the moors
by jen silverman
april 3rd - april 19th, 2026
“The moors are a savage place.”
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Erin Humphry as Marjorie and Blessing Adedijo as Emilie. Photo by Juniper Simpson Serrano.
Raquel Duffy as Agatha. Photograph by Juniper Simpson Serrano.
Lindsey Middleton as Huldey and Blessing Adedijo as Emilie. Photograph by Juniper Simpson Serrano.
“The Moors is a play that draws me in deeper every time I revisit it. I can’t wait for audiences to join us in this strange world and experience the unexpected humour, deft twists and shocking heartbreak that this play harbours. And I am thrilled to be working with Riot King, a community-minded company that has made a name for itself proving that you don’t need big resources to make a big impact.”
A young governess arrives at a mysterious manor on the remote Moors of England after exchanging many letters with the master of the house. But when the door opens, the only residents are his spinster sisters, a maid (or is it two maids?), and a lovelorn mastiff pining for a far-flung moor-hen. But when there seems to be no child to care for, she’s left to wonder why she has been brought here. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and the dangerous results of yearning to be seen for too long. Drawing inspiration from classic Victorian Gothic novels by the Brontë sisters, but twisting the genre to become something weirder and wilder, The Moors is undeniably queer and unmistakably modern.
Directing this production is Toronto’s Bryn Kennedy, an alumnus of the Stratford Festival’s Langham Directors Workshop (and recipient of the Jean Gascon Award for Emerging Director) and Musical Stage Co.’s Apprentice Program. Bryn’s directing credits include her new interpretation of Rosamund Small's Vitals (Nominated Outstanding Solo Performance, My Entertainment Awards) or her direction of new speculative fiction play, JANE by Camille Intson, which sold out its run in the inaugural Tarragon Theatre Greenhouse Festival. She has also held assisting positions with prolific Canadian directors Jackie Maxwell, Peter Pasyk, and, currently, with Crow’s Theatre’s Artistic Director, Chris Abraham.
Leading the cast as older sister Agatha is the Dora Award-winning theatre veteran Raquel Duffy (Soulpepper, Mirvish, Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre, Coal Mine Theatre). Younger sister Huldey will be played by Lindsey Middleton (Canadian Screen Award-nominee and Dora Award winner for Riot King’s Suddenly Last Summer, Bell Fibe TV1’s Cows Come Home). Canadian Screen Award-nominee and alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre’s Actors Conservatory Blessing Adedijo will play Emilie, the Governess, and Erin Humphry (Coal Mine Theatre’s Breathing Corpses) will play Marjory, the maid. Rounding out the cast is Jack Copland (Dora Award nomination for Three Ordinary Men, TV’s Total Drama Island) as The Mastiff, and Dora Award and Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award winner Heeyun Park 박희윤 as The Moor-Hen (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Crow’s/Mirvish).
The creative team also includes stage manager Liam Cox, lighting design by Franco Pang (Riot King/Spindle Collective, Shifting Ground Collective, Theatre Gargantua), costume design by Madeline Ius (Stratford Festival, Crow’s, Obsidian), and sound design by Ian Ottis Goff (Falling Iguana Theatre).
Jack Copland as The Mastiff. Photograph by Juniper Simpson Serrano.
Raquel Duffy as Agatha and Blessing Adedijo as Emilie. Photograph by Juniper Simpson Serrano.
Heeyun Park 박희윤 as The Moor Hen and Jack Copland as The Mastiff. Photography by Juniper Simpson Serrano.
creative team
bryn kennedy
director
Bryn Kennedy (she/her) is a Director, Actor-Producer, Spreadsheet Planner, Life-Long Learner, and Community Builder.
As a director, her favourite credits include a new interpretation of Vitals by Rosamund Small (Outstanding Solo Performance Nomination, My Entertainment Awards), Beneath the Bed by Gabriel Golin (sold out, site specific run at Toronto Fringe) and new, speculative fiction play JANE by Camille Intson (inaugural Tarragon Greenhouse Residency). She is an alumni of Musical Stage Company‘s Apprentice Program and the Stratford Festival Langham Directors Workshop, where she was the recipient of the Jean Gascon Award for Emerging Director at the Guthrie Awards. She has held assisting positions with prolific Canadian directors Jackie Maxwell, Chris Abraham and Peter Pasyk.
Bryn is growing her experience both in front of and behind the camera. She has had roles on hit TV shows Coroner (CBC) & V-Wars(Netflix) and in the upcoming film Everything’s Going To Be Great(eOne) and has produced two short films, Save the Date and Alice is Fine.
Raquel Duffy (she/her) is an actor/creator/arts educator. She was a resident artist with Soulpepper Theatre for over ten years. She has performed off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre in New York, Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Theatre New Brunswick, Eastern Front Theatre, Shakespeare by the Sea, and the Charlottetown Festival. Recent credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Neptune Theatre), The Welkin (Soulpepper), Steel Magnolias (Capitol Theatre), Forget About Tomorrow (Here For Now), Hamlet (Dream in High Park), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Neptune/Mirvish), Appropriate (Coal Mine Theatre), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish). Raquel received a Dora award, Merritt Award, and 8 Dora nominations. Recent tv includes Reacher, Most Dangerous Game 2, Ginny & Georgia. Love to Brian, Finn&Ruari.
Heeyun Park 박희윤 (she/they) is an actor, singer and creator based in Toronto, raised in Edmonton and born in South Korea. She won both the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Toronto Critic's Choice Award as Princess Mary in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Mirvish; Crow’s and MSC). Select Credits: WITCH (Soulpepper Theatre), Into the Woods (Koerner Hall), MONEY (WYRD), I Was Unbecoming Then (NextStage), Rosamund (Toronto Fringe), La Bête (Talk is Free Theatre). Heeyun is the composer and co-lyricist for Ye Xian: A Musical Retelling (Bad New Ideas 2024). Training: Acting at National Theatre School of Canada, Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at University of Alberta.
Lindsey Middleton (she/her) is a Canadian Screen Award nominee and Dora Award winner. She is the co-creator, co-writer, and star of Cows Come Home, a heartfelt comedy created with Katie Uhlmann, that premiered on Bell Fibe TV1 on June 11, 2025. (Go watch it!!) Lindsey co-produced and played Vanessa on the internationally award-winning web series, Out With Dad, where she won two Indie Series Awards for Best Supporting Actress and an IAWTV Award for Best Female Performance in a Drama. She has toured theatre across Canada and Europe and performed in over 50 productions. As a writer, Lindsey is one of the co-creators of the Roku Channel show Just Hysterics, a collective of female-forward comedy sketches. She co-wrote Unmute and I Love You and It Hurts for Theatre of the Beat, and her first play, Session, premiered at the Paprika Festival. Lindsey was part of the 2023 TIFF Series Accelerator Program for Cows Come Home and is also writing her first novel about her travels to over 30 countries before turning 30. Lindsey was a 2023 Halls Island Artist Residency Recipient. Lindsey produced and directed Best Kept Secret, the 400-person immersive event that marked the grand opening of the Anndore Hotel in downtown Toronto, as well as Suite Experience, a large-scale, immersive, theatrical event for the Hilton Hotel. Lindsey is the owner of Belleview Creative INC., a film and theatre production company.
Jack Copland (he/him) is a Toronto-based actor, born in Kelowna and raised in Mississauga. He works across theatre, film, and voiceover, and recent credits include Three Ordinary Men (Dora Award nomination), repertory productions with Theatre on the Ridge, voiceover work as Wayne on Total Drama Island, network television (Murdoch Mysteries), and the independent films Pink Rabbit and Going Dutch. Alongside his acting work, Jack is a producer with GRIN Films and volunteers with Sprint Senior Care in Toronto. He trained at the George Brown Theatre School and holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business.
Blessing Adedijo (she/her) is a Toronto-based actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre.She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Guest Performance for her role in Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. A graduate of TMU's Theatre School and an alumna of the CBC Actors Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre, Blessing has built a diverse career spanning drama, comedy, and genre work. Her screen credits include Caitlin Cronenberg's Humane (2024), Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, The Good Doctor, What We Do in the Shadows, Michael Mohan's The Voyeurs, Hudson & Rex, and Pretty Hard Cases. She is also set to appear as a recurring cast member in Hulu's The Testaments, based on Margaret Atwood's second installment of The Handmaid's Tale.
Erin Humphry (she/they) is an actor, bookkeeper, and community organizer living in Toronto. Notable acting credits include Coal Mine Theatre’s Breathing Corpses (Amy), 4th Line Theatre’s Bombers (Kate) and The Fool of Cavan (Joanie), Theatre Born Between’s Beneath the Bed (Child 1/Mom 2), NonExistant Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), [elephants] collective’s A Wake for Lost Time (performer/dramaturge), and Hart House Theatre’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Shwartzy). Erin currently co-facilitates a radical monthly reading group, and a bi-weekly anti-fascist run group. In 2023, they co-produced a Climate Change Theatre Action event with their organizing group for artists, ACMJIS, and raised over $1,000.00 for Neskantaga and Grassy Narrows First Nations.
LIAM COX
STAGE MANAGEMENT
madeline ius
COSTUME DESIGN
Ian Otis Goff
SOUND DESIGN
greg carruthers
MOVEMENT + INTIMACY DIRECTION
katherine cappellaci
PRODUCER
bryn kennedy
SET DESIGN
franco pang
LIGHTING DESIGN
jack davidson
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
MOULAN BOURKE
VOCAL COACHING
brendan kinnon
PRODUCER