Meet the Contestants of The 2023 Edele Winnie Women's Monologue Competition

Linda Collard

Performing monologue #99: "Teddy Bear Reunion Picnic"

Interesting facts about Linda . . .
 - She's very good at sleight of hand and once considered a career as a magician.
 - She has performed in more than a hundred shows.
 - She's won awards for plays that she's written.

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Lauren Crowley

Performing monologue #66: "Two Pairs of Shoes"

Interesting facts about Lauren . . .
 - This is her first time on the stage in three years, and she’s so excited for it to be happening at The Shadowbox Theater. 
 - She struggles to think of interesting facts about herself whenever asked.
 - She thinks pickles are gross. If you like them you are wrong, but also please take hers – she doesn’t want them pickling up the rest of her food, thank you. 

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Marnie Gare

Performing monologue #18: "Beasties"

Interesting facts about Marnie . . .
 - She has a love for baseball. 
 - She can only do things in odd numbers.
 - She will dance anywhere anytime. 

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Rachel Hillis

Performing monologue #92: "Red Riding Hood Filing for Divorce"

Interesting facts about Rachel . . .
 - She can alphabetize things very quickly. 
 - Her favourite flavour in Neapolitan ice cream is strawberry.
 - She has very eclectic taste in almost all media. 

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Shayla Hudson

Performing monologue #17: "Dust"

Interesting facts about Shayla . . .
 - She has trained in England at The Globe Theatre and in Stratford-Upon-Avon. 
 - She spent ten years as the Drum Major of The Diplomats Drum and Bugle Corps.
 - She is shamelessly a Murderino (but does not condone murder). 

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Camryn Kingsley

Performing monologue #22: "Part Nuts"

Interesting facts about Camryn . . .
 - Each morning she crawls out of her walnut shell at the witching hour, showers in dewdrops, and burrows through the earth to her classes. 
 - After learning proper bloodletting and how to weave gossamer, she burrows back home and cooks up a hearty dinner of toadstools and hydrates with a nice glass of pixie tears.
 - She's very relatable. 

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Cindy Lee Kok

Performing monologue #98: "Man and Bed"

Interesting facts about Cindy Lee . . .
 - She lives in Harrow, Ontario, which was called Hopetown in the 1800's. And - no - she's not that old, although that could be argued in a sense. 
 - She's been involved in theatre in varied capacities for the last thirty years.
 - She loves yard sales. 

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Maggie Marchenkowshy

Performing monologue #6: "Woman in the Road"

Interesting facts about Maggie . . .
 - She is a recent graduate of the Acting program at the University of Windsor. 
 - She can typically be spotted zooming past you on rollerblades or serving you incredible espresso martinis.
 - She hopes to one day serve espresso martinis on rollerblades. 

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Chantel Pare

Performing monologue #88: "Eyes Shut"

Interesting facts about Chantel . . .
 - She's managed to befriend a neighbourhood cat -- her name is Chocolate. 
 - She's a first year BFA Acting student at the University of Windsor.
 - Her strangest fear is of Bear from ​Bear in the Big Blue House. 

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Laura Scott

Performing monologue #58: "Life Guard"

Interesting facts about Laura . . .
 - She is a creative soul with a love of everything vintage, including her 1974 VW bus. 
 - She is a corporate mind by day . . . time traveler by night.
 - Her only acting experience thus far has been as a human, but she is excited to make her stage debut. 

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Cheri Scratch

Performing monologue #54: "Hot Time"

Interesting facts about Cheri . . .
 - She has every gift and card anyone has ever given her. 
 - She looks like her father more every day.
 - She follows written instructions very well. 

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Karen Tompkins

Performing monologue #5: "A Spicy Relationship"

Interesting fact about Karen . . .
 - She usually does what she's told. This time, she did not. 

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Mary Grace Weir

Performing monologue #67: "Insomnia"

Interesting facts about Mary Grace . . .
 - She spent a year in the BFA Acting programme at UBC, at the end of which she was not invited back because she "had not improved enough". A year later, her BA Acting teacher told her she was really good at this and should do it professionally. Life's funny sometimes . . . 
 - She has trained and worked as a Classical (Greek and Roman) archaeologist, excavating primarily in Cyprus.
 - Around age 40, she decided to learn to belly dance and has participated in several public performances in the past. Who knows? She might do so again!