What Rough Beast

Adam is an actor, writer, and director based out of Montreal. Adam has been nominated for the Outstanding Supporting Actor META Award twice for his portrayals of Mercutio and Sir Andrew in Repercussion Theatre’s Shakespeare-in-the-Park productions of Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night, respectively. On TV, Adam has been playing Andrew on The Bold Type since its debut in 2017, its fourth season airing now on Freeform and ABC Spark. Adam is currently working on post-production for two short films he wrote and directed last year, and is currently directing two music videos. When he isn’t working, you can find Adam in his sweats, knee-deep in a bottle of rosé, watching sad french movies from the 60s, desperate to relate.

Charlotte Dennis is an actor and creator born and raised in Toronto. She studied at The National Theatre School of Canada and graduated in 2018. Before going back to school Charlotte had the privilege of working at Soulpepper Theatre under the direction of Michael Shamata, Hart House Theatre and with Headstrong Collective on a production of David Mamet’s comedy Boston Marriage. She was nominated for a MyTheatre Award in 2015 for her role as Catherine in the three hander directed by Kelli Fox. Most recently she sailed away to Dublin to perform in Thalia Gonzalez Kane’s original play, Dimples, that was performed at The Smock Alley Theatre. She was last in Montreal in the spring where she had the joy of revisiting her part as Alyssa in Alice Abracen’s political and empathetic play What Rough Beast. It was presented as part of Centaur Theatre’s New Voice’s Festival.

Rahul Gandhi is an actor, director, creator, and producer born, raised, and located in Montreal. Though his heart lies on stage, he wears a variety of hats in and around theatre, film, and television. His company, Tantalus, has enjoyed helping in bringing What Rough Beast to the stage. He holds a BFA in acting from Concordia University, and is on track to finish a Graduates Diploma in Communication studies. Notable credits include work on The Bold Type, Best Sellers, Romeo in HPC’s Romeo and Juliet, Fourteen in Animals in Paradise, and currently in the Black Theatre Workshop AMP ensemble. Rahul is thrilled to be bringing such an important piece of theatre to the stage with What Rough Beast.

Curtis is a theatre artist, tv and film actor (The Bold Type, The Detectives) and 2016 graduate of Concordia University’s BFA, Specialization in Theatre Performance. Curtis most recently performed in Hudson Village Theatre’s The Drawer Boy (D. Fleming) and Geordie Theatre’s main stage production, Reaching for Starlight (M. Payette). Other recent credits include Maskulin(e) – Festival vue-sur-la-relève (M.Rambharose), The Woods Witch – Manitoba Y.P.T. (M. Schon), and Mary Stuart – Studio Jean-Valcourt (A. Kennedy). Curtis is thrilled to work and play as Johnny alongside the cast of What Rough Beast.

A Montrealer of Caribbean heritage, Keren Roberts fell in love with acting while taking a theatre elective at Concordia University. She studied her new-found passion at Dawson College’s Professional Theatre program. After graduating, she participated in Black Theatre Workshop’s Artist Mentorship Program. Credits include: Junie in Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct/Black Theatre Workshop), Lady in Blue in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Les 6 productions in collaboration with MAI), Valerie in How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Black Theatre Workshop), and Maia in Reaching for Starlight (Geordie Theatre). Her goal is to always embody the stories of multifaceted characters who explore the full spectrum of humanity.

Kathleen Stavert is a bilingual actor based in Montreal.  She is active in theatre, film/tv and voice. Kathleen holds an M.A. in Classical Acting from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK as well as B.F.A. Specialization in Theatre Performance from Concordia University.  Selected credits include: Other People’s Children (M. Chevrier/ Imago Theatre). Clean Slate (L. Baker/Talisman Theatre) which won a 2019 META for Best Ensemble. Me & You (A. Bardesono/Talisman Theatre). L’École Des Femmes (S. Aita, Vienna’s English Theatre), Cymbeline (N. Adlam/Les Foules, UK).  She is a familiar voice in radio advertisements and videogames. She has featured on TV shows such as the Montreal Sketch Comedy Hour (CBC), Fatal Vows (CMJ) and Broken Trust (Investigation Discovery channel) as well as numerous TV ads. She appeared in short films (namely Appiness) and feature films (Including the Oscar nominated film Arrival).  She enjoyed being a mentor at Artista this past year. She continues to push her creativity and is currently developing a webseries and is host of the HerStory Podcast.

Jake Wilkinson is a recent graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada (Acting, 2018). He is originally from Newmarket, ON, and currently splits his time between Montreal and Toronto. Jake is excited to be back at Centaur and reprising the role of Kevin, with the What Rough Beast team from last spring’s staged reading. Recent stage credits include Death/Ithuriel in Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre), The Advisor in Nothing But Flowers (New Words Festival), Dr. Jack Williams in Mad Ones (Tangled Art), and Macheath in The Threepenny Opera (National Theatre School).