by Kristen Da Silva
(January 8-30, 2027)
Director: Jennifer Monteith
Producers: Bridget Jankowski & Nick Munaretto
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Introducing our talented cast…
TOP ROW:
Elle McGarry as Katya Andor
Kayne Wylie as Harry Gibson
MIDDLE ROW:
Robbie Freedman as Jo Hagman
Lauren Griffiths as Becca Collins
Nikki Simms as Eva Andor
BOTTOM ROW:
Moazzam Reza as Luke Gibson
Morris Jacobs as Declan Gibson
About the play:
Harry Gibson’s love life is hampered by his involvement in the family business – a struggling, small-town funeral home. Missing his recently departed mother, and hungry for companionship and the chance at having a family of his own, he secretly turns to an unconventional method of meeting a woman: an online European bride service. When his bride Katya, along with her acerbic older sister Eva, arrive on Canadian soil, the sisters are plunged into culture shock while the Gibson family is thrown into a tailspin.
About Kristen Da Silva, the playwright
Kristen Da Silva is a playwright, actor and director born in Oakville and raised in Nobleton, Ontario. Prior to diving into playwriting and acting full-time Kristen spent the first part of her working life in the corporate world. Home on maternity leave with her youngest son, and feeling a need for some intellectual stimulation, she wrote her first full-length romantic comedy Book Club. Other plays were soon to follow including Gibson & Sons and Hurry Hard both winners of the Playwrights Guild of Canada Comedy Award. Other plays are Where You Are, Beyond the Sea, Sugar Road, The Rules of Playing Risk and By the Light of a Story, which have been produced across Canada, in the U.S and Europe. She is a graduate of York University where she was a founding member of the Vanier Improv Company and company member of Vanier College Productions.
About Jennifer Monteith, the director
Jennifer Monteith is a multifaceted creator, and an active member in the Toronto theatre scene. For the Village Players, she co-directed On the Air (2026), directed The Book of Will (2024), and Murder Weapon (2019) and was a board member until 2021. You may have seen her on the Village stage in The Fighting Days (Chorus), Anybody for Murder (Mary Ticklewell), Lady Windermere’s Fan (Mrs. Erlynne) or An Ideal Husband (Lady Gertrude Chiltern). Jennifer has also produced, stage managed and created costumes, props, hair, set design and show photography for a variety of Village shows. Jennifer studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art [England] and during the day successfully pretends to be a banker.
The Crew:
Stage Manager: Jennifer Etches
Set Design: Sue Marenick
Costumes: Julie Clark & Ann Lenchak
Properties: Robbie Dallas
Sound Design: John Stuart Campbell
Lighting Design: David Girt
Poster: Marion Sutcliffe
Production Photography: Sangeeta Boondoo
Publicity: David Nicholson, John Acuna, and Jayne Patterson
Auditions: Heather Lacey, Ann Lenchak (greeter), and Bill Hammond (greeter)
