The Players Guild of Hamilton
(80 Queen Street S)
Thursday July 19 @ 9pm
Saturday July 21 @ 2:30pm
Sunday July 22 @ 6pm
Wednesday July 25 @ 5:30pm
Thursday July 26 @ 7:30pm
Saturday July 28 @ 10pm
Sunday July 29 @ 1:30pm
(80 Queen Street S)
Thursday July 19 @ 9pm
Saturday July 21 @ 2:30pm
Sunday July 22 @ 6pm
Wednesday July 25 @ 5:30pm
Thursday July 26 @ 7:30pm
Saturday July 28 @ 10pm
Sunday July 29 @ 1:30pm
Eli The Musical Guy & Pearl The Shakespearean Girl is an uplifting story, for all ages, of loveable, offbeat characters, who’ve been bred, from before they were born, to be stars. Eli blithely sings and dances his life away, as he’s been raised to, while Pearl, more severe, believes life is a Shakespearean production. Despite their talents, neither has tasted success which causes Pearl’s and Eli’s parents (after being driven by an unsuppressed craving to live vicariously through their offspring) to regret their stardom-seeking, child-rearing decisions. Bowing to parental pressure, Eli and Pearl both try to “go straight” by getting a jobs in the "real world." Hilarity ensues!
And a very special thanks to our sponsors, without whom, this presentation of Eli & Pearl would not be possible!
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The Eli & Pearl Creative Team
Kevin Somers (Playwright) is a Hamilton writer of articles, books, musicals, plays, and poems. Some of his work can be found on Raise The Hammer. He has, also, written for The Hamilton Spectator, The Ottawa Sun, The Women’s Post in Toronto, and several poetry anthologies. Kevin is a proud member of the Theatre Aquarius Playwright Unit, which has been instrumental in the development of his work.
Rebekah Jackson (Composer and Keyboardist) is a Hamilton-based composer who has been playing and writing for a variety of genres, from chamber music and choral, to salsa, alternative and rap. She has won provincial and national composing competitions. The Eli musicals have been her most fun works so far!
Tyler Brent (Director) is thrilled to be part of Eli The Musical Guy & Pearl the Shakespearean Girl.
Past directorial credits:
Make Art Theatre: Anybody Else- Hamilton Fringe Festival; Miracles Don’t Come Cheap- Theatre Aquarius Studio; Romeo & Juliet: An Escapist Comedy- Hamilton Fringe Festival; The Cheese- the HamilTEN Festival
As You Were Productions: See Bob Run at Artword Artbar; She Said, She Said HamilTEN Festival
Classic Theatre Company: Macbeth at The Staircase; Tuesday’s With Morrie at The Pearl Company
Hamilton Urban Theatre: Criminal Genius & Risk Everything from Suburban Motel at The Citadel
Tyler would like to thank everyone involved in this production, and most of all, his daughter Mia.
Past directorial credits:
Make Art Theatre: Anybody Else- Hamilton Fringe Festival; Miracles Don’t Come Cheap- Theatre Aquarius Studio; Romeo & Juliet: An Escapist Comedy- Hamilton Fringe Festival; The Cheese- the HamilTEN Festival
As You Were Productions: See Bob Run at Artword Artbar; She Said, She Said HamilTEN Festival
Classic Theatre Company: Macbeth at The Staircase; Tuesday’s With Morrie at The Pearl Company
Hamilton Urban Theatre: Criminal Genius & Risk Everything from Suburban Motel at The Citadel
Tyler would like to thank everyone involved in this production, and most of all, his daughter Mia.
The Eli & Pearl Cast
Patti Cannon (Shirl and others) was born and raised in Hamilton. She has been performing, directing, and stage managing for more than 15 years. She is co-partner in Northern Lights Theatre, and works part time at the Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts. She has appeared in Der Zug written by Valeri Kay and A Home for Margaret written by David Fraser in past Hamilton Fringe Festivals. Most recently she directed Grandfather’s Secret in the Hamilton Fringe Gallery Series. She has four children, eight grandchildren. Patti is excited to be playing multiple characters in Eli & Pearl, her first musical comedy appearance.
Sean Emberley (Levi and others) is a local performer and has recently worked with 9M Theatre, Chasing Shadows Productions, and Make.Art.Theatre companies. He played Old Salty at last year's Hamilton Fringe Festival presentation of Swingin' in St Johns and Cassius in Julius Caesar.
Annalee Flint (Pearl and others) is a graduate with Honours of the Algonquin College Theatre Arts program in Ottawa, ON. Primarily an actor, she can also be found directing, stage-managing, designing, and most recently; producing, for the theatre. Annalee's recently established theatre company, Flint & Steel Productions, will be producing its inaugural season this fall. Notable acting credits: Riley in The Tragedy of Othella Moore (Perplexed Productions), a modernized gender-swapped version of Shakespeare's Othello, which won Best of Fringe at the 2016 Hamilton Fringe Festival; and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet: An Escapist Comedy (Make Art Theatre); which won the 2014 Hamilton Fringe Festival Critic's Choice Award. Additionally, Annalee has performed in a few independent films.
Carlos Jimenez (Eli and others) trained in theatre at York University, studied improv at Second City, and vocally trained with various coaches in Toronto. Carlos has performed classic Shakespeare and contemporary theatre all over Canada, The US, China and Dubai. He has delighted audiences in the Hamilton theatre scene with his sense of comedy.He is delighted once again to be reprising the role of "Eli" with such a talented cast.
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