Petrina Bromley - Playwright and Performer
Petrina Bromley is an actor, singer, director, writer and composer from St. John’s, NL. She originated the role of ‘Bonnie Harris’ in the Tony nominated musical Come From Away, and continues with the show on Broadway. She made her Stratford Festival debut in 2016 as ‘Rosalind’ in As You Like It, and was a member of The National Arts Centre, English Theatre Ensemble, 2013-2014.
Petrina’s own musical A Call to Arms, with music by Ged Blackmore, made its debut to sold out houses in St. John’s in 2017. Produced by Atlantic Light Theatre, the musical tells the heart-wrenching, true story of the Norris family from Three Arms Island, Norte Dame Bay, and the enduring sacrifice the country of Newfoundland made in WWI. It has subsequently been filmed for distribution within the NL school system as an educational aid.
Petrina has worked extensively with Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland since it's inception, having participated in the creation of ten of the company's original works. Her performance as ‘Violet Pike’ in OIL & WATER, garnered strong reviews on the national scene, including recognition in Robert Cushion's “Theatre reviews in review: The year's best performances”, The National Post, Dec. 29, 2012.
She is a familiar face in her home province from her work with Spirit of Newfoundland, Rising Tide Theatre’s annual Revue, and most notably for her portrayal of the iconic Newfoundland entertainer, Joan Morrissey, in So Let's Bring On Our Favourite: The Joan Morrissey Story, by Jody Richardson and Sue Kent.
Petrina’s own musical A Call to Arms, with music by Ged Blackmore, made its debut to sold out houses in St. John’s in 2017. Produced by Atlantic Light Theatre, the musical tells the heart-wrenching, true story of the Norris family from Three Arms Island, Norte Dame Bay, and the enduring sacrifice the country of Newfoundland made in WWI. It has subsequently been filmed for distribution within the NL school system as an educational aid.
Petrina has worked extensively with Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland since it's inception, having participated in the creation of ten of the company's original works. Her performance as ‘Violet Pike’ in OIL & WATER, garnered strong reviews on the national scene, including recognition in Robert Cushion's “Theatre reviews in review: The year's best performances”, The National Post, Dec. 29, 2012.
She is a familiar face in her home province from her work with Spirit of Newfoundland, Rising Tide Theatre’s annual Revue, and most notably for her portrayal of the iconic Newfoundland entertainer, Joan Morrissey, in So Let's Bring On Our Favourite: The Joan Morrissey Story, by Jody Richardson and Sue Kent.
Christine Brubaker - Director
Christine Brubaker is a director, actor, dramaturg and educator. She has worked across Canada on the small and large stages and specializes in new work and adaptation. Recent credits include director/dramaturg of the world premiere of The Horse and His Boy at the Shaw Festival; world premieres of Smoke (Downstage Theatre), Wilde Tales, (Shaw Festival), and Elle (Theatre Passe Muraille); and the Canadian workshop premiere of Suzanna Fournier’s antigone lives* (SCPA Calgary). She is a co-creator and performer in 7th Cousins: An Automythography that chronicles a 700km walk tracing the immigration route of her Mennonite ancestors from Pennsylvania to Ontario. 7th Cousins was published this past year by book *hug press. Christine is the creative lead and writer of Henry G20, a large-scale outdoor performance and contemporary adaptation of Henry V that speaks to global capitalism and the protest movement. Henry G20 premieres in Toronto in June 2021 at the Luminato International Arts Festival. Christine is on faculty at University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts and splits her time between Alberta and Toronto. She is the winner of two Toronto Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Performance, the 2014 Gina Wilkinson Prize for Direction, and the 2016 Ken MacDougall Prize for Emerging Director. She is an alumnae of the National Theatre School’s Acting program and Michael Langham Program for Classical Direction at the Stratford Festival.
Amanda Klein - Stage Manager
Amanda is originally from Oshawa, Ontario – but she moved to St. John’s last fall to pursue theatre full time. She has worked with several companies on and off the island, including the Gros Morne Theatre Festival, Opera on the Avalon, and Theatre on the Ridge. Amanda has a love for music, stories, and empowering women in the arts. She looks forward to meeting new challenges head on and embarking on this new adventure with PerSIStence as theatre adapts to a new way of the world.
