A Co-Production with The Citadel Theatre
Heist
By Arun Lakra
January 14 to February 1, 2025
Opening Night Friday, January 17
Spriet Stage
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Diamonds. Deals. Lasers. Betrayal. Ocean’s Eleven for the theatrical stage!
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Five criminals team up for one final job after finding themselves betrayed.
Heist is an edge-of-your-seat, popcorn-theatre, action-thriller with all the necessary players: the charmer, the pretty boy, the sneak, the muscle, and the geek. Prepare for anything and everything, then watch as karma comes collecting in this Ocean's Eleven-inspired theatrical production.
Calgary’s breakthrough screenwriter, playwright (and ophthalmologist by day), Arun Lakra brings high-tech, stunt-filled, crime drama from the silver screen to the stage. His mission? To keep savvy audiences on their toes with a fast-paced, twisty whodunnit that has the lobby buzzing.
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE
AFTERWORDS
On select Wednesday evenings, immediately after the performance, join host Breanne Ritchie in theatre's lounge for a brief guided discussion with guest artists, creative team members, and Grand staff members.
TEA TALKS
Join us for creative conversations pre-show with host Rachel Peake and special guests connected to the show. Tea Talks begin at 12:00pm before the Wednesday 1:00pm matinée.
The Cast
Belinda Cornish
The Spider
For the Grand Theatre: An Undiscovered Shakespeare.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel Theatre/Arts Club Theatre); Private Lives, Evelyn Strange, The Exquisite Hour (Teatro Live!); The 39 Steps (Mayfield Theatre); Coriolanus, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Playwright: The Garneau Block (Citadel Theatre); hiraeth (Varscona Theatre); Category E )The Maggie Tree/Coal Mine Theatre); Little Elephants (Shadow Theatre).
Voice Over (Selected): Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age (Bioware Corp).
Other: www.belindacornish.com
Theatre Credits (Selected): Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel Theatre/Arts Club Theatre); Private Lives, Evelyn Strange, The Exquisite Hour (Teatro Live!); The 39 Steps (Mayfield Theatre); Coriolanus, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Playwright: The Garneau Block (Citadel Theatre); hiraeth (Varscona Theatre); Category E )The Maggie Tree/Coal Mine Theatre); Little Elephants (Shadow Theatre).
Voice Over (Selected): Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age (Bioware Corp).
Other: www.belindacornish.com
Devin MacKinnon
Marvin
For the Grand Theatre: Debut
Theatre Credits (Selected): King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, All's Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Paradise Lost (Stratford Festival); King James (Theatre Aquarius/ATP); Little Women, A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); The Tempest (The Shakespeare Company); Crime Does Not Pay (Downstage); Frankenstein, The Ruins, In This Light, Nothing Less!, Midsummer Night's Dream, Liberation Days, The Mary Celeste (Two Planks and A Passion).
Theatre Credits (Selected): King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, All's Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Paradise Lost (Stratford Festival); King James (Theatre Aquarius/ATP); Little Women, A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); The Tempest (The Shakespeare Company); Crime Does Not Pay (Downstage); Frankenstein, The Ruins, In This Light, Nothing Less!, Midsummer Night's Dream, Liberation Days, The Mary Celeste (Two Planks and A Passion).
Callan McKenna Potter
Ryan
Gillian Moon
Angie
For the Grand Theatre: Debut.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Ephemere (Firefly Theatre and Circus); The Time Machinest (Cirque de la Nuit); Gatsby's Cabaret (Spotlight Cabaret); Strawberry Shortcake Live North American Tour, Bubble Guppies Live Canadian Tour (Koba Entertainment); The Office (Jubilations); The Light in the Piazza (Dry Cold).
Other: Graduate of Theatre Arts at MacEqan and BA at University of Winnipeg.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Ephemere (Firefly Theatre and Circus); The Time Machinest (Cirque de la Nuit); Gatsby's Cabaret (Spotlight Cabaret); Strawberry Shortcake Live North American Tour, Bubble Guppies Live Canadian Tour (Koba Entertainment); The Office (Jubilations); The Light in the Piazza (Dry Cold).
Other: Graduate of Theatre Arts at MacEqan and BA at University of Winnipeg.
Priya Narine
Fiona
For the Grand Theatre: Debut.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Private Lives (Teatro Live!); The Sound of Music (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Citadel Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre - 4 seasons); Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Freewill Shakespeare); Queen Lear is Dead (Fox Den Collective); Slight of Mind (Theatre Yes/Citadel Theatre).
Other: Graduate of the BFA Acting program at the University of Alberta.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Private Lives (Teatro Live!); The Sound of Music (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Citadel Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre - 4 seasons); Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Freewill Shakespeare); Queen Lear is Dead (Fox Den Collective); Slight of Mind (Theatre Yes/Citadel Theatre).
Other: Graduate of the BFA Acting program at the University of Alberta.
Emilio Vieira
Kruger
For the Grand Theatre: Debut.
Theatre Credits (Selected): London Assurance, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Grand Magic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III, The Miser, Coriolanus, The Tempest, Napoli Milionaria!, A School for Scandal,Tartuffe, Macbeth, All My Sons, Bunny (The Stratford Festival); The Three Musketeers (RMTC); The Two Noble Kinsmen, Cymbeline (Shakespeare BASH’d); Towards Youth: a play on radical hope (Crow’s Theatre/Project Humanity); Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe (Canadian Stage).
Film and TV Credits (Selected): Titans (HBO Max); february: a love story (Sudden Spark Collective).
Other: Graduate of York University’s Acting Conservatory (2014) and the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre (2015-2017).
Theatre Credits (Selected): London Assurance, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Grand Magic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III, The Miser, Coriolanus, The Tempest, Napoli Milionaria!, A School for Scandal,Tartuffe, Macbeth, All My Sons, Bunny (The Stratford Festival); The Three Musketeers (RMTC); The Two Noble Kinsmen, Cymbeline (Shakespeare BASH’d); Towards Youth: a play on radical hope (Crow’s Theatre/Project Humanity); Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe (Canadian Stage).
Film and TV Credits (Selected): Titans (HBO Max); february: a love story (Sudden Spark Collective).
Other: Graduate of York University’s Acting Conservatory (2014) and the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre (2015-2017).
Creative Team
Haysam Kadri
Director
For The Grand Theatre: Homes: A Refugee Story, A Thousand Splendid Suns, A Street Car Named Desire, Einstein’s Gift.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue, Nero Wolfe: Might As Well Be Dead (Vertigo Theatre); In Wonderland (ATP); A Thousand Splendid Suns (Arts Club, MTC); The Shoplifters, Romeo and Juliet ( Theatre Calgary); Three Musketeers, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet (The Shakespeare Company); Prairie Boys Winter, A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, Dracula ( Mount Royal University); Metamorphoses (U of C); Dracula (Red Deer College).
Film and TV Credits (Selected): Last of Us, The Revenant, Hell on Wheels.
Other: Haysam is the Artistic Director of Alberta Theatre Projects albertatheatreprojects.com
Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue, Nero Wolfe: Might As Well Be Dead (Vertigo Theatre); In Wonderland (ATP); A Thousand Splendid Suns (Arts Club, MTC); The Shoplifters, Romeo and Juliet ( Theatre Calgary); Three Musketeers, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet (The Shakespeare Company); Prairie Boys Winter, A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, Dracula ( Mount Royal University); Metamorphoses (U of C); Dracula (Red Deer College).
Film and TV Credits (Selected): Last of Us, The Revenant, Hell on Wheels.
Other: Haysam is the Artistic Director of Alberta Theatre Projects albertatheatreprojects.com
Beyata Hackborn
Set Designer
For the Grand Theatre: Debut.
Theatre Credits (Selected): The Play That Goes Wrong (Citadel/Theatre Calgary/RMTC); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, Playboy of the Western World, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw Festival); The Inheritance (CanStage); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Little Shops of Horrors (Arts Club/Citadel); Jersey Boys (Citadel); Metronome, Mob (Workshop West); Sleight of Mind (Western Canada Theatre).
Other: www.beyatahackborn.com
Theatre Credits (Selected): The Play That Goes Wrong (Citadel/Theatre Calgary/RMTC); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, Playboy of the Western World, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw Festival); The Inheritance (CanStage); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Little Shops of Horrors (Arts Club/Citadel); Jersey Boys (Citadel); Metronome, Mob (Workshop West); Sleight of Mind (Western Canada Theatre).
Other: www.beyatahackborn.com
Jessica Oostergo
Costume Designer
For the Grand Theatre: The Sound of Music.
Theatre Credits (Selected): A Streetcar Named Desire, Almost A Full Moon (Citadel); Ring of Fire, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Arts Club); Sunrise Betties (ITSAZOO); Bunny, Stupid F*cking Bird (Search Party); Julius Caesar (Bard); An Undeveloped Sound (Electric Company); A Chorus Line (Studio 58).
Other: Jessica is an Edmonton and Vancouver based Set and Costume Designer. She is a three-time Jessie Richardson Award winner for Significant Artistic Achievement with a total of seven nominations. Jessica is a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Arts & Design. Visit jessicaoostergo.com
Theatre Credits (Selected): A Streetcar Named Desire, Almost A Full Moon (Citadel); Ring of Fire, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Arts Club); Sunrise Betties (ITSAZOO); Bunny, Stupid F*cking Bird (Search Party); Julius Caesar (Bard); An Undeveloped Sound (Electric Company); A Chorus Line (Studio 58).
Other: Jessica is an Edmonton and Vancouver based Set and Costume Designer. She is a three-time Jessie Richardson Award winner for Significant Artistic Achievement with a total of seven nominations. Jessica is a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Arts & Design. Visit jessicaoostergo.com
Siobhan Sleath
Lighting Designer
For the Grand Theatre: Homes: A Refugee Story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, In Seven Days
Theatre Credits (Selected): Witness for the Prosecution, The Horse and His Boy, Wilde Tales (Shaw Festival); Hamlet (Shakespeare Company); Canoe (Unsettled Scores/Native Earth); Snow White (YPT); Come From Away: The Concert (Marquis Productions); Ring of Fire, On a First Name Basis (Theatre Aquarius); The Hobbit (Adirondack Theater Festival); The Great Divide (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Ann (Arkansas Rep Theatre); Figaro’s Wedding (Against the Grain); Miracle on 34th Street, A Year with Frog and Toad, Shrek and The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre).
Other: www.siobhansleathdesign.com
Theatre Credits (Selected): Witness for the Prosecution, The Horse and His Boy, Wilde Tales (Shaw Festival); Hamlet (Shakespeare Company); Canoe (Unsettled Scores/Native Earth); Snow White (YPT); Come From Away: The Concert (Marquis Productions); Ring of Fire, On a First Name Basis (Theatre Aquarius); The Hobbit (Adirondack Theater Festival); The Great Divide (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Ann (Arkansas Rep Theatre); Figaro’s Wedding (Against the Grain); Miracle on 34th Street, A Year with Frog and Toad, Shrek and The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre).
Other: www.siobhansleathdesign.com
Richard Feren
Sound Designer
Corwin Ferguson
Projection Designer
For the Grand Theatre: Homes: a Refugee Story.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Brigadoon (Shaw Festival); Salesman in China, Rent, Spamalot, Wrinkle in Time (Stratford Festival); Steel City Gangster (Theatre Aquarius); Newsies, Nobody’s Children, Hansel & Gretel (Yellow Door Theatre Project); Mary Poppins, Driving Miss Daisy, Enemy of the People, Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, 1984 (Saint John Theatre Company); Rinaldo (Pacific Opera Victoria); Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Richard III (The Shakespeare Company); Playing with Fire, Buyer & Cellar, You Will Remember Me (Alberta Theater Projects).
Other: Graduate of the BPA Program at Capilano University, Studio 58 Acting Graduate www.corwinferguson.com
Theatre Credits (Selected): Brigadoon (Shaw Festival); Salesman in China, Rent, Spamalot, Wrinkle in Time (Stratford Festival); Steel City Gangster (Theatre Aquarius); Newsies, Nobody’s Children, Hansel & Gretel (Yellow Door Theatre Project); Mary Poppins, Driving Miss Daisy, Enemy of the People, Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, 1984 (Saint John Theatre Company); Rinaldo (Pacific Opera Victoria); Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Richard III (The Shakespeare Company); Playing with Fire, Buyer & Cellar, You Will Remember Me (Alberta Theater Projects).
Other: Graduate of the BPA Program at Capilano University, Studio 58 Acting Graduate www.corwinferguson.com
Sang Sang Lee
Stage Manager
Jess Gordon
Assistant Stage Manager
