Cory was born and raised in Montreal where he produced, directed and starred in many shows. Since his move to Toronto last year, he performed in the Toronto Fringe Festival, starred in a short film, Banana Bruises, at the Reel Asian International Film Festival, and played a bratty version of Tiny Tim in a musical parody of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Diesel Playhouse. He has always wanted a pet squirrel but his mother never allowed animals in the house. His current roommates also told him that they would not want a squirrel. Cory never understood why people don’t love squirrels as much as he does so he has decided to become a squirrel this summer, and he will go by the name of Darryl. If you see him on the Island, please feel free to feed him nuts… that always keeps him happy. But if you don’t have any nuts, then he will accept money too!

Colin Edwards is a graduate of Humber College’s Theatre Performance program. Selected theatre includes: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest (Stage West) Twelfth Night (Brampton Theatre), The Land of I Told You So (Shrimp Magnet), Three Ordinary People (Revolving Door), The Rover, The Alchemy of Wood, Threepenny Opera (Humber Theatre), All’s Well That Ends Well, Taming of the Shrew (Brampton Theatre), Cannibal: The Musical (Toolkit Productions), Cheapskate, Happy Together (Good Company). Upcoming projects include: The Land of I Told You So (Shrimp Magnet) in the 2007 Toronto FRINGE, Living Tall (Hopscoth Theatre), Dislocated Portraits (Four Chambers). Colin has a love of character creation through movement and believes that it contributes to a more selfless and engaging theatre.

Most recently Matthew was seen as Trinculo in Alchemy Theatre's production of The Tempest. Other credits include work with Theatre Athena, Nightwood Theatre, The Georgian Theatre Festival, A.C.T. Productions, Neptune Theatre, Clay and Paper Theatre and Cart/Horse Theatre. Matthew is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School and the artistic director of Cart/Horse Theatre.

Kate Keenan first performed on Centre Island in 1993 with the Les Goons Commedia del Arte Troupe. The following year, she and high school mates formed Island Treasures and performed original children’s theatre in the same venue. After training at LAMDA and George Brown, Kate enrolled in an entrepreneurship course and founded Shrimp Magnet in order to create rewarding work for herself and her colleauges. In addition to performing in all of the Shrimp Magnet shows, Kate has toured North America as Tansy from Tansy and Rosabelle, Caillou from the series Caillou and Emily from Little Bear. Kate also spent an unforgettable year as Turtle The Clown at Sick Kids Hospital. Having co-written the last four Shrimp Magnet shows, Kate is now focusing on a career in script writing and is currently working with writing partner, Lesley Halferty to turn Shrimp Magnet’s The Really Real Adventures of Scott Free and Will Do into a cartoon television series.

Bio coming soon.

Melissa is a Toronto based singer/actor who studied at Queen's University. Also a teacher and composer, Melissa's musical Evil Dead the Musical, is currently performing at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto. Favourite roles include Marian the Librarian (The Music Man), Sally Brown (Charlie Brown), and Anne Sullivan (The Miracle Worker). Melissa loves performing for families and is thrilled to be spending the summer on Centre Island.

Caitlin Morris-Cornfield is a thrilled to be spending her second summer with Shrimp Magnet Theatre Company, not only on the Toronto Island, but also as Pippa Schmitt in The Land of I Told You So in this years Toronto Fringe Festival. Her other acting credits include This Bloody Business (Supermarket Productions), and Curse’s Child (Back Burner), as well as In the Garden Grows (A Company of People), and The Gulliver Project (Kadozuke Kollektif) as a creator/performer. She will also be performing The Gulliver Project in this year’s Summerworks Festival, and is currently working on an adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro with the Kadozuke Kollektif.

Michelle Yeung has had a love for arts and culture for as long as she can remember. In high school, Michelle fell in love with the theatre and also studied Dramatic Arts through an exchange program at Oxford University, England. In her academic career, she has obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts through Ryerson Theatre School in Theatre Administration and also a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from York University Communication Studies.

Most recently Michelle was the Associate Producer for Resurgence Theatre Company, Marketing and Publicity Coordinator for the King Township Museum and Individual Giving (Income Manager) for CanStage.

Currently, Michelle is working at the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts in Public Relations and Promotions. She is also advancing her professional development by training with Genovese, Vanderhoof & Associates, in coordination with Cultural Careers Council Ontario and the Centre for Cultural Management, University of Waterloo, in marketing and fundraising.

In the future, Michelle hopes to create and bring theatre to smaller towns and cities, and she hopes to further her academic career by fulfilling a Masters of Business Administration degree.

Bio coming soon.

Gillian is a graduate of Ryerson University’s Theatre – Technical Production program. She has been a freelance Stage Manager for four years. She has three Equity Apprenticeship credits for her work with Eldritch Theatre on Dear Boss and The Babysitter. Gillian has been fortunate to work in the area of theatre, puppetry, dance, children's theatre and opera.

In the past four years, Gillian has had the pleasure of working with many artists including: choreographers such as Louis Laberge-Cote, Yvonne Ng, Lucy Rupert and Santee Smith; directors like: Daryl Cloran, Kate Keenan, Todd Hammond and Michael Waller; and, with many Stage Managers including: Marie Fewer, Susan Jennings, Janelle Rainville and Winston Morgan.

Gillian spent two years working for Off Centre Music Salon as an Administrative Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator. She joined Shrimp Magnet Theatre Company in the fall of 2004 and has been their Production Manager ever since. In 2005, she spent 9 months on a National US tour with the children’s show Clifford the Big Red Dog Live! Currently, Gillian is delighted to be working with Cheryl Lalonde and the rest of the staff at Toronto Dance Theatre.

Marianna received her BFA as a graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School’s Technical Production Program in 2006. Past work for the Theatre School includes Walking on Water (Stage Manager), Choreographic Works 2005 (Lighting Designer), Dances 2004 (Production Stage Manager) and Mass Exodus 2006 – open concept (Production Stage Manager). Marianna has worked as an Assistant Stage Manager for both Theatre Direct (The Babysitter) and the School of Toronto Dance Theatre (Spring Loaded). Most recently she was a part of the inaugural Playwrights of Spring Festival (Theatre Aurora), as a Stage Manager for Bikini Atoll. She is very excited to be working with Shrimp Magnet this summer and would like to thank them for giving her the opportunity to spend the summer on the island with them!

Karen Donaldson is an up-and-coming Toronto costume designer. She recently graduated from Dalhousie University’s Costume Studies Program, and is currently focusing her work on children’s theatre and fashion.

Ms. Donaldson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre- Costume Studies Program from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While pursuing her degree she traveled to the University of Toronto to focus on Celtic history and extensively studied resist dying at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Ms. Donaldson also holds an honors diploma from Centennial College in Art Fundamentals.

Previous projects by Ms. Donaldson include: stitching for Stage West’s production of “Buddy Holly” (2006), Driftwood Theatre’s production of “A Winter’s Tale” (2006), and The Royal Nova Scotia’s International Tattoo 2006 run. Ms. Donaldson was the designer of Neptune School Theatre’s production of “The Lorax” (2005), and the assistant designer to Patrick Clark for Neptune Theatre’s adaptation of “To Kill A Mockingbird”(2005). In 2005, Ms. Donaldson was also the Wardrobe Assistant to Alison Chan for the play “Easy” performed in Summerworks Theatre Festival, and dyer for The Halifax Dance Theatre’s Production of “Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.”

Ms. Donaldson is also a fashion designer, debuting her clothing company, Destroy Alex, at The Drake Hotel in 2006 as an artist in residence. She is currently creating a new company called Minnow with her partner, Vanessa Warrack. Together they are producing a summer line of bodysuits, jumpers, and 40’s inspired bathing suits. Minnow will be unveiling their work in Fall 2007 in association with Pop Montreal Music Festival.

Lindsay Milakovic has been studying dance from the time she could walk. Lindsay studied contemporary dance and performance at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) in the Professional Training Program. Here she learned a variety of techniques and discipline while shaping the style she is known for today. Since TDT, Lindsay has been working actively in the arts community. As a performer, administrator and choreographer, collaborating with local musicians and actors, Lindsay creates original multi-disciplinary works. In 1998, Lindsay joined Tanglewood Family Entertainment. With Tanglewood, she has been directing, choreographing and performing in live stage shows which tour across Canada and the United States. In between tours, Lindsay has performed with The Caravan, a tall-ship theatre company performing experimental theatre through the Gulf of Mexico. She has also choreographed and directed pieces for the Bonfonte Theatre Series in California. Currently, Lindsay is a member of the Honeykats, a hip-hop dance company, performing as both dancer and choreographer. Throughout her performance career, Lindsay has studied with Risa Steinberg in New York, voice with Katharine Duncanson in Toronto, Poi fire spinning in Thailand, and is a certified yoga instructor from Downward Dog in Toronto.