Directed by Jackie Poplar

Performances May 23-26, 2024 | Zonnehuis Theatre

About the Show

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls? The 2005 Broadway production won three Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, and was followed by two successful West End runs. The outrageous, uproarious, and gloriously entertaining story of King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake will delight audiences as they search for the Holy Grail and “always look on the bright side of life.”

Photos in the gallery below and the header image taken by Robin Straaijer

Click on the image above to listen back to actors from Spamalot talk about the show on Broacast Amsterdam!

Meet the Cast

Trish Butterfield | Lady of the Lake

Alex Mukmanova | Lady of the Lake

Andrea Zanardi | Bedevere, Mayor

Ben Hambidge | King Arthur

Blace Newkirk | Robin, Guard 1

Brigid Boyle | Ensemble

Charlie Bird | God, Tim, Mother

Cinzia Hoojer | Ensemble

Dominik Kucera | Minstrel 1

Elisa Meli | Ensemble, Featured Dancer

Fransisco Cabeda | Concorde, Ensemble

Gina Bjørgo | Ensemble, Witch (pre-show)

Lauren Maxwell | Ensemble, Guard 2, Historian

Lian Li | Minstrel 2, Ensemble

Mary Lo | Ensemble, Featured Dancer

Mathijs Rozemuller | Patsy

Mats de Winter | Lancelot

Marc De Wolf | Sir Not Appearing In This Show, Rabbit, Black Knight

Michael Schilder | Father, Ni Knight

Philippe Bernay | Herbert

Rozemarijn Balemans | Ensemble

Rosemary Lloyd | Ensemble, Not Dead Fred

Wesley Curtis | Dennis Galahad, Maynard 

Yann Belin | French Taunter 

Performance details

We have two wonderful performers playing the role of The Lady of the Lake and we have an understudy performing the role of Lancelot- see details below.

Trish Butterfield will be performing as Lady of the Lake on Friday evening, Saturday matinee, and Sunday matinee

Alex Mukmanova will be performing as Lady of the Lake Thursday evening and Saturday evening

Lian Li will be playing Lancelot on Friday evening

About the Cast

  • Ben Hambidge

    KING ARTHUR

    Ben ascends the throne as King Arthur, marking his grand debut with HEAP. Hailing from the court of London, Ben brings to the round table a rich history in musical theatre, with a particular penchant for the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.

    His quest for the grail of performance art has led him through diverse realms of stagecraft. Ben’s last stage appearance commanded a worldwide audience of 182 million: providing backing vocals, cloaked as a monk, for Madonna at the Eurovision Song Contest.

    It's rumoured that Ben initially came to audition for the elusive role of “Sir Not Appearing in this Show”, but Merlin’s wizardry intervened, gifting him this dream part. He has thoroughly enjoyed horsing around with a bunch of coconuts.

  • Trish Butterfield

    VOCAL DIRECTOR / LADY OF THE LAKE

    Originally from New Zealand, Trish is hugely passionate about singing and theatre, and prior to moving to the Netherlands she worked for many years as a singer and actor all over the globe. Some credits include: Ms Lynch (Grease), Lead Vocalist (Royal Caribbean Cruises, Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises), Miss Sherman (Fame), Joanne (Rent), Enchantella (Disney's Forest of Enchantment), Feature Ensemble and Vocal Coach (A Trip Across the Universe). Trish lives in Den Haag with her husband and clingy cat, and works as a Primary school Teaching Assistant and Singing Teacher. She is so excited to be on the stage (and in the creative team) again with HEAP and crossing a dream role off her list!

    Trish will be performing the role Friday evening, Saturday matinee, and Sunday matinee

  • Alex Mukmanova

    LADY OF THE LAKE

    Alex Mukmanova is a seasoned musical theatre actor with a decade-long on-stage experience. She played lead roles in Moscow's all-female theatre for 7 seasons, guest-starred in a rock opera, and held solo concerts before moving to Amsterdam in 2022. Here, she continued on stage as Morticia in 'The Addams Family' (Cauldron) and Lord Pinkleton in HEA's magical 'Cinderella'.

    Alex Mukmanova will be performing the role Thursday evening and Saturday evening.

  • Blace Newkirk

    SIR ROBIN / GUARD ONE

    Blace is an American/Swedish actor musician and teacher. After teaching music in Stockholm for 6 years he moved to the Netherlands and returned to theatre. Active in the Amsterdam area theatre scene, he has previously been seen in shows with Happily Ever After (Cinderella) Cauldron Performing Arts (Spelling Bee, Addams Family), QETC (Cabaret), and will be performing as Sir Robin in Spamalot (HEAP) this May, and as Boland in Dogfight (MAE) in September. An avid D&D player, he loves to tell stories, and sincerely hopes you enjoy this classic. Thanks to his friends and family in the US and Europe for always supporting him!

  • Mats De Winter

    SIR LANCELOT / BLACK KNIGHT

    Mats is an aspiring professional musical actor. Since he started in 2019 with his first ever production of Jesus Christ Superstar he hasn’t stopped doing what he loves most in the world, and he doesn’t plan to anytime soon! He’s had the honour of playing amazing roles such as Michael (Tick, Tick… Boom) Jake (Be More Chill) and he’s very excited to be playing Sir Lancelot in Spamalot! In the next few months Mats will also be seen on stage as Billy Nolan in Carrie (IPA producties), Tom Collins in RENT (Maniacs Theaterproducties) and making his professional debut in 40-45 de musical (Studio 100) later this year!

  • Wesley Curtis

    SIR GALAHAD / MAYNARD

    Originally hailing from North Carolina, Wesley is a seasoned performer who's past credits include several first place awards in statewide vocal competitions and a handful of stage performances including the role of "Curly" in "Oklahoma!". Since moving to the Netherlands he has participated in stage musicals as various characters in "Working", Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors", Jason in "Ordinary Days" and his favorite lead role, Billy Flynn in "Chicago". A competitor on both "Holland's Got Talent" and "The Voice" he also landed a role as an on camera correspondence narrator in the Netflix documentary "Voices of Liberation". He looks forward to bringing the role of the Sir Galahad to life as well as the silly Brother Maynard.

  • Andrea Zanardi

    SIR BEDEVERE / MAYOR

    Andrea began to be obsessed with musical theatre when he was eighteen and danced the Charleston in King Herod’s court in an amateur production of Jesus Christ Superstar. After many years enjoying sitting in the audience, he recently performed as a hobo in Little Shop of Horrors and as a knight in Cinderella, both from Happily Ever After Productions. He also attended the A Chorus Line bootcamp and has been a member of the Luxor Musicalkoor for two seasons.

  • Mathijs Rozemuller

    PATSY

    Mathijs is an enormous nerd. He has a doctorate in biophysics and keeps himself busy with sustainability, D&D, debating, politics and reading books. However, what truly makes his heart beat faster is when he gets to perform. For the last five years, he has been an active (musical) improv comedy theatre performer in different teams, such as the 'Boom Chicago' house team, the 'Easylaughs' long form cast, 'Cliffs of Dover', and the 'As Seen on TV' production. Last year he was cast as 'Fred Casely' in Chicago the musical (Happily Ever After Productions). Now he gets to be part of this (coco)nuts horse play.

  • Philippe Bernay

    PRINCE HERBERT

    By day, Philippe works in Marketing. His passion for musical theatre started in 2016 when he played the role of Jamie in The Last 5 Years. After this, he was fortunate to join several productions: Allegro (as part of the Ensemble), Cabaret (as the Emcee), Into the Woods (as the Baker), Working (several characters), Little Shop of Horrors (as Seymour), Ordinary Days (as Warren), Avenue Q (as Rod), Monstersongs (as Igor), Be More Chill (as the Squip) and Chicago (as Amos). He is thrilled to join Happily Ever After again for this production of Spamalot.

  • Lauren Maxwell

    HISTORIAN / GUARD 2 / ENSEMBLE

    Lauren Maxwell is a writer, producer, and performer originally hailing from America. She’s lived in the Netherlands for 9 years and has 30 years of theatre experience ranging from musical theatre, plays, to improvisational comedy and drama, storytelling, and burlesque.

    Most recently, she was seen in Happily Ever After’s Be More Chill as Ensemble. She tells stories at Mezrab and produced Truth Analytics with Circle of Truth. Her first written play, Life after Death, was performed by Downstage Left in Amsterdam. This August, she can be seen at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her one-woman show: “Always Aphrodite.” She’s so excited to be part of the Spamalot cast, and be as ridiculous as possible.

  • Rosemary Lloyd

    NOT DEAD FRED / ENSEMBLE

    Rosemary Lloyd is a Luxembourgish-American actor with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a distinction in Opera from the Conservatoire de Luxembourg. They taught Musical Theatre in Luxembourg and are working towards being a vocal coach and event photographer in Amsterdam.

    Credits: Oliver! The Musical, Harlem Hotel, Handel's Messiah, Showtime, Lost in the Stars, Young Frankenstein, Melusina the Pantomime, The Best of Men-The Worst of Men, Coronavirus Chronicles, We Happy Few, Di and Viv and Rose, Addams Family, Dogfight, Cinderella, and Spamalot.

  • Fransisco Cabeda

    CONCORDE / ENSEMBLE

    Francisco Cabeda leads a double life: by day, he's a dedicated mechanical engineer, but then, he takes center stage as a passionate actor and singer. His musical journey began at the tender age of 4, and over the past two decades, he has meticulously honed his skills in piano, classical and electric guitar, and vocal techniques.

    Francisco's theatrical repertoire is diverse, ranging from a Portuguese adaptation of 'Legally Blonde' as Warner to captivating performances in a Portuguese adaptation 'The Three Little Pigs' and the Portuguese rendition of 'Via Crucis.'

    Now residing in the Netherlands for work, Francisco continues to find joy in pursuing his musical career.

  • Dominik Kucera

    MINSTREL 1

    Introducing Dominik Kucera as Sir Robin’s lead minstrel. Originally from Prague, Dominik relocated to Amsterdam last year to chase his bachelor’s degree. He is also a singer-songwriter, making appearances in local music venues, where Happily Ever After Productions stumbled upon his talent. He has since performed in their production of Cinderella as an ensemble member and is happy to step on the Zonnehuis stage again for the boisterously comical spectacle that is Spamalot.

  • Lian Li

    MINSTREL 2 / ENSEMBLE / LANCELOT U/S

    A software engineer and public speaker by trade, Lian is no stranger to the stage. After years of working in Silicon Valley startups, she has found her calling: Introducing the beauty and impermanence of performance art to the tech industry. As Chief Karaoke Officer, she is the creator of “Kuberoke” a one-of-a-kind social event, bringing the joy of Karaoke to technology conferences.

    Lian can also be seen performing at various Standup Comedy Open Mics in and around Amsterdam.

    Lian will be performing the role of Lancelot on Friday evening.

  • Charlie Bird

    GOD / TIM / MOTHER

    Charlie Bird is definitely not the Messiah, just a very naughty boy. Charlie is an Actor, Writer, and general performance nerd, coming originally from Liverpool. He's been in Leiden for 9 years now, and will be becoming Dutch fully later this year. You can catch him on the stage later this year playing 'God' in Spamalot and 'Macbeth' in... Macbeth'

  • Michael Schilder

    FATHER / NI KNIGHT

    Michael comes to the Amsterdam stage by way of many years in community theatre in his home country of Canada. Having immigrated in 2022, he has eagerly joined the vibrant theatre community in the Netherlands. Past roles here include Sebastian in HEA’s last production of Cinderella, the father in Be More Chill, and smaller supporting roles in both of HEA’s productions of Chicago. Other favourite roles from Canada include Bill in Mamma Mia, Robbie the Stockfish in Urinetown, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and an understudy for Horse in The Fully Monty.

  • Brigid Boyle

    ENSEMBLE

    Originally from New Zealand, Brigid has performed in several musicals in Wellington (Rent, Legally Blonde, Ordinary Days) and has been thoroughly enjoying her return to the world of musical theatre in Amsterdam with HEA’s Chicago and The Cauldron’s The Addams Family. Brigid has a background singing with classical choirs and in classical guitar, and is thrilled to be joining the cast and silly world of Spamalot!

  • Cinzia Hooyer

    ENSEMBLE

    Cinzia is a full time student and a fuller time musical theatre fan. She is excited to be playing in the ensemble in Spamalot. She was previously seen as an Ancestor in the Addams Family, Teen Zombie in Monstersongs, Bad Idea Bear #1 in Avenue Q, and ensemble in Cinderella.

  • Elisa Meli

    ENSEMBLE / FEATURED DANCER

    Elisa was born in Italy and she moved to Amsterdam two years ago. She has been dancing different street and club dances (Hip-Hop, Popping, Locking etc.) for 10 years and in the last year she started specializing in Waacking dance and singing. She has always loved musicals because it combines the profession of dancing and singing so she is very happy to join Spamalot for her first musical production!

  • Mary Lo

    ENSEMBLE / FEATURED DANCER

    From an early age, Mary started dancing classical ballet and has since been dancing and exploring several styles such as jazz, contemporary, street dance, burlesque, salsa, bachata and Brazilian Zouk. She has always been a big musical fan and prior to Spamalot, she was in Cinderella by HEA and she also participated in HEA’s musical theatre bootcamps Chicago, Grease and Disney on Broadway.

    Having previously worked in the international hotel business, she decided to switch careers three years ago and now works as a primary school teacher.

    Her biggest fans are her 6-year-old son and husband, and she couldn't be more grateful for their support in her newfound passion for musical theatre.

  • Gina Bjørgo

    ENSEMBLE / WITCH (PRE-SHOW)

    Gina Bjørgo is a 22 years old Norwegian student who grew up in France next to Switzerland. Before moving to the Netherland, Gina has responded to her interest in Musical theatre by performing in Lion King, Starmania, Scrooge’s Christmas and Mozart l’opéra rock with Geneva’s musical theater academy. In Acting Line Studio she practiced her acting instrument and got the opportunity to play in two short films. You’ll always find her singing or expressing herself doing creative photoshoots or simply vlogging around! She’s been very excited to uncover Amsterdam’s creative opportunities and couldn’t be happier as she discovered musical improvisation and will now be part of her first musical in this new city!

  • Rozemarijn Balemans

    ENSEMBLE

    Rozemarijn Balemans is a 27 year old Dutchie originally from Utrecht. In her daily life, she is working as a corporate event planner for a consultancy in Amsterdam. Next to her job as an event planner, you can also find her organising other projects, like the USC Leiden Dance Show. This is her first production with HEA, but she has been singing and dancing for years. Her last production, Urinetown, was cut short because of Covid, and she has been excited to get back on stage ever since.

  • Yann Belin

    FRENCH TAUNTER

    Yann has been part of the Amsterdam English and French theatre communities for almost a decade. He moved away from the stage to the tech booth a few years ago, but when he received the offer that every French person secretly dreams of – the opportunity to taunt British people from the top of a castle wall – he simply could not decline.

  • Marc de Wolf

    SIR NOT APPEARING IN THIS SHOW / RABBIT / THE BLACK KNIGHT

    A simple fellow who got dragged kicking and screaming into musical theater when he designed the set for HEA Productions' first show, Into The Woods. Since then he's designed sets for shows such as Avenue Q, Chicago, Be More Chill and Cinderella. He also occasionally appears on stage, most notably as Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q. During the day he works as a freelance animator and illustrator, and works on his own animated series, which can be found on Youtube/Instagram/Tiktok under @cracklewoodforest.

Meet the Band

  • Ádám Széky

    BASS

    Ádám Széky graduated in performing arts of Jazz Bass from the Kodolanyi János University in Hungary. Ádám is passionate about music and he played in many different bands and live concerts. He has been many different musicals in the last 3 years such as Working, Little Shop of horror, Addams family, Monstersongs, Chicago here in Amsterdam. This is going to be the 5th show with The Happily Ever After production and he is looking forward to the next challenges.

  • Alaina Oltrogge

    FRENCH HORN

    Alaina feels lucky to have grown up in a musical household in the Rocky Mountains. She studied at the University of Denver and the Conservatoire de Strasbourg before completing graduate studies in linguistics at Oxford. When not playing, Alaina manages IT projects, trains for her third marathon, and dives into random new hobbies. She’s previously played in Cinderella, The Producers, West Side Story, White Christmas, Oklahoma, Faust, and Annie, Get Your Gun. This will be her first musical with HEA.

  • Amanda Tse

    VIOLIN

    Amanda first picked up a (tiny) violin at the age of 4. Originally from Australia, she has played and toured across Asia and Europe with symphony orchestras as well as having found a happy place in the Sydney musical theatre scene. She moved from Hong Kong to Amsterdam in 2023 where she now co-runs a creative studio and plays with orchestras, bands, an improv theatre group and in Spamalot, her third musical following Chicago and Cinderella with the wonderful HEA team!

  • Andreas Panteli

    DRUMS

    Currently a doctoral candidate in Artificial Intelligence, Andreas is a drummer first and a researcher second. His passion for music and for Dolly (his drumset) matches his appetite for new and challenging rhythms. With about 20 years of experience in drums he always seeks to push the boundaries of drumming techniques, especially with his characteristic "dancing" style of drumming. And above all, he is always up for jamming.

  • Britt Davis

    PIANO

    After over a month of asking Britt to provide her headshot and bio, we decided to just take a photo from her recent performance in HEA’s Cinderella, where she played one of Cinderella’s stepsisters, Gabrielle.

  • David Arcila

    Guitar

    David and music have been intertwined since he was a little kid, taking piano, percussion, and guitar lessons. After finishing his degree in Mathematics, he realized that music was always going to be an essential part of his life, so he decided to continue his musical training with renewed passion and joined the electric guitar program in Fernando Sor Music Academy in Colombia, his home country. David has played in various productions in Amsterdam and Spamalot is going to be the first one with HEA!

  • Evelijn Makkus

    PIANO

    Evelijn is a 27 year-old music teacher who currently lives in Rotterdam. She studied Music in Education at Codarts - the conservatory of Rotterdam - where her main focus was Piano. She has been part of several productions as a pianist, a few of which are 9 to 5, Jesus Christ Superstar and Footloose. Most recently she played in The Cauldron’s The Addams Family and HEA’s Chicago and Be More Chill. She is happy to join the band for Monty Python’s Spamalot. Always look on the bright side of life!

  • Jack Tait

    SAXOPHONE

    Originally from Scotland, Jack is a saxophonist and clarinetist with over ten years of big band experience, starting in the local band in his hometown and progressing to tours across Europe as President of the Edinburgh University Wind Band. Since moving to the Netherlands in 2021 he has made the move into musical theatre, performing in the pit for a number of shows including Avenue Q, Chicago, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Be More Chill, and The Addams Family.

  • Sheila Bosco

    PERCUSSION

    Sheila Bosco is a musician, song writer and media artist living in Amsterdam. She is co-founder of New York City musical theater collective “It’s Your Fault Theater” and is currently a member of several bands including Autobody, Big City Orchestra, Thomas Carnacki and Dire Wolves. She has played in other musicals including Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue Q, Addams Family, Chicago and most recently Cinderella. She is thrilled to be in another HEA production!

  • Francina van Riel

    TRUMPET

    Francina picked up the shiny trumpet at age 9 and, due to very supportive parents, never stopped playing. Even during studying social science, modeling fulltime and going for a masters, she kept playing. During the week she is found teaching 12 year olds at a primary school or playing in a classical orchestra. Today she plays with HEA again. Earlier she joined with 'Into the woods' and 'Little shop of horrors.' She is really happy to be together with this talented group of people again.

  • Tammy Ma

    VIOLIN

    Tammy has enjoyed playing the violin (a-lot!) ever since she was 5, performing in various orchestras from elementary school through university. Previously she was a member of a community orchestra in Atlanta, GA and played in a quartet while living in the U.S. Her love of musicals also led her to join the pit orchestra for a production of Nine: The Musical, and she is thrilled to join HEA for the first time for Spamalot this season.

Meet the Team

  • Jackie Poplar

    DIRECTOR

    Jacquelyn Poplar is thrilled to be directing Spamalot, putting to use the many hours she wasted – uh, enjoyed — watching Monty Python. She recently directed Couch, co-written with Robert Leeds, with whom she also wrote the hit plays One Table, Two Chairs and Sextangle. Look for their next play, Secondhand Furniture, coming soon to a theatre near you. She would like to thank the fantastic creative team, cast, and crew for making the magic possible, and Sara for taking an awfully big leap of faith. Jacquelyn has an MFA in Theatre from Penn State, two cats, and fourteen stained glass lamps.

  • Trish Butterfield

    VOCAL DIRECTOR / LADY OF THE LAKE

    Originally from New Zealand, Trish is hugely passionate about singing and theatre, and prior to moving to the Netherlands she worked for many years as a singer and actor all over the globe. Some credits include: Ms Lynch (Grease), Lead Vocalist (Royal Caribbean Cruises, Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises), Miss Sherman (Fame), Joanne (Rent), Enchantella (Disney's Forest of Enchantment), Feature Ensemble and Vocal Coach (A Trip Across the Universe). Trish lives in Den Haag with her husband and clingy cat, and works as a Primary school Teaching Assistant and Singing Teacher. She is so excited to be on the stage (and in the creative team) again with HEAP and crossing a dream role off her list!

  • Michael Crowley

    BAND DIRECTOR

    Michael is an award winning classical guitarist from Cork, Ireland. Michael has been a musician for most of his life, having started piano at an early age before being drawn to the guitar and it’s diverse tonal palette. Since then he has explored a wide variety of genres, performing with a number of groups, but fell in love with the intimate tones of the classical guitar. Michael ventured into the world of musical theatre a couple years ago, where he started out playing in HEA Productions’ Little Shop of Horrors, and from there has music directed Disenchanted!, directed / music directed Monstersongs with the Cauldron, played in the band for HEA’s Chicago, music directed The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, led the band for HEA Productions Be More Chill, and is now excited to be leading the band for Spamalot!

  • Brittany Sanders

    CHOREOGRAPHER

    Brittany is a performer, dancer and creator born and raised in The Netherlands. She started at the very young age of four with dance lessons in styles like ballet, jazz, musical theatre and tap. Around the age of ten she entered the professional musical world as a performer, doing productions such as Ciske de Rat and Billy Elliot with Stage Entertainment where she developed herself as a skilled performer. After a knee injury she unfortunately needed to stop her preliminary dance education at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, but is now thriving as a semi-professional performer, teacher and choreographer in Amsterdam with groups like Vocality Productions, DOS, and of course The Cauldron and HEA. Roles she played include Mimi in Rent, Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, Mona in HEA’s Chicago, Marie in Cinderella and many others. Next to her work on stage she finished her Bachelor in Theatre Studies with a specialty in musical theatre, and works as a creative producer at Schouwburg Amstelveen. She recently made the award winning choreography for The Cauldron's The Addams Family, receiving the Broadway World Netherlands award for Best Choreographer.

  • Edward Kihn

    STAGE MANAGER

    Edward Kihn is a Luxembourgish national who is currently working on his undergraduate degree in English literature at the University of Amsterdam. He has had a lifelong passion for the theatre and loves being both on and behind the stage. He recently worked as a Stage Manager for the first time for The Cauldron’s production of The Addams Family. They are excited to work as a Stage Manager again for Happily Ever After’s Spamalot.

  • Yann Belin

    LIGHTING CONSULTANT

    Yann has been involved in the Amsterdam theater community since 2014, and he has worked both onstage and backstage for English (Into the Woods, Contractions, Avenue Q, Monstersongs) and French (Les sept jours de Simon Labrosse, Le crime de l'Orient Express) productions since then. After working in the lighting booth for HEA's Little Shop of Horrors in 2021, he fell in love with light operation and design, and most recently designed and ran lights for HEA’s Chicago and Cinderella.

  • Stuart Gilfedder

    SOUND DESIGN AND TECH

    Originally from the UK, Stuart discovered audio engineering while in high school working as a musician on various theatre productions for both school and independent companies. This new found passion led him on a wild journey, working on shows in the UK, including the Edinburgh Fringe, then moving to Australia, Canada and now the Netherlands. Stuart re-connected with his passion for theatre playing drums in Monstersongs and has brougt his audio skills to the Happily Ever After family for shows such as Chicago and Be More Chill.

  • Marc de Wolf

    SET DESIGNER

    A simple fellow who got dragged kicking and screaming into musical theater when he designed the set for HEA Productions' first show, Into The Woods. Since then he's designed sets for shows such as Avenue Q, Chicago, Be More Chill and Cinderella. He also occasionally appears on stage, most notably as Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q. During the day he works as a freelance animator and illustrator, and works on his own animated series, which can be found on Youtube/Instagram/Tiktok under @cracklewoodforest.

  • Viivi Valpuri

    COSTUMES

    Viivi Valpuri is a costume designer, puppet maker, and creator extraordinaire based in Amsterdam. Viivi has a master’s degree in theatre science at the University of Helsinki with a focus on immersive theatre and costume design. In the past decade, Viivi has had her hands full from running a film company to hosting tours in theatre history and from teaching embroidery to designing and making costumes and puppets. Viivi has been working with English language theatre in Amsterdam since her arrival in 2019 and has been with Happily Ever After since their production of Little Shop of Horrors. Viivi’s most recent activities have been with Happily Ever After as the mother of the Avenue Q puppets, with Orange Theatre Company as costume designer for A Christmas Carol, HEA’s Chicago, and HEA’s Cinderella.