SE P TEMBER 17 –O C TOBER 13, 2024
ALASKA
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to the start of a new season at the Belfry—! For an Artistic Director, there are no more exciting words to write than those. The start of a season is both a culmination and a beginning. We’ve completed all the planning: chosen the plays, invited the directors, cast the actors, engaged the designers. And now here we are: embarking on the reason we do what we do: sharing stories with you, our audience. It isn’t magic until you join the equation. We toil in artifice; you transform it into humanity.
I am thrilled that all of us in this room get to experience Sébastien Harrisson’s lovefilled play, in this, the first production of Leanna Brodie’s masterful translation. I love the delicacy of Harrisson’s writing—so similar to a watercolour. And I marvel at how well he succeeds in putting the human heart onstage.
Although the Belfry has a long history of producing francophone plays, our last one was a shocking 13 years ago—Michel Nadeau’s And Slowly Beauty…, in a translation by Maureen Labonté.
Welcome to another Québécois voice and another way of looking at the world; welcome to another Belfry world premiere; and welcome to the start of a new season—! With respect—
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Welcome!
I am always delighted by the enthusiasm of the Belfry community, and deeply grateful for the faith you put in our work. The support you provide— whether as an audience member, a donor, a volunteer, or any combination thereof—is the fuel that keeps the Belfry running.
This new season is a celebration of 48 years of incredible audiences from every corner of our beautiful city—and beyond: Victoria communities supporting great theatre! The strengths and the successes of the Belfry Theatre are a tribute to you and your generous involvement.
I so appreciate you joining us for this particular play—and this unique journey into the tender world created by Sébastien Harrisson in Leanna Brodie’s excellent translation. We’ve brought together an amazing team of artists, who in turn have brought their creative minds and souls to the realization of this production. I congratulate them all.
And once again, I thank you all!
T HE B E l FR y T HEATRE p RESE n TS
The LEHMA N T R I L O G Y
By Sébastien Harrisson, translated by Leanna Brodie
Cast
BY STEFANO MASSINI
Brenda Robins Miss Kosta Lemermeyer Today
ADAPTED BY BEN POWER
From Alaska is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
This production of From Alaska is supported in part by a generous gift from Diane Scott.
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
from alaska is generously sponsored by our season sponsors
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SEASON SPONSORS
The Belfry Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.
Creative Team
Michael Shamata Director
Christina Poddubiuk Set & Costume Designer
Leigh Ann Vardy
Tobin Stokes
Keith Houghton
Bonni Baynton
Grace Carmichael
Lighting Designer
Composer & Sound Designer
Projection Designer
Stage Manager
Apprentice Stage Manager
Sébastien Harrisson’s D’Alaska was first produced in French in 2007 by Montréal’s Théâtre Bluff, workshopped at CEAD, and directed by Frédéric Dubois.
D’Alaska was published along with Harrisson’s play Floes by Dramaturges Éditeurs of Montréal under the title Suite nordique (nominated for the Governor-General’s Literary Award).
The English translation From Alaska, by Leanna Brodie, was commissioned by Theatre Direct with the financial support of the Theatre International program of the Canada Council for the Arts. As the inaugural project of the Québec Translation Exchange between the Banff Centre for the Arts and CEAD, it was developed at the Banff Playwrights’ Colony with translation dramaturgy by Maureen Labonté. It subsequently had public readings at Theatre Direct (directed by Lynda Hill) and at Canadian Stage’s Festival of New Ideas and Creation (directed by Brendan Healy). The translator would like to thank all the actors in those initial readings.
A greatly revised and expanded version by the author was re-translated for a planned Ruby Slippers Theatre production at the Gateway Theatre, which was to have been directed by Diane Brown in April of 2020.
From Alaska is produced by arrangement with Kensington Literary Representation, 34 St. Andrew Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 1K6, kensingtonlit@rogers.com Leanna Brodie is a member of Playwrights Guild of Canada.
COM pA ny
brenda robins Miss
Brenda is very happy to be back at the Belfry Theatre having last performed here in The Children. Selected theatre credits include 4000 Miles, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Belfry Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Citadel, RMTC, Grand Theatre), Escaped Alone, A Delicate Balance, Noises Off, King Lear, Faith Healer (Soulpepper Theatre), The Lion in Winter (Grand), August: Osage County, The Constant Wife (Citadel), Private Lives (Canadian Stage), Death and the Maiden, Hedda Gabler (Vancouver Playhouse). Brenda is also a playwright and is the recipient of Dora, Sterling, MECCA and Jessie Awards.
Kosta lemermeyer Today
Kostantin Lemermeyer (He/Him) was born and raised in the unceded traditional territories of the Anishinaabe – Algonquin Peoples. The city of Ottawa currently sits on this area. Select theatre credits include The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Death in Everybody (both at Studio 58) and Peaches in The Papa Penguin Play (Carousel Theatre.) Kosta is an emerging artist
CREATI v E TEAM
sébastien Harrisson Playwright
Sébastien Harrisson is a Montreal-based playwright whose work, numbering some 20 plays, has been produced both in Canada and abroad. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, he has gone on to work with some of the greatest names in Quebec theatre, including André Brassard, Normand Chaurette, Jean-Pierre Ronfard, and Suzanne Lebeau. His first plays Floes and Titanica immediately positioned him as one of the most singular Québécois voices of his generation, also earning him international recognition. Performed in France and Belgium and translated into English, German, Spanish, and Flemish, his work continues to travel. Recent projects include Warda, which premiered at the Rideau de Bruxelles theatre in 2018, and Becoming Chelsea, which premiered at Montreal’s Théâtre Prospero in 2020. Harrisson has also been the artistic director of two major companies: Théâtre Bluff (2008 to 2013) and Les Deux Mondes (2013 to 2022). An earlier version of From Alaska, which premiered in 2008, has toured Quebec with more than 80 performances, and was produced in France in 2013, directed by Vincent Goethals. This production marks the premiere of the revised and expanded version.
leanna brodie Translator
Leanna Brodie is an award-winning playwright, translator, educator, and performer whose work has been seen across Canada and the US. In 2015, Brodie collaborated with New Zealand composer Anthony Young on Ulla’s Odyssey, the Flourish Prize-winning opera which toured the UK for two years with OperaUpClose. She recently served as Assistant Professor (Playwriting) at UBC’s School of Creative Writing.
Brodie is also a leading translator of contemporary Québécois and Franco-Canadian playwrights. Recent premieres have included Wildfire (Factory Theatre, Toronto: 2022 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play, Director, and Production); Joe Jack et John’s Violette (Espace Libre/PuSh Festival); Mohsen El Gharbi’s Omi Mouna (Impact Festival/Infinithéâtre); Anaïs Pellin’s Clementine (Kleine Compagnie/Carousel Theatre/PHT, Vancouver); Fanny Britt’s Benevolence (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Pacific Theatre); and Rébecca Déraspe’s I Am William (Stratford Festival, Théâtre le Clou).
Current: Brodie’s Salesman in China (with director and co-writer Jovanni Sy) premieres at the Stratford Festival in 2024.
CREATI v E TEAM
Michael shamata Director
Michael has been a grateful guest on Lekwungen territory for almost 16 years.
Celebrating 50 years in professional theatre, Michael is the Artistic Director of the Belfry, where he has commissioned and directed Home is a Beautiful Word and Forget About Tomorrow. He collaborated with and directed the adaptation of Griffin & Sabine with Nick Bantock and BEING HERE: The Refugee Project with Joel Bernbaum. Other directing credits at the Belfry include The Lehman Trilogy, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, the Canadian premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking, the Englishlanguage premiere of And Slowly Beauty, and his own adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
An award-winning director, he has created productions at most of the major theatres across the country, including the Stratford Festival, Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, the National Arts Centre, the Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, and the dearly missed Vancouver Playhouse.
Christina poddubiuk Set & Costume Designer
Previously at the Belfry: The Children, A Doll’s House Part 2, Venus in Fur and A Tender Thing. Recent credits include Twelfth Night for the Stratford Festival, and On the Razzle and The Importance of Being Earnest at the Shaw Festival. Opera includes La Traviata for a five-city Canadian tour, and for Pacific Opera Victoria, Don Giovanni, Lucia de Lammermoor, Tosca, and Capriccio.
leigh ann Vardy Lighting Designer
Leigh Ann is a lighting designer from Newfoundland, currently living in Nova Scotia. She has designed lights for theatre and dance across Canada. Recent credits include The Lehman Trilogy (Belfry), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Neptune/ Mirvish), Guilt, A Love Story (Tarragon/Centaur/MTC), Fall on Your Knees (Can. Stage/NAC/Neptune/Grand), Richard II, Hamlet 911 (Stratford), Between Breaths (Artistic Fraud), Come From Away (Nfld A&CCs, Michael Rubinoff). Her work has been seen in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.
Tobin stokes Composer & Sound Designer
Since the late 80s Tobin has been fortunate to return to the Belfry as a performer, arranger, musical director, composer and/or sound designer for various productions. He’s even had a couple of short plays premiere at the annual Spark Festival. Musical projects here have featured the music of Leonard Cohen, Patsy Cline, Harry Chapin, Joni Mitchell, and his own opera The Vinedressers. Besides creating for theatre, Tobin composes for opera, orchestra and choir, and scores nature documentaries.
Keith Houghton Projection Designer
In his capacity as Head Technician, Keith often works alongside scenic and projection designers supporting the realization of their vision. He is grateful for the opportunity to take on the role of Projection Designer for this magical piece. Other video projects include: 150 Years In Golden Mountain Celebration Pageant (Victoria Chinese Commerce Association) Madama Butterfly, Regina, Semele, The Flying Dutchman, Fidelio, Flight (Pacific Opera), and SECRET/E (Theatre In The Way).
bonni baynton Stage Manager
Having grown up in Victoria, Bonni has finally returned home after many years in Calgary, most recently having worked as Director of Production for 12 years with Calgary Opera. A University of Calgary graduate, she brings extensive experience in Stage Management and Production Stage Management having worked with numerous theatres across the country. Bonni spent many summers as a faculty member of the Banff Centre Opera as Theatre programme, where she mentored participants in the art of stage management. Since being back home on beautiful Vancouver Island, Bonni has stage managed for Pacific Opera Victoria and Chemainus Theatre Festival and is thrilled to be working, for the first time, with the Belfry Theatre.
grace
Carmichael Assistant Stage Manager
Grace’s passion for theatre began early in life, but she truly discovered her calling as a stage manager during high school. She recently graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in Theatre, concentrating in Production and Management. Her stage management credits include Spring Awakening (Phoenix Theatre). She apprenticed on Yaga (Belfry Theatre) and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People). Beyond stage management, Grace is enthusiastic about various aspects of theatre, including
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Live talk shows hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, have been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production. Each event is held the Saturday prior to Opening, is free to attend and is also live streamed on Facebook, and available as a podcast on our website.
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following TH e perfor M an C e Talkback Thursday Thursday, october 3 following the performance. On the third Thursday performance during the run of each show, most (usually all) of the actors return to the stage to answer your questions and provide insight into the play you have just experienced. These Q & A sessions last approximately 20 minutes.
a CC essible perfor M an C es Vocaleye – from alaska sunday, october 6 at 2 pm (in-person event with Touch Tour & Social after)
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The Belfry acknowledges the generous recent and past gifts from the estates of:
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