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Message from the Artistic Director

We all have a picture of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes in our head.

There’s the Meerschaum pipe, the deerstalker cap and the houndstooth cape; all the outward trappings of an eccentric man whose powers of observation and intellectual deduction far surpass his social skills.

Recently, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller’s portrayals of the great detective have updated Holmes and given him a contemporary relevance, but there are other ways to re-imagine this iconic figure.

At our John Hirsch Mainstage, playwright Katie Forgette has brought two real-life theatre artists – Steven Schipper

playwright Oscar Wilde and actress Lillie Langtry – into the orbit of the fictional detective, and created a

compelling new tale of blackmail and royal scandal. By cleverly lifting lines from both Wilde and Conan Doyle, Forgette has written a literary mash-up with special appeal for those of us who love theatre. But perhaps Forgette’s greatest accomplishment is her creation of Lillie Langtry as a woman worthy of a future king, or an uncommonly clever detective.

Playwright Colleen Murphy has also created a pair of worthy adversaries – one male and one female – at our Tom Hendry Warehouse. Halley Armstrong would seem to be an unlikely match for an injured soldier. She is only 12 years old and confined to a wheelchair, but she’s taken the Girl Guide oath to do her best, to be true to herself, her beliefs and her country, and to take action for a better world. That the soldier doesn’t want her to improve his world seems almost irrelevant. Détente arises from an unlikely source, a 120-year-old book about war that turns the two young people into unlikely allies.

Both Murphy and Forgette walk arm-in-arm with literary masters from another century, crossing thresholds of time and gender to create modern stories of humanity and hope. We are delighted to launch our season with these pairs of men and women, as they find light in the darkness and yin in the yang, like houndstooth.

Yours always,

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Theatre Abbreviation Legend Arts Club Arts Club Theatre Company • Vancouver, BC ATF Atlantic Theatre Festival • Wolfville, NS ATP Alberta Theatre Projects • Calgary, AB BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music • NYC Bard on the Beach Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival • Vancouver, BC Belfry The Belfry Theatre • Victoria, BC Blyth Blyth Theatre Festival • Blyth, ON Broadway New York theatre district • NYC CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Centaur Centaur Theatre Company • Montreal, QC Citadel The Citadel Theatre • Edmonton, AB COC Canadian Opera Company • Toronto, ON CS Canadian Stage • Toronto, ON Dora Dora Mavor Moore Award • Toronto, ON Drayton Drayton Entertainment • Ontario Dry Cold Dry Cold Productions • Winnipeg, MB Factory Factory Theatre • Toronto, ON GCTC The Great Canadian Theatre Company • Ottawa, ON Grand The Grand Theatre • London, ON Mirvish Mirvish Productions • Toronto, ON Moving Target Moving Target Theatre Company • Winnipeg, MB MTYP Manitoba Theatre for Young People • Winnipeg, MB NAC National Arts Centre • Ottawa, ON Necessary Angel Necessary Angel Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Neptune Neptune Theatre • Halifax, NS NFB National Film Board of Canada NTS National Theatre School of Canada • Montreal, QC Persephone Persephone Theatre • Saskatoon, SK PTAM Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB

PTE Prairie Theatre Exchange • Winnipeg, MB Rainbow Rainbow Stage • Winnipeg, MB RNT Royal National Theatre • London, England Royal Alex The Royal Alexandra Theatre • Toronto, ON RSC Royal Shakespeare Company • Stratford-upon-Avon, England RWB Royal Winnipeg Ballet • Winnipeg, MB Sarasvàti Sarasvàti Productions • Winnipeg, MB Segal The Segal Centre for Performing Arts • Montreal, QC Shaw Shaw Festival • Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON SIR Shakespeare in the Ruins • Winnipeg, MB Soulpepper Soulpepper Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Stratford Stratford Festival • Stratford, ON SummerWorks SummerWorks Theatre Festival • Toronto, ON TA Theatre Aquarius • Hamilton, ON Tarragon Tarragon Theatre • Toronto, ON TBTR Theatre By the River • Winnipeg, MB TC Theatre Calgary • Calgary, AB TNB Theatre New Brunswick • Fredericton, NB Toronto Free Toronto Free Theatre • Toronto, ON TPM Theatre Projects Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB TSO Toronto Symphony Orchestra U of M University of Manitoba U of T University of Toronto U of W University of Winnipeg VP Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company • Vancouver, BC West End Theatre District • London, England WJT Winnipeg Jewish Theatre WSO Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra YPT Young People’s Theatre • Toronto, ON zone41 zone41 theatre • Winnipeg, MB

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Setting the Stage

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY

THE EVOLUTION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Since appearing in 1887, incarnations of the Sherlock Holmes character have appeared in countless literary works, films and television adaptations. From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original storybook setting to modern-day London and New York, Sherlock Holmes is popping up everywhere.

Conan DOYLE’S ORIGINAL WORKS

HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four fulllength Sherlock Holmes novels, starting with A Study in Scarlet, which was published in 1887. An additional 56 short stories, compiled into five books, make up the rest of the Sherlock Holmes canon.

THE BIG SCREEN

Holmes’ first (albeit very short) on-screen appearance was in the 1900 silent film Sherlock Holmes Baffled. Arguably most notable of the silver screen Sherlocks, though, is Basil Rathbone (opposite), who brought the detective to life for 14 adventures between 1939 and 1946. Widely thought to be one of the most common characters in the history of cinema, Sherlock Holmes has been played by more than 70 actors in over 200 movies.

Sherlock Holmes catapulted to the forefront of popular culture again in 2009 with the release of Warner Bros.’ action mystery film Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the titular role, Jude Law as Watson and Rachel McAdams as femme fatale Irene Adler. The film garnered positive reviews and earned more than $500 million at the box office. Downey and Law reprised their roles in a 2011 sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which was also a commercial success.

TAKING OVER TELEVISION

Following the success of the Warner Bros. film, two modern adaptations of the

SHERLOCK ON STAGE

While the first person to portray Sherlock Holmes on stage was John Webb, William Gillette is possibly the most well-known stage actor to take on the character.

Gillette wrote, directed and starred in the popular play entitled Sherlock Holmes in seven different Broadway productions from 1899 to 1930. The part was eventually taken over by Harry Arthur Saintsbury, who played Holmes more than 1,400 times in Gillette’s production. Two musicals, Baker Street (1965) and Sherlock Holmes: The Musical (1988), have also been produced, as well as a ballet.

A New York production of William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes, circa 1900.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTION

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Sherlock Holmes story hit the small screen. In the BBC version, Sherlock sees flatmates and friends Holmes and Watson (played by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman) assisting the Metropolitan Police Service with various mysteries in and around London, with Watson documenting their adventures on his personal blog. In CBS’ Elementary, Johnny Lee Miller plays the titular character as a former drug addict who, after being ousted from Scotland Yard, is forced to relocate to New York and live with sober companion Dr. Joan Watson, played by Lucy Liu. Sherlock Holmes on television has a local connection as well. From 1997 to 2000, YTV aired the Winnipegfilmed TV series The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, which followed Holmes’ great grand-neice as she solves mysteries in an around a fictional Canadian town.

Basil Rathbone (above) starred as Sherlock Holmes – with Nigel Bruce’s Dr. Watson – in 14 films between 1939 and 1946. Rathbone’s portrayal is widely praised for its faith to the original text, and his version of the character endures as one of the defining visual representations of Conan Doyle’s sleuth.

Calling all bookworms!

ROYAL MTC IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS NEW BOOK CLUB We know theatre is a communal activity, and sometimes much of the fun in seeing a show is chatting about it afterwards. Why not go one step further, and add a great read into the mix?

Selected productions this season will be accompanied by a novel that enhances your experience with the play. Meet fellow enthusiasts and immerse yourself in the world of the story!

Join us at the John Hirsch Mainstage (upstairs in Royal MTC’s library) for a guided discussion and the opportunity to share your thoughts on both the play and accompanying book.

All books are available through the Winnipeg Public Library or your local bookstore. To RSVP, contact jcheslock@royalmtc.ca or call 204 934 0304.

Sherlock HoLmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King • October 25, 2–3 pm

Cabaret

Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood • January 2015

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill • April 2015

Curtain Calls

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FACT IN FICTION Sometimes, the most interesting stories can be derived from actual life events – and filled with characters influenced by real people. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle drew inspiration from the sights, sounds and people of 19th-century Britain to create the Sherlock Holmes world, even basing the titular character himself on people he’d worked with and admired in his own life. Like Conan Doyle, playwright Katie Forgette blended fact with fiction to create her own Sherlock Holmes story. But where did these memorable characters come from, and who was the real Jersey Lily?

success, Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and was later arrested, then i mprisoned for homosexuality. Within the dialogue, playwright Katie Forgette makes several references to Wilde’s works and personal letters.

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to create the character of Sherlock Holmes by real-life surgeon Dr. Joseph Bell. Conan Doyle worked under Bell at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as a clerk and, like Holmes, Bell was known for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.

During his career, Bell was occasionally involved in police investigations with forensic scientist Sir Henry Littlejohn, also cited as an influence for the Sherlock Holmes character.

LILLIE LANGTRY

OSCAR WILDE

Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, Lillie Langtry (also spelled Lily Langtry in the United States) was an English actress who, in addition to starring in many stage plays, was known for her relationships with several noblemen. Langtry pursued a career in show business at the suggestion of her close friend Oscar Wilde. The subject of widespread public and media interest, Langtry was involved with the Earl of Shrewsbury, Prince Louis of Battenberg and, most famously, the Prince of Wales.

The Prince spent a considerable amount of

Known for his exuberant personality and consummate wit, Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet who published several acclaimed works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Important of Being Earnest. At the height of his

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money on the affair, building private retreats for the couple and once complained to her, “I’ve spent enough on you to build a battleship.”

PROFESSOR MORIARTY

Several real-world criminals are speculated to have served as the basis for Sherlock Holmes’ primary nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Prime suspect is Adam Worth, a criminal mastermind who started off as a bounty jumper, pickpocket and bank robber in the United States before forming his own criminal network in the United Kingdom.

Some of his notable crimes include personally stealing a painting of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and $500,000 worth of uncut diamonds from South Africa. In his stories, Conan Doyle

has Sherlock Holmes compare Professor Moriarty to a “latter-day Jonathan Wild,” who was a notorious London underworld figure known for blackmail, bribery and collecting rewards for valuables he stole himself.

ABDUL KARIM

Abdul Karim, also known as “the Munshi,” was a former Royal Household servant who rose to be the personal attendant and close companion of Queen Victoria. Their friendship caused tension within the Royal Household, and violated many Victorian taboos of race and class. After her death, Victoria’s son dismissed Karim from court and ordered that all letters, photographs and other remnants of their relationship be destroyed.

PHOTO BY JERRY GRAJEWSKI

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26, ROYAL MTC HOSTED THE HONORABLE STEVEN FLETCHER,

MP for Charleswood-St.James-Assiniboia, and Dr. Rick Wishart from Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada for the unveiling of a National Historic Sites plaque, which has been installed on Market Avenue. Mr. Fletcher spoke about theatre’s ability to help us engage our best human instincts, when we judge a building not by the façade, but by the stories and impact that happen inside the walls. Our building was designed for functionality, durability and strength – all virtues of a theatre company as well as its home. Beauty takes place on and behind the stage, and in the interaction between actors and audiences, as well as in the building itself. Artistic Director Steven Schipper praised the architecture, as well as the building’s larger purpose: “People are sometimes surprised when they hear that our theatre has been designated a national historic site. After all, it’s only 44 years old, and its austere beauty and studied functionality haven’t always been appreciated. … [but] I think of this building, both onstage and off, as a near-perfect space. Something almost spiritual, certainly magical, takes place in this theatre, and inspires in our citizens tolerance, mutual respect and empathy.”

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Steven Schipper, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, General Manager PRESENTS

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily

by Katie Forgette October 2–25, 2014 preview October 1

Director.................................................................................... James MacDonald Set & Costume Designer.........................................................Brian Perchaluk Lighting Designer.................................................................... Scott Henderson Sound Designer................................................................................ John Bent Jr. Fight Director.......................................................................Jacqueline Loewen Dialect Coach...........................................................................Shannon Vickers Apprentice Director....................................................................... Rachel Smith* Apprentice Set & Costume Designer.................................. Darryl Audette* Apprentice Lighting Designer...................................... Ksenia Broda-Milian† Stage Manager.................................................................................Chris Pearce Assistant Stage Manager........................................................ Jessica Freundl Apprentice Stage Manager................................................Linsey Callaghan THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Mrs. Lillie Langtry............................................................................Sharon Bajer Mrs. Tory/Mrs. McGlynn......................................................... Sarah Constible John Smythe/Abdul Karim....................................................... Aidan DeSalaiz Professor Moriarty...............................................................................Gil Garratt Sherlock Holmes................................................................................... Jay Hindle Gertrude Padgett...................................................................... Selma Holscker Oscar Wilde............................................................................Ryan James Miller Dr. Watson...................................................................................Carson Nattrass SETTING

Place: London. Time: Early 1890s.

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily is performed with one intermission.

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) Loosely adapted from Sherlock Holmes

by Doyle and Gillette (1899) and from the writings of Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily was originally produced by People’s Light & Theatre (Abigail Adams, Artistic Director; Grace Grillet, Managing Director) in Malvern, Pennsylvania, opening on June 20, 2008.

Thank you: Sharon Ryman, Head of Wigs, Canadian Opera Company; University of Winnipeg Chemistry Department *Position funded through the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program

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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY FILM/TV Selected: WindCity, My Awkward

Sharon Bajer

Sexual Adventure, Euphoria, The Stone Angel, Less Than Kind, House Party, High Life, The Many Trials of One Jane Doe, The Haunting in Connecticut, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, Inertia.

Mrs. Lillie Langtry

Aidan DeSalaiz

ROYAL MTC The Seagull, A Christmas Story,

The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias, Humble Boy, Of Mice and Men (with Citadel), Six Degrees of Separation (with CS), Angels in America, The Good Sisters (Les Belles-Soeurs), Our Country’s Good, Romeo and Juliet (TFYA).

OTHER THEATRE The Secret Mask, Here on the Flight Path, Marion Bridge, Liar, Zadie’s Shoes, The Edible Woman, Walking on Water, Marvin’s Room, The Stone Angel (PTE); Urinetown, Company (Dry Cold); Molly’s Veil, Boeing-Boeing (Festival Antigonish); Footloose (Rainbow); The Weir (Belfry/ Western Canada Theatre).

TRAINING Studio 58, Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction (two seasons, Stratford Festival).

ET CETERA Sharon is the playwright of Molly’s Veil, Burnin’ Love and Hersteria and a member of the PTE Playwrights Unit. Love to Watson! sharonbajer.com

Sarah Constible Mrs. Tory/ Mrs. McGlynn

John Smythe/ Abdul Karim

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Having Hope at

Home (Neptune); Cabaret, The Mousetrap, Legally Blonde (TA); Spamalot, Run for Your Wife, Peter Pan (Drayton); Lies My Father Told Me (Segal); Visiting Mr. Green (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Altar Boyz (Angelwalk, Toronto premiere); Wild Guys, The Secret Garden (Grand); I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (Showboat Festival); three seasons at the Stratford Festival.

TV Canadian Made, Caesar and Cleopatra, Goosebumps.

TRAINING Ryerson University, BFA (Hons.); Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training (Stratford).

ET CETERA Aidan is thrilled to be making his debut at Royal MTC and grateful to be a part of this fantastic team.

Gil Garratt Professor Moriarty ROYAL MTC The Penelopiad, Gone With the

Wind, The Fighting Days, The 39 Steps, After Miss Julie, Bleeding Hearts, The Threepenny Opera (with SIR).

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Henry V, Henry IV, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, The Tempest, The Odyssey (SIR); Ivanov (WJT); The Monster Trilogy, Murder Ballads, Between Then and Now (TPM); The Swearing Jar, The Edible Woman, Godspell, Unity (1918), Strawberries in January (PTE).

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Fourteen seasons with

the Blyth Festival as an actor, director and playwright, including: Death of the Hired Man, The Outdoor Donnellys, Vimy, The Nutalls (actor); Spirit of the Narrows, World Without Shadows (director); St. Anne’s Reel (playwright). Elsewhere: The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum (NAC/Neptune); The Game

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of Love and Chance (CS/Centaur); Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CS, Shakespeare in High Park).

FILM/TV Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, Karma’s a B**ch, Warehouse 13, Nick de Pencier’s Streetcar.

TRAINING Graduate of the National Theatre School; MA, Theatre Studies, University of Guelph.

ET CETERA Gil has been nominated for a Robert Merritt award in Nova Scotia, and is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore award for Outstanding Performance.

Jay Hindle

Jitters (Western Canada Players); Blood Relations, An Ideal Husband, No Milk This Sunday (Ontario Wilde Fest); Cold Comfort, Tea and Sympathy, A Lost Family (Colonial Ensemble).

FILM/TV The Vanishing, An Invisible Woman, Tootsie, Anger Management.

Ryan James Miller Oscar Wilde

ROYAL MTC The Glass Menagerie, Gone With

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OTHER THEATRE Prior in Angels in America:

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Jay has been acting

in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Victoria and England for the past decade. Professional highlights include: The 39 Steps, She Stoops to Conquer (Arts Club); Relatively Speaking (Western Gold); Arms and the Man, Death of a Salesman, As You Like It (Blue Bridge Theatre); Proof (Belfry); Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night (UK tour).

TRAINING Jay graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in Acting.

ET CETERA Jay is delighted to be making his debut with Royal MTC as Sherlock Holmes.

The co-creation he is most proud of is his fiveyear-old daughter, Juliet.

Selma Holscker Gertrude Padgett

Royal MTC I’ll Be Back Before Midnight,

What the Butler Saw, The Interrogation.

OTHER THEATRE Hamlet, As You Like It, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice (Classical Theatre Projects); The Crucible, Noises Off,

Millennium Approaches and Perestroika (WJT); The Miser of Middlegate (zone41/ TPM); Julius Caesar (SIR); member of sketch comedy troupe Hot Thespian Action.

TRAINING University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA My Mother is my inspiration; my partner is my adoration; our play is a dramatization; I hope it brings you stimulation!

Carson Nattrass Dr. Watson

ROYAL MTC The Boys in the Photograph (with

Mirvish), Pride and Prejudice, Glengarry Glen Ross, Guys and Dolls (with Citadel/TC), A Christmas Carol, My Fair Lady, Much Ado About Nothing.

OTHER THEATRE Director: A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Footloose (Rainbow). As an actor, Carson has performed in Winnipeg for Prairie Theatre Exchange, Rainbow Stage, Dry Cold Productions, White Rabbit, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Danny Schur, Theatre Projects Manitoba and Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Across Canada: Mirvish, Belfry, Citadel, Catalyst, Free Will, Theatre Calgary, Ground Zero, Lunchbox, Regina Globe,

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Ladies (Shaw); Much Ado About Nothing, Fire – Dora Award (CS); seven productions as artistic director of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. Selected acting: Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Blackbird, Measure for Measure, Amadeus, Einstein’s Gift – Sterling Award (Citadel); Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, title roles in Macbeth and Henry V (Freewill Shakespeare Festival).

TRAINING BFA, University of Alberta.

ET CETERA James is Artistic Associate at the Citadel and the Director of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

Persephone, Magnus, Theatre Orangeville, Talk is Free and Festival Antigonish.

FILM/TV The Pinkertons, Aloft, Reasonable Doubt, Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, A Bear Named Winnie, Falcon Beach.

TRAINING BFA, University of Alberta.

ET CETERA Watson + Lillie 4fr. carsonnattrass.com

Katie Forgette Playwright Katie Forgette has spent most of her professional life as an actor. At the Seattle Repertory Theatre she appeared in Inspecting Carol, An Ideal Husband, Private Eyes, All in the Timing, Scapin, Dancing at Lughnasa, Buying Time, A Flaw in the Ointment, Harvey, The Miser, Six Characters in Search of an Author, End of the Day, Love Diatribe and Long Day’s Journey into Night. She has also appeared in numerous productions at Intiman, ACT Theatre, The Empty Space, Village Theatre and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Her play The O’Conner Girls had its world premiere at the Seattle Rep and is published by DPS. A Facility for Living (formerly Assisted Living) premiered at ACT Theatre in 2013 and will be published by Samuel French. She lives in Seattle with her favourite husband, Bob, and cats Eddie Mars and Carmen Sternwood.

James MacDonald Director

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: A

Christmas Story, Harvey, Other People’s Money, Miracle on South Division Street, August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, After Miss Julie, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Oleanna, M. Butterfly (with NAC).

OTHER THEATRE Brian’s work has been featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Selected recent credits include: The Little Mermaid (Rainbow); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Vimy (NAC/GCTC); The Dishwashers, The Valley, Harvest (PTE); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); John & Beatrice (TPM).

Scott Henderson

ROYAL MTC Director: A Few Good Men (with

Citadel). Actor: To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men (both with Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Selected directing: Clybourne Park, God of Carnage, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Fire, Shining City, Vimy – Sterling Award, Equus, Stones in His Pockets (Citadel); Julius Caesar (Stratford); The Old

Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Forty-eight productions since

1995, including Good People, A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, Doubt,

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A Parable (with TC), Shakespeare’s Dog (with NAC), White Christmas (Mainstage); The Seagull, Red (with Belfry), Top Girls, The Shape of Things, Closer (Warehouse).

OTHER THEATRE Most recent: A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, The Producers, The Little Mermaid (Rainbow). Scott has designed for opera, dance and theatre companies in Winnipeg and across Canada, including the Stratford and Shaw festivals.

TRAINING Scott is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School and a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

ET CETERA Special thanks to Karen, Sean and Alex for love and support.

John Bent Jr. Sound Designer

Jacqueline Loewen Fight Director

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: A Christmas Story,

Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer. Actor: Top Girls. Assistant Director: Other People’s Money.

OTHER THEATRE Selected fight directing: Tosca, Carmen (Manitoba Opera); Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); All Restaurant Fires Are Arson (PTE).

TEACHING Jacqueline has taught stage combat at MTYP and PTE, and assistant taught at the U of W. ET CETERA Jacqueline is very pleased to be working with both Royal MTC and such fine performers.

ROYAL MTC More than 40 shows since 1998,

including Good People, The Glass Menagerie, A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Syringa Tree, Fiddler on the Roof, The Rocky Horror Show (with CS), Evita (with TC), Camelot (with TC/Citadel), King Lear, Wit. OTHER THEATRE The Shadowy Waters (Eternal Rose Theatre); The Diary of Anne Frank (Segal/Neptune); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Keely and Du, The Heart As It Lived, Grace (ATP); Lion in the Streets (Sage Theatre); Some Assembly Required (Northern Light Theatre).

ET CETERA Two Betty Mitchell Awards (Grace, Lion in the Streets). Member of IATSE Local 63 and the Eclub. Founding member of Eternal Rose Theatre.

Shannon Vickers Dialect Coach

ROYAL MTC Good People, The Secret Annex, Venus in Fur, Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias.

OTHER THEATRE Voice/Text/Dialect Coaching: DAI (Enough) (WJT); Village Wooing (zone41); Bingo! (PTE); The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM); The Merry Wives of Windsor (SIR); Fen (Sarasvàti); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CS).

TRAINING/TEACHING Shannon earned an MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy at the University of Alberta. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg and is a certified Associate Teacher of KnightThompson Speechwork.

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Rachel Smith

Darryl Audette

Apprentice Director

Apprentice Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

ROYAL MTC Props construction, 1983/84 sea-

OTHER THEATRE Directing credits in-

son: The Duchess of Malfi, Much Ado About Nothing, Clearances.

OTHER THEATRE Recently: set design of Raising Roger (Winnipeg Fringe). Twenty-five years of community and volunteer theatre, including I Do, I Do (Stage West).

TRAINING Set and lighting design, prop design and construction through community theatre. Darryl is currently studying design in the Department of Theatre and Film at the U of W. ET CETERA Darryl is very grateful for this amazing opportunity, and wishes to thank Brian Perchaluk and everyone at Royal MTC for their kindness and help. Enjoy the show!

clude: Mother, à la Carte (FemFest Shorts, Sarasvàti); Play for Acting (WorkShy Productions, Manchester UK); Women in Motion (WJT Tribefest). Assistant directing credits include: Fefu and Her Friends, Cabaret of Monologues: Rise Up! (Sarasvàti); Way to Heaven (WJT). Acting credits include: Wanderlust, Commedia!, Adventures in Kidnapping (Winnipeg Fringe); Red Riding Hood, The Magic of Belle Vue (University of Manchester); RED, Fragments, Chromotope (University of Winnipeg); Bake Sale (FemFest Cabaret, Sarasvàti).

TRAINING MA, Theatre & Performance, University of Manchester, UK; BA (Hons.), Theatre & Film, University of Winnipeg.

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Ksenia Broda-Milian Apprentice Lighting Designer

ET CETERA Three seasons at the Edinburgh

Fringe. Seasons at the Stratford, Shaw and Charlottetown festivals and a run in London’s West End. In his free time, Chris volunteers at Save Our Seine.

Jessica Freundl ROYAL MTC Apprentice Set & Costume

Designer: The Seagull. Scenic Painter: Ed’s Garage, The Penelopiad, Good People.

OTHER THEATRE Set & costume design: The Naked Woman, Launched (Sarasvàti/ FemFest); Godspell (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); Killing Game, Seven Doors, SainteCarmen of the Main (U of W). Lighting Designer: The Power of Yes, The Possibilities (U of W); Seeking Grace (Momentum Aerial).

Assistant Lighting Designer: The Handmaid’s Tale (RWB). Set Design Apprentice: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, The Producers, The Little Mermaid (Rainbow). Scenic: Toopy & Binoo (Koba Entertainment); Duet for a Schizophrenic (Little Theatre of the Gray Goose); 3 Plays After (Alternative Theatre Works, Stratford).

TRAINING/TEACHING BA (Hons.) Theatre Design, U of W; Off the Wall Artists Alliance (Stratford). MTYP instructor.

ET CETERA Working with Scott Henderson through ACI Manitoba’s Youth Mentorship Program throughout 2014/15.

Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC The Penelopiad, Miracle on South

Division Street (John Hirsch Mainstage & regional tour), August: Osage County, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Looking Back – West.

OTHER THEATRE The Comedy of Errors, Henry V, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (SIR); Dying to Be Thin (MTYP); EDEN, Kayak (Sarasvàti FemFest); Hairspray (Rainbow); King’s Park (Moving Target); The Father (WJT); Lenin’s Embalmers (WJT/Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company); Juliet and Romeo, faust(us): a fantasy, Pericles: Prince of Tyre, The Distance from Here (U of W).

TRAINING Jessica is a graduate of the U of W Department of Theatre and Film, majoring in Stage Management and Production.

Linsey Callaghan Apprentice Stage Manager

Chris Pearce Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC The Seagull, A Christmas Story.

OTHER THEATRE Production Assistant: ROYAL MTC Twenty-two productions at the

Mainstage, including last year’s Harvey; 10 productions at the Warehouse, including August: Osage County and The Seagull.

OTHER THEATRE Three Sisters (zone41/TPM); Madame Butterfly, Transit of Venus, Carmen (Manitoba Opera); The December Man, Where the Blood Mixes, The Valley (PTE); The Light in the Piazza, A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Kindness (MTYP).

Romeo and Juliet, Fiddler on the Roof, The Three Musketeers, The Merchant of Venice (Stratford). Apprentice Stage Manager: King Lear, The Beaux’ Stratagem (Stratford); Gifts of the Magi, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Initiation Trilogy (Electric Theatre Company). Assistant Stage Manager: Gordon (SideMart Theatrical Grocery).

TRAINING Graduate of the National Theatre School’s Production Program.

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Director of Royal MTC before the Board hired him as Artistic Director in 1989. Since then Steven, along with general managers Zaz Bajon (now retired) and Camilla Holland, has kept Royal MTC on a steady and successful course.

On September 29 the Royal MTC Board, at the suggestion of Camilla Holland, made an exciting and fitting tribute to recognize Steven’s silver anniversary, announcing the Royal MTC Endowment Fund would be re-named in his honour. Steven responded to the announcement by saying, “I am both honoured and humbled by the theatre’s thoughtful tribute, but I should actually be thanking them for all they’ve given me over the past quarter century. I did not make Royal MTC. Royal MTC made me.”

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THE CASE OF THE Re-named Fund In 1986, Artistic Director Rick McNair hired a promising young Montreal director to helm Brighton Beach Memoirs. At the time, Steven Schipper had directed fewer than 10 plays, but Rick saw something special in Steven and was eager to share it with all Manitobans. Brighton Beach Memoirs might have been Steven’s first play at our theatre, but it was certainly not his last.

In May 2014 Steven Schipper celebrated his 25th anniversary as Artistic Director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. After attending McGill University and Bishop’s University, Steven graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1978.

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The impetus to launch an endowment fund to support Royal MTC started with Steven. Past Board Chair Kerry Dangerfield remembers Steven presenting this idea to the Board in a “quiet and convincing manner.” Steven took seriously the proverb, “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now.” The Royal MTC Endowment Fund is like that tree; it has the potential to grow and provide shade and comfort for theatre lovers in the future. Steven’s vision inspired Endowment Campaign co-chairs Gail Asper and Maureen Watchorn, as well as Endowment Director Leona MacDonald, to work with hundreds of individual donors, corporations and foundations to propel the theatre into a bright future.

The Royal MTC Endowment Fund was established in 2001 through The Winnipeg Foundation, with a goal to ensure financial viability and artistic integrity for the theatre. Thanks to those who have contributed in the past few years, the fund has grown to more than $16.5 million in market value. During the 2013/14 season, the Endowment’s investment income

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Thank you, Steven!

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Education & Outreach Check out our librarian-recommended resources to better connect with the stories on our stages!

EXPLORE MORE Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Jersey Lily First introduced in 1887 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes quickly became the archetype of the cerebral detective and has inspired hundreds of novels, stories and dramatic adaptations. We can rest assured that Holmes will continue to be rewritten, remixed, re-interpreted and re-imagined for the next hundred years.

Explore the Original Stories

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle. The character of Irene Adler in “A Scandal in Bohemia” was widely believed to be based on Lillie Langtry. That short story and 11 others are brought together in this collection. The book is in the public domain and etexts are widely available through Project Gutenberg and other online archives. fiction myst doyle The new annotated Sherlock Holmes.

This massive four-volume edition reprints all 56 Holmes stories together with critical interpretations, historical notes, lavish illustrations and much, much more for the devoted Sherlockian. 823.8 doy 2006 Explore More Drama

Jeremy Brett in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and various other titles].

Considered the definitive Holmes of our era, Brett portrayed the detective in more than 40 episodes for British television. dvd film/tv adv (Also available online via the WPL’s streaming video service.)

Sherlock. The BBC’s modern-day version of Holmes as a texting, asocial genius has been both critically acclaimed and wildly popular, due in no small part to the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock. dvd film/tv she Explore Works Inspired by Holmes

In a loving act of homage, authors have been inventing varied and creative ways 26

to explain how they discovered “lost” Sherlock Holmes case histories ever since Conan Doyle ceased publishing. A staggering number of these pastiches have been published over the past century; here’s a sampling of just a few.

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King.

In 1915, a retired Sherlock Holmes is quietly studying honeybees when a young woman literally stumbles onto him on the Sussex Downs. Under his reluctant tutelage, Mary Russell proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner in the first of a long-running series. fiction myst kin The Case of the Missing Marquess, Nancy Springer. This first in a series for younger readers introduces Sherlock Holmes’ (much) younger sister – an engaging and intelligent detective in her own right – as she searches for her missing mother. j fiction springer Dust and Shadow, Lyndsay Faye. This atmospheric novel pits Holmes against Jack the Ripper as Holmes himself is wounded while trying to capture the East End killer. fiction myst faye The House of Silk, Anthony Horowitz.

Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much more. fiction myst horowitz

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Education & Outreach A Study in Sherlock, edited by Laurie R. King & Leslie Klinger. Eighteen wellknown authors from Lee Child to Neil Gaiman provide their original perspectives and variations on the consulting detective. fiction myst study Explore More History

Bertie: A Life of Edward VII, Jane Ridley [also published as The Heir Apparent].

Edward VII (aka “Bertie”) was 59 when he finally came to power and reigned as King of England for only the last 10 years of his life. This colourful biography paints a balanced portrait of his life, including his relationships with Lillie Langtry and other women. b edward vii Oscar Wilde, Richard Ellman. Ellman’s beautifully written, thoroughly researched biography won a Pulitzer Prize and is still considered the standard life of Wilde. b wilde The Science of Sherlock Holmes, E.J. Wagner.

Conan Doyle grounded Holmes’ investigatory methods in the cutting-edge science of his day, and this book uses Sherlock’s adventures to explore the real-life developments in forensic science during the late 19th century, from fingerprints to handwriting analysis. 363.25 wag 2006

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On Conan Doyle, Michael Dirda. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda is a passionate Sherlock fan. His highly engaging introduction to Holmes’ creator combines memoir and personal appreciation as well as an insider’s account of the Baker Street Irregulars, the club dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes.

823.912 doyle 2012 The Sherlock Holmes Handbook, Christopher Redmond. This exhaustive reference to the world of Sherlock Holmes gives a full background to the original stories and everything related, including movie and television versions, Victorian-era history, and the entire Holmes phenomenon.

823.912 doyle Sherlock Holmes: the Unauthorized Biography, Nick Rennison. “What carefully plotted conspiracy led Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to declare that Holmes was merely a literary invention?” A delightful exercise in mock scholarship tracing the life of Holmes in incredible, imaginative detail. fiction myst rennison

There are 1.4 million books, magazines, movies, audiobooks, eBooks and more at the Winnipeg Public Library, and all you need to borrow them is your library card. There are 20 locations throughout the city, and there’s an online catalogue for requesting items for pick-up at your library of convenience. An online e-Library has thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks and more!

All free to use with your library card. Visit us online at winnipeg.ca/library.

FROM PAGE TO STAGE IS BACK AT THE WINNIPEG PUBLIC LIBRARY! tuesday, october 14, 12:10 pm Join us for a screening of the classic 1939 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Basil Rathbone, considered by many to be the epitome of Sherlock Holmes!

tuesday, october 21, 12:10 – 1:00 pm • Novelist Catherine Macdonald has a new mystery coming out, which is set in Winnipeg in the late 19th century. Catherine’s experience as a mystery writer (as well as archivist and historian) will help set the stage for Sherlock Holmes fans looking to learn more about this exciting era.

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ARMSTRONG’S WAR

Playwright’s Notes BY COLLEEN MURPHY It is said that war is the ultimate test of character, whether you are a soldier or a civilian.

Down through the ages, writers and dramatists have directly or indirectly used war to press down hard on their characters in order to explore notions of honour, courage and hope, as well as to protest the hellishness of war. I think of Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage (American Civil War), Sean O’Casey’s play Juno and the Paycock (Irish Civil War), Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front (First World War), Euripides’ play The Trojan Women (Peloponnesian War, 430–404 BC), Tim O’Brien’s collection of short stories The Things They Carried (Vietnam War), Shakespeare’s Henry V (Battle of Agincourt

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in 1415 during the Hundred Years’ War), Ernest Hemingway’s novels For Whom the Bell Tolls (Spanish Civil War) and A Farewell to Arms (First World War), and Pat Barker’s Regeneration Trilogy (First World War): Regeneration, The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road, the latter of which won her the Man Booker. Here in Canada, there is Timothy Findley’s novel The Wars (First World War), and Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road. I cannot list all the war films except to say that Roberto Rossellini’s war trilogy: Rome Open City, Paisan and Germany Year Zero (Italians and Germans in the Second World War) and Terrence Malick’s film adaptation of James Jones’ novel The Thin Red Line (American soldiers in the Pacific Theatre in the Second World War) are essential viewing for anyone interested in the complexities of war. All these works examine the choices people have to make under intolerable pressure – some are heroic choices, some are not, but every choice creates consequences that people carry into their future.

I read all the books about war and watched all the films, but the most important thing I did in order to write Armstrong’s War was to talk to a former Canadian soldier who shared what it felt like to be a soldier. He gave me insight into the notion that ‘death is always your battle.’ It does not matter which war you fight, you will always fight yourself and you will tell stories about what happened. As human beings we can imagine almost anything, but we must also tell the truth of something. It takes courage to face reality.

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A Canadian honour guard carries the remains of Canadian army Pvt. Sebastien Courcy during a sundown ceremony at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, July 17, 2009. Courcy was killed in action July 16, 2009, while participating in counterinsurgency combat operations in the Panjwaii district of Afghanistan.

Staging the War in Afghanistan

BY DR. GEORGE BURI corporal michael armstrong: We’re tasked with helping the government of Afghanistan serve the needs of their people by separating insurgents from the local populations – except you can’t defeat an insurgency, best you can do is marginalize it. halley: Does that mean we’re not going to win?

In 2001, shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks carried out by Al Qaeda, the United States launched what President George Bush called the “War on Terror.”

This war included invasions of both Afghanistan and Iraq, although Iraq had no connections to the attacks. In order to facilitate such an ambitious military undertaking, the United States called on NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies, including Canada. Canadian politicians, not wanting to take part in an invasion of Iraq, chose to participate in the war in Afghanistan, where the United States removed the Taliban government, who october/november 2014

were accused of sheltering Al Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden.

At the time, the Afghan war was considered to be more or less “over” and the plan for Canadian involvement in combat was to be minimal. The Taliban were quickly removed from power and an alliance of northern warlords friendly to the United States put in place. But the war lasted much longer than many Western observers predicted. As Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham stated, “I think everybody was convinced that Afghanistan was a lot further down the road to recovery than it

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Setting the Stage really was.” The Taliban government had drawn support from the majority Pashtun ethnic group and had been financed and supplied by factions within Pakistan. Its defeat brought about resentment on the part of those who now found themselves without political power. The mostly non-Pashtun regime created by the US (and led by President Hamid Karzai) had little support in the Pashtun-dominated South, particularly in the region around Kandahar, the country’s second-largest city. The result was the reorganization of the Taliban into a guerrilla insurgency that waged a war against the Afghan government and the NATO occupying force supporting it. Canadian soldiers stationed in Kandahar played a major role in attempts to defeat the Taliban insurgency.

military confrontations but on gaining the support of the Afghan population. As the United States discovered in Vietnam decades earlier, it was impossible to defeat an enemy that could continue to find new recruits from a supportive population. By the mid-2000s, Canadians were suffering greater than expected casualties in a war that claimed tens of thousands of Afghan lives, and further alienated the civilian population. By the late 2000s, Canadian support for the war at home was declining. More and more observers, including Canadian and American politicians, conceded that the result of the over decade-long war would be the withdrawal of NATO troops without any clear “victory” over the Taliban. In 2014, the last Canadian soldiers left Afghanistan, ending a 12-year involvement in which 158 soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 wounded.

The outcome of NATO’s war depended not just on defeating Taliban fighters in

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Q&A WITH JUSTIN OTTO

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Director Robb Paterson describes your Michael as a very pragmatic counterpart to Halley’s more hopeful nature. What else can you tell us about him, and the interesting dynamic between these two characters?

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Michael is someone I sometimes forget is a young man. He’s had to make some decisions beyond his years and war has hardened him. I believe this pragmatism Robb speaks of comes from Michael’s dedication to being a soldier.

Decisions of such magnitude – those with human life at stake – mould a practical, some may say distant or heartless type.

Life is now measured like rations, hope for one’s own sifted out. This breeds the central conflict of these two characters – they both value life but in radically different blueprints and are ignorant to the others’

Justin Otto

opinion. A stubborn young man versus the preteen optimist; we’re in for a battle.

This is your first appearance at Royal MTC and, moreover, in a major role. What are you looking forward to most about being part of this production?

Besides this Warehouse stage, the large general audience and the shiny dressing rooms? I’m looking forward to performing the sort of play I’ve been playing in bars,

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Curtain Calls run-down studio spaces and Fringe venues – a piece of theatre that throws a few punches. As a two-hander it’s intimate, which I hope is amplified by this fantastic space. It being a major role brings pressure to deliver but more importantly the opportunity to play and explore each and every night. As a bonus it’s under the direction of Robb Paterson and the fantastic eyes, minds and expertise that play a hand in every production here at Royal MTC. What do you hope audiences get out of seeing the play?

I want the audience to find the hope within these two characters because the play hits at so many personal issues. I hope they get angry, I hope they find the humour, I hope they form some new strong opinions and rethink some old ones. Feel with Michael and Halley, not just for them. Something Michael says sticks with me with each reading: “I chose this.” I hope the audience can leave the theatre with an idea of what that means to them. And for them to like me because, let’s be honest, I’d love to be welcomed back here!

Q&A WITH HEATHER RUSSELL

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What attracted you to the script for Armstrong’s War? What were your initial thoughts after reading it for the first time?

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The script is smart and honest. I fell in love with the characters – Colleen Murphy has given them such compelling voices. When I first read it, I thought, “Halley is me when I was 12!”

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face preparing for this role? What can be learned when taking on a character that’s so different from yourself?

As someone with full use of my body, I don’t often stop to think about what it would be like if my mobility was limited.

To get a glimpse of what life is like for Halley, I’m meeting with a young woman who uses a wheelchair. Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to portray young characters (last season I played a 17-year-old and a six-year-old). I try not to think of them as younger than me, and I embrace their hopes and fears as though they are my own. It’s exciting to explore characters with different life circumstances and to discover that, at their core, they are more similar to me than I first realized.

Halley and Michael are two people from very different walks of life. What’s so special about watching them connect and learn about one another throughout the play?

It’s lovely to witness two characters that initially seem so different fumble, fight, and ultimately find a friend where they least expect it. I think all human beings are on a quest for acceptance. Michael and Halley’s journey encourages us to risk being vulnerable and to challenge our assumptions along the way.

Be sure to check out the full interviews with Justin and Heather on royalmtc.ca

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Steven Schipper, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, General Manager PRESENTS

Armstrong’s War

by Colleen Murphy October 30 – November 15, 2014 preview October 29

Director............................................................................................Robb Paterson Set & Costume Designer......................................................... Jamie Plummer Lighting Designer..............................................................................Larry Isacoff Sound Designer........................................................................... Michael Wright Apprentice Director............................................................. Tatiana Carnevale* Stage Manager..................................................................................Kathryn Ball Apprentice Stage Manager...................................................Airyn Lancaster THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Corporal Michael Armstrong..........................................................Justin Otto Halley Armstrong.......................................................................Heather Russell SETTING

The rehabilitation wing of a hospital in Ottawa, Canada, from late February to mid April in 2007.

Armstrong’s War is performed with one intermission.

The playwright wishes to thank Maureen Labonté for her invaluable dramaturgy, Sgt. P.M. ‘Trapper’ Cane CD, for his insight into soldiering, Rachel Ditor for her enthusiasm, Kelly Robinson for his support and Mary Blackstone for her analysis.

The Playwright acknowledges the support of The Banff Centre’s 75th Anniversary Commissioning program, the Banff Playwrights Colony and Theatre Arts at The Banff Centre, as well as the support of the Playwrights Forum at the Citadel Theatre.

Colleen Murphy is a member of Playwrights Guild of Canada.

Armstrong’s War is staged by arrangement with The Talent House, 204a St. George Street, Toronto, ON, m5r 2n5, michael@talenthouse.ca, 416 960 9686.

Armstrong’s War premiered at The Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, BC, in October 2013.

Thank you: Eric Vickar

*Position funded through the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program

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Artists

ARMSTRONG’S WAR

Justin Otto

Colleen Murphy

Corporal Michael Armstrong

Playwright

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE The Cherry Orchard

(TBTR); The Frenzy of Queen Maeve (Tara Players); The Crackwalker (Sweet and Salty Productions); Adult Entertainment, Suddenly Last Summer, Little Red (Winnipeg Fringe).

FILM/TV This is Why We Fight, Backlanes (Prairie Kid Productions).

TRAINING Recent graduate of the University of Winnipeg Theatre program.

ET CETERA This show goes out to my theatre friends and family. Liz, thanks for dealing with my bologna.

Heather Russell Halley Armstrong

Colleen Murphy is the Lee Playwright-inResidence at the University of Alberta and Guest Playwright at the Citadel Theatre. In 2011/12 she was the Playwright-in-Residence at Finborough Theatre in London UK, where three of her plays were produced, including the world premiere of The Goodnight Bird, and the 2013 workshop production of Armstrong’s War. Upcoming productions include Armstrong’s War at Theatre Network in Edmonton, The Goodnight Bird at Centaur Theatre in Montreal and the Kay Meek Centre in Vancouver, and Pig Girl at Finbrough Theatre.

Colleen’s play The December Man (L’homme de décembre) won the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, the CAA/Carol Bolt Award and the Enbridge Playwrights Award. Other plays include Beating Heart Cadaver (nominated for a 1999 Governor General’s Literary Award) and The Piper. She is also an award-winning filmmaker.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

Robb Paterson

OTHER THEATRE Dying to Be Thin, Night Light

(MTYP); Magical Mystery Munsch (PTE); The Crackwalker (Sweet and Salty Productions); F#©k Off Check-Off (The Talentless Lumps); Top Dog (Sarasvàti); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Folkspeare); Ebb and Flo (Green Kids); 13 Plays About Love (Winnipeg Fringe).

TRAINING BA Hons., U of W; BA, Brandon University; Professional Training Ensemble at PTE. ET CETERA Love to Mom, Dad, Ian and Cam.

Director

ROYAL MTC Directing credits include: A

Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Bleeding Hearts, Pride and Prejudice, Our Town, Trying, My Fair Lady. Acting credits include: True West, Little Shop of Horrors, Hamlet, Billy Bishop Goes to War, A Christmas Carol – The Musical.

OTHER THEATRE Directing credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Oliver!

(Centaur); The Immigrant (WJT); Beauty and the Beast (2005, 2009), The King and I, Crazy

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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for You, 42nd Street (Rainbow); Rick: The Rick Hansen Story, Seussical the Musical, Pippi Longstocking (MTYP). Other acting credits include roles at PTE, Centaur, Rainbow, WJT, Neptune, Vancouver Playhouse.

ET CETERA Robb has worked on more than 165 productions in Canada over the past 33 years.

Jamie Plummer

OTHER THEATRE Globe Theatre, 25th Street

Theatre, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, PTE, MTYP. ET CETERA Larry divides his time between engaging theatre projects and teaching yoga.

Michael Wright Sound Designer ROYAL MTC The Secret Annex, The Seagull,

Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Set & Costume

Designer: Steel Magnolias, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play. Apprentice Properties Builder: The Drowsy Chaperone.

OTHER THEATRE Set: The Laramie Project (U of W); The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (U of A Studio Theatre). Lights: The Memorandum (U of A Studio Theatre). Set & Costumes: A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Rainbow). Set, Lights & Costumes: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (U of A Studio Theatre).

TRAINING MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Alberta.

ET CETERA Jamie is excited to be working in the Winnipeg theatre community. She would like to thank her family for their constant support.

Venus in Fur, The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer, Looking Back – West, Top Girls, Rope’s End, Fully Committed, The Last Five Years, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Cherry Docs.

OTHER THEATRE North Main Gothic, The Monster Trilogy, The Elmwood Visitation, Age of Arousal (TPM); Everything is Coming Up Roses (Gearshifting Performance Works); Mmm Munsch, Something Drastic, Puppet Munsch (PTE); Macbeth (SIR); The Designated Mourner (Persona Theatre); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival); Hedwig and the Angry Inch Atrocity Tour 2004 (Rose Tinted Productions, UK).

FILM The Last Harvest, Métis, Métis Not, Dead Mothers Kitchen Floors, Dust.

ET CETERA Michael is active in the music world with over two dozen album credits and is a member of IATSE 63.

Tatiana Carnevale

Larry Isacoff

Apprentice Director

Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC The Secret Annex, Harvey, Other

People’s Money, August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, The Seafarer, Looking Back – West, Bleeding Hearts, Rope’s End, The Retreat from Moscow, Fully Committed, Mating Dance of the Werewolf, The Miracle Worker, Cloud Nine, Bedroom Farce, How I Got That Story, The Affections of May, Mrs. Klein, The Gin Game, Paper Wheat.

ROYAL MTC The Seagull.

OTHER THEATRE Director: Godspell

(Winnipeg Studio Theatre); [title of show] (Pocket Frock Productions). Assistant Director: Cock, Bull (TBTR); Avenue Q, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (District Theatre Collective).

TRAINING MA Theatre Studies, University of Guelph; BA Theatre, University of Winnipeg.

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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Songs of Our People: CD launch Featuring Cantors from the community.

Jewish Images, a Photography Exhibit Featuring the work of Manuel Sousa, Keith Levit, and Samantha Katz.

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ET CETERA Tat would like to send a huge

Airyn Lancaster

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Kathryn Ball

Apprentice Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC The Secret Annex, Harvey,

Assassins.

Stage Manager

OTHER THEATRE A Taste of Empire (Boca

ROYAL MTC Miracle on South Division Street

(tour), Ed’s Garage (John Hirsch Mainstage and tour), The Melville Boys (tour), The Shunning, Steel Magnolias, Bad Dates (tour), The Importance of Being Earnest, Dreamgirls, Orpheus Descending.

OTHER THEATRE Select credits include: The Last Resort, The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); La Bohème, The Daughter of the Regiment, The Magic Flute (Manitoba Opera); The Brink (PTE); The Nutcracker (RWB); Toopy and Binoo and the Marshmallow Moon (Koba Entertainment); An Illustrated History of the Anishnabe (MTYP); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions); Othello (SIR).

ET CETERA Kathryn is looking forward to sharing this amazing show with the wonderful people of rural Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario in the new year!

del Lupo); Ga Ting (VACT/Frank Theatre); Franklin, Busytown (Koba Entertainment); Avenue Q (District Theatre Collective); Artichoke Heart (Theatre Outgrabe); Our Country’s Good, The Possibilities, Cyrano, While We’re Young (U of W).

TRAINING University of Winnipeg, BA (Hons.) in Theatrical Production & Stage Management.

ET CETERA Airyn has also worked with the Pemberton Music Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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NEXT AT THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES REIGNS AT THE WAREHOUSE

THE DEVIL’S MUSIC

THE LIFE AND BLUES OF BESSIE SMITH

DECEMBER 2–20

If I ain’t good enough to use your front door, then I ain’t good enough to use your stage.

Miche Braden PHOTO BY T. CHARLES ERICKSON

– Bessie

After a whites-only theatre asks Bessie Smith to use the back door, she walks.

Instead, she sets up at a Memphis buffet flat and we’re in the audience for her final performance.

The daughter of a preacher, Bessie Smith overcame Southern poverty to become the greatest and most influential classic Blues singer of the early 20th century, earning the title “Empress of the Blues.” In her prime, Bessie was the highest-paid black performer, and her first record sold 780,000 copies. She recorded with Louis Armstrong, crossed lines of segregation through her music, and paved the way for Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin. In 1980, Bessie Smith was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame and, in 1989, into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Originator of the title role, Miche (pronounced Micky) Braden’s performance in The Devil’s Music in New York earned the show four coveted award nominations: Drama Desk “Best Actress in a Musical”; Off Broadway Alliance “Special Event”; and The Lucille Lortel and Audelco “Best Solo Show.” Accompanied by a live band, Miche delivers a love letter to Bessie Smith in this memorable show.

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*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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FRIENDS OF ROYAL MTC ENTHUSIAST • $500–999 Margaret & Jim Astwood Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Ron Blicq Helga & Gerhard Bock Cathie & Brian Bowerman Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Haderra & Mark Chisick Don & Elfie Elias Shannon Ernst Gordon Hannon Gregg & Mary Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Larry Herbert Hon. Justice William Johnston Fern Karlicki April & Diamond Kassum Ian Kirk† Pat & Jim Ludwig Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham N. Marr Mr. Gerry Matte & Mrs. Lydia Surasky-Matte Irene & the late Claire Miller Vivienne Nickerson Richard & Bonnie Olfert Party Stuff/U-Rent-It Donna Plant Iris Reimer Charles & Naida Rubin Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh Al* & Virginia Snyder Debbie Spracklin Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell James Tepper Carol & Hugo Unruh Margaret Wikjord Dorothy Y. Young 3 Anonymous

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Supporters Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager Sheila & David Brodovsky Valerie Buchanan Timothy Burt Donna Byrne Lawrence Campbell & Family Ken & Elizabeth Carroll Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Agnes & John Collins Joyce Cooper Martin & Gail Corne J. Dale Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton Donna Daman Ms. Linda Daniels DGH Engineering Ltd. Pam Dixon Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Thomas Dooley Sally R. Dowler John & Ada Ducas Sharron & Joel Dudeck Helene Dyck Mr. & Mrs. William Easton Dr. Michael Eleff & Chana Thau Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Mr. & Mrs. John & Martha Enns Selma Enns Gayle Fischer Marcia Fleisher Chris Freeman

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SPONSOR The Asper Foundation BMO Financial Group Calm Air Canon Cardinal Capital Management Inc. Carlyle Printers Service & Supplies, Ltd. The Chipman Family Foundation

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DONOR • $150–299 Edward Carriere Leon A. Brown Ltd. MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Noble Locksmith Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Reitmans (Canada) Limited

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Supporters TRIBUTE GIFTS

ENDOWMENT FUND

Gifts received between May 1 and September 9, 2014.

Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between August 1, 2013 and August 29, 2014. Amounts are cumulative.

In memory of Irene Karasick-McMurrich – Sara Gray In recognition of Intergroup Consultants’ 40th Anniversary – R. Kustra In honour of Laurie Lam receiving Winnipeg Arts Council’s 2014 Making a Difference Award – Tom Frohlinger, Heather Pullan, Alexandra, Joey and Becky Frohlinger

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$5,000,000+ Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/ Patrimoine canadien

$100,000–249,999 Morley* & Marjorie Blankstein, CM

John Hirsch and Tom Hendry shared a dream of creating great professional theatre with mass appeal. With the visionary support of Founders’ Circle members – those who have made a planned gift to MTC – their dream will live on for generations to come.

Thank you to our Founders’ Circle members.‡ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* Marjorie & Morley Blankstein* Duane and Pauline Braun Kerry Dangerfield* Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard James Gibbs Gary Hannaford & Cathy Rushton Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Dr. Leonard & Hope Kahane Gordon C. Keatch* Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Leona J. MacDonald Barb Melnychuk Jeffrey Morton* Heather Power & Harold Klause Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM†

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Supporting Partners CORE FUNDERS

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Behind the Scenes Board of Trustees

John Hirsch Mainstage Front-of-House

Deborah Gay-de Vries, Front-of-House Manager Assisted by: Sheena Baird Jamie Chapman, Kim Cossette, Hunter Davis, Rylen de Vries, Caroline Graham, Jonny Hall, Elfie Harvey, Tia Levine, Jessica Olson, Kayla Parke-Wilson, Amariah Peterson, Angela Rajfur, Jennifer Schmidt, Cristin Sinclair, April Smith, Rita Vande Vyvere, Kira Watson, Chelsea Zacharias, Derek Zorniak

Honorary Members

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

Jim McLandress, Chair Kerry Dangerfield, Past Chair David Carefoot, Treasurer Brenda Zaporzan, Secretary Suzi Bonk, Chair, Community Relations David Christie, Chair, Governance & Strategic Planning Patrick Green, Chair, Organizational Performance Anthony C. Fletcher, Chair, Resource Development Trustees

Heather Clarke Robert Eastwood Paulo Fernandes Sandy Gousseau Rita Gunn John Guttormson Advisory Council

Gary Hannaford, FCA, Chair Gail Asper Morley Blankstein Doneta Brotchie Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere

Maintenance

Andrew Drinnan, Building Superintendent Chris Fletcher, Assistant Building Superintendent Marketing & Communications

Shawn Hughes John Kearsey Brenda Kriss Evan Kuz Jeff Lamothe Andrea Robertson

Laurie A. Speers Tim J. Valgardson Judy Wakefield Richard L. Yaffe

Charron Hamilton Yude Henteleff Ken Houssin Gordon Keatch Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews Jeffrey Morton, FCA Hon. Jack Murta Lillian Neaman Shelley Nimchonok

James Pappas John Petersmeyer Lawrence Prout Jeff Quinton Patricia Rabson Margaret Redmond Susan Skinner Al Snyder Maureen Watchorn

Paint

Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Lawrence Van Went, Scenic Artist Production

Sharon Burden, Payroll Administrator Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator Shelley Stroski, Controller

Randy Zyla Harder, Head Electrician Rick MacPherson, Technical Director Alison Nutt, Head Carpenter Lawrence Ven Went, Head Scenic Artist Michael Wright, Head of Sound

Jeff Kennedy, Literary Coordinator Laurie Lam, Producer Robb Paterson, Associate Artistic Director Steven Schipper, CM, Artistic Director Melinda Tallin, Artistic Coordinator

Tom Hendry Warehouse Front-of-House

Kim Cossette, Front-of-House Manager Jamie Chapman, Rachael Neal, April Smith, Chelsea Zacharias

Administration

Brian Adolph, IT Manager Jennifer Cheslock, Outreach Manager Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, General Manager Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Jennifer Skelly, IT Administrator

Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Cutter Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe Lois Powne, First Hand Jackie Van Winkle, Wardrobe Buyer Wigs

Sheena Baird, Ticketing Services Manager Laurie Fletcher, Box Office Manager Melanie Sexton, Director of Box Office Services Box Office Representatives: Katie Adamson, Gwendolyn Collins, Robyn Pooley, Victoria Popp, Jessica Ross Louis Gagné, Layout Carpenter Brent Letain, Master Carpenter Chris Seida, Scenic Carpenter Michael Joyal, Development Assistant Stephanie Lambert, Special & Donor Events Coordinator Shelly Smith-Hines, Director of Development Heidi Struck, Individual Giving Manager

Larry Demedash, Senior Properties Builder Kari Hagness, Head of Properties James Sutherland, Properties Builder

Tom Hendry Warehouse

Artistic

Carpentry

Properties

John Bent Jr., Head of Sound Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter John Tomiuk, House Stage Hand

Accounting/Finance

Box Office

Laura Enns, Touring & Production Coordinator Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Paige Lewis, Assistant Production Manager Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Warehouse Russell Martin, Director of Production Ben Ross, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage

Stage Crew

Staff

Development

Hayley Brigg, Publicity & Communications Coordinator Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications Mark Saunders, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Thomas Urish, Sales Manager

Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival & Master Playwright Festival

Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

Additional Production Staff Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily

Heather Lee Brereton, Assistant Properties Maker Ray Galinaitis, Carpenter Jacko Garcia, Carpenter Alison James, Assistant Scenic Artist Norma Lachance, Cutter Barb Mackenzie, Seamstress Evan Stillwater, Tailor Joy Willis, Seamstress Greg Zielinski, Carpenter Armstrong’s War

Heather Lee Brereton, Assistant Properties Maker

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