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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

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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 Fortune Falls!

Catalyst Theatre is one of the most innovative theatre companies in Canada, and we are lucky enough to have them as the resident company right here in the Maclab Theatre! Every time I see a Catalyst production, I am blown away by the vision and bold artistry of the show. Catalyst’s Artistic Director, Jonathan Christenson, was recently short-listed for the very prestigious Siminovitch Prize, which recognizes the most exciting directors in Canada. It is no wonder this small company from Edmonton has toured their work nationally and internationally to enthusiastic audiences and rave reviews.

I got a sneak peek at Fortune Falls a couple of months ago when it played in Calgary at Alberta Theatre Projects, and it is spectacular – filled with Catalyst’s trademark invention and haunting music and choreography. We are proud to partner with Catalyst Theatre on this truly exciting new Canadian production.

Thanks so much for being a part of the Citadel family and supporting live theatre in Edmonton.

Enjoy the show!

Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director

PS - Next up in our season is the Pulitzer Prize winning Disgraced. It’s a great play – smart and spiky, and full of challenging questions about faith and race relationships in contemporary North America. If you like great writing, great characters and an emotionally charged night at the theatre – this is for you!

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Thank You ENCORE | Campaign Support VISIONARY Gifts of $1,000,000 and above

MENTOR Gifts of $50,000 - $99,999

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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 Family Dentons Ashif, Zainul, Kinza & Aariz Mawji Arliss Miller Al & Fran Olson The Shoctor Family

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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

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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 Lee Ann Tyrrell STAR Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 David Verbicky

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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.

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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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Director................................................................ Jonathan Christenson Choreographer. . .................................................. Laura Krewski Set, Props & Lighting Designer. . ...................... Kerem Çetinel Music Producer & Sound Designer................. Matthew Skopyk Vocal Arrangements & Original Orchestrations.................................. Jonathan Christenson Additional Orchestrations................................. Matthew Skopyk Costume Designer............................................. Megan Koshka Voice & Dialect Coach. . ..................................... Jane MacFarlane Production Dramaturg (Calgary)...................... Laurel Green Featuring Shannon Blanchet*................................... Ensemble Braydon Dowler-Coltman*................... Ensemble Daniel Fong.................................................... Everett Liddelman Graham Mothersill................................... Ensemble Jamie Tognazzini.......................................... Ensemble Production Production Manager.......................................... James Robert Boudreau Stage Manager................................................... Wayne Paquette* Assistant Stage Manager (Edmonton)............ Al Gadowsky* Assistant Stage Manger (Calgary)................... Kerry Johnson* Design Associate. . .............................................. Lauren Acheson Set, Props & Costumes built by...................... Alberta Theatre Projects’ shops and Local 211 Running time: Approximately 95 minutes with no intermission.

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Canada’s Catalyst Theatre creates bold, distinctive and highly theatrical productions – ‘Made-In-Edmonton’ work that is presented across Canada and around the world. The company’s core creative team strives for the unexpected, seeking out innovative ways to tell powerful stories through the inventive and playful use of evocative music, haunting sound, poetic text, dynamic choreography and surreal design.

Welcome to Catalyst’s first full production in our new home, the freshly renovated Maclab Theatre!

It’s been quite the journey to get here, and we’re so grateful to all our funders, supporters and donors who helped us on this long (carpet sample-filled) path.

Last season, we diligently toiled away in a temporary office in the Citadel’s administrative hub upstairs to complete this renovation project and to prepare for this very busy season. You may have noticed that the renovations go beyond the theatre itself, extending into the lobby with our beautiful new bar, and our cozy and contemporary office space. But that’s not all we had cooking last year – we were working toward this very moment – the unveiling of our newest work, Fortune Falls, on stage in front of our hometown audience. As the past year has been one of transition, it only seems fitting that we would be inspired by a story about a young man and a town also facing major changes.

In addition to working on Fortune Falls, we’ve also been planning a tour of our biggest production yet. Vigilante, which premiered as part of The Citadel’s 2015 season in this very space, will hit the road in February and the eight Donnellys, together with their band of five rabble-rousing musicians, will haunt the stages of the Grand Theatre in London (ON), Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, and finally the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. It’s an exciting tour and we’re so grateful for our partners and funders who are helping us share this Made-In-Edmonton production with audiences across the country.

Now as we settle into our new home, inspiration is already bubbling for our next production. Be sure to stay in touch through social media and our newsletter so you get all the exciting details. If you’re a fan of our work, and are interested in supporting our next local project, please join us at our yearly fundraiser Over the Edge With 4 Play on April 28th – you can find details on our website (www.catalysttheatre.ca). Now get comfortable in that brand new seat and enjoy the show!

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...the play is a stinging swipe at “the fallacy of a post-racial nation.

Besides, with the success of his taut and powerful Disgraced, he’s become something of a spokesman for the deep societal rifts he addresses in the play and he’s modestly uncomfortable with that. “I think that part of it is dealing with expectations that I am some sort of philosopher. I think I may disappoint some people when I am called to respond.” He told the Guardian newspaper in 2013 when Disgraced opened its long and successful run in London, “I can’t be a spokesman for anything other than my own concerns. I have to be free to wrestle with my own preoccupations and if I’m bringing any political awareness to the process, that mitigates my freedom. I also believe that at a subtle level, it’s perceived by the audience.”

That doesn’t mean, judging from our conversation, he is not a keen passionate observer and commentator on the society in which he finds himself. As David Rooney observed in the Hollywood Reporter, “...the play is a stinging swipe at the fallacy of a post-racial nation.”

In 2005, Akhtar, the American-born son of two Pakistani doctors who immigrated to America in the 1960’s, wrote and starred in a film The War Within, the fictional story of a

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You may have seen him in a straight acting role in HBO’s excellent take on the Wall Street bailout, Too Big to Fail. So he came to Disgraced no stranger to the literary and dramatic world – or to themes of cultural alienation.

The play, which went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and is the next production on the mainstage of the Citadel, is his biggest hit to date. It might be regarded as coming from what has been termed the “imploding dinner party” school of drama – that is, a group of people gather in a living room for an evening of civil conversation. There are already tensions in the air when the evening starts and everything goes south from there. Regular Citadel goers may be reminded of such productions as God of Carnage, Other Desert Cities and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The success of Disgraced, while driven by Akhtar’s acute dramatic flair and precise manipulation of emotion and character, might be largely due to current resonances in today’s society – particularity in the light of recent terrorist attacks, the war in Syria and the American election. It trades in the often dormant but very real tensions between the faith of our fathers and the world that we live in today. Akhtar mixes in the complexity of identity, the pressures generated by the culture into which we are born and the way we change to

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Is it autobiographical? “No!” says Akhtar on the phone. “It is not autobiographical but it is not not autobiographical,” in that it may be based on his life experiences but his characters have a life of their own.

Disgraced asks whether Americans – or by extension, any members of western society, must renounce their “other cultural identities to gain mainstream acceptance.”

Amir Kapoor is deep into the American dream, a Master of the Universe in his sumptuous but discretely tasteful Manhattan apartment. He is a U.S. born, Muslim raised, merger and acquisitions specialist in a Jewish law firm. Somewhat like George Orwell’s Winston Smith in 1984, he has learned to love “big brother” by abandoning his “otherness” to gain mainstream acceptance. He feels the Islam of his childhood is a “backward way of thinking and being” and has supplanted it with a belief in American capitalism. But like the Jesuits who once famously observed, “Give us a child until he is seven and we’ll have him for the rest of his life,” he finds that turning his back on his beliefs is not quite so simple. A one

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Amir’s gorgeous WASPish wife, Emily, is a painter who is entranced by the historic and expressive art of the East. Her latest work is a Valasquez-inspired portrait of her husband as a Moorish servant. While exploring Islam in art she has come to appreciate the “beauty and wisdom of the Islamic tradition,” and has taken to questioning her husband’s new found and unmoored philosophical and moral attitudes.

Joining them for an intimate supper are Jory, an African-American woman who is an upwardly mobile newcomer in Amir’s legal firm and her husband, Isaac, who takes a relaxed view of his Jewishness. He is critical of modern Israel’s bristling military attitudes and loves a good bit of pork. An art gallery curator, he is interested in mounting Emily’s eastern influenced art in the Whitney. He also shows an interest in doing the same thing to Emily.

The evening starts on roiling seas that soon turn tempestuous.

After a few glasses of expensive Scotch, the talk turns to the hot button issues of religion and politics. Not a good idea with this group. Amir, the apostate, when pushed finds his long-buried beliefs emerging. Isaac brings the smug condescension of a man not used

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to self-examination. He observes grandly, “Islam is rich and universal. Part of a spiritual and artistic heritage we all can draw from.” Amir may have referred to the Qur’an as “one very long hate mail letter to humanity,” but yet bristles when Issac expresses an opinion about the differences between Islam and “Islamo-fascism.” Pushed, Amir admits to an “unexpected blush of pride” in the efficiency and success of the 9/11 attacks. Isaac spits out that he is a “closet jihadist.” The more Isaac chimes in with his display of liberal selfrighteousness – the more aggressively opinionated Amir becomes – unknowingly exhibiting how self-loathing and denial have destroyed his sense of identity. A fierce debate over the rise of Islamic terrorism and the meaning of the tenants of the Qur’an and the Talmud, racial profiling, Ahmadinejad and Netanyahu explodes into a jolting scene of violence.

Some critics have suggested that Akhtar’s characters tend to be mouthpieces for the playwright – a variation of the old vaudeville trope, “A Jew, an Arab, a Black and a White meet for a drink in a bar....” which causes Akhtar to bristle on the phone, while maintaining that his characters are far more than talking heads. One Chicago critic did note that the play is a “minefield – that feels all too deliberately booby-trapped by the playwright,” but the critics are almost universal in their celebration of the play. Charles Isherwood in the New York Times noted that Disgraced “...bristles with wit and intelligence putting contemporary attitudes toward religion under a microscope.” And lest prospective Citadel patrons are beginning to feel they are in for an evening of academic polemics rather than just good theatre, Entertainment Weekly observed, “Akhtar packs a lot into his scenes.” One Australian critic opined that the play is “a smart, spiky entertainment” full of ideas and that “Akhtar so effectively drives his dramatic density that I was surprised the play had ended just before the 90 minute mark.”

Although the playwright is willing to discuss the moral and philosophical ideas behind his play he is unwilling to go too far, saying that he likes to leave directors and audiences to “make some discoveries on their own.”

Citadel patrons will have their chance to discover the challenges and dramatic joys of Disgraced when it begins on the Shoctor stage January 21.

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BIOS Shannon Blanchet Ensemble

Shannon is chuffed to be back with Catalyst as a member of this great company. She was last seen as a member of the original Off-Broadway cast of Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe. An Artistic Associate with Teatro la Quindicina and member of the ensemble of Die Nasty: The Live Improvised Soap Opera, you can catch her most Monday nights making stuff up on the Varscona stage for laughs.

Other credits include Whiplash Weekend (Teatro La Quindicina); A Picasso (Chorus Productions); 9 to 5: The Musical (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Von Mitterbrink’s Second (ACME Theatre); The Adulteress (Teatro La Quindicina); Shatter (The Maggie Tree); and LoveHateKill (Pony Productions). When not treading the boards, Shannon enjoys contributing to storytelling in other roles, most recently as an Associate Producer of Voice Over at Bioware on their upcoming title Mass Effect Andromeda. An alumnus of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program at The University of Alberta, she is currently working as a Voice Coach and guest instructor with the third and fourth year students in the program. She can be seen next in Teatro la Quindicina’s Salon of the Talking Turk this spring. Love and gratitude to Aaron. Enjoy the show!

Braydon Dowler-Coltman Ensemble

Braydon is a proud Edmonton-based theatre artist. Select theatre credits include A Christmas Carol, Peter Pan, Oliver!, The Pillowman (Citadel Theatre); Burning Bluebeard (Edmonton Actor’s Theatre); Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/ATP); Scaramouche Jones and Subway Circus (Blarney Productions); That’s Danger (AWHC); Tarzan (Broadway Live); Passion Play (Wild Side Productions); Bloody Poetry, Blood Wedding (Studio Theatre); and the co-written/performed piece, A Perspective on Something Important (Edmonton Fringe). Braydon received a BFA in Acting at the University of Alberta. He is thrilled to be returning to this exciting ensemble-based production, with the incredible talents that surround him.

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BIOS Daniel Fong Everett Liddelman

Select credits include Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/ATP); The Circle (ATP); A Midsummers Night’s Dream (Theatre Calgary/ SBTB); Twelfth Night and DiVerseCity (The Shakespeare Company); A Christmas Carol (Belfry Theatre); The 12 Days of Christmas (Stage West for Kids); Spring Awakening (Artists Collective Theatre); Twelfth Night (Suspension of Disbelief); and The Wasp (Ignite!2013). Film and television credits include Fargo, Wynonna Earp, Mutant World, The Dorm, Forsaken and Klondike. Daniel was also a member of the acapella group HOJA, and performed over four hundred shows in their 2014-15 Canadian tour. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Nadia and all his friends for their love and support.

Graham Mothersill Ensemble

Born and raised in Calgary, Graham is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program. Select credits include Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/ATP); The Crucible (Theatre Calgary); The Tempest (Shakespeare by the Bow); Good with People (Trunk Theatre); The Fall of the House of Atreus: A Cowboy Love Song (Troglodyte Theatre); Tom at the Farm, Salome and Gabriel (Bleviss Laboratory Theatre); The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever (Whizgiggling Productions); How to Leave (Theatre Outré); Code Word: Time (Roxy Performance Series); Coraline: The Musical (Impossible Mongoose Productions); and Spring Awakening (Strathcona Alumni Theatre). Film and television credits include The Trespassers and Q-4 Dream Corporation.

Jamie Tognazzini Ensemble

Jamie lives in Calgary and works as a musical theatre/circus/ puppet performer. It’s a treat to perform at the Citadel for the first time! Edmonton credits include Project Whooping Crane (Kaleido fest); Simplissimus Cabaret (Feats Fest); and LadyFag (Exposure Fest). Elsewhere credits include Calgary, I Love You but You’re Killing Me (One Yellow Rabbit); The Toxic Avenger Musical (Broadway West); Evil Dead The Musical (Ground Zero Theatre/ Hit&Myth); The Astonishing Adventures of Awesome Girl and Radical Boy (Lunchbox Theatre); and Project Whooping Crane (Green Fools Theatre). Jamie sends sweet thanks to all of the fine folks at Catalyst, and sugar-coated gratitude for the generous, loving support of friends and family. Enjoy the show!

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BIOS Jonathan Christenson Director, Co-Writer, Lyricist, Composer

Jonathan is a director, writer and composer who has spearheaded the creation of 22 original Canadian productions, many of which have had an international reach. He has directed at more than 85 theatres across Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Australia and the United States, including in London’s West End and New York’s Broadway district.

His work has been recognized with more than 40 British, Canadian and American awards and nominations and has been published in the United States by Playscripts, and in Canada by Playwrights Canada Press, Newest Press and Bayeaux Arts. Recordings of his music can be found on iTunes and at Broadway Records, and his productions are featured in American Theatre, Maclean’s, Canadian Theatre Review, and PRISM International. Jonathan is the Artistic Director of Catalyst Theatre, now based here in the Maclab Theatre.

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BIOS Beth Graham Co-Writer

Beth’s recent play, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, was produced at Factory Theatre, Theatre Network, Persephone Theatre and the Great Canadian Theatre Company. The play was a finalist for the 2015 Governor General’s Award and received the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award. Beth is one of the co-creators of The Drowning Girls, which toured across Canada and will be produced in the spring at Vertigo Theatre and Theatre Northwest. She’s been a member of the Citadel Theatre Playwright’s Forum, attended the Banff Playwrights Colony and been a playwright in residence at Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre. Beth has acted in a number of Catalyst Theatre productions and she is honoured to be a part of the creative team of Fortune Falls.

Laura Krewski Choreographer

Laura has choreographed Vigilante, Hunchback, Nevermore and Frankenstein for Catalyst Theatre. Other credits include West Side Story, Spamalot (Citadel Theatre); Made in Italy (Western Canadian Theatre); Enron (National Arts Centre); Chicago and Footloose (The Mayfield); Next To Normal (Citadel Theatre/ Theatre Calgary); The Yellow Wallpaper (Expanse Festival); I Think I’m Fallin’, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Home is a Beautiful Word and Spring Awakening (Belfry Theatre); as well as new musicals Rich and Rapa Nui (Manitoba Theatre for Young People). Laura is also an instructor for The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Upcoming is Jesus Christ Superstar at The Mayfield. Sterling Awards for Choreography include West Side Story, Chicago, Spamalot and Nevermore. Laura has also received a Lucille Lortel nomination for the Off-Broadway run of Nevermore.

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BIOS Kerem Çetinel

Set, Props & Lighting Designer Kerem has designed set, costumes and lighting for several companies in Western Canada including Monster (Kill Your Television Theatre); Helen’s Necklace (Shadow Theatre); Faithless (OYR & Azimuth Theatre); Death and the Maiden (Globe Theatre); Bash’D! (Theatre Passe Muraille); Pretty Little Instincts (SNAFU Dance Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Bluebridge Repertory Theatre); The Trespassers (Belfry Theatre & Vancouver Playhouse); Reverie (Ghost River Theatre); The Kite Runner (Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre); and The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (Ghost River Theatre/ATP). His work abroad includes Animal Farm (National Theatre of Turkey); Ezel Bahar (National Ballet of Turkey – Modern Dance Istanbul); and Biz (Voicing the Resistance Festival – Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin).

Kerem is a member of the ADC and has a MFA Theatre Design degree from University of Alberta.

Matthew Skopyk

Music Producer & Sound Designer Matthew Skopyk is an Edmonton based Sound Designer and Composer. Recent Design/Composition credits include Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/Alberta Theatre Projects); Romeo & Juliet (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Or The Whale (Wishbone Theatre); Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre); Playing With Fire: The Theo Fleury Story (Citadel Theatre/Persephone Theatre/Alberta Theatre Projects); ENRON (National Arts Centre); Whisper (Studio Theatre/Catalyst Theatre); Michelle et Ti Jean and Palace of the End (Theatre Network); Titus Andronicus, As You Like It, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Twelfth Night and Othello (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Matthew also currently resides as the Sound Supervisor for the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta.

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BIOS Megan Koshka Costume Designer

Megan Koshka is a freelance Canadian theatre designer, based in Edmonton, Alberta. She is a part of the Associated Designers of Canada and is a graduate from the University of Alberta with a degree in set, costume and lighting design (BFA).

Upcoming credits include set and costume design for Peter and the Starcatcher (Citadel Theatre), and costume design for the 2017 Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Free Will Player’s Theatre Guild). Select credits include costume design for 2016 Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Free Will Player’s Theatre Guild); set and costume design for Gordon (Theatre Network); The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Alberta Opera); set design for the 2015 Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Free Will Player’s Theatre Guild); production design for The Other (Pyretic Productions), and associate costume design for Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre, 2015 Sterling Award Best Costume Design). www.mkoshka.com

Jane MacFarlane Voice & Dialect Coach

Jane has been part of over 40 productions in the past 15 years for Theatre Calgary including A Light in the Piazza, Bad Jews, The Crucible, King Lear (Bard on the Beach co-pro), Liberation Days (WCT co-pro), One Man, Two Guvnors, The Mountaintop, Pride and Prejudice, Enron, To Kill a Mockingbird, Much Ado About Nothing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 7 Stories, Ideal Husband (Shakespeare by the Bow), A Christmas Carol, The Circle, Legend has it, Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, Venus in Fur, Motherf*cker With the Hat, That Elusive Spark, Vincent in Brixton and Syringa Tree (ATP); Richard III, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet and Othello (The Shakespeare Company). Jane is Voice and Dialect Consultant for the 2016-17 season at Vertigo Theatre and the Resident Voice Coach for Theatre Calgary.

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BIOS James Robert Boudreau Production Manager

Jim Bob is a freelance Production Manager/Technical Director. Catalyst Theatre productions credits include Fortune Falls, Vigilante, The Soul Collector, Hunchback, Nevermore, Frankenstein and The Blue Orphan. Other examples of client projects include Sabbatical Production Manager replacement for the University of Alberta’s Drama Department; Production Manager of the 2015 Canada Winter Games and Technical Director for the Alberta Centennial 2005 Royal Visit. He has also worked for The Stratford Festival, The Banff Centre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Vancouver Playhouse and The Canadian Stage Company. For more information visit his web site at www.mopboy.com.

Wayne Paquette Stage Manager

Wayne is the Artistic Director of Blarney Productions, an Artistic Associate with Shadow Theatre, as well as an associate member of the Citadel Theatre Academy. He has directed Blackbird and co-directed The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead (Citadel theatre). Most recently, Wayne directed a full season for Blarney Productions, including Full Frontal Diva, MOTE, A Steady Rain, as well as four fringe shows: Bonnie & Clyde, Love Letters, A Slow Air, and Dark Vanilla Jungle. Much love to Denise.

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Assistant Stage Manager Al is thrilled to be making his Catalyst Theatre debut.

Previously at the Citadel, Al was the Assistant Stage Manager for Alice Through the Looking-Glass and West Side Story, as well as Apprentice Stage Manager on Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, Monty Python’s Spamalot and Make Mine Love.

Other stage and assistant stage management credits include The Merry Widow and Turnadot (Edmonton Opera); Working It Out (Alberta Workers Health Centre); Anne of Green Gables, Mamma Mia and Glenda’s Kitchen (Charlottetown Festival); 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.

Lauren Acheson Design Associate

Lauren is a freelance designer and technician based in Calgary. This is her first show with Catalyst and she’s terribly excited about it. Recent work includes lighting design for King Kirby (Sage Theatre); set design for Almost, Maine (RDC); and costume design for The Andersons (NTSC).

When she’s not designing for theatre, Lauren can usually be found lighting events at MRU, supervising events at the Pumphouse Theatres or building maquettes for other set designers in Calgary. Lauren is a graduate of Red Deer College (Production 2012) and of The National Theatre School of Canada (Set and Costume Design 2015).

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