Ovation Vol. 19 No. 3

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

Vol 19 No 3 | jan/feb 2012

by

Willy Russell

Generously sponsored in part by the

by

George Bernard Shaw Part of

Message fro m the Artistic Director

Our names are a distillation of our

I suspect that Shaw, like Russell, gave a lot of thought to naming Vivie Warren, her

family’s dreams and memories, a few words that we carry with

first name so redolent of life

us like a badge, often for the

and living. Vivie is younger

rest of our lives. My surname

than Shirley, and more sure

Schipper seems to me an apt

of herself. She hasn’t made

one, alluding as it does to shipbuilding, for what

as many compromises yet, hasn’t had to set aside

is theatre if not a ship to transport us to distant

her own needs to satisfy the people she loves. Yet

shores? If a playwright created a character who

her identity is about to be overhauled as surely

was an artistic director, he could do worse. Play-

as Shirley’s. When she discovers that her mother

wrights choose their characters’ names with great

was a prostitute, Vivie realizes that everything in

care, like Arthur Miller creating Willy Loman,

her own life—her food, her clothing, her educa-

whose social value has crumbled, or Shake-

tion—has been financed by sexual exploitation.

speare’s Prospero, whose fortunes are on the rise.

Can she forgive her mother, and still be true to

Like those great playwrights, Willy Russell and

her own ideals?

George Bernard Shaw have created memorable names for their central characters, sly tips of the hat to the two women’s strengths.

Shirley and Vivie lived in their authors’ imaginations a century apart and, in one sense, they couldn’t be more different: Shirley the romantic,

Shirley Bradshaw longs for authenticity. She

confiding in us, jollying us along, and Vivie, the

wasn’t always Joe Bradshaw’s wife and Millandra

survivor, as suspicious of sentimentality as she is

Bradshaw’s mother. She used to be Shirley

of social convention. Yet they share a bond with

Valentine, and we meet her as she sets out on

each other (and with us): the courage to think

a quest to rediscover her lost self. And she’s not

and act with honesty, integrity and independence.

just going to a little British seaside resort to find her. She’s going to Greece, the very cradle of western civilization, as if on an archeological

Yours always,

expedition to unearth her soul (or should I say, her heart, for I’m sure Russell chose her maiden name with care and purpose). But can she find herself without losing the people she loves? jan/feb 2012

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Theatre Abbreviation Legend

Arts Club ATF ATP BAM Belfry Blyth Broadway CBC Centaur Citadel COC CS Dora Drayton Dry Cold GCTC Grand Mirvish MTYP NAC Necessary Angel Neptune NFB NTS Persephone PTAM PTE Rainbow RNT Royal Alex RSC RWB Segal Shaw SIR SNAC Soulpepper Stratford TA Tarragon TC TNB Toronto Free TPM TSO U of M U of T Black U of W VP West End WJT WSO YTP

Arts Club Theatre Company, Vancouver BC Atlantic Theatre Festival, Wolfville NS Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary AB Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC The Belfry Theatre, Victoria BC Blyth Theatre Festival, Blyth ON New York Theatre District Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal QC The Citadel Theatre, Edmonton AB Canadian Opera Company, Toronto ON The Canadian Stage Company, Toronto ON Dora Mavor Moore Award, Toronto ON Drayton Entertinment, Ontario Dry Cold Productions, Winnipeg MB The Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa ON The Grand Theatre, London ON Mirvish Productions, Toronto ON Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Winnipeg MB National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON Necessary Angel Theatre Company, Toronto ON Neptune Theatre, Halifax NS National Film Board of Canada National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal QC Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon SK Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg MB Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg MB Royal National Theatre, London, England The Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto ON Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England Royal Winnipeg Ballet The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal QC Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake ON Shakespeare in the Ruins, Winnipeg MB St. Norbert Arts Centre, Winnipeg MB Soulpepper Theatre Company, Toronto ON Stratford Festival, Stratford ON Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton ON Tarragon Theatre, Toronto ON Theatre Calgary, Calgary AB Theatre New Brunswick, Fredericton NB Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto ON Theatre Projects Manitoba, Winnipeg MB Toronto Symphony Orchestra University of Manitoba University of Toronto University of Winnipeg Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Vancouver BC Theatre District, London, England Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Young People’s Theatre, Toronto ON

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Pantone

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $5.9 million in the arts in Manitoba.

With the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council

With the generous support of the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council

Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 5,9 millions de dollars I’an dernier dans les arts au Manitoba.

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Shirley Valentine, the beloved play about a neglected housewife who jumps at the chance to escape her “unused life,” has captured the hearts and minds of audiences around the world since it premiered in Liverpool in 1986. Nicola Cavendish has become synonymous with the play in Canada, as she has played the title role, off and on, for the last 20 years. In an interview in 2009, she said that what endures about the play is its message.

“The show is about taking a deep introspective look at yourself and the life you are living, whether you’re 19, 59 or 70,” she said. “It’s about recognizing as soon as you can that a situation that doesn’t enliven you, enlarge you, enlighten you – if it doesn’t give you a sense of being alive, say thank you very much, I’m off now, good-bye!”

Ovation looks back at the journey of the play, from script to stage to screen and back again.

shirley Valentine

1986

Shirley Valentine is commissioned for the Liverpool Everyman theatre and has its world premiere. Noreen Kershaw stars as Shirley, and Glen Walford directs. A few weeks into the run, Kershaw falls ill with peritonitis, and because there is no understudy, playwright Willy Russell steps in and performs stage readings of the play for the remaining three weeks of the run.

1988

Shirley Valentine opens at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. Pauline Collins plays Shirley and Simon Callow directs. The show wins a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and earns Collins an Olivier Award for Best Actress.

1989

In February, Shirley Valentine has its North American premiere on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, again with Collins as Shirley and Callow directing. The play nabs a Tony nomination for Best Play and Collins wins the Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. The production runs for 324 performances, with Ellen Burstyn eventually taking over the role of Shirley. In August, the film version of Shirley Valentine is released, starring Collins.

The film’s tagline is “No one thought she had the courage. The nerve. Or the lingerie.”

1990

Shirley Valentine has its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver Playhouse under Artistic Director Larry Lillo, who felt that Nicola Cavendish would be perfect for the title role, though she was almost a decade younger than Shirley at the time. The production marked the beginning of a working relationship with director Roy Surette that has lasted over 20 years.

1992

Cavendish and Surette, along with Costume Designer Phillip Clarkson and Stage Manager Rick Rinder, take the show on a Canadian tour which includes Winnipeg’s Manitoba Theatre Centre as well as theatres in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. At the Canadian Stage Company’s Bluma Appel Theatre, the play breaks box-office records and garners Cavendish a Dora Award. It’s so popular that Canadian Stage brings the show back to Toronto in 1993.

2009

Surette convinces Nicola Cavendish to take on the role of Shirley again for a co-production between Montreal’s Centaur Theatre Company and Toronto’s Canadian Stage.

2012

Shirley Valentine returns to the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, with Nicola Cavendish reprising the role she’s played for over 600 performances, Surette directing, Rinder stage managing and costumes designed by Clarkson. After Winnipeg, the production heads out west for a stint at Theatre Calgary.

Nicola Cavendish in Shirley Valentine. Photo by Barbara Zimonick jan/feb 2012

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Curtain Calls Q & A with Shirley Valentine

Roy Surette

Director

Photo by David Cooper

Photo by Yanick MacDonald

Shirley Valentine Director Roy Surette, who is currently Artistic and Executive Director of Centaur Theatre in Montreal, has a long history of working with Nicola Cavendish. The two came together for the Canadian premiere of Shirley Valentine in 1990, and have reunited several times over the past two decades to remount the production. We sat down with Roy as he and Nicola embark on a new run of the beloved play.

Nicola Cavendish in Shirley Valentine, 2009 (left) and 1992 (right).

Shirley Valentine

What originally attracted you to directing Shirley Valentine?

It was a very big deal for me when I was offered to direct Shirley Valentine for the Vancouver Playhouse. It was my first large theatre gig and I was to direct the amazing Nicola Cavendish, who I had been dazzled by and had only worked with once when I was Assistant Director for a solo show Nicola performed for Vancouver’s New Play Centre. We bonded fast and both felt a great responsibility to do the play justice as it had caused such a stir when Pauline Collins starred in London and on Broadway.

Nicola was quite a bit younger than the character and we were concerned whether audiences would believe her. They certainly did … and we’ve gotten over the age issue! There’s timelessness to the play that transcends an age or a date.

It’s rare that an actor and a director would come together off and on for over two decades to do the same play. Can you tell us a bit about the history of doing the show with Nicola?

It’s been one of my professional highlights without a doubt. We are very good friends but we don’t get to see each other very often. Shirley rehearsals are always a fun-filled occasion. It’s amazing how the play resonates differently every time we approach it. Our wonderful stage manager Rick Rinder and costume designer Phillip Clarkson are usually on board and together we get the chance to reflect on the passage of time, on getting older and remembering the value of living life fully. Admittedly, like Shirley, we often refer to the good old days.

we would be eating the fried eggs during the rehearsals. Ouch!

How has the production evolved since the Canadian premiere?

Like fine wine, I think Nicola’s portrayal just gets richer, deeper and fuller. She manages to stay so fresh and in the moment. In a way, it’s akin to enjoying a great master jazz musician. I honestly never tire of watching her and cherish revisiting moments in the play and finding new insights.

There is so much precision. Also, much has happened in recent years including the sudden death of Nicola’s beloved husband Michael last summer. I think there may be more melancholy this time around but I can promise joy and hilarity too. I think Shirley is one of the greatest female characters ever written for the stage and Nicola brings so much heart to her.

What do you hope audiences will take away from the show?

I think experiencing Shirley’s journey is akin to a deep massage of the soul. There’s sunshine, ocean waves, kindness, sorrow and a reminder that our lives and the people around us are precious gifts and not to be taken for granted. There may be some incentive to help the Greek economy too!

Roy Surette

What are some of the memorable moments from doing this show over the last 20 years?

There was a very, very rotten potato that Nicola had to peel into oblivion, and many fried egg sandwiches that we fought over during rehearsals! I remember the first time we played MTC the props person filled the peppershaker with sand (which is an old props department trick) not realizing jan/feb 2012

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Presents

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Willy Russell January 5 – 28, 2012

Director Roy Surette Set Designer Anne-Séguin Poirier Costume Designer Phillip Clarkson Lighting Designer Luc Prairie Sound Designer Peter Cerone Stage Manager Rick Rinder Assistant Stage Manager Wanda Bretecher The Cast

Shirley Valentine Nicola Cavendish Alternate Ellie King setting

ACT I, Scene 1: The kitchen of a semi-detached house. Evening.

ACT I, Scene 2: The same. Three weeks later.

ACT II: … Elsewhere.

Shirley Valentine runs approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission.

The Scenery and Costumes of Shirley Valentine were originally created for Centaur Theatre & Canadian Stage.

Produced by special arrangement with samuel french, inc. the video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

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ARTISTS

Nicola Cavendish Shirley Valentine

Performing Arts Centre and is now Artistic Director of the Royal Canadian Theatre Company. She is a writer, director, choreographer, set designer, graphic artist and teacher. She thanks her long-suffering family for everything!

Willy Russell Playwright

MTC A Perfect Ganesh (with VP), Shirley Valentine (1992),

Life Skills.

OTHER THEATRE Nicola has performed Shirley

Valentine across Canada: at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal, the Canadian Stage Company in Toronto, the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, Theatre Calgary and Alberta Theatre Projects in Calgary, and at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Other selected credits include: Pygmalion, Present Laughter, Private Lives, The Millionairess (Shaw); For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (premiere at Centaur/Washington, DC/Vancouver); Martha (MTYP); Blithe Spirit (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre).

FILM/TV The Sleep Room, Men in Trees, The X-Files.

TRAINING Graduate of the University of British Columbia

Theatre Department, under Dr. John Brockington.

ET CETERA Nicola lives on Vancouver Island in

Qualicum Beach with her ancient dog Chance, about whom she is writing a children’s book. She is also writing a play titled Good Grief, inspired by the passing of her dear husband Michael Wilmot.

Ellie King Alternate

Born in Whiston, near Liverpool, in 1947, Willy Russell grew up in a left-wing household and left school at the age of 15. As an adolescent, he was a hairdresser’s apprentice and later ran his own salon, an experience, he says, that made him an indifferent dresser of hair but “a good listener.” He originally began writing as a songwriter, but was inspired to write for the theatre after seeing a play at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre. What impressed him was the language, or “the poetry of common speech,” a hallmark of his own writing.

His first success was a musical about the Beatles, John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert, which was commissioned for the Everyman Theatre. Other Russell plays include Breezeblock Park, Stags and Hens, Our Day Out, One for the Road and Educating Rita. He also wrote Blood Brothers, a hugely successful musical that has played in London’s West End, on Broadway, and continues to tour in Britain and beyond. His first novel, The Wrong Boy, was published in 2000, and his first album, Hoovering the Moon, received wide commercial release in 2004. He continues to live and work in Liverpool.

Roy Surette Director

MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Selected Canadian roles include

Sylvia in The Women (ABC Productions), Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (Charades Productions) and, of course, the title role in Shirley Valentine.

FILM/TV Ellie both acts in live action productions

and provides voice work for animation. Most recently: Duchess Amelia in an upcoming Barbie animated feature.

TRAINING Royal Academy of Dance, the International

School of Theatre & Dance, the British Ballet Organization and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts, among others.

ET CETERA Ellie was born and raised on Merseyside,

England, immigrating to Canada in 1982. She was the founding Artistic Director of the Raymond Burr For a full list of theatre abbreviations, please Refer to legend on page 4

MTC Shirley Valentine (1992), Patience (with Belfry), Sylvia, Henceforward (with TC), Life Skills.

OTHER THEATRE In Winnipeg: Peter Pan, Martha

(MTYP); The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (PTE).

TRAINING Studio 58.

ET CETERA A native Vancouverite, Roy began his

career as Associate Artistic Director for Carousel Theatre in Vancouver and Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, BC. He became the Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre in 1984, a company acclaimed for innovative and provocative Canadian works.

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ARTISTS company, The Belfry Theatre, in 1997 where he directed more than 25 plays. Since 2007, he has been Artistic and Executive Director of Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Roy is happy to be back in Winnipeg.

Luc Prairie Lighting Designer

Anne-Séguin Poirier Set Designer MTC The Heidi Chronicles (with Mirvish).

OTHER THEATRE Luc is a sought-after designer with

MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE (Selected) Set & Costume

Designer: La belle et la bête (Théâtre du Nouveau Monde/4d art); Shirley Valentine, The Mystery of Maddy Heisler (Centaur); Starmania Opéra (Opéra de Québec/Opéra de Montréal). Properties Designer: Iris (Cirque du Soleil, Los Angeles, 2011). Costume Designer for École Nationale de Cirque/Cirque du Soleil performances.

TRAINING National Theatre School of Canada.

ET CETERA Costume design for some segments

of—and Set Design Consultant for—Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.

many credits for Centaur, including Shirley Valentine, Forever Yours, Marie-Lou, The Caretaker, Glorious!, Assorted Candies, Carmela’s Table, Anna in the Tropics, Burnt Piano, Mambo Italiano, Tales from Ovid, The Shape of Things, Proof, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Freeze, Art, The Weir, Wit and The Crucible. He has lit La mort d’un commis voyageur, Une maison face au nord, Halpern et Johnson (Compagnie Jean-Duceppe); The Importance of Being Earnest, Man of La Mancha, Hedda Gabler, The Threepenny Opera (Segal); Nager en surface (Théâtre de l’Opsis). He has dazzled stages for companies such as Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Théâtre Rideau Vert, Pacific Opera Victoria, Théâtre Denise Pelletier, Théâtre Le Clou, Dynamo Théâtre, Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, TNB and Opéra de Montréal.

TEACHING National Theatre School of Canada.

ET CETERA Nominations include Les Masques

Phillip Clarkson Costume Designer

Awards for Salt-Water Moon, The Glass Menagerie and I Am My Own Wife at the Segal Centre, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Centaur).

Peter Cerone Sound Designer MTC Crowns (with CS/NAC), As You Like It, Nicholas Nickleby, The Taming of the Shrew, Blood Relations, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Perfect Ganesh (with VP).

OTHER THEATRE Peter Cerone has designed and engi-

FILM/TV My American Cousin (Genie nomination); key costumer on The 13th Warrior, I, Robot, Little Women, Reefer Madness.

neered sound for theatre and installations since 1980.

He began his career in Rome, working for 10 years at the National Theatre of Rome (Teatro Argentino).

There he worked with directors such as Maurizio Scaparro, Luca Ronconi, and Federico Tiezzi. Peter began working for Robert Wilson in 1992 with G.A. Story, an installation celebrating the work of fashion designer Giorgio Armani. Since this time he has designed extensively for Robert Wilson, including the theatrical works Persephone, Wings on Rock, Lady from the Sea, The Days Before, Relative Light, I La Galigo and Rumi – In the Blink of the Eye.

TRAINING BFA from the University of British Columbia,

ET CETERA Peter’s installation work includes Voom

OTHER THEATRE A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cabaret,

Grease, West Side Story (Citadel); Hotel Porter, My Fair Lady, Dirty Blonde, The Philanderer (Arts Club); Unless, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (CS); Two, Kilt, Dirty Blonde (Belfry); Present Laughter, Peer Gynt (Shaw); The Merchant of Venice (Stratford); The Drowsy Chaperone, La Cage aux Folles (VP).

member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

ET CETERA Phillip has received seven Jessie Richardson

Awards for outstanding costume design in Vancouver and a Sterling Award for the same in Edmonton.

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MTC Fist engagement.

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Videoportraits, Aichi Expo 2005, G. Armani/ Guggenheim, 14 Stations, Villa Stuck and Anna’s Room, as well as the exhibition 100 Objects to Represent the World and the installation Wash and Travel, both with Peter Greenaway. Since returning to Montreal

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February 9 – March 3 “I believe there are changes coming. Wonderful changes that will allow everyone to live in freedom.

Those days are coming but we have to fight for them.”

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When Francis Beynon joins her sister in the big city, she meets Nellie McClung and joins the Vote for Women movement. as Canada becomes involved in the war, Francis is caught between those close to her and her political beliefs. Powerful and poignant, this Manitoba story will leave you looking at a volatile time in our history in a whole new way.

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ARTISTS in 2000, Peter has continued working internationally and started collaborations with Canadian artists.

Wanda Bretecher Assistant Stage Manager

Rick Rinder Stage Manager

MTC Homeward Bound, A Perfect Ganesh, The Rainmaker and last season’s Brief Encounter, all coproductions with the Vancouver Playhouse; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – A Love Story (with CS/TC/VP); Billy Bishop Goes to War (with Grand/NAC/Christopher Wootten); Arsenic and Old Lace (with TC).

OTHER THEATRE In Winnipeg: Rick stage managed

the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for a few years in the ‘80s.

He is still waiting for an opportunity to work at PTE. (Hey, Bob! Did you hear that?!)

ET CETERA Rick is happy to be starting 2012 with

Shirley Valentine and he is even happier that he gets to hang out with Nicola Cavendish every night. He is the happiest because of Nadine.

MTC Brief Encounter (with VP), Doubt, A Parable (with TC), Glengarry Glen Ross, Humble Boy, Over the River and Through the Woods, The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes, The Rainmaker (with VP), Sylvia.

OTHER THEATRE Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet (SIR); A

Chorus Line (Rainbow); Crimes of the Heart, Atlantis (TC); The Magic Flute, The Barber of Seville, Aida, Faust, Madama Butterfly (Manitoba Opera); Zadie’s Shoes, Blue/Orange, Joni Mitchell: River, A Doll’s House (PTE); Fiddler on the Roof (VP).

FILM/TV Recently completed film projects include Surviving:) The Teenage Brain for CBC’s The Nature of Things, Cashing In (Season 3), The Year Dolly Parton was My Mom, Amreeka and Keep Your Head Up, Kid – The Don Cherry Story.

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Education & Outreach

Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair

Theatre Scholarship Fund During the run of Shirley Valentine, MTC will be asking for your support of the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarship Fund. Established in 1964, the fund has provided more than 700 awards to 400 Manitobans.

The Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarship is comprised of two components: a scholarship division for students attending fulltime post-secondary theatre programs and an apprenticeship division for emerging artists looking to gain experience in professional theatre.

Last season, we had our third-highest collection in the history of the fund. During the run of White Christmas, you donated $27,872.95. Thank you for your support of up-and-coming local artists!

From this collection, we allocated 23 scholarships to post-secondary students and four apprenticeships to young professionals.

This year, scholarship recipients attended schools around the globe, including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London, UK), the University of Surrey (UK), Northwestern University (Chicago), Brooklyn College (New York), The Boston Conservatory, George Brown College, Randolph Academy, Humber College, York University

(Toronto), Sheridan College (Oakville), Dalhousie University (Halifax), University of Alberta (Edmonton), Langara College (Vancouver), Canadian College of the Performing Arts (Victoria), the University of London, the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg.

Apprentices this season are Andrew Luczenczyn, Props Apprentice for Grumpy Old Men: The Musical; Heidi Malazdrewich, Apprentice Director for Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Casey Shapira, Literary Apprentice; and Candace Van Osch, Wardrobe Apprentice for Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

The Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarship is unique in that it allows students to receive support from audiences. Recipients appreciate your personal investment in their future. Ushers will be coming around to collect donations to the fund. We thank you in advance for continuing to support Manitoba artists.

For more information on the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarship or for an application package, please visit www.mtc.mb.ca/scholarship. If you prefer, you can contact the MTC Outreach Coordinator at 204-934-0304 or outreach@mtc.mb.ca.

Janelle Regalbuto, Apprentice Set & Costume Designer for 2010’s White Christmas, speaks about her experience with MTC’s Apprentice program When I found out I was the recipient of the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Apprenticeship Program I was both ecstatic and intimidated. This intimidaJanelle Regalbuto tion soon passed once I met and was welcomed by the many people who work at MTC. My excitement never did fade.

White Christmas was a huge, spectacular production; by far the largest show I’ve ever been a part of. I was able to apprentice under two designers, Costume Designer Charlotte Dean and Set Designer Michael Gianfrancesco, both of whom I’d never met before and now have such respect and admiration for. They both provided a wealth of insight and experience in the face of my endless 16

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questions. I gained practical experience ranging from organizing design drawings, to building a costume piece, to decorating a Santa Claus Parade float. I was also introduced to many new materials and processes throughout my residency and gained confidence in my own design skills along the way. Without the apprenticeship as a stepping stone, I don’t how I would’ve found myself working at MTC; it was the best Christmas gift I received that year.

I am currently designing the set and costumes for MTC’s regional tour, The Melville Boys. Another first for me, I’ve had to consider the requirements and limitations of a touring show. It’s been great to return, now knowing the people who comprise the props, wardrobe, paint, carpentry and production teams. I continue to learn from these talented professionals.

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Ticket to the Future is a new cultural plan for the City of Winnipeg that would increase investment in arts and culture through the Winnipeg Arts Council. This will mean more funding for the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and other cultural institutions, increased arts activities in communities, and improvement in the overall quality of life in our city.

Please contact your City Councillor and let them know how important arts and culture are to you.

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indiv id ual giving

It All Adds Up: MTC’s Monthly Giving Program What do batteries, projection screens, a typewriter, suntan lotion and, yes, even a snowmobile have in common? A shopping or wish list? A scavenger hunt, maybe? Actually, they are among the myriad of items our production department must track down or build from scratch in order to create a sense of place and establish atmosphere for the plays you see on our stages this season.

MTC’s Monthly Giving Program offers donors a simple and convenient way to participate in this process. By lending your support on a regular basis, even smaller amounts really add up. Think of it this way: just $5 a month purchases the suntan lotion needed for Shirley Valentine to bask in the Greek sun; $10 a month buys a typewriter for The Fighting Days or batteries for the run of in the next room or the vibrator play, while a $40 Your Monthly Gift helps MTC purchase essential items like this typewriter for the upcoming production of The Fighting Days.

monthly gift outfits The Melville Boys regional tour with wireless microphones. Larger gifts have an even greater impact. $150 a month covers the costs to refit the snowmobile that roared across the Mainstage in Grumpy Old Men: The Musical and a very generous gift of $250 per month helps project the beautiful scenic images you enjoyed in Romeo and Juliet. All of these gifts provide a simple, convenient way to feel connected to your theatre experience.

Why become a monthly donor?

• It’s trouble-free and efficient—we simply charge your credit card as instructed.

• You’re able to spread your annual gift over several months.

• Monthly giving reduces our administration and fundraising costs.

• No need for stamps, envelopes, phone calls or the steps you usually take to make a donation.

• You receive your receipts in December for tax purposes, showing total contributions for the tax year.

• You can discontinue payments at any time.

When you make a monthly gift, you can take comfort in knowing your regular contributions work—day in and day out—to bring life to each performance, all season long. Your gift becomes part of every story we tell and with your help, MTC’s productions, outreach programs and educational initiatives will meet the high standards expected by donors, subscribers and members of our community.

When you renew your annual support this season, or if you’re making a new gift to our Annual Fund, please consider donating through our Monthly Giving Program.

Your monthly donation can be charged automatically to your credit card with the freedom to change or cancel your contributions at any time.

Joining is easy. Donor Cards are available in the lobby or you can contact Garth Johnson at 204-956-1340 ext. 240 to make your monthly gift today. It all adds up – one monthly gift at a time.

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Black & White Gala Ball The Black & White Gala Ball Committee Front, left to right: Camilla Holland (MTC General Manager), Florence Eastwood, Michelle Weinberg, Luisa Matheson, Brenda Zaporzan (Black & White Gala Ball Chair), Lawrence Prout.

Back, left to right: Andrea Mancini, Vanessa Mancini, Kristine Betker, Mariyka Hirschfeld, Rosemary Miguez, Stephanie Lambert

”I love this party.” – Truman Capote

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On Saturday, November 5, 2011, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre presented its 29th annual Black & White Gala Ball in the historic Hotel Fort Garry’s Grand Ballroom. Four hundred guests were treated to a sumptuous dinner and the marvellous talents of The Danny Kramer Event Band. The Grand Ballroom was a perfect backdrop for an evening of classic 1960s elegance. Guests were treated to a flash mob, which initiated a move to the dance floor and kept it packed until the evening came to an end.

We sincerely thank our community of sponsors, donors, volunteers and guests for making this evening so memorable. Your kind contributions will support the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s many programs and productions while ensuring that live theatre continues to thrive in our community. We are truly grateful to our exclusive event sponsor, RBC Wealth Management, RBC Dominion Securities and RBC Royal Bank, for their generous support.

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had its North American premiere at the Hyperion Theatre in New Haven on October 27, 1905, pandemonium broke out in the audience as the nature of Mrs. Warren’s profession—prostitution—became clear. Discussion of the subject in a public venue was bad enough (even if the word itself is never mentioned in the play), but things were made much worse by Shaw’s evident justification of Mrs. Warren’s decision to abandon a series of low-paid jobs working for other people to earn a better living working for herself. The mayor of New Haven ordered the theatre manager to cancel further performances of the play, and when it arrived in New York a few days later, its reputation guaranteed another stormy reception.

This time, not only was the play banned after one performance, its cast and producer were arrested on charges of “offending against public decency.”

After a lengthy and tortuous route through the courts, they were subsequently acquitted, and then the play began a series of tours throughout the United States without serious incident.

One touring company, headed by American actress Rose Coghlan, included Winnipeg in its itinerary. And thus it was that the first production of Mrs. Warren’s Profession in Canada opened at the newly constructed Walker Theatre (now the Burton Cummings Theatre) on April 30, 1907.

Anyone who thought that Canadian audiences and critics would be more tolerant than their American counterparts of Shaw’s provocative take on prostitution badly misjudged the situation. C.W. Handscombe, theatre critic of the Manitoba Free Press, left this “unwholesome and repulsive” play, he said, with “a bitter sewer-like flavor” in his mouth, caused, no doubt, by the “tainted” pungency of the play, “like fly-blown meat.” The play lasted for a run of just three performances at the Walker, and then left town—not to appear again in Canada for more than 40 years (at the Canadian Repertory Theatre in Ottawa in December 1950).

Mrs. Warren’s Profession had been banned in England, so none of this North American controversy was a surprise to Shaw. In some ways, he welcomed it. From the very beginning of his career as a playwright (having failed as a novelist) he took the view that theatre should be “a factory of thought, a prompter of conscience, an elucidator of social conduct,” an approach that took him immediately into controversial subjects

Mrs. Warren’s Profession such as slum landlords (Widowers’ Houses, 1892), Anglo-Irish relations (John Bull’s Other Island, 1904), archaic marriage laws (The Philanderer, 1905), arms manufacturing (Major Barbara, 1905), medical malpractice (The Doctor’s Dilemma, 1906), class prejudice (Pygmalion, 1913), ruling-class apathy (Heartbreak House, 1920), and religion and politics (Saint Joan, 1923). Later in his career, in plays such as The Apple Cart (1929), On the Rocks (1933) and Geneva (1938), Shaw didn’t hesitate to take on hot political issues of the time, such as the conflict between democratic and totalitarian forms of government (and he didn’t necessarily side with democracy).

The ringing of a cell phone during a performance can be quite distracting for both actors onstage and audience members. did you know texting and vibrating phones can be equally disruptive? in an effort to eliminate cell phone disruptions during performances, the royal manitoba theatre centre will make a donation to the actors’ fund of canada for every cell phone-free performance.

By the time he died in 1950, Dublin-born Shaw had written more than 50 plays, as well as hundreds of newspaper articles, essays and pamphlets on topics as diverse as alcoholism (he was a lifelong teetotaller), vegetarianism (he gave up eating meat as a young man), classical music and opera (he was one of England’s great music critics), prison reform (recommended reading for Prime Minister Harper), sex (he mostly did without it), patriotism (to be feared), the English alphabet (hopelessly inadequate), travel (he visited scores of countries, but never Canada), and countless other matters. He also found time to write a quarter of a million letters and postcards to colleagues, friends and enemies around the world.

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Shaw turned down offers of various honours—including a knighthood—but he did accept the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 (but gave away the prize money) and an Oscar for the screenplay of the film version of Pygmalion in 1938. He remains the only person ever to have received both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar. But he is better remembered as a playwright of remarkable ability and durability, someone whose plays, at their best, sizzle with ideas, wit and emotion—not perhaps as shocking as they once were, but still engaging, provocative and timelessly relevant.

As part of ShawFest 2012, Leonard will deliver the opening lecture Why Shaw Still Matters: Introducing George Bernard Shaw at the King’s Head Pub on January 18 at 7 pm.

GreG ellwand in StronG PoiSon (2009/10). Photo by bruce Monk.

Leonard Conolly is Professor of English at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, a Senior Fellow of Massey College, Toronto, and President of the International Shaw Society. His edition of Mrs Warren’s Profession was published by Broadview Press in 2005. His most recent book is The Shaw Festival: The First Fifty Years (Oxford University Press, 2011).

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Curtain Calls Q & A with Mrs. Warren’s Profession

Alisa Palmer

Director

What appeals to you about the works of George Bernard Shaw?

Alisa Palmer

Award-winning playwright and director Alisa Palmer returns to MTC to direct Mrs. Warren’s Profession. She’s had a diverse career, directing across Canada and winning accolades including a Dora and two Chalmers Awards. As Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre from 1994 to 2001, she championed the works of female playwrights. We sat down with her to chat about Shaw and whether things have changed for female theatre professionals in Canada over the course of her career.

Shaw’s plays are about people who value words and ideas, who are not afraid to put their feelings into fully articulated, quite literate expression. This is a great world to immerse yourself in. I find the period exciting; there was an exhilarating growth of awareness about the rights of women and children.

I’m also drawn to Shaw’s worldview on the political complexity of family relations.

How is Shaw’s play from 1893 still relevant today?

At the heart of Mrs Warren’s Profession is a secret. Secrets in families are fascinating and are usually profoundly toxic. Secrets are more often than not connected to shame. The effects of shame on an individual and a family are timeless and universal.

Mrs. Warren’s Profession Background: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, MTC Mainstage January 11-26, 1963. Left to right: Vanya Franck (Vivie Warren), Tony van Bridge (Sir George Crofts), Mervyn Blake (Reverend Samuel), director Marigold Charlesworth, Edwin Stephenson (Frank Gardner), Jennifer Phipps (Mrs. Warren) and Alan Nunn (Mr. Praed).

What kind of challenges and rewards have you experienced as a female director in Canada? Have things changed over the course of your career?

The last time MTC produced Mrs. Warren’s Profession, in 1963, it was also directed by a woman: Marigold Charlesworth. Do you think having a female director brings something special to this play or Shaw’s plays in general?

As a woman working in a male-dominated field, I’m aware of and sympathetic to some of the challenges facing Mrs. Warren and Vivie, both of whom are going against the grain. But when I see a show, I often can’t tell whether it’s been directed by a woman or a man. Shaw plays are great to direct if you’re a feminist, or have any interest in human rights of any kind, because his writing exposes the unequal distribution of power in society and how this inequity informs (or deforms) our personal relationships.

It’s hard to know the cause and effect relationship between my gender and my accomplishments. It’s hard to put my finger on how biases, either for or against, manifest themselves. These biases are rarely explicit.

But sometimes they are. There are some theatres that rarely hire women or rarely produce the work of women, and for the most part this prejudice in their programming goes unnoticed, which is a sorry state of affairs. There are fewer women writers being produced and fewer women at the helm of productions in North America than 20 years ago, when I was in university, which seems surprising since so many shows created by women in the past two decades have broken box office records and changed how we see the world—think commercial like The Lion King or Mamma Mia! or The Producers, or think (national) like Hannah Moscovitch.

But in my personal experience, I have many professional relationships that I cherish. So at this point in my life, I don’t waste time with the people who are missing the boat, and reserve my energy for the forward thinkers!

Even if they come from the Victorian era in England.

Steven Schipper, Artistic Director

Camilla Holland, General Manager

Presents

by

George Bernard Shaw January 19 – February 4, 2012

Director Set & Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Associate Sound Designer Apprentice Director Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager

Alisa Palmer Charlotte Dean Hugh Conacher John Gzowski Debashis Sinha Heidi Malazdrewich* Michelle Lagassé Michael Duggan

The Cast (in alphabetical order)

Frank Gardner Sir George Crofts Mrs. Warren Vivie Warren Reverend Samuel Mr. Praed

Tom Keenan Arne MacPherson Seana McKenna Cherissa Richards Stephen Russell Gordon Tanner

setting

Act I: Summer afternoon in a cottage garden.

Act II: Inside the cottage after nightfall.

Act III: In the Rectory garden the next morning.

Act IV: Honoria Fraser’s chambers in Chancery Lane.

Thank you: Jim Parrott *Position funded through the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair theatre apprenticeship program

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ARTISTS

Tom Keenan

Seana McKenna

Frank Gardner

Mrs. Warren

MTC A Christmas Carol, The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes.

OTHER THEATRE Way to Heaven (WJT); Three Sisters

(zone41 theatre/TPM); The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM); Henry iv, Romeo and Juliet (SIR); The Winter’s Tale, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure (Tom-Tom Theatre); Beneath the Banyan Tree, Kindness, The Skinny Lie (MTYP); Munschapalooza (PTE); Strike! – The Musical (Danny Schur).

FILM/TV Zooey and Adam (Bedbugs Films), Men with Brooms (CBC), Less Than Kind (HBO Canada), House Party (Comedy Network), Something Beneath (RHI Entertainment), The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (CBS).

Arne MacPherson Sir George Crofts

MTC Medea (1992, 2008), Orpheus Descending (with Mirvish), Much Ado About Nothing, Wit, A Streetcar Named Desire (with Citadel), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Dancing at Lughnasa (with NAC), Hedda Gabler, Macbeth, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Born Yesterday, Spokesong.

OTHER THEATRE Twenty seasons playing leading

roles with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, most recently the title role in Richard iii and Anne Hathaway in Vern Thiessen’s one-person play Shakespeare’s Will, both directed by husband Miles Potter. Canadian premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking (Belfry, Globe, NAC); Candida, Pygmalion (Shaw).

TV Rookie Blue, Flashpoint, The Eleventh Hour, Burn Up. ET CETERA Three Dora Awards (Theatre Plus’s Saint

Joan, MTC/Mirvish’s Orpheus Descending and for directing New Globe’s Valley Song). Jessie Award: Wit (VP/CS). Genie Award: The Hanging Garden.

Recipient of honorary MFA from San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.

Cherissa Richards

MTC Shakespeare’s Dog (with NAC), King Lear, The

Crucible, Our Country’s Good, Transit of Venus (regional tour), Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays and Romeo and Juliet (Theatre for Young Audiences productions), An Inspector Calls. Director: The Threepenny Opera (with SIR).

Vivie Warren

OTHER THEATRE Way to Heaven, Talk, The Father

(WJT); Lenin’s Embalmers (WJT/Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company); Iago in Othello, title role in Hamlet, title role in Richard iii, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey (SIR); Encore (TPM); Selected directing: Stretching Hide, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Noble Savage, Savage Noble (TPM); Head, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth (SIR); eight productions of Robert Munsch stories for PTE. FILM/TV Arne has appeared in more than 25 locally shot film and television projects.

TRAINING Graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Act-

ing) program at the University of Alberta.

ET CETERA Arne’s most cherished theatre experienc-

es were Candy From a Baby and Molotov Circus, both of which were collaborations with his children Gislina and Solmund, and his partner Debbie Patterson.

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MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE On the Rocks, The Admirable Crichton,

The Doctor’s Dilemma, An Ideal Husband (Shaw); West Indian Diaries (Ground Zero Productions); Seven (Nightswimming); The Bewitched, The Bundle, Much Ado About Nothing (York University); Our Lady of 121st Street (Column 13); The Power of Harriet T. (MTYP, Carousel Players).

TRAINING Master of Fine Arts—Acting (York

University), NTS, BA (Hons.) from the U of W. ET CETERA In 2009, Cherissa won the J.B.C. Watkins

Award to study at the prestigious École Philippe Gaulier in Paris, France.

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ARTISTS

Stephen Russell Reverend Samuel

MTC Long Day’s Journey into Night, Henry iv, Hamlet, An Inspector Calls, Medea (1992).

OTHER THEATRE King Lear (New York and across

Canada); 30 seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

FILM/TV Pontius Pilate in The Gospel of John; Family of Cops and several other cop shows.

ET CETERA Stephen began his acting career as a recipient of MTC’s Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Scholarship.

about social and political issues, rather than simply entertain them.

Themes of societal hypocrisy dominate his work, and with his trademark wit, he frequently put marriage, health, religion, government, education and class privilege under the microscope. Widower’s Houses (1892), a scathing attack on slumlords, was his first play, although he didn’t find commercial success as a playwright until The Devil’s Disciple in 1897. Some of his best-known plays include Candida (1895), Caesar and Cleopatra (1898), Back to Methuselah (1920), Saint Joan (1923) and Pygmalion (1913), which became a movie in 1938 and was adapted into the musical My Fair Lady after his death.

Along with winning an Oscar for his Pygmalion screenplay in 1938, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. His contribution to the cultural canon includes many essays, 63 plays, five novels, 250,000 letters and three movie adaptations.

His plays continue to be staged around the world.

Gordon Tanner Mr. Praed

Alisa Palmer Director

MTC in the next room or the vibrator play (with Tarragon), Calendar Girls (with Mirvish), White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Strong Poison, Our Town, The Retreat from Moscow, Guys and Dolls (with TC/ Citadel), A Christmas Carol, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winslow Boy (with TA), The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes.

OTHER THEATRE Favourites include: Three Sisters, In

The Chamber, The Elmwood Visitation (TPM); Death of a Salesman, Lebensraum (WJT); Moonlight and Magnolias, Something Drastic (PTE); The Full Monty (Rainbow); Des Fraises en janvier, La Trappe (Le Cercle Molière); The Mousetrap (Segal); Paradise Lost (Adhere And Deny); Assassins (Dry Cold).

FILM/TV Gordon has appeared in more than 20 locally shot film and television productions.

George Bernard Shaw Playwright

MTC East of Berlin, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls.

OTHER THEATRE Ms. Palmer has directed the devel-

opment, premieres and tours of many new plays and musicals, and is currently in her ninth season at the Shaw Festival. Selected: The Bricklin (TNB); premiere of The Children’s Republic, premiere/national tour of East of Berlin, Anything That Moves, Mimi, or A Poisoner’s Comedy, premiere/national tour of sibs (Tarragon); The Women, Sunday in the Park with George, The Philanderer, Pal Joey, Diana of Dobson’s (Shaw); Belle Moral: A Natural History (Shaw/NAC); Top Girls—Dora Award, ‘night, Mother (Soulpepper); The Clean House, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (CS); Oh My Irma (Best Production at NYC’s United Solo Festival). Director & co-author: The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls (Canadian tour) and its sequel More Fine Girls; Cloud 9, The Lord of the Rings Resident Director (Mirvish). Upcoming: A Man and Some Women (Shaw).

ET CETERA From 1994 to 2001, Ms. Palmer was

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is credited with revolutionizing British Drama, by bringing naturalism and intelligent discourse to the Victorian stage.

With his plays, he strived to make audiences think

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the Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre. She is a three-time finalist for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, a recipient of a Harold Award, the New Brunswick Award for Excellence in Theatre, six Dora Awards and two Chalmers Awards.

ARTISTS

Charlotte Dean

John Gzowski

Set & Costume Designer

Sound Designer

MTC White Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), The Importance of Being Earnest, The Philadelphia Story (with TC), The Monument, Arcadia (with CS), Not Wanted on the Voyage (with Necessary Angel/CS).

MTC in the next room or the vibrator play (with Tarragon), It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, East of Berlin, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, What Lies Before Us, I, Claudia.

OTHER THEATRE No Great Mischief (Neptune); The

OTHER THEATRE More Fine Girls, The Fall, Private Jokes,

Admirable Crichton, The Doctor’s Dilemma, A Little Night Music, Design for Living (Shaw); Love’s Labour’s Lost, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghosts, The Brothers Karamazov (Stratford); Betrayal, An Ideal Husband (TC); Pélagie: An Acadian Musical Odyssey (NAC/CS); Doubt, A Parable (CS); The Misanthrope, Humble Boy, Democracy, Molière (Tarragon). Upcoming: The Real World (Tarragon).

TRAINING/TEACHING Charlotte holds a BFA from York University and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. She has coached Costume Rendering at the National Theatre School.

ET CETERA Charlotte is the 2009 recipient of the

Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design. She has received five Doras for Outstanding Design, and has been nominated for Sterling Awards and Betty Mitchell Awards.

Hugh Conacher

Public Places, Capture Me—Dora nomination, Well— Dora nomination, I, Claudia, Motel Hélène, Emphysema (A Love Story) (Tarragon); Goodness (Tarragon/ Volcano Theatre); 2 Words for Snow, Mortality—Dora nomination (Volcano Theatre); Exit The King, The Price (Soulpepper); The Clean House, It’s a Wonderful Life (CS); A Doll’s House—Dora Award, Coyote Ugly— Dora Award (DVxT Theatre); Smudge (Nightwood Theatre); Quartet with Julia Aplin—Dora Award (Froth Theatre); The Widow Judith—Dora Award (Guardian Spring Productions).

ET CETERA John has won five Dora Awards and

been nominated for another eight. He plays jazz and folk around the world, knows the art of Foley, builds custom-designed instruments, writes for dance and television, as well as for musical acts as diverse as the Madawaska String Quartet and Autorickshaw, and constructs and installs sound sculptures. Most recently, he has been working on two solo albums, one of which will feature music written for his custom-made microtonal instruments.

Lighting Designer

Debashis Sinha Associate Sound Designer MTC After Miss Julie, Macbeth, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Glass Menagerie, Beautiful Lake Winnipeg, A Walk in the Woods, Frankenstein: Playing with Fire.

MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Hugh has collaborated with

OTHER THEATRE Selected sound design and composi-

choreographers, dance companies and theatres worldwide for more than 30 years. In Winnipeg, he regularly works with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Gearshifting Performance Works, Theatre Projects Manitoba, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and Théâtre Vice Versa Theatre.

ET CETERA Hugh has expanded his process to include

various forms of interactive media and photography, as recently seen in Hybrid Human at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Jolene Bailie’s Sensory Life, Infinite World and in Freya Olafson’s Avatar. His photographic work has been published throughout North America and beyond. HughConacher.com

tion credits includes work with Theatre Direct, Necessary Angel, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Pleiades Theatre, Hari Krishnan’s inDance, Theatre Gargantua, Fusion Dance Theatre and Young People’s Theatre.

ET CETERA Debashis’ creative output spans a broad

range of genres and media, from world music percussion on the concert stage to solo audiovisual performances in galleries, to the interior spaces between two headphones. He has travelled from Banff to Berlin to exhibit and perform in a variety of projects spanning the genres of radiophonic art, single and multi-channel video, audiovisual performance, installation art, theatre, dance and music. debsinha.com jan/feb 2012

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Heidi Malazdrewich

Michael Duggan

Apprentice Director

Apprentice Stage Manager

MTC Romeo and Juliet.

OTHER THEATRE Actor: Arcadia, Boston Marriage

MTC in the next room or the vibrator play, The Shunning, Brief Encounter (with VP), The Seafarer, Steel Magnolias.

(Theatre Incarnate); Three There (addpunctuation theatre); Max and Mirabelle (The Cat’s Pajamas Productions). Director: Perfect Pie, Essay, sexxxy 2010 (University of Calgary); The Princess and the Pea (Little Opera Company); The Apiarist (Whole Hearted Productions).

OTHER THEATRE H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan

TRAINING MFA in Directing (University of Calgary),

TRAINING Mike is a graduate of the U of W, with a BA

BA (Hons.) Theatre (University of Winnipeg).

ET CETERA Two-time recipient of the Jean Murray –

Moray Sinclair Scholarship.

Michelle Lagassé Stage Manager

MTC Romeo and Juliet, After Miss Julie, Top Girls, Jitters, The Constant Wife (with Citadel), The Last Five Years, Feelgood (with GCTC).

OTHER THEATRE Recent productions: Bingo!, Burnin’

Love (PTE); Cherry Docs (WJT), Lenin’s Embalmers (WJT/Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company); Fort Mac (Vice Versa Theatre); Remember the Night (Moving Target Theatre Company).

TRAINING Graduate of the National Theatre School

of Canada.

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Society of Winnipeg); The Barber of Seville (Manitoba Opera); Cats (Rainbow); Billy Bishop Goes to War, Saint Joan, Habitat (Theatre by the River); Three Sisters (zone41 theatre/TPM); The Brothers Grimm (U of M); Monsieur d’Eon is a Woman (U of W).

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ET CETERA Mike is happy to be back at the Warehouse

and hopes that you enjoy the show.

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Pat & Bob Adamson Ms. J. Aitken Jacqueline Anderson Ms. Leslie E. Anderson & Mr. Ken MacLeod Phyllis Arnold-Luedtke Lyle & Heather Arnould Roger August Mr. & Mrs. J.F. Baron Brenda Batzel Barbara Beaupre

Joan Bender George Benias Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Judith Blair Yvette Boily Pat Bolton John Bond Oksana Bondarchuk Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Ron & Joan Boyd Phoebe Boyle Garth & Judy Bradley Sheila & David Brodovsky Miriam Bronstein Dennis Brown Ms. Margaret Brown In memory of Don Browne —Lesia Peet Doug Buss Michael & Donna Byrne Robert Campbell T. & J. Carter Kelly & Judy Caughlin Merv & Jan Cavers Tom & Edith Checkley Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Duane Cheskey Ed Choptuik Mrs. Krystyn Clouston Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Agnes & John Collins Graham & Linda Connor Edward & Brenda Cotton Sandra & Michael Cox Marie & Roy Craig Jessica Cranmer Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Cranston R. Lynn Craton Ted & Margaret Cuddy Bradley J. Curran J. Dale Georges Damphousse D. Davidson Ms. D. Davidson Diane Degraves Ms. Chloe Del Bigio Diane de Rocquigny DGH Engineering Ltd. M. Jane Dick Linda Drewe Katherine Drewniak Janice Duynisveld William & Helen Eamer Michael Easton Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp Mrs. Beatrice Einarsson Mrs. Selma Enns Lilianne Erickson F. Fahner Gord Falkenberg Craig & Mary Fardoe Barbara Farough Harrison Heather Ferguson Kate Ferris & Fred Casey

Nelma Fetterman Dr. & Mrs. D.D. & B.M. Fillis Mr. & Mrs. Gary W.E. Firth Janet & Brian Fleishman Denis & Barb Fletcher Margaret Funk Ronald S. Gaffray Daniel Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant Victoria Gallimore Linda Garwood-Filbert Barbara & David Goldenberg Donald Graham Ms. Mavis E. Gray Susan & Barry Greenberg Ms. Donnalynn Grills Rodger & Marion Guinn Bonnie Hallman Roy Halstead Allan & Evelyn Hardy Glen Harrison Dr. James C. Haworth Teresa A. Hay Mr. Kyle Hendin Valerie Hewlett Mary Hicks Frank & Donna Hruska Mr. Ian Hughes Heather D. Janik Sylvia Jansen Lars C. Jansson Brenda Jenkyns Claudette Journe Marilyn Joyal Phyllis Kalinsky Dr. & Mrs. A. Kati Ms. Julie Koehn Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kostiuk Mr. & Mrs. Dennis & Lillian Kozak Ken & Glenys Krotch Dr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Elizabeth Lansard Barbara Latocki Ms. Nancy Latocki Joe & Lauren Laxdal Patricia Leathers Mrs. I. Lee John & Roberta Lewis Patricia Ling Gordon P. Linney Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lister Audrey Low Maylene Ludwig Tom Lussier Robert & Shirley Lynch Mr. & Mrs. E.R. MacDonald Hazel MacLeod Shelley Mahoney Beverley Manishen Mr. & Mrs. R. Marks Ms. Linda Matheson Bob & Betty McCamis Donald McCarthy Lynne McClelland Jean McCloy & Jamie Brown Tom & Marianne McClusky

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Annual gi ving Diane McGifford D. McKay Greg & Gloria McLaren Patricia McLaughlin Samuel McLaughlin Marilyn McMullan Donald McNabb Holly McNulty Anthony & Joyce McWha Susie Miclash Jim & Karren Middagh Mrs. M.V. Mills Mr. & Mrs. Harry Minuk Jack & Marilyn Mitchell Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Ron & Maureen Monson M.A. Mortimer Ms. Velma Motheral Shelley Muir Don Munro Sharon & Mel Myers Leanne Nause Connie Newman Robert Nickel Angela Noble Sheila Norrie Patrick O’Connor Terry & Karen Ogden Joanne Olchowecki Truus Oliver Dana Orr Theresa Oye Jack Palmer Harry Panaschuk Mr. James Parker Ruth Paul Rene Pelletier Carol Penner Barbara Perreault Ilene Piasta Irvin & Sandra Plosker Jim & Jeanette Popplow Donald & Connie Price Myrna Protosavage Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Ms. Linda Ratynski Margaret Rayter Joyce Rich David & Helene Riesen Don & Sherrill Roach In memory of David Robertson —Viola Robertson Renee Roseman Lottie Rosenstock Pat & Michelle Rowan Ms. Carol Runions Mrs. G. Russell Beverley Ryman Sandra Sadler Leonore M. Saunders, O.M. Ms. Velma Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Scott Jim & Susan Shaw Louise Shaw Ms. Cal Shell

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Dr. Maurice Shnider & Ms. Sandy Whan Izzy Shore Miss Edna Siemens Roslyn & Meyer Silver Jonelle Simms Simone’s Skincare Studio Cheryl Simpson Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Juanita Smith Mrs. J. Sprange Mr. David Stacey Mary F. Steinhoff Joan Stewart-Hay & Han Van DenHeuvel Dr. V. Marie Storrie Ronald A. Surcon Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Swift Martin & Shelly Tadman Gudrun Tait Karen Tereck Helen Tomlinson Gordon & Mary Toombs Candace Trussler Duncan Tulleken Mac Tye Mr. Charles R. Vandekerkhove Jackie Van Winkle† M.W. Vint Jesse Vorst Sherry & Bob Ward Phyllis Watson Allan & Mavis Whicker John T. & Justina Wiens Ms. Lynda Will Murray & Ivy Wilson Tom & Norma Wilson Dorcas & Kirk Windsor E. Jane Woelk M. & S. Wong Mrs. Lorraine Woods-Bavasah Harvey Zimberg 22 Anonymous Donors

TRIBUTE GIFTS Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund —The Winnipeg Foundation In memory of Babs Asper —Richard Yaffe & John Statham In memory of Anne-Marie Brownell —Dr. Ted & Margaret Cuddy, Marlene Milne, Myrna Protosavage, Roma Maconachie, Sue & Ken Skinner In memory of Winnifred Burns —Oakenwald School In honour of Terri Cherniack —Roslyn Silver In memory of Don Dampsy —Doneta Brotchie In honour of Robin Kersey.

Thank you for everything.

—Sheryl Rosenberg In memory of Judge Ronald Meyer —Simone Scott

In memory of David Lyle —Unitarian Church Theatre Discussion Group In memory of Dora Mae Luckhurst —Sylvia Guertin-Riley In recognition of Bill MacKinnon, FCA, Chair of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants —The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba In memory of John Palmer —Jack Palmer In honour of the anniversary of Marina Plett-Lyle & the late David Lyle —Jacqueline Brignall In honour of two special birthdays and a very special wedding anniversary of Marina Plett-Lyle & the late David Lyle.

—Margaret & Bob Ferguson In appreciation of Steven Schipper & his direction of the cast of Les Miz —Balmoral Hall School Ryan Segal Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba In memory of Ray Senft —Richard Yaffe & John Statham In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC —Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Shelagh Sinclair Fund —The Winnipeg Foundation In memory of Rae Tallin —Joan Carlson Leslie John Taylor Fund —The Winnipeg Foundation

Contributor

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Associate

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Cunningham Business Interiors Ltd. Edward Carriere HR Adworks Leon A. Brown Ltd. MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Mid West Packaging Limited Noble Locksmith Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Reitmans (Canada) Limited

Thank you to those who have made a Planned Gift. Your visionary support ensures our founders’ dream will live on for generations.* Gail Aspert Marjorie & Morley Blanksteint Duane & Pauline Braun Kerry Dangerfieldt Laurie Lam & Larry Desrochers† Gary Hannaford & Cathy Rushtont Maureen E. Jay Dr. Leonard & Hope Kahane Gordon C. Keatcht Leona J. MacDonald Barb Melnychuk Jeffrey Mortont Heather Power & Harold Klause Steven Schipper & Terri Cherniack†

$600 – $899

Assiniboine Credit Union Astroid Management Ltd. Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. Crown Cap (1987) Ltd. Fillmore Riley LLP First Avenue Office Furnishings FWS Construction Ltd. Manitoba’s Credit Unions Metal-Tech Industries (1989) Inc. Pitblado LLP Pollard Banknote Ltd. Red River Co-operative Ltd. t past and current MTC board of trustees/advisory board memberS † current mtc staff * If you have remembered MTC in your will, Please let us know.

Endowment F und

Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between November 1, 2010 and November 29, 2011. Amounts are cumulative.

$2,000,000 + Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/ Patrimone canadien

$500,000 – $999,999 Power Corporation of Canada

$250,000 – $499,999 Gail Asper & Michael Patersont

$100,000 – $249,999 Morley & Marjorie Blankstein C.M.t BMO Financial Group TD Bank Financial Group

$25,000 – $49,999 The late Anne-Marie Brownell CIBC Donald K. Johnson, C.M. Manitoba Hydro Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass

$10,000 – $24,999 Ben Moss Jewellers Birchwood Automotive Group Bonnie Cham & Lorne Bellan John F. (Jack) Frasert James R. Gibbs J.K. May Investments Ltd. Bryan Klein & Susan Halprin The Honourable Guy J. Kroft & Hester Kroft Cam & Carole Osler George Sigurdson The late Norm & Patricia Stanger 1 Anonymous Donor

$5,000 – $9,999 Donald Fraser & Judy Little Tricia & Denis Hlynka Susan & Keith Knox Leona J. MacDonald Jim & Penny McLandresst Susan Millican Norma Anne Padilla Heather Pullan & Tom Frohlinger Joan Wright

$2,500 – $4,999 Margaret Caie Rita & Don Campbell Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Ian Kirk†

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Peter & Maureen Macdonald Garry Markham Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Timothy Wildman & Kathleen Gough Dorothy Y. Young

$1,000 – $2,499 F. Adams & S. Brodovsky Philip Ashdown David & Pamela Atkinst George Baldwin Joan & Michael Baragar Cheryl Barker Doris & Burton Bass Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Dr. Douglas Birt Don & Cheryl Breakey Carol Budnick Sharon Burden† Mary Campbell Pamela & Andrew Cooke Werner & Judy Danchura Kerry Dangerfieldt Bob & Alison Darling Esther & Hy Dashevskyt Dick & Joan Dawson DGH Engineering Ltd. Mary Dixon Helene Dyck Roberta Dyck Shannon Ernstt Michael & Lynn Evans Robert & Ginny Filuk Maurice & Dolores Francen Charlie & Bonnie Froebe Dr. Jeremy & Maureen Gordon John & Margaret Graham M.E. Gray In memory of Sharon Greening —Margo Foxford & Giles Bugailiskis Kari Hagness† Janice Harvey The Hollidays Gary & Maureen Hunter Thomas W. & Mary V. Kirk Soody & Orah Kleiman Myron & Marion Klysh Jack & Yetta Levit Jim MacNair Barbara Main Gerry Matte & Lydia Surasky Terri & Jim McKerchar Claire & Irene Miller Gail Morberg In memory of Liam Murphy —Leigh Murphy Jean & Lisa Neron Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Anita & Ron Perron Marina Plett-Lyle Shelagh & Bill Powell Claude & Pat Precourt Judge Charles & Naida Rubin Dr. William & Dr. Renate Schulz Jo-Anne & Ian Seymour Sherrett Appraisals Inc.

Ruth Simkin Jennifer Skelly & Family† Adele Standil Frits & Joan Stevens Charles R. Vandekerkhove Beverley Vane & Bill Shepherd Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Wearing Williams Ltd., Don & Sheila Katz Barbara & Ken Webb Margaret & Alfred Wikjord Heather & Kitch Wilson Harry & Evelyn Wray Margaret & Paul Wright 1 Anonymous Donor

$500 – $999 Susan Algie & James Wagner Judy & Jay Anderson Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn J. Kenneth & Joyce Beatty Ruth Bellan Bruce & Joyce Berry Arthur & Ken Blankstein-Ure Helga & Gerhard Bock The Bohm Family David & Pamela Bolton Ron & Joan Boyd Eldon & Mavis Brown Bill & Dwili Burns Dr. Walter & Jean Bushuk Nan Carson Margaret E. Clarke John K. & Agnes Collins M. & J. Corneillie Ray & Brenda Crabbe Raymond & Charlene Currie M. Jane Dick Mrs. Selma Enns Christine Fleetwood Chris Freeman William Gardner Brent & Debbie Gilbert David & Ewhenia Gnutel Bruce & Judy Harris Tony Harwood-Jones & Heather Dixon Teresa A. Hay Evelyn & Larry Hecht Helios & Marilyn Hernandez Ray Hesslein & Mavis Bollman Jeff Hirsch & Liz Murray Rudy & Gail Isaak Lynne Jentsch Bradley Krentz Dr. G.H. Lawler J. Wayne & Helen Le Blanc Ellen & Stewart Leibl David & Marie Loewen Mr. & Mrs. E.R. MacDonald Ramesh & Lynn Mehta Vera Moroz Margaret Morran

Lorne Morriss Paul & Elaine Neelon Robert J. Nickel & Barbara E. Nickel J. & B. Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. W. Norrie Karen & Terry Ogden E.M.L. Poulter Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Joyce Rich Marc & Sherri Rittinger Walter & Rozalia Rohalsky Elizabeth Russin Charlene M. Scouten Penny Scurfield Melanie Sexton† Joyce Shead David P. Silcox & Linda Intaschi Grant Sims Percy & Elizabeth Stapley Joyce D. Strang Paul & Terry Swart Margaret & Walter Swayze Elaine Toms Lee Treilhard Grant Tweed Unitarian Church Theatre Group Faye & Peter Warren John T. & Justina Wiens 2 Anonymous Donors

Up to $499 Edward W. & M. Joan Alexander Darla Alsip In memory of Gordon Andersen Leslie Anderson & Ken MacLeod Helen & Ignatius Anyadike Helen M. Arkos Jo-Anne Arnold Margaret & Charles Avent Armand & Judy Baccus Pamela Bachewich Donald A. Bailey Linda Barth Peggy Barker Dr. John & Karen Bate Arla Beachell Roma Bellhouse Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Ms. Jean Bissett Penny-Lee Blundon Marnie Bolland Dr. John Bond Melanie Bourdon Garth & Judy Bradley Ruth & Kris Breckman Jacqueline Brignall Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Dennis Brown Gloria Brown Sharon Brown Marion Bruno G. Burge & K. England

t past and current MTC board of trustees/advisory board memberS † current mtc staff

Endowment F und Janice Butcher Vera Butterworth Marina Caillier Beverley Cann T. & J. Carter Jeanetta Casselman Audrey Cassels Betty & Bruce Catchpole Arthur & Donna Chow David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Glen & Lorna Clark Nancy Clendenan Edna & Kevin Closs Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Dawn Colby Christine H. Coltart Heather & Frederick Corbett Chris Cottick Anna Coulter Michael & Sandra Cox Susan Coyne & Albert Schultz Ted & Margaret Cuddy Holly Cumming Dorothy Davidson Freda L. Deane Chloe & Ron Del Bigio Michael & Allison Dixon Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp Ken Eisner Fred & Christine Eldridge Martha & John Enns Ernest Epp Heather Erickson Brenda & Michael Evans Heather Ferguson Ms. D. Ferraton Lee Finch Mr. & Mrs. Gary W.E. Firth John & Clara Fjeldsted Audrey & the late Gordon Fogg Helen Fontaine Elizabeth Foster Janice & Russ Foster Gitta Fricke Richard & Nancy Frost Susan Garfield Ms. Linda Garwood-Filbert Lynne Gauld Trish Gibson Carole Giesbrecht Elisabeth Gordon Sharon Goszer Tritt & Stephen Tritt Donald Graham Joyce Graham L.D. Graham Ron & Connie Gray Libby Greenfield Mr. J.E. Guthrie J.R. Halaiko Dr. Linda Hamilton & Cst. Grange Morrow Allan & Evelyn Hardy Bryan & Pam Harmer H. Hesse

Mrs. Audrey Hilderman Dorothy Hodgson Bernd & Tanis Hohne Celine Houde Candace Houston Lorne & Marguerite How Richard & Karen Howell Jeff & Terry Hurtig Phyllis Ilavsky Joanne Instance Lesley Iredale Elizabeth E. Jackson Dr. & Mrs. James C. Jamieson Heather Janik Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper Sylvia Jansen Rhea & Dave Jenkinson Marilyn Juvonen Ausma Kaktins Mrs. Adrienne Katz Penny Kelly Susan Ketchen M.J. King David Kinsley Dawn Kirbyson Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Peter Kohut Albert Krahn Rena Kroeker L. Lam & L. Desrochers† Deanne Lander In memory of David Landy —Edith Landy Barbara Latocki Mrs. I. Lee Gloria Lemke David & Sherrill Levene Marilyn Lindquist Simon S. Lucy & Leslie Malcolmson Gail MacAulay & Kevin Rollason Allison MacHutchon Dr. Shelley Mahoney Sylvia L. Main Allan & Joanne Malenko Nick Martin & Dr. Evelyn Ferguson Carol & Barry McArton Gerry & Corinne McCallum Donald McCarthy Dr. & Mrs. Donald McInnes Pamela A. McKechnie Dr. Liz McKenzie Pat McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Quinton McNaught Barbara McNeill Holly McNulty Walter & Marilyn Melnyk Roy & Sharon Millard Marlene Milne Nancy & Bill Mitchell Marcel & Louise Mollot Mary Jean Moniuk Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Linda Moore Marlene A. Mortimer Judy Naaykens Ken & Jane Nattrass

Mr. & Mrs. V. & M. Nelson Marika Nerbas Glenn & Neva Nicholls Vivienne Nickerson Esther Nisenholt Sheila Norrie Valerie Nuytten Pat & Sherry O’Connor Doris Mae Oulton & Cam Mackie James E. Parker Robb Paterson† Mr. & Mrs. Robert Patrick Liz Patzer Lesia Peet Leanne Peleck Peggy Phillips Donna Plant Carolyn Porhownik Keith Powls M. Lois Powne† Valerie Prouse Joanne Prygrocki Ron & Sylvia Pryhitko Diana & Bryan Purdy William & Heather Quinn Jake & Patricia Reimer Bill & Norma Rennie Henry & Sheila Riendeau David & Helene Riesen Evan & Audra Roitenberg Elaine Roznatoski John S. Russell Michael T. Ruta Beverly Ryman F.E. Sanderson Grant & Janet Saunders Anita Savage Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Adolph & Diane Schurek Mr. Hartley Schwark Faye Scott Douglas & Wendy Scott Jim & Susan Shaw Shirley E. Sherwood Izzy Shore Norman & Heather Silver Roslyn Silver Diane Silverthorne Bryce & Jenna Simes Vern & Ann Simonsen Howard & Sue Simpson Paul & Suzanne Simpson M.A. Skaftfeld David Skinner Leslie Slaney Emily Sleeman J. Smyth David Stacey A. Edward Stanton Karen Stewart-Paley Marilyn Stothers Tom & Shirley Strutt Mr. Ronald Surcon Lydia Sykes Peter & Sharon Taylor Mary & Gordon Toombs

W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Gabor Vamos & Brenda Silver Gus & Josephine Van Ginkel Bob & Fran Vannevel Jackie Van Winkle† Gloria Waldron Richard Walker George Waters Walter & Shirley Watts Donna Webb Linda L. Wiebe Mark Wiese Audrey Wilford Susan Williams & Jack Peet Leslie Wilson Donna Winstone Robert Wood Grant & Sheila Woods S.M. Woods Graham Wren Carrie Yudai 38 Anonymous Donors

Tribute Gifts In honour of Laurie Lam & Ben Wiebe for their presentations to the Unitarian Church Theatre Discussion Group —M. Plett-Lyle In memory of Dora Luckhurst —Lee & Carol MacKenzie In memory of Myrna-Lou McGregor —M. Plett-Lyle, Unitarian Church Theatre Discussion Group In memory of Heather Elizabeth Roylance —Leona MacDonald

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Accounting/Finance

Patron Services Office

His Honour, Lt. Governor Philip S. Lee The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba His Worship, Mayor Sam Katz

Sharon Burden, Accounting Yvonne O’Connor, Accounting Shelley Stroski, Controller

Executive Officers

Administration

Gary Hannaford, FCA, Chair Kerry Dangerfield, chair-elect/chair, community relations Patrick Green, Treasurer David Carefoot, Assistant Treasurer Anthony C. Fletcher, Secretary Robert Eastwood, chair, resource development Shannon Ernst, Chair, Operational Performance Jim McLandress, Chair, Governance & Strategic Planning

Brian Adolph, IT Manager Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus Jennifer Cheslock, Interim outreach coordinator Camilla Holland, General Manager Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Secretary Debbie Neufeld, Reception/Marketing Assistant Alan Waite, Assistant General Manager

Laurie Fletcher, Patron Services Office Manager Melanie Sexton, Ticketing Services Director Jennifer Skelly, Tessitura Application Coordinator Patron Services Representatives: Katie Adamson, Alison Derksen, Natercia Doucet, Frances Koncan, Anna-Laure Koop, Nitsa Ortmann, Tori Popp, Michaela Porter

Trustees David Atkins Brenlee Carrington Trepel David Christie Derrick Coupland Sandy Gousseau Jeff Lamothe Bruce Leslie Michelle Weinberg Rick Workman Richard L. Yaffe Brenda Zaporzan

Advisory Council Gerry Couture, Chair Gail Asper Morley Blankstein Doneta Brotchie Angus Campbell Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere Charron Hamilton Yude Henteleff Ken Houssin Gordon Keatch Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews Claire W. Miller Jeffrey Morton, FCA Hon. Jack Murta Lillian Neaman Shelley Nimchonok Andrew Ogaranko, QC James Pappas John Petersmeyer Lawrence Prout Jeff Quinton Patricia Rabson Margaret Redmond Susan Skinner Al Snyder Maureen Watchorn

Artistic Jeff Kennedy, Wordplay Coordinator Laurie Lam, Producer Robb Paterson, Associate Artistic Director Steven Schipper, Artistic Director Casey Shapira, Literary Apprentice* Melinda Tallin, Artistic Coordinator

Carpentry Louis Gagné, Layout Carpenter Brent Letain, Master Carpenter Chris Seida, Scenic Carpenter

Communications Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Doowah Design, Design Bruce Monk, Photographer Brent Phillips, Director of Marketing & Communications Mark Saunders, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Teri Stevens, Publicist & online media coordinator

Development Kristine Betker, Director of Fund Development Garth Johnson, Major, individual & planned Giving Officer Michael Joyal, Development Assistant Stephanie Lambert, Special & Donor Events Coordinator

John Hirsch Theatre Front-of-House Deborah Gay-de Vries, Front-of-House Manager Kim Cossette, Assistant House Manager Jonny Hall, Elfie Harvey, Kelsey Johnson, Sherri Kostecki, Tia Levine, Robyn Milligan, Rachael Neal, Jessica Olson, Amariah Peterson, Angela Rajfur, Jennifer Schmidt, Caroline Shields, Cristin Sinclair, Kevin Stroski, Phyllis Van Drunen, Rita Vande Vyvere, Chelsea Zacharias, Derek Zorniak

Maintenance Andrew Drinnan, Building Superintendent Chris Fletcher, Assistant Building Superintendent

Paint Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Lawrence Van Went, Scenic Artist Assisted by: Julie Slessor

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Production Laura Enns, Bookkeeper/Assistant Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Laura Lindeblom, Assistant Production Manager Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Theatre Russell Martin, Production Manager Benjamin Ross, Technical Director, John Hirsch Theatre

Properties Peter Baureiss, Properties Builder/Buyer Larry Demedash, Senior Properties Builder Kari Hagness, Head of Properties James Sutherland, Properties Builder

Stage Crew Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor Hart Greenberg, Head Carpenter Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Claude Robert, Head Electrician John Tomiuk, House Stage Hand Michael Wright, Head of Sound

Tele-Sales Representative Sandra Rubin

Tom Hendry Theatre Randy Harder, Head Electrician Rick MacPherson, Technical Director Alison Nutt, Head Carpenter Burkhard Weiss, Carpenter Greg Wood, Head of Sound Michael Wright, Head of Sound

Tom Hendry Theatre Front-of-House Kim Cossette, Front-of-House Manager Scott Tweedy, Assistant House Manager Phyllis Hildebrand, Pam Neal, Cristin Sinclair

Wardrobe Amanda Isaak, sewer Zane Kirk, Men’s Haircuts Thora Lamont, Cutter Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe Lois Powne, First Hand Sharon Ryman, Stylist for Seana McKenna’s Wig Candace Van Osch, Wardrobe Apprentice* Jackie Van Winkle, Buyer/Accessories

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