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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 Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Sheila Witwicky Ex Officio Ralph Young
Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Sep 16 – Oct 8, 2017
Board of Directors Sheila Witwicky President Catrin Owen Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Julie Afanasiff Treasurer Jeff Boadway Helen Calahasen James Casey Tim Coldwell Lesley Cormack Wendy Dupree Robert Fernandez Neil Gower Dave Hancock Sandra Haskins Myrna Khan Tammy Patterson Micki Ruth 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, Jane Halford, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Becky Hole, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Richard Kirby, 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, Peter Silverstone, Gaurav Singhmar, Larry Staples, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa
UBUNTU (THE CAPE TOWN PROJECT) By D. Cloran, M. Grootboom, D. Hay, D. Jansen, H. Lewis, M. Monteith, and A. Nebulane Oct 11 – 22, 2017
HADESTOWN By Anaïs Mitchell Developed with & directed by Rachel Chavkin Nov 11 – Dec 3, 2017
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens Dec 1 – 23, 2017
THE HUMANS By Stephen Karam Jan 6 – 27, 2018
EMPIRE OF THE SON By Tetsuro Shigematsu Jan 31 – Feb 18, 2018
MAMMA MIA! Music & lyrics by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Book by Catherine Johnson Feb 17 – Mar 18, 2018
CHILDREN OF GOD A musical written & directed by Corey Payette Mar 3 – 24, 2018
UNDERCOVER By Rebecca Northan With Bruce Horak Apr 4 – 29, 2018
THE SILVER ARROW:
THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROBIN HOOD By Mieko Ouchi Apr 21 – May 13, 2018
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Welcome to the Canadian Premiere of The Humans! When I saw this play on Broadway, it was everything I wanted a night at the theatre to be: funny, heartbreaking, intelligent, and genuinely thrilling. I think it’s easy for audiences to relate to the context of this story – a fraught family holiday dinner where feelings are hurt and secrets are revealed – but what’s surprising about this script is how edge-of-your-seat captivating it is. Stephen Karam unwraps his story masterfully, with a number of heart-racing surprises and things that literally go bump in the night. Jackie Maxwell is one of Canada’s finest directors, and it is our great pleasure to have her at the helm of this production. Jackie was the Artistic Director of Canada’s Shaw Festival for 14 years, and in her very first season of programming, she took a chance on a young, emerging director and invited him to direct a production at Shaw (me!). And now, years later, I am incredibly honoured to welcome Jackie as a guest director as part of my first season of programming here at the Citadel. It is my pleasure to welcome our incredible cast: Ric Reid, Laurie Paton, Sara Farb, Alana Hawley Purvis, Richard Lee, and Edmonton’s own Maralyn Ryan; as well as designers Judith Bowden, Michael Walton, and Edmonton’s Matthew Skopyk. This is a co-production with our friends at Canadian Stage, and the production will play in Toronto after the run here at the Citadel. Many thanks to Matthew Jocelyn and Sherrie Johnson of Canadian Stage for such a fantastic partnership. Thanks so much for being a part of the Citadel family. Enjoy the show!
Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director
We wish to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is Treaty No. 6 territory and a traditional meeting ground and home of the First Nations, including both the treaty signatories – Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stony and Cree-Iroquois – as well as other Indigenous peoples, such as the Blackfoot and Métis, who occupied this land. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live, create and perform on this territory. Nikistêyhtamâkânân oma askîwihtâwin ita kâ mâwasakôyâhk Nikotwâsik Kâ akihtêk omâmawôpayônôwâw Nistam Îyinôwak, nânapo ôkih tipahamawâkan tahkikwanênkêwak-Nêhîyawak, Nahkawînôwak, Opwâsîmowak, Asinî Pwâtak êkwah Nêhîyaw Paskosikanak-êkwah kotakak Îyinôwak, tâpiskôc Kaskitêwayasitak êkwah Âpihtwâyak, kâkîh kikîwîhkêcik otah. Nitâniskê nanâskôtênân tawâw ôtah êh ayâyâhk tita wîci pimâtisîhtamâhk, tita osîhcikêyâhk êkwah tita nôkohtihiwêyâhk otah askîwihtâwinihk. 4 CITADEL THEATRE 2017/18 SEASON
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 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 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
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HENRY HOLE, 1884 – 1954 On the Citadel’s 30th Anniversary, a gift was made by the Company of Harry Hole, James F. Hole, Ralph K. Hole and Robert W. Hole on behalf of the Hole family — in honour of their late father, Henry Hole. The Citadel Theatre is proud to honour Henry Hole’s integrity, compassion and leadership in the dedication of this complex to his memory. 10 CITADEL THEATRE 2017/18 SEASON
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SARA FARB.......................................................... Brigid Blake ALANA HAWLEY Purvis. . .............................. Aimee Blake RICHARD LEE...................................................... Richard Saad LAURIE PATON................................................... Deirdre Blake RIC REID................................................................ Erik Blake MARALYN RYAN................................................ Fiona “Momo” Blake Director................................................................... JACKIE MAXWELL Set & Costume Designer. . ................................ JUDITH BOWDEN Lighting Designer................................................ MICHAEL WALTON Sound Designer. . ................................................. MATTHEW SKOPYK Assistant Director............................................... BRENLEY CHARKOW Stage Manager.................................................... ANDREA SCHURMAN Assistant Stage Manager................................. AL GADOWSKY The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. This performance is approximately 90 minutes long, with no intermission.
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Stephen Karam Stephen Karam’s plays include The Humans (Tony Award, Obie Award for Playwriting, Drama Critics’ Circle Award, and Pulitzer Prize finalist), Sons of the Prophet (Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Speech & Debate. His adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout’s 2016 season; his film adaptation of The Seagull starring Annette Bening will premiere in 2018. Recent honours include two Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award, and a Hull-Warriner Award. Stephen is a graduate of Brown University and grew up in Scranton, PA. www.stephenkaram.com
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There are several ways to describe Stephen Karam’s beautiful play – a family drama, a holiday comedy, a supernatural tale, a contemporary slice of life – all are somewhat accurate. For me, however, the title says it all. The Humans is about just that ... in this case, six specifically, whose indefatigable life force but sometimes flawed and less than robust humanity is exposed, tested, celebrated, and questioned during a 90-minute real time Thanksgiving gathering. The story takes place in a “new” duplex, proudly presented to the family by daughter Brigid, and we soon see all four areas in this two-level apartment in continual use. With no handy blackouts or offstage moments (apart from the odd specified bathroom break!) this means each character has to have a complete 90-minute onstage journey established, which interconnects at specific points with the other five characters’ equally complete journeys. Rehearsing this has been a gloriously brain-bending process for all of us – building upstairs scenes that must interact with parallel scenes downstairs, all while Brigid’s boyfriend prepares and then serves a full Thanksgiving dinner! While there have definitely been moments where we have felt almost giddily overwhelmed by the amount of detail and timing this all entails, we have only had to refer to the meticulous, brilliantly structured theatrical map created by Stephen Karam to get back on track. And now, as the actors leave their scripts behind and start to inhabit this complex story with confidence, it is becoming more and more clear that this map is so much more than that. It is also a profound, brave exploration and ultimate revelation of the human heart and the anxieties it must try to overcome… glance by glance, drink by drink, laugh by laugh, touch by touch, moment by moment by moment. – Jackie Maxwell
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Recently, he has been playing to sold-out houses in his one-man show Empire of the Son and that is the show that will be up next in the Citadel’s The Club. It’s interesting to note that this extremely cosmopolitan man, who has spent much of the last of his 47 years travelling the globe, has based his presentation on one of the most intimate relationships – that of father and son. It wasn’t his first show about his father. His dad was born in Kagoshima, Japan. There was not much love in the family toward his people. Tetsuro’s grandfather had been tortured in China – not by the Chinese but by his own fanatical soldiers. Life in Japan had driven his father inward. The family happily moved to Canada in 1974. The man Tetsuro knew as a child was distant and remote – culturally and emotionally. He was often a ghostly presence in the home. “I knew him as a man of his generation and I don’t think we ever had a single conversation in my life,” the playwright remembers. His dad worked for BBC News for many years and was a fervent researcher. Tetsuro remembers him sitting at the supper table with earphones on his head preparing for the next day’s broadcast.
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But yet, his father had a profound influence on him. “He was sort of an illusive benchmark I felt I had to measure my life against.” In the early ‘90s, Tetsuro was preparing a spot for the Vancouver Fringe and thought his father would make an interesting subject. The show was well received but not by his reclusive father. The man didn’t comment himself but Tatsuro’s mother did – resoundingly. “You are making a living making fun of your father’s accent. You need to stop right now.” The dutiful son did exactly that – but always remembered how in all his stage efforts, the ones featuring his father won the most enthusiastic response from the audience. Twenty years later, he returned to that relationship as he researched material on his father for his PhD. “I was uncomfortable with that,” he remembers. “My father had already said not to use his story but I was two years into my degree and I couldn’t afford to stop and find something else.” His dad was, as Tetsuro remembers it, “A hermit hiding in the cave of his own mind.” So, heart in hand, he went to his father and said, “I want to share your story with the world. I want to publish it and maybe do a show based on my research.” His father was confused by what he was saying. He stood there blinking and trying to digest the information. Remembering his earlier efforts, he told his father, “I tried out some of your stories and people find them quite riveting. Do I have your permission to continue?” To his surprise, his father said, “Yeah!” “Perhaps,” Tetsuro continued, “You misunderstood. You did hear the question? Do I have your permission to share your story in public?” He
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asked his mother if his father had understood him and she said “Yes.” His father finally replied, “If you tell my life story – then it will have had some meaning.” All along, because of his anti-social ways, his father was afraid that his son would follow the same lonely path. At that moment, Tetsuro realized something in himself. “I had been living myself in some kind of protracted adolescence – and that I didn’t want to die without telling his story. I suddenly realized that, through the act of telling his story, our story, he was also giving my life meaning.” And so the process began. The two had seldom spoken so Tetsuro came up with an idea. His father was an old broadcast hand so his son set up a broadcast situation – complete with mic and faux studio feel. He began a series of “interviews” with his father and the old man opened up to him. “I recorded 24 hours with him.” Those precious 24 hours are the basis for Empire of the Son.
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Being a creative fellow, often out there on the periphery of artistic endeavour, Tetsuro was too canny just to stand in front of an audience and tell anecdotes. “I wanted it to look
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nothing like any one-man show you’ve ever seen. One of the questions I began with, as I listened to the tapes, is how do we deepen the experience of listening. I wondered how to recreate the experience of ‘fire’ on a stage. Something so simple as sitting around a campfire and telling stories. As we watch something as elemental as a fire, our visual cortex is stimulated and we can travel somewhere deeper into ourselves.” What Tetsuro (and team) came up with is a long 12-foot platform that is filled with a series of miniatures. “I use my hand and fingers to bring the miniatures to life. For instance, when I have a fight with my father, I use two fingers and a tiny skateboard and we’re kicking dirt at each other and stomping on the ground. It’s actually quite convincing.” Tetsuro, taking advantage of his stage and television experience, places a camera behind the action and blows the picture up on a big rear screen. One effect that brings a gasp from the audience is an uncanny visual recreation of a nuclear explosion that is created with an aquarium and a syringe filled with heavy cream. The miniature is shot upside down by a camera and the resulting explosion, as seen on the big screen, “...is quite stunning.” “Often I find the audience isn’t looking at me at all but at what is unfolding in real time on the screen behind me,” observes the storyteller. Critics who have seen Tetsuro’s show from coast to coast have commented on the ingenious and effective multi-media effects he creates on stage. The show has been embraced by both critics and audiences. Reviewers have called it “exquisite” and
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“painstakingly honest.” Its initial production in Vancouver filled the theatre and was such a success that it was brought back for another sold-out run. As one scribe summed up the performance at the National Arts Centre, “The show is a celebration of the extraordinary in the ordinary.” Of course, father and son conflicts have long formed the basis of stories in classic literature. Oedipus unknowingly kills his own father. Prince Hal causes his father much grief when he removes the crown before dear ol’ dad is even dead. Hamlet takes his grim marching orders from his father who returns from the grave to urge him on to revenge. Biff Loman remains bitterly estranged from his salesman father for 15 years after walking in and finding Pop in the midst of an affair. These stories are certainly tragic but Tetsuro’s tale is anything but that. Many critics have described the show as, “laugh out loud funny.” Tetsuro is happy to point that out to perspective audiences. “Yes, there are some highly emotional moments but I have worked to make sure that, even when I move into heavy territory, there is still laughter. I try to work it so the audience will experience both – so the experience will be funny and touching as well.” Empire of the Son endeavours to reach behind the seemingly simple and possibly arcane story of a relationship between a taciturn Japanese/Canadian father and his son to bring a universal tale to audiences. Says the playwright, “At the heart of it you do learn a lot about Japanese culture but I think everyone who sees it will find that it’s not just my story. A lot of people will see their own story on that stage.” Empire of the Son written and performed by Tetsuro Shigematsu, begins in The Club at the Citadel on January 31 and runs through February 18.
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bios SARA FARB Brigid Blake
For The Citadel: Natalie in Next to Normal (co-production with Theatre Calgary). Five seasons at the Stratford Festival: Juliet, Anne Frank, Cordelia in King Lear, Jessica in Merchant of Venice, Petra in A Little Night Music, Lucy in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and originated the role of Mary in Kate Hennig’s The Last Wife and The Virgin Trial. Next, she’ll be playing Medium Alison in Fun Home for Mirvish/Acting Up Stage Company in Toronto.
ALANA HAWLEY Purvis Aimee Blake
Select theatre credits: Venus In Fur (Citadel); Blow Wind High Water (Theatre Calgary); Coriolanus (Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ACA); A Picasso, Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh (Shadow); Bartholomew Fair, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, Julius Caesar (Stratford); Much Ado About Nothing (UofA); I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (Vertigo); Closer (Ground Zero); Sequence (Downstage); Drama: A Pilot Episode (ATP); The Three Musketeers (Citadel); Joyful Noise (Theatre North West). Training: Academy for Classical Acting (MFA), Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Program, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Acting (Stratford), and University of Alberta - Acting (BFA). Thank you always to her family and to Jackie.
RICHARD LEE Richard Saad
Citadel debut. Richard Lee is an award-winning actor, fight director, sound designer, and theatre producer. His work has garnered him multiple Dora Mavor Moore nominations out of which he has received three: one for his Sound Design work on paper SERIES (Cahoots Theatre Company) and two in performance; Sultans of the Street and Cinderella: A RATical Retelling (both for Young People’s Theatre). Selected theatre credits include: Twelfth Night, King Lear (Canadian Stage); Kim’s Convenience (Soulpepper); acquiesce (Factory Theatre); Chimerica (Canadian Stage/RMTC).
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bios LAURIE PATON Deirdre Blake
Laurie is delighted to be back at the Citadel. Born and raised in Alberta, she got her professional start in Edmonton upon graduating from Grant MacEwan College’s Theatre Arts Program. Edmonton shows include Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Agnes of God, Mephisto, The Glass Menagerie, and Wendy in Peter Pan. Laurie has worked in theatres across the country, most notably for 18 Seasons with the Shaw Festival in Ontario. Favourite shows include All My Sons, The Cherry Orchard, The Little Foxes, The Constant Wife, Blood Relations, Pal Joey, and Major Barbara. Next: Daniel MacIvor’s Marion Bridge in Vancouver, where she now resides.
RIC REID Erik Blake
Ric last appeared at The Citadel Theatre in God of Carnage. Previous Citadel credits include August: Osage County, Art, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Streetcar Named Desire, Who Has Seen the Wind, and Proof. He has been a member of the Shaw Festival Acting Ensemble since 2003. Currently he lives in Windsor where his wife, Kelly Daniels, teaches acting at the university, and their youngest son Kalan breaks his arm while doing tricks on his scooter.
MARALYN RYAN Fiona “Momo” Blake
For the Citadel: A Christmas Carol, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Lend Me a Tenor. Selected acting credits: Vivian Bearing in Wit (Globe); A Guide to Mourning (ATP); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatre Calgary); Homeward Bound (The Grand Theatre/NAC); Master Class (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Joy and Shop at Sly Corner (Shaw); Crackpot (Prairie Theatre Exchange/Belfry); Thirteen Hands (Canadian Stage/NAC); Hamlet (Freewill Players); True West (Theatre Network); Private Lives (NLT); Seed Savers (WWPT); The Last Romance (Mayfield); Rabbit Hole (Persephone). She received the 2017 Sterling Award for Most Valuable Contribution to Theatre in Edmonton. Next: Edmonton Actor’s Theatre this May. Dedicated to humans everywhere. You are not alone.
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bios JACKIE MAXWELL Director
Jackie Maxwell is one of Canada’s most respected theatre artists. This production of The Humans marks her first time at The Citadel. Jackie recently directed The Changeling at The Stratford Festival and Watch on the Rhine at Arena Stage in Washington, DC after finishing 14 seasons as the Artistic Director of The Shaw Festival. Favourite productions directed at The Shaw include Sweeney Todd, Uncle Vanya, The Divine (World Premiere), Juno and the Paycock, Major Barbara, Come Back Little Sheba, Ragtime, Age of Arousal, and Saint Joan. Jackie has directed in many theatres across Canada and the United States and was also Artistic Director of Factory Theatre from 1987-95. She is the recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the Order of Ontario and two Honorary Doctorates. Upcoming projects include directing Innocence Lost for Soulpepper Theatre Company and Paradise Lost for The Stratford Festival.
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bios JUDITH BOWDEN Set & Costume Designer
Judith has designed for theatre over the past 25 years. Recent set and costume design credits include: Musik Fur Das Ende (Crows Theatre/Soundstreams); London Road, The Other Place (Canadian Stage); Chimerica (M.T.C./Canadian Stage); Saint Joan, Sweeney Todd, Peter and the Starcatcher (Shaw Festival). Judith has designed at the Shaw Festival for the past 16 seasons. Recent costume design credits include: Watch on the Rhine, My Fair Lady (Arena Stage); The Changeling (Stratford Festival); A Christmas Carol (M.T.C.). Her work has been seen at the National Arts Centre, The Grand Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, P.O.V., Theatre Calgary, and ATP.
MICHAEL WALTON Lighting Designer
Previously at the Citadel, Michael was Lighting Designer for Million Dollar Quartet, Evangeline, One Man, Two Guvnors, Mary Poppins, Next to Normal, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women: The Broadway Musical, and The Three Musketeers. Other recent credits include Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, Tartuffe, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Sound of Music, Oedipus Rex, King Lear, Othello, Fiddler on the Roof, The Tempest (Stratford Festival); Mamma Mia!, Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); Jenufa, Maria Stuarda (Pacific Opera); CosĂŹ Fan Tutte (Canadian Opera Company); A Christmas Carol, Enron (NAC); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse).
MATTHEW SKOPYK Sound Designer
Matthew Skopyk is an Edmonton-based sound designer and composer. Recent design/composition credits include Romeo & Juliet, Or the Whale, Vigilante, Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story, ENRON, Whisper, Michelle et Ti Jean, Palace of the End, Titus Andronicus, As You Like It, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Twelfth Night, and Othello. Matthew is also the current sound supervisor for the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta.
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bios BRENLEY CHARKOW Assistant Director
Brenley is a freelance director who divides her time between Alberta and Ontario. Selected directing credits include A Bright Room Called Day, Tom at the Farm, If We Were Birds, Seagulls, The Waves, Mo & Jess Kill Susie, Almost Maine, and On the Other Side of the World. She has assisted at The Grand Theatre (ON), Studio 180, and The Musical Stage Co. (Toronto). Brenley is grateful for the opportunity to be working on The Humans at the Citadel and CanStage. She holds an MFA in directing from the University of Alberta.
ANDREA SCHURMAN Stage Manager
Andrea is thrilled to return to the Citadel having stage managed Million Dollar Quartet, Red (Canadian Stage) and ASMed Intimate Apparel (Obsidian Theatre) previously. Recent credits include Production Stage Manager of the Charlottetown Festival (SMing Anne of Green Gables, and A Misfortune), 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Marquis), and two seasons with the Shaw Festival. Andrea has worked with many wonderful companies including YPT, The Grand, The Globe, Persephone, Mirvish, soulpepper, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Theatre Passe Muraille, Nightwood, Factory Theatre, Studio 180, Vancouver Playhouse, Neptune, TNB, Tapestry New Opera, Opera Ontario, and the Stratford Festival. She heads back to the Shaw Festival in 2018. Andrea thanks her family for their unending support.
AL GADOWSKY
Assistant Stage Manager Previously at the Citadel, Al has assistant stage managed Crazy For You (Citadel/Theatre Calgary), West Side Story, and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, and apprentice stage managed Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, and Monty Python’s Spamalot. Other credits include Fortune Falls (Citadel/Catalyst); Anne of Green Gables, Million Dollar Quartet, Mamma Mia!, and Glenda’s Kitchen (Charlottetown Festival); Les Feluettes, Turandot and The Merry Widow (Edmonton Opera); Working It Out (Alberta Workers Health Centre). He has a BFA in Stage Management from the University of Alberta. Al would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support.
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