NICOLE MOELLER - PLAYWRIGHT

Nicole is a writer based on Treaty 6 Territory in Amiskwaciwâskahikan. Nicole’s plays include: Without You (listed in SEE Magazine’s Top 10 plays of the year), An Almost Perfect Thing (winner of the Outstanding New Play Sterling Award, the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama and Germany’s New Canadian Play Competition), The Mothers, The Preacher, The Princess and a Crow (Finalist for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama), The Ballad of Peachtree Rose (Outstanding New Play Sterling Award nomination, named Best Local Play of 2019 by GigCity). She was a contributor to The Mommy Monologues, This is YEG and the Citadel Theatre’s Encounters. Nicole is the recipient of the Edmonton Artist Trust Fund Award and the Alberta Theatre Projects’ Enbridge Established Playwright Award. Her work has also been seen in England, Germany, Czech Republic, Australia and Turkey. Nicole has been playwright-in-residence at Azimuth Theatre and Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre; she is a Journalism and Theatre Arts graduate whose short fiction can be found on a coffee cup or beer can, near you. WILDCAT was a finalist for both the Alberta Playwriting Competition and the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama. A huge shoutout to WWPT for this incredible opportunity. It is an honour to work with such a gifted and generous group of artists. And of course, a thank you to my parents, my sis, my partner, my kiddos. And to Anna… I miss you.

A huge thank you to the following people and organizations who contributed to the development of this play:
Edmonton Arts Council, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Seniors Acting Lab Society, Edmonton Script Salon, Amy DeFelice, Michelle Todd, Maureen Rooney, Cat Walsh, Holly Turner, Tatiana Duque, Kristen Johnson, Tracy Carroll, Chris Bullough, Louise Day, Pat Chan, Trish Clark, Susan Carpenter, Denise Vaile, Colleen Murphy, Emma Tibaldo, Keith Barker, Yvette Nolan, Beth Graham, the Idea Machine and the Alberta Labour History Institute.

HEATHER INGLIS - DIRECTOR

Heather Inglis took the helm of Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre as Artistic Producer in November 2019. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Heather is an award-winning director, producer, and dramaturg whose career has taken her across the country. In 2019, Heather was nominated for the Playwrights’ Guild of Canada’s Bra D’Or Award, recognizing her support and promotion of Canadian women playwrights via Theatre Yes. Heather has directed and assistant directed over 40 productions, many of which have been new Canadian works.

Credits include: The Shaw Festival, Citadel Theatre, Workshop West Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Theatre Junction, Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre (SK), Live Five (SK), The Doppler Effect Productions (NS), Alberta Playwrights Network, Saskatchewan Playwrights' Centre, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, The Notable Acts Festival (NB) and Universities in Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon. Heather has received Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award (2014) for her work at Theatre Yes, the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund (twice), the Celebration of Women in the Arts Award (twice), and the Telus Courage to Innovate Award (Edmonton). Nine of Inglis’ productions have been nominated for 17 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, including 7 nominations for Outstanding Independent Production and nominations for Outstanding Director and Outstanding Fringe Director. Theatre Yes received a special Sterling Award for Outstanding Innovation in Theatre (2014).

MICHELE FLEIGER - DOT

Michele Fleiger is very happy to be working on Nicole Moeller's new play “WILDCAT” with such a fine ensemble here on Treaty Six territory. Michele is an award winning actor,singer and educator and has spent much of her career working on new Canadian plays and musicals. She has appeared on stages across Canada from St.John's, Nfld to Whitehorse Yukon, performed in Turin, Italy and Washington, DC and toured extensively throughout Western Canada. She is a proud alum of the University of Alberta receiving a BFA in Acting, and an MFA in Theatre Practice.

Michele teaches in the BA/BEd Drama program at the U of A and loves encouraging students to make bold choices as creative collaborators in the development of their own work. She also works as a sessional instructor at Concordia University of Edmonton. 

MARALY RYAN - PEARL

A veteran of the Canadian Stage, Ms. Ryan’s career has taken her to theatres across Canada - from New Brunswick to Victoria! Selected acting credits include: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Wildside Productions); Vivian Bearing in Wit (Globe Theatre); Dead Letter (Workshop West); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatre Calgary); Homeward Bound (Theatre New Brunswick); Thirteen Hands (Grand Theatre and the National Arts Centre); Maria Callas in Masterclass (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Joy, The Shop at Sly Corner (Shaw Festival); Crackpot (Winnipeg Prairie Theatre Exchange and Belfy Theatre); Lend Me a Tenor (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Thirteen Hands (Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre); Hamlet (Freewill Players); The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, Private Lives (Northern Light Theatre); Sheer Madness, On Golden Pond (Mayfield Theatre); The Last Train (Shadow Theatre); Beautiful Lake Winnipeg (Phoenix Theatre, National Arts Centre); Rabbit Hole (Persephone Theatre); Terry and the Dog (Edmonton Actors’ Theatre); Should’ve (World Conference of Chemists - Turin, Italy); Happy Days (Edmonton Fringe); The Year of Magical Thinking, People and Stuff (Carter-Ryan Gallery and Theatre); Cree Legends-Shadow Puppet Series (Access Educational Television).

As an actor, she has garnered three sterling awards, and ten nominations. In 2018, she was honoured with a Lifetime Sterling Award: Most Valuable Contribution to Theatre in Edmonton. An Associate Director for the Citadel Theatre, with Robin Phillips, she helmed the Artistic Directorship of the Citadel Theatre International Children’s Festival and The Teen Festival of the Arts.

MELISSA THINGELSTAD - GLORIA

Melissa Thingelstad received her BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta and has worked as a professional actor in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) for over twenty years. Her acting portfolio includes stage work, film work, and voice over. She has had the great privilege of working in Edmonton, Banff, Winnipeg, Washington, DC, London, England, and Halifax and is the recipient of three Elizabeth Sterling Haynes awards for acting. Melissa has also collaborated on new works for a number of multidisciplinary festivals in the city including: Visualeyze Festival, Storefront Cinema Nights, The Expanse Movement Festival, and The Kaleido Festival. Selected Theatre Credits include: Slight of Mind, Viscosity, The List (Theatre Yes), Stupid F@#cking Bird and Fatboy (Edmonton Actors’ Theatre), The Fever and Proud (theatre no.6), An Accident (Northern Light Theatre), Unsung, Here There Be Night and Kill Me Now (Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre), Three Sisters (Broken Toys Theatre), Age of Arousal and The Supine Cobbler (The Maggie Tree).

GRAHAM MOTHERSILL - JOHN

Graham is an Albertan actor based in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Select theatre credits include: MOB (Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre - Sterling Nomination); A Harvest Truce (Studio Theatre); KaldrSaga: A New Queer Old Norse Cabaret (Cardiac Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Strange Familiar, The Curing Room, How to Leave (Theatre Outré); Tune to A (Expanse Festival); A Christmas Carol, The Crucible, The Tempest (Theatre Calgary); Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/ATP); until the next breath (Catalyst Theatre); CTRL – ALT – DEL, The Antyssey (Concrete Theatre); The Trophy Hunt (Broken Toys Theatre); The Apple Tree (Plain Janes Theatre); Romeo & Juliet (Toy Guns Dance Theatre); The Brothers Grimm Operetta (Opera NUOVA); The Fall of the House of Atreus (Impossible Mongoose Productions); Good With People (Trunk Theatre - Sterling Nomination). Film/television credits include: Wynona Earp, Like Right Now, Dive, King Crow, The Trespassers. He is a graduate of the BFA (Acting) program at the University of Alberta. 

LIZ ALLISON-JORDE - STAGE MANAGER

Liz is thrilled to be working on this timely, and humorous piece with such an amazing team. Recent Stage Management credits include Robot Girls, Tiny Beautiful Things and Bea (Shadow Theatre), A Hundred Words For Snow, Squeamish, Enough, A Phoenix too Frequent, Donna Orbits The Moon, Monstress and Radiant Vermin (Northern Light Theatre) and Songs of a Prairie Girl (Theatre Network). She is also an occasional Actor, Director, Producer and Costume Designer and for the last 18 years has been the Volunteer Manager for Edmonton StreetFest. In 2016 she started NextGen Theatre with her daughter and they have been producing Fringe shows regularly since, watch for them at Fringe 2026. Thank you for supporting live theatre in Edmonton! Enjoy the show!!