MANAGING DIRECTOR’S NOTES RANDAL HUBER Ola. It’s a Christmas blast from the past as we welcome the Cornwalls back to center stage. This completely homegrown production reunites that crazy, boisterous, stuck in the 80’s family for an all-inclusive twist on their Christmas traditions. This show caps off our stellar 25th Anniversary Season and we thank you for your support by attending today’s performance.
Season tickets make a perfect Christmas gift and guarantee a full year of great theatrical escapes.
Strike up the mariachi band! We’ve launched our annual patron giving campaign. The Chemainus Theatre is a not for profit charity and we rely on the generous support of donors and sponsors to help cover the cost of programming. Our 2018 Member Program is an opportunity to connect deeper with the world of Chemainus Theatre. Please see the facing page for more details and, to make it oh so easy, we’ve even enclosed a donor envelope with your program. Season tickets are now on sale for our 2018 season, and promises a diverse mix of comedies, dramas and musicals. These make a perfect Christmas gift and guarantee a full year of great theatrical escapes. They also ensure that you get the best seats at the best possible price and won’t miss out on the next blockbuster. During the winter-mission, please pop by our Cornwall’s All-Inclusive Solid Gold Silent Auction in the upper lobby featuring a selection of excursions, adventures and artwork all begging for a spot in your Christmas stocking. The auction is also available online at www.chemainustheatre.ca and closes on December 19th, 2017. Now it’s time to power down those cell phones and if you’re at your best (and make a donation) we’ll upgrade you to that coveted all-inclusive solid gold bracelet. Pina Colada, anyone?
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ARTIST DIRECTOR’S NOTES MARK DUMEZ Epiphanies can be hard to come by. In my experience, they take a special moment in time, a certain unique set of circumstances and, usually, some form of humbling process to inspire a new perspective. The process of revealing these moments of sudden insight can often be fraught with other less desirable events including a kind of stripping away so a new layer of understanding can emerge.
“… in the cracks of each Cornwall there is hope and there is love.”
A perfect time and place for this to occur, where we are out of our element and available to newness, is on holiday. Going on vacation, or leaving something previously occupied, while often relaxing and enjoyable, also has the opportunity to undo. Holidays can melt away the work-a-day world while we soak in the sun of another location and, if circumstances allow, reveal new insight. Now, I’m not saying that the Cornwall experience, with all its eccentricities, 80’s stylings and big hair will be life changing. We’ve had a lot of fun. These are flawed folks with, at times, very self-serving agendas. We’ve taken a lot of liberties - most based on real-life experiences and then…. well….changed for effect. But in the cracks of each Cornwall and in the kindnesses of their hosts – there is hope and there is love. And in those same cracks and kindnesses, at this special time of year, is the possibility of a change for the good, of seeing one another with fresh eyes in new light and of revealing hidden depths and insights that may have been just waiting to peel away. Like a good sunburn…Enjoy the show.
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES BARBARA TOMASIC Welcome! You may have last seen the Cornwalls at their cabin in Countryside Christmas in 2011, and now they are back in all their musical glory! Christmas can be a complicated time of year. It’s a holiday based on tradition and ritual, and these are the things that can make us feel safe and secure. So, what happens when the Christmas traditions that you have been planning and participating in for years suddenly change? Well, you are about to find out on this adventure with the Cornwall Family as they take their holiday season to a whole new level. My wish for you is that our show offers you a good laugh and a reminder of what I think are the good parts of the Holiday season; joy, music, peace and love. And may you embrace change as exuberantly as the Cornwalls! Thank you for coming! Barbara is a director and actor who has worked in theatres across Canada and is thrilled to be returning to Chemainus after directing Footloose in 2016. A graduate of UBC with a MFA in Directing and JIPA with a diploma in theatre performance Barbara has played Maria in the Sound of Music, Anna in The King and I and Cathy in the Canadian Premiere of The Last Five Years at the Firehall Arts Centre. Her most recent directing credits include directing 42nd Street (Studio 58), Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Crybaby, The Music Man, Wizard of Oz, Crazy for You (Gateway Theatre), and Hannah Moscovitch’s Little One (UBC).
DAVID ADAMS
Harry
David has performed, sung, directed and taught in theatre, opera and film/tv, on stages and screens across North America. He performed in Broadway tours of ShowBoat, Sunset Boulevard and Phantom of the Opera, spent 3 seasons at The Shaw Festival and appeared this past summer in The Winters Tale and Much Ado About Nothing for Bard on the Beach.
MARISHA DEVOIN
Bass
A versatile bassist & vocalist, Marisha performs with numerous groups in recording sessions throughout Vancouver Island, BC, Alberta, as well as cruise ship orchestras and lounge bands. However, there’s no place like home and she is excited to be back and rocking Chemainus Theatre! Previous Chemainus Theatre Festival musicals include A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, Countryside Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Twist & Shout: The British Invasion. www.marisha.ca
ALEN DOMINGUEZ
Fernando
Chemainus Theatre Festival Debut. Favourite acting credits: The Audience (Arts Club), Rent (URP), West Side Story (Theatre Under the Stars), The Dining Room (Western Gold), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Ghostlight Projects), The Idiot (Neworld/Push Festival). Film & Television: Supernatural, Untold Stories of the ER, My Boss is a Robot. Alen is an Artistic Associate with Royal City Musical Theatre and a UBC BFA graduate. Upcoming: Cabaret (RCMT).
MACK GORDON
Tommy
This is Mack’s fourth show with Chemainus Theatre Festival (Harvey, Easter, Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe). He’s also worked extensively in Vancouver with various companies including Bard on the Beach (apprentice director The Tempest), Arts Club (The Foreigner), Pacific Theatre (Wittenberg, Smoke on the Mountain, LWW), and Carousel (Big League, Cat in the Hat). Recently he toured the Fringe circuit with Six Fine Lines and selfpublished his own short story anthology under the same name. www.mackgordontheatre.com @mackgord
EMILY HENNEY
Sissy
Emily is thrilled to join the Cornwall family on this crazy holiday adventure! Theatre: Footloose the Musical (Chemainus), Reefer Madness (Awkward Stage), Legally Blonde (TUTS), Julius Caesar, The 13th Chair, Attempts on Her Life (Studio 58). Choreography: Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid (Chilliwack School of Performing Arts). Emily is a professional dance and theatre instructor and is grateful for the opportunity to practice what she preaches.
NICOLE LAMB
Stage Manager
Nicole is excited to celebrate the holiday season by taking a brief romp into a former role at Chemainus. Past stage management credits include: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Countryside Christmas, Ah, Wilderness! (CTF); Cranked, Out in the Open, 500 Words (Green Thumb Theatre); Shout Sister, Having Hope At Home (Globe Theatre). Nicole holds a BFA from the University of Victoria with a double major in Theatre & Writing.
MICHELLE LIEFFERTZ
Costume Designer
Michelle is delighted to be back, romping into Christmas with this troupe! Previous designs at Chemainus Theatre Festival include: Harvey, Jeeves in Bloom, Rumplestiltskin, & many other Kidzplay adventures. When not acting, designing, or teaching, Michelle is to be found in Barkerville as an Historical Interpreter. She is grateful to her family for their patience and support, and hopes that, throughout the busy-ness of the season, you are also able to find Home. SDG.
KOH MCRADU
Apprentice Stage Manager
Koh is thrilled to be back at CTF and on Vancouver Island, where she was born and raised. Her experience in the arts ranges from working both onstage and off in a variety of creative and production roles. Most recently she has worked with The Arts Club, Theatre Under the Stars, Gateway Theatre, Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, Awkward Stage Productions, Victoria Operatic Society, and Stages Dance Company. Enjoy the show!
CONOR MOORE
Lighting Designer
Conor is a Vancouver-based lighting, set, and projection designer with an MFA from UBC Theatre. Previous credits include: Countryside Christmas, Gifts of the Magi, Delicious Lies, Munsch to Say, A Pretty Girl, The Mousetrap (Chemainus Theatre), Hamlet, Falstaff, Henry VI, The Merchant of Venice, and Richard III (Bard on the Beach), Peter and the Starcatcher, Bakersfield Mist, Armstrong’s War, and The Patron Saint of Stanley Park (ACT).
ANDREW NICHOLLS
Live Mixer
Andrew Nicholls has been a musician and sound engineer for over a decade, creating music for video games and independent films. Starting at Chemainus mixing The Million Dollar Quartet in 2016, Ring of Fire, Two Pianos Four Hands, Rock Legends and now Cornwall’s. As a stagehand, he has worked for the Nanaimo Port Theatre and Victoria’s Rifflandia Music Festival. He is the owner and operator of Permanent Records audio studio.
ALEXANDER NICOLL
Kyle
Originally from Courtenay, this is Alex’s first contract with Chemainus Theatre, and he is excited to be reprising his role as ‘Kyle’ from the West Vancouver production of Cottage Community Christmas a few years back. Other theatre credits include Mary Poppins (WCT / Persephone); The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); Les Miserables, Spamalot (Arts Club); Titanic, Anything Goes, Singin’ in the Rain (TUTS).
ANDREA PIZARRO
Dalila
Andrea is thrilled to be playing Dalila at Chemainus Theatre Festival! Past credits include Mrs. Corry/Katie Nanna in Mary Poppins (TUTS), Miss Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Exit 22), Heathers (FCP), Harmonica Player in The Who’s Tommy (Arbutus Productions). She was recently in her first feature film, Dragged Across Concrete (2018). She would like to thank her family and friends and the creative team for this opportunity!
CAROLYN RAPANOS
Set Designer
Carolyn Rapanos is thrilled to be returning to Chemainus, having previously designed for A Christmas Story! Recent designs include The Christians, The Spitfire Grill (Rosebud Theatre), Outside Mullingar (Pacific Theatre), Circle Game (Firehall Arts Centre), and šxʷʔam̓ət (Theatre for Living). She has received multiple Jessie and Ovation award nominations and a design ensemble Jessie award. You can see her work at www.carolynrapanos.ca.
NICO RHODES Music Director/Arranger/Orchestrator/Keys Classically trained, jazz schooled, and marinated in music, there is no situation in which Nico is not at home. As an arranger, composer, orchestrator, pianist, saxophonist, studio musician and music director, Nico has performed across Canada. Thrilled to be returning for his 14th Chemainus Theatre Festival show (Rock Legends, Twist and Shout, Footloose) Nico recently orchestrated 2 musicals for the V.I. Symphony, toured with chanteuse Joelle Rabu, and released a CD with folk legend Rick Scott entitled “Roots and Grooves”.
BRAD SHIPLEY
Guitar
Brad has happily made Gabriola Island his home for the past 13 years and has been a part of various musical theater productions for the past 10 years. He is excited to be back at Chemainus after performing in Rock Legends this past summer. He holds a degree in music from VIU and is currently the music director for the Gabriola Chamber Ensemble.
MARLEE WALCHUK
Judy
Singer/songwriter, musician, actor, recording artist & painter. Marlee trained at the QE Playhouse Theatre Program & the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles. After years of commercials, TV shows, bands, a hit song, touring & 3 original CD’s, she came back to theatre. Her credits include: Angry Housewives - Arts Club Theatre, John Gray’s 18 Wheels, Little Shop of Horrors, Four Strong Winds and recently, Comfort Cottages and Twelfth Night.
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