Cast Biographies
Cast Biographies
Raja Englanderova
Piper has been performing on the stage since the age of 10. She appeared in the local Festival Place shows for 2 years. She has been in musical theatre and drama since grade 7 and has appeared in many school productions, such as The Ugly Duckling, Hansel and Gretal, Shrek, The Greatest Showman, Pincoccio, and currently The Drowsy Chaperone and I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Next summer, Piper will be attending Vancouver Film school as a student in the acting essentials program! Piper thanks all the cast, crew and Mr. Maloney for making this all possible. Enjoy the show!
Father/Honza/Rabbi
Mother
Alicia has been in performing arts since the seventh grade, her passion for acting has persisted ever since. Some of the shows she has put on are, ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ She has yet to be a part of a show at ABJ, but is excited to take part in ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly.’ The cast and crew worked together and she can’t wait for all the hard work to be shown.
Vera/Child 4
Cristina’s entire life is devoted to her passion and love of the arts. She started dancing at the age of three in styles including Ukrainian, Hip Hop, Ballet, and Lyrical; winning awards for her excellence in dance. Her dance training began in Edmonton and has taken her to Calgary, New York, and the Joffrey program in Las Vegas. As she grew up she knew that she wanted to dive deeper into all aspects of the arts. Her profound love of the theatre brought her to the stage in performances in “Willy Wonka Jr”, “Alice in Wonderland Jr”, “Suessical Jr”, and in the ABJ production “Fairytale ending”. She’s excited about this year's show “I Never Saw Another Butterfly”. She wants to thank everyone who aided for making this experience possible and for helping this show come to fruition.
Pavel
Daxter has been a part of the ABJ Fine Arts program since his grade 10 year. Not only is he in drama, he also shares a love of performing musicals and acted in ABJ’s musical theatre 15 show, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and last year, played Stewart in Band Geeks. His love for being on stage is also shared with his passion of being behind the curtains. His first year, he was assistant set designer for ABJ’s The Uninvited, and then became a set designer for our school’s performance of Unity (1918). He would like to give a special thanks to his cast and crew who made his senior show so memorable.
Erika/Child 3
The first Archbishop Jordan play Paige saw was ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’. After seeing this she knew she wanted to join the Fine Arts Program at Archbishop Jordan, in hopes of one day getting to perform in a big production like that. She has been in the ABJ Fine Arts program for three years and is so grateful for being able to be performing in, ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly’. Her love has grown over the years for the fine arts and in hoping to pursue her dream of becoming a possible artist in the future. She can’t wait for everyone to see the show, enjoy!
Irena Synkova
Brooke is a proud member of ABJ Fine Arts, and is extremely thankful to be a part of I Never Saw Another Butterfly. In the past, Brooke has performed in A Fairy Tale Ending, and Band Geeks with ABJ however, this will be her first Drama production of the year. She has been performing on stage for over 9 years as a competitive dancer at Dancefusion. She is extremely grateful for all the hard work put in from the director, tech team, and cast mates, and is very excited for everyone to see it. Enjoy!
Renka/Child 1
Irca/Child 2
This is Bella’s fourth year being a part of the ABJ Fine Arts program, however she has been performing on stage since she was in the fourth grade. Bella was an active member of her school's choir, performing arts, and tech theatre program. She also acted in the Edmonton Fringe Festival’s performance of ‘Anastasia’. As an extracurricular activity Bella is a competitive dancer and has been trained in many different styles of dance. She is very excited for everyone to see the show and to pay respect to all of those who suffered the repercussions on the Holocaust. Enjoy the show!