Jan 23 to Feb 02, 2025
LIARS FUNERAL at a
By SOPHIA FABIILLI In association with ALBERTA THEAT RE PROJECTS
LIARS AT A FUNERAL
By SOPHIA FABIILLI In association with
ALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS
CAST
TYRELL CREWS
GRACE FEDORCHUK
HELEN KNIGHT
Frank / Wayne
DeeDee / Mia
Evelyn / Leorah
JOEL DAVID TAYLOR Quint / Cam
MAUREEN THOMAS Mavis
CREATIVE TEAM
CLARE PREUSS Director
FILSAN DUALEH Assistant Director
ANTON deGROOT*
ABBIE BROKENSHIRE
KATHRYN SMITH
LAUREL ONEIL
RAYNAH BOURNE
Set & Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer & Composer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Approximately 2 hours, including a 20 minute intermission
Liars at a Funeral was commissioned and developed by the Blyth Festival. Liars at a Funeral premiered at the Blythe Festival in June 2024 directed/ dramaturged by Krista Jackson.
WCT is proud to tell our stories in the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory within the traditional lands of the Secwépemc Nation.
THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
WCT Recognizes the generous support of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
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Western Canada Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.
* Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.
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STUDY GUIDE
Explore a Study Guide for Liars at a Funeral with further information and context about the show, useful both to students and general audience.
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WELCOME!
At Western Canada Theatre, we love ringing in the new year with laughter, and what better way than with a raucous comedy about death by acclaimed Canadian theatremaker, Sophia Fabiilli? Our valued partner in this production, Alberta Theatre Projects, shares WCT’s commitment to bringing Canadian playwrights and voices to the forefront. We are proud to team up with them once again.
Liars at a Funeral is–at its heart–a show about family. Family comes in all different forms, different levels of function and disfunction, different amounts of distance or proximity. There are the families that we are born into, and the families that we choose or are adopted into. We all have a role to play, whether we are the new addition, bringing inspiration and life, or the strong matriarch, guiding the way for those around her. A family supports each other through difficult times; they also challenge each other.
Western Canada Theatre is one of those chosen families; a group of people who have been drawn together by their love of live theatre. Everyone comes in with a different set of interests and skills, but that passion for the arts is a constant. Some of us get really excited about silly comedies, and some of us prefer to reflect on the state of the world today. Some of us are constantly singing or dancing through our days, and others prefer to quietly puzzle together numbers. When we come together, we create seasons of theatre that invite our community in and hopefully have a little something for everyone.
Our family loves to share. We welcome new people to our table for each production and hope that they will enjoy themselves and want to come back. When the inevitable parting of the ways happens we get to remember their contributions. We wish them well on their adventures and hope that they will carry with them fond memories of their time here.
When you walk through those theatre doors, you become honourary members of our family, and we look forward to laughing with you, crying with you, and sharing our love of live theatre.
Enjoy the show!
THE WCT FAMILY
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
directed by Catriona Leger
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
I’m thrilled to direct this production of Liars at a Funeral for Western Canada Theatre. I love how Sophia deftly intertwines whip smart comedy with deep heart.
Funerals bring us together in celebration of life and remind us that our time on planet Earth is limited. Funerals can help us feel more human, more empathetic, more connected. They can also stir up longstanding family drama. Sophia finds so many subtle ways to play with the hilarity and truth of family dynamics in this specific circumstance.
Working with set and lighting designer Anton deGroot, costume designer Abbie Brokenshire and sound designer KP Smith is such a treat! We leaned into the feeling a mid-century inspired aesthetic. Anton and I imagined that the funeral home as a repurposed small town diner. This initial set impulse moved all design elements toward this mid-century idea. Although the play is set in 2025, the surroundings are layered with various eras of fashion, music and interior design. This bright and playful approach to the set, sound, costume and lighting design is a nice juxtaposition to the feeling of most funerals and highlights Mavis’ playful approach to death.
The cast is brilliant! Each of them brings such a sense of comic timing, as well as a deep understanding of human nature to their roles. Our stage management team is so collaborative, thoughtful, and prepared. The Western Canada Theatre staff are proactive and filled with creative spirit. It’s such a dream team! It is my hope that Liars at a Funeral can be a source of joy for you and also give you the opportunity to meditate on the liminal nature of our existence in these human bodies. “We’re here for a good time not a long time” are lyrics that play in my mind when rehearsing this play. I feel lucky to share this beauty work with you and hope that you enjoy every moment of it.
With appreciation,
Clare Preuss, Director
COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
CAST
TYRELL CREWS – Frank / Wayne
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Tyrell is very excited to be making his WCT debut. Calling Calgary Home, his work there includes Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Downstage, Lunchbox, Sage Theatre, The Shakespeare Company, Hit and Myth, Vertigo Theatre and Black Radish Theatre. He has also performed at The Stratford Festival, The National Arts Centre, Drayton Entertainment, American Conservatory Theater and Bard On The Beach, among others.
Tyrell is an established voice and radio actor who occasionally dabbles in film and television.
GRACE FEDORCHUK – Mia / DeeDee
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Grace is an Alberta-based actor and singer. She received her BFA in theatre performance from the University of Victoria, and has spent the last two years under the mentorship of Denise Clarke through the BeautifulYoungArtists program. This year Grace was a recipient of the Feme Sole Award in recognition of Canadian vocal artists dedicated to the pursuit of a career in music. She feels very lucky to be a part of this show! Previous credits include: Little Women (Rosebud Theatre); Nightingale Alley, She Sat Down and Wept, Middlemarch (One Yellow Rabbit), A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum (Blue Bridge Theatre), Cymbeline (Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival). Film: My Life with the Walter Boys (Netflix), Highschool (Amazon)
HELEN KNIGHT – Evelyn / Leorah
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Helen is a two-time Betty Mitchell award winner, and has worked with Theatre Calgary (Meteor Shower), Soulpepper Theatre (The Virgin Trial), Vertigo Theatre (Sleuth; Murder in the Studio), Alberta Theatre Projects (The Wedding Party; The Virgin Trial; The Last Wife), Lunchbox Theatre (Last Christmas, A Good Marriage), and The Shakespeare Company (Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors). Helen has also toured her own works - FUGLY; The Art of Kneading - around Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto. Thanks to O for your ongoing enthusiastic support, and to the whole Liars’ team for creating such a fun show.
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JOEL DAVID TAYLOR – Quint / Cam
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s Heavy Burden, Othello, The Winter’s Tale (The Shakespeare Company), Beautiful Man, Smoke (Downstage Theatre), Little Women (swing. Theatre Calgary). Joel is an alumnus of Mount Royal University and holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. When not acting you can find Joel fiddling with the guitar or playing far too much Magic the Gathering.
Joel would like to thank his friends, family, and partner Helene for their constant love and support.
MAUREEN THOMAS – Mavis
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Maureen Thomas is a longtime member of the Calgary theatre community, having appeared in the very first productions of both Theatre Calgary and Lunchbox Theatre (both of which have had, or are presently celebrating, 50 Year Anniversaries). She also works in film and television, most recently appearing in The Abandons, a Netflix series; and a Christmas movie, A Dickens of a Christmas. Her most recent theatre work was Driving Miss Daisy, a role she loves which she originally performed over 20 years ago at Chemainus Theatre under the direction of Jeremy Tow.
In October, Maureen was in Singapore, appearing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music to a Midsummer Night’s Dream. In a solo performance she portrayed a dozen different characters in various scenes from the play, which allows the orchestra to perform the entire score. She has performed this unique presentation with orchestras all over the world.
February 23 ~ March 16, 2025
92nd Festival 2025
Week 1 – February 23 to March 1 ~ Speech and Piano/Harp
Week 2 – March 2 to March 8 ~ Choral and Voice
Week 3 – March 9 to March 15 ~ Dance, Strings/Guitar and Instrumental
Honours Concert: Sunday, March 16 ~ 2:00 pm
THE CREATIVE TEAM
CLARE PREUSS – Director
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Clare is a multidisciplinary artist who has worked across Turtle Island (Canada & US) as well as in Germany, Lebanon, Switzerland and Uganda. Collaborations include: Alberta Theatre Projects, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, Banff Centre, Bayimba International Festival, BeMe Theatre, Blyth Festival, Buddies in Bad Times, Cahoots, Canadian Stage, Driftwood Theatre, Factory Theatre, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre, FRICTION GROUP, Guild Theatre Whitehorse, Gwaandak, Handsome Alice, Kabin, Native Earth Performing Arts, New Harlem Productions, National Arts Centre, Nightwood Theatre, Paprika Festival, Stratford Festival, SummerWorks, Sundown Theatre, Tarragon, Theatre Calgary, Theatre Direct Canada, Theatre Monnot Beirut, Theatre Passe Muraille, Verb, Why Not Theatre and Young People’s Theatre, among others. She played Mathlete Caroline Krafft in the 2004 cult classic Mean Girls (Paramount Pictures) and has acted in other feature films. Clare has just completed directing her first feature film, which will be out later this year. Clare is thrilled to work with such a brilliant team for her Western Canada Theatre debut. She is the Artistic Director at Downstage.
FILSAN DUALEH – Assistant Director
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Acting credits include The Girl on the Train (Vertigo Theatre), All Good Things Must Begin (Downstage Theatre/Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation/Climate Change Theatre Action), The Green Line (Downstage/Chromatic Theatre Co-Production), TEN: A Workshop Reading (Alberta Theatre Projects), The Livestream: A Workshop Reading (Young People’s Theatre), Julius Caesar, Richard III (The Shakespeare Company); Slaughterhouse Jive (One Act Play Festival); and FOUR! A Workshop Production (Jupiter Theatre). Filsan is an award-winning Somali-Canadian artist living on Treaty 7 Territory, Moh’kins’tsis. She is thrilled to be collaborating with the teams at Alberta Theatre Projects and Western Canada Theatre for this hilarious and heartfelt production and would like to thank Clare Preuss and Haysam Kadri for giving her this wonderful opportunity.
ANTON deGROOT – Set & Lighting Designer
At WCT: Light Design for Dracula: The Bloody Truth!
Elsewhere: The Importance of Being Earnest, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Treasure Island, The World Without, HMS Pinafore (Stratford Festival); The Seafarer, The Circle, Cockroach (Alberta Theatre Projects); GIANT, Struck (Ghost River Theatre); Misery, Nine Dragons, Heist (Vertigo); Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Company). Up next: the Canadian Premiere of The Da Vinci Code with Vertigo in Calgary. When not making plays, you can usually find Anton asking fellow nerds to roll for initiative, or occasionally rolling for it himself. All the love to his wife Meg who is from Kamloops, which makes this city his hometown-in-law.
ABBIE BROKENSHIRE – Costume Designer
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Abbie Brokenshire is a Calgary/Saskatchewan based costume designer and wardrobe technician. She is absolutely delighted to be collaborating with so many brilliant artists on WCT/ATP’s production of Liars at a Funeral. Select design credits include Real Boi (Calgary Young People’s Theatre), Perennial (Dancer’s Studio West), Struck (Ghost River) and Beautiful Man (Downstage). Special thanks to her husband, Willum, for his constant support and unwavering confidence in all endeavors.
KATHRYN SMITH – Sound Designer & Composer
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Design and Directing: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson: Apt 2B, Murder in the Studio, Murder on the Links (Vertigo Theatre); Selma Burke, Merry Wives of Windsor (Theatre Calgary); inVISIBLE, A Chitenge Story, inVISIBLE Too (Handsome Alice Theatre); Beautiful Man, The F Word, Safe Site Sessions, (Downstage Theatre); Caretakers, Countries Shaped Like Stars (Lunchbox Theatre); The Seafarer, Undressed (Alberta Theatre Projects); Bright Half Life (Persephone Theatre); Beautiful Man, We’re Gonna Die (Verb Theatre); Yabber: A Musical Junk Tale (Mudfoot Theatre). Kathryn has worked across Canada for the last 10 years. They are the Artistic Director of Verb Theatre where they produce bold, independent theatre, and they are also a part of the Mudfoot Theatre Collective, focusing on sustainable art practices. Kathryn is an award-winning singer/songwriter under the name KP Smith. Much love to Lara and Scout the GSD.
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LAUREL ONEIL – Stage Manager
At WCT: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wizard of Oz, and The Sound of Music
Elsewhere: BOOM (Theatre Calgary, Thousand Islands Playhouse & OffBroadway); BOOMX (Theatre Calgary & Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); BOOMYZ, The Importance of Being Earnest, Escape to Margaritaville (Theatre Calgary); Flora and Fawna Have Beaver Fever (Lunchbox); The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Extractionist, Murder in the Studio (Vertigo Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, A Few Good Men, Buying the Farm, Annie & Fiddler on the Loose (Drayton) and 60+ productions at Stage West Calgary, including: Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Rock of Ages, Avenue Q, The Producers, Game Show, The 39 Steps, Chicago, Spamalot, Young Frankenstein, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.
Laurel would like to dedicate her work to the loving memory of her mom, who helped her find her love of theatre at young age. She would also like to thank her family, friends and RP for their unending love and support.
RAYNAH BOURNE – Assistant Stage Manager
At WCT: Debut
Elsewhere: Raynah is thrilled to be making her WCT debut with such a lovely team of people! Recent Credits: Stealing Sam (Alberta Theatre Projects); Twelve Days (Lunchbox Theatre); Beaches The Musical, Made In Italy (Theatre Calgary); The Woman In Black, Heist, Murder On The Orient Express (Vertigo Theatre); Starslingers (Calgary Stampede/ Cirque de la Nuit); Rock of Ages, Lucky Stiff (Stephenville Theatre Festival); Elf The Musical, Next To Normal (New West Theatre); Celtic Illusions, A Dinosaur Tale, We Will Rock You (Annerin Productions). In her spare time, Raynah can be found in a dark movie theatre trying to watch all of the upcoming Oscar nominees! Big thanks to her roommates; Indie the Chonky Beagle, Fuego the Tortoise, and also the spectacular humans in her life.
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DENISE CLEVELAND, SOPHIA DIMOPOULOS, MATTHEW HARDY, NATASHA HOLOWAYCHUK, MAGGIE JONES, LINDA KASSIS, KELSEY LAUNIER, LUCAS LOCHRIE, JULIA MCKIBBON, MALLORY MOGG, REM MURRAY, JESSICA REID, ELIO STEPHENSON, JANE VIVENTI
Head Ushers
MARY AULIN, BARB DUBOIS-PAYNTER, KAREN FERGUSON, TRUDY GOOLD, KELLY JEFFERY, GEORGINA KNIGHT, WENDY MATHESON, MELODIE PIKE, GREG SAWATZKY
Kamloops Live! Box Office (KL!BO)
MICHELLE CHABASSOL KL!BO Director
STEPHEN FINLAY KL!BO Supervisor
Box Office Representatives
AVIE CACHELIN, LINDA KASSIS, MEGAN POLACIK, ANN WELLER
Sagebrush Theatre
LIAM BEFURT Venue Technical Director
ADRIAN HARLAND Theatre Technician
BENJI LLOYD Theatre Technician
JENSEN SCZEBEL Theatre Technician
CASUAL PRODUCTION STAFF (Oct 31 - December 31, 2024)
HOLLY ANDERSON, MARK BAILEY, JULIAN BURTON, KRISTIN KLAMMER, KELSEY LAUNIER, FAEN LINS, FINN MODDER, MALLORY MOGG, REM MURRAY, HANS SAEFKOW, JESS SANTOS, ELIO STEPHENSON, SHAIMUS THORNE
WCT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHRYSTIE STEWART President
SUNNIE ROTHENBURGER Vice President
DIANA SKOGLUND Secretary
SHELLY SANDERS Treasurer
DIETER DUDY
MONICA MACAULAY
BETH MORGAN
COLLEEN RYAN
GREG SAWATZKY
JOHN SCOTT
ALISON SIDOW
RADHIKA MAIRA TABREZ
SARA WOLFE
David Ross†
Tom Kerr‡
Judge T.W. Shupe§
Francis Barnett*
Grant Chu*
D. Michael Dobbin*
Sharon Frissell*
Peggy Gilmour*
Mike Latta*
Anne Manson*
Maureen Marshall*
Lanni Shupe*
† Honorary Life Artistic Producer
‡ Founding Artistic Director
§ Honorary Life Chairman
* Honorary Life Member
A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!
