The Bard’s Bus Tour

Between 1995 and 2023, Driftwood Theatre toured every summer to communities across Ontario, for many of those years in one of two Ford E350 buses, offering whimsical adaptations of classical theatre.

This page is in dedication to the memory of the extraordinary Bard’s Bus Tour, and the many people who helped make it possible. Explore a poster gallery and record of the artists, technicians and staff over the years.

Photo credit: Dahlia Katz

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1995. Image by Ramon Perez.
Romeo & Juiet, 1996. Image by Ramon Perez.
Much Ado About Nothing, 1997. Image by Ramon Perez.
Macbeth, 1998. Image by Ramon Perez.
Twelfth Night, 1999. Image by Ramon Perez.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2000. Image by Ramon Perez.
Othello and Comedy, 2001. Image by Ramon Perez.
As You Like It, 2002. Image by Ramon Perez.
Love's Labours Lost, 2003. Image by Jeremy Smith.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2012. Image by Ramon Perez.
Complete Works, 2005. Image by Jeremy Smith.
The Winter's Tale, 2006. Image by Jeremy Smith.
Much Ado About Nothing, 2007. Image by Jeremy Smith.
Romeo + Juliet, 2008. Image by Jeremy Smith.
Lear Comedy, 2009. Images by Jeremy Smith.
Twelfth Night, 2010.
Macbeth, 2011. Image by Jeremy Smith.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2012. Image by Ramon Perez.
The Odyssey, 2013. Image by Tom Yeo.
The Tempest, 2014. Photo by David Spowart.
Hamlet, 2015. Image by Ramon Perez
The Taming of the Shrew, 2016. Image by Ramon Perez.
Othello, 2017. Image by Ramon Perez.
Rosalynde, 2018. Image by Ramon Perez.
A (Musical) Midsummer Night's Dream. Image by Ramon Perez.
Motorcycle Monologues, 2021. Image by Rebecca Wu.
King Henry Five, 2022. Image by Jeremy Smith.
Living With Shakespeare, 2023. Image by Ramon Perez.

Bard’s Bus Tour Company Members

Driftwood Theatre celebrates and acknowledges the contributions of three decades worth of artists, technicians and staff who contributed to The Bard’s Bus Tour 

Creatives

Ashley Aitken, Alyksandra Ackerman, Lori Anderson, Sarah Armstrong, Zachary Arndt, Jen Atkinson, Angela Mae Bago, Michelle Bailey, Robin Bancroft-Wilson, Cathy Bate, Sandi Becker, Alison Beckwith, Dylan Bell, Amelia Berzins, Joanna Black, Lindsay Anne Black, John Borg, Millie Brimacombe, Michael Brunet, Darcy Burgess, Steven Burley, Isabel Burns, Emily Butters, Todd Campbell, Johnny Cann, Carly Chamberlain, Alison Chan, Ian Chappell, Daryl Cloran, Sabrina Conard, Mark Crawford, Jennifer Dallas, Christopher Darroch, Alicia Dart, Andre de Angelis, Stefan Dean, Alison Dengate, Monika Dembowy, Anna Diemert, Emma Dineen, Lisa Eastham, Alisen Erskine, Melissa Fearon, Susanna Feng, Kate Fenton, Lindsay Flynn, Rachel Forbes, Kevin Fox, Alicja Francis, Melinda Frank, Dan Gallo, Laura Gardner, Jessie Garon, Ben Gatien, Sarah Gilchrist, Tycoda Gileckey, Verne Good, Jennifer Graham, Steve Graham, Audra Gray, Susan Green, Colin Greenway, Christina Hantos, Ryan Harlock, Steven Harrison, Claire Hartke, Morgan-Leigh Hearty, Chad Hershler, Katie Horrill, Casey Hudecki, Kevin Hutson, Kay Jameson, Daniela Jaramillo, Bethany Jillard, Emily Kedar, Julia Kim, Marnie King, Erin Knibb, Sophia Kolinas, Emily Lalonde, Richard Lee, Gill Lesperance, Tom Lillington, Tim Lindsay, Denise Lines, Jeremy Loughton, Ross Lynde, Lokki Ma, Sarah Machin Gale, Ross MacLeod, Toby Malone, Lisa Mangano, Liz Maraston, George Matta, Lauren McCarthy, Nancy McCune, Melanie McNeill, James McCrindle, David McNiven, Andrea Miller, Claudio Morgillo, Sophie Moynan, Drew Mutton, Stephanie Nakamura, John O’Conner, Alex Oliveira, Ryan Oliver, Jerry Osborne, Jessica Outram, Laura Paduck, Myekah Payne, Ramon Perez, Nancy Anne Perrin, Clare Preuss, Alexandra Prichard, Kelsey Rae, Lisa Raposo, Steph Raposo, Kate Robertson, Kevin Robinson, Jen Rutherford, Suba Sankaran, Andrew Scanlon, Amanda Shier, Daniel Shusterman, Justin Simmons, Gina Smith, Jeremy Smith, Katherine Smith, Adriano Sobretodo Jr, Chris Stanton, Gillian Stecyk, Brenna Stewart, Jessica Stinson, Kizzie Sutton, Sim Suzer, Philip Sword, Mariko Tamaki, Sheree Tams, Lanie Treen, Anna Treusch, David Vanderlip, Danielle Vendetti, Lindsay Walker, Victoria Wang, Amanda White, Brendan Wiklund, Charissa Wilcox, Eric Woolfe, Jenn Woodall, Jo Anne Wurster, Virgenia Yee, Tom Yeo, Echo Zhou

Performers

Shawn Ahmed, Michelle Alderson, Kaleb Alexander, Karl Ang, Shelly Antony, Geoffrey Armour, Shannon Arnold, Cathy Bate, Maev Beatty, Lara Berry, Shannon Black, Matt Bois, James Boone, Doug Bothwell, A’me Boule, Daniel Briere, Trina Brooks, Steven Burley, Richard Alan Campbell, Nathan Carroll, Michael Charrington, Josh Colleran, Gregory Cooke, Laura Cooper, Victor Correia, Mark Crawford, Andrea Cross, Shannon Currie, Christopher Darroch, Alicia Dart, Nehassaiu deGannes, Jon de Leon, Alan Dilworth, Paul Dobbs, Nick Dolan, Madeleine Donohue, Paul Dunn, Jesse Aaron Dwyre, Christian Feliciano, Miriam Fernandes, Sedina Fiati, Jennifer Finestone, Sarah Finn, Dorian Foley, Patrick Foran, Xuan Fraser, Sochi Fried, Steven Gallagher, Dan Gallo, Chris George, Sara Gilchrist, Caroline Gillis, Justin Goodhand, Alexis Gordon, Christina Gordon, Audra Gray, Renee Hackett, Tenja Hagenberg, Jordin Hall, Melissa Haller, Megan Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Kevin Hammond, Nathaniel Hanula-James, Ryan Harlock, Janick Hebert, Chad Hershler, Andrew Hodwitz, Beth Horton, Ximena Huizi, Vanessa Hunt, Kelsi James, Bethany Jillard, Cameron Johnston, Lori Nancy Kalamanski, Tabitha Keast, Christopher Kelk, Christopher Kevill, Helen King, Trisha Kirby, Sophia Kolinas, Wade Kreiser, Mary Krohnert, Derek Kwan, Michelle Leduc, Julie Leswick, Paul Love, Tim Machin, Sarah Machin Gale, Daisy MacLean, Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves, Kyle McDonald, Benjamin Mehl, Farah Merani, Megan Miles, Ahmed Moneka, Jill Morrison, Sara Moyle, Natasha Mumba, Michael Munrow, Ngabo Nabea, Peter Nicol, Drew O’Hara, Alex Oliveira, Marissa Orjalo, Jennifer Osborne, Jessica Outram, Andy Pogson, Janet Porter (Green), Alison Porter, Ted Powers, Meaghan Quinn, Mark Rainey, Siobhan Richardson, Patrick Robinson, Sabryn Rock, Lisa Ross, Faradee Rudy, Jen Rutherford, Angela Ryan, Paolo Santalucia, Fiona Sauder, Andrew Scanlon, Stacey Schat, Stephanie Seaton, Amy Sellors, Adam Sikora, Adam Smith, James Dallas Smith, D. Jeremy Smith, Gillian Stecyk, Lana Sugarman, Philip Sword, Karen Theis, Joy Thompson, Annabelle Torsein, Aria Umezawa, Peter van Gestel, Tahirih Vejdani, Giocelyn Viola, James Watt, Jason Williams, Sarah Wilson, Eric Woolfe, Andrew Woolner, Laryssa Yanchak

Touring Crew

Jessica Alexander, Geoffrey Armour, Suzan Balogh, Lindsay Anne Black, James Boone, Andrew Brodkin, Robert Brown, Harrison Bye, Carly Chamberlain, Darren Conklin, Samantha Culotta, Alison Dengate, Justin Diamond, Sean Downing, Emily Dunlop, Dan Fletcher, Alejandra Galindo, Dan Gallo, Laura Gayoso, Kate Glen, Susan Green, Colin Greenway, Becky Gold, Jayna Hart, Leslie Hernandez, Kiyomi Hidaka, Kevin Hutson, Liz Maraston, Rene Kimmett, Ella Kohlmann, Emily Lalonde, Alan Leightizer, Erin Maxfield, Brandon Moe, Ahmed Moneka, Conor Moore, Angola Murdoch, Ben Newey, Peter Nicol, Katy Palaic, Erin Palmer, Lisa Parker, Daniel Pereira, Jenna Purnell, J.T. Pickering, Connor Price-Kelleher, Alexandra Prichard, Lisa Peter Raponi, Raposo, Camille Sandham, Joseph Santalucia, Justin Simmons, Amanda Shier, Barbara Smith, Gregory Smith, Howard Smith, James Dallas Smith, Kayzie Sutton, Kizzie Sutton, Philip Sword, Tim Uniac, Brendan Wiklund

Staff

Emma Alderman, Michelle Alderson, Rhiannon Beaubien, Lee Bolton, Steven Burley, Nathaniel Bryan, Christopher Darroch, Madeleine Donohue, Melinda Frank, Elizabeth Friend, Jennifer Halliday (STAF), Emma Mackenzie Hillier (STAF), Beth Horton (STAF), Anna Grace Howard, Shahan Jamaluddin, Tabitha Keast, Ella Kohlman, Michelle Leduc, Brad Lepp, Denise Lines, Kate McConnell (STAF), Shane Moore, Jill Morrison, Jennifer Radford (STAF), Erika Reuter (STAF), Andrew Scanlon, Julianne Snepts, Adriano Sobretodo Jr (STAF), Kendra Stanyon, Laura Stanyon, Elizabeth Traicus, Lanie Treen, MJ Walker, Kathryn Westoll, Michael Wheeler (STAF), Yvonne Williams, Paige Young-Lowe