Alexandra Topolski

Alexandra grew up in Chelsea, Quebec. She first tasted the joys of local theatre when she played Baby Louise in an Orpheus Operatic Society production of Gypsy age twelve.  She moved to Montreal aged 16 to study ballet at the Ecole Supérieure de Danse du Québec. She graduated from Concordia’s Liberal Arts College, obtained a…

Director

Aaron is thrilled to be returning for his second season at the helm of Shakespeare by The Lake. He is the founding artistic director of Shakespeare Canada, a touring company that has brought The Bard’s works to young audiences for the past 20 years. Aaron’s work can be seen across eight provinces as what started…

Glen is very excited to be returning to Shakespeare by the Lake this summer! He has previously appeared as Touchstone in “As You Like It”, Bottom in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and The Fool in “For the love of Shakespeare “. He most recently appeared as Hamm in Samuel Beckett’s “ Endgame “.

Bill has been involved with community theatre in Montreal for many years as an actor, set builder and Technical Director. He was last seen in Hudson in last year’s ‘MacBeth’ as Duncan, the genial but short lived King of Scotland.   Favorite performing roles include Candy in the Montreal Theatre Ensemble production of ‘Of Mice and…

Olivia Richardson

Youth Liaison

Olivia Richardson has been a part of the Hudson Players Club since 2013 and was been involved in the Hudson Player’s Club Shakespeare By The Lake productions of Romeo and Juliet (2017) and For the Love of Shakespeare (2019). She joined the Hudson Players Club Board in 2021 as Youth Liaison.

Deb McCafferty

My name is Deb McCafferty, its been lots of fun over the last 5 years performing small supporting parts and dancing in the chorus. Ive appeared in Shakespeare in the Park  and Christmas Pantomimes at the Hudson Village Theatre! I particularly remember my first role playing a tree, a very scary tree in the Wizard…

Tristen Clahane

Tristen Clahane is very excited to return to the Hudson Players Club to take part in this year’s play. They participated in last year’s production “Macebth”, where they made their debut playing Prince Malcolm. This is Tristen’s second show ever, besides elementary school productions and they are very excited for opening night.Tristen is about to…

Joe Tyas

I have been part of the Hudson Players for a a couple of years now and have been part of a few  productions. It is a great way to have fun, meet people and develop yourself personally. Playing in the The Merry Wives of Windsor has been particularly enjoyable and I hope the audience enjoys…

Elizabeth Dawson

Elizabeth’s experience in theatre was thriving in primary school where she over-acted in class plays at every opportunity.  This is her first time acting on stage as a grown up.