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The New Canadian Curling Club By Mark

Crawford

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

Women of the Fur Trade By Frances TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

Koncan

IMAGINATION TAKES US EVERYWHERE Proud to support the imaginative talent in our creative and cultural arts community.

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR As we settle into mid-winter, we are so excited to usher these two plays onto our stage. Mark Crawford’s The New Canadian Curling Club arrives on our Mainstage following its tour across beautiful Manitoba and Northwest Ontario, while Frances Koncan’s Women of the Fur Trade has been wowing audiences both locally and across the country through its various phases of development. The former is quickly becoming a contemporary Canadian classic, and the latter boldly makes its full-length world premiere to join the canon of great Canadian plays! Kelly Thornton

These plays deal with identity, belonging, and our

connection to the land and each other. While they are both outrageous, laugh-outloud comedies, one tells the story of the First Peoples of this land, and the birth of the Métis nation, while the other reflects on Canada’s newest arrivals. In the words of Koncan herself, “Comedy is only funny when it is truthful,” and it’s clear that both she and Crawford pierce uncomfortable truths with their work by tickling our funny bone to get to our rawest nerves. As Crawford has thrust a global village onto the ice to help us confront ourselves and our biases towards ‘the other’, Koncan employs satire and a refreshingly modern lens to examine colonization and our cultural inheritance on this land. Together these plays ask us to look forward and to envision our future together. Thank you so much for joining us.

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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 WCT Western Canada Theatre • Kamloops, BC WJT Winnipeg Jewish Theatre WSO Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra WST Winnipeg Studio Theatre YPT Young People’s Theatre • Toronto, ON zone41 zone41 theatre • Winnipeg, MB

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB

New Canadians Try Curling “For Real” BY RESBY COUTTS The New Canadian Curling Club’s underlying premise of newcomers to Canada testing the sport of curling played out “for real” in early January at Winnipeg’s Granite Curling Club. About 35 young members of the Winnipeg Newcomer Sport Academy, originally from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ivory Coast and Syria, had previously been introduced to the sport in the gymnasium. After three sessions of Rocks & Rings floor curling, they were ready to try the real thing.

Both say it was tricky at first to throw the heavy curling rocks but eventually they could get them to the other end of the ice. “It is a ‘Canadian’ game,” says Abdul – “it is a hard, challenging game,” says Ali, when the two are asked what their thoughts were about trying curling.

Thirteen-year-old Samira and her 15-yearold brother Abdul, originally from Syria, have been in Canada for almost four years. Fatima, 14, came from Syria two years ago. Ali arrived from Syria within the last year. They were excited to try curling, but admit it was a strange experience in many ways. “I saw it on TV at the Olympics and we tried floor curling at school,” says Samira, who is getting used to Manitoba’s cold and enjoys trying the ‘fun things’ in our cold-weather nation like learning to skate or curl. 6

“It seems easy but we fell a lot of times. It was fun!” says Fatima.

“The hardest thing was to stay balanced,” Abdul says of his time on the ice. He used to not like the cold but is adapting. “At first the hardest thing was to get the rock all the way down,” admits Ali. “But soon I could get it to the other end and sometimes too hard and it went through.” The smiles on the faces of the youngsters tell you they enjoyed the experience. Does it mean they’ll grow up as curlers? Not necessarily, but because they have tried it they look forward to trying it again. The Winnipeg Newcomer Sport Academy was established about three years ago by Carolyn Trono who, in her

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB professional life, is Director of Quality Sport Development for the Sport for Life Society. The Academy is her volunteer opportunity to use her sport organization and coaching expertise to help provide access to sport. Her objective was simple – to expose newcomers to more Canadian sports and provide basic skills so they can play and participate in their new community, creating a sense of belonging. She saw a gap in opportunities for newcomer families and their children to access sport. The Academy uses a multi-sport approach to provide opportunity to play soccer but also be exposed to many other sports played here. Her work expertise ensures strong connections with the mainstream sport community while recognizing some of the challenges faced by newcomers. Newcomers face barriers most often due to a lack of awareness and understanding. Organizations can be unknowingly unwelcoming, access to facilities is limited due to expense and scheduling and cultural awareness is lacking. “I have learned so much about the challenges of moving to a new country and certainly refugee families face very big challenges in settling. Until I got involved, I was totally unaware. Sport can be a way of welcoming if we truly understand and address the barriers,” Ms. Trono says. Curling is such a traditional Canadian sport that she felt it must be included in the program. “Rocks & Rings is a quality sport program and isn’t expensive to play. The time on the ice was a special treat and the kids/families loved it. We make assumptions that everyone knows what february/march 2020

curling, is but I got some questions like whether they should bring their skates and helmets,” she says. CurlManitoba’s Executive Director Craig Baker was on hand at the Granite to observe on that Saturday in January. He calls the experience on the Winnipeg Newcomer Sport Academy’s curling day one of the most meaningful of his time working in the sport. “The idea of playing our sport, or any ice sport, is so completely outside the reality of where these kids have come from,” he says. “Simply put, it was a joy to see them trying something new with such enthusiasm and excitement.” Baker acknowledges that it points out the responsibility of organizations like CurlManitoba to do more – to play a part beyond their traditional roles by ensuring newcomers are made welcome and comfortable. CurlManitoba’s active support and enthusiastic encouragement of the Winnipeg Newcomer Sport Academy’s curling initiative was a first major step in this direction. Baker vows it won’t be the last. Writer Resby Coutts is a CurlManitoba and Royal MTC volunteer. Instagram: @thecurlerdotcom Facebook: @thecurler

Photo: The cast of The New Canadian Curling Club on the Regional Tour. PHOTO BY DYLAN HEWLETT

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IN CONVERSATION WITH THE

PLAYWRIGHT and DIRECTOR MARK Crawford (Playwright):

You directed the premiere production of this play at the Blyth Festival in 2018. What is it like directing a play for the second time? MILES POTTER (DIRECTOR): Well, I’ve

done this a few times, directing the same play more than once (I’ve done Macbeth three times, once on this very stage) (I hope you don’t mind my mentioning THAT play) and what can I say, it’s always a strange experience. You try to come to it anew each time, while trying to also remember what you learned the first time you did it without ‘imposing” ideas on the new cast. Bit of a juggling act. You’ve now seen a number of productions of this play since we first did it at Blyth. Is there anything you’ve learned as a playwright now that you’ve seen multiple productions of your play? MARK: I've learned a lot. After the

premiere production, I did some rewrites for the sake of clarity and pace, and then I made more tweaks after seeing the second production at Alberta Theatre Projects. It's hugely informative to see the same text interpreted by different actors and creative teams. Across multiple productions, certain moments have been almost identical, while some have been interpreted very differently. And I’ve learned a ton from watching the play with different audiences. Since this is a comedy, it’s fascinating to clock where the laughs are in different productions and in different communities. And it's always fun to see how people stage the curling games. 8

Speaking of curling: what’s your theory on why Canadians love this game so much? MILES: In my opinion (and as the great

Canadian actor David Fox always said: ‘just my opinion, probably wrong’) it has to do with these factors: it appears that anyone can do it, hence it’s inclusive, it involves walking on ice, which, like sex in a canoe, defines Canadians, and often involves drinking, even if we’ve now made it ‘up in the bar’. I’ve always wondered, Mark: are you able to write anywhere? Do you need special conditions? Time of day? Music? MARK: I wish I was one of those play-

wrights who could churn out pages anywhere, anytime, but I’m just not. If I’m home, I work in my office. If I’m away, I find a room where I can be alone and close the door. I work in silence—no music. I write on my laptop, but for jotting down notes and scribbling things out, I have a preferred type of notebook and a favourite kind of pen. I write at all different times of day; sometimes I’ll wake up at 3:30 in the morning with an idea for a line and jot it down. I also walk a lot, and that’s when I do a bunch of writing in my head—or, let’s be honest, have full conversations with myself on the sidewalk. In addition to directing this play, you worked with me as a dramaturge on the script. In your eyes, what’s the job of a dramaturge? And how is it related to directing?

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB MILES: Well, one doesn’t have to be

a director to be a dramaturge, but it doesn’t hurt. One of the big misconceptions is that if you are a director, you can automatically be a dramaturge. They are fundamentally different skills. The dramaturge helps the playwright realize what it is they are really trying to say. Not the plot of the play, but the theme that the play is trying to communicate. Often a playwright only has a vague idea of how to express the theme in a sentence, though they instinctively know what it is. Once it is concretely stated, they can see what in their story is helpful and what is not. It is the primary tool for ‘constructing’ a coherent theatre experience. From the theme, one can derive all the other structural elements of a play. This is basically why I ask you so many questions when you bring me a first draft! It’s great if I can dramaturge a play and then direct it, because I know it’s structurally sound: my dramaturge ‘hat’ makes my director ‘hat’ a lot easier to wear. Speaking of hats, you’re also an accomplished actor. How does your playwriting ‘hat’ fit with your actor ‘hat’? Are they related? MARK: Hey, thanks! The two hats are

definitely related. I worked as an actor for a good decade (once on this very stage, in fact, as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey) before my first play debuted.

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For me, acting in various types of plays— new Canadian work, Shakespeare, American classics, Theatre for Young Audiences—was a great education in playwriting. I learned how plays are constructed by being inside of them. Being an actor also influences how I write characters. I aim to create roles that actors will want to play; parts they can sink their teeth into, both comedically and dramatically. When I change hats and do an acting job, I’d say being a writer helps me see the bigger picture: what my character’s function is within a play, how I can be of service to the text and its ideas, and having sat on the other side of the table a few times now, how to navigate my way through moments in rehearsal when I’m feeling a bit blocked. Now, Miles, I’ve saved the most burning question for last: what’s your favourite Timbit? MILES: Truly? The ones Omar’s mom

makes for the show. They’re better than Tim’s and better for you! (But chocolate is still the preferred flavour.) MARK: Shout out for Mombits! They

really are delicious—and gluten-free. But when it comes to the real deal, I’m a Sour Cream Glazed man, all the way.

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Curling Terms (AS MENTIONED IN THE PLAY)

BONSPIEL – A curling competition or

tournament. BURNED STONE – A stone in motion touched by a member of either team, or any part of their equipment. Burned stones are removed from play.

HOUSE – The rings or circles toward which play is directed consisting of a 12' ring, 8' ring, 4' ring and a button. PEBBLE – A fine spray of water applied

to a sheet of curling ice before commencing play.

BUTTON – The circle at the centre of

LEAD – The first player on a team to

the house.

deliver a pair of stones for their team in each end.

HACKS – The foot-holds at each end of the ice from which the stone is delivered. HAMMER – The team with the last stone in any given end of play. The 16th delivered stone in any end is called the “Hammer.” HOG LINE – A line 10 metres from the

hack at each end of the ice.

SECOND – The curler who delivers the second pair of stones for their team in each end. VICE-SKIP, THIRD OR MATE – The third player on a team to throw two stones in each end. Generally this player acts as the skip when the skip is delivering their stones and assists with shot selection decisions.

THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB SKIP – The player who determines the

strategy, and directs play for the team. The skip delivers the last pair of stones for their team in each end. SLIDER – Slippery material placed on

the sole of the shoe, to make it easier to slide on the ice. SWEEPING – The action of moving a broom or brush back and forth in the path of a moving stone. TEE LINE – The line that passes through the centre of the house parallel to the hog line and backline.

Descriptions from the “Glossary of Curling Terms” on curling.ca, compiled by Desirée Pappel.

SYNOPSIS – In order to diversify their club, Marlene invites four new Canadians – well, one isn’t actually new – to learn to curl. But when she breaks her hip, Marlene must enlist her politically incorrect ex-husband Stuart to step in. Despite Stuart’s abrasive manner and general intolerance, Mike, Anoopjeet, Charmaine and Fatima agree to show up every week. As they battle bad knees, personal preoccupations and internal strife, the road to curling mastery (or simply staying upright) is a slippery one. Can they pull together as a team when it counts?

The cast of The New Canadian Curling Club on the Regional Tour. PHOTO BY DYLAN HEWLETT

Kelly Thornton, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director PRESENTS

The New Canadian Curling Club By Mark Crawford February 13 – March 7, 2020 preview February 12

Director......................................................................................... Miles Potter Set & Lighting Designer...........................................................Steve Lucas Costume Designer............................................................Maureen Petkau Sound Designer.......................................................................... Verne Good Apprentice Set & Lighting Designer................................ Kara Pankiw* Stage Manager.........................................................................Kathryn Ball† Assistant Stage Manager................................................ Melissa Renaud THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Charmaine Bailey................................................................Lorraine James Anoopjeet Singh................................................................Omar Alex Khan Stuart MacPhail..................................................................... Doug McKeag Mike Chang........................................................................ Zhaopeng Meng Fatima Al-Sayed.......................................Sophie Smith-Dostmohamed The New Canadian Curling Club is performed with one intermission. The New Canadian Curling Club is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers). www.mqlit.ca The New Canadian Curling Club was commissioned and developed by the Blyth Festival, and premiered there on June 22, 2018. Special thanks: CurlManitoba (Craig Baker & Elaine Owen), the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame & Museum (Resby Coutts), former Manitoba and Canadian curling champion Terry Braunstein, and the Charleswood Curling Club (Scott Barenz) for their support and assistance. Production photography by Leif Norman.

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is proud to call Manitoba home. Royal MTC is located in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 land, the traditional territory of the Ininew, Anishinaabe and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. We are thankful for the benefits sharing this land has afforded us, and we are committed to the responsibilities of the Treaty. Hiy Hiy, Miigwetch, Wopida and Maarsii. *Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award recipient

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB Lorraine James

Doug McKeag

Charmaine Bailey

Stuart MacPhail

ROYAL MTC First appearance. OTHER THEATRE Timon of Athens (SIR);

Storefront Church (ShanleyFest/Tara Players); Cabaret of Monologues (Sarasvàti); When God Comes for Breakfast, You Don’t Burn the Toast (Winnipeg Fringe); The Crucible (VP); Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Dramatic Theatre). FILM/TV Into Visible Light (feature); Gone Finding My Daughter (Lifetime); Nomis (feature); Cashing In (APTN); Perfect Sisters (feature); Channel Zero (Showcase); Tempus Tormentum (feature). TRAINING Gastown Actors Studio; Prairie Theatre Exchange; Vancouver Theatre Sports League; Citadel Theatre School.

Omar Alex Khan Anoopjeet Singh

ROYAL MTC The Cottage, Chimerica (with CS), Late Company, True West, Evita (with TC), Little Shop of Horrors (with TC). OTHER THEATRE Blow Wind, High Water, The Secret Garden, Twelfth Night, God of Carnage, One Man, Two Guvnors, Enron, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (TC); Arcadia, The Optimists, Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Junction); Toad of Toad Hall (ATP); A Man of No Importance, Follies (Dry Cold); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit); Footloose (Rainbow); The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Little Mercy’s First Murder (Vertigo Theatre); Into the Woods (Citadel). TEACHING Artist-in-Residence/Tutor, Quest University (BC) 2018. ET CETERA Doug won a Betty Mitchell Award for his portrayal of an early-onset Parkinson’s patient in The Alan Parkinson’s Project. He produces concerts for Young Symphony Audiences that appear around the globe.

ROYAL MTC Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer,

Glengarry Glen Ross, Black Coffee.

OTHER THEATRE Timon of Athens, The

School for Scandal, The Komagata Maru (Stratford); As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (CS); The Wars, A Thousand Splendid Suns (Grand); The Kite Runner (TC/Citadel); Moonlight and Magnolias (PTE); Richard III, The Merchant of Venice (SIR); Iceland (TPM); Three Sisters (TPM/zone41). TV Frankie Drake Mysteries (CBC); Remedy (Global); The Strain (FX); Less Than Kind (HBO Canada); Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (Space). ET CETERA Thanks to Royal MTC for making it possible for Melissa and me to go on this adventure together! For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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Mark Crawford

Mike Chang

Playwright

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

ROYAL MTC Actor: Elwood P. Dowd in

OTHER THEATRE Concord Floral, Arcadia,

Love’s Labour’s Lost (U of W); New Beginnings (Sarasvàti). TRAINING University of Winnipeg Honours Acting Program. ET CETERA Many thanks to my family, friends, teachers and people who have supported me. Thank you. Thank you, Sophie, for letting me know the audition information.

Sophie SmithDostmohamed Fatima Al-Sayed

ROYAL MTC First appearance. OTHER THEATRE Selected credits include:

Arcadia, Love’s Labour’s Lost (U of W); Animosity (Downside Up); Murder Oak, Road to Nowhere (Manitoba Mystery Co.). Assistant Director: Like Mother Like Daughter (Sarasvàti/Why Not Theatre Co.). Recent co-founder and collaborator of Out From Under the Rug Collective, which highlights the experiences of people of colour. TRAINING University of Winnipeg Honours Acting; mentorship with Ann Hodges under Creative Manitoba; years of love and support from MTYP. ET CETERA Sophie gives all her love to her best friends, who told her to be brave. She is forever grateful for her family. This one is for her Papa.

Harvey.

OTHER THEATRE As one of Canada’s

most-produced playwrights, Mark’s work has been staged across the country and internationally. His other plays are: Stag and Doe; Bed and Breakfast; The Birds and the Bees; and Boys, Girls, and Other Mythological Creatures. The Birds and the Bees was produced by Prairie Theatre Exchange in 2017, and all of Mark’s scripts are published by Winnipeg’s Scirocco Drama. As an actor, he has performed from coast to coast, most recently in Bed and Breakfast (Arts Club, Blyth, Globe, GCTC, Belfry, Centaur). He is currently appearing in The Outsider at Stage West Calgary. TRAINING Mark is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Sheridan College. ET CETERA Nominated for a Dora Award with the ensemble of To Kill a Mockingbird (YPT). Mark grew up on his family’s farm near Glencoe, Ontario and now lives in Stratford.

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB Miles Potter Director

ROYAL MTC Eighteen productions, including Much Ado About Nothing and Medea. OTHER THEATRE Productions for virtually every theatre in the country including six productions for Stratford on all of their stages and three commercial shows for Mirvish productions in Toronto. Miles was the original Director and Dramaturge for Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy, one of the most produced Canadian plays around the world, and for Mark Crawford’s first play, Stag and Doe, as well as Beverly Cooper’s Innocence Lost. TEACHING Miles has been a director at the National Theatre School as well as a guest teacher at Dalhousie University, George Brown College, Fanshawe College, Globe Theatre Conservatory, University of Memphis and The University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Pigeon King (Blyth); The Syringa Tree (The Grand, London); Step Right Up! (Theatre Orangeville); In The Wings (Theatre Passe Muraille); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Dream in High Park); The Drowning Girls (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Real McCoy (Factory); Grounded (Lighthouse Festival); Rope Enough (Buddies in Bad Times). TEACHING Steve has mentored students from Sheridan, Humber, Ryerson and Glendon College, and has been a lighting design coach at the National Theatre School of Canada. He also had several protégés on the Theatre Ontario Professional training grant. ET CETERA Steve has received several awards, including four Dora Awards, for his set and lighting designs. He was also nominated for several of Canada’s most prestigious awards including the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, the Pauline McGibbon Award, the K.M. Hunter Award and the Dora Mavor Moore Award (33 nominations).

Maureen Petkau Costume Designer

Steve Lucas Set & Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE Dragonfly, Sargent &

ROYAL MTC Poor Super Man (with CS),

Time After Time: The Chet Baker Project (the Crow’s Theatre production), Ed’s Garage. OTHER THEATRE Nathan The Wise, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Physicists (Stratford); Of Marriage and Men; 1979; 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt (Shaw); Next to Normal (Mirvish/The Musical Stage Co.); Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom, Heisenberg (CS); Passing Strange (Obsidian Theatre/Acting Upstage); The

Victor & Me, The Elmwood Visitation (TPM); The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Richard III, Henry IV, Romeo and Juliet (SIR); Angels in America Part 1 & 2, Ivanov (WJT); Peter Pan (MTYP). FILM/TV Stand!, I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story, High Life, Sunnyside, Into Invisible Light, Me Estas Matando Susana, Silent Night, The Good Lie. TRAINING B HumEc majoring in clothing design and history from the University of Manitoba.

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB Verne Good Sound Designer

(Tarragon); The Heidi Chronicles, The 39 Steps – Dora Nomination (Soulpepper). TRAINING Graduate of Bishop’s University, National Theatre School, Humber College.

Kara Pankiw ROYAL MTC Hirsch (2013), originally produced by Stratford Festival. Assistant Sound Designer: In the Next Room or the vibrator play (with Tarragon). Upcoming: Associate Sound Designer for A Thousand Splendid Suns (with Arts Club). OTHER THEATRE Sound Design and Composition: Othello (Stratford); You Will Remember Me, The Normal Heart (Studio 180); Outside, Birds of a Feather (Roseneath); Tick (Carousel Players); The Atomic Weight of Happiness (StandUp Dance). Sound Design: Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, To Kill a Mockingbird, Long Day’s Journey into Night (Stratford); The Mountaintop, Art, Fences (Grand); Cake and Dirt, Was Spring, Communion

Apprentice Set & Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Fun Home. OTHER THEATRE Bar Mitzvah Boy (WJT);

The Kiss of the Spider Woman (Dry Cold); After Jerusalem (WJT). TV Burden of Truth. TRAINING Graduate of the University of Winnipeg Theatre and Film (Scenic Design) and the University of Manitoba’s Environmental Design Program (Architecture). A member of Associated Designers of Canada.

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THE NEW CANADIAN CURLING CLUB Kathryn Ball

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Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Mainstage: Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Steel Magnolias, The Shunning, The Importance of Being Earnest, Dreamgirls, Orpheus Descending. Warehouse: Bang Bang. Regional tours: Last Train to Nibroc, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Armstrong’s War, Miracle on South Division Street, Ed’s Garage, The Melville Boys, Bad Dates. OTHER THEATRE Numerous productions with Manitoba Opera, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Rainbow Stage, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) and the Globe Theatre (Regina). TRAINING Theatre Production program at MacEwan University in Edmonton and Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Manitoba.

ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE Ten seasons as the

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WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE

Playwright’s Notes BY FRANCES KONCAN

It’s a sunny spring day in New York City. I am photogenically sipping an oat milk latte at a Twin Peaks-inspired coffee shop and trying to take a selfie without being obvious about it when I get a text from my friend Emmy. “Ben Whishaw is in a new play called Norma Jeane Baker of Troy and we have to go,” she says. “You like Anne Carson, right?” FACT: I am a decade-long, diehard Ben Whishaw fan. FACT: I have no idea who Anne Carson is. FACT: I’ll see anything at least once. “Great! You’ll like it. You’ll like Anne Carson,” promises Emmy. “She’s impossible to understand.” Emmy was right: I loved the show. --David Lynch says catching ideas is like catching fish. If that’s true, then I was fishing with the bait of known Fur Trade history within the pond of Anne Carson in 2019, Twin Peaks in 2018, and in the music of The Killers in 2017 while writing this play. I couldn’t catch an idea for this note. I don’t have a pond for 2020 yet. I’m at a loss for words. !!! (HALI)BUT !!! In her book Decreation, Carson says that “a quote is a cut, a section, a slice of someone’s orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.” That may be true, but what Carson doesn’t mention is that the combination of the right slice 22

of oranges from the right people can illuminate a lot of truth. So, here’s a little note about this little play, told by a more respectable voice than my own: white men. They will tell it in a simple structure which will hopefully have you thinking: “This is familiar, I am comfortable, therefore, this is good.” A NOTE ABOUT WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE ACT I: “I hyperdecant. Do you not hyperdecant? Are you just doing regular decanting?” — Connor Roy, Succession ACT II: “I guess it bothers people that it’s not grammatically correct, but I think I’m allowed to do whatever I want.” — Brandon Flowers, The Killers ACT III: “The structure of a play is not always the same. The structure of a play depends upon where you are in it. Your experience of an experience depends upon where you are in the experience of experiencing it. We experience theatre moment to moment. That is the only way we experience anything.” — Mac Wellman, Speculations ACT IV: “It’s better not to know what things mean because meaning is a very personal thing. The meaning for me is different than the meaning for somebody else.” — David Lynch ACT V: “Legit question for rural Americans: how do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?” — Willie McNabb SILENCIO.

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Director’s Notes BY AUDREY DWYER Welcome to the world of Frances Koncan! Frances skyrocketed into my world over a year ago. I sat down to read Women of the Fur Trade and have been over the moon about it ever since. Frances invites us into an environment that we may recognize. Some of you may have a robust understanding of the land under your feet. You might be thanking your history books for that! Some of you may be curious about its beginnings and are looking to explore. The more I engage with Frances’ artistry, the more I learn about the land I live on. Here you will encounter a world that overflows with change. At its heart are people who long for it. Some are afraid of it. Others are willing to die for it. All navigate it without knowing what february/march 2020

the future will bring. As our world veers, we can find ourselves off-kilter. Do we need to change or does our power lie in staying exactly the same? The theatre is a place where communities can come together. It is a place where we discover who we are and who we can be. I’m so thankful that you’re here. As the seats fill, I encourage you to look to your left, right, behind you and before you. Who are the people in your community? How do we take part in the world around us as it changes faster than we may comprehend? I welcome you to experience Frances’ play with fresh eyes and ears. Let us examine possibilities, reinvest in our imaginations and laugh along the way!

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Land-Based Dramaturgy BY LINDSAY LACHANCE, DRAMATURG

In November 2019 I facilitated an embodied and land-based dramaturgical exploration for the further development of Women of the Fur Trade. Frances Koncan, Audrey Dwyer, Linda Beech and two cast members, Toby Hughes Elizabeth Whitbread, and I looked to the land and our varying connections to place, as sources for artistic inspiration. Influenced by my values-based dramaturgical process focusing on the ways the seven Anishinaabeg teachings directly influence my dramaturgical process, I wanted to create a values-based framework that honoured the perspectives of Women of the Fur Trade’s artistic collaborators. I asked each individual to think of a value, a familial teaching, or a symbol that they personally connect to. In presencing this intention, and in carrying it into artistic collaboration, we created guiding principles particular to us as collaborators, and to the territory on which we are working. After a tour from an employee at Fort Gibraltar, I asked everyone to reconnect with their offer and to walk the land looking for where they found that value reflected back to them. I was curious to see how each individual’s value could

be used as a lens to understand and highlight aspects of the script-development process. In some cases, the initial values transformed or expanded while others were reflecting clearly back at us. This exercise moved us beyond a dramaturgical process that follows the “well-made play” structure or predominantly text-based processes, and instead allowed us to look inwards and think about self-in-relationship to the land and to the others in the process. This allowed us to build a creative framework where the collaborators were invited to bring their best and full selves into the process and is particular to the world Frances is building. This values-based dramaturgical approach is one where the rules of the play’s world are determined by the experiences brought forward by the artistic creators and collaborators. Some of the offers and values that came from our exploration are: Working Hard Accountability Fear Legacy Distortions Where do you see these values reflected in the production?

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Fur trade TIMELINE 1600s – The fur trade began with

1869-70 – RED RIVER REBELLION

Indigenous peoples trading beaver pelts with Europeans to meet their demand for felt hats. The fur trade was one of the main reasons that Europeans explored and colonized what is now Canada.

Louis Riel was the head of the Métis National Committee which was consolidated into a provisional government. This government would negotiate the Manitoba Act with the Canadian Government which led to the establishment of Manitoba as a province in 1870.

1670 – The Hudson’s Bay Company is

the first company to trade in fur. 1809-1810 – The North West Company

trading post Fort Gibraltar is built. Fort Gibraltar plays a key role in the development of the Red River Colony and in the conflict between the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. 1821 – Fur companies North West

Company and Hudson’s Bay Company amalgamate. 1822 – Upper Fort Garry is established

at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the North West Company’s Fort Gibraltar. 1830s – Lower Fort Garry fur trading

site is constructed. This was a major trading site for leather goods, dried fish and farmed crops. OCT 22, 1844 – BIRTH OF LOUIS RIEL

Founder of Manitoba and Métis leader Louis Riel is born in the Red River Settlement in Manitoba. 1851 – From Lower Fort Garry, the Hudson’s Bay Company operates fur trade forts throughout the area they call Rupert’s Land.

1863 – Thomas Scott moves to the Red

River Colony from Ireland. Scott is a labourer who joined the Canadian Party. DEC 23, 1869 – RIEL'S PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

Louis Riel issues a Declaration of the people of Rupert’s Land and the Northwest and becomes head of the provisional government of Red River. MAR 4, 1870 – Thomas Scott is executed

on orders from Louis Riel after being charged with insubordination and treason. APR 16, 1874 – RIEL EXPELLED

Louis Riel is expelled from the House of Commons when he attempts to take his seat. MAR 19, 1885 – RIEL'S PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

A provisional government at Batoche of the North-West was proclaimed, with Louis Riel as president and Gabriel Dumont as adjutant general. NOV 16, 1885 – LOUIS RIEL HANGED

Louis Riel is hanged for treason at the Regina jail. SOURCES: THECANADIANENCYCLOPEDIA.CA, MHS.MB.CA, CANADASHISTORY.CA DRAWING OF FORT GARRY: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, ACC. NO. 1983-100-1

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Women of the Fur Trade By Frances Koncan February 27 – March 14, 2020 preview February 26

Director................................................................................... Audrey Dwyer† Set & Costume Designer........................................................Linda Beech Lighting Designer...............................................................Hugh Conacher Sound Designer............................................................................. Daniel Roy Dramaturg.........................................................................Lindsay Lachance Fight Director.....................................................................Kristen Sawatzky Apprentice Director........................................................ Chelsey Grewar* Stage Manager...................................................................Margaret Brook Apprentice Stage Manager.................................Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Louis Riel..........................................................................................John Cook Thomas Scott.............................................................................Toby Hughes Marie-Angelique........................................................... Kathleen MacLean Eugenia...................................................................Kelsey Kanatan Wavey† Cecilia..........................................................................Elizabeth Whitbread† Women of the Fur Trade is performed without an intermission. The playwright wishes to acknowledge the generous support of WrightSpace, Playwrights Theatre Centre; Stratford Playwrights Retreat; Animikiig Creators Unit, Native Earth; and dramaturges Lindsay Lachance, Brian Drader and Jessica Carmichael. We would like to acknowledge the support of the Manitoba Association of Playwrights and Prairie Theatre Exchange, as well as artists who took part in readings, workshops and early performances of this play: Joseph Abetria, Linda Beech, Yolanda Bonnell, Brefny Caribou, Hugh Conacher, Audrey Dwyer, Ellie Ellwand, Tristen Foy, Katie German, Toby Hughes, Nigel Irwin, Krista Jackson, Tessa Jenkyns, Kristian Jordan, Lindsay Lachance, Olivier Lamarche, Kathleen MacLean, Christopher Mejaki, Simon Miron, Jonathan Mourant, Lisa Nasson, Justin Otto, Joelle Peters, Davis Plett, Kerri Potter, Quelemia Sparrow, Reba Terlson, James Thurmeier, Haley Vincent, Kelsey Kanatan Wavey, Elizabeth Whitbread and Erica Wilson. Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

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WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE John Cook

Toby Hughes

Louis Riel

Thomas Scott

ROYAL MTC First appearance. OTHER THEATRE Jumping Mouse,

Red River, Dreary & Izzy, Red Patch (Workshop), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Innocence Lost, Grease, The Old Man and the Sea, Perfect, Poor-Ness. FILM O for a Thousand Tongues, Genius, The Weinhnachtens, The Goods, Black Out, Of Mice and Men. TRAINING Graduate of Studio 58 and the Langara Film Arts program. ET CETERA Won Best Leading Performance (Of Mice and Men) at the American Indian Film Festival and the Touchstone Theatre Scholarship. O for a Thousand Tongues is an award-winning short film, which played at the Cannes Short Film Festival.

ROYAL MTC It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Nine Dragons (with Gateway/ Vertigo), Sarah Ballenden, Hand to God, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Shakespeare’s Dog (with NAC). OTHER THEATRE Selected: After Jerusalem (WJT); Chicago (Pizza Party Productions); Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play (District Theatre); The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley, The Dishwashers (PTE); Henry IV, Henry V, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors, Richard III, Antony and Cleopatra (SIR). FILM/TV Tales from the Loop, Channel Zero, The Pinkertons, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. TRAINING University of Winnipeg. ET CETERA Toby is a founding member of the musical improv company Outside Joke.

SYNOPSIS – Three women of different cultural teachings navigate their place and identity during the precarious times of the fur trade era. Confined to a small fort Marie-Angelique (Métis) wants to marry Louis Riel, Cecilia (British) longs for the return of her husband and Eugenia (Ojibwe) dislikes men in general, particularly John A. McDonald. While the women grow restless, they correspond with the men who hold power in the outside world. As tensions mount in the fictional Reddish River Valley, the three friends brace themselves for what is to come. Using 21st century slang and pop culture references, Women of the Fur Trade reveals shifting perspectives on women’s power in the old and new world.

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WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE Kathleen MacLean Marie-Angelique

Kelsey Kanatan Wavey Eugenia

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(NEPA – Native Earth Performing Arts); Torn Through Time (MTYP); The Third Colour (PTE); The Wolves (Live Five); other credits include The Threepenny Opera (NTS). Upcoming: The Rez Sisters (Stratford). TRAINING Graduate of the 2018 Acting Class of the National Theatre School of Canada. ET CETERA Métis-Settler Two-Spirit artist. Kinanâskomitin to all my friends and family for their love and support. Thank you to Winnipeg for being such an incredible place to work.

(TBTR); The Unnatural and Accidental Women (NAC/NAC Indigenous Theatre); Cabaret, Hot House, Mortified, Incognito Mode (Studio 58); Skyborn: a Land Reclamation Odyssey, The Council of Spider, Ant & Fly, Battle of the Birds (Savage Society); Jumping Mouse, Fabric of the Sky (Urban Indigenous Theatre Company); Antony & Cleopatra (SIR). TRAINING Graduate of Studio 58 Actor Training Program. ET CETERA Kelsey is a two-time recipient of Royal MTC’s Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Scholarship, a recipient of the Manitoba Arts Council Scholarship and Studio 58 writing award. She would like to thank her incredibly supportive family and friends.

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Cecilia

ROYAL MTC First appearance. OTHER THEATRE Women of the Fur Trade

(Toronto Fringe); 4.48 Psychosis (Toronto & Winnipeg Fringes); Practice Drill: Beta (Theatre by Committee); My Name is Rachel Corrie (MayWorks Festival); Heathers: the Musical (WST); Assistant Artistic Director at Sarasvàti Productions. TRAINING Graduated from the University of Winnipeg with a BA, Honours in Theatre. ET CETERA Many thanks to Frances and Audrey; love always to Louis Riel.

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Frances Koncan Playwright

Linda Beech

ROYAL MTC Assistant Director: A Doll’s

House, Part 2 (with Mirvish), The Humans. Apprentice Director: Seminar (with Mirvish). OTHER THEATRE Saw Spring Awakening on Broadway 85 times. FILM Outdigenous (Writer/Director), THAT’S AWSM! (Writer). TRAINING MFA Playwriting, City University of New York Brooklyn College. ET CETERA Frances was extremely unpopular in high school but is proud to have recently been voted Most Likely to become Famous by her friend Sarah’s mom.

Audrey Dwyer Director

ROYAL MTC Consulting Director: Bang Bang (with Belfry). Actor: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (with Mirvish), Good People, Medea (with Mirvish), The Crucible. OTHER THEATRE Director: Prairie Nurse (Lighthouse Theatre); Calpurnia (Nightwood Theatre/Sulong Theatre); The Apology (Rabiayshna Productions). TRAINING National Theatre School of Canada. ET CETERA Audrey is a multi-disciplinary artist with over 20 years experience working as an actor, director, playwright, teacher, artistic director, facilitator and mentor. She won the Cayle Chernin Award for Theatre in 2015. She has been nominated for four Dora Awards and has won three. She has been nominated for the Pauline Gibbon Award for Direction

Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Heisenberg. OTHER THEATRE A Short History of

Crazy Bone, Beautiful Man, Iceland (TPM); The Good, The Bad and the Munsch, Munschtopia, The Paperbag Princess (PTE); Tribes, Another Way Home, Intimate Apparel (WJT). TRAINING Honours Degree in Sculpture/ Installation from the Ontario College of Art and Design and in Theatre at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Interned at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Theatre and also Design for Dance. ET CETERA Linda has worked as a visual artist and theatre professional across Canada for a number of years. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council among others. Many thanks to Winnipeg for making us so welcome and to all the Boys.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE FUR TRADE PRE-SHOW GUIDED TOURS AT THE MANITOBA MUSEUM

The Manitoba Museum is proud to partner with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre to present special pre-theatre tours exploring the role of women during the fur trade era. Discover the collections of the Hudson’s Bay Company and learn what life was like for the real-life counterparts of the characters in Frances Koncan’s Women of the Fur Trade. SAT, FEB 29 – 2PM

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WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE Hugh Conacher

Daniel Roy

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC Fun Home, The Color Purple (with Citadel), A Doll’s House (Lighting & Video Designer), It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Vietgone (Lighting & Video Designer), Heisenberg, The Humans, Outside Mullingar, Kill Me Now (with NAC), Hand to God, Million Dollar Quartet, My Name is Asher Lev (with Segal), Things We Do For Love, Seminar (with Mirvish), The Woman in Black, Cabaret (2015), The Glass Menagerie (2014, 1989/90), Venus in Fur (Lighting & Video Designer), 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 35 years. In Winnipeg, his work has been seen with Canada’s RWB, QDance, Gearshifting Performance Works, PTE, TPM and MTYP, 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 and L’Association des professionnels des arts de la scène du Québec www.pellucid.me.

ROYAL MTC First engagement. ET CETERA Multi-instrumentalist, composer and award-winning singer-songwriter Daniel Roy has been contributing to Manitoba’s artistic community for over two decades. His skill and versatility allow him to work across all genres of music, and have made him the first choice for many artists and productions alike. He divides his time between album production, sound design for theatre (Cercle Molière, Prairie Theatre Exchange) and television (APTN, UNIS, Manito Média), and driving his kids around.

Lindsay Lachance Dramaturg

ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE Skyborn: A Land

Reclamation Odyssey (Cultch); The Unnatural and Accidental Women (NAC); Kamloopa (WCT/Cultch). TRAINING/TEACHING Lindsay received a PhD from the University of British Columbia with a focus on Indigenous dramaturgies. She has taught university courses at UBC, SFU and the University of Ottawa. ET CETERA Lindsay is currently the Artistic Associate of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre, the Director of Native Earth Performing Arts’ Animikiig Program and a board member for LMDA Canada.

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WOMEN OF THE FUR TRADE Chelsey Grewar

Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy

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Apprentice Stage Manager ROYAL MTC First engagement. OTHER THEATRE Assistant Director:

Middletown (U of W). Actor: Cob Bob, Self-Help Shelf (Awkward Cheese); Time and the Conways, Concord Floral, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern (U of W). TRAINING Bachelor of Arts Honours from the University of Winnipeg and currently at Ryerson University for a Master of Arts (in progress). ET CETERA Chelsey’s master’s research looks at the effectiveness of implementing theatrical elements into the sitcom television structure. This summer, Chelsey was shortlisted for the Harry S. Rintoul Award for Best New Manitoban Play for her writing of Fringe show Cob Bob. She thanks her wonderful friends and family for their continued support. Enjoy the show!

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Stage Manager: As You Like It, Fun Home, Heisenberg, Shakespeare in Love, Sarah Ballenden, Bittergirl: The Musical. Props: Bang Bang, Di and Viv and Rose, Outside Mullingar, Black Coffee, Hand to God, My Name is Asher Lev. OTHER THEATRE Apprentice Stage Manager: A Charlie Brown Double Bill (MTYP); Falstaff (MB Opera). Head of Props at Watermark Theatre in PEI, summer 2019; Props Apprentice for the 2018/19 season at the Grand Theatre in London, ON; Prop Builder Practicum at the Banff Centre, summer 2018; Props Coordinator for Baby Box, Two Indians and The Seduction Theory (Sarasvàti). TRAINING University of Winnipeg with a BA (Hons), specialization in Theatre Production and Stage Management.

Margaret Brook Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC John, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, The Humans, Outside Mullingar, Million Dollar Quartet, Unnecessary Farce, The Devil’s Music, The Glass Menagerie, The Penelopiad, The Fighting Days, The 39 Steps, The Syringa Tree. OTHER THEATRE Most recently worked on Awaken (SIR/zone41). Other theatres include PTE, Manitoba Opera, MTYP and Royal MTC co-productions with the Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse, Royal Alex, Saidye Bronfman.

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$2,000-3,999 Dr. J Baluta & Ms. O. Kandia Dianne J. Beaven Craig McIntosh & Lorraine Beck Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation David & Lianne Carefoot Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan Haderra & Mark Chisick David* & Barb Christie Gerry* & Chris Couture Kerry Dangerfield*‡ Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher‡ John F. (Jack) Fraser* Sara Gray Patrick Green & Shayla Harapiak Green Rita Gunn & Greg Mason John* & Nicola Guttormson‡ Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt‡ Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡

Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ Andrew & Wendy Jensen Derek & Mary Johannson David & Diane Johnston Kevin & Els Kavanagh John Kearsey‡ Dr. Terry Klassen & Grace Dueck Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky Bill & Shirley Loewen Jim* & Penny McLandress‡ Drs. Ken & Sharon Mould Leigh Murphy – in memory of Liam Murphy‡ Vivienne Nickerson Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett Pope Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Sanford & Deborah Riley Bill & Laurie* Speers Maitland & Pat Sundmark Kelly Thornton†‡ Jeremy Trickett* & Brandon Barnes Trickett Helga Van Iderstine* Scott & Sonya Wright Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Anonymous

$1,200-1,999 Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech John Borger Todd Bourcier Sheldon & Penny Bowles Doneta Brotchie, CM* & Harry Brotchie‡ Heather Clarke* Jan* & Kevin Coates Ben & Shari Diamond Andrew Drinnan†‡ Neil & Carol Duboff Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Katherine Fox*‡ Susan* & Ab Freig‡ Sandy Gousseau*‡ Mintie Grienke Dawn & Brian Hanson – in memory of Kristin Hanson Vivian Hilder-Skwark & David Skwark‡ Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn‡ Katie Inverarity†‡ Serena Helen Kraayeveld Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Brenda & Trevor Kriss‡ David* & Ellen Kroft‡ Katarina Kupca‡ Donna & Dave* Lalama Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers J. Lamothe Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Andrea Lochhead* Gail Loewen

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Reginald & Judy Low Dr. Ted & Harriet Lyons Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Carol & Barry McArton Terri & Jim McKerchar‡ Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O'Keeffe M. Plett-Lyle Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard K. Heather Power & Harold Klause‡ Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine‡ Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis‡ Brad Regehr & Nalini Reddy Mrs. Shirley Richardson Barbara & Derek* Rolstone‡ Dean & Rachel Scaletta Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Christine Skene & Nick Logan Ken & Susan* Skinner Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines‡ Joan Stephens – in memory of Annice Stephens‡ Shelley† & Mark Stroski‡ Sasha & Josh* Thiem‡ Albert & Sindee Wilhelmer Rick & Claire* Workman Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham

COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Margaret & Jim Astwood Ryan Bernier Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Helga & Gerhard Bock Cathie & Brian Bowerman Charlotte Calnitsky Pam & Andrew Cooke J. Dawson Sharron & Joel Dudeck Robert & Florence Eastwood Ernest & Ruth Epp Paulo Fernandes*‡ Hon. Gary Filmon & Hon. Janice Filmon CM Barbara Hamilton Sylvia & Doug Hannah Gordon Hannon Gregg & Mary Hanson Gail Hechter Maureen Jay Hon. Justice William Johnston Dr. Laurence Katz & Ms. Zoe Kogan Ian Kirk†‡ Eileen & George Klassen Donna L. Korban & Family The Honourable Guy J. Kroft & Hester Kroft

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

SUPPORTERS Brent Kvern Peter & Karen Leipsic Pat & Jim Ludwig Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham Gerry Matte & Lydia Surasky-Matte Kris Olafson‡ Richard & Bonnie Olfert Cam & Carole Osler Sandra Paterson-Greene & Russ Greene Donna Plant Beth Pollard Ms. Judith Putter Murray & Cindy Reimer Iris Reimer David & Joan Rew Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Andrea & Michael Robertson‡ Shinewald Family Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Ms. Judy Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Carol & Ron Slater Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Debbie Spracklin Donald & Lorraine Swanson Shayne & Kathryn Taback Dr. Peter Triggs‡ Carol & Hugo Unruh Strang/van Ineveld Family Vicki Verville‡ Dorothy Walker Margaret Wollner 3 Anonymous

$250-599 Pat & Bob Adamson Elizabeth Adkins Brian Adolph†‡ Pat & Nazir Ahmad Jay & Judy Anderson Dr. Ignatius Anyadike Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Dennis & Elaine Schultz Sheena Baird†‡ Jim & Elizabeth Ballance Jorslaw & Mary Barwinsky Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Trish Bergal Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Bruce & Joyce Berry Heather Bidzinski Lilian Bonin Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager‡ Sheila & David Brodovsky France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky George & Ellen Bruce Gerald & Carmen Butler MacDonald/Cageorge Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation

Rosemary Chapman Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM, OM‡ Shelley Chochinov Bobbi Chomiak Kenneth Clark & Pamela Lockman Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Melonee Collins Diane Coughlin Jim & Gwen Court Robert Coutts Daniel Cowan Claudette Dalton Ms. Linda Daniels Chris Darazsi‡ J. Davidson‡ Andrea Hector & Kirk Dellebuur Diana Dinon Margaret & Sylvia Docker Carl & Wilma Doerksen Judith & Harold Dueck Karen Dunlop Craig & Claudette Dunn Helene Dyck H. Dyck Roberta Dyck Glen* & Joan Dyrda Mr. & Mrs. William Easton Dr. Michael Eleff & Chana Thau Andrew Enns Debra Evaniuk Doug & Pat Finkbeiner Anne Friesen Felicia & Trevor Frost Colleen & Dan Furlan‡ Frank Filbert & Linda Garwood-Filbert Serge & Karen Gautron Brent & Debbie Gilbert Ms. Heather Gillander Ben & Serky Goldberg Barbara & David Goldenberg Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Lila Goodspeed Gary Goodwin Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Kayla Gordon & Art Maister Karen H. Guenther Sig & Leona Hackbart Kathryn & Wayne Harrison Frank & Sue Hechter Kristin Heinrichs Rodney Hick & Tracey Jackson Dennis & Betty-lynn Hodgkinson Tanis & Bernd Hohne Michael & Crystal Hollas‡ N & L Holliday Carol Holmes & Brian Duff Robert Hykawy Dan & Karen Ilchyna Marlis & David Jacobson

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Dr. James & Muriel Jamieson Sylvia Jansen Cliff Jeffers Margaret Jeffries Claire & Gerald Jewers Dr. Danielle & Mr. Brendan Roddy G & C Jochum Lisa Johnston‡ James Tam & Katherine Jordan Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal Sheryl Kapitz & Aaron London Edward & Stella Kennedy Robert Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc Peter Kingsley Paula Klan Betty Klassen Vern & Roselin Klassen Julie Ann Kniskern Miriam Kohn E. Koop David & Denise Koss Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Paula Kristjanson Hasiuk Howard & Jane Kroeger Randie & Jan Kushnier Glad & Lloyd Lamont Desiree Lavallee†‡ John & Heather Lea Katrina Lee-Kwen & Jeff Neufeld Wendell & Eleanor Lind Tim Preston & Dave Ling Charles & Diane Littman Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Brian & Christie Lysack N. Marr Dr. Donald McInnes Campbell & Lorraine McIntyre Marlene & Ian McKay Greg & Gloria McLaren Donald G. McNabb Barb Melnychuk Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Albert & Judith Metcalfe‡ Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Sagan Morrow*‡ Cathy Moser & Jeff Itzkow Suzanne & Kenneth Munroe B. Nagamori Brad Nance Marika Nerbas Tracey Novak Dr. H. Nyhof & Jo-Anne Lutz D & G Nytepchuk Marie Ohta Helen Orestes Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Jeff Palamar Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Heather & Harry Panaschuk

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Linda & Wayne Paquin Dr. Philip & Joanne Pass Chris Pearce & Ruth Magnuson Brian & Deborah Pekarchuk Peter & Anita Pelech Maryam & Izzy Peltz Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Aaron & Maureen Penner Linda & Rob Pettit Denise Plett Calvin & Jen Polet Keith Powls Jocelyne Prefontaine Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen Tammy Rabkin Vivian E. Rachlis Carole Rankin‡ Vance & Bev Rehill Wayne Rempel Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Jean Riggall Cathy & Paul Samyn Sudhir Sandhu Barbara Scheuneman Marlis Schroeder Renate & Bill Schulz Harald & Vicki Schulz Gary & Darcia Senft Melanie Sexton & Ian Walsh‡ In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Sharon Shaydak Margaret & Paul Shuckett Shayna & Merrill Shulman Sandra & Cliff Skrabek Chad Smith‡ Mrs. Lorraine Smith Evelyn Stephen Eleanor Suderman Mary Ann Supleve Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Ross & Bette-Jayne Taylor Karen Tereck – Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. Leah R. Janzen & Ian R. Thomson Gord & Lorena Trann Louis Trepel & W.T. Grogan Ms. Marilyn Trepel B. Baydock & W. Tretiak Grant Tweed Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Ed & Jesse Vorst Stirling Walkes Taylor Warren Deanna Waters Walter & Shirley Watts Florence & Donald Whitmore Murray & Nancy Wiegand Lionel & Lorraine Wiens Kathleen Gough & Timothy Wildman

Catherine Wilkie – in memory of C. Noreen Wilkie Dennis & Gustine Wilton Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Valerie Wowryk Harry & Evelyn Wray Landice Yestrau Dr. Dorothy Y. Young 15 Anonymous

$150-249 Elena Anciro†‡ Dawn Andersen Bernice Antoniuk Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Lynne Arnason Peter Attwood Michael Averbach Ian Backus Richard & Nancy Ball Robert Bamburak Lynley Baranyk June & Ted Bartman Kathrine Basarab Karen & John Bate James & Dawn-Lynne Bedford Susan & George Benias Terri & Morley Bernstein Edwin M. Bethune Irene Bilan Kelly Black Joan Blight Marnie Bolland Colleen & Stephen Bonner Tim & Shelly Borys Morva Bowman & Alan Pollard Bruce & Karen Boyd Jackie & Steve Broda-Milian Brian Brown Gerald R. Brown Donna & Tom Bryk Carol Budnick Sean & Melanie Bueckert Giles Bugailiskis & Margo Foxford Ken England & Gerri Burge John Burrows Enid Butler Donna Byrne Kelly & Judy Caughlin Paul Chard & Rhea Yates Lorraine Chatel Farouk & Laila Chebib Duane Cheskey‡ Glen & Lorna Clark A son’s Tribute to Berdie & Irvin Cohen-Flow Through Fund Lawrence & Reesa Cohen Agnes & John K. Collins Donna Collins Candace Conci

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Diane Connelly Joan E. Coombe Susan Cormack Ray & Brenda Crabbe Roy & Marie Craig Barbara & Brian Crow Gary & Fiona Crow Craig & Donna Cuddy Ellen Curtis‡ J. Dale G. L. Damphousse Maureen Danzinger Bob & Alison Darling Diane de Rocquigny Clemence Deschouwer Beverley Doern Brion Dolenko – in memory of Emily Nett Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Nancy Drad Jacqueline F. Drever Rob Dryden John & Ada Ducas Jay & Heather Duncan David & Barbara Ediger‡ Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp John Edwards & Wendy Stelko Dan & Lilianne Erickson Jemara Fay‡ Marion Fellinger Nelma Fetterman Gayle Fischer Beverley & Ronald John Fitzpatrick Lawrence Foster‡ Jack Fraser Chris Freeman Janice French Menno H. & Jolanda Friesen Pamela & Kevin Friesen Dianne Frost Paul Daeninck & Monica Furer Ron Gaffray Daniel Gagnon Basil & Judy Galarnyk Gloria & Rick Gallant Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡ Denise & Ron George Michelle Georgi Trish Gibson Patti & Rick Gilhuly Alicyn Goodman‡ Michele Goossen‡ Shawn & Bill Gould John & Margaret Graham Rosa Graveline Abigail Grieder Kari Hagness†‡ Sharon Hamilton‡ Gregory & Heather Hammond Don Hardy

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

SUPPORTERS Bruce & Judy Harris Joanne Harris Teresa A. Hay Ken & Ruth Hayes Evelyn Hecht Mr. Kyle Hendin Coral Hetherington David & Mary Hickling Cathy & Ted Hlynsky Rob & Jen Hochkievich‡ John & Lenore Hodge Mary Hodge Tom & Dianne Hodgson Gary Hook & Charmine Lyons Keith Horn Ken Houssin Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Karen Howell Mrs. Kadri Irwin G. C. Irwin-Kilfoyle Krista Jackson & Matthew Handscombe‡ Brenda Jenkyns Lynne Jentsch Dave & Lesia Johns Tiffany Johnson-Sheldon Robert & Karen Johnston Ijneb & Armand Joyal Brian & Renee Kaplan Dr. Arvind & Nancy Kati Penny & Brian Kelly Brenda Keyser & Peter Murdock Orah & Soody Kleiman Barb Kleysen L. Knodel John & Kathryn Knowles Paul & Tamara Kochan Ms. Julie Koehn Peter & Valerie Kohut Lisa Koss & Alex Vecherya Jacki & Sheldon Koven Lorraine Kraichy‡ Jonathan & Cara Kroft Leonard & Helen La Rue Teena Laird Barbara Latocki Pam Lawrence Bryen Lebar & Patricia Sauder‡ Bob Leggett Kathy & Saul Leibl Tim & Kate Letkemann‡ Carol & Clifford Levi Lilian Bonin & Daniel Levin Judy & Eric Lister Dianne & Laurie Logan Teresa Lopata & Bruce Wagg Nora Losey Chris, Lori & Sarah Luby Maylene & Israel Ludwig Carole Lupkowski Tom Lussier Enid Lyons

Dr. Shelley Mahoney Darlene Malazdrewich Tamara Mares Elaine & Neil Margolis Marcy Markusa Agatha Massey Cheryl & Eric Matheson Linda Matheson Roxana Mazur Bob & Betty McCamis J. McCleary John & Carolynne McLure Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Barry McNabb‡ Mario Mendizabal Susie Miclash Jim & Karren Middagh Andrew & Pat Miles Marlene Milne David Moll Don Munro Leanne Nause & Family Lillian Neaman* Robert Nickel Iris Noiseux Helen Norrie Sheila Norrie Tom Nowicki Joanne Olchowecki R. Ooto Cynthia Orris Theresa Oye – in memory of Diane Stefanson Ray Palmer Beverly Pavlek Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Rick Pinchin Bill Podolsky Carolyn Porhownik Brett & Nancy Porth Linda & Michael Radcliffe W. John Rae Dr. R. & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Diane Ramsey Linda Ratynski Cheryl Reid Lorraine & Ernest Reinfort Shelley Rennie Laurel & Brian Repski Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Mr. Louis Ricciuto Henry & Sheila Riendeau Marilyn Robbins Denise Robitaille Renee Roseman Mary Anne Rosenbloom Olga A. Runnalls‡ Elizabeth & Laurence Russin – in memory of Patrick Brown

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

Ovation

Barbara Ryan Beverly Ryman Sandra Sadler Gordon Siemens & Cheryl Samson-Siemens Shona Scappaticci‡ M. & S. Schumann Ms. Faye Scott Jim & Susan Shaw Blake Shiaro Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Debbie Shymko Elinor Simons Meera Sinha Jennifer Skelly & Family‡ Donald Smith Lillian Smith Peter & Geri Spencer Adrienne Stach Lisa & Daniel Stiver Hilde Strempler Heidi Struck‡ Tom & Shirley Strutt Lorne Sunley Dr. Robert Tate Aurora Tetrault Robert & Catherine Thiessen Sharon Timson‡ Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Margaret Tobin Terry Tully Irvin & Toby Vinsky Helmut & Gwen Waedt Jane & Don Walters‡ Bob & Sherry Ward Veralyn Warkentin Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Lois & Henry Wedel Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Mary Agnes Welch Tamara & John Wells Al & Pat Wherrett‡ Les & Terry Wiens C. E. Wilmot Leslie Wilson Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Reed & Arla Winstone Dennis & Janet Woodford Grant & Sheila Woods Adele & Arthur Wortzman Raymond & Louise Wyant Brad Zander‡ Gary Zimak Olga & Roman Zubach 23 Anonymous

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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MAINSTAGE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS We've been working to improve your experience at the theatre. Here’s the update: • New seat cushions (yes!): the first 10 rows were completed this summer and we'll continue until the whole auditorium is done. • The bathroom in the northwest corner of the building is now gender inclusive, which means all are welcome. It's also wheelchair-friendly. • We have new hearing-assistance devices. You can get a headset from one of our friendly volunteers as you enter the lobby from the Box Office. • Water! Well, this isn’t new but a reminder that we have a water fountain near the Rorie Street entrance and water jugs on every bar. You can also bring in your own water bottle as long as you promise not to squirt your fellow patrons!

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!

SUPPORTERS SPONSOR The Asper Foundation The Gail Asper Family Foundation Assiniboine Credit Union Banville & Jones Wine Co Bell MTS Birchwood Lexus BMO Financial Group Canada Life CN C&T Rentals Culligan Water Dycom Direct Mail Services Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. Fairmont Hotel Winnipeg Fillmore Riley LLP Freeman Audio Visual Canada Friesens Corporation Gardewine/Winnipeg Moving & Storage

The Gates on Roblin Glitter & Glue The Great Canadian Travel Group HUB International Lawton Partners MacDon Industries Ltd. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries McDiarmid Flowers McNally Robinson Booksellers MMP Architects Patent 5 Pinnacle Pizza Hotline PwC RBC Convention Centre RBC Royal Bank RE/MAX Relish New Brand Experience Sleeman Breweries Ltd. Stantec Consulting Ltd. Stewart-Renouf Group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Scotia Wealth Management

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SUPPORTERS CORPORATE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $25,000+ Johnston Group Inc. Richardson Foundation

$5,000-9,999 Cambrian Credit Union The Albert D. Cohen Family Fund Qualico

$3,000-4,999 Terracon Development Ltd.

$1,200-2,999 Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance & Risk Management Astroid Management Ltd. Deloitte Foundation Canada Fillmore Riley LLP Manitoba Blue Cross Manitoba's Credit Unions Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick Maxim Truck & Trailer PRA Inc. Regal Tours Safeway & Sobeys

CORPORATE COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Party Stuff/U-Rent-It Premier Printing Ltd.

$300-599 MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Mid West Packaging Limited

$150-299 Funseekers Ladies Travel Intergroup Consultants Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance

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 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 John* & Nicola Guttormson Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Ted§ & Gail Hechter Elaine Heinicke 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 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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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 Michelle Rowan Sharon Ryman Susan Skinner* Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines Bill & Laurie* Speers Joan Stephens Suzanne Ullyot Lionel & Lorraine Wiens Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Brenda Zaporzan§ 2 Anonymous

†Current Royal MTC staff ‡Monthly donors If you have remembered Royal MTC in your will, please let us know.

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§ Fondly Remembered

SUPPORTERS TRIBUTE GIFTS In memory of Raymond Biglow Corinne Biglow In memory of Charlotte Penner Giles Bugailiskis & Margo Foxford In memory of Kathleen Richardson, CC, OM Paul & Margaret Wright In honour of Susan & Eric Vickar's 35th Anniversary Ab & Susan Freig

ENDOWMENT – STEVEN SCHIPPER FUND Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between Nov 1, 2018 and Jan 1, 2020. Amounts are cumulative. $5,000,000+ Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien

$10,000-24,999 Estate of Mark Bernstein The Bowles Family Gus* & Diane Campbell James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Neil & Carol Duboff Bryan Klein & Susan Halprin Susan & Keith Knox The Estate of Gordon P. Linney Norma Anne Padilla L. Blair Philpott & Tom Kynman Terracon Development Ltd. Wearing Williams Limited

$5,000-9,999 Doneta Brotchie, CM* & Harry Brotchie Margaret Caie Helene Dyck Gayle Fischer Gail Hechter Elaine Heinicke Garry Markham Gina O'Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Jim & Jan Tennant Faye Warren Dr. Dorothy Y. Young

$2,500-4,999

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

Hyman* & Esther Dashevsky Irene Miller & the late Claire Miller Barbara Scheuneman Ruth Simkin Anonymous

$100,000-249,999

$1,000-2,499

Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Volunteer Corps of Ushers The Leigh & Liam Murphy Family Fund Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda

Joan & Edward Alexander Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn Jean Bissett Don & Cheryl Breakey David* & Barb Christie Agnes & John K. Collins Kerry Dangerfield* Dorothy Davidson Roberta Dyck Ernest & Ruth Epp Michael & Lynn Evans Chris Freeman David & Ewhenia Gnutel Gregory & Heather Hammond

$250,000-499,999

$25,000-49,999 J.K. May Investments Ltd. Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Virginia Martin & the late Robert Martin Cam & Carole Osler

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

Ovation

Marilyn & Helios Hernandez John Kearsey Gerry Matte & Lydia Surasky-Matte Rena & Reno Molinari Vera Moroz Paul & Elaine Neelon Jean & Lisa Neron Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis Bill Rennie Marc & Sherri Rittinger Pat & Michelle Rowan Howie & Sue Simpson Al* & Virginia Snyder Bill & Laurie* Speers Joan Stephens – in memory of Melanie Sexton Frits & Joan Stevens Beverley Vane & Bill Shepherd Margaret & Paul Wright Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Anonymous

$500-999 Marge & Ted Avent Peggy Bainard Acheson – in memory of Judy Acheson Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Nelma Fetterman Christine Fleetwood Susan* & Ab Freig Patrick Green & Shayla Harapiak Green Evelyn Hecht Martha Henry Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper Jason Kasper* Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Barbara Latocki Peggy Barker Anthony & Joyce McWha Estelle Meyers Marcel & Louise Mollot Marlene Mortimer Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Edna Poulter Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Jim & Susan Shaw Gabor Vamos & Brenda Silver

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS UP TO $499 Joan Blight Debbie Bond Laura Butler Helene Dyck Paulo Fernandes* Katherine Fox* Sandy Gousseau* L.D. Graham Abigail Grieder John* & Nicola Guttormson Yude Henteleff Dr. James & Muriel Jamieson Donna & Dave* Lalama Nancy Latocki F. Lemieux Anne & Keith Love Shannon MacFarlane Doug McKeag Bob & Pat Migliore

Sagan Morrow* Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Katie Inverarity – in memory of Melanie Sexton Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines Brian Stein – in memory of Judith Hendry Evelyn Stephen Ross & Bette-Jayne Taylor Peter & Sharon Taylor Helga Van Iderstine* Mitch & Rosemary Vodrey Judy & Michael Wakefield R. & A. Winstone Debbie & Sheldon Wiseman Graham & Vicki Young 4 Anonymous

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BEHIND THE SCENES Daniel MacPherson, Kimmy Martin, Graeme Olson, Kat Petrash, Kaitlyn Schuster, Dyonssalynn Stoll, Rita Vande Vyvere

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Honorary Members

Her Honour, Lt. Governor Janice C. Filmon The Honourable Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba His Worship, Mayor Brian Bowman

Maintenance

Executive Officers

Marketing & Communications

Andrew Drinnan, Building Superintendent Chris Fletcher, Assistant Building Superintendent Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Kathleen Cerrer, Publicist & Online Media Coordinator Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications Desiree La Vallee, Ticketing Application Specialist Savannah Lillies, Publications Coordinator Thomas Urish, Sales Manager

David Christie, Chair John Guttormson, Chair-Elect Heather Clarke, Treasurer / Organizational Performance Chair Katherine Fox, Secretary Jason Kasper, Resource Development Chair Sandy Gousseau, Audience Development Chair Laurie A. Speers, Governance & Strategic Planning Chair Trustees

Jan Coates Paulo Fernandes Susan Freig Shawn Hughes David Kroft Advisory Council

Anthony C. Fletcher, Chair Gail Asper Doneta Brotchie, CM Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Kerry Dangerfield Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere

Paint

David Lalama Andrea Lochhead Linda Mcgarva-Cohen Sagan Morrow Derek Rolstone

Josh Thiem Jeremy Trickett Helga D. Van Iderstine Claire Workman Richard L. Yaffe

Charron Hamilton Gary Hannaford, FCA Yude Henteleff Ken Houssin Gordon Keatch Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews Jim McLandress 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

STAFF Accounting/Finance

Claire Bourdin, Assistant Production Manager Christine Corthey, Production Associate Chris Coyne, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Warehouse Russell Martin, Director of Production Properties

Kari Hagness, Head of Properties Jamie Plummer, Properties Builder Lawrence Van Went, Master Builder Stage Crew

Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Gary Plouffe, House Stage Hand Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter Michael Wright, Head of Sound Chris Brett, Head of Sound Rick MacPherson, Technical Director Jacqueline Robertson, Acting Head Electrician Rudy Wall, Head Carpenter

Administration

Brian Adolph, IT Manager Elena Anciro, Education & Community Engagement Manager Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, Executive Director Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Kathrin Moncaster, Senior Developer & Systems Administrator

Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Cutter Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe / Cutter Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator Wigs

Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor

Artistic

Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival & Master Playwright Festival

Jenn Bahniuk, Artistic Coordinator Casey Challes, Assistant to the Producer Audrey Dwyer, Associate Artistic Director Jeff Kennedy, Literary Coordinator Laurie Lam, Producer Kelly Thornton, Artistic Director

Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Tori Popp, Festival Manager Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus Steven Schipper, CM, OM, Artistic Director Emeritus

Box Office

Sheena Baird, Director of Patron Services Olaoluwa Fayokun, Patron Services Coordinator Julie Gregorchuk, Box Office Manager Box Office Representatives: Rizaina Almario, Sharon Bunn, Anika Dowsett, Meaghan Fletcher, Melissa Langdon, Robyn Pooley, Joshua Robertson, Katie Schmidt, Katie Spring, Lilian Talabis Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

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

Lisa Hunt, Special & Donor Events Coordinator Michael Joyal, Development Data Manager Melissa Novecosky, Associate Director of Development Chris Turyk, Development Manager

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF The New Canadian Curling Club

Carolyn Bradshaw, Seamstress Jacko Garcia, Prop Builder Penny Hanford, Seamstress Amanda Isaak, First Hand Barbara Mackenzie, Cutter Kayla McSwain, Dresser Farrah Okolita, Scenic Painter Jim Sutherland, Prop Builder Joy Willis, Seamstress Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Women of the Fur Trade

Adrianne Breyfogle, Front of House Manager, John Hirsch Mainstage Kim Cossette, Front of House Manager, Tom Hendry Warehouse Front of House Staff: Jennifer Brisson, Shaylene Cote, Rylen de Vries, Nick Fletcher, Elfie Harvey, Teresa Horosko, Marissa Kellett,

Production

Tom Hendry Warehouse

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

Front of House

Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Carla Schroeder, Head Scenic Artist Melissa Smigelski, Scenic Artist

Jacko Garcia, Prop Builder Amanda Isaak, First Hand Shauna Jones, Design Researcher Barbara Mackenzie, Cutter Farrah Okolita, Scenic Painter Jim Sutherland, Prop Builder Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon

Ovation

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