Having Hope at Home presented by Chemainus Theatre Festival

HAVING HOPE AT HOME By

David S. Craig

Directed by

Nicola Cavendish

November 6 December 28 2008

Jeremy Tow

Artistic Director

Kelli McLeod & Morgan McLeod Design: James A Glen ‘08 David Cooper Photography

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Here are some facts and figures relating to the cost of producing Having Hope at Home at the Chemainus Theatre: Total production costs: $134,000 Hours spent in rehearsal: 168

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Costs for performers and direction: $62,000

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David S. Craig has given us the best kind of gift full of Rich Resonance.

If we can all have hope at home, there will be hope for the World.

NICOLA CAVENDISH Director

DIRECTOR’S NOTES I’ll be brief.

A very well crafted play. A team of fine actors, two of them young at heart and at the beginning of their career AND the others, well seasoned, a lifetime spent in the theatre.

Comedy with depth.

The best kind of laughter and there’s a bonus. We have the Real Lorna Bingham’s granddaughter on our stage.

And Babies.

What miracles they are.

The perfume of their skin.

Their dear little fingers.

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Nicola Cavendish was raised in the Okanagan Valley in the village of KALEDEN where she learned how to count clouds under an apricot tree and slide down grassy orchard slopes in the summertime on huge pieces of cardboard.

In 1975 she graduated from UBC’s Theatre Dept and six months later she began a professional career with the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company. Since then she has performed across Canada, from Montreal to Calgary and everything in between.

Nicola was also at the Shaw Festival for four seasons and in Blithe Spirit on Broadway and in Washington DC. She is best known for Shirley Valentine which she will perform at Arena Stage in Montreal and in Toronto this winter.

She has directed The Mousetrap for the Arts Club Theatre, Garage Sale for the Belfry Theatre and Candida for Chemainus Theatre.

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HAVING HOPE AT HOME By

David S. Craig

Directed by

NICOLA CAVENDISH

DAVID ROBERTS Costume Design by KATE RITTENHOUSE Lighting Design by ITAI ERDAL Assistant to the Lighting Designer GUILLAUME HOUET Sound Design by MARGUERITE WITVOET Stage Managed by DAVID BAUGHAN Scenery Design by

Setting Russell Bingham’s old farmhouse kitchen on Vancouver Island, British Columbia in early December There will be one fifteen-minute intermission Presented with the generous assistance of

Having Hope at Home was originally produced by the Blyth Festival, Blyth, Ontario – Eric Coates, Artistic Director.

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

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a professional actor (i.e. a professional show off). To my relief, she was concerned but endlessly supportive.

The family you will see tonight isn’t mine but it is one I recognize very deeply and I hope you will too. In the writing I have loved them, coped with them and practically raised two children waiting for them to find a place on the stage. I wish my Mother could see them.

She would have led the laughter. She’d have been that proud.

DAVID S. CRAIG Playwright

loosen it, never leaving his chair, close to his tea and his Canada Tire catalogue (where everything was too expensive). He cut his own wood, much the way I’ve described in the play, and took pills for his heart exactly as I’ve described it. He also thought “the frogs should swim back across the Ottawa River where they belong” but that was because he was angry his unilingual kids couldn’t get a job in Ottawa and the bilingual Hull kids could.

Dave?” he asked suspiciously.

He understood I’d “never been brought up for farm work” (his exact words) and probably didn’t believe I knew one end of a rifle from the other (which was a pretty fair assessment).

I explained that I needed to practice shooting, so I could kill the groundhog on the first shot, so it wouldn’t crawl down into its hole and so I wouldn’t have to dig it up and put it out of its misery.

“Oh no, Dave. That’s what you want. You want that Some of us get married, groundhog to die in its hole.

There are many Mr. Munro some of us have children, Guarantees you won’t have stories.

One was about a but we all, through no fault another groundhog down groundhog.

This groundhog of our own, have families. there for a loooooong time.” had been eating all the plants We have them and we either The character of Russell in our vegetable garden and love them or cope with them I went home without the rifle, Bingham, Having Hope at my sister, the gardener, was or apply for a green card. my wife named the groundHome is based on Mr. really angry. I’d been reading Personally, I think flight is hog Hilda and my sister Russell Munro of the 9th line in Harrowsmith the proper fruitless. My mother, although plants vegetables the in Beckwith County, in the way to kill a groundhog. passed on, is with me 24/7. groundhogs don’t like.

Ottawa Valley near Carleton You had to shoot it in the She sits on my left shoulder.

Place. When I met him, he Thank you for coming to see head so it died instantly.

If allowed, she comments on was retired after a life of Otherwise it would crawl Having Hope at Home. everything I do. Right now, farming, building and down into its hole and you’d as I write these words, she’s working in a feed shop. As have to dig down to find the telling me not to be “smart”. a favour, he looked after my animal and put it out of his Being “smart” is akin to grandfather’s summer home misery. Anyone who’s tried “showing off” which is right and when that property to sink a spade into the soil next to being “boastful” passed to my sister and I around the 9th line knows which is “rude”. She didn’t (when I was about twenty), how tough it is to plant a actually say there was a Mr. Munro came with it. tree let alone dig up a place in hell for ‘rude people” To me, a city kid, he was groundhog so I took this (we were United Church always a guru. He knew all advice as gospel and drove after all) but I got that the trades back to front and over to Mr. Munro’s house impression. As proof that could tell me what screw to to borrow a rifle. parents have no influence loosen on the pressure tank on their children, I become “Why do you want a rifle, and what driver to use to

PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTES

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THE COMPANY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SHOW!

THE ACTING ENSEMBLE (alphabetical order) Adam Bergquist Michel (Mish) Charbonneau Norma Bowen Dawn Shaw Robin Craig Jane Bingham Sarah Henriques Carolyn (Caro) Bingham Allan Morgan William (Bill) Bingham Wes Tritter Russell (Gramps) Bingham

Photography by Kathleen da Roza and George F. Blumel

Artistic Director Jeremy Tow Production Manager Stephen H Lewis Technical Director Mike Bowen House Technician Craig Hooper Artistic Associate Norma Bowen Education Director Mark DuMez Lighting Designer Assistant Guillaume Houet Head of Wardrobe Crystal Hanson Lead Hand Mary Downes Properties/Production Coordinator Victoria Caldwell Head Carpenter Chad Hartel Carpenter Daniel Deener Apprentice Stage Manager Meghan Morton Scenic Painter Omanie Elias Volunteer Seamstresses Louise Adamson, Norma Dirom, Sophie Carelton, Martha van Keimpema, Myrt Knight, Susie Potts, Martha Ridgewood, Roxane T. Strasbourg Women’s Hair Urban Legends

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PROGRAMS

We would also like to recognize and sincerely thank our staff in the Playbill Dining Room, Gallery, Front of House, Box Office, Marketing, Development, Facilities and Administration. The Chemainus Theatre Festival employs a staff of 74 and your Chemainus Theatre Experience would not be possible without their dedicated efforts.

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DAVID BAUGHAN

ADAM BERGQUIST

NORMA BOWEN

DAVID S. CRAIG

Stage Manager

Michel (Mish) Charbonneau

Dawn Shaw

Playwright

Born in England, David has a background as a theatre stage manager, lighting designer, and photographer.

Stage management credits in BC include numerous productions for TheatreOne (Nanaimo), Graffiti Theatre (Salt Spring Island), and Chemainus Theatre Festival (CTF). He is pleased to return for his 14th production at CTF where, earlier this year, he was the production stage manager for Saint Joan and South Pacific.

David’s photographs have been exhibited in many European and North American cities. His photographs are held in the Musée national d’art moderne collection in Paris.

This is Adam’s CTF debut.

Recent theatre credits include: A Man For All Seasons (MTC), The Odyssey (Carousel), The Crackwalker (Ashwood Theatre), A Moon For the Misbegotten (United Players), The Drawer Boy (Rosebud Theatre), Portia, My Love (ETC - Ensemble Theatre Company) as well as several appearance in film, television and commercials. Now living in Vancouver, Adam grew up in rural Alberta doing shows with the Rosalind Agricultural Society and Playgoers of Lethbridge.

Adam is a graduate of the Rosebud School of the Arts.

Norma is a graduate of Studio 58 and an Associate Artist of CTF. Before leaving Vancouver she collected two Jessie Award nominations for Food for Love (Arts Club) and A Lie of the Mind (Vancouver Playhouse).

Favourite CTF credits include: Private Lives, Annie, See How They Run, An Ideal Husband, A Doll’s House, and most recently South Pacific. Having Hope at Home is her 17th production with CTF. Norma resides in Ladysmith with her husband Mike and their teenage progeny, Luanna and Cody.

“One of the top twenty playwrights in Canada.”

– Now Magazine.

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David S. Craig is currently the Artistic Director of Roseneath Theatre, Ontario’s largest touring theatre.

David has written more than 20 professionally-produced plays for theatre companies in Canada and the USA and has created two long-running series for CBC Radio: Morning Side and Metro Morning. His one-man show Napalm the Magnificent was performed extensively in Canada and on Theatre Row in Manhattan. He is currently working on a screenplay of his award winning play Danny, King of the Basement, for Instinct Films.

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ROBIN CRAIG

ITAI ERDAL

SARAH HENRIQUES

ALLAN MORGAN

Jane Bingham

Lighting Designer

Carolyn (Caro) Bingham

Willaim (Bill) Bingham

Robin Craig has just finished a four month run of Anne and Gilbert in Prince Edward Island and is delighted to be playing Jane for a second time. She has been performing professionally for over thirty years. She appeared as Rachel Lynde in Anne of Green Gables at the Charlottetown Festival from 2002 to 2004. She won a Gemini Award in 1998 for her role as Toppy Bailey on Wind At My Back and plays Spinner’s mother on Degrassi - the New Generation. She was a Shaw Festival company member for 6 seasons.

Vancouver-based lighting designer Itai Erdal has designed over 100 shows for dance and theatre companies in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, London and New York. Companies he has worked for include: The Vancouver Playhouse, Bard on the Beach, Factory Theatre, Volcano, Alberta Theatre Project, NAC, Touchstone Theatre, Replacement, Neworld, The Electric Company, GCTC, Theatre for the New City, Box Clever, Haifa Theatre and the Jerusalem Lab. Itai has won numerous awards including a Jessie in ‘03, the ADC’s Jack King award in ’05 and a Dora award in ’07.

Sarah, born and raised in Vancouver, graduated from the acting programme at UBC and has been sharing her time between Toronto and the West Coast.

Selected theatre credits include There's a Mouse in My House (Carousel Players), Marla's Party (Rabiayshna/Summerworks Festival), over 225 performances across Canada and the USA of the one-woman show Dying to be Thin (Roseneath Theatre/Manitoba Theatre for Young People), The Clean House (Manitoba Theatre Centre/Vancouver Playhouse). This past June Sarah created and was curator of Art Whispers '08: a multidisciplinary game of broken telephone.

Allan is very pleased to be making his CTF debut.

Recent credits: Titus Andronicus and The Tempest (Bard on the Beach in Vancouver). Allan has performed extensively in Vancouver, and across the country, as well as touring internationally with The Overcoat. He has received many Jessie Award nominations and has been the recipient of four awards. He was voted best performer in Victoria last year for his work at the Belfry in their production of I Am My Own Wife. Allan is looking forward to his time on the island.

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KATE RITTENHOUSE

DAVID ROBERTS

WES TRITTER

MARGUERITE WITVOET

Costume Designer

Set Designer

Russell (Gramps) Bingham

Sound Designer

Kathleen is delighted to be involved in this production of Having Hope at Home at CTF and collaborating again with Nicola Cavendish. Their last project together was the 2006 production of Hay Fever at Presentation House in North Vancouver. Kathleen has worked as a costumer in theatre and film in Vancouver since 1997. In her spare time, she is working on a doctorate in mythology and psychology.

David is delighted to be working with Nicky on this funny and poignant Canadian play. Past shows for CTF are Candida and Queen Milli of Galt. Recent shows include Twelfth Night and King Lear (Bard on the Beach), 8th Land (Pi Theatre), Tiny Apocalypse (Rough House), Rabbit Hole (Arts Club Theatre) and Richard III (Studio 58). David has an MA in Scenography (University of the Arts, London), and DAMU (Prague), and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. David and his filmmaker wife, Annie, make their home in Vancouver.

Mr. Tritter is pleased to be making his first appearance at Chemainus Theatre Festival. He has appeared at The Belfry in Victoria, most recently in Urinetown, The Weir and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. A veteran of forty years at many theatres across Canada, Wes also appeared in the iconic TV Show, The Beachcombers.

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Marguerite is pleased to make her debut at CTF. Her first venture into sound design, an Arts Club production of The Mousetrap, was deemed “outstanding” by critics and audiences alike, and was nominated for a Jessie Award in 2003 for Best Sound Design. Since then, she has been sought out for creative collaborations by artists of all disciplines.

As pianist, vocalist, composer, sound designer, music director and vocal coach, she is fast becoming known as one of Vancouver’s most creative musicians. www.margueritewitvoet.ca

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2009

2009 SEASON TICKETS on sale until January 21, 2009.

6 Great Plays – The most flexible packages ever!

LETTER FROM WINGFIELD FARM by Dan Needles January 21 – February 14 starring Rod Beattie

MR. PIM PASSES BY by A.A. Milne

KIDZPLAY SERIES 2008

February 26 – April 11

AH, WILDERNESS! by Eugene O’Neill April 23 – May 23

RUMPELSTILTSKIN December 20 January 3

OKLAHOMA! by Rodgers and Hammerstein June 4 – August 29 THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Stephen Mallatrat September 10 – October 31

ANNE by Paul Ledoux November 12 – January 2 From the novel Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

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You could be an Early Bird Draw Winner Purchase your Season Ticket before Dec 1, 2008 and be entered in the Draw to WIN your 2009 Package (to a maximum of two packages).

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A traditional English pantomime designed for loads of laughter.

A new adaptation for the stage by Kirsty McKay of the UK’s Golden Egg Productions 12 performances selected dates $10 per ticket Buy three get one free!

New! Family Fun Nights. 7pm Dec 29 & 30, 2008 Jan 2 & 3, 2009.

Come early – have fun.

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