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Season Sponsor Supporting the Arts, Locally THE BOY IN THE MOON season sponsor Supporting the arts, locally. WELCOME This production comes to us from Crow’s admiring the courage to tell a story truth- Theatre in Toronto. I am always fascinated fully. This play is a fine example of sharing by how stories can take many forms and be the ultimate paradox of life — joy through told in many ways. When I first heard about pain and pain through joy, one moment tears this play, I wondered how the writings of and the next moment laughter. While the The Globe and Mail journalist and author Ian story of the Brown family is unique, its heart Brown would move into the words of a play remains familiar in our inexplicable power by playwright Emil Sher, and then float into to love these people with whom we have been the hands of one of our most admired direc- fated to share our lives. tors, Chris Abraham. To take this curiosity As this play spread into my heart it affirmed further, Crow’s Theatre attracted a sublime so many things to me — be honest and dare acting company and creative team to tell the to let the power of love overtake you, no story on an intimate stage. matter how painful. I am beyond thrilled that Each year, through various donations When I first saw this production last year, Crow’s Theatre has brought its production to and sponsorships, we are committed I was overwhelmed. I remember a feeling I the Grand. to helping our local communities. don’t often have in the theatre — the feeling that I was holding my breath throughout — Welcome. We’re proud to be the 2018/2019 season holding on to every word and every thought, sponsor of the Grand Theatre. seeing the beauty through the pain and dennis garnhum artistic director 18-1626 The Grand Theatre_Ev2.indd 1 20/08/2018 12:06:49 PM Founded in 1983, Crow’s Theatre is an award-winning new-play theatre company. Over the 36 years since its inception, the mcmanus stage, november 20 to december 1, 2018 company has established itself as a trailblazer in developing and curating new contemporary Canadian theatre. Under the artistic direction of Chris Abraham, one of Canada’s foremost and multi-award winning theatre and film directors, dramaturgs, and teachers, critics and audiences alike have THE BOY IN THE MOON consistently and enthusiastically received the organization’s artistic work. A Crow’s Theatre Production By Emil Sher Through partnerships with theatre companies and artists across Canada, both established and emerging, Crow’s is able to develop, Based on the book by Ian Brown produce, and often tour some of Canada’s most coveted and exciting new theatrical works. Crow’s has been fortunate to work cast with the likes of the National Arts Centre, the Shaw Festival, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Porte Parole, among others. Hayley KELLY MCNAMEE Some notable Crow’s productions include ETERNAL HYDRA, THE Johanna LIISA REPO-MARTELL WEDDING PARTY, THE WATERSHED, SEEDS, TRUE CRIME, THE Ian DAVID STORCH BOY IN THE MOON, and I, CLAUDIA. In 2017, Crow’s opened its inaugural venue, Streetcar Crowsnest, production team in the heart of Toronto’s East End neighbourhood, which is home Director & Choreographer CHRIS ABRAHAM to 1.3 million Torontonians. A new cultural hub for this vibrant Assistant Director MARIE FARSI community, Streetcar Crowsnest hosts Crow’s Theatre’s annual theatre season, as well as a variety of other programming, events, Set & Costumes Designer SHANNON LEA DOYLE and more. Crow’s Theatre is in the midst of its third season at Lighting Designer ANDRÉ DU TOIT Streetcar Crowsnest. Lighting Designer KIMBERLY PURTELL Video Designer & Production Manager REMINGTON NORTH Sound Designer THOMAS RYDER PAYNE Assistant Sound Designer DEANNA H. CHOI .” “ Every so often (…) Toronto’s Choreographer MONICA DOTTOR theatre creators and theatregoers get a space that they deserve — Stage Manager AJ LAFLAMME and the latest is Crow’s Theatre Producer KRISTINA MCNAMEE Streetcar Crowsnest THE GLOBE & MAIL The adaptation of The Boy in the Moon was commissioned by the Belfry Theatre and the Great Canadian Theatre Company. It was first performed at The Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, on, on September 14, 2014. The development and production of the premiere was made possible by the Charles Dalfen Tribute Fund. The script was revised in 2017 with the support of Crow’s Theatre. Emil Sher is a member of Playwrights Guild of Canada. The Boy in the Moon is staged by arrangement with Kensington Literary Representation, 34 St. Andrew Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 1K6, 416.848.9648, [email protected]. The Grand Theatre is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatre (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The Grand Theatre acknowledges with thanks the co-operation of Locals 105 and 828 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, and The London Musicians’ Association Local 279. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. season crowstheatre.com sPonsor A Daring & Immersive Experience PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTES “If he could answer a question, what would you ask?” The Ian Brown we meet on stage asks this question about his son, Walker. His wife, Johanna Schneller, is ambushed, then replies: “I wouldn’t know where to start.” Ian’s book is fuelled by layered, tangled questions about Walker, about himself, about our relationships with the Walkers CABARET of the world. April 9 to 27 A stage is not the place for tidy answers. An audience shouldn’t step into a theatre expecting any. Life is layered and complicated, all the more McManus Stage so when it means weaving a boy like Walker into the fabric of our lives. Adapting The Boy in the Moon was more than simply a great privilege Opens April 11 linked to a deep responsibility. It was a reminder that theatre is a com- munal experience, and it is in community where we find the answers to season sPonsor the questions — raw, necessary, urgent — laid bare on stage. emil sher THE MAKING OF CANADA’S MOST FAMOUS ROMANCE MAGGIE & PIERRE By Linda Griffiths with Paul Thompson A Timeshare Production Directed by Rob Kempson Starring Kaitlyn Riordan February 12 to 23 McManus Stage ! season sPonsor extended Set & Costume Designer Jung-Hye Kim, Lighting Designer Oz Weaver, Sound Designer Steven Lafond. Chris Abraham Director & Choreographer GUEST ARTISTS Chris Abraham is a multi-award winning theatre and film director, dramaturg, and teacher who has worked with Canada’s foremost artists and theatres, including the Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage Company, Kelly McNamee Hayley Tarragon Theatre, Segal Centre, Centaur Theatre, Globe Theatre, and Kelly feels extremely privileged to be remounting this beautiful show. Theatre Junction, among many others. Chris has been the Artistic She has appeared in television series such as Murdoch Mysteries, 12 Director of Crow’s Theatre since 2007. At Crow’s he has directed chris Monkeys, Rogue, Sensitive Skin, and The Next Step Aftershow. Other the- abraham numerous award-winning plays including, The Watershed, The Seagull, atre credits include Domesticated (Company Theatre/CanStage); Steel Winners and Losers, Someone Else, Eternal Hydra, I, Claudia, Boxhead, and Magnolias (Highland’s Summer festival); and Legally Blonde (the lot). The Country. He has directed widely across the country including 7 sea- She is also one of three in an all-female, vocal, folk trio called Lunar sons at the Stratford Festival. Recently Chris directed Tartuffe (Stratford kelly mcnamee Bloom. You can follow them @lunarbloomband Festival); Macbeth (Bard on the Beach). In 2003, Chris directed the film adaptation of I, Claudia (Gemini award). A graduate of NTS, Chris Liisa Repo-Martell Johanna later served as Co-Director of the school’s renowned directing program Liisa last appeared in Festival Players production of A Beautiful View. (2006–2010). In 2013, Chris was awarded the Siminovitch Prize, the select theatre credits include: What A Young Wife Ought to most prestigious prize for Canadian performing arts. Know (2b theatre company); The Boy in the Moon (Crow’s Theatre); The marie farsi Watershed, Seeds (Crow’s Theatre and Porte Parole); Other Desert Cities Marie Farsi Assistant Director (The Citadel Theatre); Creditors (Coalmine Theatre); Happy Place, Uncle Marie joins Crow’s for the 2018–19 season as Associate Artistic Director. liisa Vanya, Antigone, The Lesson, School for Wives, Top Girls (Soulpepper); elsewhere: Marie co-runs Babelle Theatre in Vancouver, and recently rePo-martell Eternal Hydra (Crow’s Theatre); Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stratford directed — All My Friends Are Animals (with Axis Theatre); This, Here; Festival); King Lear (Stratford Festival). Movements 1&2; Rivulets (Babelle Theatre, 7 Jessie Richardson Award nominations including Outstanding Direction and Production in Small David Storch Ian Theatre); Seabird is in a Happy Place (2015 winner of the oob Short Play for the grand theatre: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Patience. for Festival/NYC). Surveil — A Comedy About Being Watched (Hip. Bang! - crow’s theatre: What Lies Before Us (Manitoba Theatre Centre, shannon lea Vancouver Fringe Artistic Risk Award); Crème Glacée (La Seizième); John doyle Citadel, Canadian Stage). recently: The Nether (Coal Mine/Studio & Beatrice (Vortex Théâtre); The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love- 180); Picture This, Noises Off (Soulpepper); Cake and Dirt, In the Next Suicide (Rumble Theatre). other: Marie was the recipient of the 2015 Room—The Vibrator Play, Misanthrope (Tarragon); Arigato, Tokyo (Buddies Prix Power Corporation du Canada as an emerging Franco-Canadian david storch in Bad Times).
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