TOURING SUMMER 2025
In 1921 Myra Grimsley signed a contract to serve as the sole health care provider for the sparsely settled coast of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula. Based on a true story, Tempting Providence is a play about duty and sadness, love and change; about a young British nurse who only signed on for two years, and ended up staying for the rest of her life.
One of the most beloved pieces of Newfoundland and Labrador theatre, Tempting Providence has wowed audiences around the world with its poetic script, moving performances, and imaginative minimalist staging. Written by Robert Chafe and directed by Jillian Keiley this show features: Una Hill-McMullin, Colin Furlong, Marquita Walsh & Andrew Tremblett.
Tempting Providence will be coming to a theatre near you in summer 2025! Find information on all tour dates below. Details will be updated as they become available:
Fogo Island, June 12th
Presented by Fogo Island Inn
Change Islands, June 13th, 7:00PM
Presented by the Town of Change Islands
Change Islands Heritage Centre, Main Road North, Change Islands
Admission by donation
Bonavista, June 14th, 8:00PM
Presented by the the Garrick Theatre
Garrick Theatre, 16-20 Church Street, Bonavista
Conception Harbour, multiple performances in 2025 season
Presented by Perchance Theatre
Perchance Theatre, 75 Corporal Jamie Murphy Memorial Drive, Conception Harbour
SUMMER 2025 TOUR: CAST & CREW
Jill Keiley* – Director
Jillian Keiley has directed and taught across Canada and Internationally. She was the Associate Artistic Director at the Resource Centre for the Arts in St.John’s, Newfoundland, and founding Artistic Director of Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. She assumed her role as the Artistic Director of English Theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 2012. Highlights from Artistic Fraud include In Your Dreams Freud, Under Wraps, Afterimage, The Cheat, The Chekhov Variations, Salvage: The Story of a House, Oil and Water, Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, and I Forgive You, most of which toured Canada. NAC highlights include Andy Jones’ Tartuffe, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night as Imagined by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Metamorphoses, and Copenhagen. She also directed Anne Carson’s Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It, The Neverending Story, and Alice Through the Looking Glass as well as Richard II for The Stratford Festival. Her Production of Alice Through the Looking Glass travelled across the country engaging local casts in Ottawa, Edmonton, Charlottetown, Stratford and Winnipeg. Tempting Providence, her collaboration with Robert Chafe for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador toured nationally and internationally for 12 years. Most recently she directed Pals with Richard Greenblatt and Diane Flacks for Winnipeg Jewish Theatre. Jillian finished her tenure at the NAC in August of 2022. Her productions of TellTale Harbour for the Charlottetown Festival and her production of Come From Away in Gander were among the top selling productions in Canada in 2022 and 2023. Jillian has directed Opera, Musicals, Children’s Theatre, Music Theatre, Puppet Theatre, New Work and recognized Classics, as well as concert choreographies, an Olympic medal presentation ceremony, and large-scale experiential installations. She has directed productions in Italy, Australia and Ireland. She teaches and mentors regularly, including recurring contracts with the National Theatre School in Montreal. She holds Honorary Doctorates from Memorial University in Newfoundland and Toronto’s York University. She is the Winner of the Canada Council John Hirsch Prize and the 2004 Siminovitch Prize for Directing.
*The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy
Robert Chafe – Artistic Director/Playwright
Robert Chafe is a writer, educator, actor and arts administrator based in St. John’s, Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). He has worked in theatre, dance, opera, radio, fiction and film. His stage plays have been seen in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and in the United States, and include Oil and Water, Tempting Providence, Afterimage, Under Wraps, Between Breaths, Everybody Just Calm the Fuck Down, I Forgive You (with Scott Jones), and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (adapted from the novel by Wayne Johnston.) He has been shortlisted three times for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama and he won the award for Afterimage in 2010. He has been a guest instructor at Memorial University, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, and The National Theatre School of Canada. In 2018 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Memorial University. He is the playwright and Artistic Director of Artistic Fraud.
Sharon King-Campbell – Assistant Director
Sharon King-Campbell (she/her) is a director, playwright and performer based in St. John’s. In addition to her work on Tempting Providence, she has been assistant director for Artistic Fraud’s Between Breaths, I Forgive You, Fear of Flight, co-director of City of Stories, and director of transVersing. She has directed for companies across Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) including Best Kind Productions, New Curtain Theatre, Grand Bank Regional Theatre, and Stephenville Theatre Festival. She was the recipient of the 2017 Rhonda Payne Theatre Award. Sharon holds a BFA Theatre (Acting) and a MA English (Creative Thesis) from Memorial University, where she is now pursuing her PhD. She is the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival.
Leo Mackey – Rehearsal Stage Manager & Stage Manager in Perchance
Since graduating from Memorial University in 1993, Leo has taught junior and senior high school in Newfoundland until his retirement in 2024. This is his first season working with Artistic Fraud. He has thoroughly enjoyed his experience as the stage manager for Tempting Providence.
Una Hill-McMullin – Myra
Una (she/her) was born and raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, but now calls St. John’s home. She came to Newfoundland in 2012 to earn her BFA in Theatre from the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University and upon graduating in 2016, decided to make NL her permanent home. Select credits include: Boeing Boeing and The 39 Steps (Beyond The Overpass), Fly Me To The Moon and Our Frances (UK Tour) (Gros Morne Theatre Festival); Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play (Hard Ticket Theatre), Hay Fever, The Tempest, and High Steel (Perchance Theatre); Seal Slippers: A Christmas Panto and Supper Club (Provincial Tour) (RCA Theatre); and Tempting Providence (Artistic Fraud). Her TV credits include: Son of a Critch, Hudson & Rex, and The Missus Downstairs.
Marquita Walsh – Woman
Marquita Walsh is a multidisciplinary artist from Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland. Her outport upbringing has always been her biggest inspiration for storytelling. In 2013, Marquita graduated from Memorial University’s Grenfell Theatre Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting). For the past ten years she has worked extensively across the island and country as an actor and singer. Walsh is also a songwriter. Her debut band album, Into the Night by Streel, was nominated for Music NL’s Pop album of the year in 2018. Her debut solo album Nightshades is set to be released later this year. Marquita is described as a captivating performer who approaches her work energetically and with authenticity. Her unwavering dedication to her craft has made her a prominent voice in the Newfoundland theatre community.
Select theatre credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tempting Providence—Perchance Theatre; Tempting Providence, Neddy Norris Night, Newfoundland Vinyl– Gros Morne Theatre Festival; Revue 2018 – Rising Tide Theatre; Brazil Square, Rig – RCAT; and Anne of Green Gables (The Musical), Tell Tale Harbour (The Musical)– Confederation Centre of the Arts.
Select film credits include: Rosie Cortez-Hudson and Rex/CityTV, Detective Lucy Harker- Surrealestate/SyFi, Reynolds- Little Dog/CBC
Colin Furlong – Angus
Colin Furlong is an actor from Mount Pearl, NL and he’s thrilled to be bringing Tempting Providence on tour this Summer. Colin has been part of Tempting Providence since 2014 and his other Artistic Fraud credits include AfterImage, and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. No stranger to stages across Newfoundland, Colin has spent his career working and touring with companies like Perchance Theatre (where Tempting will spend the summer), Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, Rising Tide, Resource Centre for the Arts, and more. Some favourite credits include There’s Nothing You Can Do (RCAT); Outside Mullingar, The Only Living Father, Our Frances-UK Tour (Theatre Newfoundland Labrador); and High Steel (Perchance). Colin can often be seen delivering the evening news on CBC television’s Son of a Critch; his other film and television credits include SurrealEstate, Astrid and Lilly Save the World (SYFY), Hudson and Rex (City Tv), and feature film Sweet Angel Baby. Enjoy the show!
Andrew Tremblett – Man
Andrew Tremblett is an actor, writer, and producer for stage and screen based in Toronto, ON and St. John’s, NL. Tremblett received a BFA in Theatre performance at MUN’s Grenfell Campus. Following his degree, he went on to study with The Second City Training Centre in Chicago and Toronto. Some of Tremblett’s notable theatrical credits include: Tuzenbach – Three Sisters (2013), Bernard – Boeing Boeing (2014), Frankie – A Lie Of The Mind (2014), Romeo – Romeo and Juliet (2015), Feste – Twelfth Night (2016), Tranio – The Taming of the Shrew (2017), Puck – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018), Konstantin – The Seagull (2018), Pantalone – The Servant of Two Masters (2019), and Aaron Lenord – West Moon (2021). He can also be seen on television in shows such as JackTV (Bell Fibe TV1), Astrid & Lily Save The World (Syfy), and Hudson & Rex (CityTV). Tremblett is also known for his professional work in sketch comedy, with Halfhandsome as well as serving as the Festival Director for Newfoundland & Labrador Sketch Fest.