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AUDIENCE GUIDE PRODUCTION WITH THE AND THE GENEROUS DEVELOPMENTAL th SPONSOR October 27 – SUPPORT OF SUPPORT OF November 20th, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 PRODUCTION CREDITS 4 AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE 5 DEVELOPMENT HISTORY 6 PROFILE OF THE SONGWRITING TEAM 7 PROFILE OF THE DIRECTOR 8 CHARACTER PROFILES AND PLAY SYNOPSIS 9 THE MARC HALL STORY CONTEXT & HISTORY 11 AN INTERVIEW WITH MARC HALL 12 THEMES 13 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 14 SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES 15 RUBRICS 17 BEING AN ALLY – TIP SHEET 18 RESOURCES / FURTHER READING 19 ABOUT THE SEGAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS ABOUT THE STUDY GUIDE This audience guide was written and compiled by Julia Ainsworth and created with the generous support of the Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation. This audience guide is meant to enhance and deepen our audience’s experience and understanding. All content is intended for educational purposes only. To reserve tickets at a reduced rate, or for questions, comments, citations or references, please contact: Patrick Lloyd Brennan: 514 739 2301 ext. 8360 [email protected] THE SEGAL CENTRE 5170 CÔTE-STE-CATHERINE MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, H3W 1M7 2 FOR PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTION CREDITS A SEGAL CENTRE PRODUCTION CAST MARC Alessandro Costantini JASON Jonathan Cullen EMILY Katee Julien AUDY Sylvain Scott CARLY Sydney Scotia BOOMER Kolton Stewart LONNIE WYNN / DALE David Silvestri TRIPLE X Zachary Counsil PRINCIPAL WARRICK / FERGUS / BRASSY Stuart Dowling MISS LAWRENCE / LUCINDA PILCHER Gabi Epstein PEGGY / ENSEMBLE Alexia Gourd TIFFANY Hailey Lewis NAPOLEON Jamie Mayers OTIS / ENSEMBLE Lucas Meeuse HANK Mike Melino MONTY / ENSEMBLE Patrick Park KRISTAL Stephanie Sy FATHER HOPKINS / PAUL VINCENT / MIKE SHIELDS Jonathan Whittaker CREATIVE TEAM BOOK BY Kent Staines MUSIC BY Colleen Dauncey LYRICS BY Akiva Romer-Segal DIRECTED BY Marcia Kash CHOREOGRAPHY Sean Cheesman PRODUCED BY Mary Young Leckie BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF Marc Hall MUSIC DIRECTOR, ORCHESTRATOR, DANCE ARRANGEMENTS AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY Mark Camilleri SET & COSTUME DESIGNER John C. Dinning LIGHTING DESIGNER Luc Prairie HEAD OF SOUND Peter Balov ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER Louise Bourret ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER Tina Desroches STAGE MANAGER Luciana Burcheri ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Chantal Hayman APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER Stephen Alarie APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER Lucia Corak LIGHTING APPRENTICE Francesco Donato ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Rubin GENERAL MANAGER Jon Rondeau THE SEGAL CENTRE 5170 CÔTE-STE-CATHERINE MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, H3W 1M7 3 FOR PERFORMING ARTS AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE Welcome to the Segal! We are so pleased to have you join us at our production of Prom Queen: The Musical. To make the 3. Food and beverages are not permitted in the theatre. most of your viewing experience and in consideration of actors and audience members around you, please be mindful of the 4. Please do not kick or step over the seats when entering and following: exiting. 1. Cell phone use in the theatre is not permitted. Please put 5. If you are taking notes for the purposes of writing a response your cell phone on silent and refrain from taking pictures, or review, please be discreet to avoid distracting others. videos or texting during the performance. 6. Enjoy the show! 2. Please refrain from talking or opening candies during the performance. THE SEGAL CENTRE 5170 CÔTE-STE-CATHERINE MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, H3W 1M7 4 FOR PERFORMING ARTS DEVELOPMENT HISTORY Creating a new musical takes the support of a Subsequent CAEA workshops included a first full script community. We gratefully acknowledge the following workshop courtesy of: people, organizations, and institutions that helped bring Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario – [October 2015]; Prom Queen: The Musical to our stage: Stage Manager: Stephen Newman; Featuring: Nathan Carroll, Michael Cox, Steffi DiDomenicantonio, Jake WRITING GRANTS Epstein, Douglas E. Hughes, Robert Markus, Chelsea • Ontario Arts Council - 2008 Playwright Residency Preston, Jade Repeta, Kent Sheridan, Lee Siegel, Sarah Program (Young People’s Theatre) Strange, Astrid Van Wieren • Canada Council for the Arts - 2008 & 2016 Individual And two further workshops supported by The Unifor Creation Grant Humanitarian Fund to finalize a production script and • Citadel Theatre's Play Development Program (which is score prior to the first rehearsal courtesy of: generously supported by BMO Financial Group) Segal Centre, Montreal, Quebec – [February, 2016]; Featuring: Nathan Carroll, Gab Desmond, Sara Farb, WORKSHOPS & SUPPORT Genevieve Leclerc, Jonathan Patterson, Michael Daniel Directed by Marcia Kash, with Musical Direction from Murphy, Brandon Schwartz Marc Camilleri, and in collaboration with Kent Staines, and Colleen Dauncey, Akiva Romer-Segal, and Mary Young Leckie, Prom Queen: The Musical was developed over Solo Productions/Segal Centre, Toronto, Ontario – a series of workshops featuring the participation of the [August, 2016]; following artists, institutions and funders: Choreography: Sean Cheesman; Featuring: Alessandro Costantini, Jonathan Cullen, Gabi Epstein, Hailey Lewis, Selections were first showcased at: David Silvestri The Canadian Music Theatre Project at Sheridan College, Special thanks to the following for their support of Oakville – [October/November, 2014]; the production in its development and pre-production stages: Gavin Bowerman, Colton Curtis, Tom Davis, Quinn Dooley, Jacquelyn French*, Shane Gramlich, Aisha Michael Rubinoff, Ron Ulrich, Mirvish Productions, Penny Jarvis, Jeff Mendonca, Nik Murillo, Lucas Popowich, Ritco, Allen MacInnis, Young People’s Theatre, Mitchell Tringa Rexhepi*, Colin Simmons, Melissa Torelli. (*CAEA Marcus, Alisa Palmer, Iris Turcott, David Abel, Danny members) Webber, Derrick Chua, Michael Levine, Emma MacKenzie Hillier, Ron Hay, Esther & Pia Bouman, Charles Roy & Adam with the support of: Brazier. • The Toronto Arts Council – 2015 Theatre Project Grant • The Ontario Arts Council – 2015 Theatre Projects Development Phase 2 THE SEGAL CENTRE 5170 CÔTE-STE-CATHERINE MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, H3W 1M7 5 FOR PERFORMING ARTS SONGWRITING TEAM Colleen Dauncey (Music) and Akiva Romer-Segal (Lyrics) are a contemporary musical theatre songwriting team based in Toronto, Canada. Together they wrote the scores to The Subway Songs, Scenes From The Bathhouse (Talk Is Free Theatre), and Toronto Fringe hit Bremen Rock City (with librettist Sara Farb), and contributed material to Touch Me: Songs for a (dis) Connected Age (Forte Musical Theatre Guild, three Calgary Critics Awards including “Best Production of a Musical"). Colleen & Akiva are currently Writers-in-Residence at Talk Is Free Theatre where they are developing Offline, a collective creation musical which will debut in Barrie, Ontario in spring 2017. Colleen and Akiva's songs have been performed internationally by cabaret performers, recording artists, and Broadway stars, and they also penned the lyrics to two songs included on KATYA's (i) Source: colleenandakiva.com self-titled debut album (Marquis Classics). They were selected (ii) Photo: contemporarymusicaltheatre.wordpress.com as participants in the 2011 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project in Chicago, the Cutting-Edge Composers series in New York, the Canadian Musical Theatre Writers Collective, Acting Up Stage’s Noteworthy program for songwriters and librettists, and Theatre 20’s Composium initiative. They are two-time grant recipients from the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Records (FACTOR) and several grants from the Ontario Arts Council. THE SEGAL CENTRE 5170 CÔTE-STE-CATHERINE MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, H3W 1M7 6 FOR PERFORMING ARTS PROFILE OF THE DIRECTOR Marcia trained as an actor at The Drama Centre in London, England, and began her career at the Royal Court Theatre before working in a number of regional theatres and at London’s Tricycle Theatre. In North America, she has appeared at The Stratford Festival; The Kennedy Center; on Broadway; the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati; Arena Stage, Buffalo; The Citadel Theatre, Edmonton; Theatre Plus, Toronto; ATP, Calgary; Stage West, Theatre Calgary; and Neptune Theatre, Halifax. Her first foray into playwriting was the highly successful farce Who’s Under Where? (co-written with Doug Hughes) which received more than one hundred productions in eight countries and five languages. Also in partnership with Mr. Hughes, she penned the popular whodunnit A Party to Murder and Too Many Cooks. Working solo, Marcia was commissioned to write Discovering Elvis for Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary. The play has since been produced a number of times throughout Canada and the U.S. It was translated into French (À la recherche d’Elvis) where it has enjoyed great success in various productions in Quebec and where it won a Les Masques nomination for Best New Play. In addition to writing and acting, Marcia is also an accomplished director. Directing credits include: For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Rumors, Annie, White Christmas for Neptune Theatre; Humble Boy, Syringa Tree, The Price, The Diary of Anne Frank for Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre; Tuesdays With Morrie, Educating Rita, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Secret Annex for the Segal Centre; Ben Elton’s Popcorn, Zadie’s Shoes for ATP; Doubt, Forever Plaid, The Full Monty, The Sound of Music for Theatre Aquarius; Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure for the Grand Theatre; Who’s Under Where, Boeing Boeing, Run for Your Wife, Cash on Delivery, Too Many Cooks and See How They Run for Drayton Entertainment. She was honoured to have been chosen to lead a new creative team in the re-envisioning of the