Ker Wells was raised on a sheep farm in Cascumpeque, PEI. He graduated from Mount Allison University and The National Theatre School of Canada, and was a founding member of Primus Theatre, under the direction of Richard Fowler, at the time an actor with Eugenio Barba’s Odin Teatret. With Primus, Ker trained, performed and taught across North America and Europe, creating indoor performances, radio dramas, and outdoor parade spectacles, including: Caravan of the Midnight Sun (New Year’s Eve pageant/parades, 1991 and 1992, Winnipeg) and Viaggio al Cielo (1991) and C’era Una Volta in Montagna (1997) community performances created with the inhabitants of the village of Nocelle, Italy.

In 1998, Ker co-founded Number Eleven Theatre, with whom he created and directed Icaria, The Prague Visitor, and The Curious History of Peter Schlemihl. Other original performance works include the two-person The Confessions of Punch and Judy, and Living Tall, which have toured widely in North America and to Europe. His solo performance Swimmer (68) premiered in Toronto in June, 2011. Also in 2011, Ker directed Exilio My Life as Bolaño, created with U.S. and Mexican artists in Guadalajara, Mexico. Struck, a devised performance he created with New York’s NACL Theatre, premiered in Cleveland in Spring 2013, and played at HERE Arts in NYC in December, 2013. In the summer of 2014, he was the stilt director and performer in The Weather Project, NACL Theatre’s large-scale community arts performance about climate change, presented at the community baseball field in Yulan, NY in August, 2014.

Ker received his MFA in 2013 in the York University/Canadian Stage Direction program, and directed two productions in Canadian Stage’s 2013/14 season; Macbeth in Toronto’s High Park and Sarah Berthiaume’s The Flood Thereafter. Ker was a returning guest faculty member at the National Theatre School of Canada, the Humber College School of Performing Arts, and The Contemporary Opera Lab at the University of Manitoba. In January 2014, Ker became an assistant professor at the School for Contemporary Art at Simon Fraser University, where he taught acting and directing, with a specialization in physical and devised theatre and original creation.

Ker directed the creation of The Gift of Celebration at the National Theatre of Greenland in 2015, led workshops in the coastal Nunatsiavut/Labrador Inuit communities of Nain and Hopedale in 2016, and directed creation workshops of This is Not A Conversation with Itai Erdal and Dima Alansari for The Elbow Theatre Society in Vancouver in 2015-16.

Ker and Megan met at Simon Fraser University in 2013, and began planning an outdoor spectacle performance on PEI the year after. They co-directed and co-produced the first four years of The River Clyde Pageant from 2016-19.

On August 30, 2019, Ker passed away. He is dearly missed by so many of us, and we continue the work of the River Clyde Pageant as a legacy and tribute to his indomitable creative spirit.

Read Ker’s obituary here.

Megan Stewart is a theatre artist residing and working in Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island), the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people. A director, producer, dramaturg and performer, much of her practice centres upon large-scale collaborative theatre projects, with a focus on community-engaged creation. She has established several outdoor theatre festivals and performance events on PEI, including the inaugural March of the Crows for Art in the Open (2011) with Jamie Shannon and Harmony Wagner; and the Island Fringe Festival with Sarah Segal-Lazar in 2012. She is the artistic director of The River Clyde Pageant, which she co-founded in 2016 with Ker Wells. Recent work includes co-instigating The Soley Cove Legacy Project in Economy, Nova Scotia; co-creating The Flock with Ian McFarlane and Laura Stinson (Art in the Open 2020); and directing the Pageant’s first satellite production, Undercurrents, for the 2019 edition of Lumière in Sydney, Cape Breton. She is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s MFA program in Interdisciplinary Arts. www.meganblythe.com

Emily Wells grew up on PEI, attended the Culinary Institute in the mid-1980s and has been cooking ever since.  After 10 years cooking in Ottawa restaurants, she returned to PEI in 1998 and joined Shaun McKay's kitchen at The Dunes Cafe.  In 2003, she became chef there and remained at The Dunes for 10 years.  In 2014, she decided it was time to go it alone and in the 2014/2015 season she became chef and owner of The Mill in New Glasgow, formerly the Olde Glasgow Mill owned by Harvey & Rosemary Larkin.  Emily is the community liaison for the River Clyde Pageant, and the chef and coordinator of the community suppers that follow the Pageant performances.

Jane Wells grew up in Cascumpeque, PEI but has spent the past 20 years in Toronto working as a writer, actor and director. In addition to her own work with Number Eleven Theatre and as a solo theatre artist, Jane has directed many community-based performances, working primarily with school-age children. She has taught physical theatre workshops for all ages, to professional actors, students, and community theatre groups across Canada.

Jane has been working with the River Clyde Pageant since 2017, leading drama workshops for children in the community. These sessions serve as a springboard for children to join the Pageant as performers; over the past three years, workshops have helped forge a youth ensemble with a powerful creative voice. In 2019, Jane co-hosted and facilitated cooking workshops for newcomer women at The Mill in New Glasgow. These workshops focussed on preparing traditional Island dishes with local, seasonal ingredients, offering newcomer participants the opportunity to make new social connections, learn about Island culture and the River Clyde Pageant through the experience of cooking and sharing a meal. Jane is the co-director of The River Clyde Pageant.

Ian McFarlane is a scenographer, theatre maker and puppeteer who currently resides in Mi'kma'ki. Ian creates works for theatre, outdoor spectacles and community-led projects. Expanding on the disciplines of puppetry, ecoscenography and sensory ethnography as foundations for creative inquiry, his practice is a unique fusion of landscape poetics, junkyard theatrics and performative alchemy that explores the unexpected correspondence between the performing body and the performing of the world.

Ian has worked with such companies as the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry (Calgary, AB), and Bread and Puppet Theater (Vermont), as well as co-founded Mudfoot Theatre (Calgary, AB). He received an MFA in Contemporary Art from Simon Fraser University and has recently co-created North Barn Theatre, where he has designed, created and performed several touring performances, including A Gorgon's Tale (2022), Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus (2021) and Late Night Radio (2020). As of this fall, Ian will also be joining the Drama and Screen Studies Department at Mount Allison University as Resident Designer.

Other methods of navigation include a bicycle, a paddle, boardgames, dogs, poetry and quiet places.

Evan Furness is an interdisciplinary artist from rural Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island. His practice uses DIY approaches to image and bookmaking, as well as audio, video and performance, to create immersive, site-specific installations. He has exhibited throughout Canada and was a part of the River Clyde Pageant’s 2022 Solstice Walk as a Community Project.

Evan has worked for artist-run centers and art institutions such as this town is small, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and is one of the co-founders of Ch’town Zine Fest. In addition to his work in the visual arts, he has worked in film and television as a sound recordist and art director. Evan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University in 2018 and is excited to work with River Clyde Pageant for their 2023 season.

Céleste McNiven is a nerdy, passionate and sharp-minded bilingual multi-disciplinary artist, as well as this year's Pageant Accessibility Coordinator. Hailing from Montréal, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film production from Concordia University in 2021. Coming from a liberal arts background and transitioning into the world of film, Céleste developed a strong passion for the arts intertwined with intellectual curiosity. Her belief in authenticity, transparency, and the power of collaboration drives her creative journey as a writer, musician, filmmaker, and photographer—with the heart of a storyteller.

During the tumultuous times of COVID, her plans took an unexpected turn, leading her to move to PEI with her partner in search of a haven away from city life. Here, she discovered a beautiful arts community on the island, constantly evolving and growing, which welcomed her with open arms.

In a world full of change, Céleste embraces the creative chaos, finding beauty, authenticity and inspiration in the unpredictable twists of life.

Katy Pan is an illustrator, graphic designer, and a genuine art enthusiast from Cavendish, PEI. Her journey has been deeply intertwined with creativity, community, and exploration.

A graduate of OCAD University in the illustration program, Katy’s talents span multiple artistic mediums. She has contributed to video games, publications, films, and comic books, mastering skills in marketing, UI/UX design, motion graphics, and management.

Outside of her artistic life, Katy’s love for travelling showcases her adventurous spirit. She thrives on exploring cultures vastly different from her own, supplying her with fresh perspectives and vibrant ideas to give to the community. Her colourful and playful art style reflects her warmth and care for her surroundings.

Originally from Summerside, but now representing the vast community of Greenvale, Sarah Bulman is a curious and enthusiastic life-long learner.

After obtaining her degree from St.Thomas University (history and political studies), Sarah worked with the provincial government to increase programming and engagement with young Islanders. Initiatives stemming from her work include the creation of a youth advisory council, a youth engagement summit (YDay), and an increase of various sector-based career exploratory youth programs.

Looking to explore her interests in built heritage, Sarah received a diploma at Willowbank School of Restoration Arts in 2020. She spent the last few years as a member of the trades team restoring the built heritage of the Province House, specializing in stone conservation. She has had the honour of working on a few other local buildings in Charlottetown and is keen on getting more involved in the heritage sector on PEI.

Sarah is proud of her past work of co-founding a volunteer-based community school in downtown Charlottetown, as well asYoung Voters of PEI, a group dedicated to increasing young Islanders’ engagement in politics and electoral processes. Now a bit less “young”, she still has a passion for community building initiatives that promote meaningful engagement and cannot wait to lend a hand in her role as front of house manager with the River Clyde Pageant this summer!

When Sarah isn’t expanding her career pursuits, you can find her outside in her garden, birding, reading, canoeing and sailing, and petting dogs. Or you won’t find her, because she’s off traveling.

Marti Hopson (she/her) grew up on the shores of Lake Superior, and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Concordia University and a Masters of Music at the University of Victoria. She composed, performed, and directed many musical and theatre events in Ontario, Quebec and BC moving to Prince Edward Island. In 2016, she became involved with the River Clyde Pageant and over the years has collaborated as Music Director, composer, arranger and performer as well as providing sound art workshops. The rest of her time is spent arranging mobile veterinary clinics to remote areas of Canada's North, conducting a community orchestra and exploring artistic opportunities- especially finding joy in everyday sonic and visual environments. 

Andrea Ellis is an educator, pianist and vocalist based out of Nemtaqaq, Epekwitk (Charlottetown, PE) and is an active member of the province’s thriving music community.

Andrea is a Registered Music Teacher (RMT) and is a certified piano teacher with the Royal Conservatory of Music. Along with managing a thriving private studio, she is Music Director at Park Royal United Church in Charlottetown, Choir Director with the River Clyde Pageant and works as a collaborative pianist with several Island choirs and musicians, including Harmonia Girls’ Choir and Spire Choir.

Andrea is also a founding member of the award-winning choral ensemble Sirens, which won an ECMA award for Choral Recording of the Year in 2023. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Music (piano) from the University of Prince Edward Island.

http://andreaellispianostudio.ca

Born and raised on the beautiful Bahama Islands of Nassau, New Providence, Reequal Smith is the Artistic Director and Founder of Oshun Dance Studios. She focuses on bringing females of all ethnicities together to feel empowered and venerated through the art of dance. She has trained in ballet, jazz, modern contemporary, African, aerial ballet and fire dancing. During her career, she has performed in multiple shows in her hometown in hotels and at the Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival.

A School of Performing Arts alumni from Holland College, Reequal has continued her dancing career as an emerging independent artist, choreographer and arts educator in Charlottetown, PEI. Her work has been featured in festivals and events such as DiverseCity Festival, Roma Festival, the River Clyde Pageant and Stratford Fall Festival, and by the Black Cultural Society of PEI. She also teaches dance lessons in all styles of dance for adults and kids.

She continues to express her art by fusing cultural patterns together to create something beautiful and she aims to bring more excitement and diversity to the PEI community. Continuously aiming for new heights Reequal follows these words by Francisco Gella “Dance because you love it, Dance because you live it, and Dance because you have nothing to lose and everything to share".

Julie Pellissier-Lush is an actress, and bestselling author of ‘My Mi’kmaq Mother’, Poet Laureate for PEI, recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee medal in 2013, Meritorious Service Medal recipient in 2017, and recipient of the Senators 150 Medal in April 2019. She writes, acts, and does photography to preserve the history and culture of the Mi’kmaq for future generations. Julie wrote the poems for the play ‘Mi’kmaq Legends’ in 2010 and they have been performed for the last 8 years on many different stages in the Atlantic region. It is her hope that this play will someday travel all over Canada and beyond so more people have the opportunity to learn about the rich Mi’kmaq history!  Julie lives in PEI with her husband Rick, her five children, and her Granddaughter Miah.

Evan is a performer, puppeteer, dramaturg and theatre maker based out Calgary and Vancouver. He received his BFA from SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts where he trained in interdisciplinary performance and collaborative creation. Evan is a Co-Artistic Producer of the Major Matt Mason Collective, a working ensemble who have been making and producing theatrical works aimed at Calgary's younger generation for ten years now. As a dramaturg, Evan is passionate about supporting playwrights just beginning to refine their artistic voices, doing so through MMMC's Wildfire Playwriting Unit for Canadian playwrights under 30. His work on the River Clyde Pageant has been instrumental in shifting his artistic interests towards community engaged performance and environmentally charged puppetry.

Monica Lacey is a multidisciplinary visual artist, writer, administrator, and educator who prioritizes connection and communication in her work, play, and practice. Monica holds a Diploma in Textiles and Photography from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, and has received several awards and grants for excellence in her work and service to her community, including the Garfield Weston Award and the Nel Oudemans Award.

In her community-centered work over the past two decades, Monica has taught literacy, yoga, and art classes in women’s shelters, community spaces, and with charitable organizations serving children and families. After working in administration and Human Resources in the for-profit sector for many years, she served as Executive Director for this town is small, PEI’s artist run centre, for three years, and developed many programs for the visual art community. She served as Accessibility Coordinator for the 2022 River Clyde Pageant under the mentorship of April Hubbard, and developed a comprehensive Access Guide for the summer programming as well as implemented accessibility measures for patrons and performers. She is continuing this work as RCP’s part-time Accessibility Coordinator through 2022.

She lives in Epekwitk/PEI on unceded Mi’kmaq territory with her husband and daughter, where, in addition to her studio practice, she teaches Kundalini Yoga and serves as curator for the Fitzroy St. Tiny Art Gallery, a mini public art space on her front lawn.

Dominique is an educator and interdisciplinary artist interested in theatre, sound and (what she calls) photo-collagraphy. She currently lives in Moh’kinsstis (Calgary), on traditional Treaty 7 territory. During all seasons but the peak of summer, Dominique teaches French Immersion to elementary school students. She has the fortunate opportunity to play, sing and laugh with kids each day of the year (kids just say and do the darndest things!!). She drinks tea, swims in the river and has the best time connecting with her near and dear Pageant friends.

Sébastien Labelle is the Festival Director for Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax and Executive Director of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op. He is an actor and theatre artist, as well as a community activist and former union organizer. He has been a creative collaborator for the River Clyde Pageant since 2016, sharing skills he has learned as an apprentice at Bread & Puppet Theatre and in the years following. His involvement in both the arts and social movements has informed each other to reinforce his strong belief in the capacity of art to propel social change. He has performed with numerous Nova Scotian theatre companies, including Halifax Theatre for Young People, Eastern Front Theatre, Matchstick Theatre, Mocean Dance, Zuppa, Workshirt Opera, Shakespeare By the Sea, Villain's Theatre, 2b Theatre, Two Planks and a Passion Theatre. Screen credits include The Good House, Chapelwaite, Diggstown and Black Cop.

Laura Astwood is a teacher, creator and performer based in Ottawa.

She specializes in teaching movement for actors and in the use of stilts in a theatrical context. She has been working with stilts since 1995, and still finds delight and inspiration is helping people learn and explore. She has been teaching and directing stilts at the River Clyde Pageant since the first season in 2016.

Garry Williams is a composer-lyricist, musician, theatre artist, playwright, educator, avid reader, and amateur gardener. His career encompasses high and low art, community and social justice work, and commercial projects. He is as comfortable on a Main Stage, as he is making performances in bars, back yards, and construction sites. Garry has created scores for various companies, including North Barn Collective; Ship’s Company; Doppler Effect; Festival Antigonish; Alderney Landing; and One Light Theatre; as well as Merritt-nominated scores for Gale Force Theatre (Crypthand); Shakespeare by the Sea (Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Twelfth Night); Eastern Front/Neptune (Kamp); and Villains Theatre (The Jew of Malta). He regularly directs the LunaSea choir for Carols in the Cathedral. Garry studied Musicology, Comparative Literature at the Free University Berlin; studied Theatre and Music at Manhattanville College; and received a B.Mus. and Engl. Min. from Mount Allison University. He co-founded DaPoPo Theatre in 2003-4. He lives in Kjipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and traditional lands of the Mi'kmaq people.

Kristian Brevik works in art and in science - generally focusing on the ways interactions shape species, and particularly the interactions between humans and other-than-human kin. His work exists at the shoreline between art and science, exploring the ways in which the lives and evolution of humans and other species are entangled. He weaves art, science, and activism together with the intention to help build a world for all of us. Kristian aims to develop ways to unite ceremony, science, and art to inspire contemplation of environmental, social, and climate justice. His recent work focuses on endangered species and our interwoven ecological crises. www.kristianbrevik.com

Laura crafts images from both found and traditional materials. These creations become narratives, characters and atmospheres in a variety of theatrical spectacles. She began her career in puppetry with Bread and Puppet Theater in 2016 where she apprenticed under Peter Schumann and has continued to develop her puppet manipulation and construction techniques with Mermaid Theatre (NS, Canada), Compangnie Arketal (Cannes, France) and Compagnie Coatimundi (Châteaurenard, France). In 2017 she collaborated with Noella Murphy and Julia Walker to form A Road Less Gravelled Productions, which has performed puppet shows at art festivals throughout Nova Scotia. After four years working as a touring member and subsequent resident puppeteer for Bread and Puppet, Laura co-founded The North Barn Theatre Collective in 2020. She currently lives and makes art in Mi’kma’ki.

Jordan Beaulieu is a coordinator, book designer, and visual artist exploring poetry, rural living, comics and other pop media. DIY tactics, like creating and distributing work independently, and participating in community organizing, are essential parts of their artistic practice.

They're a co-chair of This Town is Small, PEI's artist-run centre, and frequently collaborate with local projects, including Art in the Open, Festival Route 11, Radiant Rural Halls, River Clyde Arts, and The Vessel Artist Studios. They co-founded the Charlottetown Zine Fest (CZF) in 2022.

Jordan holds a BFA from Concordia University and an MFA from NSCAD University. They live and work in Epekwitk.

Lily Falk is an emerging theatre-maker living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) and co-artistic director of Gale Force Theatre. Her first play, Crypthand, premiered last Fall and won the 2022 Playwrights Guild of Canada's Emerging Playwright Award. In July 2023, it'll be playing at the Ship's Company Theatre in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. She's currently developing a serialized audio drama for middle grades and a comedy about a high school environmental club that takes a forestry executive hostage. Lily was deeply impacted by her time as an apprentice at the River Clyde Pageant and is excited to be back for another summer of community arts magic. When she's not making theatre, you can find her facilitating nature preschool programming, playing the accordion, or riding a tandem bike with the ones she loves.

Franziska Glen (she/her) is an actor, puppeteer and theatremaker living in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. She is a co-founder of Gale Force Theatre and is interested in theatre for young audiences, puppetry, and creating new work. Most recently, she performed in Bouée with Satellite Théâtre (Moncton, NB) and Crypthand with Gale Force Theatre (Halifax, NS), which won the 2022 Theatre Nova Scotia Outstanding Emerging Production Award. She has worked and collaborated with Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, North Barn Theatre Collective and Bagel and Ballon. Franziska has trained in puppetry with Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Bread and Puppet and in 2022, completed an apprenticeship with the River Clyde Pageant. Franziska is currently working on two new projects with Gale Force Theatre, Honey Harbour, a serialized audio drama for middle grades and While We Wait, a puppet show for children. She is the winner of the 2021 Theatre Nova Scotia Emerging Artist Award.

Kelly Caseley is a multidisciplinary visual artist living, working and raising her family in beautiful Epekwitk/PEI. She continues to explore(and conquer) as many different artistic mediums as she can, convinced that eventually, she will be able to take over the art world and reign supreme!

For the time being, she is content spending the summer costuming for The River Clyde Pageant and creating installations for The RTE 11 Music Festival.

After studying fashion design at The International Design Academy in Montreal, she returned to PEI only to discover the Island was not quite ready for her incredible fashion-forward designs. She turned instead to theatre and film, where her ridiculous ideas were accepted and often, even encouraged. From there, she took to props building, stage managing, production design, and even writing and directing for TV - I wasn’t stretching the truth about the whole conquering as many different mediums as possible. After feeling at least moderately confident in her abilities in these areas, she then decided to study Heritage Carpentry, which has led to designing and creating sets and large outdoor art installations.

Sadly, Kelly can’t actually do everything. She can neither sing nor play an instrument, so the Island’s artists are safe for the time being. Her hobbies include consuming as much rhubarb as humanly possible and buying art and stationery supplies in copious amounts

Ewan Fowler-Purdy (he/him) is a theatre production student who has recently completed his second year in Acadia University's Theatre program. Growing up in Halifax, NS, he gained a passion for arts, particularly theatre and music, from his parents. He began working in performance in high school and has since sought to explore his passion as a member of his school's theatre company and as the Assistant Stage Manager for the River Clyde Pageant.

Eberechi Okwuwolu is a multifaceted artist whose work is grounded in storytelling through various mediums including spoken word poetry, visual materialization, textiles, performance, and installation. His work explores themes around social constructs and human experiences, focusing on connections between history, culture and interpersonal realms.

Eberechi's work is process-driven and guided by a conscious awareness of his mind and environment. His methodology requires meditation and listening as he allows himself to be directed by the ideas and concepts he wants to explore and the materials he is working with.

Overall, Eberechi's work is situated in the generational influence of self-reflection. He is fascinated by how stories can be a form of language and identification, and his goal is to show what love, black joy, compassion, and exploration look like from his lens.

Mike Geither is a playwright, solo performer and stand-up comic whose work has been seen in San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, New York and London. He is a four-time Ohio Arts Council fellow and has served as a resident artist at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. Recent works include The Body is the Best (Lit Youngstown, 2022), Heirloom (convergence-continuum, 2019), Ismene (U of Ottawa, 2017), The Events of the Warren County Fair as Observed by a Young Astronaut (Independent Production, 2017 - 2019), Objectively/Reasonable (Playwrights Local, 2016/17), Creation Myth (convergence-continuum, 2016), how small, how far away (Zuppa Theatre, Halifax, 2016), Flame Puppy (Playwrights Local, 2015), Tear It Off (convergence-continuum, 2015), and Loki and Lucy (Talespinner, 2014). He is currently a Professor of English at Cleveland State University where he teaches in the Northeast Ohio MFA in creative writing.

Richard Pellissier-Lush is an actor, dancer, author, and athlete. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba but has lived in PEI for most of his life. Richard is a graduate from Holland College with diploma in Sport & Leisure Management, and was Valedictorian of his graduating class. Richard works with Indigenous Youth across PEI as the Aboriginal Sport Circle Program Coordinator and he is also a Certified Personal Trainer.  In Richard's spare time, he mentors youth, manages multiple sports teams, shares stories of his Mi'kmaq culture and background through his theater group Mi'kmaq Legends, and hangs out with his son Owen and his partner Tess and their three animals at home.  

Kathy Randels, a native New Orleanian and founding artistic director of ArtSpot Productions, has written, performed in, and directed numerous original solo and group works for professional, student and incarcerated ensembles in Louisiana and beyond.  Her soul shaking work has been presented in four continents, and 30 U.S. States. She founded the LCIW (Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women) Drama Club in 1996, and co-founded The Graduates (an ensemble of formerly incarcerated women/returning citizens in 2012). Her current projects include: The Road to Damascus; Holy Wars; EASEL (Engaging Artists, Scientists and Educators in Learning); ARCH (Arts, Racial Healing, Culture and Healing in the Orleans Parish Prison) and Reparations with OT and Mama Nola.

Sean LaRocca has been ArtSpot Productions’ managing director and main music man for over twenty years.  He attended Berklee College of Music and St. John’s College, winning awards for Best Musical Composition in 1988 and 1989.  Since returning to his hometown of New Orleans, Sean has toured and recorded with several local groups, composed and performed works for video, television, and film, and gradually come to dedicate his labors to this crazy thing called theatre.

Hope Rector is an accomplished seamstress from New Hampshire who is currently loving living on Prince Edward Island. She started, as many do, as a theater nerd in High school and pursued that to a degree in Costume Construction from the Conservatory of Theater Art, from SUNY Purchase. Through that process, she realized the thing she loves about theater is the collaboration and the ability to create things beyond a single person's wildest imagination through that collaboration. While getting her degree she has had the opportunity to work on several wonderful shows in both a Wardrobe and Construction capacity. Since then she has also completed the Heritage Retrofit Carpentry Program at Holland College, giving her practical knowledge and a deep connection to the island and its history. She loved every second and was thankful for all the wonderful people she met and her experiences. As Wardrobe Supervisor she is beyond excited to be a part of such an amazing project.

Keelin Howe is an educator currently living in Charlottetown. She moved to Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island two years ago and has taught French at Parkdale Elementary and Colonel Gray High School. She is originally from New Brunswick and has a Bachelor of Music from Mount Allison University and a Bachelor of Education degree from St. Thomas University. 

In her spare time, Keelin is a reader, dog-lover, and trumpet player. She is also a member of the Confederation Singers choir in Charlottetown. She is very excited to be working as the Children's Assistant Stage Manager for the 2024 season of the River Clyde Pageant.

Introducing Jessie Duarte, an island-based artist returning for her second year as Assistant Stage Manager with the River Clyde Pageant. With a passion for events that spark imagination through storytelling and immersive sensory experiences, she eagerly anticipates joining the vibrant Pageant community in picturesque New Glasgow, PE.

Natalia Cortes is a multidisciplinary theatre artist based out of Calgary, AB and Toronto, ON whose practice centres around the exploration of different storytelling mediums. She received her formal training at George Brown Theatre School and is currently attending Mount Royal University for social innovation. In recent years, her love for community inspired work has brought her to work with companies such as Calgary Young People's Theatre, Sage Theatre, Paprika Festival, Green Fools Theatre Society, Chromatic Theatre and, of course, The River Clyde Pageant! As of late she can be found designing and creating devised work that more intimately captures what she values most: connection, community and home. 

Natalia was drawn to The River Clyde Pageant for its marvellous community inspired approach to theatre creation. She looks forward to further fostering her connection to the island and collaborating with pageant friends once again!