Citadel Theatre playbill - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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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 Sandy Mactaggart (Honourary) Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Sheila Witwicky Ex Officio Ralph Young

Bob Baker | Artistic Director penny ritco | executive Director

Board of Directors

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Sheila Witwicky President Catrin Owen Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Jane Halford Treasurer Julie Afanasiff Jane Batty Jeff Boadway Lesley Cormack Wendy Dupree Robert Fernandez Neil Gower Dave Hancock Sandra Haskins Richard Kirby Margot Ross-Graham Micki Ruth Peter Silverstone Micah Slavens Larry Staples

HonoUrary Directors Jack N. Agrios, Ken Bautista, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, Guy Bridgeman, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Allison Edwards, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Becky Hole, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Stuart Lee, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Ashif Mawji, Maureen McCaw, Lisa Miller, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Barbara Shumsky, Gaurav Singhmar, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

BOOM Written, Directed & Performed by Rick Miller Sep 19 – Oct 11, 2015 Presented by

EVANGELINE Book, lyrics & music by Ted Dykstra Oct 31 – Nov 22, 2015 Presented by

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens Nov 28 – Dec 23, 2015 Presented by

The Songs Of Leonard Cohen Conceived & Directed by Tracey Power Jan 13 – 24, 2016

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

By Edward Albee Jan 23 – Feb 13, 2016

THE GAY HERITAGE PROJECT Created & Performed by Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn & Andrew Kushnir Feb 10 – 27, 2016

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

By Lewis Carroll Adapted for the stage by James Reaney Feb 27 – Mar 20, 2016 Presented by

OTHER DESERT CITIES

By Jon Robin Baitz Apr 9 – May 1, 2016

WEST SIDE STORY Conception & Choreography by Jerome Robbins Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Apr 23 – May 22, 2016 Presented by

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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

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FOUNDER

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We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters; our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel.

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Government & Foundation Supporters

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

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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 Maclab Enterprises Students Club is a Citadel Theatre program that offers a unique glimpse into the world of professional theatre to a wide range of junior and senior high school students from Edmonton and surrounding areas.

On the first three Tuesdays and Wednesdays of our season’s productions, Students Club members gather to enjoy a small reception before the show and then participate in a highly engaging, interactive presentation/demonstration involving one of the Citadel’s talented theatre artists. Following the performance, students are invited to stay for a lively talkback session with members of the production’s cast and crew.

Prior to tonight’s performance, the Students Club had the opportunity to participate in a workshop exploring the craft of improvisation. The workshop allowed the students to better understand how improvisers follow their creative impulses, craft story arcs, and create characters and was led by Joey Lucius, a company member of Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre. Joey’s recent television credits include Working the Engels, and Orphan Black. He was a principal cast member on YTV’s Gemini nominated series That’s So Weird, which earned him a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Television Ensemble Performance.

He recently taught Improv for the Citadel’s Foote Theatre School.

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JAY CLIFT......................................................... Nick AVA JANE MARKUS. . .................................... Honey BRENDA ROBINS. . ......................................... Martha TOM ROONEY................................................. George Director............................................................... JAMES MacDONALD Assistant Director........................................... DAVE HORAK Set & Costume Designer. . ............................ LESLIE FRANKISH Lighting Designer............................................ NARDA McCARROLL Stage Manager................................................ MICHELLE CHAN Assistant Stage Manager............................. SANG-SANG LEE Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. This performance is approximately 3 hours long with two 12 minute intermissions.

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A Theatre forAll Seasons By 1985 the Citadel had established itself

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19851995 written by Colin MacLean

Pieces of Eight, 1985

in the minds of Broadway producers as a great place to try out new shows – much to the delight of Citadel founder Joe Shoctor. Shoctor had always seen his theatre as a conduit to the big time. The track record of these shows was spotty and the reviews generally scathing. Hey Marilyn and Duddy sank, leaving few ripples. A little more successful was Flowers for Algernon, which had a short run on Broadway. Two vehicles for actor Roy Dotrice, A Life and Mr. Lincoln began here and went on to moderate success.

Tommy Banks

And then there was Pieces of Eight – a musical take on Treasure Island. In November of 1985, it came prepackaged and New York took over the Citadel for a month. Tommy Banks (who was music coordinator) pointed out in a recent interview, “I can tell you the Citadel did not pay the complete cost of Pieces of Eight. A huge bunch of money came from someplace else to do that.” Probably from the New York producers who were much in evidence on opening night.

It should have worked. The music was written by Jule Styne (Gypsy and Funny Girl) who spent much of the month here. It was directed by Broadway vet Joe Layton and starred George Hearn as Long John Silver, just off his Tony Award winning turn in La Cage aux Folles. But the ship never sailed. In a later interview one of the backers observed forlornly, “Maybe we can repackage it, get Mickey Rooney and send it out across Middle America.”

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Bob Baker was to observe about Broadway Joe in an interview years later, “Regardless of the merits of the productions, Joe was trying to get a new musical to Broadway from Edmonton. But the truth is most of them don’t make it. You have to admire the gumption and chutzpah.” And we must confess, we loved to dress up and be the first to see a Broadway bound musical. The shows gave the Citadel some of the biggest houses it had at that time.

Gordon McDougall created some controversy when he came here to guide the Citadel – he was yet another Brit. But he came with an impressive directorial record. He did present some Canadian plays (Jacob Two Two and Salt Water Moon) but mostly the shows were a catalogue of classics and contemporary works. He also coped with a severe lack of funding and instituted cutbacks in production.

Gordon McDougall

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CITADEL THEATRE Robin Phillips

In 1990, the L’Enfant Terrible of Canadian theatre, Robin Phillips, was declared – not Artistic Director – but Director General of the Citadel. After being featured as an actor in a number of films in Britain, he took over the Stratford Festival in 1974 and immediately elevated that dusty theatrical institution to international stature.

He was a workaholic who put his stamp of style on everything from stage design to playbill ads. Phillips was a great supporter of Canadian talent and, to the horror of the purists, had his performers speak – not in the plummy tones of British thespians – but in their own voices. He had a formidable temper but actors loved working with him.

Under Phillips’ benign, if somewhat erratic and profligate leadership, the Citadel’s energy level rose. His theatrical knowhow was vast and his talent towering. He brought in plays by George E. Walker, Gratien Gélinas and John Murrell and gave us the first of the Wingfield rural comedies. He also was a hit man for Canadian entrepreneur Garth Drabinsky, who flew him around North America in his private plane to doctor his various productions.

In 1991, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest, Aspects of Love was in trouble. The show was an intimate salon opera overproduced in epic proportions in the West End and Broadway, because, well, that was what you did with Lloyd Webber shows (Cats and Phantom of the Opera). Drabinsky brought it to Phillips and the Citadel. The road show was failing – smothering in its own unwieldy bulk. It took 16 trucks to carry it from town to town.

The master director took it back to its intimate roots and gave it a brilliant, atmospheric (and simpler) production. Edmonton audiences felt they were part of the adventure and turned out in record numbers. In fact, Phillips’ new concept made its production budget back in Edmonton before it left for a long run in Toronto and then on the road.

Upon Phillips’ death on July 25, 2015, actor Brent Carver (most recently seen at the Citadel in Evangeline), who worked with him at Stratford and at the Citadel (Cyrano de Bergerac and Richard III) remembered, “He was a great director and a master of this thing called theatre.” Bob Baker told the Journal, “With Robin it was all about psychological underpinning, the humanity of the characters. He made the characters feel relevant; they became people, not actors.”

Before he left Edmonton in 1995, Phillips gave us memorable productions of Man of La Mancha (with Edmonton singer Susan Gilmour as Aldonza, which was produced here and then went on to Toronto); The Beggar’s Opera and finally The Music Man, as the Citadel entered its 4th decade. who’s afraid of virginia woolf? 27

About the

playwright Edward Albee is often considered one of America’s greatest modern playwrights, known for being on the vanguard of what would later be called “Theatre of the Absurd.”

He is known for his distinctive use of language and absurd elements while also asking audiences to examine the suffering caused by conventional, artificial social traditions.

Among Albee’s early one-act plays, The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, and The American Dream were the most successful and established him as an astute critic of American values. His first three-act drama, and the play for which he remains best known, is Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? produced in New York in 1962. It became immediately popular and controversial. When its nomination for a Pulitzer was not accepted unanimously by the prize committee, two members of the Pulitzer Prize committee resigned. Nonetheless, the play received the Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award.

A member of the Dramatists Guild Council and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Albee has received three Pulitzer Prizes for drama – for A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women. Over the course of several decades, Albee has crafted more than two dozen plays, penning other notable works such as The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Everything in the Garden, The Man Who Had Three Arms and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

In 1967, the playwright established the Edward F. Albee Foundation, which allows writers and visual artists to have retreat time in Montauk, Long Island. A recipient of Kennedy Honors and the National Medal of the Arts, among an array of accolades, Albee has also won the 2005 Tony Lifetime Achievement Award.

He teaches courses in playwriting every spring at the University of Houston, the venue where Lorca Play was initially staged. Albee himself sums up his career thus:

“I

have been both overpraised and underpraised. I assume by the time I finish writing – and I plan to go on writing until I’m ninety or gaga – it will all equal itself out. You can’t involve yourself with the vicissitudes of fashion or critical response.

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In October of 1962, during the heart of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? prepared to open in New York City. The play took the theatre world by storm, and revitalized Broadway – in an era in which there were very few premieres of note presented on Broadway outside of the odd musical, serious American drama retook centre stage. The Pulitzer committee was less impressed – though Edward Albee was awarded the Prize by a jury, the committee refused to award the Prize to such “filth” – Albee would go on to win three Pulitzers by 1994.

In September of 1965 Joe Shoctor dazzled, provoked, and infuriated Edmonton audiences by choosing Virginia Woolf as the opener for his brand new theatre. As Joe said, “I knew it would shock Edmonton.

Good or bad, I knew it would get lots of ink and everyone would be talking about it.”

And talk about it they did – the next day there were a few cancelled subscriptions – and many more who bought tickets to see what this exciting new theatre company would do next.

It is our privilege to present this terrific play, in its first revival at the Citadel since that debut production, as part of the celebration of our 50th Anniversary season.

In doing so we pay our respects to the thousands of outstanding artists, artisans, and administrators who have built the Citadel over the past 50 years – and of course, to Joe.

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The name of the show was The Gay Heritage Project and after two wildly successful runs in Toronto it comes to The Club at the Citadel in February.

If you attend much theatre in Edmonton – you are familiar with the talented trio who will be coming back home with their much lauded show. Paul Dunn fondly remembers the Saturday morning classes he took for many years at the Foote Theatre School of the Citadel. “At the age of 12 (director) William Fisher cast me as Pip in Great Expectations.

It was my first experience on stage.” You may remember Dunn’s appearance in Maralyn Ryan’s robust production of Big River or his heartrending vulnerability in Hanna Moscovitch’s East of Berlin. He has played major and minor roles all over the country – including a seven year stint at Stratford.

You may have noticed Damien Atkins in one of his many appearances with the famed St. Albert Children’s Theatre – starting as an elf in The Hobbit when he was 5 years old. By the time he graduated from the theatre arts program of Grant MacEwan the prodigy had appeared in scores of local productions. One of my favourites was his 1999 sold-out turn at the Fringe, Miss Chatelaine, a story of his coming-of-age as a gay teen in Edmonton.

He was a skinny adolescent with the stage presence of a seasoned British Shakespearean thespian. The show went on to Toronto from where Atkins has fashioned a distinguished theatrical career.

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“I remembered a (life-changing) conversation I had with her and transcribed it into the play.”

Both Dunn and Atkins credit much of their success to their years in the Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts Program – and in particular their association with Tim Ryan who founded the program in 1979 and went on to become an inspiring influence in the lives of literally hundreds of young people who are now performing on stages all over world. His wife at the time, Maralyn, was a director. Atkins refers to her as “the woman who taught me everything.” In fact, Maralyn Ryan is in The Gay Heritage Project. “I remembered a (lifechanging) conversation I had with her and transcribed it into the play,” says Atkins.

In those years, Fringe veteran and acting teacher at MacEwan, Ken Brown (Life After Hockey), taught “Vocal Masque,” a theatrical but highly emotional production technique in which the final script emerges from a series of improvised scenes. Solo actors select a topic of intense personal interest. The performer compiles a hodgepodge of disparate items that might have some bearing on the topic. The next step is a narrowing of focus and what emerges is a new and original work of art. It also demands the work is entertaining in a very broad sense. The pace is fast and the performance highly physical and funny. Atkins and Dunn are so enthusiastic about the process that they have gone on to teach it at the National Theatre School.

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Andrew Kushnir took another route. He was from Calgary but got his degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta. And while here – he came out. Kushnir told an interviewer, “Back then it seemed like a totally natural and necessary thing to do. It was part of being proud of yourself.” There was some fear that he might be characterized as a “gay” actor – only good for “gay” parts, but says Kushnir, “I finally reached a point where I said, ‘No! I really want to explore that part of me.’” Today he is a very busy actor who has played everyone from Jesus Christ to Dr. Frankenstein (in the memorable Catalyst production of the gothic classic).

“It made me want to look more into the history of gay people, using my own life in an effort to connect with them.”

Back in 2008, Paul Dunn was researching for his role in East of Berlin – a play about how gay men were treated in Nazi Germany. “I read an account by a survivor of a concentration camp and my reaction was pretty visceral and emotional,” Dunn remembers. “It made me want to look more into the history of gay people, using my own life in an effort to connect with them.”

He called his buddies Atkins and Kushnir to talk about joining the project. “I had seen both Damien and Andrew do solo works on what it means to be gay and I felt we all had similar experiences.” The long-time friends clicked into the discipline and the process began.

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One of the initial problems they faced was the word “history” which gave a whole wrong slant to what they wanted to say. They came up with “heritage.” Says Atkins, “Heritage encompasses history but it also includes the past and the present. It’s an active word – something you discover and leave for the coming generations.”

In assembling their labour of love, the three used movement to help develop their themes – much like a dancer would. Says Atkins, “First we decided to investigate our own personal heritage. Paul looked at his Irish background and Andrew (who’s Ukrainian and spoke no English until he was five or so) looked into his roots.” After futile attempts to google “gays in Ukraine” and being told firmly by a relative that “there are no gays in Ukraine,” Andrew returned to his homeland to see for himself. “I managed to find a few,” he chuckles. Atkins looked at the AIDS years and the decimation it brought to the gay community. Paul chose gays in the military and it fell to Andrew to look up famous gays in history. They spoke to members of the LGBT community and relentlessly prowled the halls of the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives. With the help of historian J. Paul Halferty, they uncovered long forgotten anecdotes, secret correspondences and overlooked historical footnotes. They unearthed an unexpected and rich history of unheralded heroes and untold stories that illuminates and informs the gay experience of today. There are some pretty complex issues at play here. For them, there was inspiration, challenge, empowerment and the satisfaction

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of knowing they were part of a long ignored, often reviled, community with deep roots and stories worth telling. They found a long history of homosexual activity. You can see it in the arts and writings of people for thousands of years.

The Gay Heritage Project has been called everything from reverent to silly – which probably accounts for the show’s ability to reach beyond the narrow confines of documentary and history to provide a charming, funny but always entertaining evening of theatre. Paul comments, “I think of the show as an intricate and detailed collage. We included scenes filled with joy and exuberance and some that are more serious. But we don’t sit on anything for too long. I love for people to think of it as a very welcoming piece. It is not a provocation – but more of a celebration. I think audiences will find lots of surprises but no shock or agitation.”

Damien continues the thought, “We are three white guys of a certain age and I don’t want to speak for other people but I hope it will motivate audiences who don’t know anything about their own heritage to go and find out about it.”

About loving and leaving Edmonton – Atkins: “I thought I would never leave Edmonton. I was in love with the theatre scene here and everyone who inspired me.”

Dunn, “Audiences here put a real value on theatre and the result is some very compelling stuff.”

Then why leave? Atkins: “Blame (Citadel Artistic Director) Bob Baker. He hired me to be in his (1999) production of Into The Woods – which was a great leap of faith on his part. It certainly changed my life. All the roots of everything I’m most proud of in my life and career came from Edmonton.”

Dunn: “I’m really excited to be coming back and becoming part of that again.”

The Gay Heritage Project previews in the Citadel’s The Club on February 10.

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It is not a provocation – but more of a celebration. I think audiences will find lots of surprises but no shock or agitation.”

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Ava Jane Markus

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BIOS Brenda Robins

Martha

Brenda is excited to be returning to the Citadel and working on this extraordinary play. Citadel credits include August: Osage County, The Constant Wife, and Present Laughter. Other credits include Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Belfry Theatre); Doubt: A Parable, Beauty Queen of Leenane (Centaur); Hedda Gabler, Death and the Maiden (Vancouver Playhouse); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Centaur, Grand Theatre, MTC); Cruel and Tender, Omnium Gatherum and Dancing at Lughnasa (Canadian Stage). Brenda lives in Toronto and is a regular member of the Soulpepper Theatre Company. Credits there include Home, Exit the King and King Lear. Brenda has been a member of the Stratford and Shaw Festival companies. She also co-adapted the award-winning play Parfumerie, which has just finished its fourth Toronto run. Brenda is the recipient of Sterling, Dora, Jessie and MECCA Awards. She is a graduate of Studio 58.

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Tom last appeared at the Citadel in Who Has Seen the Wind.

Other credits include eight seasons with the Stratford Festival; Someone Else and The Seagull (Crows Theatre); Beckett: Feck It! (Canadian Stage/Queen of Pudding); My Mother’s Feet (Munich); Hairspray (Toronto and Broadway); Benevolence and Courageous (Tarragon Theatre); Homechild (Canadian Stage); Hamlet (National Arts Centre); Othello (Persephone); and Romeo et Juliette (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan). Film and television credits include three seasons on CBC’s This Is Wonderland, The Gilda Radner Story, The Day After Tomorrow, Everest ’82 (CBC miniseries) and Flash of Genius. He has won a Dora for Outstanding Performance (2014), a Jesse Award for Best Supporting Actor and two Gemini nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Tom will be returning to the Stratford Festival for the 2016 season.

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James’ recent directing credits at the Citadel include Venus in Fur, Clybourne Park, and A Few Good Men. He has been associated with the Citadel for the past 17 years, directing 14 productions and acting in 20 more, including five seasons playing Scrooge in the Citadel’s acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol.

Currently, he is the Program Director for the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. James has been involved in the creation of over 40 new Canadian plays, including most recently as the dramaturge on the Firehall production and tour of Chelsea Hotel, and directing the world premiere of Miss Shakespeare for Musical TheatreWorks. He has directed in major theatres across the country, including at the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, Canadian Stage, and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. He is also the founding artistic director of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, for whom he directed seven productions. A graduate of the University of Alberta and the Citadel Theatre School, James is honoured to direct this outstanding play for the Citadel’s 50th Anniversary season.

Dave Horak

Assistant Director

For the Citadel, Dave has acted in Death of a Salesman and directed Young Company Productions of Measures, The Inspector General and Cloud Nine. He is the Artistic Director of Edmonton Actors Theatre which produced Burning Bluebeard this past December. Recent directing work includes A Few Good Men (Keyano Theatre); Fatboy, The Wasteland and Bomb-itty of Errors (Edmonton Actors Theatre); Sartre’s Shorts and Act Without Words (Surreal SoReal Theatre). Upcoming, Dave will direct Curtains (MacEwan University) and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Teatro La Quindicina). Recent performances include theatre no. 6’s Proud, Passion Play (Wild Side Productions) and MOTE (Blarney Productions). Dave holds BFA (Acting) and MFA (Directing) degrees from the University of Alberta. He is pleased to be a participant in the 2016 Citadel/ Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

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Lighting Designer

Last season Narda was the Lighting Designer for Venus in Fur. Other Citadel credits include lights for Clybourne Park, A Few Good Men, As You Like It, The Drowning Girls (Canadian tour) and The Forbidden Phoenix; production design for Extinction Song, Shining City and Vimy (co-design); set and lights for True Love Lies; costumes for The Penelopiad, God of Carnage, Julius Caesar, The Pillowman and Einstein’s Gift. Favourite credits elsewhere include costumes for Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre); set and lights for Sweeney Todd (Vertigo Theatre) and The Circle (Alberta Theatre Projects); and production design for Red and Mary’s Wedding (ATP). Narda designed the costumes for the Freewill Shakespeare Festival for sixteen seasons. She also designed costumes for the feature film Cut Bank. She is the recipient of three Sterling Awards and two Betty Mitchell Awards.

Michelle Chan

Stage Manager

Michelle’s previous Citadel credits include A Christmas Carol, Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, One Man, Two Guvnors, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Clybourne Park, Make Mine Love, Monty Python’s 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, The Sound of Music, Grease, Hamlet, and Cabaret.

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BIOS Sang-Sang Lee Assistant Stage Manager

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

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