August Wilson's

Home , August Wilson Theatre, Fences (play), Ma Rainey, The Homecoming, The Normal Heart, Wit (play)

season sponsor title sponsor WELCOME

Supporting This has been a season of intense to others’ expectations, and simply variety—we’ve presented plays about the joy or tribulations of surviving Canada at war, the colourful life of through life). the arts, barbershops, explored ancient myths, Director Djanet Sears debuts here and local (musical) murderous leg- with this production. Sears is a ends. Now we arrive here at Fences, renowned Canadian director, actor, which we have chosen for one simple locally. and playwright of great distinc- reason: it's one of the best written, tion. She has inspired us all with well-structured, modern classic plays her knowledge and passion towards ever penned. It tells a relatable story, Wilson's work. By combining these depicting how a family pulls together two forces, we are set for a beautiful and comes apart. August Wilson is presentation. We've gathered a pow- one of America's great writers, and erful ensemble of artists to bring this has an impressive collection of plays, masterpiece to life here at the Grand. earning him the well-deserved reputa- tion of being a master playwright. On this deceptively simple platform, a back porch, great ideas are about to I remember the first time I readFences , explode. feeling drawn in by the incredibly well-crafted characters and being Welcome. perfectly surprised by the story. The story is very specific (Pittsburgh in dennis garnhum the 1950s), but becomes universal (the artistic director Each year, through various donations struggle to love each other, to live up and sponsorships, we are committed to helping our local communities. We would like to acknowledge the history of the traditional territory in which the Grand Theatre operates. We We’re proud to be the 2018/2019 season would also like to respect the longstanding relationships of the three local First Nations groups of this land and sponsor of the Grand Theatre. place in Southwestern Ontario. The three First Nations communities closest in proximity to the Grand are the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation (part of the Anishinaabe), the Oneida Nation of the Thames (part of the Haudenosaunee) and the Munsee-Delaware Nation (part of the Leni-Lunaape).

18-1626 The Grand Theatre_Ev2.indd 1 20/08/2018 12:06:49 PM spriet stage, march 19 to april 6, 2019 opening night march 22 August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Djanet Sears Starring Nigel Shawn Williams cast Gabriel PETER N. BAILEY Lyons CHRISTOPHER BAUTISTA Raynell DYLAN HOUGH Cory NGABO NABEA Jim Bono E.B. SMITH Rose ORDENA STEPHENS-THOMPSON Troy NIGEL SHAWN WILLIAMS Production team Director DJANET SEARS Set & Projection Designer ASTRID JANSON Costume Designer RACHEL FORBES Lighting Designer JASON HAND Projection Designer ADAM BARRETT Sound Designer VERNE GOOD Fight Director ANITA NITTOLY Stage Manager BEATRICE CAMPBELL Assistant Stage Manager SUZANNE MCARTHUR Apprentice Stage Manager TARYN DOUGALL

Projection sources material provided by the Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library Systems. August Wilson’s Fences is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Originally produced on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, in association with Yale Repertory Theatre. World Premiere at Yale Repertory (Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai, Managing Director); Second Production at The Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schufler, Managing Director). Initially given a staged reading at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference. The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit www.samuelfrench.com/whitepaper. Special thanks to Qwyn Charter MacLachlan; U of T Centre for Drame, Theatre and Performance Studies; Arcadia Housing Co-op; Pam Winter; GGA; Terese Sears; Rosemarie Sears; Celia Sears; Winnie Sears; Kyla Charter; Alex MacLachlan; Ella MacLachlan, Alejandra Nuñez; Mano Music; Steve West; Carlos Latorre title sponsor Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, and the London Musicians’ Association Local 209. THANK YOU TO The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. OUR SPONSORS

THE SPRIET STAGE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY HELEN & ANDY SPRIET.

program sponsors season sponsor Grand Gala Accessing Season Hosting Assistive Hearing Presenting Sponsor the Arts Partner Devices title sponsors

An Undiscovered Timothy Findley’s The Wars Barber Shop Chronicles A Christmas Carol Shakespeare 100 Schools Students Club

Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad Vigilante August Wilson’s Fences Cabaret Mamma Mia! COMPASS New Play Development Barber Shop Chronicles Wardrobe Internship Accommodation Partners

In tribute to Gloria & Joseph Gilbert high school project

Title Sponsor Make a Difference Program Partners partners Community Pillar Partner Westminster Florist Hotel Wine Framing Wardrobe & Props College Foundation government funders Vehicles Apparel Catering Lighting Printing Grand Gala DIRECTOR’S NOTES

What happens to a 2019 dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? SAVE Or fester like a sore— THE And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Date Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?

June 13 Maybe it just sags 2019 like a heavy load. SPRIET STAGE Or does it explode? Langston Hughes, 1951

Excerpted from the celebrated Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes’ poetic suite Montage of a Dream Deferred, this poem not only implicitly critiques African American life, it raises questions about the consequences of withholding equal opportunity from an entire group of people. It is also the epigraph to Lorraine Hansberry’s ground breaking play A Raisin in the Sun. Published in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was the first commercially successful play by an African American playwright, despite a long list of Black playwrights that came before. Written nearly 30 years later, Fences by August Wilson is arguably the second most commer- I HAVE A cially successful African American play. A Raisin in the Sun and Fences share similar themes. Both are set in the same era. Both examine the experiences of a family who are the progeny of Africans abducted to the Americas, and enslaved for 400 years. Both plays also use an epigraph to alert the reader to the more significant ideas, and influences in the work. However, the epigraph to Fences is a poem written by August Wilson himself. In preparing DREAM the reader for this particular story, set in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1957, about Troy honouring louise pitre Maxson, his wife Rose, his children, his brother Gabriel and his best friend Jim, Wilson writes: in support of When the sins of our fathers visit us Make a Difference Youth Programs and the High School Project We do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness Tickets Tables As God, in His Largeness and Laws.

$250 ea. $2500 August Wilson Epigraph: Fences, 1987

To book your tickets or to enquire about PRESENTED BY Sponsorship Opportunities please contact: djanet sears [email protected] white working class neighbourhood, where Wilson’s cultural impact cannot be under- they experienced racism, vandalism, and stated. He made it his project to chronicle abuse. At 15, Wilson dropped out of school, the African American experience throughout and instead educated himself at the Carnegie the 20th century, and the plays that resulted Library of Pittsburgh by reading the works are some of the finest works of contempo- of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Langston rary theatre. His plays emphasize the way Hughes, Amiri Baraka, and others. In that land and space inspires art, and it is no 1965, Wilson left his mother’s home, moved surprise that he chose the rich soil of the in with a group of young Black artists and Hill District as the setting for many of his intellectuals, began his work as a writer, works. Wilson’s impact was deeply felt: his and was exposed to Malcolm X’s speeches childhood home in Pittsburgh—1727 Bedford and the Black Power movement. These Avenue—became a site of pilgrimage, and experiences fundamentally influenced is now a historic landmark dedicated to Wilson’s political and artistic perspective. him. Currently, there are plans in place to In 1968, Wilson began to explore working restore the building and transform it into a in theatre, and along with Rob Penny, he community gathering space, housing artist returned to his childhood neighbourhood studios and exhibits dedicated to celebrating to found the Black Horizon Theater in the and continuing Wilson’s important work of Hill District. He served as the theatre’s telling the stories of the African diaspora in Company Director, with Penny serving as the United States. playwright-in-residence. MEGHAN O’HARA CULTURAL LANDSCAPES: education and outreach coordinator AUGUST WILSON

August Wilson was born in April 1945, the housing was in short supply due to segrega- son of Daisy Wilson, an African-American tion laws that prevented African Americans cleaner, and Frederick August Kittel Sr, a from residing anywhere outside the Hill baker of German descent. His given name District. Despite cramped conditions, the was Frederick August Kittel Jr., but he took area blossomed creatively, becoming a hub the name August Wilson—adopting his for jazz music in particular. It is this rich cul- mother’s surname—after his father was tural environment that Wilson highlights in absent for most of his childhood. Wilson was many of his plays. However, in the 1950s, the brought up in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, U.S. government planned to redevelop much Pennsylvania, a historically African- of the aging housing in the Hill District. This American neighbourhood where Wilson urban renewal plan saw many of the neigh- observed the ways that economics and race bourhood’s residents displaced from their intersect in the daily lives of those around homes, isolated the area from neighbouring him. communities, and ultimately led to the Hill District’s economic decline. This history is The Hill District—originally nicknamed central to many of the later plays in Wilson’s “Little Haiti”—was Pittsburgh’s first Black American Century Cycle. neighbourhood and it was once the heart of Black culture and art in the city. Many Wilson and his family did not stay in the Hill migrated to the area in the early 1900s, and District: when his mother remarried in the while the population increased rapidly, 1950s, the family moved to a predominantly THE HILL DISTRICT IN PITTSBURGH. OPPOSITE: CHAUNCY STREET, 1915; THIS PAGE: THE GRANVILLE HOTEL BAR, 1951 (BOTH PITTSBURGH CITY PHOTOGRAPHER COLLECTION). Gem of the Ocean Fences Premiere: 2003; Setting: 1900s Premiere: 1987; Setting: 1950s

The American Century Cycle Aunt Ester, a 285 year old woman, is visited by This play follows Troy Maxson—a former baseball In 1984, August Wilson set out to write a cycle of ten plays, each set in a different decade of the Citizen Barlow, who arrives in spiritual turmoil, star turned garbage collector—as he fights to make 20th century. The plays explore the African-American experience over the long arc of a century, wishing to hear the wise woman’s tales in order to a living, and grapple with the disappointments of and document the country’s shifting social landscapes. He completed the project in 2005. have his soul cleansed. She sets him on a journey his unachieved dreams. But now, at the middle of to the mystical City of Bones at the centre of the the 20th century, circumstances are beginning to Atlantic Ocean, where he strives for self-discovery change, giving Troy’s son Cory opportunities he and redemption. never could’ve imagined; but, in this unfamiliar new world, Troy finds himself putting up fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone sealing himself off from a world—and a family— Premiere: 1988; Setting: 1910s which he does not understand. The cycle’s second installment is set in a Pittsburgh boarding house, which is inhabited by a variety of Two Trains Running people who have migrated from the South to the Premiere: 1991; Setting: 1960s Northern states. Separated from the lives they It’s 1969: there’s a new President in the White once knew, each character explores how to stay House, it’s a critical time for the Civil Rights connected to their histories while forging new Movement, and racial tensions are high. Against identities in new homes, and ultimately, beginning this backdrop, Memphis Lee must decide what to to live again. do about his restaurant, which is slated to be torn down as gentrification eats away at the neigh- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom bourhood he once knew. This play explores the Premiere: 1984; Setting: 1920s intersections between race politics and increasing A routine recording session becomes anything but urbanization in Pittsburgh. in this play about Chicago, the blues, and seismic changes in American culture. While Ma Rainey’s Jitney blues band waits for her arrive, tensions rise as Premiere: 1982; Setting: 1970s they discuss the prejudices and obstacles they face Five jitney cab drivers struggle to survive as their as African Americans in the U.S. Perspectives on city begins pushing businesses out of the neigh- politics and experiences with racism are shared bourhood. Facing an uncertain future in turbulent as the four musicians confront the ambitions and times, these characters negotiate their nostalgic disappointments of their changing world. relationships to the past as the city threatens to close their business in the name of “urban renewal.” The Piano Lesson Premiere: 1990; Setting: 1930s King Hedley II In Pittsburgh, a family argues about what to do Premiere: 1999; Setting: 1980s with an inherited piano: should they keep it or King is an ex-con who has recently been released sell it? Once traded by the family’s white master from prison, and is attempting to rebuild his life. in exchange for two of the family’s ancestors, the This play plunges into the economics, violence, and piano is a ghost of their past. As siblings struggle racial tensions of Reagan-era Pittsburgh, where to decide what to do, they grapple with the weight King’s hopes and dreams collide with the realities of family legacy, and endeavour to find hope in a of life in 1980s America. new future. Radio Golf Seven Guitars Premiere: 2005; Setting: 1990s Premiere: 1995; Setting: 1940s The final play in the cycle follows a man named A group of friends gathers for the funeral of Harmond Wilks, who is determined to revive his blues guitarist Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, a local childhood neighbourhood through a real estate musician on the brink of success. Bookended by development project, and in so doing, become the funeral, the play travels through the friends’ Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor. However, to do reminiscences, flashing back through Floyd’s life so, Wilks must grapple with the neighbourhood’s CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: VIOLA DAVIS AND JEROME PRESTON BATES IN SEVEN GUITARS 1987; PHYLICIA to explore the path that ultimately led him to his history, as well as his own. RASHAD IN GEM OF THE OCEAN, 2003; LESLIE UGGAMS death, uncovering the obstacles they all face, and AND CHARLES BROWN IN KING HEDLEY II, 1999; LOU MYERS IN THE PIANO LESSON, 1990 (ALL WORLD PRE- the dreams they all share. MIERE PRODUCTIONS AT YALE REPERTORY THEATRE). PLAYWRIGHT BIO

August Wilson Playwright AUGUST WILSON (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) authored Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II, and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of African-Americans, decade-by-decade, over the course of the twentieth century. His plays have been produced at regional theaters across the country and all over the world, as well as on Broadway. In 2003, Mr. Wilson made his professional stage debut in his one-man show, How I Learned What I Learned. Mr. Wilson’s works garnered many awards including Pulitzer Prizes for Fences (1987); and for The Piano Lesson (1990); a Tony Award for Fences; Great Britain’s Oliver Award for Jitney; as well as eight New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, Jitney, and Radio Golf. Additionally, the cast recording of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom received a 1985 Grammy Award, and Mr. Wilson received a 1995 Emmy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation of The Piano Lesson. Mr. Wilson’s early works included the one-act plays The Janitor, Recycle, The Coldest Day of the Year, Malcolm X, The Homecoming and the musical satire Black Bart and the Sacred Hills. Mr. Wilson received many fellowships and awards, including Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships in Playwrighting, the Whiting Writers Award, 2003 Heinz Award, was awarded a 1999 National Humanities Medal by the President of the United States, and received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities, as well as the only high school diploma ever issued by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. He was an alumnus of New Dramatists, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 1995 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and on October 16, 2005, Broadway renamed the theater located at 245 West 52nd Street — the August Wilson Theatre. Additionally, Mr. Wilson was posthu- mously inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2007. Mr. Wilson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived in Seattle, Washington at the time of his death. He is immediately survived by his two daughters, Sakina Ansari and Azula Carmen Wilson, and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero. GUEST ARTISTS

Peter N. Bailey Gabriel FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Other Side of the Game (Cahoots Theatre Co./Obsidian Theatre); To peter n. bailey Kill a Mockingbird, An Ideal Husband (Stratford Festival); A Raisin in the Sun (Black Theatre Workshop); The Wilberforce Hotel (The Blyth Festival); Gas Girls (New Harlem Productions). FILM & TV CREDITS: Saving Hope (ICF Films); Killjoys (Temple Street Productions); The Detail (The Lead One Productions). Christopher Bautista Lyons FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Timothy Findley’s The Wars. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): What I Haven't Said (Toronto Fringe Festival); Othello 83’ (Repertory East Playhouse); Vieux Carré, Flyin’ West, In the christopher Blood. OTHER: Studied Theatre, English, and Film at the University of bautista Southern California. www.christopher-bautista.com Dylan Hough Raynell FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. OTHER: Performing Arts student, Gr 6, St Mary Choir & Orchestra School. Member of Absolute Dance Competitive Troupe, 2018/19. Ngabo Nabea Cory For the Grand Theatre: Debut. Theatre Credits (Selected): dylan hough Twisted (Factory Theatre); I and You (Globe); As You Like It (Driftwood); The Number’s Game (Storefront); Romeo and Juliet (Classical Theatre Project). Film and TV Credits (Selected): The Expanse (Syfy); The Strain (FX); In the Dark (CW). Other: Graduate of Ryerson University’s Theatre Program (BFA). E.B. Smith Jim Bono For the Grand Theatre: Art, The Mountaintop. Theatre Credits (selected): Othello (Shakespeare BASH’d); All My Sons, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Bakkhai, Mother Courage, King John, Mary Stuart, ngabo nabea Measure for Measure, Cymbeline, Elektra, Richard III, Titus Andronicus (Stratford Festival); Gone With the Wind (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Macbeth (First Folio Theatre); King Hedley II, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Before It Hits Home (Karamu House Theatre). Credits at the Cleveland Play House, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Theater Wit, and the Great Lakes Theater Festival. Film and TV Credits: The Beast (Sony Pictures Television); Ask Gilby, Maybe By Then, Thunder Bay (PBS).

E.B. Smith Ordena Stephens-Thompson Rose FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Harlem Duet (Tarragon Theatre); Risky Phil (YPT); Other Side of the Game (Cahoots/Obsidian Theatre); for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (Soulpepper Theatre); How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Factory Theatre). FILM & TV CREDITS (SELECTED): Umbrella Academy (Netflix); The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu); Ordena Stephens- Designated Survivor (ABC); ‘da kink in my hair (Global). OTHER: Thompson Ordena is a graduate of George Brown Theatre. Nigel Shawn Williams Troy Maxson For the Grand Theatre: Director: Art, The Mountaintop. Theatre Credits (Selected): 6 seasons at Stratford including directing To Kill a Mockingbird; 4 seasons at the Shaw Festival; Canadian premieres of Six Degrees of Separation, Angels in America, Harlem Duet, Two Words for Snow, Belle, among others. Director credits include: The Invisible Hand (Theatre Aquarius); Merchant of Venice (Bard on the Beach); Brothel #9 (Factory Theatre); The Monument (Obsidian Nigel Shawn Theatre). Film and TV Credits (Selected): Brown Girl Begins, Suits, Williams The Famous Jett Jackson, John Q. Other: Former Co-Artistic Director of Factory Theatre. Four-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner. Djanet Sears Director For the Grand Theatre: Debut. Theatre Credits (selected): for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (Soulpepper); The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (National Arts Centre/Centaur Theatre/Mirvish Productions/Obsidian Theatre Co./Nightwood Theatre); Harlem Duet (Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Nightwood Theatre, Tarragon Theatre); The Penelopiad (Royal Djanet Sears Shakespeare Company/National Arts Centre); Charming and Rose (Nightwood Theatre); The Mother Project (Crossroads Theatre). Other: Governor General’s literary award, Canadian Screenwriting Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award for Writing and Directing; Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award; The Harry Jerome Award, Phenomenal Women of the Arts Award. The Timothy Findley Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award. Astrid Janson Set & Projection Designer Astrid Janson FOR THE GRAND THEATRE (SELECTED): The Dining Room, Woman in Mind, Farther West, Oleanna. Theatre Credits (Selected): Harlem Duet (Tarragon); Confederation (Videocabaret); A Delicate Balance, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (Soulpepper). UPCOMING: Hamlet (Opera Cologne, Germany). FILM/ TV (SELECTED): Nureyev, Shadow Pleasures. OTHER: Silver Ticket Award, Honorary Doctorate, Wilfrid Laurier University 2016. Rachel Forbes Costume Designer FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): School Girls (Obsidian Theatre); The Bridge (Neptune Theatre/2b Libro Credit Union Theatre); Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre); Risky Phil (Young People's Theatre); Speaking of Sneaking (Riser Project); Other Side of the Game (Obsidian Theatre/Cahoots); Lukumi: a dub opera, Bleeders, Bloodclaat, Esu Crossing the Middle Passage (Watah Theatre); The Dream Catchers STUDENT Rachel forbes (Charlottetown Festival); 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt (Shaw Festival); Black Boys (Saga Collectif/Buddies in Bad Times); How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Factory Theatre/Trey Anthony Productions). OTHER: 2019 AWARDS www.rachelforbesdesign.com Jason Hand Lighting Designer For the Grand: Joni Mitchell: River, Blind Date. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Productions for Centaur, Drayton Entertainment, Young People’s Theatre, Tarragon, Theatre Calgary, the Charlottetown Festival, the NAC, Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Shaw and Stratford Jason HAnd Festivals. Opera credits include productions for the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Lyra, Tapestry Opera, Banff Centre, Against the Grain, Edmonton Opera, Royal Conservatory, and Rockport Music Festival. Upcoming: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Stratford); Kopernikus (Against the Grain). Other: Libro is investing $62,000 to support Five Dora Award nominations; 2011 European Opera-Directing Third local students in southwestern Ontario! Prize; 2012 protégé recipient of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. Adam Barrett Projection Designer Libro’s Student Award Program supports youth who demonstrate outstanding For The Grand Theatre: Debut. Theatre Credits (Selected): Adam Barrett commitment to their community while balancing academic success. At Libro, we Producer: Two Birds One Stone (Tarragon Workspace); Temple of the know by supporting these young leaders, everyone wins. Divine Queer (Rhubarb Festival/Buddies in Bad Times); Production Stage Manager: We Keep Coming Back (selfconcious productions); Libro will grant 31 $2,000 scholarships, one for each of our 31 branches, to youth Video Designer: The Confederaton Plays, The Great War, Trudeau & The aged 17 to 25. FLQ, Trudeau & Levesque (VideoCabaret). Film and TV Credits (Selected): Production Manager: Trigger (dir Bruce Macdonald); In Return (dir Chris Dymond); Liar (dir Adam Garnet Jones). Application period: Verne Good Sound Designer February 27 - April 10 Verne Good For the Grand Theatre: Art, The Mountaintop, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Theatre Credits (Selected): To Kill a Mockingbird, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, Hirsch (Stratford To learn more and apply visit Festival); Escaped Alone (Necessary Angel); The Virgin Trial (GCTC); libro.ca/studentawards or email The 39 Steps [Dora Nomination], The Heidi Chronicles (Soulpepper); Breathing Corpses, Superior Donuts (Coalmine); Up The Garden Path [email protected] (Obsidian); Outside (Roseneath Theatre); Was Spring (Tarragon); Stockholm (Seventh Stage Theatre); The Atomic Weight of Happiness (StandUp Dance); Normal Heart (Studio 180). Upcoming: Stratford, and Blyth Festivals. Other: Graduate of Humber College, National Theatre School, and Bishop’s University. Anita Nittoly Fight Director FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: Debut. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Fight Director: Stratford Festival (2019 season); The Last Wife, Successions, The 39 Steps; (Centaur Theatre, 2017–2019); Whole World (Carousel Players, 2019); Blyth Festival (2018 season), Jerusalem (Outside the March/The Company Theatre, 2018); Canadian Opera Company (2014–2016). FILM & TV CREDITS (SELECTED): Enhanced, anita nittoly Teen Titans, The Boys, Dark Matter, KIN, Designated Survivor, 12 Monkeys, Murdoch Mysteries. OTHER: Stage combat instructor at the National Theatre School in Montréal and teaches workshops across southern Ontario. Stunt performer in the film and TV industry. Beatrice Campbell Stage Manager FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: The Penelopiad, The Foursome, North, The Gin Game. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): 15 seasons at The Shaw Festival (most recently: Henry V, The Hound of the Baskervilles); 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Tarragon Theatre/Mirvish Productions/Marquis BEatrice Entertainment); The Drowsy Chaperone (Mirvish Productions); Campbell Cinderella (Ross Petty Productions); Venus In Fur, Red (Theatre Kingston); Wide Awake Hearts, The Faraway Nearby, Pants on Fire (Tarragon Theatre); My Name is Rachel Corrie (neworldtheatre); The Fantasticks, Tango (Piggery Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Present Laughter (Citadel Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (Oracle Theatre). UPCOMING: Man and Superman (Shaw Festival) Suzanne McArthur Assistant Stage Manager For the Grand Theatre (selected): Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Suzanne Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Joni Mitchell: River, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Mcarthur Story, Intimate Apparel, Ring of Fire, Dance Legends. High School Projects: Evita, Hello, Dolly!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oklahoma!. Theatre Credits (Selected): The Birds and the Bees, Aladdin: The Panto, Snow White: The Panto, Weekend Comedy, Perfect Wedding (Drayton Entertainment); The Normal Heart (Studio 180 Theatre); Proud to support the Buying the Farm, Birds of a Feather, Storm Warning, Wrong for Each Other, Knickers! A Brief Comedy (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Accessing the Arts program. Hosanna, The Tempest (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). We’re working together with the Grand Theatre Taryn Dougall Taryn Dougall Apprentice Stage Manager to help create a future we can all look forward to. FOR THE GRAND THEATRE: A Christmas Carol. THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED): Hadrian, Anna Bolena, Arabella (Canadian Opera Company); Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage); Of Thee I Sing, Handel’s Imeneo (UofT Opera Division); Candide (Toronto Operetta Theatre); Marriage of Figaro (Vancouver Opera). OTHER: Advanced Diploma in Music Theatre Performance from St. Clair College and Bachelor of Performing Arts Degree from td.com/thereadycommitment Capilano University. UPCOMING: Into the Woods (St. Clair College); Shakespeare in High Park (Canadian Stage). www.taryndougall.com 4972-0818 A DREAM DEFERRED: SPORT AND SEGREGATION IN AMERICA Sports are meant to be a pursuit where the recognition and congratulations tradition- best physical performance wins. However, in ally bestowed upon Olympic gold medalists. reality, sports are always deeply connected After winning, Owens found himself blocked to the politics of their time, and the game’s from the economic opportunities available “level playing field” might turn out to be to his white competitors: he was not eligible anything but. This was certainly the case for for college scholarships; his amateur status many African Americans pursuing elite and was revoked for seeking out endorsement professional-level sports prior to the civil contracts; and racial segregation laws made rights movement. Sports were an important it difficult for him to find traditional employ- space of opportunity and future potential for ment. Rather than offering the opportunity an individual seeking to change their social to use one’s talent to rise to success despite or economic circumstances, and as Scoop life’s obstacles, Owens’ experience as an Jackson—a sports journalist with ESPN— athlete further demonstrated the country’s notes, for African American athletes, “sports intrinsic prejudices. There was not yet a level has been a component of freedom. It's been playing field in the U.S. upon which African the voice we've found through our arms and Americans could compete. legs when our mouths have been silenced.” Often, sports did not outright ban African Jackson points out that the importance of American athletes, but there were restric- sports extended beyond the activity itself, tions that made participation difficult. with players becoming symbols of what might Baseball was one such sport—there was no be possible for others: “Our athletes have official rule that banned African American most often served a deeper purpose than players from joining teams, and there were their sports heroics. We see in them sources several notable Black players in the mid-to- of salvation.” late 1800s. However, racism was ever-pres- However, American sports were subject to ent, and teams or clubs with a majority of the same firmly established codes of racial African American players faced exclusion: segregation that developed after the aboli- they were barred from conventions, other tion of slavery in 1865, exemplified by Jim teams would refuse to play against them, Crow laws, legislation which strictly regu- and individual athletes often experienced lated the behaviour and rights of African jeers and heckling from crowds. By 1877, Jim Americans. Indeed, as Jesse Owens famously Crow laws were firmly entrenched in most experienced, achievement in athletics did states, and rising tensions among baseball not guarantee equal treatment. After he leagues and teams led to more blunt dis- competed and won in the controversial 1936 crimination in the sport. Ten years later, the Summer Olympics in Berlin, he remarked International League voted not to contract that he received more respect from Hitler any African American baseball players onto than he did from Franklin D. Roosevelt, who its teams, setting a precedent of segregation refused to invite Owens to the White House that lasted until 1947, when Jackie Robinson with other Olympic winners, and as Owens broke the colour barrier by becoming the remarked, “The president didn't even send Brooklyn Dodgers’ second baseman, and me a telegram”. Owens had reached the went on to become the first Black MVP in JESSE OWENS, OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1936 (ALAMY). top of his sport, and yet he was denied the the sport. JACKIE ROBINSON (ALAMY). A DARING AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE MCMANUS Cabaret EXTENDED! April 9 to May 11

Book by Joe Masteroff Based on the Play by John Van Druten And Stories by Christopher Isherwood Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb

title sponsor

In Tribute to Gloria and Joseph Gilbert. Facing exclusion from most baseball organi- In “Harlem”, poet Langston Hughes muses, season sponsor zations, African American players formed “What happens to a dream deferred? Does their own teams and leagues, including it dry up like a raisin in the sun?...Or does it the Negro National League, the Eastern explode?” Fences shows us the effects of one Coloured League, the West Coast Negro deferred dream: Maxson’s chances at suc- Baseball League (co-founded by Jesse cess cut off by baseball’s colour line. This is Owens), and many others. These leagues not simply a plot device—sports were signif- allowed businessmen and athletes to work icant because they represented opportunity, together, carving out a space for African and allowed those who were oppressed by a American achievement and self-determi- racially segregated society to be recognized nation in the United States; however, while for their achievements and find financial top level teams and leagues achieved some success. In many cases, these paths to staying power, it was difficult for Black success were littered with obstacles that leagues to sustain ownership and organiza- deferred or even derailed athletic pursuits. It tion, particularly when access to stadiums wasn’t until Jackie Robinson’s success in 1947 was often controlled by white booking agents. that the sport began the journey towards Politics interfered in other ways: after the becoming integrated—too late for many great 1919 Chicago Race Riot, the National Guard players, but opening the door to success occupied Schorling’s Park, the home field for future generations of African American for the Giants, forcing all home games to athletes. be cancelled for a month. As Troy Maxson Source: Scoop Jackson “Black Athletes: Beyond points out in Fences, baseball’s segregation the Field," ESPN ultimately limited Black athletes’ potential MEGHAN O’HARA to access and succeed at the highest levels of education and outreach coordinator the sport. STARLIGHT TOURS

COMPASS New Play Development is dedicated to creating and premiering new work on the Grand’s stages. This program is dedicated to igniting imaginations by bringing a modern, unconventional, and brand new sense of theatre engagement to London. Starlight Tours is a musical drama based on events reported in Saskatchewan in the early 2000s that trace back to the 1970s. A series of investigations revealed a practice by the Saskatoon police of taking First Nations people to the city limits and abandon- ing them at the side of the road in the dead of winter. The practice became known as “starlight tours.” We are thrilled to announce that Andrea Menard will be joining Starlight Tours as the book writer. Menard is a singer-songwriter, writer, and actor. A passionate advocate design | commercial | digital | wide format for reconciliation and unity among nations, she conveys the richness of her Métis culture through her live performances, recordings, and television appearances. She has released four award-winning albums: Simple Steps, Sparkle, Lift and The Velvet Contact our sales team today Devil, which was adapted for TV in 2006, and earned Andrea a Gemini nomination for her performance. Unreservedly engaged with the world, Andrea dedicates her Ben Lanthier | 226.980.6390 | [email protected] work to the empowerment of the Indigenous and feminine voice. We are excited and honoured to welcome Andrea to Starlight Tours. Patrick Bodnar | 519.981.5137 | [email protected] development sponsored by

PHOTO BY KRISTINE COFSKY sportswoodprintingltd sportswood.on.ca HERE’S YOUR CUE Title Sponsor TRICAR | THE HEIGHT OF LIVING

Since 1986, over 6000 suites and 50 prop- Builder of the Year Award and was the first erties have been designed and built to pro- Southwestern Ontario high rise builder to vide luxury living to families throughout win this prestigious award. An award based Southwestern Ontario with more than half solely on the feedback provided by our home- of these built right here in our hometown owners, it’s by far the most rewarding and a of London. We are particularly proud and testament to our entire team’s dedication to passionate about our commitment to the ensuring our clients receive the highest stan- communities where we build, our success in dard of service and delivery of an exceptional revitalizing downtown cores and enhancing home, every time. neighbourhoods, all while respecting the We have a long standing relationship with environment and the unique culture and The Grand Theatre and recognize the cul- character of each area. Further committed to tural value and importance of their presence build and preserve positive business relation- in the downtown as well as their commitment ships and provide employment, education to the arts in our community. We are proud to and growth opportunities within our com- be the Title Sponsor of the powerful, dra- munity we have a loyalty to a long list of local matic production of August Wilson’s Fences trades and suppliers in our markets and work and look forward to a continued partnership with the local unions and community colleges for many years to come. to better our industry. Enjoy the show! With a consistent, pro-active commitment to improving every project, we apply envi- ronmentally responsible practices towards future trends and initiatives while ensuring We are so pleased to welcome The Tricar Group as a first time title a responsibility to protect the investments of sponsor of a Grand Theatre production. Their selected production, the our homeowners. Azure Condominiums at award winning August Wilson’s Fences is a wonderful match to Tricar’s Talbot and Dufferin is London’s first LEED mission of uncompromising quality. certified residential highrise and we are proud to be the first builder to deliver such an It has been fantastic to see the Azure building develop before our eyes iconic development in the heart of downtown. just around the corner from the Grand. We applaud Tricar, for their Our investment in the community extends well beyond the construction of our projects and significant investments back into the community and their work with includes a commitment to helping those less fortunate as well. Supporting various charitable so many deserving not-for-profits and charities. We are proud to be groups that work hard to help those in need is a social responsibility that we are also passionate about. Whether we are putting on our hard hats to help build a Habitat Home, cooking dinner included in their list of supported community initiatives. Welcome and for families at the Ronald McDonald House or serving lunch to women full of potential at My thank you to the Tricar Group! Sisters Place, we remain committed to helping the most vulnerable members of our community as well. deb harvey executive director, Tricar is the proud recipient of numerous awards for architecture and design but most grand theatre honoured to be a three-time recipient of Tarion Awards of Excellence, Ontario High-Rise The global smash- hit musical! April 23 to May 11 Spriet Stage

“The best way to finish a season of extraordinary plays and usher in springtime? Easy - the worldwide phenomenon of MAMMA MIA! Sit back, relax, and soak it all up. You deserve it.” Dennis Garnhum, Artistic Director “One of the most enduring musicals of our era.” Now Magazine

“The ultimate feel-good tale of love conquering all.” the guardian

Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus And some songs with Stig Anderson Book by Catherine Johnson Originally Conceived by Judy Craymer Co-production with the Charlottetown Festival

TITLE SPONSOR Goodbye Junk. Hello Relief.

Trusted Junk Removal Since 1989

1-800-468-5865 1800gotjunk.com

481 Richmond Street 519-432-4092 garlicsoflondon.com Lease the Luxury. Own the Lifestyle. Fabulous food. STAFF & BOARD EXECUTIVE MARKETING PROPS BUILDER/BUYER PAST PRESIDENT Natalie Tsang Susan Nickle Outstanding service. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR INTERIM DIRECTOR Dennis Garnhum Heather Sinclair PROPS APPRENTICE TREASURER Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy David Brebner EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATRON SERVICES Deb Harvey MANAGER WARDROBE SECRETARY Carolyn Botten George Kerhoulas ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION HEAD OF WARDROBE DIGITAL MEDIA Lisa Wright Richard Bain ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR ASSISTANT HEAD Bruce Barran ASSOCIATE Mallory Brown Christine Gruenbauer OF WARDROBE Blair Fantillo ASSISTANT FRONT OF Elaine Ball EDUCATION & OUTREACH HOUSE MANAGER Ron Koudys COORDINATOR Alexis Rowlinson CUTTER Matt Parr Meghan O’Hara Kathryn Sherwin FRONT OF HOUSE E.B. Smith ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR METCALF WARDROBE Dr. Robert Sokol ASSISTANT Jake Dunbar INTERN Tom Tillmann Chrystine Robinson Melinda Moynihan Anne Toal Harmen Spoelstra and Jessica Jazey-Spoelstra, Owners Jazey-Spoelstra, Jessica and Spoelstra Harmen MARKETING ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE COORDINATOR COSTUMERS Kelly Tranquilli Megan Watson Colton Kaufman Lacie George Judy White ADMINISTRATION BOX OFFICE MANAGER Scenic carpentry THE GRAND THEATRE Fabulous food. TESSITURA Cheryl Willison HEAD SCENIC FOUNDATION BOARD ADMINISTRATOR AUDIENCE SERVICES CARPENTER Britt Duncan REPRESENTATIVES Craig Pearson PRESIDENT Outstanding service. Ron Koudys RENTALS Jake Dunbar SCENIC CARPENTERS [email protected] | 519.850.5111 COORDINATOR Norah Gibbons TREASURER Karen Killeen Doug Johnstone Denise Hay John Mickle David Brebner IT DIRECTOR Laura Martineau Thomas Burnett Barb Whang SCENIC ART Karen McDonald Jamie Crich HEAD SCENIC ARTIST BUILDING PATRON SERVICES Richard Lawler Dianne Cunningham MAINTENANCE REPRESENTATIVES Elizabeth Drewlo Ian Badger SENIOR SCENIC ARTIST George Kerhoulas BUILDING MANAGER Craig Guthrie Bill Bartlett Connor Boa Peter Markvoort Laura Gallant STAGE CREW HOUSEKEEPERS Susan Nickle Kate Moran HEAD STAGE CARPENTER Robert Schram Tyler Gover Alicia Samuel Steve West Judy White Patricia Sexsmith Taryn Wichenko Aaron Simmons HEAD OF ELECTRICS Wright Staines CONSULTING PHYSICIAN SECURITY PRODUCTION HEAD OF SOUND Dr. Deborah Koudys PRODUCTION MANAGER Shannon Brooks Aaron Ouellette John Whitty Lyndee Hansen HEAD OF FLYS John Wilkins PROJECT MANAGER Paul Fujimoto-Pihl Jared Whitty DEVELOPMENT WIG & WARDROBE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR MISTRESS DIRECTOR Daniel Bennett Suzanne Lanthier Raz Zemitis ASSISTANT TECHNICAL BUSINESS AGENT FOR FINANCE DIRECTOR IATSE LOCAL 105 Lauren Rebelo DIRECTOR Terry Barker Jackie Johnston PRODUCTION DRIVER Jim Doucette BOARD OF INTERIM DIRECTOR DIRECTORS McMANUS HOUSE Valerie Dunlop TECHNICIAN PRESIDENT FINANCE ASSISTANT Steve Allen Chris Jackman Judy Risser PROPERTIES VICE-PRESIDENT HEAD OF PROPS Anita Shah Natalie Kearns DOWNTOWN LUXURY

1 BED, 2 BED RETHINK THE & PENTHOUSE WAY YOU LIVE. RENTAL SUITES AVAILABLE Revitalize your life at Downtown London’s premier rental building The Renaissance. Located across from Budweiser Gardens with world class amenities at your doorstep. You’re just steps away from the best dining, shopping and entertainment London has to offer.

Utilities and Indoor Parking Space Included! 2019 Featured Authors: Mona Awad, Anthony De Sa, Alicia Elliott, Amy Jones, Andy McGuire, K.D. Miller, Nino Ricci, Anakana Schofield, Please Contact Rachel or Brian For Availability Ian Williams, and Joshua Whitehead 519-850-1480 OR [email protected] www.AliceMunroFestival.ca TRICAR.COM/ RENAISSANCE AMF2019.indd 1 2019-02-21 5:24 PM WE’VE MADE IT EASIER THAN EVER TO GIVE!

Please consider making a Please visit either of the two donation to support the Givepoint donation kiosks Grand’s Make A Difference in our lobbies to make a Youth Programs: quick and secure donation. The High School Project Touch – Tap – Give. 100 Schools It is that easy! Student Club Thank you for Making Student Matinees A Difference.

GRAND THEATRE LONDON, CANADA A small gesture. A grand impact.

Every donation makes a difference. Help keep the spirit of the Grand Theatre alive.

Look for the donation kiosks in the Grand Theatre lobby.

www.zomaron.com Enjoy the show! And read eatdrink THE LOCAL FOOD & DRINK MAGAZINE

SINCE Because your theatre experience 2007 doesn’t begin & end in the theatre ... Pick up your free copy at The Grand and wherever discerning readers are found, or Suite conveniently read the whole issue on your computer, tablet or smartphone. LONDON’S Local Flavour dreams VOLUME 7 Restaurants • Specialty Shops & Services New & Revised! Craft Beer & Wine • Farmers’ Markets Restaurants and More ...

NEW! More to Explore! Recommended Pick up your free copy Volume 7 Culinary begin here. Neighbours of London’s Local BIGGER! Ask us about our newly BETTER! Flavour Culinary Guide renovated rooms and suites. localﬂavour.ca or read it online! Phone (519) 679-6111 | Toll free 1-877-814-7706 325 Dundas St, London, ON N6B 1T9 www.marriott.com/YXUDL Get Connected! eatdrinkmag eatdrink.ca Dundas St.

OVEN-BAKED GOODNESS is one click away at

Open 7 days a week for private functions and banquets All functions welcome day or night We cater oﬃce or home parties Two private party rooms

SERVING CANADIANS FOR OVER 35 YEARS Book your next function with us. Call 519- 673- 0990 HELPING LIGHT UP OPENING NIGHT

CREATING A DIFFERENCE SINCE 1974

www.pashop.com Toronto Lindsay Ottawa London, Waterloo Barrie & GTA & Central Ontario & Eastern Ontario & Western Ontario & Northern Ontario imperialcoffee.com 416-638-7404 800-268-3401 800-465-1810 800-404-8855 800-665-6076

Sitting is the new smoking... Yadaa, Yadaa... you've heard it all before. • ww l.com w.le il nsm sm i n ll. .le co w m But let's face it. w • w w Computer work is unhealthy • w

m w if you sit all day doing it. o . l c e . l n Proud Supplier of l Period. i

s m

m s

So moving while being productive i

c Costume and l

. is just smart long term thinking. o

m w

•

w w

• Set Design Material

How to move forward now? w

o .

. l

Explore our showroom. l i

n l .

e c

. o m w

w • View loads of options to refresh and update your ofﬁce. w Have us quote. Get moving in the right direction. 519.686.3502 Space Planning Lovers atWork Full Installation Services Ofﬁce Furniture 360 Exeter Road, London www.lensmill.com Newly Renovated Showroom 200 Adelaide St. S., London Open Monday - Saturday 519.681.2254 | www.atwork.ca London Proud corporate partners

London Proud corporate partners

The following businesses and organizations have pledged their corporate support and commitment to helping transform the Grand on and off the stages.

World Music & Jazz Series 2019 Electro Swing from Palermo, Italy

TRADITIONAL SERVICES & Sat. May 4, 2019 CREMATION ALTERNATIVES Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St, London Advance Tickets $28 at Aeolian Hall Box Office (519-672-7950), Centennial Hall, Long & McQuade North, Village Idiot, online at aeolianhall.ca or sunfest.on.ca When your family needs us most, our family is here to help. To find out more please contact: 519.433.7253 Suzanne Lanthier DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT harrisfuneralhome.ca 519-672-9030 x251 [email protected]

Harris-Grand Theatre_2.25x3.75_PRINT.indd 1 2014-09-23 10:08 AM BE A PART OF SOMETHING GRAND THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

More than ever before our donors enjoy a deeper sense of GRAND VISIONARIES DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE $20,000+ Directors’ Circle members have chosen to make a pace-setting investment that will help propel the Grand Theatre participation and satisfaction knowing they have helped toward its next phase of evolution into 2019 and beyond. us achieve our collective vision for the future of the Grand. Tom Burnett Debbie & Bob Schram Carol Stephenson Lynn Davis Roberta & Dr. Robert Sokol Susanne & Marty Thrasher Dr. Deborah & Ron Koudys Helen & Andy Spriet Judy White GRAND Visionaries $5000-20,000+ Linda & Dr. Cecil Rorabeck Ambassadors’ Circle / Patrons’ Circle / Directors’ Circle PATRONS’ CIRCLE $10,000-19,999 Diane & Michael Smith Pace-setting support at this elite level will, in turn, provide you with the most Lynne Cram Lynne & Bill Gray Noreen De Shane David Russell of The Anonymous (2) exclusive and personalized benefits, designed to bring you up close and person- Apartment Shoppe al with the artists working at our theatre, as well as the Artistic and Executive AMBASSADORS’ CIRCLE $5000-9999 Directors. Benefit highlights include: complimentary hosting opportunities for select performances, curated events with the Artistic and Executive Directors, Susan Carlyle & Dave Southen Lerners LLP Kathleen Murphy & Carswell Partners Inc. Dianne Litt Harry Joosten Opening Night subscription, and more. Caroline & Rodney Hancock Peter Markvoort Quantum Verdi The Zelinka Family GRAND Champions $2500-4999 GRAND CHAMPIONS LONDON PROUD CLUB $2500-4999 london proud club Jane & Justin Amann Alison & Blair Fantillo Suzanne Lanthier Jackie & John Porter Grand Champions have made a commitment to transforming the Grand, on Bertha Archambault & Form & Build Supply Inc. Cathy & Bob Lawless Carey & Holden Rhodes Jackie Johnston Foster Townsend LLP Heather Manness Dr. Nicole le Riche & and off the stage. As a Grand Champion, you will attend specially designed Auburn Developments Dennis Garnhum Meg McLachlin & Dr. John Howard events with like-minded supporters that will unlock the backstage experience Joan & Richard Bain Mary Jane & Paul Harding Kevin Reilly Elaine Stalker & Anne & Bruce Barran Deb Harvey Drs. M.L. Myers & Jack Norman of play production. Benefit highlights include: reserved and preferred seating Brisson/Toal Foundation Lily & Grant Hopcroft W.P. Hay man Tourism London at all panel discussions, exclusive behind-the-scenes events, a season finale Sharon Bryan Elana Johnson & Susan Nickle Dr. Katherine Turner Jim Cressman Christopher Collins North Moore Catering Mark Wilton reception, your name directly associated with one of our 100 schools perfor- Jacqueline Crosby & Ian B. Johnstone Dawn & Franco Paron mances, and a personalized house account. George Kerhoulas Marilyn & Brent Kelman Jenny, Matt & Finn Parr Elizabeth & Allan Drewlo GRAND Supporters $10-2499 GRAND SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATES $1000-2499 Joanne & William Assini Dianne Cunningham Ann & John Judson Heather Manness Associates / Friends / supporters Diana Bennett & Dramac Literary & Michael Koenig Marilena Marignani Spencer Lanthier Musical Properties R. Lawton & S. Chitovas Lynda & William Your support will enable us to expand and enhance programming. Benefit Rachel & Andy Berdan Jennifer Duncan Barb Legate McCauley Best Western Lamplighter Susan & Allan Edwards Ina Pakkert Migneron highlights include: recognition in house programs, drink tickets, season poster Inn Dianne Lesperance Eleanor & Arthur Ender Sharon & Brian Lessard Kate Milner & Lina Bowden Andrew Petrasiunas collection, and complimentary coat checks. Ken Brown Ann & Bill Fleming Sandra & Don Letton Marna & Vandana Nagpal-Shah & Susan Brown & Locomotive Espresso Piyush Shah Barry Deathe Paul Fujimoto-Pihl London Foods Ltd. Hayman Construction OPSEU Join today or upgrade your giving level to access the exclusive benefits that Elaine Burdon-Michener Andrea Lum & Vasso Papukna & & David Michener Inc. Witek Zaleski speak to you. Contact [email protected] or 519.672.9030 Sarah Hilton Claude Kortas Dr. Paul E. Cooper & Lesley MacAskill & Dr. Janet Pope David J. Hiebert Patricia Hoffer Chris Jackman Linda & Bill Ross ext. 262. A complete list of benefits is available at grandtheatre.com. Lois & Murray Cummings Kathleen Holland Mary-Jane & Rick Mann GRAND Teacher Local Joanne & Jack Smit Joan & Robert Boyce ETFO Upper Canada Davalyn & Peter Spence Shelley Bradford SUPPORTERS Local Denise Spiessens Franklin Brasz Reconnect with life ... ASSOCIATES Marilyn & Art Fidler Diane Stead & Lesley Brinkman imagine the possibilities. $1000-2499 Marg & Glen Gagan Karola Wollstein Betty & Bruce Brown Michael Rubinoff Joyce Garnett Janet E. Stewart Mrs. & Dr. Tom Brown rTraction Ljuba & Bob Gerow Norma Stokes Alice & Phillip Bruce Pam & Joseph Samuels Gift Funds Canada Merle Suttie Susan Bryant & Irene Sankoff Mrs. Gloria & Andrea Sweiger & Mike MacDonald Eleanor Schnall Dr. Joseph Gilbert Derek Brochu Shelley & Al Bulckaert Rigmor & Gary Glen Teachers Supporting 1807 Wonderland Rd. North Heather & Peter Scott Bernadine & Suite 102, London N6G 5C2 Anita & Amit Shah Eva & Jim Good Students Bruce Burnham Liisa Sheldrick Lisa & Brad Gowan Beverly & Sharon & Bill Burns James Thompson Anne & Tom Siess Hahkatina Consulting Linda & Larry Burt 519.473.5850 Ria Tietz Shelly & Robert Siskind Inc. Anne & Shane Butcher Maureen & 460 Springbank Drive Kay Somerville Rhonda Hallberg Carol Butler Suite 108, London N6J 0A8 Michael Tilson Bea & Gavin Hamilton Faye Butters Gillian Soskin Kelly & Fred Tranquilli Barbara & Paul Hebert John Bynum Nicole Spriet & Dr. Jane Upfold 519.936.5850 Sandy Mikalachki Margaret & John Hewitt Lori & Chris Cahill Sarah Vela Karen Stone Eleanor Huang & M.F. Caldwell Jack Jung Ruth & David Werezak Free Patient Parking at both locations Kathleen & Denis Sykora Rosalind Callard & Yaacov Iland West Middlesex Walk-In Maurice Keidan Margaret Szilassy Clinic Brenda Jackson Pamela Cameron London Conference of Denise & Ronald Wexler The United Church Sandy Jamieson Ron Cameron-Lewis of Canada Joan & Glenn Johnson Monique & Dr. Malcolm Wood Barbara Carter ® Rick Verrette & Terence Kernaghan Shane Carty George Jolink Anonymous (5) www.bentleyhearing.com Kirsten Knight & Janet & Jim Cassidy Shirley & John Vine Craig Emptage SUPPORTERS $100 -499 Joan & Paul Cavers Jeannie & Tim Whitty Mary Margaret & C. Chamberlain & C. Bell Judith & Wilson Rodger Gary Koreen Betsy & Sheldon Aaron Ad_4.75x3.75_2017_CMYK.indd 1 2017-11-05 10:33 PM Sherry & Elene & Bernard Wolfe Alexandra LaCombe Judy & Jack Abell Stephen Chambers Jacki Yellowlees Ruta & William Lawrence Henry J. Albers Burns Cheadle Anonymous (2) R. Lawton & S. Chitovas Marguerite Annen Robert Chiasson Catharine & Trev Luke Yvonne & Shruti Chopra FRIENDS $500-999 Liz & David Macdonald Dr. Ross Archibald Donald Chunn Elena Aggelopoulos Nora MacLeod Architects Tillmann Ruth Ken Clark Robinson Susan Agranove Brenda Manning Sharon & William Clarke Darlene & Larry Marshall Linda Arsenault & Diana & Charles Coates Jill & Brian Allen Sanjay Mehta Ann & Ron McClatchie Cohen Highley LLP Sharon & Noah Aychental Harold Arbuckle Libby & Earl McMillan Janet Collins Joni Baechler Doreen & Mike Bartlett Molly Maid London Columbia Sportswear Barbara Bain Ingrid & Monica Betz Musical Theatre Eileen & Hugh John Cook Lynne Baker Elizabeth & Productions Joan & Stephen Cordell Mary Bancroft Stephen Bolton Colleen O’Brien Pat Robertson-Corner & Terianne & David Brebner Susie & Larry Patrick Joan & Michael Bancroft Byron Corner Alison & Barry Brown Catherine Patterson & Luella Barath & Catharine Cornhill Paul McKnight Marilyn Buttery James Ferguson Kenneth Cossoy James Baxter Janet & James Caskey Pride London Festival Grace Coutinho Beverly & David Bell Maxine & William Chiu Karen & Rick Pritchett Eilene & Allen Crosier Dave Bennett Ashley Conyngham Lili Rechnitzer Sue & Brenda & Kerry Benson Jennifer & Linda & Scott Ritchie Christopher Dahmer Angelo D’Ascanio Karen & Paul Romanson Jane & Don Benson Diny & Tom Dalby Noreen & Ken Davis Alan Sellery Gertrude Berringer Bonnie Dawe Jennifer & Peter Day Ruth Sellery Werezak Isabelle & John Biehn Ron C. Dawson Jan & Guy De Rose Kathryn Sherwin Jim Blake Bonnie & Ian Deakin Mrs. & Mr. W.M. Dobell Elaine & Ian Simpson Sherri Lynn & Bruce Dean Brandon Bocchini Muriel & Robert Estey Jodi Simpson Marsha L. DeFore Douglas Bocking ETFO Thames Valley Marilyn Skinner & Nadyne & Bob Dell Jackie Borrie Thomas Wolder Pat Delmore Shirley & Marina Hamilton Josie & Chris Lane Susan & Harold Merskey Inge & Paul Russell Mariann & Warpaint Media Inc. J.P. Bickell Foundation David DiBattista Stephanie Hanna Sandra Langman Marion Miller & Cindi Ryde & Randy Southen Beth-Anne & Alex Wasko Sifton Family Foundation Brian Dittmer Penny Hanson & Donna & Ben Lansink Doug Bale Chris Arenburg Jason Sparks Gisela Wasse The United Church of Dave Dixon & Peter Baldwin Jennifer & Louise Milligan Joe Saddy Kim & Paul Spriet Dorothy Weatherstone Canada Foundation — Michael Kennific Ceri & David Harris Wayne Lawrence Molly & Alan Mills Julia Salton Jill & Anthony Steers Viola & John Weil Mary & Norman Warner Fund Sandra & John Dixon Najet & Hanny Hassan Shirley & John Mitchell Judith Saunders Brian Stefanits Kathryn J. Weston Steve Doubt Margaret & William Lawrence Liam Mitchell Janet & Rob Saunders Helena Steinmetz & Westminster College Judy & Gerry Wheaton Foundation Marilyn & Ken Douglas Bruce Hastings Lois Leatham & Sandra Mogensen D. & A. Schaffelburg Bruce Hewitt Margaret & Mark Whitley Dr. T.R. Balakrishnan Vicki & Gord Drimmie Denise Hay Brett Morritt Nancy Schiefer Margot Stothers Sandy & Chris Whittall Dr. Alison Lee ENDOWMENTS & Mary Dryden Helen & George Hayman Dorothy & Ryan Schroeyens Stratford Festival Lucy Williams Jacques Leger Cheryl & Ron Earnshaw Patricia Hoffer Dennis Mulligan Margaret & Barry Scott Janice & Paul Strickland Faye & Rod Willis GIFTS THROUGH the Beth & Corey Legue Jeanette & Nancy & Martin Holmes James Nagy Carolyn & Jack Scott Joan & Ken Sumnall Cheryl & Mark Willison Stuart Eberhard Mark D. Lerner LONDON COMMUNITY Cheryl Hooper Barbara & Catherine & Nancy & Keith Sumner Betty Anne Younker Penny Eizenga Heather & Michael Lerner Dr. Garry Nancekievill John Horsey Gordon Sellery Marjorie & Ann & FOUNDATION Clarice & Stan Elliott Jeanne LeSage Diane Nash Douglas Swayze Susan Horsey Valerie & John Sharpe Orlando Zamprogna The Barbara & Doris England Gord Hume Jeanette & Rudy Lewis David Nelms Catherine Shaw JoAnn & John Sweeny Lynne Zarbatany John Cronyn Fund Ann Fallon Brenda & Marie Liddell Emilie Newell Ann Sherrill Linda Sykora Colleen Zettel The McNee Family Fund William Fallon Morrison Hurley Fran & Steve Ligget Marie & Larry Nichols Margaret & Anna Tanguay Anonymous (13) The Megan Holliday Barb & Bruce Fearnall Mary Husson Karen Lilley Margaret & Robert Shirley Ana & John Thompson Memorial Fund Elise & John Feightner Heather & Paul Huston Betsy & Tony Little John Nicholson Celia & Rod Silverson Neville Thompson FOUNDATIONS The Richard & Beryl Ivey Linda & Louis Ferraro Patricia & Barbara Lubell & Meghan O’Hara & Anne & Archie Skirving Diane Thrasher Fund Jan Filman Richard Hutchison W. Ken Milne Rory Morris Kathleen & Ron Slaughter Time Out Brisson/Toal Foundation The William & Katharine Joan Finegan & Jeffrey Hyttenrauch Linda Lustins Bonnie & Tony Orvidas Susan Smith-Goddard Joan & Ross Totten The Paul Butler & Chris Kostuk Family Fund Black Foundation Mel Goodale Dee Dee & Paul Ingram Andrea MacKenzie Deborah & Joe Owens Sandra & Jack Snelgrove Tradwave The Wilson & Gift Funds Canada Judith Rodger Fund Sabina & Irwin Finestone Inspirations Dancewear Drs. Arlene MacDougall D.E. Panabaker Anne Souter & Christine & Jake Van Dyk Good Foundation Inc. Charlotte Forberg Christine Isard & Christopher Mackie Evelyn Parfitt William Dawson Judith Walker Laurie Forberg Janet Izumi & Jen MacRae Jeanette Pastorius Judith & Robert Southcott The Jack & Barbara Hay Lori Ward Foundation Virginia Ford Keith Mochizuki Suzanne Majhanovich Doreen & Ron Paulger Lorie Forwell & Rachel Jacobson Sande & Gerry Marcus Ingrid Pawley in Memoriam William Clark J. Kent James Jane Marinelli Simm Thomas Peace Paige Foskett & Constance Jefferess Linda & Claudio Martin Sandra & Robert Pearson Thank you to those who gave in memory of John Judson. John was a close and cherished friend of the Grand and Jacob Morris Ann Jenkins Sylvia & Tom Mayberry John Peebles is dearly missed. Dorothy & George Foster Jeanette & James Jenkins Janet & Heinz Mayr Lesley & Paul Pergau Thank you to those who gave in memory of Shirley Brown. Elizabeth Fowler Mary Beth Jennings Gwen McBurney Ann Pinchin Thank you to those who gave in memory of Doris McArthur. Peter Fragiskatos Allan Johnson Carol & Bill McCagherty Louise Pitre Suzanne Fratschko Elliott Collin Johnstone Jeremy McCall Marg & Boris Polishuk PROSCENIUM SOCIETY Jim Frederick Suzette & John Jordan Jill McCartney Mary Poole We are deeply grateful to the compassionate individuals Membership to the Proscenium Society is available to Bev & Ron Fuller Danielle & Greg Kaiser Julie & Doug McDermid Diane & Gary Price who have made the important and thoughtful decision to those who have chosen to make a planned gift in one or more of the following ways: Nadine & Gerald Maureen & Karen McDonald Jan Purvis make a planned gift to the Grand Theatre. We honour them through their membership in the Proscenium Society. • Bequests (donations through your will) Gallacher Shayne Kasiurak Nancy & Ian McDowell Lisa Putman & Barbara Belbeck Diane & Gary Alan Price • Listed Securites Aaron Garber Colton Kaufman Edward McEneany Bruce Reed Lynn Davis Glenda Robinson • Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation Norah Gibbons & Judie Kavanagh Ann McEwan-Castellan Nancy Quinn & Alexander Springer Heather & David Keast Jeff DeLuzio Cathy & James Dunlop E.J. Small • Charitable Remainder Trust and gifts of Ken McGuffin Residual Interest Liz Giles Hilda & Miles Keenleyside Bruce Rankin Dr. Nicole le Riche & Judy White Nan McIntyre Dr. John Howard • Charitable Gift Annuities Tania & Steven Goodine Sarah Kelly Bonnie & Peter Regier Michael Wojtak Kandice McKee & Mary & Roger Lillyman • Life Insurance Policies, RRSP, RRIF Margaret & Bruce Gordon Scott Killian Desi Brownstone Matthew Reid Susan Nickle Michael Grace Danielle Kilty Nancy & Bill McKeough Anne Reuber Toula Grace Eleanore Reynolds Jill & Don King Rene McKinnon We remember the following members of the Grand Theatre family who have made a bequest to the theatre. Jo-Ann Pearce Gramlich M.E. Kirk Mark McLean Kathleen & & Tom Gramlich Their legacy will help ensure that the Grand continues to flourish. Jennifer Kirkham Gail McNeil Douglas Richards Cheryl Granka Hazel E. Bell Theresa Cutler Beryl Ivey Donald Smith Steve Kleiman Marilynne McNeil Doris & Frank Robak Sheila Greason Marista Ateena Brooks Helen Ann Day Elizabeth Ann Jones Doris Spence Rose & William Klein Michelle McNeill & Nancy & Jonathan Romsa Kendra & Adam Green (Mikolaski) Walter R. (Wally) Duffield Myrtle McCallum Elizabeth Stratton Jean & William Knowles Sean Noguera Trudy Roth Walker & Heather Greenfield Lloyd Walker Robert Crawford Buck Innis Hammond J. Douglas McCullough Patricia Knowles The McNichol Family Jutta Lily & Heinz Gregor Gwen Rowse & A. M. Cuddy Barbara Horne Mary Eleanor Miller Shelia & Stan Kogon Teresa & Ron McRae Cathy & Greg Grondin Tony Morais Joseph Samuels Helen & Albert Koop Noreen & Roland Haines Jonas Rubinoff Steve Kopp Howard McTaggart To learn more, please contact Suzanne Lanthier, Director of Development at Gail Hakala Dianne & Rick Rumney Susan & John Koval William Meaden 519.672.9030 x 251 or [email protected] Nell Haldane Jennifer Meister Lynda & Howard Rundle Antje & David Laidler Rita & Charles Rupar PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS

RESTAURANT DINING PRICE CONTACT INFO STYLE RANGE

Black Trumpet Restaurant 523 Richmond Street 519-850-1500 Casual blacktrumpet.ca Fine dining $$$ The Church Key Bistro Pub 476 Richmond Street 519-936-0960 Casual thechurchkey.ca Fine Dining $$$ DINNER just Fellini Koolini’s 155 Albert Street 519-642-2300 Italian AND A fellinikoolini.com Mediterranean $$$

Garlic’s of London $ 481 Richmond Street 519-432-4092 Upscale garlicsoflondon.com Rustic Cuisine $$$ GRAND THEATRE PLAY 99 Marienbad Restaurant 122 Carling Street 519-679-9940 Casual marienbad.ca Fine dining $$$ Each Dinner and a Play Package includes one ticket* Michael’s on the Thames to a Spriet Stage performance and a $35 gift certificate 1 York Street 519-672-0111 Casual to one of the fabulous participating restaurants! michaelsonthethames.com Fine dining $$$ Moxie’s Grill & Bar Treat yourself or someone special 441 Richmond Street 519-936-0745 Treat yourself or someone special moxies.com Premium Casual $$$ Toboggan Brewing Company 585 Richmond Street 519-433-2337 519.672.8800 tobogganbrewing.com Brew Pub $$$ Villa Cornelia CALL THE BOX OFFICE TODAY! 142 Kent Street 519-679-3444 Continental villacorneliarestaurant.com Fine Dining $$$ Vito’s Italian Restaurant Park & Enter 185 Queens Ave. 519-673-0990 Authentic villacorneliarestaurant.com Italian Dining $$$ Winks Eatery 551 Richmond St. (on Albert) 519-936-5079 *Valid for A seating winkseatery.com Casual Dining Pub $$

$$: $10-$15 $$$: $16- $24 NEW ARRIVALS! SPRING SUMMER 2019

Stop by Channer’s for the latest styles and ideas for your Spring & Summer wardrobe.

581 Wonderland Rd. S (519) 472.3470 channers.com

Mon – Thurs 9am – 6pm Fri 9am – 8pm Sat 9am – 5:30pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm