MUSIC AND LYRICS BY GEORGE GERSHWIN AND IRA GERSHWIN | BOOK BY KEN LUDWIG CO-CONCEPTION BY KEN LUDWIG AND MIKE OCKRENT | INSPIRED BY MATERIAL BY GUY BOLTON AND JOHN McGOWAN ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY ROGER HORCHOW AND ELIZABETH WILLIAMS SEASON SPONSOR
DARYL CLORAN | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PENNY RITCO | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
r u curious? 2016/17 season 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 Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Sheila Witwicky Ex Officio Ralph Young
Board of Directors Sheila Witwicky President Catrin Owen Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Jane Halford Treasurer Julie Afanasiff Todd Babiak Jeff Boadway James Casey Lesley Cormack Wendy Dupree Robert Fernandez Neil Gower Dave Hancock Sandra Haskins Richard Kirby Tammy Patterson Julia Pratt (Intern) Micki Ruth Peter Silverstone Micah Slavens
HonoUrary Directors Jack N. Agrios, Jane Batty, 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, Becky Hole, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Stuart Lee, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Ashif Mawji, Maureen McCaw, Lisa Miller, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Margot Ross-Graham, Barbara Shumsky, Gaurav Singhmar, Larry Staples, 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
daryl cloran | Artistic Director penny ritco | executive Director
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME A play by Simon Stephens Based on the novel by Mark Haddon Sep 17 – Oct 9, 2016 Presented by
BITTERGIRL – THE MUSICAL By Annabel Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence & Mary Francis Moore Oct 4 – Nov 6, 2016
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Book by Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux Original concept & direction by Floyd Mutrux Oct 22 – Nov 13, 2016 Presented by
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens Nov 26 – Dec 23, 2016
FORTUNE FALLS Book by Jonathan Christenson & Beth Graham Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Christenson Jan 17 – Feb 5, 2017
DISGRACED By Ayad Akhtar Jan 21 – Feb 12, 2017 Presented by
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THE NEW GERSHWIN® MUSICAL Music & lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin Book by Ken Ludwig Mar 4 – 26, 2017
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Stage adaptation by Rick Elice Based on the novel by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Music by Wayne Barker Apr 1 – 23, 2017
SENSE & SENSIBILITY Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the novel by Jane Austen Apr 22 – May 14, 2017
Welcome to Crazy for You! You are in for a fantastic time! I love musicals, and this is a wonderful one. Crazy for You celebrates all that is great about the musical theatre genre. The whole building has been bursting at the seams the past few weeks; full of many voices singing and many feet tapping! This production is a great example of the incredible things we are capable of here at the Citadel. Working with a cast of 22 of the finest music theatre performers from across Canada (and right here in Edmonton!); an incredible director (Dayna Tekatch); music director (Don Horsburgh); and design team (Cory Sincennes, Gerald King and Peter McBoyle), we have put together this outstanding, athletic production. Our wardrobe departments are exploding with sequins, feathers, giant hats and some of the most spectacular costumes I’ve ever seen. Our wig department is packed full of the most incredible (purple!) wigs. Sets, props, paint, lights, sound – this show has our outstanding team of artisans working at full capacity, and making something truly amazing for you to enjoy. We are proud to partner with our good friends at Theatre Calgary on this production. And this has been a partnership in the truest sense – many thanks to the fantastic team in Calgary, particularly the wardrobe department, who have been building the hundreds of costumes with us! Thanks so much for being a part of the Citadel family, and for supporting live theatre in Edmonton. Enjoy the show! Sincerely,
Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director
PS – We have just announced our 2017/18 Season and it is packed with fantastic productions, including Shakespeare in Love and Mamma Mia! Subscriptions are available now. I hope you’ll join us for the entire season!
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Thank You ENCORE | Campaign Support VISIONARY Gifts of $1,000,000 and above
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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 Tom & Corrie Redl The Sequeira Family Micah & Kristi Slavens Moira & Larry Staples The Summit Foundation Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp Ralph & Gay Young
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| Annual Support STEWARD Gifts of $10,000+ Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Ada Hole Muriel Hole Maggie & John Mitchell Rob & Beth Reynolds
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 The Honourable John & Ruth Agrios David & Jan Bentley L. Neil Gower Q.C. Don & Lorna Kramer Melcor Developments Ltd. Dave & Sandy Mowat Al & Fran Olson
Robert Rosen Kayla Shoctor Marshall & Debby Shoctor Paddy Webb Weir Family Fund Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp 1 Anonymous
DIRECTOR Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 The Honourable Darlene Acton Bob Baker & Tom Wood Luis & Alexis Baptista Bruce & Carol Bentley Jim Casey & Gail Verity John & Judith Cosco Elizabeth Dixon & Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop
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Thank You TO OUR DONORS Mike & Michele STAR Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Thompson Denise Assaly Barbara Becker Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross Norman & Anne Burgess David & Marlene Burnett Brian & Barbara Burrows Frank Calder Canadian Western Bank Lesley Cormack Susan Davis Dibattista Family Fund Catherine Miller & Len Dolgoy J. G. Greenough Jane Halford Sandra Haskins Brent & Deborah Hesje J.D. Hole Brenda & John Inglis Michele L. Jackson Gail & Andrew Jarema Linda & Siegfried Kowand Marilyn Kristjanson James & Maggie Laing Robert & Dawn Lemke Peter & Dorothea Macdonnell Fund Linda & Kim Mackenzie Hugh McPhail & Yolanda Van Wachem Lisa Miller & Farrel Shadlyn Susan & Ove Minsos Jim & Celestine Montgomery G. Douglas Oakley & Elizabeth McAfee Catrin Owen Tammy & Wes Patterson The Press Gallery Henry & Helen Resta Penny Ritco Sol & Marilyn Rolingher Alan Rose Arnold & Grace Rumbold Tom & Micki Ruth Naomi Shoctor Moira & Larry Staples Marianne & Kent Stewart Neil & Merle Taylor
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Thank You TO OUR DONORS Lilian Green Paul Greenwood Sheila Gynane Judy Hacon Lois & Chan Hawkins Tatsuyuki & Doris Hayashi Linda Henderson Lorraine Herlein Nancy Heule Sandra Hobbs Georgette Holyk Theresa Hryciw Robert & Laurel Hudson Rob Hutchinson Elesavata Hymonyk Caroline Hyndman Richard & Laurel Innes Erik & Franziska Jacobsen Chris Jager Ken James Agrell-Smith Paula Jamison Louise Jensen Carolyn Johnson Scott Johnson Douglas Johnson Joan Johnston Brian & Ida Kaliel Jatinder Kalra Jerry & Miriam Katz Dorothy Keeler Janice Kent Catharine A. King & Peter Ogilvie Anita Kozyrskyj & Kevin Hall Patrick & Jeananne Kirwin Liz Kohle Sylvia Kother Tim Kruger John & Sylvia Laarhuis Patricia Langan Ruth & George Lauf Kathryn G. & Steven Lavery Don & Gwen Lawrence Allen Lee Sigmund Lee Michele Eickholt & Lee Green
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To learn more about donating to the Citadel Theatre, please visit www.citadeltheatre.com or contact Neil Luipasco at 780.428.2141 or nluipasco@citadeltheatre.com. Charitable BN 11922 7387 RR0001 Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our donor information. Listing includes donations of $100 or more. If we have made an error or omission, please call us at 780.428.2141. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Premier supporters We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters; our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel. The Hole Family • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund the Eldon & Anne Foote Fund • The Joseph H. Shoctor fund Maclab Development Group
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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
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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. 10 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
THE CITADEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON • Dr. Ghalib Ahmed • The Audiology Clinic of Northern Alberta • Theatre Calgary Production Team • Chemainus Theatre • Calgary Opera • Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity • University of Alberta Drama Department
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People of New York ANDREW MacDONALD-SMITH......................... Bobby Child RACHEL BOWRON. . .............................................. Irene Roth SUSAN GILMOUR.. ................................................ Lottie Child JOHN ULLYATT.. .................................................... Bela Zangler NADYA CORSCADDEN........................................ Evelyn ELIZABETH GREER............................................... Rose KELSEY LACOMBE............................................... Patsy MAKAYLA MOORE................................................ Tess ALISON ROBERTS.. ............................................... Betsy SARAH VANCE....................................................... Mitzi/Dance Captain
People of Deadrock AYRIN MACKIE.. ..................................................... Polly Baker LARRY HERBERT.................................................. Everett Baker JESSE GERVAIS.................................................... Lank Hawkins JONATHAN CULLEN. . ........................................... Pete SHELDON ELTER.................................................. Moose ALEX KELLY.. .......................................................... Billy WILL LAMOND....................................................... Mingo GREGORY PEMBER.. ............................................ Junior ANDREW TAYLOR................................................. Jimmy CHRISTOPHER WILSON...................................... Perkins/Custus ELIZABETH STEPKOWSKI-TARHAN.. ................ Patricia Fodor BLAIR YOUNG. . ...................................................... Eugene Fodor Director & Choreographer. . ................................... DAYNA TEKATCH Music Director.. ....................................................... DON HORSBURGH Set & Costume Designer.. ..................................... CORY SINCENNES Assistant Director................................................... FARREN TIMOTEO Fight Director & Associate Choreographer........ JONATHAN PURVIS Lighting Designer................................................... GERALD KING Associate Lighting Designer................................. APRIL VICZKO Sound Designer...................................................... PETER McBOYLE Associate Sound Designer................................... MICHAEL LAIRD Stage Manager....................................................... EVAN R. KLASSEN Assistant Stage Manager...................................... EMMA BRAGER Assistant Stage Manager...................................... AL GADOWSKY This production is approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes long, including a 20 minute intermission. The worldwide copyrights in the music of George and Ira Gershwin® for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family. CRAZY FOR YOU®, THE NEW GERSHWIN® MUSICAL is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022. GERSWIN is a registered trademark and service mark of Gershwin Enterprises. CRAZY FOR YOU® is a registered trademark and service mark of CRAZY FOR YOU Enterprises.
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about the
reators George and Ira Gershwin will always be remembered as
the songwriting team whose voice was synonymous with the sounds and style of the Jazz Age. By the time of their 1924 Broadway hit, Lady, Be Good!, George had worked with lyricist Buddy DeSylva on a series of revues, George White’s Scandals, while Ira enjoyed success with composer Vincent Youmans on Two Little Girls in Blue. But from 1924 until George’s death in 1937, the brothers wrote almost exclusively with each other, composing over two dozen scores for Broadway and Hollywood. Though they had many individual song hits, their greatest achievement may have been the elevation of musical comedy to an American art form. With their trilogy of political satires — Strike up the Band, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing, and its sequel, Let ‘em Eat Cake (all three written with playwrights George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind) – they helped raise popular musical theatre to a new level of sophistication. Their now-classic folk opera, Porgy And Bess (co-written with DuBose Heyward), is constantly revived in opera houses and theatres throughout the world. Concurrently with the Gershwins’ musical theatre and film work, George attained great success in the concert arena as a piano virtuoso, conductor, and composer of such celebrated works as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Concerto in F. After George’s death, Ira continued to work in film and theatre with collaborators ranging from Kurt Weill and Jerome Kern to Harold Arlen, Burton Lane, Vernon Duke, and Harry Warren, among others, writing such standards as Long Ago (and Far Away) and The Man That Got Away, both nominated for Academy Awards. Ira’s book, Lyrics on Several Occasions, was published to critical acclaim in 1959; it was a unique selection of his lyrics, accompanied by his annotations, observations, and anecdotes. In addition to his own career, Ira attended to the details of his brother’s estate and the Gershwin legacy. He annotated their manuscripts and consigned to the Library of Congress all the materials that pertained to their careers. In 1983, at the age of 86, Ira died in his Beverly Hills home. Today, the Gershwin catalog has been taken up by a younger generation who have delighted in vintage and contemporary recordings, revivals, and the “new” Gershwin musicals, My One and Only (1983) and the 1992 Tony Award winner for best musical, Crazy for You. The United States Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the Gershwins in 1985 (only the third time that songwriters had been so honoured), and in 2007, the Library of Congress instituted the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
Ken Ludwig has had six shows on
Broadway and seven in London’s West End. His plays and musicals have been performed in more than 30 countries in over 20 languages. His first play on Broadway, Lend Me A Tenor, which the Washington Post called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century,” won two Tony Awards and was nominated for seven. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards (England’s highest theater honour), the Charles MacArthur Award, two Helen Hayes Awards, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery from The Mystery Writers of America, the SETC Distinguished Career Award, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Services to the American Theatre. His plays have been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Globe and the Bristol Old Vic. He has written 22 plays and musicals, including Crazy For You (five years on Broadway and the West End, Tony and Olivier Award Winner for Best Musical), Moon Over Buffalo (Broadway and West End), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Broadway), Treasure Island (West End), Twentieth Century (Broadway), Leading Ladies, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Game’s Afoot, The Fox on the Fairway, The Three Musketeers and The Beaux’ Stratagem. His most recent plays include Baskerville, A Comedy of Tenors, and Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol (2015 Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Play). His newest book, How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare, (winner of the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of 2014) is published by Random House. Over the years, his plays and musicals have starred Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Lynn Redgrave, Mickey Rooney, John Astin, Hal Holbrook, Dixie Carter, Otto Schenck, Tony Shalhoub, Anne Heche, Joan Collins, and Kristin Bell. His work is published by the Yale Review, and he is a Sallie B. Goodman Fellow of the McCarter Theatre, Princeton. He holds degrees from Harvard, where he studied music with Leonard Bernstein, Haverford College and Cambridge University. For more information, please visit www.kenludwig.com.
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Director’s notes Sitting in the audience
watching the original Toronto production of Crazy For You® actually altered the course of my life and career, if you can believe it. At the time, I was studying biology and jazz music in Vancouver, not at all clear about which direction I was heading. As I sat in the dark, it struck me quite viscerally that I already possessed the skill sets I was witnessing. I remember thinking, “I can do all that!” I moved to Toronto the following year and embarked on a career in theatre. I have watched and felt so many audiences be transformed by the power of tap dancing. Its rhythmic force can change the emotional temperature in a room. To feel a collective, palpable excitement and happiness spill out of a group like that is wild every time it happens. I’ve always thought that it might be connected to the rhythmic sounds we hear while we are still in our mothers’ bellies ... who knows? But it is very real, and I believe it has enormous value. It’s difficult to be stressed out about your life, or the state of American politics, for that matter, when there are 20 people tap dancing in front of you. And George and Ira Gershwin? I mean, come on!!! They created melodies and lyrics that have simply refused to fade over time. Their music will stay with you, not because they are annoying earworms, but because they are beautifully written and incredibly satisfying to sing and listen to. My desire and intention in directing and choreographing this show is not to subvert it in any way, or to make fun of the style of comedy it embraces; rather to pay homage to the extraordinary musicals of the 1930s and to bring what we have learned since into the mix. Reading the news and keeping abreast of global politics these days can be frightening and very dark, and my great desire is that you be surrounded and embraced by warmth, light, and laughter for the next few hours. The light is still there, we just need to make the choice to be in it. — Dayna Tekatch
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But wait, the Neverland’s hissable captain Bill Slank has switched cargoes. This, of course, demands an epic sea battle. We best leave the story there because some of the best moments in the play demand the element of surprise. But I can tell you the word “epic” is well chosen. What follows will include gloomy rooms aboard ship, a shipwreck (that “makes James Cameron’s Titanic look like a tea party” observed one critic), underwater battles, jungles and mighty storms. All of this is accomplished by what is known in theatre as “two planks and a passion.” For this heroic cloud surfing saga is staged with a few bits and pieces which are “discovered” on the stage – rope, household ladders, bits of cloth, toy boats – anything that comes to hand. The 12 local actors play many roles (over 100, actually) and often (and quite hilariously) become props to advance the convoluted plot. The characters even fly in a most spectacular fashion but (at least in the New York production) without wires. No wired Spider-Man or Mary Poppins here – there is little used that wasn’t available to theatre 200 years ago. And of course, the most important element is you. If you are willing to use your imagination and give yourself to the production (as thousands of highly enthusiastic theatre goers have worldwide) you will become an invaluable part of the whole exploit.
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Muses the Citadel director who must bring some order to the chaos, James MacDonald, “Theatre is evolving with technology and movie techniques being a big part of it. We seem to be moving toward doing all the work for the audience. What I want to do is involve everyone on a whole new level – in a way that is very clever so that the audience will recognize the cleverness of what we are doing. I’m a fan of old movies and vaudeville and there was always a realization by the audience that they had to participate. We will have props and costumes and lighting and sound. Bodies will become trees and masks. I want to create something like a haunted house where everyone is in the experience and then we can have flying lagoons, jungles and oceans suggested on the stage but fully realized in the minds of the audience.” Going back to his years as artistic director of Edmonton’s Freewill Shakespeare Company MacDonald says, “We didn’t have sets or a lot of money so I tried to build the plays as organically as possible so that the audience would be immersed in the experience.” MacDonald plans to have the theatrical magic begin even before the play launches by a preshow experience putting the audience into a space and preparing them for what is to follow.
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MacDonald is the man for the job. His 19 previous outings as director at the Citadel, ranging from Virginia Woolf through Vimy and the Jerry Lee Lewis musical, Fire, have shown him to have a tremendous grasp of all things theatrical. He is excited to be staging Starcatcher on the thrust stage of the Maclab, particularly after Bob Baker demonstrated how involving the experience is for audiences with his kinetic production of West Side Story last year. “In the Maclab, the audience is physically engaged from the beginning because they sit around the action rather than having it distanced behind a proscenium arch. We can use the back of the theatre – we have the stairs and aisles. We’ll be looking down at the performers on stage – and we’ll be looking up. This is theatre in 3D.” As for the production itself, he has chosen much of his cast (and crew) from newcomers who have had considerable experience in local indie productions (Oscar Derkx as the “boy,” design by Megan Koshka, and soundscape by Eric Mortimer) and sprinkled in a pixie dust of well-known and familiar veterans (Clinton Carew/Ryan Parker/Stephanie Wolfe). He was particularly happy at landing Farren Timoteo as Captain Stache. Timoteo is a local performer who has distinguished himself in many kinds of roles in various local theatres and, many might say, he’s at his best in broad slapstick comedy. “Stache has been cast as a lip smacking villain but I see him more as a vaudevillian. A wisecracker. Kind of a Groucho Marx type.” I spoke to the director before he started to work with his cast and he certainly
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was looking forward to the process. “I want to stimulate those people to allow their creative juices to flow. Then I expect to sit back and enjoy the ride.” That is a process that has worked well for the Citadel before. Patrons will remember two years ago when the company mounted a very funny version of Alice, Through the LookingGlass. The director of that wildly entertaining evening, Jillian Keiley, told Foreshadowing that the play, as she presented it in Winnipeg, was heavy on dance – Winnipeg being a dance-oriented city. But when she brought it to Edmonton, she knew of the international reputation we have for improv comedy. The result was an hilarious evening in which the entire company seemed intimately involved in making us laugh. Starcatcher is filled with movement – some critics have compared it to a ballet (MacDonald is doing his own choreography). Although it is not a musical – music is used throughout. “I cast a lot of musicians,” says MacDonald. “I wanted to see the music largely presented ‘live’ on stage and not prerecorded. We’re creating a live soundscape that people can see.”
I want to stimulate those people to allow “their creative juices to flow. Then I expect to sit back and enjoy the ride. ” Peter and the Starcatcher can be regarded as adult entertainment but, like the original, its greatest appeal may be to the young. MacDonald is already plotting out the sight gags. “There is a high brow and a low brow element to it – somewhat like movie comedies of the ‘30s and ‘40s. Or for that matter, the works of Shakespeare. There’s a ton of real wit and some glorious punnery. The physicality is huge with broad comedy – even a fart joke or two.” Peter and the Starcatcher is a celebration of theatre. It is storytelling as art and demands a collaboration forged between storyteller and listener. As Peter himself laughed, regarding the magical Neverland and with a tinkling fairy flitting above his head, “That is exactly where I am.” Peter and the Starcatcher flies onto the Maclab stage of the Citadel on April 1st.
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BIOS RACHEL BOWRON Irene Roth
Rachel is thrilled to be returning to the Citadel alongside such a brilliant cast and creative team! Select theatre credits include Avenue Q (Citadel Theatre); The Last Resort, and Don’t Dress for Dinner (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Barefoot in the Park, Eros and the Itchy Ant, and The Hoof and Mouth Advantage (Teatro la Quindicina); It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman (Plain Jane Theatre); The Red King’s Dream (Shadow Theatre); An Almost Perfect Thing (New West Theatre); and The Surrogate (Lunchbox Theatre). This June, Rachel will be appearing in Going, Going, Gone! at the Varscona Theatre.
NADYA CORSCADDEN Evelyn
Nadya is thrilled to be a part of her first production with the Citadel Theatre. Originally from a small Okanagan town in B.C., she left her sunny haven to attend Sheridan’s Music Theatre Performance program (Oakville, Ontario) as well as the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’s MA Music Theatre program (London, England). Favourite recent credits include Nancy in Fancy Nancy: The Musical (The Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto), Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar (The Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto), Alice in Alice in Wonderland (Creativiva tour to Qatar) and alternate Gertie at Diamond Tooth Gerties (Dawson City, Yukon). Nadya would like to thank her family for their undying support, and the Crazy For You team for giving her this fantastic opportunity.
JONATHAN CULLEN Pete
Select credits include The Book of Mormon (Elder Price standby, first National Tour); Billy Elliot (Tony cover, first National Tour); Prom Queen (Jason, Segal Centre); Forever Plaid (Frankie, Starvox); Next to Normal (Henry, MTC); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Asher, Stage West Calgary); West Side Story (Diesel, Theatre St. John’s); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Buddy cover, Charlottetown); Oberon, Anything Goes, and Metamorphoses (Theatre Sheridan). Film and television credits include Bomb Girls (Global) and Cold Season (LUA). When not on stage, Jonathan can be found playing with the pop/soul group Silver Lining. Thanks to Bruce and the gang at TH and to my Mom and brother for teaching me to believe. wearesilverlining.com IG:@tSilverlining CRAZY FOR YOU 41
BIOS SHELDON ELTER Moose
Sheldon’s previous Citadel credits include performances in Alice Through The Looking-Glass, Evangeline, One Man, Two Guvnors, Julius Caesar, A Prairie Boy’s Winter and Vimy. Other selected theatre credits include Bears (Pyretic Productions); Tartuffe, Sound of Music, and Enron (National Arts Centre); Nevermore (Catalyst Theatre); Metis Mutt (One Little Indian Productions, two Sterling Awards). Television credits include Delmer and Marta, Caution: May Contain Nuts, Hank Williams First Nation (APTN); and Hell On Wheels (AMC). Sheldon was a Top 14 finalist on Canadian Idol in 2006. He is also a core member of the ukulele rock band sensation, The Be Arthurs.
JESSE GERVAIS Lank Hawkins
Jesse Gervais is an award-winning Edmonton-based actor, dancer, street performer and voiceover artist. Previous Citadel Productions include Alice Through the Looking-Glass, One Man, Two Guvnors, Measure for Measure and A Christmas Carol. Other selected credits include 6.0, The Fourth Graders Present and Un-Named Love Suicide, and Fat Pig (NLT); Pig (Cowgirl Productions); 10\12, Passion Play, and Realistic Joneses (Wild Side Productions); Buddy, Little One, and Let The Light Of Day Through (Theatre Network); and Nami Namersson: The Viking Who Liked to Name Things (Concrete Theatre). He also appears as Jesse in Tiny Plastic Men on Super Channel. Jesse has been a multiple nominee and the recipient of three Elizabeth Sterling Haynes awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Independent Production. Jesse has a BFA from1the 2016-09-30 University of Alberta. Eurasia_Citadel-2016.pdf 11:38 AM
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BIOS SUSAN GILMOUR Lottie Child
Susan has appeared in leading and principal roles in theatrical productions across North America including Les Miserables on Broadway. Recent Citadel productions include Mary Poppins, Spamalot, Sound of Music, Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, It Takes Two (with Kate Ryan), and her one-woman show, I Dreamed a Dream. Other credits include The Light In The Piazza, Wild Party, Sister Act, Footloose, Anne of Green Gables, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, Evita, Joseph, Cats, Man of La Mancha, Oliver!; and for Stratford, Into The Woods, Three Penny Opera and My Fair Lady. Susan was the recipient of both the Calgary and Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards for her performances in Mary Poppins, The Light in the Piazza, and Wild Party. She is delighted to be back at the Citadel with this wonderful company!
ELIZABETH GREER Rose
Elizabeth is proud to be making her Citadel Theatre debut. Select credits include Disney Wonder 32 (Ensemble), Disney Wonder 30 (Swing), Seussical The Musical (Mrs. Mayor/Bird 1), Hair (Ensemble/Dance Captain), Rent (Ensemble/Dance Captain), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Apache Dancer), and Provenance (Leda). Elizabeth thanks her wonderful husband, Jason, and her family for their undying love and support. www.elizabethgreer.ca
LARRY HERBERT Everett Baker
Larry is very excited to be a part of the Crazy for You cast at the Citadel Theatre! He was last seen as Roger in Wake Me When it’s Over: The 12 Step Musical. Mr. Herbert has appeared in nine seasons at the Stratford Festival, most recently as Avrham in Fiddler and as The Minister in Tommy. Other recent favourites include Inspector Kemp and the Hermit in Young Frankenstein (Stage West Calgary); Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz (US National Tour); Admiral and the Bank Chairman in Mary Poppins (Theatre Aquarius); and Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Film and television include Being Erica, Politics are Cruel, and Road to Avonlea. But my favourite role ever is “dad” to my wonderful daughter Clara!
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BIOS ALEX KELLY Billy
Born and raised Prince Edward Islander Alex Kelly has performed as Caleb/Will in A Christmas Carol, A-Rab in West Side Story, Evangeline (Citadel); We Are Canadian and Abegweit Soul of the Island (Confederation Centre); Burnett/Lary in Perry Loved Mary (Old Flame Brewery); Tyler/Vince in Brantwood 1920-2020, Usnavi in In The Heights, Hello Dolly!, Rolly in Marathon of Hope, Governor Slaton in Parade, and Judas in Godspell (Theatre Sheridan). Lots of love to the fam jam and the Talent House!
KELSEY LACOMBE Patsy
Kelsey is crazy excited to be making her Citadel Theatre debut! Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she is now based out of Toronto, after recently graduating from the Music Theatre Performance program at Sheridan College. Select credits include Cinderella: the Panto and Anything Goes (Drayton); Damn Yankees, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, and Atlantis (Theatre Sheridan); Sister Act, West Side Story, The Producers, and Footloose (Rainbow Stage); Les Feux Follets (Charlottetown Festival); Assistant Choreographer for Grand Hotel (Theatre Sheridan); and Carrie: the Musical (Hart House Theatre). Many thanks to my family, Dan and the Talent House gang for their endless love and support. kelseylacombe.com
WILL LAMOND Mingo
Will is thrilled to be making his Alberta debut in Crazy for You! Previous credits include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and Funny Girl (Segal Centre, Montreal); Guys and Dolls and Lady Windermere’s Fan (Shaw Festival); Anne and Gilbert (RuBarb Prod., Moose Jaw); Othello and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Fest); Stars of David (Harold Green/Angelwalk); City of Angels (Theatre By The Bay); Blood Brothers and She Loves Me (Rose Theatre); West Side Story (Theatre St. John’s); Butterflies Are Free (Highlands Summer Festival); Schoolhouse and The Last Green Hill (4th Line Theatre). He is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Music Theatre Performance program, and an incorrigible Leafs fan. Thanks to Dayna, NLM, and Jessica.
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BIOS ANDREW MacDONALD-SMITH Bobby Child
Andrew’s previous Citadel credits include Alice Through The Looking-Glass, Avenue Q, One Man, Two Guvnors (Sterling Award), Mary Poppins (Sterling Award & Betty Mitchell Award), A Christmas Carol, and The Pillowman. Selected roles include Avenue Q on Broadway (The Golden Theatre); Cocktails at Pam’s, Whiplash Weekend, Pith!, and Witness to a Conga (Teatro la Quindicina); The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore (Edmonton Opera); Little Shop of Horrors, Shear Madness, and The Wizard of Oz (Mayfield); The Liars and The Best Brothers (Shadow Theatre); Avenue Q (Jessie Award, The Arts Club); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mary Poppins (Theatre Calgary). This June, Andrew will be appearing in the hilarious screwball comedy Going, Going, Gone! at the Varscona Theatre. @drewmacsmith
AYRIN MACKIE Polly Baker
Ayrin is thrilled to be back at the Citadel Theatre. Her last production here was the 2005 West Side Story, playing Graciella. Other favourite productions include Sheila in Chorus Line, Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music, Fermina in Man of La Mancha, Crazy for You, Pirates of Penzance, Taming of the Shrew, Sound of Music, and Elektra (Stratford Festival); Eowyn in Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and The Producers (Mirvish Productions); Annie in Lies My Father Told Me (Segal Centre); Heidi LaRue in How to Succeed..., Nikki in Sweet Charity, Bomballurina in Cats, and she will be performing as Rita Laporta in the upcoming Lucky Stiff (Drayton Festival). Ayrin is also a Kundalini Yoga teacher and would like to thank her wonderful husband, Thelon, for all his love and support.
MAKAYLA MOORE Tess
Makayla is ecstatic to be making her debut with the Citadel Theatre in Crazy for You! Born and raised in Calgary, she is very pleased to be back in Alberta. Makayla studied Musical Theatre at Capilano University in beautiful British Columbia and has gone on to perform both nationally and internationally. Recent credits include Sleeping Beauty (Ross Petty Productions); Footloose (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Evita (Vancouver Opera); Sequins & Feathers (Royal Caribbean International); James and the Giant Peach (CTYP); and Spamalot (The Arts Club). 46 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
BIOS GREGORY PEMBER Junior
Select theatre credits include Lefou in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius); Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The Sound of Music, Damn Yankees, White Christmas, It Runs in the Family, Legally Blonde, and Disney’s Mary Poppins (Drayton Entertainment); The Fantasticks (Victoria Playhouse); Spamalot and Igor in Young Frankenstein (Stage West Calgary); Ghostlight (Off-Broadway/ Signature Theatre); Chicago (Flat Rock Playhouse); as well as Moritz in Spring Awakening and Hamlet in Hamlet (The Roxy Regional Theatre). Gregory holds his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, Bob, Scott and the Talent House gang for their unconditional support.
ALISON ROBERTS Betsy
Alison is thrilled to be back at the Citadel after being a participant in last season’s Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program and also performing in West Side Story. Originally from Victoria, B.C., Alison has spent the last few years working with companies all across Canada such as The Arts Club Theatre, Rainbow Stage, Vancouver Opera and The Capitol Theatre, to name a few. She is a graduate of the Intensive Training Program at Harbour Dance Centre and also a graduate of The Canadian College of Performing Arts. Working on this show has been an absolute dream, and in the midst of the chaos that is the world right now, she hopes you can leave your worries at the door, sit back, relax, and be transported into this beautiful story. www.alisonroberts.co
ELIZABETH STEPKOWSKI-TARHAN Patricia Fodor
Elizabeth is so pleased to be back in Edmonton. Previously at the Citadel, she appeared in Avenue Q, August: Osage County, A Christmas Carol, Beauty and the Beast, Oliver!, Cabaret, The Beggar’s Opera, Oh What a Lovely War, The Music Man, and Man of La Mancha. Elizabeth was seen in Gypsy and Evita for the Mayfield Dinner Theatre, as well as Something Wicked This Way Comes for Northern Light. Most recently Elizabeth had the pleasure of working with Peter Hinton at The Shakespeare Company in All’s Well That Ends Well and in Alberta Theatre Projects 40th Anniversary production of Waiting for the Parade. Other favourite roles include Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd for Vertigo Theatre, Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice for Theatre Calgary and The National Arts Centre, and all the crazy beautiful theatre with One Yellow Rabbit for six seasons. She hopes you enjoy this crazy beautiful show! CRAZY FOR YOU 47
BIOS ANDREW TAYLOR Jimmy
Trained at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Andrew Taylor began performing as a dancer in 2008 with an internship at the Toronto Dance Theatre company, appearances with Zata Omm, and a European tour with Corpus. In 2010, he danced in The Nutcracker presented by the Ontario Ballet Theatre, and sailed with Carnival Cruise Lines. Andrew made his musical theatre debut in 2011 as Mungojerrie in Rainbow Stage’s Cats. Since then, he has appeared in productions of La Cage aux Folles (Neptune Theatre); Anne of Green Gables and Ring of Fire (Charlottetown Festival); Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz (Mirvish, first national tour); Spamalot and Young Frankenstein (Stage West Calgary); and Singing in the Rain (Capitol Theatre).
JOHN ULLYATT Bela Zangler
Earlier this year, John was in The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time. Since then, he has been in Burning Bluebeard (Edmonton Actor’s Theatre) and All’s Well That Ends Well at the High Performance Rodeo in Calgary. Last season, he was in Alice Through the Looking-Glass. He has appeared in memorable Citadel productions such as Spamalot, Private Lives, Death of a Salesman, The Rocky Horror Show, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Cabaret, I Am My Own Wife, and The Mystery of Irma Vep. John is a founding member of Firefly Theatre – Edmonton’s circus theatre, with whom he created and performed Craniatrium and Duck Duck Bang. He is also a notable street theatre artist whose works include The Giant Magic 8 Ball and The Human Fountain.
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BIOS SARAH VANCE Mitzi/Dance Captain
Sarah is thrilled to be performing in Crazy for You. Most recently, she danced on the hit Family Channel TV series The Next Step and is the Assistant Choreographer for the second season of The Moblees (CBC). Select theatre credits include Mamma Mia!, Anne of Green Gables, Alice Through The Looking-Glass, Canada Rocks! (Charlottetown Festival); Spamalot, Hairspray, and High School Musical (Drayton Entertainment); and Music Man (Capitol Theatre). Select film and television credits include Warrior (NBC); Carrie (Sony); SYTYCDC (CTV); Canadian Country Music Awards (CBC); Warehouse 13 (Syfy); and King of the Camp (YTV). Sarah was also a member of the NBA Toronto Raptors Dance Pak (four seasons) while completing her Honours Science Kinesiology Degree at York University. Sarah sends love to her husband David, family, and TH.
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Christopher is thrilled to be making his Crazy for You Citadel Theatre debut! Selected theatre credits include Snarl’d: The Panto (Capitol Theatre); The Music Man, Snow White, South Pacific, Oliver!, and The Mikado (Drayton Entertainment); The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre); Elf: The Musical (Grand Theatre); The Pirates of Penzance (Toronto Operetta Theatre); The Man of La Mancha (Waterloo Stage Theatre); The Gondoliers (Stratford Festival); and Anne of Green Gables (Charlotetown Festival). Film and television credits include the ABC Disney movie musical The Music Man (Matthew Broderick & Kristen Chenoweth). Christopher has been recently performing his one-man musical cabaret, Two Kittens & A Kid internationally (2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Toronto, New York City). Heartfelt thanks to Dayna Tekatch and the entire artistic team for this joyous opportunity! Love to Mom and “Triple G.”
BLAIR YOUNG Eugene Fodor
This is Blair’s Citadel debut. Elsewhere, credits include Tent Meeting (Rosebud); Of Mice and Men (Spirit Fire Theatre); The Selkie Wife (Wayward Artists); Man of La Mancha (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Mousetrap (Toronto Truck Theatre). Film and television credits include Fargo, Hell On Wheels, and Bluff. Blair is a graduate of the Queen’s University Drama program. He also does radio commercials; was the voice of “Beri The Hot Blooded” in the animated series Scan2Go; and sometimes acts sick for U of C Medical students as a standardized patient. Thanks as always to the three ladies who make it possible for him to play in the sandbox.
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BIOS DAYNA TEKATCH Director & Choreographer
Citadel credits include Avenue Q (director), Evangeline, The Penelopiad, and The Drowsy Chaperone (choreographer). Director credits include Stones in His Pockets (Neptune); Forever Plaid (Panasonic); Oliver! (NAC); The 39 Steps (Neptune/Stage West/1000 Islands); Wake Me When It’s Over and Two Across (Gravenhurst Opera House); Same Time Next Year and Midlife: The Crisis Musical (Orillia Opera House); Driving Miss Daisy and Tuesdays With Morrie (Starbright). Dayna spent nine seasons at the Stratford Festival as an actor and choreographer and is the recipient of two Tyrone Guthrie awards, a Sterling award, and the Richard March award. She was also a proud faculty member of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program for three years. She is based in Toronto where she lives with her greatest inspirations, Sean, Liam, and Isla.
DON HORSBURGH Music Director
Recently Don has been the Music Director for West Side Story, Evangeline, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, Penelopiad, Next to Normal, The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women, Hunchback (Citadel Theatre); The Threepenny Opera (Stratford Festival); Hairspray, White Christmas, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Winnipeg); Guys and Dolls (MTC, Theatre Calgary); Into the Woods, A Little Night Music, Once On This Island (Canadian Stage); The Sound of Music and Aspects of Love (North American tours). Don has also provided original music for Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Pride and Prejudice, Blithe Spirit, and The Constant Wife. He is the recipient of five Dora Awards, a Betty Mitchell Award, and three Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards.
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BIOS CORY SINCENNES Set & Costume Designer
Cory is an award winning designer, currently residing in Edmonton. His set, costume, lighting and video designs have received both national and international recognition. His work has been seen throughout Canada, as well as throughout Europe and Russia. Cory earned a degree in Architectural Studies from Carleton University before studying design at Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. He also holds a MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Alberta. Recent designs include Million Dollar Quartet, Venus in Fur, Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot and The Rocky Horror Show (Citadel); Evangeline and Bittergirl (Charlottetown Festival); Liberation Days (Theatre Calgary/WCT); Peter and the Starcatcher and Les Miserables (WCT); Mary Poppins and Next to Normal (Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre); Last 5 Years, Michel and Ti-Jean, and Let the Light of Day Through (Theatre Network). www.corysincennes.com
FARREN TIMOTEO Assistant Director
Farren was last seen at the Citadel Theatre performing in Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Make Mine Love and Monty Python’s Spamalot, the latter for which he won a Sterling Award. He is also the Artistic Director of Alberta Opera, a company for whom he has written and directed several musical adaptations of fairytales for children. Other directing credits include The Light in the Piazza (Grant MacEwan University); Pippin (Citadel Young Companies); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Everybody Goes to Mitzi’s and The Infinite Shiver (Teatro la Quindicina); and The Be Arthurs: Reunion Tour (Edmonton Fringe). He can be seen next on the Maclab stage in Peter and the Starcatcher and then in The Club with his own one-person play, Made in Italy.
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BIOS JONATHAN PURVIS
Fight Director & Associate Choreographer Jonathan’s previous work as an actor/fight director/choreographer at the Citadel include West Side Story, Vigilante, Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Penelopiad, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Three Musketeers, Little Women, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Other credits include Julius Caesar, Much Ado, Romeo & Juliet, Comedy of Errors (St. Lawrence); Pirates of Penzance, Little Shop of Horrors (Thousand Island Playhouse); Singin’ in the Rain (Chemainus); Forbidden Phoenix (Citadel, YPT, & MTYP); I Am for You (Concrete); and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre Calgary). He has appeared as an actor and stuntman in numerous films and shorts, and has studied stage combat, dance, and gymnastics extensively. Jonathan was a two-time participant and is now an instructor at the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Thanks to his family and wife for their endless love and support.
GERALD KING Lighting Designer
Gerald’s designs have been seen with Ballet British Columbia, Bard on The Beach, The Vancouver Opera, The Arts Club Theatre, The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Co, Kokoro Dance, Theatre for Living, The National Ballet of Canada, Theatre Calgary, Western Canada Theatre,The National Arts Centre, Pacific Opera Victoria, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, The Edmonton Opera, Opera Omaha, and numerous others. Gerald is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
APRIL VICZKO
Associate Lighting Designer Citadel designs include set and costumes for As You Like It, and costumes for Blackbird and True Love Lies. Other credits include production design on When Girls Collide (Vertigo); Hello, Hello (Kill Your Television); Love of the Nightingale (U of C - selected for Costume at the Turn of the Century, Moscow); costumes for Drama: Pilot Episode, Ash Rizin, Butcher, The Valley, The Apology and Thinking of Yu (ATP); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Birdland Theatre, Dora Nomination); set and costumes for Bea’s Niece (Tarragon); and Stray (Workshop West). April has designed over 80 professional productions across Canada. She is President of the Associated Designers of Canada. In 2006, she received the Siminovitch Protégé Prize. She is Chair and Associate Professor of Drama in The School of Creative and Performing Arts at the U of C. 54 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
BIOS PETER McBOYLE Sound Designer
Peter has had a long history at the Citadel Theatre, where his credits include Evangeline, Mary Poppins, The Rocky Horror Show, Sweeney Todd, Fire, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, Cabaret, Into The Woods and The King and I. Peter has worked at most of the major Canadian theatres and in US cities such as New York, Las Vegas, Dallas and Atlanta. He lives in Stratford where he has spent 21 seasons at the Stratford Festival. His Broadway credits include Come Fly Away and Barrymore, and his tours include Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can, Come Fly Away and West Side Story. Upcoming projects include Guys & Dolls and HMS Pinafore for the Stratford Festival, and the US premiere of the Tango Rock Musical, Arrabal, in Boston.
MICHAEL LAIRD
Associate Sound Designer Selected Sound Design credits include West Side Story, Avenue Q, One Man, Two Guvnors, Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot!, The Sound of Music and Little Women: The Musical (Citadel); Seussical (YPT/Citadel); John (Company Theatre); James and the Giant Peach, Annie, Cinderella, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Princess and the Handmaiden, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Wizard of Oz (YPT); What Makes a Man (Necessary Angel); Once On This Island (Acting Up Stage); God of Carnage, Clybourne Park and Stuff Happens (Studio 180/Mirvish); Our Class, The Overwhelming and Blackbird (Studio 180); Great Expectations and Barber of Seville (Soulpepper); Speaking in Tongues, Through the Leaves, Festen and Marion Bridge (Company Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage); Evil Dead: The Musical (Off Broadway); and A Beautiful View (Da Da Kamera).
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BIOS EVAN R. KLASSEN Stage Manager
Evan is excited to return to the Citadel and Theatre Calgary with Crazy for You, after the 2014 hit co-production, Mary Poppins. Based in Winnipeg, Evan works nationally as a stage and production manager. Selected recent credits include Shrek and Les Miserables (Rainbow Stage); Jane Eyre (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); and Don Pasquale (Manitoba Opera). No stranger to working in Alberta, Evan has worked on several productions at Theatre Calgary, including Mary Poppins, Anne of Green Gables, Much Ado About Nothing, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Evan also works as the production manager for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and serves on the boards of the Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitobans for the Arts, and Seven Oaks House Museum. For Bert & Tika.
EMMA BRAGER
Assistant Stage Manager Emma is so excited to be back working with the Citadel team for this tap-happy show! Select credits include Mary Poppins, August: Osage County, Death of a Salesman, and The Kite Runner (Citadel Theatre); King Lear, A Christmas Carol, Cats, and Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Calgary); Romeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare by the Bow); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Venus in Fur, and The Motherf**ker with the Hat (ATP); The Hollow (Vertigo Theatre); and Blind Date (Western Canada Theatre). Emma would like to thank her family for keeping the home fires burning, and her fiancé Eric for everything!
AL GADOWSKY
Assistant Stage Manager
Previously at the Citadel, Al has assistant stage managed West Side Story and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, and apprentice stage managed Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, Monty Python’s Spamalot and Make Mine Love. Other stage and assistant stage management credits include Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/Citadel Theatre); Anne of Green Gables, Mamma Mia!, and Glenda’s Kitchen (Charlottetown Festival); Turandot and The Merry Widow (Edmonton Opera); Working It Out (Alberta Workers Health Centre); as well as Gidion’s Knot, The Unseen and A Picasso (Chorus Productions). He is a graduate of the BFA Stage Management program at the University of Alberta. Al would like to thank his family and friends for their continuing love and support. 56 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
Staff Jennifer Spencer Artistic Director Emeritus Eileen Sproule Brian Dooley FTS Teaching Assistants Director, Play Development Sophie Gareau-Brennan Doug Mertz Josh Languedoc Director, Education & Marguerite Lawler Outreach Clayton Plamondon Don Horsburgh Bob Baker
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Assistant Head of Props
Angie Sotiropoulos Props
Marc Anderson
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Gryphen Colling
Assistant Head of Stage Carpentry
Cheryl L. Hoover
Dan Beggs
Bill Heron
Patsy Thomas
Michelle Chan
Judith Darough
Patrick Fraser
Claude Tanguay
Gal Minnes
Barb Becker
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Susan Montelbetti
Owen Hutchinson
Helen Flower
Nick Rose
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Nick Shostak
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Elena Vandakurova
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Michelle Warren
Scenic Carpenter
Karen Beames
Scenic Carpenter
Lorraine Price
Greg Cardinal
Andre LaFrance Dan Menard
Serge Menard
Scenic Carpenter
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Erin Birkenbergs
Terri Grant
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Katie Patton
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“Miraculous. Spectacle, wit and joy spill out of this production like treasure from a magic pocket.”– NEW YORK MAGAZINE A play by RICK ELICE Based on the novel by DAVE BARRY and RIDLEY PEARSON
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