University Musical Society

STRA3TORD FESTIVAL William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Friday Evening, November 19, 1993 at 8:00 Saturday Afternoon, November 20, 1993 at 2:00 Saturday Evening, November 20, 1993 at 8:00 Sunday Afternoon, November 21, 1993 at 2:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts, Ann Arbor, Michigan The Cast (in order of appearance)

Theseus, Duke of Athens ...... WAYNE BEST Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus ...... ALISON SEALY-SMTTH Philostrate, Master of the Revels ...... MICHAEL MAWSON Egeus, father to Hermia ...... LEON POWNALL Hermia, daughter to Egeus ...... STEPHANIE MORGENSTERN Demetrius, suitor to Hermia ...... SEAN POWER Lysander, beloved of Hermia ...... MARC RUEL Helena, in love with Demetrius ...... SHEILA MCCARTHY Peter Quince, a carpenter ...... BRIAN TREE Nick Bottom, a weaver ...... TED DYKSTRA Francis Flute, a bellows-mender ...... JEFFREY KUHN Robin Starveling, a tailor ...... BARBARA BRYNE Tom Snout, a tinker ...... MICHAEL SIMPSON Snug, a joiner ...... ROBERT KING Puck ...... FRANK ZOTTER First Fairy ...... YANNAMcINTOSH Oberon, King of the Fairies ...... COLM FEORE Titania, Queen of the Fairies ...... LUCY PEACOCK Peaseblossom ...... GERRY MACKAY Cobweb ...... STEPHEN BOGAERT Mustardseed ...... MATTHEW PENN Moth ...... DEREKSANGSTER Courtiers FRANCHISE BALTHAZAR, STEPHEN BOGAERT, GERRY MACKAY, YANNA MCINTOSH, SCOTT NICHOL, MATTHEW PENN UNDERSTUDIES FRANgoiSE BALTHAZAR (Hippolyta, Helena), STEPHEN BOGAERT (Demetrius), ROBERT KING (Egeus), GERRY MACKAY (Lysander, Tom Snout), MICHAEL MAWSON (Peter Quince), YANNA McINTOSH (Titania), SCOTT NICHOL (Bottom, Snug), MATTHEW PENN (Theseus, Oberon), DEREK SANGSTER (Philostrate, Francis Flute, Fairy Swing) SCENE: The court of the Duke of Athens and a wood nearby. Large print programs are available from your usher upon request.

21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Performances of the 115th Season 23rd Annual Choice Series Production Credits

Directed by ...... JOE DOWIING STRATFORD FESIWAL Designed by ...... HAYDEN GRIFFIN Music Composed by ...... KEITH THOMAS 1993 Lighting Designed by ...... LOUISE GUINAND Fights Directed by ...... JOHN STEAD Board of Governors Choreography by ...... JOHN BROOME Sound Designed by ...... JOHN HAZEN Founder Stage Manager ...... ANN STUART Mr. Tom Patterson Assistant Stage Managers ...... HILARY GRAHAM President MAXWELL T. WILSON Assistant Designer ...... KARIN JONES Mr. Thomas C. O'Neill, Toronto Assistant Lighting Designer ...... JAMES MILBURN Officers LINDA BASINS Vice-President Fight Captain ...... SCOTT NICHOL Mrs. Julia Foster, Toronto Special Thanks to: DEREK SANGSTER Honourary Treasurer Mr. Robert E. Mountain, Stratford Wardrobe Mistresses - GAIL HOMERSHAM-ROBERTSON, Honourary Secretary SHARON PARKER, Stage Carpenter - ART FORTTN, Master Electrician - Mrs. Sandra Pitblado, Toronto NEE, DENNISON, Property Master - LES MACLEAN, Sound - DAVID BERWICK, Stage Crew - JEREMY LACK, Governors: TIMOTHY HANSON, Wigs - GERALD ALTENBURG, DAVE KERR Mr. Louis Applebaum, Toronto Production Carpenter - NEIL R. CHENEY Ms. Suzanne McDonald Aziz, London ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mr. Paul Beeston, Toronto Mr. Raphael Bernstein, New York ELECTRIC LTD..STRAT- Special Thanks To: JOHN FENTON, FENTON Mr. E.S. (Ted) Blowes, Stratford FORD; JIM AND STEPHEN THOMSON, DYNAMIC DISPLAYS, WIND­ Ms. Adrian Burns, Ottawa MAVIS THEATRICAL SUPPLIES; SUSANNA DOWLING, COS­ SOR; Mr. Navin Chandaria, Toronto TUME RESEARCH; SOUND PLUS, TORONTO. We are grateful to Eveready Canada Inc., for their generous donation Ms. Molly Copus Christie, Stratford ofEnergrzer Batteries to the Stratford Festival. Mr. F. A. Comper, Toronto Mrs. H. Nicki Douglas, Toronto MUSIC Mr. Hugh Edighoffer, Mitchell Mr. Rowland W. Fleming, Toronto Conductors, BERTHOLD CARRIERE, KEFTH THOMAS; Violin, Mr. John S. Hayes, Stratford CHRISTOPHE CHIASSON; Bass, KEVIN MUIR; Flute, IAN HARPER; Trumpets, A. JAMES FORD, HOLLY SHEPHARD; French Horn, Mrs. Patti Hnatiw, Oakville DEREK CONROD; Trombone, JERRY JOHNSON; Synthesizers, Samplers Dr. Ronald lanni, Windsor and Alto Saxophone, KEITH THOMAS; Guitar, TERRY MCKENNA; Ms. Linda Intaschi, Toronto Percussion, DAVID CAMPION Mr. Martin A. Jones, Montreal Music recorded and mixed by. HAZEN PROJECTS at Knox Presbyterian Mrs. Sherry Kelley, Glenview Church, Stratford under the supervision of KEITH THOMAS. Mr. Anthony H. Little, London Mss. Theresa Masterman, Kitchener Dr. Edward McGee, Waterloo THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. Mr. Michael H. McGregor, Chatham Mr. lan H. McLeod, Toronto Immediately following the Friday and Saturday performances of Mr. Grant McPhersoa Stratford A Midsummer Night's Dream, audience members are invited to join Mr. Robert McTavish, Stratford cast members for an informal chat in the Power Center. Sen. Michael A. Meighen, Toronto Mr. James C. Preston, St. Louis Mr. Jonas J. Prince, Toronto Mrs. Muriel Sherrin, Toronto Mr. George S. Taylor, St. Marys Mr. William L. Wallace, Oakville Mr. Andy W. Werner, Stratford Ex Officio Member His Worship Dave Hunt, Mayor of Stratford Special Performance Underwriters

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SflRtfTFOKD FESIWAL Underwriters* Ameritech Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Arts Midwest Nancy Bishop, Associate Broker, Edward Surovell Co./Realtors Chelsea Milling (Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holmes) City of Ann Arbor Mr. Ralph Conger (in memory of his brother, Graham) Detroit and Canada Tunnel Corporation Dobson-McOmber Agency, Inc. First of America Ford Motor Company Benard L. Maas Foundation Charlotte McGeoch Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Michigan National Bank Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone Mosaic Foundation (of Rita & Peter Heydon) Paideia Foundation Millard and Jerry Pryor Republic Bank Ann Arbor Herbert Sloan Edward Surovell Co./Realtors Estelle Titiev TriMas Other generous friends and supporters of the University Musical Society

The University Musical Society has been blessed with supporters who, when funding for this Stratford Festival residency was in question last spring, stepped forward as guarantors to assure the achievement of the required funding level We are grateful to:

Catherine S. Arcure Maurice and Linda Binkow Ron and Sheila Cresswell Ken, Penny and Matt Fischer Charlotte McGeoch Richard and Susan Rogel Drs. Irving and Carol Smokier Mrs. Elizabeth Stranahan Ed Surovell Estelle Titiev and several other wonderful friends who wish to remain anonymous

This list represents underwriting commitments received as of November 5, 1993. We regret the omission of names of supporters whose underwriting support came after that date. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Theseus, Duke of Athens, is about to marry but, to the bewitched Titania, his donkey's Hippolyta. Hermia and her father, Egeus, features make him all the more beautiful. arrive at the court. Egeus wants Hermia to Meanwhile, overhearing the quarrel marry Demetrius, but she favours Lysander. between Demetrius and Helena, Oberon Both young men are in love with her but decides to help them by having Puck anoint Demetrius was formerly in love with her the sleeping Demetrius with the same magic friend Helena, who returned his love and still liquid, so that he will wake to love Helena, as hopes to revive his affection for her. Egeus she loves him. But it is Lysander whom Puck appeals to Theseus to mistakenly anoints, settle the matter. and who wakes to find Threatened by himself in love with strict Athenian law if Helena. Seeking to she disobeys her correct the error, father, Hermia Oberon himself finds arranges to meet and drops the liquid Lysander in a neigh­ on the sleeping bouring wood and run Demetrius' eyes. He away with him. She too wakes to see confides in Helena, Helena. Now she has who in turn confides in both young men at her Demetrius, hoping in feet and neither she, this way to win him nor Hermia, can back. Demetrius fol­ explain this sudden lows the lovers into the change. wood, with Helena At Oberon's close on his heels. command Puck pur­ The wood is also sues the human lovers occupied by beings of a in a thick fog and far different order. arranges that Lysander Titania and Oberon, will wake to love the embattled Queen Hermia once more and and King of the fairies, Demetrius to love have come separately Helena. Oberon also from India to celebrate takes pity on Titania the royal nuptials. and removes the spell. They meet in the They are reconciled woods and continue their dispute over a and she promises to give up the changeling changeling boy. To spite her, Oberon drops a boy. magic liquid on Titania's eyelids as she sleeps Theseus and Hippolyta arrive in the so that, when she awakens, she will fall in wood and, discovering the young lovers, love with the first creature she sees. This invite them to participate in a triple wedding happens to be Bottom, a weaver, one of a to take place in the palace. At the ceremony group of simple artisans who have come to the patient artisans, led by Bottom, present the wood to rehearse a play in honour of the their play, the "most lamentable comedy" of forthcoming marriage of Theseus and Pyramus and Thisbe. The lovers retire, leav­ Hippolyta. Puck, Oberon's mischievous ser­ ing the palace to the fairies, and the Epilogue vant, has given Bottom the head of an ass to Puck. 1597 — William Shakespeare, obviously William Shakespeare enriched by his earnings as one of London's most successful playwrights, bought New Place, 1558 — Accession of Queen Elizabeth I. one of the finest houses in Stratford. There is 1564 — William Shakespeare christened. He no indication that he spent very much time in was one of five surviving children of John Stratford at this period. Shakespeare and Mary Arden of Henley Street, 1597/8 — Henry IVPart 2, Much Ado About Stratford-upon-Avon. William probably Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor. attended the Edward VI Grammar School in 1599 — The opening of the Globe Theatre, in Stratford. which Shakespeare was a 'sharer' (i.e. part 1575/6 — John Shakespeare, who is believed owner). The Globe was built from the materials to have been a glover, became an alderman of used in The Theatre which was dismantled and Stratford. Ten years later he lost his position, rebuilt on Bankside to become the home of the probably because he was in debt and dared Lord Chamberlain's Men. Henry V, Julius Ceasar not go out to perform his public duties for 1600 — As You Like It fear of arrest. 1601/3 — Hamlet. Shakespeare probably sold 1582 — A marriage licence was issued for this play outright, like the others for about £12. William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. Twelfth Night, The Phoenix and the Turtle, Troilus Shakespeare was, at eighteen, eight years and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well. younger than Anne, who was pregnant at 1603 — On the accession of James I, the Lord the time of their marriage. Chamberlain's Men, with which Shakespeare 1583 —The christening of Susanna was still associated, became the King's Men. Shakespeare,William's daughter. 1604 — Measure for Measure, Othello. 1585 — Christening of Hamnet (who lived 1605/7 — Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and only nine years) and his twin Judith. Cleopatra, Timon of Athens. 1585/91 — The 'lost years' for which we have 1607 — The marriage of Shakespeare's no records relating to Shakespeare. He may daughter Susanna to Dr. John Hall. Hall's Croft have worked for his father or have become a in Stratford became their home. teacher at the Grammar School. It is also 1607/8 — Pericles, Coriolanus. possible that he spent part of his time in Italy. 1609 — The Blackfriars Theatre became the 1592 — Shakespeare's first known plays, winter home of the King's Men while in Henry VI Parts 1,2 and 3. summer they remained at the Globe, which, 1592/3 — Titus Andronicus being open-roofed, was exposed to the 1592 — Venus and Adonis weather. Shakespeare paid £100 for his share 1593 — Richard III, death of Christopher in Blackfriars. Marlowe. 1609/11 — Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, 1593/4 — Love's Labour's Lost The Tempest 1593/6 — The Sonnets probably written over 1612 — Shakespeare described as 'of this period. The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of Stratford-on-Avon, gentleman'. the Shrew, The Rape ofLucrece, The Two Gentlemen 1612/13 — The Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry Vltt. of Verona, The Lord Chamberlain's Men estab­ The Globe Theatre burned down during its lished. In 1595, Shakespeare listed as an actor. first performance. Burbage and Kemp were also members of this 1616 — Shakespeare's daughter Judith married company, Richard II. Thomas Quinney. Death of Shakespeare aged 1594/6 — A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo 52. He is buried in Stratford Parish Church. and Juliet, King John, death of Hamnet. Most of his estate was left to Susanna. 1596 — A coat of arms was granted to John 1642 — The Playhouse closed by the Puritans. Shakespeare. The theatre remained suppressed until the 1596/7 — Henry IVPart 1, The Merchant of Venice restoration of Charles n. Entertaining Mr. Sloane; 1991: Rose in La THE COMPANY Belles Soeurs, Bonnie in Homeward Bound and Katherine Stockmann in An Enemy of the FRANCOISE BALTHAZAR People-, 1990: First Witch in Macbeth, Stratford debut: Alcandre in The Illusion Kathleen in Home and Lily in Ah, and appears in Antony and Cleopatra and A Wilderness!; 1968: Puck in A Midsummer Midsummer Night's Dream. THEATRE: Night's Dream and Mme. Pernclle in Tartuffe; Includes the Wilch in Into the Woods, Chloe 1967: Duchess of York in Richard VI; 1966: Trapp in Museum, Mephistopheles in Dr. Maria in Twelfth Night. Recipient of the 1990 Faustus and Roberta in Danny & the Deep Blue Derek F. Mitchell Artistic Director's Sea (Ryerson Theatre School); Kit/Shona in Award, given annually to an individual Top Girls (Unicom Theatre); Mother in The chosen by the Artistic Director as having Twenty Second Day, Hilda Boggs in When the made an outstanding contribution during Wind Blows and appeared in Electra the course of the Festival season. THE­ (University of Ottawa). TRAINING: ATRE: Canadian stage credits include Graduate of Ryerson Theatre School, with a Smereldina in The Servant of Two Masters B.A. in Drama from the University of (Royal Alexandra Theatre); Mrs. Ottawa. Biederman hi The Firebugs (The Canadian Players); and Ginnie Oogan in The Plough WAYNE BEST and the Stars (Manitoba Theatre Centre). On Third season: Theseus in A Midsummer Broadway Ms. Brync created the roles of Night's Dream, Major Anderson in Pair George's Mother and Blair Daniels in Liberty's Call and 2nd Messenger in Bacchae. Sunday in the Park with George and Jack's STRATFORD: 1992: Caliban in The Mother in Into the Woods and appeared in Tempest, Aslrov in Uncle Vanya and First the television versions and on the RCA Stephen Bogaert Colm Feore Gentleman in Measure for Measure, 1991: recordings of these shows. She also played Horatio in Hamlet, Morgan in Treasure Island Clara in Hayfever at the Music Box Theatre. and Watch (George Seacoal) in Much Ado She spent 10 seasons with the Gulhrie About Nothing. THEATRE: Includes The Theatre, where she played such roles as Doctor in The Kite, David in My Darling Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Judith, Dad in Trafford Tanzi and Johnny Dolly Levi in The Matchmaker, Paulina in and performs in the Words and Music Began in Balconville (Theatre Aquarius); The Winter's Tale, and Queen Elizabeth I in Concert My Shakespeare. An Associate Quinn in The Affections of May (Theatre New Mary Stuart, for which she won a Kudos Director of the Stratford Festival. STRAT­ Brunswick); Tim in Odd Jobs (Canadian Award. Received a 1981 Drama Desk FORD: Includes 1992: Merculio to Romeo Stage Company); Anderson in Observe the Award nomination for her performance as and Juliet, Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme Kath in Entertaining Mr. Sloane, in New andAngelo in Measure for Measure; 1991: the (CentreStage Company); Ben in Of the Fields York. She repeated the role in 1987 at the title role in Hamlet, Benedick in Much Ado Lately and Jacob Mercer in Sail-Water Moon Mark Taper Forum In Los Angeles, where About Nothing and Horace in The School for (Gryphon Theatre); Roy in Lone Star she won a Drama Loge Award. Wives; 1990: Frank Ford in The Merry Wives of (Toronto Arts Productions); Billy in The FILM/TELEVISION: The movies Amadeus Windsor, Valentine in Love for Love, Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Saide and The Bostonians; The Best of the West (ABC); Hippolytus to Phaedra and Cassius to Julius Bronfman Centre); Matt Munn in John and Svengali, Maid in America and Mystery at Fire Caesar, 1988: the title role in Richard III, the Missus, Marcus Brutus in Julius Caesar, Island (CBC); and Love Sydney series (NEC). Petruchio to The Taming of the Shrew and Antonio in The Tempest (National Arts Athos in The Three Musketeers; 1987: lago to Centre); and Phil Moss in The Motor Trade TED DYKSTRA Othello, Joseph Surface in The School for (Theatre Aquarius). FILM/TELEVISION: Third season: Bottom in A Midsummer Scandal and Yasha to The Cherry Orchard; Street Legal, For the Record, Seeing Things and Night's Dream, Pentheus in Bacchae; Daniel 1986: lachimo to CymbeUne and Leontes to Home/ires (CBC); Kails and Dog (Kalz '90 to Fair Liberty's Call and performs in the The Winter's Tale; 1985: Orsino to Twelfth Inc.); Queen of Mean, Night Heat and Top Cops Words and Music Concert The Beat Goes On. Night and Charles Marlow to She Sloops to (CBS); Friday the 13th and War of the Worlds STRATFORD: 1992: Ariel in The Conquer, 1984: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. (Triumph EnL); The Ruling Passion (NEC); Tempest, Young Magnus in World of Wonders THEATRE: Valmont in Les Liaisons Verdict (Global); and Countersink* (Matrix). and Sloane in Entertaining Mr. Sloane; 1985: Dangereuses (Theatre Calgary); Edmund TRAINING: Graduate of Ryerson Theatre Appeared in Antigone and The Beaux' Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night School. Stralagem-IKEAIRE: Includes Mozart in (Citadel Theatre); and James Tyrone to A Amadeus (Theatre Calgary); Robert Sideway Moon for the Misbegotten (Grand Theatre). STEPHEN BOGAERT in Our Country's Good (Centaur Theatre FILM/TELEVISION: Beautiful Dreamers Third season: Thidias in Antony and Company/Neptune Theatre); Shostakovich (Ctoexus); Bethune, The Making of a Hero Cleopatra, Cobweb in A Midsummer Night's in Masterclass (Manitoba Theatre Centre); (Finn Line); Iron Eagle U (Alliance Films); Dream and Clindor in The Illusion. STRAT­ Monterone in Rigoletto and Cale Blackwell Friday the 13th and War of the Worlds FORD: 1992: Forester in Love's Labour's Lost, (Triumph Entertainment); Diamonds (CBS/ in Fire (Theatre Passe Muraille), for which CTV); Workman in Uncle Vanya and Angelo's he received a 1989 Dora Mavor Moore and A Nest of Singing Birds, Skate, Servant in Measure for Measure; 1991: Second Adrienne Clarkson's Artemisia (CBC); Award; Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and Beyond Equerry in Hamlet, Hugh in Treasure Island Willie Moore in Observe the Sons of Ulster Reality and Francois Girard's Thirty- and appeared in Much Ado About Nothing. Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Marching Toward the Somme (Centaur Theatre (Rhombus). Recipient of a 1992 Tyrone Guthrie Award. Company); and Daniel in Souvenirs (Factory THEATRE: The Guard in Museum, Martino Theatre/Shaw Festival). Shaw Festival in Dr. Faustus, Leading Player in Pippin, credits include Jerry Highland in Once in a ROBERT KING Cassius in Julius Caesar and Danny in Danny Lifetime, Napoleon Bonaparte in War and Fourth season: 3rd Soldier/ Menacrales to and the Deep Blue Sea (Ryerson Theatre Antony and Cleopatra and Snug in A Peace, Michael in Peter Pan, Snobby Prince Midsummer School); Doc in Crimes of the Heart (Much in Major Barbara, Jones in Banana Ridge, Night's Dream. STRATFORD: More Theatre Co.); Orlando in As You Like 1991: Marcellus/Second Gravedigger in Richard Amory in Black Coffee and Hamlet, It, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing and Adolphus Baslable in Passion, Poison and Antonio in Twelfth Night and Starbuck in The Rainmaker (University of Captain Billy Bones in Treasure Island; 199ft Petrifaction. He has composed music for the­ Hanzuk to One Tiger Western Ontario). TRAINING: Graduate of atres across Canada. FILM/TELEVISION: To A Hill, Bartender to Ryerson Theatre School. Ah, Wilderness!, Alfred to Home and the Host Giant Steps (Giant Steps Prod.); Street Legal, in The Merry Wives of Windsor; 1989: Home Free, Seeing Things, Life With Billy and Hammon's Servingman in The Shoemakers' BARBARA BRYNE The Cuckoo Bird (CBC); Secret Service and Seventh season: Starveling in A Holiday, Michael Williams/Captain Amber Waves (ABC). TRAINING: Graduate McMorris to Henry V and Jailer/Ratman to Midsummer Night's Dream, Miss Prism in The of the National Theatre School Importance of Being Earnest; Chorus Leader in The Merchant of Venice. THEATRE: Includes Bacchae and performs in the Words and Owen in Amiga's Blue Guitar and Henry COLM FEORE Stimson in The Third Ascent (Prairie Theatre Music Concert Infinite Variety. STRAT­ 12th season: Oberon in A Midsummer FORD: 1992: Juno in The Tempest, The Exchange); appeared in The Perils of Night's Dream, Dionysus in Bacchae, John Persephone (The Grand Theatre); Joe to The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet and Kath in Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest Crackwalker (The Under Grand, The Grand Theatre); Jamie Cregan in A Touch of the Poet MICHAEL MAWS ON and Duncan/Ross in Play Memory (Theatre Stratford debut: Agrippa in Antony Plus Toronto); Nat Mdlwaine in Observe the and Cleopatra and Philostratc in A Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme Midsummer Night's Dream. THEATRE: (Centaur Theatre Company); Quinn in Acting credits include appearances in Affections of May (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Woman In Mind and Born Yesterday (The Owen in The Melville Boys (Theatre New Grand Theatre); Falling Back Home (Factory Robert King Michael Mawson Brunswick); and Stanley in A Streetcar Lab Theatre); Corpse (Thousand Islands); Named Desire (Persephone Theatre). Enjoyed Master Class (Theatre Plus); Twelfth Night five seasons with Ihe (Skylight); Smell of Grass (New Play Centre); Blyth Festival where Buchanan (Toronto he played Wcstley in Hometown Boy, Free Theatre); Richard TO Sam/McNab/the (Young People's Theatre); Wars of the Roses Couper in Yankee Notions, (Canadian Stage George in I'U Be Back Before Midnight, Company); and Catlover Pete in (Tarragon Theatre). Directing credits Another Season's Promise, Snag in Country include Hearts, Frank Marat/Sade and The Real Inspector in Garrison's Garage, Doug Hound (Neptune Theatre); Spokesong and The Jeffrey Kuhn Sheila McCarthy Boom in Blue City and Drunk Dick in Lily Homecoming Alia. Other (Manitoba Theatre Centre); roles include Jimmy Wilson in Hosanna (Festival Lennoxville); Talley's Folly Moving and Jacky in On the Job (Centaur (Centaur Theatre); Street Scene and Punch and Theatre Company); Milo Crawford in Judy (Banff Centre); Trebol Dark (NDWT); Knights of the White Magnolia (Theatre Plus); The Gods are Not to Blame (Somerset, and Cletis T. Fullemoy in Lone Star (Solar England); and The Caretaker (Theatre New Stage, Toronto). FILM/TELEVISION: Brunswick). CBC's Seeing Things, Homefires, Backstretch, Gtrry MacKay Yanna Mclntosh The Judge and Friday the 13th; Heroes of Hold C SHEILA MCCARTHY (NFS); Verdict, One Magic Christmas, Tomorrow Second season: Helena in A Midsummer Never Comes, Tulips, In Praise of Older Women Night's Dream, Toinette in The Imaginary and Kung Fu: The Legend Grows. TRAINING: Invalid and performs in the Words and Dome Theatre, Dawson College in Music Concert Early Days. STRATFORD: Montreal nomination for for Best Newcomer to 1987: Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, Canadian Television. TRAINING: Studied Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal and at Ihe American Repertory Theatre Institute JEFFREY KUHN Sally Bowles in Cabaret. THEATRE: and received a B.A. and a B,Ed, from the Third season: Scarus in Antony and Ophelia in Hamlet (Toronto Free Theatre); University of Toronto. Cleopatra, Flute in A Midsummer Night's Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, for which Dream and Dorante in The Illusion. STRAT­ she received a 1986 Dora Mavor Moore FORD: 1992: Dumaine in Love's Labour's Award (Crest Theatre); Piggy/Beryl in STEPHANIE MORGENSTERN Lost, Paris' Page in Romeo and Juliet and Tonight at 8:30 (CentreStage); Norah Case in Stratford debut: Hermia in A Midsummer appeared in The Tempest; 1991: Cupid in Wrong for Each Other, Eve in Waiting for the Night's Dream and Isabelle in The Illusion. Timon of Athens, Alan in Treasure Island and Parade and Timandra in Timon cf Athens (The THEATRE: Alison in Look Back in Anger, appeared in Twelfth Night. Recipient of a Grand Theatre); Rosic in Really Rosie, for Martha in Quiet in the Land and Nalalya in which she Vassa (Centaur Theatre); Sara in Taking 1991 Jean A. Chalmers Theatre Training received a 1983 Dora Mavor Liberties Award and a 1992 Moore Award (Young People's Theatre); (Factory Theatre/ Alumnae Tyrone Guthrie Award. Theatrc/CBC); Maria THEATRE: Jack in Into the Woods, the title Elvira in Blithe Spin'1 and Gitlel in Two for the in Yankee Notions and Seesaw (Arbour Theatre); Nettie in Farther Peggy in Hometown Boy (Blyth Festival); role in Dr. Faustus, Will Willard in Museum, Gowdie in The Romeo in West (Theatre Calgary); Amanda in Private Love Talker (Women's Romeo and Juliet, Cale Blackwell Theatre Works); Angelique in Le Malade in Fire, Young Bellair in The Man of Mode Lives (Western Canada Theatre Company); Myrtle May in Say Hello to Harvey (Royal Imaginaire (Theatre Fran;ais); Juliet in and Alan in The Crackwalker (Ryerson Romeo and Juliet and Laura in The Glass Theatre School); and appeared in Kiss Me Alexandra Theatre); Mailey in The Boyfriend (Errant Prod.); and appeared in Puttin' on Menagerie (Globe Theatre); Marlcne in Top Kate, Celebration and Sweet Charity (Rainbow Girls (McGill University); the Virgin Mary Stage Theatre, Winnipeg). FILM/TELEVI­ the Ritz (Shaw Festival). FILM/TELEVI­ SION: Includes I've Heard the Mermaids in The Fairies are Thirsty (National Theatre SION: Romeo and Juliet (CSC). TRAINING: School); and the Twirler in Talking With ... Graduate of Ryerson Theatre School. Singing, for which she received a 1988 Genie Award, A Private Matter, Paradise, (Street People Theatre). FILM/TELEVI­ Recipient of the Rycrson's Faculty and SION: Without Fear (Breakthrough Films); Staff Scholarship. Stepping Out, Die Hard II, Street Legal, Mount Royal and A Nest of Singing Birds. TRAIN­ Partners in Love, Diary of a Teenage Smoker and White Lies (Atlantis); Not By Choice, Deadlines GERRY MACKAY ING: HE Studio, University of Victoria and the National BalleL and Wednesday's Children, A Gift for Kate, Pour Stratford debut: Adraste in The Illusion, Tout Dire and Laura in Forbidden Love Varriusn'aurus in Antony and Cleopatra (NFB);A Question and YANNA of Justice and Chemical appears in A Midsummer Night's Dream. McINTOSH Solutions (TVOntario); and Smoggies (Cinar). THEATRE: Georg Bamburger in Black Second season: Iras in Antony and Cleopatra, Comedy, Creon in Oedipus, first fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Bishop in Lise in The Illusion. SCOTT NICHOL Robin Hood and Tybalt in Romeo and STRATFORD: 1992: Juliet Lucetta /Musician in The Two Gentlemen of Second season: First Roman Soldier in (Citadel Theatre); Lawren Harris/The Soul Antony and Cleopatra, Geronte/Jailer in The Turner in The Magnificent Verona, and appeared in The Tempest and Voyage of Emily Can Romeo and Juliet. Recipient of a 1992 Tyrone Illusion and appears in A Midsummer Night's and Aramis in The Three Musketeers (The Guthrie Award. Dream. STRATFORD: 1992: Outlaw in The Belfry THEATRE: Includes Two Gentlemen of Verona and Theatre); Antonio in Twelfth Night Zee/Marge/Erica/ Ms. Martel in A Fertile appeared in The and Ferdinand in The Tempest (Bard on Ihe Imagination (Theatre Passe Muraille); Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. THEATRE: Beach); August Strindberg in Beyond the Beatrice in The Servant of Two Masters and Duncan/Old Seward in Macbeth and Night Cafe (Writers' Theater, New York); Lar Merchant Traveller in The Comedy of Errors Tracy in On My Own Two Feet (Young (Repercussion in A Life (The New Bastion Theatre); People's Theatre); Penny Sewcll in The Theatre, Quebec); and Macbeth in The Black Bonspiel of Wullie Writing Game, Asia in appeared in. Born Yesterday (The Grand Little Eyotf, Pauline in Theatre). National MacCrimmon (The Globe Theatre); Lysander The Seagull, Herald in Orestes/Electra and Theatre School credits in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Full House Joy/Brother include Inspector Oswald in The Voice in the in Swagger and Something that Mirror, Theatre); Sebastian/Malvolio in Twelfth Thumps (American Repertory Theatre); Shem in Not Wanted on the Voyage, Sir Night, Angelo in Measure for Measure, Mark Medea in Anthony in The Rivals, Skin/Eddie in Road, The Impossible Can Happen (The Keen/Jones Antony in Julius Caesar and assorted charac­ Other Theatre of Toronto) and recently in The Cat, Trigorin in The ters in Suddenly Shakespeare (Carousel Seagull and Oswald in King Lear. appeared in Wake and See Me Now (National FILM/TELEVISION: Theatre); and First Lord in All's Well That Story Telling Theatre). FILM/TELEVI­ Material World (CBC). Ends WeU (Shakespeare Plus). TRAINING: SION: TRAINING: Graduate of the National Street Legal and Hangin' In (CBC) for Theatre School B.F.A. from the University of Victoria. which she received a duMaurier Award LUCY PEACOCK LEON POWNALL Ninth season: Titania in A Midsummer 14th season: Antony in Antony and Night's Dream, Gwendolen Fairfax in The Cleopatra and Egeus in A Midsummer Night's Importance of Being Earnest, Chorus Member Dream. STRATFORD: Includes 1992: in Bacchae and performs in the Words and Dunstan Ramsay in World of Wonders and Music Concert The Beat Goes On. Escalus in Measure for Measure; 1991: STRATFORD: 1992: Princess of France in Claudius in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado Stephanie Morgenstem Matthew Love's Labour's Lost, Yelena in Uncle Vanya About Nothing, and Long John Silver in Penn and performed in Words and Music 1: Treasure Island; 1990: Theseus in Phaedra; family Experience-, 1990: Rosalind in As You 1986: King Henry in both Henry vm and A Like It, Aricia in Phaedra and Lady Macduff Man for All Seasons. Recipient of the 1991 in Macbeth; 1989: Masha in Three Sisters, CFCA Tyrone Guthrie Workshop Award. Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, Luciana in The An Associate Director of the Stratford Comedy of Errors and Tilania in A Midsummer Festival in 1992. THEATRE: Includes Big Night's Dream; 1988: Eliza Doolittle in My Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Manitoba Pair Lady, Lady Anne in Richard III and Theatre Centre); Captain in The Father Helena in All's Well That Ends Well; 1987: the (Tarragon Theatre); Old Elvis in Are You title role in Nora, Olga Knipper in Intimate Lonesome Tonight? and Matthew in Anne of Admiration and Cassandra in Troilus and Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); Cressida; 1986: Singing Gentlewoman in Sergeant Toomey in Biloxi Blues (Royal Henry VIII; Ophelia in Hamlet and Ophelia Alexandra Theatre); Stalin hi Masterclass, in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Falslaff in Henry IV and Elyot in Private Lives 1985: Gaoler's Daughter in The Two Noble (The Vancouver Playhouse); and also a one-man show entitled Dylan Kinsmen, Mrs. Sullen in The Beaux Stratagem Thomas writ­ Lucy Peacock Leon Pownall and Second Messenger in Antigone; 1984: ten and performed by Mr. Pownall. Lucetta hi The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Directing credits include The Homecoming, Of THEATRE: Mina in Dracula (Young Mice and Men, The Tower, The Threepenny People's Theatre). Theatre credits through­ Opera, Sleuth, The Firebugs, Oh! What a Lovely out Canada include appearances at Centaur War!, Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Irma La Douce Theatre Company, Globe Theatre, Phoenix and a season as Guest Artistic Director of Theatre and Toronto Free Theatre. White Rock Summer Theatre. He is also the Theatre). FILM/TELEVISION: The Dini FILM/TELEVISION: Street Legal, The Road Founding Artistic Director of Nanaimo's Petty Show and YTV Video Special. TRAIING: to Avonlea and Material World (CBC). Shakespeare Plus (1984/85), where he Ryerson Theatre School and Randolph TRAINING: Graduate of the National developed and directed the premiere pro­ Dance Theatre. Theatre School. duction of Goodnight Disgrace by Michael Mercer, subsequent winner of a 1985 ALISON SEALY-SMITH MATTHEW PENN Chalmers Award.FILM/TELEVISION: Second season: Channion in Antony and Stratford debut: Demetrius/ Canidius/4th Includes principal roles in Dead Poets Society, Cleopatra and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Bye Bye Blues, Bethune: The Making of a Hero, Night's Dream. STRATFORD: 1992: Ceres Soldier in Antony and Cleopatra, Termini Mustardseed in A Midsummer Night's Dream Station, Angel Square, 444 Days, Love in The Tempest and Rosaline in Love's and Malamore in The Illusion. THEATRE: and Hate, Conspiracy of Silence, Wiseguy, Labour's Lost. Recipient of a 1992 Tyrone Kevin Emmery in Inspecting Carol (Boars Adderly, The Beachcombers, Danger Bay, Alfred Gulhrie Award. THEATRE: Desperate Hitchcock Presents, Street Legal, E.N.G., The Road Lady in Wonder of Man (Nighlwood Head Theatre); David/Poppy in The Voice of to the Prairie and Trisotin hi The Learned Ladies Avonlea and Beyond Reality. Theatre); Doreen in Tartuffe (Canadian (St Croix Festival Theatre); Colonel Brady Stage Company); Maggie in Mirror Game, MARCRUEL Robin in The Groundworld Adventure and in Inherit the Wind (Pacific Alliance Stage Second Co.); the Executioner in The Balcony season: First Guard in Antony and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hudson Guild Theatre); Laertes in Hamlet, Cleopatra, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's (Young People's Theatre); Dame Lorraine Dream and Footman in The Importance of in Carnival is Marse, Djanel in Africa Solo and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Azolan in Les Being Liaisons Dangereuses, Earnest. STRATFORD: 1992: Serge in Georgie in Invisible Kids (Theatre Carbon de Cassell in Bonjour, la, Bonjour, Busker in World of Fountainhead); Cyrano de Bergerac and Leonine in Pericles Muriel in Golden Girls Wonders and appeared in Love's Labour's Lost. (Theatre Calgary); and appearances in vari­ (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Shrdlu in THEATRE: C.D. in Stark and Estragon in The Adding Machine (Merrimack ous productions with Company of Sirens Theatre); Waiting for Godot (Generic Theatre Inc.); The Theatre. Directing credits include Martha German in Night of the Iguana (Hartman Duke in Man of La Mancha and Jeffrey in and Elvira (Nighlwood Theatre); and To Pack Theatre); Mason in The Magnificent Yankee Godspell (Association of Producing Artists, a Suitcase and Go (Company of Sirens). (Meadowbrook Theater); Lysander in A Quebec/Theatre Lac Brome); Des in Thin Ice FILM/TELEVISION: Death Wish V; E.N.G. Midsummer Night's Dream (Empire Stale and The Monster in Night Light (Geordie (Alliance Entertainment); Street Legal and Theatre); the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac, Productions Inc.); Stephen in Line (Line Two Men (CBC). TRAINING: Honours B.A. Christy Mahon in Playboy of the Western Productions), for which he received the from Mount Allison University. World and Medvendenko in The Seagull Most Promising Young Performer Award, (Hilberry Repertory); Nicky Kistunov in 1988 Quebec Drama Festival. Concordia MICHAEL SIMPSON The Good Doctor (Center Theater); and Cody University credits include Herr Gabor in Third season: Snout in A Midsummer Night's in Geography of a Horse Dreamer (Schreiber Spring Awakening, Lc Vicux Monsieur hi Les Dream and Menas in Antony and Cleopatra. Studios). FILM/TELEVISION: Passing Chaises, Peter in The Zoo Story, The STRATFORD: 1992: Master in The Tempest, Shots (PBS) and You'reNever Too Old (ABC). Policeman in Blood on a Cat's Neck and Peter in Romeo and Juliet and Launce in The Baltbasar in Much Ado About Nothing. Two Gentlemen of Verona; 1982: Bulgarian in SEAN POWER FILM/TELEVISION: Map of the Human Arms and the Man, Mariner/Spirit in The Stratford debut: Demetrius in A Heart (Working Title Films); SnakeEaters III Tempest and Plebian in Julius Caesar. THE­ Midsummer Night's Dream and Bonnefoy's (Cineplex Productions); Pagan the Ungodly ATRE: Ernest in The Anger in Ernest and Clerk in The Imaginary Invalid. THEATRE: (Shaliles Inc.); Starting from Scratch Ernestine (Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay); Appeared in New Order (Fringe Festival). (Molstar); The Classic (Telescinema Taurus); Tusenbach in Three Sisters, for which he was National Theatre School credits include and Sacred Land (Lande Film). TRAINING: nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award Tereus in The Love of the Nightingale, Tye B.F.A. from Concordia University. DEC in and Azolan in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (The McCool in Vieux Carre, Lysander in A Music, CEGEP St. Laurent. Banff Centre); Kepler in A Short History of Midsummer Night's Dream, Mesholem in Night (Crow's Theatre, Toronto); Will in Village of Idiots, Lotle in Not Wanted on the DEREK J. SANGSTER Wildlife, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and Voyage, Mr. Webb in Our Town, Launce in Stratford debut: Appears in Antony and Barry in Paranoia, for which he received a The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Sgt. Rooney Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Dora Mavor Moore Award (Theatre in Streamers. FILM/TELEVISION: Life With Gypsy. THEATRE: Appeared in the open­ Columbus); Angelo in Crime on Goat Island Mikey (Disney). TRAINING: National ing of En Vogue Concert (Kingswood); Spring (Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon); The Theatre School. Fling '92 (Skydome); Live Unity '92 (Massey Painter in The Europeans (Necessary Angel Hall); and The Lotus (Royal Wintergarden Theatre); Dougall/Wally/Mr. McDowell in Moo (Factory Theatre); Bgeus/ Snout in A Night's Dream (The Acting Company, New Midsummer Night's Dream (Young People's York); Juno and The Paycock, Blithe Spirit, Theatre); and Billy in Unexpected Moves Fathers and Sons, Aristocrats, Twefh Night and (Tarragon Theatre). FILM/TELEVISION: Our Country's Good (Gale Theatre, Dublin); Top Cops, Secret Service, Kung Fuf Romeo and Faith Healer and Moving (Abbey Theatre, Juliet, Street Legal and The Tempest (CBC); Dublin); She Stoops to Conquer and Juno and and The Transparent Man (Folie a Deux). The Paycock, which received nine Helen Hayes Award nominations (Arena Stage); BRIAN TREE Othello (New York Shakespeare Festival); Seventh season: Euphronius in Antony and Our Country's Good and Observe the Sons of Cleopatra, Peter Quince in A Midsummer Ulster Marching Toward the Somme (Centaur Night's Dream and Lane in The Importance of Theatre Company); and The Plough and the Being Earnest. STRATFORD: 1992: Telegin Stars (The Banff Centre). Founder of in Uncle Vanya and Elbow in Measure for Ireland's first Ihealre-in-educalion group, Measure; 1991: Verges in Much Ado About The Young Abbey, in 1970. Director of the Nothing, Israel Hands in Treasure Island and Peacock Theatre from 1973 to 1976. Artistic Painter in Timon of Athens; 1990: Director of the Irish Theatre Company from Seyton/Third Murderer in Macbeth, 1976 to 1978 and Artistic Director of the Trapland in Love for Love, Cecil Slocker in Abbey Theatre, Ireland's National Theatre, One Tiger to a Hill and Nym in Henry V; 1989: from 1978 to 1985. Managing Director of Tubal in The Merchant of Venice and Hodge the Gaiety Theatre from 1986 to 1989 and in The Shoemakers' Holiday, 1988: Gremio in Founder of the Gaiety School of Acting in The Taming of the Shrew, Coquenard in The 1986. During his tenure at the Gaeity Three Musketeers and Lord Mayor in Richard Theatre, plays produced included Death of a ID; 1987: Agamemnon in Troilus and Cressida Salesman, Philadelphia Here I Come!, Borstal Alison Scaly-Smith Rank Zotter and a Sergeant in Mother Courage, THE­ Boy and The Plough and the Stars. Acting ATRE: Includes Jim in Passion (The Grand credits include Peer in Peer Gynt (Gate Theatre and The Bastion Theatre); Derek Theatre, Dublin); Leopold Bloom in Ulysses Meadle in Quartermaine's Terms and Bob in Nighltown and Boss in Plebians Rehearse the Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Theatre Uprising by Giinther Grass (Abbey Theatre, Calgary); Bri in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Dublin). (Citadel Theatre). Spent three consecutive seasons with the National Arts Centre, Antigone; 1984: I Henry IV and Romeo and where his roles included Nick Bottom in A DESIGNER Juliet; 1983: When That I WK...THEATRE: Midsummer Night's Dream, Lord Hastings in Has designed lighting for most major Richard in, Lieutenant Trotter in Journey's HAYDEN GRIFFIN Canadian theatres. Credits include Aspects End, Charles Condomine in Blithe Spirit and Stratford debut: Designer of A Midsummer of Love (The Elgin Theatre and U.S. Tour); Dad in Trafford Tani (National Arts Night's Dream. THEATRE: Mr. Griffin has Richard III (New York Shakespeare Centre/Toronto Free Theatre). TRAINING: worked extensively in theatre, opera and Festival); Our Country's Good (Centaur Trained in England under Joan ballet in Britain, Europe and the United Theatre Company/ Neptune Theatre); Littlewood. Started his career as a stunt States. He won the Plays and Players Macbeth and A Streetcar Named Desire (The driver for British television before working Award for Madras House at the National Vancouver Playhouse); A Christmas Carol for repertory theatres in England. Theatre and was nominated for an Olivier (Young People's Theatre); Fire and A Award for Still Life at the Penguin Cafe for the Woman in Mind (The Grand Theatre); Man of FRANK ZOTTER Royal Ballet. His recent work in London La Mancha, Royal Hunt of the Sun, Hamlet, As Stratford debut: Eros in Antony and includes Ken Hill's Invisible Man, Arthur You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and The Crucible Cleopatra, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Miller's After the fall at the National (The Citadel Theatre); The Legend of the Avro Dream and appears in The Importance of Being Theatre and a full length ballet of Cyrano de Arrow (National Arts Centre/Canadian Earnest. THEATRE: Bobby in the world Bergerac by David Bintley which premiered Stage Com-pany); The Voysey Inheritance premiere of George F. Walker's Tough! at Covent Garden last year. Hayden has (Shaw Festival); and Who's Afraid of Virginia (Green Thumb Theatre); The Beast in designed The Taming of the Shrew for Tcatro Woolf? (Neptune Theatre). Member of the Beauty and the Beast (Young People's di Gli Incamminati in Italy, together with Associated Designers of Canada. Theatre); Paul/Getutio in Power Play The Voysey Inheritance directed by William TRAINING: Graduate of the National (Mulroney Prod.); Allan in Flesh and Blood Gaskill which opened the 1992 Edinburgh Theatre School (Theatre Direct); Seymour in Dead Serious Festival at the Lyceum Theatre. (Arts Club/Western Canada Theatre FILM/TELEVISION: Designer of South Company); Cleante in The Miser (Vancouver Bank Show, Wetherby, Comrade Lady, Still Life COMPOSER Playhouse); Kanc in Unidentified Human at the Penguin Cafe, Hobsons Choice and Six Remains and the True Nature of Love Characters in Search of an Author. TRAIN­ KEITH THOMAS (Touchstone Theatre/Arts Club); Fred in A ING: Studied under Margaret Harris Eighth season: Composer for A Midsummer Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Lupu in (Motley) Sadler's Wells Design Course. Night's Dream and The Illusion. STRAT­ Baal (The Banff Festival); Byron in Bloody FORD: Composition credits include; 1992: Poetry, Arnold in The Cat (Western National The Two Gentlemen of Verona; 1990: Forever tour); Betty/Edward in Cloud 9 , Touch­ LIGHTING DESIGNER Yours, Marie-Lav, and the double bill of The stone in As You Like It, De floreas in The Grand Inquisitor/Swan Song. Acting credits Changeling and Myshkin in The Idiot LOUISE GUINAND include; 1988: Frangipane in Irma La Douce, (National Theatre School); Pugachev in The llth season: Lighting Designer of King Lord Dumaine in All's Well That Ends Well Suicide (York University Theatre); and Gary John, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The and Murderer in Richard III; 1987: the Sax in No Earthy Business (Kawarlha Summer Wingfeld Trilogy. STRATFORD: Includes Player in the all-girl band in Cabaret, Theatre). Played Mike in Peacekeeper (CBC- 1992: Lighting Designer of Love's Labour's Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing and Radio's Sunday Matinee Series). TRAIN­ Lost, The Wingfeld Trilogy, Uncle Vanya and Careless in The School for Scandal; 1986: ING: National Theatre School, York Shirley Valentine; 1991: Much Ado About Dromio of Ephesus in The Boys from University and Banff Advanced Actor's Nothing, Les Belles Soeurs and An Enemy of the Syracuse, Florizel in The Winter's Tale and Workshop. People, 1990: Julius Caesar, the double bill of Guiderius in Cymbeline. THEATRE: The Grand Inquisitor! Swan Song and Home; Composer, Musical Director and Lyricist of 1989: the double bill of Titus Andronicusl The Servant of Two Masters and On My Own DIRECTOR The Comedy.of Errors and A Midsummer Night's Two Feet (Young People's Theatre); as well Dream, 1988: the double bill of Oedipus/The as of Bedtimes and Bullies and Julius Caesar JOE DOWLING Critic, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew (The Citadel Theatre). Composer and Second season: Director of A Midsummer and King Lear, 1987: Journey's End, Romeo Musical Director of Bag Babies (Theatre Night's Dream. STRATFORD: 1992: and Juliet, As You Like It and Mother Courage; Passe Muraille). As a Composer, he has Director of Uncle Vanya. THEATRE: 1986: The Resistable Rise ofArturo Ui; Macbeth worked on numerous productions includ­ Directing credits include A Midsummer and Hamlet; 1985: The Beaux Stratagem and ing The Cambodia Pavilion (Theatre- Republic, Edmonton); Amiga's Blue Guitar, FILM/TELEVISION: Includes Fight ductions including Arsenic and Old Lace and for which he received a Dora Mavor Moore Choreographer and performer on Beyond DearAntoine, and later stage managed 'Night Award (Tarragon Theatie); and The Miracle Reality, Maniac Mansion, Street Legal and Kung Mother, directed by Martha Henry. Other Worker (The Ciladcl Theatre); and Ihe film Fu: The Legend Continues. Feature films credits include Stage Manager of Wendy 10 Ways to Abuse an Old Woman. Stage credits include Life with Billy, The Arena and The Lill's The Occupation of Heather Rose, Don include Owen in The Melville Boys Freshman. TRAINING: B.A. from the Hannah's In the Lobster Capital of the World, (CentreStage Company); Kittel in Ghetto University of Saskatchewan (1984) and Daniel Maclvor's somewhere i have never trav­ (Toronto Workshop Productions); and Yock studied at the Society of American Fight elled and John Murrell's Waiting for the Bauman in Quiet in the Land (Blylh Festival/ Directors. Parade (Tarragon Theatre); The Recruiting Toronto Free Theatre). TRAIING: Graduate Officer and Our Country's Good (Royal Court of the National Theatre School. Theatre at Canadian Stage); The Idler STAGE MANAGEMENT (Theater Plus); and Robertson Davies' CHOREGRAPHY/ Leaven of Malice (Hart House Theatre, HILARY GRAHAM Toronto). FIGHTS Eighth season: Production Stage Manager at the Avon Theatre and Stage Manager of MAXWELL T. WILSON JOHN BROOME The Importance of Being Earnest. Assistant Fourth season: Assistant Stage Manager of Stage Manager for Ann Arbor residency of Antony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night's 12th season: Resident Movement Coach Dreamf Gypsy and The Imaginary Invalid. and Choreographer. THEATRE: An accom­ A Midsummer Night's Dream. STRATFORD: Stage management credits include 1992: Assistant Stage Manager for Ann Arbor plished Director, Choreographer and Tutor residency of The Importance of Being Earnest. of Movement. Trained as a dancer at Stage Manager of Love's Labour's Lost and Measure for Measure; 1991: Love Letters and STRATFORD: Assistant Stage Manager of England's Royal Ballet School and 1992: Uncle Vanya, Shirley Valentine and The Germany's Kurl Jooss/Sigurd Leeder Timon of Athens; 1990: Forever Yours, Marie- Lou; 1989: Love's Labour's Lost; 1987: The Two Gentlemen of Verona; 1991: Timon of School of Modern Dance. Taught for nine Athens, The Rules of the Game, The Knight of the years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic School for Scandal and Assistant Stage Manager of Cabaret; 1986: Stage Manager of Burning Pestle (also 1990) and Love Letters; Art in London and subsequently conducted 1990: Forever Yours, Marie Low, Phaedra and workshops in England, the United Slates Pericles and Assistant Stage Manager of Cymbelme; 1985: Assistant Stage Manager of the double bill of The Grand Inquisitor/Swan and Canada. Choreography credits include Sonj.THEATRE: Credits include Stage Stop The World, I Want To Get Off (London The Government Inspector. Production Stage Manager of the Avon Theatre in 1988, the Manager of The Rich Man (Work-shop West and Broadway); The Damnation of Faust Playwrights Theatre); Assistant Stage (English National Opera); Pericles (Comedie Third Stage from 1989 to 1990 and the Tom Palterson Theatre in 1991. THEATRE: Manager of Dialogues of the Carmelites Francaise, Paris); and Eugene Onegin (Manitoba Opera); Albert Herring and Romeo (Netherlands Opera). Director of Stage Manager of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; Assistant Stage Manager of et Juliette (Canadian Opera Company); Die Movement at the Royal Shakespeare Fledermaus, The Flying Dutchman, Eugene Company from 1969 to 1974. Directing Marlene Dietrich's 1973 British tour; and also worked in stage management with the Onegin and The Marriage of Figaro (Edmonlon credits include Mother Courage (Adelaide, Opera); and A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Australia); The Dybbuk (American National Royal Shakespeare Company for seven years on such productions as The Comedy of Crucible and The Lion, The Witch and The Theatre of Ihe Deaf); Happy End (RADA); Wardrobe (Citadel Theatre). Other credits The Country Wife, The Festival of Women and Errors, Henry IV, Part I and Part U, Much Ado About Nothing, Uncle Vanya, Piaf, Kchard in, include Stage Management Co-ordinator of Oh! What a Lovely War! (London, England); Ihe 1989 Edmonton Teen Festival of the The Medium and Der Jasager (Detroit Babies Grow Old, Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice. Was Casting Co-ordinator of the Arts and Production Co-ordinator of Ihe Institute of the Arts); Carmina Burana 1989 Mmonlon Children's Festival (Citadel (Theatre Clwyd, Wales); As You Like It World University Games in Edmonton and has also worked at the Citadel Theatre, Theatre); as well as numerous productions (Perseverance Theater, Alaska); The for the Edmonton Fringe Festival TRAIN­ Importance of Being Earnest (Denver Center where she was Production Stage Manager for the Young Company (1990) as well as ING: B.A. from the University of Theater Co.); and The Threepenny Opera Lethbridge, Alberta, and also studied (Boulder, Colorado). A founding member Stage Manager of Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (Citadel Theatre/Young People's Theatre Production at Grant MacEwan of Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Community College in Edmonton. Mass., and their Master Teacher and Theatre). Other stage management credits Choreographer. include Peter Pan, Long Day's Journey into Night, King Lear, Guys e> Dolls and Amadeus JOHN STEAD (Citadel Theatre); Shirley Valentine, A Change Fourth season: Fight Director of Antony of Mind and Panther and Jaguar (Alberta and Cleopatra, King John, A Midsummer Night's Theatre Projects); and A Christmas Carol and Dream, Bacchae, Fair Liberty's Call and The Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Calgary). Illusion. STRATFORD: 1992: Fight Director TRAINING: London Academy of Music of The Tempest, World of Wonders, Romeo and and Dramatic Art, England. Juliet and Slum Co-ordinator of H.M.S. Pinafore and Entertaining Mr. Sloane; 1991: ANN STUART Fight Director of the 1991 and 1990 sea­ 12th season: Stage Manager of A sons. Acting credits include 1991: First Midsummer Night's Dream, The Illusion.and Sailor in Hamlet, Watch (William Kemp) in Ihe Words and Music Concert Infinite Much Ado About Nothing and Harry in Variety. Assistant Stage Manager for Ann Treasure Island; 1990: Appeared in Macbeth, Arbor residency of The Importance of Being As You Like It and Julius Caesar. Recipient of Earnest. STRATFORD: Credits include Ihe 1991 Derek F. Milchell Artistic Stage Manager of 1992: The Tempest and The Director's Award. THEATRE: Has been Two Gentlemen of Verona', 1991: Hamlet and the Fight Director/Choreographer of more Homeward Bound; 1990: Macbeth and Phaedra; than 100 productions including Escape from 1989: The Proposal and The Changeling; 1980: Happiness (Factory Theatre); Silver Dagger Virginia (which transferred to the (Canadian Stage Company); The Castle and Haymarket Theatre hi London, England); The Possibilities (Necessary Angel Theatre 1979: Barren/Yerma and Ned and Jack. Company); Pinnochio, Count Dracula, The Assistant Stage Manager of 22 productions Prince and The Pauper, The Groundworld including Romeo and Juliet, Antigone and The Adventure and Jacob Two-Two and Ihe Dinosaur Winter's Tale directed by David William; The (Young People's Theatre); Under the Skin Guardsman, King Lear and fymbeline directed (Theatre Passe Muraillc); Isabella's Fortune by Robin Phillips; and Richard H directed and King Stag (Odyssey Theatre, Ottawa); by Zoe Caldwell. Won the Artistic Treatment (Toronto Free Theatre); and The Director's Award in 1980. THEATRE: Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Tarragon Member of the 1983/84 Grand Theatre Theatre) as well as productions at the Company, where she stage managed The National Ballet and Opera Hamilton. Doctor's Dilemma and assisted on four pro­ The Story Behind the Stratford Festival Residency in Ann Arbor by Ken Fischer, UMS Executive Director

It's the spring of 1991. University Presentations, and our opera and dance Musical Society Development Director programs for young people. They also Catherine Arcure and I are having lunch learned of our desire to be working more with Canadian Consul General Anne closely with area schools and with Charles and members of her staff in Detroit. University academic units in collaborative Whenever a Canadian artist or ensemble projects that would benefit students and appears under the auspices of the Musical faculty. Society, Ms. Charles supports the perfor­ Stratford Artistic Director David mance by inviting special guests and hosting William and Producer Colleen Blake visited social events. She loves the performing arts Ann Arbor in the fall of 1991 to become and is proud to introduce local leaders in familiar with the theaters, to meet with business, politics, education, and the media community and University representatives, to outstanding Canadian artists. Anne and to meet with leaders of the UMS Board Charles has boundless energy and enthusi­ of Directors and staff to discuss next steps. asm and is a joy with which to work. There was much excitement about the On this bright spring day, we're looking prospect of the residency and the planning over offerings for the the upcoming 1991/92 continued. It was determined that the pro­ season and beginning to make preliminary ductions would be mounted in the Power plans for the November visit by the Center. Canadian Brass. Anne recounts recent During the 1991/92 season, the UMS conversations she has had with the people was developing a long-range plan. Among at the Stratford Festival in Ontario centering its many objectives, the plan called for the on their interest in developing new Society to explore new art forms, to reach audiences and in developing new relation­ out to new audiences, and to find new ways ships with presenters. Anne says, "I think to work collaboratively with the University you two ought to talk with the folks at and community. The Stratford Residency Stratford." And before we know it — in would fit these objectives perfectly. But typical Anne Charles fashion — we adjourn there was one other critical factor: all of to Anne's office where she places a call to the above must be accomplished in a fiscally Stratford...and, as they say, the rest is responsible manner. To make it's last history. objective very clear, the plan required "up- Conversations began with our front" funding for any new artistic ventures. colleagues at Stratford. We spoke by phone The belief was that if the new venture held and learned about their commitment to enough promise for developing new audiences for their work. success, then the Society should be capable We learned that 15% of Stratford's audience of finding sufficient outside support for it. comes from the state of Michigan and that We were willing to take risks with new they'd like to see that figure grow. We dis­ ventures, but we were not in a position to cussed their past week-long residency sustain heavy losses if the venture failed. at Dartmouth College and the educational Board and staff agreed that before we could activities that supplemented the perfor­ announce the Stratford residency, we would mances. Stratford learned about the Musical need to raise $150,000. Society's interest in exploring new genres of Fund-raising efforts began in earnest presentations beyond music and dance. in the summer of 1992. We began conversa­ They discovered that while there is good tions with a major corporation which had resident theater in Ann Arbor, there is very expressed interest in the Stratford Residency little touring theater. We told them of our as an exclusive underwriter. The corpora­ new educational initiatives including the tion would not be able to commit, however, Michigan MozartFest, Philips Educational until after January 1993. In July of 1992, six members of the expected us to deliver on our end. What a UMS staff visited Stratford to learn as refreshing new approach — to have artists much about theater presentation as possible, express as deep a commitment to high- recognizing that theater was a new art form quality education as to high-quality for us to present. Arts Midwest, an inter­ performance. state consortium that supports the arts in The third feature was how we docu­ the midwest, provided an "arts exploration" mented "the deal." It was all done on the grant that enabled us to see performances, back of a Bentley's napkin. We determined observe' the technical crew at work, visit the what the two shows would be, when they'd production shops, and meet with key be performed, and agreed to a fee, noting Stratford staff. We had known of Stratford's everything on the napkin. Then we signed reputation for producing the highest quality it. With all the attention that the Bo of theater, and our site visit helped us Schembechler/Tom Monaghan napkin deal understand how they do it — through had gotten in the press, Colleen and I agreed talent, hard work, teamwork, and a to photograph the napkin just in case we commitment to excellence in everything needed to check the details later. they do. They are also creative, positive, In the fall of 1992, UMS hosted our and fun-lov­ ______Stratford ing people. colleagues I returned over the in September Michigan- of 1992 to /Illinois foot­ negotiate the ball week­ final terms end. The with producer weekend Colleen began Friday Blake. I will afternoon always with a meet­ remember ing to intro­ three special duce the features of Stratford this negotia­ team to key tion, because faculty from it speaks vol­ the English umes about University Musical Society Executive Director Km Fischer and Stratford department, our wonder­ Producer Colleen Blake with "the deal." Residential ful colleagues College, from Canada. First of all, we held our dis­ Theater Department, School of Music, cussion not in Colleen's office, but at Humanities Institute, and other campus Bentley's, a favorite gathering place for cast units. Our Stratford friends urged the faculty and crew (and audience, too) to unwind to begin thinking about how cast and crew after performances. (A warm and friendly members could assist with classes, work­ place, reminiscent of the Pretzel Bell in the shops, seminars, and other activities during late 60s.) the residency. The next day, the technical Second, Colleen put on the negotiating people from Stratford, with clipboards firmly table the expectation that UMS would orga­ in hand, thoroughly examined the stage of nize a sufficient number of educational the Power Center to see what changes activities to engage Stratford cast and crew would be required to enable our space to an additional five hours per week, per per­ accommodate the Stratford sets. We did find son, during the residency. "By the way, Ken, time to catch a few tailgate parties and to see we're offering this service at no extra cost. the game, too. It's part of our investment in audience It is now mid-February of 1993, and we development." I was totally disarmed. More are eager to hear from our prospective spon­ often than not, I have had to beg touring sor. The 1993/94 season brochure must go artists to create extra time for educational to press at the latest by mid-March to be activities. But with Stratford, they were available for mailing to patrons in early offering their extra time as a gift to the April. But before we can announce the University and community and letting us Stratford Residency as part of the upcoming know in no uncertain terms that they season, the UMS Board must approve a business plan for the residency that includes A week before the deadline we had $150,000 in underwriting. We have a raised in cash and pledges only about half four-week window. of what we needed. We then invited special The prospective sponsor calls. But friends to consider becoming guarantors, instead of a "yes," we learn that the meaning individuals who, if we were not company has had a particularly difficult successful in raising all of the funds by quarter and does not feel it can participate in November's curtain time, would together the Stratford Residency as the exclusive contribute what would be required to reach sponsor. $150,000. Twelve guarantors made such a What happened in the next four weeks commitment. When the deadline arrived, was truly remarkable and demonstrated we had, in hand, cash, pledges, and just how extraordinary this community is. guarantor commitments totaling $150,000. We began to talk with local corporations, The Board approved the business plan at foundations, and individuals about the the March meeting, and the Stratford Stratford Residency project and our need to Festival project became part of our season raise $150,000 in 28 days. We found them announcement in early April. (A list of all excited to leam that the Stratford Festival — contributors to the Stratford Residency is an organization that everyone knew by included in this program book.) reputation to be one of the finest theater Visits back and forth continued companies in the world — would be coming throughout the spring and summer of 1993. to Ann Arbor. What particularly impressed The two productions Stratford chose to bring them, however, was the offer of each to Ann Arbor received excellent reviews member of the Stratford company to give during Stratford's season. Ticket sales for the an additional five hours during the week Ann Arbor performances are strong enough to educational activities in the university that we have added another performance and community. Checks and pledges began of A Midsummer Night's Dream on Saturday to come in. Every gift that came in during afternoon, November 20, in spite of the this time was a critically important gift, competing Ohio State game. We sold 400 but one stand out because of the level of student-priced tickets to that performance commitment and the hundreds of people in the first 24 hours. the gift represents. As of this writing, the educational The Ann Arbor Area Community component of the Stratford Residency has Foundation is a thirty-year-old philanthropic become a virtual mini-semester. More than institution that makes grants to non-profit 35 artists from the Stratford company are organizations in the community and whose sharing their time and expertise with Board is made up of leading citizens in the students from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor area. Over the years, hundreds as well as with pupils in the Ann Arbor of individuals, families, local businesses, and Schools. University students will participate other organizations from the community in discussions on all aspects of theater have made gifts to the Foundation and have production from acting to text interpreta­ entrusted it to invest and utilize the income tion, from stage design to actual production for the betterment of the community. The methods. In addition, Ann Arbor public and Foundation's Board and staff learned of our private schools will be visited by Stratford project on one day and — realizing that we Festival artists who will present several were under enormous time constraints — programs including the Festival's famous invited us to submit a proposal by noon of "Stratford in a Trunk" presentation for the next day so that they could consider it younger children. The enthusiasm and immediately and not wait until the next generosity of the Stratford participants is grant period which was several months only equalled by the joyous anticipation away. In less than a week, the Foundation of the students as they await the arrival put our proposal through its rigorous of Stratford on Ann Arbor. evaluation process and notified us that we Thank you for coming to this perfor­ would receive a grant of $25,000 which — mance. By your wonderful support of this up to that time — was the largest grant the project, we hope to be able to make the Foundation had ever awarded. That the Stratford Residency an annual occurrence. AAACF grant came so early in our intensive And please thank the underwriters whose fund-raising effort and at such a significant support at a critical time assured that the level encouraged other organizations and project could be realized. individuals to make gifts to us. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR David William Amanda Doone Sharrie-Ann Dial Charity Doone Wardrobe Buyer GENERAL MANAGER Gary Thomas Andrea Fraser Dawn Jantzi ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE Richard Monette Andrew Douglas Stock Co-ordinator uanabiDDings Linda Sparks PRODUCER Colleen Blake Carolyn Morris Wardrobe Assistant DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Berthold Carriere Enk Nowak Sheila Mallon Jodi Williams Warehouse Co-ordinator DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Bar Manager Robin McGibbon AND COMMUNICATIONS Cestival/Avon Assisted by Janice Price iflargo Mair Madonna Decker DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Shawn St. Michael Bartenders RickSickinger Adam Mair Resident Cutter HEAD OF DESIGN DebraHanson Chantell Morlog Enid Larson Paul Bree Cutters Staff David Griffith Christine Audet 11 Karm Jones Phihn PhAum TRAINING & COACHES neat/ Brenda Clark ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS John Leberg Development Assistant ui voice Cynthia MacLennan Colm Feore Douglas Paraschuk Yan Chuen Lee nnn oKinner Associate voice Coach Diane Robinson William Hutt Bill Rasmussen Development Associate, Tailors Nora Polley Carolyn Smith Sm-hl Fvente barney nammona Tenny Nigoghossian Assistant Voice Terri Dans ASSOCIATE GayleTribick Coach Linda Grandmaltre Development Associate, iaS P,eaJson , DIRECTOR LAUREATE MUSIC Corporate Sponsorship S, "«!'<*"" Movement Marvin Schlichting Tanya Moiseiwitsch Co-ordinator Cutter's Assistant Foundations ufn Rmnm. Maren Drees DIRECTOR OF THE Marilyn DallmaP , Heather Rumball uroome YOUNG COMPANY Rehearsal Pianists First Hands Joanne Davies MartiMaraden SynXZan AVON OFFICE: ftcny Mlllauy Susan E. Dick Office Supervisor Alexander Technique LITERARY MANAGER Stephen Woodjetts (elly McEvenue Clara Eusebi Elliott Hayes Fanfare Leader Trudy Tompkins Shirley Lee Accounts/Administration Steven Glassman RESIDENT DIRECTOR * James Ford Ann Penistan Rosemary Schaefer Robert Beard Fanlare Musicians Joyce Airhart Debbie Stiles David Campion Data Processor Text Consultant Marianne Wesche PRODUCTION DerekConrod Lee Brown Leslie O'Dell Christine Yundt Production Manager Jerry Johnson Development Assistant Spec/a/ Thanks to Wilfrid Seamstresses Paul Shaw Holly Shephard Michelle Purdy Laurier University Deanna Anthony Technical Director Orchestra Supervisors Development Assistant STAGE MANAGEMENT Kathleen Babcock RonKresky Holly Shephard Christine Tucker estival Theatre Vivian Baumann Technical Director - Avon Don Sweete Telemarketing Office: ^reduction Lise Belanger Paul Bates Copyist Gay Allison stage Managers Wendy Bendle Electronics Technologist Don Sweete Tammie Burley Johanna Billings Christopher Wheeler rnuunuir«Tinu« AnneCleland Nora" Polley Isabel Bloor Resident Sound Designer COMMUNICATIONS Edith Bochynek Keith Handegord Marketing Manager brmCrinrrnntLie woothuis Sta!, 8; S Man34 o"

Gregg Alt Linda French Tom Mull Very Special Thanks to... Kathy M. Anderson Jennifer Haines Deb Katz Carol Amster Margo Halsted Karen Koykka O'Neal Herb Amster Dora Hampel Connie Osier The Staff at the Gandy Dancer Martha Ause Esther Heitler Marysia Ostafin Restaurant for their infectious Barbara Bach Loma Hildebrandt Mary Price enthusiasm at staging the Wassail Milli Baranowski KathleenTreciakHill Rosemary Rathe Dinner on Thursday night Linda Bennett Chen-Oi Hsieh Maya Savarino Anne Benninghoff JoAnne Hulce Pam Schultz Sara Billmarm June Hutchings Mary Sexton Ellie and Dennis Serras of Maude's Polly Binder Janelle Hutchison Janet Shatusky Restaurant and Mainstreet Ventures Carmel Borders Institute for the Humanities Aliza Shevrin for welcoming the Stratford Company Janice Stevens Botsford Alice Irani Leslie Stainton at late night hours Enoch Brater Perry Irish Katie Stebbins Nancy Briggs Maureen Isaac Katherine Steffek Ava Brown Frances Jelinek Ellen Stross Ede Bookstein for hosting the "Farewell Jeannine Buchanan Mary Kahn James Telfer, MD Brunch" for the Stratford Company. Letitia Byrd Heidi Kerst Katharine Uhle Betty Byme Leah Kileny Sue UUrich Alice Irani for her pro bano legal counsel. Pauline Coleman Beatrice Kueng Harlan UnderhiU Evelyn Collins Nat Lacy Jerry Weidenbach and Peter H. deLoof Kathleen Maly Robert Weisbuch Special thanks to all the actors Don Faber Annette Masson Shelly Williams members and of the Stratford Festival Wendy Feigner Many McClatchey Phyllis Wright Company who participated in the Philips Leslie Feret Charlotte McGeoch James Winn Educational Presentations throughout Robben Fleming Bernice Merte Elizabeth Yhouse the week. Phyllis Flory Clyde Metzger Nancy Zimmerman Erik Frederickson Rosalie Moore STROTTOKD FESEMVL Artistic Director Richard Monette Join us for an outstanding 1994 Season May 9 - November 13

FESTIVAL THEATRE TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan CYRANO DE BERGERAC by Edmond Rostand, in a new translation by John Murrell THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS/ THE IMAGINARY CUCKOLD a Moliere double-bill, translated by Richard Wilbur

______AVON THEATRE______OTHELLO by William Shakespeare ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS a new adaptation for the stage by James Reaney from the classic children 's book by Lewis Carroll

TOM PATTERSON THEATRE LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene 0 'Neill HAMLET by William Shakespeare IN THE RING a new play by Jean-Marc Dalpe, translated by Robert Dickson THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare

Festival Member orders will be processed beginning Decembe 1, 1993. Previous ticket buyers will receive their brochure and mail order priority information in mid-January. Box office telephone lines open February 26, 1994. To receive your season brochure call 1-519-273-1600. Stratford-pn-Ann Arbor Public Events

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19 A Midsummer Night's Dream 8 PM Power Center THIS PERFORMANCE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE DOBSOH-McOMBER AGENCY INC. Post-Performance Chat Immediately following the 8 PM performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, audience members are invited to join cast members for an informal chat, Power Center Theatre Opening Night Reception Meet with cast members and share in post-performance refreshments. $10.00 per person. Call 747-1175 to KSVP. Power Center Green Room

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 A Midsummer Night's Dream 2 PM Power Center THIS PERFORMANCE MADE POSSIBLE BY TRlMAS Post-Performance Chat Immediately following the 2 PM performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, audience members are invited to join cast members for an informal chat. Power Center Theatre A Midsummer Nights Dream 8 PM Power Center THIS PERFORMANCE MADE POSSIBLE BY FlRST OF AMERICA Post-Performance Chat Immediately following the 8 PM performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, audience members are invited to join cast members for an informal chat. Power Center Theatre

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 A Midsummer Night's Dream 2 PM Power Center 1993 94 Winter Season Itorodiii String Quartet

New York City Opera Guitar Summit* National Company* Pepe Komero, Leo Kotlke, Puccini's Miultmui lliilti'rfly Joe Pass, Paco Peiia Tuesday. March 1. 7 P.M. Monday. March 21.8 P.M. Thursday-Friday. March 3-4, 8 P.M. Kackhani Auditorium Saturday. March 5. 2 P.M. Made possible by ft gift from Trio Tchaikovsky Power Center Regency Travel Saturday. January 15, 8 P.M. Made possible by a gift from Joe Kackhani Audiloriuin Murray Pcrahia, pianist O Wen/ and O 'Neat Construction Wednesday. March 23. 8 P.M. Shostakovich String Chicago Symphony Orchestra* Hill Auditorium Quartet Cycle Kenneth Jean, conductor Kmerson String Quartet* Itiirodin String Quartet* Philip Sabransky, pianist F-riday, March 25. 8 P.M. Tuesday. January 25. 8 P.M.. Tuesday. March X. X P.M. Ruckham Auditorium Kackhani Auditorium Hill Auditorium Wednesday - Friday. Made possible by a gift from Joshua Bell, violinist January 26-28. 8 P.M.. Jacobson 's Tuesday. April 5, 8 P.M. I '-M Museum of Art Urban Itush Women* Rackhnm Auditorium Saturday, January 29. X P.M.. Friday. March 11.8 P.M. Detroit Symphony Orchestra Kackhani Auditorium Power Center Neeme Jarvi, conductor Made possible bv a gift from Y'/ii.v prujecl is'sappurlfd In Arts Edward Surovell CoJKeattors University Choral Union Midwest members mid friends in Thomas Sheets, music director Moscow Virtuosi partnership mill Dance tin Tour, the Sunday, April 17. 4 P.M. Vladimir Spivakov, conductor National EriiloM'nienl for the Arts, and Hill Auditorium Thursday. February ?. 8 P.M. the Michigan < 'otincil for Art* ttrlil Rackham Auditorium (-'liltunil Affairs. Beaux Arts Trio Monday. April 18, 8 P.M. Kronos Siring Quartet Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Rackham Auditorium Friday. February. 11.8 P.M. with Hermeto Pascoal el (irupo Power Center Saturday. March 12, 8 P.M. Dresden Staatskapelle* Power Center Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor I'ilar Rioja and Company* Thursday, April 21. 8 P.M. Moscow Philharmonic Saturday. February 12. 8 P.M. Hill Auditorium Power Center Vassily Sinaiskv, conductor Gil Shaham, violinist James Galway, llutist* Friday. March 18. 8 P.M. Christopher (>'Kiley, pianist Hill Auditorium 101st Ann Arbor Sunday. February 13. 4 P.M. May Festival Hill Auditorium L-M School nl° Music Faculty Artists Concert 'Ihursday - Saturday Lincoln Center Ju/z Orchestra* Sunday, March 20. 4 P.M. May 12-14, 1994 Tuesday. February 15, 8 P.M. Rackhum Auditorium Watch for details! Hill Auditorium

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