A self-confessed student for life, Steffi holds a Diploma in Theatre Performance from Douglas College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a Major in Theatre Performance from the School of Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, and a Bachelor of Education with a Minor in Environmental Education also from SFU. When not moonlighting as a children’s theatre director, Steffi spends her days teaching grade 4/5 for Squiala First Nation.

A prolific educator, Steffi has spent many years teaching theatre to youth in Chilliwack, the Fraser Valley, and as far away as Nunavut. Steffi has performed all over the Fraser Valley with Secondary Characters, Chilliwack Musical Theatre, the Chilliwack School of Performing Arts, the Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Douglas College, Simon Fraser University, the University of the Fraser Valley, Troika Collective, and 591 Productions. Some of her favourite onstage performance credits include Jo (Little Women, Secondary Characters Musical Theatre), Maria (West Side Story, Chilliwack Musical Theatre), and Alice (the Alice, SFU School for Contemporary Arts). Performing everything from classics to contemporaries and from opera to absurdism, Steffi loves creating newly imagined works of art.

In what little spare time she has left, Steffi also loves working backstage in theatre having stage managed, dramaturged, artistic directed, directed, musical directed, and designed many shows in both Chilliwack and Vancouver. Recently, she has directed for Secondary Characters Musical Theatre including The Wizard of Oz and The Last Five Years which had a successful remount at both the RickRack in the ‘Wack Festival and the Harrison Festival of the Arts. Steffi is resident production manager for Secondary Characters Musical Theatre and most recently set/props/costume designed and assistant directed their July 2018 production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Randy has been involved in the theatrical arts for over 40 years. His passion for theatre ignited at the age of 14 when he was in the chorus of The Music Man (St. Marys Community Players), where he met and fell in love with his now wife, Susan Newbury. Since then, he has acted, sang, danced, stage managed, designed, directed, and produced dozens of productions locally and in south-western Ontario. He and his wife, Susan, have raised three beautiful daughters, and he loves to travel in his spare time. Randy dedicates this performance to his mother who played ABBA records every Saturday while doing housework when he was a child. He only hopes that you, the audience member, enjoy the show as much as he’s had working on it.

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A self-confessed student for life, Steffi holds a Diploma in Theatre Performance from Douglas College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a Major in Theatre Performance from the School of Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, and a Bachelor of Education with a Minor in Environmental Education also from SFU. When not moonlighting as a children’s theatre director, Steffi spends her days teaching grade 4/5 for Squiala First Nation.

A prolific educator, Steffi has spent many years teaching theatre to youth in Chilliwack, the Fraser Valley, and as far away as Nunavut. Steffi has performed all over the Fraser Valley with Secondary Characters, Chilliwack Musical Theatre, the Chilliwack School of Performing Arts, the Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Douglas College, Simon Fraser University, the University of the Fraser Valley, Troika Collective, and 591 Productions. Some of her favourite onstage performance credits include Jo (Little Women, Secondary Characters Musical Theatre), Maria (West Side Story, Chilliwack Musical Theatre), and Alice (the Alice, SFU School for Contemporary Arts). Performing everything from classics to contemporaries and from opera to absurdism, Steffi loves creating newly imagined works of art.

In what little spare time she has left, Steffi also loves working backstage in theatre having stage managed, dramaturged, artistic directed, directed, musical directed, and designed many shows in both Chilliwack and Vancouver. Recently, she has directed for Secondary Characters Musical Theatre including The Wizard of Oz and The Last Five Years which had a successful remount at both the RickRack in the ‘Wack Festival and the Harrison Festival of the Arts. Steffi is resident production manager for Secondary Characters Musical Theatre and most recently set/props/costume designed and assistant directed their July 2018 production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Michael is an undergraduate in the Bachelor of Science program at UFV and plans to pursue a career in zoology. Michael also works at the Greater Vancouver Zoo as a merchandising representative. Michael has assisted as a stagehand in Bye Bye Birdie (Newbury Art Concepts), For Groom the Bell Tolls (Richard Ogilvie), and The Music Man (Newbury Art Concepts). In recent years, Michael has stage managed for Secondary Characters’ productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Michael would like to thank his family for their continued support, and Steffi and Shelley for the opportunity to stage manage another Secondary Characters production.

Shannon is the Music Director of the Cascadia Wind Ensemble and was previously the Conductor of the Abbotsford Concert Band. She plays French Horn with the Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra and the Fraser Valley Symphony Orchestra. Before moving to Chilliwack 20 years ago, she played with various bands and orchestras in Regina and conducted the Poltava Ensemble of Song, Music, and Dance. Shannon first became interested in musical theatre while attending high school, and has had the opportunity to play in the pit orchestra for many musicals. She has participated in several Secondary Characters' productions, most notably as the Orchestra Director for The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Although she spends a lot of time on musical endeavours, Shannon makes her living as a management consultant with her own company, Canatech Management Services Inc.

Kris is both an enthusiastic perform and avid woodworker. He combines these two passions as Secondary Characters' resident Set Designer, having designed and built Notre Dame Cathedral for The Hunchback of Notre Dame and this year's set for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Some of Kris' favourite onstage credits have included St. Aphrodisius (Hunchback of Notre Dame) and the villainous aristocrat, Braxton Prendergast as well as the timid Mr. Lawrence (Little Women). When not working backstage on shows, Kris has been working on his Cabinetmaker Apprenticeship through both North Island College and BCIT.

Susan has enjoyed dance and theatre from a very young age. Even though the pandemic has kept her off the stage for too many years, the challenge of Mamma Mia has got Susan back in her game! ABBA wasn’t part of Susan’s song choice growing up until she met her husband 40 years ago! He encouraged her to listen to ABBA, and now it’s a fixture of their Spotify list. Susan would love to visit Greece one day but for now, she imagines the gorgeous country in this lovely and funny musical that she has the privilege to play Rosie and work with a hard-working and talented cast, crew, and orchestra. Susan would like to dedicate this show to her lovely daughters, Coneitia, Celeste, and Chloe, “cause somewhere in the crowd there’s YOU!”, and to her husband, Randy, who always reminds her that even as they age, they can always enjoy a little theatre of song and dance to keep them young and to keep the spark going!