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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 Jane Batty Jeff Boadway Lesley Cormack Wendy Dupree Robert Fernandez Neil Gower Dave Hancock Sandra Haskins Richard Kirby Margot Ross-Graham Micki Ruth Peter Silverstone Micah Slavens Larry Staples

HonoUrary Directors Jack N. Agrios, Ken Bautista, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, Guy Bridgeman, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Allison Edwards, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, 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, Barbara Shumsky, Gaurav Singhmar, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

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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THE NEW GERSHWIN® MUSICAL Music & lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin Book by Ken Ludwig Mar 4 – Apr 2, 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 Million Dollar Quartet!

You are going to have a rockin’ good time getting to know the young men that would grow up to become the music legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

This production is skillfully directed by Edmonton’s own Ted Dykstra. Ted is the perfect director to helm this production, as he knows this music and era inside out, having played Jerry Lee Lewis masterfully in Fire — which he starred in at the Citadel in both 1986 and 2008. He and our incredible Music Director, Bob Foster, have captured that unmistakable 1950’s rock sound in this production — raw and gritty, but full of hope and potential. I guarantee you’ll be dancing in your seat!

To me, this show celebrates the ephemeral — an incredible fleeting moment when all of this musical genius collided in one room. This fantastic cast of multi-talented actors and musicians will transport you back to that moment for a taste of how amazing it could have been.

Thanks so much for being a part of the Citadel family. Enjoy the show!

Sincerely

Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director

PS - Next up in our season is our beloved production of A Christmas Carol. This Edmonton holiday tradition is back for it’s 17th year. And this year we are incredibly excited to welcome back Tom Wood as Scrooge! We would love for you and your family to join us to bring in the holidays together.

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Floyd Mutrux Inspired by

Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins

NELSON COLLINS-LEE.................................... Fluke, Drummer PAUL COURNOYER.......................................... Brother Jay Perkins, Bassist CHRISTOPHER FORDINAL.............................. Elvis Presley GREG GALE........................................................ Johnny Cash CHRISTO GRAHAM. . ......................................... Jerry Lee Lewis RYAN PARKER................................................... Sam Phillips KALE PENNY...................................................... Carl Perkins VANESSA SEARS.............................................. Dyanne Director................................................................ TED DYKSTRA Music Director.. ................................................... BOB FOSTER Set & Costume Designer.. ................................. CORY SINCENNES Lighting Designer............................................... MICHAEL WALTON Sound Designer.................................................. OWEN HUTCHINSON Dialect Coach..................................................... Doug Mertz Vocal Coach........................................................ David Ley Stage Manager................................................... ANDREA SCHURMAN Assistant Stage Manager.................................. SANG-SANG LEE This performance is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.

Originally developed and produced by Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions and Northern Lights, Inc. at the Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director & Roche Shulfer, Executive Director) and transferred to The Apollo Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2008. Produced by the Village Theatre, Issaquah, Washington (Robb Hunt, Producer & Steve Tompkins, Artistic Director) 2007 and Seaside Music Theater, Daytona Beach, FL (Tippin Davidson, Producer & Lester Malizia, Artistic Director) 2006.

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about the

playwrights Colin Escott Born in England, Colin Escott lives near Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the first in-depth account of the Sun Records story. His book Hank Williams – The Biography has been adapted into the movie I Saw the Light, starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen. His multi-CD box set, The Complete Hank Williams, won a Grammy, and another of his productions, B.B. King – King of the Blues, was nominated for a Grammy.

Million Dollar Quartet received three Tony nominations, including Best Book and Best Musical. Escott was part of the writing/producing team adapting the show for a multi-part/multi-season run on CMT/Viacom. The first season airs in November-December 2016.

Floyd Mutrux Floyd Mutrux worked Second City, Chicago; attended Columbia University, NY; in LA, conceived, wrote, directed or produced 50 films: American Hot Wax (Best Picture, Director), Scarecrow (Best Picture), Urban Cowboy, Untouchables, Up in Smoke, Dick Tracy, and with his wife Birgitte, is preparing a new film Moon Over Memphis (a rock ‘n’ roll Field of Dreams).

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director’s notes

Million Dollar Quartet is a monster hit throughout North America. You are about to find out why. It’s a simple premise: on December 4, 1956, before they were forever to become icons of American music, these “boys” – Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley – shared some time together, in Sam Phillips’ soon to be as iconic Sun Records studio.

As I write this, we are in our second day of rehearsal in the Citadel rehearsal hall.

To the left of me is a maquette – which is a tiny, exact model in every way – of the incredible set, based of course on the real life Sun Records Studio, where the legendary meeting that gives this show its name took place. The designer extraordinaire Cory Sincennes was just in here and we chatted about how the opening was going to work on the set, as well as the best spot for Jerry Lee’s piano. In my head I could already see the possibilities that will be presented when lighting designer Michael Walton, another genius in his field, gets to town early next week.

Meanwhile my favourite musical director in the world and very close friend Bob Foster is taking Vanessa Sears and the gang through a version of I Hear You Knockin’ that we found months ago while preparing our musical ideas for Million Dollar Quartet. It’s a dirtier version than the Broadway productions, and we are all liking it very much. This cast (Bob and I scoured the continent!) is “killer”, pun intended.

So here I sit, asked to pen my thoughts for the program, and all I can think is: I’m one lucky guy. It’s going to be a great show. So nice to be home. Enjoy, Edmonton!

Ted Dykstra

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Colin MacLean is the dean of Edmonton theatre reviewers.

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

T he return of

Tom Wood There’s a familiar Christmas ornament

gracing our season this year. Tom Wood, who first adapted Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for Bob Baker’s Citadel production in 2000, and who memorably played the role for many years, is returning to the lead role. He’ll be sharing the character with Glenn Nelson who has been playing as the show’s alternate Scrooge for the past four seasons.

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No one who has seen Nelson’s take on the cold-hearted, tight-fisted old misanthrope and his ghost-ridden transformation into the very spirit of Christmas will ever complain that they have seen a lesser performance. But somehow, Wood seemed to not portray a character but to inhabit his soul. The actor immediately endeared himself to Edmonton audiences and for a decade nightly donned the dark, Dickensian garb and fearsome mien of Ebenezer Scrooge.

The first time I saw Tom Wood he was a U of A student – a skinny kid who ran off (or more correctly peddled off on an early version of the bicycle) as one of Stephen Leacock’s whimsical Canadian eccentrics in an early 70’s Mark Schoenberg production of Sunshine Sketches. Intense, versatile (and hysterically funny when occasion demanded) he went on to fashion one of the most distinguished careers in Canadian theatre. In 1998, accompanying his partner, director Bob Baker, he relocated to Edmonton and as a playwright has gifted us with a series of dazzling adaptations (Peter Pan/Pride and Prejudice/Vanya) and as an actor, memorable performances (Big Daddy/Willy Loman/ James Tyrone).

But, I think it’s safe to say, that no role he has played has been so universally embraced as Scrooge. Says Wood, “It has become the favourite role of my career.”

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Forthwith: Tom Wood (and others) on “A Christmas Carol.”

WOOD: Last year was the 50th Anniversary of the Citadel. Bob (director Bob Baker) asked me if I wanted to come back but James MacDonald (who has played Scrooge with distinction for the past four seasons) was doing a great job and I didn’t see me swanning in to ‘take over from the rookie.’ But then this year James was unable to take the role and Bob asked again. I was conflicted because I loved the experience so much.

Tom Wood: unsure. The “actor’s nightmare.”

WOOD: I had been away for 7 years and I wondered whether I was still up to it. Even when I was working, if I had a break of a couple of months, I would worry, “Oh gawd, have I lost it?” After considerable thought – I decided to go ahead.

Reclaiming Dickens’ vision.

WOOD: Originally I wanted to have nothing to do with the project. I didn’t know who Scrooge was. In my mind he seemed to be a grumpy old man who became happy. He was often pictured as cute and funny and you know that he is going to change immediately

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when you see him. It was all done with a wink and a nod. Bob said, “Just read the book.”

I did. I read it and by the end I was in tears. The story haunted me.

Tom finds younger self in an old book.

WOOD: At times when I was unhappy I thought a lot about changing my life. I realized how hard that process is – to try and change after we have been molded. I came to realize why Scrooge is such a miserable old coot. He’s been shaped by all the pain in his life – a pain I could retrieve from my own younger life. It was sort of like Freudian psychology in the 1800’s – like sitting on a couch and telling of how you couldn’t get along with your father.

Talking about how money, and the lack thereof, can affect decisions on whom you’ll marry.

You can see all the great wounds in his life and as he begins to understand himself – you begin to understand him too. Dickens was so smart. Christmas is supposed to be about a rebirth and Dickens has taken this broken man and given him a new life.

Making the playwright’s dream real.

The production was to be the largest and most complex in the Citadel’s history. It was to tax the production facilities (and budget) of the theatre as never before.

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WOOD: It was a big deal for the Citadel. It was a new play and an untried story.

BAKER: We ran the idea by Joe Shoctor and then took it to the Board, and I must admit we asked for a lot. But they unanimously supported it.

WOOD: There was no way the show would make its money back in one year. We hoped we could amortize the cost over three years if we hoped to break even. That would mean a three year run was necessary.

The production is now in its 17th year. The last two years have seen the largest audiences the show has ever generated.

Kipling: “If you can keep your head when all about you is chaos...”

Famously, the first preview night of A Christmas Carol went on without a complete dress rehearsal and without a hitch.

BAKER: We had managed a kind of cue-to-cue but never put the whole production together. I told everyone, “Just keep going until we can’t.”

Time ran out. The dress rehearsal stopped at the end of Act 1.

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BAKER: “I knew we had something great in there somewhere but I had zero objectivity by curtain time on Opening Night. The older actors were fearful. The kids were hysterically excited.

WOOD: I tried to concentrate on telling the story. On making it work. Actually, I have a vague recollection of running and running so I didn’t have time for too much fear. I think I was in a state of shock. It was a blessing of sorts.

BAKER: I guess we had blind faith we would get there.

WOOD: It’s a little like going to war. You train for that moment. You do the repetitive stuff – the stuff you’ve trained for. You put on your uniform. You get in the truck. You figure out what your first objective is. The big battle lies before you but you have to concentrate on one moment at a time. It was the greatest challenge of my life but I loved it. We all were running in the same direction – we were all hoping for the same miracle.

BAKER: Tom’s complete focus during the rehearsal allowed him to remain impressively composed when surrounded by the chaos.

WOOD: I was terrified.

Wood came through as anyone who was there that night will remember. So did the production. At the end, the audience rose as one to their feet and applauded. They never twigged to how close the production came to disaster.

Tom Wood climbs his own Everest – on a nightly basis.

WOOD: It’s two hours of intensity. You’re offstage for maybe 4 minutes. For the whole evening you are either running to your next appearance or changing costume. I’m not complaining. It’s a big story and you need to invest in it but I’m not as young as when I first

played the role and my knees are sort of bad. I have to climb a lot of ladders and stairs. As an actor I start at the beginning to try and make it impossible to like Scrooge – that’s an important part of the journey. I feel elated at the end of the night and I think the audience is too. But, I had to have an assistant to help me drag my sorry ass to my dressing room.

The unexpected longevity of A Christmas Carol.

WOOD: I’m overwhelmed. I’m told that a lot of people have made our play a destination for Christmas and I’m very happy about that. Something happened and people are identifying with the show in that kind of way. We picture the kind of suffering that Dickens desperately wanted to call people’s attention to when he wrote the book. And I think what keeps the play rolling is that it is such a great message at Christmastime.

BAKER: Tom’s writing and performance transforms people. It’s one of the true pieces of theatre. Theatre is a tranformative art form. People leave the theatre different than when they came in. And that is witnessed when the patrons leave 20, 50, 100 dollar bills for the Food Bank. They have been reminded of the power of generosity.

Tom Wood is sharing nightly performances this year with his redoubtable fellow actor, Glenn Nelson. The first night which will feature Mr. Wood, is November 26.

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MUSICAL numbers Blue Suede Shoes (Music and Lyrics By Carl L. Perkins) – Company

Real Wild Child (Music and Lyrics By John O’Keefe, John Greenan and Dave Owens) – Jerry Lee Lewis

Matchbox (Music and Lyrics By Carl L. Perkins) – Carl Perkins

Who Do You Love?

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Folsom Prison Blues (Music and Lyrics By John R. Cash) – Johnny Cash

Fever (Music and Lyrics By Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell) – Dyanne

Memories Are Made of This (Music and Lyrics By Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr and Frank Miller) – Elvis Presley

That’s All Right (Music and Lyrics By Arthur Crudup) – Elvis Presley

Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Music and Lyrics By Chuck Berry) – Company

Down by the Riverside – Company Sixteen Tons (Music and Lyrics By Merle Travis) – Johnny Cash

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Long Tall Sally (Music and Lyrics By Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman) – Elvis Presley

Peace in the Valley (Music and Lyrics By Thomas A. Dorsey) – Company

I Walk the Line (Music and Lyrics By John R. Cash) – Johnny Cash

I Hear You Knocking (Music and Lyrics By Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King) – Dyanne

Party (Music and Lyrics By Jessie Mae Robinson) – Carl Perkins and Company

Great Balls of Fire (Music and Lyrics By Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer) – Jerry Lee Lewis

Down by the Riverside (Reprise) – Company

Hound Dog (Music and Lyrics By Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – Elvis Presley

Ghost Riders (Music and Lyrics By Stan Jones) – Johnny Cash

See You Later Alligator (Music and Lyrics By Robert Guidry) – Carl Perkins

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Music and Lyrics By Curly Williams) – Jerry Lee Lewis

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bios Nelson Collins-Lee Fluke, Drummer

Nelson Collins-Lee is a drummer and educator based in Edmonton. From humble beginnings in Rocky Mountain House, AB, Nelson went on to study drum set performance at both Grant MacEwan University and the University of North Texas.

Along the way, he has also contributed to an eclectic variety of musical projects. This is exemplified by his current ongoing work; from the psychedelic tinged indie-rock of Morewine, to his jazz-fusion group Red Litmus, to the more chaotic hardcorepunk sounds of The 21st Agenda. Much like his character, Fluke, Nelson is an artist who often allows opportunity to direct him where it will, learning as he goes. Nelson teaches private drum lessons at Giovanni School of Music.

Paul CoUrnoyer Brother Jay Perkins, Bassist

Paul Cournoyer is a bass player and composer from Edmonton, Alberta, who has had the pleasure of performing and writing for various projects. His work has allowed him to travel across the country from Whitehorse all the way to Moncton. You can see him perform under his own name or with the indie-folk trio Post Script. He is extremely proud to be part of The Citadel’s production of Million Dollar Quartet!

Christopher Fordinal Elvis Presley

Christopher is a graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He is honored to be joining the Citadel team for the first time. Some of his previous credits include Elvis in Million Dollar Quartet (Flat Rock Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, and Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre); Buddy Holly: In Concert (Flat Rock Playhouse); and Little Princess with Andrew Lippa (Final Workshop). He would like to thank his beautiful bride and family for all their support. As well as his Savior, Jesus Christ, for His incredible faithfulness.

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bios Greg Gale Johnny Cash

Greg is so excited and privileged to be part of this magnificent company in one of the country’s most beautiful theatres.

Recent theatre credits include a Dora nominated performance in The Crackwalker (Factory Theatre); Trout Stanley (Persephone Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Northwest); Dear Johnny Deere (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Wilberforce Hotel (Blyth Centre for the Arts); and Dream a Little Dream (Grand Theatre). Film and television credits include Alias Grace (Netflix/CBC); Crazy House (short, Directed by Aaron Mirkin); Covert Affairs (Universal); and Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftesbury). Greg is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada and the 2005 recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant.

Christo Graham Jerry Lee Lewis

Christo Graham was born to the family of Tom Graham and Jeanne Lambert in a house in the woods outside Bishop’s Mills, Ontario, and began playing piano in his youth with his three older brothers and younger sister. He was most recently seen onstage in the Globe Theatre’s production of Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash.

Ryan Parker Sam Phillips

Ryan is delighted to be a part of this amazing team! Selected credits include Nevermore (Off Broadway: Catalyst Theatre/ Radio Mouse); One Man, Two Guvnors (Citadel Theatre); As You Like It, Coriolanus, Romeo and Juliet and Love’s Labor’s Lost (Freewill Players); It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Superman!

The Musical (Plain Jane Theatre); Barefoot in the Park and East of My Usual Brain (Teatro La Quindicina); The Last Resort/ Spelling Bee (Mayfield Dinner Theatre). Ryan has a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta and a Theatre Arts Diploma from MacEwan University. When he’s not on stage, Ryan can either be found in his photography studio, www.pkphotography.tv, or spending time with his wonderful family. Love to his wife Claire and son Jackson.

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bios Kale Penny Carl Perkins

Kale is thrilled to be making his Citadel Theatre debut in Million Dollar Quartet. It isn’t often that music and theatre intertwine in such a beautiful way, and he is proud to be right in the middle of the two, portraying such an iconic and influential guitarist. Kale calls Vancouver home, and has performed in a number of productions on the west coast, including Alice VS Wonderland (Musical Director), Little Shop of Horrors, Cruel Tears/Lagrimas Crueles (Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre); Godspell, and most recently the lead role in Rock of Ages (Arts Club Theatre Company). He holds a BFA (2013) from the University of Victoria, and is also an accomplished musician, having recently finished recording his debut solo EP, to be released early next year. Thanks so much to Ted, Bob, Bob, and Daryl for this fantastic opportunity. This show is for my wonderful family, and the love of my life, Lauren.

Vanessa Sears Dyanne

Vanessa is thrilled to be making her debut with the Citadel Theatre and honoured to be working with such an incredible team. Recent credits include Lorraine in All Shook Up (Drayton Entertainment); Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Young People’s Theatre, Dora Award for Outstanding Ensemble); Nicola in the Canadian premiere of Kinky Boots (Mirvish Productions, BroadwayWorld Award for Best Female in a Featured Role); Loretta in Brantwood, Nina in In The Heights (Theatre Sheridan); Moll in Moll, Marathon of Hope (Canadian Music Theatre Project). Television credits include Suits and The Beaverton. Vanessa is a proud Sheridan graduate. Huge thanks to Aniela and David, my beautiful family and friends, Rachel at NCA, and to the entire MDQ team. You can check out Vanessa’s Facebook fan page, and follow her on Twitter @NessaSears. www.vanessasears.com

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bios Ted Dykstra Director

Ted is a proud St. Albertan and began his career in Edmonton in the 1970’s. Since leaving home to study at the National Theatre School, he has starred as an actor in leading roles on every major stage in Canada, and has directed to great acclaim across the country. Also a writer and composer, his musical Evangeline was seen at the Citadel last year. Citadel audiences also know him for his roles in Fire and 2 Pianos 4 Hands, which he co-wrote and has performed and directed around the world.

Ted has 5 Dora Awards, a Chalmers, a Merritt, a Sterling, a Gemini and The Key To St Albert! Party!

Bob Foster Music Director

Bob last worked at the Citadel with Bittergirl – the musical and Evangeline. Select theatre credits include Anne of Green Gables, Alice Through The Looking-Glass, Evangeline, Mamma Mia, Bittergirl (Charlottetown Festival); Wizard of Oz, Billy Elliott, Rock Of Ages, Hairspray, Dirty Dancing, The Boys In The Photograph (Mirvish); Next To Normal (MTC); Evita, Camelot, Little Shop Of Horrors (MTC, Theatre Calgary); Rock And Roll, Ring Of Fire, The Buddy Holly Story (Grand Theatre, London); Twist and Shout, Legends (Drayton Entertainment); Into The Woods, Fire (Theatre Calgary); Bob is Head of Music at the Charlottetown Festival. He co-wrote the hit songs Good Mother and Looking for It, with Jann Arden, with whom he worked for many years. He is recipient of 2 Socan Airplay Awards, and 2 Betty Mitchell 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 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); Venus in Fur, Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot and The Rocky Horror Show (Citadel); Last 5 Years, Michel and Ti-Jean, and Let The Light Of Day Through (Theatre Network). www.corysincennes.com

Michael Walton Lighting Designer

Previously at the Citadel, Michael was lighting designer for Evangeline, One Man, Two Guvnors, Mary Poppins, Next to Normal, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women: The Broadway Musical and The Three Musketeers. Other credits include twelve seasons with the Stratford Festival, including A Chorus Line, Macbeth, The Hypochondriac, Hamlet, The Sound of Music, Oedipus Rex, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Fiddler on the Roof, Henry V and The Tempest; Mamma Mia (Charlottetown Festival); The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); Così Fan Tutte (Canadian Opera Company); A Word or Two with Christopher Plummer (CTG/Stratford, Los Angeles); Albert Herring (Vancouver Opera/Pacific Opera); Maria Stuarda (Pacific Opera); Enron (NAC); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and Sideways (La Jolla Playhouse); Julie, The Other Place, Harper Reagan and Venus in Fur (Canadian Stage); Glenn and A Tender Thing (Soulpepper).

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bios Owen Hutchinson Sound Designer

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

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

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bios Doug Mertz Dialect Coach

Doug has taught and coached dialects for more than 40 shows in the US and Canada. In Edmonton he has taught dialects at the University of Alberta, Theatre Alberta, Rapid Fire Theatre and the Foote Theatre School. He has coached dialects for numerous shows here at the Citadel including West Side Story, One Man, Two Guvnors, Mary Poppins, and seven years of A Christmas Carol. Doug is the Director of Education and Outreach here at the Citadel.

David Ley Vocal Coach

David holds an MFA in performance from York University. He is a Professor in the Drama Department at the University of Alberta where he teaches Voice and Speech, Dialects, and Acting. He spent ten seasons as a Voice Coach at Canada’s Stratford Festival and continues to be a regular instructor in Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory. He has done numerous feature newspaper interviews commenting on dialects and vocal performance and has been featured in two CBC documentaries on Canadian speech. His “Three minutes to a Proper British Dialect” video has been seen over a million times on YouTube.

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bios Andrea Schurman Stage Manager

Twenty years after leaving Edmonton, Andrea is overjoyed to be home working at the Citadel. Previously, she’s been here as the SM of Red (with Canadian Stage) and ASM of Intimate Apparel (with Obsidian Theatre). Other recent credits include two seasons with the Shaw Festival; 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Marquis); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Other Desert Cities (Grand Theatre); NSFW (Studio 180); The Mountaintop (Obsidian); and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Globe/Persephone). She has worked from coast to coast (and Barbados!) with many wonderful companies including YPT, Mirvish, Soulpepper, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Cahoots, Theatre Passe Muraille, Nightwood, Factory Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Neptune Theatre, TNB, Tapestry New Opera, Opera Ontario, Ross Petty Productions, and the Stratford Festival. Next up, she will SM James & the Giant Peach for YPT.

Sang-Sang Lee Assistant Stage Manager

Last season, Sang-Sang was the ASM on West Side Story and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Other Citadel credits include Avenue Q, One Man, Two Guvnors, Make Mine Love, Clybourne Park, Spamalot, Private Lives, The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, A Christmas Carol, Billy Bishop Goes to War and As You Like It. Elsewhere, she has worked on The Antessy (Concrete Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Don Giovanni (Centre for Opera Studies in Italy); Hunchback (Catalyst Theatre); The Super Groovy 70s, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Mayfield Theatre); Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show (Odd Lot Theatre); Seussical (St. Albert Children’s Theatre); and Monteverdi’s Orfeo (U of A Centennial). She is a graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Production program.

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DEC 2-3/16 8:00PM Last seen at the Citadel as Father Felician in Evangeline, multi award-winning actor and musical theatre star, Brent Carver, will captivate you with songs by Leonard Cohen, Gilles Vigneault, Jacques Brel, and Leiber and Stoller. He’ll be joined by Music Director and pianist, Laura Burton.

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