COREY PAYETTE
writer, director, composer/lyricist, producer
Corey Payette is a writer, lyricist, composer, producer, and director. He has directed "Stories That Transform Us" (2021), "Guide My Way" (2023), and "Les Filles du Roi" (2023) which has played in film festivals internationally and won multiple awards. His next musical feature film is "Starwalker" to be released in 2025.
Star, an Indigi-Queer Two-Spirit lonesome call boy, has become newly entranced by The House of Borealis, a popular drag house in the city. Blending drag with their grounded cultural spirit, a new, powerful persona emerges on stage: Starwalker.
DILLAN CHIBLOW
Dillan is an Ojibwe storyteller from Garden River First Nation. He was awarded the Musical Stage Company's Syd & Shirley Banks Prize in 2020. Dillan has a Master's degree in Musical Theatre from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Dillan has a passion for telling Indigenous stories from Turtle Island!
Eddie Starwalker
JEFFREY FOLLIS
Levi Borealis
Jeffrey is a Vancouver born multidisciplinary artist who studied music theatre at Sheridan College and went on to tour Canada as a vocalist in the acapella trio, Hoja. As a drag artist, his wig making has propelled his persona, 'Uropa' to reach millions of people over social media. His passion for drag and theatre have found a perfect home playing Levi in Starwalker.
STEWART ADAM MCKENSY
Mother Borealis
Originally from Ontario, Stewart has an extensive career in theatre including Kinky Boots and its touring company in New Zealand, Controlled Damage, Jersey Boys , Caroline, or Change, Brigadoon, The Horse and His Boy, Me and My Girl, Trouble in Tahiti, Ragtime , The Wizard of Oz (U.S National Tour), Hairspray, The Producers, The Buddy Holly Story, and To Kill A Mockingbird.
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