Forgivess - Theatre Calgary house programme

WORLDPREMIERE

FORGIVENESS

BY MARK SAKAMOTO

STAGEADAPTATIONBY HIRO KANAGAWA

WELCOME TO THEATRE CALGARY

Ihaveprofoundfaithinstorieslike Forgiveness thatwetell onandoffourstages.Asweconfronttheever-changing social,political,andphysicallandscapeoftheworld,Iseethe potentialforchange—effectivechange—comingfromthe simpleactofsharingapowerfulstoryonastage. Forgiveness looks atthepastthroughthepresentandrevealsaworldteetering ontheedgeofanabyss.Whydowesoenjoylookingbackinto ourcollectivepast?Thereisasimpleanswertothisinquiry–we studyourpastbecausewecanviewhistoryfromasafedistance. Thefactsapersonresearchesaboutacertaintopic,likeWorld WarIIortheinternmentmightangerandhurtsomepeople,but thereisnothingthatpersoncandoaboutit–becauseitisin thepast.Inotherwords,historycannotdirectlyharmussince itisnotatarm’slength.However,whatwe’rediscoveringtodayisthatthepastisrepeating itself.Andso,wecanlearnfromourpast.Asadirector,tocollaboratewithateamofartists intranslatingthepowerfulwords,images,andhistoryofthecharacterswithin Forgiveness isa truegift.Thisgiftisverypersonaltomeastherearedirecthistoricalconnectionsthatinvolved my family–my father’sfamily(theArimas) wereinternedinBritishColumbia,andmyuncle (BruceColetteMcDonald)servedintheRoyalCanadianAirForceasLeadingAircraftsman forthreeyears.Theircollectiveandindividualliveswereultimatelytouchedbytheeventsof WorldWarII.Whatmakesdirectingthisplaysuchamiracleisthattheadaptationhasfound auniquevoicethoroughtheplaywright,HiroKanagawa.HirohasimbuedMarkSakamoto’s memoirwithaheavydoseoftheatrepoetrytoallowthesecaptivatinggroupsofpeopletolive andflourishonastage. Forgiveness isnotonlyalove-lettertothetheatreandtheintriguing wayswecantellstories,butit’salsoathought-provokingpiecethatholdsamirrorupto theworldweliveintodayandasksimportantquestions(withoutforcingananswer)about culture,tradition,xenophobia,andbelonging.Sincetheworldandhowwerelatetoeachother isevolvingatarapidpace,Isometimesfindmyselfcaughtupinthecycloneoftweetsand Googlealerts.However,Icanalwaysrelyonthegroundingenergyofenteringatheatre,sitting inmyseat,perusingthroughtheprogram,andallowingmyselftobeopentothewonderment andbreathtakingpoweroftheatrestorytelling.Ihopethatyoufindasimilarsensationsasyou experiencethisperformanceof Forgiveness.

-STAFFORD ARIMA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Inthespiritofreconciliation,TheatreCalgaryacknowledgesthatwelive,workand createonthetraditionalterritoriesoftheBlackfootConfederacy(Siksika,Kainai, Piikani),theTsuut’ina,theÎyâxeNakodaNations,theMétisNation(Region3), andallpeoplewhomaketheirhomesintheTreaty7regionofSouthernAlberta. Theyweretheoriginaloccupantsofthislandandcontinuetobeheretothisday. TheatreCalgaryisgratefultohavetheopportunitytopresentinthisterritory.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Camerasandaudio/visualrecordingdevicesarenotpermittedinthetheatre.

• Videoandaudiorecordingofthisproductionisstrictlyprohibited.

• Weaskthatyoupleaserefrainfromusingyourcellphone,smart watch,oranyotherdigital device,inanycapacity,duringtheperformance.

• Goodtheatreetiquettebenefitseveryone.Pleasedonottalkorunwrapcandiesduringthe performance,remaininyourseatuntilthecurtaincallisfinishedandthehouselightshave beenturnedon.

• Babiesarenotpermittedinthetheatre.

• Wealsoofferrelaxedperformances.Formoreinformation,visitourwebsite.

• Assistedlisteningdevicesforthehardofhearingareavailableatthecoatcheck.

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SAFETY AND COMFORT

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PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTES

Throughouttherehearsalprocessandevenintothe previewsof Forgiveness inVancouverearlierthisyear, theplayyouareabouttoseeunderwentnumerous edits,cutsandrewritesonanear-dailybasis.Formy dramaturgStephenDrover,thequote:“Aplayisnever finished,merelyabandoned,”becameakindofmantra. Thequotehasvariousattributionsbutinthetheatrical context,itappears tooriginatewithAmericandirectorAlan Schneider.In1962ashewasabouttopremiere Who’sAfraid ofVirginiaWoolf? onBroadway,Schneiderremarkedtoa journalist,“Idon’tknowofanyperfectplay.Aworkofartis nevercompleted,onlyabandoned.Theonlyperfectplayisadeadplay.”

Ihaveneverfeltthismorekeenlythanwith Forgiveness. Thestorybegan,afterall,as thelivedexperienceofMarkSakamoto’sgrandparents,RalphMacLeanandMitsue Sakamoto.Asaworkofliteraryart, Forgiveness wasthenanessayMarkwroteforthe GlobeandMail.Heexpandeditintoabelovedandaward-winningbookwhichwasthen adaptedbymeforthestageandmagnificentlyrealizedinthisproductiondirectedby StaffordArima.TheplayhasenjoyedatremendouslysuccessfulruninVancouver,but evenastheshowopenedStaffordandIknewthattherewerechangeswewantedto makeforCalgary,changeswesimplyranoutofrehearsaltimetoimplement.Thegreat giftofthisco-productionbetweentheArtsClubandTheatreCalgaryandthe“rolling premiere”theshowhasbeenaccordedisthatwenowhaveanopportunitytoincorporate everythingwelearnedattheStanleyinVancouverintoourrunhereattheMaxBell.

Noneofthiscouldhavehappened,ofcourse,withoutadirector,acastandcrew,anda designteamwillingandabletorollwiththepunches.Itisatestamenttotheirartistry, commitmentandfearlessnessthat Forgiveness remainsaliving,evolvingworkofart.And nowyou,theCalgaryaudience,willplayalargeroleinhowthisplaycontinuestogrow.

Thephrase“ittakesavillage”comestomindasIreflectonhowtheplay Forgiveness wascreated.IamforevergratefultoRalphMacLeanandMitsueSakamotowholived thisstory, toMarkSakamotowhosharedtheirexperienceswiththeworld,andto hisextendedfamilywhotrustedmeandembracedmeasoneoftheirown.Thework ofcreatingaproductionofthisscaleandambitioncouldthennothavebeendone withoutthegenerousandsteadfastsupportofvirtuallyeveryresource availablein theCanadiantheatreecology.Fromthewordgo,boththeArtsClubandTheatre Calgarywereunwavering in their belief that this play wouldbeproduced.TheBanff Playwrights’Labprovidedthetime,space,andresourcesformetocompletethefirst draft.AndanimmenselyimportantgrantfromtheNationalCreationFundallowedthe designteamtointegrateanimationby CindyMochizukiintotheoverallconcept.

Forgiveness remains,thankfully,imperfect,notdead.Toexperienceit,Ihope,isto experiencesomethingorganic.IknowIspeakforallinvolvedwhenIsaythatweare thrilledtonowwelcomeyou,theCalgaryaudience,onthenextlegofthisshow’s evolution.

-HIRO KANAGAWA PLAYWRIGHT

MUSICANDLYRICSBY JIMMYBUFFETT BOOKBY GREGGARCIA AND MIKEO’MALLEY DIRECTEDANDCHOREOGRAPHEDBY JULIETOMAINO

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WORLD PREMIERE

MaxBellTheatreatArtsCommons

March7-April1,2023

presents

FORGIVENESS

BY MARKSAKAMOTO

STAGE ADAPTATION BY HIROKANAGAWA

AjointproductionwiththeArtsClubTheatre Company(Vancouver)

DevelopedwithsupportfromtheNationalArtsCentre’sNationalCreationFund

AdditionalDevelopmentsupportprovidedbythe2019PlaywrightsLab

attheBanffCentreforArtsandCreativity

Director

Dramaturg

SetDesign

CostumeDesign

LightingDesign

SoundDesign

OriginalComposition

VideoDesign&Animation

NewMediaSystemProjectionDesignTeam

NewMediaSystemProjectionDesigner

ChimerikInternAssistantDesigner

FightDirector&StuntCoordinator

IntimacyDirector

CulturalConsultant&DialectCoach

STAFFORDARIMA

STEPHENDROVER

PAMJOHNSON

JOANNAYU*

JOHNWEBBER

JOSHUA D.REID

REZAJACOBS

CINDYMOCHIZUKI

CHIMERIK 似不像 COLLECTIVE

SAMMYCHIEN

VANKASALIM

MIKEKOVAC

JESSICAANNENELSON

JULIETAMIKOMANNING (JapaneseCanadian)

JapaneseLanguage Consultant

Voice&DialectCoach(EastCoastCanadian)

MilitaryConsultant

AssistantDirector

AssistantSetDesign

AssistantCostumeDesign

AssistantSoundDesign

YAYOIHIRANO

JANEMACFARLANE

PETERCOLENUTT

HOWARDDAI

RYAN CORMACK

MELICIAZAINI

BRONWYNBOWLBY AnimationAssistant

1960’sDancingandCelticJigChoreographedby

StageManager

AssistantStageManager

ApprenticeStageManager

CHERRYWENWENLU

SHELLEYSTEWARTHUNT

ERIKAMOREY

PETERJOTKUS

BRIANNADIODATI

*Indicateddesignersonthisproductionarerepresentedbythe AssociatedDesignersofCanada,IATSELocalADC659.

FORGIVENESS

CAST

MitsueSakamoto YOSHIEBANCROFT

Mortimer,Father,Recruiter,Mr.Archibald JERODBLAKE

RalphMacLean GRIFFINCORK

Stan,Pat DANIELFONG

Miyoko,Mrs.Yamamoto JUNEFUKUMURA

Tomi MANAMIHARA

Phyllis,Darlene,Mother,Mrs.Rutt

ALANAHAWLEYPURVIS Cooper,HastingsGuard FIONNLAIRD

Deighton,Adams,WeddingOfficer JACOBLEONARD

Ron,Ichiro ISAACLI

Diane,Socialite,Nurse,WomanonTrain ALLISONLYNCH Yosuke,Kato,Launderer JOVANNISY

HideoSakamoto KEVINTAKAHIDELEE

Forgiveness runsapproximately2hours,45minutes, includingone20minuteintermission.

HeadofSound BRONWYNBOWLBY

HeadofLighting CATHARINECRUMB

HeadStageCarpenter BENMOORE

HeadDresser RACHELMICHELLESHERIDAN

AssistantHeadofSound MICHAELGESY

HeadofVideo DANIELPLUMTREE

VideoOperator TARAKIELY

AssistantHeadStageCarpenter JOSHSEMOS

StageCarpenter JACKSONBUCHANAN

Dressers CHELSEABREWER,KELSEYMILLER WigRunner MELISSASAVINKOFF

TheatreCalgaryisamemberoftheProfessionalAssociationofCanadian Theatres,andoperateswithinthejurisdictionoftheCanadianTheatre Agreement.TheatreCalgaryemploystechniciansunderacollective agreementwiththeI.A.T.S.E.TheatreCalgaryisaresidentcompanyof ArtsCommons,operatingout of ArtsCommonsMaxBell Theatre.

Thevideooraudiorecordingofthisperformancebyanymeansisstrictlyprohibited.

Frontcoverphoto:YoshieBancroftandGriffinCork;projectiondesignby CindyMochizuki; photo by DavidCooperfortheArtsClubTheatreCompany.

CAST

YOSHIEBANCROFT

MitsueSakamoto

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: TheOrchard(AfterChekhov) (ArtsClub); Exit,PursuedbyaBear (GlobeTheatre); Griffin&Sabine (Belfry); JAPANESEPROBLEM (UniversalLimited/Soulpepper); Home IsABeautifulWord (SumTheatre/Persephone).Film&TV: Superman & Lois,BonesofCrows,Alaska,AMillionLittleThings,ColorMyWorld withLove,ChristmasUndertheStars.YoshieisamemberofVancouver’s JapaneseCanadianHastingsParkInterpretive CentreSociety,working toestablishacommemorativeinterpretivecentreatthesiteofthe1942 incarcerationatHastingsPark.hastingspark1942.ca/centreyoshiebancroft.com

JERODBLAKE

Mortimer,Father,Recruiter,Mr.Archibald (he/him) ForTheatreCalgary: AMidsummerNight’s Dream (Shakespeare bytheBow2019).Elsewhere: Frankenstein (JupiterTheatre); The Lion,theWitch,andtheWardrobe (ATP); Spinning,Eden,StonesinHis Pockets (LiffeyPlayers).Film&TV: UndertheBannerofHeaven,The BirdsWhoFearDeath,Heartland,Wilderness,BlackSummer,Heart’s Creek,Damnation.Athree-timeCATAwardwinnerandgraduateofthe CompanyofRoguesMasterclassprogram,Jerodwouldliketothank hismomandDon,JoeandthefacultyatRogues,theCalgaryDrop-In Centremanagement/staff,andtheBigGuyintheSkyforalltheirsupportandlove.

GRIFFINCORK

RalphMacLean

(he/him) ForTheatreCalgary: AMidsummerNight’sDream (Shakespeare bytheBow2019).Elsewhere: StonesinHisPockets (RosebudTheatre);

12DaysofChristmas (Stage West/BirntonTheatricals); LastChristmas (LunchboxTheatre)and RichardIII (TheShakespeareCompany).

GriffinwasnamedoneoftheAFA’sTop25YoungArtistsin2019,anda LieutenantGovernorofAlberta’sEmergingArtistin2020.Hesendslove toKaren,Kevin,Max,andhisOma,whohateslist-ybios.(SorryOma!)

DANIELFONG Stan,Pat

(he/him) ForTheatreCalgary: AChristmasCarol (2018), AMidsummer Night’sDream (Shakespeare bytheBow2012).Elsewhere: Romeo &Juliet (BardontheBeach); JosephandtheAmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat (RosebudTheatre); US (TheGlobe); TheLion,theWitch, andtheWardrobe,FortuneFalls,TheCircle (ATP).DanielisamixedraceChinese/EuropeanperformerbornandraisedinMoh-kíns-tsis (Calgary)andisthrilled tobejoiningthiswonderfulteam!Danielis supportedbyhisamazingwifeNadia,andhisfriendsandfamily.

CAST

JUNEFUKUMURA

Miyoko,Mrs.Yamamoto

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: AnimusAnima (TradeCo.); MINE (Theatre Replacement); 12MinuteMadness (Centre forEmbodied Performance).Film&TV: Shō gun (FX), Pachinko (AppleTV+), Joy Ride (Lionsgate);Selectedvoice work: RestoringHarmony (TheChop Theatre); 1000xResist (SunsetVisitor); Mizuko (CBCPodcasts).Juneisa multi-discipline,niseitheatreartistfromVancouver.Sheishonouredto bemakingherTheatreCalgarydebutwith Forgiveness.Sheisagraduate ofSimonFraserUniversity’sTheatre Performanceprogramandworks asanactor,clown,devisor,anddramaturg;ArtisticDirectorofPopcornGalaxiesandtheCoFounderofNew(to)TownCollective.

MANAMIHARA

Tomi

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: CourageNow (Firehall ArtsCentre); Kuroko (vAct); CatKiller,BakingTime (PHT); China Doll (Gateway Theatre); ThisStaysintheRoom (Horseshoes&Hand GrenadesTheatre); AftertheQuake (PiTheatre/RumbleProduction); TopGirls (VancouverPlayhouse); SexualPracticesoftheJapanese (Theatre Replacement); Hanna’sSuitcase (GrandTheatre), Apple (TouchstoneTheatre); TheTempest (GlobeTheatre); RomeoandJuliet (CarouselTheatre forYoungPeople).Film&TV: Shogun,Stargate: Atlantis,DaVinci’sInquest.Manamiisanactor,playwright,instructor,interpreter/translator,and dramaturg.Hercriticallyacclaimedplay CourageNow justhaditsworldpremiereattheFirehall ArtsCentre.SheisprivilegedtoworkwithanamazingteamatthePresentationHousetheatre astheDirectorofAppliedTheatre.ManamiisaJessieRichardsonAwardwinnerandnominee forheractingandcollaborativecreationsandagraduateofStudio58.

ALANAHAWLEYPURVIS

Phyllis,Darlene,Mother,Mrs.Rutt (she/her) ForTheatreCalgary: Blow WindHighWater.Elsewhere: Network (CitadelTheatre/RMTC); GarneauBlock,VenusInFur (Citadel Theatre); TheHumans (CanadianStage/CT); Coriolanus (STC’sACA); Sequence (Downstage Theatre); Closer (GroundZero); Drama:APilot Episode (ATP); I’llBeBackBeforeMidnight (VertigoTheatre); TheWinter’s Tale,Caesar&Cleopatra,Romeo&Juliet,Bartholomew Fair,Love’s Labour’s Lost (Stratford Festival).Film&TV: Charmed (CW), Supergirl (Warner Bros./DC); RangeRoads (NorthCountryCinemas–2022Canadian ScreenAwardsNominationBestActress).Training:Academy forClassicalActing(MFA), BirminghamConservatory,andUofA’sBFAActing.Alanaisavocalcoach/instructorwith BardontheBeach,ArtsClub,OntheMic,DouglasCollege,andtheLGBTQ+WellnessCentre specializinginTransvocalcare.

CAST

FIONNLAIRD

Cooper,HastingsGuard

(he/him) ForTheatreCalgary: TheLouderWeGet,BillyElliotTheMusical, AChristmasCarol (2012-15,2017-18).Elsewhere: JuliusCaesar,Macbeth, RichardIII (TheShakespeare Company); Hair (BrownCow Collective).

Film&TV: UndertheBannerofHeaven.FionnattendsTheCreative SchoolatTorontoMetropolitanUniversity(formerlyRyerson)inthe Actingdiscipline.Heisincrediblypassionateabouttheatre,music, dance,andplaywriting,andisdelightedtobebackatTheatreCalgary! ThankstoMumandDad.

JACOBLEONARD

Deighton,Adams,WeddingOfficer

(he/him) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: NotaDayGoesBy (City OperaVancouver); Mary’s Wedding (FirehallArtsCentre); Tomorrow LoveParisDeparture (Studio58); Cabaret (Queen’sMusicalTheatre); TheEndoftheWorldClub (DanSchool); ConcordFloral (Theatre Kingston).Jacobisanactor,singerandwriterbasedinVancouver,BC. Heisagraduate of Studio 58 and Queen’sUniversitywherehereceived hisActingDiplomaandLifeSciencedegree,respectively.Hewouldlike tothankeveryteacherandmentorfortheendlessknowledgeandtalent theyhavegivenhimovertheyears;and,ofcourse,hisparentsandgrandparentsfortheirlove andsmiles.

ISAACLI

Ron,Ichiro

(he/him) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: TheCode (GreenThumb); SheSellsSeaShells (UnitedPlayers); Anon(ymous),AntonyandCleopatra (Studio58); OfMiceandMen (Promethean); Cabaret,Mortified (Studio 58);recentdirectingcreditsinclude: DerwentisDifferent (GreenThumb); KingLear,SaintJoan (Promethean); ChickenWings&Jell-OShots (Studio 58).Isaacisanactor,director,producerbasedinthelandoftheCoast Salishpeoples–Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səlílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)and xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam)Nations.

Heisagraduate of Studio 58 and artisticdirectorofPrometheanTheatre.Upcomingprojects: GoodnightDesdemona,(GoodMorningJuliet) atBlueBridge Theatre.

Photo:GriffinCorkandYoshieBancroft;projection designbyCindyMochizuki;photobyDavidCooper fortheArtsClubTheatreCompany.

CAST

ALLISONLYNCH

Diane,Socialite,Nurse,WomanonTrain (she/her) ForTheatreCalgary:SoundDesigner/Composer– AChristmas Carol (2019-21), SteelMagnolias,TheScarletLetter;AsYouLikeIt,Romeo andJuliet (SBTB2013), ComedyofErrors (ShakespeareontheGo); MusicDirector– AChristmasCarol (2016-19);Actor– SteelMagnolias, AChristmasCarol (2010-19), TheSecretGarden,DearJohnnyDeere,One Man,TwoGuvnors.Elsewhere:AllisonwastherecipientoffourBetty Mitchellawardsfor Romeo&Juliet (TheShakespeare Co.); AshRizin’ (AlbertaTheatreProjects); Twisted (Forté);Composer: TheScarletLetter (TheatreCalgary),aswellasaGreaterVictoriaRegionalTheatre AwardsCritic’sChoice award forDesignfor TheMinistryofGrace (TheBelfry).YoumayhavealsoseenAllisononstageatthe NAC,TheGrand,RainbowStage,Persephone,TheDraytonFestival,theChemainusTheatre Festival,Vertigo,ATP,Lunchbox,OYR,andasfarabroadasKualaLumpurwiththeMalaysian PhilharmonicOrchestra.Heralbum Skin&Flame isonallstreamingplatforms.

JOVANNISY

Yosuke,Kato,Launderer

TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: Dig (GhostRiver); EndDream (TheatreJunction);Mr.Miyagiinthepre-Broadwaypremiereof The KarateKid:TheMusical (STAGESStLouis); NoisesOff,TheGreatLeap (ArtsClub);AsDirector: MurderontheOrientExpress (VertigoTheatre); YogaPlay,ValleySong,CloserThanEver (Gateway); GodofCarnage, Antigone,Blackbird (TheatreduPif,HongKong);AsPlaywright: Nine Dragons (Vertigo/Gateway—JessieAwardwinner,Bettynomination); A TasteofEmpire (Cahoots);InDevelopment: SalesmaninChina (Stratford Festival); KowloonBay (Vertigo); TheTaooftheWorld (Citadel/ArtsClub—PGCComedyAward winner).JovanniistheformerArtisticDirectorofGatewayTheatreandCahootsTheatreandan MFACandidateattheUniversityofCalgary’sSchoolofCreativeandPerformingArts.

KEVINTAKAHIDELEE

HideoSakamoto

TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: SurreyRe-Enactors (Museumof Surrey); HoldTheseTruths (EJCA &UniversityofAlberta); ACharlie BrownDoubleBill (CarouselTheatreforYoungPeople); TomPinkerton: TheBalladofButterfly’sSon (VancouverAsianCanadianTheatre); ChernobyltheOpera (TroikaCollective).Film&TV: WalkwithMe,Untold StoriesoftheER.KevinistherecipientoftheBillMillerdArtistFund, NAJCEndowmentFund,andBCArtsCouncilGrants.

CREATIVE TEAM

HIROKANAGAWA Playwright

(he/him) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: ThePatronSaintofStanley Park (ArtsClub).Hiroisanaward-winningactorandwriterbasedin Vancouver.Hisfull-lengthplays ThePatronSaintofStanleyPark and TheTigerofMalaya havebeenperformedacrossCanada,ashave manyofhisshorterworks.Hereceivedthe2017Governor-General’s LiteraryAwardforDramaforhisplay, IndianArm.Alsoascriptdoctor andconsultant,HirohasservedasastoryeditoronseveralcriticallyacclaimedCanadiantelevisionseries,including DaVinci’sInquest,Da Vinci’s CityHall,Intelligence,and Blackstone.Hiro’snextplay, Urashima,co-commissionedby theBanffCentreandtheStratfordFestival,isinspiredbytheastonishingtrueaccountsof nineteenth-centuryJapanesecastawaysinthePacificNorthwest.

STAFFORDARIMA Director

(he/him) StaffordistheArtisticDirectorofTheatreCalgary.In2015, hebecamethefirstAsianCanadiantodirectaBroadwaymusical – Allegiance;andwasnominatedfora2004OlivierAwardforhis directionof Ragtime (WestEnd).Additionalcredits: TheSecretGarden, MaryandMax,AChristmasCarol,BillyElliotTheMusical (Theatre Calgary); AltarBoyz and Carrie (Off-Broadway); JacquesBrelIsAlive andWellandLivinginParis (Stratford Festival); Bhangin’It (LaJolla Playhouse), DialMforMurder (TheOldGlobe).StaffordwasAssociate Directoron Seussical and AClass Act (Broadway).HeisagraduateofYorkUniversity,andan AdjunctProfessoratUCDavis.HeisafoundingBoard memberoftheCanadianGuildofStage DirectorsandChoreographers.Stafforddedicateshisworkon Forgiveness tohisfather(Ray), hisaunts(TakandTosh),hisuncle(Mush),andhisgrandmother(Same)whowereinternedin SlocanValley,BC.staffordarima.com

STEPHENDROVER Dramaturg

(he/him) ForTheatreCalgary: Skydive.Stephenisadramaturgand directorbasedinVancouverandoriginallyfromNewfoundland.Heisa graduateofMemorialUniversity,UBC,andtheUniversityofOttawaand iscurrentlyinchargeofNewWorksandProfessionalEngagementat theArtsClub.Notabledramaturgyprojectsinclude: RedboneCoonhound byAmyLeeLavoie&OmariNewton, HarlemDuet byDjanetSears, IndianArm byHiroKanagawa, TheSocietyfortheDestitutepresentsTitus Bouffonius by ColleenMurphy, TheCull byMicheleRiml&MichaelSt.

JohnSmith,and TeenageDick byMike Lew.Afour-timerecipientofaJessieRichardsonAward fordirecting,hehasdirectedproductionsof HandtoGod,Romeo&Juliet,Hamlet,TheLastDays ofJudasIscariot,Cock,RichardIII,Mustard,Mary’sWedding,Macbeth,OedipustheKing andothers.

CREATIVE TEAM

PAMJOHNSON SetDesign

ForTheatreCalgary: KingLear,MuchAdoAboutNothing,W.O.Mitchell’s JakeandtheKid.Elsewhere: CloserThanEver (debut,1991); Bluesinthe Night,TheVisit,SidebySidebySondheim,UndertheInfluence,AllMy Sons,MemoryofWater,JacquesBrelIsAliveandWellandLivinginParis, Mom’stheWord,Mom’stheWord:Unhinged,AgeofArousal,Mrs.Dexter andHerDaily,Mom’stheWorld:Remixed,IntimateApparel,MasterClass (costumes), SaintJoan,BakersfieldMist,Redpatch,KinkyBoots,Mom’s theWord:Talkin’Turkey (ArtsClub).Film&TV: Done&Undone (Bard ontheBeach), TheGardenofAlice,TheItalianLesson,BonAppetit (PacificOpera).Pamhasalso workedatBardontheBeach,VancouverPlayhouse,ShawFestival,BelfryTheatre,andseveral companiesacrossCanada.PamhasreceivedmanyJessieRichardsonAwards,aswellasa CareerAchievementAward.

JOANNAYU

CostumeDesign

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere:Recentdesignsinclude ‘daKinkinMyHair (setdesign,Soulpepper,TOLive); TheQueenin Me (CanadianOperaCompany/AmplifiedOpera/Nightwood); 1939 (StratfordFestival); R.U.RTorrentofLight (costumes,TapestryOpera); amongmen (FactoryTheatre); How toFailasaPopstar (Canadian Stage).Joannaisanaward-winningsetand costumedesignerworking intheatre,filmanddance.Joanna’sdesignshavebeenseenonstages acrossCanadaandinternationally;ofover100shows,morethanhalf havebeennewworks.SheisthewinnerofthePaulineMcGibbonAwardandtheVirginia MyrtleCooperAward forcostumedesign.Joannasitsontheboard fortheAssociated DesignersofCanada(ADC659).joannayudesign.com

JOHNWEBBER

LightingDesign

ForTheatreCalgary: Onegin (ArtsClubpresentation).Elsewhere: Kinky Boots (ArtsClub); TheWizardofOz,ChelseaHotel (WesternCanada Theatre); TheLittleMermaid (EastVanPanto/Theatre Replacement).

JohnishonouredtobeabackwithTheatreCalgaryandtheArtsClub onceagain,andtobeapartoftheproductionof Forgiveness.Alongtimedesignerofbothsetsandlighting,hehashadtheprivilegeof workingwithsomeofCanada’smosttalentedandadventurousartists.

CREATIVE TEAM

JOSHUAD.REID

SoundDesign

ForTheatreCalgary: Ragtime:AConcertPerformance,MillionDollar Quartet,TheLouderWeGet,BillyElliotTheMusical,TheSecretGarden Elsewhere:Recentdesignselectionsinclude AChristmasCarol (Broadway,GeffenPlayhouse;LADramaCriticsCircleAward,LA OvationAward); WestSideStory (TeatroLiricodiCagliari); ALittle NightMusic (ArizonaOpera); Dr.Seuss’HowtheGrinchStoleChristmas (nationaltour); TheColorPurple (nationaltour); Girlfriend (TheatreWorks Hartford;ConnecticutCriticsCircleAward).Joshuaisasoundand systemsdesigner,workingextensivelyonBroadway,Off-Broadway,nationaltours,international productionsandsoundsysteminstallations.FullcredentialsatReidSoundDesign.com.

REZAJACOBS

OriginalComposition

TheatreCalgarydebut.Rezaisanaward-winningmusicdirector, arranger,composer,andsounddesigner,knownforhisversatilityin styleandgenre.CreditsincludeComposerandSoundDesignerforthe Shaw Festival,StratfordShakespeare Festival,theArtsClubTheatre Company,FactoryTheatre,Tarragon,PasseMuraille,Volcano,Cahoots, theLuminatoFestival,andHarbourfront’sWorldStageFestival.As MusicDirector,hehaswon DoraMavorMooreAwards for LifeAfter (BestMusicDirectionandBestMusical,2018); LondonRoad (Best MusicDirectionandBestMusical,2014); Caroline,orChange (BestMusicDirectionandBest Musical,2012);and Assassins (BestMusical,2010).HehasplayedTedin 2Pianos4Hands (NationalArtsCentre,Globe,Centaur),andhasbeentheresidentCanadianMusicDirectorfor AndreaMartin’sone-womanshow, EverythingMustGo.HeistheinauguralPenny Fine&Hugh FurneauxDirectorofMusicfortheMusicalStageCompany.Hisfavouritegigofalltimeisbeing partnertoStephanieandfathertoArabel,Iris,andWinter.

CINDYMOCHIZUKI VideoDesign&Animation

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere:Visualandanimation designforTheatre Replacement,UrbanInkProductions,LittleOnion PuppetCo,LisaMarikoGelley,andVeroniqueWest.Cindycreates multi-mediainstallation,audiofiction,performance,animation, drawingsandcommunity-engagedprojects.Shehasexhibited, performedandscreenedherworkinCanada,US,Australia,andJapan. RecentexhibitionsincludetheNanaimoArtGallery,SurreyArtGallery, VancouverArtGallery,BurrardArtsFoundation,RichmondArtGallery, FryeArtMuseum,andYonagoCityMuseum.ShewastherecipientoftheJackandDoris ShadboltFoundationfortheVisualArtsVIVA Award(2020)andtheVancouver’sMayor’sArts

AwardinNewMediaandFilm(2015).

CREATIVE TEAM

SAMMYCHIEN(CHIMERIK 似不像 COLLECTIVE)

NewMediaSystemProjectionDesign

(he/she/they) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: TheGreatLeap and RedboneCoonhound (ArtsClub).SammyChien 簡上翔 is a Taiwanese-Canadianimmigrantandqueerartist-of-colour,who’san interdisciplinaryartist,director,performer,researcher,andmentor infilm,soundart,newmedia,performance,movement,andspiritual practice.Withover400collaborativeprojects,hisworkhasbeen exhibitedacrossCanada,WesternEurope,andAsiaincludingCentre Pompidou(Paris)andtheNationalCentre forthePerformingArts (Beijing).Hehasworkedwithpioneersofdigitalperformance:TroikaRanchandWong KarWai’sCinematographerChristopherDoyle,andactiveinprojectsengagingvarious underrepresentedcommunities.Sammyhasbeenfeaturedonmagazines,TVandcommercials suchasDiscorder,Keedan,CBCArts,andBenQ.Sammyiscurrentlyleadingadanceresearch project“We WereOne”andmediaartsproject“Ritual-Spective 迴融”,bothfundedbyCanada CouncilfortheArtsandBCArtsCouncil.SammyistheofficialinstructorofIsadora,Member/ CouncilofMotionDAOandArtisticDirectorofChimerik 似不像,anawardwinningnewmedia art&designcollective.

MIKEKOVAC

FightDirector&StuntCoordinator

TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: TheThingAboutMen (debut,2009); asFightDirector: Disney’sBeautyandtheBeast,Mustard,Misery,Noises Off (ArtsClub); ChildrenofGod,LesFillesduRoi (UrbanInk); Sweeney Todd,Cabaret (SnapshotsCollective); SheKillsMonsters,TheCrucible (UBC).Film&TV: Batwoman,TinStar,The100,Supernatural,KungFu, FakeBlood.MikeistherecipientofthePaddyCreanAwardandJ.P. FournierAward–FightDirectorsCanada.

JESSICAANNENELSON

IntimacyDirector (she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: Cipher (AssistantDirector &Co-IntimacyDirector,2020)(ArtsClub).Jessicaisanaward-winning theatredirector,andintimacydirector,livingandworkingonthestolen andtraditionallandsoftheCoastSalishpeoples.Jessicasetsthebar forcreatingrespectful,passionate,andimaginativespacesforartists toplayinherprovocativeproductions.Herintimacydirectioncenters ontheprinciplesofcreatingconsentbasedandtraumainformedwork wherewecanhavebraverrehearsalandcreationspaces.Thankyouto herhusband,Mike,forallhisloveandsupport–shereallycouldn’tdothisworkwithouthim. jessicaannenelson.com

CREATIVE TEAM

JULIETAMIKOMANNING

CulturalConsultant&DialectCoach(JapaneseCanadian) (she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: TheTashmeProject: TheLivingArchives (TashmeProductions/FirehallArtsCentre); BurningVision (RumbleTheatre); MixieandtheHalfbreeds (Neworld Theatre); ParadiseLost (CentaurTheatre); JeanDit (CentreduThéâtre d’Aujourd’hui); Othello (ScapegoatCarnivale/SegalCentre).Julieisan award-winningactorandtheatrecreatorfromTiohtià:ke/Montréal. Sheiscurrentlycompletingherthirdplay, Mizushō bai,basedonthelife ofKiyokoTanakaGoto,aJapanesepicture-brideturned‘underground’ businesswomanin1930sBritishColumbia,withaMontrealproductioninOctober2023.

YAYOIHIRANO

JapaneseLanguageConsultant

TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: Identity–AncestralMemory (2011); Medea/Rokujo (2013); Okuni (2017); Comedia (2020); A Life at the Hawk’s Well (2022);collaborationwithpianistSaraD.Buechner atCarnegieHall,NY(2017)andtheSmithsonianinWashington, D.C.(2018).AnativeofJapan,YayoiisagraduateofTohoGakuen CollegeofDrama.In1989,shebecamethefirstmimeartisttoreceive theJapaneseMinistryofEducationFellowship,andspentayear collaboratingwithmimeanddanceartistsinGermanyandCanada. Yayoihasextensive experiencewithbothwesternandtraditionalJapanesedancetheatre. HercareerasasoloperformerincludesnumerousEuropean,AsianfestivalsandmanyNorth Americantours,for14countriesandover30cities.

JANEMACFARALNE

Voice&DialectCoach(EastCoastCanadian) (she/her) ForTheatreCalgary:ResidentVoiceCoach–Morethan60 productionssince2000including LittleWomen,TheImportanceofBeing Earnest,MillionDollarQuartet,SteelMagnolias,Admissions,TheLouderWe Get,NoisesOff,BillyElliottheMusical,TheScarletLetter,MaryandMax–A NewMusical,HonourBeat,11seasonsofShakespearebytheBowand 15yearsof AChristmasCarol.Recently,Janeadaptedanddirectedthe 2022ShakespeareontheGoproductionof TheMerryWivesofWindsor ShehasalsoworkedforATP,istheVoice&DialectConsultantfor VertigoTheatreandtheVoice&TextCoachforTheShakespeare Company.Janealsocoaches VoiceandPresencethroughherbusinessVoice Activated.ShehastaughtVoice fortheActor andActingatsuchinstitutionsasYorkUniversity,HarvardUniversity,SouthernMethodist University,MRU,UofA,andiscurrentlyonfacultyintheDramaDivisionintheSchoolof Creative&PerformingArtsatUCalgary.

CREATIVE TEAM

PETERCOLENUTT

MilitaryConsultant

TheatreCalgarydebut.PeterservedintheBritishColumbiaRegiment anddeployedtoAfghanistanwiththeLordStrathcona’sHorse(Royal Canadians)Regiment.

HOWARDDAI

AssistantDirector (he/him) TheatreCalgarydebut.Howard waslastseenonstagein The FiveVengeances and NewSocieties.Hewasthe2022artist-in-residence withPuShFestivalandRoyalCourt Theatrewithhisnewplay 菠蘿麵 包 PineappleBun,andisacurrentAssociateArtistwithrice&beans theatre.HeholdsaBFAinTheatrePerformancefromSFU.

RYANCORMACK

AssistantSetDesign

TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: KinkyBoots (ArtsClub); Yaga (Touchstone); AShakesperience (BardontheBeach); Mr.Burns,APostElectricPlay (DSDM); If/Then,BringItOn! (QMT); ChristinatheGirlKing (5thCo);asAssistantSetDesigner: TheJungleBook (AlbertaTheatre Projects) Done/Undone,RomeoandJuliet (BardontheBeach); Actually, TheGreatDivide (HaroldGreen/Obsidian).Ryanisagraduateofthe DANSchoolofDramaandMusic;studiedSetandCostumeDesignat theNationalTheatreSchoolofCanada.

MELICIAZAINI

AssistantCostumeDesign (they/them) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: MyLittleTomato (VACT/ ZeeZeeTheatre); CourageNow (FirehallArtsCentre); ABroadway Holiday (Gateway Theatre); wethesame (RubySlippersTheatre); The JournalofthePlagueYear (TomoeArts); TomorrowLove (Studio58); Turn oftheScrew (AenigmaTheatre).Film&TV:BreakdownArtistfor Avatar: TheLastAirbender (Season1,Netflix).Meliciawasbornandraisedin Jakarta,IndonesiatoafamilyofChineseancestry,andisgratefulto belivingandcreatingontheuncededandancestralterritoriesofthe Musqueam,Squamish,andTsleil-WaututhFirstNations,coloniallyknownasVancouver,BC. meliciazaini.com

CREATIVE TEAM

BRONWYNBOWLBY

AssistantSoundDesign

(she/her) BronwynisTheatreCalgary’sHeadofSound.Elsewhere: Mesa (ArtsClub).Bronwynhasworkedalloverthecountryinmanydifferent roles,continuingtoexplorehertechtheatrepassions.Sheisthrilledto havetheopportunity toworkonthisbeautifulproduction.Thankyou toJDR.

ERIKAMOREY

StageManager

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere: BoyFallsfromtheSky (Mirvish); AnneofGreenGables:TheMusical,MammaMia!,Jesus ChristSuperstar,Kronborg,MétisMutt,GhostLight,SpinningYarns (CharlottetownFestival); TheMarriageofFigaro (EdmontonOpera); The Seagull,Rose:ANewMusical (Soulpepper); Buffoon (TarragonTheatre). ErikaacurrentboardmemberforARCandsatasSecretary-Treasurer fortheCanadianActor’sEquityAssociationfrom2018–2021.

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CREATIVE TEAM

PETERJOTKUS

AssistantStageManager

ForTheatreCalgary: TheOvercoat,AnInspectorCalls.Elsewhere: Kim’s Convenience (tour), TheShoplifters (tour), CostofLiving,TheOrchard (AfterChekhov),TheHumans,Jitters,AngelsinAmerica,PartOne: MillenniumApproaches,GoodPeople,OneMan,TwoGuvnors,Santaland Diaries,NexttoNormal (ArtsClub).PeterhasalsoworkedattheBelfry Theatre,PacificOpera,VancouverPlayhouse,ElectricCompany,Bard ontheBeach,SFUWoodward’sCitadel,BanffCentre,MTC,Canadian Stage,theNationalArtsCentre,StratfordFestival,ShawFestival, Livent,OperaAtelier,Centaur,CharlottetownFestival;touring:LuminatoFestival,Toronto; RoyceHall,LosAngeles;DeSingel,Antwerp;BAM,New York;EdinburghInternationalFestival; Kammerspiel,Munich;AmericanConservatoryTheater,SanFrancisco;BergenFestival, Norway;WellingtonFestival;AdelaideFestival;BarbicanTheatre,London;WorldStage Festival. HeisagraduateoftheNationalTheatreSchoolofCanada.

BRIANNADIODATI

ApprenticeStageManager

(she/her) TheatreCalgarydebut.Elsewhere:PreviousStage ManagementApprenticeshipsinclude PriscillaQueenoftheDesert and OneHitWonders (Stage WestTheatre).Briannahasalsoworkedasan actoracrossCanadaandSpain.Selectactingcreditsinclude Matilda (La TournéTeatro-Spain), Carrie:TheMusical (UniversityofLethbridge), and NunsenseTheMusical (MusicBoxProductions).Bigthankstoher familyandfriendsforalltheirloveandsupport.

SPECIAL THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

LoganHerbert;EricLescarbeau;EvanRen;RachelRoss;AlbertoWhite;JulieWiebe

TheatreCalgarygratefullyacknowledgesthesupportprovidedbytheCityofCalgarythrough CalgaryArtsDevelopment,theGovernmentofAlbertathroughtheAlbertaFoundationfor theArts,theGovernmentofCanadathroughtheCanadaCouncil,CanadianHeritage,andall corporateandprivate contributors.

UNDERSTANDING FORGIVENESS

HISTORICAL FACTS

AdaptedfromtheNikkeiNationalMuseumexhibitsTaikenandHastingsPark1942asacompanionto theTheatreCalgaryandtheArtsClubTheatreCompany’sproductionof Forgiveness

Acts of Injustice

Fromthetimethefirstrecorded Japaneseimmigrantsbegan toarriveinCanadainthe late1800s,JapaneseCanadians facedracialdiscrimination.They werenotallowedtovoteandwere barredfrommanyjobs.Asseenin Forgiveness,discriminationworsened whenCanadadeclaredwaron Japanin1941.Eventhoughmost JapaneseCanadianswerebornin Canadaorhadbecomenaturalized citizens,Canadaorderedtheirmass incarcerationandtheappropriation oftheirproperty.Thegovernment ignoredthe RCMPandmilitary leaders,whostatedthatJapanese Canadianswerenotathreatto Canada’ssecurity.

Hastings Park

Inearly1942,thePacificNational Exhibition(PNE)groundsat HastingsParkinEastVancouver wereusedtotemporarilyhouse JapaneseCanadianslikeMitsueand herfamily,whowerebeinguprooted fromtheBCCoast.Over8,000were detainedinthebuildingsandstables therebeforebeingsenttointernment sitesintheBCinteriororwork campsacrossthecountry.Formany JapaneseCanadians,livinginHastings Parkwasaterrible,fearfulexperience. Conditionswereextremelyprimitive andunsanitary.Theprimarymemory formanyJapaneseCanadians internedatHastingsParkwasthe horriblesmell,followedbythenoise, theboredom, and the terriblefood.

Japanese Canadian fishing boats with woodenhouses; Steveston,BC,circa1927.YataroArikadocollection. NNM2010.31.2

BuildingK,Men’sDormitory(FormerlyForum);HastingsPark, Vancouver,BC,1942.PhotobyLeonardFrank.AlexEastwood Collection.NNM1994.69.3.18

Life in the Internment Era (1942-1949)

JapaneseCanadiansbuilt communitiesinharshand isolatedconditions.Ininternment camps,theylivedinsmall,quickly builtshackswithnoinsulation, runningwater,orelectricity.Men wereseparatedfromtheirfamilies, whooftendidn’tknowwheretheir relatives were sent for months. Onsugarbeetfarms,everyoneold enoughtoworkspentlonghoursin thefields.

Evenwhileimprisoned,Japanese Canadianstriedtomaketheirnewcommunitiesbetterbysettingupschools,churches, andactivities.Youngadultsvolunteeredtoteachschoolandcoachbaseballteams.

Legacies

Thestruggleforredresstook many years.Particularly throughthe1980s,Japanese Canadiansworkedhardtoeducate allCanadiansabouttheinternment. Manyasked,“Couldanythingtruly makeupforallwehadlostand endured?”

The1988redresssettlementwas negotiatedbetweentheNational AssociationofJapaneseCanadians andthefederalgovernment.In 2012,MLANaomiYamamoto,the firstJapaneseCanadianelected totheLegislativeAssembly,led aMotionofApologytotheJapaneseCanadiansintheBCLegislature.Thisbegana processthatresultedinPremierJohnHorgan’sannouncementofaprovincialredress settlementinMay2022toacknowledgetheBCprovincialgovernment’srolein JapaneseCanadianinternment.

In2015,fourcommemorativeplaqueswereunveiledatsitesaroundHastingsPark. TheJapaneseCanadianHastingsParkInterpretive CentreSocietyiscurrently developingplansforanonsiteexhibittocommemoratethishistoryandthepeople incarceratedthere.

HastingsParkLivestockBuilding,Vancouver,BC,1942. MitsueandTomilivedinthesequarterswithotherwomenand children.PhotobyLeonardFrank.AlexEastwoodcollection. NNM1994.69.3.20

GroupofpeopleharvestingsugarbeetsatTully’sFarm,Manitoba. Beetfarmingwasveryhardlabour.FamiliesliketheSakamotos choseitoverinternmentcampssotheycouldavoidbeing separated.CanadianCentennialProjectfonds. NNM2010.23.2.4.138

The 1988 parliamentary redress settlement included the following:

• AnacknowledgmentthatCanadahadviolatedJapaneseCanadians’humanrights.

• Individualpaymentsof$21,000tosurvivorsoftheseviolations.

• TheestablishmentofaJapaneseCanadiancommunityfundof$12million.

• TheclearingofcriminalrecordsforthosechargedundertheWarMeasuresAct.

• RestorationofCanadiancitizenshiptothoseexiledtoJapan.

• ThecreationoftheCanadianRaceRelationsFoundationtohelpeliminateracism.

ToreadmoreandfortextinJapanese: centre.nikkeiplace.org/exhibits/understanding-forgiveness/ PhotosanddescriptionsaregenerouslyprovidedbytheNikkeiNationalMuseum&CulturalCentre. ThiscontentwasoriginallypublishedbytheArtsClubTheatreCompanyinJanuary,2023.

PrimeMinisterBrianMulroneyshakeshandswithNAJCpresidentArtMikiaftertheysigntheredressagreementon ParliamentHillinOttawa,Ontario,1988.GordonKingcollection.NNM2010.32.29

HISTORICAL BIOS

MITSUESAKAMOTO

Afterthewar,MitsueneverlivedinBCagain.ShelivedinthesamehouseinMedicineHatfor 67years,andinhermodestkitchenshefedmanyofthemusiciansthatherson,Ron,promoted overtheyears,includingTheGuessWho,MurrayMacLachlan,NittyGrittyDirtBand,Bruce Cockburn,andmanyothers.Shepassedawayin2014,attheageof93.

RALPHMACLEAN

RalphsettledinCalgaryafterthewar,workedforComincofor40years,andlivedthere forthe restofhislife.Adecoratedwarveteran,hereceivedtheQueen’sDiamondJubileeMedalin 2012.AtthetimeofhisdeathinMarch2020,attheageof97,hewasoneofthelastsurviving membersamongtheCanadiansoldierswhofoughtinHongKong.Thoughhelosthiseyesight duetohiswartimeillnesses,heremainedasvibrantandlucidaseveruntiltheend.

STANSAKAMOTO

AnentrepreneurandlifelongcommunityleaderinMedicineHat,Stanisapastdirectorofthe MedicineHatRotaryClubandaformertrusteeoftheMedicineHatMuseumandArtGallery.In 2016,heranforthefederalLiberalsintheridingofMedicineHat-Cardston-Warner;whilehewas notvictorious,hegainedmore votesinthatridingthananyotherLiberalcandidateinhistory.

DIANEMACLEAN

DianemarriedStanSakamotoin1973.Theirsons,MarkandDaniel,werebornin1977and1980. AfterDianeandStandivorcedin1985,Dianefellintoalcoholismandsubstanceabuseandspent thelastyearsofherlifeinMedicineHat’sCecilHotel.Shepassedawayin2001,attheageof53.

RONSAKAMOTO

Alegendinthecountrymusicindustry,RonwasinstrumentalinlaunchingthecareersofJerry Reed,KeithUrban,ShaniaTwain,andcountlessotherstars.AfterRonreceivedtheCanadian CountryMusicAssociationPromoteroftheYearAward for17consecutive years,theaward wasnamedafterhim.HewasinductedintotheCanadianCountryMusicHallofFamein2014.

CAMPCOMMANDANTTETSUTAROKATO

Katowassentencedtodeathforwarcrimes,buthisinfluentialfamilywasabletohavehis sentence commuted.Hewasreleasedforgoodbehaviourin1952.Hewentontowritethewar crimesapologia I WanttoBeaShellfish.Thenovelhasspawnedthreefilmadaptations,most notablybyShinobuHashimoto,writeroftheKurosawaclassics Rashomon,Ikiru,and SevenSamurai.

MACLEAN ANDSAKAMOTO IMPORTANT DATES

June10,1920-MitsueOsekiisborninEburne,BC.

June27,1922-RalphMacLeanisborninGrindstone, Quebec.

December,1941-DuringtheSecondWorldWar, CanadiansoldiersfirstfoughtdefendingtheBritish CrownColonyofHongKongagainstaJapaneseattack. Withminimalmilitarytraining,theCanadiansoldiers foughtinHongKongagainstoverwhelmingodds,with verylittlechanceofsuccess.Eventuallysurrenderingto theenemyafterbeingovertaken,thesurvivingsoldiers becameJapaneseprisonersofwar(Ralphiscaptured onChristmasDay,1941).Fromthispointforward,they wouldexperiencestarvation,torture,andinhumane livingconditionsforfouryears.

ChristmasDay,1941-Ralphiscapturedandbecomes Japaneseprisonerofwar.

1942-MitsuemarriesHideoSakamotoshortlybefore theirfamilyisuprootedandsenttoCoaldale,AB,during JapaneseevacuationofVancouver. Theyarehousedin afarmer’schickencoopandmadetodostooplabouron theland.

1945-Aftertheprisonerofwarcampsareliberated, Ralphreturns toCanada.Whiletransporting back to QuebecfromVancouver,astopinCalgaryleadsRalph tomeetPhyllis,whomhefallsinlovewithandmarries. ThecouplesettleinCalgary,andthegivebirthtoa daughter,Diane,in1951.

1967-DianeMacLeanmeetsStanSakamoto.Stan,born in1950,isthesonofMitsueandHideoSakamoto.

RiflemanRalphMacLeanpictured inNewfoundlandin1940before beingsenttoHongKongwherehe wascapturedontheafternoonof ChristmasDay,1941.

“MitsueandRalphbecameinstantfriends.There wasanunspoken understandingbetweenthem.Theywerebothfartoopolite tostate it,toaddressit.Butthey felttheykneweachother. Deepdown,they kneweachother.Theyhadbothdiscardedthepast,keepingonlywhat theyneeded,leavingtherestbehind.Theydidnotcomparehardshipsor measureinjustices.Theyknewthere wasnomerittothat.”

- FORGIVENESS ,page182

Ralph at the gravesiteofhisgood friend,DeightonAitken.Hong Kong,2010.

1968-TheMacLeanandSakamotofamiliesmeet fordinner,andbecomefriends.

December29,1973-DianeandStanaremarried.

July4,1977-MarkSakamoto,sonofDianeand Stan,isborninMedicineHat,AB.BrotherDanielis bornin1980.

September10,2013-MitsueSakamotopasses away atthe age of 93years,inMedicineHat.

2014 - Mark’s novel Forgiveness:AGiftfromMy Grandparents ispublished byHarperCollins.

2018- Forgiveness winsCBC’sCanadaReadsbook competition.

March14,2020-RalphMacLeanpassesawayat theageof97years,inCalgary.

MARK SAKAMOTO Author

Alawyer by training,Markhas enjoyedarichandvaried career.Heisanentrepreneurandinvestorindigitalhealthand digitalmediaandhelpsdriveThinkResearch–aleadingglobal digitalhealthcompanywithover500employeesoperatingon fourcontinents.

In2014,Markauthoredhisfirstbook, Forgiveness:AGiftfrom MyGrandparents,whichwentontobea#1nationalbestseller, winningCBCCanadaReadsin2018,hitting#1againfora secondtime,sellingover70,000copies.

Markisafrequenttelevisionhostandexecutiveproducer workingonarangeofprojectsfrom GoodPeople –a5-part documentaryseriesthatexploredhumanity’sbiggest problems–toco-hostingtheTokyoOlympicsfortheCBCwith ScottRussellandAdrienneArsenault.

MarkservedontheBoardofOntarioCreatesfornineyears –sixastheBoardChairandwasalsotheChairofthe2020 ScotiabankGillerPrizejury.HecurrentlysitsonitsBoardof Directors.

MarklivesinTorontoandPrinceEdwardCountywithhiswife andtheirtwodaughters.

Reference:

www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canadianshong-kong

RalphMacLeanwithhisgrandsonMark Sakamotoin2001.

Forgiveness:AGiftfrom MyGrandparents byMark Sakamoto(HarperCollins).

(ltor)MitsueSakamoto,Phyllis MacLean,RalphMacLeanandStanley Sakamoto.MedicineHat,1968.

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JanetMcDonald

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JLMitchell

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LEGACY CIRCLE

Peter&JackieMorgan

TerryMorrison

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Margaret&ForbesNewman

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TeresaO’Regan

Mike&LoriePesowski

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KevinPolan

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CatherineReeves

DixieRobbins

GayRobinson

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DoreenSandercock

WilliamScheidt

DavidSeverson

Patti&DannyShannon

Mary&RichardShaw

DoniSibbald

DavidSklar

AlisonSlusarchuk

DonaldSmith

Paulette&RickSmith

PennySmith

GregorySomer

BronwynSteinberg

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MarkThomas

LynneThorton

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Lynn&JaneTopp

ClementTrenholm

CarolTwasiuk

John&PeggyVanDePol

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PatriciaWatson

RuthannWatson

MarieWeingartshofer

Norma&RonWestcott

SteveWigglesworth

ValerieWolfe

LilaZapasnik

Andy&Mary-AnneZnotins

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LEGACYLEADERS

MarthaCohenEstate

Jo-AnnDeRepentignyEstate

BarbaraPeddlesdenEstate

LEGACYVISIONARIES

Paul&MicheleBeitel

DenisCouturier

AlexOsten

Norm&KathySchachar

Allen&ValerieSwanson

SENATORS

WilliamR.Blain,Q.C.

DonBoyes

DerekBridges

JoyceDoolittle

KayGrieve

DavidHaigh

HarryHartley

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LesKimber

JanMcCaghren

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GerryNichol

FredScott

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DerekWarren

NomiWhalen

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

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Forgiveness - set design by Pam Johnson; lighting designby John Webber; video design & animation by Cindy Mochizuki; new media system projection design by Chimerik Collective;photobyMoonrider Productions for the Arts Club Theatre Company.