Matthew TenBruggencate

Matthew TenBruggencate is a co-artistic head and a founding member of Theatre by the River, whose members he would gladly be marooned with on a desert island. Past acting credits include Generous, One Good Marriage, Habitat, Saint Joan, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The History of Theatre, Comedy of Errors, The Elfin Knight (TBTR) Cherry Docs, Talk (WJT) Stripped Down Romeo and Juliet (SIR) The Skriker, The Misadventurous Perils of Pauline(Echo Theatre) Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure (Tom-Tom) Love You Forever (PTE) The History of Manitoba, A Christmas Carol (MTC) Kayak and The Appleseed Girl (Sarasvati). Directing credits include Oedipus Rex, The Comedy of Errors (TBTR) and Desire Under the Elms (UWTSA - O'Neillfest).

Mel Marginet

Mel Marginet, a graduate of the Honours program at the UofW, is a co-founder/artistic head of Theatre by the River. She has performed in many theatre productions around the city. Favourites include: Generous, One Good Marriage, Saint Joan, The Bush Ladies, Oedipus Rex, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The History of Theatre (Theatre by the River), The Skriker (Echo Theatre), Ugly Ducks, Pretty Swans (Fringe 2006), A Midsummer Night's Dream (UofW) and Eternal O (Fringe 2005). See her on the screen in Absurd Machine's Aegri Somnia, as well as Randy Guest's The Lady in Grey and HBO Canada's Less Than Kind.

Brent Hirose

Brent Hirose is a local, actor, writer, director and singer. His TBTR credits include Habitat, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Saint Joan and Billy Bishop Goes To War. Other credits include Bloodless (White Rabbit Productions), Arcadia (Theatre Incarnate), and Miss Saigon (Rainbow Stage). As a voice actor he has lent his talents to several projects, including Noonbory and the Super Seven, Kung Fu Dino Posse and Space Knights. He is currently touring his new one-man show The Suckerpunch on the 2011 Fringe Festival circuit.

James Firby

James Firby is a graduate of the U of W theatre program (BAH) and is quite at home on stage. His acting credits include Generous, Autobahn, Saint Joan, Oedipus Rex and Two Gentlemen of Verona, One Last Thing at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Elfin Knight, Comedy of Errors and Churchillfest's Owners. He has crossed swords in the Manitoba Opera's Otello following his appearance in U of W's StoppardFest production of Enter A Free Man. In addition to performing, he is often delighted to be called upon for the design and creation of props, sets, posters and whatnot.

Derek Leenhouts

Derek Leenhouts enjoyed playing the role of David alongside a great cast in Generous this fall. He is a local actor and a founding member of Theatre By The River, and has been onstage in their productions of Autobahn, Oedipus Rex, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and A Comedy of Errors, and was music director for Billy Bishop Goes To War. He has also appeared in Company, Assassins (Dry Cold Productions), Pride and Prejudice (MTC), The Full Monty (Rainbow Stage), Strike! (Danny Schur), Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit), Lucrezia Borgia (CMTDG). Derek also sings with 'Those Guys', an a cappella group based in WInnipeg.

Rod Beilfuss

Rod Beilfuss is a proud Brazil-born Winnipeg actor-director (he likes hyphens). Some of his credits include The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth (Shakespeare in the Ruins), Generous, Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Saint Joan (TBTR), Winter's Tale (Tom-Tom Theatre), North Main Gothic (TPM) and the commedia dell'arte pieces Triumph of Love and The Mirror (Foolish Wit). Directorial projects include Enter a Free Man, The Duck Variations, Resurrection Blues and Pariah (Fancy Bred/MTC Playwrights Festivals), Billy Bishop Goes to War (TBTR) and the upcoming Winnipeg-premiere of Generous (TBTR). Recently, Rod had the pleasure of spending his summer in England training at LAMDA's Shakespeare School. Additionally, you can hear his voice on Saturday mornings in the animated TV series Noonbory & the Super 7.

Megan Herkert

Megan Herkert has worked with the company on Habitat, Saint Joan, The Bush Ladies and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. In her final session of the University of Winnipeg's Honors Theatre and Film Program, Megan performed in The Glass Menagerie and King Lear. With an interest also in film and television, Megan has appeared in House Party, The Haunting in Connecticut and Less Than Kind.

Dorothy Carroll

Dorothy Carroll (guest artist - Autobahn) is thrilled to be making her first appearance with Theatre By the River in Autobahn! She recently returned from Vancouver as a participant of Canada's National Voice Intensive, and is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg's Honours Theatre program. Selected performance credits include: 25 Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Winnipeg Studio Theatre) & Scar Tissue (Dancing Hen) at last years fringe festival, Munscha Meeya (PTE), Kayak (Sarasvati), Bloodless (White Rabbit), Company (Dry Cold), Monsieur d'Eon is a Woman & Henry V (University of Winnipeg).

Hilary Carroll

Hilary Carroll (guest artist - Autobahn) is honoured and excited to be working with Theatre by the River during this Fringe season. She is a graduate of University of Winnipeg Honours Theatre program, and is currently going into her third year at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. Past Theatre Credits Include: George Brown Theatre (Munsch Crunch); The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (The Crucible, A Christmas Carol, Jitters), Fem Fest (Bare Witness); Black Sheep Theatre (Batboy: The Musical); Rainbow Stage (The Sound of Music), Manitoba Opera (Faust). Past Film and TV credits include: Keep your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story- P1 (CBC); New In Town (Lions Gate); The Stone Angel (Alliance Films); The Plague (Sony Pictures); 2030 CE (YTV). Upcoming projects: Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: Season 2 (comedy Network). Hilary is a proud member of CAEA and ACTRA.

Cory Wreggitt

Cory Wreggitt (guest artist - Autobahn) is a local writer and director who has studied theatre at the University of Winnipeg. Cory has had the pleasure of being involved in fun projects such as pornStar, Paper Jack (as director), and One Last Thing (as co-writer/director). Autobahn is Cory's first project with Theatre by the River, and he couldn't be more excited.

Kevin Klassen

This is Kevin Klassen's (guest artist - Generous) first appearance with TBTR, and he's very happy to be here. You may have seen him recently at the fringe in Shakespeare in the Ruins' Stripped-Down Romeo & Juliet, or in Shakespeare in the Ruins' King Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 (he's a member of Shakespeare in the Ruins). He was also recently in MTC's The Shunning and White Christmas (he's not officially a member of MTC, but might be willing to become one were he to be invited). Kevin has also performed with Echo Theatre, PTE, WJT, Dry Cold, and Rainbow Stage (to name five).

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson (guest artist - Generous) is ecstatic to be with Theatre by the River again and the excellent cast of Generous as Len. In his previous TBTR stint he appeared as Cauchon in St. Joan. Since then he's been a number of characters including Toby in Recycled (Fringe), Kafka in Kafka in Love(Fringe), Shamraeff in the Sea Gull (PTE Adult Company), Hummel in Ghost Sonata (U of W) and Henry IV and Wart In SIR's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 this last June. When not treading the boards Kevin treads the sands of Grand Beach and English Bay with Jude.

Bernie Pastorin

Bernie Pastorin (guest artist - Generous) is thrilled to be working with Theatre by the River again and is absolutely humbled to be a part of the wonderful cast of Generous. He has studied Musical Theatre at the University of Winnipeg under the direction of Kayla Gordon, and is also a communications officer and a spokesperson for White Rabbit Productions. Bernie may be a familiar face, as he is often seen singing around the City of Winnipeg with Those Guys- an 8-man acappella group he helped found. Select theatre credits include: Oedipus Rex (Theatre by the River), Bloodless; The Trial of Burke and Hare and So You Think You Can Be a Music Theatre Idol (White Rabbit Productions), A Midsummer Nights Fever (Leithelle Productions).

Sharon Bajer

Sharon Bajer (guest artist - Generous) has worked across the country as an actress, playwright and director and is thrilled to doing Generous with Theatre By the River! Favorite productions include Of Mice and Men (Citadel Theatre), The Weir (The Belfry), Six Degrees of Separation (Canadian Stage), Angels in America, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias and Our Country's Good (Manitoba Theatre Centre), Urinetown and Company (Dry Cold), Marion Bridge, Zadie's Shoes and Here on the Flight Path (PTE) and Bloodless (White Rabbit). As a playwright, credits include Burnin' Love, Molly's Veil (both premiered at Prairie Theatre Exchange), Hersteria (Winnipeg Studio Theatre) To the Country (Winnipegger Ensemble), Scrabble from the Apple (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre). As a director, two seasons at The Stratford Festival in the Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction. Coming up, Sharon will be directing her adaptation of Dr. Faustus at The Stratford Festival and performing in The Secret Mask with Prairie Theatre Exchange and August; Osage County with the Manitoba Theatre Centre. Sharonbajer.com

Sarah Constible

Sarah Constible (guest artist - Generous) Selected Theatre: The 39 Steps, After Miss Julie, Bleeding Hearts, The Three Penny Opera (MTC) Henry IV, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, The Merchant Of Venice, Richard III, The Tempest, The Odyssey (SIR), The Monster Trilogy, Murder Ballads, Between Then And Now (TPM), The Edible Woman, Godspell, Unity (1918), Strawberries In January (PTE).

Selected Film/TV: The Stone Angel, Less Than Kind, House Party, High Life, The Many Trials of One Jane Doe, The Haunting In Connecticut, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil

Kristin Janssen

Kristin Janssen (guest artist - Generous) is glad to be working with Theatre by the River once again. She is currently in her final year at the University of Winnipeg studying for an honours degree in Production and Stage Management. In the past 8 years she has worked on various shows for PTE School, the University of Winnipeg, Sarasvati Productions, Theatre by the River and Relativity Theatre Company - in both production and stage management capacities.