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By Eugene O’Neill September 21 – October 13, 2013

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By Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes September 28 – November 17, 2013 Presented by

2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Written, Starring & Directed by Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt October 26 – November 17, 2013

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens November 30 – December 23, 2013

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS We gratefully acknowledge the significant support of our donors who make it possible for the Citadel to present world-class theatre that is accessible, intelligent, passionate and relevant.

ANNUAL SUPPORT Artistic Director’s Circle ($5000 +)

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS Lorne Carson Gordon & Janet Clanachan David Cornish Marilyn Cree Robert & Marlene Crosbie Marilyn Darwish L.A. Dushenski Carmen & James Dykes Karen Farkas Rose Fowler Jean Fukushima Frank Gibson William L. Gibson Betty & Mike Gibbins Shirley Gifford Gaie Goin Neil Gower Bill Grace Lilian Green Paul Greenwood Patsy Ho Bill & Jana Holden Mike & Kathy House Robert & Laurel Hudson Mary Hurlburt Elesavata Hymonyk Norman & Evelyn Jensen Jerry & Miriam Katz Liz Kohle Anita Kozyrskyj Ruth & George Lauf ensemble Jack & Diane Latham ($200 - $499) Don & Gwen Lawrence Will Alexander Mary Machum Diana & Laurence Andriashek Estelle Marshall Veronica Azizi Neil & Pamela Martin Diana Bacon Ian McLernon Roderick Banks Linda Medland Davis William & Carole Barton Dr. A. & Evelyn Meer Walter & Stella Baydala Gordon & Cathy Moorhouse Terri & Gary Biasini Al Morrow Beverly Boren Craig Neuman Robert & Maureen Braun Edna & Cal Nichols Norma Brekke Ian & Lou Nicol Norman & Anne Burgess Jennifer Oakes Kevin Burghhardt Dianne Oberg Susan & James Burns James & Beverley Orieux Martin Carroll Kathy Packford Norman & Valerie Kneteman Ken & Jennifer Kouri Christine Kyriakides Dr. Ed & Nikki Lazar James MacDonald Teresa Mardon Suzette Marxheimer Ian & Linda McConnan Douglas & Claire McConnell James McFarland Norma & Gordon McIntosh Gordon & Agneta McKenzie Maureen & Jim Moran Bill & Joyce Mustard Laverne & Aaron Nathan Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Fred & Helen Otto Vital & Colleen Ouellette Tom & Judy Peacocke Poster Tech Aline Pratch Curtis & Sandra Prosko Richard Remund Henry & Helen Resta Antoni & Lucyna Rojek Marianne & Kent Stewart Neil & Merle D. Taylor Douglas & Mary Warren Crystal Willie Sarah Wylie

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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.

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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.

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The Citadel Theatre presents Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes

Created and Performed by

RONNIE BURKETT Music and Sound Design by JOHN ALCORN Stage Managed by CRYSTAL SALVERDA The Daisy Theatre was co-commissioned by the Luminato Festival (Toronto) and the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (Los Angeles) and produced in association with Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes (Toronto).

Ronnie Burkett received development support for The Daisy Theatre from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes is exclusively represented by John Lambert & Assoc., Montreal, Canada (www.johnlambert.ca)

The show runs approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission.

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RONNIE BURKETT THEATRE OF MARIONETTES Marionette, Costume and Set Design by. . .................................................. Ronnie Burkett Music and Lyrics and Sound Design by.. ....... John Alcorn Production Manager / Artistic Associate..... Terri Gillis Stage Manager................................................. Crystal Salverda Dramaturge.. ...................................................... Iris Turcott Associate Producer. . ........................................ John Lambert Contributing playwrights: Damien Atkins, Chris Craddock, Brad Fraser, Karen Hines, Amy Lee Lavoie, Daniel MacIvor, Joan MacLeod, Anusree Roy, Judith Thompson, David Yee

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The Daisy Theatre stage devised and created by Mike Kukucska, Hamilton Scenic Specialty Inc. “The Max Blümchen Orchestrale” pit band devised and constructed by Eric James Ball, with puppets sculpted by Noreen Young.

The Franz and Schnitzel theme music composed by Cathy Nosaty.

The Daisy Theatre theme song sung by Laura Hubert.

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Inspired by the illegal underground “daisy” puppet shows of Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, The Daisy Theatre blends improv, variety acts and music, monologues and morality tales, plus new short playlets by 10 Canadian playwrights written for the resident company of over 30 marionette characters. Each performance will be different, daring and ridiculous, making this a show to see more than once.

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Dykstra always loved to perform. His family would duly trot him out for impromptu performances for his parents’ friends but, unlike most kids, he loved it. When he wasn’t playing the piano he was on a stage somewhere. One of his earliest memories is of playing the 2nd Bird in Once Upon a Clothesline with the St. Albert On Sturgeon Players. He credits his performance as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit as his “breakthrough.”

At first, like most of us who were put into piano lessons, Ted was ambivalent about the whole idea. But he was from a very musical family and there was no escape.

“I enjoyed playing the piano at the age of 6 but I didn’t want to work at it much,” he observes brightly on the phone from Toronto.

As he matured, he began to take his music much more seriously. By the age of 12 he had a particularly memorable string of firsts in the Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival. He had dreams of a career as a concert pianist but reality brought that to a crashing close. “Those guys are like tennis players,” he says. “Only about 30 of them in the world have a shot.”

Music was still very much a part of his life when, at the age of 20, he left St. Albert to attend the National Theatre School in Montreal.

Upon graduating he burst upon the theatre world. He played Stratford (in a memorable turn as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream). He played Shaw. He

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performed all over the country. In 1979, he played at the Citadel in Terrence Rattigan’s Cause Celebre along with movie goddess, Glynis Johns.

But music was never very far away. His incendiary lead role in Fire, based on the life of Jerry Lee Lewis, was a piano chewing tour-de-force. He played Glenn Gould, Cousin Kevin in Tommy, the lead in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. School children all over the world know him as Bach from the kids’ film Bach’s Flight For Freedom. He’s played Shostakovitch.

And Mozart. He’s won four Doras (acting/musical direction/producing), a Gemini (acting), a Sterling (musical direction) and various other top awards.

Dykstra had known Richard Greenblatt for many years. Like Ted, he was an actor, writer and director. “We were working in a kids’ musical theatre piece. Richard had to play some Mozart and I was very impressed. He was the only actor I ever met with the training to play on that level. So, for fun, we used to get together and swap stories about growing up musical, the piano lessons and the music festival circuit.” Both had inspiring (and patient) female music teachers. Their friends were highly amused and their stories, with musical annotations, became something of a party piece. At the time, Andy McKim was the associate artistic director of Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre. “I’m sick and tired of hearing these stories,” he finally observed. “Why don’t you guys get a room and come up with something.”

And they did. There was a huge buzz about what was developing in that little room. McKim listed it in his new season. In fact, every major theatre in Canada booked the show. Ah,

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well, not every theatre. Citadel Artistic director Duncan McIntosh decided not to participate in the national tour. It broke Dykstra’s heart that he was not to play his show in his home town — but such is theatre.

When Bob Baker took over as Artistic Director of the Citadel, he immediately phoned Ted and asked him to bring 2 Pianos 4 Hands here but, alas, it was in the middle of an international tour and there was no time. The reason the show is coming now is that Bob persuaded the two creators to perform it one last time in Ted’s home town.

And so back in the early days, the two actor/musicians had a gig — but as yet, they didn’t have a show. Ideas flew in the creative soup that was that little room. “We thought quitting music at 17 is a crappy ending for a show,” remembers Dykstra. “So we dug into our own lives to recreate the love/hate relationship kids have with music.”

The show was proving to be laugh-out-loud funny. The two change pianos in the middle of tunes. They send-up the music festival scene with a bored-out-of-his-mind MC and a judge who has to comment on 67 entries all playing the same piece.

“Just like when we were kids, we’d start out with scales which devolve into ‘Chopsticks’ and ‘Heart and Soul.’ I became Sister Loyola trying gamely to pound a music education into a disinterested kid.”

“I really dug into myself. Into what I felt about being young, awkward, unloved, wanting approval.”

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Funny yes, but something else was happening. There was an unexpected melancholy tone.

“I really dug into myself. Into what I felt about being young, awkward, unloved, wanting approval,” remembers Dykstra. They imagined what would happen if Ted applied to a conservatory and Richard to a Jazz School — and were turned down. “Up until then our characters had been cocks of the walk and then we ran into a wall. We had worked hard only to have our dreams shattered.”

One night on the tour, Bob Gainey, the Montreal Canadians’ superstar attended the show and he said, “I loved the show but it’s really about hockey.” “That’s the real reason why the show has been such a success,” says Dykstra. “Because people see themselves up there on the stage. And their friends and their families.”

2 Pianos 4 Hands became what Dykstra calls, “... the perfect storm. It happened just at the right time and it was thrilling and fun and exciting.” It opened in 1996 — going on to play in 5 continents and 150 cities. Over 2 million people have seen the show. (We even saw it in Edmonton in 2000 when the roles were played by two very talented young ladies.)

“But be careful of what you ask for...” muses Dykstra, remembering those chaotic days.

“Success brings an enormous toll. The price that you have to pay to go around the world for 6 years... the loneliness. It becomes your reality and you have to take it a day at a time. I’d be in London looking out the window of my gorgeous apartment at my name in lights and I wanted to come home.”

I asked him what was the toll. He replied simply, “Well, I’m divorced.”

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“Because people see themselves up there on the stage. And their friends and their families.”

We don’t have to shed too many tears for Ted Dykstra. He’s now happily remarried with two kids, Theo and Rosie. After the years on the road, he stays much nearer home now. He turned to directing — although he makes sure to take a major role at least once a year to keep his hand in. “You have to keep redefining yourself in theatre in Canada. There is success in theatre in this country but it’s like a ladder on the ground. You can climb all the rungs you want but you’re just going sideways.”

He also has a killer collection of theatre stories, mostly directed at himself, that he has collected over the years. “In Cause Celebre I had diarrhea. I went on stage in a diaper.

I’ve gone on with the whooping cough. One evening in a period piece I came off stage feeling really good about how I’d just performed until someone pointed out that I had a period black shoe on one foot — and a running shoe on the other.”

The star remains firmly fixed to his roots in Edmonton and his family holds a central part of his life. His entire local family will be in the theatre on opening night. His sister still teaches piano here as does one brother. His mother will attend and so will his first teacher, whom Ted credits with being the greatest influence in his musical life, Lillian Upright.

When asked where he comes from Dykstra immediately responds, “St Albert, Alberta.” He wears his Oilers Toque on the streets of Toronto. He ends his official biography with the phrase, “Go Oilers Go.” Hope for a better tomorrow has always been a part of his character.

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RONNIE BURKETT Ronnie Burkett has been captivated by puppetry since the age of seven, and began touring his shows around Alberta at the age of fourteen. Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes was formed in 1986, continuously playing on Canada’s major stages and as a guest company on numerous tours abroad.

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Artistic Director •

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES ADMINISTRATION James MacDonald

Director, Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program

Brian Dooley

Director, Play Development

Doug Mertz

Director, FTS & Young Companies

Marianne Bouthillier

Associate Executive Director

Peni Christopher

Asst. to the Artistic Director/ Company Manager

Laurie McInnes

Business & Legal Affairs

AUDIENCE Don Horsburgh Resident Music Director DEVELOPMENT Wayne Paquette

Academy Associate

Diana Stevenson

Manager, Foote Theatre School

Young Company Instructors Shannon Boyle Don Horsburgh Heather Inglis Jackie Pooke Linda Rubin Kate Ryan FTS Instructors Mhairi Berg Adam Blocka Ashley Butler Gregory Caswell Crystal Hanson Sally Hunt Binaifer Kapadia Meghan Koshman Annette Loiselle Patrick Lundeen Michele Miller Barb Mah Andrew Ritchie Matt Schuurman Liana Shannon Jennifer Spencer Eileen Sproule

Hannah Whittaker Director

Neil Le Grandeur Associate

Patrick Lundeen Associate

FACILITY

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Maintenance Doug de Vries Manager

Roger Millen

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FINANCE

Sherry Card, CMA Director

Daniel Jee

Accounts Payable/ Receivable

Cheryl Sinclair

Payroll Accountant

GUEST SERVICES

Kimberlee Stadelmann FTS Teaching Assistants Director/ Sophie Gareau-Brennan Box Office Manager Josh Languedoc

PENNY RITCO

Theresa Hovdestad House Manager

Debbie Theuss

Rentals Manager

Shar Powell

School Booking Coordinator

Kristen Hiemstra Josh Wickard

Assistant Box Office Managers

Executive Director

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Ken Davis

Director, Marketing & Communications

Kristen Finlay

Administrator

Greg Caswell

Co-Ordinator, Robbins Academy Marketing

Neil LeGrandeur

Co-Ordinator, Beyond Assistant Rentals Manager the Stage Marketing

Larissa Crocetti

Guest Services Supervisors Myrna Gosnell Amanda Gregoire Mark Harding Tara-Lee LaRose Jacob Liska Alyssa McGowan Terry Schmolcke Mark Stubbings Jane Voloboeva Guest Services Representatives Mike Anhorn Tonya Rae Chrystian Joyce Dominguez Carol Dreger Martin Flanagan Jessica Glover Marg Gronnestad Christina Harbak Jordy Kieto Courtney Lair Rebecca Loudon Stuart McDougall Brittany Molner Abbie Murison Carly Neis Chris Powell Mark Sinongco Valerie Smart Shirley Tran

Jason Magee

Chris Hayes

Assistant Head of Carpentry

Sheila Cleasby

Head of Electrics

Scott George Lafluer Assistant Head of Electrics

Meaghan Skerik Electrics

Andrea Steinwand

Head of Scenic Paint

Richard Stevens

Assistant Head of Manager, Media Relations Scenic Paint

Angelica Menck

Manager, Corporate Relations

Fund DEVELOPMENT Neil Luipasco

Director, Fund Development

Sydney Stuart

Manager, Fund Development

PRODUCTION

Cheryl L. Hoover Director

Bill Heron

Technical Director

Michelle Chan

Resident Stage Manager

Patrick Fraser

Assistant Technical Director

Stephanie Ripley

Jim Meers

Head of Props

Charlotte Hunt

Assistant Head of Props

Marc Anderson

Head Stage Carpenter

Andrew Hill

Assistant Head Stage Carpenter

Patsy Thomas

Head of Wardrobe

Kayla Fulton

Assistant Head of Wardrobe

Lorraine Price

Head of Wardrobe Running

Samantha Rumball Head of Wigs

Tammy Fox

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Assistant Technical Director

Kyla Maki

Administrative Assistant

Owen Hutchinson Head of Audio

Ian Trace

Assistant Head of Audio

Peter Locock

Head of Scenic Carpentry

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