

Much Ado About Nothing
Written by William Shakespeare
About The Play
Much Ado About Nothing
Written by William Shakespeare
Beatrice and Benedick don’t like each other. At all. They promise. And they certainly don’t love each other, no matter what everyone around them says. But when a villainous scheme threatens to tear apart the relationship of their best friends, these two frenemies will have to get over their mutual distaste of one another to ask the scariest question of all about being in love: would it be so bad if they were?
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Cast and Crew

Hannah Wu
Actor (Beatrice)
Hannah is very excited to be in CYPT’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. For CYPT: GOING UP (2021 Cannonball Festival), SUPER SPUD (2019 Cannonball Festival). Elsewhere:…

Anton Matsigura
Actor (Benedick)
As it approaches Anton’s 9th year with CYPT, he is incredibly excited to be sticking his Alumni fingers in the pot of the 2022 Outpatient…

Grady Galbraith
Actor (Don Pedro)
This is Grady’s 14th and very last show with CYPT, and he’s going out with a Shakespeare-flavoured bang. You may have seen Grady previously in…

Erwin Afshar
Actor (Claudio)
Erwin Afshar looks forward to expressing his passion in this performance! He is in grade 10, and although he’s fairly new to the acting industry,…

Ruby Gaudet
Actor (Hero)
Ruby Gaudet is so stoked to be playing Chef Fanny in Poison Squad. It’s probably one of her top five roles, in tight competition with…

Aiden Lang
Actor (Don John)
Aiden is so incredibly thrilled to be a part of the 2022 Outpatient Collective. He has been a part of CYPT for over 5 years…

Jackson MacNeil
Actor (Borachio)
Jack is looking forward to returning to the CYPT stage this year for this exciting new show! He has also been in previous CYPT productions such…

Katie O'Keefe
Actor (Conrade)
Katie O’Keefe started her life on the stage at an early age as an Irish dancer. Since then she’s preformed with Calgary Opera, Pumphouse Theatre,…

Zoe Isabela Alcocer-Iturriza
Actor (Margaret)
Zoe Isabela Alcocer-Iturriza excitingly performs her second mainstage show here at CYPT as the classy Lucretia Otis! Zoe discovered and instantly loved the world of theatre…

Amelia Hughes
Actor (Ursula)
Amelia is so happy to be rejoining the CYPT family in this springs production of The Poison Squad. You may have caught Amelia in CYPTs…

Mari Wilson
Actor (Innogen)
Mari is thrilled to be back with CYPT in her senior year of high school! You may have seen her in several shows before, including…

Maya Dixon
Actor (Dogberry)
After 6 years with CYPT, Maya is performing in their 9th show with this amazing company! Maya is 13 years old and in 8th grade.…

Alice Leci
Actor (Verges)
Who let this one in again? Alice Leci has been doing something strange to CYPT since 2021, and frankly we're not sure what. She loves…

Tessa Laidlaw
Actor (Seacole)
Tessa is a grade 9 student at Mount Royal Middle School. This is her third performance at CYPT and she is thrilled to have joined…

Naomi Krahn
Actor (Otecake)
Naomi is in grade 11 this year. You may have seen her in SNOW WHITE, NUTCRACKER; A NEW ADVENTURE, ECHOCHAMBER,MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, HOW TO…

Chloe Dyck
Actor (Mustard)
Chloe is very excited to be in her second CYPT play. She loved every minute of rehearsing and performing Much Ado About Nothing last winter.…

Elizabeth McDonald
Actor (Messenger and Sexton)
Liz is thrilled to be performing this year with CYPT. They are 13 and in the 8th grade. They have always enjoyed acting and have…

Maya Sekida
Actor (Friar and Party Guest)
Maya is excited to be performing at CYPT for the first time. Other shows Maya has appeared in include: THE HALLMARKS OF HORROR, BROWNSTONE 213…

Gillian Welsh
Assistant Stage Manager
Gillian is very excited to be the assistant stage manager for Much Ado About Nothing and to be back in the theatre after many months!…

Jamie Dunsdon
Director
Jamie is the Artistic Producer of CYPT, as well as a frequent director, designer, playwright, and props builder. Jamie is also the Artistic Director of…

Naomi Esau
Stage Manager
Naomi is happy to be working with the delightful team at CYPT this season. Favorite Stage Management credits include: MEN EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS (Downstage), A…

Ralamy Kneeshaw
Costume Design

Hanne Loosen
Set Design

Kristin Eveleigh
Sound Design
Kristin is the Executive Artistic Director at Calgary Young People's Theatre, and has been working with the company as a director with the company since…