THE LEANOR AND ALVIN SEGAL THEATRE SEASON 07-08

TTHE SEGAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT THE SAIDYE THE SEGAL CENTRE “We believe that culture FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT THE SAIDYE creates bridges of understanding and respect between people.

We are building a deep foundation of artistic excellence and, together with the community’s participation, we are committed to creating a vibrant meeting place for the arts that we can all be proud of. As well, we hope to contribute to a renewed vigor in the world of performing arts by nurturing the next generation of artists. Let’s embark upon this wonderful journey together.” - LEANOR AND ALVIN SEGAL

WE WILL ATTRACT THE FINEST CANADIAN TO ENTERTAIN, TO STIMULATE, TO EDUCATE AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS AND NURTURE EMERGING TALENT.

OUR AUDIENCES REPRESENT AN INSPIRINGLY BROAD SPECTRUM, ONE AS DIVERSE AS THE CITY ITSELF. FIRST CLASS THEATRE FIRST CLASS PLAYS, FIRST CLASS ARTISTS

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Adapted by Wendy Kesselman Dear Subscriber, Directed by Marcia Kash October 14 - November 4, 2007 The 2007-08 season marks a watershed moment in the history of The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE It is with the creation of The Segal Centre for the By Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Arthur Miller Performing Arts at the Saidye that our theatre’s Directed by Miles Potter dream of growth and expansion is being realized. November 18 - December 9, 2007 It is a very proud moment for all of us, one that we are delighted to be sharing with you. Furthermore, Bryna Wasserman with the establishment of The Academy and a brand HOUDINI new Second Stage to nurture the next generation of Book by Ben Gonshor theatre artists, we are confident that the future looks Music and Lyrics by Elan Kunin bright for the enjoyment of performing arts in our Directed by Bryna Wasserman February 10 - March 2, 2008 community and for the artists who will pursue their careers in this field. I, CLAUDIA For this coming season I trust that we are providing By Kristen Thomson you with the kind of theatre that you have come Directed by Leah Cherniak to expect from us: socially relevant classics, top- March 16 - April 13, 2008 notch musicals, first class comedies and new works showcasing the best of Montreal talent. I look forward to welcoming you all into the new Segal Centre and THE ODD COUPLE together we will usher in a new era for performing By Neil Simon arts in Montreal. Directed by Diana Leblanc May 4 - 25, 2008

THE WISE MEN OF CHELM By Abraham Shulman Music by Eli Rubinstein Directed by Bryna Wasserman Presented in Yiddish with English and French supertitles June 11 - July 3, 2008

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OCTOBER APRIL 29 -14 MAY - NOVEMBER 20, 2008 4, 2007 THE DIARY OF

“It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. “One of the wisest and Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in A N N E F RAN K spite of everything, that people are truly most moving good at heart.” commentaries on war – Anne Frank and its impact on human beings that This is the The Diary of Anne Frank: I have ever read.” the iconic dramatization of the legendary journals of a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. It is the world-renowned play that movingly details – Eleanor Roosevelt’s the inhuman darkness waiting to claim its introduction to the diary’s incandescently human heroine. first American edition.

DID YOU KNOW? A PULITZER PRIZE - WINNING THEATRICAL VERSION OF THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK OPENED ON BROADWAY IN 1955, STARRING SUSAN STRASBERG, DAUGHTER OF LEE STRASBERG, LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF THE ACTORS STUDIO. IN 1997, A REWORKED VERSION OF THE PLAY APPEARED ON BROADWAY WITH NATALIE PORTMAN PLAYING ANNE.

BEHIND THE SCENES Anne Frank and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father’s office. After being betrayed to the Nazis, all were arrested and deported to concentration camps. In March of 1945, nine months after she was arrested, Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. She was 15 years old.

Her diary, saved during the war by a family member’s aid, DIRECTOR was first published in 1947. Its popularity inspired the 1955 Marcia Kash play The Diary of Anne Frank, by the screenwriters Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Today, her diary has been translated into 67 languages and is one of the most widely- read books in the world.

BY FRANCES GOODRICH AND ALBERT HACKETT ADAPTED BY WENDY KESSELMAN / DIRECTED BY MARCIA KASH The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye NOVEMBER APRIL 29 - MAY 18 - 20,DECEMBER 2008 9, 2007

In An Enemy of The People, Dr. Stockmann exposes pollution that is fouling the waters of a “It is necessary that spa, threatening the health of its guests. Instead of being thanked, he is taunted and the public understand denounced as a lunatic, an “Enemy of the again that the stage is People” by his fellow townspeople, who want the place for ideas, for to sweep the problem under the rug. This is philosophies, for the the story of a man who will sacrifice all – his standing, his reputation, his wealth, and the most intense discussion security of his family and person – in order of man’s fate.” for the truth to prevail. Miller’s adaptation, written during the witch hunts of the McCarthy Era, intensifies Ibsen’s principles. As the lead character, Dr. Stockmann, declares: “But – Arthur Miller remember now, everybody, you are fighting for the truth and that is why you’re alone. And that makes you strong.”

DID YOU KNOW? IBSEN WROTE THIS PLAY IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC OUTCRY AGAINST HIS PLAY GHOSTS, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED SCANDALOUS FOR THE TIME. GHOSTS HAD CHALLENGED THE HYPOCRISY OF VICTORIAN MORALITY AND WAS DEEMED INDECENT FOR ITS VEILED REFERENCES TO SYPHILIS. THE PLAY WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE IN 1977. THE LEAD CHARACTER OF DR. THOMAS STOCKMANN WAS PLAYED BY STEVE MCQUEEN.

BEHIND THE SCENES This play will be our first initiative in examining how we produce theatre from an environmental perspective. We hope to evolve Canadian theatre practice in looking for new means and materials that are more environmentally AN ENEMY OF friendly and sustainable. THE PEOPLE DIRECTOR Miles Potter

BY HENRIK IBSEN, ADAPTED BY ARTHUR MILLER / DIRECTED BY MILES POTTER The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye PRESENTED BY

FEBRUARY APRIL 29 - MAY10 - MARCH20, 2008 2, 2008

“Handcuff King.” Escape Artist. International Superstar. Since his death 80 years ago, Harry Houdini’s life has been chronicled in books, on An all-new film, and on television. And now, The Leanor musical production and Alvin Segal Theatre proudly presents an original musical on the life of America’s first great created by the best popular entertainer. Featuring some of Houdini’s of Montreal talent! most legendary routines, don’t miss this thrilling, entertaining ride through his life - from his humble vaudeville beginnings to the heights of his fame.

DID YOU KNOW? AT A TIME WHEN SPY AGENCIES FREQUENTLY CO-OPTED AMATEURS, HOUDINI WENT TO LONDON AND DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN WHO WOULD LATER RUN MI-5, BRITAIN’S LEGENDARY SPY AGENCY. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS MAGICIAN TRAVELED TO GERMANY AND RUSSIA AND ROUTINELY REPORTED HIS FINDINGS.

BEHIND THE SCENES As Artistic Director of The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre, it is my privilege to work with many young, talented, creative Montreal artists. On this production I have the distinct pleasure of working with two such individuals. Over the years Ben Gonshor and Elan Kunin have emerged as two outstanding young talents and it is now my pleasure to work with them on the creation of this new musical, Houdini.

DIRECTOR Bryna Wasserman

PRESENTED AS PART OF THE SUN LIFE FINANCIAL BOOK BY BEN GONSHOR, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ELAN KUNIN PERFORMING ARTS SECTION OF THE MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS FESTIVAL DIRECTED BY BRYNA WASSERMAN The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye MARCHAPRIL 29 16 - -MAY APRIL 20, 13,2008 2008 MONTREAL ACTOR RETURNS FROM TORONTO FOR I , C L A U D I A SOLO PERFORMANCE! Claudia is a pre-teen, still reeling from her parents’ divorce. Her father is “This is a masterful getting remarried, she has a science fair project accomplishment! coming due, and she is in the physical and emotional Brilliant… charming throes of puberty. Claudia speaks to us from inside and heartbreaking, the boiler room of her school, where she stores all the things that are secret and dear to her. Incensed but funny, and incredulous at the adult world around her, she is funny, funny!” irrepressibly funny about it at the same time. Some important adults in Claudia’s life - her grandfather Douglas, her father’s new girlfriend Leslie and the school custodian Drachman - shed light on her – The National Post situation. I, Claudia will be the first production to be presented in The Segal Centre’s new studio space as part of our 2007-2008 Season! DID YOU KNOW? THE FILMED VERSION OF THE PLAY, DIRECTED BY CHRIS ABRAHAM, WAS VOTED ONE OF CANADA’S TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2004 BY THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GROUP. PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTOR KRISTEN THOMSON PICKED UP THE 2003 ACTRA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN I SHOUT LOVE, A SHORT FILM FROM ACTOR-DIRECTOR SARAH POLLEY. SHE IS ALSO A THREE-TIME DORA AWARD WINNER FOR HER WORK ON STAGE.

BEHIND THE SCENES The play’s title is a take on I, Claudius - the memoir of an elderly statesman, meant to be read after his death. The connection lies in the fact that they are both secret accounts of the inner workings of a character and that, in both cases, the events they present for our scrutiny are not necessarily what we would see from any other point of view. The masks used in the play were designed to be used by actors in training programs to develop non-psychological approaches DIRECTOR to characterization and improvisation. “When it came time to Leah Cherniak write the show, I improvised with the masks and transcribed my improvisations,” Thomson says. “Then I read my transcriptions until a story emerged.”

BY KRISTEN THOMSON / DIRECTED BY LEAH CHERNIAK The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye PRESENTED BY

MAYAPRIL 4 -29 MAY - MAY 25, 20,2008 2008

Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple tells the story of Felix Ungar, a neurotic, neat-freak newswriter, who is thrown out by his wife and moves in “I know him. He’s too with Oscar Madison, a slovenly sportswriter. nervous to kill himself. Simon based the play on his brother Danny’s Wears his seat belt in true-life experience and described it as: “Two a drive-in movie.” men - one divorced and one estranged and neither quite sure why their marriages fell apart - who move in together to save money for alimony and suddenly discover they’re having the same conflicts and fights they had – Oscar on Felix in their marriages.”

DID YOU KNOW? SIMON REVISED THE PLAY IN 1985 FOR A FEMALE CAST STARRING SALLY STRUTHERS AND RITA MORENO. IT WAS BASED ON THE SAME STORYLINE AND SAME LEAD CHARACTERS, NOW CALLED FLORENCE UNGAR AND OLIVE MADISON. IT RAN ON BROADWAY FOR 295 PERFORMANCES.

BEHIND THE SCENES As a play, The Odd Couple ran on Broadway from 1965 to 1967. It was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Art Carney as Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar. In 1968, the play was made into a successful film starring Walter Matthau as Oscar and Jack Lemmon as Felix. The television series made its debut in 1970 starring Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, who became more closely linked with their characters than their movie counterparts. DIRECTOR Diana Leblanc

BY NEIL SIMON / DIRECTED BY DIANA LEBLANC The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye PRESENTED BY

JUNEAPRIL 11 29 - - JULY MAY 20,3, 2008 2008

It is said that after God made the world, he THE filled it with people. He sent off an angel with “You find yourself two sacks, one full of wisdom and one full of foolishness. The second sack was much humming melodies at heavier and, after getting caught on a intermission and long WISE MEN mountaintop, all the foolishness spilled out after the show is over. and fell into Chelm. One wonders why the OF song Ich Bin Shein is CHELM Created by the legendary duo of Dora Wasserman and composer Eli Rubinstein, not at the top of the The Wise Men of Chelm is a loving tribute to pop charts!” one of the most enduring icons of Eastern European folkore – the town and people of Chelm. Don’t miss one of the Yiddish Theatre’s most beloved musicals! – The Montreal Star

BEHIND THE SCENES The libretto of Chelm was written by Abraham Shulman, a Jewish journalist from New York who had kept his script in a drawer for two years before showing it to Dora Wasserman. In creating the music for the play, Rubinstein said, “You must make people laugh, dance, cry – all the pleasures and passions must be there. What I really wanted to do is combine the best tradition of Jewish theatre with my musical ideas.”

DIRECTOR Only in Chelm! Bryna Wasserman A fire broke out one night in the city and all the inhabitants rushed to the fiercely burning building to extinguish the blaze. When the conflagration had been put out, the rabbi mounted a table and addressed the citizens: “My friends, this fire was a miracle sent from heaven above. If it were not for the bright flames, how would we have been able to see how to put the fire out on such a dark night?”

A DORA WASSERMAN YIDDISH THEATRE PRODUCTION BY ABRAHAM SHULMAN, MUSIC BY ELI RUBINSTEIN DIRECTED BY BRYNA WASSERMAN The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye DOMINI BLYTHE IN SHAKESPEARE FOR MY FATHER 06-07

FIRST CLASS ARTISTS

ROD BEATTIE – Actor, The Odd Couple A veteran of 15 seasons with The Stratford Festival, Rod Beattie has become one of the most respected and versatile actors in Canadian theatre. His extensive credits include radio, television, film and live performances across Canada. For the past 20 years, Rod’s name has become synonymous with the Wingfield series, for which he won the 1991- 92 Dora Mavor Moore Award (best performance by an actor in a leading role) for his performance in the first three Wingfield plays. LEAH CHERNIAK – Director, I, Claudia Leah Cherniak is the Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Columbus in Toronto. The company has created over 25 new plays, concentrating on collectively created shows that are developed over several years. As a freelance director, Leah has worked for many theatres in Toronto. Most recently she directed an adaptation of John Gabriel Borkman by Ibsen as a co-production with Soulpepper Theatre. Leah is a teacher at The Ryerson Theatre School, The George Brown College Theatre School and The National Theatre School in Montreal. Leah studied theatre at École Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

– Actor, The Odd Couple BRIGITTE ROBINSON AND GOLDIE SEMPLE JOHN EVANS IN FALLEN ANGELS 06-07 John Evans has worked extensively as an actor in theatres and film across Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Selected credits include ’Hamlet’ in Hamlet, ‘Petruchio’ in The Taming of the Shrew, ‘Andrew’ in Sleuth, ‘Jamie’ in Long Day’s Journey into Night and ‘Vladimir’ in Waiting for Godot. He has appeared at The Segal Theatre as ‘Alton Scales’ in The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and as ‘Saypol’ in The Trial of the Rosenbergs. John won the Dora Mavor Moore award for best performance as an actor as ‘Lee’ in True West.

MARCIA KASH – Director, The Diary of Anne Frank Marcia began her career as an actor at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England and went on to play leading roles in the U.K., Canada and the U.S. She is also an internationally produced playwright with 10 shows to her credit. Favourite directing credits include: Charley’s Aunt, Blithe Spirit, Popcorn, Zadie’s Shoes for the Atlantic Theatre Festival; Rumors, Annie, The Sound of Music, The Price for Neptune Theatre; The Diary of Anne Frank, Humble Boy for the Manitoba Theatre Centre. She is thrilled to be back at The Segal Theatre where she directed Tuesdays with Morrie.

DIANA LEBLANC – Director, The Odd Couple Diana has directed Fallen Angels and Rose at The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre. She has spent several seasons at The Stratford Festival, where her directing credits include A Delicate Balance (2007), Ghosts, The Seagull, Sweet Bird of Youth, Death of A Salesman, The Cherry Orchard, Macbeth and, most famously, Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

MILES POTTER – Director, An Enemy of The People Miles Potter has been an actor and director in Canada for over 30 years and his work JEAN MARCHAND, BRIGITTE POGONAT, has included plays for virtually every major theatre in the country. Stratford Festival DAMIEN ATKINS IN AMADEUS 06-07 productions include Medea, Romeo and Juliet, Good Mother, The Glass Menagerie, The Taming of the Shrew and Orpheus Descending, which went on to a successful run at The Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. Upcoming projects include The Taming of the Shrew for Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Theatre, Shakespeare’s Will for Stratford and a new musical for London’s Grand Theatre. MARTHA HENRY IN ROSE 04-05 PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY SUNDAY-@- MONDAY NIGHT

RANEE LEE IN CONVERSATION THE SEGAL WITH CBC’S DAVID GUTNICK TALKBACKS

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IT’S INFORMAL, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 11: 00 am IT’S INTIMATE, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE IT’S INSPIRING. Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 11:00 am HOUDINI There is nothing quite like the intimacy of Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 11:00 am The Segal Theatre. It’s the coming together I, CLAUDIA of audience and artist to share a unique Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 11: 00 am experience that will never be repeated. It’s the drama, emotion, the here and now THE ODD COUPLE of live theatre. Sunday, May 4, 2008 - 11:00 am You’ve come to expect great things from THE WISE MEN OF CHELM Sunday mornings at The Segal Theatre and And following every Monday night Sunday, June 11, 2008 - 11:00 am we’re proud to bring it to you. We consistently performance (excluding Preview Mondays), strive to give you a real voice in what happens you get your chance to be with the people at our theatre, to transmit to you our passion who join together with you in making first for the stage and what inspires great theatre. class, professional English-language theatre happen in Montreal. Together with CBC Radio, we look forward to bringing you another exciting season of Participate in conversations about the shared BRETT CHRISTOPHER intimate conversations and riveting lectures. experience, about what goes into creating a IN I AM MY OWN WIFE 06-07 role, choosing a play, and practically anything ISABELLE HUDON, WILLIAM CARDEN, else that comes to mind. BRYNA WASSERMAN, ANTONI CIMOLINO Robert Adams’s masterful lecture on Noël Coward; singing sensation Ranee Lee on a There’s nothing quite like Monday Night life in jazz; an intimate conversation with The Talkbacks at The Segal Theatre. Montreal Board of Trade’s Isabelle Hudon and The Stratford Festival’s Antoni Cimolino on culture being good business; Professor Frédéric DID YOU KNOW? Mégret on the persecution of homosexuals MOST EVENINGS, BRYNA WASSERMAN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE THEATRE under Nazism; and the CBC’s Kelly Rice on STAFF ARE IN THE LOBBY TO CHAT WITH MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE BEFORE Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. AND AFTER EACH PERFORMANCE. THIS ALLOWS US TO HEAR YOUR REACTIONS, Robert Adams This was the past year of Sunday-@-The Segal INSIGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS. lectures. Once again, we thank you, our loyal audience, for helping to make it the jewel in our theatre’s crown. GROUP BENEFITS SETTING THE STAGE FOR STUDENTS The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre is proud to: From every corner of Montreal, to Quebec • Engage, educate, entertain and inspire students season City, Ottawa and even south of the border, after season The Segal Theatre attracts groups and • Have welcomed over 5,000 students last season - the largest organizations who have fallen in love with number attending an English-language theatre in Montreal what we have to offer. • Increase student access to professional English theatre • Encourage students to see on stage what they study on Whether you’re booking student groups, the page social clubs, corporate or fundraising events, • Develop the next generation of theatre audiences our Theatre sales team provides you with the customer service you deserve and strives to We increase student access to theatre through: make your experience at The Segal Theatre a • Reduced student ticket prices memorable one. • Special school group rates • Special student subscriptions Student Groups • Student passes at 50% off • Wednesday 1:00 pm matinées fit perfectly • Student Rush tickets into school schedules • We provide the study guides and We enhance students’ theatre experience with: background materials for your students • Pre-show chats • Backstage tours Adult Groups • Teachers’ guides • A night at the theatre can raise funds for • Special student talkbacks your organization • Artists-in-school programs • Reception facilities with a fully licensed bar are available to community groups, for a small charge • Matinées offer a friendly social atmosphere THE 6-PACK FLEX PASS for seniors’ clubs - Fit our season into your schedule with ease - Six passes redeemable at any performance, in any combination - Tickets are transferable within each play - They make an excellent gift DID YOU KNOW? - Simple Pricing THE LEANOR AND ALVIN SEGAL THEATRE IS PROUD TO WELCOME OVER 5,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY. Regular Flex Pass = $201* Senior Flex Pass = $174* Student Flex Pass = $111*

*A $4 surcharge applies (per ticket) when choosing The Odd Couple and/or Houdini. CABARET 05-06

OUR AWARD HEDDA GABLER 03-04 WINNING THEATRE

MECCA AWARDS 2005-2006 Best Professional Production, The Importance of Being Earnest 2005-2006 Best Director, Peter Hinton, A Doll House 2005-2006 Best Lighting, Spike Lyne, My Old Lady THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 05-06 2005-2006 Best Set Design, Peter Hartwell, The Importance of Being Earnest 2004-2005 Best Actor, Martha Henry, Rose GOD OF VENGEANCE 05-06 2003-2004 Best Professional Production, Hedda Gabler 2003-2004 Best Actor, Don Anderson, De Profundis (Saidye ‘B’) 2003-2004 Best Semi-Pro/Amateur Production, Kali Yuga (Gravy Bath) 2002-2003 Best Actor, Gareth Armstrong, Shylock 2002-2003 Best Actress, Michelle Monteith, The Glass Menagerie 2002-2003 Best Director, Madd Harold, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (Gravy Bath) 2002-2003 Best Semi-Pro/Amateur Production, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (Gravy Bath) 2001-2002 Best Ensemble, Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Chekhov’s Shorts 2001-2002 Best Actor, Pierre Brault, Blood on the Moon 2001-2002 Best Professional Production, Salt-Water Moon 2000-2001 Best Actress, Uta Hagen, Collected Stories 2000-2001 Best Semi-Pro/Amateur Production, The Threepenny Opera (Yiddish Theatre) 2000-2001 Best Professional Production, After the Dance 1999-2000 Award of Distinction, Bryna Wasserman 1999-2000 Best New Ensemble, Montreal Young Company 1999-2000 Best Semi-Pro/Amateur Production, The Great Houdini (Yiddish Theatre)

MASQUES AWARDS 2005-2006 Best English Production, Cabaret 2002-2003 Best English Production, The Glass Menagerie 2001-2002 Best English Production, Salt-Water Moon 2000-2001 Best English Production, Betrayal 1999-2000 Best Actress(es), Viola Léger and Linda Sorgini, Grace and Glorie 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award, Dora Wasserman

The MECCAS are awarded by the Montreal English Critics Circle The Masques are awarded by l’Académie Québécoise du théâtre THE SATCHMO’ SUITE 06-07 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 03-04 Photo by Dan Rinsch THE CinemaSpace ACADEMY and ArtLounge

The Academy of Performing Arts will be a professionally-staffed A brand new place to see films. A brand new Ezra Soiferman educational facility that nurtures creativity and talent in music, place to gather. dance, theatre and performance art. It will be a place where About the Director the finest performers and educators in their field can inspire This fall, The Segal Centre unveils of CinemaSpace our youth to become the artists and audiences of the future. CinemaSpace and ArtLounge, attracting a diverse group of artists and community and ArtLounge The Academy will reach out to Montreal schools to provide members seeking a stimulating and modern - EZRA SOIFERMAN: environment in which to come together, them with performing arts expertise. Whether they choose a Montreal filmmaker Ezra relax and be entertained. career in the arts or simply enjoy participating, our students will Soiferman has over ten years gain knowledge, inspiration and love for the arts that will last experience directing and CinemaSpace a lifetime. producing TV documentaries This state-of-the-art High-Definition digital (Tree Weeks, Man Of Grease, screening room and multi-function venue In addition to its performing arts curriculum, The Academy Posthumous Pickle Party, etc.) with approximately 77 seats will be a new will offer a unique cooperative training program combining for outlets including CBC, CTV, boutique arts venue in Montreal. It will host education and practice for youth and professionals-to-be in the TVO, Newsworld, Life, film industry gatherings and such activities technical aspects of the performing arts. National Geographic and as film premieres, mini film festivals, Oprah. A graduate of NYU’s workshops, acoustic concerts and closed A highlight of The Academy will be its artist-in-residence Tisch School of the Arts, circuit broadcasts. program, drawing from the great number and variety of he has also produced or excellent performing artists in Canada & Internationally. The curated live events with Just ArtLounge artists chosen will engage with the Montreal community For Laughs, Pop Montreal, YES This lounge located next to CinemaSpace through lectures, interviews, workshops and concerts. Montreal and most recently will provide an oasis to artists, cinemagoers The Montreal Film Group, and community members to stretch out in a 1,000+ member film and a comfortable and colourful setting. TV industry collective he Featuring a full bar, ongoing art exhibits and co-founded and co-directs. a live music area, it can be used to An artist, entrepreneur and complement CinemaSpace events and for natural networker, his quirky stand-alone functions. and unexpected films have appeared at over 30 film festivals worldwide.

INSPIRING AND EDUCATING OUR YOUTH TO BECOME THE ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES OF THE FUTURE WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO REACH US Bryna Wasserman APRIL 29 - MAY 20, 2008 Artistic & Executive Director Barry Taggart SECOND OUR Financial & Administrative Director Paul B. Flicker Producer STAGE VISION Ben Gonshor Director of Marketing and Communications

Abe Gonshor This coming season, The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts TO ENTERTAIN, TO EDUCATE, Development Consultant will inaugurate the Second Stage, a new 175-seat theatre TO STIMULATE Shirley Gonshor with flexible seating. It can morph into a dance studio, lecture Director of Sales hall, cabaret or jazz bar. In any one week, a visitor to the We shall build on our core strength as one Rob Denton Technical Director Second Stage might find an avant-garde theatre production, of the premier English-language professional Ezra Soiferman a klezmer concert, a chamber music recital, a jazz ballet and a theatres in Canada to become a centre of Director, CinemaSpace and ArtLounge storytelling festival for children. excellence in the performing arts. Anna Sirota Administrator Already scheduled for 2007-08: We will be a performing arts institution, David Surette Production Manager Two productions by SideMart Theatre, a new company a training academy for the development Deirdre Fitzsimons founded by SaBooge Theatre regulars Andrew Shaver, of future performers and a home of Box Office Manager Graham Cuthbertson, Patrick Costello and Trent Pardy. artistic expression. Edit Kuper Special Projects Coordinator Trad, Dec. 2-16, 2007 We will welcome experienced artists and Katherine Candib Front of House Manager Mark Doherty’s Trad follows characters defined by a rich nurture emerging professionals to explore and Marilyn Ornstein language that is poetic, immensely funny, evocative and express their creativity, talent and imagination. Assistant to the Artistic Director touching. Echoing Beckett’s “I can’t go on, I must go on,” Jessica Yaffe at its heart Trad is a testament to looking back in order to We shall reach out beyond the boundaries Events Coordinator face forward. of the Centre both by welcoming and Brian Karanofsky forming close working associations with Administrative Assistant Jacques-Olivier Dupuis The Haunted Hillbilly, May 1-12, 2008 other cultural organizations in the broader Assistant Technical Director A SideMart adaptation of Derek McCormack’s novella, community at large and by providing Harriet Dancziger The Haunted Hillbilly will be a shockingly original and performing arts support and guidance to Reception macabre re-imagining of both the life of Hank Williams Sr. organizations that address the needs of the Steve Côté and the modern musical. youth of our community. Reception SUBSCRIPTIONS (514) 739-2301 ext. 327 Macbeth, April 22-24, 2008 BOX OFFICE Working in conjunction with the Haitian community, (514) 739-7944 The Other Theatre will stage Macbeth (in English, French TELEPHONE and Creole). Founded in Montreal in 1991 by Stacey (514) 739-2301 Christodoulou, this bilingual company has earned a solid FAX A NEW (514) 739-9340 reputation for its transgressive and deconstructive approach The Segal Centre for the Performing 150-175 to material from various media. Arts at the Saidye 5170 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd. SEAT Mtl, QC H3W 1M7 metro: Côte Ste. Catherine THEATRE bus: #17 & #129 www.saidyebronfman.org The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre 5170 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd. Montreal, QC H3W 1M7 www.saidyebronfman.org Metro: Côte Ste. Catherine Bus: #17 & #129

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