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What’s On This Week PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION Held in the lobby of the Alberni District Secondary School Performing Arts Theatre lobby, 4000 Roger Street, Port Alberni. Theatre B.C. celebrates the “Best of the Best in B.C.” Meet and mingle with our sponsors, committee members and special invitees to start off this amazing week of theatre! DISCUSSION FORUMS (continued) Start time 6:30 on July 5th July 6: Producer’s How To & Brainstorming (Dogwood Room, Echo Centre, 4255 Wallace) GREEN ROOM SOCIALS July 10: Safe Spaces Followup Following each evening of theatre, you are invited July 11: Indigenous Theatre Projects to head to our Green Room socials at The Capitol July 12: Money Makers Brainstorming Theatre (4904 Argyle Street, Port Alberni), where Drop in to listen, share and take part in the audience members, cast and crew, will celebrate discussions. that night’s performance while enjoying great food, great conversation and great music! This year we are celebrating DIVERSITY and each night’s Green Room WORKSHOPS party will feature a colour of the rainbow as its theme. Workshops are being held throughout the week. See our centre spread for which colours are on which Some are near capacity. Info and registration is at the nights. Capitol Theatre. Registration desk hours are 10:00 Dress up and enjoy what each colour can offer! am to 4:00 pm Friday to Friday during the week of Green room is open until 1:00 am every night Mainstage. Check out our more detailed descriptions on our workshop play page. COFFEE CRITIQUES Our adjudicator Dean Paul Gibson will discuss in- STAGED PLAY READING depth the previous night’s performance with the cast This play is the winner of Theatre B.C.’s National and crew. Audience members are welcome as it is Playwriting Competition in the One Act category. open to everyone who shows a ticket for the previous Come see “Castle On The Farm” by Alaina Baskerville- night’s show. It is a wonderful learning experience for Bridges at The Capitol Theatre on Friday, July 12th everyone involved with Mainstage! at 2:00 pm. Drop-in, no charge. Held at the Alberni District Secondary School, 4000 Roger Street - Room hiišimłuwit, C-225/C226 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. THEATRE B.C. AGM Entry to this room is through the ADSS Theatre doors. Our Annual General Meeting and Elections will be Turn left after passing through the lobby of the held at The Capitol Theatre, 4904 Argyle Street, on Performing Arts Theatre. Signs and volunteers are on Saturday, July 13th. Registration starts at 1:15pm site to help you find your way. with the meeting to start at 2:00 pm. DISCUSSION FORUMS AWARDS GALA NIGHT CELEBRATION Free informal discussion forums, and a follow-up to Will be held at The Italian Hall, 4065 6th Avenue, last year’s Safe Spaces Forum, will be held at the Echo Port Alberni, on Saturday, July 13th. Fieldhouse, just steps to the southeast behind the Cocktails at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 7:00 pm, ADSS Theatre. They’ll be held from 1:00 to 4:00 pm as Youth Staged Reading at 7:30pm, listed above right. (The first forum on July 6 will be at Award Ceremony at 8:00 pm, and Echo Centre in the Dogwood Room). Music/Mingling until 1:00 am 6 | Theatre BC 2019 Mainstage Program Thank You! SPONSORS Our Corporate Sponsors Alberni Valley News / Black Press MAINSTAGE COMMITTEE The Graphics Factory Co-Chairs Peter Wienold, Brent Ronning Portal Players Dramatic Society Treasurer Jacqollyne Keath Secretary Carrera Schroeder Our Thespian Awards Sponsors Hospitality/Catering Cindy N. Solda The Graphics Factory Sponsorships/Grants Elliot Drew, Dale Hillman Langley Players Drama Club Program Peter Wienold Nanaimo Theatre Group Ads Brent Ronning, Peter Wienold Theatre BC Central Interior Zone Theatre BC Okanagan Zone Workshops Adele Kuyek, Nicole Saugstad Courtenay Little Theatre Registration Andrea Markiewicz, Peter Wienold Powerhouse Theatre Volunteer Co-ordinator Brent Ronning The Italian Hall Decorating Mary Ann Naesgaard Christie Lights Social Media Peter Wienold, Vanessa Schoen Theatre Kelowna Society Marketing/Publicity Peter Wienold, Committee Naeagaard’s Farm & Market Website Peter Wienold Doug Perri & Norman White Technician (ADSS) Andrew Taylor Theatre BC North Island Zone Technician (Capitol Theatre) Diena Tyne Theatre BC North Shore Zone Backstage Co-ordinator Melissa Lowe Our Green Room Sponsors 50/50 Draw Jacqollyne Keath, Richard Kerton Solda’s Restaurant President’s Reception Peter Wienold, Brent Ronning Baker’s Dozen Catering Awards Ceremony Peter Wienold, Richard Kerton The Clam Bucket Restaurant Venues Set-up Co-ordinator Brent Ronning Schill Insurance 2019/20 Mainstage Design Edward Johnson Jr Swale Rock Cafe Poster Design Peter Wienold Theatre BC North Island Zone Graphics Competition Rollin Art Centre Theatre BC North Shore Zone Theatre BC Fraser Valley Zone And we could not have done it without our Volunteers Theatre BC Central Interior Zone Melanie Anderson Morgan Martin Theatre BC Okanagan Zone Niklas Burton David McGarry Melissah Charboneau Our Hospitality Sponsors Corrine Moore Mitzi Colyn Circle Dairy Libbie Morin Jeff Cook B&C Food Distributors Muzz Sanders Quality Foods Pam Craig Nicole Saugstad Richard Kerton Vanessa Schoen Grants Kaj Knudsen Hannele Talkio British Columbia Arts Council Karl Korven City of Port Alberni Gail Tisdale Peter Lapins Diena Tyne Acknowledgements Heather Maloney Alberni Valley Community Arts Council Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce Thank you to anyone who was missed, to those who supported us silently Alberni.ca or at the last minute, and whose names we did not have at time of printing. Theatre BC 2019 Mainstage Program | 7 Workshops WORKSHOP PLAY with Nicolle Nattrass Sat July 6th to Mon July 8th at The Capitol Theatre We are thrilled to be bringing back our Workshop Play component. This year Nicolle Nattrass will be working with the cast and crew of “Annapurna” by Sharr White and CONSENT IN THE THEATRE: MAKING performed by Bridge To Broadway from Fort St John, BC. “Annapurna” was runner-up in this year’s Peace River Zone DRAMATIC CHANGE with Fran Gebhard & Lauren Frost Drama Festival. This 3-day event will start with a public Monday, July 8, 1 pm to 4 pm, ADSS “Learning Commons” Room T-2 performance on the first day, a re-working over the next Are you an actor who is nervous about performing scenes 2 days with another public performance on the third day. of an intimate or aggressive nature? What does practicing There is also a Director’s Lab attached to the workshop for consent in the theatre actually look like? those directors who would love to learn how to take your UVic professor and director Fran Gebhard and Lauren Frost, play to the next level. Auditing spots may become available Applied Theatre major, give you the tools to dialogue with for all three days if the workshop reaches full capacity. directors about physical and psychological safety in the $120.00 rehearsal hall. Creating an environment of consent in the rehearsal hall, the audition room, the fitting room and on to Public Performance #1 (Before): Saturday July 6 at 2 pm the stage is a necessary tool for actors as well as directors. Public Performance #2 (After): Monday July 8 at 2 pm This interactive workshop addresses concerns regarding At The Capitol Theatre, 4904 Argyle Street, Port Alberni physical intimacy and safety. Participants will work with Admission at the door for each performance, $10.00 scenes provided by the instructors. $40.00 FOSTERING & INTUITING CONSENT MINING THE TEXT FOR DEEPER with Fran Gebhard & Graham McMonagle CONNECTION with Fran Gebhard Tuesday, July 9, 1 pm to 4 pm, ADSS “Learning Commons” Room T-2 Sunday, July 7, 1 pm to 4 pm, ADSS “Learning Commons” Room T-2 Want to learn how to create a safe rehearsal space? Are you Are you growing as an actor? Are you relying on old interested in working towards building ongoing strong methods to create character? Join Fran Gebhard, UVic relationships with the acting company? acting professor and director for a three-hour workshop Looking at scenes of an intimate or aggressive nature, exploring techniques based on the work of Sandy Meisner, directors will be coached in the language and skills required Bill Ball and Michael Shurtleff. Learn how to mine the text to maintain safe space when working with actors. UVic for more than given circumstances. Working with texts professor Fran Gebhard and dancer/designer Graham provided, participants will be given tools to find more McMonagle share skills for directors in this workshop. Scenes layers in their work and deeper relationships with their will be provided and participants will have the opportunity scene partners. $40.00 to direct each other in scenes which involve intimacy and aggression. $40.00 MOVING TO NEUTRALITY/ANIMATING CHARACTER with Fran Gebhard & Graham McMonagle Wed, July 10, 9 am to 12 pm, ADSS “Learning Commons” Room T-2 Are you looking for ways to get more in touch with the monologue; and integrating animal characterization into your physicality of your character? Want to be more than a rehearsal process. “stand and deliver” actor? Warm up your body without UVic acting professor Fran Gebhard and dancer/designer Graham wearing yourself out? Moving to Neutrality/Animating McMonagle introduce rudiments of Mitzfah Technique, and Character provides guided practice warming up the body guided monologue/scene work as tools to both warm up the without creating stress; finding the seminal gesture within a actor’s body and animate your performance. $40.00 8 | Theatre BC 2019 Mainstage Program Workshops STAGE COMBAT: UNARMED NEW PLAY WORKSHOP with Robinson Wilson with Kathryn Shaw Tuesday, July 9, 9 am to 12 pm, Capitol Theatre Wednesday July 10 to Friday July 12, Capitol Theatre Unarmed Stage Combat The winner of the 2018 Canadian Playwriting Unarmed combat is the most often used fighting in any Competition in the One-Act Category is Castle On The performance.