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Over the past decade we have expanded our play selection to include new works and surprising unknown plays. However, we will always continue to present great, classic plays as well. The enduring insights and quality of stories from our past partner beautifully with contemporary plays about our current world. We are proud to present the Arthur Miller masterpiece The Crucible. We will travel back in time to a period of history that may initially seem disconnected from our modern world. What at first will seem absurdly naïve, will quickly turn out to be terrifyingly relevant. The past will tell us everything about the present and, in turn, act as a warning for our future. I was surprised and delighted that this play has never been presented by Theatre Calgary. Celebrated actor and director R.H. Thomson leads this large ensemble as they show the power of a community to do good and evil – switching back and forth at will. As we move forward at Theatre Calgary, we intend to make our company an interactive gathering place of ideas, including our strong commitment to education and the emerging artists of Alberta. This largely Calgarian cast includes four recent alumni of Shakespeare by the Bow. Over the next few years we intend to offer more opportunities for you to experience Theatre Calgary beyond the plays we present on our stage. Thank you for sharing your time with us. Welcome. DENNIS GARNHUM Artistic Director
LOOKING AHEAD Celebrated actor Stephen Hair returns to A Christmas Carol, surrounded by an ensemble of Calgary artists as we present our original version that the Calgary Herald calls “an annual gift that deserves to be treasured and passed down from generation to generation.” Music, merriment, and laughter – bring the family and celebrate the holidays with us.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NOTES October 19th is quickly approaching. We must dream boldly together. As Dennis has aptly articulated, presenting a classic work like The Crucible, borne from the past, can provide intriguing insights for the future. Arts organizations so often look to the historical best practices of our peers across the globe to inform us on how we connect to audiences, how we provide opportunities for artists, and how we strive to be relevant. In response to both the rapidly changing economy and the impending federal election, perhaps now is actually the time to take stock of what has not been successful for our industry in the past and how we can dare to dream boldly for the future of the arts in Canada; a future that confidently celebrates artists and companies that demonstrate excellence in performance, are leaders in community building, and are champions of creativity. At Theatre Calgary, we believe strongly in the role of the arts in living a creative life. We want to work with you, our audiences, to create abundant theatre experiences that engage, intrigue, and inspire — experiences that simply matter. We dream of a world where people gather instinctively in places of culture, and here, at Theatre Calgary, we are ready and eager to welcome you all. I encourage you to consider the future of arts and culture and the value that it provides to your community and gathering place as you place your ballots on October 19th. Thank you in advance for your support and your belief in the importance of art and culture. COLLEEN A. SMITH Executive Director Theatre Calgary is a professional non-profit theatre company that performs in the Max Bell Theatre. It is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and operates within the jurisdiction of The Canadian Theatre Agreement. Theatre Calgary employs technicians under a collective agreement with the I.A.T.S.E.
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NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR Wolves The Crucible is a story about a community whose fear makes it selfdestruct. In the community’s rush to judgment, innocents are trampled. When I was five, my brother told me there were wolves in our basement and I believed him. Our bedroom was at the top of the basement stairs and at night I lay awake in fear. Of all the emotions, fear is the loudest and the most destructive. Fear’s crying can deafen reason and render unquestionable evidence irrelevant. Making sure that every basement light was on, I looked in every corner but found no evidence of wolves. Still, I believed. After decades of declining crime rates in Canada, including rates of violent crime, why are we now more afraid of crime? Perhaps our fear reflex dominates our more reasonable instincts since it comes from our primal roots. Perhaps caution, prudence, and foresight are evolved reflexes.
(l to r) Michael Howard, Haysam Kadri, R.H. Thomson in rehearsal.
I have a particular disrespect for those who traffic in fear, either on the local level by inflating crime stories on news programmes to help the bottom line or on the national level by fearmongering to leverage power. Some prudent voices have been heard in desperate situations. When referring to Germany’s recent decision to accept 800,000 refugees from the millions of Syrians escaping the destruction in their homeland, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “Fear has never been a good advisor, neither in our personal lives nor in our society.” There were no wolves in our basement. My brother had planted the thought in my head, but it was my fear that had trapped it there. The Crucible’s tale is particularly timely. R.H. THOMSON Director
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THE CRUCIBLE by ARTHUR MILLER Director R.H. THOMSON Set Design CAMERON PORTEOUS Costume Design DEITRA KALYN Lighting Design KEVIN LAMOTTE Musical Director JOE SLABE Fight Director HAYSAM KADRI Voice Coach JANE MACFARLANE Production Dramaturg SHARI WATTLING
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THE CAST (in alphabetical order)
Mercy Lewis Abigail Williams Reverend Samuel Parris Ezekiel Cheever Deputy-Governor Danforth Judge Hathorne Ann Putnam Susanna Wallcott Marshal Willard Giles Corey Francis Nurse Mary Warren Betty Parris Reverend John Hale Thomas Putnam Rebecca Nurse Tituba Elizabeth Proctor John Proctor
JESSE LYNN ANDERSON CLAIRE ARMSTRONG KEVIN COREY CHRIS ENRIGHT STEPHEN HAIR BRIAN JENSEN KAREN JOHNSON-DIAMOND BRIANNA JOHNSTON HAYSAM KADRI TERENCE KELLY DUVAL LANG KELLY MALCOLM CAITLYNNE MEDREK GRAHAM MOTHERSILL GRAHAM PERCY VALERIE PLANCHE LENNETTE RANDALL VANESSA SABOURIN KARL H. SINE
SETTING
ACT I Scene I: A bedroom in Reverend Samuel Parris’ house, Salem, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1692. Scene II: The common room of Proctor’s house, eight days later. ACT II Scene I: Five weeks later. A wood. Scene II: The vestry of the Salem Meeting House, two weeks later. Scene III: A cell in Salem jail, three months later.
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Head of Lighting Head of Sound Interim Head Stage Carpenter Wig & Hairstylist, Wardrobe Master Stage Hand Dresser
MICHAEL HOWARD JUSTIN BORN SARA TURNER CATHARINE CRUMB CHRIS JACKO SCOTT MORRIS RON SIEGMUND ANDREW KERR RACHEL MICHELLE SHERIDAN
Special Thanks & Acknowledgements Mikael Kangas - Lighting Design Assistant to Mr. Lamotte Shaw Festival Theatre Wardrobe Cameras and audio/visual recording devices are not permitted in the theatre. Video and audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
THE CRUCIBLE has one 20-minute intermission.
THE DEVIL’S MALICE
WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND by Shari Wattling and Zachary Moull Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is based on the witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts, a Puritan settlement about 15 miles north of Boston. Hysteria over witchcraft swept through the town starting in February 1692. By the end of summer, around one-tenth of the community’s 2,000 people had been accused of witchcraft, and a special tribunal had executed 20 people. In the 17th century, when the Puritans fled religious persecution in England and colonized Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, they brought along their early modern European superstitions about witchcraft. Settled precariously on the edge of what they perceived as a vast and threatening wilderness, the Puritans believed that dark forces lurked close at hand to test their pious community. Massachusetts was particularly troubled by witches, the sworn agents of the Devil who delighted in tormenting the faithful. The pervasiveness of witchcraft was taken as a sign of the righteousness of the colony. “Where will the Devil show the most malice,” wrote one Puritan witch-hunter, “but where he is hated, and hateth most?” In Puritan New England, any type of misfortune might be blamed on witchcraft: a poor harvest, a runaway cow, a mischievous child who laughs in church. The Devil was fond of sending strange illnesses; the few doctors available outside of Boston had limited resources and little
An 1876 engraving depicting the Salem witch trials of 1692 (William A. Crafts)
training, so an unusual ailment could lead to a supernatural diagnosis as easily as a medical one. Books and pamphlets written by influential clergymen shocked readers with vivid eyewitness accounts of witchcraft, before helpfully cataloguing the signs and strategies of the Devil’s agents. These were some of the signs used to identify a witch: • The inability to recite the Lord’s Prayer aloud without error or interruption • Special knowledge of herbs, healing remedies, or midwifery • Unusual freckles, moles, or bruises • Tics, tremors, seizures, or other movement abnormalities • Owning dolls or other lifelike figures, which could be used to cast curses • Speaking to dogs or cats, which could be demons known as familiar spirits
Crucially, it was widely believed that witches could torment their victims in visions and dreams. The admission of so-called “spectral evidence” in court proceedings was a controversial practice, since these attacks could not be witnessed by anyone beyond the afflicted. The penalty for witchcraft was death – “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” reads Exodus 22:18 in the King James Bible. The typical means of execution was hanging, but pressing and drowning were also used. Only a confession, seen as a sign of God’s hand at work, would save the life of a convicted witch.
“Had there been no tinder of guilt to set aflame, had the cult and culture of repression not ruled so tightly, no outbreak would have been possible.” – Arthur Miller The majority of the accused were women, since Puritan society was uncomfortable with sexuality on the whole and held deeply engrained beliefs that women were morally and spiritually weaker than men as a result of Eve’s temptation of Adam.
An image of witches being hanged, c. 1655
All those who lived on the margins of the society were vulnerable to charges of witchcraft: the poor, the elderly, the mentally ill, and people of nonEuropean backgrounds. The last recorded North American witch trial took place in 1878; it was a civil case (coincidentally heard in Salem) in which an early adherent of Christian Science was accused of malicious mesmerism. But accusations of witchcraft have not gone away. Although the exact statistics are difficult to pin down, researchers with United Nations refugee and human rights agencies estimate that thousands of supposed witches are still targeted each year in many parts of the world. They face abuse, expulsion from their communities, and even murder. As in the past, the victims are disproportionately women.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Born in 1915, Arthur Miller was raised in a wealthy New York family that lost nearly everything in the 1929 stock market crash. He worked various blue-collar jobs to put himself through university, where he took up playwriting. His first Broadway success was the moral drama All My Sons in 1947. Death of a Salesman, his classic critique of the American Dream, premiered to great acclaim in 1949, and The Crucible followed in 1953. His later plays include A View from the Bridge, Incident at Vichy, and The Price. Whether writing about family or political struggles, Miller is celebrated for his nuanced portrayals of people wrestling with their moral and societal responsibilities. He passed away in 2005.
NAMING NAMES
ARTHUR MILLER AND THE RED SCARE by Zachary Moull Some 260 years after the trials in Salem, witchcraft was on Arthur Miller’s mind as he drove north from New York to visit his friend Elia Kazan in Connecticut. In the early 1950s, fears about the worldwide spread of communist ideology had reached fever pitch, and on the home front, high-profile espionage trials had triggered a wave of paranoia known as the Red Scare. Soviet spies could be anywhere, and anyone who expressed left-wing sympathies might be a danger to America. “What I sought was a metaphor,” Miller later wrote, “that would penetrate to the centre of this miasma.” In her recent article in The New Yorker, historian Stacy Schiff describes how the Salem witch trials fueled themselves by consuming their own opposition: “It bordered on heresy to question the validity of witchcraft, the legitimacy of the evidence, or the wisdom of the court. The skeptic was a marked man.” And when even the most respected members of the community could face charges, Schiff writes, “it could be wise to name names before anyone mentioned yours.” In Miller’s day, politicians such as Senator Joseph McCarthy capitalized on the Cold War’s climate of fear, casting themselves as crusaders against communism. McCarthy loudly proclaimed that the U.S. State Department was “infested with communists,” while the House Un-American Activities Committee (known as HUAC) conducted
a far-reaching inquisition into influential Americans with supposed ties to communism. The evidence supporting these accusations was often vague, but it was difficult to call the proceedings into question without casting suspicion on oneself. Both McCarthy and HUAC used heavy-handed tactics with the witnesses they subpoenaed into hearings. The dreaded question generally came in the form of: “Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?” Refusing to answer led to contempt charges, while denial risked accusations of perjury. Most importantly, those who cooperated with the interrogators were then asked under oath to name the names of other subversives, who would be subpoenaed in turn by the everwidening investigation.
“The hearings in Washington were profoundly and even avowedly ritualistic.” – Arthur Miller On a walk through the forest surrounding Kazan’s home in April 1952, Miller’s friend confessed that he had cooperated with HUAC in order to save his career. Kazan, who directed the premieres of Miller’s plays All My Sons and Death of a Salesman, carried a Party card for a few months in the mid-1930s while working with the Group Theatre
and had named the names of eight artists from that company. Miller was shaken. “It was a quiet calamity opening before me in the woods,” he recalled in his autobiography, “because I felt my sympathy going toward him and at the same time I was afraid of him. Had I been of his generation, he would have had to sacrifice me as well.” After leaving Kazan, Miller drove straight to Salem to research the play he would call The Crucible. (A crucible is a small container in which metals are heated intensely until they melt down; metaphorically, it is any difficult challenge that reveals someone’s character). Miller spent many days poring over the original court transcripts of the witch trials, mouthing the words to get a feel for the dialogue. He took some creative liberties, but the characters and events in The Crucible are based on the historical record. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the success of The Crucible brought Miller himself to the attention of government officials. In late 1953, he was refused a passport renewal to attend the play’s European premiere in Brussels, with the U.S. State Department saying it was against the national interest. The New York Times reported that Miller “said he could not understand how his presence in Europe could have affected the United States, adding that he hoped his plays would make more friends for American culture than the State Department.” In 1956, Miller was finally subpoenaed by HUAC. Although he had never been a member, Miller had given a speech at a Communist Party writers’ meeting in the 1930s. His lawyers suggested that the hearing was timed
Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe in 1957 (Kingsport Times-News)
to coincide with his high-profile marriage to Marilyn Monroe. When asked under oath, Miller refused to name any names and was found guilty of contempt. The conviction was eventually overturned on appeal, but Miller was profoundly affected by the experience. With the hope of making such ordeals a thing of the past, he became a leader of PEN-International, an organization that defends freedom of expression and advocates for writers who are harassed or imprisoned for their beliefs.
PLAY GUIDE To learn more about The Crucible and the Salem witch trials, download our play guide at theatrecalgary.com SOURCES Galvin, Rachel. “Arthur Miller.” National Endowment for the Humanities. 2011. www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/arthur-miller-biography Karlsen, Carol F. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England. New York: WW Norton, 1998. Matin, Luke. “The Witch Trials.” Witchcraft. 2009. Accessed 22 Sept. 2015. witchcraftandwitches.com/trials.html Miller, Arthur. Timebends: A Life. New York: Grove, 1987. “Playwright Arthur Miller Refused Visa For a Visit to Brussels to See His Play.” New York Times. Mar 31, 1954. Schiff, Stacy. “The Witches of Salem.” The New Yorker. Sep 7, 2015.
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Mercy Lewis FOR THEATRE CALGARY: The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare by the Bow). ELSEWHERE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare Company Tour; The Basement Boys, Theatre BSMT; $38,000 for a Friendly Face, Rosebud; Gramp’s Garage, Sandbox; TrickStars, Trickster; The 12 Days of Christmas, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Birnton Theatricals/Stage West for Kids; Village of Idiots, The Wishing Tree, Concordia University College; Quilters, Triumph of Love, Revenge of the Space Pandas, RSA. FILM/TELEVISION: Sir John A, Daughters of Eve. AWARDS: CAT Award Nomination - Best Original Play - A Fall as Warm as This (playwright). Jesse Lynn is a graduate of the Rosebud School of the Arts (RSA), Jesse is also a painter, writer, and artist in residence with Trickster Theatre.
CLAIRE ARMSTRONG Abigail Williams Theatre Calgary debut. ELSEWHERE: Arcadia, Banff/Citadel Professional Development Program; After Miss Julie, Red One Theatre Collective; Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest, St. Lawrence Shakespeare; Arms and the Man, Odyssey Theatre; Calendar Girls, Moonpath; Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Classical Theatre Project. FILM/TELEVISION: Claire also works regularly in film, TV and voice-over. Most recently she played a lead in the History Channel’s miniseries, Revelation: End of Days. AWARDS: Dora Award Outstanding Performance - After Miss Julie, which she also produced. In 2014 Claire was featured as one of NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Theatre Artists of the Year in Toronto. Claire is a core member of the Red One Theatre Collective and co-founder of The Storefront Theatre in Toronto. She is also a classically-trained singer, having given concerts in five languages. Big hugs to mom and dad. KEVIN COREY Reverend Samuel Parris FOR THEATRE CALGARY: One Man, Two Guvnors, Much Ado About Nothing, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Sisters Rosensweig. ELSEWHERE: A Few Good Men, Julius Caesar, A Christmas Carol, Hamlet, Bird Brain, A Prairie Boy’s Winter, Citadel; The Blue Orphan, Catalyst; 10 seasons with the Free Will Shakespeare Festival; Evil Dead the Musical, GZT/H&M; Seussical the Musical, The Wizard of Oz, Charlotte’s Web, Tyland, ATP; Dial M for Murder, In the Heat of the Night, The Ends of the Earth, Jekyll & Hyde, Vertigo; Comrades, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Kill Your Television Theatre; The Black Rider, November Theatre; Twisted, Forte; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Old Nick, Caravan; George Dandin, Globe. AWARDS: Betty Mitchell Awards – One Man Two Guvnors, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. FILM/TELEVISION: Fargo, The Revenant. Kevin is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Special thanks to my wife Vanessa and daughter Kaiya! CHRIS ENRIGHT Ezekiel Cheever FOR THEATRE CALGARY: A Christmas Carol (2009-10). ELSEWHERE: She, Trepan Theatre; Anesthesia’s Antiques Roadshow, Code Burgundy, Funeral Fore, Lunchbox Stage One; The Pain Diaries, Calgary Health Trust; Night Light, Quest; Beyond Therapy, Theatre Junction. FILM/ TELEVISION: Fargo, Young Drunk Punk, Hell on Wheels, Klondike, Drawing Home, The Ron Clark Story, Into the West, Anatomy of a Hate Crime. Chris is a founding member of Dirty Laundry, Calgary’s only live improvised soap opera, currently in its 16th season.
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Deputy-Governor Danforth FOR THEATRE CALGARY: 71 productions including A Christmas Carol (26 productions), The Shoplifters, Much Ado About Nothing, A Raisin in the Sun, Our Town, Saint Joan, Of the Fields Lately, Counsellor-At-Law, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cyrano de Bergerac, Blithe Spirit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ELSEWHERE: Over 275 productions in theatres from coast to coast over his 42-year career as an actor or director. AWARDS: 2008 Harry and Martha Cohen Award for Significant and Sustained Contribution to Theatre in Calgary; 2006 Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre in Calgary. In 2007 Theatre Calgary inaugurated the “Stephen Hair Emerging Actor Award” presented to an up-and-coming young Calgary performer. Congratulations to the 2014 recipient Lennette Randall.
BRIAN JENSEN Judge Hathorne FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Christmas Carol (2007-10), The Innocents. ELSEWHERE: Canadian Badlands Passion Play (2010-15); Equivocation, Shakespeare Company; A Steady Rain, GZT/H&M; Mr. Fixit, The Life History of the African Elephant, Middle Aged White Guys, The Invention of Music, Lunchbox; Twelve Angry Men, Blood Relations, Go Back for Murder, Vertigo; The Good Life, The Constant Wife, Theatre Junction; Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, Shakespeare in the Park. AWARDS: Betty Mitchell Award nominee - Best Actor - The Good Life, Mr Fixit. FILM/TELEVISION: Fargo, Hell on Wheels, Passchendaele, Dark Angel, The Outer Limits, Millennium, Hope Island, Ordeal in the Arctic, The Sixth Day. KAREN JOHNSON-DIAMOND Ann Putnam FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Jake and the Kid, Our Town, The Miracle Worker, Fuse 2005/06 - 2006/07. ELSEWHERE: Actor - The Game’s Afoot, Vertigo; BusT, And So It Goes, Downstage; Shopoholic 1,2 & 3, Lunchbox; Director – Time Present, Lunchbox; New Canadian Kid, Storybook. AWARDS: Inaugural winner of the Duval Lang Theatre for Young Audiences Award (2009). FILM/TELEVISION: Hug-O-Gram, Fargo, Christmas in Wonderland, Passchendaele. Karen is the first graduate (1987) of Red Deer College’s Theatre Studies Program, the co-producer of Dirty Laundry, Calgary’s Improvised Soap Opera, and the Administrative Director at Artstrek, a summer theatre school for teens. Love to Kevin and Griffin, and to her mom Sandy, who has survived the last 4 years being a widow by seeing over 325 plays. BRIANNA JOHNSTON Susanna Wallcott FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Park). ELSEWHERE: The Money Shot, GZT/H&M; The Bone House, Apparition; Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Commedia Princess and the Pea, Birnton Theatricals/Stage West for Kids; Polonius and His Children, Ignite!; The Cat in the Hat, Storybook; Public, Calgary Common Ground Festival; The Pistachio Crumble, Calgary Fringe; Happiness, Defakto; Hamlet, Do You Bite Your Thumb at Me, Sir!?, Theatre MRU. AWARDS: 2014 Academy of Fight Directors of Canada Paddy Crean Award. Brianna would like to thank her family for their undying love and support.
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TERENCE KELLY Giles Corey FOR THEATRE CALGARY: The Fantastiks (1974). ELSEWHERE: Relatively Speaking, One Last Kiss, Western Gold; Skin Deep, Theatre Plus; A Mill on the Floss, Soulpepper; The Beggars’ Opera, The Music Man, A Man For All Seasons, Caesar and Cleopatra, Cyrano de Bergerac, Our Town, Richard III, Citadel; Scrooge, Crest; Translations, Centaur; The Cherry Orchard, The Admirable Bashville, A Flea in Her Ear, Shaw; Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Saint Joan, Stratford; Skylight, King Lear, Oedipus, The Crucible, Macbeth, Philadelphia Here I Come, Anything Goes, Hedda Gabler, Terra Nova, Vancouver Playhouse; A Christmas Story, Arts Club; A Delicate Balance, Tempus; The Caretaker, Freddy Wood Theatre; The Norman Conquests, Arena; A Christmas Carol, Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music, Carousel. FILM/TELEVISION: 50 years of film and TV, including: Chautauqua Girl, and Tom Stone (both shot in Calgary), Walking Tall, Window Wonderland, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Goodnight for Justice, Titanic, Gold Rush, Macabe and Mrs. Miller, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino. AWARDS: Jessie Richardson Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actor - K2. Terence is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, 1965. DUVAL LANG Francis Nurse FOR THEATRE CALGARY (selected): Liberation Days, To Kill a Mockingbird, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol (1983, 1990, 1994, 2014). ELSEWHERE: Duve’s association with Theatre Calgary goes back to the mid-70s and the Stage Coach Players where he acted, directed and eventually led the program. He then went on to co-found Quest Theatre where he served as Artistic Director for 25 years. Since then he has been very fortunate to be featured on virtually every stage in Calgary and many more beyond. Recent and memorable credits include: Wizard of Oz this past summer in the delightful hamlet of Rosebud; Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Company; You Will Remember Me, ATP; Michel and Ti Jean, Sage; The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan, Old Trout Puppet Workshop/ATP. He has garnered several Betty Mitchell and Sterling Awards and nominations, as well as the Harry and Martha Cohen Award for his overall contribution to the theatre scene in Calgary.
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Mary Warren FOR THEATRE CALGARY: One Man, Two Guvnors. ELSEWHERE: LEGOLAND, Urban Curvz; The Great Munsch Mystery, Munsch-O-Rama, The Kitchen Witches, New West; The Invasion of the Pine Beetles, The Three Rrr’s, Splish-Splash, Evergreen; Hamlet, The Seagull, Exia, The Government Inspector, Uncommon Women and Others, Hay Fever, Patience, Much Ado About Nothing, U of L. AWARDS: ADFA (Alberta Drama Festival Association), Best Actress - Permission (2012); ADFA - Best Actress - The Tighty Whities Present… Death (2013), ADFA - Best Production, The Tighty Whities Present… Death; ADFA - Best Production - The Tighty Whities Present… Smee’s Secret (2015). Kelly is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge, and a founding member of the award-winning Pochinko Clown duo - The Tighty Whities. Love to her supportive family and Ryan.
CAITLYNNE MEDREK
Betty Parris FOR THEATRE CALGARY: A Christmas Carol (2002-03). ELSEWHERE: Becky’s New Car, Picking Up Chekhov, ATP; Willy Wonka, Storybook; Urinetown, Oklahoma, FRC; A Christmas Carol, Persephone; The Diary of Anne Frank, Encore Ent.; Pinkalicious, Vital Canada, I Ought to be in Pictures, Globus Theatre; Alberta Fusion, Charlottetown Festival; The Sound of Music, Stage West. FILM/TELEVISION: Hell On Wheels, Blood Riders, Out With Dad, Total Drama Revenge of the Island, Arthur, Skatoony. AWARDS: Winner - Best Breakout Performance for her role as ‘Claire’ in Out With Dad, 4th annual Indie Series Awards - New York City. Caitlynne can be seen next in the upcoming TYA production of Goodnight Moon directed by Glenda Stirling.
GRAHAM MOTHERSILL
Reverend John Hale FOR THEATRE CALGARY: The Tempest (Shakespeare by the Bow). ELSEWHERE: The Fall of the House of Atreus: A Cowboy Love Story, Thousand Faces Festival; Code Word: Time, Theatre Network/ Nextfest Arts Co.; How to Leave, Theatre Outré; The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever, Whizgiggling Productions; Salome, and Gabriel, Bleviss Laboratory Theatre; Blood Wedding, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Pains of Youth, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Studio Theatre. Graham is a Calgary-born actor and a graduate of the University of Alberta.
GRAHAM PERCY Thomas Putnam FOR THEATRE CALGARY: A Christmas Carol (2011-14), Much Ado About Nothing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Overcoat, Fortitude (FUSE ‘10), Ten Rounds (FUSE ‘12). SELECT ELSEWHERE: The Tempest, Two Planks; Farewell my Lovely, The Huron Bride, In the Heat of the Night, Vertigo; Intimate Apparel, The Apology, ATP; Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Company. AWARDS: Betty Mitchell Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Intimate Apparel. Calgary Critics Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Twelfth Night. Merritt Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Charley’s Aunt, Noises Off, The Crucible. Graham is a graduate of Queen’s University and Jacques Lecoq’s International School of Theatre in Paris, France.
Flying solo. We didn’t study for the test. Or spend Saturday practicing three-point turns at the mall. But we did fuel the car for this newfound freedom. When the energy you invest in life meets the energy we fuel it with, independence happens.
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VALERIE PLANCHE
Rebecca Nurse FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Liberation Days, Major Barbara, A Christmas Carol (1992-98, 2011), Much Ado About Nothing, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Cyrano de Bergerac, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Amadeus. ELSEWHERE: Little Elephants, Shadow; Equus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Crucible, Citadel; Half Life, Age of Arousal, Treasure Island, Marion Bridge, Down the Main Drag, Perfect Pie, Red Lips, ATP; Jekyll and Hyde, Blood Relations, Mousetrap, Snake in the Grass, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Vertigo; Music for Contortionist, Frozen, Scorched, Sage; The Constant Wife, Boy Gets Girl, The Good Life, Theatre Junction; Elizabeth Rex, Mob Hit; and many theatres across Canada. FILM/TELEVISION: Blackstone, Burn Your Maps, It’s Not My Fault, Brokeback Mountain, Right Side of Wrong, In Cold Blood, Shanghai-Noon, The Jack Bull, Heartland, Caitlin’s Way, and Honey I Shrunk the Kids. AWARDS: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award - Little Elephants; Betty Mitchell Awards – Communion, The Good Life; Betty Mitchell Award Nominations - Liberation Days, Music for Contortionist, Elizabeth Rex, The Constant Wife, Perfect Pie.
LENNETTE RANDALL Tituba FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Park). ELSEWHERE: The Miracle Worker, Doubt, Anne of Green Gables, Rosebud; A Child Like Me – Stage One, Lunchbox; The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God, Ellipsis Tree Collective; Hairspray, New Canadian Kid, Storybook; William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead, GZT/H&M/Shakespeare Company; Julius Caesar (Outreach), Shakespeare Company; The Count of Monte Cristo, Mob Hit; The Canadian Badlands Passion Play (2009-2010). AWARDS: 2014 Stephen Hair Emerging Artist Award. Lennette is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Rosebud School of the Arts, with further training at the New York Film Academy in LA, Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. VANESSA SABOURIN Elizabeth Proctor Theatre Calgary debut. ELSEWHERE: The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, ATP/Ghost River; Dads In Bondage, Lunchbox; Monstrosities, Urban Curvz/The Maggie Tree; It Could Be Any One Of Us, Dangerous Corner, When Girls Collide, Vertigo; Nevermore, Catalyst; Once Upon An Atom Bomb, Green Fools; The Penelopiad, ATP; The Drowning Girls, ATP/Bent Out Of Shape; The Sound of Music, Christmas Carol, Measure for Measure, Grease, Citadel; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V, Macbeth, Freewill Shakespeare Festival. Vanessa is a co-founder of The Maggie Tree in Edmonton and looks forward to directing The Supine Cobbler in April. A special thank you to David and Wren van Belle, who deepen my understanding of love.
“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art. Inspiration. Events. HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY: barbarians
BALLET BC: 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
The infinitely unpredictable dancer and choreographer Hofesh Shechter presents a sparse world for three wildly different takes on intimacy, passion and the banality of love.
Witness outstanding contemporary ballet in this trilogy of new works from three of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers including Canadian Crystal Pite.
A co-presentation with Springboard Performance’s 2015 Fluid Festival.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 7:30 P.M. ERIC HARVIE THEATRE $40 | STUDENT $20
CHELSEA HOTEL: THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 7:30 P.M. ERIC HARVIE THEATRE $25 | SENIOR/STUDENT $22 CHILD $12.50
DARCY OAKE: EDGE OF REALITY Experience modern spectacle as Oake transports the crowd to another dimension with exhilarating illusions.
Six performers play seventeen different instruments in this cabaret SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 7:30 P.M. tribute to the remarkable writer. Mature subject matter.
ERIC HARVIE THEATRE $30
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 7:30 P.M. MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE $25 | SENIOR/STUDENT $22 CHILD $12.50
Image: Hofesh Shechter Company barbarians, photo by Gabriele Zucca.
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KARL H. SINE John Proctor FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Actor - Pride and Prejudice, Enron, A Christmas Carol (2011, 2013-14), Much Ado About Nothing. Fight Director – King Lear, Liberation Days, The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare by the Bow), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Park), The Great Gatsby. ELSEWHERE: Actor – Equivocation, Othello, Shakespeare Company; Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead, GZT/H&M/Shakespeare Company; The Hound of the Baskervilles, Vertigo; Queen Milli of Galt, Mary’s Wedding, Oliver, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Rosebud; Ways and Means, Lunchbox. Fight Director - Silent Night, Calgary Opera; Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Shakespeare Company; Titus Andronicus, Land Of The Dead, GZT/H&M/Shakespeare Company; The Game’s Afoot, Farewell My Lovely, The Huron Bride, Vertigo; Butcher, The Mothef*cker With The Hat, ATP; She Has A Name, Burnt Thicket Theatre. Karl works as an actor and director, and is a certified fight instructor with the Academy of Fight Directors Canada. He wishes to thank his wife Lindsey and his two wonderful kids Olivia and Charlie. R.H. THOMSON Director FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Director – Of the Fields, Lately. Actor – To Kill A Mockingbird, Copenhagen, Cyrano de Bergerac, Wait Until Dark. ELSEWHERE: Actor – No Great Mischief, Forests, Democracy, Tarragon; Glen Garry Glen Ross, Harvey, Segal Centre; Inexpressible Island, Glenn, Necessary Angel; Pygmalion, Opera Atelier; The Lost Boys, GCTC/CanStage/MTC; Death and The Maiden, MTC/CanStage. Director – Wild Mouth, Tarragon; Art, GCTC/Belfry; Of the Fields, Lately, Ships Company; The Comedy of Errors, Bard on the Beach; Vinci, Theatre New Brunswick; Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Works. FILM/TELEVISION: Select Credits - Chloe, The Englishman’s Boy, Road to Avonlea, Hell on Wheels: The Battle of Mary Kay, The Quarrel, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Bonhoeffer, Agent of Grace. Host of CBC’s Man Alive for three seasons. Since 2006, Robert has been producing national and international projects of commemoration, education and reconciliation. The World Remembers-Le Monde se Souvient is a Canadian and international project that individually displays the millions of names of those killed in WWI from twelve nations over the five WWI Centenary years. CAMERON PORTEOUS Set Design Theatre Calgary debut. ELSEWHERE: Head of Design for the Shaw Festival from 1980 to 1997. Select Credits for the Shaw include: Major Barbara, Cavalcade, Caesar and Cleopatra, Cyrano de Bergerac, Saint Joan and in 2005, Journey’s End. Set and Costume Designs: Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Young Peoples Theatre, Canadian Stage and the Royal Alexandria- Toronto, The Stratford Festival, Grand Theatre – London, National Arts Centre, Citadel Theatre; Theatre Aquarius, Shea’s Theatre - Buffalo, New York, Arts Club, and Vancouver Playhouse. Opera Designs: Hamilton, Vancouver, National Arts Centre, and Canadian Opera Company. Cameron taught from 2006-13 at the Ryerson University Theatre School. FILM/ TELEVISION: Production Design: Barrymore, Bailey’s Billions, Emmy award-winning Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Composers, Artists Series and Inventors Specials. Exhibitions: St. Petersburg, Russia. Niagara and Toronto - a retrospective “Risking the Void.” Retrospective of designs 2012 Prague Quadrennial. Cameron is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and the Associated Designers of Canada.
DEITRA KALYN Costume Design FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Dear Johnny Deere, King Lear, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare by the Bow), Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare in the Park), Mom’s The Word, Doubt. ELSEWHERE: playRites ’14, Intimate Apparel, The Penelopiad, ATP; Jake and the Kid, Globe; The Game’s Afoot, Farewell My Lovely, The Huron Bride, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The 39 Steps, Sweeney Todd, Vertigo; Gruesome Playground Injuries, Reasons to be Pretty (Set & Costumes), My First Time, Evil Dead the Musical ’09 & ’10, Lieutenant of Inishmore, GZT/ H&M; Unnecessary Farce, Love Train, Game Show, Stage West; Little Brother, Little Sister, Caravan Farm; Big Sister Little Brother, Quest. AWARDS: Betty Mitchell Awards – Costume Design – Intimate Apparel, Set Design – Reasons to Be Pretty. When Deitra isn’t designing in the theatre, she can be found working as a costumer in film and television. KEVIN LAMOTTE
Lighting Design FOR THEATRE CALGARY: The Philadelphia Story (2015), A Christmas Carol (2000-14), Enron, To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Beyond Eden, A Raisin in the Sun, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Of Mice and Men, Saint Joan, Macbeth, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Philadelphia Story (2003), True West, Candida. ELSEWHERE: Recent Productions – The Philadelphia Story, The Philanderer, The Sea, The Mountaintop , Guys & Dolls, Enchanted April, Hedda Gabler, Peace in Our Time, Heartbreak House, Shaw; Tartuffe, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Endgame, Soulpepper; Das Rheingold, Falstaff, The Flying Dutchman, Pacific Opera; London Road, Canadian Stage; The Barber of Seville, Vancouver Opera. AWARDS: Pauline McGibbon Award (Ontario), Betty Mitchell Award (Calgary), Dora Mavor Moore Award (Toronto), Jesse Richardson Award (Vancouver), Prix de la Masque Award (Montreal). Kevin is the Director of Lighting Design for the Shaw Festival and a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
JOE SLABE
Musical Director FOR THEATRE CALGARY: One Man, Two Guvnors, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. ELSEWHERE: Touch Me: Songs for a (dis) Connected Age, Maria Rasputin Presents, Jeremy de Bergerac, Forte; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz, ATP; The Buddy Holly Story, Globe; What Gives?, If I Weren’t With You, Lunchbox. AWARDS: Theatre for the American Musical Prize - Outstanding Book - Crossing Swords, New York Musical Theatre Festival; Four Betty Mitchell Awards for Musical Direction; Greg Bond Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre in Calgary. Joe is a writer and composer whose shows have been produced in London, New York and Philadelphia. You can next see him in Forte’s holiday production of Naughty but Nice! in the Lunchbox space this December.
JANE MACFARLANE
Voice Coach FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Over 40 productions in the past 14 years, including: King Lear, Liberation Days, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Mountaintop, The Great Gatsby, The Kite Runner, Pride and Prejudice, Enron, To Kill a Mockingbird, Much Ado About Nothing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 7 Stories, An Ideal Husband, The Miracle Worker and 14 years of A Christmas Carol. ELSEWHERE: The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, Venus in Fur, Motherf*cker With the Hat, Toad of Toad Hall, That Elusive Spark, Treasure Island, Vincent in Brixton, Syringa Tree, ATP; Filth, Trainspotting, Sage; Submarine, Lunchbox. Jane has taught Voice & Text and Acting at York University, Harvard University, Southern Methodist University, and 14 years at Mount Royal University. Jane is the Resident Voice Coach for Theatre Calgary.
SHARI WATTLING Production Dramaturg FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Dramaturg – King Lear, Liberation Days, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, A Christmas Carol (2011-14), Much Ado About Nothing, Jake and the Kid, Beyond Eden, Lost – A Memoir. Assistant Director – Enron. Actor – A Christmas Carol (2004-2005). ELSEWHERE: As a freelance dramaturg, Shari has worked with a wide range of playwrights and plays-in-development at Calgary theatres such as Swallow-A-Bicycle, Vertigo, Quest and Lunchbox to name a few. Prior to joining Theatre Calgary, she was Resident Dramaturg at Alberta Playwrights’ Network. Also a professional actor, she has appeared at Vertigo, ATP, Lunchbox, Stage West, Forte, Quest, Shadow Productions and Dirty Laundry: Calgary’s live, improvised soap-opera. Shari is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and has been with Theatre Calgary since 2007, as Literary Manager and currently as Artistic Associate – New Play Development.
MICHAEL HOWARD
Stage Manager FOR THEATRE CALGARY: Lost: A Memoir (tour), A Christmas Carol. ELSEWHERE: Playing With Fire: The Theo Fleury Story, ATP, Persephone, Citadel, Prairie Theatre Exchange; The Motherf*cker With The Hat, Nisei Blue, ATP; Shear Madness, Farewell My Lovely, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Woman In Black, Noirville, Ends of the Earth, Vertigo; A Worthy Opponent, Second Chance, First Love, Lunchbox; Harvest, The Notorious Right Robert and His Robber Bride, Festival Players of Prince Edward County. FILM/TELEVISION: Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Monte Walsh, The Virginian.
JUSTIN BORN
Assistant Stage Manager FOR THEATRE CALGARY: The Philadelphia Story (2015), The Great Gatsby. ELSEWHERE: Good Fences, Downstage; The Game’s Afoot, The Huron Bride, Vertigo; Venus in Fur, ATP; Maria Rasputin Presents, Forte. Stage Manager – An Almost Perfect Thing, New West; Jeremy de Bergerac, Forte; The Elves and the Shoemaker, Birnton Theatricals; The Diary of Anne Frank, Tuesday’s With Morrie, Queen Milli of Galt, The Road to Mecca, A Bright Particular Star, Mary’s Wedding, Rosebud; Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Loudly Whispered Theatre, Passion Play (2010-13), Canadian Badlands Passion Play Society.
SARA TURNER Assistant Stage Manager Theatre Calgary debut. ELSEWHERE: Dial “M” For Murder, Vintage Hitchcock, Vertigo; Circle Mirror Transformation, Shadow & Sage; The Patron Saint of Stanley Park, Theatre North West; The Red Priest, ATP; Polygraph, Sage; The Peace Maker, Next Stage Festival; Marion Bridge, The Shape of a Girl, New West; Snow Angel, Shoes of Sand, Just Kidding, Nightlight, Quest; and favourite apprenticing credits include The Producers, The Buddy Holly Story, Stage West; Under The Big Top, Quest. Thanks to her family and friends for all their love and support.
THEATRE CALGARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH LAMPLIGHTER DRAMA, LONDON, UK PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
THE MUSICAL
adapted by Nicholas Lloyd Webber and James D. Reid
“WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL A COUP FOR THEATRE CALGARY.” calgary sun
PRESENTING SPONSOR
This musical is a huge explosion of wondrous sounds and images. It’s an unusual and totally enchanting story of life among the stars. Watch as a pilot and a little prince discover all sorts of fascinating characters including a sultry singing rose, a dangerous snake, and a wise fox. The composers have created a nonstop singing, dancing, and dreaming musical that is perfect for both adults and children. And Theatre Calgary is presenting the world (and galaxy) premiere! – dennis
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AN EXPLOSION OF IMAGINATION BRETTA GERECKE’S DESIGNS FOR THE LITTLE PRINCE – THE MUSICAL At the start of the design process for Theatre Calgary’s The Little Prince – The Musical, director Dennis Garnhum asked his team for an explosion of imagination. “When a director gives you a gift like that,” says set and costume designer Bretta Gerecke, “you have a responsibility to run with it.” One of Canada’s most imaginative designers, Gerecke is uniquely qualified to rise to this challenge. The resident designer for Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre, she creates innovative designs for the company’s award-winning original productions such as Nevermore, Hunchback, and Frankenstein (which was our 2009 High Performance Rodeo presentation). She’s known for her creative uses of unexpected materials – her designs call for newspaper, tinfoil, and bubble wrap as often as lumber and fabric, converting everyday elements into fantastical creations onstage. “The transformation,” Gerecke says, “is part of the magic.”
Preliminary scenic storyboard for Asteroid B612 by Bretta Gerecke.
The Little Prince speaks eloquently about the power of creativity through the story of a pilot who has forgotten his childhood talent for drawing. The original book, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is filled with the author’s own illustrations of his characters and the marvellous worlds they inhabit. For Gerecke, these evocative drawings were sparks of inspiration. “SaintExupéry’s illustrations are clear and cleanlined,” she explains. “The way he draws allows you to fill in the blanks with your imagination.” Gerecke hopes that her work for The Little Prince – The Musical will spur imaginations in much the same way. “My job as a designer,” she says, “is to help the audience go to places that they may have never imagined before, in this case on a ride to other planets. When I go to the theatre myself, I want to be transported. I want it to feel like a joy.”
Preliminary research sketches for Snake and Little Prince costume designs by Bretta Gerecke.
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OUR TEAM LEADERSHIP DENNIS GARNHUM, Artistic Director COLLEEN A. SMITH, Executive Director ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE KRISTEN DION, Director of Finance & Administration BRENT FALK, Accountant TAMMIE RIZZO, Accountant ARTISTIC LESLEY MACMILLAN, Producer SHARI WATTLING, Artistic Associate New Play Development SUSAN MCNAIR REID, Company Manager ZACHARY MOULL, Assistant Dramaturg & Assistant to the Artistic Director KAYE BOOTH, Learning & Community Programs Coordinator JANE MACFARLANE, Resident Voice Coach COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING CHRISTOPHER LOACH, Director of Communications LISA MACKAY, Director of Marketing & Audience Development TRYPHENA FRIC, Marketing Coordinator MEGHAN MCMASTER, Communications Coordinator VIRGINIA REMPEL, Audience Services Supervisor JENNIFER KINCH, Audience Services & System Administrator ALIXE EDWARDS, Audience Services Associate ERIC SMITH, Audience Services Associate JAMIE TYMCHUK, Audience Services Associate EMILY PARKHOUSE, Box Office Audience Services Associate EV BELL, Box Office Audience Services Associate DEVELOPMENT TRISH MATHESON, Director of Development SHIRLEY YURCHI, Manager Individual & Planned Giving RONALD PETERS, Business Development SARAH HUGHES, Senior Development Associate JASMINE ASLAN, Development Associate, Events & Stewardship CIANI MUZA, Development Assistant ROSEMARIE JOHNSTON, Bingo Volunteer Coordinator PRODUCTION AMELIA MARIE NEWBERT, Production & Operations Manager ADAM SCHRADER, Technical Director
GRAHAM KINGSLEY, Assistant Technical Director 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 (Interim) STEVE PILON & ANDREW RAFUSE, Co-Head Scenic Carpenters RON SIEGMUND, Wardrobe Master, Resident Hair & Wig Stylist BEN WILSON, Head Stage Carpenter (Leave) FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF LEE BOOTH, Front of House Manager KIRSTIE GALLANT, Bar & Guest Services Coordinator NORMAN COOK, Front of House Volunteer & Guest Services Coordinator BARBARA BOOTH NORMA HANSEN SIENNA HOLDEN LAURA KWAS JULIA MEEDER MITZI METZGER TAMSIN MILES KIM SIMMONS DEBORAH SYDORCHUK BUILDERS FOR THE CRUCIBLE CARPENTRY STEVE PILON, Co-Head Scenic Carpenter ANDREW RAFUSE, Co-Head Scenic Carpenter CLARE PROSSER, Carpenter PROPERTIES LILLIAN MESSER, Head of Props CELINA BAHARALLY, Assistant Head of Props PAINTERS LOUIS BEAUDOIN, Head Scenic Artist WARDROBE MICHELLE LATTA, Head of Wardrobe ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND, Cutter CATHLEEN GASCA, Seamstress KAELEAH SPALLIN, Stitcher LICHEN “LISA” RAO, Stitcher SUSAN MONTALBETTI, Dyer CARLEY LAINE POWELL, Breakdown Artist KATIE KLINGVALL, Wardrobe Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Your dedication is the foundation for our future at Theatre Calgary BOARD EXECUTIVE CHAD NEWCOMBE, Chair Kahane Law Office
MARGO RANDLES, Vice Chair, Chair Governance & Nominating Committee Active Community Volunteer
MARY E. COMEAU, Secretary Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
KELLY BERNAKEVITCH,
IAN McAULEY President & CEO, Continuum Health Care
DOUG PAGE Director of Government Relations, TransCanada
JAMES READER Managing Director, Corporate Financial Services, ATB Financial
CATHERINE SAMUEL Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Vice President Audit & Finance Executive Vice President, MNP, LLP
DR. NORMAN SCHACHAR, M.D.
MARK THOMPSON, Past Chair
MAGGIE SCHOFIELD
Senior Director of Information Technology, Enbridge Inc.
Executive Director, Calgary Downtown Association
KATHRYN HEATH, Chair Artistic Committee
President, International Results Group
CRAIG D. SENYK, Chair Fundraising Committee
TRECIA WRIGHT
Director of Portfolio Management, Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
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RICHARD S. HANNAH, Chair HR Committee
WARD ZIMMER
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PAUL POLSON, Chair Facility Committee Vice President, Stuart Olson Construction
BOARD MEMBERS
University of Calgary Department of Surgery
EDITH WENZEL
THEATRE CALGARY ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
JOY ALFORD
BOARD EXECUTIVE
Consultant
MARK THOMPSON, Chair
CHELSEY CARRICK (ANSELL), MSc, CBV Senior Financial Analyst, TransCanada Corporation
Senior Director of Information Technology, Enbridge Inc.
MICHELE BEITEL
BRIAN HOOK, Vice Chair
DR. DAVID DOCHERTY President, Mount Royal University
PETER EDWARDS Vice President, Human Resources and Relations, Canadian Pacific
JIM FLOYD
Investment Advisor, BMO Nesbitt Burns
ELLANOR VALLANCE-NUTIK, CMA, Vice President Audit & Finance Senior Manager, Financial Reporting, ATCO Group
MARY E. COMEAU, Secretary Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
President, PowerOn Ltd.
BOARD MEMBERS
BRUCE GRAHAM
IAN BEDDIS
GORD HARRIS P. Eng., M&A Consultant
Former Director & Branch Manager (Retired), Scotia McLeod Inc.
DEBRA JOHNSTONE, CMC, CHRP
ELLEN CHIDLEY
Partner, Cenera Inc.
Consultant
BARRY R. KENLEY
GORD HARRIS
Financial Services Agent, Euler Hermes Canada
P. Eng., M&A Consultant
TRICIA LEADBEATER Director, Wealth & Management,
TRICIA LEADBEATER Director, Wealth & Management,
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RIAZ MAMDANI
CHAD NEWCOMBE
CEO, Strategic Group
Kahane Law Office
HERE’S YOUR CUE with DR. NORM & KATHY SCHACHAR LEGACY GIVING: Providing for the Future Norm: Emeritus professor of surgery at Cummings School of Medicine. Kathy: Registered nurse in the mental health profession. The Schachars have been subscribers since 1971 when Theatre Calgary was in the QR Centre. They were the first subscribers to pick their seats in the Max Bell Theatre when it opened.
Why did you decide to become a member of the board of Theatre Calgary? Norm: I joined the board in 1989. I initially felt my life as a surgeon and father kept me too busy, but with the encouragement of my wife Kathy, and my love of theatre, I knew it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.
What is the best part about being an ambassador of the theatre? It’s a chance to share with friends and colleagues the spirit and excitement the theatre has to offer – especially opening night. We enjoy introducing new people to live theatre. We feel that when you love something so much, you just have to share it with others. Our guests often fall in love with the theatre and we have many people who continue on for years after with a subscription as well as becoming donors.
I know you’ve been a donor to the theatre for many years, so what inspired you to set up a legacy fund for Shakespeare by the Bow? We know it’s a development opportunity for young emerging artists to grow and learn their craft at the same time as being an important part of a strong future for Theatre Calgary and the arts in general.
How did you go about setting up the legacy fund? We were at our estate planning lawyer, making sure our family and interests are provided for, and he helped us come up with the idea of starting a legacy fund at the Calgary Foundation. We thought something like this was out of our reach, but after speaking to the Foundation, they helped us realize it’s not that hard to do. They helped us set up everything. We dedicated our first contributions from the fund to Shakespeare by the Bow.
Why do you think it’s important to raise awareness about donating to the arts? We all know that the cost of a ticket doesn’t cover the cost of the show, which means we need to have ways to make up that difference to make theatre affordable for
“We feel we have an obligation to the future of our community and it’s important for us to give back.” everyone. Theatre is a nurturing part of the community; it teaches lessons, raises sensitivity, and broadens the thinking of a community by promoting other cultures and ideas. Without the funding and support of corporations and individuals this just wouldn’t be possible.
What do you think about the quality of the shows Theatre Calgary produces? The productions at Theatre Calgary are so wonderful that we don’t have to leave town to see world-class theatre. We’ve seen plays all over the world and we want Calgarians to know that Theatre Calgary does plays as well or better than plays we’ve seen in any other major city in the world.
Why did you adopt the play Bad Jews? We were told by friends we were going to love it, and then we read the script and found out what an amazing play it is. We knew we had to be associated with it!
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INVESTING IN THEATRE CALGARY’S FUTURE TODAY After 47 years of providing exceptional theatre in Calgary, Theatre Calgary is considered by many to be a cultural icon and a well-respected member of the performing arts community. But despite the size of our theatre, our years of history and the scale of our productions, Theatre Calgary, like all not-for-profit theatres, depends on the generosity of this community to sustain our creative and community work. Alberta’s current economic environment has impacted many arts organizations and non-profits regardless of size, including Theatre Calgary. As leaders in the cultural community, the work we produce supports many professional artists and practitioners, as well as provides opportunities for emerging talent. As a result, we are asking you, our loyal patrons, to consider making a donation in support of live theatre this season. More than ever, your leadership and support is needed as we bring you some of the best in live theatre that the country has to offer. Theatre Calgary is deeply committed to providing Calgarians like you with the highest quality of performance, and we strive to have a meaningful impact on our city. We depend on a caring community in order to thrive — today and into the future. Please make a donation. Every gift is appreciated. To make a donation or learn more about how your gift can make a difference, visit theatrecalgary.com, call 403-294-7440, ext. 1002, or email donations@theatrecalgary.com
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS Your generosity builds a strong future for Theatre Calgary ARTISTIC CHAMPIONS PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Craig D. Senyk, Mawer Investment
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LOCAL STORIES
READING THE CRUCIBLE IN TRIPOLI by Isabelle Emery and sprayed bullets to show off, was to read the single book in my possession: my father’s battered copy of The Crucible.
Isabelle Emery
On September 1, 1969, centuries after the Salem witch trials, my father, my sister Roseline, and I woke up to loud bangs during the night. Our hotel had been surrounded by armed soldiers. My family had lived in Tripoli, Libya, for three years under the reign of King Idris. Roseline was 12 years old and I was 13. My father had completed his contract with the Libyan Health Service and was about to return us to England. But unfortunately for my father’s plans, Colonel Gadhafi had just deposed the ailing monarch. We were trapped in that downtown hotel for ten days, during which the radios only played Arabic military music, the limited television service was blocked, and no newspapers were published. The only entertainment I had, apart from peering at the soldiers from the balcony until they got bored
But what a treasure it proved to be as I tried to understand the actions of the citizens and army in response to the change in political power. The people I saw from my window in Tripoli did not voice support for or against a revolution until they were assured that change had indeed taken place. But once it became known that the soldiers surrounding our hotel were revolutionary, huge crowds gathered on the streets below to celebrate the revolution. This amazed me, because I had previously seen similar crowds line the streets to praise King Idris and pray for his health. The Crucible provided an answer to my dilemma. There is a tendency for people to adopt the beliefs of others as their own – especially when voicing your own opinions and doubts could lead to danger and ostracism from your community. And at the same time, as a thirteen-year-old girl living in a male-dominated society that censored any expressions of women’s sexual desire, I could identify with Abigail’s difficulties. As a powerless woman and servant, she has limited means of obtaining what she desperately wants. Isabelle Emery is a Canadian by choice. She has attended Theatre Calgary for more than thirty years.
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