The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant…Ever!
2023 Bios
The show takes place in St. John’s Newfoundland
Novel by: Barbara Robinson Stage adaptation by: Petrina Bromley & Aiden Flynn
Directed by: Cheryl Jameson Musically Directed by: Vicky Berg
Set Design/Dialect Coaching: Justin Gambin Props Master: Cody Porter
Act One Act Two
Holly Jolly Christmas Burt Ives WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS? JENNINGS & HORNER
Hey Santa Claus Kevin Bloody Wilson Oh Little Town of Bethlehem L.H. Redner
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Elmo & Patsy MARY DID YOU KNOW GREER/PENTATONIX/HAN
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano Do You Hear What I Hear? Regney & Shayne/Han/Berg
Nuttin’ For Christmas Tepper & Bennett The Mummers Song Simani
White Christmas Irving Berlin Jingle Bells Pierpont & Cottle
The First Noel English Traditional Jingle Bells Barbara Streissand
Angels We Have Heard On High French Traditional
WE THREE KINGS JOHN H. HOPKINS
A TimE for Joy Gather, Sykes & Wright
Joy to the World Watts & Handel
Joyful Joyful Dyke & Beethoven & Warren
Oh My Lord Boney M.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
Natalie Czar - Mrs. O’Brien
Natalie Czar (she/her) is so excited to be part of the pageant again this year! She is a local actor, singer and song-writer and is a graduate of the MacEwan Theatre program. Some past theatre credits include Scooby Doosical (Dammitammy Productions), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Grindstone Theatre), Think Of Me: An Andrew Lloyd Webber Cabaret Spectacular (Scotty Productions), Erlking: A New Musical (Christopher Scott/Scona Alumni Theatre), Urinetown (Grindstone Theatre), HMS Pinafore (Opera Nuova). As a singer-songwriter and vocalist, she has performed in bands, ensembles, and in a solo capacity in various venues, festivals, and events locally and across Western Canada. Natalie would like to thank her two amazing kids, Eva and Ruben, who help her learn her lines and have essentially grown up watching this wild show! Oh, Sacred Heart! There’s one more thing - Happy Holidays!!
Bob Rasco - Ralph Herdman/Edna McArtney
Bob is happy as a sugarplum to return as Ralph in this year’s production of The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever!
A proud Edmontonian, he is a graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Arts and Music programs. Bob is a founding member of Ribbit RePublic where he co-created,and performed in Grimmer than Grimm, Water, and Be A Man, and with whom he toured fringe festivals all across Canada. Some memorable roles have been Ringo Starr in The Four Lads Who Shook the World with Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Officer Lockstock in Urinetown with Grindstone Theatre, and playing in the Skiffle Band and sharing Musical Direction with his musical cohorts The Be Arthur’s in Citadel Theatre’s production of One Man Two Guvnor’s.
Kayla Gorman - Beth O’Brien
Kayla is thrilled to be returning for her 14th year in The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever! Born and raised on Treaty 8 territory (Grande Prairie), Kayla is a graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Arts program and continues to enjoy performing in local theatre, alongside working in property development and feeding her love (obsession?) of dogs and excel spreadsheets. Kayla would like to thank her family and friends for always supporting her never-ending shenanigans, and is wishing you and yours a very "Mary" Christmas!
Billy Brown - Leroy Herdman/Irma Slocum
Billy Brown is an actor/singer from Edmonton, Alberta. In 2014 he graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at MacEwan University, and in 2018 he graduated from the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta. His most recent theatre credits include Joey/Ensemble in The Citadel’s The Jersey Boys, Doody/Danny understudy in WCT’s Grease, Ensemble in Ragtime: A Concert Version (Theatre Calgary), Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow), Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow), John in John & Jen (Imagine Performing Arts), Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow), Moth in Love’s Labours Lost (Freewill Shakespeare), Sampson in Romeo and Juliet (Freewill Shakespeare), and Skip Goldman in Rumpelstiltskin (Alberta Opera). Billy hopes everyone enjoys the show as much as he loves performing it!
Cheryl Jameson - Imogene Herdman/Helen Armstrong/Director
Cheryl is so happy to be reunited with this incredible group of performers for this 14th annual production. Originally from Edmonton, Cheryl has had the good fortune to work with numerous companies, as well as with her own company Whizgiggling Productions over the years. Most recently, she was seen at the Fringe in the 3rd installment of the Destination series, and was the gossipy secretary and naïve wife in The Citadel’s 9 to 5 the Musical! Some favourite local productions include: Confessions of A Reluctant Caregiver (closed due to Covid-19), 4th Graders Present: An Un-Named Love-Suicide (Northern Light Theatre - Sterling Award recipient), Cabaret, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rock and Roll Era (Mayfield Dinner Theatre), 2 Queens and a Joker (Guys in Disguise), Hey! Countess (Teatro La Qundicina), and Destination Wedding, Destination Vegas,Her Mark, Marked and World’s Wife (Whizgiggling Productions). Up next you can find Cheryl and her “Destination” ladies at the Fringe performing “The Black Widow Gun Club” and, joining forces with the Guys in Disguise boys, in a brand new Trevor Schmidt musical “Mass Debating.” Cheryl would like to thank her incredible family; Taj, Trinity and Justin, for supporting her every time she joins the circus and YOU for supporting local LIVE theatre! Mary Christmas!
Vicky Berg - Miss Vicky/Music Director
Vicky Berg is INCREDIBLY excited to play Miss Vicky in The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever! This is her 7th year!!! 6th year? Who’s counting anyway… It’ll probably be the BEST YEAR! When she is not playing an elderly woman with a drinking problem, Vicky can be found playing around town in a number of bands, teaching music and keeping her cat, Lucy, from climbing the Christmas tree. Many thanks and much love goes out to the beautiful cast and crew of the BLNCPE and a big wet kiss goes out to Tim, for his never-ending patience and support.
Lindsey Walker - Alice
What a joy to be working on this awesome show - for over 10 years now! Born and raised on Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg), and currently residing in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton), Lindsey Walker (she/her) is a n award-winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and theatre performer. Lindsey’s music has been described as “achingly sincere”, and “cinematic”. With her solo musical project, Lindsey is a recipient of the Edmonton Artist Trust Fund (2022), won an Edmonton Music Award for Indie Rock Recording of the Year (2018), has been shortlisted for the Edmonton Music Prize (2019), nominated for Female Artist of the Year at the Edmonton Music Awards (2018), was voted Best of Edmonton Solo Artist by Vue Weekly (2017), and earned distinction as a finalist in the Canadian Songwriting Competition (2018). As a theatre creator, Lindsey was awarded the Westbury Family Fringe Theatre Award to support the production of ren & the wake, an original semi-immersive musical that she created with Catch the Keys Productions. Most recently, Lindsey composed the music and lyrics for a one-actor musical called “Amor de Cosmos”, and has released a few christmas tracks in time for this holiday season. Follow her @LindseyWalkerMusic or www.lindseywalkermusic.com for more zany exploits. Mary Christmas!