Coming December 19
The Stratford Festival’s latest production of Cymbeline – one of the hits of the 2024 season – will première on Stratfest@Home on December 19. The play fuses romance, comedy and tragedy to create a unique fantasia brimming with mistaken identities and gender-swapping disguises. Cymbeline’s daughter, Innogen, one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated heroines, is thrust into the world of court politics and ruthless personal ambitions when she chooses a lover beneath her station. Deceived by the dastardly Iachimo, a worthy contender for the Bard’s all-time greatest villain, Innogen must fight to protect her honour and agency.

Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare
Directed for the Stage by Esther Jun
Directed for Film by Nicholas Shields
Producers - Genna Megaw and Michael Stasko
Set and Lighting Designer - Echo Zhou 周芷會
Costume Designer - Michelle Bohn
Composer - Njo Kong Kie
Sound Designer - Olivia Wheeler
Fight and Intimacy Director - Anita Nittoly
Movement Director - Alyssa Martin

Marcus Nance as Jupiter
Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks as Philarmonous (Soothsayer), Briton Soldier
Rick Roberts as Duke, Roman Soldier
Jordin Hall as Posthumus Leonatus
Allison Edwards-Crewe as Innogen
Lucy Peacock as Cymbeline
Irene Poole as Pisanio
Anthony Palermo as First Lord, Ghost Brother 2
Christopher Allen as Cloten, Roman Soldier
Evan Mercer as Second Lord, Ghost Brother 1, Roman Soldier
Caleigh Crow as Lady In Waiting, Roman Soldier
Tyrone Savage as Iachimo
Josue Laboucane as Philario, Jailer
Anthony Santiago as Frenchman, Ghost Sicillius, Roman Soldier
Wahsontí:Io Kirby as Cornelius
Julie Lumsden as Helen, Ghost Mother, Briton Soldier
Matthew Kabwe as Caius Lucius
Jonathan Goad as Belarius
Michael Wamara as Guiderius
Noah Beemer as Arviragus
Chris Mejaki as Roman Captain, Briton Servant
Tara Sky as Queen’s Guard 1
Jennifer Rider-Shaw as Queen’s Guard 2

Assistant Director - Erika (E.D.) Downie
Assistant Set and Costume Designer - Madeline Blondal
Assistant Lighting Designer - Simran Kapoor
Associate Fight Director - David Chinchilla
Assistant Fight Director - Nicolas Van Burek
Cultural Consultant - Jake Runeckles
Cultural Consultant - alaska B
Fight Captain - Jonathan Goad
Movement Captain - Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks
Stage Manager - Melissa Rood
Assistant Stage Manager - Martine Beland
Assistant Stage Manager - Lily Cardiff
Assistant Stage Manager - Holly Korhonen
Production Stage Manager - Meghan Callan
Production Stage Manager - Elizabeth Mcdermott
Production Assistant - Abby Stevenson
Technical Director - Greg Dougherty