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Steven will be appearing as ‘Billy Bishop’ in Billy Bishop Goes to War with Edmonton Repertory Theatre, running Friday, October 24-Saturday, November 8. Click here for tickets!
Billy Bishop Goes to War is a Canadian musical, written by John MacLachlan Gray in collaboration Eric Peterson. One of the most widely produced plays in Canadian theatre, the two-man play dramatizes the life of Canadian World War 1 fighter pilot Billy Bishop. The story follows the underachieving Bishop from his troubles at the Royal Military College to his transformation into the British Empire's top pilot, a transformation filled with songs, humor, and haunting memories. The play explores themes of heroism, the cost of war, Canada's colonial past, and the brutal realities of conflict, ultimately questioning the nature of war and the creation of a national hero.
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Born and raised in Calgary (Mohkínstsis), and now proudly calling Edmonton (amiskwacîwâskahikan) home, Steven (he/him) is a Jessie and OVATION! Award-winning music director, actor and musician, with credits that span over 105 productions across Canada. Recent credits include I’ll Be Here: a musical cabaret (Edmonton Fringe/Broken Toys); Ellie’s Coffeehouse: A Musical SleepTale featuring Lea Salonga (BetterSleep); Newsies The Musical (Ross Sheppard); ‘Friedrich Bhaer’ in Little Women, Frozen, Jersey Boys, ‘Mr. Boddy’ in Clue and ‘Albert Barker’ in A Christmas Carol (Citadel); ‘Theo van Gogh’ in After Mourning—Before Van Gogh and ‘Conrad Duplass’ in The Wrong People Have Money (Shadow); A Little Night Music (NUOVA); The Little Mermaid (Persephone); Sunday in the Park with George, [title of show] and Into the Woods (MacEwan) performed to a pandemic-era audience of teddy bears-only; ‘Johnny Casino’ in Grease (Western Canada Theatre); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel/Arts Club); The Dreamer’s Cantata (Edmonton Fringe/Plain Jane); Ring of Fire (Aquarius and Citadel); ‘Jerry Lee Lewis’ in Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre Calgary); Tune to A (Expanse/Azimuth); and Welcome Home (Teatro). Other credits include Once (Citadel); ‘Jerry Lee Lewis’ in Million Dollar Quartet and Red Rock Diner (Arts Club); ‘Cogsworth’ in Beauty and the Beast and ‘Thomas Andrews’ in Titanic (TUTS); James and the Giant Peach, Busytown, The Wizard of Oz and Seussical (Carousel); ‘Motel’ in Fiddler on the Roof (Western Canada Theatre and Chemainus Theatre Festival); The Spitfire Grill (Pacific/Midnight Theatre Collective); and Edges (Streamlight). He has been an instructor at Artstrek, Studio 58, Capilano University and MacEwan University (his alma mater). Upcoming: ‘Billy Bishop’ in Billy Bishop Goes to War (Edmonton Repertory Theatre); Frozen (Grand); A Christmas Carol and The Wizard of Oz (Citadel); Legally Blonde (Ross Sheppard) and Come From Away (Theatre Calgary).