrikin Entertainment’s WYRD: A Musical UnFairytale (2023). It was there that they first got the opportunity to witness the shining beacon of pure queer energy that is Jenny Hamilton and is absolutely thrilled to be supporting Jenny from behind the scenes this time around as a Technical Director. Oh, how the turn tables! 

Other theatre projects include sound design for the Guild Hall’s productions of Young Frankenstein (2022), The Wolves (2023), and Mustard (2024), as well as a recent appearance in the cast of I Think I’m Fallin’: The Songs of Joni Mitchell (Belfry Theatre, 2023) in Victoria, BC. Hannah also does other things, perhaps too many things, but they will spare you from having to read a list of them.