Welcome to the final episode in Series 2 – but please note that Series 3 is on its way.

This week, our guest host is Jody Howze. I met Jody in the mid-80’s when she was a student in the Theatre Programme at Humber College and I was the Programme Director. After graduating from Humber, Jody performed in several professional productions that I directed.

Our friendship has continued as we’ve followed different paths, and since launching Life in Stages, Jody has provided many insights about the project. At the same time, she has asked many questions that attest to her careful attention to all my guests’ conversations.

Rather than restricting Jody’s comments and questions to our one-on-one chats, I invited her to step into the Host chair for this episode. I can’t think of a more fitting way to conclude Series 2.

Robert Thomson may be among the busiest and most sought-after actors in the country. “May”? Change that to ‘Is”.

His list of accomplishments is as long as it is varied, which is to say that it’s mighty long. Theatre, film, television – he has mastered them all, and his commitment has taken him behind the scenes of projects that are fueled by a passion with no restraint.

In our conversation, you’ll also learn that Robert’s career extends well beyond performing and engages with timely social and political causes. It’s no back handed compliment to add that Robert is among the most Canadian of personalities that I’ve had the very good fortune to have met and to have worked with. Listen to all that he has to say in Episode 26 – this is time very well spent.

Seana is yet one more guest whose professional resume approaches the magnitude of an anthology. It’s entirely accurate to say that she has done just about everything that one can imagine an actor accomplishing. Trained at the National Theatre School, Seana has played every major theatre in the country, has added film and television to her credits, and has achieved star status in a country that too often prides itself as a country with no star system at all. I think that Seana puts a lie to that tiresome boast.