Reflections + Refractions Company Members
David Archibald
David Archibald has written for and performed on CBC’s Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street in New York. His song ‘Me & My Chair’ (a Sesame Street video about a young boy in wheelchair) has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube.  He’s been a featured performer at such venues as Toronto’s Yonge/Dundas Square, Queen’s Park and Harbourfront. As a singer/songwriter, he has recorded with RCA and performed at many festivals and clubs such as Hugh’s Room, the Black Sheep Inn and the Riverboat. David also produced the first recording of pop star Avril Lavigne.  He received the Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Musical Direction for Theatre Calgary’s Dear Johnny Deere. The Kingston Symphony performed David’s Symphonia Galactia, which was commissioned by astronomer Terence Dickinson. His award-winning song writing workshops are popular across Canada. David is well known in Canada’s National and Provincial Parks for his original songs celebrating our natural and cultural history. As a founding member of PeerLess Productions, he has helped bring mixed-ability productions such as Judith Thompson’s Rare, Jacob Ballantyne’s Down Syndrome by the Dozen and PeerLess’ We’re All in Jeopardy to the stage. David has led workshops at the H’art Centre for more than fifteen years.
​Jacob Ballantyne
For PeerLess Productions: Performer - Rare; Playwright/Performer - Down Syndrome by the Dozen, Creator/Performer - We’re All in Jeopardy. Jacob’s love for movies earned him the ability of borrowed language. As a toddler, Jacob borrowed language from his movies to appropriately and quickly respond to questions or requests, at a time when his own language skills were not yet polished enough to formulate a sentence. Most often these "one liners" would carry the intonation and body language of the character from which it was borrowed. This very early talent has gone on to assist him to memorize large blocks of information.  Jacob also enjoys, swimming, camping, hiking, skating, reading, writing songs and story lines, drawing characters, and being a responsible and loving Uncle. 
Erin Bennett
Erin is 36 years old. Since she was 8 years old, figure skating has been her passion. Erin has competed at both provincial and national Special Olympic events. Now that her competitive activities have drawn to a close, she is so happy to share her enthusiasm for her skating dance, off ice, as a part of her performance in this show. Erin hopes to showcase her dedication to skating while she reflects on her long-time passion.​
Natasha Daw
My name is Natasha Daw, I love to listen to music and sing.  I love people and most of all I love to celebrate their birthday. This play has been so much fun because I am with my friends and it is a Reflection of who we all are.  We are all super-stars! I want to be a good friend and make people laugh and remember how important they are to me. ​
Ashaya Garrett
I’m Ashaya Garrett, I’m 28. I attend H’art Center. I work at Brynn’s Fresh Market.
I enjoy special  Olympics. I do swimming, basketball, floorhockey ,pickleball,
I also play Kingston Thunder baseball. And do powerlifting.
I love to spend time with my family, my boyfriend John, and his family. We have lots of fun.I love to act and do plays, listen to music and watch tv shows 
I am grateful for my life
My dad is our angel
John Gwynne-Timothy
John is an aspiring drummer and Special Olympics athlete (basketball and baseball) who lives in Kingston. He loves his job at Starbucks Future’s Gate as well as cycling, guitar playing, singing, working out at the Y and travelling. In recent years John has enjoyed watching theatre productions and acting in productions with H’Art and Peerless. He is the subject of a docu-drama film which is being produced currently by filmmaker Amin Pourbarghi. John loved performing with H’Art in their pop-opera Happy last season and with Peerless Productions in Reflections and Refractions. He loves Peerless' approach to individual self-expression and to working as a team of actors. John looks forward to having more opportunities to express himself and to move audiences through theatre productions and music.
Kathryn MacKay
Kathryn is a founding member and former Associate Artistic Director of the Thousand Islands Playhouse and the former Artistic Director/General Manager of Theatre Kingston. She has directed for theatres across Canada including acting as dramaturge/director for 25 Canadian theatre premieres. She currently lives in Kingston.
Jesse MacMillan
Jesse MacMillan is the Technical Director of the Festival of Live Digital Arts (FOLDA) and the Arts Stage Technician at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston, ON.  He also teaches and coaches students at the National Theatre School of Canada in Live Stream Production.  Through his work in live performances in Kingston, Jesse has designed and operated lighting for hundreds of musical performances and events. In the past, Jesse has designed sound and composed music for shows with Theatre Kingston, County Stage, Domino Theatre and Salon Theatre.  He has also (sometimes) appears on stage with credits including Million Dollar Quartet (Thousand Islands Playhouse), What a Young Wife Ought to Know (Theatre Kingston) and Down Syndrome by the Dozen (Peerless Productions) and appeared alongside his partner, Anna Sudac, in the 2017 feature Live in Kingston.  Jesse loves the challenges each production brings and finds his work with Kathryn, David, and the whole Peerless crew develops his artistic abilities and deepens his friendships with his colleagues. 
Nathan Sikkema
My name is Nathan Daniel Sikkema, I'm 36 and the youngest out of six children. My number in this performance takes place in Provost Alberta, I was at the age of 9 celebrating Christmas. Christmas is my favourite holiday. 
Anna Sudac
Anna is a Kingston based performing artist, musician, playwright and director. She performs with several local bands, and has appeared in and co-created musicals, stage plays, radio plays and staged readings with Thousand Islands Playhouse, Theatre Kingston, PeerLess Productions, Calliope Collective, Single Thread, and The Makers and Shakers Society.  Anna has toured original musicals to schools from coast to coast with SALON Theatre, and in 2021, was composer/musical director of How to Build a Sandcastle at Thousand Islands Playhouse. She has presented original pieces in the Toronto Fringe, Storefront Fringe and Kick & Push festivals, starred in Jay Middaugh's 2017 film LIVE in Kingston, and is a principal narrator of Tourism Kingston’s “Creative Kingston Walking Tours” (in both English and French!)