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tcs.on.ca/ReadyForMore > 8 DIRECTOR’S NOTES THE ESSENTIAL HUMANITY OF EDUARDO BY ANTONI CIMOLINO
Many years ago, I read and fell in love with the comic in the direst of situations. In his Napoli Milionaria! At a quick glance, it may world view, it seems the essence of being appear to be just a black market comedy; human is a frailty that creates, in equal but even taken as such, it is evident that measure, both tragedy and comedy. His this is a work with a deeply moral purpose. examination of social issues isn’t driven Written in wartime about wartime, it by a political, philosophical or religious examines the impact of corruption and agenda. His focus is on the personal and dislocation on a family and, by extension, its connection to the community. What is a community. our personal responsibility to care for our When I first read it, I suspected it would be children, our friends and our neighbours? difficult for an audience today to understand Therefore, to honour De Filippo’s play, the world of Naples in 1942–1944. But the we as artists must strive to find simplicity, events of recent years – among them, honesty and a vulnerable humanity in our the Arab Spring and the ongoing crisis in own work. Perhaps that appeal to our Syria – have made me feel otherwise. The humanity is what has enabled De Filippo spark that ignited the Arab Spring was the to find an eager audience among all self-immolation of a young street vendor social classes. In Naples, he is simply and in Tunisia in protest against the corruption affectionately remembered as Eduardo. and cruelty of government officials. Like the Italian fascist regime of the first act of On my way to the airport as I was last Napoli Milionaria!, the Tunisian government leaving Naples, I mentioned to the cab had created a world in which honesty was driver that I would be directing Napoli rewarded with poverty and humiliation. Milionaria! in Canada. He was instantly engaged, saying it was a shame that In an interview, Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo had never won the Nobel Prize for recounted how, in looking out of his literature. He quoted Dario Fo, who said in window in the weeks after the arrival of his own Nobel Prize acceptance speech that the Allies in Naples, the idea of the play he, like all modern dramatists, stands on the was born. In witnessing the devastation shoulders of Eduardo De Filippo. Then the caused by the almost relentless bombing, cab driver quoted the famous last lines of the many poor young children orphaned or Napoli Milionaria! in the original Neapolitan separated from their parents by war, and dialect. After more discussion in Italian, the corrupting impact of the vast wealth it was clear to me that this man wasn’t brought by the Allies, he saw his city and an actor turned cabbie. He was a regular community fractured. guy and proud Neapolitan who had been Despite his play’s serious subject matter, impacted by the truth, humour and heart of De Filippo has an eye for the absurd and the playwright he warmly called Eduardo.
9 NOT EVERYONE IS GUILTY, BUT NO ONE IS INNOCENT BY DONATO SANTERAMO
Napoli Milionaria! isn’t a comedy, it isn’t This play marks a decisive divide with his a tragedy, it isn’t even a tragicomedy. previous playwriting and theatre practice, Though it does have comedic, tragic and which was based mostly on farcical and tragicomic moments, ultimately it does not slapstick comedy, and it marks, at the offer a true resolution to the contradictions same time, Pirandello’s influence on the it addresses. Nevertheless, it is considered Neapolitan playwright. Pirandello’s essay one of Eduardo De Filippo’s masterpieces “On Humour” especially had a great impact (together with Filumena Marturano, on Eduardo’s work. Pirandello’s theory Saturday, Sunday, Monday, The Nativity conceives the necessity of the blending Scene and La Grande Magia) and is of comedy and of tragedy, advocating the regularly performed around the globe. synchronic occurrence of the comedic and tragic sense. This aesthetic stance became Eduardo De Filippo was the illegitimate son a characteristic trait of many Italian literary, of Eduardo Scarpetta, one of Italy’s most cinematic and theatrical works of the revered comedic actors and playwrights of twentieth century and is one of the main the end of the nineteenth century and the features of Eduardo’s playwriting. beginning of the twentieth. Scarpetta also fathered two of Eduardo’s siblings, Peppino Napoli Milionaria! opens in 1942. Italy and Titina. Scarpetta’s comedic vein would has been at war for almost two years, have a great influence on Eduardo (Italians having entered the conflict in 1940 after refer to De Filippo only by his first name, an initial “non-belligerent nation” stance, which is a clear indication of their familiarity notwithstanding the “Pact of Steel,” the with him and his work) and his siblings, with military agreement between Fascist whom he formed the I De Filippo theatre Italy and Nazi Germany, signed in 1939, company in 1931; it dominated the Italian that contemplated both defensive and scene for almost fifteen years. Amongst I offensive intervention in case of war. In De Filippo’s most important collaborations, 1942, with Italy still firmly in the hands of and perhaps the most influential, was the Mussolini and the Fascist regime, basic one with Nobel laureate Luigi Pirandello: life necessities were becoming less and in 1935, the company staged the Sicilian less readily available as the result of playwright’s Liolà, and the following year, Il government-enforced price caps that drove berretto a sonagli. producers to bypass official markets and seek higher profits through a flourishing, In 1944, I De Filippo was dissolved, due although illegal, black market. to both personal and artistic differences between the two brothers, and Eduardo The play introduces us to a very modest formed his own theatre company. household, that of the extremely poor Significantly, only a few months later, Jovine family, who live in a basso, a Eduardo penned, in just a few weeks, windowless ground-floor dwelling. The Napoli Milionaria! in Neapolitan vernacular. father, Gennaro, who at the time would
10 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: AERIAL RAID ON NAPLES BY U.S B-17, JULY 15, 1943; LITTLE GIRL WASHING CLOTHES, JULY 1944 (PHOTOGRAPH BY L.T. WAYNE MILLER, U.S. NAVY); NAPLES AFTER BOMBARDMENT, OCTOBER 6, 1943. have been expected to be the head of an economic empire. She has no scruples the family, has instead only a marginal about taking advantage of the needs of the influence on what is going on in his citizens of Naples. household. In fact, his wife, Amalia, has In the first act, although the issue is not started a “business,” selling goods on directly addressed, it is obvious that there the black market, and Gennaro, although is no freedom and that the mere act of opposing her dealings, does nothing to speaking unfavourably of the Fascist stop them. He will eventually even act as regime would have dire consequences for an accomplice, although a reluctant one. those involved. Gennaro understands that the only other option would be to starve and, although The second act takes place after 1943. he recognises the immorality of his wife’s Everything has changed. Mussolini was endeavours, he is unable or perhaps deposed as head of state by King Vittorio unwilling to put an end to them. A mild- Emanuele III in July of 1943 and was mannered man who returned from the subsequently jailed. (The Italian dictator Great War drastically changed and who would, shortly afterwards, be freed by the is now often derided by his family and Germans stationed in Italy.) Furthermore, friends, Gennaro has withdrawn from living the king has not only surrendered to actively; he instead seems to prefer to the Allies by signing an unconditional submit to the will of those who surround armistice, he has also appointed General him. His war experience has left him as Pietro Badoglio as head of state; in damaged goods, both physically and September of 1943, Badoglio pledged mentally abdicating all responsibilities. Italy’s allegiance to the invading Allies. Amalia, on the other hand, has taken the The king and his family have fl ed Rome to lead, not only striving to better the living “liberated” southern Italy; the rest of Italy is conditions of her family but also building occupied by the German forces.
11 FROM LEFT: CITIZENS OF ROME LEARN OF MUSSOLINI’S REMOVAL AND THE APPOINTMENT OF PIETRO BADOGLIO AS PRIME MINISTER, JULY 26, 1943; A YOUNG GIRL SELLS BLACK MARKET CIGARETTES IN A CAFÉ IN NAPLES.
“THE PLAY IS ABOVE ALL ABOUT THE OBLITERATION, DURING WARTIME, OF ETHICAL AND SOCIAL VALUES BY OTHERWISE DECENT CITIZENS”
At the beginning of the second act, a new the rest of the country; their only interest is environment can be breathed in the streets the enjoyment of their newly found wealth. and alleys of the city: freedom. Amalia’s The third act, which is extremely short, business is flourishing. She, her son and brings about the convergence of all daughter have remodelled their home and the contradictions and wrongdoings now dress elegantly. Gennaro, however, perpetrated by the characters to redeem has gone missing during the German the present. retreat. At this point Italy is practically divided into two parts: the centre and north Napoli Milionaria! is a theatre of are under the control of the German army, denunciation: denunciation of war and of while the south is in the hands of British the atrocities that are committed in its name. and American troops. However, the play is above all about the obliteration, during wartime, of ethical and Amalia and her friends are living as if social values by otherwise decent citizens. the war were over, forgetting that the In Napoli Milionaria!, Eduardo offers no conflict between the German army and the solutions, but only a beacon of hope. Allies is ongoing in central and northern Italy. Moreover, there is also a civil war taking place amongst Italians – because Mussolini, once freed and supported by the Professor in the Department of Languages, Germans, created La Repubblica di Salò, a Literatures and Cultures and cross- dummy state with a military force of over appointed to the Dan School of Drama and half a million Italian soldiers fighting with Music at Queen's University in Kingston, the German army against the Allies and the Donato Santeramo prepared the literal Italian antifascist partisans. In this act, no translation on which this production’s script one is interested in what is happening in was based.
12 ITALY AT WAR: A TIMELINE
MAY 22, 1939 SEPTEMBER 8, 1943 The foreign ministers of Italy and Germany Italy announces an armistice with the Allies. sign the Pact of Friendship and Alliance, However, German troops still occupy many informally known as the “Pact of Steel.” of the country’s cities, including Naples.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1939 SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 Britain declares war on Germany. Allied forces begin landing on mainland Italy. JUNE 10, 1940 After initial hesitation, Italian dictator Benito SEPTEMBER 12, 1943 Mussolini declares war on Britain and Rescued from prison by the Germans, France. Mussolini sets up a new Fascist regime in northern Italy. SEPTEMBER 13, 1940 Italy invades Egypt. SEPTEMBER 27–30, 1943 In an uprising that came to be known as OCTOBER 1940 “the four days of Naples,” the people of Italy sends some two hundred aircraft to Naples drive out their German occupiers. occupied Belgium, to participate in the For this, the city was awarded the Gold Battle of Britain and the London Blitz. Medal of Military Valour.
OCTOBER 28, 1940 OCTOBER 1, 1943 Italy invades Greece. The first Allied forces arrive in Naples.
NOVEMBER 1, 1940 OCTOBER 13, 1943 Naples is bombed for the first time by The liberated portion of Italy declares war Britain’s Royal Air Force. Between 1940 on Germany. and 1943, Naples sustained the heaviest bombing of any Italian city. APRIL 1, 1945 The Allies begin their offensive in northern OCTOBER 23, 1942 Italy. The Allies defeat German and Italian forces in North Africa at the Battle of El Alamein. APRIL 28, 1945 Italian partisans capture and execute JULY 9, 1943 Mussolini. The Allies invade Sicily, capturing the island in a little over a month. MAY 2, 1945 German forces in Italy surrender to the JULY 26, 1943 Allies. Italy’s King Vittorio Emanuele III orders the arrest of Mussolini and appoints Marshal Pietro Badoglio as prime minister.
13 PLAYWRIGHT EDUARDO DE FILIPPO
Born in Naples on May 24, 1900, into a theatrical family headed by actor Eduardo Scarpetta, Eduardo De Filippo made his own stage debut in early childhood, in a play written by his father, and already had a burgeoning acting career when he was called up in 1920 for two years of military service. By the end of the decade, he had won renown as a comic actor and had begun to embark on a parallel career as a playwright. In 1931, with his brother Peppino and sister Titina, he co- founded the Teatro Umoristico I De Filippo company; then, in 1945, Eduardo and Titina formed Il Teatro di Eduardo. De Filippo wrote some forty plays, many of which have gained international recognition. Besides Napoli milionaria! (1945), they include Natale in casa Cupiello (1930), Filumena Maturano (1946), Sabato, Domenica, e Lunedi (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 1959) and L’arte della commedia (The Art of Comedy, 1964). As an actor, De Filippo appeared in over a dozen films, including Casanova farebbe cosi! (Casanova Would Do It That Way!, 1942) and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s I racconti di Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales, 1971). He wrote the screenplay for a film adaptation of Napoli milionaria!, known in English as Side Street Story (1950), as well as directing and acting in it. In November 1980 he received an honorary degree in letters from the University of Rome and in 1981 was appointed a life senator. He died in Rome on October 31, 1984.
TRANSLATOR JOHN MURRELL
One of Canada’s most frequently produced playwrights, John Murrell has had his plays translated into more than twenty languages and performed in more than thirty-five countries. They include Waiting for the Parade, Memoir, Farther West, Democracy, Taking Shakespeare, and Fat Jack Falstaff’s Last Hour. He is also an esteemed translator of theatre, including works by Sophocles, Chekhov, Ibsen, and eight plays by contemporary Quebec playwright Carole Fréchette. Murrell was the librettist for three operas by John Estacio and one by Bramwell Tovey. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence, and a recipient of the Governor General of Canada’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.
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DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE MEASURES Chalmers Lounge, Avon Theatre, Wednesday, August 8, 10:45 a.m.–noon. From $20 In Napoli Milionaria!, the family’s matriarch, Amalia, engages in the Italian black market in order to survive. What are the economic impacts of war on the state and on citizens? Who walks away with the payload? Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, director of Napoli Milionaria!, moderates a panel discussion with guests Brian Orend, of the University of Waterloo, and Donato Santeramo, dramaturge and translator.
SCREENING OF NAPLES ’44 Studio Theatre, Sunday, August 12, and Sunday, September 16, 10 a.m.–noon. From $20 Benedict Cumberbatch narrates this fi lm based on the remarkable memoir of British soldier Norman Lewis, who entered Naples as part of an invasion of Nazi-occupied Italy. Naples ’44 is a haunting evocation of a ravaged land and a city of infi nite charm.
IN PURSUIT OF PUBLIC MORALITY Chalmers Lounge, Avon Theatre, Wednesday, August 29, 10:45 a.m.–noon. From $20 What is the appropriate citizen response when government fails us? How should we respond to destructive political events? Philosopher Mark Kingwell, political scientist Emma Planinc and company member Jonathan Goad examine society’s responsibility of stewardship in a discussion with Paul Kennedy, host of CBC’s Ideas.
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BY EDUARDO DE FILIPPO IN A NEW TRANSLATION BY JOHN MURRELL FROM A LITERAL TRANSLATION BY DONATO SANTERAMO
THE CAST Maria Rosaria Altar Boy UNDERSTUDIES Shruti Kothari David Collins Wayne Best Brigadiere Ciappa Amedeo Pascalino David Collins Riccardo Spasiano Johnathan Sousa Sébastien Heins Martha Farrell Amalia Gennaro Brigadiere Ciappa Farhang Ghajar Amedeo Alexis Gordon Adelaide Schiano, Tom McCamus André Sills Margherita, Teresa Amalia Guard #1 Sébastien Heins Peppe “The Brigit Wilson Nick Nahwegahbow Jack,” Doctor Errico Guard #2 Josue Laboucane Alexandra Lainfiesta Maria IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Gordon Patrick White Rosaria Assunta André Morin Altar Boy, Guard #1 Adelaide Schiano Alexandra Lainfiesta Nick Nahwegahbow Federico, Chick Reid Pascalino Teresa Oksana Sirju Donna Peppenela Rita Mamie Zwettler Nina Goad Gordon Patrick White Gennaro Margherita Mamie Zwettler Assunta Donna Peppenela Oksana Sirju Martha Farrell Wine Seller Federico Josue Laboucane Farhang Ghajar Neighbour Errico Alexis Gordon Michael Blake Doctor Peppe “The Jack” E.B. Smith Emilio Vieira Riccardo Spasiano Tom Rooney
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16 ARTISTIC CREDITS
Director Antoni Cimolino
Designer Julie Fox Lighting Designer Michael Walton Sound Designer Thomas Ryder Payne
Producer David Auster Casting Director Beth Russell Creative Planning Director Jason Miller
Assistant Director Stage Manager Andrew Kushnir Anne Murphy Assistant Set Designer Assistant Stage Managers Joshua Quinlan Holly Korhonen Assistant Costume Designer Corinne Richards Mary-Jo Carter Dodd Melissa Veal Assistant Lighting Designer Production Assistant C.J. Astronomo Grace Batten Production Stage Managers Michael Hart Janine Ralph Maxwell T. Wilson
Technical Director Elissa Horscroft
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks to Jennifer Anderson, MD, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Sean Blaine, MD, Stratford; Shawn Edwards, MD, Stratford; Brian Hands, MD, FRCS (C), medical voice consultant, Vox Cura voice care specialists, Toronto; Simon McBride, MCISc, MD, London Health Sciences Centre Vocal Function Clinic, London; Laurel Moore, MD, Stratford; David Thompson, MD, Stratford; Thomas R. Verny, MD, DHL, DPsych, FRCPC, FAPA, Stratford; John Yoo, MD, London Health Sciences Centre, London. Pianos tuned and maintained by Stephenson Concert Group. Cover: Brigit Wilson, Tom McCamus. Photography by Clay Stang – The Garden.
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Production responsibilities during the performance accomplished by: Head Carpenter Wardrobe Head Wigs and Makeup Crew John Lowe Mary-Lou Mason Mallory Reeves Head Electrician Wardrobe Attendants Child Supervisor Timothy Hanson Margie Bell Bruer Adrienne Gould Alternate Ina Brogan Greg Bride Sharon Parker Head Property Swing Kathleen Orlando Laurie Krempien-Hall Head Sound Wigs and Makeup Show Michael Watters Head Teddi Barrett
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Director of Production Design Coordinator Transportation Simon Marsden Mary-Jo Carter Dodd Charlie Fox Production Administrator Technical Director Dirk Newbery Carla Fowler – Scenic Construction B.J. Shaver James Thistle Administrative Assistant Andrew Mestern Cindy Jordan Scene Shop Manager Electronics Technologist Chris Wheeler Associate Technical Directors Robbin Cheesman David Campbell Technical Management Eleanor Creelman Assistant Michael Besworth
PROPERTIES SCENIC ART Assisted by Simon Aldridge Head of Properties Head Scenic Artist David Bedford Dona Hrabluk Duncan Johnstone Gary Geiger Assisted by Assistant Head Scenic Artist Paul Hyde Eric Ball Daniel McManus Scott King Karine Cusson Cory Mielke Assisted by Ken Dubblestyne Stephen Morgan Michelle Jamieson Kevin Kemp John Roth Kathryn Kerr Michael Wharran Jody Satchell Shirley Lee Blair Yeomans Joseph Saunders Jennifer Macdonald Scott Schmidt Nina Mueller SCENIC CARPENTRY Mark Smith Dylan Mundy Cliff Tipping Heather Ruthig Head Carpenter Lisa Summers Ryan Flanagan WARDROBE Properties Buyer Assistant Head Carpenter Head of Wardrobe Tracy Fulton Paul Cooper – Festival Theatre Assistant Properties Buyer Head of Automation Bradley Dalcourt Kathleen Orlando Ian Phillips
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WAYNE BEST MICHAEL BLAKE DAVID COLLINS MARTHA FARRELL FARHANG GHAJAR
WAYNE BEST 2018: Master in The Tempest, Host in Coriolanus and understudy in Napoli Milionaria! 23rd season. Stratford: Friar Laurence (Romeo and Juliet), The Prospector (The Madwoman of Chaillot), Duke of Gloucester, Worcester, Archbishop of Canterbury, King Charles (Breath of Kings), Antiochus, Simonides (Pericles), Surly (The Alchemist), Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), Axel Oxenstierna (Christina, The Girl King), Hubert (King John), Caliban (The Tempest), Don John (Much Ado About Nothing), Buckingham (Richard III), Macduff (Macbeth), Fluellen (Henry V), Gratiano (The Merchant of Venice), Cornwall (King Lear), Leontes (The Winter’s Tale), Grumio (The Taming of the Shrew), Agamemnon (Troilus and Cressida), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet). Elsewhere: Brutus (Julius Caesar), Antonio (The Tempest), Captain Keller, Karl (Heaven), Abbott (Inexpressible Island), Anderson (Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme), Quinn (The Affections of May), Johnny (Balconville), Jacob Mercer (Salt-Water Moon), Taylor (K2), Billy (The Collected Works of Billy the Kid).
MICHAEL BLAKE 2018: Caliban in The Tempest, Cominius in Coriolanus and Errico in Napoli Milionaria! Seventh season. Stratford: Tartuffe, School for Scandal, Macbeth, All My Sons, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Dream, Beaux’ Stratagem, Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado, Henry V, Merry Wives. Elsewhere: Lincoln, Topdog/Underdog (Arts Club); James, Superior Donuts (Coal Mine); Beast/Prince, Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius); MLK, The Mountaintop (Theatre Kingston); Edmund, King Lear (Theatre Calgary/Bard on the Beach); Simba, The Lion King (Mirvish/Disney); Othello, Othello (Bard on the Beach); Clybourne Park (Citadel); Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet; Eilif, Mother Courage; Nativity, A Christmas Carol (NAC); Gratiano/Morocco, The Merchant of Venice (SITR); Mitch, Spelling Bee (Belfry/Arts Club); Orlando, As You Like It (Soulpepper); Rock and Roll (Canadian Stage); Wilbur County Blues (Blyth). Film/TV: The Expanse, Senior Trip, YTV Rocks, Degrassi Junior High. Training: NTS, Soulpepper Academy, St. Michael’s Choir School. Online: Twitter and Instagram: @samo_crown.
DAVID COLLINS 2018: Alonso in The Tempest, Old Senator in Coriolanus and Altar Boy in Napoli Milionaria! 10th season. Stratford: The Changeling, Timon of Athens, Macbeth, As You Like It, The Adventures of Pericles, The Alchemist, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Richard III, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, Caesar and Cleopatra. Elsewhere: Shakuntala (Premiere Dance Theatre); The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Mirvish); Twelfth Night, Donut City (Canadian Stage); Pusha Man, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Passe Muraille); Top Gun the Musical (Factory Theatre/N.Y.C.); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in Action); Founding Member of Obsidian Theatre Company. Film/TV: Assassin’s Creed Origins, Killjoys, Dark Matter, Watch Dogs 2, 12 Monkeys, Jean of the Joneses, Saving Hope, Murdoch Mysteries, Nikita, The Firm, ReGenesis, Owning Mahowny, The Incredible Hulk, MVP, Warehouse 13, Nurse.Fighter. Boy, XIII. Training: MFA, York University. Awards: Tyrone Guthrie Award. Dora nominations: Twilight Café, The America Play.
MARTHA FARRELL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2004 2018: Donna Peppenela in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest and Coriolanus. Ninth season. Stratford: Highlights include The Misanthrope, Camelot, Peter Pan, Dangerous Liaisons, Don Juan, As You Like It, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Birds, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale (Birmingham Conservatory). Elsewhere: The 39 Steps (Stage West); Romeo and Juliet (Atlantic Ballet Theatre/Theatre New Brunswick); The Graduate (Theatre New Brunswick); Somewhere in the World (Charlottetown Festival); Norwegian and Renaissance Cruises. Training: Sheridan College Music Theatre Performance Program, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Awards: Jean A. Chalmers Apprentice Award, Mary Savidge Award (Stratford), Rosemary Burns Award, Greg Bond Award (Theatre Sheridan).
FARHANG GHAJAR BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2016/17 2018: Federico in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest and Coriolanus. Second season. Stratford: The School for Scandal, Twelfth Night and understudy in Tartuffe. Elsewhere: Iago in Othello (McMaster Thespian Company); Hamlet in Hamlet’s Dorm (McMaster University); Jesus in The Last Judgement (University of Toronto). Film/TV: Man Seeking Woman (FXX); Dark Matter (Syfy); lead in Capture Kill Release, lead in Something to Hide, principal in Uncle Brian (independent feature films).Training: Advanced Shakespeare (Kristin Linklater, Orkney, Scotland), Strasberg Method Intensive (Tony Greco, N.Y.C.), scene study (Angela Besharah and Jimi Shlag, Toronto), scene study (Caymichael Patten, N.Y.C.), Actors Exchange (David Matheson, Toronto). Awards: Michael Mawson Award (Stratford 2017). Et cetera: Forever grateful for this good fortune. 21 ACTING COMPANY
NINA GOAD ALEXIS GORDON SÉBASTIEN HEINS SHRUTI KOTHARI JOSUE LABOUCANE
NINA GOAD 2018: Rita in Napoli Milionaria! Stratford debut. Nina is so excited to be making her Stratford debut. She is six years old and will be going into grade two this fall. Nina began her love of dance at age three at On Stage Dance Studio and Infinity Dance Studio here in Stratford. She also enjoys piano lessons with Brenda Horst. She loves riding her bike, time at the cottage and her family.
ALEXIS GORDON 2018: Ceres in The Tempest, Virgilia in Coriolanus and Neighbour in Napoli Milionaria! Fourth season. Stratford: Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Julie Jordan in Carousel, Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music, Clara in Passion. Elsewhere: Belle in A Christmas Carol (Grand Theatre); Celeste #2/Elaine in Sunday in the Park With George (TIFT); Iris in The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Factory Theatre/ Obsidian Theatre); Starbright Christmas, Canada Sings, Godspell (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Driftwood Theatre). Film/TV: Motives & Murders, The Worst Thing I Ever Did. Awards: Banks Prize for Emerging Artists (Musical Stage Company). Online: Twitter: @AlexisLGordon. Training: BFA Acting, University of Windsor. Et cetera: Love and thanks to my parents, fiancé, family, friends, mentors, the creative teams and the gang at TH.
SÉBASTIEN HEINS 2018: Ferdinand in The Tempest, Courtesan, Jailor in The Comedy of Errors and Pascalino in Napoli Milionaria! Third season. Stratford: Charles Surface (The School for Scandal); Servilius (Timon of Athens); Aumerle, Prince John (Breath of Kings: Rebellion); Prince John, Mouldy, Le Fer (Breath of Kings: Redemption). Elsewhere (selected): Bang Bang (Factory Theatre), Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera (b current/ FOX Entertainment Agency); Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Outside the March/Crow’s/Starvox); Mr. Marmalade (Outside the March); The Lion King (Mirvish). Film/TV: CTV’s The Listener, SuperChannel’s Darknet, CBC’s Cracked. Training: National Theatre School of Canada. Awards: Tullio Cedraschi Award, NTS; Toronto Urban Film Festival’s City Stories Award, Her Chance to Dream; Best Emerging Artist Award, United Solo Festival, N.Y.C. Online: @sebastienheins; thehiphopera.com. Et cetera: Sébastien dedicates this season to equality and respect. He thanks his family, friends, colleagues, and incredible partner, Dasha, for making his life as an artist an epic adventure every day.
SHRUTI KOTHARI 2018: Merchant 1 in The Comedy of Errors, Maria Rosaria in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest. Second season. Stratford: Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Taming of the Shrew. Elsewhere: Million Dollar Quartet (Thousand Islands Playhouse, Sudbury Theatre Centre); Five Alarm (Lighthouse Festival); Little Pretty and the Exceptional (Factory Theatre); James and the Giant Peach (Young People’s Theatre); My Co-Mates and Brothers in Exile (Shakespeare in the Ruff); Aladdin (Diversified Productions); Rent, Avenue Q (Lower Ossington Theatre). TV: The Handmaid’s Tale (MGM/Hulu); Designated Survivor (ABC). Voice Work: Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft), My Dad is Scrooge (Eb Scrooge Productions). Training: Factory Mechanicals, Queen’s University, Bishop Strachan School, Claude Watson School for the Arts. Et cetera: Thrilled to be back at the Festival that titillated my theatre bone as a child and continues to do so today.
JOSUE LABOUCANE BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2012/13 2018: Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors, Wine Seller in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest. Sixth season. Stratford: Timon of Athens, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Changeling, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Aeneid, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Mary Stuart, Measure for Measure, Othello. Birmingham Conservatory: Twelfth Night (Robin Phillips); Private Lives (Christopher Newton); Hamlet (Stephen Ouimette); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Martha Henry). Elsewhere: Henry VI in Henry VI: Wars of the Roses, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Timon of Athens (Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach); The Exquisite Hour (Relephant); The Wizard of Oz, Seussical (Carousel); The Emperor’s New Threads (Axis). Training: Birmingham Conservatory, Studio 58, Canadian National Voice Intensive. Awards: Jessie Award; Sydney J. Risk Award. Et cetera: Twitter: @josuelaboucane. 22 ACTING COMPANY
TOM McCAMUS NICK NAHWEGAHBOW CHICK REIDALEXANDRA LAINFIESTATOM McCAMUS ANDRÉ MORIN NICK NAHWEGAHBOW CHICK REIDALEXANDRA
ALEXANDRA LAINFIESTA BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2017 2018: Adriana in The Comedy of Errors, Assunta in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Green Lake (Solo Collective), Good Day and Good Night (Carousel Theatre), West Side Story (Theatre Under the Stars), El Jinete: A Mariachi Opera (Puente Theatre), Marrow (Alley Theatre/Resounding Scream), Cruel Tears (Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre/Puente Theatre). Film/TV: Un Día de Sol (Codice Cinema), Bella Ciao! (Commercial Drive Productions). Training: Canadian College of Performing Arts, Studio 58, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Awards: Jessie Richardson Award (Best Actor in a Lead Role: Green Lake), Ovation Award nomination (Best Supporting Actor: Anita in West Side Story), Sidney J. Risk Foundation and Studio 58 Acting Award, Outstanding Emerging Playwright Award (CCPA). Et cetera: I dedicate all the hard work and heart I put into my work to my grandfather Carlos, to Ian and Gloria, and to my mom, Ana.
TOM McCAMUS 2018: Stephano in The Tempest, Menenius Agrippa in Coriolanus and Gennaro in Napoli Milionaria! 16th season. Tom has spent 15 seasons with the Festival appearing in roles ranging from Richard III and King John to King Arthur and Captain Hook. He has performed in many theatres in Toronto and across Canada, most recently with the Groundling Theatre Company’s productions of The Winter’s Tale and Measure for Measure. Tom is also fortunate to have been a part of the Canadian film and television industry for many years, appearing in such films as The Sweet Hereafter, Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Room. Last summer he returned to the Shaw Festival after an absence of almost 30 years but is thrilled to be back at the Stratford Festival with his wife, Chick Reid, and their four dogs.
ANDRÉ MORIN BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2014/15 2018: Ariel in The Tempest and understudy in Napoli Milionaria! Sixth season. Stratford: Parry in The Virgin Trial, Messenger in Bakkhai, Edmund in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer, Mother Courage and Her Children, King John, Romeo and Juliet. Elsewhere: John in The Lion in Winter (The Grand); Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Theatre by the Bay); Henry in Next to Normal (Clearwater Theatre). Training: George Brown Theatre School, Birmingham Conservatory. Online: Twitter @ Andre_P_Morin. Et cetera: Much love to all my friends and family, and many thanks to Mom, Dad, Alex, Daniel, Grandma, Caroline, Frank and Shari.
NICK NAHWEGAHBOW BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2016/17 2018: Guard #1 in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest and Coriolanus. Second season. Stratford: Gregory in Romeo and Juliet, Tom Morgan, understudied/appeared as Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island and Qiluniq, Dufort in The Breathing Hole. Birmingham Conservatory: King Lear, Arden of Faversham, As You Like It, Dido: Queen of Carthage. Elsewhere: The Doctor in Vacuum, Laertes and Player Queen in Hamlet, Queen Elizabeth in Orlando, Dave in Total Liquidation (National Theatre School); Camp Follower in King Lear (National Arts Centre). Film/TV: Chat Ka in Canada: The Story of Us. Training: Advanced Shakespeare (Kristin Linklater, Orkney, Scotland), Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre under the direction of Stephen Ouimette, National Theatre School of Canada; BA in Theatre Studies, University of Guelph. Et cetera: Meegwetch/Nia:wen/Thank you to my parents for their undying love and support.
CHICK REID 2018: Iris in The Tempest and Adelaide Schiano in Napoli Milionaria! 13th season. Stratford: Puck, Countrywoman, Cook, Grandma, Alice, Lady Markby, Abbess, Belinda, Inez, Old Lady, Margaret, Lucetta, Lady Capulet, Calpurnia, Margery, Vivian, Kate, Andromache, Miss Lucy, Maisie Madigan, Mimi LaFlamme, Lady Squeamish, Mistress Page. Elsewhere: Theatres across Canada and the U.S., including Shaw Festival (most recently Queen Charlotte in The Madness of George III), Theatre Plus Toronto, NAC, Grand, MTC, Neptune, Westben, Tarragon, Broadway, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville. Film/ TV: Most recently, Fairfield Road, Everything She Ever Wanted. Awards: Proud recipient of the 2013 Max Helpmann Award; Life Member, CAEA, 2018. Online: trilliumview.com. Et cetera: Ms Reid is an Adjunct Professor, teaching Shakespeare at Queen’s University, lives on a farm with her husband, Tom McCamus, and breeds Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.
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TOM ROONEY ANDRÉ SILLS OKSANA SIRJU E.B. SMITH JOHNATHAN SOUSA
TOM ROONEY 2018: Sicinius Velutus in Coriolanus and Riccardo Spasiano in Napoli Milionaria! 11th season. Stratford: Twelfth Night, The School for Scandal, Tartuffe in Tartuffe, Breath of Kings, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Measure for Measure, Waiting for Godot, Wanderlust, Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, Winter’s Tale, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That Ends Well. Elsewhere: The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre/TIFT); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Citadel); The Seagull, Someone Else (Crow’s); My Mother’s Feet (Munich); Hairspray (Toronto, Broadway); Hamlet (NAC); Roméo et Juliette (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan). Film/TV: CBC’s This Is Wonderland; The Gilda Radner Story; The Day After Tomorrow; Flash of Genius. Awards: Two Gemini nominations; Dora Award, Outstanding Actor, 2013; Sterling Award, Best Actor, 2016.
ANDRÉ SILLS BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2005 2018: Sebastian in The Tempest, Coriolanus in Coriolanus and Brigadiere Ciappa in Napoli Milionaria! Fifth season. Elsewhere: Pitts in The Madness of George III, BJJ/George/M’Closky in An Octoroon, Black Bearer in The Adventures of a Black Girl in Her Search for God (Shaw Festival); Sam in “Master Harold” … and the Boys (Shaw Festival and Obsidian Theatre); various roles in Kim’s Convenience national tour (Soulpepper); Othello in Shakespeare’s Nigga, Ruined (Obsidian Theatre); George in Intimate Apparel (Alberta Theatre Projects); Othello, Radio Golf (St. Louis Black Repertory Company). Film/TV: Double Crossed, Karma’s a B*tch, Suits, Sensitivity Training I and II. Training: Birmingham Conservatory, George Brown Theatre School. Awards: Dora Award and Toronto Theatre Critics Award for “Master Harold” … and the Boys (Shaw Festival and Obsidian Theatre). Online: Twitter: @andresills373. Et cetera: Resident Artist of ARC.
OKSANA SIRJU BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2017 2018: Messenger in The Comedy of Errors, Margherita in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Hedda Gabler in Hedda Gabler, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Viola in Twelfth Night, Lady Balthazar in The Comedy of Errors, Horatio in Ophelia, The Good Woman in A Party for Boris (York University); Mrs. Harper in Innocence Lost (Ovation Academy). Film/TV: Recurring role on Workin’ Moms (CBC). Training: York University, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre, 2017-2018. Online: @itsoksanasirju. Et cetera: All my love and thanks to friends and family for the constant love and support. I also extend my gratitude to the Stratford team for the warm welcome.
E.B. SMITH BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2010/11 2018: Boatswain in The Tempest, Surrogate in Coriolanus and Doctor in Napoli Milionaria! Eighth season. Stratford: Orsino (Twelfth Night), Seyton (Macbeth), Dr. Jim Bayliss (All My Sons), Thaliard, Leonine (Pericles), Eilif (Mother Courage), Melun (King John), Bellievre (Mary Stuart), Abhorson (Measure for Measure), Cymbeline, Elektra. Elsewhere: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The Mountaintop (Grand); Big Sam, Gone With the Wind (RMTC); Seyton, Macbeth; Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare); Macduff, Macbeth (First Folio Theatre); King, King Hedley II (Karamu); Moustique, Dream on Monkey Mountain; Junior, Before It Hits Home; Cleveland Play House; Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Theater Wit, Chicago; The Great Lakes Theater Festival. Film/TV: The Beast (Sony), Ask Gilby, Maybe By Then, Thunder Bay. Training: Ohio University, Birmingham Conservatory. Et cetera: E.B. would like to dedicate his work to his parents and grandmother, and to the memory of his Papa, who will always be in the front row.
JOHNATHAN SOUSA 2018: Francisco in The Tempest, Lieutenant in Coriolanus and Amedeo in Napoli Milionaria! Third season. Stratford: Hotspur in Breath of Kings: Rebellion, Valere in Tartuffe. Elsewhere: Charlie Breathing Corpses (Coal Mine Theatre). Film/ TV: Rookie Blue (Global TV), The Animal Project (principal), Relative Happiness (lead), What We Have (lead), Kidnap Capital (lead). Training: Ryerson Theatre School (2010), Norman Jewison Canadian Film Centre Actors’ Conservatory. Awards: Lou Taube Memorial Award, 2013 Toronto International Film Festival Rising Star. Online: Twitter/Instagram: @jsous29. Et cetera: Thanks to Alicia Jeffery, my family and friends, and my future wife, Brittany, for always supporting me.
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BRIGIT WILSON MAMIE ZWETTLERGORDON PATRICK WHITEEMILIO VIEIRA PATRICK WHITEEMILIO BRIGIT WILSON MAMIE ZWETTLERGORDON
EMILIO VIEIRA BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2015/16 2018: Adrian in The Tempest, Caller in Coriolanus and Peppe “The Jack” in Napoli Milionaria! Third season. Stratford: Curio and understudied/appeared as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Damis in Tartuffe, The School for Scandal, Macbeth, All My Sons, Bunny. Birmingham Conservatory: As You Like It, Dido: Queen of Carthage, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Richard III. Elsewhere: Andrew in Towards Youth: a cycle of plays on radical hope (Project Humanity/Crow’s Theatre); Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (Guild Festival Theatre); Charles/Amiens in As You Like It, Lucius Andronicus in Titus Andronicus (Canadian Stage). Training: Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre under the direction of Martha Henry and Stephen Ouimette; BFA Specialized Honours in Acting, York University; Intermediate Actor-Combatant, Rapier Wit. Et cetera: It’s 2018: TIME’S UP!
GORDON PATRICK WHITE 2018: Egeon in The Comedy of Errors, Guard #2 in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest. Second season. Stratford: Romeo and Juliet, Treasure Island, The Breathing Hole. Elsewhere: Edgar, King Lear (NAC); Mooch, Where the Blood Mixes (Theatre North West); Clov, Endgame (Theatre Newfoundland Labrador); Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stephenville Festival); Titus, The Devil’s Disciple (Neptune); Kemp, Vigil (Live Bait Theatre); Velveteen Rabbit, The Velveteen Rabbit (Theatre New Brunswick); Loomis, Our Eliza (Ship’s Company Theatre); An Acre of Time (GCTC); Robbie, A Very Polite Genocide (Native Earth Performing Arts); Injun Joe/Fred, Dead White Writer on the Floor (Magnus Theatre). Film/TV: Haven, Mr. D, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, New Waterford Girl, Blackfly, Gracie’s Choice, Trudeau II, Black Harbour, Charlie Zone, Picnicface. Training: BFA, Memorial University, Newfoundland. Et cetera: Wela’lin to my family in Newfoundland, my friends in Nova Scotia, and all my relations on Turtle Island.
BRIGIT WILSON 2018: Valeria in Coriolanus, Amalia in Napoli Milionaria! and appears in The Tempest. 13th season. Stratford: School for Scandal, Macbeth, As You Like It, Hypochondriac, Pericles, Alchemist, Swanne, All’s Well, Quiet in the Land, Hunchback, Count of Monte Cristo, The Triumph of Love, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending (Stratford, MTC, Mirvish), Merchant of Venice, The Comedy of Errors, An Ideal Husband, Three Sisters, Bartholomew Fair, Peter Pan, Grapes of Wrath, King John, Christina, Mother Courage. Elsewhere: Agamemnon (Next Stage); Narcisse Mondoux (Grand); Come Back to the Five and Dime… (Grand/Five & Dime Productions – Dora nomination); Enron (Theatre Calgary); The Merry Wives of Windsor, Glorious, Man of La Mancha (TBTB); The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom, Another Season’s Harvest (Blyth); The Odd Couple (Segal). TV: Harriet Sims, The Campbells (four seasons). Film: Beyond Innocence, Anne of Avonlea, The Marriage Bed, Echoes in the Darkness, Lustre. Online: Twitter @HOOPOOHEART.
MAMIE ZWETTLER BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2017 2018: Miranda in The Tempest, Officer 1 in The Comedy of Errors and Teresa in Napoli Milionaria! Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Ophelia in Hamlet, Adam/Audrey in As You Like It, Aeneas in Troilus and Cressida, Genevieve in Long Christmas Dinner (NYU Tisch School of the Arts). Training: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Et cetera: Much love and gratitude to Mom and Dad.
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C.J. ASTRONOMO MARY-JO CARTER DODD ANTONI CIMOLINO JULIE FOX
C.J. ASTRONOMO 2018: Assistant lighting designer of The Rocky Horror Show, Coriolanus and Napoli Milionaria! Seventh season. Stratford (selected): The School for Scandal; HMS Pinafore; The Breathing Hole; The Komagata Maru Incident; All My Sons; Alice Through the Looking- Glass; Blithe Spirit; 42nd Street; Charlie Brown; Wanderlust. Elsewhere: Selected lighting design: Acha Bacha (Theatre Passe Muraille); The Crucible (Hart House); the marquise of O (the red light district); The Rocky Horror Show (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Post Eden (Suburban Beast); Oh, the Humanity… (Outside the March); Serious Money (Nightwood Theatre). Selected associate lighting: Alice Through the Looking-Glass (Charlottetown Festival); Gimme Shelter (Why Not Theatre); HER2 (Nightwood Theatre). Training: BFA – Ryerson Theatre School. Awards: 2015 SummerWorks Award for Design; T.H.E.A.T.R.E. Award (RTS 2009); Paul Eck Award (RTS 2008); Audit Stub Award (RTS 2008); C.J. has also been nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award. Et cetera: “Mahal kita, Nanay.”
MARY-JO CARTER DODD 2018: Assistant costume designer of The Tempest and Napoli Milionaria! Fourth season. Elsewhere: Head of Wardrobe for Soulpepper (12 years), Canadian Stage (two years), Young People’s Theatre (10 years) and costume coordinator for over 25 operas for the COC. Training: Diploma, Honours BA in Theatre Production – Ryerson Polytechnical Institute; AutoCad certificate – George Brown College. She was chosen for the Theatre Ontario Professional Training Program and trained in model building for theatre, mentoring under Camellia Koo. She’s also taken advanced model building in the U.K. She has built set models for several theatre productions across the country. Et cetera: Mary-Jo is excited to be working at the Festival, surrounded by so many talented people, and also to assist in finding the next generation of costume and set designers. Stratford has been also an inspirational setting for Mary-Jo to create new works of art.
ANTONI CIMOLINO 2018: Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival. Director of The Tempest and Napoli Milionaria! 31st season. Stratford: Directing credits include The School for Scandal; Macbeth; The Hypochondriac; Hamlet; The Alchemist; King Lear; The Beaux’ Stratagem; Mary Stuart; The Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; The Grapes of Wrath; Bartholomew Fair; Coriolanus, with Colm Feore and Martha Henry; As You Like It, featuring original music by Barenaked Ladies; King John; Love’s Labour’s Lost, with Brian Bedford; Twelfth Night, with William Hutt; The Night of the Iguana; and Filumena, with Richard Monette. Among his other accomplishments, Mr. Cimolino was instrumental in establishing the Festival’s Endowment Foundation, which now stands at $80 million, as well as in the renovation of its Avon Theatre and the creation of its Studio Theatre. In January 2018, Mr. Cimolino and Executive Director Anita Gaffney launched a $100-million campaign to build a glorious new Tom Patterson Theatre, a campaign that had already achieved 70% of its target at the time of its public launch. Elsewhere: The Canadian première of ENRON (Theatre Calgary); Twelfth Night (Attic Theatre, Detroit); A Woman of No Importance (Hilberry Theater, Detroit). A champion of the arts and culture, Mr. Cimolino served as the Founding Chair of Culture Days, a nation-wide celebration of arts and culture in Canada. He has initiated collaborations with several prestigious theatre companies, including Montreal’s Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, New York’s Lincoln Center and City Center, San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He also spearheaded the Festival’s involvement in a joint project with CUSO International, Canada’s international volunteer co-operation agency, to establish a performing arts and educational centre in the city of Suchitoto, El Salvador.
JULIE FOX 2018: Designer of Napoli Milionaria! Ninth season. Stratford: Tartuffe, The School for Scandal, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Best Brothers, The Little Years, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again. Elsewhere: A&R Angels, The Wedding Party, The Watershed, The Seagull, Someone Else, Seeds, I, Claudia, The Country (Crow’s Theatre); Arigato, Tokyo, The Maids, Blasted (Buddies in Bad Times); Endgame, The Long Valley, A Christmas Carol (Soulpepper); Within the Glass, The Patient Hour, Faust, The Designated Mourner, The Cryptogram (Tarragon); Canadian Stage, Necessary Angel, Theatre Passe Muraille, Segal Centre, MTC, Citadel. Opera: Volcano. Dance: adelheid, Susanna Hood, Chartier Danse. Training: National Theatre School. Awards: Four Dora Awards for set design; Virginia Cooper Award for costume design; META and Sterling Award nominations. Teaching: National Theatre School. 27 Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show New Performances Added!
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MICHAEL HART HOLLY KORHONEN ANDREW KUSHNIR ANNE MURPHY THOMAS RYDER PAYNE
MICHAEL HART 2018: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre and stage manager of The Rocky Horror Show. 22nd season. Stratford: The Madwoman of Chaillot, Timon of Athens, The Adventures of Pericles, Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, The Tempest (starring Christopher Plummer), The Importance of Being Earnest and King Lear (both starring Brian Bedford), The Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Fallen Angels, A Delicate Balance, The Duchess of Malfi, The Liar, The Swanne (all three parts), High-Gravel- Blind, Eternal Hydra. Elsewhere: Silence (Grand), Heisenberg, Liv Stein (Canadian Stage), Constellations (Centaur/Canadian Stage), Body Politic (Buddies), The Death of the King (Modern Times), The Winter’s Tale (Groundling 2016), Bombay Black (Factory), Manon, Sandra and the Virgin Mary (Pleiades), Saint Carmen of The Main (NAC/Canadian Stage), Romeo and Juliet (NAC), Mother Courage and Her Children (NAC/MTC), Wit (Centaur), Real Live Girl (MTC Warehouse), Hamlet (Neptune).
HOLLY KORHONEN 2018: Assistant stage manager of The Rocky Horror Show and Napoli Milionaria! 17th season. Stratford: Assistant stage manager: Timon of Athens, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, A Little Night Music, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Blithe Spirit, Mary Stuart, Charlie Brown, The Pirates of Penzance, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Misanthrope, Kiss Me, Kate, Dangerous Liaisons, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ever Yours, Oscar, Cabaret, My One and Only, The Comedy of Errors, South Pacific, Oliver!, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Edward II, The Count of Monte Cristo, Anything Goes, Henry VI. Stage manager: Birmingham Conservatory, 2006, 2007. Awards: Recipient of the Tanya Award and three Guthrie Awards. Et cetera: Holly would like to thank her partner, Steve, and their children, Jennica and Jackson, for all their love and support.
ANDREW KUSHNIR MICHAEL LANGHAM WORKSHOP, 2018 2018: Assistant director of Napoli Milionaria! Stratford debut. Stratford: Playwright residency (2010). Elsewhere: As director: Freedom Singer (Project: Humanity, national tour); If/Then, 33 1/3 (Sheridan); The Watershed (Porte Parole/Crow’s Theatre, associate director). As playwright: Freedom Singer (Project: Humanity); The Gay Heritage Project (with Paul Dunn and Damien Atkins, Buddies in Bad Times); Wormwood (Tarragon Theatre); Small Axe (Project: Humanity/Theatre Centre); The Middle Place (Project: Humanity/Theatre Passe Muraille/Canadian Stage). Training: University of Alberta BFA (Acting), Loran Scholar. Awards: Four-time Dora Award nominee (twice for Outstanding New Play) and one-time winner (Passion Play, Outstanding Ensemble), Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Outstanding Production of a Play (The Middle Place), University of Alberta Alumni Horizon Award. Online: projecthumanity.ca. Et cetera: Andrew is artistic director of Project: Humanity and former associate artistic director in residence at Crow’s Theatre. Upcoming: Directing Shirley Valentine (Thousand Islands Playhouse).
ANNE MURPHY 2018: Stage manager of The Tempest and Napoli Milionaria! 26th season. Stratford: Anne is pleased to be back for the 2018 season. Elsewhere: Cabaret (MTC), Sleeping Beauty (Globe Theatre), Orpheus Descending (MTC, Royal Alexandra Theatre), toured the Belfry Theatre’s The Year of Magical Thinking to the Tarragon Theatre and the National Arts Centre, toured with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and the NAC’s The Mikado and worked on The Lion King and Jane Eyre in Toronto. She has had the pleasure of working across Canada at the Grand Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Neptune Theatre (production manager for two years), Manitoba Theatre Centre and Expo ’86 in Vancouver. Et cetera: Anne lives in Stratford with her partner, Anne; their son, Callum; daughter Brianna; Richard, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever; Lucy, the cutest Maltipoo ever; and three beautiful cats.
THOMAS RYDER PAYNE 2018: Composer for Paradise Lost and sound designer of The Tempest and Napoli Milionaria! 10th season. Stratford: Timon of Athens, The School for Scandal, Tartuffe, Macbeth, The Hypochondriac, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Alchemist, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Othello, The Matchmaker, The Little Years. Elsewhere: Designs for BIBT, Soulpepper, Shaw, Canadian Stage, Tarragon, Factory, Theatre Passe Muraille, NAC, Blyth Festival, RMTC, Theatre Calgary, GCTC, Volcano, Nightwood, Modern Times, Aluna, Crow’s and many others. Film: Blood Harvest, Hero.Traitor.Patriot, Alegra & Jim, Robert’s Circle. Training: Studied composition with James Tenney, Honours BA, York University. Awards: 17 nominations and two Dora Awards for Sound Design and Composition. Et cetera: Started as a songwriter with a four-track tape machine and still endlessly fascinated with the storytelling possibilities of layered sound.
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JANINE RALPH CORINNE RICHARDS BETH RUSSELLJOSHUA QUINLAN JANINE RALPH CORINNE RICHARDS BETH RUSSELLJOSHUA MELISSA VEAL
JOSHUA QUINLAN 2018: Assistant designer of Paradise Lost and assistant set designer of An Ideal Husband, The Rocky Horror Show, Coriolanus and Napoli Milionaria! Second season. Stratford: Assistant set designer: HMS Pinafore, Treasure Island and The School for Scandal. Elsewhere: Five Alarm, Buying the Moose, This One, The Drawer Boy, The Melville Boys (set design, Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Bedtime Stories, Lion in the Streets, Blue Stockings, Nine Girls (set design, University of Windsor); Spring Awakening (set and costume design, Machinery of Night Co.); set designs for An Enemy of the People, Don Giovanni, In Here Out There and As You Like It, costume designs for Stupid F*cking Bird, The Norwegians (The Ohio State University). Training: MFA Theatre Design, The Ohio State University; BA Honours Drama, University of Windsor; Off the Wall Production Arts Program.Awards: 2017 Ian and Molly Lindsay Design Fellow, Stratford Festival; 2015 Peggy Ezekiel Award of Distinction in Set Design, USITT. Online: joshuaquinlan.com.
JANINE RALPH 2018: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre. 28th season. Stratford: Last season Janine was the production stage manager of the Tom Patterson Theatre and takeover assistant stage manager of The Changeling. Past Stratford Festival credits include stage manager of a variety of productions at the Festival, Tom Patterson and Avon theatres and the Masonic Hall. Elsewhere: Janine stage-managed at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore and production-managed for Singapore Repertory Theatre. She has worked on the Asian Games’ ceremonies in Qatar; in various theatres in Ontario, including Young People’s Theatre; and for CBC TV in Toronto and BBC TV in England.
CORINNE RICHARDS 2018: Assistant stage manager of The Tempest and Napoli Milionaria! 31st season. Stratford: Festival productions include 20 Shakespearean plays (some multiple times) plus The School for Scandal, All My Sons, The Physicists, The Beaux’ Stratagem, The Thrill, Wanderlust, The Grapes of Wrath, The Homecoming, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Home, Memoir, Les Belles-Soeurs, Phaedra, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Amadeus, Little Women, The Country Wife, Pride and Prejudice, An Ideal Husband, Ghosts, The Lark and a 1998 run at the City Center in New York City of Much Ado About Nothing and The Miser. Elsewhere: Corinne has also worked for the Grand Theatre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, the National Arts Centre, the Red Barn Theatre and Douglas Beattie Productions. Training: University of Waterloo. Et cetera: I feel privileged to have the opportunity to work on my second Tempest with Martha Henry after doing my first with William Hutt.
BETH RUSSELL 2018: Casting director of the Stratford Festival. 10th season. Elsewhere: Beth Russell’s varied career spans more than 30 years. In addition to casting, she has been an artists’ agent, co-producer of CBC-TV’s Triple Sensation, Senior Vice President: Casting and Creative Development for Livent, National Casting Director for CBC Radio Drama and Artistic Associate for Toronto Arts Productions (now Canadian Stage). As casting director, Ms Russell has been responsible for Broadway and West End premières of productions including Parade, Ragtime, Show Boat and Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Show Boat, Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love and The Phantom of the Opera in Canada, the United States, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
MELISSA VEAL 2018: Assistant stage manager of The Tempest and Napoli Milionaria! 13th season. Stratford: 2017: Assistant stage manager of Timon of Athens. Melissa also spent 10 seasons in the wig department at the Festival. For the past two seasons, she has had the honour to serve as the coordinator of the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre under Stephen Ouimette. A huge thank you to the Conservatory actors for their dedication and inspiration, and to all the teachers and coaches. Elsewhere: For the previous 11 years before her work with the BCCT, she was the wig and makeup designer at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where she garnered two Jeff Awards for Artistic Specialization and Wig and Makeup Design. Awards: Four Guthrie Awards, including the Jack Hutt Humanitarian Award, and The Hurckes Award. Et cetera: Love to my family and friends for all their love and support. 30 ARTISTIC COMPANY
MICHAEL WALTON MAXWELL T. WILSON
MICHAEL WALTON 2018: Lighting designer of The Tempest, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show and Napoli Milionaria! 14th season. Stratford (selected): Guys and Dolls, The School for Scandal, Tartuffe, Macbeth (2009, 2016), A Chorus Line, The Hypochondriac, Hamlet (2008, 2015), The Sound of Music, Oedipus Rex, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2009, 2014), Othello, Fiddler on the Roof, The Matchmaker, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, As You Like It. Elsewhere: The Humans (Citadel/Canadian Stage); A Christmas Carol, Enron (NAC); Jenufa, Maria Stuarda, Albert Herring (Pacific Opera Victoria); Così Fan Tutte (Canadian Opera Company); A Word or Two with Christopher Plummer (CTG/Stratford, Los Angeles); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways (La Jolla Playhouse); Liv Stein, Julie, The Other Place, Harper Regan, Venus in Fur (Canadian Stage); Mary Poppins, Next to Normal (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Chimerica (RMTC/Canadian Stage).
MAXWELL T. WILSON 2018: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre and stage manager of An Ideal Husband. 20th season. Stratford: Selected productions: Treasure Island, The Breathing Hole, Breath of Kings: Rebellion, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, The Three Musketeers, Taking Shakespeare, Henry V, Hosanna, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cabaret, South Pacific, My One and Only, The Winter’s Tale and Death of a Salesman. Elsewhere: Max’s career spans over 30 years, including work with Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Opera Ontario, Opera Atelier, the Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage, Young People’s Theatre and Mirvish Productions on The Who’s Tommy. Training: BA, University of Lethbridge. Awards: 2012 Guthrie Award. Et cetera: For a change, Max works with a leading purveyor of orchid-growing supplies at ravenvision.ca.
THE SECOND TRACK In 2018, with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, 11 members of our acting company are devoting part of their season’s work to a program of artistic exploration known as the “Second Track.” This program is conducted under the auspices of the Laboratory, the Stratford Festival’s research and development initiative. THE BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY FOR CLASSICAL THEATRE Stephen Ouimette leads this intensive professional training program that nurtures talented young actors for a future in classical theatre. Selected by audition, participants are usually graduates of an accredited theatre training program who have at least two years’ professional experience. Upon completion of the program – which includes, among other activities, classes in voice, movement and text with Festival coaches and distinguished guest instructors – participants are offered places in the following season’s acting company. Twenty-seven members of this season’s company are past participants. The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre is made possible by the support of the Birmingham family, the Stratford Festival Endowment Foundation and the Department of Canadian Heritage. The 2018 in-season work of Conservatory participants is supported by the Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund, by the Chicago Associates of the Stratford Festival and by John & Therese Gardner. THE MICHAEL LANGHAM WORKSHOP FOR CLASSICAL DIRECTION Overseen by Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director, and Martha Henry, Director of the Michael Langham Workshop, this program offers an unparalleled opportunity for directors in the mid-stages of their careers to develop their craft within the rich artistry of the Stratford Festival. Each participant works as the assistant director on one production in the season, as well as being offered classes focused on the classics. In the fall, selected participants direct a short piece of classical theatre performed for an invited audience. Participants and alumni this season: Graham Abbey, Mikaela Davies, Andrew Kushnir, Carson Nattrass, Ron Pederson, Tyler J. Seguin, Jennifer Stewart, Laura Vingoe-Cram, Lezlie Wade, James Wallis, Ted Witzel We extend our thanks to the Department of Canadian Heritage, Johanna Metcalf and the George Cedric Metcalf Foundation and the Philip and Berthe Morton Foundation. The Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction is sponsored by
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STRATFORDFESTIVAL.CA/SHOP 31 A SALUTE TO OUR DONORS The Stratford Festival truly appreciates the generosity and commitment of our donors. Gifts made by these extraordinary individuals, corporations and foundations guarantee the excellence that patrons have come to expect from the Festival.
CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP
Honorary Campaign Chair: The Honourable Michael Meighen Campaign Co-Chairs: Ophelia Lazaridis and Dr. M. Lee Myers
Steering Committee: Campaign Cabinet: Dr. M. Lee Myers, Steering Committee Chair Daniel S. Bernstein Daniel S. Bernstein, Past Chair, Board of Governors Sylvia D. Chrominska Sylvia D. Chrominska, Chair, Board of Governors Robert H. Gorlin Tim MacDonald, Building Committee Chair Beth Kronfeld Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director Dr. M. Lee Myers Anita Gaffney, Executive Director Rick Orr Rachel Smith-Spencer, Director of Advancement Dr. Cecil Rorabeck Carol Stephenson Donald Woodley
As we embark on this remarkable journey to build the new Tom Patterson Theatre Centre, we pay special tribute to those listed below who have made campaign gifts. This listing reflects gifts made up to January 31, 2018.
$10,000,000 to $500,000 to $999,999 Tom & Rosemary Logan Rita Healey Grave $19,999,999 Sylvia D. Chrominska The Maranger Family David Kew Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster Tim & Alexandra MacDonald April Oakes & Kevin Turner* Ontario Media Development Ophelia Lazaridis Martie & Bob Sachs* Barbara & John Schubert* Corporation John & Arlene Lewis* The Schubert Family* Dr. Philip & Mrs. Maureen Price $5,000,000 to Donald & Janice Woodley Christina & Paul Ross* $9,999,999 $250,000 to $499,999 Stratford & Area Bed & Breakfast Kelly & Michael Meighen and Dr. Desta Leavine $25,000 to $49,999 Association the T.R. Meighen Family Dr. M.L. Myers Mary Winton Green* Foundation Carol Stephenson OC Mary Stowell* *Gifts received through the Anonymous (1) $2,500,000 to $100,000 to $249,999 Festival of America $4,999,999 John & Judith Grant $10,000 to $24,999 Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Brent & Marilyn Kelman Breen Bentley $1,000,000 to Cathy Riggall & Keith Potter Peter & Mary Calamai Esther & Sam Sarick Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* In addition, the Stratford $2,499,999 Chip & Barbara Vallis Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Parnassus Foundation, courtesy Festival would like to thank In memory of Shawn Misener of Jane & Raphael Bernstein* $50,000 to $99,999 both the Government of Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Colin Baxter & Ruth Harris Up to $9,999 Canada and the Government Janet & Richard Lint Antoni Cimolino & Brigit Wilson Bill & Cecilia Davies of Ontario, which have each Andy & Helen Spriet Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker Linda Medland Davis & Jeff Davis contributed $20 million to Jane Fryman Laird* Diane & Rob Fried* this project.
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We are grateful to the many individuals and foundations PETROLIA who support our work and are honoured to acknowledge the cumulative gifts and pledges of a very special group of LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR committed donors whose contributions over the years have Artistic Directors: David Hogan & David Rogers truly made a difference. Good Ol' Country Gospel Commitments received by January 31, 2018
$20,000,000+ Sandra & Jim Pitblado Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis The Schulich Foundation Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* $10,000,000 to Mary Winton Green & the late $19,999,999 David Green* Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster* Kelly & Michael Meighen and $1,000,000 to April 24 - May 13 the T.R. Meighen Family $2,499,999 Foundation Sylvia D. Chrominska Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Willy Russel's Shirley Valentine starring Nora $5,000,000 to Rita & Rudy Koehler McLellan $9,999,999 Janet & Richard Lint The Birmingham Family The J.W. McConnell Family Robert G.E. Murray & the late Foundation Marion Murray Dr. M.L. Myers & the late W.P. Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Hayman $2,500,000 to Martie & Bob Sachs* $4,999,999 Andy & Helen Spriet The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund Matilda R. Wilson Fund* Jane & Raphael Bernstein and the Anonymous (2) May 22 - June 10 Parnassus Foundation* Estate of Mona Louise Campbell *Gifts received through the ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Estate of Estelle H. Cohen* Festival of America. THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER
PLEDGES AND GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATED ANNUAL PROJECTS June 19 - July 8 THE ANDREWS BROTHERS FOR THE 2018 SEASON By Roger Bean Commitments received by January 31, 2018 A MADCAP MUSICAL COMEDY $1,000,000 to The Slaight Family Foundation $2,499,999 Sylvia Soyka Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen The Westaway Charitable $250,000 to $999,999 Foundation Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster* Catherine & David Wilkes July 17 - Aug 3 The Schulich Foundation Anonymous (1) Anonymous (1) $25,000 to $49,999 The POWER of SONG $100,000 to $249,999 Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall with DAVID ROGERS & Friends The Birmingham Family Sylvia D. Chrominska The John & Myrna Daniels John & Therese Gardner* Charitable Foundation Nona Macdonald Heaslip The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb The Philip & Berthe Morton Family Foundation* Foundation Sandra & Jim Pitblado Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Hayman Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Dr. Robert & Roberta Sokol* August 14 - 26 Anonymous (1) Alice & Tim Thornton* $50,000 to $99,999 Diana Tremain Larry Enkin & Family in memory of John H. Whiteside MARK PAYNE'S East Coast KITCHEN PARTY Sharon Enkin $10,000 to $24,999 M. Fainer Estate of Frederick John Bradley Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* The Hitz Foundation* The Harkins/Manning Families in The Richard A. Huntley Trust* memory of Jim & Susan Harkins Sandra Rotman in honour of Louis The Henry White Kinnear Applebaum Foundation Dr. Desta Leavine in memory of $1,000 to $9,999 Sept 4 - 23 Pauline Leavine S. M. Blair Family Foundation The Catherine and Maxwell The Bruce Hotel Meighen Foundation Robert & Phyllis Couzin 1.800.717.7694 Jane Petersen Burfield & Family The Muriel Kassimatis Fund Season Sponsor Martie & Bob Sachs* Tom & Rosemary Logan Barbara & John Schubert* Anonymous (1)* thevpp.ca
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$1,000,000 to Foundation Cecil & Linda Rorabeck The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation* $2,499,999 The Catherine & Maxwell The late Bunny Skelly George & Nancy Taylor Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis Meighen Foundation Dr. Robert & Roberta Sokol* Rheo Thompson Candies The late Frank & Mrs. Nancy Alice & Tim Thornton* Albert M. Williams $250,000 to $999,999 Moore* Diana Tremain Anonymous (1)* Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster* Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. John H. Whiteside Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Hayman Dr. Louis & Mary Jane Zako, $1,000 to $9,999 The Schulich Foundation Jane Petersen Burfield & Family in celebration of our 60th The Morris & Beverly Baker Anonymous (1) Martie & Bob Sachs* wedding anniversary Foundation Estate of Mrs. Mildred Joan $100,000 to $249,999 Esther & Sam Sarick Barbara & John Schubert* $10,000 to $24,999 Beckley The Birmingham Family Richard & Mona Alonzo* The Bruce Hotel Estate of Mona Louise Campbell The Slaight Family Foundation Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen Chicago Associates of the Canada Council for the Arts - The John & Myrna Daniels Stratford Festival* Vida Peene Fund Charitable Foundation The Westaway Charitable Foundation Donner Canadian Foundation Robert & Phyllis Couzin The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Estate of Frederick Charles Farr David B. Edney Family Foundation* Catherine & David Wilkes Anonymous (2) Judy Godfrey & Sheldon Godfrey, The Muriel Kassimatis Fund M.E.H. Foundation C.M. Estate of Alan Richardson Burnett Sandra & Jim Pitblado $25,000 to $49,999 Estate of Thomas Michael Laing The Estate of Stanley Shaw Caitlin Adamson & The Estate of Hammond Hall John & Arlene Lewis* Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Richard Costley-White The Joan & Clifford Hatch Tom & Rosemary Logan Anonymous (1) Lloyd & Marie Barbara Foundation In loving memory of Barbara $50,000 to $99,999 Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall Martha Henry F. Plate* The Frederick C. Dixon & Sharon Sylvia D. Chrominska Estate of Marjorie Jack Anne D. & Robert W. Plyler* A. Dixon Trust* The Peter Cundill Foundation In Memory of Ethel M. Janes Elinor Gill Ratcliffe C.M., O.N.L., M. Fainer John & Therese Gardner* Estate of Edith Mary Marr LLD (hc) Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker The McLean Foundation Owner & Staff of Rundles The Harkins/Manning Families in Nona Macdonald Heaslip Don & Jane Mitchener Restaurant memory of Jim & Susan Harkins Estate of Michael Hermiston The Philip & Berthe Morton The Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund* The Henry White Kinnear Max & Helen Jacobs* Foundation Ben, Jennifer & Stanley Foundation Estate of Donna Kathleen Louise April Oakes & Kevin Turner* Silverman* Dr. Desta Leavine in memory of Lunau Onex Corporation Anonymous (1)* Pauline Leavine Johanna Metcalf & the George Estate of Patricia A. Osborn* The Brian Linehan Charitable Cedric Metcalf Charitable Sandra Rotman in honour of Louis Foundation Applebaum
PLAYWRIGHT’S Michael, Jennifer, Kira & Juliet Michael Barnstijn & Louise Diamond Stage Members Stein* MacCallum $6,500 to $13,999 CDN CIRCLE Carol Stephenson OC Nani & Austin Beutel $5,500 to $12,499 USD Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen Stephanie & Fred Bishop* Artistic Director’s Circle Dr. Robert Close David L. Adams Sapphire Stage Members Nicole C. Eaton Bob & Judy Astley Members $22,000 to $24,999 CDN $100,000+ Margaret & Jim Fleck Charles L. Babcock IV & Nancy W. $20,000 to $24,999 USD The late Judge Thomas P. Griesa* Hamilton* The Schulich Foundation Jane & Raphael Bernstein and the Dr. Desta Leavine Robert Badun & Justice Eileen Platinum Stage Members Parnassus Foundation* Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Gillese $50,000 to $99,999 Jennifer Birmingham Arlene & John Lewis* Charles & Marilyn Baillie James R. & the late Mrs. Margaret Dr. Richard Mackler Colin Baxter & Ruth Harris Ruby Stage Members Bridgeland* Margaret & Lawrence Marsland Kaye & Paul Beeston Delia M. Moog John & Heather Bennett $25,000 to $49,999 Michael & Kelly Meighen April Oakes & Kevin Turner* Louise Morwick & Lynn Miller Lee & Paul Blizman* Sheila & Don Bayne Cecil & Linda Rorabeck Noel Mowat Mark Boyle & Carole Ann Antoni Cimolino & Brigit Wilson Carmi & Chris Murphy* O’Connell Miles Gilburne & Nina Zolt* Emerald Stage Members Pitblado Family Foundation Susan & Hans Brenninkmeyer Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin* $14,000 to $21,999 CDN Denis Schuthe & Lynne Dubeau Ed Brice & Vita Weir* Hartman & Brenda Krug $12,500 to $19,999 USD Shaukat Mangalji & Nargis John W. & Rosemary K. Brown* Tarmohamed George & Martha Butterfield Sandra & Jim Pitblado Richard & Mona Alonzo Family Peter & Carol Walters* William Chapman Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Fund* Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Anonymous (1) Barbara Crook & Dan Greenberg
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Goldbloom & Ron & Elaine Billings Kimberly Kelley* Deirdre Stevenson Dr. Nancy E. Epstein The Birks Family Foundation Ross & Ann Kennedy Janet E. Stewart John & Judith Grant Drs. Sean & Kirsten Blaine Donald W. Kilpatrick Jeanne Sullivan* Dr. Thomas Gray & Linda Bob Boltz* Jim & Diane King Jennifer Surridge MacDonald Terry Boyle & Jim Lawlor Chris & Tom Kujawa* Gerald & Margaret Sutton Ron Gustafson* Bradshaws - Jeremy & Carrie Lee & Susan Lane* Drs. David & Susan Tamblyn Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker Wreford Betty Larkworthy Dr. David Taylor Dan Hagler Family Dr. Deborah Bray Preston & The Lawrason Foundation Nancy & George Taylor Ethel Harris Dr. Daryl K. Heasley Susan Layard Herm & Laurie Thomas* Dr. Jules E. & Josephine Harris* Lynn & Bob Burt* Mrs. Beverley Leaman Dave & Kim Thompson Jane G. 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Winter* Doug Kennedy Robert A. & Susan E. Cochran* Frederick J. Marker & Anne Dupré James D. Witmer* Margaret D. King Marilyn E. Cook Ken & Diane Marley Dr. Krystyna Wojakowski & Beth L. Kronfeld & Matthew D. Priscilla Costello Dr. Marilyn Marshall Dr. Bruce Murray Means* Cathy & Paul Cotton David & Susan Matter* Donald & Janice Woodley Alexandra & Joe LaCombe* Robert & Phyllis Couzin Richard Matthews & Ann Stasiuk John & Leslie Wright Jane Fryman Laird* Jacqueline Crosby & George Helen McArthur Sylvia Wright Paul & Anne Lake Kerhoulas Don & Marion McDougall Wenda Yenson & Ken Hurdle Peter Letko & Debbie Josephson Robert J. & Janet A. Daniels* Ross & Fran McElroy Mrs. & the late Mr. W. H. Young Dr. Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. H. John Davidson & Cathay George & Anne McFadyen Martha Altschuller Zaritsky* Wittenburg* Weston Graeme & Charlotte McIntosh Jane & Eb Zeidler Tom & Rosemary Logan Patricia G. 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36 Andrew & Cornelia Baines Buck & Eileen Carter* Dilenschneider* Russell & Carol Finch Jeannie Baird Jeff & Harriet Carter* Charles & Margaret Dingman Dann Finn & Roxanne Henderson Lori Baldwin* Deborah J. Carver Michael Dingman & Susan Peter & Jean Fleche* Richard J. Balfour Pat Cassidy* Sumner-Dingman* Karen Fleming & Kathryn Fleming Mona Blair Bandeen, C.M. Tom Cavalier & Cecille Lindgren* Dan & Penny Dodge Mary Pat & Lou Flores Sarah & Jason Bandey David Ceksters Stuart & Heather Dombey* Dr. Michael Flores & Dr. Alan Helga Barenberg Beverly Chapin* George & Corinne Donald Grigg* Grant & Judi Barker Karen Lynn Cheah Bradley Douglas & Tong Zhou Sandra L. Flow* Mary & John Barker Dr. Elisheva Chernick & Paul Terry & Becky Douglas Patricia Forbes Calvin Barrett Forster Sharon E. Dowdall Karen Ford* Arlene M. Barris* Joan & the late Ernest Chilcott Catherine Dowell Craig Foster & JoAnna Gordon Lee & Floy Barthel* Austin & Gillian Chinn* Diana R. Drouillard* Drs. 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38 Jean & Paul McGrath Thomas W. & Susan F. Palmer* Patricia A. McKanna* John & Janet Panabaker Bob McKay, Nancy Pope & Judy Pam & David Paradis Faucett Tom & Donna Parisi Michael & Ernestine McKenna Neil & Sharon Parkinson Andrew & Sharon McKenzie Jenny, Matt & Finn Parr C. Anne McKenzie Graham & Janette Parsons Dr. Murlene E. McKinnon* Curt & Jody Passafume* LONDON, CANADA 2018/19 SEASON Dianne McKnight Hilary Pearson & Michael Sabia Bruce & Ellen McLaren Christie Peck & Buck Baker* Howard & Janet McLean Douglas & Sandra Peers Jean Anne McLeod & David Stones Dave & Liz Pelletier Milton & Joan McManus Mary Ann Peppard* Heather McMartin & David Lillian & Rae Perigoe Lightheart Louise Perkins & Jeff Glans* John & Esther McNeil B. A. Petepiece Nancy McPherson Victor & Esther Peters Leanne McPhie Dr. Catherine Petrimoulx Gloria & James McSherry Dr. Michael Pharoah & Dr. Don Melady & Rowley Mossop Dr. Linda Lee Dr. Wayne Melchior* Jan Piesciuk* A. James Memmott & Cynthia Robin B. Pitcher Schmitt* Diane Plotek The Mersol Family* Polk Family Charitable Fund* Gladys E. Miller Scott Pollard & Suzannah Patmios Lois & Eugene Miller* Laurette Hilborn Pond Valerie & Jim Milostan Ann Posen Jean Misener Maria Angelique Poulos* Marg Misener Cheryl & William Povalla* Dr. Marilyn Mitchell* Wallace & the late Diane Pretzer* Bert & Kathy Moberg* Frances Price Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Monaghan* Richard & Mary Price* Patricia Monger & Ralph Pudritz David Prosser & Barbara Dunn- Deirdre & Dennis Moore* Prosser Mary Elizabeth & Ron Moore M. Elizabeth Prower & Eleanor Thomas Moore Waldie Colleen Moorehead PSC Public Sector Corporation Patrick & Dot Morgan* Gary & Merle Quart Sally & John Morris Paul & Ruth Rab* AN UNDISCOVERED SHAKESPEARE Scott & Kelly Morrison Cecil & Robert Rabinovitch Margaret Motz Paul Rainsberry TIMOTHY FINDLEY’S Paul & Catherine Motz Katharine Rajczak Law Michael Mouritsen & Dr. Lucille Miss Elissa Rastegar THE WARS CABARET Covelli Mira Ratkaj Gary & Margaret Mousseau Patricia Reavy & Denis Beatty Michael & Margaret Mueller In memory of Bonnie Reberg NATIONAL Julian Mulock John & Judith Reed* BARBER SHOP THEATRE (UK) Peter & Karin Mussen Virginia J. Reese* Robert & Carol Myers Anthony L. Reffells* EXCLUSIVE NA Engineering Associates Inc. Donald Regan & Elizabeth CHRONICLES ENGAGEMENT Drs. Roger & Chris Nash Axelson* Deborah A. Nathan Rodney & Helene Reid Charles & Judy Nave* Justice & Mrs. Robert Reilly CROW’S THEATRE’S THE BOY IN THE MOON Wayne & Dot Nelles Arline & Allan Rein* John V. Nelson & Carol Ann K. Reynolds Oldenburg* John Rheaume Deane & Mary Nesbitt Carol & the late Martin Ribar* A CHRISTMAS CAROL Dr. Glen Newell & Mr. David Tran Paul Rice & Karin Dahl* Rev. Richard Newland Lynn K. Richardson & Jay E. Brant* MARGARET John & Dorothy Nigh Tom & Susan Richey* Margaret Nish Heather & David Ring ATWOOD’S THE PENELOPIAD Marilyn Nolte* Ken & Kate Roberts Ian V. B. Nordheimer Lloyd & Nancy Robertson PROM QUEEN Rosemary Norman Dale Robinette & William Neish THE MUSICAL/HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT MAMMA MIA! Claude Normandeau & Mrs. Verna Gloria & the late Honourable Cuthbert Sydney Robins Ron Northrup* John M. Robinson AUGUST WILSON’S Dr. Roy Norton Mickey Robinson & Catherine MAGGIE AND Sheila O’Donovan Ladnier* Thomas H. & Ellen J. O’Flaherty* Gerry Rocchi & Kathie Drummond Kathy O’Hara Brian Rolfes & Brad Berg PIERRE Edmund & Carol Ronan* FENCES Emile Oliana & Alvin Iu Lawrence Olszewski, PhD* John Ronson & Nancy Martin- Dr. Michael & Janet O’Mahony Ronson J. & S. Ondercin Reverend Henry Roodbeen* CATALYST Larry Onions Judith & David Rose THEATRE’S Corinne K. Opiteck Larry Rosen & Susan Jackson VIGILANTE Rick & Jane Orr Dr. Lisa Rosenkrantz & Michael Daniel R. Ortiz* Walsh Ruth Ostrower Drs. Bill & Ruth Rosenthal* SUBSCRIBE TODAY SEASON Peter Overing Carolyn & Don Rosenthal SPONSOR Nancy K. Owens* Helen & Ken Rotenberg Mrs. Ina Pakkert Migneron Lillian Roth grandtheatre.com Sandra J. Palinka Rainer & Sharyn Rothfuss
39 David & Jacqueline Rowles* Keith & Nancy Smith Bill & Mary Todt* Dr. & Mrs. Mark Wilkinson Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Montagu J. Smith Gail Tolley & Mark Yakabuski Brian D. Williams Betty Willis Ruben* Nancy & Leonard Smith through Torcor Management Jim & Susan Williams* Norm & Jo-Anne Russell the Flinn Foundation* James Toy* John Williams & Maureen Leila & John Ryan Robin A. Smith & William F. Ballam* Wayne & Nancy Treitz Atkinson Lorraine & Richard Rzepka* Alma Smitheringale & Ron Durand Deborah Turnbull Jim & Nadine Williamson Paul & Janice Sabourin E.M. Smyth Vernon G. Turner Nila Wilson* Margaret & Mark Salmonowicz* John & Donna Sobura Esther Ullman & Morley Witus* W. Barrie Wilson Susan & Peter Salomonsson Evelyn K. Sommers Frank Uniac Mark Wilton Philippa G. Samworth Virginia Sory Brown* Sandra & Guy Upjohn Nandita & Julian Wise Andy & Patti Santoloce Francesca & William Sosnowsky* Gregory Uss Dr. Valerie N. Wise* Mary & David Saunders Renate & Richard Soulen* Reverend Martin A. Vallely Stan & Ros Witkin William & Meredith Saunderson David Southen & Susan Carlyle Brenda van den Horn & David Bernard & Elene Wolfe Robert Paul Savlov Cecil Southward Frechette Diane Wolfenden Jerome Sawchyn & Marianna Carolyn R. Spencer* Gary & Marie Van Graafeiland* Durhane Wong-Rieger & Fritz Schroeder Christine & Jim St. Lawrence Marcel & Edith van Hulle Rieger Schaljo Family Catherine St. Louis Mr. & Mrs. John T. Joseph Wooden & Linda Girard Frank J. Schauerte* Estate of Helen Allen Stacey VanBrandeghen* Nancy Woods & Huntly Christie Bonnie L. Schepers Drs. John Stanley & Helmut Sharon Vance & Edward Johnson Meredith Woodwark & Tristan David & Judy Schiffman* Reichenbacher Beth Vanderhoeden in memory of Walker Carol & Lionel Schipper Gordon & Elaine Steed Hans Vanderhoeden Lillian & Ronald Wosilait* Dr. Anne Schneider* Apollonia Steele Dr.& Mrs. Philip Vandewalle Dr. Don Wright Jean Schneider & Daniel Hoban* John & Cindy Steep Edmond & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke Bettyjane Wylie Drs. Brynah & Clive Schneider- Andrew Stephens in memory of In memory of Anne Marie Varitek* Stephan Young & Cindy Friedman Margaret Stephens Thomas Verny & Sandra Collier Schoenborn-Young* Monica Scholz John & Norma Stickler* Cathy Vitkauskas Sheralyn E. Yundt The Schreuder Family* Douglas Stinson & Janet Feller Dr. Louise Vitou Ruth Zales & Kenneth Greenfield* Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schubert* Jeff & Tondra Stoller* Kim & Henry Vos Dr. David & Terri Zander* Andre Schuh & Catherine Eustace Doug & Joan Storrey James & Michal Wadsworth* Geoff & Ellen Zeiss The Schumacher Family* Molly & Roger Stotts Henry & Mary Frances Wagner* Walter & Marie Zelasko* Michael & Jane Schwenger William & Janice Stover Drs. William & Bonnie Waldrop* Mary Anne & the late George Zinn* Dave & Jan Scislowicz* Arlo & Judith Straight* Dr. & Mrs. J.R. Walker Carole & Bernard Zucker Dr. Brian D. & Brenda Scott Joyce & Gordon Strauss Norris & the late Marilyn Walker Ted & Lily Zurbrigg Heather & Peter Scott Styles Family Foundation Joyce & Bill Wallace Anonymous (48) Dr. Lisa & Mr. Tom Scott Danielle & David Susser* Leo J. Walsh Thomas & Maryellen Scott* Jean & the late Robert Sutherland Edmund Ward Larry & Lynn Scoville* Jan & Rick Sutin Judy & Kevin Ward Cindy Scratch Louise & Bill Sutton Joan & Jean Waricha* Christine, Richard, Victoria & Vesta Svenson* Dr. & Mrs. James D. Watson Elizabeth Seip Janet C. Swaine Peter Webb & Joan York Gregory Sendi & Kristina Hiatt* Joan & Graham Sweeney Cheryl Weeks-Rosten* Harry & Lillian Seymour Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Sweet* June & David Weind Richard & Janet Shantz H. Bruce & Nancy Sykes Mrs. Mary Weingarden Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Short Denis Sykora Daniel Weinzweig & Nancy Bev Shugg Barbeito & Peter Melinda Szilva & Jeffrey Fila Nightingale Barbeito Tom & Sally Tanton* Paul & Martha Weir Nan L. Shuttleworth Beth & Graham Taylor* Lyman & Deana Welch* Debbie Siegel & Bob Altman* Lynne Taylor June & Michael Welsh Sarane & Bruce K. Siewerth* William & Carol Taylor Mary L. Wermuth* Elizabeth V. Sifton Don & Janet Templeton Katie & Doug Wheeler* Mary Anne Silverthorn Bruce & Gayle Thomas Roger & Sharon Wheeler* Pamela Simmons Bertha Thompson Drummond White & Norah Love Cheryl & Paul Simpson Douglas & Valerie Thompson Ian White John & Marjorie Sinclair Gary & Judy Thompson Mr. & Mrs. R. J. White Drs. Artaj & Judy Singh Gordon & Mary-Anne Thompson* Gerri Whiteley Dr. Shiva Singh & Dr. Cathy George Dr. & Mrs. John Thompson Leslie Clare Whitfield* Dr. Linda Sinnaeve & Andrew George Thomson & Judith Beaman Robert & Marina Whitman* Willburger Wendy & John Thorpe Brian Whittaker & Marieken John & Jill Skinner Dr. M. Lynne Thurling & the late Molenaar Gayle & John Smallbridge Dr. John Treilhard Lois & Terry Wichman Mr. & Mrs. David R. Smith* Edith M. Timken* Dr. Blossom Wigdor C.M. & Dr. The late Doreen M. E. Smith Ron & the late Jacky Tiplady Clayton Switzer
40 GENERAL Montgomery Evert* In Honour of Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Anthony & Norma Segreto Glenna J. Fair Levy* Gerard H. Seijts MEMBERSHIP Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* Peter & Noreen Little Marc & Naomi Shaberman* Greg Farano & Linda Dvali Sarah Lloyd* Harvey & Barbara Shifrin* Sustainer Members N.J. Farrell Velda Lloyd* Lawrence Shoffner & Joanne $1,100 to $1,499 CDN Sharon Feldman & Louis Porter* The Rev. John Lockyer Burns* $900 to $1,249 USD Anna Lynn Ferguson Esther Loth* Cheryl Shook & Peter Stevens Carol & Burke Fossee* David & Ann Love Maggie Siggins & Gerald Sperling Joy & Tony Abbott Ann & Alan Frank* Nick Marentette Leslie Sinclair Eleanor Abra Jim & Jayne Gall* Kerry Marshall Michael & Sharon Sloan* Douglas & Dr. Lavonne Adams* Marek & Ann Gawel Joanna Martin Robert Sloan Elpida A. Agathocleous Sandra & Robert Gay Arthur James & Pauline McDonald Ken & Marybeth Slonneger* Sam & Jessie Albanese Bruce Gillespie Lois & Ken McFarquhar Bryan Smale & Sherry Dupuis Ann & Brian Arnold Joan Gilroy Kandice McKee & Desi Elizabeth A. Smith* Ellen E. Atkinson Shelley & Ken Glick Brownstone Terrence L. Smith* Gregory & Karen Aurand* Stanford & Ann Dudley Goldblatt* Patrick & Patricia McKeever* Arthur & Adrienne Smith-Windsor Karin Barthel Danyse Golick Dr. Andrew & Alison McLeod W.D. Stockard & B.A.I. Bryan* Dr. Thomas Bartlett-Walters & Douglas Goodman & Debra Breuer Margaret A. McQuiston* Randal Sutton Eric Bartlett Jerry & Regina Goodwin* Mary Melady Richard Tazik* Carol Beaven John & Claire Goosey* Dr. Paul Mercer & Dr. Nina Mercer Dr. Eric Thomas & Pamela Zabel Kathryn & Michael Berry* Ron & Birgitte Granofsky The Very Reverend James D. Mary & Kirk Thornton Joseph Bielawski Robert & Judith Gray Merrett Ria Tietz Maurice S. & Linda G. Binkow* Gilles Grenier & Juliet Howland Tom & Marilyn Merryweather* Rev. Gary Tyman* Lynda & David Bowen Dr. & Mrs. Richard O. Griffith* David & Amanda Meyen* Brian & Susan Urquhart* Ann & Phil Bowman Betty A. Gropp Cedric R. Miller Ann Kathryn Usher David & Patti Bragg Dale & Kurt Grossen Carmel & Glen Mitchell Henry & Lykke Van Drunen Bruno & Pamela Bragoli Rhonda Hallberg J.A. & Marilyn Mitchell* Martha Vander Kolk* John & Irene Briedis* Dr. John Hambley & Elizabeth Ruth Molzan William & Sarah Vasse* Ivan & Judy Buchan Hambley Fred & Tina Monreal* Dennis & Joan Vollmershausen Sharon & Martin Butler E. Hamilton Dagmar Moore* Bruce Westlake & Linda TerHaar* Charles Campbell William & Kathleen Hanson* F. G. Moore & D. E. Arsenault Dianne & Gary Westlake Beverley Chernos Jane & Ralph Heintzman Gail T. & Berrien Moore III* Alan Wheable Gerry & Carol Chrisman* Karin Henderson Andrea Morningstar & John Lucier Lawrence Williams & Virginia George D. Chulig* Vic & Marion Hepburn Katherine L. Morrison Daniels* Alan & Marlies Clark Lauri & Jean Hiivala Jim & Linda Murray Larry Willis & Robyn Ellis* Hilda Clark Laurie Hoffman-Goetz & Wendelin Richard Myers Blythe Wilson & Mark Harapiak Rod & Mary Coates Goetz Gordon & Ellen Naylor Michael & Susan Wilson David & Pat Cole Ms V. Hopton Leisha Nazarewich Nancy Winters Elaine Conn & Dr. Mark Quigley Judith Horner & Hammond Bentall Carol & Jerry M. Nesker David & Carol Wishart Rev. Keith & Dr. Lee Ann Conover* The Hon. Peter H. Howden Karen Pancost* Brenda & Murray Wivell Dr. Paul E. Cooper & David J. Nancy Howe-Wright Ilene Patty & Thomas Terpstra* Judge & Mrs. Theo Wolder Hiebert Celine Huot & Richard Comtois John & Carolyn Pawley Neil & Jan Wood Nicholas Crawford Susan & Paul Hyman* Patricia Peloso Robert Woodley Gordon & Janet Crompton Wayne & Leslie Ingram Wally Pieczonka Dr. & Mrs. Walter Yaworsky Lydia Danylciw John Jacobson & Carol Mary Poss Honey & Larry Zelle* Margaret De Koyer-Watson* Hargreaves* Christopher J. Price* Annonymous (12) Patricia Dehaan* Kent & Pat James Brian J. Provini Lia Del Duca-Howie Frances Johnson Dr. Dennis Quinn & Christine Harry Delea, H.H. Delea & Pat & Bob Johnson* Lewis-Quinn* Company Pamela Jones & Rainer Paduch Elinor Gill Ratcliffe Darlene Ann Demars Robert & Beatrice Kahn* Catherine Re* Dr. & Mrs. Guy DeRose T. M. Kelly Candy A. Renard* Dr. Caroline Despard June Kendall* Kirk & Penny Rintoul Mearle & Elizabeth Doucet Kathleen & Paul Kett Keith Ritchie Kathy & Guenter Draudt Verla Killer Phyllis Robinson & Morley Brown In Memory of E.I. D’Souza Sharyanne & Dr. Arnold Kollin* Dr. Thomas B. Robson Keith Dulmage Dr. Edward & Dr. Laima Kott Arthur & Andrea Rosen* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Duvin* Wendy Lawson Anthony Rubin Jim & Pati Ericson* Anne Louise Layton & Jamie Ruth & Joseph Rudner Helen Etkin* Isbister Mark Scandling* Brenda L. Evans Bill & Jeanne Leaver* Dr. Peter & Mrs. Jody Schuringa Herbert Evert & Jeanette Alexander & Anna Leggatt Sandy & Alan S. Schwartz*
STRATFORD FESTIVAL OF AMERICA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chair: Robert H. Gorlin, Northville, MI Ex-Officio:Anita Gaffney, Executive Director Vice-Chair: Gloria Friedman, Chicago, IL Treasurer: Linda Rexer, Ann Arbor, MI Chair, Stratford Festival of Canada: Secretary: Carl Cucco, Barrington, IL Sylvia Chrominska, Toronto, ON Fred Bishop, Glencoe, IL John Gardner, Mishawaka, IN John Lewis, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Christie Peck, Birmingham, MI Kevin Turner, Birmingham, MI
41 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ALUMNI Including Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director And to our other graduates at Stratford Festival this season: 1 +1 =4 Andrew Iles, Tom McCamus, Stephen Ouimette, Brigit Wilson
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42 ENDOWMENT DONORS
We thank our generous supporters who have contributed to the Endowment Fund over the past 19 years. Your gifts help ensure the Stratford Festival’s future for all time, and for this we are truly grateful.
Eternity Level The Loris & Theodore Birnkrant James & Florence Gibson Fund Norton & Lucille Wolf $5,000,000+ Fund* Estate of Mary-Jane D. Givens* Donald & Janice Woodley Estate of Helen N. Bradburn* Muriel Goodbrand Anonymous (2) Bruce & Betty Birmingham Cathy & Paul Cotton The late Wilfrid P. Gregory Department of Canadian Heritage Barbara M. & Fred A. Erb* The Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Donations received Hon. Michael A. Meighen & Kelly Gatfield Family Foundation Hacker Fund between November 2016 Meighen Heather Gibson & Allan Dr. Jules & Josephine Harris* and January 31, 2018 Province of Ontario - Arts Massingham The Hay Foundation Gay Allison & Geoff Hancock Endowment Fund Program Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation Desmond Heeley Design Ellen E. Atkinson The Stratford Shakespearean Estate of Joan Ferriss Hatch Internship The Nicholas Barakett Fund Festival of Canada Carol & Ronald Horowitz* Michael Homer & Ann Hébert Frederick & Stephanie Bishop* Epoch Level David Horowitz* Estate of Peter Kilburn The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese $2,000,000 to $4,999,999 Margaret D. King Raj & Shaila Kothari Fund* Jane Fryman Laird* Shraddha, Akshara & Shruti Karen Lynn Cheah The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund The Elizabeth Lang Fund Kothari The Tom & Joanne Cowan Fund Estate of Mrs. Estelle H. Cohen* John & Arlene Lewis* Beth L. Kronfeld* Department of Canadian Heritage David Green & Mary Winton Estate of M. Lenore Mackie Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Friends of the Festival Green* Marcia Matsui & Roger Cotton The Anne Linden Fund Gatfield Family Foundation Dr. Robert G. E. Murray & Marion Dr. Ross & Fran McElroy Fund Sandy Linver & Buddy Kornman* Heather V. Gibson I.N. Murray Fund Dr. E. Duncan McEwan & Dr. Joan Estate of Mary Kathleen Lyle Bill & Bridget Harrison Bursary Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* C. McEwan Mathers Desmond Heeley Design Legacy Level Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, The Michael Mawson Fund Internship dedicated to the memory of Marg Misener Wayne & Leslie Ingram $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 Elizabeth Massey* Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. Raj & Shaila Kothari Rita & Rudy Koehler The R. Samuel McLaughlin Hayman Jane Fryman Laird* The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Thomas & Ellen O’Flaherty* The Elizabeth Lang Fund Foundation Hymie & Roslyn Mida Tom & Connie Orr Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Education Initiatives Fund, in Eugene A. & Lois A. Miller* Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Estate of Lorna Jean Loomis honour of Richard Monette The Mosaic Foundation (of the Phillips, Hager & North Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, Sandra & Jim Pitblado late Rita & Peter Heydon)* Investment Management Ltd. dedicated to the memory of Estate of Michael Murray Laura Pogson Elizabeth Massey* Millennium Level Edwin A. Parsons Cecil & Robert Rabinovitch Hymie & Roslyn Mida $500,000 to $999,999 Kayla & Richard Pechter* Estate of Helen Leonore Roszell The Geoff & Marion Neigh Fund Estate of Dr. Viera Barta Dr. Emma Plattor Carolyn Schiff & Noah Millman* The Estate of Diane Pretzer Frederick & Stephanie Bishop* The Florence Richler Education The Jack Segal Memorial Archival Estate of Myrtle Jean Rose In memory of Susan Harkins Fund Fund The Sachs Family Fund Beryl Ivey & Richard Ivey Martie & Bob Sachs* Estate of B. Julian Sibold The Jack Segal Memorial Archival The Richard Ivey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William J. Saunderson John & Jill Skinner Fund Janet & Richard Lint Estate of Mary Campbell Smith The Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund* Cheryl & Paul Simpson The late Frank & Nancy Moore* Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Sokol* Gordon & Elaine Steed The Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund* Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Fund William H. Somerville Theatre Estate of Nancy G. Steen* The Mary Helen Stoetzner Fund* Deirdre Stevenson Artisans’ Apprenticeship Fund The Mary Helen Stoetzner Fund* The Watson/Osborn Fund* funded by the J. P. Bickell Robert Summers-Gill The David Zussman & Sheridan Century Level Foundation Estate of Dr. Clarke Dewey Wells* Scott Educational Fund $250,000 to $499,999 Andy & Helen Spriet John H. Whiteside Fund Anonymous (1) The Summertime Fund* Max & Mary Wisgerhof* Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall Estate of Caroline Hamilton Tate* Family Fund George & Nancy Taylor Elaine & Michael Davies Mary & George Turnbull The Horace W. Goldsmith William George Vivian Fund STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN Foundation The John & Renata Walker Fund Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Leslie Clare Whitfield* FESTIVAL ENDOWMENT Estate of Marjorie Elizabeth Matilda R. Wilson Fund* Hamilton George & Pearl Zeltzer Family* FOUNDATION Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hurckes* The David Zussman & Sheridan 2018 Lawrence & Margaret Marsland Scott Educational Fund The Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation Lifetime Level OFFICERS Dr. R.G.E. Murray & the late Mrs. $50,000 to $99,999 Chair: Janet Ecker, Ajax, ON Marion Murray The Geoff & Marion Neigh Fund Hope Abelson* DIRECTORS Parnassus Foundation, courtesy J. P. Bickell Foundation of Jane & Raphael Bernstein* In Memory of Frances Wells Robert Badun, Toronto, ON Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Biddinger & Gretchen A. Paul Brisson, London, ON Cecil & Linda Rorabeck Gentile* Sylvia Chrominska, Toronto, ON Butch Blake Fund Estate of J. M. B. Smith* Michael Homer, Toronto, ON The John & Renata Walker Fund Estate of William Earl Boettger The Watson/Osborn Fund* Estate of Charlotte Maud Brown Tim MacDonald, Stratford, ON The Helen & Joseph Weinberger The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese Peter G. Restler, Brooklyn, NY Fund* Fund Cathy Riggall, Stratford, ON The late M. Joan Chalmers, C.C., Dynasty Level O. Ont. Kim Shannon, Toronto, ON $100,000 to $249,999 The Eve Cork Fund Chip Vallis, Stratford, ON The Tom & Joanne Cowan Fund Mr. & Mrs. G. John Adamson Bob & Jan Daniels* Address: c/o Corporate Secretary, Stratford The Avalon Fund Charles & Margaret Dingman Festival, P.O. Box 520, Stratford, ON N5A 6V2 The Nicholas Barakett Fund La & Philip Engel* Margret A. Beekel*
43 TRIBUTE GIFTS
In Honour of… Sharon McCue Joseph Garlock Marge McKillican 2018 Stratford Festival Staff & Mary Mogford & Tom Campbell Christine Goad Ann E. McPhee Company Stephen Ouimette Nuala Goldberg Franklin H. Moore Jr Elin Becker Victoria Parkinson Maurice Good Marion & Geoff Neigh Greg Borotsik Lucy Peacock Sybil Hagerman Phyllis Neilson Sharon Butler Valerie Pinder Judith Harper Virginia Offen Sara Farb Kathi Posliff Bill & Bridget Harrison Dorothy M. Oliver Elizabeth Gaffney David Prosser Brenda Ingratta Betty Paxson Rob Gorlin Bob & Martie Sachs C. Arlene Innes Nicholas Pennell Margaret Hayes Esther & Sam Sarick Winnifred Lachman Johnson Robert J. Potters Martha Henry Christine Seip Sheila & Barry Katz John Henry Rogers Donald Hughes Rachel Smith-Spencer Donald Keim Betty Paxson Stephanie Johns Rena Tallis Donna Jean Baker Carol & Edmund Schofield Cathy Kemp Scott Wentworth Eleanor Kenney Jay A. Siegel Jane Laird Antoine Yared Jay Klassen Steve Tatrallyay Rev. Robert K. & Mrs. Emily Hans Kohlund VaDeene Titus In Memory of… Dr. Thomas Lofft Helen Wake Leland Donna Jean Baker Arlene Lewis Brenda Louws Louise Wheatley Brooks Davis Peter Dean Marlatt Henry Wiseman Heather Martin Mary Dyment
2017 STRATFORD FESTIVAL GALA HONOURING ERIC McCORMACK
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Thank you to our generous sponsors and table hosts. Platinum Table Borden Ladner Gervais VIP Single Tickets Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin* Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis BT/A Advertising Barbara Crook Nancy Jamieson & Bruce Sylvia Chrominska/Deanna Eleanor Daniels Anderson Gold Table Horton/April Oakes & Kevin Dr. Desta Leavine John & Arlene Lewis* Burgundy Asset Management Turner*/Cathy Riggall/Carol Robert & Martha Sachs* Joe & Lucie Pal Silver Tables Stephenson Brian Rolfes The Garden Single Tickets Alan Shepard BMO Financial Group Earlaine Collins Daniel Bernstein & Claire Dr. David Goldbloom & Dr. Nancy Epstein/Dr. M. Lee Myers/Chip Jeffrey Latimer Official News Media Foerster* Andy & Helen Spriet Sponsor Wendy Pitblado & Barbara Vallis The Brian Linehan Charitable Union Gas Limited The Globe and Mail RBC Ruth Watts-Gransden Russell Investments Foundation Tim & Alexandra MacDonald Special thanks to Aylmer John & Barbara Schubert* Donors to the 2017 Express, print supplier Kelly & Michael Meighen Stratford Festival Gala Bronze Tables David & Shelley Peterson David & Patricia Adams Robert Badun & Justice Eileen Hariri Pontarini Architects Charles Beall & Karon Bales Gillese The Slaight Family Foundation M. Fainer Jennifer Birmingham Anonymous (1)
STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF CANADA – 2018
FOUNDER M. Lee Myers, London, ON Tom Patterson Rick Orr, Stratford, ON David R. Peterson, Toronto, ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS Peter G. Restler, Brooklyn, NY Brian J. Rolfes, Toronto, ON OFFICERS Richard Rooney, Toronto, ON Chair: Sylvia Chrominska, Toronto, ON Martha Sachs, Juno Beach, FL Vice Chair: Carol Stephenson, London, ON Esther Sarick, Toronto, ON Treasurer: Cathy Riggall, Stratford, ON David Simpson, Chatham, ON Secretary: Joy Wishart, Stratford, ON EX OFFICIO GOVERNORS Artistic Director: Antoni Cimolino David Adams, Montreal, QC Executive Director: Anita Gaffney Charles Beall, Stratford, ON Past Chair: Daniel S. Bernstein, Westport, CT Barbara E. Crook, Ottawa, ON Mayor of Stratford: His Worship Dan Mathieson Francine Dyksterhuis, Waterloo, ON Chair, Stratford Shakespeare Festival of America (also Franklin H. Famme, Stratford, ON on the Board of Governors): Robert H. Gorlin, Northville, MI Robert H. Gorlin, Northville, MI Julie Jacobson, Chicago, IL Nancy L. Jamieson, Ottawa, ON Pamela Jeffery, Toronto, ON Address: c/o Corporate Secretary, Stratford Festival, Jaime Leverton, Toronto, ON P.O. Box 520, Stratford, ON N5A 6V2
44 THE PROSPERO SOCIETY
Members of The Prospero Society have provided a bequest by will, or a future gift through a trust, life insurance policy, charitable gift annuity or the beneficiary designation on an RRSP/RRIF or IRA/401(K). If you have remembered the Stratford Festival or Stratford Festival of America in your will or in your estate planning, or would like information on how to do so, please contact Kathryn McKie, Planned Giving Manager, at 519.271.0055, ext. 5640, or 1.800.561.1233, ext. 5640. Eleanor Abra Dr. James H. Dunn* David Horowitz * Bob Meinschenk Debbie & Ian Adare Audrey Durst Deanna Horton Kevin & Tania Meldrum William W. Aitchison Dr. Gloria J. Earl* Susan A. Howard* Pennie A. Meyers* George & Frances Alderson* Marshall & Judi Egelnick Archie & Jean Hunter Alan C. Middleton Meredith Alston The late Dr. John C. & Mary F. Anne M. Hurley Kathleen Minor Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson* Elder* Wayne & Leslie Ingram Marg Misener Luther & Diane Aman* Roger & Janet Emery Marion Isherwood Joan Moeller* Carla Anderson* La & Philip Engel* Cheryll L. Jarolimek* Mark Monette & Judy F. Lane* Edward & Jane Anderson Barbara Evans Kathleen A. Jerome Inheritance The late Franklin H. Moore, Jr. & Alicia Annas* Daniel Evans & Rosa Munoz* Trust* Mrs. Nancy Moore Callie Archer M. Fainer Glenn & Joan Johnson Mary Elizabeth & Ron Moore Ellen E. Atkinson Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* Dr. & Mrs. Kerry Johnson F. Daniel Moreau* Sandra & James Bade* Lois Farber* Monika H. Johnston Catherine & Paul Motz Renee Badertscher* Judy Faucett* Ron & Nancy Johnston Richard C. Mulock Drs. Andrew & Cornelia Baines Dr. Rynaldo & Marilyn Fedorenko Scott & Beth Jorgensen Dr. Robert G. & the late Mrs. Jeannie Baird Robert Feeney Carol & Gilbert Kachmar* Marion I. Murray Laurence R. & Barbara K. Baker* Wilma Ferguson Douglas & the late Mary Kahn* Dr. M. L. Myers & the late Dr. W. Susan Baker-Bidgood Denise Fergusson Eleanor Kane P. Hayman Larry T. Beare Fred & Eleanor Fether* Martin Katz* Trish & Jim Nicholson* Margret A. Beekel* James L. Fiegehen Danette Gentile Kauffman* Jeffrey & Peggy Norton Michael & Sherle Berger* Sherri Fillingham* Kimberly Kelley* Carole Ann O’Connell & Mark Joanne Berrigan Russell C. Finch & Carol Nancy The late Kip Kelley & Family* Boyle Helen L. Beuker* Finch T. M. Kelly Thomas H. & Ellen J. O’Flaherty* Stephanie & Frederick Bishop* Douglas L. Flanders Max Kenney* Lawrence J. Olszewski, PhD* Jeffrey R. Black Karen E. Fleming Judge James W. Kerr, Jr.* Tom & Susan O’Neill Timothy John Blahout Kathryn M. Fleming David Kew Jonathan F. Orser* Marilyn Blatnikoff* Mary Pat & Louis Flores Marjory & James W. Kilgour Harold Pankrac Elizabeth C. Bogner* Gail Fricker & Blair Yeomans Marie E. Kingdon* Deborah Pantoni* Bob Boltz* Gloria Friedman* Merl & John Koegler Elizabeth Papps* Charles & Kathleen Bonneau* James C. Funk * Beth L. Kronfeld* Terrence Paris Monique Boulanger* Patricia J. Fyfe Anthony La Marca & the late Curtis L. & Jody A. Passafume* In Loving Memory of Joan Boyle, Dr. J.M. Gaal & Mr. B. Aravandino Thomas A. Dolan* William P. Pavlov* from her grateful daughter* Jane Gale Jane Fryman Laird* Richard & Sandra Pearse* Margaret A. Bretschneider* Ted & Sheila Gale Marilyn R. Laughlin* Todd R. Pepper Jerry & Carol Brown* James & Jayne Gall* John & Ruth Lawson Catherine Perkin K. Joanne Brown Barbara Garland* Anne Louise Layton Allan & Kel Pero Philip & Judith Brown Dr. & Mrs. Walter C. Gates Jr.* Desta F. Leavine Sandra & Jim Pitblado Schuyler Brown & Margaret Heather V. Gibson Dr. Richard W. Lee* Robin B. Pitcher Meredith Steve & Lauran Gilbreath* Rev. Robert K. & Mrs. Emily Leland Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Stephen Brown Alexander Gluskin & Shauna Dr. Renee S. Lerche* Laura Pogson Michael & Lynn Burshtin* Sexsmith Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Keith Potter & Cathy Riggall Jean Busch Alan L. 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45 Sandra & Paul Sales Barry & Sharlyn Stare* Gary & Judy Thompson Leslie Clare Whitfield* Larry J. Santon* Dennis & Rhea Steffler Merilyn & Jim Thompson Violet L. Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Peter W. Schilke* Carol Stephenson Dolly Tiger Nancy Winters John & Barbara Schubert * The late Dr. Florence Stevens Bill & Mary Todt* John Wirtz IV* Elizabeth Ann Scott Gordon & Joan Stevenson Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen Mary & Max Wisgerhof* Helen & John Scott Jayne Stewart* Marie & Peter Van Der Gulik Stan & Ros Witkin Christine & Richard Seip William R. Stewart Jane & Robert Van der Kraan Duncan & Claudia Wood Michael & Joann Sharrow* Glen & Sandra Strawsburg* Hermine J. van Nuis* Donald & Jan Woodley Dr. Cathy J. Siebert Kerry W. Stuckey Valerie Van Reenen Maggie Woodley Pamela Simmons Robert Summers-Gill Peter Varty & Patricia Martin Walter & Elizabeth Work* Father Earl F. Simone* Danielle & David Susser* William & Sarah Vasse* Deirdre Wright Karen & Jonathan Slater* Randal & the late Nancy Sutton Dina Vaz* Dr. Gerald & Nancy Wright Marcia Katz Slotnick* H. Allen & Valerie R. Swanson Nancy Johnson Vazzano* Dr. Louis & Mary Jane Zako* Dale W. Smith Ronald P. Swenson & Susan L. Dr. Nancy J. Vivian Bernice & Peter Ziegler Doug & Maggie Smith Daniels* Anne Walsh Suzanne & David Zimmerman* Gloria & Steve Smith Nargis Tarmohamed & Shaukat Susan H. Warren* Roger & Carol Zinnecker* Russ Smith* Mangalji Deana & Lyman Welch* and anonymous donors as of Terrence L. Smith* Lynne Taylor Estate of Dr. Clarke Dewey Wells* January 31, 2018 Rachel Smith-Spencer Nancy Theisen* Andy Werner & Barb Hoyle-Werner Sperandio Family Foundation* Christine Thomas Drummond White & Norah Love
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46 FESTIVAL STAFF
Artistic Director Speech-Language Gloria Bates Groups & Schools Amelia Darling Antoni Cimolino Pathologist & Voice Elin Becker Administrator Lynne Dewys Executive Director Coach Ian Bennet Jane Bex Sydney Fuhrman Anita Gaffney Lori Holmes Gregory Borotsik Customer Service Arrianne Fulig Singing Coach Karen Brooks Coordinator Brianna Glosner DIRECTORS’ OFFICE Jennie Such Malcolm Browne Bev Nicholson Aden Green Director of the Text Coach Michele Buchanan Guest Accommodation Tania Harvey Birmingham Ian Watson Brad Carew Coordinator Sean Hood Tidman Conservatory for Joyce Chappel Maureen Vankesteren Kayla Jantzi Classical Theatre Professional Jen Culligan Tameka Jenner Stephen Ouimette Development Program – Charmaine Cummings Special Orders Aveleigh Keller Movement Coach Coordinator Director of the Michael Elsie Dahm Stephanie Kropf.Untucht Langham Workshop for Brad Cook Jessica Darling Colleen White Greg Loren Classical Direction Guest Coaches Emily Datema Box Office Supervisors Penny Moss Martha Henry Annette av Paul Sarah Elliot Darlene Harrison Candy Neumeister Producer Frank Bach Lisa Eusebi Sarah Newton Lori Noon Ginette Hamel Barbara Feeney Debbie Steinacker Isaac Page David Auster Marilyn Holmes Christine Teeple Creative Planning Beth Fischer Cassandra Sargent Music Hayden Fischer Revenue Fulfillment Megan Schaff Director Representatives Jason Miller Jeanne Ford Bev Shea Director of Music Ben Fortin Gay Allison Rodrick Spence Casting Director Franklin Brasz Peter Friesen Myrtle Baker Ariana Sprott Beth Russell Director of Music Barry Gammon Cindy Bissell Cameron Sprott Director of New Plays Emeritus Keagan Goforth Anna Burton Melissa Tuer Bob White Berthold Carrière Mindy Gough Jason Colliver Sean Yates Associate Producer Music Administrator Maureen Gratton Elysia Cucksey Connor Zink Bonnie Green Marilyn Dallman Miriam Harrison Christine Darragh Executive Chef Associate Producer, The Administrative Assistant Terry Hastings Susan Davis Kendrick Prins Forum and Laboratory Janice Owens John Hawtin Connor Delaney Sous Chef Geena DeWeerd Keira Loughran ADVANCEMENT Linda Hughes Jason Love Assistant Producer, Deborah Jones Paul Duncan Director of Advancement Teresa Loren Frank Etwell Culinary Team Forum Rachel Smith-Spencer Amanda Boemer Julie Miles Dawson Lott Martin Fielding Major Gifts and U.S. Marlene Macke Nicole Ford Cristobal Franco Presa Company Manager Patron Manager Julio Martinez Miranda Kimberley Grandy Dianne Gingerich Paul Shaw Christine Seip Carol Mason Suzanne Grandy Carol Grasby Taylor Rolston Head of Stage Combat Major Gifts Manager GTA Diana Matheson Lori Hicks John Stead Jill Merner Jennifer Hord Kristin Roth and Campaign Manager Sasha Sharpe Corporate Secretary & Heather McMartin Beverley Meyer Marianne Hord Executive Assistant to the Karen Mills Yvonne Hord Joe Walsh Membership Manager Greenroom Hostesses Artistic Director Ceairy Free Igor Morin Samareh Jones Joy Wishart Cathy Mowbray Janice Kastner Micheala Coddington Planned Giving Manager Donna Kerfoot Meghan Fritch Executive Assistant to the Kathryn McKie Manuel Muncaster Executive Director Glen Oliver Christopher Kokot Kristina McCann Marion Burr Playwright’s Circle Wendy Orchard Anna Kowalchuk Corinne Montgomery Manager Nancy Patterson Donna Lawley Assistant to the Producer Sharon Butler Stratford Festival Susan Lemenchick Valerie Pinder Maria Loghrin Research Manager Mary Rankin Jane Mallory Shop Casting Assistant Shannon MacDonald Shop Manager Jennifer Emery Pat Ranney Aislinn McCauley Research Officer Dale Ratcliffe Meredith McCauley Chaslyn Stevenson- Directors’ Office Cathy Lindsey Terry Raymond Savannah McIntyre Hastings Coordinator Pat Reavy Ruth Ann Miller Avon Supervisor Shira Ginsler Membership Coordinator Susan Mavity Dolores Riehl Janice Mitchell Cindy Ramier Producer Mentee Judy Robinson Geri Morley Merchandise Coordinator Andrea Scott Membership Administrator Oriana Roulston Cheryl Moses Jennifer Hord Metcalf Foundation Deb Sager Lenore Neeb Donna Hyde Sales Associates Intern in Artistic Direction Dove Schade Tara Nimmo Dawn Bell Ted Witzel Program Administrator Carol Schlemmer Julie Ostien George Bertwell The services of Andrea Scott and Cathy Kemp Kathy Partridge Ted Witzel were made possible Judy Smith Madison Burrows through Theatre Ontario’s Stewardship & Event Paul Smith Barbara Redden Allison Erb Professional Theatre Training Coordinator Eliesha Richardson Program, funded by the Ontario Thelma Smith Theresa Gleadall Arts Council; and by the Ontario Mary-Ann Reid Judy Stuart Rod Rychliski Karen Johnston Arts Council, an agency of the Ben Thomas Joanne Schalk Government of Ontario. Ted AUDIENCE Sherry LeSouder Witzel’s internship is also funded Larke Turnbull Raphe St. Pierre Camella Ohler by The George Cedric Metcalf DEVELOPMENT Lois Tutt Jen Temple Charitable Foundation and The Director of Audience Janice Pavelin Chalmers Family Fund. Sharon Twamley Chloe Weir Kaitlyn Rietdyk Development Victoria VanDenBelt Sylvia Weir Sarah Hamza Shireen Sasani Coaches Milton van der Veen Katie Simons Head of Voice & Associate Director of Marilyn Wells Distribution Centre Mailroom Coordinator Dan Stacey Coaching Audience Development Elizabeth West Kim Switzer Janine Pearson Krista Swetman Faye Wreford Candy Neumeister The Head of Voice & Coaching Susan Wright Receptionists COMMUNICATIONS position at the Stratford Festival Front of House is generously endowed by David Caroline Yates Carol Brown Literary & Editorial Green & Mary Winton Green Senior House Manager Parking Lot Attendants Janet Wilson Director Kris Bernard Head of Voice Emerita James MacKinnon Cafés & Catering David Prosser Ann Skinner Associate House Ardeshir Sasani Manager Catering Events Manager CORPORATE Alexander Technique & Gavin Stevenson-Jackson SPONSORSHIP Movement Coach Sam Skowby Victoria Parkinson Kelly McEvenue House Manager – Avon Revenue Fulfilment Events Coordinator Associate Director of Mark James Box Office Manager Nadine Skinner Sponsorship Voice, Text & Dialect Lorraine Patterson Coaches House Manager – Studio Jo-Anne Hood Tidman Cafés & Catering Staff Nancy Benjamin Alexis Rowlinson Revenue Fulfillment Laurie Ash Corporate Sponsorship Paul de Jong Manager Sue Bidgood Coordinator Ushers Susan Bidgood Jane Gooderham Louise Allard Jessica Klumper Sara Brown Kennedy C. MacKinnon Jared Armstrong Don Campbell Matthew Armstrong Lisa Campbell Virginia Copeman
47 ADMINISTRATION John Koperski Groups and Schools GUEST SERVICES Administrative Director Senior Developer Sales Manager Shelley Stevenson Rick Crawford Heather Martin Groups and Schools FOR ASSISTANCE AND Archives Developer Bryan Richardson Officer ACCESSIBILITY Archives Director Joanne Schalk Liza Giffen Facilities Marketing Manager - We’re here to help. If you require Archives Coordinator Facilities Manager Direct Marketing assistance, please ask the House Christine Schindler Jeff Heggie Christi Rutledge Manager or any other member of Cataloguing & Assistant Facilities Graphic Design Manager Digitization Archivist Manager Krista Dodson the Stratford Festival team. Stephanie Vaillant Val Bielecki Graphic Designers Archives Assistant Facilities Coordinator Shelby Boyd Nora Polley Lesley Spencer-Cooper Jessica Dill CAMERAS, CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES Education Carpenters Reporting Coordinator Micah Hussey Leanne Herbert Malvern We welcome your photo memories Director of Education Chief Engineer Lois Adamson Digital Marketing John Luesink Coordinator of your Stratford Festival Associate Director of Shift Engineers Stephanie Leger experience; however, all cameras, Education Richard Arnold Edward Daranyi Interim Digital Marketing audio and video recorders must be Paula Burns Coordinator turned off during the performance. Education Administrative Lewis Pellar Jordan Worsell-Collins Manager Electrician In addition, please turn off all Katherine Laing Tessitura Administrator Tony Iacobellis Michele Keutsch mobile devices, as their sounds Resident Teaching Artist Head Gardener Luisa Appolloni HD Coordinator and lights will disturb actors and Anita Jacobsen Jenn McCaw Education Coordinator Gardeners other guests. Stephanie Johns Analytics & Modeling David Kittmer Coordinator Human Resources Shelly Paulocik Adrienne Steer FOOD AND DRINK Director of Human Head of Maintenance Marketing Coordinator Resources Ron Brown Melinda Timmins We offer auditorium-friendly cups Anne Kircos Maintenance Staff Interim Marketing for our beverages and invite you Human Resources Dar Del Chiaro Coordinator to bring your drink to your seat. Manager Blair Holden Laura Moore Nancy Altenburg Thomas Lemenchick Bottled water is also permitted; Myrna Lewis PUBLICITY however, all snacks are to be Health & Safety Manager Publicity Director Krystal Holmes Larry Shurrie Art Tucker Ann Swerdfager enjoyed outside the auditorium. Payroll Manager Gord Wilson Publicity Coordinator Heather Marriott Housekeepers Amy White LATE ARRIVAL AND Payroll Coordinator Lori Adcock Kathy McKellar Paul Bossence READMISSION Payroll/HR Assistant Jeff Daigneault If you arrive late or leave the Kira Heppes Diane Dench Company Catherine Dishman auditorium during the performance, Accommodations Patti Hinz we will make every effort to seat Supervisor Mandy IlIman you at a suitable break. Please Andy Mark Christine Koehler Company Shawn Larder be advised that this may not be Accommodations Robert Lee the seat you are ticketed for, Assistant Marjorie Lundrigan depending on its location in the Cindy Cnockaert Janet McFarlane Larisa Orlova theatre. In the interim, or in the FINANCE, FACILITIES, Nancy Plummer event we cannot reseat you & INFORMATION Sherry Priestap TECHNOLOGY Jane Rowcliff safely, we invite you to watch Director of Finance, Justin Ruller the performance on our lobby Facilities & Information Clare Stockley monitors. Technology Glen Sutherland Darryl Huras Sandy Thistle Finance Manager David Wick FIRST AID Leanne Atkinson Stage Door Guards Senior Accountants Trevor Bannon We take patron health and safety Todd Bridges Ryan Cleveland seriously. Any member of our team Dianne Matt Kyle Llewellyn will coordinate first-aid assistance Accounting Administrator Darlane Payne for you if required. Automated Joanne Jordan Fred Sinko Finance Assistant Casual Stage Door external defibrillators (AEDs) Shelley Assayag Guards are located in the lobbies and Paul Jamieson balconies of all our theatres. Information Ihor Orenchuck Technology and Application MARKETING Director of Marketing IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Development & Digital Associate Director In case of an evacuation, please Gursharan Flora follow the instructions of Stratford of IT and Application Associate Director of Development Marketing Festival staff, who will escort you to Darren Worswick Trudy Watson safety. If you discover a fire, please Manager of Information Digital Media Producer activate the fire alarm and notify a and Technology Jason Clarke Paul Muncaster Marketing Manager Stratford Festival team member. Office Administrator Carly Douglas Nora Walden Marketing Manager - PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY Systems Administrator Digital Andrei Martchenko Aaron George Please visit stratfordfestival.ca/ Help Desk Technicians Tristan Hughes privacy for our patron and donor privacy protection policy.
48 Bringing award-winning musicals to life.
Sheridan cast of Come From Away (2013).
Come From Away has gone on to great success across North America after being developed at Sheridan’s Canadian Music Theatre Project. Housing an incubator for original work, Sheridan is not only adding to the canon of musical theatre, it’s also producing the talent that perform at Stratford and around the world.
cmtp.sheridancollege.ca 49 New look. New menu. Same great location!
In the heart of Market Square, & just steps from the Avon Theatre.
Join us at Bard's on Market Square for casual fine dining, in our relaxed, fully renovated space. Bard's is a modern Canadian restaurant that takes its inspiration from traditional regional cuisines, but gives old recipes a modern interpretation. We offer a laid-back, high-end atmosphere, featuring a comfortable lounge, modern dining area, soaring ceilings and warm wood accents.
Bard's has one of Southwestern Ontario's most sophisticated beer lists, also featuring select old and new world wines, and an extensive list of whiskeys and cocktails. Be it pre-theatre dinner, a special occasion, lunch, or a casual drink, Bard's provides a remarkable experience.
271 Market Place, Stratford 519-508-2337 27marketplace.com @bardsstratford
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