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Board of Governors Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. Chair Arliss Miller Past Chair J. G. Greenough, F.C.A. Treasurer Solomon Rolingher, Q.C. Secretary David D. Bentley, F.C.A. Frederick K. Campbell Jacqueline Charlesworth Marc de La Bruyère Anne Foote (Honourary) Ada Hole C. Ralph Loder Ralph B. MacMillan Jack McBain Barbara Poole Tom Redl Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Ralph Young Ex Officio Dr. Robert Westbury

Board of Directors Ralph Young President Chris Sheard Past President Aroon Sequeira Vice President/Treasurer Ken Bautista Christine Bishop Guy Bridgeman Allison Edwards Ted Hole Stuart Lee Al Maurer Lisa Miller Catrin Owen Rob Reynolds Gaurav Singhmar Larry Staples

HonoUrary Directors Jack N. Agrios, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Dan Block, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Gary Killips, Beverlee Loat, Maureen McCaw, Eva McGregor, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ray B. Phipps, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Charlotte Robb, Barbara Shumsky, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Bill Weir, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR Written and composed by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson September 18 - October 10/10

INTIMATE APPAREL

By Lynn Nottage October 2 - 24/10

STUDIES IN MOTION

By Kevin Kerr October 30 - November 14/10

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens November 27 - December 23/10

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

By Tracy Letts January 29 - February 20/11

ANOTHER HOME INVASION

By Joan MacLeod February 12 - March 6/11

HUNCHBACK

Conceived by Jonathan Christenson & Bretta Gerecke Adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel March 5 - 27/11

RICK: THE RICK HANSEN STORY

By Dennis Foon April 2 - 17/11

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

A new adaptation by Tom Wood Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas April 2 - 24/11

TRUE LOVE LIES

By Brad Fraser April 23 - May 15/11

LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL Book by Allan Knee Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Music by Jason Howland April 30 - May 22/11

PREMIER SUPPORTERS We gratefully acknowledge the significant support of our donors who make it possible for the Citadel to present world-class theatre that is accessible, intelligent, passionate and relevant.

ANNUAL SUPPORT Artistic Director’s Circle ($5000 +)

Allison & Glyn Edwards Ada Hole Doreen Lutsky Maureen McCaw & Sandy Slator Tom & Corrie Redl Rob & Beth Reynolds Chris & Dale Sheard Weir Family Fund Ralph & Gay Young

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Madam Justice L. Darlene Acton & Mr. Donald Scott Bob Baker & Tom Wood Dr. & Mrs. Luis & Alexis Baptista David & Jan Bentley Norman & Christine Bishop Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Doug & Wendy Davey Dr. Elizabeth Dixon & Dr. Ben Macedo Jim & Sheila Edwards Leslie Frankish Cecil & Anne Hoffman Don & Lorna Kramer Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation Sandy & Cecile Mactaggart Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller Ove & Susan Minsos Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern Esther Ondrack Playhouse Publications Ltd. Barbara Poole Jerry & Mary Preston Sir Francis Price & Justice Marguerite Trussler Penny Ritco

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PREMIER SUPPORTERS Suzette Marxheimer Tom & Pat Mayson Ian & Linda McConnan Douglas & Claire McConnell Art & Mary Meyer Maureen & Jim Moran Bill & Joyce Mustard Dr. Julianna M. Nagy Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Fred & Helen Otto Tom & Judy Peacocke Poster Tech Aline Pratch Curtis & Sandra Prosko Richard Remund Antoni & Lucyna Rojek Barry Schloss & Maureen Hemingway Schloss Eric & Elexis Schloss Chris Sherback Ken & Mary Skeith Cindy & Steven Slupsky Marianne & Kent Stewart Shirley Stollery Neil & Merle D. Taylor Harry & Heather Zirk

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Shirley Allder Lorne & Anne Anfindsen Mike & Joyce Anhorn James Archibald & Heidi Christoph Veronica Azizi Diana M. Bacon Roderick E. Banks William & Carol Barton Walter & Stella Baydala Barb & Jim Beck Tim Beechey Joan Bensted Terri & Gary Biasini Barbara Blackley Wynne Blades Beverley Boran Norma Brekke Lori Bristow Norman & Anne Burgess Susan & James Burns Z. & M. Chrzanowski Brent & Adele Collingwood John Colter

David R. Cornish Robert & Marlene Crosbie Marilyn Darwish Winifred Day L.A. Dushenski R. N. Eidem Dave & Tammy Fallowfield Edward & Mary Fitzgerald Jean Fukushima Frank Gibson W.L. Gibson Shirley Gifford Gaie Goin Leslie & Lilian Green Graham Harle Leonard & Sonia Hawreliak Dr. & Mrs. Hnatko Patsy Ho John C. Holmes Ray Hook Dr. Robert & Laurel Hudson Elesavata Hymonyk Carol R. Jackson Chris Jager & Jean Coutts Mary Jefferies Norman & Evelyn Jensen Jeanne Johnston Bernie & Dorothy Keeler Loretta Klarenbach Norman & Valerie Kneteman James & Maggie Laing Gordon E. Langford Cecilia Laskoski Jack & Diane Latham Don & Gwen Lawrence Janie & Gordon Lawrence Dr. Ed & Nikki Lazar Laurance Lequier Mary Lister Boris & Patricia Litwin Sandra & Jim Lockhart Nancy Lord John & Barbara Luckhurst Mervyn & Teresita Lynch Evangeline MacDonald Jo Anne Mahood Estelle Marshall Neil & Pamela Martin Norma & Gordon McIntosh Gordon & Agneta McKenzie Linda Medland Davis Dr. A & Evelyn Meer Robyn & Kevin Mott Paul Nahirney

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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 Robbins Foundation Canada The Joseph H. Shoctor fund

Government & Foundation Supporters

Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor, 1922 – 2001

executive producer and founder, the citadel theatre

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

HENRY HOLE, 1884 - 1954

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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On the first three Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the run of the Landmark Classic Homes Mainstage productions, Students Club members gather prior to the performance, enjoy refreshments, and are provided a half hour pre-show presentation designed to stimulate their minds, ignite their imaginations and foster a more personal connection to the inner workings of professional theatre.

Following each performance Student’s Club members are also invited to stay for a lively post-show discussion involving members of the creative team, cast and crew.

Prior to performances of Hunchback, Students Club Members will be introduced to the transformative process of Scenic Art, and experience the magic of the multitalented Michelle Dias whose work has appeared on the Citadel stages for more then a decade. Taking advantage of the intimate confines of the Rice Theatre she will demonstrate some of the breathtaking techniques and brilliant inventiveness this area of work so often requires.

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Play Development at the Citadel

Play Development is one of the five creative development programs of the Robbins Academy

and is supported in part by the Robbins Foundation Canada and by the BMO Financial Group.

We are proud to have commissioned Catalyst Theatre’s Hunchback through this program.

The Citadel Theatre recognizes the importance of play development in ensuring a vital theatrical culture. In addition to our mandate to produce contemporary and classical plays and musicals, we also made a commitment to commission, develop and produce new work and over the last twelve years have premiered more than 20 new plays. We embrace plays that resonate with our public, contain large relevant themes and possess a strong and bold narrative.

Play Development at the Citadel is forging new relationships with emerging playwrights and strengthening existing ones with established and celebrated writers whom we have endorsed, encouraged and produced in the past: Tom Wood, Vern Thiessen, Ronnie Burkett, Colleen Murphy and Kristen Thompson. We have development partnerships with several companies including Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, and Toronto theatres such as Factory, Crow’s and Tarragon. These partnerships are necessary if we are to give our audiences the best in new and innovative voices that make up Canadian playwriting.

We’re also here to nurture, encourage, support and launch new writers and their plays, especially the vital and creative local playwrights in our own community. Our Playwrights’ Unit is an important first step in that direction. Led by this year’s Guest Playwright, Colleen Murphy (2007 Governor General Award winner for The December Man), the Unit includes six Edmonton writers.

We are very proud and excited to include in this group: Belinda Cornish, Collin Doyle, Andy Garland, Beth Graham, Jon Lachlan Stewart and Cat Walsh. All of these writers are presently working on plays intended for a Citadel stage. In intensive peer-to-peer sessions, these writers bravely share their work and anxieties without the burden of judgment and criticism. We understand the importance of proper germination and are firm about instilling that in the playwright’s development. It’s a step by step process. We all recognize the risks in presenting new work but it is this same risk which produces excitement, anticipation and “birth”.

This June, a select audience will hear these new plays for the first time. But it doesn’t end there.

We want a wider public – so next year the Citadel will launch its First Look Series. This initiative will feature each of the plays from the Unit sometime throughout the year in a unique workshop presentation.

Play Development also extends to the Citadel’s Young Companies, another of the Robbins Academy programs. Under the watchful eye of Heather Inglis, four young dramatists-in-training between the ages of 16 and 21 have the unique guidance of several prominent writers, among them Tom Wood, Kevin Kerr, Ken Brown, Conni Massing, Greg MacArthur, Colleen Murphy and Mieko Ouchi. They were also privileged to meet with Nobel Laureate, poet and playwright, Derek Walcott. We hope that early nurturing of young playwrights will prove to be a good investment in the future of Canadian Theatre.

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Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jonathan Christenson, and with the ongoing collaboration of Resident Designer Bretta Gerecke, Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre operates under a mandate to create new, original works. The company has become known for its bold and distinctive aesthetic and has been invited to bring its productions to the UK, across Canada, Australia and the USA. These have included The House of Pootsie Plunket, The Blue Orphan and, more recently, Frankenstein and Nevermore, The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe. In the past year Catalyst Theatre productions have been presented by Canadian Stage in Toronto, London’s Barbican Theatre and the London International Festival of Theatre, The New Victory Theater in New York, Vertigo Mystery Theatre and the High Performance Rodeo in Calgary and Keyano Theatre in Fort McMurray. Catalyst has also been seen in recent years at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre, The Max Bell Theatre in Calgary (co-presented by Theatre Calgary and The High Performance Rodeo), Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre, The Yukon Arts Centre and as part of Vancouver’s 2010 Cultural Olympiad at the Arts Club Theatre co-presented by The Vancouver East Cultural Centre and the PuSh Festival. Catalyst has previously had work commissioned by the Magnetic North Theatre Festival and the Luminato Festival (Toronto). Keyano Theatre in Fort McMurray has been a development partner on the company’s last three productions.

Since 1996 Catalyst has been resident in a converted CN warehouse in Edmonton’s Old Strathcona district. The company is proud to call Edmonton home and grateful for its many opportunities to expose audiences on tour to Edmonton-made work and artists.

Catalyst Theatre Artistic Director.................................................... Jonathan Christenson Managing Producer............................................. Eva Cairns Resident Designer................................................ Bretta Gerecke Outreach & Tour Coordinator.............................. Brenda McNicol Assistant to the Managing Producer. ................. Lana Hughes Financial Manager............................................... Flo Schultz Technical Director. .............................................. Kevin Green Graphic Design Services. .................................... Michael Cowie

Board of Directors: Janine Andrews, Dave Caskenette (Chair), Eva Cairns, Leanne Chahley, Jonathan Christenson, Brenda Inglis, Rena Liviniuk, Liz Lepper, Michael McNichol, Sue Quon, Guido Tondino, and Victoria Zimski.

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foreshadowing with Colin MacLean Dumas placed his novel (and inevitable sequels) two hundred years before his own more mundane era. Viewed through the rose-coloured prism of time, most Frenchmen of the early 1800’s regarded the 17th century as an epoch of high adventure. The monarchy was becoming increasingly powerful (The Sun King and all that) and there were wars to be fought, intrigues instituted and a single heroic individual could prove his valour and rise above his station.

Someone like d’Artagnan, for example. Dumas’ swashbuckling hotheaded hero was born in humble circumstance in Gascony. On his way to becoming France’s most feared swordsman, he tried to engage Cardinal Richelieu’s man, the evil Comte de Rochfort, and the three musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis in single combat. And all on the same day. Instead of skewering the provincial upstart, the musketeers were so impressed by his skill and bravado, they adopted him.

The four joined forces to defend the tattered honour of the Queen and in doing so found themselves at odds with the scheming Cardinal. But even more deadly was the infamous Countess de Winter, known as Milady (and a spy for the Cardinal), who used her beauty as a tool to seduce and destroy men.

Along the way there are sword fights to be fought, maidens to be rescued and seductions to be conducted.

The first movie based on the characters was made in 1898 and some 200 more have followed.

In 1921, a dashing Douglas Fairbanks added the role to his Robin Hood, Count of Monte Cristo and Zorro. An unfortunate MGM version was released in 1948 starring a non-singing, non-

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dancing Gene Kelly (and Lana Turner). The Disney factory produced a substantial variation in 1993 starring a pre Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen and a pre 24, Keifer Sutherland.

Even Mickey, Goofy and Donald had a run at the characters.

The best film version was the rollicking 1973 Richard Lester blockbuster. Lester was the British director who harnessed the anarchic energy and humour of the Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night and Help! (In fact, if you want to amaze your friends with your knowledge of arcane movie trivia – Lester offered the lead roles to the Fab Four – but, by that time, they were unreachable Gods of the Universe). Lester was a great fan of the movies’ silent comics, like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, and used their harem-scarem, visually chaotic approach in his film. The cast included Charlton Heston, Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, Michael York and Faye Dunaway. Much of the movie was made up as it went along and when it was over, Lester discovered he had shot miles of footage. So he clipped it in two and released Part II a year later. Both were big hits. (He also neglected to pay his cast for the second release on the premise they had already been paid for making a movie on The Three Musketeers. They sued and won).

The venerable property has also found its way to the stage as an opera (several operas in fact), a ballet and many dramatic adaptations of variable quality.

When artistic director Bob Baker decided to include the work in his season, he turned to the Citadel’s

...somewhere along the way he turns each adaptation into something wondrously new and highly theatrical.

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foreshadowing with Colin MacLean resident adaptor, Tom Wood. Wood adds The Musketeers to his long and distinguished list of recreations of classic works that includes such Citadel world premieres as Pride and Prejudice, Peter Pan, and the annual Christmas phenomenon, A Christmas Carol.

For his adaptations, Wood has a simple rule. “I take my cue from the master’s work,” says the playwright.

“Dickens, Chekhov, Dumas: it is no great sacrifice to try and turn these great writers’ ideas and vision into a play for our stage.” Wood is being modest because somewhere along the way he turns each adaptation into something wondrously new and highly theatrical.

“...It is essential (and half the fun) to get to know the characters as heroes, friends and enemies first.”

He says the moment when The Three Musketeers leapt off the page for him came when he was reading the second book (Twenty Years After) in the Musketeer trilogy. “I was taken with the adventure and swashbuckle of the first novel but it was when Dumas got dark and dangerous and began to discuss the pain and secrets of the characters that I became really hooked. My dilemma came from wanting to get immediately to the depth in the second book but you can’t begin the story half-way through. The 17th century was such a thrilling time and Dumas provides unforgettable characters, honour, love, brotherly loyalty, cutthroat politics and cut-throat duelling. It is essential (and half the fun) to get to know the characters as heroes, friends and enemies first.”

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“The main problem, of course, is what to leave in and what to take out. It’s a hefty work, this one. More difficult even than Pride and Prejudice. But I had to be brutal, and at the same time, leave enough to be dramatically satisfying for the actors and the audience. I have read too many adaptations of great novels that skimp on the whole so you feel that it is a meal of just appetizers – a Cole’s Notes version.”

Dumas lived a life that was itself the stuff of novels. His grandfather was a French nobleman and soldier – his grandmother a Creole of French/African descent. Dumas was subject to racism for his black heritage all his life. His father was a General in Napoleon’s army and, although he was killed when Alexandre was a boy, the youngster was brought up with tales of adventure and derring-do. Like his character, d’Artagnan, Dumas grew up impoverished but, as a young man, became a successful writer. His works were in such demand that he developed a production line of writers (mostly uncredited) who churned out the stuff under the watchful eye of the master.

One after the other the books came – The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask, novels, newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets and plays. One of his books offended the Czar and he was summarily banned from Russia despite his enormous popularity there. But then, Dumas was always falling out of favour with someone important and fleeing for his life. In 1851, he fled to Brussels after alienating Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (and, it must be said, his vast number of creditors). He fought for Victor Emmanuel II, endeavouring to unite Italy. Despite his success, he was always broke – mostly because of high living and a string of expensive mistresses he kept in the grand manner. (Critics have noted that fidelity has very little value in d’Artagnan’s world and, indeed, the morality of our quartet of heroes is, um, situational.)

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foreshadowing with Colin MacLean The Three Musketeers is more than just a great romance. It is also a great historical novel. Part of the success of the novel is Dumas’ clever intertwining of real (Richelieu/Queen Anne/ Buckingham) and fictional characters giving both a genuine humanity with complex motives, abilities and faults – much in the way that David Fincher did in his Oscar-nominated film The Social Network. “Dumas’ portrayal of (King) Louis and Richelieu is fractured history but great storytelling,” says Wood.

This April at the Citadel, history has a face and form in the person of the gallant d’Artagnan.

And a splendid one it is.

The Three Musketeers will be produced as a companion piece to the Citadel’s season ender Little Women, The Broadway Musical. Both will feature actors from the Citadel/Banff Centre’s Professional Theatre Program. We’ll have more on that in a later column. In the meantime, strap on your codpiece, lace up your chemise and prepare for an evening of derring-do. En Garde.

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bios LORRETTA BAILEY Paquette la Chantefleurie, Eloise de Gondelaurier, Falourdel, Ensemble

Ms. Bailey has performed for major theatres across the country and traveled as far as the Middle East entertaining the troops. She earned a Dora nomination for her portrayal of Eponine in Les Misérables at the Royal Alex, as well as for Cinderella in Into the Woods and Liza in Outrageous at CanStage. She won a Sterling award for her role as Cecilia in Simpatico, and earned a Sterling nomination for her critically acclaimed performance as Maria in The Sound of Music at The Citadel Theatre. Lorretta was in the original company of performers at Keyano College, and under the direction of Dick Mells opened the theatre playing Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Maria in West Side Story. Favourite credits include Kate in Pirates of Penzance for Edmonton Opera; Mary in Salt Water Moon for Magnus Theatre; A Connecticut Yankee for Shaw Festival; Barbara in Major Barbara for Neptune Theatre; Zhaboonigan in The Rez Sisters and Renee in M. Butterfly for ATP; Mom’s the Word for the Arts Club; Joni Mitchell: River for the Vancouver Playhouse and Shirly in John Gray’s Rock and Roll for G.C.T.C. An honours graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta Ms. Bailey is happy to be home in Alberta, and dedicates this performance to family and friends.

JEREMY BAUMUNG Pierre Gringoire, Ensemble

Jeremy Baumung is an Edmonton-based playwright and actor. Some recent theatre credits include Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice all for The Citadel Theatre. He’s also very much enjoyed working with these companies: Freewill Players, Northern Light Theatre, THEATrePUBLIC, Azimuth Theatre, Theatre Prospero, Concrete Theatre, The Alberta Worker’s Health Center, Nextfest, and The N.A.C.C.(Yellowknife). In 2002 Jeremy graduated from Grant MacEwan’s Theatre program.

In 2008 he participated in the Banff Center/Citadel Professional Theatre Program. Jeremy’s play Dead Man Talking has toured as far as Aukland, New Zealand, his other play Homeless has played at venues as diverse as Alberta Hospital, the Bissel Center in Edmonton and the Canadian Fringe Circuit. Next up Jeremy will be playing Bobby Strong in Persephone Theatre’s production of Urinetown.

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bios MOLLY FLOOD

Fleur-de-Lis, Ensemble

Molly is elated to be part of the Catalyst team. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program, a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Performing Arts Scholarship and a nominee of Northlands Emerging Artist Award. Select credits include The Dazzle for Shadow Theatre; Ladies Who Lynch for Serial Collective; Social Sundays for Rapid Fire Theatre; The Tall Building for Azimuth Theatre (Sterling Nomination Best Supporting Actress); Hello…Hello for Kill Your Television; Cowboy Mouth for Orange Bus Productions; Pig for Cowgirl Opera; Duck, Duck, Bang for FireFly Theatre; The Invisible Project for OYR High Performance Rodeo/City of Calgary; Killer Joe and Crime Against Humanity for The Media Room; Something Red for Vault! Theatre of Invention; B Girl Blues for Nextfest; After the Fall, As You Like It, Scenes from an Execution and The Myth of Summer for Studio Theatre. Molly also plays keyboard and synth in Christian Hansen and the Autistics. Select film credits include Anna, Loosing Will for HighWire Films; Fortified for CityBird Films; Tucker and Dale vs. Evil for Eden Rock Media and Cocaine Trade Music Video for Rabbit in the Yard Productions.

MARTIN KLOPPERS

Musician, Ensemble

Martin Johann Kloppers began studying classical cello at the age of 7.

Son of Edmonton Hall-of-Fame composer/organist Jacobus Kloppers, Martin began composing at fifteen, pursued years of chamber and orchestral endeavors and completed a BMus in cello performance at the University of Alberta under Tanya Prochazka. He broke onto the Canadian music scene as an electric cellist with the enigmatic Feeding Like Butterflies, collecting a dozen ARIA awards for their efforts, and sharing the stage with groups such as Matthew Good, Spirit of the West, The Crash Test Dummies, Blue Rodeo, and Jann Arden.

Performances on his world-renowned skeletal sculpture-cello “The Cellotaur” (which he made) combined with his compositional style have led to many live projects including Pro Coro Canada at the Winspear (2009, 2010); Western Canada Fashion Week (Art Gallery of Alberta 2010); Laura Dreger designs and other fashion show performances.

Numerous recordings and collaborations include Anna Beaumont, Martin Kerr, Dave Clarke (“Sunrise”, Citadel), Chanda Cooper, and the dynamic new group “Pulse”. Martin also performs live soundtracks for dramatic productions such as Qualia (Timm’s 2010) and music from his CD, “Cellotaur” is featured in the film L’oeil de la Baleine.

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bios JONATHAN LEWIS

Musician, Ensemble

This is Jonathan’s third show at The Citadel, having previously appeared in Cabaret and Mata Hari: Tigress at the City Gates. Back in 1995, with One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre, Mata Hari was Jonathan’s first ever theatre experience. Since then, he has gone on to perform in many productions for One Yellow Rabbit, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop and others.

Additionally, Jonathan composes for both theatre and film. Outside the realm of theatre, he can be heard with gypsy jazz ensemble The Fedora Club, ambassadors of everything greek The Rembetika Hipsters, and gypsy rock band The Plaid Tongued Devils.

AVA JANE MARKUS

La Esmeralda, Ensemble

Ava is an Alberta-based actor and writer, and is grateful to be working with the dedicated cast and crew of Hunchback. Select credits include Communion for Alberta Theatre Projects; Doubt, A Parable for Globe Theatre; Julius Caesar for Citadel Theatre; Fairy Tales Scratched for Rapid Fire Theatre/Fringe ’10; PIG for Cowgirl Opera/High Performance Rodeo ’10; The Play About the Baby for Image Theatre; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf for Studio Theatre; Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew for Freewill Shakespeare Festival; Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Calgary’s Shakespeare In the Park and The Attic, the Pearls & Three Fine Girls for Sage Theatre (Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical). Ava also sings and plays keys with Christian Hansen and the Autistics. She is a graduate from the University of Alberta (BFA in Acting) and Mount Royal College’s Theatre Arts program.

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bios ROBERT MARKUS

Jehan du Moulin, Michel Noiret, Ensemble Robert is thrilled to be a part of the premiere production of Hunchback. Selected credits include A Christmas Carol for the Citadel; Titus Andronicus and The Comedy of Errors for Free Will Shakespeare Festival; Spine for Real Wheels at Studio Theatre; The Good Woman of Setzuan, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Assassins for Studio Theatre; Alberto! for Kompany Family Theatre and Grease and Big: The Musical for Theatre Under the Stars. Robert is a graduate of the BFA Acting program at the University of Alberta.

PETER MOLLER

Musician, Ensemble

Peter Moller is a Calgary-based musician/designer/performer. He has run Egg Press Co., a graphic and sound design establishment forever. Peter is the recipient of a number of Betty Mitchell (Calgary) and Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (Edmonton) awards and nominations for his theatre sound designs. He plays and tours with Calgary’s Kris Demeanor and His Crack Band. Selections of his sound and graphic designs can be heard and seen at www.eggpress.ca.

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bios RON PEDERSON

Quasimodo, Ensemble

Ron has worked across Canada as an actor and improviser. As an actor, he has worked with Vancouver Playhouse, the Arts Club, The Citadel Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Workshop West, Theatre Network, Free Will Players, Kill Your Television, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicinca, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canadian Stage Company, Tarragon Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Eastern Front Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Theatre Aquarius, the Grand Theatre and the Summerworks Festival. As an improviser Ron is an alumni of Die-Nasty (8 Seasons), Rapid Fire Theatre and has appeared at the Chicago and L.A Improv Festivals. He is a founding member and artistic producer of the award-winning critically acclaimed theatre company The National Theatre of the World which produces Impromptu Splendor (the Improvised play) with the legendary Theatre Passe Muraille. As well, The National Theatre of the World produces The Carnegie Hall Show (the variety show), The Soaps and Fiasco Playhouse all in Toronto. Television credits Include MadTV for Fox (3 Seasons); InSecurity for CBC; Sidekick for YTV; She’s The Mayor for Vision and The Late Late Show for CBS. Ron is a Sterling Award and Canadian Comedy Award Winner and Jessie Richardson and Merritt Award Nominee. He is also on the faculty of The Second City training center in Toronto.

RYAN REID

Phoebus de Châteaupers, Pierrat Torterue, Ensemble Ryan is excited to be back working with Catalyst Theatre. Recently Ryan was a part of the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program and their production of As You Like It. Also at the Citadel, he has appeared in The Drowsy Chaperone, The Sound of Music and Oliver!. Other favourites include Les Misérables, Into The Woods, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Singin’ In The Rain, No Great Mischief, Cyrano De Bergerac, Buddy Holly Story and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film and television credits include One Week; Taken; Battlestar Galactica and Dark Angel. Special thanks to my family, LPK, and to everyone here for supporting theatre.

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bios SCOTT WALTERS

Claude Frollo, Clopin Trouillefou, Ensemble Scott is thrilled to return home to Alberta to be part of the Hunchback experience! Hailing originally from Edmonton, Scott is delighted to appear in his first Catalyst Theatre production. A Grant MacEwan graduate, he recently finished the Vancouver premieres of Evil Dead: The Musical & What About Luv? and completed a 800 performance run in Toronto, of the Dora Award winning Queen Rock Musical We Will Rock You. After touring Canada & the U.S.A. with Chris Craddock’s BoyGroove, Scott reprised his role as Lance in Toronto, garnering another Dora for Favourite Musical. Other favourites include Wonderful Town and Triumph of Love with Leave It To Jane Theatre; Big River and Grease for Citadel Theatre; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Rocky Horror Show for the Arts Club Theatre and Grimmer than Grimmer Than Grimm, Pilk’s Madhouse and Bouncers with RibbitREpublic. Scott is very appreciative of his family’s provisions, his “Twin” Suzie and for Timothy F. Ryan’s training, inspiration and contribution to the thriving Edmonton Musical Arts Scene.

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JONATHAN CHRISTENSON Writer, Director, Composer

As Artistic Director of Catalyst Theatre, Jonathan Christenson has become known for creating work with a bold and distinctive theatricality that integrates a strong musical component with striking visual imagery, a heightened physical and vocal performance style, poetic text and a darkly comic sensibility. His role as director, writer and composer is central to the work, as is his long-term creative partnership with production designer Bretta Gerecke.

His productions have played at theatres and festivals in England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, the United States and Canada, and have been honoured with numerous awards both at home and abroad.

Jonathan holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta.

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bios BRETTA GERECKE

Production Designer

Bretta grew up in Winnipeg and has resided in Edmonton for the past fifteen years. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Interior Design in 1992, and from the University of Alberta with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design in 1996. Bretta is the resident designer at Catalyst Theatre, where she has designed world premieres, which have toured internationally to Great Britain, Australia, and the U.S. and across Canada. Bretta also works at The Citadel Theatre, Canadian Stage, Workshop West Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera, Theatre Calgary and The Globe Theatre. She is the recipient of over twenty Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Jessie Richardson Awards and Betty Mitchell Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Set, Lighting and Costume Design; The Enbridge Award for Best Emerging Artist; The Global Women of Vision Award; Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40 and was short-listed twice for the Siminovitch Prize. Bretta designed a summer home on Devil’s Lake, Alberta, and continues her work as an archaeological illustrator.

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EVA CAIRNS

Producer

Eva started working in arts administration as tour coordinator for Judith Marcuse Dance Company in Vancouver and then as Director of Touring for O Vertigo Danse. Between 1993 and 1998 she worked for Harbourfront Centre in Toronto on international projects and as the Administrator for Performing Arts. Relocating to Edmonton she became the General Manager for Shadow Theatre and then the Edmonton Associate for the 2004 Magnetic North Theatre Festival.

Since April 2006 she has been the Managing Producer for Catalyst Theatre. With Catalyst she has been responsible for the producing and touring of new works Frankenstein and Nevermore and the company’s newest work Hunchback. Outside of Catalyst she has provided project development and tour market development assistance to independent theatre artists in Edmonton and served on the Executive of the Edmonton Arts Council where she is currently Past Chair. Eva is the 2011 recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts’ John Hobday Award in Arts Management.

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bios LAURA KREWSKI

Choreographer

Hunchback is Laura’s 3rd production with Catalyst Theatre. Selected choreographic credits include Frankenstein and Nevermore for Catalyst Theatre; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for Belfry Theatre/Vancouver Arts Club; As You Like It for Citadel Theatre; Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore for Edmonton Opera; The Forbidden Phoenix for Citadel Theatre/LKTYP/MTYP; RICH for Manitoba Theatre for Young People; With a Twist for Lunchbox Theatre; Two Gentleman of Verona for River City Shakespeare Festival and Footloose for the Mayfield. She also choreographed FreeFall and Jazz Playground for her company FreeFall Dance. Laura will also be choreographing another Putnam County Spelling Bee with an all new group of spellers at the Mayfield later this spring. Laura is an instructor and choreographer for Orchesis Dance Group at the University of Alberta and adjudicates dance across Canada.

DON HORSBURGH Music Director, Musician

Don is thrilled to be collaborating with Jonathan and the Catalyst team. As a faculty member of The Robbins Academy, he has been coaching both Citadel Theatre young companies, and the Citadel/ Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. This season at The Citadel, he has provided original music for August: Osage County and will be music directing Little Women. Most recently Don was the music director for Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and scored As You Like It. Additionally in Edmonton, Don was music director/ composer for Pride and Prejudice, provided original music for The Constant Wife, Blithe Spirit and was music director on Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Oliver!, Guys & Dolls, West Side Story (coproduction with Theatre Calgary), The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Aspects of Love, and Duddy. Over 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival, he has provided original music for 19 productions and music directed Threepenny Opera. As a music director or composer, Don has visited most major centers in Canada and the United States. He is the recipient of five Dora Awards for his contributions to Rigoletto; A Little Night Music; Fire and Lilies and a Sterling Award for outstanding music direction for Cabaret.

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bios WADE STAPLES

Sound Designer, Operator

Wade is grateful to be a part of the creative team with Catalyst Theatre, and excited to be part of his sixth Catalyst premiere. Past sound design credits with Catalyst include Nevermore, Frankenstein, The Blue Orphan, The Key to Violet’s Apartment and Carmen Angel.

Wade holds Music Performance, Recording Arts and Theatre Production diplomas from Grant MacEwan University, where for the past seventeen years he has been an instructor and sound designer for the Theatre Production program. He also operates his own production company and works as a freelance sound and multimedia designer, systems consultant, production manager, and sound engineer. Wade has also designed extensively at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, River City Shakespeare Festival and The Citadel Theatre.

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bios JOHN RAYMOND

Stage Manager

John has recently toured Frankenstein to Toronto at Canadian Stage and Nevermore to London, England at the Barbican Centre and New York City at the New Victory Theater on 42nd Street. John is now thrilled to continue his work with Catalyst Theatre on Hunchback, work that began in 2005 with Sticky Shoes and The Blue Orphan. He is an Associate Professor in the Drama Department of the University of Alberta (presently on sabbatical leave) where he leads the country’s only specialized Stage Management university program. During his career John has stage managed for many of Canada’s prominent professional theatres including The Citadel Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, and the Banff Centre for the Arts as well as Studio Theatre at the U of A. He was the Director of Production at The Citadel Theatre from 1998 to 2004. At present he chairs a national advisory committee of Stage Managers (SM-CPAG) for Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

JAMES ROBERT BOUDREAU Production Manager

Jim Bob is a freelance production manager/technical director.

Catalyst Theatre productions he has worked on in the past include The Blue Orphan, Frankenstein and Nevermore. Other notable contracts include Venue Manager for the Toronto International Film Festival; Technical Director for the Alberta Centennial Initiative’s 2005 Royal Visit; Technical Director for the ceremonies division of the Edmonton 2001 World Championships and Production Manager for the Edmonton Fringe Festival. Prior to starting his freelance activities, he worked for companies such as, the Stratford Festival; the Banff Centre; Manitoba Theatre Centre; Vancouver Playhouse and Canadian Stage Company. He also teaches a course on Technical Direction at Grant MacEwan University.

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bios CANDICE CHARNEY Assistant Stage Manager

Candice is excited to be back working once again on Hunchback.

Earlier this season she was seen working on the London and New York tour of Nevermore, assistant stage managing the workshop of Hunchback and assistant stage managing A Christmas Carol with the Citadel Theatre. Candice is a graduate of the BFA Stage Management Program at the U of A.

SHEENA HAUG

Design Associate and Builder Sheena Haug is a freelance theatre artist who loves to play dress up.

Recent credits include costume design for Communion and Hard Core Logo Live and The Woman in Black for Theatre Network and Dry the Rain for Workshop West; associate costume design for Spine for Studio Theatre/RealWheels and costume and lighting design for Hwy 63: The Fort Mac Show for Azimuth Theatre. Sheena is the costume associate for Frankenstein and Nevermore for Catalyst Theatre and she has acted as wardrobe assistant for the Free Will Shakespeare Festival for the past four seasons. She was also head scenic painter for Seedsavers for Workshop West. Sheena holds a BFA in Theatre Design (U of A, ‘08) and certificates for Costume Cutting and Construction (RDC, 2003, 2004). Whenever she finds herself between shows, Sheena spends many happy hours at the Theatre Garage.

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bios AMY KUCHARUK

Design Associate and Builder Amy is an Edmonton-based scenic artist who often finds herself in the plumbing section of the hardware store mumbling to herself, whilst balancing a basket full of tape and adhesive products. This is her 5th year working with Catalyst, having built Frankenstein, Nevermore and now Hunchback along with the rest of the design team. She gives thanks to her mentor Bretta for her never-ending faith in the process, and to her darling Ian for his undying enthusiasm and support.

DANIELA MASELLIS Design Associate and Builder

Daniela is happy to return to the Catalyst team and appreciates the challenging, inventive and collaborative nature of working on a Catalyst production. She fully enjoys her days spent in the workshop studio crafting fanciful skirts, hats, horses, coats, props and all the other imaginative experiments this director/designer duo can think up. She always appreciates the challenging and inventive nature of working on a Catalyst production and is constantly inspired by the talent, dedication and ingeniousness of the actors, and team that surrounds her (and would especially like to thank the design ladies for their awesomeness). Daniela earned a BFA in Theatre Design from the University of Alberta and apprenticed at Teatro a la Scala in Milan. She is an Edmonton-based Theatre Designer in her own right.

Recent productions have included work with Alberta Opera, Workshop West, THEATrePUBLIC, Shadow Theatre, Teatro la Quindicina and the Citadel’s Young Company.

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bios MATTHEW SKOPYK Music Technology Consultant

Matthew Skopyk is a sound designer and composer. Recent design/ composition credits include Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III for Freewill Players; Palace Of The End for Theatre Network; Spreepark the Musical for Mischief and Mayhem and Something Red for the Vault. A past graduate of the U of A Technical Theatre Production program (BFA graduate 2006), Matthew is pleased to lend his computer/musical expertise to the Catalyst team.

JENNIFER GOODMAN

Lighting Assistant

Jennifer is a recent graduate of the MFA Design program at the University of Alberta, with Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice as her thesis production. Originally from Ottawa, she holds a BA (Honours) in mathematics and economics from Queen’s University, and a BFA in theatre design from Concordia University. Her theatre design work has been seen in Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and Kingston, as well as in Germany and Austria. She has worked as the assistant set and costume designer for the opera and dance programs at the Banff Centre, and in 2008 was the recipient of a Montreal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA) for best set design for 7 Stories for Tableau d’Hôte. In the past year she was the design coordinator for the Eldon and Anne Foote Theatre School, and the set and costume designer for Othello and Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare in the Park in Calgary. She is currently designer-in-residence for Liquid Meld’s inaugural 2010-2011 season (Calgary), and will be the set and costume design assistant for Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming in the upcoming season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

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bios BETTY MOULTON

Voice, Speech & Text Coach Betty Moulton has taught voice, speech, text and worked as a coach for over 30 years in U.S., U.K. and Canadian professional actor training programs. A Professor at the University of Alberta teaching voice in the BFA acting program, she devised and now heads the new MFA program in Theatre Voice Pedagogy, training new theatre voice specialists. Professional theatre coaching credits include Catalyst’s Nevermore; teacher and coach for The Citadel/Banff professional program coaching As You Like It, Pride and Prejudice and this season Little Women and The Three Musketeers and 10 seasons as company voice, speech and text coach for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder (37 productions). Selected theatre companies and acting studios where she has given master classes and workshops include Shakespeare in the Red in Winnipeg, Freehold Studio Lab in Seattle, and Free Will Players in Edmonton.

PATRICK HOWARTH

Fight Director

Patrick is very happy to once again be a part of the creative Catalyst team. He previously choreographed the fights for Frankenstein, and acted in the enormous ensemble piece Sticky Shoes. Patrick is an award-winning actor and fight director responsible for choreographing nearly fifty productions for theatre, film and opera.

He also teaches stage fighting for professionals and emerging artists.

Thanks to everyone for supporting Hunchback. Enjoy the show!

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about our

audio Department

A

s the Head of Audio for The Citadel Theatre, I oversee both the preparation and running of Audio in all the different venues here at The Citadel Theatre. Each show has its own unique requirements and challenges, ranging from small shows where only the speaking needs reinforcement, to larger shows with sound effects to play back on top of the dialogue, right up to the large musicals that have not only speaking and sound effects, but singing and music, chorus, bands or full orchestras. I have a select group of sound operators who are specialized in the knowledge of how sound works and reacts in a room under different conditions, each with their own talents and abilities.

It is also my responsibility to do specialized recordings in and around the building. Whether that is the cell phone announcement at the beginning of the show (usually asking a helpful member of our office staff to read the announcement for the recording), or some of the voice overs and sound cues that run during the shows themselves, there have been many times that we need to record something specific. In other cases we will consult our very extensive sound library, consisting of over 20,000 different sound effects.

We work closely with the set and costume designers, as many times microphones will have to be hidden on an actor’s costume. Other times both microphones and speakers can be hidden on the set, usually in tight and awkward places to get at. We then need to place that microphone on the actor themselves, and troubleshoot any problems that might come up during the show.

We work with the Designers on speaker placements for specific sound effects and program how the show will run on each different system. After that we begin rehearsals with the Director and Stage Managers, deciding when each sound will happen, and what volume it will be at. It is an extensive process, with many long days to make it just right before the audience gets to hear the final product.

Brian Maxwell – Head of Aud io – has worked at the Cita del since 2005 Owen Hutchinson – Assista nt Head of Audio – has wo rked at the Citadel since 200 Perry Harris – Audio – has 3 worked at the Citadel sinc e 1988

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STAFF ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES

BOB BAKER

Artistic Director •

PENNY RITCO

Executive Director

Paul Thorburn

Kyla Maki

Rosita Vasileva

Brian Maxwell

Director, Play Development

FTS Teaching Assistants Danielle Checknita Myles Corbett Brett Dahl Sophie Gareau-Brennan Megz Prus

Gladys Wong

Owen Hutchinson

Director, Audience Outreach

Wade Staples

Marianne Bouthillier

GUEST SERVICES Jenna Pryor

James MacDonald

Director, Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program

Brian Dooley

Geoffrey Brumlik Doug Mertz

ADMINISTRATION

Associate Executive Director

Director, FTS & Young Companies Peni Christopher Asst. to the Artistic Director/ Resident Musical Director Company Manager

Don Horsburgh

Wayne Paquette

Curtis Knecht

Hannah Whittaker

Laurie McInnes

Diana Stevenson

COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT

Academy Associate Academy Coordinator

Manager, Foote Theatre School

Young Company Instructors Ryland Alexander Shannon Boyle Kenneth Brown Amy De Felice Paul Gelineau Jackie Herbst Heather Inglis Kevin Kerr Greg MacArthur Conni Massing Phillip Nero Mieko Ouchi Thrasso Petras Linda Rubin Ryan Sigurdson Farren Timoteo

FTS Instructors Christine Bandelow Tara Brodin Ashley Butler Melissa Cabral Julie Golosky Jennifer Goodman Crystal Hanson Brad Heintzman Binaifer Kapadia Meghan Koshman Annette Loiselle Barbara Mah Daniela Masellis Doug Mertz Anna Paquin Kate Ryan Liana Shannon Jennifer Spencer Eileen Sproule

CITADEL VOLUNTEERS

Receptionist/Admin Assistant Business & Legal Affairs

Jann Smith

Marketing Manager

Deb Proc

Donor & Corporate Relations Manager

Pamella Heikel

Interim Communications Manager

Jason Magee

Marketing & Communications Associate

Sydney Stuart

Donor & Corporate Relations Associate

Jody-lee Parasiers

Donor & Corporate Relations Coordinator

FACILITY

Louis Barron Director

Maintenance Doug de Vries Manager

James Paras Bee Clean Services Security Alberta Crowd Management Building Porters Richard Bukowski Tara Gale

FINANCE

Keith Strong, CA Libby Bolstler Accountant

Systems Administrator Payroll Accountant Accounting Assistant

Administrative Assistant Head of Audio

Assistant Head of Audio

Audio

Venue Rentals Manager

Les Myhr

Box Office Manager

Peter Locock

Kimberlee Stadelmann Neil Le Grandeur House Manager

Head of Scenic Carpentry Acting Head of Scenic Carpentry

Kristen Hiemstra

Chris Hayes

Trina Hritzuk

Greg Cardinal

Shar Powell

Serge Menard

Guest Services Supervisors Michelle Bonot Kayla Fuller Natalie Gustafson Caitlin Jackson Kirstin Piehl Bryan Saunders Mark Stubbings Guest Services Representatives Mike Anhorn Matthew Baziuk Candice Charney Linnea Dixon Bevin Dooley Isabelle Gallant Marg Gronnestad Mark Harding Jacob Liska Abbie Murison Carly Neis Charlotte Norris Natasha Prasad Samantha Sheplawy Valerie Smart Gina Varty Jessica Venne

Sheila Cleasby

Assistant Box Office Manager Volunteer Coordinator

School Booking Coordinator

PRODUCTION

Acting Assistant Head of Scenic Carpentry Scenic Carpenter Scenic Carpenter Head of Electrics

Scott George Lafluer

Assistant Head of Electrics

Meaghan Skerik Electrics

Michelle Dias

Head Scenic Artist

Chantel Fortin Scenic Paint

Richard Stevens Scenic Painter

Jim Meers

Head of Props

Charlotte Hunt

Assistant Head of Props

Marc Anderson

Head Stage Carpenter

Andrew Hill

Assistant Head Stage Carpenter

Dan Beggs

Stage Carpenter

Patsy Thomas

Head of Wardrobe

Kayla Fulton

Assistant Head of Wardrobe

Lorraine Price

Head of Wardrobe Running

Cheryl L. Hoover

Patricia MacKenzie

Bill Heron

Barb Becker

Michelle Chan

Mary Hyde-Kerr

Patrick Fraser

Katie Patton

Director

Technical Director Resident Stage Manager Assistant Technical Director

Dresser

Wardrobe Maintenance Dresser

Assistant Head of Wigs

The Citadel is grateful for the kind generosity of its volunteers listed below. If you want to volunteer with the Citadel, please call Trina Hritzuk at 780-428-2137 or e-mail foh@citadeltheatre.com.

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