| Judith Bérard | Jeanne la Pucelle |
| René Simard | King Charles VII |
| Marc Poulin | Bishop |
| Pierre Bénard | Duke d'Alençon |
| Richard Groulx | Bedford |
| Patrick Olafson-Hénault | Pierre (Jeanne's brother) |
| Peter Zinko | La Hire |
| Paul Allard | Ensemble |
| George Evans | Ensemble, Glasdale/Bedford understudy |
| Carmen Ferlan | Ensemble/Yolande |
| Lorraine Fontaine | Ensemble |
| Lisa Forget | Lady of Luxembourgh/Ensemble |
| Simon Fournier | Ensemble |
| Marie-Josée Gagnon | Ensemble/Jeanne understudy |
| Richard Jutras | Ensemble |
| Renée Lapointe | Ensemble |
| Frayne McCarthy | Ensemble |
| Rick Miller | Ensemble, Talbot/Glasdale understudy |
| Michel Perron | Ensemble/La Hire understudy |
| Roxanne Potvin | Ensemble/Jeanne understudy |
| Norman Racicot | Ensemble/King understudy |
| Sylvain Scott | Ensemble/Duke understudy |
| Nathalie Simard | Ensemble |
| Barbara Stead | Ensemble |
| Judith Bérard was born in 1970 in Montreal and was raised in a quiet town in the Eastern Townships. She started her career at the age of nine in a special TV program at the CBC where she was spotted by a casting agent. After a long stay in England where she studied opera and piano, she returned to Canada and landed the part of Mélodie for the TV series "Lance et Compte". She was also seen as Christine Cartier, in the popular TV serie "Scoop". In 1993, she starred as Cristal in the critically-acclaimed French production of "Starmania" which she performed for nearly 3 years. She also toured with the show for 6 months, in Belgium, Switzerland and France. Other projects include recordings for the album "The Anthology of French Music" presently selling millions in France and recordings for the French version of "The Color of the Wind", the title song of Walt Disney's production of "Pocahontas". |
| René Simard was born in Chicoutimi in 1961. His astonishing career as a singer started at the age of nine when he received first prize in a local TV contest. He was soon noticed by his manager-to-be Guy Cloutier when he sang at his wedding that same year. Also, at the age of nine, he recorded his first song, L'Oiseau, which became an instant hit, selling 175,000 copies. "Le P'tit Simard", as he was affectionately called by the public, sold more albums in Quebec than the Beatles and Elvis Presley. From then on his career flourished at the international level. By the age of 13, he had performed with such headliners as Merv Griffin, Bing Crosby, Mike Douglas, Frank Sinatra and Mohamed Ali. He was invited to appear on all the popular talk shows in the U.S. and Europe, performed with Rich Little for the Bob Hope Special at the age of 13; co-hosted for the Mike Douglas Show seen by 35 million TV viewers; represented Canada at International Song Festival in Tokyo where the sales of the song "Mirodi Iro Yane" reached 1 million copies. He was the most sought after artist of his generation with 5 albums to his credit and the youngest artist ever to perform at Place des Arts and at the Montreal Forum. René Simard's career has never stopped blooming and at the age of 35 he has an astonishing 47 albums to his credit, numerous TV engagements, as the host of his own shows (Le René Simard Show, R.S.V.P.) and for various TV specials. He has worked closely with the top artists of Québec (including his sister Nathalie) and of the world, and has become spokesperson for many important issues. He is now finally realizing a dream come true with his starring role in "Jeanne la Pucelle". |
| With many stage credits to his name, Marc's classical music and dramatic arts training have been particularly useful to his career. Among his many theatrical credits are "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" at Théatre du Nouveau Monde and "Une Nuit à Venise" at Théatre Maisonneuve. In addition, he has worked extensively in television and performed in many concerts. Recent TV appearances include "Jasmine" and "Lobby", both directed by Jean-Claude Lord, and lead film roles in "Hart to Hart" and "Laser Hawk". Last summer he was seen in the Québec premiere of "Nunsense III". |
| A 1993 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Patrick has worked mainly with young companies doing new works, such as "Parfum de Souffre", "La Couronne des Douze Étoiles", "Il n'y a nulle part en Amerique". He has also participated in clown, buffoon and commedia dell'arte workshops. On television he played Fernand Lévesque in "René Lévesque" and he appeared in "Les Steinberg" as Sam Steinberg during fall 96. He made his musical debut in English with "Jeanne" at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in 1995. |
| Peter was born in Montreal and began his professional career at the age of 16. It was also at that time that he began his formal musical training with Carmen Mehta as well as his dance training. He luckily had the opportunity to study in Paris at the Sorbonne University in addition to other studies he took during his many extended visits to various European cities. Upon his return to Montreal, he was approached with the opportunity to take part in a regional production of "Oliver" in which he played Bill Sykes. After doing several other regional productions, he was offered the role of Javert in the musical hit "Les Misérables", starting with the Montreal French/English production in 1990, then a tour of several Canadian cities. He then toured with 2 other companies, one of which went to Hawaii and the other most recently a U.S. production which took him to places like Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Texas, and California. He greatly acknowledges his appreciation to Betty Buckley with whom he studied and for all the great acting knowledge she shared with him. |
| Born in Montreal, Pierre Bénard made his musical debut as a singer in 1984. In 1991, he starred as Marius in the French production of "Les Misérables" in Montreal and then Toronto where he performed for over a year. He attended the Royal Conservatory of Music to study singing and upon his return to Montreal sang the title song for the TV series "A Heartbeat Away", written and produced by Philip Russel George. Pierre is now recording his first album which is expected in early 1997. He also starred as the "Duke d'Alençon" in the first production of "Jeanne" at the Saidye Bronfman Center in 1995. |
| Richard Groulx started his career as a singer for various Jazz, Blues and Rock groups. In 1970, he started performing in musicals by playing the leading role in the musical "Hair". After studying more about musical theatre, he pursued his career starring as Mr. Peachum in the Threepenny Opera. In 1986 he played Zéro Janvier in the critically-acclaimed Montreal production of "Starmania" and again, from 1988 to 1990, for the French production of "Starmania" in Paris, Moscow and Leningrad. In 1984 he performed at the Olympic stadium for the Pope's visit in Montreal, to an audience of 65,000. Recognized for his great talent as an interpreter, he has worked alongside many well known artists in the Francophone musical industry. To name a few: Roch Voisine, Ginette Reno, Maurane, Claude Dubois, Robert Charlebois... In 1990, in collaboration with his brother Norman, he released the duet album "GROULX" which included the hit song "Sun City". Between 1980 and 1990, he sung in more than 3000 commercials for TV and radio. |
