Our Teachers
Geordie Theatre School is proud to be powered by some of Montreal’s finest theatre professionals. We believe young artists deserve excellent mentors—and this year’s teaching team is full of talent, heart, and creativity. Meet them below!
Charity Adzie (she/her)
Years working professionally in theatre?
4 years
If you could play any character, who would it be and why?
If I could play any character I would love to play a villain! (but I like to call them baddies) My baddie character of choice would be Zira from The Lion King 2! She is fierce in her own way, she is a fighter, she can command an entire army AND she can sing ! I have to play her one day!
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
I hope that my students can walk away from our classes with an added level of confidence when it comes to being creative; there’s no bad ideas(just bad jokes), strong and wrong, and have fun doing the thing! I hope they leave with a better understanding of what working as a team is,and hopefully they also leave with a deeper connection and appreciation towards theatre, arts, and the joys of self expression!
A fun fact about you!
I am a huge fan of anime!
Trevor Barette (he/him)
What’s a stage mishap you’ll never forget?
I was playing the Fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof and fell off the roof!
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
Oh, my goodness! I want my students walking away excited to continue to create with their imaginations, with their friends and family!
If you could play any character, who would it be and why?
I love LOVE the Spongebob Squarepants musical. I’d sign up for that!
Ravyn R. Bekh (she/her)
Years working professionally in theatre?
3 years and counting!
What was the first role you ever played?
I’ve always been inspired by the deliciously villainous Helena Bonham Carter and my first role in high school was The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland! I also played the wonderfully horrible Madame Thénardier. ( I WILL work with HBC one day! )
What’s a stage mishap you’ll never forget?
When I dropped a cup of water all over the stage mid-scene, right before I exited! The beauty that came from that, was one of the other cast members bringing a handkercheif on with his entrance, and the entire cast proceeding to take turns cleaning it up — without missing a single beat!
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
Allow your ideas to grow and flourish before you’ve decided that they’re bad! Ya got to know what it ain’t to know what it is!
Samantha Bitonti (she/her)
Samantha Bitonti is an actor, creator, and instructor with a passion for embodied movement and dramaturgy. She has a BFA in Theatre Performance from Concordia University, and enjoys crafting characters through her love of clown. A sense of play, spontaneity, and risk is at the core of her work. Samantha’s artistic pursuits include introducing classical music to kids through puppetry, clown, and storytelling (Platypus); investigating heightened text and our relationship to Shakespeare in contemporary playing (Repercussion Theatre); and teaching drama at Geordie Theatre School, cultivating creativity for young people. Samantha is a critical thinker, an advocate for community, and a keen observer of the power of storytelling.
Joy Ross-Jones (she/her)
Years working professionaly in theatre?
Well I’ll be darned...13 years!
What was the first role you ever played?
I had originally gotten the part of Police Officer #2 in the middle school production of James and the Giant Peach, but my sights were set higher. After every rehearsal, I’d ask the teacher/director if anyone dropped out, could I have a bigger part? Then to my great surprise, Natalie Beamer dropped out, so I got to be the Glow Worm – one of Jame’s companions in the adventure, and a lead part! That production opened the door for me to get leading parts in every school production after that point, and gave me the confidence to keep going with theatre in the professional world. Wait, I smell a moral in here somewhere…
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
I hope they explore new sides of themselves, step a little bit outside of their comfort zones, make new friends, and have a ridiculous amount of fun!
What’s a stage mishap you’ll never forget?
I recently performed in Teesri Duniya’s Keffiyeh/Made in China. I was onstage performing an extremely technically challenging scene when my scene partner, Hiba Sleiman, instead of saying “pillows,” said “bult.” I have no idea how I held it together on stage for the rest of the scene. All I know is that once we were backstage (note, backstage was just a curtained off area a few feet away from the stage where our co-actors were still performing), we both crumpled into a puddle of uncontrollable (and unbeknownst to us), quite audible giggles. The stage manager was worried there was an emergency and came backstage to check in on us. Very embarrassing. And hilarious.
Casey Marie Ecker (she/he/they)
Years working professionally in theatre?
I have been a working actor since 2015 in New York City! Moved to Montreal in 2018 and have been working with Geordie Theatre for almost 2 years now. While theatre is my primary focus, I have also had training in Musical Theatre and Ballet which is how I first got the performance bug. Been dancing, singing, acting ever since I could walk and talk. You could imagine the noise I made in a one bedroom apartment growing up with my mother and sister. Our neighbors LOVED us!
What was the first role you ever played?
I played a peanut vendor in my middle school play that the teachers and students wrote together. I was also in the choir and we sang some pretty awesome songs, from the Beatles to Linkin Park.
What’s a stage mishap you’ll never forget?
While I was about to sing the chorus of a love song between my character and the other lead, I completely forgot the lyrics! So instead of saying the correct lines, I ran center stage and sang “something la da da da daaaaa.” Yes, there is a video and yes it is hilarious.
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
I hope my students discover that there is no wrong way to express themselves! Anything can become a compelling story if you remain curious and open to everything. It all starts with you.
Darragh Mondoux
After a decade of working in Montreal’s theatre scene, Mondoux has productions with Shakespeare in the Park, Just For Laughs, Montreal Fringe, Fierte Montreal and Place des Arts under her belt. While she moonlights on the vaudeville scenes of St Laurent Boulevard, she also works regularly in voice over and motion capture for video games, and sings and plays a few instruments with the city’s most promising all-girl traditional Irish band, Grainne. She has a passion for experimental theatre and theatre for young audiences, is a recipient of a Montreal English Theatre Award for an outstanding lead performance, and is represented by Haus of Marc Talent.
Sebastian Quint (he/him)
Years working professionally in theatre?
2 years
If you could play any character, who would it be and why?
I love playing comedic eccentric characters! It’s so much fun to be extra and really be the comedic relief of plays, thriving in the laughter and allowing yourself to be ridiculous and funny! I feel myself thrive in laughter and joy!
What’s a stage mishap you’ll never forget?
A stage mishap I will never forget was back in my college, when we were performing a very serious and dark piece. And I was playing the king, and I was having a very intense with the Queen. Our “daughter”, a ghost, had to run beside us while we had to stay frozen in time looking at each other’s eyes. We were doing so, and in this performance, our “ghost daughter” tripped in the carpet and fell super hard, and immediately stood up. The “Queen” and I, while looking at each other, tried our best to not burst out laughing. We succeeded miraculously.
A fun fact about you!
I am extremely passionate about languages! I speak Spanish, French, English, Portuguese and the basics of Russian (including reading and writing!)
Also that I am a lover of dance and dance afrobeat, salsa, merengue, bachata and many more!
Jackson Thouret (he/him)
Years working professionally in theatre?
3 years
If you could play any character, who would it be and why?
Superman, I like characters who try to do the right thing and face the world with love no matter what challenges come their way.
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
To have fun creating their own stories!
What is your performance superpower?
Comedic
timing.
Luigi Tiberio (he/him)
Years working professionally in theatre?
As a professional actor, it’s been about two years but in my heart it’s been FOREVER!
What’s a stage mishap you’ll never forget?
Okay so this one is nuts. I was playing Macbeth and in the final scene there is this amazing sword fight with Macduff. My scene partner and I were killing it every night except for one night where we both blanked mid fight and I was almost IMPALED by a massive broadsword. However, we both played it off like real professionals so it’s all goooood!
What’s one thing you hope your students take away from their time at Geordie?
TAKE RISKS!!! LISTEN TO YOUR WILDEST AND CRAZIEST AND BOLDEST IDEAS!!! STAY TRUE TO YOUUUUU!!!
A fun fact about you!
Before performing, whether that be on stage or on set, I always listen to the same three songs while I get in the zone. It’s my lil ritual 🙂