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TOM WOOD BASED ON THE NOVEL BY
JANE AUSTEN DIRECTED BY
BOB BAKER
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DARYL CLORAN I ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PENNY RITCO I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
r u curious? 2016/17 season Board of Governors Solomon Rolingher, Q.C. Chair Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. Past Chair J. G. Greenough, F.C.A. Treasurer Tom Redl, Secretary David D. Bentley, F.C.A. Frederick K. Campbell Jacqueline Charlesworth Marc de La Bruyère Anne Foote (Honourary) Ada Hole Ralph B. MacMillan Sandy Mactaggart (Honourary) Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Sheila Witwicky Ex Officio Ralph Young
Board of Directors Sheila Witwicky President Catrin Owen Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Jane Halford Treasurer Julie Afanasiff Todd Babiak Jeff Boadway James Casey Lesley Cormack Wendy Dupree Robert Fernandez Neil Gower Dave Hancock Sandra Haskins Richard Kirby Tammy Patterson Julia Pratt (Intern) Micki Ruth Peter Silverstone Micah Slavens
HonoUrary Directors Jack N. Agrios, Jane Batty, Ken Bautista, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, Guy Bridgeman, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Allison Edwards, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Becky Hole, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Stuart Lee, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Ashif Mawji, Maureen McCaw, Lisa Miller, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Margot Ross-Graham, Barbara Shumsky, Gaurav Singhmar, Larry Staples, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa
daryl cloran | Artistic Director penny ritco | executive Director
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME A play by Simon Stephens Based on the novel by Mark Haddon Sep 17 – Oct 9, 2016 Presented by
BITTERGIRL – THE MUSICAL By Annabel Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence & Mary Francis Moore Oct 4 – Nov 6, 2016
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Book by Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux Original concept & direction by Floyd Mutrux Oct 22 – Nov 13, 2016 Presented by
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens Nov 26 – Dec 23, 2016
FORTUNE FALLS Book by Jonathan Christenson & Beth Graham Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Christenson Jan 17 – Feb 5, 2017
DISGRACED By Ayad Akhtar Jan 21 – Feb 12, 2017 Presented by
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THE NEW GERSHWIN® MUSICAL Music & lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin Book by Ken Ludwig Mar 4 – 26, 2017
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Stage adaptation by Rick Elice Based on the novel by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Music by Wayne Barker Apr 1 – 23, 2017
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the novel by Jane Austen Apr 22 – May 14, 2017
Welcome to Sense and Sensibility! World Premieres are so exciting – being the first audience to get to experience a new work is such a thrill. And this World Premiere production is the perfect example! Tom Wood has written a sumptuous and crackling stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s literary masterpiece. Bob Baker has directed the production with his trademark rigour and invention. The production stars the participants of the Citadel/ Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, who have been working and training together for months. It is a truly special occasion, and we get to be the first lucky audiences to experience it! I got to spend a few days in Banff during this year’s training, and it was incredibly eyeopening. I got to see what a spectacular opportunity it is for professional actors to train with some of the finest teachers in the country, to see how the company forms such tight bonds, and how their work becomes so much deeper and richer. I’m certain you’ll feel it in the calibre of the work you see on our stage in this performance. With this, our final production of our 2016/17 season, we wrap up this incredible season of shows programmed by Bob Baker. And what a spectacular season it has been, with highlights like the Canadian Premiere of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, our held-over production of Million Dollar Quartet and the razzle-dazzle of the incredible Crazy for You®! My thanks to Bob for the beautiful season he chose, and to the entire Citadel staff for bringing these fantastic productions to life. And now, we head into our 2017/18 Season – my first season of programming for the Citadel. The season is packed with more great premieres, including the Canadian Premiere of the Broadway-bound musical, Hadestown, and the World Premiere of the aerial arts infused adventure story, The Silver Arrow: The Untold Story of Robin Hood. I can’t wait to share all of the incredible productions with you – I hope you’ll join us for the entire season! Sincerely,
Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director 4 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
We hope you have thoroughly enjoyed the abundance of wonderful theatre created for you this season. So many fabulous experiences, so many shared moments, so many joyful memories. That’s the effect of great theatre! On behalf of all of us at the Citadel Theatre, we want to thank you for attending, for sharing your excitement through word of mouth and social media, for donating generously, and for sponsoring our productions and programs. We also whole-heartedly thank our artists, production teams, management, staff, volunteers and Board for their hard work and commitment to bringing great theatre to life in Edmonton. We are keenly aware that our environment is shifting and changing around us, demanding that we think differently, boldly and creatively about our programming, our relationship to our audiences, our donors and our community as a whole. We’re excited about our future and grateful to have your ongoing attendance, support, loyalty and commitment to the arts in Edmonton. The 2016/17 Season, the last to be programmed by Bob Baker, launched the Citadel boldly into its next 50 years. The 2017/18 Season, programmed by our new Artistic Director, Daryl Cloran, is a powerful and exciting celebration of our shared humanity “from all sides of the globe to our own backyard.” We can’t wait to share it with you. See you in September! With our deepest gratitude,
Penny Ritco, Executive Director 6 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
Sheila Witwicky, Board President
Thank You ENCORE | Campaign Support VISIONARY Gifts of $1,000,000 and above
MENTOR Gifts of $50,000 - $99,999
Maclab Development Group
ATB Financial Bryan & Company LLP Capital Power Felesky Flynn LLP The Highbury Foundation Muriel Hole Richard & Erin Kirby Deanna & Peter Kiss Jack & Lorraine McBain Rob & Beth Reynolds Chris & Dale Sheard Susan Wylie & Bruce Hagstrom
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
INITIATOR Gifts of $25,000 - $49,999
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
J.G. Greenough Lisa & Marshall Sadd
FRIENDS Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
DREAMER Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999
Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross Don & Lorna Kramer Stuart & Sherry Lee Dave & Sandy Mowat Esther & Howard Starkman Joseph & Nancy Thompson
Keith & Valerie Alessi Lorraine Bray & Jim Carter Susan & James Burns Butler Family Foundation
| Annual Support STEWARD Gifts of $10,000+ Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Ada Hole Muriel Hole Maggie & John Mitchell Rob & Beth Reynolds
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 The Honourable John & Ruth Agrios David & Jan Bentley L. Neil Gower Q.C. Don & Lorna Kramer Melcor Developments Ltd. Dave & Sandy Mowat Al & Fran Olson
Robert Rosen Kayla Shoctor Marshall & Debby Shoctor Paddy Webb Weir Family Fund Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp 1 Anonymous
DIRECTOR Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 The Honourable Darlene Acton Bob Baker & Tom Wood Luis & Alexis Baptista Bruce & Carol Bentley Jim Casey & Gail Verity John & Judith Cosco Elizabeth Dixon & Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop Allison & Glyn Edwards
Cecil & Anne Hoffman Wolfgang & Elizabeth Kaminski Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation Sandy & Cecile Mactaggart Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern David Mundy Esther Ondrack Pekarsky & Co. The Poole Family Sir Francis Price & The Honourable Marguerite Trussler Tom Redl Aroon Sequeira & Ellen Sitler Eira Spaner Buddy Victor 1 Anonymous sense and sensibility 7
Thank You TO OUR DONORS Mike & Michele STAR Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Thompson
Leslie & Rick Penny E. Fay Plomp Darcy & Audrey Trufyn Aline Pratch Denise Assaly Lee Ann & Lorne Tyrrell Curtis & Sandra Prosko Becker David Verbicky Richard Remund Guy Bridgeman & Dave Wilson & Wayne & Glenda Dianne Ross Wendy Kotow Sartore Norman & Anne Leon & Vonnie Zupan Michele Sawatzky Burgess 1 Anonymous Louise Severin, David & Marlene Linda & Darren Pratch Burnett LEAD Devika Short Brian & Barbara Gifts of $500 - $999 Darlene Sotnikow Burrows Carol & Rae Allen Rosalind Sydie Frank Calder Dagny & Graeme Neil & Merle D. Taylor Canadian Western Alston Bank Kathleen Tomyn Bonnie Andriachuk Daryl Cloran & The Honourable Anne Anfindsen Holly Lewis Allan & Bette Wachowich Fiona Bamforth Lesley Cormack Doug Warren Tommy Banks Susan Davis Sarah Wylie Dibattista Family Fund Jim & Helen Banks Ralph & Gay Young Jane Batty Catherine Miller & Len Dolgoy Barbara Blackley SUPER J. G. Greenough Beverley Boren Jane Halford Douglas & Mary Bosko SUBSCRIBER Gifts of $100 - $499 Sandra Haskins Ronald Cavell Greg Alcorn Christopher Head Z. & M. Chrzanowski Shirley Allder Brent & Deborah Hesje Alison Dinwoodie Sandra Anderson & Elizabeth, Rosaline & Douglas Duval Dale Gibson Cynthia Hicks Andy & Marianne Elder Martin & Anna Andrea J.D. Hole Michael Gibbins Brenda & John Inglis Dave & Janet Hancock Gail Andrew Diana & Laurence Michele L. Jackson John & Margot Andriashek Gail & Andrew Jarema Henderson Sheila Appavoo Linda & Siegfried Patsy Ho James Archibald & Kowand Dan & Jill Hodges Heidi Christoph Marilyn Kristjanson Bill & Jana Holden Brad & Lori Armstrong James & Maggie Laing Ray & Elaine Hook Diana Bacon Robert & Dawn Lemke Venta Kabzems & Dave Baker Peter & Dorothea Stan Houston Charlotte & Mark Macdonnell Fund Norman & Valerie Ballermann Linda & Kim Mackenzie Kneteman Ingrid Barlow Hugh McPhail & D. Jill Konkin William & Carole Barton Yolanda Van Wachem Ken & Jennifer Kouri Maurice & Annette Lisa Miller & Allen & Patti Kramer Bastide Farrel Shadlyn Christine Kyriakides Cecilia Baxter Susan & Ove Minsos Mary Lister Walter & Stella Baydala Jim & Celestine James MacDonald Montgomery Earl Beech Sharon Marie & G. Douglas Oakley & Andrew & Barbara Tim Mavko Elizabeth McAfee Belch Ian & Linda McConnan Catrin Owen Keri Benjamin Douglas & Claire Tammy & Wes Pierre & Lise Bernard McConnell Patterson Madhu & Sundri Gordon & Norma Bhambhani The Press Gallery McIntosh Lucille Birkett & Henry & Helen Resta Gordon & Agneta Randy Busby Penny Ritco McKenzie Kathey & Mark Birtles Sol & Marilyn Rolingher Averie & Carman Sophie & Paul Bishop Alan Rose McNary Marc Bisson Arnold & Grace Marie Montgomery Julia Boberg Rumbold William Mustard Angie Bogner Tom & Micki Ruth Lewis & Lindsay Donna BoydNaomi Shoctor Nakatsui Stadelmann Moira & Larry Staples Wade O’Neill E. Ross Bradley Marianne & Kent Fred & Helen Otto Anne Brereton Stewart C. Thomas & Emma Brinson Judith Peacocke Neil & Merle Taylor Angela Brown 8 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
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To learn more about donating to the Citadel Theatre, please visit www.citadeltheatre.com or contact Neil Luipasco at 780.428.2141 or nluipasco@citadeltheatre.com. Charitable BN 11922 7387 RR0001 Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our donor information. Listing includes donations of $100 or more. If we have made an error or omission, please call us at 780.428.2141. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Premier supporters We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters; our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel. The Hole Family • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund the Eldon & Anne Foote Fund • The Joseph H. Shoctor fund Maclab Development Group
Government & Foundation Funders
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 157 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor, 1922 – 2001
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. 10 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
THE CITADEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON
• Dr. Ghalib Ahmed • The Audiology Clinic of Northern Alberta • Larissa Cheladyn
• Joanne Johnston, U of A Drama Department • Clayton Rodney, Edmonton Opera • Frank Gallent, Alberta Ballet
THEATRE COURTESIES
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. Out of consideration for your fellow audience members we ask that you turn off all electronic devices that emit noise or light. Thank you.
ALLERGY ALERT For the safety of those with allergies, please refrain from the use of perfumes or scented products before coming to the theatre.
L AT E S E AT I N G / R E A D M I T TA N C E We endeavour 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.
EMERGENCY EXITS We ask that you please take a moment to identify the exit nearest you, so you can safely exit in the event of an emergency.
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Recognizing our partners Presenting Sponsors
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Disgraced
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The Citadel Theatre believes that young people are integral to the artistic fabric of our community and we are committed to programming and initiatives that develop their creative voices and encourage their participation. The Maclab Students Club offers a unique glimpse into the world of professional theatre to a wide range of local junior and senior high school students. Prior to select performances of each of our main stage shows, Students Club members gather for a light supper and then participate in a highly engaging, interactive presentation with one of our region’s talented theatre artists. Following the performance, students stay for an informative talkback with members of the production’s cast and crew. Prior to performances of Sense and Sensibility, students enjoyed an interactive workshop on classical acting with Ben Stevens from Thou Art Here Theatre, an actor born and raised in Edmonton. Ben has recently been seen in Stupid F@#cking Bird (Edmonton Actor’s Theatre), Anxiety (Theatre Yes), Much Ado About Nothing (Thou Art Here), Never Swim Alone (Blarney Productions), For the Love of Cynthia (Teatro la Quindicina) and Gordon (Theatre Network). As a performer and playwright, Ben is an active creator of new works, including Emily Etterson’s Economical Eco-friendly Water Service (For Charity!) (Two Little Theatre/SKAMpede), The Van (Found Festival), Brake, Home Video Ben Stevens (Heartmeat), Herbert and If I Had a Horse (Ben, Dave, Steve). Ben is an Artistic Associate with Thou Art Here Theatre, Edmonton’s site-sympathetic Shakespeare company, with whom he has performed three full-length, found-space productions of Shakespeare’s work. Through the workshop, the students performed a short excerpt of classical text and were coached to a performance rich with meaning. They learned the basics of developing and exploring classical text and how essential context is to telling a story. They now better understand how to interpret a script while maintaining the integrity of the playwright’s story.
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JULIEN ARNOLD. . .................................................. Sir John Middleton STEVE COOMBES................................................. Mr. Dashwood BELINDA CORNISH. . ............................................. Elizabeth Dashwood ROBIN CRAIG. . ....................................................... Mrs. Jennings PATRICK DODD..................................................... Edward Ferrars STEPHEN GARTNER. . ........................................... Colonel Brandon JULIA GUY.............................................................. Marianne Dashwood KRISTIN JOHNSTON.. ........................................... Fanny Dashwood/Anne Steele EMILY SIOBHAN McCOURT............................... Margaret Dashwood MATT O’CONNOR................................................. John Willoughby KATIE RYERSON................................................... Lucy Steele/Constance ADAM SANDERS................................................... Robert Ferrars/Thomas MADISON WALSH................................................. Elinor Dashwood JAMIE WILLIAMS................................................... John Dashwood Director.................................................................... Bob Baker Set & Costume Designer.. ..................................... Leslie Frankish Lighting Designer................................................... Stancil Campbell Sound Designer...................................................... Owen Hutchinson Composer................................................................ Allan Gilliland Assistant Director................................................... Kristen M. Finlay Dramaturg. . .............................................................. Joshua Wickard Stage Manager....................................................... Michelle Chan Assistant Stage Manager...................................... Sang-Sang Lee Apprentice Stage Manager. . ................................. Lore Green The run time of this performance is approximately 150 minutes, with a 20 minute intermission. Sense and Sensibility premiered at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It received development support from the Citadel’s Play Development Program, which is generously supported by BMO Financial Group.
The photographing, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. 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 Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) Sponsors sense and sensibility 25
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about the
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Tom Wood
is an accomplished playwright, actor, director and teacher. He has worked with every major theatre in Canada and a number in the United States. Mr. Wood has spent eight years with the Stratford Festival and six with the Shaw Festival. For the theatre, he has written B-Movie, The play (five Dora Mavor Moore awards and the Chalmers Award for Best New Play), Clap Trap, a farce, produced at Canadian Stage in Toronto and the National Arts Center in Ottawa, and Make Mine Love, a comedy about movie-making in Hollywood circa 1938, which premiered during the Citadel’s 2014/15 season. He has also adapted the Citadel’s production of A Christmas Carol (in its 17th season), Pride and Prejudice, a new version of Servant of Two Masters (set in the Klondike), a new version of Uncle Vanya (set in Alberta in 1928), and a new version of Peter Pan (set in the prairies during the Depression). His production of Vanya debuted in America, starring William Hurt at the Artists Repertory Theatre for an extended run and rave reviews. He has performed at the Citadel as James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (Sterling Award nomination), and John in Shining City (Sterling Award). Some of his directing credits at the Citadel include Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, Romeo and Juliet, Doubt: a parable, The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, The Sound of Music and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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beyond. The Academy at the Citadel Theatre is the most comprehensive program for creative development in professional theatre in Canada. Offering programs for both emerging and established theatre professionals, The Academy encompasses four specialized programs under one unique umbrella: THE CITADEL/BANFF CENTRE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM is now in its ninth year. This Program, conceived by Citadel Theatre Artistic Director Emeritus Bob Baker, provides performers a distinct alternative to other professional theatre training programs in North America. Our curriculum focuses on the development of advanced skills for professional actors and directors, properly equipping them with the necessary tools to pursue and sustain successful careers.
The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program has continued to grow and thrive with the ongoing support of • The Eldon and Anne Foote Fund of the Edmonton Community Foundation with the stewardship of David Bentley • The RBC Foundation We would also like to acknowledge the generosity and vision of the original champions of the Program • The Eldon and Anne Foote Fund of the Edmonton Community Foundation • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund • Canadian Western Bank and the Pechet Family And subsequent support from • Government of Alberta PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM With the continued commitment to produce world premieres on our stages, we offer resources and professional expertise to assist playwrights in developing their work to its greatest potential. Over the last decade the Citadel has developed and produced 20 World Premieres, 14 of which have been subsequently produced elsewhere, taking the name of the Citadel and Edmonton around the world. Our audiences have not only experienced the inaugural productions of these plays but have also had the unique opportunity to participate in their development. We would like to thank BMO Financial Group for their ongoing support of the Citadel’s play development program. THE CITADEL THEATRE YOUNG COMPANIES is an advanced training and mentorship program for aspiring artists between the ages of 16-21 who are serious about pursuing post-secondary education and a career in theatre. This year-long program offers specialized training in Acting, Musical Theatre, Playwriting and Theatre Production. We would like to thank TD Canada Trust for their ongoing support of the Citadel’s Young Companies program. THE ELDON AND ANNE FOOTE THEATRE SCHOOL (FTS) is the oldest and largest theatre school in Edmonton. Since 1966, we have provided year-round classes for all ages and experience levels, teaching physical, technical and creative skills in both acting and musical theatre. Over 1,000 students annually are taught by our faculty of 25 local theatre professionals. sense and sensibility 29
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At 42, Cloran is a compact, buoyant and focused force at the helm. His enthusiasm (and lively sense of humour) is infectious as he talks about his new season. His love of theatre is obvious in his breathless descant on his proposed cycle of shows. He also demonstrates a canny understanding of the seduction of commercial theatre combined with a clutch of productions that (he hopes) will challenge as well as entertain. His choice also shows the influence of a long career in theatrical trenches as well as management (for the past six years he was Artistic Director of the Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops). The Citadel’s official release calls the season “Heaven, Hell & All Stops in Between.” Cloran’s guiding vision is summed up in his three-word affirmative promise: “Inclusive, Innovative and International.” The season bounds onto the stage with a full blown hit, Shakespeare in Love. The inspiration for the play, of course, was the Oscar winning movie of the same name (written by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman). The play was a hit in 2014 in London and enjoyed a recent highly successful run in Stratford, Ontario. Shakespeare in Love is really a romantic comedy in which the young Shakespeare finds himself falling in love with the courtly Viola de Lesseps, who has disguised herself as a boy-player in a local company. The production shows that nothing much changes in theatre and, for all that, in matters of the heart. Cloran, who will direct this co-production with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, will be giving us a chance
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to see what he is capable of with an opulent show that plays to the strengths of his theatre. Opening September 16. The next production demonstrates that the Artistic Director is a creature of patience and determination. Last summer, he was in New York scoping out new shows when he was enchanted by an offBroadway production called Hadestown, based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. In the tale, Orpheus journeys to the underworld to rescue his wife Eurydice. Hadestown (which looks and sounds a lot like New Orleans), with fresh and inventive staging by emerging wunderkind Rachel Chavkin, was obviously on a path to Broadway. Cloran approached the producers with the idea that, since they were considering out-of-town tryouts anyway, why not consider the Citadel? “The producers laughed and laughed,” he remembers. Cloran persisted. He sent them pictures and clips from the Citadel’s spectacular Evangeline, Ted Dykstra’s pop/opera based on the famous poem. “I sent other examples of what we were capable of — the kind of work we did here. I tried to give them some idea of my background in developing new plays.” His efforts paid off — the producers relented and Chavkin and company will pack up their stuff and travel to
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Edmonton for a tryout that will open on November 11. The cast will be Canadian — at Cloran’s demand. “No guarantee they will be going with the show to Broadway,” he enthuses, “But I’ll bet she falls in love with at least one of them.”
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“The Humans is for people that love a smart, well-written contemporary drama,” says Cloran of the January 6 production. The show will be helmed by the distinguished former Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, Jackie Maxwell. There is something of completing the circle in Cloran’s hiring of Maxwell. “I was just a young upstart at the time (2003) but she had the faith to hire me to direct my first big-time show as part of her own first season in Niagara-on-the-Lake.” The Humans is a sad/funny look at the dysfunction and ultimate mutual accommodation of a working class American family. On February 17, the Citadel trots out all the whistles and bells of that unquenchable audience favourite, Mamma Mia! The jukebox musical opened in London in 1999 and became a phenomenon. We can’t seem to get enough of it as the recent sold-out houses for the show at the Jube will attest. Cloran promises a new Citadel approach to the now venerable show, and given the theatre’s deserved reputation for re-inventing older
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musicals, Mamma Mia! (on the thrust stage of the Maclab) should certainly chase away the February blahs. Cloran is determined to raise the profile of Indigenous people at the Citadel. And that is not just a utopian ideal but a solid commitment. Already the theatre has acquired the services of Edmonton’s Christine Frederick as the first Indigenous Associate Artist. Children of God is an original musical based on the fictional lives of two young Indigenous siblings in a residential school. The show is the creation of the impressively talented Indigenous playwright/musician/actor/director Corey Payette, who is proudly of Oji-Cree heritage. The show is featured in the current season of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Cloran’s fingerprints are all over this one as he presented it as a workshop production during his years in Kamloops. The show will be mounted on the Citadel Mainstage, opening March 3. Robin Hood and his Merry Men are about to take to the forest of Sherwood once again. Anyone who has seen the definitive 1938 Errol Flynn movie knows that they also take to the tops of trees, descending on the Sheriff’s evil minions from above. Perhaps that explains why Edmonton writer Mieko Ouchi and director (the very busy Cloran) have
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chosen to put the dashing robbers aloft. They are enlisting Edmonton Firefly Theatre’s Annie Dugan to design aerial choreography for The Silver Arrow: The Untold Story of Robin Hood. (One of Dugan’s students was predominately featured in the last Cirque du Soleil to play here). A quick look at Cloran’s past directing career shows that he is adept at physical theatre and the show should be an adventurous delight. Oh, and did I mention that Robin is a woman? Those are the main season presentations but there’s more. Consider the add-ons:
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Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project) is another show that Cloran had a major hand in developing. Critics found the director’s early career-making Theatrefront production “electrifying” and “dynamic.” It features a blend of music, movement, dialogue (some in Xhosa) and meditations on love, loss and the powerful pull of family, as a young Canadian woman begins to unravel the legacy of her mother when she meets a young South African searching for his father. The work is the result of a four-year collaboration between Theatrefront and actors from Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre Centre and ranges from past to present — from Canada to South Africa. In the words of the director, “It is about our interconnectedness with one another — whether next door or across the ocean.” Follow the sound of pulsating drums to Ubuntu, opening October 11. Tetsuro Shigematsu is a fascinating fellow. For one thing, he speaks English, French, Japanese and Persian. You may remember him as the last host of CBC radio’s The Round-up. A practitioner of theatre in many of its forms, he has written a quicksilver autobiographical one-man show for himself and has played it with great success across the country. Called Empire of the Son, it is about a first-generation Canadian’s highly-charged relationship with his immigrant father. Shigematsu takes a familiar tale — that of the artistic son who has to come to terms with his cantankerous father’s intractable attitudes, and puts his own unique spin on it. Opens January 31. The clown Mimi is back. Well, maybe not Mimi herself but the unsinkable Rebecca Northan, who played her with heartbreaking humour and panache, returns with another improv show. In Blind Date, Northan exhibited a hair-raising ability to venture way out there at the edge of improv and keep audiences laughing with one of the sharpest wits in Canadian showbusiness. This time out, she invites an audience member to join her in deep Sam Spade territory as a rookie assistant detective as she, her volunteer gumshoe and a cast of six, solve a mystery. Go Undercover with Rebecca Northan April 4. As ol’ Sam himself muttered, “The stuff of dreams.” And yes, for the 18th year, Scrooge and Company will return in Tom Wood’s enduring adaptation of A Christmas Carol – December 1. Enjoy!
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JULIEN ARNOLD Sir John Middleton
Julien’s Citadel Theatre credits include West Side Story, Evangeline, One Man, Two Guvnors, Make Mine Love, Spamalot, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sterling Award), The Rocky Horror Show, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Einstein’s Gift, Servant of Two Masters, Hamlet, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Other theatre credits include Sleuth, Happy Toes, The Ambassador’s Wives (Teatro La Quindicina); King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); The End of Civilization (Punctuate Theatre); and The Laws of Thermodynamics (Theatre Yes). Julien has also directed Going to St. Ives and Shipwrecked! (Atlas Theatre). Love to Juliette!
STEVE COOMBES Mr. Dashwood
An actor and director for almost four decades, and a husband and father for three, this is Steve’s Citadel debut. Previous roles include Claudius in Hamlet, Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet, and most recently, Theseus/Oberon in Humber River Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Television appearances include roles on SCTV, Kim’s Convenience, Kojack, and as a Spanish Grandmother on Wingin’ It. Currently based in Toronto, Steve grew up in Ajax, Ontario. As always, for Heather and Sean.
BELINDA CORNISH Elizabeth Dashwood
Belinda is delighted to be back at the Citadel, having previously appeared in A Christmas Carol and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Other credits include: Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); The Realistic Joneses (Wildside Productions); Whiplash Weekend, The Exquisite Hour, Witness to a Conga (Teatro La Quindicina); Don’t Dress for Dinner, Boeing Boeing, The 39 Steps (Mayfield Theatre); The Deep Blue Sea, We Were Dancing (Bright Young Things). She also appears in Superchannel’s cult sitcom Tiny Plastic Men, and Bioware’s Mass Effect and Dragon Age game series. She is a core company member of DieNasty; the Live Improvised Soap Opera, and spends her spare time training to be an aerialist with Firefly Circus Academy. She is blissful pretending to be home in England in this gorgeous play!
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ROBIN CRAIG Mrs. Jennings
Robin has worked over 40 years in professional theatre. She was in the first company at Tarragon Theatre, and did six seasons at the Shaw Festival. She has appeared at Theatre New Brunswick, Passe Muraille, Blyth Festival, Canadian Stage (where she worked with Bob Baker in Dreamland), Theatre Aquarius, YPT, Factory Theatre, Odyssey Theatre, Chemainus, Magnus Theatre, Victoria Playhouse, National Arts Centre, Gravenhurst Opera House, Nightwood Theatre, Red Barn Theatre, Lighthouse Theatre, Stage West, Harbourfront Theatre, and the Charlottetown Festival. For six seasons she played Mrs. Lynde in Anne and Gilbert with Marquise Productions in Charlottetown, P.E.I. She is an Actra Award winner, and a three-time Dora Mavor Moore nominee. She also played Toppy Bailey in Wind at My Back for five seasons, for which she won a Gemini Award.
PATRICK DODD Edward Ferrars
Patrick is a Calgary-born actor and improviser. His favourite credits include Red (Aenigma Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest (Beach House Theatre); and Fool For Love (Clockwork Theatre); as well as performing in the Vancouver International Improv Festival and the Del Close Marathon (New York). Patrick is ecstatic to be part of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, and knows he could not have done it without all the amazing people in his life. He has a bachelor’s degree (McGill) and a master’s degree (UBC) in Engineering.
STEPHEN GARTNER Colonel Brandon
This is Stephen’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Peter and The Starcatcher, Mary Poppins, Robin Hood (Globe Theatre); Blithe Spirit (Thousand Islands Playhouse/Western Canada Theatre); Macbeth, It’s A Wonderful Life, The Hobbit, Yankee Tavern (The Grand Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Frankenstein, The Comedy of Errors, Great Expectations (Neptune Theatre); The Misanthrope (Tarragon Theatre); King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens, Don Juan, Cyrano de Bergerac, Henry V (Stratford Festival - Seven Seasons). Film and television credits include She Drives Me Crazy (Shaftsbury); The Incredible Hulk (Marvel); Abroad (CBC pilot); Lord Reynard in Reign (CW Network). Stephen is a graduate of The National Theatre School, Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory, and was recently a participant in the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. 38 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
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JULIA GUY
Marianne Dashwood Originally from Calgary, Julia is now based both in Vancouver and Alberta. Select credits include A Christmas Carol and Arcadia (Citadel Theatre); Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Calgary/National Arts Centre); William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead (The Shakespeare Company/Ground Zero/Hit & Myth); Othello, Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow); Cymbeline, Fuddy Meers (Studio Theatre); and Whisper (Studio Theatre/ Catalyst). Julia is a former ensemble member of Rapid Fire Theatre and a graduate of the BFA acting program at U of A.
KRISTIN JOHNSTON Fanny Dashwood/Anne Steele
Kristin is absolutely thrilled to be a part of the 2017 Citadel/ Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program and to be making her Citadel Theatre debut. Originally from Stettler, AB., Kristin is an Edmonton based performer and instructor and a graduate of the Theatre Arts program at Red Deer College and the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, B.C. Recent credits include: If We Were Birds (Bleviss Laboratory Theatre), The Unsyncables (Dammittammy Productions), and Release the McCrackin (Accidental Humour Co.). Kristin is grateful for the opportunity to work with this exceptional cast and crew. Much love and gratitude to Mason, Blythe and Thalia for their patience and to Ash for his unstinting support.
EMILY SIOBHAN McCOURT Margaret Dashwood
Emily is honoured and delighted to be a part of the 2017 Citadel/ Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, and to return to the Citadel for Sense and Sensibility! Favourite credits include playing violin in the Sterling-Nominated Vigilante (Catalyst/Citadel); Lisa in Bone Cage (Theatre Yes); Bright Lights, Cold Water (Toy Guns Dance Theatre); Narrator in Fiddle Cat (Kompany Family Theatre); Salome (BLT/Studio theatre/UofA); How To Eat Like A Child (Promise Productions); and Sandrine in Almost, Maine (ACT). In Film: Cut Bank (Kilburn Media/A24); HGL’s Bloodmania (Diabolique Films); The Icarus Complex (Cave Puppet Films); and Impact (Urban Video). Thank you to Bob and the incredible Sense Family, and to her biological family for their unconditional support of her ventures. You can keep up with her on twitter @esmccourt or on Facebook www.facebook.com/Emilysmccourt. sense and sensibility 39
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MATT O’CONNOR John Willoughby
Originally from Barrie, Ontario, now based out of Toronto, Matt is a graduate of the BFA acting conservatory program from the Ryerson Theatre School. This is Matt’s third time appearing at the Citadel Theatre after debuting as Baptiste in Evangeline in 2015. It is his second time participating in the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Selected theatre credits include West Side Story (Citadel); Evangeline (Confederation Centre/ Citadel); Summerland (Toronto Fringe); Elly’s Emotions (Theatre Collingwood); Corpus Dance Projects (international touring); They All Do It (Odyssey Theatre); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre by the Bay). Film and television credits include Murdoch Mysteries, Country Crush, The Carmilla Series, Golden Teachers, Lawmen, The Door, Ozion, Paranormal Witness, and See No Evil. He is very grateful for this opportunity and would like to thank Bob, his family, and Chino.
KATIE RYERSON Lucy Steele/Constance
Katie is thrilled to be making her Citadel debut as a member of the 2017 Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program! Recent credits include: Miracle on 34th Street (UCP); Armstrong’s War (STC); Cinderella in Into the Woods (TIP); Janet Wilson Meets The Queen (Prix Rideau Award Nomination for Outstanding Performance), Generous, Pomme & ‘Restes: Shipwrecked! (GCTC); Dream a Little Dream (The Grand); The Sound of Music (NAC); Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (The Globe); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hal & Falstaff, Rosalind in As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors (Company of Fools). Upcoming: Weekend Comedy (Orillia Opera House), performing alongside her wonderful partner Warren! A born Calgarian and raised in Ottawa, Katie now calls Toronto home, and holds a BFA in Performance Acting from Ryerson University.
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ADAM SANDERS Robert Ferrars/Thomas
Adam is thrilled to be back in his hometown and working with such a talented and loveable cast. Adam has professional work credits in Edmonton, Calgary, and now Toronto and Ottawa, having made the move to Toronto in the summer of 2015. Adam studied musical theatre at Grant MacEwan University, graduating in 2013. Selected show credits include Into the Woods, Spring Awakening (Grant MacEwan); Aladdin (Alberta Opera); The Full Monty (Two One Way Tickets to Broadway); Naughty but Nice (Forte Theatre); Urinetown (Front Row Center); As You Like It (The Shakespeare Company); Misprint (Musical Works in Concert); and most recently, The Servant of Two Masters with Odyssey Theatre. His hobbies include slacklining and writing music. He hopes you enjoy this grand and heartfelt story!
MADISON WALSH Elinor Dashwood
Madison is thrilled to make her Citadel and Edmonton debut in Sense and Sensibility. A Torontonian (reared in Elora, Ontario), her theatre credits include: Sharla, Killer Joe (Coal Mine Theatre); Hunter, A Spirit’s Face (Native Earth); Sam, Beef (The Box); and Daphne, Present Laughter (East Side Players). Television credits include: Extreme Babysitting (YTV), and Dual Suspects (Global). Madison was one of three selected for Nightwood Theatre’s Write From the Hip playwriting program, and the co-creator of the web series Laid Off. While in New York, she worked closely with the Ensemble Studio Theater in its Young Ensemble. Training includes both improvisation and stand-up with The Second City, and a theatre degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, N.Y. Madison is proudly bilingual and of Mi’kmaq descent.
JAMIE WILLIAMS Josh Dashwood
Most recently at the Citadel, Jamie reprised the role of Bob Cratchit in last year’s A Christmas Carol. He is a two-time participant of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, performing the role of Bernard Nightingale in 2015’s Arcadia, and Friar Laurence in 2014’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Next, Jamie will be taking on the role of Dr. Watson in Baskerville at the Lighthouse Festival Theatre followed by the role of Sean Merrit in Halfway There at Upper Canada Playhouse. It is a great pleasure to be back at the Citadel and to be involved in this beautiful adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. 42 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
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Bob Baker Director
Bob Baker served as Artistic Director here at the Citadel for the past 17 years, and now joins us as Artistic Director Emeritus and Director of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. For the Citadel, Mr. Baker has directed 58 productions, including 17 presentations of A Christmas Carol, garnering numerous Sterling awards and nominations. Mr. Baker was honoured with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for exceptional service, excellence and community involvement; a University of Alberta Distinguished Alumni Award; MacEwan University Medal of Excellence; is a member of Edmonton’s Cultural Hall of Fame; is a recipient of a PACE award from Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes; and was recently chosen as one of the 25 Influential Alberta Artists by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
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Leslie Frankish Set & Costume Designer
Nearly four decades ago, Leslie began her theatre career as resident Set and Costume Designer for the Citadel Youth Theatre. Since then, she has enjoyed national success including a long-term association with the Shaw Festival. Selected design credits include Angels in America I & II, Singer, Into the Woods (Canadian Stage Company); Hard Times (National Arts Centre); The Caretaker (Vancouver Playhouse); Pygmalion, Misalliance and Heartbreak House (Shaw Festival); The Homecoming (Stratford Festival) and of 37 shows equating a 12 year residency Leslie’s Citadel designs include: Arcadia, Private Lives, Pride & Prejudice, Oliver!, The Constant Wife, Measure for Measure and, her particular favourite, A Christmas Carol. In 2010, as Senior Production Designer of the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Leslie was honoured to show the world the quiet magnificence of Canada. For pictures and more, visit www.lesliefrankish.com.
Stancil Campbell Lighting Designer
Stancil returns to the Citadel for his 36th production over a span of 34 years. Previous Citadel designs include Henry IV Part I (1983), Prisoner of Zenda (1988), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1999), and Spamalot (2013). He has also designed for Vancouver Playhouse, Alberta Theatre Projects, Phoenix Theatre, Northern Light, Globe Theatre, Canadian Stage, Royal Alexandra, National Arts Centre, Scotland’s Royal Lyceum, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Repertory, Cleveland Playhouse, and Boston’s Wilbur Theatre. Among his awards are Toronto’s Dora Award (B-Movie) and Edmonton’s Sterling Award (The Wolf Within and Broadway Bound). Stancil taught stage design for 42 years in the United States, Canada, Ghana, and Egypt. Retired from teaching, he now leads Habitat for Humanity teams around the world. Stancil is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
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Owen Hutchinson Sound Designer
Owen’s credits include sound design for Million Dollar Quartet, Arcadia, 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. Selected operation credits include Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, West Side 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.
Allan Gilliland Composer
Allan Gilliland is of Canada’s busiest composers. He has written music for orchestra, choir, big band, film, television and theatre. His music has been performed by some of the finest ensembles and soloists in the world and appears on over 20 albums. For five years, 1999-2004, he was Composer-in-Residence with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Other highlights include the operas Hannaraptor and The Untimely Death of Whatsisname, the musicals The Seventh Circle, Dead Beats, and Dreaming of the Masters III, given its American premiere by Jens Lindemann and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2012. Previous Citadel shows include A Prairie Boy’s Winter, Three Musketeers and Arcadia. Allan is currently Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications at MacEwan University.
Kristen M. Finlay Assistant Director
Kristen is a director, playwright, actor and designer. Selected directing credits include Chess, Proof, Rabbit Hole, Nine, and Crimes of the Heart (Walterdale); From Something, Little Monsters, CRACK, and Pieces (Finally Sauces); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (ELOPE); The Last 5 Years (TOWTTB/Round Barn); Shout! (Round Barn); Playmates (New Works – U of A), and Sweeney Todd (TOWTTB). Playwriting credits include Double, Double – The Musical (co-written with Anne Marie Szucs), Pieces, From Something, Little Monsters, Zachary and the Storytelling Stones, Tight Rope, and The Easy Road. Much love and gratitude to Mark, Oliver and Gibson for all their support. You can follow Kristen on Twitter @smeep22003 or read her local arts blog, Finster Finds. 46 CITADEL THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON
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Joshua Wickard Dramaturg
Josh has worked in theatre in Canada and the United States for more than a decade. Previously, he has worked for Catalyst Theatre, Florida Grand Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera. He holds a BFA from the University of Colorado and an MFA from the University of Alberta. He is a proud member of LMDA. He would like to thank Tom Wood and Bob Baker for giving him the opportunity to work on this production. His upcoming dramaturgical work includes the Citadel’s production of Shakespeare in Love. He would like to thank his family and his husband Alex for all of their love and support. He’d like to encourage everyone to pursue work they are passionate about, and to quote Austen, “Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.”
Michelle Chan Stage Manager
Citadel credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, West Side Story, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Christmas Carol, Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, One Man, Two Guvnors, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Clybourne Park, Make Mine Love, Spamalot, Private Lives, A Few Good Men, The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women: the Musical, August: Osage County, The Forbidden Phoenix, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, Blackbird, The Wizard of Oz, and The Pillowman. Assistant stage manager credits at the Citadel include Oliver!, Peter Pan, Blithe Spirit, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Grease, Hamlet, and Cabaret. Other favourite credits include Mothership Down (Paper Tiger Productions); Afterplay (Blarney Productions); Evelyn Strange and Cocktails at Pam’s (Teatro la Quindicina); and The Mommy Eurasia_Citadel-2016.pdf 1 (Skirts 2016-09-30 11:38 AM Monologues Afire Festival). Big thanks to Sang-Sang and Lore!
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Sang-Sang Lee Assistant Stage Manager
Earlier this season, Sang-Sang was ASM on Million Dollar Quartet. Other Citadel credits include West Side Story, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 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 Salt Baby-Globe Theatre, Antessy-Concrete Theatre; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear-Freewill Shakespeare Festival; Don GiovanniCentre 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-University of Alberta Centennial. She is a graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Production program. Many thanks to Michelle and Lore.
Lore Green
Apprentice Stage Manager Lore is a graduate of the BFA Stage Management program at the U of A. Originally from Kelowna, B.C., Lore has enjoyed the amazing theatre being created here in Edmonton. Recent credits include Apprentice Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and West Side Story (Citadel Theatre); Assistant Stage Manager for Orchesis Dance Group for the past five years as well as Inspector General and Wonderful Town (Citadel Young Company). She has also had the joy of being Stage Manager for Blood of our Soil (Pyretic Productions); Subway Circus (Blarney Productions); and The Great Gatsby and Grease (New Vintage Theatre). Lore would like to thank Michelle and Sang-Sang for being such a great team to work with.
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Staff ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES Conni Massing
Liana Shannon Artistic Director Emeritus Jennifer Spencer Eileen Sproule Brian Dooley Director, Play Development FTS Teaching Assistants Christine Frederick Sophie Gareau-Brennan Indigenous Associate Artist Josh Languedoc Doug Mertz Marguerite Lawler Director, Education & Clayton Plamondon Outreach Joyanne Rudiak Don Horsburgh Resident Music Director Geri Schaer Wayne Paquette ADMINISTRATION Bob Baker
Diana Stevenson
Manager, Foote Theatre School
Neil Kuefler
Education Outreach Associate
Young Company Instructors Amber Borotsik Shannon Boyle Christopher Bullough Anna Davidson Brian Dooley Kiidra Duhault Matt Graham Jake Hastey Dave Horak Don Horsburgh Heather Inglis Doug Mertz Kate Ryan Andrew St Hillaire Kim Mattice-Wanat FTS Instructors Matt Alden Joleen Ballendine Mhairi Berg Adam Blocka Ashley Butler Tracy Carroll Ellen Chorley Quinn Contini Matt Graham Crystal Hanson Brady Hughes Sally Hunt Binaifer Kapadia Neil Kuefler Annette Loiselle Joey Lucius Barb Mah Byron Martin
Asst. Rentals Manager
Shirley Tran
School Booking Coordinator
Guest Services Supervisors Cody Carver Victoria deJong Jessica Glover Mark Harding Caitlin Hart Jacob Liska Jim Maher Marianne Bouthillier Brittany Molner Associate Executive Director Sifiso Nidza Calvin Simonson Peni Christopher Asst. to the Artistic Director/ Guest Services Company Manager Representatives Rebekah Andrews FACILITY Stephanie Bahniuk Louis Barron Melissa Budinski Director Colleen Bunyan Maintenance Michaela Chiste Bill Daniels Carol Dreger Jackie Kirschner Jonah Dunch Janitorial Sara Knourek Carly Neis Bee Clean Services Taylor Ogilvie Security Jules Pepin Alberta Crowd Natasha Pigford Management Chris Powell Building Porter Evelyn Scheibli William Cardle Dustyn Tennessen Tara Gale Michael Vetsch Kali Weber
FINANCE
Pat Bradley
Director of Finance
Bettyanna Huggins
Accounting Assistant
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Ken Davis
Director, Marketing & Communications
Fund DEVELOPMENT Andre LaFrance Props
Neil Luipasco
Danine Regenwetter
Director, Fund Development
Props
Angie Sotiropoulos
Sydney Stuart
Props
Manager, Fund Development
Marc Anderson
Head of Stage Carpentry
PRODUCTION
Gryphen Colling
Cheryl L. Hoover
Director of Production
Assistant Head of Stage Carpentry
Bill Heron
Dan Beggs
Michelle Chan
Greg Cardinal
Patrick Fraser
Patsy Thomas
Gal Minnes
Judith Darough
Technical Director
Scenic Carpenter
Resident Stage Manager
Scenic Carpenter
Technical Director, Rentals Head of Wardrobe
Assistant Production Manager
Cutter
Claude Tanguay
Kyla Maki
Tailor
Administrative Assistant
Barb Becker
Head of Audio
Susan Montelbetti
Assistant Head of Audio
Helen Flower
Audio
Tammy Barry
Head of Scenic Carpentry
Julie Davie
Assistant Head of Scenic Carpentry
Brenda Inglis
Scenic Carpenter
Ashlynne King
Scenic Carpenter
Kathryn Neuman
Scenic Carpenter
Genevieve Savard
Scenic Carpenter
Ava Siemens
Head of Electrics
Elena Vandakurova
Owen Hutchinson
Fabricator
Nick Rose
Nick Shostak
Peter Locock Chris Hayes
Greg Cardinal
Andre LaFrance Serge Menard Mike Patton
Sheila Cleasby
Dyer
Miliner
Stitcher Stitcher Stitcher Stitcher Stitcher Stitcher Stitcher
Stitcher Assistant Head of Electrics Lorraine Price Head of Manager, Media Relations Nicole Deibert Wardrobe Running GUEST SERVICES Brent Felzien Head of Scenic Paint Michelle Warren Kimberlee Stadelmann Video Editor/Designer Kim North Dresser Director/ Kristen Finlay Scenic Artist Ava Siemens Sales and Guest Services Manager, Communications Amy Sanders Wardrobe Maintenance Josh Wickard – Academy/Social Media Scenic Artist Samantha J. Rumball Patron Services Manager Kristen Hiemstra Jim Meers Head of Wigs Sarah Farnsworth Graphic Designer Head of Props Katie Patton Assistant Patron Services Mel MacDonald Charlotte Hunt Assistant Head of Wigs Manager Administrator, Marketing Assistant Head of Props Tammy Preston Theresa Hovdestad & Fund Development Marissa Kochanski Wigs House Manager Debbie Theuss Props Virginia Potkins Manager, Corporate Relations Rentals Manager
Crystal Johnston
Payroll Accountant
Sydnee Bryant
Meaghan Skerik
The Citadel is grateful for the kind generosity of its volunteers listed below. If you want to volunteer with the Citadel, please call Theresa Hovdestad at 780-428-2118 or e-mail volunteers@citadeltheatre.com.
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Thanks Season Sponsor
Brian Vaasjo • President & CEO, Capital Power Capital Power is honoured to be the Citadel Theatre’s season sponsor and is proud to support an important historical icon in our city. The Citadel continues to strengthen Edmonton’s cultural heritage, diversity and character. As a respected leader in Canadian Theatre, the Citadel vibrantly brings to life the creativity and limitless imagination for our community, young and old, through the art of performance.
Beyond the Stage
Dave Mowat • President & CEO, ATB Financial Why does ATB support the arts? Because artists draw. Compose. Paint. Dance. Write. They shape, show and mix. They challenge. They judge. They aim. They stay true. They know what it’s like to be alone. They bring us together. Their spirit of creativity and fearlessness makes Alberta, and the world around us, a better place. And that is worth supporting, year after year after year.
Landmark A Level Seats
Bijan Mannani • Chief Operating Officer, Landmark Group Landmark Group is once again proud to support the Citadel Theatre and their ongoing commitment to a flourishing arts community. Creative and artistic expression continues to enrich our lives through laughter, entertainment and a nostalgic blast-to-the-past. We appreciate all your hard work and offer our sincere congratulations on yet another successful and inspiring season.
Maclab Students Club
BRUCE BENTLEY • Chairman, Maclab Development Group & Maclab Properties Group
Maclab believes supporting the arts and keeping them a vibrant element of our community is profoundly important. The Maclab Students Club introduces junior and senior high school students to the world of theatre and exposes the Citadel Theatre to a new generation of audience members. Through these new theatre goers the Citadel Theatre will continue to contribute to the quality of life in Edmonton for many years to come. sense and sensibility 51
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Thanks Education Program At Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life, we are committed to enhancing the role of the arts across all sectors of our society. We believe that by developing creativity and increasing accessibility to the arts for all audiences, we’re helping building the foundation for a healthy and prosperous future. We are proud to support the Citadel Theatre’s education program, which engages young audiences and fosters their learning beyond the classroom.
Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program At RBC, we believe our purpose is to help clients thrive and communities prosper. We do this with pride and passion alike, and with tremendous gratitude for the trust our customers and partners place in us. To support the arts is a privilege for our organization. Art — be it music, culture, performance or any other form — is a cornerstone of vibrant communities around the world. To us, an investment in the arts is an investment in Canadian culture and one of the most important ways we bring our purpose to life.
Young Companies & Disgraced
Nicole Davis • Manager, Community Banking, TD Bank Group TD is proud to support another successful year of Young Companies at the Citadel Theatre. This unique program of mentorship and training supports young, aspiring artists who are serious about pursuing a career in theatre. We applaud this year’s Young Company participants and look forward to their year-end performances.
Play Development & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Nada Ristich • Director of Corporate Donations, BMO Financial Group At BMO Financial Group, we believe a strong and vital cultural life is part of a healthy community. As anyone who has seen a great play, art has the power to transform how we perceive life, each other and ourselves. We are committed to promoting and celebrating the great diversity and wealth of talent that exists across Canada. Our continued support of Play Development at the Citadel liberates playwrights to concentrate on their art form and encourages them to give Canada an artistic voice.
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Million Dollar Quartet
GREG CHRISTENSON • President, Christenson Developments Christenson Developments is very pleased to sponsor Million Dollar Quartet. We believe that the Citadel Theatre is essential in keeping the arts alive in our community and are very proud to support them. We wish them continued success in presenting artistic excellence to our community.
Servus Pay What You Can
Garth Warner • President & CEO, Servus Credit Union As part of our Community Access program, Servus Credit Union is proud to partner with the Citadel Theatre to ensure more Albertans have an opportunity to enjoy the arts through Servus Pay What You Can Sundays. We congratulate the Citadel on an outstanding season and extend our best wishes for many more great seasons to come.
Bittergirl
TOM REDL • CEO, CHANDOS We have been inspired by your productions and impressed with your artistic excellence. Yours are the hands that weave the fabric of our community. Sponsoring the Citadel Theatre has been both a pleasure and a privilege.
Families First
Tina Naqvi-Rota • President, Cameron Corporation Cameron Corporation is once again proud to partner with Citadel Theatre in support of the Families First Program and Kids Up Front Edmonton, providing the thrill of the live theatre experience to those who otherwise would not have the opportunity, and thereby both entertain and inspire. To be part of an audience is something everyone should encounter, and we applaud the Citadel in its dazzling celebration of the arts, and its unending support of its community. Congratulations. sense and sensibility 53
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Thanks Playwright’s Forum
Michelle Sigurdson •
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Once again the Citadel proves itself to be an enriching, thought-provoking, relevant, and important contributor to the Edmonton Arts community. Through its continued focus on theatre excellence and the development of our artistic talent, the Citadel is a key component of Edmonton’s cultural life. DIALOG is honoured to be a supporter of the Citadel’s Playwright’s Forum and its vision of nurturing upcoming and established talent and new plays. As a firm it is our pleasure and privilege to play a role in keeping theatre alive for generations to come.
Printing Sponsor
Darren Pohl • President, McCallum Printing Group Inc. McCallum Printing Group is proud to be a sponsor to such a diverse organization covering all aspects of live theatre for our community. Congratulations on a fabulous season, we applaud and thank you and wish you every continued success.
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media sponsors The Citadel would like to extend our special thanks to the following media sponsors, whose ongoing support made the 2016/17 season a tremendous success: Avenue Magazine, Capital 96.3 FM, CBC Radio, 630 CHED, 103.9 CISN Country, City-TV, CKUA Radio Network, CTV Edmonton, The Edmonton Journal, 92.5 Fresh-FM, Global TV Edmonton, Nightlife Promotions, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Shaw TV, VUE Weekly.
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