Samantha Wilson
Role: Director. Neptune: Shape of a Girl (Director), Derwent is Different (Director). Other Theatre: How I Learned to Drive (DMV Co-op), Marion Bridge (Sudbury Theatre Centre), Cloud Nine (The Belt Theatre), See Bob Run (Epicentre Theatre), As You Like It, No Exit (The Looking Glass Theatre), The Rape of Emma Bunch, Loyalties (The Actor’s Jam), Towards Zero, Winnie-the-Pooh (Festival Antigonish), Beowulf (Exodus Theatre), Gypsies (Pencil-Neck Productions), The Exhumation of Ginger Cat (Slop Girl Productions), Death and the Maiden, Uncle Vanya (Theatre@York). Film/TV: Queer As Folk, Legends, Love & Death on Long Island, So Close, Street Cents, Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale, A Love in the Darkness, Gallows’ Humor. Directing: Answers, 4am (The Actor’s Jam), Alone with a Head of Lettuce (Theatre in the Raw), The Interview (Centauri Arts Retreat). Training: M.F.A. (York University), Canadian National Voice Intensive, B.Sc. (Acadia University), Master Class with Cameron Thor. Et Cetera: Samantha has taught for many arts organizations across Canada - most notably, as a Studio Instructor at York University in Toronto and at the Gateway Theatre School in Vancouver. She is currently the Director of Neptune Theatre School.
Claire Hill
Role: Set Design/ Design Mentor. Et. Cetera: Claire holds an honors degree in Technical Scenography from Dalhousie University and is currently the Assistant Scenic Carpenter at Neptune Theatre and recently apprenticed at The Banff Centre. Recent work includes scenic carpentry for Eastern Front's "Dear Santa", Lighting Design for the Dalhousie Music Department's "Orpheus and Eurydice" and Production Manager and Stage Manager for The Nova Scotia High School Drama Fest.
Alexis Milligan
Role: Choreographer Alexis hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is a senior company member with Canada’s leading international puppetry company, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Her work with Mermaid includes tours in Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Mexico, Newfoundland, and most of the USA. She is also a company member with Theatre Gargantua and was nominated for a Dora Award for her work in their 2005 production of e-DENTITY. Other theatre credits include: Rachel Richards in The Invisibility of Eileen (Theatre NorthWest); Isabella in Fool’s Gold (Meta-Physical Theatre); Swimmy, Fredrick, and Inch By Inch; The Very Hungry Caterpillar; When Dinosaurs Dine By Moonlight (Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia). Before she began working in theatre Alexis was a soloist dancer with the Halifax Dance Young Company and Coastal Dance Theatre. She has performed with the Danny Grossman Dance Company, and has trained at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival and the Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre. Alexis is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School, and is a certified Stott Pilates Instructor.