Music by Paul Libman Book and Lyrics by Dave Hudson
Director Mark DuMez
Set Designer
Beckie Morris
Stage Manager Sara Turner
Costume Designer Jennifer Wonnacot
Lighting Designer Mikael Kangas
Apprentice Stage Manager Madie Bennett
Music Coordinator Jesse Grandmont
The Company
(in alphabetical order)
Jeff Culbert ............................................... Bart Dunwood Kaden Forsberg ............................................. Mike Young
Jennifer Walls ......................................... Maggie Wheeling
The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
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Summer Concerts MUDMEN
Drayton Entertainment Presents MUDMEN
DRAYTON FESTIVAL THEATRE
August 29, 2024
Thursday August, 29 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Best described as an “East Coast Kitchen Party – with electric guitars,” The Mudmen provide a truly unique, all-ages concert experience packed with Celtic music and stories. Don’t miss it!
the cast
(in alphabetical order)
Jeff Culbert (Bart Dunwood)
Drayton Entertainment: Debut. Other theatre: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Grand); Dear Johnny Deere (Blyth, Theatre Calgary, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Persephone, Lighthouse); archy and mehitabel, The Donnelly Sideshow, Work, Problem Child, Her Worship, The Designated Mourner, Elocution: The Life of Richard Berry Harrison (Ausable Theatre); Ed’s Garage, The Drawer Boy, Outlaw, Buying the Farm, On the Air (Port Stanley); The Boneyard Man (Natural Broadcasting Co); Tip of the Iceberg (Lighthouse); Boat Load, Fall Fair, Underbelly, Gunpowder, Magic Unicorn Island (Jayson McDonald); The Phoenix Lottery (Theatre Aezir); One Man Masque (Toronto Masque Theatre). Visit: www.jeffculbert.ca
Kaden Forsberg (Mike Young)
Drayton Entertainment: Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Other Theatre (selected): Dion: A Rock Opera (Coal Mine Theatre); Cabaret (Ovation); The Pillowman (Theatre Yes); Almost a Full Moon (Citadel Theatre); One Day (Segal Centre, Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal); It’s a Wonderful Life, Naked Radio, Classic Country Roads (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Little Women, Candide, Fiddler on the Roof (NUOVA); Mary’s Wedding, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pacific Opera Victoria). Film/TV: March Hare/Card #2 in The Garden of Alice. Kaden is an actor, singer, composer, and writer who crosses genres as creator and performer. For life, music, and album updates: @kk_brett and www.kadenforsberg.com.
Jennifer Walls (Maggie Wheeling)
Drayton Entertainment: Sh-Boom! Life Could Be A Dream, Canada 151: Better Late Than Sorry. Other Theatre (selected): Dynamic Duos, Little Miss County Fair, Wonderful World with Ben Vereen, Starbright Christmas (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); Reefer Madness (Canadian Premier, Hart House Theatre); Hardcore Logo Live (BFL Theatre); Liza & Barbra, Together At Last (Angelwalk Theatre); Into The Woods (Talk Is Free Theatre); The Stars of Pop (National Tour, Continental Entertainment); Snatch Game Live (Comedy Bar Danforth); Funny Forum Fridays (Stratford Festival)/ Jeni is an accomplished impressionist, voice actor, host, and educator. She is the voice of both The Family Channel and Family Jr. @jeniwallsto
the creative team
Mark DuMez (Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Hilda’s Yard. Other Theatre (selected): Directing: Ghost, The Jeeves Series, The Sound of Music, Silent Sky, Mousetrap, Million Dollar Quartet, Amadeus and A Christmas Carol (Chemainus Theatre Festival; Artistic Director since 2009); Ring of Fire (Western Canada Theatre); Falling: A Wake (Fire Exit); Acting: Lumberjacks in Love, Queen Milli of Galt, Mass Appeal (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Henry V (Kentucky Shakespeare Festival). Mark has developed new work and adaptations (Pet the Fish, Little Women), and is glad to be working with Drayton Entertainment this summer!
Beckie Morris (Set Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: Doris and Ivy in the Home, The New Canadian Curling Club, Jonas & Barry in the Home. Other Theatre: Appropriate (co-design The Coal Mine), Sweet Delilah Swim Club, Halfway There, Where You Are, On the Air, Prairie Nurse, I’ll be Back Before Midnight (Lighthouse Festival); Cinderella…if the Shoe Fits, Beneath Springhill, Lunenburg, The Gentleman Clothier, Little Women, They’re Found in Trees, Sugar Road, Miracle on 34th St, Stag & Doe, Queen Milli of Galt (Theatre Orangeville). Thank you as always to my beautiful and always supportive family! www.beckiemorrisdesigns.ca
Jennifer Wonnacot (Costume Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: A Few Good Men, On Golden Pond, Twelve Angry Men. With more than 20 years’ experience in theatre wardrobe production, Jennie is thrilled to be using her costume knowledge for design. Past productions included shows with The Stratford Festival, Mirvish Productions, Theatre Aquarius, and others. Jennie is the winner of the 2016 Pauline McGibbon Award from the Ontario Arts Council. Many thanks to the wardrobe department for giving their confidence in this endeavour, and to family and friends for their support.
Mikael Kangas (Lighting Designer)*
Drayton Entertainment: Beehive - The ‘60s Musical. Other Theatre: My Fair Lady, The Amen Corner, Damn Yankees, Trouble in Mind, Glass Menagerie, O’Flarety VC (Shaw Festival); Chris Mrs. (Boldy Productions); Fantasma (Canadian Opera Company); In Dreams, & Juliet (Mirvish Productions, Associate Designer); Macbeth, Marriage of Figaro, Hansel & Gretel, Rusalka, Onegin, Cosi Fan Tutti (Canadian Opera Company, Associate Designer); White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Brigadoon (Shaw Festival, Associate Designer). Mikael is the Lighting & Projection Design Coordinator for the Canadian Opera Company, and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada & United Scenic Artists. www. mikaelkangaslighting.com
Sara Turner (Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment: Canada 151, Million Dollar Quartet. Other select stage management credits include: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Legends of Country (Stage West), The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, Cowgirl Up, The Red Priest (ATP), Sleuth, Gaslight, Cipher, Strangers on a Train, The 39 Steps (Vertigo Theatre); A Christmas Carol, The Louder We Get, The Secret Garden, Twelfth Night, The Audience (Theatre Calgary); Naughty But Nice Too, Crossing Swords, Touch Me (Forte Musical Theatre); Sensory Box, Giant (Ghost River Theatre). As always, love to her incredible family.
Madie Bennett (Assistant Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment: Peter Pan The Panto (Running Crew/Production Assistant). Other Theatre: Stage Manager: The Sinking of the S.S. Ethie, Ed and Ed’s New B&B (Gros Morne Theatre Festival). Madie is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo (Theatre and Performance and English, Literature and Rhetoric) and Goldsmiths, University of London (MA in Applied Theatre). Madie is very excited to join the Drayton family for its 2024 season, and would like to thank friends, family and mentors for their support.
Jesse Grandmont (Music Coordinator)
Drayton Entertainment: Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler On The Loose, Good Ol’ Country Gospel, Canada 151: Better Late Than Sorry, Broadway Heroes. Jesse started playing violin at the age of three and has been fiddling around ever since. His love of performing has taken him across the world as a fiddler, singer, MD and arranger. You can also catch Jesse in his show The Ultimate Fiddler On The Loose at the VPP this September. Jesse thanks Alex, Mark and the entire Drayton team for this opportunity as well as his parents, Leah, and Maddy for their love and support. Keep fiddlin’ & enjoy the show! @jaizeviolinist
about the authors
Paul Libman
Musical theatre is Paul Libman’s destination on a journey that began with playing jazz piano, composing for television and radio commercials and producing records. After winning the Richard Rodgers Award twice for two different musicals with collaborator Dave Hudson, Paul relocated to New York, where he currently is a member of the Lehman Engel BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. He is also the creator, arranger and producer of the hit comedy CD, Oy To The World! A Klezmer Christmas. Now, having had seven successfully produced musicals, he continues to write with Dave Hudson and others. Earlier this year, Paul and Dave celebrated a “double premiere” — the premiere of No Bones About It as part of the premiere season of Northern Sky Theater in Door County Wisconsin.
Dave Hudson
Dave Hudson (Dramatists Guild, ASCAP) Dave has been crafting plays since high school, focusing on musicals for the last decade. His prolific output includes the premieres of his 23rd and 24th musicals in 2015. His range spans from the poetic Dust and Dreams—an adaptation of Carl Sandburg’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Cornhuskers—to the comedic No Bones About It, a musical version of Romeo and Juliet set in the world of competitive barbecue. A champion for youth theater, Dave recently completed his seventh youth musical, Tut, Tut!, published by Beat by Beat Press. Collaborating with Paul Libman, he is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals, with productions widespread across the Midwest.
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