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Belen Garcia Done/Undone: Director of Photography Belen Garcia is a Mexican Cinematographer & Photographer who lives and creates in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has spent the past decade capturing photographs and creating media centred on diverse communities and neighbourhoods. She has lived and studied in New York, Florida, Mexico City and Vancouver. Behind her lens is someone eager to find belonging in her projects. Before making the transition to film, Belen studied animation, a practice which continues to influence her perspective.

Pam Johnson Done/Undone: Set Designer A professional set designer for 41 years, Pam was instrumental in the look for the Bard Village and Gateway. Bard on the Beach credits include Coriolanus, All’s Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter's Tale, As You Like It, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King John, Henry IV: The War of the Roses, Richard III, Falstaff, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Recent credits include Bon APPETIT (Pacific Opera), Forgiveness a workshop (Arts Club Theatre/Theatre Calgary). Pam is a Jessie Award winner for her outstanding designs, including a Career Achievement Award. She continues to mentor young theatre designers.

Gerald King Done/Undone & A Shakesperience: Lighting Design Coordinator Lighting designer at Bard on the Beach for 18 seasons. Gerald’s recent credits: As You Like It (Citadel Theatre/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); The Ones We Leave Behind, Kuroko (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre); Matilda (Royal MTC/Citadel Theatre/Arts Club Theatre); Chariots of Fire (The Grand Theatre); Carried Away On The Crest of A Wave (National Arts Centre); The 39 Steps (Circle Bright Productions); Othello, The Merry Widow, Faust, Dead Man Walking, and Evita (Vancouver Opera); Beauty and the Beast, Jitters, Million Dollar Quartet (Arts Club Theatre); Crazy for You (Citadel Theatre); The Book of Love (Kokoro Dance); Faerie Queen (Royal Winnipeg Ballet).

Rebecca Mulvihill Done/Undone: Assistant Stage Manager Rebecca lives and works on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Swwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Recent Assistant Stage Management credits: Anywhere But Here (Electric Company Theatre), La Traviata (Vancouver Opera), The Shoplifters (Arts Club Theatre). Recent Stage Management credits: The Amaryllis, The Father (The Search Party); As dreams are made (Music on Main); Topdog/Underdog, The (Post)Mistress (Arts Club Theatre).

Jessica Oostergo Done/Undone: Costume Designer Jessica is an artist who explores Set and Costume Design for theatre and Ux/ UI for the digital world. She worked as the Assistant Head of Wardrobe for Bard for seven seasons and is thrilled to have designed Done/Undone with such a fantastic team. Jessica is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award Winner, a member of ADC 659, and a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Christine Quintana Done/Undone: Dramaturgy Support Christine is a theatre artist living and working on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Her dramaturgy work has included collaborations with the Arts Club Theatre Company, Delinquent Theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre, Carousel Theatre, and Pandemic Theatre, and many delightful living-room dramaturgy sessions with friends and colleagues across Canada. Christine is also an award-winning playwright and actor and has a life-long love-hate relationship with William Shakespeare. Christinequintana.ca

Annette Reilly Done/Undone: Associate Producer/1st Assistant Director Annette Reilly is an award-winning filmmaker and actor, known for her role as Diana Spellman in Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”. Growing up in small town Alberta, she pursued her love of theatre with a BFA from UVic and was eventually led to film in an effort to bring pressing social justice issues into cinematic storytelling. Annette is thrilled to be partnering with Bard to bring this important and socially relevant film to life.

Harveen Sandhu Done/Undone: Performer Harveen is a trilingual actor, singer and musician who trained at Ryerson Theatre School and has since had the great privilege of performing on stages across Canada in iconic leading roles, such as Eliza Doolittle in the Shaw Festival's critically acclaimed 2015 production of Pygmalion (for which she was the first Eliza of colour in a professional production in Canada), and more recently the Beatles-inspired 2018 hit-production of Shakespeare's As You Like It with Bard on the Beach in Vancouver. An alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre's CBC Actors Conservatory, Harveen starred in fellow alumni Brendan Prost's poignant and beloved short film, Loretta's Flowers, about a young woman longing for connection in the summertime, which enjoyed screenings at 13 film festivals around the world, including VIFF and Edinburgh. Harveen has made guest appearances in Private Eyes and Kim's Convenience and co-starred in the Sci-Fi network's Halcyon. She is deeply honoured to be premiering the thrilling feature film Done/Undone by Kate Besworth.

Joanne P.B. Smith Done/Undone: Stage Manager I am delighted to have been a part of this wonderful new creation.

Sharon Wu Done/Undone: Apprentice Stage Manager & COVID-19 Safety Monitor Sharon is delighted to be a part of Done/Undone. Her select apprentice stage management credits include The Boy in the Moon (Neworld Theatre), East Van Panto: Pinocchio (Theatre Replacement), Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach, rehearsal). She recognizes the privilege of working in theatre during this time and is grateful to be a part of creating and collaborating with other artists in the community. She is a graduate of Capilano University’s Technical Theatre program.

Harika Xu Done/Undone: Lighting Designer Harika graduated from UBC with a BFA in Theatre Design and Production, and in Visual Art. Past lighting designs include Madama Butterfly (Burnaby Lyric Opera), Jerusalem, Chimerica, Life of Galileo (United Players of Vancouver), Poly Queer Love Ballad (Queer Arts Festival), Wives And Daughters (UBC Theatre). Assistant lighting design credits include 1 Hour Photo (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, LD Gerald King). Projection designs include Irreparable Harm? (Heart of the City Festival), Chimerica, Life of Galileo, ENRON (United Players). harikaxu.com

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