A NOTE FROM THE
DIRECTORS
Our Junior School production has been an unique experience where the Grade 6 classes, the technical crew, the creative team, the costumes, and the sets have come together to bring these classic fairy tales to life! We are delighted to present to you, Once Upon A Cautionary Tale! Preparing these fairy tales with their modern twists and alternative endings has required much preparation. It has been a collaboration by so many. Working closely with Ms. Read, Ms. Bernstein, Ms. Phelps, Mr. Walmsley, Mr. Zechner, Ms. Turcato, and myself, the Grade 6 students have done a phenomenal job memorising their character’s lines, mastering very technical dances, and contributing to script writing, set design, costuming, and advertising. The flexibility and support of our Grade 6 homeroom and specialist teachers has been invaluable. I am indebted to the work and commitment from our cast of 62 student performers, our Middle and Upper School technical crew students, an array of staff and parent helpers, and our Mulgrave families. It has taken so many people coming together to make this magic happen. All of our hard work has paid off, and we are excited to experience with you the energy and excitement of theatre and this delightful performance. Enjoy!
Christine Yakachuk DIRECTOR
Co-directing the Grade 6 production with Christine has been a total joy. The sixth graders at Mulgrave are out of this world talented, and each day they bring their unfiltered, hilarious, and thoughtful selves to the rehearsal hall - which is exactly what a director needs to facilitate creation. The actors you’ll see on stage tonight are thrilled to present to you a fantastical fairy tale land. I know you’ll get a kick out of what they’ve done, and this process has only made me more excited to teach them next year in the Middle School! I hope you enjoy the show!
Sarah Bernstein DIRECTOR
As Albert Einstein said, “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.� If this is true, we have a cast of geniuses to perform for you tonight! The Grade 6 students have been immersed in fairy tales for several weeks and are very familiar with the ways that these stories have morphed over the centuries: beginning as lurid and often brutal warnings and transforming into the saccharine feel-good technicolor of Disney. In class, we began by inquiring into the lessons taught and learned through fairy tales. Students created monologues based on a fairy tale character in their Interdisciplinary Unit and then, through workshop sessions, the Grade 6 classes were able to generate some ideas for a three-act play. Once upon a Cautionary Tale examines the morals communicated through fairy tales and questions their efficacy. It has been a great pleasure to work with such a talented and energetic group, and it is with great pride that we present the Grade 6 show to you this evening.
Nicola Read
WRITER & SET DESIGNER
Introducing
ONCE UPON A CAUTIONARY TALE
What do Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Sleeping Beauty all have in common? You guessed it - their negligent parents! There has to be a back story there somewhere, and if there is, Fairy Springer will uncover it in Act 1 of Once Upon A Cautionary Tale: The Fairy Springer Show. Child abduction, identity theft, and vandalism are three crimes worthy of a life in jail. The Grimm Gang stands accused of all three! What will they plead and what will the verdict be? Find out in Act 2: The Boys Are Back! So, they lived happily ever after, did they? Did you realise that Snow White’s prince was addicted to apples, or that Cinderella’s prince was a slob? What about Rapunzel, who loved to rap and drove her prince crazy?! These fairytale princesses are back in Act 3: Magic Mirror Marriage, and they are all vying for the attention of one handsome Prince Charming.
ACT 1 - 6R THE FAIRY SPRINGER SHOW
AVERY ADAMS Chorus speaker 1
BRANDON LANG Chorus speaker 2
JANET CHEN Chorus speaker 3
TRISTAN GOVIER Chorus speaker 4 & Ugly Duckling
KAMEEL AHAMED Fairy Springer
NIKOLAI RUBIN Bubba
PACEY TIAN Mary-Beth
TALULLA COX Marjorie Hightower
JOEL NICHOLL Forest Woods
LISA LI Holly Woods
BENJ BRIDGER Papa Bear
AMRITA DHILLON Mama Bear
QUINN MCKAY Baby Bear
OLIVIA AWDE Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)
ROBERT PAK Hansel
JESSICA ZHAO Gretel
YASMEEN KASSAM Little Red Riding Hood
MATTHEW GOLLNER Rumpelstiltskin
ANDOR DIETZ King Stefan
ANNABELLE ONROT Queen Leonora
MILAN NOVAK Big Bad Wolf
TRANSITION 1: CASTLE ON A CLOUD Vera McCutcheon
Pianist
Emily Southey
Flautist
Kenda Murray
Singer
Lisa Li
Dancer
ACT 2 - 6RJ THE BOYS ARE BACK
NATHAN TETRAULT Bailiff
PHOENIA GAO Judge
ANDREW PENG Clerk
VERA MCCUTCHEON Svetlana Good, Counsel
SIA JUTHA Francois de Fence
EMMA LINSELY Fraffly Well-Spoken
KENDA MURRAY Sam Quentin
ADRIANNA GIBAULT Al Catraz
LUKAS MAROSITS Ford Knox
CAMERON MOORE Mr. Rumple J. Stiltzkin
JEFFERSON ZHOU Mr. Wolfgang Amadeus Lupine
SEBASTIAN CALDERON Mr. Storm Thunderfoot
OWEN SULLIVAN Jury 1
ERIC PAN Jury 2
TAISHI ZOSHIMA Jury 3
WILLIAM LI Jury 4
GEORGE LUO Jury 5
EMILY SOUTHEY Grandma Riding Hood
LUCAS LIU Woody Cutterman
ASHLEY WONG Suzie Scuttlebutt
TRANSITION 2: I CAN DO ANYTHING BETTER THAN YOU! Ashley Wong
Joel Nicholl
ACT 3 - 6Y MAGIC MIRROR MARRIAGE
LIALAH MAVANI Chorus speaker 1
MADDIE BELLAMY Chorus speaker 2
WALKER GELBARD Chorus speaker 3
BENYAMIN DAMIRCHELI Chorus speaker 4
MERCEDES SANEI Fair E. Godmother
AVA LEE Cindy Rella
AIDEN WINSOR Magic Mirror
ROYA HAKIMZADEH Snow White
STEVEN GABLER Rap Punzel
JAMES ZHANG Prince Charming
MAX ZHANG Jack Sprat
MILAD AHMADI-NIRI Announcer 1
JAYDEN CHOW Announcer 2
JEROME LIPPMAN Dutchy
GEORGE TIAN Couchon 3 - bricks
KARINA GULAMANI VANDA VAZIRI KASHANI Cinder Seller Fanella Fashionista
AMAN DHILLON Cabanna
JOHN LANG Couchon 1 - straw
TERESA JIN Sabrina Stylista
EDWARD LI Couchon 2 - sticks
CREW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Dylan Walmsley Scott Zechner SOUND TECH/OPERATOR Max Fowler Jacob Schwinghammer
BACK STAGE MANAGER Katherine O’Brien STAGE CREW Amin Gulamani Khayali Dhanji Aidan Deslippe
STAGE MANAGER/SHOW CALLER Ava Thompson
PRODUCTION CREDITS SET DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION Dylan Walmsley Scott Zuchner Nicola Read Amanda Turcato COSTUME DESIGN Cecile Poulin Nicola Read Amanda Turcato Stephanie Gibault Caroline Sinclair Debbie Collister CHOREOGRAPHY Tanya Phelps Jamie Caton SONG COACHING Erica Denoni POSTER DESIGN Ashley Wong 6RJ SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP Linda Gill-Crone Alex Crone
MAKEUP Carol Govier Paula da Rosa Andrea Linsley Laura Gollner Tracy Starnes Sarira Molaie Ceci Rudek Yasmin Virani Chi Lippman Roz Seyednejad Jessica Ferguson Bela Desai Vanessa Tung Isabel von Borstel Charmaine Lai Kala McKay Sophie Ye Annie Wang Olesya Menshykova PROP DESIGN & ACQUISITION Amanda Turcato Nicola Read Jared Sargent COMMUNICATIONS & TICKET ORGANISATION Karem Planas Michelle Noble
Special
THANKS JOHN WRAY & KARYN MITCHELL
We thank Mr. Wray, Mr. MacIntyre, and Ms. Mitchell for allowing us to bring our stories to life and for cheering us on.
ADMINISTRATION
We thank all administration for their continued encouragement and support.
NICOLA READ, SARAH BERNSTEIN, DYLAN WALMSLEY, SCOTT ZECHNER & AMANDA TURCATO
We thank Nicola, Sarah, Dylan, Scott, and Amanda for giving their time, energy, expertise and passion to our production. They are the foundation of our show’s success!
KAREM PLANAS & MICHELLE NOBLE
We thank Karem and Michelle for their guidance and expertise in marketing, ticketing, and communications design.
TANYA PHELPS & JAMIE CATON
We thank Tanya for her creative expertise, inspiration, and her willingness to come in time after time to choreograph our dances. We thank Jamie for his work with groups of students, bringing their acts alive with movement and dance.
LINDA GILL-CRONE & ALEX CRONE
We thank Linda and Alex for sharing their makeup artistry expertise and their incredible designs in bringing our fairy tale characters to life.
Special
THANKS ERICA DENONI
We thank Erica for her song consultation and coaching.
STEPHANIE GIBAULT
We thank Stephanie who worked tirelessly sourcing and ordering props and costumes. We are grateful to Stephanie who helped us bring our characters to life on stage.
CECILE POULIN
We thank Cecile for her enthusiasm, her time and for lending her magic and expertise to our costumes and props. She’s worked hard to get our costumes just right!
DEBBIE COLLISTER
We thank Debbie Collister and her team at Jotopaper for designing and creating our t-shirt costumes. We thank her for her generosity, expertise and time.
AMANDA TURCATO & CAROLINE SINCLAIR
We thank Amanda for her many runs to thrift stores and art supply stores to gather materials for our costumes. We thank Caroline for her costume design of our very cute Ugly Duckling!
AVA THOMPSON, KATHERINE O’BRIEN, AMIN GULAMANI, KAYALI DHANJI, & AIDAN DESLIPPE
We thank Ava, Katherine, Amin, Kayali, and Aidan for taking time out of their busy Mulgrave lives to support our production and make the magic happen behind the scenes.
AMANDA TURCATO
We thank Amanda for her continued assistance with everything production-related from rehearsing with students, to creating props and costumes, to supervising students, and everything in between.
Special
THANKS GARETH RONALD-JONES & GRADE 6 SPECIALIST TEACHERS
We thank Gareth and all the Grade 6 specialist teachers for their flexibility and support of our rehearsal schedule, and their encouragement to our students.
MARK STEFFENS
We thank Mark for his assistance in photographing our cast and for organising the displays and all the essential logistics.
MAX FOWLER & CLARK’S AUDIO VISUAL OF VANCOUVER We thank Clark’s Audio Visual of Vancouver for their support with our sound, and for being a great partner for many Mulgrave events. We thank Max for helping us with our show’s sound.
ALINA IANOVSKAIA & RICHARD KRISTEN
We thank Alina and Richard for allowing us to use the Art Room space for makeup artistry during rehearsals and show days, and for their flexibility with display space.
MICHAEL LOPEZ, FARHAD NAJAFICHALESTRARI AND FACILITIES
We thank Facilities for patiently and consistently assisting and accommodating us.
FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY…
OUR FAMILIES
We thank you for making our journey to the land of Fairy Tales possible and fun, for your tremendous flexibility and patience, for your continuous support and encouragement, and for your kindness and love.
Extracts from: The Show White Variety Show by Brian D. Taylor Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver, Colorado
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