The Pink Unicorn

Elise Forier Edie

Playwright

Elise Forier Edie is an award-winning author and playwright. Her scripts have been produced all over the US, from New York to Los Angeles, and in far flung places like Jonesboro, Arkansas and McCall, Idaho. The Pink Unicorn was her first solo show.

Thanks to Northern Light Theatre’s beautiful, award-winning production of the play in 2014, the script has become quite well-known and has since had dozens of productions all over North America, including two runs Off-Broadway. To that, Elise says, “Thank you forever, Northern Light! I love you.”

She is currently hard at work on a community engagement piece co-written with senior citizens in her home town of Spokane, Washington. You can find out more about her at her website eliseforieredie.com

Trevor Schmidt

Director, Set & Costumes

Trevor is the Artistic Director of Northern Light Theatre as well as a performer, designer of set and costume, a published playwright and a multiple award winner. He has been awarded twice for playwrighting (THE WATERMELON GIRLS, and CHANGE ROOM),for directing the Canadian premieres of Carol Anne Duffy’s THE WORLD’S WIFE and Sean Graney’s THE 4TH GRADERS PRESENT AN UNNAMED LOVE-SUICIDE and the outstanding production award for the Canadian premiere of Elise Forier Edie’s THE PINK UNICORN. For Guys In Disguise, where he is an Artistic Associate, he has also performed the one-man show COFFEE DAD, CHICKEN MOM, AND THE FABULOUS BUDDHA BOI, penned by Nick Green in New York as part of the FRIGID FESTIVAL for which he also received the award for Outstanding Performance, and the Outstanding New Fringe Play (co-written and created with Darrin Hagen) for FLORA & FAWNA’S FIELD TRIP (both at the Sterling Awards), and Outstanding Touring Production at the Critic’s Awards in Calgary. Also for Guys In Disguise, he received an Orlando Fringe award for his performance for Bette Davis in the much-lauded BITCHSLAP.

Louise Claire Lambert

Trisha Lee

Louise is thrilled to be back again with Northern Light Theatre. Louise is from Toronto but now makes her home in Edmonton.  Theatre Credits (Edmonton) Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Freewill Shakespeare) Category E (The Maggie Tree) The Pink Unicorn (Northern Light Theatre) One Man Two Governors, Romeo and Juliet, Evangeline (The Citadel Theatre). Louise was awarded a Sterling for her role as Trish in Northern Light Theatre’s The Pink Unicorn and is and a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Thank you for all the love from my beautiful family.

Adam Tsuyoshi Turnbull

Lighting Design & Production Manager

Adam is a multi-talented technician and theatre designer who works in set and lighting design and construction. He is sought-after as an artistic collaborator and his work has been seen on the stages for Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro la Quindicina, Fringe Theatre Adventures, L’UniThéâtre, Theatre Yes, multiple high school and performing arts groups, as well as trade shows and conventions. He has served as Production Manager and Site Technical Director for North America’s largest Fringe Festival, currently serves at the Technical Director and Production Manager at Northern Light Theatre. He is a multiple nominee for Sterling Awards.

Anna Davidson

Stage Manager

Anna is an Equity stage manager based in Edmonton. She has worked as a stage manager or ASM for The Edmonton Opera, The Citadel Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Workshop West, Theatre Network, ConcreteTheatre, and L’Uni Theatre. Previous shows with NLT: Cleopatra’s Sister, Bitches & Money 1878. She is a graduate of the Theatre Production Program at MacEwan and the Theatre Performance Program at Red Deer College. Anna is also a freelance technician and member of IATSE local 210.

Giorgia Severini

Assistant Director