Ovation Volume 30, Number 2 (November/December 2022)

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

Adapted by Catherine Bush

From the novel by Alexandre Dumas reWork Productions presents

Written and Performed by Daniel MacIvor

The timeless phrase lifted from the pages of Alexandre Dumas’ iconic novel The Three Musketeers is, of course, “All for one, and one for all.” It’s been overused, but at its essence this message continues to resonate. Perhaps even more so today. Essentially, it’s a pledge of allegiance to each other; that each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of the individual. Or in more specific terms, if one person is facing problems, then it is a problem for the whole community. This care and commitment to each other is perhaps the reason this novel has remained so popular for over three centuries. Of the many themes in Dumas’ work: the idealism of youth; courage, bravery and justice; friendship and loyalty remain at its heart and reminds us of our collective responsibility to one another.

In Let’s Run Away this idea resonates in a different way, as Peter, the central character in the play has not benefitted from a system that has cared for him. Daniel MacIvor’s potent story sees the cumulative effect of abandonment and isolation. It’s a solo show about aloneness and its impact, even as he interfaces with a myriad of characters. But the art of Daniel and Daniel, and their long history of collaboration, lies essentially in an enduring friendship that has borne lush fruit. This commitment to each other and to the body of work they’ve created over several decades is a testament to the power of allegiance. To care for each other on our individual and collective journeys is at the heart of these two stories.

Thanks for joining us,

Kelly Thornton

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OVATION

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 2 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022

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Fashion Items of the 1620s

BY MICHELLE BOHN, COSTUME DESIGNER

1 – Van Dyck/Van Dyke

Facial hairstyle consisting of a moustache and goatee. Named for Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (15991641), who included many in his paintings of the time period. It was also sometimes referred to as a “Charlie,” after the English monarch Charles I, who wore his facial hair in this style.

2 – Falling Band

A collar, typically made of linen or cotton lawn, often edged in lace. This piece was a separate garment from the chemise (shirt), to make for easy laundering.

3 – Baldric

Sash-like belt worn diagonally across the torso, from which hung the sword.

4 – Peplum

Skirt-like panes or panels attached to the waist seam of a doublet, or a dress’ bodice.

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– Slops

Very full trunk hose. (Trunk hose were the predecessors of breeches.)

portrayed by Emilio Vieira

An ornamental and flamboyant feather or feathers on a hat.

2 – Stays

What most people now refer to as a “corset.” That term and garment are a later iteration of the stays that were a fully boned laced-up bodice worn under the outer bodice and gown to give structure to the body and a base onto which the clothing went. (You cannot see this garment on Milady, but rest assured, it is there.)

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4 – Stomacher

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5 – Roll Farthingale

3 – Virago

A decorative ribbon that cinches in the fullness of a sleeve at the elbow. It is tied in a decorative bow.

november/december 2022 Ovation 7 THE THREE

A Word About Alexandre Dumas, père and The Three Musketeers

WRITTEN BY NICOLA MINOTT-AHL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT HOBART

Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 into a world of possibility. Like many gifted young men of the 19th century, he didn’t have to inherit his life’s work — not his unscrupulous grandfather’s titles or his grandmother’s bondage. He also didn’t have to inherit his military father’s profession or his failures. But he inher ited the general’s penchant for telling a fascinating tale. From his mother’s stories of his father’s strength, cunning, and loyalty to France, Dumas may have developed his ideas about the emotional, even visceral nature of patriotism and its frequent one-sidedness. The country you love may not love you in return — a reality faced by so many black and

AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES

brown soldiers in the last few centuries, including the father of Alexandre Dumas. Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie (1762-1806) was the son of a Marquis and his enslaved concubine, Marie Cesette Dumas. His military exploits, personal sacrifices, and sufferings were ignored by his country and by fellow general Napoleon once the latter attained political power. He died ill, denied his military pension after having been a pris oner of war. His son, Alexandre Dumas, may have learned to view concepts such as heroism and patriotic sacrifice with some cynicism through the awareness of his father’s tragic story.

“Known for acts of reckless daring in and out of battle, Alex Dumas (père) was every bit as gallant and extraordinary as D’Artagnan and his comrades rolled into one.” — TOM REISS, AUTHOR OF THEBLACKCOUNT

The cast of The Three Musketeers, Mainstage 1983. PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN

The Three Musketeers is the first install ment of a series based on a scrap of history, which he found in a novel and developed into four new ones exploring the character D’Artagnan who tries to live a heroic life in an age of cynical back-room intrigue. Instead of becoming a famous hero, loaded with benefits, he essentially becomes the sword of those who engage in intrigue but don’t fight. He and his spectacular exploits are routinely forgotten, and his extraor dinary shrewdness and daring are demanded, used, and wholly unappreci ated by the powerful. It’s a story Dumas knew well. It was, in many ways, the story of his father’s life and the novelist’s wry humour highlights the pathos that underlies the swashbuckling excitement and adventure.

Dumas’ most compelling character in this famous novel isn’t even a musketeer. In fact, he seldom uses a musket. Instead of riding triumphantly into the novel in a cloud of dust, our improbable hero lopes toward Paris on a skinny yellow horse. Initially, Dumas wanted to call the novel Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, after the characters he encountered in Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras’ Memoirs de Monsieur D’Artagnan (1700). Neither this title nor the one ultimately chosen

mention D’Artagnan, though adapters of this text universally present him as the lead character. The title wasn’t even Dumas’ idea, but its absurdity amused him and he decided it augured well for the success of the book, which appeared in the daily newspaper Le Siècle in 1844. There are four friends, not three and, though D’Artagnan becomes a muske teer by the end, Aramis quits the troop in favour of the Church, so there are still three musketeers and four friends whose interests and ambitions begin to diverge by the end.

Alexandre Dumas created famous plots and characters that live in books and in our imaginations. His most famous novels have never been out of print. In a plethora of forms, they have graced many a stage and screen. Catherine Bush’s adaptation of The Three Musketeers captures the loyalty, shrewdness, head strong nature, and adventurous spirit of D’Artagnan and his musketeer friends, and includes an entertaining moment near the beginning in which the narration of their last brawl becomes a story they can watch unfold as they create, step into, and inhabit it. Dumas, who once unsuccessfully adapted this work for the stage, would undoubtedly have approved the wit and complexity of the device.

SYNOPSIS – D’Artagnan has arrived from the country dreaming to join the King’s Musketeers, and is immediately swept up in the swashbuckling lives of the legendary three, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. When scandal threatens the French court, D’Artagnan and his friends must risk everything to stop Cardinal Richelieu, the second most powerful man in France, and his cunning spies Rochefort and Lady de Winter from revealing a dangerous secret. Swords and wits clash, and D’Artagnan learns that the world might not be as black and white as he once believed. With war (and love) on the line, it goes without saying, “all for one, and one for all!”

PRESENTS

The Three Musketeers

Adapted by Catherine Bush from the novel by Alexandre Dumas November 24 – December 17, 2022 preview November 23

Director Christopher Brauer

Fight Director Rick Skene Set Designer Brian Perchaluk† Costume Designer Michelle Bohn Lighting Designer Scott Henderson Sound Designer & Composer Daniel Roy

Choreographer Nicole Kepp Assistant Director Matthew Paris-Irvine† Assistant Costume Designer Daina Leitold Stage Manager Karyn Kumhyr

Assistant Stage Manager................................................ Angela Marshall Apprentice Stage Manager ...................................... Ridge Romanishen Apprentice Stage Manager ....................................... Emily Solstice Tait

SETTING: Various locations in Paris and London, 1628. The Three Musketeers is performed with one intermission.

This adaptation of The Three Musketeers was first produced at Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA Richard Rose, Producing Artistic Director. Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

*Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair apprenticeship or scholarship recipient

Kelly Thornton, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director

The Three Musketeers

THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Cardinal Richelieu / Innkeeper / Mob #1

Sharon Bajer

Athos Rodrigo Beilfuss†

King Louis / Mob #6 / Lord Buckingham / Beggar / Drunk / Lemieux / Spy #4 ........................................

Eric Blais†

Planchet / Criminal / Guard #3 / Patron / Fisherman #2 / Guest #5 /Soldier #3 / Citizen ...... Tristan Carlucci†

Rochefort / Patron #3 / Cahusac / Sailor #2 / Spy #2

Andrew Cecon

D’Artagnan Melissa Langdon

Jussac / Felton / Patron / Braddock / Guest #4 / Soldier #2 Jacquie Loewen Aramis Darren Martens

Kitty / Abbess / Mob #3 / Patron #2 / Guest #3 Hera Nalam Milady de Winter / Mystery Woman Rosie Simon

Constance Bonacieux / Mob #7 Sophie Smith-Dostmohamed

Queen Anne / Mob #2 / Barmaid

Krystle Snow

Monsieur Bonacieux / Bicarat / Mob #5 / Painter / Patron / Fisherman #1 / Spy #1 / Herald / Guard #2 ................................................................. Ray Strachan†

Porthos ............................................................................................ Emilio Vieira Monsieur de Treville / Soldier #1 / Sailor #1 / Guest #1 / Spy #3 Cory Wojcik

STANDBYS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Standbys never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of their appearance.

Rochefort & Others / Monsieur de Treville & Others ....................................................................................

Robert Borges

King Louis & Others / Planchet & Others / Monsieur Bonacieux & Others....................................... Alan Castanaga

Kitty & Others / Queen Anne & Others / Jussac & Others Shannon Guile

*Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair apprenticeship or scholarship recipient

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Sharon Bajer

Cardinal Richelieu / Innkeeper / Mob #1

ROYAL MTC (selected) Actor: Sense and Sensibility, Kill Me Now (with NAC), Hand to God, Late Company, The Seagull, A Christmas Story, August: Osage County, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias, Humble Boy, Of Mice and Men, Angels in America, Les Belles-Soeurs, Our Country’s Good.

OTHER THEATRE The Outside Inn (Premiere – Festival Antigonish); The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow); coming up Afterlight (Premiere – The Keep and Walk&Talk).

TRAINING Studio 58, Michael Langham Directing Program (Stratford). Certified Intimacy Director and Coordinator with Intimacy Coordinators Canada and Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (New York).

FILM/TV Recent projects include Dark Harvest, Ordinary Angels, Acting Good, Little Bird, Run ; Intimacy Coordinator for The Porter, SkyMed, Wintertide, El Toro and Alter Boys.

ET CETERA sharonbajer.com

Rodrigo Beilfuss Athos

Lost (U of W); Bull, Cock, Lungs (TBTR); The Front Page (Stratford, Assistant Director). Rodrigo spent four seasons at the Stratford Festival, acting in dozens of productions.

FILM/TV Snowkissed, Blood, Intersection, Naval Gazing, Dark Harvest.

TRAINING Birmingham Conservatory (Stratford); MA in Classical Acting from LAMDA (UK); BA (Honours) from the University of Winnipeg; Michael Langham Workshop (Stratford).

ET CETERA You should come see PANDORA this January/February, a co-production between SIR and PTE! Visit shakespeareintheruins.com.

Eric Blais

King Louis / Mob #6 / Lord Buckingham / Beggar / Drunk / Lemieux / Spy #4

ROYAL MTC Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, A Doll’s House, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Clever Little Lies, The Woman in Black, Private Lives, Good People, Brief Encounter, Looking Back – West.

OTHER THEATRE Eric has performed with various theatres including PTE, MTYP, TPM, SIR, WJT and the Vancouver Playhouse.

FILM/TV Spencer Sisters, SkyMed, Forever Christmas, Burden of Truth, Break My Heart 1000 Times, All the Light We Cannot See, The Pinkertons, Cashing in.

ROYAL MTC Assistant Director: Private Lives.

OTHER THEATRE Rodrigo is an actor, theatre director and the Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR). Selected acting credits include The Player King (SIR); A Dance to the End of the World (PTE); Sea Wall (TBTR); and Hamlet (Bravura/ Snakeskin). Selected directing credits include Hamlet (SIR); Love’s Labour’s

TRAINING Eric holds a BA from the University of Winnipeg and an MFA from York University.

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Tristan Carlucci Planchet / Criminal / Guard #3 / Patron / Fisherman #2 / Guest #5 / Soldier #3 / Citizen

ROYAL MTC Buying the Farm (Regional Tour with Magnus), Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), 23.5 Hours, Alice Through the Looking-Glass.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: The Birds and the Bees, The December Man (PTE); Another Way Home (WJT); Danny, King of the Basement, Peter Pan, Night Light (MTYP).

FILM/TV Selected: Nobody (Universal); Wayne (YouTube Original); Stand! The Musical (Frantic Films); The Pinkertons (Pink Pictures); You’re Killing me, Susana (Arcadia Pictures); Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, four seasons of Channel Zero (SYFY); Wrong Turn 4 (20th Century Fox); BUNKS (Disney).

TRAINING Bachelor of Arts Honours in Theatre and Film Acting from the University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Tristan is a proud member of Skene Stunts with nearly 50 credits in film and television. As always, love to Mom, Dad, Anthony, Petty and Peeps.

Andrew Cecon

Rochefort / Patron #3 / Cahusac / Sailor #2 / Spy #2

ROYAL MTC Black Coffee, Million Dollar Quartet, The Secret Annex, The Seagull, Ed’s Garage, A Few Good Men (with Citadel), Romeo and Juliet, Our Town.

OTHER THEATRE Richard III, Antony & Cleopatra, Julius Caesar (SIR); Shiksa (WJT); Three Sisters, The Miser of

Middlegate (TPM); Lunenburg, Bang Bang, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Magnus Theatre).

ET CETERA Love to Katrina, Aviva and Joren.

Melissa Langdon D’Artagnan

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Artistic Director*; Assistant Director: Orlando; 2020/21 National Mentorship Program; Artistic Coordinator: Tiny Plays, Big Ideas.

OTHER THEATRE Voice (PTE); Spelling 2-5-5 (MTYP); School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play (Obsidian/ Nightwood Theatre); Hamlet (SIR); Blink (One Trunk/W&T); Home 2.0, The Game, New Beginnings (Sarasvàti); O(phelia) (ShakespeareFest); Animosity (Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival); Time and the Conways, Concord Floral, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (U of W).

FILM Macbeth (SIR/Blackfriar).

TRAINING Bachelor of Arts Honours in Theatre and Film Acting from the University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Dora Award: Outstanding Production and Toronto Theatre Critics’ Choice Award: Outstanding Production of a Play (School Girls), Bethia Henry Memorial Scholarship in Theatre and Drama, Reg Skene Emerging Artist Award. Love to M, M, I and OFUR. *Supported by the Manitoba Arts Council.

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Jacquie Loewen

Jussac / Felton / Patron / Braddock / Guest #4 / Soldier #2

ROYAL MTC Actor: Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Top Girls. Fight Director (selected): The Rez Sisters, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (with Arts Club/ Citadel), Vietgone (with fu-GEN/Hope and Hell), Hand to God, Private Lives, Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer.

OTHER THEATRE Fight Director (selected): Macbeth (Bard on the Beach); Indigenous Playwrights New Works Workshop (PTC – Vancouver); Beauty and the Beast (Rainbow); The Flood Thereafter (CS); Don Giovanni (Manitoba Opera); Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); Prairie Nurse (PTE).

TEACHING U of Winnipeg, U of Manitoba, Trinity Western, Simon Fraser University, Kansas State University.

ET CETERA Jacqueline was a founding member of the Canadian Comedy Awardnominated sketch group Hot Thespian Action.

Darren Martens Aramis

Another Way Home (WJT); A Little Night Music, The Addams Family (Dry Cold); Reefer Madness, American Idiot, Heathers: The Musical, Avenue Q (WST); Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (The Keep Theatre).

FILM Actor: Spencer Sisters (Bell Media); Polarized (Enlightenment Productions); Hannukah on Rye, Christmas by Starlight, Merry and Bright (Hallmark).

TRAINING Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance from the U of M, Opera NUOVA, Rainbow Stage Training Intensive.

ET CETERA Darren dedicates this perfor mance to his late father, Gary.

Hera Nalam

Kitty / Abbess / Mob #3 / Patron #2 / Guest #3

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Much Ado About Nothing – 2022, Timon of Athens – 2018 (SIR); Torn Through Time – 2019 (MTYP); Romeo & Juliet – 2020 (Pocket Frock Productions ShakespeareFest); Quest – 2019 (Meraki Theatre Productions).

FILM I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight – 2020.

TRAINING University of Winnipeg Bachelor of Arts Honours in Theatre and Film Performance.

ET CETERA Wishing everyone a warm and happy winter!

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: New. Assistant Fight Director: The Rez Sisters. Actor: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, A Christmas Carol, Alice Through the Looking-Glass.

OTHER THEATRE Actor: A Chorus Line, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, The Producers (Rainbow);

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KYRA SOO; PHOTO BY DAVID COOPER

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Rosie Simon Milady de Winter / Mystery Woman

ROYAL MTC John.

OTHER THEATRE Lady Sunrise, acqui esce (Factory); Dinner with the Duchess (Next Stage Festival); Kim’s Convenience, Cowboy Versus Samurai (Soulpepper); Urinetown: The Musical (Firehall Arts Centre); The King and I (Gateway Theatre); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Arts Club/Belfry); Flower Drum Song, Red Letters, A…My Name is Alice (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre).

TV Robyn Hood (upcoming, Global); Star Trek (CBS); Good Witch (Hallmark); Slasher-Solstice (Netflix); Motive (CTV); Carter (Bravo); Killjoys (Syfy); Hudson and Rex (Citytv); Shadowhunters (Freeform).

TRAINING Graduate from Capilano University in musical theatre.

ET CETERA Rosie and the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, received a Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Ensemble (Arts Club/Belfry).

Sophie SmithDostmohamed Constance Bonacieux / Mob #7

ROYAL MTC Orlando, The New Canadian Curling Club, A Thousand Splendid Suns (postponed, COVID-19).

OTHER THEATRE Selected acting: Bastard. (OFUR/PTE); Much Ado About Nothing (SIR); The Snail and the Whale (MTYP/Tall Stories); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Arcadia (U of W); Animosity (Downside Up Productions). Assistant Directing: Like Mother Like Daughter (Why Not Theatre/FemFest).

Co-Founder and Collaborator of Out From Under the Rug Collective (PTE’s company in residence 2020-22).

TRAINING UW Honours Degree in Performance; Royal MTC mentorship –Haysam Kadri; Creative Manitoba mentor ship – Ann Hodges.

ET CETERA Sophie is a queer artist who believes in choosing Big Love, All the Time. She extends that love to her dearest friends, who know exactly who they are (xx). See Sophie next in PTE’s Space Girl . Website: sophiesmithdostmohamed.com Instagram: @sophiesmithdost

Krystle Snow

Queen Anne / Mob #2 / Barmaid

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE The Comedy of Errors (TBTR); Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), King Lear, Blithe Spirit (U of W); Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar (7 Ages Productions); Why They Go in Groups, Strandead, Bedhead (Winnipeg Fringe Festival).

FILM/TV Burden of Truth (CBC); Violent Night (Universal); A House on Fire (Lifetime); Menorca (Farpoint Films); Channel Zero: No End House (Syfy); Night Hunter (Arise/ Buffalo Gals); Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (Space); Cashing In (APTN).

TRAINING Graduate of the University of Winnipeg with an Honours Degree in Theatre.

ET CETERA Krystle is so grateful to be making her Royal MTC debut among friends in such a beautiful show and would like to thank her family for always being so supportive of her in every way.

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Ray Strachan

Monsieur Bonacieux / Bicarat / Mob #5 / Painter / Patron / Fisherman #1 / Spy #1 / Herald / Guard #2

ROYAL MTC Calpurnia, The Mountaintop, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (with TC).

OTHER THEATRE Director: The Velveteen Rabbit (MTYP). Actor: The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow); The Tempest (Citadel); *Deserter, Remember the Night (Moving Target); Hedda Noir (Theatre NorthWest); *The Whipping Man (WJT); Romeo and Juliet (SIR); Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Black Hole Theatre). *Evie Award.

TRAINING Black Hole Theatre Company; Banff Centre for The Arts.

ET CETERA Look for Ray in The Porter, on CBC/BET. Ray is also co-host of the Ray & Benny Talk Sports podcast. You can find it on YouTube and on your preferred podcast platforms. @raybennysports on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. To Chris Johnson.

Emilio Vieira Porthos

on radical hope (Crow’s Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Titus Andronicus, As You Like It (CS).

FILM/TV TITANS (HBO); february: a love story, Above Ground Floor (Sudden Spark Collective).

TRAINING/TEACHING Emilio is an alumnus of York University’s Acting Conservatory (2014) and The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre (2015/16).

ET CETERA Follow me on instagram @emiliovieira and @suddensparkcollective.

Cory Wojcik

Monsieur de Treville / Soldier #1 / Sailor #1 / Guest #1 / Spy #3

ROYAL MTC Actor: All is Bright, The Cottage, A Doll’s House, Once (with Grand), Kill Me Now (with NAC), Black Coffee, Hand to God, Billy Elliot the Musical, Late Company, Harvey, Miracle on South Division Street, August: Osage County. Assistant Director: Morning After Grace.

OTHER THEATRE Actor: The Wedding Party, Butcher (PTE); Strike! The Musical, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers (Rainbow); The Jungle Book, Jabber, The Big League (MTYP); Another Way Home (WJT); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions). Director: Mr. Burns (DTC); various productions with Celebrations Dinner Theatre and Winnipeg Fringe.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Richard III, The Miser, Phaedra’s Love, All My Pretty Chickens, Coriolanus, The Tempest, Napoli Milionaria!, Twelfth Night, A School for Scandal, Tartuffe, Macbeth, All My Sons, Bunny, Dido: Queen of Carthage, As You Like It, Six Characters in Search of an Author (Stratford); Towards Youth: a play

FILM/TV Actor: Champions, Dark Harvest, Breakthrough, Night Hunter, A Dog’s Purpose.

ET CETERA Much love to Heather and the boys.

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INGREDIENTS

• 1 ½ oz amber rum

• 2 oz cranberry juice

• 1 oz lemonade

NON-ALCOHOLIC:

• 2 oz cranberry juice

• 1 oz lemonade

DIRECTIONS

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Robert Borges

Standby – Rochefort & Others / Monsieur de Treville & Others

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: The Wave, Orpheus Descending.

OTHER THEATRE Romeo and Juliet – 2003 (SIR); Noble Savage, Savage Noble (TPM).

FILM/TV The Don Cherry Story, Exorcism of Molly Hartley, Channel Zero seasons 2, 3 and 4 , Timecut.

TRAINING/TEACHING A student of the U of W Theatre Honours program. Robert has taught stage fighting for MTYP, PTE and workshops for U of M School of Music Opera students. As well as Fight Direction for SIR and Manitoba Opera.

ET CETERA Robert has also worked on numerous film and TV projects as a stunt person and would like to thank the Skene family for all the opportunities, support and friendship over the years.

Alan Castanaga

Standby – King Louis & Others / Planchet & Others / Monsieur Bonacieux & Others

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Hair – 2007 (Winnipeg Fringe Festival); Faust – 2009, Diary of Anne Frank – 2010 (U of W); So you think you can be a Musical Theatre Idol 2: Skid Row (White Rabbit Productions).

FILM/TV Film: Nobody – 2021, Violent Night – 2022 (Universal Studios); Fractured – 2019 (Netflix). TV: Safehaven – 2023 (Tubi); Less than Kind – 2008 (HBO Canada).

TRAINING Honours degree in Theatre and Film – University of Winnipeg; extensive

stunt training from the Skene Stunts Team; extensive training in Muay Thai and boxing.

ET CETERA I am very thankful for the opportunities that I earn along this path in life. It’s important to smell all of the roses that appear along the way. OSSSS!!

Shannon Guile Standby – Kitty & Others / Queen Anne & Others / Jussac & Others

ROYAL MTC Actor: The History of Manitoba …in 45 Minutes. Director: A Piece of Me (Tiny Plays, Big Ideas).

OTHER THEATRE (Selected) Actor: Plé (MTYP); The Miser of Middlegate (TPM). Director: Can You Hear Me Now, Loud and Clear (100 Decibels). Assistant Director: Tribes (WJT).

FILM/TV (Selected) Actor: The Secret Ingredient, Percy vs Goliath, A Dream of Christmas. Stunts: Champions, Sniper: Rogue Mission, Violent Night.

TEACHING Shannon teaches Mime & Improv. and Stage Combat at the U of W. ET CETERA Shannon is a founder/creator of the three-time Canadian Comedy Award-nominated sketch comedy troupe Hot Thespian Action and Deaf mime troupe 100 Decibels. She would like to thank Ross and Beckett for their undying support, love and random dance breaks when mommy needs it.

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Catherine Bush Stage Adaptation

Catherine Bush lives in Abingdon, VA where she is Barter Theatre’s resident play wright. Plays produced at Barter: The Other Side of the Mountain, The Quiltmaker, Comin’ Up A Storm, Wooden Snowflakes, Tradin’ Paint, Where Trouble Sleeps, The Road to Appomattox, Walking Across Egypt, The Controversial Rescue of Fatty the Pig, The Three Musketeers, Winter Wheat (book & lyrics), Ghost, Ghost, Come Out Tonight, Great Expectations, Dracula, Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, Kentucky Spring (book) and It’s a Wonderful Life. Other produced plays: The Executioner’s Sons, unhINGEd, The Frankenstein Summer, A Jarful of Fireflies and Just a Kiss, a 2007 Steinberg Award finalist. Catherine has also written 25 plays for the Barter Players, whose work serves the younger members of Barter’s audience.

pieces, while he reflected on the social issues of the day. His stories addressed the stigma against divorce, illegitimate children, racial conflicts and other social justice issues. Alexandre wrote approx imately 300 essays, plays, serial novels and travelogues, but is best known for The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. He’s also known for The Man in the Iron Mask, one of the stories included in The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years, a sequel to The Three Musketeers.

Christopher Brauer Director

Alexandre was born in 1802 in VillersCotterets, France. His grandmother Marie-Cesette Dumas was an enslaved Haitian woman. Alexandre’s father Thomas-Alexandre served in Napoleon’s army where he became a general and made history as the highest-ranking Black officer in Europe. His mother ensured that he got a thorough education, and in 1822 he began pursuing writing as a career. He took advantage of the news paper industry by writing serial stories. Each day, a new chapter or story would appear, allowing him to write bite-sized

ROYAL MTC John, Venus in Fur. OTHER THEATRE (selected) Director: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Dry Cold); R2 – The Last Concert of Richard II (zone41/ Royal Canoe); The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (Station Arts Centre); Richard III, Othello (SIR); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika (WJT); Three Sisters (zone41/ TPM); Winter’s Tale (Tom Tom Theatre); Story of a Sinking Man (Theatre Dirigible); The Universal Wolf (No Sugar Added Productions); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Concord Floral, Twelfth Night, Seven Doors, The Possibilities, As You Like It, Faust(us), Pericles, King Lear, La La La Dispute (U of W).

TEACHING Christopher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA This and everything is for Erin and Oliver.

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Alexandre Dumas Original Author

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Rick Skene Fight Director

August: Osage County, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (with NAC), M. Butterfly (with NAC).

ROYAL MTC Venus in Fur, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, Oleanna, Macbeth, Burn This, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Noises Off, Burn This, The Miracle Worker, The Lonesome West, Shakespeare’s Dog, The Boys in the Photograph, Wait until Dark, The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

OTHER THEATRE PTE, MTYP, TPM, MB Opera, Rainbow Stage, RWB and Théâtre Cercle Molière. Rick was co-founder and associate artistic director of TPM.

FILM/TV 35 years of over 200 credits as a stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director, stunt driver and stunt performer.

TEACHING 35 years teaching Acting, Stage Combat, Filmmaking, Mime and Improvisation at the U of W Department of Theatre and Film.

ET CETERA Rick is excited to be back at Royal MTC working with his good friend Christopher Brauer, as we welcome our audience back in the building post pandemic. As always, Rick would like to give a big thank you shout out to his wife Jan who, as he is quick to point out, holds his universe together.

Brian Perchaluk Set Designer

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: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (TPM); La Cantatrice chauve et La Leçon (Théâtre Cercle Molière); The Whipping Man (WJT); The Hockey Sweater (Rainbow); Post Democracy (PTE).

TRAINING Graduate of U of W and NTS. ET CETERA Recipient of Gemini, Jessie Richardson, Prix Rideau and Evie Awards.

Michelle Bohn Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: The Color Purple (with Citadel), The Cottage, John, Humans, Once (with Grand), Sarah Ballenden, Black Coffee, Billy Elliot the Musical, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Harvey,

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OTHER THEATRE Off-Broadway: A FourLetter Word (Classic Stage Company); Richard III, King Lear, Macbeth (New York Classical Theatre); Orpheus (Next Wave Festival). Select regional: All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, I Am William (Stratford); Jukebox Hero (Mirvish); Measure for Measure (CS); Theory (Tarragon); The Nether, Between Riverside & Crazy (Coal Mine); The New Canadian Curling Club (Blyth); Amadeus, The Gamblers (TiFT); Could I Have This Dance? (Rebecca Cohn Auditorium); The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Kimberly Akimbo (SouthernRep); Coriolanus, Henry V (New Orleans Shakespeare Festival).

FILM/TV Save Me, For the Record (CBC Gem).

TRAINING University of Missouri – Kansas City (MFA), Concordia University (BFA).

ET CETERA michellebohndesign.com

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Scott Henderson Lighting Designer

musician, mostly a mix of self-taught and private lessons.

ROYAL MTC Over 60 productions since 1995, including Tiny Plays, Big Ideas, The Cottage, John, Sense and Sensibility, A Christmas Carol (2017, 2005), Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Black Coffee, The Audience (with Mirvish), Billy Elliot the Musical, Next to Normal, Red (with Belfry), Top Girls.

OTHER THEATRE Scott has designed light ing for opera, dance and theatre compa nies in Winnipeg and across Canada. Most recently he designed La Cenerentola for Manitoba Opera. Scott is also the Lighting Director for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and teaches Lighting Design at The University of Winnipeg.

TRAINING Scott is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson Theatre School) and is a member of ADC659.

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

Daniel Roy Sound Designer & Composer

ROYAL MTC Performer: All is Bright. Sound Designer: The Rez Sisters, Women of the Fur Trade.

OTHER THEATRE Sound Designer: Théâtre sans animaux, Le boucher, Plus (+) que toi (TCM); The Flats, What To Do With Albert (PTE/TCM); Flesh + Machine (Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers).

FILM/TV Voice Actor: Supa Strikas, Canot Cocasse, Wolf Joe, La Brigade.

TRAINING Beauty school dropout; as a

ET CETERA Multi-instrumentalist, compos er and award-winning singer-songwriter, Daniel Roy has been contributing to Manitoba’s artistic community for nearly three decades. His skill and versatility allow him to work across all genres of music. He divides his time between performing and recording with different artists, album production, artistic direction, and sound design for theatre and television.

Nicole Kepp Choreographer

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Choreographer: Ballet in the Park (Various); RWB Ballet Ball (Various).

FILM/TV Director/Choreographer: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (JP Media Works/RWB). Performer: Fourth Period Burnout (CBC Short Docs).

TRAINING/TEACHING Nicole is the Principal of the Recreational Division at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet. She is also a member of the RWB School Professional Division artistic faculty and has received many notable awards for her original choreography. Nicole is a gradu ate of RWB’s Teacher Training Program and holds Licentiate qualifications with Cecchetti Canada.

ET CETERA Nicole is thrilled to be working with Royal MTC and very grateful to Christopher and everyone on the creative team for this incredible opportunity.

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Matthew Paris-Irvine Assistant Director

ROYAL MTC Director: The Show (Tiny Plays, Big Ideas). 2020/21 National Mentorship Program.

OTHER THEATRE Director: O(phelia) (ShakespeareFest); Bastard (FemFest/ Out From Under The Rug). Apprentice Director: Becoming Dr. Ruth (WJT). Actor: Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors (ShakespeareFest); Time and the Conways, Concord Floral, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (U of W).

FILM I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight (Mongrel Media); Before Anything You Say (Darkling Productions).

ET CETERA Matthew is a founding member of Out From Under The Rug. Love to Melissa, Sophie and Omar, my closest friends and collaborators.

Daina Leitold Assistant Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC First behind-the-scenes engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Costume Designer: Awaken (SIR/zone41); Bar Mitzvah Boy (WJT); Stage Frights (Fete Jockey). Set and Costume Designer: Bike and Circuses, Wild Wild Wilderness, Unplugged, Ebb & Flo (Green Kids Inc.); Glad to Be Here, Meet Me at Dawn, Constellations, Edward II, Cock, Bull, The Cherry Orchard (TBTR); Hamlet, Timon of Athens (SIR); Red Earth (One Trunk/TPM). Set Designer: Plé (MTYP).

ET CETERA Daina was awarded a 2018 Evie for Outstanding Design for her part in the production design of Red Earth (One Trunk/TPM).

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Karyn Kumhyr Stage Manager

Neptune Theatre, Factory Theatre and Theatre Orangeville.

ET CETERA Angela would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support.

ROYAL MTC Selected: The Rez Sisters, The Cottage, Heisenberg, A Christmas Carol, Sarah Ballenden, Chimerica (with CS), A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The Shunning, Steel Magnolias, It’s a Wonderful Life, Bleeding Hearts, Pride and Prejudice, Fiddler on the Roof, Our Town, The Tempest.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: The Devil’s Disciple, Desire Under the Elms (Shaw); The War Being Waged, The Third Colour, Happy Place (PTE) ; Pippin (ViC/WST); Beauty and the Beast (Rainbow); The 39 Steps (Harbourfront, PEI); Spelling Bee (Grand); James and the Giant Peach (MTYP); The Rick Hansen Story (MTYP/2010 Olympics/ Citadel); Molière, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (ATP); Bump (Ship’s Company Theatre); The Addams Family (Dry Cold).

FILM/TV Bring It On: Cheer or Die (Universal); Winnipeg Comedy Fest (Frantic Films); Burden of Truth (CBC TV series).

Angela Marshall Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC The Rez Sisters, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Orpheus Descending (with Mirvish), A Christmas Carol, Trying.

OTHER THEATRE Stratford Festival (18 seasons), Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Mirvish Productions, the Grand Theatre, the Globe Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick, Stirling Festival,

Ridge Romanishen Apprentice Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Calpurnia.

OTHER THEATRE The Velveteen Rabbit (MTYP); The Marriage of Figaro (MUO); Dance Spectrum (RWB school); In Time (TPM); Trigger Warning: Cassandra (Sick + Twisted); Shakespeare’s Will (SIR); Narrow Bridge (WJT); The Golem’s Mighty Swing (WJT/OTM); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Dry Cold); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arcadia (U of W).

TEACHING Graduate of the University of Winnipeg’s Theatre and Film Program with Honours in Stage Management.

ET CETERA Ridge is thrilled to be back working with Royal MTC this season. He would like to thank all his friends, family and “Lovey” for their support and of course, the fabulous folks at Royal MTC for this amazing opportunity!

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Emily Solstice Tait Apprentice Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Performance: The Improvised Musical, The War Being Waged (PTE); Laurier (TNB/Confederation Centre of the Arts). Select dance: Confluence (Raven Spirit Dance); AFTERGLOW (Rayannah); Actualize, Calibrations of Flux (Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers); Rite of Spring (WSO). Stage Manager: Reflections (Moving Roots); Verge (Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers); Inertial Response (Alex Winters); Family Portrait (Alexandra Elliott Dance); All You Can Eat/The Top (Gearshifting Performance Works).

FILM Screendance: Cišєt (ACC/WSDC); Three Sisters (TPM/Daniel Jordan); Wind and Water (TPM); The__Place (CBC Arts); Best of You (Rayannah).

TRAINING BAH Contemporary Dance (U of W/School of Contemporary Dancers); BA Stage Management (U of W).

ET CETERA Thank you to the stage manager /production community for generously sharing their skills.

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“From now on, you are one of us.” “All for one… and one for all.”

— THE THREE MUSKETEERS

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Our Method

BY DANIEL BROOKS, DIRECTOR / DRAMATURG

Daniel MacIvor and I began work on this play many years ago.

Our first title was 7, because that is all we knew about the show – that it was the seventh solo show we would create together.

Our work began in Banff in November of 2017. We worked in a studio at the Banff Centre, with a large window looking out at the mountains. Daniel sat in a chair, with a microphone in hand (for some reason we were attracted to the microphone, perhaps because it created a kind of artifice, or theatricality, where none existed). He talked and talked, and I listened and listened. I wrote down what he said, or at least what I thought interesting, editing, and perhaps changing some details along the way. Then I would tell Daniel what he said –another kind of editing process. Daniel would listen to me and then he would write down what I said he said, which became another editing process. We did this for days, talking and listening, and some of the content for what would become this play was born.

Some time later we worked in Toronto, and the title of the play became Good , and then A Good Week . Our work method (if it can be called a method) did not change. We would talk about ideas, perhaps analyze the latest stories told by Daniel, or I might suggest he further pursue a line of thought or character, we would laugh a lot and complain and enjoy each other, except when we didn’t, for the reasons people don’t enjoy each other, mostly fear. Material developed, became more focused, some

ideas didn’t last, and by the end of our work in Toronto, we had a new title: The Extraordinary Pickle and Tru . That title didn’t last very long either.

Our next work session was in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. We had the beginnings of the structure of the play you will see today. As structure forms, so do doubts, and fears mount – that we are on the wrong track, that we’ve missed something, misunderstood the material, the moment, the reason for doing theatre. As often happens, we, the creators of the show, were para lysed and fearful. At one point Daniel, standing on the stage, handed me his notebook with a phrase circled – “Let’s run away.” I said “good title.” That became the title, and some solid infor mation for Daniel to use as he continued to develop the story of Let’s Run Away.

I am often mystified as to how we do our work. I wonder if it’s all chance, if we have any method at all. How did we arrive at Let’s Run Away?

Recently I was on the phone with Daniel – we talk on the phone most days – and I was telling him about a very disturbing dream I had. I was aware of how silent he was as he listened to me, even over the phone I felt the depth of his listening, the stillness of his ears, his receptiveness, his love. He listened deeply. It struck me that the foundation of our method is deep listening.

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One More

BY DANIEL MACIVOR, WRITER / PERFORMER

Some years ago I retired from doing this kind of work, solo shows. That was three shows ago and now here it is our seventh solo. Six years ago when we were winding down the run of our last – our sixth solo –Who Killed Spalding Gray? I approached Daniel Brooks and asked if he would be interested in doing one more. I always say “one more.” I suppose I’ve been saying that since after we did our first show House in the late ‘ 80s – that one more was Here Lies Henry. The one more after that was Monster and then one more was Cul-de-sac – and that was the really “one more” one more where I retired from the form and we shut down da da kamera, the company that made them all. But then life changed and dreams crashed and I got sober and woke up in a strange

new land and all I could imagine doing was going back to the thing I felt I knew best. The solo. Thankfully Brooks was on board for one more, and that became This Is What Happens Next – our “true story” solo of stories that weren’t entirely true but close. And then one more was Who Killed Spalding Gray? and that’s when something happened that had been coming for a long time – my heart opened up. Brooks had been pushing for that I think, all those years. It’s prob ably what kept bringing me back to the form, because the ironic thing is, of all the kinds of work I’ve done, the solo is where I’ve felt the least alone. It takes a lot of people to prop one guy up on stage – their names are all here in the program. And there is something about being here in the room, alone with you, the audience, where all is acknowledged – the reality of the artifice, the truth of the game, the lie we all believe in – that feels like the point. And I don’t just mean of theatre. But I’m not going to get precious and high-falutin – I’ve got in trouble doing that in program notes before. Since then I haven’t really written notes, but this time it seemed fitting. And so I just want to thank all the people who’s names are in this program and especially my brother Brooks for giving me permission all these years, for helping me to finally feel what I’ve always known. Here’s to one more.

SYNOPSIS – Peter is not the main character of his story. He has however lived a “colourful life,” (but it’s nothing to be proud of) with many treasured possessions to take us along on the journey. One thing in particular, is the manuscript of an unpublished memoir. He didn’t write it, but it belongs to him. Don’t worry, he’s not going to read all of it. Just the parts about him.

REWORK PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

Let’s Run Away

Written and Performed by Daniel MacIvor* December 1 – 17, 2022 preview November 30

Director / Dramaturg

Daniel Brooks*

Producer Marcie Januska Stage Manager Alison Crosby* Lighting Designer ............................................................. Kimberly Purtell Sound Designer .................................................................. Deanna H. Choi Associate Sound Designer Dasha Plett Assistant Director .................................................. Stephanie MacDonald

Let’s Run Away is performed without an intermission.

Special Thanks: Louisa Adamson, Intrepid Theatre, Mulgrave Road Theatre, The Grand Theatre (London, ON), Canadian Stage, Nada Ristich, BMO, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council. Production photography by Guntar Kravis.

Mandate: reWork is a theatre company with a focus on the continued development of production through public workshops and international touring. Our creative energies are equally focused on all elements of production: performance, text, direction, design and marketing. We believe that theatre is an essential service to the human spirit and aspire to both enlighten and entertain.

reWork History: Who Killed Spalding Gray? premiered at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival as part of the Stages Festival in June 2014. It has since been presented at Luminato and the OntarioScene Festival (2015), High Performance Rodeo (2016), and Spark Festival (2017). reWork recently premiered a documentary inspired by that show, The Work (2022), and a short film called Tender (2022). Let’s Run Away premiered as part of Canadian Stage’s 2019/2020 season, and also toured to the High Performance Rodeo in Calgary in 2020.

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*The participation of these Artists are arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy.

Kelly Thornton, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director

Daniel MacIvor Writer / Performer

Daniel MacIvor (he/him) is originally from Unama’ki/Cape Breton and current ly divides his time between there and Tkaronto/Toronto. Daniel has written numerous award-winning theatre produc tions including See Bob Run, Never Swim Alone and New Magic Valley Fun Town, and he has received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre, and an Obie Award and a GLAAD Award for his play In On It. In 2018 Daniel wrote the libretto for Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian, staged at the Canadian Opera Company. Also a screenwriter Daniel has written the films Marion Bridge, Wilby Wonderful, Trigger and Weirdos for which he won a Canadian Screen Award for best original screenplay. He runs reWork Productions with Marcie Januska.

plays created with Don McKellar and Tracy Wright (The Augusta Company). He was Artistic Director of Necessary Angel from 2003-2012. He has been the Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor at U of T, associate artist at Soulpepper Theatre and Buddies and Bad Times. His many awards include the Siminovitch Prize for direction. His work has toured across Canada and around the world.

Marcie Januska Producer

Daniel Brooks Director

/ Dramaturg

Marcie Januska (she/her) has been an arts administrator and stage manager for over 25 years. She is the co-founder and Producer at reWork Productions and the Producer at Alberta Theatre Projects. Previously she was Co-Producer at Spontaneous Theatre/Northan Industries and General Manager at The Coal Mine Theatre. She has worked in a producer/ associate position for Theatre Direct, Eldritch Theatre, Appledore Productions, and fu-GEN Theatre and held adminis trative positions at Banff Centre’s opera program, Vancouver Opera, and Calgary International Children’s Festival. As a stage manager, she worked on over 150 shows, including over 45 new plays.

Daniel Brooks is a writer, director perform er and teacher. His many works include a series of monologues created with Daniel MacIvor, multi-media work with Rick Miller, direction of work by John Mighton, Beckett, Sophocles, Ibsen, Chekhov and Goethe, and the musical The Drowsy Chaperone. Other original work includes his recent one man show Other People, The Full Light of Day, The Noam Chomsky Lectures, Insomnia, The Eco Show, The Good Life, Bigger Than Jesus, Pokey Jones, Divisadero and a series of

Alison Crosby Stage Manager

Alison Crosby is a multidisciplinary theatre artist currently based in Kjipuktuk / Halifax. She is a graduate of Mount Allison University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies. Stage management credits include The Rocky Horror Show

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(Neptune Theatre); YAGA, Samqwan, House, Silence, Sucker (Highland Arts Theatre); Hook Line & Sinner (Ship’s Company Theatre); Kingfisher Days (Festival Antigonish). Assistant stage management credits include The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time (National Arts Centre); Calendar Girls, Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Last Wife, The Last Five Years (Neptune Theatre); Stage Kiss, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Festival Antigonish); After Eepersip Disappeared, Chasing Champions (Ship’s Company Theatre). Upcoming stage management: Ballad of the Motherland (Neptune Theatre).

Kimberly Purtell Lighting Designer

Deanna H. Choi Sound Designer

Kimberly Purtell is a Toronto based lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance. Kimberly’s designs have been seen across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Prague, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia. She has designed for various companies in Canada including Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Vancouver Playhouse, Soulpepper, Dancemakers, Harbourfront World Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Necessary Angel, Tapestry New Opera, Vancouver & Beijing Cultural Olympiads, The Banff Centre, Studio 180 and many others.

Deanna H. Choi (she/her) composes original music for film/TV and designs sonic environments for live performance. Recent screen credits include Last of the Right Whales (HitPlay/CBC); Relax, I’m From The Future (Universal/Wango Films); He Murdered Sleep (Boxenworks). She has participated in artist residencies at the Canadian Film Centre Slaight Music Lab, Banff Centre and SOCAN Foundation. She is an award-winning violinist and has collaborated on over 100 theatre and dance productions across Canada and the US, and teaches sound design at the National Theatre School of Canada. She is the 2020 laureate of the Pauline McGibbon Award and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada, SCGC, SOCAN, SCL, AWFC. She lives in Toronto on Treaty 13 Territory. splitbrainsound.com.

Dasha Plett Associate Sound Designer

Dasha Plett is a Winnipeg-based artist working with performance, writing and media. Sound designer/composer credits include the Stratford Festival, Royal MTC, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Cercle Molière, Theatre Projects Manitoba, OneTrunk Theatre, Frances Koncan, Debbie Patterson and Alexandra Elliot. Dasha is also one half of We Quit Theatre, a perfor mance collective with Gislina Patterson that has presented their work at Buddies in Bad Times, SummerWorks, PushOFF, Stratfest@Home, Théâtre Catapulte, OFFTA and LOMAA.

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

Great theatre lives here.

We are pleased to support the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the artists who have been captivating audiences with exciting, innovative, and entertaining productions.

BMO is proud to be the 2022/23 Tom Hendry Warehouse Season Sponsor.

Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between Aug 1, 2021 and Oct 15, 2022

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

$10,000+

Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson

Estate of David Didluck§ June & Bob Jackson Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts – The Winnipeg Foundation Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson

$6,500-9,999

David Christianson & Vera Steinberger

Leslie John Taylor Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation $4,000-6,499

Pauline Braun – in memory of Duane Braun‡

David & Lianne Carefoot Dr. Lawrence & Ms. Brenda Ellerby

Sara Gray

Rita Gunn & Gregory Mason Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ Houston Family of Bradwardine Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Diane & Dave Johnston Bernie & Rhonda Plett

The Jim & Janice Tennant Foundation Dr. Marcel Van Woensel Estate of Doris Wainstock§

$2,000-3,999

Sheldon & Penny Bowles

Dr. Lorne Bellan & Dr. Bonnie Cham David* & Barb Christie Heather Clarke*

Kerry Dangerfield*‡

Sylvia Flam‡

Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher‡ Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡ Sharon Hamilton‡ Derek & Mary Johannson

Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky Donna & Dave* Lalama

Katrina Lee-Kwen & Jeff Neufeld Bill & Shirley Loewen

Jim* & Penny McLandress‡ Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Leigh Murphy – in memory of Liam Murphy‡

Dr. Harold Nyhof & Ms. Jo-Anne Lutz

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett Pope Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation

Sanford & Deborah Riley Shinewald Family Maitland & Pat Sundmark Kelly Thornton† & Josep Seras-Gubert‡

Jeremy Trickett* & Brandon Barnes Trickett‡

Helga Van Iderstine Scott & Sonya Wright Fund

$1,200-1,999

Edward* & Jaime Acuna‡ Margaret Astwood Dr. J Baluta & Ms. O. Kandia Craig McIntosh & Lorraine Beck Fund

John Borger

Cathie & Brian Bowerman Chambers Family*‡ Haderra & Mark Chisick Jan* & Kevin Coates‡ Hugh Conacher‡ Ben & Shari Diamond Andrew Drinnan‡

Helene Dyck Katherine Fox*‡ Susan* & Ab Freig‡ Mintie Grienke John* & Nicola Guttormson‡ Vivian Hilder-Skwark & David Skwark – in memory of Mike Skwark‡ Jeff Hirsch & Liz Murray Shawn Hughes & Bruno Koehn‡ Katie Inverarity†‡ Lisa Johnston‡ Hon. William Johnston Serena Helen Kraayeveld Fund –The Winnipeg Foundation David* & Ellen Kroft‡ J. Lamothe‡ Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Brendan McKeen‡ Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Gift Fund

Melissa Novecosky†‡ K. Heather Power & Harold Klause‡ Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine‡ Iris Reimer

Nancy & Loren* Remillard Jim & Leney Richardson

Mrs. Shirley Richardson

Sudhir Sandhu*‡

Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler‡ Logan Family Fund Ken & Susan* Skinner‡

Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines‡

Bill & Laurie* Speers

Joan Stephens – in memory of Annice Stephens‡

Shelley† & Mark Stroski‡

Sasha & Josh Thiem*‡

Geeta* & Michael Tucker‡ Sindee & Albert Wilhelmer

Rick & Claire* Workman Dr. Dorothy Y. Young

Nicole Zajac‡

Anonymous – in memory of Shannon Hirsch Anonymous

COMPANY CIRCLE

$600-1,199

Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund –The Winnipeg Foundation

Dr. Liz Adkins

D. T. Anderson

Dianne J. Beaven

Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows

Barbara Hamilton

Gregg & Mary Hanson

Marilyn & Helios Hernandez N. & L. Holliday

Gerald Jewers

Gerard Kennedy & Jane Hilderman Belinda Knopf

Donna L. Korban & Family

The Honourable Guy J. Kroft & Hester Kroft*

Brent Kvern

Dr. G. H. Lawler§

Ian & Nicki LeGrand

John & Roberta Lewis

Shirley Liba

Reginald & Judy Low

Pat & Jim Ludwig

Brian & Christie Lysack Mr. G. Markham

Gerard Matte & Lydia Surasky Matte Barry§ & Carol McArton

Michael McGovern

Terri & Jim McKerchar‡

Ron McKinnon / Peggy Barker‡

Tracey Novak

Richard & Bonnie Olfert

Ivan & Cathy Oresnik‡

Cameron & Carole Osler

Wayne & Linda Paquin

Sandra Paterson-Greene & Russ Greene

David & Joan Rew

Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡Monthly donors § Fondly Remembered

Barbara Scheuneman

Carol & Ron Slater Fund – Jewish

Foundation of Manitoba

Deborah Spracklin

Georgia Taillieu

Janet Taylor

Dr. Peter Triggs‡

Vicki Verville‡ Murray & Nancy Wiegand Reed & Arla Winstone Margaret Wollner‡ Anonymous

$250-599

Pat & Darrell Adams‡

Brian Adolph

Dawn Andersen

Bob & Joy Antenbring

Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund –

The Winnipeg Foundation

Dennis & Elaine Schultz

Peter Attwood

Peter Bagot

Sheena Baird†‡

Glenn & Norma Baldwin

Earl & Cheryl Barish

Betty Iris Bartush

Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora

Ryan Bernier

Bruce & Joyce Berry

Laurie Bleeks

Lilian Bonin & Daniel P Levin

John & Marilyn Bourbonnais

Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha

The Hon. Patricia Bovey

Ron & Joan Boyd‡

Kris & Ruth Breckman

Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager‡ Sheila & David Brodovsky

Brian Brown

Ellen & George Bruce

Cheryl Chaban

Rosemary Chapman

Lawrie & Bea Cherniack

Nancy Chuback

Kenneth Clark & Pamela Lockman

The Convery Family

Pam & Andrew Cooke

Karen & Marek Corbett

Robert Coutts‡

Elaine Black – Creative Spaces

Limited

Drs. Kristen Creek & Josh Manusow

Matthew Cutler & Dr. Avery Miller

Linda Daniels

Chris Darazsi‡

Bob & Alison Darling

J. Davidson‡

Doug De Graff

Diane Degraves

Andrea Hector & Kirk Dellebuur

Diana Dinon‡

Carl & Wilma Doerksen

June Dutka

Roberta Dyck

Glen* & Joan Dyrda

Greg Edmond & Irene

Groot-Koerkamp

Don & Elfie Elias

Jemara Fay‡

Kate Hodgert-Fennell

Anne Friesen

Chad & Gina Friesen

Curwin & Jill Weber Friesen

Felicia & Trevor Frost

Paul Daeninck & Monica Furer Colleen & Dan Furlan‡

Daniel Gagnon

Basil & Judy Galarnyk

Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡

Denise & Ron George

Heather Gillander

Lorraine & Ian Glassford

Serky & Ben Goldberg

Gary Goodwin

Kayla Gordon & Art Maister

M. Gray

Noella & Patrick† Hanan‡

Linda Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith

Bruce & Judy Harris

Barbara Harrison

Kathryn & Wayne Harrison

Frank & Sue Hechter

Gail Hechter

Dr. Kristin Maria Heinrichs Medical Corp.

Rodney Hick & Tracey Jackson

Ted & Cathy Hlynsky

Lenore & John Hodge

Dennis & Betty-lynn Hodgkinson Michael & Crystal Hollas‡

Ken Houssin*

Robert Hykawy

Jean Hyrich

Dan & Karen Ilchyna

Dr. James C. & Muriel Jamieson

Sylvia Jansen

Neil & Herta Janzen

Robert & Karen Johnston

Maria Jones

Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal

Sam Katz Eileen Keck

Roger & Brenda Kennedy

Peter Kingsley

Eileen & George Klassen

Julie Ann Kniskern

Peter & Valerie Kohut

Lorraine Kozub

Howard & Jane Kroeger

Randie & Jan Kushnier

Lisa & Ted Landrum

Barbara Latocki

Desiree Lavallee†‡

John & Heather Lea

Tim Preston & Dave Ling

Lois Litz

Chris Loepp Gail Loewen

Tom Lussier

MacDonald/Cageorge Fund –The Winnipeg Foundation

Shawn Madak

Judith Manning

Ms. Grace Martel

Liz Martin‡

Jim & Lynne McClelland

Campbell & Lorraine McIntyre

John & Carolynne McLure Fund

– The Winnipeg Foundation

Donald G. McNabb

Constantina Metaxas

Albert & Judith Metcalfe‡

Susie Miclash

Janine Milani

Marc Monnin & Donna Miller

Vera Moroz

Brad Nance Joanne Olchowecki

John Osler

Terry Panych

Judith Parker Dr. Philip Pass Ruth Pearce

Peter & Anita Pelech

Maryam & Izzy Peltz Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Jo-Anne & Harvey Peltz

Bonnie Penno‡ Rick Pinchin

Leonard & Ruth Podheiser & The Podheiser Family Foundation

Calvin & Jen Polet

Beth Pollard

Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen

Tammy Rabkin

Linda & Michael Radcliffe

Carole Rankin‡

Elizabeth Ready

Brad Regehr & Nalini Reddy*

Jean Riggall‡

Tony Robbins

Andrea & Michael Robertson‡

Jay & Andria Ross

Tamara Rossie

Deborah & Neil Rostkowski

Muriel Rowe§

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡Monthly donors § Fondly Remembered

Michael T. Ruta

Carolyn Schellenberg

Faye Scott

Darcia & Gary Senft

Jewish Foundation of Manitoba –in memory of Sybil Shack for the benefiit of MTC

Blake Shiaro

Jan Shute & Doug Harvey

Elinor Simons

Eva Smith

Mrs. Lorraine Smith

Mark C. Smith & Sabrina Smith

Irene & Jim Snell – in honour of Jim

Pappas

Mrs. S. Sobey

Peter & Geri Spencer

Eleanor Suderman

Lorne Sunley

Mary Ann Supleve

Ray & Fenella Temmerman

Karen Tereck – Welcome to Winnipeg Inc.

Leah R. Janzen & Ian R. Thomson

Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley

Jen & Kevin Tomanek

Gord & Lorena Trann

B. Baydock & W. Tretiak

Irvin & Toby Vinsky

Stirling Walkes

Norma & Ron Westcott

Lionel & Lorraine Wiens

Kathy Gough & Tim Wildman

Catherine Wilkie

Klaus & Elsa Wolf

Deborah A. Wolfe

Margaret & Paul Wright

Ms. Landice Yestrau & Mr. Kyle Reeves

A Young

Olga & Roman Zubach

14 Anonymous

$150-249

Sherry Allard-Harber

R.E. Allison‡

Tatiana Arcand

Jennifer & Scott Ash

Nadine Audet‡

Zaz Bajon & Patricia Hunter

Richard & Nancy Ball

Dr. Corinne Barrett DeWiele

Richard Bartlinski

Karen & John Bate

Lorne Beaudry

James & Dawn-Lynne Bedford

Trust Beta

Edwin M. Bethune

Carole Bhakar

Kelly Black & Sheila Curry

Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD

Joan Blight

Marnie Bolland

Jackie & Steve Broda-Milian

France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky

Debby & Bob Brown

Gerald R. Brown

Terry Bruneau

Carol Budnick

John Burrows

Enid Butler

L. K. Butler

Diane & Gus* Campbell

Arlene Carr

Jody Chalmers & Monique Perro‡ Hy & Pat Cohen Fund

Agnes & John K. Collins

Sarah Corley

Larry & Christine Cowan

Janet Cutler

Susan Cuvelier

Georges Damphousse

Kenneth DeLisle

Stan Diachun

Margaret & Sylvia Docker

Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross

John & Ada Ducas

Heather Goulden & Jay Duncan

Craig & Claudette Dunn

Pamela Dykstra

David & Barbara Ediger‡ John Edwards & Wendy Stelko

Gloria Emslie

Ken & Lesley Enns

Anthony Esposito Doug & Pat Finkbeiner

Elvira & Harry Finnigan

Gayle Fischer

Lawrence Foster‡

Christine Freeman Gloria & Rick Gallant

Frank Filbert & Linda Garwood-Filbert

Jane Park & Blair Geisel

Trish Gibson

Patti & Rick Gilhuly

Darlene Golinoski

Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori

Jan Gordon‡

John & Marcia Gordon Dr. Darrell Grymonpre

Rodger & Marion Guinn

Rhonda & Glen Haight

Jackie Halliburton

Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt‡

Don Hardy

Ken & Ruth Hayes

Kyle Hendin

David & Mary Hickling Rob & Jen Hochkievich‡

Mary Hodge

Ann Hodges

G. C. Irwin-Kilfoyle

Elizabeth Janzen

Margaret Jeffries

Dave & Lesia Johns Tannis & Owen Johnston

Michael Joyal, esq.‡

Joanne & Rod Kamins

Koren Kaminski

Sherry Kaniuga‡ Sheryl Kapitz & Aaron London

John King & Rochelle Yanofsky

Paula Klan

Melvin & Margaret Klassen John & Kathryn Knowles

Marvin Koop

Jennifer & Andrew Kosie

Mykola & Michelle Kowalchuk‡

Lorraine Kraichy‡

Sarah Kredentser & David Lowen

Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz

Paula Kristjanson Hasiuk

Jonathan & Cara Kroft

Teena Laird

Ms. Cynthia Lau

Bryen Lebar & Patricia Sauder‡ Helen Leeds

Saul & Kathy Leibl

Tim & Kate Letkemann‡ Jay Lev

Stan & Susan Lipnowski

Judy & Eric Lister

Teresa Lopata & Bruce Wagg

Sarah Luby

Carole Lupkowski Kathleen Malone John & Helen Marakovits

Elaine & Neil Margolis

Ilse Marotta

Agatha Massey

Cheryl & Eric Matheson

Roxana Mazur‡

Melanie McCannell‡ Mr. & Mrs T. Simoes‡ Jim McLaren

Linda Meckling

Catarina Mello Schultz‡ Barb Melnychuk

Mario Mendizabal

Loretta Merriam

Heather Mian Jim & Karren Middagh

Cressida Mills

Darwin Monita Rodney Moorhead Kelly Murray Charlotte Murrell Sharon & Mel Myers

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡Monthly donors

B. Nagamori

Tom Nowicki

Irene Onuch

Doris Mae Oulton & Cam Mackie

Kristen H. Pachet

Pak-Wai Chan

Marlene & Richard Paterson

Donald & Elaine Peters

Linda & Rob Pettit

Jocelyn Pitsch

Virginia Platt

Carla Plummer

M. Lois Powne

Jim & Kathy Ranick‡

Linda Ratynski

Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper

Cheryl Reid

Arnold & Shirley Reimer

Shelley Rennie

Brian & Laurel Repski

Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds

Ron Richert – in memory of Gail Richert

Roslyn Roberts‡

Nicole Robidoux

Gail MacAulay & Kevin Rollason

Pat & Michelle Rowan

Debbie Roy Olga A. Runnalls‡

Barbara Ryan

Cheryl Samson-Siemens & Gordon Siemens

Rodrigo Sanches Cunha‡

Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney

Onnolee Scharf

Hans & Gabriele Schneider Harald & Vicki Schulz

Greg Sexsmith & Joni Lavender Sexsmith‡

Jim & Susan Shaw

Pietra Shirley

Linda Simpson

Michelle Smith

Steve Stephanson

Lisa & Daniel Stiver

Heidi Struck‡

Pam Sveinson & Brad Oswald

Sharon Timson‡

W. Torch

Marilyn Trepel

Eric Turner‡

Chris Turyk & Bryce Weedmark‡ United Way

Jane & Don Walters‡

Paul & Laura Walton‡

Robert & Sherilyn Ward

Peter & Joan Washchyshyn

Mary Agnes Welch‡ Jesse Wente

Michael & Lydia West

Al & Pat Wherrett‡

Theresa Wiktorski

Leslie Wilson

Dennis & Gustine Wilton

Evelyn Witwicki

Jason Woywada 23 Anonymous

SPONSOR

300 Main Air Canada

The Asper Foundation

The Gail Asper Family Foundation

Bell MTS

Birchwood Lexus BMO Financial Group

Bonaventure Travel Inc.

Calm Air Canada Life

Collective Event Rentals

Culligan Water Dycom Direct Mail Services East India Company

Esdale Printing Co. Ltd.

The Fairmont Hotel

Fillmore Riley LLP Friesens Corporation HUB International IG Wealth Management Janzen Wealth Management Group Jones & Co Wine Merchants Lawton Partners Liquor Mart Manitoba Bar Association Manitoba Public Insurance McDiarmid Flowers McNally Robinson Booksellers MMP Architects MTC Foundation POS Systems RBC Foundation RE/MAX

Red River Co-operative Ltd.

Relish New Brand Experience

Richardson Foundation Sleeman Breweries Ltd.

Soiree Event Planning Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Tanchak Wealth Management Group Taylor McCaffrey LLP

TD Bank Group

Torque Brewing University of Manitoba Wawanesa Insurance The Winnipeg Free Press Wuchien Michael Than Foundation

CORPORATE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

$25,000+

Johnston Group Inc. Richardson Foundation

$5,000-9,999

Cambrian Credit Union The Albert D. Cohen Family Fund

$3,000-4,999

Terracon Development Ltd.

$1,200-2,999

Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance and Risk Management

Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd., Kate M. Everett, President Gendis Inc.

Manitoba’s Credit Unions

Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick

Maxim Truck & Trailer – Doug Harvey & Jan Shute Pollard Banknote Limited PRA Inc. Qualico

CORPORATE COMPANY CIRCLE

$600-1,199

Astroid Management Ltd. Mid West Packaging Limited Premier Printing Ltd. $300-599

MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Winnipeg Building & Decorating Ltd. $150-299

Diva Lingerie and Swim Wear FWS Group of Companies

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡Monthly donors

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE

Wayne & Lee Anderson

Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD*

Zdzislaw (Zaz) Bajon & Patricia Hunter

Marjorie & Morley§ Blankstein

Duane§ & Pauline Braun

Doneta Brotchie, CM* & Harry Brotchie

Ken & Denise Brown

David & Lianne Carefoot

Len & Heather Cariou

Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM, OM

Jennifer Cheslock & George Buri

David Christianson & Vera

Steinberger

David* & Barb Christie

Gerry* & Chris Couture

Hugh B. Cowan

Kerry Dangerfield*

Laurie Lam & Larry Desrochers

Glen* & Joan Dyrda

Robert & Florence Eastwood

Don & Elfie Elias

Bill§ & Gayle Fischer

Anthony* & Jennifer Fletcher

Jack Fraser

James Gibbs§

Sandy & Rheal Gousseau

Rita Gunn & Greg Mason

John* & Nicola Guttormson

Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt

Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow

Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton

Ted§ & Gail Hechter

Elaine Heinicke§

Shawn Hughes & Bruno Koehn

June§ & Bob Jackson Fund for the Performing Arts

Maureen E. Jay

Andrew & Wendy Jensen

David & Diane Johnston

Dr. Leonard & Hope§ Kahane

Janis Kaminsky

Jason Kasper

John Kearsey

Gordon & Anne Keatch§

Rob Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc

Serena Helen Kraayeveld

Leona J. MacDonald

Cheryl Johannson§ & Michael Mainman

Mark & Gloria Mancini

Virginia Martin

Peggy Barker & Ron McKinnon

Jim* & Penny McLandress

Barb Melnychuk

Bob & Pat Migliore

Jeffrey Morton*

Ken & Sharon Mould

Dr. Liam Murphy§

Robb & Heather Paterson

Chris Pearce

Scott Penner

Gina & John* C. Petersmeyer

Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth

Tippett-Pope

K. Heather Power & Harold Klause

Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis

Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard

Joan D. Richardson

Jean Riggall

Michelle Rowan

Michael T. Ruta

Sharon Ryman

Susan Skinner*

Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines

Bill & Laurie* Speers

Deborah Spracklin

Joan Stephens

Joanne Tait

Suzanne Ullyot

Lionel & Lorraine Wiens

Margaret§ & Alfred Wikjord

Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham§

Brenda Zaporzan§ 2 Anonymous

ENDOWMENT – STEVEN SCHIPPER FUND

Many thanks to the generos ity of our Endowment Fund

donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between Aug 1, 2021 and Oct 15, 2022. Amounts listed 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

$25,000-49,999

Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson J.K. May Investments Ltd. Cam & Carole Osler Terracon Development Ltd.

$10,000-24,999

The Bowles Family Susan and Keith Knox Norma Anne Padilla Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Faye Warren Margaret & Alfred Wikjord

$5,000-9,999

Margaret Caie Ron & Carol Chapman Pam & Andrew Cooke Gail Hechter

Maureen E. Jay Irene Miller & the late Claire Miller Gina O’Connor & John* C. Petersmeyer* Barbara Scheuneman Terry & Les Wiens Anonymous

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡Monthly donors § Fondly Remembered If you have remembered Royal MTC in your will, please let us know.

$2,500-4,999

Don & Cheryl Breakey

Rita & Don Campbell

Ron & Carol Chapman

Michael & Lynn Evans

David & Ewhenia Gnutel

John & Margaret Graham

Jean & Lisa Neron

Iris Reimer Anonymous

$1,000-2,499

Joan & Edward Alexander

David & Pamela Bolton

Carol Budnick

Art & Donna Chow

DGH Engineering Ltd. Brenda & Michael Evans

Christine Fleetwood

Dr. Jeremy & Maureen Gordon

Teresa A. Hay

Marilyn & Helios Hernandez

Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper

Barbara Main

Peggy Barker & Ron McKinnon

Marlene Milne

Paul & Elaine Neelon

Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter

Edna Poulter

SUPPORTERS

W. & N. Rennie

Howie & Sue Simpson Deborah Spracklin 3 Anonymous

$500-999

Marge & Ted Avent

Nan Carson

Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel

Valerie Dunsmore – in memory of Beverly Muzyk

Evelyn Hecht

Lynne Jentsch

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil

Barbara Latocki

Anthony & Joyce McWha Lorraine & Ernest Reinfort

Sandra Sadler

Bryce & Jenna Simes

Peter & Sharon Taylor Gabor Vamos & Brenda Silver

Erin, Bryan, Brooklyn & Jameson Wills – in memory of Beverly Muzyk

UP TO $499

Helen M. Arkos

Ingrid Bolbecher James Barrie & Sarah Anne Cranston

Helene Dyck

Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. E. Firth

Abigail Grieder

Allan & Evelyn Hardy

Nancy Latocki

Dr. Shelley Mahoney

Barry§ & Carol McArton

Bob & Pat Migliore

Charlotte Murrell

Theresa Oye

Henry & Sheila Riendeau

Diane Schurek

Diane Schurek

Linda L. Wiebe 3 Anonymous

MANY THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!

Act Like a Star!

Everyone at the theatre is part of the show. Yes, even you. You want to be a star, don’t you? These tips will make you a stand-out performer (in a good way)!

Scents and Sensibility

Many theatre lovers experience adverse medical reactions from scented products. Please consider others before using scented products.

Park Your Mobile Device

We know something interesting is happening on social media. It always is. But your neighbours want to watch the play. Please turn off all mobile devices.

The Sound of Silence

Our theatre has great acoustics. So when you’re talking during the show, everyone can hear you. Your neighbours, the ushers and even the actors. We want you to talk about the show but at intermission or after the final bows.

We’re always happy to see you at the theatre. Thank you for coming!

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Honorary Members

Her Honour, Lt. Governor Anita R. Neville

The Honourable Heather Stefanson, Premier of Manitoba

His Worship, Scott Gillingham

Executive Officers

Laurie Speers, Chair

John Guttormson, Past-Chair

Ed Acuna, Nominating Committee Chair

Heather Clarke, Treasurer & Organizational Performance Committee Chair

David Kroft, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility Committee Chair

Sudhir Sandhu, Secretary

Jeremy Trickett, Governance & Strategic Planning Committee Chair

Claire Workman, Resource Development Committee Chair

Trustees

Markus Chambers

Jan Coates

Katherine Fox

Susan Freig David Lalama

Andrea Lochhead

Advisory

Council

David Christie, Chair

Gail Asper

Doneta Brotchie, CM

Angus Campbell Gerry Couture

Kerry Dangerfield Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA

Anthony C. Fletcher

Jean Giguere

Charron Hamilton

Gary Hannaford, FCA Yude Henteleff

Ken Houssin

STAFF

Accounting/Finance

Kim Friesen, Payroll Administrator

Linda McGarva Cohen

Nalini Reddy Loren Remillard Jennifer Tesoro Josh Thiem Geeta Tucker

Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews

Jim McLandress

Jeffrey Morton, FCA Hon. Jack Murta Lillian Neaman John Petersmeyer

Lawrence Prout Jeff Quinton

Patricia Rabson Margaret Redmond Susan Skinner Al Snyder Maureen Watchorn

Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator

Shelley Stroski, Controller

Administration

Kurt Brown, HR Generalist

Camilla Holland, Executive Director Kathrin Moncaster, IT Manager

Artistic

Audrey Dwyer, Associate Artistic Director

Katie German, Assistant Program Director, Pimootayowin

Creators Circle

Melissa Langdon, Apprentice Artistic Director Isabelle Ly, Producer

Ian Ross, Program Director, Pimootayowin Creators Circle

Kelly Thornton, Artistic Director

Leslie Watson, Company Manager

Box Office

Sheena Baird, Director of Patron Services

Meaghan Fletcher, Box Office Manager

Alexandra Gerow, Patron Services Coordinator

Box Office Representatives: Karen Gautron, Jane Hunter, Beatrice Jackson, Harlan Kumps, Melissa Langdon, Jazz Marcelino, Shayla Meeroff, Daniel Mitchell, Carolin Schroeder, Danielle Sinclair, Jordan Skelly, Katie Spring

Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

Louis Gagné, Layout Carpenter

Brent Letain, Master Carpenter

Chris Seida, Scenic Carpenter

Development

Patrick Hanan, Development Database Specialist

Brendan McKeen, Individual Giving Manager

Melissa Novecosky, Director of Development

Stephanie Porrior, Event Coordinator

Front of House

Samantha Harrison, Front of House Manager, John Hirsch Mainstage Ntara Curry, Front of House Manager, Tom Hendry Warehouse

Front of House Staff: Jennifer Brisson, Reid Boultbee, Renelle Chartier, Shay Cote, Bee Dasuki, Rylen De Vries, Christopher Douglas, Laurel Fife, Melanie Fowler, Cassidy Groening, Darrah Horobetz, Joanna Houston, Brooklyn Kilfoyle, Kyra Lyle, Kimmy Martin, Graeme Olson, Christina Reid, Keira Rondeau, Coral Ross, Cobi Winston

Maintenance

Chris Fletcher, Building Manager

Wesley Leask, Assistant Building Manager

Marketing & Communications

Ksenia Broda-Milian, Education and Enrichment Manager

Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager

Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications

Desiree La Vallee, Ticketing Application Specialist

Savannah Lillies, Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Lauren Wagn, Communications & Social Media Manager

Paint

Carla Schroeder, Head Scenic Artist

Production

Christine Corthey, Production Associate

Ian Kirk, Production Driver

Jaxun Maron, Assistant Production Manager

Russell Martin, Director of Production

Don Osler, Technical Director

Jacqueline Robertson, Assistant Technical Director

Properties

Khaeler Bautista, Props Builder

Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy, Props Builder/Buyer

Jamie Plummer, Head of Props Stage Crew

Chris Coyne, Head of Sound

Kayla McSwain, Head of Wardrobe

Gary Plouffe, House Stage Hand

Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter Tom Hendry Warehouse

Tim Clark, Head of Sound

Ryan Spracklin, Master Carpenter

Fisher Wohlgemut, Head Electrician Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Head of Wardrobe

Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator Wigs

Beverley Covert, Head of Wigs/Make-Up

Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer

Tori Popp, Festival Manager

Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

Steven Schipper, CM, OM, Artistic Director Emeritus

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF

The Three Musketeers

Erin Babury, Seamstress

Linda Beech, Scenic Paint

Brenda Belmonte, Milliner

Kim Crossley, Cutter

Jo Dixon, Scenic Paint

Penny Hanford, Seamstress

Karen Luchak, Seamstress

Barbara Mackenzie, Seamstress

Kaz Mayne, Seamstress

Sharon Ryman, Wigs

Let’s Run Away

Martha Schram, Seamstress

Liam Shattuck, Carpenter

Lela Stairs, Cutter

Sonya Vallis, Seamstress

Bennette Villones, Props

Andrea Von Wichet, Scenic Paint

Joy Willis, Seamstress

Anna Yarworski, Seamstress

Additional crew provided by IATSE 63

Additional crew provided by IATSE 63

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