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@SHAKESPEAREBYTHESEA F 2021 @SHAKESPEARE_BY_THE_SEA I SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA #SBTSNL2021 FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION VISIT FRIDAYS & WWW.SHAKESPEAREBYTHESEAFESTIVAL.COMSATURDAYS SATURDAYS at 6 PM 11 AM & 1 PM JULY 17 - AUG 15 JULY 17 - AUG 15 Signal Hill National St. John’s Farmers Market Historic Site of Canada Bonaventure Avenue directed by Ian Campbell by Brendan Kelso directed by Janet O’Reilly FRIDAYS & MONDAYS at 8 PM SATURDAYS at 8 PM JUNE 29 - AUG 17 JULY 3 - AUG 15 Depths Crow’s Nest Newman Wine Vaults Officer’s Club Provincial Historic Site of Desire directed by Dave Walsh HAVE YOU REACHED THE BOTTOM YET? PROGRAMME ABOUT SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA Shakespeare By The Sea Festival Inc., a SPONSORS: community-based, charitable organization, produces and promotes artistic works ROYAL CUP BEARER with a focus on William Shakespeare. Our Fortis Inc. organization unites seasoned and developing talent and aspires to excel in all aspects of our LORD MAYOR: work. Julie Chisholm Our 2021 season is made possible by funding ROYAL GUARD: from ArtsNL and the City of St. John’s Penney Group Additional funding provided by Service Canada Toronto Foundation and the Cultural Economic Development Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Program, and from donations from our wonderful community. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chair: Brandon Hillier Vice-Chair: Kathryn Burke Treasurer: John Bruijns Meghan Keating Amanda Hann Zaren Healey-White Jackie Hibbs Christian Morgan FESTIVAL OPERATIONS TEAM: Artistic Director: Mallory Fisher General Manager: Sandra Mills Production Coordinator: Emily Carrigan Graphic Design: Charlie Dunphy THANK YOU A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to Shakespeare by the Sea’s 29th GET YOUR TICKETS SPECIAL THANKS: Thank you for your donations over the past annual summer season! My first experience Purchase Tickets to Pericles, Prince of Tyre on Ken Murphy (ArtsNL), Lindsay Hollahan year (June 2020 - 2021) with SBTS came in 2012 as a member of the The Rooms (Service Canada), Libby Creelman (CEDP), Raymond Critch acting company. I fell in love so many times Jennie Apps (Canadian Actors Equity Union), Sarah Connors that summer—with Shakespeare’s words, RSVP By Donation to Depths of Desire on Chris Lewis and Staff at The Lantern, Joy Charmaine Cox with the grandness of outdoor theatre, with EventBrite Barfoot, Jena Mitchell, and Claire Sullivan, Marget G Davis the talented artists around me, and with the (The Rooms), Karen McCarthy & Jessica Jean Graham ‘all hands to the pump’ spirit of SBTS as a Purchase Tickets to Tunes and Tales on Fisher (Fortis Inc), Paul Currie (QuikPrint), Kim David Hallett company. I made friends who would become EventBrite & Peter English (English’s Paving), Andrya Angela Heffernan long term creative collaborators, changing Duff, Meghan Herder, Allison Kelly, Bridget Krista Hill the path my career would take over the next Wareham, Alana Loveys (Ray Agency), Ellen Natalie Hunter decade. DONATE Thompson (Diamond Design), Ashley Harding Amanda Joseph Donate to Shakespeare by the Sea Festival on Photography, Natasha Blackwood (First Light), Catherine Mason For many of us, this season marks our first CanadaHelps and Fred & Frances Mills Lorraine Michael venture back into the magical world of live Shanjitha Rajasingham theatre after living with COVID-19 for a year Luke Rowe and a half. This is my first season as Artistic Mritunjay Sinha Director, and the poetry of reacquainting Leigh Smith myself with the communion of theatre through SBTS is not lost on me. I am grateful for the dedication of General Manager Sandra Mills, the mentorship of outgoing Artistic Director Paul Rowe, the guidance of our resourceful board of directors, the support of our generous sponsors and partners, and the tireless work of our staff and actors. Of course, none of this would be possible without the participation of audience members like you! Thank you for being part of our return to live performance, and our exploration into the burgeoning possibilities of virtual theatre. Enjoy the show! -Mallory Fisher In Clarke’s Beach, Newfoundland CAST SYNOPSIS (HERE BE SPOILERS) DIRECTOR’S NOTES (PAUL ROWE) Andy Jones Pericles, the eponymous hero of our tale, Pericles – Prince of Tyre has a long stage Gower (Friday performances) shares many of the characteristics of “Jack”, history as a collaborative piece. This is Appearing by permission of Canadian Actors’ the hero of the well-known Newfoundland appropriate since it began as a collaboration Equity Association. Jack Tale tradition. He escapes the clutches of between Shakespeare and the dramatist an evil king, wins the hand of a princess, and (and sketchy inn-keeper) George Wilkins. Paul Rowe navigates perils on sea and land as an exile Shakespeare is generally thought to have Gower (Matinee performances) until he is reunited with friends, family, and written the final three acts of the play, Wilkins, Appearing by permission of Canadian Actors’ home. With the renowned comedian, actor, the first two. Into the mix Shakespeare by the Equity Association. and writer Andy Jones having rewritten the Sea adds Andy Jones — storyteller, author, Chris Hibbs lines of Gower, the play’s narrator, in his own actor, comedian — commissioning him to Pericles inimitable style, this production promises to update and modernise the lines spoken by the PERICLES, Lauren Andrews be a journey through Shakespeare straight play’s narrator John Gower. Historically, Gower PRINCE OF TYRE Daughter of Antiochus / 1st Fisher / Bawd into the heart of Newfoundland and Labrador was a contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer and Spencer Bellows heritage and culture. a well-known figure in Shakespeare’s day. Thaliard / 3rd Servant / Lysimachus Through Andy’s adaptation, he resurfaces By William Shakespeare, CO-WRITER NOTES (ANDY JONES) here in a delightful fairly tale idiom that calls to Katie Billard George Wilkins, & Andy Jones Andy Jones would like to thank Paul Rowe and mind the Jack Tale tradition of Newfoundland 2nd Fisher / Lychordia / Diana Shakespeare by the Sea for commissioning the folklore. Directed by Paul Rowe Brandon Cave writing of the John Gower speeches. Cerimon Understudy/3rd Fisher/2nd Sailor/ On a personal note, it has been a pleasure to FRIDAYS @ 6:00PM 2nd Pirate/2nd Officer He would also like to thank the following work with Andy on this adaptation and to see it Sean Collins people for their help with those speeches: brought to life by this talented cast and crew. SATURDAYS @ 2:00PM Simonides / Boult Charlie Tomlinson (dramaturgical work); My heartfelt thanks to one and all. Enjoy! July 9th - August 8th Rebecca Dwyer Eleanor Jones (editing); Paul Rowe and Mary 3rd Sailor / 3rd Pirate / 3rd Gentleman Lynn Bernard (further dramaturgy). Fortis Amphitheatre Nick Gushue Special thanks to David Baltzer for his 2nd Knight / 1st Pirate / 1st Gentleman at The Rooms encouragement and his support for early CONTENT WARNING: Bailey Jackson drafts. Also thanks to Walter Ferguson-O’Brien, This play contains references to sexual assault General Admission: $25 Marina Sarah Dawe, Brenda O’Brien, and Mary Win in Act II. Students/Seniors/Unwaged: $20 Darnell Johnson Clair for listening to those early drafts. (Special rates available upon request) 1st Sailor / 1st Servant / 1st Officer Megan Jones Also special thanks to Jenny Naish for all her Cerimon help, and to East Port Properties at 351 Water Stage Manager: Sarah Conway Street Chris Langdon Production Assistant: Caitlin Harte Antiochus / Cleon / 1st Knight / 2nd Gentleman And thanks for all the wonderful support and Costume and Set Designer: Alison Helmer Evan Maddick kindness from the cast and crew of “Pericles, Joust Choreography: Christian Morgan Leonine / 2nd Servant / 3rd Knight Prince of Tyre” Musical Direction: Katie Billard Karin Murray-Bergquist Thaisa Construction: John Bruijns (Coffin), Dave Walsh (Stools), Melissa Ralph Darnell Johnson (Armour) Dionysa / Attendant Special Thanks: Jamie Skidmore & Gerry Conway CAST & CREW BIOS SARAH CONWAY ALISON HELMER LAUREN ANDREWS KATIE BILLARD (she/her) is a writer, is a multidisciplinary is thrilled to be returning has had a love of theatre comedian, and theatre artist who has been for a fifth year with from a young age, artist from Ottawa, ON on deeply and continuously Shakespeare by the which in 2013 inspired the unceded lands of the influenced by her studies Sea. Past performances her to move to Toronto Algonquin Anishinaabe and experience working include Pheobe in As to attend the Triple and the Kanien’kehà:ka on the east coast. Though You Like It, Second Threat program at nations. She is delighted to be making her born and raised on the prairies, she began Witch in Macbeth, and Romeo in last year’s Randolph College for the Performing Arts. stage management debut with Shakespeare her theatre education with the Stagecraft online Shakespeare Shorts. Lauren has After completing her training, Katie has by the Sea. Favourite credits include Writer/ program at Grenfell college before completing also performed with St. John’s Players, DW returned home to continue her education Company (GoFundYourself: Ottawa Fringe), the Scenography program at the National Productions, and Seoul Players. her at Memorial University and rejoin the and Rebecca (Kurayami no Wa: Morgana Theatre School of Canada. She approaches the amazing theatre community in St. Johns. Some McKenzie). She is a member of the Shit Hot world of both set and costume design through SPENCER BELLOWS of Katie’s prior credits include “Footloose” Shit Show sketch comedy troupe and was a a lens of fantasy, history, and the tradition of (he/him/they/them) has (RCPA), “The Skriker” (RCPA), “Our Divas Do member of Gravity Train, one of the original storytelling. She is excited by Theatre that been performing in St. Christmas” (TaDa), “Anything Goes” (PMP), house teams at the Improv Embassy. She pushes the boundaries between conventional John’s and elsewhere “Macbeth” (Shakespeare by the Sea), Mrs. has performed at the Ottawa, Montreal, and and experimental, and that seeks to fulfill our since his first season with Wormwood in “Matilda” (PMP), “Phantom of Baltimore improv festivals.