Mainstage Cast

Hilary is an award-winning actor and singer song-writer based in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. She has composed music for theatre, film and has scored multiple short films as well as performed her own music in venues and festivals in Ontario and Nova Scotia. She just released her debut album ‘Hilary Adams’ and her original music can be found wherever you buy or stream your music. Love to my family who are my biggest supporters, I am one lucky girl. Selected Theatre: Twelfth Night, London Assurance, Grand Magic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Miser, Hamlet (Stratford Festival)Sleepy Hollow, Quixote!, Schoolhouse, Macbeth, The Ruins,As You Like It, Iliad by Fire (Two Planks); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It (Shakespeare BASH’d); Old Man and the River (Theatre Direct); Goodnight Moon (Mermaid Theatre); As You Like It, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare by the Sea). Film/TV:Lakeview, Compulsus, King&Pawn. Recordings: ‘Wildflower: Lakeview Version’, ‘Hold Me’ (Lakeview), ‘Ophelia’, ‘Sending Love’(Spotify, Apple Music) Composer: Motherhouse (Spirit Matters Studios) Everyday Forum Jingle (StratFest@Home), Endless (Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare By The Sea), WOLF, Flimsy (Hurricane Productions)A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Shakespeare BASH’d). Awards: Merritt Nomination for best Ensemble (Sleep Hollow), Merritt Award for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role (Schoolhouse), Merritt Award for best Ensemble (Schoolhouse)Training: Birmingham Conservatory, Dalhousie University. Online: @hilary_adamss. 

Recent Credits: The 90’ s: It’ s All Coming Back To Me Now (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Frenchy in Grease, Alyssa in The Prom (Drayton Entertainment); Florinda in Into The Woods (RCM); Simone in Simone, Half & Half (Carousel Players); Understudy for Mary Magdalene/Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar (Western Canada Theatre/Thousand Islands Playhouse); Divine Interventions (Corpus Dance Projects); Cinderella in Cinderella: If The Shoe Fits (Theatre Orangeville). Training: Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance.  Jillian is thrilled to be working with St.Lawrence Shakespeare Festival. She is a triple-threat performer whose work has been showcased in national and international tours spanning from North America to Africa. She thrives doing what she loves most: telling stories through music and voice. Sending a BIG thank you to her mom, dad & friends for their unconditional love and support and to the team at The Talent House. @_jilliancooper

Selected Credits: Ben in I Am an Island (Here for Now Theatre), Billy Cane in Bright Star (Mirvish), Gordon in Rent, Prince Escalus in Romeo & Juliet, Seth Soakem in London Assurance (Stratford Festival); Jason Powers in The Louder We Get (Theatre Calgary); Sloane Sherman in Killing Time, Dean in Iris Says Goodbye (Mixtape Projects); Demetrius/Snout in A Midsummer Night’ s Dream (Driftwood Theatre); Andrej in Once (Theatre St. John’s); Jonathan Harker in Written in Blood (Talk is Free Theatre). Film/TV: Partum; recurring principal on Locke & Key; No. 8 Reporting. Training: BFA, Toronto Metropolitan University. Et cetera: Special thanks to Mia at The Characters, to my brother Sean and parents Jen and John, and to my partner Sara. I love you all.

A graduate from the University of Windsor’s B.F.A. in Acting program (2015), the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory (2017), and Soulpepper Academy (2025). Andrew has worked in Theatre, TV/Film, and the music industry for the past 18 years. TV: The Miniature Wife, What we do in the Shadows, Reign, and The Boys. Theatre in Toronto: On a Night Like This (Soulpepper), Troilus & Cressida (Shakespeare BASH’d). Stratford: Henry VIIIand The Neverending Story (2019), Three Tall Women (2021), Hamlet-911 (2022), King Lear (2023),  Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night (2024). A songwriter, producer, and session musician for Thicc, The Wanderlust Club, The Brandy Alexanders, South River Slim, Andrew creates music of many genres including Rock, Soul, Pop, R&B, Blues, Funk. Instagram: @iles4miles

Richard Lam is a Toronto-based Actor, Writer, Musician, and Sound Designer. Originally from Vancouver, Richard obtained his B.A. in Political Science at UBC before training in the BFA in Acting program at the University of Alberta. Richard was a company member at Soulpepper Theatre for four years, where he trained at the Soulpepper Academy in a split actor/musician stream under Director of Music Mike Ross. Richard has been nominated for seven Dora awards and has won twice. He is also a proud co-CEO of Ground Floor, an organization that offers collaborative tools and conflict management to the theatre industry. Thanks always to my amazing wife Vanessa! Selected theatre credits include: Invasion: Christmas Carol (Knifefight Theatre); Woking Phoenix (Silk Bath Collective); The Apple Cart, Shadow Of A Doubt (Shaw Festival); Alice In Wonderland, Peter Pan (Bad Hats);Little Women, Every Little Nookie (Stratford);Measure For Measure,Much Ado About Nothing (CanStage); Company, The Frogs, Into The Woods, For Both Resting And Breeding (Talk Is Free); Once (Citadel); The Little Prince: Reimagined (Puzzle Piece/Crow’s – Dora Award Nominations for Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Performance);Lulu v. 7 (Red Light District/Buddies In Bad Times); New Canadian Curling Club (Thousand Islands/WCT); 15 productions at Soulpepper Theatre including Spoon River, Of Human Bondage, Incident At Vichy, The Dybbuk, and Marat/Sade.

Cara is an actor, singer, creator, and teacher from Ottawa. She is an accomplished music theatre performer and cares deeply about building community through the arts. Selected recent theatre credits include: Wind ( world premiere) , Cabaret ( Ovation productions) Into the Woods ( Ovation productions) Shorelines (world premiere, Prix Rideau award outstanding production), and of course The Tempest and She Stoops to Conquer right here in Prescott with SLSF. Big love to Logan and her three pups. And Mom and her family for their continued support. @carapants