2017 Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age - House Programme

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Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age September 26 to October 7, 2017

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If you wanted to communicate with someone in the "good ole days," you could pick up the phone (that had a long cord attached) and dial the person's telephone number. Pretty simple! Then in the late '80s, something arrived called the Internet, and it completely captured our attention. Pretty soon, communication in the form of emails became the norm for millions of people.

The International Telecommunications Union estimated that in 2016, 47% of the world's population used the Internet. Today, we can do almost anything online – purchase groceries, hold group conferences, and even obtain a university degree. However, what you can't receive on your phone or the Internet is the experience you're going to have in the Big Secret Theatre watching Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age. Theatre is one of the remaining art forms that forces the participant to connect with the art, live and in-person. Sure, there is a new wave of theatre productions that are being filmed and sold as DVDs or online experiences, but attending the live happening, which involves real people sharing the same air, is the purest form of performance one can ever have. Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age explores through song how connected – or disconnected – we are as human beings. This award-winning musical revue made a big splash in 2014, and Theatre Calgary's Interim Artistic Director Shari Wattling believed it must return for audiences to enjoy all over again. As a fan of musical theatre, I am thrilled to be able to sit back and enjoy Joe Slabe's Forte Musical Theatre for the first time with Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age. Oh, and please don't forget to turn off your cell phones.

STAFFORD ARIMA Artistic Director I once firmly rebelled against joining Facebook. As a Gen X-er in the early days of social media, I thought that the entire concept was rather awkward and a waste of time. My, how things change! In addition to feeding my appetite for news and industry trends, it's the glue that keeps me connected to so many of my friends and colleagues from across the country.

As we continue to integrate the use of social media into our lives, I remain curious as to how we in the theatre can use technology and digital platforms to better communicate with and understand our audiences. Sure, you might 'like' or 'follow' us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, but are you really willing to engage with us through this forum and share your thoughts? We believe that theatre has the power to stimulate, to entertain, and to connect. It is an immediate and personal experience, but it has the power to extend beyond the stage through reflections and conversations with one another. Perhaps this is our best opportunity to remain connected through the lens of the latest social media platform. What do you think?

Let us know your thoughts ... @theatrecalgary #tcUpClose COLLEEN A. SMITH Executive Director

“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” – Albert Einstein Today, many of us already interact more with technology than with real people, and these interactions are redefining our relationships and what it means to be connected to one another. In the few short years since the original production of Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age, technology has grown exponentially. Every day there are new ways for people to interact without ever really connecting. There are times when we find ourselves emotionally charged by the comments on a thread from complete strangers or laughing at ridiculous videos created by someone half a world away. Thanks to technology, we now know more than we ever did about our families and friends. In some cases, more than we would ever want to know, but there it is for the whole digital world to see. When we originally developed this show, we knew we wanted to examine how the simplicity of connecting with one another in a digital age changes who we are.

I don’t know that we’ve created a generation of idiots, but I’m worried that Einstein’s prediction could still come to pass. Perhaps we’re a little foolish to be so infatuated with technology. But, if this show proves anything, it’s that human beings will always find new ways to reach out to one another. For better or worse, we’ll always be connected.

JP THIBODEAU Director

FOR FORTE MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD

FORTE INDIVIDUAL DONORS

FORTE CORPORATE AND PUBLIC SUPPORT

JOE SLABE, Artistic Director

Jan Arnison Anne J Brown Dianne Goodman Neal Halstead Dale Lee Kwong Rosemary Nation Maureen O’Connor Brian O’Neill Marilyn Olynek Jock and Diana Osler Courtney Rocca Maria and Stephen Shaw Frank and Pat Slabe Kim Wiggins

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Calgary Arts Development Authority The City of Calgary The Rozsa Foundation Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation The United Way Donors Choice Program Argento Creative Crescent Point Energy STAT Healthcare Corporation

MAUREEN O’CONNOR, President COURTNEY ROCCA, Vice President KIM WIGGINS, Treasurer JAN ARNISON, Secretary NANCY CAMERON, Director at Large STACY SOUTIERE, Director at Large ANNA KADYREVA, Director at Large TERRI HUGHES, Director at Large

Theatre Calgary gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the City of Calgary through Calgary Arts Development, the Government of Alberta through The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Government of Canada through the Canada Council, Canadian Heritage and all corporate and private contributors.

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Theatre Calgary employs technicians under a collective agreement with the I.A.T.S.E. Theatre Calgary is a resident company of Arts Commons, operating out of Arts Commons Max Bell Theatre.

FRONT COVER: PHOTO OF SELINA WONG BY DAVID COOPER.

September 26 to October 7, 2017

tc UP CLOSE presents

TOUCH ME: SONGS FOR A (DIS)CONNECTED AGE THE CAST MADELEINE SUDDABY ERIC WIGSTON TENAJ WILLIAMS SELINA WONG Director, Set & Projection Design Music Director Choreographer

JP THIBODEAU JOE SLABE LAUREN THOMPSON

Costume Design

ALDONA BARUTOWICZ

Lighting Design Sound Design

EUGENIO SAENZ FLORES ETIENNE ST-JACQUES

Sound Operator

COLIN LOWE

Stage Manager

SARA TURNER

Touch Me is performed without intermission.

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THE SONGS Can You Hear Me? – by Colleen Dauncey & Akiva Romer-Segal 17 Drafts – by Tamar Broadbent Little One – by Dan Perrott Lucas Taylor – by Landon Braverman & Naomi Matlow My Bubble – by Dan Perrott In Capitalist America – by Dan Perrott Cares About Me – by Landon Braverman & Benjamin Halstead My So-Called Facebook Friends – by Joe Slabe Unplug – by Ethan Cole I Don’t Care – by Nicky Phillips & Laura Kleinbaum Face Time – by Joe Slabe Me Slash You – by Matt Board Don’t Feed The Trolls – by Joe Slabe Internet Dream – by Joe Slabe Saturday, 2 AM – by Joel Crichton It’s Been a While – by Colleen Dauncey & Akiva Romer-Segal 3000 Miles Away – by Joe Slabe It’s All Online – by Matt Board and Joe Slabe Just an Old Ford – by Grant Tilly

Madeleine & the Company Selina Eric Madeleine The Company Joe Selina & Tenaj Selina & the Company Tenaj Selina Madeleine Tenaj & the Company The Company Eric, Tenaj & Joe The Company Selina & Eric Madeleine & Tenaj Tenaj & the Company Madeleine & Joe

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Sad Face Smiley – by Tamar Broadbent

The Company

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH FORTE MUSICAL THEATRE'S JOE SLABE

by Jenna Turk, Artistic Associate

Born in Halifax, but a Calgarian since the age of four, Musical Director Joe Slabe is devoted to musical theatre. The founder and Artistic Director of Forte Musical Theatre Guild and Theatre Calgary favourite (he was the Musical Director on The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, One Man, Two Guvnors, and The Crucible) spoke with TC’s Artistic Associate, Jenna Turk, about Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age before heading into rehearsals.

Theatre Calgary is presenting Forte Musical Theatre's production of Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age as part of our tc UP CLOSE program. Tell us about Forte.

Forte Musical Theatre is the only professional company west of Toronto that is dedicated exclusively to the development and production of new

Lisa Lennox in the 2014 Production of Touch Me. Photo by Kristian Jones Photography.

musicals! We’re specifically interested in smaller, character driven shows and have developed relationships with young writers from across the country to give them a platform for trying out new work.

What does it mean for Forte to be presented by Theatre Calgary?

It’s a pretty big deal! We’re a small, independent theatre company with a modest but very loyal fan base. Being presented by Theatre Calgary will help us reach a much wider audience and help spread the word about the cool work we’re doing.

What can Theatre Calgary audiences expect from Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age? They can expect to laugh at a lot of things they’ll relate to as the characters in the show wrestle with their complicated relationships with technology. I also think they’ll be surprised that the songs often have a lot of heart, since one of our biggest desires as humans is for connection. It’s moving when we find it and heartbreaking when we miss it. The show is also a revue, which means that each song is like a selfcontained little play.

The characters range

Lisa Lennox, Scott Shpeley, Christian Goutsis and Selina Wong in the 2014 Production of Touch Me. Photo by Kristian Jones Photography.

from high school age to senior citizens and everything in between, so there’s someone everyone will identify with.

What exactly does the Musical Director do?

A musical director is responsible for all the live music elements in a show. That means I teach the music to the actors and rehearse the musicians. In this show, the actors play the instruments, so I get to do both jobs at the same time! I also work with the director to shape their performances in terms of delivery and interpretation. Since this is a new work, I create things like vocal arrangements and scene change music too. I love that musical direction is such a collaborative job. I get to work with a ton of very talented artists, and we constantly feed off of each other to make the show as good as it can be.

Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age includes songs from various writers – where did this concept come from?

Writing a full-length musical is really hard! As I was searching out new shows for Forte to produce, I realized that there were a bunch of talented musical theatre composers who wrote great songs, but were still working on their craft in terms of creating larger shows.

I discovered the revue format (creating a musical that’s based on a theme as opposed to one central character) was an ideal playground for writers to try out new material without all the pressure of coming up with an entire show. Forte also does traditional, scripted musicals too, but this and our holiday show, Naughty… but Nice! allow us to feature a bunch of voices from across the country and beyond.

Selina Wong, Scott Shpeley, Christian Goutsis, and Lisa Lennox in the 2014 Production of Touch Me. Photo by Kristian Jones Photography.

This show was first presented in 2014 at the Joyce Doolittle Theatre; how has it changed since then?

few new songs and dropping a couple that seemed dated, so it really will feel like a new show.

The Joyce is a tiny space so, when we did it there, we didn’t even mic the cast and the production elements were very simple. We’ve challenged ourselves to stretch technically, so we’re bringing in a sound designer and lightly amplifying the show. We also have a slightly more elaborate set and will be incorporating some projections to fill the space at the Big Secret Theatre. And there will be cabaret tables for people to get really close to the performers in order to keep the intimate feel that we had at the Joyce, since we didn’t want to lose that. Also, technology has actually changed since 2014! We’re adding a

What do you hope audiences will take away from this show?

I hope they’ll be left with the feeling that we live in an amazing time when we can instantly connect with people from down the street or across the country. It’s never been easier to catch up with old friends, or make new ones based on a common interest you may share with someone from halfway around the globe. But I hope that they realize that the technology works best when it’s in the service of real, human connection and not a way of isolating us in a bubble of our own making.

Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age Special Thanks & Acknowledgements Calgary Opera, The Clothing Bar, David Harper, Storybook Theatre

MADELEINE SUDDABY This is Madeleine’s Theatre Calgary and Forte debut, and she couldn’t be happier. A graduate of Capilano University’s Musical Theatre Program, Madeleine has performed in theatres across Canada, most notably with the Original Canadian Company of Kinky Boots in Toronto. She also boasts an extensive dance background, including a year at Decidedly Jazz Dance Works’ Professional Training Program.

Favourite credits: Anything Goes (Royal City Musical Theatre); Avenue Q (Stage West, Storybook - Calgary Theatre Critics Award for Best Actress in a Musical); Fiddler On The Roof (Stage West); The Music Man, Guys And Dolls (U of C Operetta); i-ROBOT Theatre (Swallow-A-Bicycle); Title Of Show (Kelowna Summer Theatre Festival); The Last Five Years, White Christmas (Storybook). Look for her in Globe Theatre’s Shrek in Regina next spring. Instagram: @madelaide Twitter: @maddsudz

ERIC WIGSTON Eric is thrilled to be working with Forte Musical Theatre again. Most recently he worked with Forte on Lest We Forget last November and Jeremy De Bergerac back in 2012. Other select theatre credits include: Dads in Bondage, That Men May Fly (Lunchbox Theatre); One Man, Two Guvnors, A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Evil Dead: The Musical (Hit and Myth Productions); Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shear Madness (Mayfield Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Company - Betty Mitchell Award nomination for playing Romeo). In the spring, you will be able to catch Eric back at Theatre Calgary in The Secret Garden.

TENAJ WILLIAMS Tenaj Williams is so happy to be working with Forte Musical Theatre Guild and Theatre Calgary again. His last show with Forte was The Paperbag Princess, a co-production with Storybook Theatre for which he won the Calgary Critic award for best supporting actor in a musical. Some of his recent credits include: A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Sextet (Verb Theatre); Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Romeo and Juliet (The Shakespeare Company); The Little Mermaid, The Urban Jungle Book, Shrek The Musical (Storybook Theatre); Heatwave (New West Theatre). You can catch him next in Charlotte’s Web at ATP. Thank you to all my friends and family for their love and support and hope that you all enjoy the show!

SELINA WONG Selina is a singer, performer and vocal teacher in Calgary, and is thrilled to make her debut at Theatre Calgary. Select credits: Crime Does Not Pay (Downstage / Forte Musical Theatre Guild w/support of Hit & Myth Productions); Lest We Forget (Lunchbox / Forte Musical Theatre Guild); Waiting for the Parade (ATP); Avenue Q (Arts Club, Stage West – Betty Mitchell, Calgary Critic Nominee); Naughty But Nice, Touch Me, Jeremy de Bergerac (Forte Musical Theatre Guild); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Globe Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Honk! (Storybook Theatre); The Mikado (Morpheus Theatre); Miss Saigon (U of C Operetta Company).

Accolades: Calgary Critics Award for Touch Me, Calgary Stampede Talent Search (Winner), National Youth Talent Competition (First Runner-up) and the Young Albertan Award. Love and gratitude to Nicolas, her parents and supportive family, friends and students.

JP THIBODEAU

Director, Set & Projection Design Over the past three years, JP has worked with Joe Slabe to create the world premiere musicals Lest We Forget, Naughty But Nice, and Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age. JP is also the Artistic Director for StoryBook Theatre, and in 2016 he was the recipient of the Greg Bond Memorial Award for contribution to musical theatre in Calgary.

Recent credits (on and off stage) include: Richard III, Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Co.); The Money Shot (Ground Zero); Annie Davidson, (Cowtown Opera); Rock of Ages, The 39 Steps, (Stage West); Lest We Forget, Dads In Bondage, (Lunchbox Theatre); A New Brain, The Last 5 Years, Avenue Q (StoryBook Theatre); Sweeney Todd (Calgary Opera).

JP always makes time for his understanding and supportive wife Tara and sons, Evan Xander and Isaac Tanner, who make the endless hours and demands of theatre worthwhile.

JOE SLABE

Music Director Joe is happy to return to Theatre Calgary after previously working on The Crucible, One Man, Two Guvnors and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other credits include Naughty… but Nice! (2016 Betty Mitchell – Outstanding Production of a Musical); Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age (2014 Calgary Critics’ Award – Best Production of a Musical); Crossing Swords (Theatre for the American Musical Prize – New York Musical Festival). Joe has also won four Betty Mitchell awards for his musical direction and received the 2004 Greg Bond Award for outstanding contributions to musical theatre in Calgary. He is the founding artistic director of Forte Musical Theatre Guild and his work has been produced in London, New York, Calgary, and numerous regional theatres in the US and UK. His last name rhymes with “The Bay”.

LAUREN THOMPSON

Choreographer Lauren is thrilled and humbled to once again be choreographing Touch Me with this incredible group of people. Select choreography credits include Naughty But Nice! (Forte); Lest We Forget, Newfoundland Mary (Lunchbox Theatre); The Urban Jungle Book, Paper Bag Princess (Storybook Theatre). Lauren has performed & choreographed with the Youth Singers of Calgary for over 20 years, and in her “spare time” she works her full-time job at Lunchbox Theatre as the Director of Marketing & Communications. Thank you JP, Joe, and Theatre Calgary for allowing me to be a part of this incredible experience.

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”

– Aldous Huxley

ALDONA BARUTOWICZ Costume Design Best known individually as the Street Style Huntress, Aldona B established herself as a mainstay in the fashion world by regularly photographing stylish people of Calgary for getdown.ca, Swerve Magazine and 17thave.ca. A journalism and photography graduate, she expanded her skills in marketing and design – costume, graphic and web – and now works with publications such as Avenue Magazine and appears regularly on Global, CTV, and Breakfast Television in Calgary. She is also a publicist with various local theatre companies, helps new businesses brand and market their companies, and continues to take photos of stunning people in Calgary and beyond. Bringing a multitude of fashion, media and communications talent under the (undeniably stylish) umbrella of Aldona B Creative was the natural next-step in her expanding business ventures. aldonab.com EUGENIO SAENZ FLORES Lighting Design, Technical & Production Manager Eugenio has worked across Canada, his native land of Mexico, Dubai and New York City. As a Production Manager he has worked with Making Treaty 7 as well as the Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver. He has served as a Technical Director for the Arts Club Theatre (Stanley Stage & Tours), Vertigo Theatre and Ghost River Theatre. Selected design credits include: Sound - Romeo and Juliet (NAC); Lights – Spring Awakening (ACT); Footloose (FRC). During his time in NYC, Eugenio worked as a Production Manager Intern with Aurora Productions in over a dozen Broadway shows including Once: A new musical, The Mountaintop and Clybourne Park. Eugenio is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada and currently is the Technical Director for Calgary Opera.

SARA TURNER

Stage Manager Sara is delighted to work with these awesome people on Touch Me. Stage management credits include: Naughty But Nice Too! (Forte Musical Theatre Guild); The Audience, The Light In The Piazza, The Little Prince – The Musical, The Crucible (Theatre Calgary); Million Dollar Quartet (Drayton Entertainment); Our Man In Havana, Dial “M” For Murder, Vintage Hitchcock (Vertigo Theatre); Ride, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Lunchbox Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet, Rumors & Dreams (Stage West Calgary), The Patron Saint of Stanley Park (Theatre North West); The Red Priest (ATP); Polygraph (Sage Theatre); Marion Bridge, The Shape Of A Girl (New West Theatre); Snow Angel, Shoes Of Sand, Nightlight (Quest Theatre); The Peace Maker (Next Stage Festival). Sara has also taught Stage Management at the University of Lethbridge. Love to her friends and family! #enjoy!

“We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.”

– Stephen Hawking

OUR TEAM LEADERSHIP

PRODUCTION

STAFFORD ARIMA, Artistic Director

AMELIA MARIE NEWBERT, Production & Operations Manager

COLLEEN A. SMITH, Executive Director ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE KRISTEN DION, Director of Finance & Administration BRENT FALK, Accountant TAMMIE RIZZO, Accountant JOCELYN PHU, Executive Assistant, Government Relations Coordinator ARTISTIC LESLEY MACMILLAN, Producer

ADAM SCHRADER, Technical Director GRAHAM KINGSLEY, Assistant Technical Director LOUIS BEAUDOIN, Head Scenic Artist CATHARINE CRUMB, Head of Lighting CHRIS JACKO, Head of Sound MICHELLE LATTA, Head of Wardrobe LILLIAN MESSER, Head of Props SCOTT MORRIS, Head Stage Carpenter

SUSAN MCNAIR REID, Company Manager

STEVE PILON & ANDREW RAFUSE, Co-Head Scenic Carpenters

JENNA TURK, Artistic Associate

RON SIEGMUND, Wardrobe & Wig Master

JANE MACFARLANE, Resident Voice Coach

FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF – MAX BELL THEATRE

COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING

LEE BOOTH, Front of House Manager

CHRISTOPHER LOACH, Director of Communications

KIRSTIE GALLANT, Bar & Guest Services Coordinator

LISA MACKAY, Director of Marketing & Audience Development

NORMAN COOK, Front of House Volunteer & Guest Services Coordinator

KRISTINE ASTOP, Database System Manager

BARBARA BOOTH

TRYPHENA FRIC, Advertising & Promotions Manager SARAH LAMOUREUX, Digital Communications Manager

SHIRLEY COSTLEY NORMA HANSEN SIENNA HOLDEN

VIRGINIA REMPEL, Audience Services Supervisor

LAURA KWAS

JENNIFER KINCH, Database System Administrator

JULIA MEEDER

JAMIE TYMCHUK, Audience Services Associate

TAMSIN MILES

RYAN FRISCHKE, Audience Services Associate

KIM SIMMONS

HAYLEY FEIGS, Audience Services Associate

DEBORAH SYDORCHUK

DEVELOPMENT

BARTENDING STAFF - MAX BELL THEATRE

SARAH HUGHES, Senior Development Associate

KEVIN BAILEY, ATTRINA BLYTHE, RAYNAH BOURNE, NATALIE BUCKLEY, MARY CHISHOLM, CONNER CHRISTMAS, PAM DOWNEY, ALEXA ELSER, ELIZABETH FERGUSON, DANIELA HEJRALOVA, MANDY KOCH, KELLY MALCOLM, LAUREN MARSHALL, CARLY MCKEE, MATT MOGHADAM, STEPHANIE MORRIS, GRACE OLIVER, DAVID SKLAR, MEGAN STEPHAN, TOM WOOD, JASMIN ZENCHYSON

SHIRLEY YURCHI, Manager Individual & Planned Giving RONALD PETERS, Business Development CIANI MUZA, Development & Office Coordinator ROSEMARIE JOHNSTON, Bingo Volunteer Coordinator LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT CHRIS STOCKTON, Senior Manager of Learning & Engagement JENNIFER TAYLOR, Learning & Engagement Apprentice

MITZI METZGER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leaders in our arts and cultural community BOARD EXECUTIVE CHADWICK NEWCOMBE, Chair Kahane Law Office

MARGO RANDLES, Vice Chair,

CATHERINE SAMUEL Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

DR. NORMAN SCHACHAR, M.D. University of Calgary Department of Surgery

Chair Governance & Nominating Committee Active Community Volunteer

MAGGIE SCHOFIELD

MARY E. COMEAU, Secretary

ALI SHIVJI

Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Managing Director, Optima Living

KELLY BERNAKEVITCH,

EDITH WENZEL

Vice President Audit & Finance Executive Vice President, MNP, LLP

President, International Results Group

KATHRYN HEATH, Chair Artistic Committee

Business Development Executive – National Accounts, Van Houtte Coffee Services

CRAIG D. SENYK, Chair Fundraising Committee Director of Portfolio Management, Mawer Investment Management Ltd.

RICHARD S. HANNAH, Chair HR Committee Vice President, Information Services, Gibson Energy

PAUL POLSON, Chair Facility Committee Vice President, Stuart Olson Construction

JAMES READER Managing Director, Corporate Financial Services, ATB Financial

BOARD MEMBERS

Executive Director, Calgary Downtown Association

TRECIA WRIGHT

WARD ZIMMER Partner, Deloitte

THEATRE CALGARY ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION BOARD EXECUTIVE BRIAN HOOK, Chair Investment Advisor, BMO Nesbitt Burns

CHADWICK NEWCOMBE, Vice Chair Kahane Law Office

JOY ALFORD

MARY E. COMEAU, Secretary

MICHELE BEITEL

Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

President, Star Land Consulting Ltd.

PETER EDWARDS Vice President, Human Resources and Relations, Canadian Pacific

JIM FLOYD President, PowerOn Ltd.

BRUCE GRAHAM STEPHEN HAIR Artistic Consultant

GORD HARRIS P. Eng., M&A Consultant

BARRY R. KENLEY Financial Services Agent, Euler Hermes Canada

TRICIA LEADBEATER Director Wealth Management, Richardson GMP

RIAZ MAMDANI CEO, Strategic Group

IAN McAULEY President, American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP

DOUG PAGE Director of Government Relations, TransCanada

BOARD MEMBERS IAN BEDDIS Former Director & Branch Manager (Retired), Scotia McLeod Inc.

ELLEN CHIDLEY Consultant

GORD HARRIS P. Eng., M&A Consultant

TRICIA LEADBEATER Director, Wealth & Management, Richardson GMP

DR. NORMAN SCHACHAR, M.D. University of Calgary Department of Surgery This list represents our 2016-17 Board of Directors.

Theatre Calgary's Annual General Meeting was held on Monday, September 25th. For the listing of our 2017-18 Board of Directors, please visit theatrecalgary.com

Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical October 10 to November 4

Tickets start at $35 LIMITED QUANTITY!

based on the play Les Belles-Soeurs

by Michel Tremblay Book, Lyrics and Direction by René Richard Cyr Music by Daniel Bélanger English Book adapted by Brian Hill English Lyrics adapted by Neil Bartram Music Adaptation and Additional Music by Neil Bartram Orchestrations by Chris Barillaro A Copa de Oro Productions Inc. and Segal Centre for Performing Arts production

A new Canadian musical that takes place in 1960s Montreal about a working-class housewife, who has just won the jackpot – one million trading stamps. But who can she trust when her jealous family and neighbours come over for a stamp-sticking party? This joyous windfall of humour, heart, and music is sure to pay off!

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The cast of Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical.

Photo by Andrée Lanthier.