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Shannon Donnelly

Shannon Donnelly is thrilled to be a part of the incredibly beautiful and relevant new Canadian play: Blood River. As a graduate with honours of St. Lawrence College's Musical Theatre Performance program, Shannon has appeared in productions all across Ontario. Some of her favourite roles include Sarah (Company), Ulla (The Producers), Baroness Schroeder (Sound of Music), and Jane (Babe Ruth Comes to Pickle River). She loves bringing her passion to the stage and being able to portray strong, confident women for her two young daughters. Shannon couldn't be happier to be a part of this amazing cast. Shannon always has several creative projects on the go but her true passion is and always has been the theatre.


​​Brayah Pickard

Brayah Pickard is a Kingston-based performer and a graduate of the St. Lawrence College + Queen’s Bachelor of Music Theatre. She is currently studying at Queen’s to be a drama and music teacher. She has most recently performed the principal role of Christabel in the debut production of The Lancashire Lass at the Grand Theatre. Other theatre credits include Greta in Murder on the Orient Express at the Domino Theatre, Andrina in SLC’s Little Mermaid, and performing in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane for Kingston Fringe 2021. She is also a Launchpoint Academy instructor at Blue Canoe Productions, where she teaches vocal lessons and theatre classes. Brayah is thrilled to be making her Theatre Kingston debut with such a brilliant and thoughtful script, alongside such talented people.


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Kay Vukelic

Kay Vukelic is a Toronto-based, Kingston-trained actor and dancer. They graduated from the Drama program at Queen’s University in 2021, and spent most of the quarantine era with 6 AM Productions, performing improvisational comedy and hosting online corporate team-building events for major companies across the world, such as Google, Snapchat, Meta, Coca-Cola, Amazon, McDonald’s, Nike, and many more. Post-lockdown, Kay has been seen in various productions across the Kingston theatre scene, appearing in "Harmonia", directed by Nigel Shawn Williams (Grapevine Theatre), and as Maureen in “The Time of Our Life” by Alan Ayckbourn (Domino Theatre). Most recently, she acted in the Summer Ensemble, a professional training program with Crane Creations Theatre Company, and partook in the Sooth Shivers Residency with the Kick and Push Festival. 

Some of the theatre experiences that have shaped Kay's craft and which they treasure dearly are playing Joan from ‘Fun Home’ (Queen’s Musical Theatre), Soccer Mom from ‘The Wolves’ directed by Brenda Bazinet (Dan School of Drama and Music) and taking Chick Reid's acting class! Lastly, Kay Vukelic wouldn’t be anywhere without the support of her friends, and thanks them endlessly


BLOOD RIVER

written by Chloe Whitehorn

directed by Rosemary Doyle


Unfortunately Timely, Blood River is set in a post Roe v Wade overturned place where women's health rights have been reduced significantly. Abortion is illegal and the line between religion and law has blurred to non-existence. Karen rows a boat across the river to a different state where women are not prosecuted for putting their lives ahead of their unborn children. This world premiere was commissioned by Theatre Kingston from Kingston Playwright Chloe Whitehorn and examines women's agency and the plight presented by the predatory political agendas of the patriarchy.


Blood River 

OCT 25 opening- Nov 12, 2023 at the Baby Grand Theatre


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