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A Musical

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Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. Chair Arliss Miller Past Chair J. G. Greenough, F.C.A. Treasurer Solomon Rolingher, Q.C. 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 Tom Redl Aroon Sequeira Ex Officio Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Ralph Young Dr. Robert Westbury

Board of Directors Aroon Sequeira President Ralph Young Past President Catrin Owen Vice President Stuart Lee Treasurer Ken Bautista Guy Bridgeman Lesley Cormack Jane Halford Ted Hole Mike House Richard Kirby Al Maurer Lisa Miller Dave Mowat Margot Ross-Graham Gaurav Singhmar Larry Staples Sheila Witwicky

HonoUrary Directors

Jack N. Agrios, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, 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, Gary Killips, Beverlee Loat, Maureen McCaw, Eva McGregor, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Barbara Shumsky, 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

2012/13 Season ......................

A FEW GOOD MEN

By Aaron Sorkin September 15 - October 7, 2012

NEXT TO NORMAL Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt October 20 - November 11, 2012

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens November 30 - December 23, 2012 Presented by

PRIVATE LIVES

By Noël Coward February 2 - 24, 2013

BLIND DATE Created and performed by Rebecca Northan February 13 - 24, 2013

RIDE THE CYCLONE Written by Jacob Richmond Music by Brooke Maxwell & Jacob Richmond February 22 - March 10, 2013

THE KITE RUNNER Adapted by Matthew Spangler Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini March 9 - 31, 2013

THE PENELOPIAD

By Margaret Atwood March 30 - April 21, 2013 Presented by

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Book & lyrics by Eric Idle Music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle April 20 - May 19, 2013 Presented by

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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

Barbara Poole Jerry & Mary Preston Sir Francis Price & ($5000 +) Justice Marguerite Trussler David & Jan Bentley Penny Ritco Marc de La Bruyère & Arnold & Grace Rumbold Stacy Schiff In Memory of Sheila Edwards Kayla Shoctor Marshall & Debby Shoctor Ada Hole Eira Spaner Harry & Muriel Hole Moira & Larry Staples John & Maggie Mitchell Buddy Victor Tom & Corrie Redl Paddy Webb and Family Rob & Beth Reynolds Sheila Witwicky Aroon Sequeira Prem & Saroj Singhmar STAR Weir Family Fund ($1000 - $2499) Ralph & Gay Young Affinity Dental Group

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Madam Justice Darlene Acton Bob Baker & Tom Wood Dr. & Mrs. Luis & Alexis Baptista Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross John & Judith Cosco Doug & Wendy Davey Dr. Elizabeth Dixon & Dr. Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim Allison & Glyn Edwards Leslie Frankish Cecil & Anne Hoffman Wolfgang & Elizabeth Kaminski Don & Lorna Kramer Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation Sandy & Cecile Mactaggart Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern Fran & Al Olson Esther Ondrack Playhouse Publications Ltd.

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS Norman & Valerie Kneteman Ken & Jennifer Kouri Christine Kyriakides Dr. Ed & Nikki Lazar James MacDonald Teresa Mardon – Royal Lepage Suzette Marxheimer Ian & Linda McConnan Douglas & Claire McConnell Norma & Gordon McIntosh Gordon & Agneta McKenzie Maureen & Jim Moran Bill & Joyce Mustard Ruth Nakai Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Fred & Helen Otto Tom & Judy Peacocke Fay Plomp Poster Tech Curtis & Sandra Prosko Richard Remund Henry & Helen Resta Antoni & Lucyna Rojek Alan Rose Marianne & Kent Stewart Neil & Merle D. Taylor Lorne Warneke Harry & Heather Zirk

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David Cornish Robert & Marlene Crosbie Marilyn Darwish Karen Farkas Gail Faulkner Jean Fukushima Betty & Mike Gibbins Frank Gibson W.L. Gibson Shirley Gifford Gaie Goin Gwen Gordon Joan Green Lilian Green Sheila Gynane Neil & Carol Handelsman Leonard & Sonia Hawreliak Patsy Ho Ray & Elaine Hook Mike & Kathy House Dr. Robert & Laurel Hudson Mary Hurlburt & Norm Stacey Elesavata Hymonyk Norman & Evelyn Jensen Dr. Jerry & Miriam Katz Doris Kent Liz Kohle Jack & Diane Latham Mary Lister Nancy Lord Mervyn & Teresita Lynch Neil & Pamela Martin Ian McLernon Linda Medland Davis Dr. A & Evelyn Meer Al Morrow Craig Neuman Roy Nickerson Ian & Lou Nicol Vital & Colleen Ouellette Kathy Packford Fred & Mary Paranchych Leslie & Rick Penny Sheila Petersen Gordon & Margaret Peterson Jean & Edward Posyniak

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To learn more about our Supporter Program and levels of support and benefits, please visit www.citadeltheatre.com or call Sydney Stuart at (780) 428-2142 or sstuart@citadeltheatre.com.

As a registered charity, we rely on the generosity of our donors & sponsors.

Thank you to all of our supporters.

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

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

Government & Foundation Supporters

Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor, 1922 – 2001

executive producer and founder, the citadel theatre

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

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

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

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

C O U R T E S I E S

Dr. Ghalib Ahmed and the friendly staff at Coast Edmonton House.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES No doubt we have all been distracted by a cell phone, pager or watch alarm ringing or lighting up when attending the theatre.

For every performance which is unmarred by one of these distractions, we will donate $5 to the Actors’ Fund of Canada.

ALLERGY ALERT For the safety of those with allergies, please refrain from the use of perfumes or scented products before coming to the theatre.

H E A R I N G A D VA N C E M E N T H E A D S E T S We offer headsets to patrons with hearing difficulties. Ask the usher at the door of the theatre. These are provided free of charge. You will be asked to leave your driver’s license as a deposit until the headset is returned at the end of the performance.

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L AT E S E AT I N G We endeavor to minimize the distraction for our patrons and the actors when seating latecomers. If you arrive late for a performance, you will be seated at the first appropriate moment in the play in designated latecomer seating. You are welcome to move to your assigned seat at intermission. If you must leave the theatre during a performance you will not be allowed to return to your seat until intermission.

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Recognizing our Corporate Partners

Media Sponsors

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Citadel Theatre Corporate Subscription Program A TICKET PROGRAM designed specifically to benefit companies like yours. Please support the businesses that support the Citadel Theatre.

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• A unique way to retain and thank both your clients and suppliers.

• Effective staff incentives and rewards.

• An opportunity to publicly show your support and commitment to the ongoing enrichment of our community.

• First class priority service with Citadel Theatre customer service representatives and invites to networking opportunities.

For more information on this exciting program, please contact Angelica at amenck@citadeltheatre.com or 780.428.2109

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By Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell Directed by Britt Small and Jacob Richmond Staging and choreography by Treena Stubel

CAST RIELLE BRAID.. ............................................................. Ocean Rosenberg* KELLY HUDSON.......................................................... Constance Blackwood ELLIOTT LORAN.. ......................................................... Ricky Potts* SARAH JANE PELZER................................................ Jane Doe* KHOLBY WARDELL. . ................................................... Noel Gruber* JAMESON MATTHEW PARKER................................ Mischa Bachinsky* CAREY WASS............................................................... Voice of Karnak JAMES INSELL............................................................. Puppeteer MUSICIANS SEBASTIAN BRITNEFF............................................... Bass ANDREW TAYLOR....................................................... Drums KIARAN McMILLAN..................................................... Guitar ZACK SANTELLA......................................................... Piano

The Citadel engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Production personnel for the Citadel Theatre are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) 18 RIDE THE CYCLONE

CREATIVE Playwright...................................................................... JACOB RICHMOND Music and Lyrics.......................................................... BROOKE MAXWELL &

JACOB RICHMOND Direction. . ....................................................................... BRITT SMALL &

JACOB RICHMOND Music Direction............................................................. BROOKE MAXWELL Choreography and Staging. . ....................................... TREENA STUBEL Set Design..................................................................... HANK PINE & JAMES INSELL Costume Design........................................................... INGRID HANSEN & JAMES INSELL Rat Mask Maker........................................................... LAURA FARN (figureheadmasks.com) Lighting Design............................................................. REBEKAH JOHNSON Thalia video filmed by.................................................. CHRIS LORAN

performed by CELINE STUBEL,

directed by TREENA STUBEL Projection/Video Sequence........................................ MILES LOWRY &

DAVID FERGUSON Music Arrangements & Backtracks........................... BROOKE MAXWELL Transportation. . ............................................................. SAUL ANDERSON TECHNICAL Tour Stage Manager.................................................... LOIS DAWSON * Victoria Stage Manager............................................... SARAH WATSON Production Manager.................................................... BRITT SMALL Technical Director........................................................ TIM O’GORMON Sound Engineer............................................................ WILLIAM PORTER Videography.................................................................. ALEX WLASENKO Administration............................................................... KELLY HUDSON & BRITT SMALL * (Equity members)

Ride the Cyclone is 90 minutes with no intermission.

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Synopsis The long-awaited musical sequel to Legoland, from Victoria’s Atomic Vaudeville, Ride the Cyclone spotlights a teenage chamber choir from Uranium, Saskatchewan who died in a roller coaster accident at a traveling fair. Karnack, a mechanized fortune-telling machine, feels responsible for the young choir’s demise, and gives the teens a chance to express themselves to the world after death. Ride the Cyclone is their final recital, where they celebrate their individuality while coming to terms with their untimely demise.

History Ride the Cyclone was workshopped extensively for 3 years and premiered in Victoria at Intrepid Theatre’s Metro Studio for a two-week run in October of 2009. The production has toured to the Vernon Arts Centre in BC (November 2009) and was presented as part of the National Series at the Summerworks Festival in Toronto (Aug 2010). RTC was presented at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria in 2011, and subsequently went on tour to Vancouver, Whitehorse and Toronto.

Awards Dora Award for Best Touring Production (Toronto 2012) Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best New Musical (2012) Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best Direction of a Musical (2012) M Award for Best Direction (Victoria 2012) M Award for Best Overall Production (Victoria 2012) M Award for Best Musical (Victoria 2012) The Summerworks Prize for Production (Toronto 2010) The NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award (Toronto 2010) Critics’ Choice Award for Best New Play (Victoria 2009)

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ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE Mandate and and History “Victoria’s Secret is out” –Vancouver Sun

“Can it be that Victoria’s Atomic Vaudeville is poised to become the next big buzz in Canadian theatre?”

–Victoria Times-Colonist

“Atomic Vaudeville has dominated the west coast alternative theatre scene” –Toronto Life

“More please.”

–The Globe and Mail

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Company Profile Atomic Vaudeville is composed of a collective of writers, performers and musicians supported by the leadership of Artistic Directors Jacob Richmond and Britt Small. The company’s mission is to redefine performance in their community by creating a living and modern theatre environment combining a variety of performance disciplines as well as stimulating dialogue with the audience by embracing the concerns and sensibilities of an undefined generation.

We are a Victoria-based performance company that has produced new work locally, nationally and abroad. Atomic Vaudeville’s mandate is to encourage and support the professional development of new and emerging local actors, writers, musicians, artists and performers through: - An annual season of Atomic Vaudeville performances in Victoria; - The commissioning, development and public performance of plays and works by emerging local writers, composers and performing artists; - Sponsorship of and/or participation in Canadian and international festivals in order to showcase new, contemporary, local work.

The company was founded by Small and Richmond in 2004 with the production of a monthly cabaret show that has become a beloved cult hit in Victoria BC. The shows are a short-form mélange of theatre, music, song, dance, puppetry and sketch; an adoption of the rough vaudeville form reconceived for the present age, which attracts an audience hungry for a live, entertaining and relevant theatrical art form. The show has won numerous local awards including the Monday Magazine “2008 Biggest Big Winner award” as chosen by the community. Since its inception, AV has produced over 60 cabaret shows in Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, and Bellingham and worked with over 200 local and visiting artists.

As well as the ongoing cabarets, AV has been producing an annual summer Sweatshop Festival since 2006 in Victoria. The multi-disciplinary festival showcases local and visiting artists in new and experimental short-form work with a mandate to create a condensed creative space for artists across various disciplines and communities to perform and interact.

The ongoing cabaret and festival programming of the company both supports and is informed by the full production of more refined and developed work; work that has established a reputation of excellence for the company nationally. Atomic Vaudeville has produced the plays The Qualities of Zero, Legoland, Ride the Cyclone, The History of Everything, and Circus Fire in Toronto, Seattle, Bellingham, Prague, New York, Victoria and Vancouver.

Atomic Vaudeville has also been commissioned to create new work for the Victoria Erotica Film and Arts Festival, the Monday Magazine Awards, the Victoria Art Gallery, the Luminara Festival, the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival and the BC Film Commission Conference. The company was incorporated as a non-profit company in January 2008.

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

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“There is a way to be good again.”

Hosseini’s sprawling tale, based loosely on his own childhood experiences in Afghanistan, tells of complex relationships and ordinary people trying to navigate a constantly shifting political landscape. It touches on themes of loyalty, betrayal, family and fate spinning an engrossing yarn of one man’s quest for redemption. Echoing Hosseini’s own life, it begins in Afghanistan, shifts to California and ends where it began.

Set in the 1970’s in a peaceful Kabul, before the coming of the Russians, the Taliban and the Americans, the story begins with two boys. Amir is a well-to-do kid from a rich family and a member of the ruling Pashtun class. Hassan is the son of the family servant, and a Hazara – an inferior caste. Amir is a kite flyer – a favourite pastime of Afghan boys – and Hassan is his kite runner, who retrieves the kites in what is a highly aggressive competition. The two boys bond across class lines as only children can. One day Amir watches in horror as his best friend is brutalized by a local bully but does not help. This betrayal will haunt him all his life even when the family flees from the Soviets to a haven in California.

But then, the phone rings and a voice on the other end tells him, “There is a way to be good again.” Amir returns to Afghanistan.

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Hosseini’s best seller was being turned into a movie in 2007 about the same time that Matthew Spangler, a playwright, director and University professor located in the Bay area of San Francisco saw in the book, the basis of a dramatic stage journey of the human heart.

Spangler specializes in adaptations, having turned stories by Hemingway, Cheever, Steinbeck, Wolfe and James Joyce into plays and dramatic presentations of all sorts.

“And why not,” enthuses the lively voice on the other end of the phone. “I get to collaborate with some of the best writers of all time. I suppose one of the reasons I like adapting is that rather than writing about what you know – you write about what you don’t know. You use the process of research and writing as a way of getting to know something new.”

Spangler is in Alberta for the premier of his play at Theatre Calgary, the co-production that will transfer to the Citadel to open on March 9.

“I get to collaborate with some of the best writers of all time. ...”

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“You have to be careful as an adaptor not to misrepresent something or that you are not taking something out that is really important to the culture or the politics of the story. ...”

So, adapting The Kite Runner into a stage drama set Spangler off on an odyssey of his own. Never having been in Afghanistan, he realized that he was going to have to immerse himself in the culture. It took him 9 months before he committed word to paper. Luckily, there was a large expatriot community of Afghans in the area.

Khaled had a father-in-law who lived nearby and the two would meet. “I would share the things I had been reading with him and he would give me an insider’s point of view on the history and various other things. He was a fantastic resource.”

Hosseini’s large, event-filled book takes some 18 hours to read and, of course, a lot would have to be cut out. “You have to be careful as an adaptor not to misrepresent something or that you are not taking something out that is really important to the culture or the politics of the story. You have to approach it asking yourself, ‘Can I sacrifice this moment for the economy of storytelling or is it really important to an Afghan that the moment be told?’” Hosseini met with the playwright and went over

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early drafts of the play. “He was very generous and kind and supportive of the project,” remembers the playwright. So supportive, in fact, that he said to the dramatist that many of the changes (Spangler) made to the material – the author would make in the book if he was writing it today.

Spangler is quite adamant that Marc Forester’s film had nothing to do with his adaptation. It’s quite different. For one thing Spangler was able to use a technique not available to the filmmakers – given the differences in the two media. As in the book, he could concentrate on storytelling. Amir tells his own story. “A lot of powerful moments come when you hear Amir tell you why something is significant or the thoughts that went through his head at that particular moment.” And so the play becomes a very personal story – and the audience Amir’s confessor. “Had Amir not run from that alley (...where the attack occurred) he surely would have taken Hassan to the United States with him.

Hassan is dead because of what Amir did. There can be no greater weight than that.”

Spangler’s adaptation is a “memory play,” which assists in the complex staging.

“Everything that takes place on the stage isn’t so much a representation of reality

“...Much of the story takes place in the mind of the audience.”

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“...It’s a universal theme whether you’re an Afghan or Canadian or living in California. ...” but rather it is a representation of how Amir remembers things. Things can be represented in a symbolic or abstract way – as opposed to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman where you feel like you’ve got to represent every detail of that kitchen. That kind of detail would work against the nature of the play. Much of the story takes place in the mind of the audience.”

Times have changed since Hosseini wrote the original. Then, Afghanistan was a distant country of unending conflict, camels and nomadic tribes. But for a decade it has figured largely in world politics. “Ten years on, we know a lot about Afghanistan and I think that is why this story is still told and retold. At its base, it’s the story of two best friends who are separated because they come from different cultures. It’s a universal theme whether you’re an Afghan or Canadian or living in California. It is also about the family immigration experience – a very particular one, mind you – but all of us in North America are immigrants. The experience of travelling to a new country and acclimating to new rules – that is something many people are familiar with today. There’s a lot here for people to tap into.”

“...We’re hoping to publish the play and I want to make sure that every single line, every stage direction, is as good as it can be. ...”

The show we will be seeing is its 8th production. Spangler has attended every one. For some it was just opening night – but for others it has entailed some rewriting. This is the first international performance and he places great importance on it. “I’ve been here for a week of rehearsals and I hope to come up to Edmonton for more. There are two things at work here. We’re hoping to publish the play and I want to make sure that every single line, every stage direction, is as good as it can be. The Kite Runner is not a boring play. Especially in the second act, there is something new happening every 3 or 4 minutes, which is kind of tricky to direct. If there’s a line that could be tweaked because of the way the director has staged a certain scene, it’s nice to have the playwright on hand. In fact,” he added cheerfully, “I emailed Eric (Eric Rose – the play’s director) four line changes just this morning.”

Spangler has no ambition to write the great American novel. “It would be very depressing to write alone in an office for two or three years. The theatre is the most social of literary traditions. It puts you in a space with all these other creative people and your play constantly changes as a result of their input. Many times actors come to me to say they don’t understand how a speech works. That

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“...I find the whole theatre process really exhilarating.” leaves me two options. Either I can guide the actor through it and maybe a light goes off. Or, perhaps I haven’t written the line as well as I might have. I find the whole theatre process really exhilarating.”

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Bios RIELLE BRAID

Ocean Rosenberg

Rielle Braid is over the moon to be touring across Canada with Ride the Cyclone. Rielle has been with Cyclone since its very first workshop, and having the opportunity to grow and perform with this amazing team is a dream come true. Previous credits include Much Ado About Nothing for Theatre Calgary; Blithe Spirit and As You Like It for Blue Bridge Repertory; Smalltown: A Pickup Musical for Theatre SKAM and Dark Of the Moon and Wind In the Willows for Phoenix Theatre. Rielle’s first play, Boygirl, also premiered two years ago at the Victoria Fringe Festival. She is currently living in Toronto, but is excited to finally perform Cyclone in her native Alberta. Rielle is a graduate of the University of Victoria. Love to Jamie.

KELLY HUDSON Constance Blackwood

Kelly Hudson has been performing with Atomic Vaudeville for the past 7 years and has appeared in most of their cabarets. She is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Most recent performances include Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors; Bell in The Fantastiks; Sola in Smalltown: A Pickup Musical; Conjure Woman in Dark of the Moon and Jill Monroe in the awardingwinning mockumentary Tumbling After. In 2009 she was voted Victoria’s Favourite Comedian by Monday Magazine. Kelly is excited to be back again playing Constance Blackwood in this amazing musical and would like to thank Jacob and Britt for continually pushing the boundaries of theatre, making it exciting to be a performer in Canada!

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Bios ELLIOTT LORAN

Ricky Potts

Elliott is absolutely thrilled to be hitting the road once again with such a vivacious crew, sharing this wonderful Dora Award winning experience with you, our beloved audience. Winner of a Toronto Theatre Critic Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his role in this very production, Elliott is proud to be an original Ride the Cyclone cast member! Notable theatre credits include John Keats in Influence for Intrepid Theatre; Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla for Electric Company Theatre/Belfry Theatre; As You Like It for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre; Eurydice for The Theatre/Summerworks Theatre Festival; Pretty Little Instincts and Ginger Ninjas for SNAFU Dance Theatre. Elliott is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts.

JAMESON MATTHEW PARKER Mischa Bachinsky

Jameson is excited to be joining the team for this amazing show.

Theatre credits include Red for Belfry/MTC; a Jessie Award for The Bomb-itty of Errors for Temporary Thing/Twenty-Something; Blood Brothers for Arts Club; Death of a Salesman for Vancouver Playhouse; Prodigals for Twenty-Something; Singin’ in the Rain for TUTS and Romeo and Juliet for Theatre at UBC. Film and television credits include The Party Never Stops for Lifetime Television. For his film company, Whiskaye Films, he has directed music videos for local and international artists. He has a BFA in Acting from The University of British Columbia.

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Bios SARAH JANE PELZER

Jane Doe

Sarah studied theatre and classical voice at the Phoenix Theatre in Victoria, BC and The Glenn Gould School in Toronto. She is a long-time member of Atomic Vaudeville and co-founder of multiple-award winning Snafu Dance Theatre. Past projects include Luisa in The Fantastiks for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre; sound designer and performer in Pretty Little Instincts for Snafu and SummerWorks 2011 (Best of Fringe, Victoria 2009) and Soloist in Handel’s Messiah for Prima. She will be the featured vocalist singing songs by Kurt Weill on The Annex String Quartet’s debut album The Roaring Twenties to be released in December 2012.

KHOLBY WARDELL

Noel Gruber

Kholby is very happy to return to Ride the Cyclone and to his Atomic Vaudeville family and he’s beyond excited that some of his closest friends across Canada will finally get to see the show!

Kholby graduated from the University of Victoria’s Department of Theatre (The Phoenix Theatre) in 2008. Recent credits include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and Hal in Loot for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre; Lance Cooper in 500 Words for Green Thumb Theatre/BC Tour; Lawrence in The Andrews Brothers for Cornerstone Dinner Theatre and Ensemble in Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nicola Tesla for Electric Company/Belfry Theatre.

Kholby was nominated for a Victoria critic’s choice award for the role of Phaeton in Metamorphoses for Phoenix Theatre. Kholby has recently relocated to Toronto.

CAREY WASS

Voice of Karnak

Carey is overjoyed to be returning to Ride the Cyclone, having originated the role of Mischa. Carey, who now resides in Toronto, has performed in a wide array of film/television projects and has done voice work for multiple cartoon shows and video games.

Some of his credits include Bashnick in Storming Juno for History TV; Beyblade for Corus Entertainment; Wendy for Red Kite Productions and Eve Online for CCP Games. Carey wants to thank the Atomic Vaudeville family for their constant support. He would also like to thank everyone who has come to the show and shared their positive experience with others. If you want your fortune told, be sure to follow @AmazingKarnak on Twitter!

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Bios Musicians SEBASTIAN BRITNEFF

Bass & Cello

Sebastian started playing cello at age 5 then started on the bass at age 11. He is currently studying bass with Sean Drabitt and is very active in the Reynolds Band Program under the direction of Dave Flello and Jacqui Sullivan. He has performed in the Jared Richardson trio and over the summer he played for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre in Little Shop of Horrors. Sebastian is very excited about Ride the Cyclone and would like to thank the cast and production team for such a fantastic experience.

KIARAN McMILLAN

Guitars

Emerging robustly from the catacombs of public education into the music industry, Victoria-based Kiaran McMillan already has thousands of hours of experience performing and recording continent-wide in genres including R&B, folk, musical theatre, blues, soul, rock, Latin, and jazz with both voice and guitar. Aside from his performance and recording endeavours, he writes, teaches music and guitar, and is always studying his craft. Being new to Ride the Cyclone, Kiaran is humbled and excited to help shape a new integral part of this musical.

ANDREW TAYLOR

Drums

Andrew was born in the small rustic township of Chilliwack. He is super duper stoked to be touring with Ride the Cyclone! Playing in a band of filthy rats is the perfect way to kick start his musical career.

ZACHARY PASCUAL SANTELLA Piano

Zachary has been playing music since birth. Beginning on drums, he now devotes his energies to tinkling the ivories and other lesser pursuits, like having a life. He’s thrilled to be working with such a talented team on such an amazing production and sincerely hopes the Canadian winter has mercy.

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Bios JACOB RICHMOND Playwright/Director

Jacob has written several plays including The Qualities of Zero (Dora Mavor Moore nomination, Montreal MECCA Award) and Small Returns for Theatre Passe Muraille; Legoland for SummerWorks (Award for Best Text, New York Frigid Festival Favourite Production, Georgia Straight Fringe Favourite Award) and From Canada To Canada (CBC Radio One Award, Best Comedy).

He majored in history and performance at Concordia University and studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. His first book for children was published this year by Bayeux Arts.

BRITT CANDIDE SMALL Director/Producer

Nationally and internationally, Britt has directed Janet Munsil’s Circus Fire and The Ugly Duchess; Jacob Richmond’s The Qualities of Zero, Ride the Cyclone and Legoland; The Fantasticks for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre; My Chernobyl at the Gateway and the Belfry; many new Fringe Festival plays and Firebugs at the William Head prison. Her work as a director has received local and national awards. Britt studied at LaMama’s Director’s Intensive in Italy and has trained in various physical theatre forms. She completed her MFA in Directing at the University of Victoria with a production of Sophocles’ Electra. She is the artistic producer of company Atomic Vaudeville and plays in the band Slut Revolver.

She also performs, works as a dramaturg and book editor and has taught acting, playbuilding, movement and improvisation for various organizations including the University of Victoria and the Canadian College of Performing Arts.

HANK PINE

Set Designer

Hank Pine is a performer and comic book artist who is known for his grandiose musical productions, which often involve giant theatrics. This is his fourth time working with James Insell on Ride the Cyclone, each time re-inventing and honing the set into the glittering beast that slumbers before you now....

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Bios REBEKAH JOHNSON Lighting Design

Rebekah has been designing lights for nearly 30 years – her work has been seen across Canada in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Ottawa and Thunder Bay, as well as more locally in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Chemainus. Recent lighting design credits include Of Mice and Men (Brian Richmond) for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre and Little Shop of Horrors (Jacob Richmond) also for BBRT. Other recent designs include Harvest (Mark DuMez) for Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops and My Mother’s Story (Heidi Specht) for Presentation House (North Vancouver). She also designs for local choreographer Constance Cooke. Rebekah is the Business Agent and an active member of IATSE 168 (Vancouver Island) and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

She holds a BFA (Theatre) and an MFA (Visual Art) both from the University of Victoria. rebekahjohnson.ca

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Bios INGRID HANSEN

Costume Designer

Ingrid creates, directs and performs new works with SNAFU Dance Theatre, including Pretty Little Instincts at the SummerWorks National Series; Kitt & Jane at the Belfry SPARK Festival and Little Orange Man which showcased at PUSH and is continuing to tour.

She also does ongoing work with the inmate-run prison theatre company William Head On Stage. She worked for four seasons as a puppeteer on the children’s television series Tiga Talk! on APTN. SNAFU’s next show, Kitt & Jane: an interactive survival guide to the near-post-apocalyptic future, (the stand-alone sequel to Little Orange Man) has just been selected for the Vancouver Fringe New Play Prize, hitting Vancouver in the fall of 2013. Little Orange Man will hit Calgary’s Festival of Animated Objects in March 2013.

In her spare time, she teaches theatre workshops with children, adults, and inmates, and prepares for the downfall of civilization as we know it.

JAMES INSELL

Designer & Puppeteer

James Insell has worked on the production side of Ride the Cyclone for the past 4 years designing and constructing the sets, building the props and designing costumes. In the latest incarnation of the play he will have the pleasure of puppeteering one of his own creations, Karnak. James has puppeteered for kings, queens and heads of state but is most recognized for his work with Atomic Vaudeville, “I am honoured to be here with you this evening.” Previous credits include puppets for Little Shop of Horrors for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre; costumes for Footloose for CCPA; set and lighting design for Jesus Christ Superstar for Caitlin Gallupe and numerous props, costumes and puppets for Atomic Vaudeville’s Cabarets.

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Treena has created and performed her original dance theatre works at festivals in Canada and abroad. Choreography for theatre includes Henry VI, Richard III, Falstaff for Bard on the Beach and Little Shop of Horrors, The Fantasticks and As You Like It for Blue Bridge Repertory. Other appearances include Traitor for Dance Victoria and The Dance Centre; Nemesis in Vanessa for Pacific Opera Victoria; Fay in the award-winning film Near Silence; Courtyard For a Bird for Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival and Agnes B for Belfry Spark Festival, Suddenly Dance Theatre. She trained in dance and numerous movement disciplines throughout Canada and abroad and holds an MFA in Lecoq Physical Theatre from LISPA in London, UK. In 2009, she founded the award winning Bounce Dance Cabaret to support the creation of new work. She is the recipient of two Monday Magazine Awards and a Chrystal Award.

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William is thrilled to be working on Ride the Cyclone again. He first worked with Atomic Vaudeville on their run at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto in November of 2011 and will be accompanying them on their Western Canadian tour. He regularly designs for and works with local and touring productions in and around Toronto.

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Lois is delighted to be joining one of her favourite musicals for this national tour. Based in Vancouver, Lois’ stage management credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot for Pound of Flesh; After Jerusalem for Solo Collective; Re:Union for Horseshoes & Hand Grenades/Pacific Theatre; Seussical for Carousel Theatre; Frozen for Shameless Huss; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead for Project X Theatre; Long Track Speed Skating/Richmond Olympic Oval (VANOC) and ASMing Hamlet for Project X Theatre; Guys & Dolls for Chemainus and Viva Verdi for Mobile Productions, Switzerland. Lois is a graduate of Trinity Western University and can be found online at www.LoisBackstage.com or @SMLois.

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