Ovation Volume 23, Number 1 (October/November 2015) by Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

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JETHRO COMPTON based on the short story by

DOROTHY M. JOHNSON

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Message from the Artistic Director

Ransome Foster and Martin don’t belong. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is set in Twotrees, a frontier town without civilization or culture where the only trace of beauty is a cactus flower. When Ransome is carried half dead into the local bar, he enters a place where none of his skills or experience will help him survive. In his bag, he carries a treasure that seems wasted on Twotrees: books about law and literature. Yet, because we have entered a mythical world, this unlikely knight and these ill-fitted treasures will first imperil, and then save the townspeople. Steven Schipper

By contrast, Martin in Seminar trespasses into a world of civilization and culture without having the

money to survive there. The $5,000 he’s paid for the writing master class will buy him into the orbit of a literary luminary (and into the moneyed Upper West Side where the class takes place), but it was all he had – and now talent alone won’t pay his rent. So he rides as unarmed as Ransome into a world of scorn, lust and cynicism with only his ideals and his talent as armour. We have all felt like Ransome and Martin, out of place and ill-equipped to meet the challenges we face. That’s why theatre matters: we ride vicariously with these improbable heroes into battle, where we learn to vanquish fear and uncertainty. The weapons wielded by these two men are as old as chivalry itself – courage, wisdom and purity of heart – and, as each play ends, the actors seem to toss them to us from the stage with that age-old challenge: “Go and do thou likewise.” 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 Theatre district • New York, NY 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 TiFT Talk is Free Theatre • Barrie, ON 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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The Stage World of The Wild West When I began pursuing the idea of putting The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance onstage I thought only about London and British audiences. That North American audiences will be watching a Western play written by an English writer makes me feel like I’ve cheated – I’ve never been to the Wild West. Other than a few days in Missouri, I’ve never been to America. In person that is; for in stories, films, television and music, I’ve spent nearly every waking moment of the last four years living right at the heart of the Great American West. Before I discovered the story of Liberty Valance I knew I wanted to create a Western for stage and no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find anything of the sort, other than the big musicals like Calamity Jane or Oklahoma!. I wanted to create the world I’d come to love on the screen, a gritty, painful existence in which people fought against poverty, against the elements, and against each other. What makes this period so exciting is that this struggle sits against the constant backdrop of hope.

BY JETHRO COMPTON

Hope, desire and aspirations are universal elements that connect an audience to a story’s characters. Despite these characters existing over a century ago, we understand them; we understand the hope that fuels them, their desire for something more, their ambition for something greater. As a result, though the men and women of this play talk in Southern drawl, swig whiskey from the bottle and sling six shooters from the hip, this story isn’t about life in the Wild West, but simply about life, about love and, most importantly, about sacrifice. The first act was written while I was working in South Australia; the dry heat and relentless sun mixed with the foreign landscape became the perfect setting. As I was writing for myself there was no delivery date, so the script came together across the space of around six months – some pages scribbled in London, others at home in Cornwall. During this time I continued to watch as many Westerns as I

RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE? The narrator behind The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is none other than Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winnipeg actor Robert Vaughn, one of the godfathers of Western films. Vaughn has starred in some of the greatest classics of the 20th Century, including The Young Philadelphians, The Magnificent Seven, The Towering Inferno and Bullit. His other notable TV credits include The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Protectors and The A-Team.

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(And How It’s Ready to Ride Again) could, which is probably the most enjoyable research period I’ve ever undertaken. I didn’t worry about historical accuracy, I worried only about the story I wanted to tell, and whether the estate of Dorothy M. Johnson would permit my inventions and forgive my omissions. Writing a play based on another’s writing is nerve-wracking; it offers the world of the story and the key structure of events, but you must try to simultaneously create your own story and honour the voice of the original. I hope Liberty captures the essence of Dorothy’s writing, whilst allowing my voice and my love of the genre to be heard. By the time we came to staging the play’s premiere in London, the script had sat on my shelf for the best part of a year. Reading it again one afternoon I found myself looking on it with fresh eyes and all the excitement of the first time I heard the story. This excitement lasted throughout the months of pre-production, through opening night, right the way to the closing performance and was shared by every member of the team that made it. As a theatre producer I’m always searching for a project that will generate the same sense of joy and wonder in the cast, creative team, production staff and audience alike. When you find one, as we did in Liberty, it becomes a labour of love, something that we were all willing to throw ourselves behind. The chance for the cast to play cowboys, gunslingers, sheriffs and outlaws was pretty much a dream come

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true – it’s not something we get a chance to do much after childhood fancy dress parties. In Liberty we were able to create a world, to tell a story in that world, and to bring our audience with us. There is almost a nostalgia to the Western genre; despite the fact there are countless Westerns made by Hollywood each year, people think of Westerns and recall childhood Sunday afternoons sat with their father, or grandfather, watching the old classics on the television. When I told people I was doing a Western, so many eyes lit up with fond memories – The Magnificent Seven, High Noon, Shane, and to younger audiences, Deadwood, Django Unchained, and for the computer game fans, the masterpiece, Red Dead Redemption. But for every set of eyes that lit up, there were those who scowled in disbelief. How can it possibly work? One critic worried, ‘Would we see the actors riding invisible horses?’ Throughout the process I always said that no one had done it before (certainly not in London), and perhaps there was a good reason why. But looking back a year on from the show’s premiere, I’m overjoyed that we took the gamble, because looking ahead to the show’s future, I’m delighted to say that the stageWestern is very much alive, and Liberty is about to ride again. Originally published in Breaking Character, the Samuel French online magazine.

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Shooting the breeze with firearms safety specialist and consultant dave brown From Robin Williams and Sir Ben Kingsley to Samuel L. Jackson, Dave Brown has worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest names to make action sequences look great on the big (and small) screens – and ensure they’re being done safely. As one of the industry’s most sought-after experts, Dave is working behind the scenes on The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance to help bring the gunslingers from the Wild West to the John Hirsch Mainstage. Tell us about your background. How did your career develop into firearms consulting in the entertainment industry?

I’ve been doing this kind of work in film and theatre for more than 20 years, and it’s probably one of the more unusual jobs in the business. I’ve been a professional firearms trainer for a long time, working with the government and the RCMP. A number of years ago a production company was shooting a film in Winnipeg that involved the FBI, and they wanted someone to really make them look like actual agents. So they asked me to be there every day (to supervise) and I found it to be a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it, and it all kind of started from there. You’ve done extensive work on film and television sets. What’s different about creating these kinds of effects for a theatre performance?

When you work in film, it’s rare a gun is ever fired towards the actor for safety 8

reasons. In most cases, you film the gun as a close up and then you film the actor being shot and then edit them together. In theatre, we don’t have that luxury because it’s all happening live on stage. It’s trickier, and takes a bit more work. It’s all a matter of angles, distances and the actual load that you’re firing. All of it has to be very, very specific and carefully choreographed to make sure it’s all being done safely. Gun fights, duels and shootouts always seem to be a big part of the Western genre. What can you tell us about weapons and gunslingers from that era?

The gunfights during that time period weren’t really as legendary as we think they were. The guns they used would have been single-action revolvers, which only held six bullets. But it didn’t really matter anyway, because they had very rudimentary sights; people never used two hands, it was always one-handed and shooting from the hip so the chances of shooting anybody farther

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance than about five or six feet was almost non-existent. It was pure luck more than anything else. In real life, gunfights were just a couple of drunks who would get mad at each other or fight over cards, spill out on the street for a couple of shots and that would be it.

Synopsis

In 1890, Ransome Foster, a young American lawyer from the East Coast, travels west in search of new adventure, only to find himself beaten and left for dead on the outskirts of Twotrees

Are the guns used in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance props, or are they the real thing?

after he crosses paths with a notorious

They’re all real, authentic replicas of weapons from the time period. The revolvers are Colt Peacemakers; we’re using a period, break-action hammer shotgun and a period-correct reproduction of an 1892 lever-action rifle.

gunslinger and nursed back to health

Authenticity is something that’s very important to you. What little “mistakes” do you often notice when you’re watching films or TV shows that an average viewer might not notice?

To help repay their hospitality, Ransome

There’s so many little details that a trained professional can look at: the way they hold it, where their other hand is, where the holsters and spare ammunition are. Running around and having your finger on the trigger is one of the biggest giveaways. Another thing is that the guns they use in the entertainment industry fire blanks, and blanks don’t create any recoil. So an actor who has never fired a real gun before in their life thinks they have to add that, and it ends up looking completely fake. No one in the world can pull that off, except maybe Clint Eastwood with his 44 Magnum. He’s the only one. Based in Winnipeg, Dave Brown is a wellknown firearms training specialist and coach. He has worked with hundreds of actors on film and theatre sets and now travels across the country to teach workshops on firearms safety in film and television production.

outlaw. Ransome is rescued by a local by the town’s saloon owner, Hallie, and her barback, Jim – a young AfricanAmerican man with an impressive memory and an aptitude for learning. opens a small school and encourages Hallie and Jim to broaden their horizons by teaching them how to read. His efforts to bring order to the lawless town anger the notorious Liberty Valance, who threatens to finish what he started and our unlikely hero is faced with the ultimate choice: to turn and run or stand his ground? Source material

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is based on a short story by American author Dorothy M. Johnson, who was best known for her Western fiction. The story was most famously adapted into the 1962 film of the same name starring James Stewart and John Wayne, and is often hailed as one of the great Western classics. In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

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

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE Written by Jethro Compton Based on the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson October 15 – November 7, 2015 previews October 13 & 14

Director............................................................................................Robb Paterson Set & Costume Designer.........................................................Brian Perchaluk Lighting Designer.................................................................... Scott Henderson Composer........................................................................................ Jonathan Sims Sound Designer................................................................................ John Bent Jr. Firearms Consultant........................................................................ Dave Brown Fight Director.......................................................................Jacqueline Loewen Dialect Consultant..................................................................Shannon Vickers Singing Coach............................................................................. Donna Fletcher Apprentice Director......................................................................Wren Hookey* Stage Manager.................................................................................Chris Pearce Assistant Stage Manager................................................... Candace Maxwell Apprentice Stage Manager...............................Kali Claire Grenier-Prieur THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Marshal Johnson................................................................................Tom Anniko Ransome Foster......................................................................... David Coomber Liberty Valance............................................................................Paul Essiembre Bert Barricune............................................................................David W. Keeley Hallie Jackson............................................................................. Trish Lindström Jake Dowitt............................................................................................Justin Otto Jim ‘The Reverend’ Mosten......................................................... Ray Strachan With the voice of Robert Vaughn SETTING

The Prairie Belle Saloon, Twotrees, America 1890 and 1910 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is performed with one intermission. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Special thanks: Dr. Eric Vickar *Position funded through the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Tom Anniko

Paul Essiembre

Marshal Johnson

Liberty Valance

ROYAL MTC This marks Tom’s first appearance

on the Mainstage since the 1980s, when he was a familiar face in many productions. More recently, he appeared at the Tom Hendry Warehouse in The Seagull and The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? OTHER THEATRE The Dishwashers, Harvest (PTE). FILM/TV Numerous film and television productions, including The Pinkertons, Less Than Kind, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, A Warden’s Ransom and Road of Iniquity. ET CETERA Tom was the Executive Producer of Radio Drama and Comedy at CBC Radio, where he helped develop and get to air programs including The Debaters, This is That, The Irrelevant Show and Afghanada. Co-founder of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

ROYAL MTC The Heart of Robin Hood (with

Mirvish), Other People’s Money, A Few Good Men (with Citadel). OTHER THEATRE Paul has been performing professionally throughout the country for more than 20 years, most recently in The Heart of Robin Hood and PTE’s The Best Brothers. Other favourites include The Normal Heart, The Overwhelming, Stuff Happens (Studio 180); To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odyssey, The Duchess of Malfi, Don Juan, Macbeth (Stratford); L’Emmerdeur, Dîner de Cons, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Art (Théâtre Français de Toronto); Tillsonburg (CS); Zadie’s Shoes, Oui (Factory); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Centaur). FILM/TV More than 50 film and television appearances and extensive work in documentary narration, animation and commercial voice-overs.

David Coomber

David W. Keeley

Ransome Foster

Bert Barricune

ROYAL MTC Cabaret. OTHER THEATRE The Apprenticeship of

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

Duddy Kravitz: The Musical (Segal); Tartuffe, The Sound of Music, ENRON (NAC); Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Birdland); Weekend Comedy (Drayton); Next to Normal (Clearwater/ Tarragon); Bullet for Adolf (Off-Broadway, directed by Woody Harrelson); Canadian premiere of Red (CS/VP/Citadel). Upcoming: Sunday in the Park with George, This Hotel (TiFT). TRAINING Ryerson Theatre School.

OTHER THEATRE Company (Theatre 20);

Les Misérables (Western Canada Theatre); Bingo (Factory); True Love Lies (Citadel); Billy Elliot The Musical (Mirvish); Mamma Mia! (Broadway); The Wrong Son (NAC); Urinetown (Canadian Stage, Dora Award); eight seasons at the Stratford Festival. Film/TV Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle, The Listener, Saving Hope, Copper, The Barrens, Rookie Blue, The Manchurian Candidate, Lost Girl. ET CETERA Artistic Director of Theatre 20.

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ET CETERA This past summer Justin toured

Trish Lindström

his Fringe show The Manic Pixie Dream Girl across Canada. He can be seen in PTE’s Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts this spring.

Hallie Jackson

Ray Strachan

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play (with Tarragon). OTHER THEATRE Once (Mirvish, Dora Award); Alice Through the Looking-Glass, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Chamber Play, The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cabaret, The Trojan Women, The Miracle Worker (Stratford); A Misfortune (Next Stage); The Game of Love and Chance (CS/Centaur); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (Theatre 20); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Exit the King (Soulpepper); Educating Rita (TA); Assassins (TiFT/Birdland, Dora nomination); Mimi (Tarragon, Dora nomination); Shaw Festival (five seasons); Love’s Labour’s Lost (NAC); Dancing in Poppies (Grand); Mary’s Wedding (Ship’s Company, Merritt nomination); Pippi Longstocking (MTYP); Emily (Charlottetown). FILM/TV Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Jack in the Box (OnePlusOne). TRAINING National Theatre School. ET CETERA Founding artist of Theatre 20. Photography: www.trishlindstrom.org

Justin Otto

Jim ‘The Reverend’ Mosten

ROYAL MTC Actor: Romeo and Juliet, One

Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (with TC). Apprentice Director: The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), Bad Dates. OTHER THEATRE Actor: Good Intentions (WJT); Lobby Hero (The 28th Minute); Remember the Night (Moving Target Theatre); Fen (Sarasvàti); A Behanding in Spokane, Dog Act, Shock Corridor, The Ingrates (Winnipeg Fringe). Director: Oleanna, Caesar and Cleopatra (Nomadic Players). Assistant Director: Clybourne Park (Studio 180/CS). TV The Pinkertons. TRAINING Black Hole Theatre Company. ET CETERA Special thanks to Chris Johnson who helped light my passion for theatre. Congrats on your upcoming retirement and getting that sparkling new theatre at the University of Manitoba. Love to Mom, Dad & Gerls. Enjoy the show!

Jake Dowitt

Jethro Compton Playwright

ROYAL MTC Armstrong’s War. OTHER THEATRE Bad Jews (WJT); I Dream of

Diesel (One Trunk Theatre/TPM); The Cherry Orchard (TBTR); The Crackwalker (Sweet and Salty Collective). FILM/TV Backlanes and This is Why We Fight (Prairie Kid Productions). TRAINING A graduate of the University of Winnipeg Honours Theatre Program.

Jethro Compton is a writer, director and independent theatre producer. His most notable production is the stage adaptation of the classic Western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. His most recent theatre work includes Blood Red Moon, The Clock Strikes Noon and The Rattlesnake’s Kiss, three original Western plays under the title The Frontier Trilogy. Previous work includes the

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance internationally acclaimed First World War triptych The Bunker Trilogy.

Dorothy M. Johnson Author Dorothy M. Johnson was born in 1905 in McGregor, Iowa and began writing professionally as a newspaper stringer while finishing high school in Montana. Johnson’s writing career took off in the 1930s after she sold her first magazine article to The Saturday Evening Post, but was temporarily sidetracked by the Second World War when she went to work for the Air Warden Service. Following the war, Johnson published some of her best-known Western stories that would later be made into notable films, including A Man Called Horse (1950), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1953) and The Hanging Tree (1957). Johnson is the recipient of a Western Writers of America Spur Award and Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award and she was inducted to the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and

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Western Heritage Centre for her notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana. She died in 1984 at the age of 78.

Robb Paterson Director

ROYAL MTC Directing credits include:

The Woman in Black, Armstrong’s War, 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, Guys and Dolls (with Citadel/TC), Trying, My Fair Lady, Steel Magnolias. 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

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance the Beast (2005, 2009), The King and I, Crazy 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 Stage, WJT, Neptune, Vancouver Playhouse, Citadel. ET CETERA Robb has worked on more than 165 productions in Canada over the past 33 years.

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: The

Woman in Black, Late Company, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Harvey, Other People’s Money, August: Osage County, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, 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: Les Misérables, The Little Mermaid (Rainbow); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Vimy (NAC/GCTC); The Hound of the Baskervilles, Vigil, Small Things, The Valley (PTE); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); Proud (TPM). ET CETERA Recipient of a Gemini Award for production design, and a Jessie Richardson Award and a Prix Rideau Award for outstanding set design.

Scott Henderson Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Fifty productions since 1995,

including Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (with Mirvish), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Good People, A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, Doubt, 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: West Side Story, Les Misérables, Sister Act (Rainbow). Scott has designed lighting for opera, dance and theatre companies in Winnipeg and across Canada. 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.

Jonathan Sims Composer

ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE As a regular collaborator

with writer/director Jethro Compton, Jonny has written the musical score for many of his theatrical productions, including the multi award-winning Bunker Trilogy, Capone Trilogy, Frontier Trilogy and Sirenia. He has also worked with Belt Up Theatre, composing music for their productions of A Little Princess and Macbeth. FILM/TV Jonny has worked extensively in film, TV and radio music, including frequent engagements with the BBC as assistant to the BAFTA-winning composer Rob Lane. He has

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance written music for the TV show Atlantis and contributed additional music to the scores for Merlin, Spies of Warsaw, starring David Tennant, and Hidden, starring Philip Glenister and David Suchet.

John Bent Jr. Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC More than 50 shows since 1998,

including Clever Little Lies, The Woman in Black, Cabaret (2015), 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. Head of Audio from 1998 to 2015. 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 founding member of Eternal Rose Theatre. John would like to thank everyone at Royal MTC for 17 wonderful years of creativity. It’s been a hell of a ride.

Dave Brown Firearms Consultant

the Old West to theatre audiences. A key member of Winnipeg’s film and theatre community for over 20 years, his high standards of safety and attention to detail have helped bring many productions to life on both stage and screen while keeping cast and audiences safe. In addition to Royal MTC, he has worked with PTE, Rainbow Stage, RWB, Manitoba Opera and has even appeared onstage with the WSO. His knowledge of firearms safety in film and theatre has taken him across Canada to deliver workshops and he has been invited to speak on the topic as far away as California.

Jacqueline Loewen Fight Director

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: Late Company,

Private Lives, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, 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: The Flood Thereafter (CS); Tosca, Carmen (Manitoba Opera); Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); All Restaurant Fires Are Arson (PTE). Assistant Fight Choreographer: Shakespeare’s Rebel (Bard on the Beach). 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.

Firearms Safety Coordinator Dave Brown has worked closely with Royal MTC on numerous productions, including Gone With the Wind and Romeo and Juliet. On Liberty, he is especially looking forward to the challenge of helping to bring the look, feel (and smell) of For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Shannon Vickers

Donna Fletcher

Dialect Consultant

Singing Coach

ROYAL MTC The Woman in Black, Private

Lives, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, 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.

ROYAL MTC Singing Coach: Calendar Girls

(with Mirvish). Assistant Director: Top Girls. Actor: Our Town, Lady, Be Good!, Master Class (with NAC). OTHER THEATRE Donna is a Winnipeg-based

director and actor who has performed coast to coast on stages throughout Canada, including the NAC, Belfry Theatre, Charlottetown Festival, Persephone, Red Barn, Stage West Calgary, Theatre Calgary, Drayton, Dry Cold Productions, PTE, Manitoba Opera, Winnipeg Studio Theatre and MTYP. She is co-founder of Dry Cold Productions (directing the sold-out production of The Addams Family) and a proud member of the Rainbow Stage Wall of Fame.

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Candace Maxwell

Theatre at the U of M Desautels Faculty of Music and the U of W Theatre Department. ET CETERA Donna is proud Mum to her daughter Amalia Grace.

Assistant Stage Manager

Wren Hookey

ROYAL MTC Driving Miss Daisy, The Constant

Apprentice Director

Royal MTC First engagement. Other Theatre Director/writer: SHARDS,

Borderline Support Group (Downside Up Productions). Writer: 11 Million (TBTR), Something’s Not Right (Sarasvàti), Mother Mine (lead writer, Downside Up Productions). Assistant Director: Killing Game (U of W). Training BA Honours from the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre & Film specializing in acting, directing and filmmaking. Et Cetera Thank you to Robb, the cast and crew for this amazing experience.

Wife, Over the Tavern, The Syringa Tree, 50th anniversary homecoming event, Fiddler on the Roof, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Fighting Days, A Christmas Story, Cabaret. OTHER THEATRE Selected credits: Les Misérables, The Producers (Rainbow); Hansel and Gretel, The Scorpions’ Sting (Calgary Opera); The Nutcracker (RWB); Carmen, Aida, La Bohème (Manitoba Opera); Bingo, Small Things (PTE); Pride and Prejudice (Banff Centre/Citadel); Aida, Tales of Hoffmann (Edmonton Opera). TRAINING University of Winnipeg and Banff Centre for the Arts. ET CETERA Love to Delvin, Mom and Dad for all your encouragement and support.

Kali Claire Grenier-Prieur

Chris Pearce Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Twenty-two productions at the

Apprentice Stage Manager ROYAL MTC Clever Little Lies.

Mainstage, including last year’s Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily; 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, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley (PTE); The Light in the Piazza, A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Kindness (MTYP). ET CETERA Three seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe. Seasons at the Stratford, Shaw and Charlottetown festivals and a run in London’s West End.

OTHER THEATRE Zed (Cirque du Soleil); Divertimento #15, Carousel (A Dance), Seventh Symphony (Banff Centre); Freda and Jem’s Best of the Week (Buddies in Bad Times); Le Jardin, Le Destin tragi-comique de Tubby et Nottubby (Cercle Molière); Toronto 2015 Pan-Am/ParaPan-Am Games ceremonies. TV Just for Laughs galas. TRAINING National Theatre School of Canada.

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Director’s Notes BY STEWART ARNOTT in a particular way, and has their ‘story’ down pat. Each of them has that story challenged by another – even Leonard is forced to self-examine – and we eagerly watch them metamorphose, in big ways and small, over the course of the play.

The Truth. It’s such a slippery thing, isn’t it? There is the truth as we see it, there’s someone else’s version and there are, apparently, Universal Truths. ‘The Truth Hurts’ could be the subtitle to Theresa Rebeck’s wicked, beautifully crafted comedy. Leonard, the infamous ex-author and now sought-after editor and teacher, believes that telling his students the hard truth is where it’s at. He sees it as his mission to make them see just how bloody difficult it is to be a really good writer. However, the four 20-something wannabes who’ve hired him to teach them how to succeed in the book biz don’t necessarily want to hear that from him. Kate, Martin, Douglas and Izzy all want him to say that he sees their talent and values what they’ve written. They want praise. Who wouldn’t? So, when Leonard proceeds to assess their personas as well as their writing skills – his version of “telling the truth” (and as only he can, with cruel bluntness and deadly wit) – they start seriously questioning what the hell they are doing in both the seminar, and in their chosen profession. Even when he praises their efforts, there is often another complex agenda at play. We all carry around the story of who we are – our own personal narrative. It’s often not all that accurate. I’m not saying we’re all delusional and think we are perfect when we’re anything but. In fact, our personal narratives can be as misguidedly critical as they are flattering. Each of the five characters in Seminar clearly sees themselves 22

A key aspect of truth that also fascinates Theresa Rebeck is how the stories we tell the world are almost always shaded with some degree of untruth. The characters quite frequently tell each other little and not-solittle lies, stretching and reshaping the truth to suit their own purposes. The moral impact of the lies that writers perpetrate in their work is explosively examined as well, with false memoirs and plagiarism being two juicy topics that rise up in the action and create all sorts of excitement. Now, all these potentially serious themes are wrapped up in dark, delightful comedy. Ms. Rebeck skillfully mines these volatile goings-on for all their inherent humour. This may be life and death, and there is certainly metaphorical bloodshed, but we cannot help but gasp with laughter at the shenanigans. At the same time, she makes very sure that we grow to care about these people, who are all capable of acts of kindness when push comes to shove. And so Seminar rocks along, fuelled by the heady mixture of violence (emotional and intellectual), sex (real) and even love. It’s simply really good theatre – and that’s The Truth!

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Four young, 20-something writers – Martin, Douglas, Kate and Izzy – pool their money to hire famous novelist Leonard for a 10-week master class to be held in Kate’s Upper West Side apartment. Hard-drinking and oversexed, Leonard has seen his once-prolific career wane, and he now makes ends meet with freelance jobs and pricey seminars. Undeniably charismatic and indisputably harsh, Leonard throws the book at his students with his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction. His workshops become punctuated by professional envy, personal jealousy and sexual tension, leaving some students to thrive and others to flounder in Theresa Rebeck’s smart and sexy comedy. Background

Seminar originally opened on Broadway in November 2011 at the John Golden Theater, with Alan Rickman playing the role of Leonard. Jeff Goldbum later replaced Rickman as Leonard, and Justin Long joined the cast in the role of Martin. The play’s Broadway run earned a nomination by the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League for Best Play.

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PRODUCTIONS

Seminar by Theresa Rebeck October 22 – November 7, 2015 preview October 21

Director........................................................................................... Stewart Arnott Set & Costume Designer............................................................ Gillian Gallow Lighting Designer...................................................................... Hugh Conacher Sound Designer........................................................................... Michael Wright Apprentice Director................................................................. Frances Koncan* Apprentice Set & Costume Designer.................................. Darryl Audette* Stage Manager.................................................................... Melissa Novecosky Assistant Stage Manager........................................................... Alison Fulmyk THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Kate................................................................................................ Andrea Houssin Martin.................................................................................................Nathan Howe Izzy................................................................................................Grace Lynn Kung Leonard............................................................................................Tom McCamus Douglas.....................................................................................Ryan James Miller SETTING

New York City, the present. Seminar is performed without an intemission. Seminar is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Seminar opened on Broadway on November 20, 2011 and was presented by Jeffrey Finn, Jill Furman, John N. Hart Jr. and Patrick Milling Smith, Roy Furman, David Ian, David Mirvish, Amy Nauiokas, and James Spry, with associate producers Matthew Schneider, Wake Up Marconi, Jamie Kaye-Phillips, and Charles Stone/Ben Limberg. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Special thanks: Tim Wynne-Jones

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

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Seminar Andrea Houssin

Grace Lynn Kung

Kate

Izzy

Royal MTC First appearance.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

Other Theatre Waiting for the Parade

OTHER THEATRE Kim’s Convenience, La

(Western Canada Theatre/Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Pirates of Penzance (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Good Intentions (WJT); Munsch Upon a Time (PTE); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Project X); Julius Caesar (Studio 58). Training Studio 58, The University of Winnipeg. Et Cetera www.andreahoussin.ca @andreahtoro

Nathan Howe Martin

ROYAL MTC First appearance. OTHER THEATRE The Wild Dog Waits on

the Concrete Path, Aiden Flynn Lost His Brother So He Makes Another – Director (Theatre Howl); Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Matchstick – writer/performer, It’s a Wonderful Life, Equivocation (Persephone); Two Corpses Go Dancing, Reasons to Be Pretty, The Frenzy of Queen Maeve (Live Five); Salt Baby, Becky’s New Car, Pride and Prejudice, The Wizard of Oz (Globe). Upcoming: Aiden Flynn Lost His Brother So He Makes Another (Theatre Howl/Live Five); Matchstick (GCTC). ET CETERA Nathan was the recipient of the 2014 SATAward for Achievement in Performance (Male) for his work in the Canadian premiere of Equivocation.

Ronde (Soulpepper); Yukonstyle (CS); a nanking winter (Nightwood); Blue Rivers with Judith Thompson, paper SERIES (fu-Gen); Heat Lightning (Native Earth). FILM/TV The Strain, Slings and Arrows, 12 Monkeys, Birdland, Being Erica, Heartland, Remedy, InSecurity, Cube 2: Hypercube, Away from Her, Odd Squad, House Party, Bank$tas, Hard Rock Medical, Blue State, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, The Listener, Plague City, Delirious. Voice work: Kirat/Female Rebels in Far Cry 4; Suzi Chu in Mother Up!; Doozers; The Shoe Sniffer, Sharwoods (London, UK). TRAINING Two Certificates of Distinction for Speech and Drama from Trinity College, London. ET CETERA Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy.

Tom McCamus Leonard

ROYAL MTC Gone With the Wind, The

Innocent Eye Test (with Mirvish), Dancing at Lughnasa (with NAC), Amadeus. OTHER THEATRE Fourteen years with the Stratford Festival, including King John, The Matchmaker, Cymbeline, Peter Pan, Dangerous Liaisons, Three Sisters, Richard III, Waiting for Godot, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Camelot. Other recent credits: The Unanswered Question (NAC); Thom Payne (Tarragon); Misery (CS); Hamlet, Michael Ondaatje’s Divisadero (Necessary Angel). FILM/TV Room, Orphan Black, Cairo Time,

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Seminar Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story, The Nature of Nicholas, Mutant X, Possible Worlds, The Sweet Hereafter, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, I Love a Man in Uniform.

Peabody Award. Ms. Rebeck is originally from Cincinnati and holds an MFA in Playwriting and a PhD in Victorian Melodrama, both from Brandeis University.

Ryan James Miller

Stewart Arnott

Douglas

Director

ROYAL MTC Sherlock Holmes and the Case of

the Jersey Lily, The Glass Menagerie, Gone With the Wind. OTHER THEATRE Prior in Angels in America: 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 Many thanks to Friends and Family for all the encouragement and inspiration through the years. Mom you’re amazing. Love to Adam.

Theresa Rebeck Playwright

ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE Selected directing credits:

Tragedy: a tragedy (SummerWorks ‘14); Same Time, Next Year (Lighthouse Festival); The Swearing Jar, “Master Harold”… and the Boys, Kilt (PTE); The Importance of Being Earnest (University of Waterloo). Upcoming: Title and Deed (Artscape Youngplace). TRAINING/TEACHING Graduate of York University, BFA (Honours) and a member of Canadian Actors’ Equity and ACTRA. ET CETERA Tragedy: a tragedy was recognized in NOW Magazine for Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Production and Outstanding Ensemble (SummerWorks ‘14). Stewart is also a respected actor, teacher and coach.

Gillian Gallow Theresa Rebeck is an award-winning playwright whose work has produced throughout the United States and abroad. Her work has appeared on various New York stages, including the Music Box Theatre, the Golden Theatre, the Biltmore Theatre, Second Stage and the Variety Arts Theatre. In addition to playwriting, Ms. Rebeck has had her work featured in American Theatre Magazine, The Harvard Review and has published two novels, Three Girls and Their Brother, and Twelve Rooms with a View. In television, Ms. Rebeck created the NBC drama Smash and has written and produced for numerous successful television series including L.A. Law, Third Watch, Law and Order: Criminal Intent and NYPD Blue – for which she won a

Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Hirsch, Venus in Fur, God of

Carnage (with VP), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (costumes, with TC). OTHER THEATRE Set & Costume Designer: Hirsch (Stratford); King Lear, Thirsty (NAC); Night (Human Cargo/NAC); Appetite (Volcano/Theatre Passe Muraille); The Red Priest (ATP). Costume Designer: The Physicists, The Three Musketeers (Stratford); Mary Poppins, The Kite Runner (TC/Citadel); Dust (ATP/Human Cargo); Awake and Sing! (Soulpepper); Pride and Prejudice, Cinderella (Grand). Set Designer: The Mill (Theatrefront).

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Seminar Upcoming: The Road to Paradise (Human Cargo/Crow’s Theatre) TRAINING York University, BFA. ET CETERA Gillian is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore awards.

Michael Wright Sound Designer

Hugh Conacher

ROYAL MTC Late Company, Private Lives,

Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC The Woman in Black, Cabaret

(2015), The Glass Menagerie (2014, 1989/90), Venus in Fur, The Penelopiad, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, After Miss Julie, Macbeth (with English Suitcase Theatre Company), Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Beautiful Lake Winnipeg, A Walk in the Woods, Frankenstein: Playing with Fire. OTHER THEATRE Hugh has collaborated with choreographers, visual artists and dance and theatre companies worldwide for over 30 years. In Winnipeg, his work has been seen with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, QDance, Gearshifting Performance Works, Theatre Projects Manitoba and Manitoba Theatre for Young People, to name a few. ET CETERA Hugh enjoys working beyond the constraints of traditional lighting design using various forms of interactive media, video and photography. His photographic work resides in private collections and has been published worldwide. Hugh is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Armstrong’s War, The Secret Annex, The Seagull, 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, Cherry Docs. OTHER THEATRE I Dream of Diesel, North Main Gothic, The Monster Trilogy, The Elmwood Visitation, Age of Arousal (TPM); Everything is Coming Up Roses (Gearshifting Performance Works); Something Drastic, Puppet Munsch (PTE); Macbeth (SIR); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Winnipeg Fringe); 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.

Frances Koncan Apprentice Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE As director: Hamlet, Matt

& Ben; as playwright: The Dance-off of Conscious Uncoupling; as playwright/director: Little Red, How to Talk to Human Beings. FILM/TV Outdigenous (writer/director), Inside Amy Schumer (uncredited, but probably ‘Wine-Drinking Man-Hater’). TRAINING MFA Playwriting, City University of New York Brooklyn College.

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ROYAL MTC Apprentice Set & Costume

Designer: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily. Props construction for 1983/84 season: The Duchess of Malfi, Much Ado About Nothing, Clearances. OTHER THEATRE Recently: Technical Director & Lighting Designer at Merlyn Productions, set & lighting 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 in Honours Set and Costume 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 Gillian Gallow and everyone at Royal MTC for their kindness and help. Enjoy the show!

Melissa Novecosky Stage Manager

The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions). Assistant Stage Manager: The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Footloose, Annie (Rainbow); White Biting Dog, The Price (Soulpepper); Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (National Ballet of Canada); Burnin’ Love (PTE). TRAINING The National Theatre School of Canada. Apprentice Stage Manager at the Shaw Festival.

Alison Fulmyk Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC The Woman in Black, Private

Lives, Jane Eyre, Other People’s Money. OTHER THEATRE Assistant Stage Manager: Sister Act (Rainbow). Apprentice Stage Manager: Fidelio, La Bohème, Don Pasquale (Manitoba Opera); The Miser of Middlegate (zone41/TPM); The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Mary Poppins (Rainbow); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold). TRAINING University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film, with a Theatre honours degree in Stage Management and Production (focus on Properties). ET CETERA “Livin’ The Dream!”

ROYAL MTC Stage Manager: Good People,

The Secret Annex. Assistant Stage Manager: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (with Mirvish), Gone With the Wind, White Christmas, Next to Normal, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play. Apprentice Stage Manager: Jitters, Our Town, The Real Thing, The Tempest. OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: Munsch Upon a Time, Vigil, The Best Brothers, Social Studies, The Swearing Jar (PTE); Lawrence and Holloman (PTE/Persephone); West Side Story, Sister Act, The Producers, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Rainbow); Bloodless: For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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MEDIA SPONSOR

Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Play

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From May 5 to 9, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre transformed the Tom Hendry Warehouse stage into a school auditorium to transport Winnipeggers to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The cast, comprised entirely of members of the Manitoba Bar Association (MBA), put in hundreds of volunteer hours to prepare for the production. Their hard work and dedication paid off, as the musical left more than 1,000 attendees laughing out loud and cheering for their favourite characters to take first prize and win the bee. The annual Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Play is an important fundraising event for the theatre and for the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, having raised more than $940,000 since 1990. The support of our patrons, donors, program advertisers and sponsors allows us to offer extraordinary theatre at accessible prices to all Manitobans. Royal MTC extends sincere thanks to the talented cast and hardworking crew, as well as our many volunteers, sponsors, advertisers and audience members. CAST Kristine Barr Kathrine Basarab Andrea Bellhouse Adrian Frost

Danny Gunn John Harvie Melissa Hazelton Reannah Hocken

Kael McKenzie Jim McLandress Marika Nerbas

Sandi Phillips Meghan Riley Jaime Rosin

Darcia Senft Richard Smith Neil Steen

Directed by Heidi Malazdrewich* | Choreographed by Sofia Costantini* | Musical Direction by Joseph Tritt

PRESENTING SPONSOR PwC

SILVER SPONSORS Lawton Partners The Property Registry

RECEPTION SPONSORS The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre Round Table Steakhouse & Pub

DESIGN SPONSOR Relish New Brand Experience Inc.

COMMITTEE John Guttormson, Chair Melissa Beaumont Joan Holmstrom Shawn Hughes Jim McLandress Vivian Rachlis Neil Steen

WINE SPONSOR De Luca Fine Wines

Join us April 26 to 30, 2016 as Royal MTC and Manitobaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal community present the award-winning musical La Cage aux Folles, directed by Steven Schipper. *Appears with the permission of Canadian Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association

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ONE WEEK AT A JAMAICAN SANDALS RESORT FOR TWO

Luxurious seven night all-inclusive trip for two to Sandals Resorts in Jamaica.*

Valued at $7,700 For more information on the prize & how to purchase: 204 954 6410 • blackandwhite@royalmtc.ca • royalmtc.ca/bw

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT THE BAR! 1 for $50, 3 for $100 Proceeds in support of Royal MTC’s productions and programs.

prize courtesy of

*Some restrictions apply. 1000 tickets available • Licence Number: LGA-1523-RF

Supporters Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between July 1, 2014 and September 25, 2015. DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE HERO • $6,000+ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson

BENEFACTOR • $2,000–5,999 Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech Marjorie Blankstein, CM, OM, LLD & the late Morley Blankstein Sheldon & Penny Bowles J.W. Burns, OC Heather Clarke* Kerry Dangerfield* Donald Fraser & Judy Little John F. (Jack) Fraser* James R. Gibbs Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock Robert B. & the late S. June Jackson Ms. Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Derek & Mary Johannson Dr. Leonard Kahane John Kearsey* Terry Klassen Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky Dr. Douglas MacEwan In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh MurphyThe Michael Nozick Family Foundation Cam & Carole Osler Donna & Bill Parrish Hartley & Heather Richardson Sanford & Deborah Riley Jim & Jan Tennant The Winnipeg Foundation – Triple A Fund Joan Wright

LEADER • $1,500–1,999 Gus* & Diane Campbell Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Dave* & Barb Christie Neil & Carol Duboff Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher Elba Haid & Lara Secord-Haid Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Investors Group Matching Gift Program David & Diane Johnston

Kevin & Els Kavanagh Bill & Shirley Loewen Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Jim* & Penny McLandress Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Drs. Ken & Sharon Mould Ruth & Ted Northam Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Derek Riley Steven Schipper, CM† & Terri Cherniack Maitland & Pat Sundmark Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Helga Van Iderstine* Sonya & Scott Wright Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Darcy & Brenda Zaporzan

MEMBER • $1,000–1,499 Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia Jim Blanchard Helga & Gerhard Bock Doneta* & Harry Brotchie David* & Lianne Carefoot Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Drs. Ernest & Anastasia Cholakis Gerry* & Chris Couture Robert* & Florence Eastwood Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Paulo Fernandes* Sandy Gousseau* Mintie & Al Grienke John* & Nicola Guttormson Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow In memory of our Kristin Dawn Hanson – Brian & Dawn Hanson Shayla Harapiak-Green & Patrick Green* Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Katie Inverarity† Jason Kasper* April & Diamond Kassum Laurence Katz & Zoe Kogan Gordon Keatch* In memory of Pak-Wai Chan – Calvin Kim Brenda* & Trevor Kriss Jeff & Jillian Lamothe Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Peter & Karen Leipsic Reginald & Judy Low Mark & Gloria Mancini Bob McNamara & Dorothy Hooper Jeffrey* & Mary Morton James Nielsen Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe M. Plett-Lyle

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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K. Heather Power & Harold Klause Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis Cindy & Murray Reimer Mrs. Shirley Richardson Andrea* & Michael Robertson Ken & Susan Skinner* Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines† Bill & Laurie Speers* Shelley† & Mark Stroski Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell Marcel Van Woensel Anonymous

FRIENDS OF ROYAL MTC ENTHUSIAST • $500–999 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Robert & Joy Antenbring Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Ron Blicq Todd Bourcier Cathie & Brian Bowerman James A. Bracken France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Haderra & Mark Chisick J. Davidson Al Dyregrov Don & Elfie Elias Mrs. Phyllis Barich & Mr. Helmut Epp Shannon Ernst Gordon Hannon Gregg & Mary Hanson Hon. Justice William Johnston Fern Karlicki Brenda Keyser & Peter Murdock Ian Kirk† James & Teresa Kraemer Pat & Jim Ludwig Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham N. Marr Mr. Gerry Matte & Mrs. Lydia Surasky-Matte Vivienne Nickerson Richard & Bonnie Olfert Kerrie Orlick Linda & Wayne Paquin Donna Plant Iris Reimer Ricou-Manfreda Charles & Naida Rubin Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh Margaret & Paul Shuckett Debbie Spracklin Linda Thomas †Current Royal MTC staff

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Supporters Marilyn Thompson Margaret Wikjord Dorothy Y. Young Anonymous

SUPPORTER • $150–499 Pat & Bob Adamson Dr. Liz Adkins Anthony & Marilyn Alexander Dawn Andersen Judy & Jay Anderson Bernice Antoniuk Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Ian Backus Richard Ball June & Ted Bartman Joan Bender Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Mark Bernstein Terri & Morley Bernstein Bruce & Joyce Berry Val & Blair Bingeman Tyler & Sable Birch Arthur & Ken Blankstein-Ure Joan Blight Pamela & David Bolton Denise Bonner Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Morva Bowman & Alan Pollard Ron & Joan Boyd Janice Braun Kris & Ruth Breckman Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager Sheila & David Brodovsky Miriam Bronstein Eldon Brown Lauraine Brown Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock Carol Budnick Donna Byrne Don & Carolyne Campbell Mary & Allan Cartlidge Merv & Jan Cavers Rosemary Chapman Tom & Edith Checkley Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Shelley Chochinov Glen & Lorna Clark Agnes & John Collins The Colquhoun Family Pamela & Andrew Cooke Joyce Cooper Martin & Gail Corne R. Lynn Craton Nancy Crocker Ted & Margaret Cuddy Ellen Curtis J. Dale Ms. Linda Daniels

Mrs. Maureen Danzinger J. Dawson Andrea Hector & Kirk Dellebuur John & Heather Diamond Faye Dixon Beverley Doern Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Adam Dooley & Lynn Billard Sally R. Dowler Mr. & Mrs. Drewett David Driedger John & Ada Ducas Sharron & Joel Dudeck Helene Dyck Roberta Dyck Mr. & Mrs. William Easton Enda Egan Dr. Michael Eleff & Chana Thau Selma Enns Michael & Lynn Evans Robert Filuk Douglas Finkbeiner Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason Gayle Fischer Christine Fleetwood Marcia Fleisher Chris Freeman Arnold Frieman Menno H. & Jolanda Friesen Felicia & Trevor Frost Colleen & Dan Furlan Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant William S. Gardner Lynne & Lindsay Gauld E. George Dr. & Mrs. Ron & Denise George Rick & Patti Gilhuly Ms. Heather Gillander Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Barbara Goszer Kari Hagness† Gregory & Heather Hammond Robert Tyler Sylvia & Doug Hannah Bruce & Judy Harris Sandra & Hans Hasenack Teresa A. Hay David & Mary Hickling Mr. Dennis Hodgkinson Jennie Hogan Gary Hook & Charmine Lyons Ann-Marie & Brian Howe Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Karen Howell Frank & Donna Hruska Dan Ilchyna G.C. Irwin-Kilfoyle Rudy & Gail Isaak Stu & Alice Iverson Marlis & David Jacobson Elizabeth Janzen

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Lynne Jentsch Claire & Gerald Jewers In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of Royal MTC – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Guenter & Crystal Jochum Bruce & Grace Johnson Robert & Karen Johnston Lisa Johnston Katherine Jordan & James Tam Claudette Journe Brian & Renee Kaplan Dr. Arvind & Nancy Kati Dr. & Mrs. Philip Katz Donald & Sheila Keatch Judith Kendle Robert Kennedy & Claudette LeClerc M.J. King Peter Kingsley Soody & Orah Kleiman Myron & Marion Klysh Paul Kochan Madeline Kohut Gloria Koop E. Koop Donna Korban David & Denise Koss Bill & Evelyn Krahn Lorraine Kraichy Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz D.M. Kristjanson Katarina Kupca Evan & Susan Kuz Gene & Janet Lacroix Deanne Lander Dr. Patricia Landolfo Dr. G.H. Lawler Ellen & Stewart Leibl Kathy & Saul Leibl Richard Leipsic Gloria Lemke Tim & Kate Letkemann Carol & Clifford Levi Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lister Wayne Loeppky Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Sofia Lukie Carole Lupkowski Tom Lussier Dr. & Mrs. Ted Lyons Burton & Mary Lysecki Mr. & Mrs. E.R. MacDonald John MacDonald Sharon M. Macdonald Dennis MacKay, QC & Annette Stapenhorst Mr. Jim MacNair Wally Mah Phil & Miriam Maltz Family Fund Mrs. Vera Marchuk †Current Royal MTC staff

Supporters Elaine & Neil Margolis Agatha Massey Nicola Matthews Marjorie & Robert McCamis Julia & Don McInnes Mr. & Mrs. Campbell McIntyre Greg & Gloria McLaren John & Carolynne McLure Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Michael & Debra McMullen Barb Melnychuk Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Albert Metcalfe Mel & Pippie Michener Jim & Karren Middagh Grant Mitchell & Catherine Lambeth Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Ray Montague Vera Moroz Kenneth Mount Maren Mueller Bill Muir Ken & Suzanne Munroe Murray Wilson & Ivy Namaka Marika Nerbas Edwin & Pat Nicholls Robert Nickel Chris Nielsen Helen Norrie Shelagh Linklater Deborah & George Nytepchuk Joanne Olchowecki Truus Oliver Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Conrad Padilla Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Heather & Harry Panaschuk Terry Panych Dr. Philip Pass Beverly Pavlek Louise Pelletier B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Wayne Piett Donna & John Platt Ms. Karen Dawn Power Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen Bob & Linda Preston Ms. Judith Putter Vivian E Rachlis Rudy & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Vance Rehill Fay & Max Reich Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Joyce Rich Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Tony Robbins Jane Robinson Mr. Robert Rogers

Renee Roseman Sheryl Rosenberg Craig Russell & Janet Shaw-Russell Elizabeth Russin Michael T. Ruta Shona Scappaticci Barbara Scheuneman Hans & Gabriele Schneider Werner & Mary Schulz Ms. Faye Scott Dr. Meir Serfaty & Bonnie Talbot Debra Shnider Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Shayna & Merrill Shulman Henry & Connie Shyka Cheryl Samson-Siemens & Gordon Siemens Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Dr. Ruth Simkin Meera Sinha Jennifer Skelly† & Family Chad Smith Mrs. Lorraine Smith Deanne Spiegel Jacqueline St. Hill Yvonne Stier Heidi Struck† Richard Swain Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Shayne & Kathryn Taback Ross & Bette-Jayne Taylor Karen Tereck – Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. Phyllis A.C. Thomson Mary E. Tibbs Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Norma Toews W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Dr. Stephen Tritt & Dr. Sharon Goszer-Tritt Terry Tully Susan Turley Eric Turner Grant Tweed Les Ullyot Patricia Van Doninck Fran & Bob Vannevel Irv & Toby Vinsky Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Jesse I. Vorst Helmut & Gwen Waedt V. Stirling Walkes Sherry & Bob Ward Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Deanna M Waters Al & Pat Wherrett Florence & Donald Whitmore Murray & Nancy Wiegand Trevor Wiens Peter & Elizabeth Wijtkamp Arthur Williams

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Dennis & Gustine Wilton Paul & Jackie Winestock Mr. C. Winstone Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Rick Wishart Diane Wittmier Grant & Sheila Woods Valerie Wowryk Harry & Evelyn Wray Ken & Pat Zealand 21 Anonymous

CORPORATE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE HERO • $10,000+ Johnston Group Inc.

GUARANTOR • $5,000–9,999 Gendis Inc. & Associated Corporations

BENEFACTOR • $3,000–4,999 Cambrian Credit Union Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick Melet Plastics Inc., Edward Shinewald Terracon Development Ltd.

PATRON • $1,200–2,999 Assiniboine Credit Union Blufish Japanese Restaurant Bockstael Construction (1979) Ltd. Deloitte Foundation Canada George Wakefield Foods Inc., Judy Wakefield* Maxim Truck & Trailer Number TEN Architectural Group, Robert Eastwood* PRA Inc. Ranger Insurance Brokers Ltd. RBC Foundation Royal Canadian Properties Limited Safeway Sofa Logic, Suzi Bonk* Winmar Property Restoration

SPONSOR The Gail Asper Family Foundation & The Asper Foundation BMO Financial Group Martha Burns Cardinal Capital Management Inc. Carlyle Printers Service & Supplies Ltd./Canon CIBC CN Continental Travel Group De Luca Fine Wines †Current Royal MTC staff

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Supporters Dycom Direct Mail Services EPIC Information Solutions Inc. Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa & Conference Centre Friesens Corporation Deborah Gray The Great-West Life Assurance Company Greystone Managed Investments Inc. Investors Group Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Lawton Partners MacDon Industries Ltd. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries MTS Allstream National Leasing Planned Perfectly PwC The Property Registry RBC Royal Bank Relish Round Table Steakhouse & Pub Stantec Consulting Ltd. Subway Franchise World Headquarters Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Wawanesa Insurance Winnipeg Free Press

CORPORATE FRIENDS OF ROYAL MTC

TRIBUTE GIFTS

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE

Gifts received between July 1, 2015 and September 25, 2015

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 Royal MTC – their dream will live on for generations to come. Thank you to our Founders’ Circle members.‡

In honour of Don Bailey – Marina Plett-Lyle In memory of Peggy Iverach – Lorraine Iverach & William Brereton In memory of Ken MacLeod – Leslie Anderson In honour of Steven Schipper & Terri Cherniack – Miriam Bronstein In honour of Steven Schipper receiving an honorary doctorate from the U of M – The Sheps Family; Hy & Esther Dashevsky; Ruth Simkin & Alex; Richard Yaffe & John Statham In celebration of Steven Schipper’s honorary degree from the University of Manitoba and the naming of the Endowment Fund; Doneta & Harry Brotchie Shelagh Sinclair Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation In memory of Annice Stephens – John Maguire & Susan Collison; Peter & Gery Spencer

CONTRIBUTOR • $900–1,199 Manitoba’s Credit Unions The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Mitchell Fabrics Ltd.

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

SUPPORTER • $600–899 Fillmore Riley LLP Intergroup Consultants Ltd. NAV CANADA Party Stuff/U-Rent-It Pollard Banknote Ltd.

ASSOCIATE • $300–599 Cowin Steel Co. Ltd. Mid West Packaging Limited Mid-West Quilting Premier Printing Ltd. Winfield Developments Canada

DONOR • $150–299 B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd. DGH Engineering Ltd. MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Noble Locksmith Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Reitmans (Canada) Limited *Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡If you have remembered Royal MTC in your will, please let us know

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Supporters ENDOWMENT FUND In Honour of Artistic Director Steven Schipper

Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between July 1, 2014 and September 25, 2014. Amounts are cumulative. $5,000,000+ Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/ Patrimoine canadien

$250,000–499,999 Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson

$100,000–249,999 Marjorie Blankstein, CM, OM, LLD & the late Morley Blankstein Dick Bonnycastle The Winnipeg Foundation

$25,000–49,999 James R. Gibbs J.K. May Investments Ltd. Johnston Group Inc. The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass Anonymous

$10,000–24,999 The Bowles Family Gus* & Diane Campbell Terracon Development Ltd. John F. (Jack) Fraser* Bryan Klein & Susan Halprin The Honourable Guy J. Kroft & Hester Kroft The Estate of Gordon P. Linney Virginia & the late Robert Martin Cam & Carole Osler Norma Anne Padilla Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Steven Schipper, CM† & Terri Cherniack George Sigurdson Darcy & Brenda Zaporzan

$5,000–9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Kristjan & Shirley Benidickson Doneta* & Harry Brotchie Margaret Caie Merv & Jan Cavers Donald Fraser & Judy Little Susan & Keith Knox Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro John Maguire & Susan Collison Jim* & Penny McLandress L. Blair Philpott & Tom Kynman Heather Pullan & Tom Frohlinger Wearing Williams Limited – Don & Sheila Katz Joan Wright

$2,500–4,999 Lee & Wayne Anderson Mary Campbell Esther & Hy Dashevsky* Helene Dyck Gregg & Mary Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Margaret & Fred Mooibroek In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh Murphy Cheryl Ogaranko Dorothy Y. Young Anonymous

$1,000–2,499 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn Philip Ashdown George Baldwin Doris & Burton Bass Arthur & Ken Blankstein-Ure The Bohm Family Don & Cheryl Breakey Sheila & David Brodovsky David* & Lianne Carefoot Ron & Carol Chapman Dave* & Barb Christie Pamela & Andrew Cooke Kerry Dangerfield* Bob & Alison Darling Roberta Dyck Ernest & Ruth Epp Michael & Lynn Evans Jean* & Dennis Giguere Brent & Debbie Gilbert David & Ewhenia Gnutel John & Margaret Graham In memory of Irene Karasick-McMurrich Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Amy Richmond Marilyn & Helios Hernandez

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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John Kearsey* Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Dr. G.H. Lawler Barbara Main Mark & Gloria Mancini Terri & Jim McKerchar Irene & the late Claire Miller Vera Moroz Lillian Neaman* Jean & Lisa Neron Marina Plett-Lyle Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Ruth Simkin Bill & Laurie Speers* Frits & Joan Stevens Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell Suzanne Ullyot Faye Warren Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham 2 Anonymous

$500–999 Joan & Ed Alexander Peggy Bainard Acheson Anonymous Bruce & Joyce Berry Donald & Edith Besant Suzi Bonk* Ron & Joan Boyd Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel John K. & Agnes Collins Robert* & Florence Eastwood Nelma Fetterman Marcia Fleisher Chris Freeman Teresa A. Hay Evelyn & Larry Hecht In memory of David Landy – Edith Landy Don Lawrence Dr. Stan & Susan Lipnowski Patrick* & Clarice Matthews Gerry & Corinne McCallum Paul & Elaine Neelon E.M.L. Poulter Bill & Norma Rennie Amy Richmond Patricia & James Richtik Marc & Sherri Rittinger Michael T. Ruta Jim & Susan Shaw Howie & Sue Simpson Elaine Toms Unitarian Church Theatre Group Gabor Vamos & Brenda Silver 3 Anonymous

†Current Royal MTC staff

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Supporters UP TO $499 Jacqueline Anderson Leslie Anderson & Ken MacLeod Donald Aronovitch Margaret & Charles Avent Ms. Jean Bissett Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Jeanetta Casselman Arthur & Donna Chow Ms. Simone I. Cohen Christine H. Coltart Maxine Cristall Paulo Fernandes* Dr. & Mrs. D.D. & B.M. Fillis Lee Finch Sandy Gousseau* L.D. Graham Karen Herd Mrs. Audrey Hilderman Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Elizabeth E. Jackson Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper L. Kampeas

Sheila & Ken Katz Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Brenda* & Trevor Kriss Barbara Latocki Ms. Nancy Latocki Vi Leaney Frances Lemieux Elliot Leven Sylvia L. Main Nick Martin & Dr. Evelyn Ferguson Peggy Barker Anthony & Joyce McWha Marcel & Louise Mollot Pat & Sherry O’Connor Theresa Oye Robb† & Heather Paterson Myrna Protosavage Henry & Sheila Riendeau Andrea* & Michael Robertson Evan & Audra Roitenberg Jack & Regina Schipper Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Joan Sheps Vern & Ann Simonsen Geri & Peter Spencer Brenda Taylor

Marilyn Thompson Mary & Gordon Toombs W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Tim Valgardson* Judy* & Michael Wakefield Veralyn R. Warkentin Donna Webb 4 Anonymous

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www.coec.me *Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Supporting Partners CORE FUNDERS

SEASON PARTNERS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION SUPPORTER

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION SPONSORS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE PRODUCTION SPONSORS

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

BACKSTAGE PASS

WORDPLAY

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT

BENEFACTORS

Deborah Gray Martha Burns

S T R O N G E R C O M M U N I T I E S T O G E T H E R TM

REGIONAL TOUR

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Supporting Partners BLACK & WHITE BALL PREMIER SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSOR Insurance Brokers and Consultants

LAWYERS PLAY

DESIGN SPONSOR

CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

2015 WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

S T R O N G E R C O M M U N I T I E S T O G E T H E R TM

COWARDFEST 2015

MEDIA SPONSORS

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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, Nick Fletcher, Deanna Goring, Jonny Hall, Elfie Harvey, Marissa Kellett, Peter Kellett, Talia Kowalchuk, Tia Levine, Graeme Olson, Amariah Peterson, Angela Rajfur, Jennifer Schmidt, Rita Vande Vyvere, Kira Watson

Honorary Members

Her Honour, Lt. Governor Janice C. Filmon The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba His Worship, Mayor Brian Bowman Executive Officers

Jim McLandress, Chair Anthony C. Fletcher, Chair-Elect David Carefoot, Treasurer Suzi Bonk, Chair, Community Relations David Christie, Chair, Resource Development Patrick Green, Chair, Organizational Performance John Guttormson, Chair, Governance & Strategic Planning Trustees

Heather Clarke Robert Eastwood Paulo Fernandes Sandy Gousseau Rita Gunn Shawn Hughes Advisory Council

Kerry Dangerfield, Chair Gail Asper Doneta Brotchie Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere Charron Hamilton

Maintenance

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

Jason Kasper John Kearsey Brenda Kriss Andrea Robertson Derek Rolstone Laurie A. Speers

Tim J. Valgardson Helga D. Van Iderstine Judy Wakefield Richard L. Yaffe

Gary Hannaford, FCA 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

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 Paint

Jane Buttner, Apprentice Scenic Artist Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Production

Jessica Alexander, Assistant Production Manager Laura Enns, Touring & Production Coordinator Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Paige Lewis, Assistant Producer, Billy Elliot The Musical Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Warehouse Russell Martin, Director of Production Ben Ross, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage Properties

Larry Demedash, Senior Properties Builder Kari Hagness, Head of Properties Lawrence Van Went, Properties Builder Stage Crew

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

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

Administration

Tom Hendry Warehouse

Accounting/Finance

Brian Adolph, IT Manager Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Angela Hendry, Education & Community Engagement Manager Camilla Holland, General Manager Mary Horodyski, Archivist Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Jennifer Skelly, IT Administrator Artistic

Jeff Kennedy, Literary Coordinator Laurie Lam, Producer Robb Paterson, Associate Artistic Director Steven Schipper, CM, Artistic Director Casey Shapira, Assistant to the Producer Melinda Tallin, Artistic Coordinator Box Office

Sheena Baird, Ticketing Services Manager Laurie Fletcher, Box Office Manager Melanie Sexton, Director of Box Office Services Box Office Representatives: Katie Adamson, Laura Bergen, Gwendolyn Collins, Robyn Pooley, Jessica Ross, Katie Schmidt Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

Chris Brett, Head of Sound Randy Zyla Harder, Head Electrician Rick MacPherson, Technical Director Alison Nutt, Head Carpenter Tom Hendry Warehouse Front-of-House

Kim Cossette, Front-of-House Manager Jamie Chapman, Rylen de Vries, Rachael Neal, April Smith Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Acting Head of Wardrobe Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe Lois Powne, First Hand Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator Wigs

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

Jennifer Cheslock, Festival Manager Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

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

Michael Joyal, Development Assistant Stephanie Lambert, Special & Donor Events Coordinator Shelly Smith-Hines, Director of Development Heidi Struck, Individual Giving Manager

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Behind the Scenes Additional Production Staff The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Jacko Garcia, Carpenter Chris Hadley, Props Buyer Kim Hamin, Assistant Scenic Artist Amanda Isaak, Sewer Alison James, Scenic Painter Norma Lachance, Sewer Sharmon Lachuck, Buyer Sofia Lukie, Painter Barb Mackenzie, Sewer Kara Pankin, Painter Stephanie Porrier, Painter Kelly Ruth, Dyer/Breakdown Evan Stillwater, Cutter Kaylee Toews, Props Apprentice Bryn Vargas, Painter Joy Willis, Sewer

Mirvish Productions Production and adminitrative staff

David Mirvish, Producer Brian Sewell, Executive Producer Linda Intaschi, Associate Producer David Mucci, Managing Director Sarah Sisko, Assistant Producer Scot Whitham, Director of Production Charles Chu, Associate General Manager Hannah Mirvish, General Management Associate Camillo Casciato, Director of Finance Josie DiLuzio, IT Manager John Karastamatis, Director of Communications Mark Lavaway, Director of Labour Relations/Business Development Chris Dorscht, Sales Director Sue Toth, Communications Manager J. Randy Alldread, Public Relations Manager Laurel Purvis, Assistant to David Mirvish

Seminar

Linda Beech, Scenic Painter Chris Hadley, Props Buyer Amanda Isaak, Sewer Norma Lachance, Sewer Sharmon Lachuck, Buyer Barb Mackenzie, Sewer Paul Moore, Stage Hand Stephanie Porrier, Painter Kelly Ruth, Dyer/Breakdown Julie Slessor, Scenic Painter Evan Stillwater, Cutter Kaylee Toews, Props Apprentice Burkhard Weiss, Assistant Carpenter Joy Willis, Sewer Additional crew provided by IATSE Local 63

THE 2015/16 ROYAL MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1. Helga D. Van Iderstine 2. Jim McLandress 3. John Guttormson 4. Judy Wakefield 5. David Christie 6. David Carefoot 7. Brenda Kriss 8. Andrea Robertson 9. Derek Rolstone 10. Laurie A. Speers 11. Sandy Gousseau 12. Anthony C. Fletcher 13. Richard L. Yaffe 6 9 12 3 5 8 11 14 14. Robert Eastwood 15. Shawn Hughes 16. Paulo Fernandes. 2 1 4 7 10 13 16 Not pictured: Suzi Bonk, Heather Clarke, Patrick Green, Rita Gunn, Jason Kasper, 15 John Kearsey, Tim J. Valgardson. PHOTO BY LEIF NORMAN october/november 2015

Ovation

Next at the Tom Hendry Warehouse

AN ORDINARY MAN WHO DID EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

WR I TTE N BY & STA R R I N G

TO M D U GA N

PRESENT E D BY DA RY L R OTH & K A RY L LY NN BU R NS NOVE MBER 18 – D ECE MBER 5

Next onstage at the Warehouse is the riveting true story about Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. As portrayed by Tom Dugan, Wiesenthal is warm, funny and wise. But his grandfatherly demeanour masks a steely determination that fuelled his relentless pursuit of justice. The numbers behind his story are staggering: Simon and his wife lost a total of 89 relatives in the Holocaust. After surviving the war, he dedicated 58 years to tracking war criminals, bringing 1,100 to justice. Don’t miss the award-winning play that finds universal resonance in one man’s personal journey.

SIMON WIESENTHAL IN HIS OWN WORDS

The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind. For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years. My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren. Tolerance and human rights require each other. Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

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