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Adam LaSalle is a NYC-based actor, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He made his Off-Broadway debut in 2017 and has been fortunate to work consistently throughout the country in regional theatre, TV, commercials, and voice-over. A proud member of Actors Equity (AEA), Adam is a student of Joan Rosenfels and TONY© Nominee Michael Hayden, and is proudly represented by DDO Artists Agency.

Matthew McGloin is an actor-musician based in New York and firmly believes in the power of live theatre to connect & heal.  This marks his seventh production of 2P4H (previously at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Peterborough Players, Mayfield Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, and twice at North Coast Rep).  NY/OFF-BROADWAY:  The Hello Girls (Prospect Theater/59E59), Bastard Jones (The Cell), CasablancaBox (HERE Arts), Xanadu (Piper Theatre), Tectonic Theater Project, Abingdon Theatre Company, Dixon Place, The Lark, BMI/SongSpace.  REGIONAL:  The Kennedy Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Triad Stage, Peterborough Players, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Folger Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Virginia Shakespeare Festival.  TV:  Law & Order (NBC), History Channel, Investigation Discovery.  TRAINING:  BFA Acting, UMBC.  www.matthewmcgloin.com // @jackie_of_all_traits.

Richard Greenblatt is an actor, director, writer, and musician who has been a professional theatre artist for the last forty-six years. He was born in Montréal and received his acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Since graduating, he has performed in theatres across Canada and abroad, as well as in feature films, television and radio. Favourite roles include The Fool in King Lear, Spinoza in Spinoza, The Father in Enda Walsh’s bedbound, and Charles Wakefield Cadman in Jani Lauzon’s I Call myself Princess.

As a writer, he wrote or co-wrote many pieces in which he has also acted, including 2 Pianos 4 Hands (which he performed approximately 950 times around the world), Sibs (also made into a TV movie for the CBC), The Theory of Relatives, i.d., Letters from Lehrer, Care, Athabasca and Soft Pedalling. He has directed well over 130 productions for theatres across the country, the vast majority being original and/or Canadian plays, including works by George F. Walker, Judith Thompson, Diane Flacks, Julie Tepperman, Shirley Cheechoo, Michael Healey, Jason Sherman, and David S. Craig. Classical works he has directed include plays by Shakespeare, Shaw, Brecht, Shepard, and Chekov.

He has taught acting, directing and play creation at almost all of the major theatre training institutions in Canada, including the National Theatre School of Canada, Ryerson University, University of Alberta, Humber College, and George Brown College, and directed numerous shows at those institutions. He has also directed the premieres of many ground-breaking and award-winning plays for young audiences. He has won numerous Dora Mavor Moore Awards as an actor, director and producer, and several Chalmers Playwriting Awards.

His book, Text and Context, published by Scirocco Press, a handbook for script work and directing in the theatre, is available on Amazon. He is currently writing a personal anecdotal history of 2 Pianos 4 Hands entitled Two of the Best in the Neighbourhood. He lives in Toronto with his spouse Tanya Greve, who is the Coordinator of the Production Program at Humber College, and their daughter Amelia. He is also the proud father of Natasha, Will, and the dearly missed Luke Greenblatt.

Ted’s professional career began in Edmonton at age 15.  Since then he has gone on to play leading roles on every major stage in Canada, from Hamlet at Theatre Calgary to Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at The Citadel Theatre, and often combining his musical skills in such roles as: Mozart in Amadeus; Cale Blackwell, a character based on Jerry Lee Lewis, in Fire (seven Canadian theatres); Shostakovitch in Master Class (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Glenn Gould in An Evening with Glenn Gould (National Arts Centre), Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Crow’s Theatre); and Cousin Kevin in The Who’s Tommy (Mirvish Productions). School children around the world know him as Bach in the film Bach’s Fight for Freedom. He is a veteran of both the Shaw and Stratford Festivals.

As well as directing dozens of award-winning shows across Canada, he has acted in dozens of films and TV shows including The Expanse, Orphan Black and Reign, and has also voiced countless cartoon characters. Currently he is the voice of Dad Tiger on Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood (PBS).

Ted is the co-founder, with wife Diana Bentley, of Toronto’s hottest new indie theatre The Coal Mine, and is a founding member of Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto. He has directed, acted, composed, and written for dozens of productions for both companies.

His new musical, the smash hit Evangeline, was produced in Charlottetown, PEI for two seasons, as well at the Citadel Theatre. Currently he is composing music for Dion, a rock opera based on The Bacchae. 

Ted has received six Dora Mavor Moore Awards, as well as Gemini, Merritt, Sterling, and Chalmers Awards, and has oodles of award nominations for acting, directing, composing, writing, and producing.

For him, all of the above pales compared to being the proud father of Theo, Rosie and Henry.

Rob Lindley (Director) is excited to return to Northlight after directing the Jeff Award-winning Songs for Nobodies in 2021. Other directing credits include Songs for Nobodies (People’s Light Theatre); Far From Heaven, How to Succeed in Business…., Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Porchlight Music Theatre); and 50 Shades!: The Music Parody (Off-Broadway and National Tour). Rob also directs many cabaret evenings from intimate club engagements to large-scale galas for many Chicago organizations including Court Theatre, Porchlight Theatre, Northlight Theatre and the Chicago Humanities Festival. As an actor, Northlight audiences might remember Rob from his performances in Andy Warhol in Iran (Jeff Nomination) and Funnyman. Other acting credits include: Monsieur André in the National Tour of Phantom of the Opera; Fun Home (Victory Gardens); The Sound of Music (Marriott Theatre); The Tempermentals (About Face Theatre); Candide (Goodman); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Secret Garden, Angels in America, Caroline or Change, James Joyce’s The Dead, Carousel (Court Theatre); and Oh Coward! (Writers Theatre) for which he won a Jeff Award for Best Actor in a Revue. This summer Rob will curate and host Mancini at 100, his second concert at Ravinia with the CSO, starring Norm Lewis, Karen Mason, and Jessie Mueller. IG: @RobLindley

Tianxuan Chen (Xuan) (Set Design) is a scenic and lighting designer graduated from Northwestern University with MFA in stage design. Her past scenic credits includes Women Beware Women (2024), Everybody (2023), Blood Wedding (2023), Late A Cowboy Song (2022), and The Ballad of Mulan (2022). Xuan’s design aim to express the emotional journey of the narrative and create visual poetry on the stage that invite audience to actively engage in the performance with their imagination. 

Jos N. Banks (Costume Design)  A true renaissance man… Jos N. Banks is a multi- award winning Visual/ Performing Arts Artist, Costume Designer, Stylist & Teaching Artist hailing from Chicago, IL. Tours: International – KINKY BOOTS (Lola), HAIR (Hud), THE COLOR PURPLE (Harpo). Select Regional Work: Steppenwolf, McCarter, Yale, Goodspeed, The Muny, Drury Lane, Paramount Theatre, The Second City, Orlando Shakes, About Face Theatre, Porchlight, Congo Square, Windy City Playhouse, Farmers Alley,  Raven Theatre, Apollo Theatre, Boho Theatre, Black Ensemble Theatre, Theo Ubique, Royal George, Open Door Rep, Strawdog Theatre & Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. Film: “Ocean” in Showtime’s “THE CHI”, “Dr. Greg Martinson” in Showtime’s “WORK IN PROGRESS” & Rise Against’ music video “Make It Stop” (Lead). Nominated Best Costume Designer for the 2012, 2016/17 & 2019 BTAA (Black Theater Alliance Awards). Curator & keynote speaker of his very own Master Class, entitled “#BeFEARLESS w/ Jos N. Banks”. www.FearlessJos.com // @JosNBanks 

Rick Sims (Sound Design) has composed and designed sound for numerous Chicago-area theaters, including Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Northlight, Congo Square, Writers, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Court, and American Blues. Regional credits include Arena Stage and Roundhouse Theatre in Washington D.C., Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, South Coast Rep in Southern California, The Getty, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia, 2nd Stage and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Portland Playhouse. He is an artistic associate of Lookingglass, an artistic affiliate with American Blues. He composed the music for The Thanksgiving Play at 2nd Stage Theatre on Broadway. Sims won a Jeff Award for sound design for Lookingglass’ Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and Hephaestus, and a BTA award for Congo Squares Brothers In the Dust. Sims also wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Lookingglass Hillbilly Antigone. 

Christine D. Freeburg (production stage manager) is thrilled to be back at Northlight, where her credits include Stones in His Pockets and remounting Outgoing Tide at the Galway Arts Festival. Chicago theatre credits include Steppenwolf Theatre, Court Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, and Apple Tree Theatre. Christine is the Head of the Stage Management Department at The Theatre School at DePaul University and spent nine summers stage managing at the Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont. She is happily married to Thom Cox and the proud mother of Joan Marie. For Malcolm.