Lindsay Thomas (actress)
Encyclopedia
Lindsay Thomas was a Canadian
stage
actress of Stratford, Ontario
and Toronto
theatre
productions.
's musical theatre program. She was a member of the Stratford Festival company from 2005 to 2008. Her performances included playing Ado Annie in Oklahoma!
in 2007. She was also a member of the original Canadian company of Hairspray
. Her performances struck audiences but it should also be noted that her leadership abilities as a dance captain were outstanding. This especially shown through when she worked with and as apart of the cast of Oliver! in 2006 at the Stratford Festival of Canada.
In 2008, she played Gracie Shinn in The Music Man
. She later performed in Anne of Green Gables – Somewhere in the World
at Charlottetown Festival, Grease
at Edmonton
's Citadel Theatre, Aladdin at the Stirling Festival, The Boy Friend
, City of Angels
, and The Crucible
at Theatre Sheridan. She also starred in the Canadian version of Jersey Boys along with Jeff Madden who was a very close friend
in 2009, even though she was a non-smoker. She died on February 3, 2010, aged 31. She is survived by her partner, actor Gareth Potter, as well as her parents, her father being Welsh rugby player Derek Thomas and mother Marilyn Thomas, and her brother, also called Gareth.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actress of Stratford, Ontario
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...
and Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
productions.
Career
Thomas was a graduate of Sheridan CollegeSheridan College
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...
's musical theatre program. She was a member of the Stratford Festival company from 2005 to 2008. Her performances included playing Ado Annie in Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
in 2007. She was also a member of the original Canadian company of Hairspray
Hairspray (musical)
Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...
. Her performances struck audiences but it should also be noted that her leadership abilities as a dance captain were outstanding. This especially shown through when she worked with and as apart of the cast of Oliver! in 2006 at the Stratford Festival of Canada.
In 2008, she played Gracie Shinn in The Music Man
The Music Man
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with...
. She later performed in Anne of Green Gables – Somewhere in the World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. Set in 1878, it was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book...
at Charlottetown Festival, Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
at Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
's Citadel Theatre, Aladdin at the Stirling Festival, The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend is a musical by Sandy Wilson. The musical's original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, making it briefly the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history until it was surpassed by Salad Days...
, City of Angels
City of Angels (musical)
City of Angels is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart. The musical weaves together two plots, the "real" world of a writer trying to turn his book into a screenplay, and the "reel" world of the fictional film.-Productions:City of Angels...
, and The Crucible
The Crucible
The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists...
at Theatre Sheridan. She also starred in the Canadian version of Jersey Boys along with Jeff Madden who was a very close friend
Death
Lindsay Thomas was diagnosed with lung cancerLung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
in 2009, even though she was a non-smoker. She died on February 3, 2010, aged 31. She is survived by her partner, actor Gareth Potter, as well as her parents, her father being Welsh rugby player Derek Thomas and mother Marilyn Thomas, and her brother, also called Gareth.