Annual General Meeting Announcements
THE VOS THEATRE ANNOUNCED THE CAST OF DISNEY’S FROZEN AT THEIR
2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Local students awarded the Ruth Harcort and Garth Watson Scholarships
Northumberland County, June 17, 2026 – The VOS Theatre group announced that local students Mark Nugent received the Ruth Harcort Memorial Scholarship and Brodick Ewing the Garth Watson Memorial Scholarship. Both scholarships of $1000 each were given out during the annual meeting of the VOS Theatre held on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 7 PM at the theatre’s new location at 9288 Burwash Rd. in Baltimore.
“We are delighted to present these scholarships to two very deserving recipients who have demonstrated a passion for furthering the arts in our community. Whether through performance or behind the scenes work, both Mark and Brodick have dedicated themselves to the arts in a way that promotes inclusion, ingenuity, generosity of spirit and commitment to the project. We wish them the best in their future studies and hope they continue to practice their respective arts. Thank you to all those who applied,” said Board Chair Meghan Flindall.
Mark Nugent- Ruth Harcort Scholarship
Cobourg resident Mark Nugent graduated from St. Mary’s Highschool in the Spring. He was part of La Jeunesse choir for eight years singing in both English and French. He was also in his high school choir for four years. He has performed in numerous productions most recently as Sam Carmichael in the St. Mary’s production of Mamma Mia.
Brodick Ewing – Garth Watson Scholarship
Port Hope resident Brodick Ewing graduated from Cobourg Collegiate Institute where he contributed to a variety of productions building sets, conceptualizing set pieces or creating lighting and other technical aspects in audio visual productions. When not working on productions Brodick is an accomplished bagpiper. He hopes to pursue post-secondary degree at Trent University in the Fall.
Other Board highlights included an update on the move to the new location including completed and planned renovation, a report on the successful 2025/2026 season that included the popular musical production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella performed at Victoria Hall in April and starring Jessica MacNeill in the lead role, directed by Melanie Racine, and the award-winning play Agatha’s Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express directed by Matt Blundell with Jeff Halligan in the role of the famous detective, Hercule Poirot.
“These two productions were both extremely successful at the box office, and in the case of Murder on the Orient Express, also garnering critical acclaim, picking up the most number of awards of any single production at the Eastern Ontario Drama League at this year’s awards ceremony. The production won for highest degree of period accuracy and set décor, effective use of video projection, best set design, and best visual production and was nominated for an additional four awards,” said Jeff Halligan, Executive Producer, VOS.
Halligan also announced the full cast of Disney’s Frozen with Monique Soleil (Cinderella) as Princess Anna, and Laura Murphy (Guys and Dolls) as Queen Elsa. Full cast details are listed below. Performances run November 19-28, at the Concert Hall in Victoria Hall (55 King St. West).
Tickets: Adults - $38, $34 – 21 years and under, Children under 12 - $30 (all tickets are subject to service fees) at vostheatre.com, or at the Concert Hall box office (55 King St. W. Cobourg), 855-372-2210. Group rates available. For tickets vostheatre.com or the Victoria Hall box office.
Frozen Cast:
Lennon Robertson Young Anna*
Sophia Harkness Young Elsa*
Jillian Rolph Young Anna*
Lydia Rolph Young Elsa*
Monique Soleil Princess Anna
Laura Murphy Queen Elsa
Mark Canlas Prince Hans
Ben Zopf Kristoff
Noah Racette Olaf
Charlotte Grimshaw Sven
Lorol Avery Queen/Ensemble
Vincent Szenteczki King/ Ensemble
Tim Annis Weselton
Nelia Amaro Bulda
Mark Johnston Pabbie
Matt Blundell Oaken
Ensemble Cast (listed alphabetically):
Mackenzie Annis, Liam Cragg, Jillian Delavigne-Clark, Rose Flindall, Sandy Flindall, Willow Foley, Caspian Hoogendam, Lisa Johnson, Tye McDonald, Jay Osmond, and Jaimee Sheap.
Additionally a special presentation was made to Anne and Katie Burnham from Burnham Family Market to recognize our 19 year relationship where Burnham hosted our workshop and storage facility. Artist Katie Flindall designed the artwork which Grafton artist, Anje Hertel (not pictured) turned into a mosaic, presented to the Burnham family by VOS President Meghan Flindall and Board member Jennifer Stacey.
In March, VOS took up residency in the former Baltimore United Church which will be renamed soon.