Jeeves in Bloom

Adapted by

Margaret Raether

From the stories by

P.G. Wodehouse

David Cooper Photography James A Glen Design

Brian Leadbetter, Jesse Martyn

SEASON TICKET ON SAL S E NOW March 21 to April 26 2014

Mark DuMez

Artistic Director

VANCOUVER ISLAND’S THEATRE GETAWAY

ISLAND SAVINGS & CHEMAINUS THEATRE proudly present

DISCOVER THEATRE WORKSHOPS These workshops, complementary for schools courtesy of Island Savings’ “Growing Island Families Together” – GIFT program,explore acting skills through improvisational play and written scenes. They will be led by education coordinator for the Chemainus Theatre Festival, Andrea Cross.

If you know of a school that would like to receive a free Island Savings Discover Theatre Workshop, please contact: Education Coordinator, Chemainus Theatre Festival education@chemainustheatre.ca or 250-246-9800 ext 728

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Adapted by

Margaret Raether From the stories by

P.G. Wodehouse Directed by Jeeves Bertie Wooster Augustus Fink-Nottle Madeline Basset Dahlia Travers Thomas Travers/Anatole

Bernard Cuffling Set Designer Warren Bain Costume Designer Jesse Martyn Lighting Designer Ella Simon Sound Designer Linda Goranson Stage Manager Ian Farthing Apprentice Stage Manager

Mark DuMez Brian Ball Michelle Lieffertz Mark Eugster Robin Boxwell Leigh Kerr Kelley Cheetham

SETTING: The gardens of Brinkley Court, just outside Market Snodsbury in

Worcestershire. Late June, 1931.

INTERMISSION: There will be one 20-minute intermission.

Presented with the generous assistance of:

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

The Chemainus Theatre Festival engages, under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The Chemainus Theatre Festival acknowledges the support of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and its members.

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MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDATION CHAIR DAVID PINK

Welcome to Chemainus Theatre Festival Art is an integral part of civilization, taking many forms including dance, music and theatre. Art is the cultural expression of our humanity, the telling of our stories. Art teaches, evokes emotion, shifts perceptions, thoughts and beliefs.

To succeed and grow Art we need an audience – people to purchase music, books and tickets; the success of Art also relies on the generosity of donors. We owe our success to our audience and donors, often one in the same. Donors include corporations, foundations, government, business and private individuals. We are grateful for their generosity.

Today I invite you to become a donor, sponsor a table in our revitalized Playbill Dining Room, join our Golden Neighbour Program or our Membership Program. Information about these and other opportunities are available in the lobby and on our website.

“We are always welcome in the front door, but membership is the key to the stage door.”

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John and Lynne Landygo Members since 1999

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l to r: Mark DuMez, John and Lynne Landygo, Leon Willey, Emma Slipp, Crystal Hanson David Cooper Photography

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES MARK DUMEZ

A novelist acquaintance, who wrote about small towns and their characters, once voiced a concern that small towns may be running out of eccentrics. He feared that distinctive individual traits were being muted by a broader cultural homogeny. While this is a good topic for a CBC or BBC investigation – it made me think about P.G. Wodehouse and the delightful eccentricities and eccentrics of Vancouver Island – my home for over a decade.

Wodehouse’s characters in print are daft, whimsical and wonderfully unique. He draws them with care and lightness of being. It’s no wonder “Ask Jeeves” and other tributes have emerged. His eccentrics follow their bliss in the company of community and create verve and joy. While these same characters are fraught with confusion, petty power struggles and verbose extremes – at centre is the calm, assuring and benevolent valet – Jeeves. Around this black-suited sun the daffy planets of his universe orbit and whirl. Wodehouse affirms in us the delight of extremes, the love of unique details and the honourable silliness that can emerge from our shallow as well as deep ongings – from romance to poetry to newts. I am thankful to be able to work with such dedicated artists and craftspeople to realize his vision and produce it for you in this show. Enjoy the ride on the bumpy back roads of Brinkley Court’s eccentric delights – right here on stage in Chemainus!

MARK DUMEZ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Wodehouse affirms in us the delight of extremes

MARK DUMEZ

Director

Mark is a proud resident of Vancouver Island and has enjoyed directing A Pretty Girl (A Shayna Maidel), Delicious Lies, Harvest, The 39 Steps and Amadeus for Chemainus Theatre Festival. Other favourites include: A Christmas Carol, Strindberg’s Easter, Anne, Mr. Pim Passes By and Pet the Fish. He has collaborated with companies including Theatre X, Pacific Theatre and TheatreOne in development of over a dozen new plays. Favourite acting credits include: Mass Appeal, Enchanted April, Queen Milli of Galt and Streetcar Named Desire.

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WARREN BAIN Bertie Wooster Warren is thrilled to be at Chemainus Theatre! Selected credits: five seasons with St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet, Maid for a Musket, Othello, Twelfth Night, All’s Well That Ends Well, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure; A Christmas Carol (UCP); Red Light Winter (Another Theatre Co.); Far From the Heart (Sheatre); Cyrano De Bergerac (Plosive Prods). Graduate of Ryerson Theatre School. My deepest love to Katie & my family

BRIAN BALL Set Designer Brian Ball is a BC based artist and designer. Born in Newfoundland, he completed his BFA in Visual Arts at Memorial University where he also fell in love with the world of Theatre. After completing his MFA in Theatre design at UVIC, he moved to Vancouver to work in both Theatre and the Film industry. Brian teaches design part time at VIU (Nanaimo) and has upcoming shows with TheatreOne, T.U.T.S. and the Gros Morne Theatre Festival (Newfoundland).

ROBIN BOXWELL Sound Designer Robin is pleased to be joining Chemainus Theatre once again.

Robin’s previous shows include All Shook Up and Fiddler on the Roof. Robin is currently the Technical Director at Vancouver Island University’s Malaspina Theatre. Some upcoming shows will include Sound Designer for T.U.T.S., Legally Blonde and Shrek the Musical, as well as taking on the role of Production Manager with TheatreOne’s production of Doubt. Enjoy the show!

KELLEY CHEETHAM Apprentice Stage Manager Kelley is pleased to return to Chemainus for her fourth production, having previously apprentice stage managed Amadeus, All Shook Up and most recently, It’s a Wonderful Life.

Other previous productions include: Red, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Alberta Theatre Projects), The Ends of the Earth (Vertigo Mystery Theatre), It’s a Wonderful Life (Arts Club) and Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Calgary). She is a graduate of Mount Royal University.

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BERNARD CUFFLING Jeeves Bernard is a regular ‘visitor’ to The Chemainus Theatre, either as an actor or director. Some past productions he has been involved in are: Dracula, The Woman in Black, Amadeus and Hay Fever. Bernard has recently hosted an evening of music with Shakespeare as the theme with Clyde Mitchell and the North Shore Orchestra. Straight after playing Jeeves he returns to Vancouver and will be part of Bard on the Beach’s 25th anniversary celebrations. He will appear in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest.

MARK EUGSTER Lighting Designer Mark is a graduate of the University of Victoria’s BFA theatre program. Always on the move, he is fascinated by the art of production and is continually working on new projects to develop a diverse perspective of the possibilities of live entertainment. He is a technical director, lighting designer, and production manager. Recently he has worked with SFU Woodward’s, the SB Dance Centre, Chemainus Theatre Festival, and Pacific Opera Victoria.

IAN FARTHING Thomas Travers / Anatole Ian is pleased to be returning to Chemainus where he last appeared in A Christmas Carol. His favourite theatre credits include: South Pacific and Cinderella (London); The Sound of Music (Toronto); Cabaret, The Mousetrap & Shear Madness (Arts Club); Lettice and Lovage, The Foreigner and The Glass Menagerie (Pacific Theatre); and Company (Waterfront Theatre). Ian is also Artistic Director of the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott, ON.

LINDA GORANSON Dahlia Travers

Linda is thrilled to be at Chemainus for the first time. Recent theatre credits include: The Cemetery Club, Perfect Wedding, The Little Years, The Mousetrap, Tough Case (nominated for a Dora for best production), Calendar Girls, On Golden Pond, Vigil. Extensive film and TV includes: Remedy, Hemlock Grove, Owning Mahowny, The Rowdyman. She starred in The Painted Door which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short. She trained at LAMDA.

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LEIGH KERR Stage Manager Leigh Kerr is a production manager, stage manager and photographer who has recently moved to Vancouver. She brings with her a wealth of experience in the Canadian theatre scene after working across the country with companies such as the Shaw Festival, Blyth Festival, Banff Centre and Manitoba Theatre for Young People over the past twenty years. Leigh is thrilled to have finally made it to the island and work with Chemainus Theatre.

MICHELLE LIEFFERTZ Costume Designer Delighted to delve into Wodehouse’s world with this marvelous team, Michelle’s previous design credits include: Munsch to Say, Animal Tales, Pirate Tales, Munsch Ado About Nothing, Rumpilstiltskin, Snow White, Macbeth, Little Red Riding Hood & the Three Pigs (Chemainus Theatre Festival); A Farndale Christmas Carol (TWU). She also designs & builds the historical clothing for her Living History projects. Norma, Crystal, Mary, Berda - thank you. Small words for huge investment. SDG.

JESSE MARTYN Augustus Fink-Nottle Jesse’s right chuffed to be back in Chemainus for a fourth time after Singin’ In The Rain, Gifts of the Magi, and Joseph. He recently ambled about as Slim in Hardline Productions’ Vancouver smash, Of Mice and Men. Favourites elsewhere include: The Stepmother (North American Premiere/Shaw Festival) and In Flanders Fields (World Premiere/Smile Theatre). Follow @JesseMartyn or jessemartyn.com. Jesse holds a BFA Drama from the University of Alberta.

ELLA SIMON Madeline Basset Ella works across western Canada in theatre, film & tv, and loves coming back to her ‘third home’ at the Chemainus Theatre Festival! Originally from Calgary, she now lives in Vancouver with her newly minted husband Stefano whom she met on her first show in Chemainus. Favourite roles: Hyacinthe in Delicious Lies (Chemainus Theatre Festival), Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (Arts Club), and Mairead in Lieutenant of Inishmore (Ground Zero). More at: ellasimon.ca

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