Citadel playbill - Arcadia

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2014 2015 SEASON SPONSOR

BOB BAKER I ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PENNY RITCO I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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2014/15 SEASON Bob Baker | Artistic Director penny ritco | executive Director

Board of Governors Solomon Rolingher, Q.C. Chair Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. Past Chair J. G. Greenough, F.C.A. Treasurer Tom Redl, Secretary David D. Bentley, F.C.A. Frederick K. Campbell Jacqueline Charlesworth Marc de La Bruyère Anne Foote (Honourary) Ada Hole Ralph B. MacMillan Sandy Mactaggart (Honourary) Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Ex Officio Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Ralph Young

Board of Directors Catrin Owen President Aroon Sequeira Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Jane Halford Treasurer Jane Batty Lesley Cormack Neil Gower Becky Hole Richard Kirby Stuart Lee Dave Majeski Lisa Miller Margot Ross-Graham Peter Silverstone Micah Slavens Larry Staples Sheila Witwicky

HonoUrary Directors

Jack N. Agrios, Ken Bautista, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, Guy Bridgeman, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Allison Edwards, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Ashif Mawji, Maureen McCaw, Eva McGregor, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Barbara Shumsky, Gaurav Singhmar, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

KIM’S CONVENIENCE

By Ins Choi September 20 – October 11, 2014

THE DAISY THEATRE

By Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes October 15 – November 2, 2014

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

By Richard Bean October 25 – November 16, 2014

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens November 29 – December 23, 2014 Presented by

VENUS IN FUR

By David Ives January 17 – February 8, 2015 Presented by

PLAYING WITH FIRE

THE THEO FLEURY STORY

By Kirstie McLellan Day January 28 – February 15, 2015

LIFE, DEATH AND THE BLUES

By Raoul Bhaneja February 11 – March 1, 2015

VIGILANTE Book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Christenson March 7 – 29, 2015 Presented by

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By Tom Stoppard March 21 – April 12, 2015 Presented by

AVENUE Q Book by Jeff Whitty Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx April 25 – May 24, 2015 Presented by

THANK YOU

WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS to all our donors, whose generosity, loyalty and commitment play a crucial role in ensuring our community has the opportunity to experience the joy of the performing arts. All of our donors have a profound and lasting impact on the quality, accessibility and relevance of the Citadel’s productions, facility and educational offerings.

ENCORE | Campaign Support VISIONARY

MENTOR

Maclab Enterprises

ATB Financial Bryan & Company LLP Capital Power Felesky Flynn LLP The Highbury Foundation Richard & Erin Kirby Jack & Lorraine McBain Morgan Construction and Environmental Ltd. Rob & Beth Reynolds Chris & Dale Sheard Susan Wylie & Bruce Hagstrom

Gifts of $1,000,000 and above

FOUNDER

Gifts of $500,000 - $999,999 The Eldon & Anne Foote Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

AMBASSADOR

Gifts of $250,000 - $499,999 Darren & Laurel Durstling

LEADER

Gifts of $100,000 - $249,999 David & Jan Bentley Dentons Canada LLP Ashif, Zainul, Kinza & Aariz Mawji Arliss Miller Al & Fran Olson The Shoctor Family

Gifts of $50,000 - $99,999

INITIATOR

Gifts of $25,000 - $49,999 J.G. Greenough Lisa & Marshall Sadd

DREAMER

Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999

Susan & James Burns Butler Family Foundation Lesley Cormack L. Neil Gower Q.C. Lisa Miller & Farrel Shadlyn Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Catrin Owen & John Sumner Aleda Patterson & Family Sir Francis Price & The Honourable Marguerite Trussler The Sequeira Family The Summit Foundation Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp

FRIENDS

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross Don & Lorna Kramer Stuart & Sherry Lee Joseph & Nancy Thompson

Keith & Valerie Alessi Lorraine Bray & Jim Carter

| Annual Support STEWARD

DIRECTOR

Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Ada Hole Muriel Hole Maggie & John Mitchell Rob & Beth Reynolds

Madam Justice L. Darlene Acton The Honourable John & Ruth Agrios Bob Baker & Tom Wood Dr. & Mrs. Luis & Alexis Baptista John & Judith Cosco Doug & Wendy Davey Dr. Elizabeth Dixon & Dr. Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim Allison & Glyn Edwards Leslie Frankish Cecil & Anne Hoffman Wolfgang & Elizabeth Kaminski Cherisse Killick Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller

Gifts of $10,000 +

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999

David & Jan Bentley Don & Lorna Kramer Sandy & Cécile Mactaggart Al & Fran Olson Tom & Corrie Redl Robert Rosen Aroon Sequeira Chris & Dale Sheard Weir Family Fund

Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999

Ove & Susan Minsos Nobert & Patricia Morgenstern David J. Mundy Esther Ondrack Playhouse Publications Ltd. The Poole Family Jerry & Mary Preston Sir Francis Price & The Honourable Marguerite Trussler Penny Ritco Alan Rose & Judy Schroder Arnold & Grace Rumbold Kayla Shoctor Marshall & Debby Shoctor Eira Spaner Larry & Moira Staples Buddy Victor Paddy Webb Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp ARCADIA 5

STAR

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Fred & Helen Otto Tom & Judy Peacocke Wendy Kotow Poster Tech Linda Youell Aline Pratch Ralph & Gay Young Curtis & Sandra Prosko Leon Zupan Richard Remund Antoni & Lucyna Rojek LEAD Sentinel Self-Storage Co. Gifts of $500 - $999 Doug & Devika Short Dagny & Graeme Alston Allen & Myrna Snart Bonnie Andriachuk & Marianne & Kent Darrel Ewaschuk Stewart Anne Anfindsen Neil & Merle Taylor Anonymous Michael & Kathleen James Archibald & Tomyn Heidi Christoph Douglas & Dorothy Fiona & Stephen Warren Bamforth Ben Wiez Ida & Tommy Banks Sarah Wylie Jim & Helen Banks SUPER Jane Batty Andrew & Barbara Belch SUBSCRIBER Barbara Blackley Gifts of $100 - $499 Joyce Buchwald Baha & Sharon Norman & Anne Burgess Abu-Laban Brian & Barbara Burrows Greg Alcorn Chris & Leah Burrows David & Connie Anderson Martin & Anna Andrea Ronald Cavell Betty Andrew Z & M Chrzanowski Gail Andrew Janelle Conrad Diana & Laurence Heinz Feldberg Andriashek Betty & Mike Gibbins Patricia Anholt Ghislaine Hebert Anonymous Brad & Lori Armstrong Elizabeth, Rosalina & James Ash Cynthia Hicks Halfdan Baadsgaard Bill & Jana Holden Diana Bacon Lynn & Thomasz Charlotte & Mark Hruckowski Ballerman Bonnie Hutchinson Roderick Banks Norman & Valerie Tony & Valerie Barlott Kneteman Ingrid Barlow Ken & Jennifer Kouri William & Carole Barton Christine Kyriakides Maurice & Annette Bastide Walter & Stella Baydala Dr. Ed & Nikki Lazar Barb & Jim Beck Teresa Mardon Joan Bensted - Royal Lepage Donna Bereska Suzette Marxheimer Ian & Linda McConnan Madhu & Sundri Bhambhani Douglas & Claire Terri & Gary Biasini McConnell Sophie & Paul Bishop Norma & Gordon Angie Bogner McIntosh Beverley Boren Gordon & Agneta Amy Borkent McKenzie Keith & Elizabeth Bowering Marie Montgomery Maureen & Jim Moran Robert & Maureen Braun Norma Brekke Bill & Joyce Mustard Anne Brereton Lewis & Lindsay Jack Brown Nakatsui Linda Brownlee Thomas Newton

Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Dave Wilson & Carol & Rae Allen Gail Allord Anonymous Becker Bruce & Carol Bentley Dr. Doug & Mary Bosko Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross David & Marlene Burnett Butler Family Foundation Frank Calder Linda Cook Lesley Cormack J. Susan Davis Richard Gil Neil Gower J.G. Greenough J. Halford Brent & Deborah Hesje J.D. Hole Brenda & John Inglis Investors GroupSherwood Park Gail & Andrew Jarema Linda & Siegfried Kowand In Memory of Dr. Kris Kristjanson James & Maggie Laing Stuart & Sherry Lee Robert & Dawn Lemke Peter & Dorothea Macdonnell Fund Linda & Kim Mackenzie James McFarland Keith & Brenda McNicol Lisa Miller & Farrel Shadlyn Q.C. Jim & Celestine Montgomery Laverne & Aaron Nathan Edna & Cal Nichols G. Douglas Oakley & Elizabeth McAfee Catrin Owen PCL Constructors Inc. The Press Gallery Henry & Helen Resta Soloman & Marilyn Rolingher Suggitt Publishers Neil & Merle Taylor Mike & Michele Thompson D. Lorne & LeeAnn Tyrrell David Verbicky 6 ARCADIA

Jeremiah Burak Kevin Burghardt John Bylhouwer Jessica Callele James & Joan Carlson Martin Carroll Barry Cavanaugh Don Chisholm Brent Christopherson Wayne Church Gordon & Janet Clanachan Janet Clark David & Linda Climenhaga Jack & Marilyn Cohen Ruth Collins-Nakai David Cornish Karen Cox Kim & Rick Craig Marilyn Cree Robert Crosbie Randall & Angela Croutze Patrick & Luxie Crowe Delbert & Jane Dahl Jillian Dal Bello Patricia Dawson Marcella Dejong John Devlin & Patti Proctor Lorne & Edith Dixon Brad Doucette Simonne Doucette Julie-Ann Dron Francis & Muriel Dunnigan Randy & Wendy Dupree Roland Duquette L.A. Dushenski Douglas Duval Carmen & James Dykes Jaqueline Eddy-Caithness Liz Edmunds Dr. Rod & Pat Eidem Jacqueline & Martin Elton Dean Evanger Noella Fagnan Thomas A. Farrell & Anne Henderson Lawrence & Alayne Farries Gail Faulkner Pat Ferguson Lois Field Kristen & Mark Finlay Robert Fleming Rose Fowler C.R. French Charles Friedrich Gaston Fuentealba Jean Fukushima John Galanka Ken & Barbara Galm Daniel Gamache Frank Gibson Shirley Gifford Harry Gill Isidor & Grace Gliener Gaie Goin Bill Grace

Carole Anne Gramniak Lilian Green Paul Greenwood Audrey Groeneveld Brenda Gross Kathy Hancock Lois & Chan Hawkins Tatsuyuki & Doris Hayashi Linda Henderson Robert Henderson Debbie Hill Patsy Ho Donna Holowaychuk Ray & Elaine Hook Robert & Laurel Hudson Judith Hugh Mary Hurlburt & Norm Stacey Elesevata Hymonyk Caroline Hyndman Richard & Laurel Innes Erik & Franziska Jacobsen Shiraz Jaffer Chris Jager & Jean Coutts Ladislav & Ludmila Jakoubek Paula Jamison Evelyn Jensen Carolyn Johnson Joan Johnston Jerry Juzwa Venta Kabzems & Stan Houston Brian & Ida Kaliel Jatinder Kalra Jerry & Miriam Katz Doris Kent Angela Kercher Nolton Knippel Kara Knoop Liz Kohle Darlene Kos Tina Kovlaske Anita Kozyrskyj Tim Kruger Maureen Kular John & Sylvia Laarhuis Lew Lamontagne Neil Lang Patricia Langan Cecilia Laskoski Jack & Diane Latham Ruth & George Lauf Steve Laurion Don & Gwen Lawrence Allen Lee Sigmund Lee Theresa Lema

Marilyn Lemay Valda Levin Mary Lister Myron & Maureen Liviniuk Chris & Cecilie Lord Andre Louw Emily Low Don Lucas Jeff Lukan Shauna & George Lutzer Shirley MacArthur James MacDonald Douglas MacDougall Mary Machum Sam MacIsaac Dawn MacRitchie James MacSween Don & Cristina Mah Jo Anne Mahood David Maplethorpe Estelle Marshall Bev Martin Neil & Pamela Martin Stacy & Mark Maurier Sharon Marie & Tim Mavko Ross McCrady Alan & Patricia McGeachy Andrew Douglas McGregor Betty McMillan Linda Medland Davis Dr. A. & Evelyn Meer Pamela & Dennis Melnyk Mark Mertens Bonnie Moon Gordon & Cathy Moorhouse Al Morrow Alexis Morrow Kevin & Robyn Mott Dave Mowat Doug & Kathy Murray Marie Muszynski Leita Siever & Craig Neuman Roy & Trudy Nickerson Ian & Lou Nicol Jennifer Oakes Dianne Oberg & Marty Taylor Erin O’Connell Mary O’Connell Soren Odergard Linda & Thomas O’Leary

David & Paula Onderwater Wade O’Neill James & Beverley Orieux Vital & Colleen Ouellette Kathy Packford Stacey & Chris Padbury Marian Palahniuk Fred & Mary Paranchych Aleda Patterson Carol Pawlenchuk Donna Pawliw Leslie & Rick Penny Richard & Catherine Perry Gordon Peterson Gerald Piro Tammy Pidner E. Fay Plomp Jeff Polovick Susan & Darrell Portz Jean & Edward Posyniak Paul & Leslie Precht Olga Predy Michael Prendergast Helen Primrose Barb Prodor Diana Purdy Andrew & Carol Raczynski Jeff Ramage Darlene Rasko Barbara Redmond-Ellehoj Laverne Remirez Sheila Ringrose Ron & Carol Ritch James Ritco Donna & David Roseman Betty Ross Heather Ross Tina & Tony Rota Orla Ryan Deborah Salo Wayne Sartore Kay Savey Lynora M. Saxinger Carolyn Scheidt Charles & Marilyn Schroder Allan & Marianne Scott Seagate Contract Management Ltd. Noel Sharp Glenn & Margaret Sharples Chen Shen Richard Sherbaniuk Andrew Shum & Timothy Riordan

Ellie Shuster Randy Sibulak Sol & Shirley Sigurdson Barbara & Gerry Sinn Sheila Sirdar Lynn Smarsh Trina Smith Dale Somerville Keith & Beverley Spencer Brian Sproule Kim Stadelmann Jean & Gerry Staring Fund Elout Starreveld Delores Stefaniszyn Lori Stokowski Lynn Storbakken Ben & Larraine Strafford Caroline Stuart Darren Sutton Campbell & Rosalind Sydie Gerard Tertzakian Erin Thackeray Tony Thai & Alvin Schrader Frank & Roseanne Thede Allison Theman Maggie Thompson Colin Tooth Mary-Ann Trachimowich Larry Trekofski John & Alana Tucker Darcy & Marion Turner Henriette van Hees Peter Vana Chris Vilcsak Lori Wall Shirley Watson Susan Watson Violet Watson Fabian Way Robert & Ann Weir William Wells Willis Winter John Wodak Daniel & Tonya Wolfe Lynn Wolff & Ed Holmes Susan Wright Colin Wylie Dr. Randall & Nancy Yatscoff Betty & Bill Young Antonio Zaragoza Diane Zinyk Ried & Heidi Zittlau Gerrhard Zmatlo Brian Zrobek & Pamela Chung

To learn more about donating to the Citadel Theatre, please visit www.citadeltheatre.com or contact Sydney Stuart at 780.428.2142 or sstuart@citadeltheatre.com.

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters; our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel Theatre/Robbins Academy.

The Hole Family • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund the Eldon & Anne Foote Fund • The Robbins Foundation Canada The Joseph H. Shoctor fund

Government & Foundation Supporters

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 157 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor, 1922 – 2001

executive producer and founder, the citadel theatre

Joe’s vision brought professional theatre to Edmonton Joe’s dream built the Citadel Theatre Joe’s spirit continues to inspire the theatre we create today Joe’s legacy lives on through a generous gift to the Citadel from his estate

HENRY HOLE, 1884 – 1954 On the Citadel’s 30th Anniversary, a gift was made by the Company of Harry Hole, James F. Hole, Ralph K. Hole and Robert W. Hole on behalf of the Hole family — in honour of their late father, Henry Hole.

The Citadel Theatre is proud to honour Henry Hole’s integrity, compassion and leadership in the dedication of this complex to his memory.

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THE CITADEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON

Dr. Ghalib Ahmed | Janet Elliott | Marissa Kochanski | Jeremy Rossiter | Selina Stewart

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A Christmas Carol

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STUDENTS CLUB The Maclab Enterprises Students Club is a Citadel Theatre/Robbins Academy program that offers a unique glimpse into the world of professional theatre to a wide range of junior and senior high school students from Edmonton and surrounding areas.

On the first three Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each of our season’s main stage productions, Students Club members enjoy a small reception before the show and then participate in a highly engaging, and interactive presentation featuring special guests from Edmonton’s talented theatre community. Following the performance students are invited to stay for a lively talkback session with members of the production’s cast and crew. The focus for Arcadia’s Students Club is Stage Management. The stage manager is responsible for the efficient organization and coordination of a theatrical production – providing practical and organizational support to the director, actors, designers, stage crew and technicians throughout the production process.

Prior to Students Club performances of Arcadia, the students are joined by Michelle Chan, Resident Stage Manager here at the Citadel and a veteran of numerous performances over the past fifteen seasons, including more than three hundred performances of A Christmas Carol alone! Michelle introduced the students to one of the more complicated scene change sequences that she is responsible for overseeing in A Christmas Carol. The students took on the various roles of both cast and crew members and were taught their moves and the timing needed to pull off this transition.

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DONOR PROFILE Darlene Acton

How long have you been attending productions at the Citadel Theatre?

I have been attending productions at the Citadel since the mid - 1970’s.

Why do you choose to donate to the Citadel?

I have always considered The Citadel to be an important part of my life here in Edmonton.

Attending the theatre is an activity I delight in and I’m happy to be able to support the Citadel in their creative efforts.

Of all of the productions you have seen, which has been your favourite and why?

In donating to the Citadel, I feel as though I’m a part of something bigger. I take pride in knowing that with my help the Citadel is able to accomplish their goals, and that I’m able to see world class theatre productions here in Edmonton.

It is difficult to think of any one performance that has been my absolute favourite over all those decades. What I can say is when Bob Baker came back to Edmonton as our Artistic Director, I was thrilled, having been excited about the challenging work he initiated with the Phoenix Theatre in Edmonton years before. I don’t need a ticket to NYC to see great theatre on the stage.

Do you think the Arts are an integral part of a thriving community?

Which production are you looking forward to the most in our upcoming season and why?

Yes, absolutely! I also attend performances at the ESO and the Edmonton Opera and it’s difficult to imagine not having the opportunity to do so. The arts create vibrancy in the community, especially in Edmonton; it’s one of the reasons that this city is constantly attracting new residents and visitors.

I am really looking forward to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I didn’t see it in 1965!

Has donating to the Citadel Theatre changed or impacted your perspective on the Arts?

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STARRING CLAIRE ARMSTRONG...................................... Hannah Jarvis JACKLYN FRANCIS.. ......................................... Lady Croom JUSTIN GOODHAND. . ....................................... Valentine Coverly JULIA GUY.......................................................... Thomasina Coverly AARON HURSH. . ................................................ Septimus Hodge KEVIN KLASSEN................................................ Ezra Chater DAVID MACKETT............................................... Richard Noakes HANNAH SPEAR................................................ Chloe Coverly LUC TELLIER...................................................... Gus & Augustus Coverly JONATHAN WHITTAKER. . ................................ Captain Brice GEOFFREY WHYNOT....................................... Jellaby JAMIE WILLIAMS............................................... Bernard Nightingale Director................................................................ TOM WOOD Set, Props & Costume Designer. . .................... LESLIE FRANKISH Composer............................................................ ALLAN GILLILAND Lighting Designer............................................... KEVIN HUMPHREY Sound Designer.................................................. OWEN HUTCHINSON Voice & Text Coach........................................... ALISON MATTHEWS Choreographer. . .................................................. JONATHAN PURVIS Assistant Director............................................... CRISTIAN PAUL BADIU Stage Manager................................................... WAYNE PAQUETTE Assistant Stage Manager.................................. KERRY JOHNSON Apprentice Stage Manager. . ............................. JOAN WYATT Arcadia is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. Arcadia is 175 minutes plus a 15 minute intermission.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

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About the

playwright Tom Stoppard Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard was born Tomás Straüssler on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia. He grew up in Singapore and India during the Second World War and moved to England in 1946 with his mother and stepfather, his own father having been killed in Singapore.

Educated at schools in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire, he became a journalist working for the Western Daily Press (1954-8) and the Bristol Evening World (1958-60), and became theatre critic for Scene magazine in London (1962-3). He began writing plays for radio and television, including The Dissolution of Dominic Boot (1964), A Walk on the Water, televised in 1963, and The Stand-Ins, later revised as The Real Inspector Hound (1968). Albert’s Bridge (1968) was first broadcast by BBC Radio in 1967.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1967) premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1966. The play came to the attention of Kenneth Tynan, then working for the National Theatre, and it was produced at the National in 1967 and on Broadway in 1967, winning a Tony Award for Best Play (USA) in 1968. The Real Inspector Hound was first staged in 1968, followed by productions of Albert’s Bridge and If You’re Glad I’ll Be Frank, both in 1969.

His play Jumpers (1972) was staged at the National Theatre in 1972 and his adaptation of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba was first performed in the same year. Travesties (1975) was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, transferring to New York in 1975 where it won a Tony Award for Best Play. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1976), was inspired by his friendship with Viktor Fainberg, who had been imprisoned in Czechoslovakia by the Soviets, and Stoppard began to speak out on behalf of dissidents including the Czech playwright Vaclav Havel, who had been charged with subversion. Professional Foul (1978) was written for Amnesty International’s Prisoner of Conscience Year in 1977.

On the Razzle (1982), adapted from Johann Nestroy’s Einen Jux will er sich machen, was staged at the National Theatre in 1981, followed by The Real Thing (1982) in 1982. He was on the board of the National Theatre from 1989-2003. His trilogy of plays set in 19th century Russia, The Coast of Utopia (2002), was first staged at the National Theatre in 2002.

Tom Stoppard was knighted in 1997. He lives in London. His latest plays are Heroes (2005), and Rock ‘n’ Roll (2006). He has written the screenplay for The Bourne Ultimatum, and a new English version of Chekov’s Ivanov (2008).

Fermat’s last theorem is one of the many scientific (mathematics and physics) ideas presented in Arcadia.

Septimus: “Fermat’s last theorem asserts that when x, y, and z are whole numbers each raised to the power of n, the sum of the first two can never equal the third when n is greater than 2.”

At the time Tom Stoppard wrote the play and at the time of the first production in 1993 there was no proof for it. However, in 1994 the British mathematician Andrew Wiles released the first successful proof of the theorem which was published in 1995 after being peer reviewed.

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Jamie was a participant in 2014 and performed the role of Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet. Since then Jamie has starred in A Bedfull of Foreigners as Stanley Parker at Upper Canada Playhouse; portrayed Bruno MacIntyre, the hilarious lay-about from PEI, in Lorne Elliot’s The Fixer Upper at Port Stanley Festival Theatre; and most recently, performed as the Father (the ‘Old Man’) in the now modern classic A Christmas Story at Neptune Theatre in Halifax.

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In 2007, Colin was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre in Edmonton at the Sterling Awards.

In March of 2003, a group of unmoored, raucous, singing, potty mouthed puppets descended on New York’s tiny Vineyard Theatre warbling such songs as the immortal “Schadenfreude,” “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist,” “I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today” and “It Sucks to Be Me.”

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There was abundant profanity, racism, homosexuality, puppet nudity and full-on puppet sex (to the strains of that classic love song “You Can Be As Loud As The Hell You Want (When You’re Makin’ Love).” And were the gentle New York theatre goers horrified? No, they turned out by the thousands. Avenue Q, in its various incarnations, is still generating uproarious laughter while becoming one of the longest running hits the Big Apple has ever seen. Maybe the critics sniffed? No, they loved it. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical (beating, for Pete’s sake, Wicked). Enthused the Times (echoing just about every other critic in NY), Avenue Q is ...“sassy, savvy and eminently likeable.”

If you’ve seen the posters plastered all over the Citadel, yes, they do look like Sesame Street characters but no, you don’t want to bring the kids to this one.

The lyrics and music for Avenue Q come from Jeff Marx (a one-time Sesame Street muppet) and Robert Lopez (who wrote the inescapable “Let It Go” for Disney’s Frozen). The book (also Tony winning) was written by Jeff Whitty. The trio call the show “a coming of age parable addressing and satirizing the issues and anxieties associated with entering adulthood.”

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In Sesame Street we were told that we were “special,” that we could “do anything.”

But, as adults, the same kids discover that their options are limited and that they are no more “special” than anyone else. Says Andrew MacDonald-Smith, the Edmonton actor who once appeared in the Broadway production (and is featured in the upcoming Citadel remount), “There is a constant struggle in the show trying to find where young people fit in the world. Suddenly there are adult lessons we all have to learn. Sesame Street taught us that puppets can be heartfelt and sincere. In this show, they take on current issues.”

Although much of the ironic humour in the show arises from its contrasts with Sesame Street, Avenue Q is at some pains to assure us that it is not associated with the Jim Henson puppet production machine – although you don’t have to look too hard to find Bert and Ernie and the Cookie Monster. The characters are young adults searching for their purpose in life and facing real world adult problems with uncertain outcomes, as opposed to the simplistic and invariably happy resolutions faced by the denizens of Sesame Street. As Marx and Lopez observed in the recent interview, “We wanted a play about normal people living in New York today. The puppets allowed us to look at realism in a different light. We needed the allure of fantasy.”

And so we meet a group of characters who are living in an impoverished outer borough in New York. These downwardly mobile young people are adrift, full of self-doubt, making

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For instance, they suggest to Princeton that he get drunk and commit suicide.

“At one point I stand on stage with my arm upraised and operate a sock puppet for 45 minutes.”

Theatre demands “the suspension of disbelief.” Avenue Q requires a substantial blurring of the boundaries between flesh and cloth. The cast consists of two human characters and nine puppets. No attempt is made to explain the world in which puppets and humans coexist – they are just there. The puppets are animated and voiced by actor/puppeteers who

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are present and remain visible throughout. But, through some mysterious theatrical alchemy, the puppet masters disappear – while still apparent on stage. To make it even more confusing the puppeteers switch puppets and characters – often in the middle of a scene. MacDonald-Smith, who is playing two roles in the Citadel production (and is billed in the program as a “puppet consultant”), relates, “I enter as Rod who is having an argument with another character (basically Bert and Ernie), and then suddenly somebody else is puppeting Rod and I re-enter as Princeton. Sometimes there are two people operating a single puppet, or the actor operating a puppet may be voicing another one.” (MacDonaldSmith has appeared in both Calgary and Vancouver productions and provided his puppet expertise for another Edmonton production a couple of years back.) “In Sesame Street you don’t see the puppeteer and maybe only two or three characters at the same time whereas Avenue Q has a large cast of characters on stage – both human and puppet. They used to say never appear on stage with a baby or an animal. You can add a puppet to that. It doesn’t take long to think of them as human.”

The hand-built puppets can cost up to $10,000 apiece and are made in New York. They have to be sturdy enough to withstand 8 shows a week but light enough to be held by an actor for long periods of time. Observes MacDonald-Smith, “At one point I stand on stage with my arm upraised and operate a sock puppet for 45 minutes.”

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If anyone was born to be a performer it is Ghost Lake Village’s Andrew MacDonald-Smith (Ghost Lake Village is just outside of Cochrane, Alberta). If you saw him last year in his assured Sterling Award-winning performance as Bert in Mary Poppins, it’s hard to imagine him as a shy youngster. So shy, in fact, that he loved entertaining his parents with puppets because he could hide behind the family couch with the puppets performing over the top.

In later life, while pursuing a career in musical theatre in Tim Ryan’s Theatre Arts program at Grant MacEwan University, he returned to the art form with the logical thought that if you wanted a career on the stage, you had to have a lot in your theatrical bag-of-tricks. So, he created a puppet named Maurice Tipo.

In November of 2005, he was idly checking out the website of Avenue Q, his favourite Broadway show, when he noticed an ad for a contest, “A One Night Stand On Avenue Q.” The prize was a free trip to New York, a night in a fancy hotel and an appearance in the show. He submitted a tentative bid and was told to make a short film with his puppet. So, with his buddies Farren Timoteo and Peter Bass, he made a 6 minute video. After a series of adventures, he ended up winning the spot. The company learned he could sing so he appeared in the opening number and later was featured in a whole scene. He was then given a seat backstage where he could watch the production unfold around him. “There’s a wall of puppets with about 45 of them strung up. Each time a puppet appears in a different outfit – it’s a whole new puppet. There’s a ‘puppet fluffer’ who ‘fluffs’ up the puppet and checks out the hair and hands it off to an actor who is rushing by to the stage. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in a theatre.” He also learned something that has stood him in good stead ever since. “I was excited. I was scared. But there is really nothing ‘different’ about it. Sure, it was an enormous theatre and insanely beautiful with impressive mechanics but theatre is theatre. Like all theatres it was messy and dirty backstage. On stage, it felt no different from appearing at the Varscona or the Citadel or the Mayfield.”

Andrew MacDonald-Smith was perfect for his award-winning turn as the chimney-sweep Bert. He’s a slim, lanky 6'4" with startling blue eyes and a genial manner that translates to the stage. He has played with many Edmonton theatre companies (Mayfield/Alberta Opera/ Leave It To Jane) but is probably best known for his appearances with Stewart Lemoine’s Teatro La Quindicina.

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Claire is a Toronto-based actor and producer; she is a core member of the Red One Theatre Collective and co-founder of The Storefront Theatre in Toronto. Claire was awarded the 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in last year’s criticallyacclaimed Toronto production of Patrick Marber’s After Miss Julie; she was also named one of NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Theatre Artists of the Year in 2014. Other theatre credits include: Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest (St. Lawrence Shakespeare); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Red One); Arms and the Man (Odyssey Theatre); Calendar Girls (Moonpath); Macbeth, Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet (Classical Theatre Project). Claire is also a classically-trained singer, having given concerts in five languages. Thanks to Mom and Dad.

Jacklyn Francis

Lady Croom

Jacklyn returns to the Citadel, having last appeared here in Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll. Past work includes four seasons with the Stratford Festival, two seasons with the Blyth Festival, work with Shakespeare in the Ruff, Canadian Stage, YPT, Theatre Northwest, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Resurgence Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, Brookstone Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, The Troubled Souls Co-op, Equity Showcase Theatre, and the Toronto Fringe and Summerworks. Film and TV work includes roles on Murdoch Mysteries, Rookie Blue, Flashpoint, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Missing, Train 48, Do No Harm, Starhunter 2300, It’s Always Something (the Gilda Radner Story), Our Hero, The City, FX-The Series, and Falling Fire (feature Film). Jacklyn is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, but, as a prairie girl born and bred, she is delighted to be performing in her home province. To all my family and friends here that I don’t see enough of; this one’s for you.

Justin Goodhand

Valentine Coverly

Justin is an actor and director based in Toronto. He was born in London, Ontario, and trained at the George Brown Theatre School.

Selected theatre credits include: Retreat (Theatre Brouhaha); Anne Carson’s Antigonick (Summerworks Theatre Festival); Spelling 255 (Carousel Theatre); Normal (HumanZoo); Possible Worlds (Talk is Free Theatre and BeMe Theatre, Munich); Wrecked (Roseneath Theatre - for which he received two Dora Award nominations); Cowboy of the Western World (Performing Arts Collective); Blood Ties (Summerworks Theatre Festival); The Corpse Bride (Theatre Panik); Macbeth (Driftwood Theatre Group); Romeo and Juliet (CTP); Great Expectations (Talk is Free Theatre, Magnus Theatre, and Theatre Orangeville). Selected Film and television credits include: Reign (CW Network/CBS); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC/UKTV); Beauty and the Beast (CW Network/CBS); Milk and Honey (Tom Pepper/Tattersal); Flashpoint (CTV/CBS); Stories We Tell directed

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bios Julia Guy

Thomasina Coverly

Julia is honoured to take part in the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program this year! Originally from Calgary, she is now based both in Vancouver and Alberta. Select theatre credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Calgary/National Arts Centre); William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead (The Shakespeare Company/Ground Zero/Hit & Myth); Othello and Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Calgary/MRU’s Shakespeare by the Bow); Cymbeline, Fuddy Meers (Studio Theatre, U of A); and Whisper (Studio Theatre/ Catalyst). Julia is a former ensemble member with Rapid Fire Theatre and a graduate of the BFA acting program at the U of A.

Aaron Hursh

Septimus Hodge

Based in Saskatoon, Aaron is an actor, director, producer and technician. Aaron is delighted to be a part of this tremendous artistic team. Recent theatre credits include: Dying City, The December Man and Reasons to Be Pretty (Fire in the Hole Productions); Mesa and Salt-Water Moon (Station Arts Centre); The Full Monty and The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Persephone Theatre); The Alchemist and The Selkie Wife (Dancing Sky Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Globe Theatre); King Lear (Theatre Naught); Ash Rizin (Alberta Theatre Projects/Green Thumb Theatre); Antony & Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); and The Pillowman (Wild Geese Equity Co-op, Vancouver). Aaron holds a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan. He received the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award for performance in 2010.

Kevin Klassen

Ezra Chater

Kevin has now been performing, writing, directing and producing professional theatre in Winnipeg for nearly 20 years, including 12 years as a member of Shakespeare in the Ruins. Recent acting credits include Pastor Manders in Ghosts (Adriana Collective); Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (SIR); Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard (Theatre by the River); and a guest role in the new TV series The Pinkertons. He owes immeasurable love & gratitude to his wife Charlene, and he is immensely grateful and excited to be a part of the 2015 Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

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Richard Noakes

David is thrilled to be making his Citadel debut with Arcadia and to have been a participant in the 2015 Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Selected theatre credits include: Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare BASH’d); Cold Comfort (Fly on the Wall); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Touchmark); Half Life (Rose Theatre); After the Fall (Equity Showcase); The Weir, The Good Thief (MacKenzieRo); Aftershock (Summerworks); Candida, Of Mice and Men (Kentucky Rep); Peter Pan (Theatreworks/USA); Lucrece (Willow Cabin); A Christmas Carol (Arts Trust); All’s Well that Ends Well, As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Square). Film and Television credits include: Amelia (Avalon Pictures); The Rick Mercer Report (CBC). He is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School (New York) and completed his classical theatre training at RADA (London).

Hannah Spear

Chloe Coverly

Hannah is a Toronto-based actor and improviser. She has improvised across Canada in numerous festivals including Improvaganza, NXNE, and Just for Laughs 42. Hannah starred in the critically acclaimed web series Versus Valerie, for which she won Best Actress in a Comedy at the International Academy of Web Television Awards. She is so proud to have been a part of the creative team for Versus Valerie, which holds nominations from The Canadian Screen Awards, The Digi Awards, and a win at The Canadian Comedy Awards. Other projects include the film Save Our Skins produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions, and the series Ruby Skye P.I. produced by the CBC. She is beyond excited to be making her debut at the Citadel Theatre with a play as gorgeous and challenging as Arcadia. Love to Mum, Dad, Ron, the boys, & Kyle for your unwavering support and inspiration.

Luc Tellier

Gus/Augustus Coverly

Luc is so excited to be working on this brilliant play with such a fantastic group of artists. He was last seen at the Citadel Theatre in The Sound of Music. Other selected acting credits include: The Nutcracker Unhinged (Teatro la Quindicina); The MaggieNow Trilogy (Workshop West); The Barber of Seville (Edmonton Opera); and King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Teaching/Directing: Artstrek (Supervisor); Horizon Stage (Head Drama Instructor); BIG SHOT (Assistant Director, Surreal SoReal/Ghost River Theatre); Disney’s AIDA and Seussical: The Musical (Musical Director, St. Thomas Aquinas High School). Luc is a proud alumnus of MacEwan University, The Broadway Theatre Project, and St. Albert Children’s Theatre. Huge thanks to the incredible Citadel/Banff Program instructors, the entire Arcadia team, and of course, mom and dad.

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Jonathan is currently appearing as Dr. Edward Blake in the new YTV series Open Heart. He also feels honoured to be part of the courageous and inspiring company of Canadian actors who comprise this year’s 2015 Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

Notable theatre credits include: Nigredo Hotel (World Premiere, Dora nomination, Tapestry Theatre); The Team on the Hill, Colours in the Storm, Jake and the Kid (World Premiere, Theatre Orangeville); Les Miserables, Dirty Dancing (Mirvish Productions); Man of La Mancha (TBTB); Closer Than Ever (Latimer/Follows); 12 Angry Men (Drayton); and The Dining Room (Grand Theatre). Television appearances include: Alienated (series lead - two seasons), The Kennedys, Lost Girl, Transporter, Flashpoint, Suits, The Avro Arrow and Lucky Girl amongst others. Feature films include: Chicago, D2K, Blizzard, Land of the Dead and Three Men and a Baby. To my co-vivant, Shelley Hanson, and our son, Taylor – thank you for all of your, love, support and roaming charges. www.jonathanwhittaker.com

Geoffrey Whynot

Jellaby

Geoffrey has been acting professionally for over two decades, and in the last fifteen years he has also been directing, teaching, and developing new plays. His acting has taken him from Charlottetown to Prince George, including stops at the Shaw and Stratford Festivals, with favourite roles including Oberon/Theseus (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Seymour (Little Shop), Alan (God of Carnage), Pinkus (Shaky Grounds – Dora Nomination), and Archie (The Secret Garden). As Director, he has worked in Toronto, Regina and Ohio, doing everything from small cast plays to large musicals.

The founding Director of the Globe Conservatory, he is currently on the faculty of the Randolph Academy. He is the playwright/adaptor of Ebenezer: A Carol for Christmas, which had its professional premiere in Niagara Falls. Geoffrey is so deeply grateful for the incredible experience and generous instruction he was given at the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

Jamie Williams

Bernard Nightingale

2015 provides Jamie with his second opportunity to participate in the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Jamie was also a participant in 2014 and performed the role of Friar Laurence in the program’s successful production of Romeo and Juliet. Since then, Jamie has starred in A Bedfull of Foreigners (Upper Canada Playhouse); The Fixer Upper (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); and most recently, performed in the now modern classic A Christmas Story at Neptune Theatre in Halifax. It is a great pleasure to be back at the Citadel and to once again take advantage of this tremendous professional program.

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Tom, an accomplished playwright, actor, director and teacher, has worked with every major theatre in Canada and a number in the United States. He has spent eight years with the Stratford Festival and six with the Shaw Festival. For the theatre he has written B-Movie, the play (five Dora Mavor Moore awards and the Chalmers Award for Best New Play) and ClapTrap, a farce, produced at Canadian Stage in Toronto and the National Arts Center in Ottawa. He has also adapted the Citadel production of A Christmas Carol (in its 15th season), Pride and Prejudice, a new version of Servant of Two Masters (set in the Klondike), a new version of Uncle Vanya (set in Alberta in 1928), and a new version of Peter Pan (set in the prairies during the depression). His production of Vanya debuted in America, starring William Hurt at the Artists Repertory Theatre for an extended run and rave reviews. Mr. Wood’s latest new comedy, Make Mine Love, about movie-making in Hollywood circa 1938, premiered last season at the Citadel.

He has performed at the Citadel as James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (Sterling Award nomination), and John in Shining City (Sterling Award). His directing credits at the Citadel include last season’s Romeo and Juliet, Doubt, Hamlet, Metamorphosis, The Glass Menagerie and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Arcadia is one of his favourite plays.

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Set, Props & Costume Designer Leslie began her 34 year career as a set & costume designer for the Citadel Youth Theatre in 1980. More recent Citadel designs include: A Christmas Carol, Private Lives, Pride and Prejudice, Beauty and the Beast (Sterling Award), Oliver!, The Constant Wife, Peter Pan, Blithe Spirit, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Measure for Measure, and Present Laughter. Other resident designer positions include Phoenix Theatre and Shaw Festival where her designs included Pygmalion, Misalliance and Heartbreak House. Leslie has designed for major theatres across Canada including Angels in America I & II, Singer and Into the Woods (Canadian Stage Company); Hard Times, Lilies and Claptrap (National Arts Centre); La BĂŞte (Theatre Calgary); A Little Night Music and The Caretaker (Vancouver Playhouse); and The Homecoming (Stratford Festival). Leslie was also the Senior Production Designer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

For pictures of these and other productions lesliefrankish.com.

Allan Gilliland

Composer

One of Canada’s busiest composers, Allan Gilliland has written music for orchestra, choir, big band, film, television and theatre. His music has been performed by some of the finest ensembles and soloists in the world and appears on over 20 albums. For five years he was Composer-in-Residence with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Other highlights include his two operas Hannaraptor and The Untimely Death of Whatsisname; the musicals The Seventh Circle and Dead Beats; The Winspear Fanfare composed for the opening of the Francis Winspear Centre for Music; and Dreaming of the Masters III, given its American premiere by Jens Lindemann and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2012. Allan is presently Chair of Music, and Head of Composition at MacEwan University.

Kevin Humphrey

Lighting Designer

Kevin is pleased to be designing lighting at the Citadel once again.

Some of his previous lighting design credits are the Canadian Premiere of Full Frontal Diva (Blarney Productions); Romeo and Juliet (Citadel); as well as Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy and Penny Plain (Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes). He also designed the lighting in The Club at the Citadel and has been the lighting designer of the Final Performance series of the Young Company at the Citadel for the past three seasons. He has been nominated twice for an Outstanding Lighting Design at the Sterling Awards. His designs for theatre and dance have been seen across Canada, Europe, Australia, China and the United States. When not busy designing lights he also works as the Principal Lighting Operator at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium and finds time to be Chair of CITT Alberta.

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bios Owen Hutchinson

Sound Designer

Last season, Owen was Sound Designer for the world premiere of Tom Wood’s Make Mine Love. Other Citadel credits include sound design for Next to Normal, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, August: Osage County, Billy Bishop Goes to War, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wizard of Oz and The Forbidden Phoenix; sound consultant on Three Mo’ Tenors and assistant sound designer for Fire. Selected operation credits include Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, Westside Story (co-production with Theatre Calgary), Vimy, Noises Off, Peter Pan, 3 Mo’ Divas, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Sound of Music, Christmas Carol, and The Shape of Things all for the Citadel.

Other highlights include Chicago for Troika Entertainment and Cinderella for St. Albert Children’s Theatre. Owen was born and raised here in Edmonton, and studied Theatre Production at Grant MacEwan.

Alison Matthews

Voice & Text Coach

Alison Matthews is the Voice, Text & Dialect Coach for the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, and Voice Instructor at the Arts Club Actor’s Intensive. She leads voice and Shakespeare master classes at Capilano University in North Vancouver, and has taught public speaking at Vancouver Island University and Leadership Vancouver Island. For the past fourteen years she has been a regular adjudicator for competitive speech festivals across Western Canada. A professional actor and voice artist for over twenty years, Alison works regularly in radio, television, and film, as well as having stage credits with major regional theatre companies such as the Vancouver Playhouse and Victoria’s Belfry Theatre. Alison holds a MFA in Theatre (specializing in Voice) from the University of British Columbia, and an Associateship in Speech & Drama from Trinity Guildhall London. She is delighted to be a part of the 2015 Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

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bios Jonathan Purvis

Choreographer

Select acting and/or fight direction credits include: Vigilante, One Man, Two Guvnors, Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot, The Penelopiad, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Three Musketeers, Little Women: The Musical (Citadel Theatre); The Forbidden Phoenix (Citadel/ YPT/MTYP); Beauty and the Beast: The Musical (Theatre Calgary/ Citadel); I Am For You (Concrete); Singin’ in the Rain (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Little Shop of Horrors (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Beauty and the Beast (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Love’s Labours Lost (Calgary Shakespeare Company); Dying City, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre Calgary); and Almost, Maine (JeezumCrow Theatre). Jonathan is the co-founder of the web series Action Playground (www.actionplayground.ca).

Cristian Paul Badiu Assistant Director

Cristian currently plays the roles of director, performer, designer, researcher, and teacher in relationship with theatre. It is his plan to add playwright and dramaturge to this list. His journey into the arts prompted him to travel and learn in a few countries around the world, such as: Romania, France, The USA and now Canada. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Performance Studies at the University of Alberta, following his MA in Theatre Arts from Eastern Michigan University. Cristian was excited to direct the world premiere of Walter Alone for the New Works Theatre Festival, he performed as Roy Cohn in the ABBEDAM production of Angels in America, and directed The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War for the Vancouver Fringe 2014. He was blessed to be a part of The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program and is ecstatic to contribute to Arcadia.

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bios Wayne Paquette

Stage Manager

Last season at the Citadel, Wayne was Assistant Stage Manager for Long Day’s Journey into Night and Stage Manager for Romeo and Juliet. His Citadel directing credits include Blackbird and The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead (co-director).

He has also been the Assistant Director of The Wizard of Oz, The Glass Menagerie, Shining City, and Doubt: a parable. Other directing credits include Three Viewings, Glorious!, The Dazzle, and The Country (Shadow Theatre); Marty Chan’s Mothership Down and God’s Eye (Paper Tiger Productions); Afterplay, The Christian Brothers, Madagascar, The Good Thief, A Body of Water, Orange Flower Water, Skirmishes, The Year of Magical Thinking, and 3...2...1 (Blarney Productions); Murielle (Blarney Productions/ Promise Productions); and Linda Griffith’s Age of Arousal (Blarney Productions/The Maggie Tree). Wayne is also the Artistic Director of Blarney Productions, an artistic associate with Shadow Theatre, as well as an associate member of the Robbins Academy for the Citadel Theatre. Special thanks to Denise.

Kerry Johnson Assistant Stage Manager

Originally from Winnipeg, Kerry has been working as a Stage Manager in Edmonton for the past ten years. Previously at the Citadel, Kerry has worked on Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, The Penelopiad, The Forbidden Phoenix, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz and Noises Off. Selected SM and ASM credits include Liberation Days (Theatre Calgary); The Laws of Thermodynamics and The National Elevator Project: Part 2 (Theatre Yes); Beowulf the King (Workshop West); Ride and The Ecstatics (Northern Light Theatre) and As You Like It (Freewill Players) Kerry is a graduate of the BFA Stage Management program at the U of A and the Theatre Arts Program at MacEwan University.

Joan Wyatt

Apprentice Stage Manager

Joan Wyatt is excited to be back working with the Citadel on Arcadia! Joan is an Edmonton-based stage manager working primarily in theatre and dance. Previously at the Citadel, Joan was the apprentice on One Man, Two Guvnors. Other select credits include interning for Sleep No More (Punchdrunk/Emursive NYC); assistant stage managing Bloody Poetry (University Studio Theatre) and Pippin (Citadel Theatre Young Musical Company); and stage managing Blood Wedding (University Studio Theatre) and Orchesis Motifs (Orchesis Dance Group). Many thanks to Wayne and Kerry for all their amazing mentoring and to the company for being so lovely to work with!

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THE CITADEL/BANFF CENTRE

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM is a training partnership between the Citadel Theatre and The Banff Centre

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beyond. The Robbins Academy at the Citadel Theatre is the most comprehensive program for creative development in professional theatre in Canada. Offering programs for both emerging and established theatre professionals, the Robbins Academy encompasses four specialized programs under one unique umbrella:

THE CITADEL/BANFF CENTRE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM is now in its seventh year. This Program, conceived by Citadel Theatre Artistic Director Bob Baker, and under the direction of Program Director James MacDonald, provides performers a distinct alternative to other professional theatre training programs in North America. Our curriculum focuses on the development of advanced skills for professional actors and directors, properly equipping them with the necessary tools to pursue and sustain successful careers.

The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program has continued to grow and thrive with the ongoing support of • The Eldon and Anne Foote Fund of the Edmonton Community Foundation with the stewardship of David Bentley • The RBC Foundation We would also like to acknowledge the generosity and vision of the original champions of the Program • The Eldon and Anne Foote Fund of the Edmonton Community Foundation • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund • Canadian Western Bank and the Pechet Family And subsequent support from • Government of Alberta PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM With the continued commitment to produce world premières on our stages, we offer resources and professional expertise to assist playwrights in developing their work to its greatest potential. Over the last decade the Citadel has developed and produced 20 World Premieres, 14 of which have been subsequently produced elsewhere, taking the name of the Citadel and Edmonton around the world. Our audiences have not only experienced the inaugural productions of these plays but have also had the unique opportunity to participate in their development.

THE CITADEL THEATRE YOUNG COMPANIES is an advanced training and mentorship program for aspiring artists between the ages of 16-21 who are serious about pursuing post-secondary education and a career in theatre. This year-long program offers specialized training in Acting, Musical Theatre, Playwriting and Theatre Production.

THE ELDON AND ANNE FOOTE THEATRE SCHOOL (FTS) is the oldest and largest theatre school in Edmonton. Since 1966 we have provided year round classes for all ages and experience levels, teaching physical, technical and creative skills in both acting and musical theatre.

Over 1,000 students annually are taught by our faculty of 25 local theatre professionals.

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ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES FTS Teaching Assistants Shirley Tran Brady Hughes Director, Citadel/Banff Josh Languedoc Centre Professional Jackson Longworth Theatre Program Lianna Makuch Brian Dooley Eric Smith Director, Play Development Doug Mertz ADMINISTRATION Director, Education & Marianne Bouthillier Outreach James MacDonald

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Wayne Paquette

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Diana Stevenson

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Young Company Instructors Amber Borotsik Shannon Boyle Heather Inglis Reed McColm Linda Rubin Kate Ryan Kim Mattice-Wanat FTS Instructors April Banigan Mhairi Berg Adam Blocka Ashley Butler Gregory Caswell Ellen Chorley Matt Graham Crystal Hanson Sally Hunt Binaifer Kapadia Annette Loiselle Patrick Lundeen Barb Mah Andrew Ritchie Matt Schuurman Liana Shannon Jennifer Spencer Eileen Sproule Jon Lachlan Stewart

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Guest Services Supervisors Associate Executive Laurel Carter Director Cody Carver Peni Christopher Sarah Farnsworth Asst. to the Artistic Director/ Jessica Glover Company Manager Myrna Gosnell Laurie McInnes Amanda Gregoire Business Affairs Mark Harding Courtney Lair FACILITY Tara-Lee LaRose Louis Barron Jacob Liska Director Kristin Watt Maintenance Guest Services Colin Deegan Representatives Bill Daniels Rebekah Andrews Janitorial Sam Banigan Bee Clean Services Colleen Bunyan Michaela Chiste Security Victoria deJong Alberta Crowd Carol Dreger Management Christina Harbak Building Porter Stuart McDougall William Cardle Lisa McNicol Tara Gale Brittany Molner Carly Neis FINANCE Chris Powell Pat Bradley Mark Sinongco Director of Finance Valerie Smart Daniel Jee Dustyn Tennessen Accounts Payable/ Receivable Michael Vetsch Cheryl Sinclair Payroll Accountant

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Head of Props

Neil Luipasco

Charlotte Hunt

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Angie Sotiropoulos

Director, Fund Development Manager, Fund Development

PRODUCTION Cheryl L. Hoover Director

Bill Heron

Technical Director

Assistant Head of Props Props

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Head of Wardrobe

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Assistant Head of Wardrobe

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Judith Darough

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Head of Wigs Sheila Cleasby Katie Patton Manager, Communications Head of Electrics – Robbins Academy/ Assistant Head of Wigs Meaghan Skerik Citadel Social Media Assistant Head of Electrics Neil LeGrandeur Nicole Deibert Marketing Associate, Beyond the Stage Head of Scenic Paint

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The Citadel is grateful for the kind generosity of its volunteers listed below. If you want to volunteer with the Citadel, please call Theresa Hovdestad at 780-428-2118 or e-mail volunteers@citadeltheatre.com.

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