BridgerTop Gun Program

June 8-10 & 15-17, 2023 •

the Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave

Doors Open @ 7:30pm • Shows Start @ 8:30pm • This is a 19+ event • All sales final

Cast

Band

Omar Baboolal

Julia Fulton

Nate Ives

Chelsea Jayne Bray

Tom Lute

Jacob Macleod

Victoria Maria

Kat Zhang

Justin Bell

Dan MacKay

Lauren McGinty

Tom Piekarski

Ray Thang

Brent Vipond

Steven Suepaul

The Prince Regent: George the IV

Amelia Earheart

Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw

Penelope Featherington

Anthony Bridgerton

Peter “Maverick” Mitchell

Eloise Bridgerton

Natasha “Phoenix” Trace

Drums/Percussion/Aux

Bass

Keys

Drums/Percussion/Aux

Guitar

Bass/Guitar

Keys

Production

Choreo

Richard Albin

Dane Bland

Matty Burns

John Campbell

Kate Ethier

Phil Fernandez

Alessandra Ferreri

Peter Higgins

Lisa Kileeg

Megan MacKeigan

Laura McDonagh

Mike Payne

Sarah Robinson

Brian Russell

Steven Suepaul

I-Yana Tucker

Brent Vipond

Woz Wozny

Merritt Crews

Dayna Miller

Laura Ball

Owen Boucher

Josh Camson

Vanessa Ferreri

Joey Graff

Andrew Kelly

Jess Levy

Megan Miles

Dave Miller

Dan MacKay

Megan MacKeigan

Co-Writer

Co-Producer

Lights

Tech Manager; Sound Operation

Co-Writer

Assistant Director / ASM

Director

Website, Tickets, Lights & Video

Co-Producer

Head Writer

Props & Costumes

Co-Writer

Social Media Coordinator

Sound Operator

Co-Musical & Vocal Director

Stage Manager

Co-Musical & Vocal Director

Props & Costumes

Head Choreo

Assistant Head Choreo

Choreo

Board of Directors

Executive:

Peter Higgins

Steph Adams

Steven Suepaul

Members at Large:

Jeff Adams

Leona Placide-Wollach

Lisa Kileeg

Meg MacKeigan

Tom McGee

Wellesley Robertson III

Artistic Leadership Team

Matty Burns

Alessandra Ferreri

Artistic Director

Artistic Producer

Land Acknowledgement

Players would like to acknowledge that the land we gather on is the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, Metis, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

We are very grateful to tell our stories and celebrate being together on these lands for our shows.

We encourage you to learn more and engage with organizations that support Indigineous peoples such as the Downie Wenjack Foundation, one of the charities we are proud to support this year

Presenting Sponsor

2023 Charities

PODIUM encourages you to give generously to any or all of the four wonderful charities being supported by Players this year:

The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund is part of Gord Downie’s legacy and embodies his commitment, and that of his family, to improving the lives of First Peoples.

In collaboration with the Wenjack family, the goal of the fund is to continue the conversation that began with Chanie Wenjack’s residential school story, and to aid our collective reconciliation journey through a combination of awareness, education and action.

ALS Action Canada is Canada’s only patient-led non-profit organization building a movement to ensure urgent, equitable access to promising therapies for Canadians living with ALS; more and better clinical trials for ALS therapies throughout Canada; and increased federal and provincial investment in ALS research.

The goal is to #EndALS forever through advanced research, treatments, and trials that can detect ALS early and stop, reverse, or cure ALS.

The DBFB Programs and Services team works hard to provide the best support to meet the needs of their diverse membership and the communities they serve. Together, they provide dignified, low-barrier food access to adults, seniors and children experiencing food insecurity.

Daily Bread Food Bank’s network consists of 128 member agencies and 193 food programs.

The goal is to end hunger in our city.

Working together with health care and research professionals, patients, and the community, The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation raises funds to support breakthrough research, patient care and education programs at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. The Princess Margaret is a recognized international leader in the fight against cancer and none of this would be possible without the generous support, commitment and dedication of their donors and community.

The Players Charitable Mandate

Players is dedicated to raising funds for, and awareness of, the efforts of a variety of fantastic charities. Our season of shows is the means through which we make repeated important financial contributions to our charities, and our audience is our tool for spreading the awareness of the needs each of these organizations is addressing.

To date we have donated over $222,000 to wide variety of charities!

Meet The Cast

Omar Baboolal

The Prince Regent:

George the IV

Tom Lute

Anthony Bridgerton

Julia Fulton

Amelia Earheart

Jacob Macleod

Peter “Maverick” Mitchell

Nate Ives

Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw

Victoria Maria

Eloise Bridgerton

Chelsea Jayne Bray

Penelope Featherington

Kat Zhang

Natasha “Phoenix” Trace

Presenting Sponsor

Director's Notes

What an absolute joy ride BRIDGERTOP GUN has been! It was only 7 weeks ago our new recruits came waltzing in and we took off at the speed of sound (sing!) to create what I hope will go down in history as the horniest show to ever grace a Players stage.

This incredible cast managed to take my breath away (sing!) every single day. From the second they auditioned to the first lines on opening night, I’ve watched them work tirelessly to transform into the unstoppable, hilarious, brilliant ICONS you get to witness on the stage tonight. It has been the most rewarding experience in my 8 years of being with Players. I am a literal heart-eyed emoji about each and every one of them.

It took the whole Ton to make this dream come to life: from our diamonds in the writers room, our costumes and props team who built us totally accurate planes and swaddled us in the finest frills, our fresh-faced stage management team keeping us on track and on time, our producing duo being logistical superstars, our MDs and their merry band of rockstars, the choreo queens who never missed a beat, and our tech captains who added those final flourishes that helped the show soar to new heights. I am eternally grateful for everyone’s contributions and could not be prouder of the silly little world that we’ve created for you!

Thank you so much for supporting Players. I hope you dance, #drink, and #sing your hearts out tonight. Blast-off!

Alessandra

Director & Artistic Producer

THANKS YOUs

The Cast, Band, and Crew of Bridgertop Gun would like to thank:

Our fantastic sponsors for making this year’s show possible: Peter @ Steam Whistle Brewing; Jason, Matthew, Alysha, Sarah, Patrick & Andrew @ The Tranzac; Sean @ Fireball; Oskar and Bernard @ Podium; Elissa @ Farrell & Boyle LLP; Megan @ Anderson Mackeigan LLP; Steve @ ARC; Steve @ Harmons, Brock @ Ace Beverage Group; Parallel Brothers, Harley @ Long & McQuade; and Zach at JR Associates Salon.

Our Players supporters: Debra Burns, Holly Summers, Ryerson Smylie, Diego Nicolini, Leigh Schultz, Chi Sheng Ong, Bridget Higgins and Fred D Fulton.

As well as: Peter, Steph, Steven, Jeff, Meg, Wellesley, Leona, Lisa and Tom: The Players Board of Directors; Matty our Artistic Director and Alessandra our Artistic Producer; Meg & Dan, Alessandra, and Comedy Bar Danforth for rehearsal space; Leona for acting as a sensitivity reader; Andrew Kelly, Alison Blair, Candice Gilliam, Tanya Filipopoulos, Leona Placide-Wollach, Steven Suepaul, Matt Burns and Jamie Lamb for help with our script workshop, our social media fans who embraced our foray into reels/TikToks, and anyone else we may have missed.

We’d also like to thank all those who auditioned for the show, provided feedback on the script and those who have helped guide us in our Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness goals. And of course, all the special people in our lives who have helped us find the time to bring Players back to the stage. It has been a much needed and invigorating experience.

And finally: YOU, our dear audience, for masking up and coming out to support us!