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It’s just a jump to the left dream was to build a muscle-bound boy And then a step to the right toy? Certainly, it tapped into the glitter- With your hands on your hips and glam-rock trend of the time. (Many of You bring your knees in tight… us were also huge fans of David Bowie, who had captivated us in his persona as Oh, how those dance instructions bring the androgynous alien Ziggy Stardust.) back memories! Kids like my sister and me, who had It was the summer of 1980, my first visit grown up watching old, low-budget sci-fi to London and my first West End play. My and horror flicks on late-night television sister and I were in the city only briefly, (often inserting our own wisecracking before heading out on a coach tour of commentary), also delighted at all its Europe, but we knew what we wanted to references and in-jokes. see. High on the agenda, up there with But there was something deeper, Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery something that touched a chord. and the Tower, was Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. Fans didn’t just go to Rocky Horror to watch it; they went to participate in it. We By then, the fabled production was on its wanted to be a part of the party, to mingle last fish-netted legs. After a seven-year run, and thrust pelvises with Frank and Rocky, and just months away from closing, it had Riff Raff and Magenta and Columbia. We been through countless cast changes and came to boo the clean-cut, straight-arrow now emitted less fizz than flat champagne. hero, Brad, and cheer on the sexual We didn’t care. Nor did we care that the awakening of the virginal heroine, Janet. inimitable Tim Curry was no longer there The most devoted of the Rocky Horror to play Frank N. Furter (I would see him the cult arrived kitted out as their favourite following spring on Broadway, brilliant in characters and armed with rice, toast, Amadeus). Like all the other young tourists playing cards and other items to toss at flocking to the old Comedy Theatre that the screen or stage at the appropriate evening, we knew the 1975 film – The moments. (But please, don’t do that here!) Rocky Horror Picture Show – by heart and couldn’t wait to see the stage original and It was a show for misfits, regardless of soak up the experience once again. your sexual orientation. It made a cheerful mockery of those conventional Brads and But it’s the pelvic thrust Janets among us, with their engagement That really drives you insane… rings and weddings and dreams of suburban bliss. Instead, it celebrated the What did young people see in this sci-fi/ freaky, the transgressive, the perverse, horror parody/homage about a bisexual, gloriously embodied in that “sweet cross-dressing Dr. Frankenstein whose transvestite,” Dr. Frank – part mad scientist,

9 features” saluted in the opening song, which he’d consumed avidly at the local cinema as a boy growing up in New Zealand. But those B-movies weren’t just a source of cheap thrills and unintended laughs; they had also stirred his latent bisexuality. He found himself identifying not with their heroes but with the heroines: King Kong’s Fay Wray, Forbidden Planet’s Anne Francis, Janette Scott in The Day of the Triffids. It was also at the cinema that he’d discovered the secret homoerotic pleasures of the sword-and-sandal spectacles starring well-oiled American bodybuilder Steve Reeves. Half-way through its creation, O’Brien showed his unfinished creature to Jim Sharman. The director, who had staged productions of those musical youthquakes Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, sniffed promise. He wanted to bring it to life in the Royal Court Theatre’s tiny Upstairs venue, a famed laboratory for theatrical experiments. But crucial parts were missing that still had to be found. Curry, who’d appeared with O’Brien in the U.K. tour of Hair, agreed to play Frank – at first, as the standard mad inventor in a lab coat. Then, in a lightning bolt of inspiration, it was decided he should be a transvestite. Costume designer Sue Blane – who became key to creating the Rocky Horror “look”: Berlin cabaret meets glam and goth – clad Curry in fishnet stockings and a corset, worn back to front. Other bits came together by happy

ERICA PECK, DAN CHAMEROY, CHAMEROY, PECK, DAN ERICA MARKUS ROBERT accident. The iconic “Time Warp” was whipped up in rehearsals as filler to extend ERICA PECK, DAN CHAMEROY, ROBERT MARKUS the running time. And in a fortunate last- minute stroke of the scalpel, Sharman cut part messianic hedonist, part sexy, the show’s tepid working title, They Came sneering, self-dramatizing Evil Queen. From Denton High, and replaced it with the The Rocky Horror Show sprang – or rather punchier Rocky Horror Show. say, strutted – from the domed brow of After that, there was no stopping it – a Richard O’Brien in the winter of 1972- wild and untamed thing, O’Brien’s monster 73. Then a young unemployed London musical leapt off the laboratory stage, actor looking to fill time between gigs, electrified by an infectious score infused O’Brien decided to amuse himself by with 1950s rock ’n’ roll. Opening June 19, writing a musical about his obsessions. 1973, the show was a critical and audience They included the “science fiction double hit and soon transferred from the sixty- 10 seat Royal Court Upstairs to increasingly liberation movement of the late 1960s. larger venues, winding up in the West End. Rock stars were dabbling in it (Bowie, Mick Meanwhile, record mogul Lou Adler saw its Jagger, Elton John, Lou Reed). Movies potential with rock fans and mounted a hit flirted with it (the Oscar-winning Cabaret). L.A. production at his famed Roxy Theatre. In Canada, many young people got their That, in turn, begot the film version, starring first taste of drag via Craig Russell, who Curry, O’Brien (as hunchbacked henchman starred in his own cult film, Outrageous! Riff Raff) and other original cast members, We laughed derisively at Janet and Brad, along with young American actors Barry but we also were Janet and Brad – wide- Bostwick and Susan Sarandon (Brad and eyed kids from traditional homes and Janet), and volcanic rock singer Meat Loaf families, getting a taste of the richness as bad-boy Eddie, the personification of and complexity of sexual attraction and the 1950s greaser. being exhorted to express ourselves The movie was a dud on release, but by a mascara-wearing prophet of subsequent midnight screenings grew it permissiveness who came with his own into a cult phenomenon. Fans not only T-shirt slogan: “Don’t dream it, be it.” attended dressed as the characters – they At the same time, western society was still played the characters, lip-syncing in front a far cry from endorsing anything other of the screen, so that troupes of Rocky than heterosexual behaviour. Most tales of Horror players sprang up, ironically turning gay love ended tragically and even Frank, what had originally been a live theatre in the end, is doomed by a lifestyle “too piece back into live theatre. extreme.” What we took away from Rocky The theatrical version, of course, only Horror, however, wasn’t the final downer benefitted from the enduring popularity but the sheer, air-punching exuberance of of its cinematic counterpart. The show living life on your own rose-tinted terms. was revived in the West End in 1990, on Today, the show feels prescient in its Broadway in 2000 (where it had bombed transgender sympathies – a harbinger of in the ’70s) and now is continually being the era of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Lady Gaga’s toured. It embraced the new age of sexual “Born This Way” and gender-neutral school enlightenment in 2016, when Fox taped a washrooms. But its continued popularity live TV homage at Toronto’s Casa Loma, is due to more than foresight. For a in which Frank was played by transgender seemingly simple satirical spoof, it remains actress Laverne Cox of Orange Is the New intriguingly ambiguous in its underlying Black. (Tim Curry also appeared – now as tensions between the safe and normal and the criminologist narrator.) the exhilaration and danger that come with living out our transgressive fantasies. That brings us to Donna Feore’s new Stratford Festival production, in which It is also, of course, enduring proof that Frank N. Furter is portrayed by Dan it’s the kinky misfits who throw the best Chameroy, an actor-singer who is no parties. All the more reason to say, stranger to gender-bending roles. He Let’s do the Time Warp again! may be best known to North American audiences for his award-winning turn as mean Miss Trunchbull in the national tour of Matilda the Musical. For those who participated in the original phenomenon, seeing Rocky Horror again Martin Morrow is a Toronto-based indeed feels like a time warp. For many arts journalist and the president of the of us, it was one of the gateways into Canadian Theatre Critics Association. He LGBT culture, which had begun to slip into still does the Time Warp with his eight- the mainstream in the wake of the gay year-old daughter. 11 JUST AN ALLUSION References to vintage science fiction and horror movies, and other elements of popular culture, permeate The Rocky Horror Show. How many of these, all alluded to in the opening song, “Science Fiction,” do you recognize?

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) stars Michael Rennie as Klaatu, an alien who arrives with a warning for humanity and is promptly shot by a nervous soldier. (Keanu Reeves starred in a remake, released in 2008.)

Flash Gordon was the hero of a comic strip first published in 1934. Its various radio, TV and film adaptations include a 1930s series starring former Olympic swimmer Buster Crabbe, a campy 1980 movie (the cast of which included Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien) and a 1974 erotic parody called, inevitably, Flesh Gordon.

In 1933, Claude Rains played the title role in The Invisible Man, based on the novel by H.G. Wells. That same year saw the release of the original King Kong, in which Fay Wray – who had a key role in the 1932 horror thriller Doctor X – played the object of the title character’s affection.

Anne Francis starred (along with Walter Pidgeon and Leslie Nielsen) in Forbidden Planet (1956) – a movie inspired, as it happens, by Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Arizona is menaced by aliens and monsters in It Came From Outer Space (1953) and by a giant spider in Tarantula (1955), starring Leo G. Carroll, while the whole world is threatened by ambulatory, carnivorous, poison-spitting plants in The Day of the Triffids (1962), starring Howard Keel and Janette Scott.

Dana Andrews starred in a 1957 British film called Night of the Demon (retitled Curse of the Demon in the U.S.). Based on “Casting the Runes,” a short story by M.R. James, it involves a curse inscribed in an ancient runic alphabet. Passing the inscription to the intended victim – who has to accept it in order for the runes to work their evil – requires some ingenuity.

George Pal was the Hungarian-born producer of When Worlds Collide (1951), as well as such other sci-fi classics as The War of the Worlds (1953) and The Time Machine (1960), which he also directed.

RKO Radio Pictures (later just RKO Pictures) was a leading Hollywood studio in the 1930s and ’40s. Its most famous movies include Citizen Kane and the original 1933 King Kong, as well as musicals starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The initials stand for Radio-Keith-Orpheum.

After the Time Warp, Brad asks, “Say, do you guys know how to Madison?” The Madison was a novelty line dance popular in the late 1950s and the early ’60s. (Its steps are slightly more complicated than those of the Time Warp.)

12 Some other references to listen for:

“We could take in an old Steve Reeves movie,” sings Frank in “Sweet Transvestite.” American muscleman Steve Reeves starred in such films as Hercules (1958), The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) and The Thief of Baghdad (1961).

An even more famous bodybuilder was Charles Atlas, referred to by Frank in “I Can Make You a Man.” Born Angelo Siciliano in Italy in 1892, Atlas developed a muscle-building technique he called “Dynamic Tension.” His ads promised that a “97-pound weakling” (98 pounds in some versions) could transform himself into a new man in just seven days.

“God bless Lili St. Cyr,” sings Janet at the end of the “Floor Show” number. Born Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis in 1918, Lili St. Cyr was a Hollywood chorus girl who went on to become a noted burlesque and striptease artist. Starting in the 1940s, she spent seven years in Montreal, where she became hailed as the city’s most famous woman. Eventually arrested there on charges of immoral behaviour, she was acquitted at trial, but the Gayety Theatre where she performed was closed down.

One reference in the show, when Rocky sings “The Sword of Damocles,” comes from much longer ago and further away. Damocles was a courtier in Syracuse in the fourth century BCE who unwisely suggested to his monarch, Dionysius II, that life at the top must be pretty cushy. Dionysius responded by letting Damocles sit on his throne for a day. There was just one catch: above him, dangling by a single horsehair, was a heavy sword pointing down at his head. Damocles soon grasped the connection between ruling and risk.

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13 SO IT’S YOUR FIRST TIME… BY DAVID PROSSER

If you’ve never seen The Rocky Horror Show before, you’re what the already initiated call a “virgin.” No shame in that – but now that you’re about to take the plunge, here are a few pointers to help you make the most of it. First, don’t get strung out by the way some of your fellow audience members might look. Dressing up – to resemble characters in the show or just to look fantastic on your own terms – is a big part of the Rocky Horror experience. It’s not obligatory, of course, but it does add to the fun. Corsets, garter belts, fishnets, heels as high as you dare – all these and more are eminently suitable. (And the same goes if you’re female.) You can dance if you want to – particularly during the Time Warp, the lyrics of which tell you the moves. Of course, the average theatre seat doesn’t allow a whole lot of room for a jump to the left or a step to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight, so do please be careful of your neighbours’ feet. But with your hands COSTUME DESIGN BY DANA OSBORNE on your hips and your knees in tight, you should be able to manage a decent pelvic thrust. And if you have an aisle seat, you’re cards, anything. Ditto for squirting water. really in luck. This is live theatre, remember, and those Don’t be shocked if people around you are real people up there. So if anything start heckling the performers. Like British gets projected through the air toward pantomime (“Behind you!” “Oh, no it the stage, the show will be stopped and isn’t!”), The Rocky Horror Show has a the perpetrator will be seized by ushers, tradition of audience partici... (“Say it!!”) summarily dismembered and stored in the …pation. A whole subscript of talk-back freezer with the remains of Eddie. lines has evolved: gags that audiences Otherwise, please let yourself go like can crack (“With a whip!”) at specific points you’ve never done in a theatre before. in the dialogue. If you know the drill, or if Above all else, this show is meant to be inspiration strikes, feel free to join in. (Just fun – so shed those lingering inhibitions remember, it’s all in the timing.) and enjoy! One thing that’s an absolute no-no is throwing anything at the stage. And David Prosser is the Stratford Festival’s that means anything: rice, toast, playing Literary and Editorial Director. 14 DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTES WELCOME TO THE FAMILY BY DONNA FEORE

A young couple walk into an ice cream parlour. The list of choices is long and curious. This being a fancy place, there’s gelato and frozen yogurt, as well as every imaginable flavour of ice cream. So, how to choose? Well, how about a taste? Will it be French vanilla, pistachio, dulce de leche? The only way to find out is to try a little and see what they like. This behaviour, so normal in an ice cream parlour, becomes a lot more dangerous when the menu is Life and the things we’re asked to taste are other people. And that’s what happens to our heroes, Brad and Janet, when they go to a spooky castle looking for help on a dark and stormy night. But it’s all still delicious. And though we may think we’re good at all this stuff in 2018, we’re really not. We’re still shy, afraid and not a little worried about what our parents will think. Enter Rocky and his Horror Show. Richard O’Brien’s lasting genius is that he only ever wanted his Rocky Horror Show to be “a bit of fun.” And this simple notion has resonated with generations of fans. Tens of millions, in fact. There’s got to be something in it. And there is. It’s love and compassion and childhood dreams of rock stardom! I’m all about communities, and We all need help and encouragement the community of Rocky is dangerous, sexy on this journey, and I believe that wild, and otherworldly (really), but it has a lot to passionate and brilliantly performed rock teach us about acceptance and yielding. ’n’ roll can help us do that. It doesn’t matter And I mean yielding to the discovery of who you are or where you’re from; right ourselves, our true selves, however messy here, right now, you’re family. So come that might be, all the while trusting that as you are, in whatever you like, and take we’re surrounded by love as we go farther your rightful place in our community. It’s towards discovering who we are. just a jump to the left….

15 BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS

RICHARD O’BRIEN

Born in 1942, Richard O’Brien began his life in the world of entertainment in 1965, when, at the age of twenty-three, he rode horses in British-made movies. He had no desire to become a full-time stuntman and, wisely, took himself off to an evening drama school which claimed to adhere to the teaching principles of Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and anyone else who had decided to embrace the more “naturalistic” approach to acting, commonly known as The Method. In 1967, he became an assistant stage manager and understudy in a musical touring version of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, retitled as Robert and Elizabeth. He worked backstage in many West End theatres, most notably the Cambridge Theatre at Seven Dials, where, among other duties, he shone a limelight upon John Hanson, who at the age of forty-six, may well have been the oldest Student Prince that the world had ever laid eyes upon. In 1969, Richard joined an ensemble group in a joyous production of Gulliver’s Travels are The Crystal Maze, a television game at the Mermaid Theatre. This show was show that warmed the autumn nights for designed and directed by Sean Kenny. Britain’s Channel 4; the Child Catcher in The choreographer was a young Japanese the first stage production of Chitty Chitty Canadian called David Toguri, and the Bang Bang; performing for the Queen in following year Richard auditioned for him the gardens of Buckingham Palace upon once again and joined the cast of the Her Majesty’s eightieth birthday; and British touring production of the American playing Fagin in a New Zealand production “hippie” musical Hair. After Hair came of Oliver! Jesus Christ Superstar, which was directed In a career that has spanned nearly fifty by Jim Sharman. The following year, 1973, years, Richard has acted with some of Jim cast Richard in a Sam Shepard play at the biggest and best-known names in the the Royal Court Theatre’s Theatre Upstairs. industry, and lately he has won over a new It was here that he met Richard Hartley, his and younger crowd of fans as the voice of music partner of forty years. Lawrence Fletcher, the father of Phineas The Rocky Horror Show opened in July and Ferb, in the Disney cartoon series of the same year and, slowly but surely, of the same name. Although now in his became the biggest cult musical of all mid-seventies, he still refuses to make eye time. Other highlights of Richard’s career contact with the Grim Reaper.

16 RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ROCKY HORROR COMPANY LIMITED

THE CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Usherette Riff Raff UNDERSTUDIES Erica Peck Robert Markus Eric Abel Riff Raff, Eddie/ Janet Magenta Dr. Everett Scott Jennifer Rider-Shaw Erica Peck Gabriel Antonacci Eddie/ Brad Columbia Dr. Everett Scott, Narrator Brad Sayer Roberts Kimberly-Ann Truong Colton Curtis Henry Firmston Riff Raff Narrator Frank N. Furter Bonnie Jordan Magenta/ Steve Ross Dan Chameroy Usherette, Columbia Heather Kosik Janet, Magenta/ Phantoms Rocky Usherette Eric Abel George Krissa Bethany Kovarik Columbia Gabriel Antonacci Eddie/Dr. Everett Scott George Krissa Frank N. Furter Colton Curtis Trevor Patt Jason Sermonia Rocky Bonnie Jordan Swings Bethany Kovarik Jason Sermonia Henry Firmston Heather Kosik

THERE WILL BE ONE AUDIENCE ALERT This production, which deals with mature subject matter and contains profanity, is not suitable for 20-MINUTE younger audiences. Strobe lights, loud sounds, fog INTERVAL and haze are used during the performance.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks to Richard O’Brien, and to Howard Panter and Meryl Faiers of Rocky Horror Company Limited. Special thanks to Jennifer Anderson, MD, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Sean Blaine, MD, Stratford; Shawn Edwards, MD, Stratford; Brian Hands, MD, FRCS (C), medical voice consultant, Vox Cura voice care specialists, Toronto; Simon McBride, MCISc, MD, London Health Sciences Centre Vocal Function Clinic, London; Laurel Moore, MD, Stratford; David Thompson, MD, Stratford; Thomas R. Verny, MD, DHL, DPsych, FRCPC, FAPA, Stratford; John Yoo, MD, London Health Sciences Centre, London. Pianos tuned and maintained by Stephenson Concert Group. Cymbals and drumsticks provided by Dream Cymbals and HeadHunters. Cover: Dan Chameroy. Photography by Clay Stang – The Garden.

17 ARTISTIC CREDITS

Director Donna Feore Choreographer Donna Feore Music Director Laura Burton

Set Designer Michael Gianfrancesco Costume Designer Dana Osborne Lighting Designer Michael Walton Projection Designer Jamie Nesbitt Sound Designer Peter McBoyle

Original Orchestrations Richard Hartley Additional Arrangements Simon Beck

Producer David Auster Casting Director Beth Russell Creative Planning Director Jason Miller

Assistant Director Stage Manager Stephen Cota Michael Hart Associate Choreographer Assistant Stage Managers Stephen Cota Holly Korhonen Assistant Choreographer Gregory McLaughlin Stephan Dickson Production Assistant Assistant Set Designer Grace Batten Joshua Quinlan Production Stage Managers Assistant Costume Designer Michael Hart Joseph Abetria Janine Ralph Maxwell T. Wilson Assistant Lighting Designers C.J. Astronomo Alia Stephen Technical Director Elissa Horscroft Assistant Sound Designer Brian Kenny Dance Captain Jason Sermonia

MUSIC MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I ACT II Science Fiction Touch-a-Touch-Me Damn It, Janet! Once in a While Over at the Frankenstein Place Eddie’s Teddy Time Warp Planet Schmanet Sweet Transvestite Floor Show The Sword of Damocles I’m Going Home I Can Make You a Man Super Heroes Hot Patootie Science Fiction (reprise) I Can Make You a Man (reprise)

18 ORCHESTRA Electric Bass/Orchestra Music Preparation Supervisor Michael McClennan Conductor/Keyboard Michael McClennan Janice Owens Laura Burton Drum Kit Keyboard/Associate David Campion Director of Music Conductor Franklin Brasz Charlene Nafziger Rehearsal Pianist Music Administrator Tenor Saxophone Charlene Nafziger Marilyn Dallman Ian Harper Keyboard Programmer Administrative Assistant Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar Wayne Gwillim Janice Owens Dave Thompson

BACKSTAGE

Production responsibilities during the performance accomplished by:

Head Stage Carpenter Crew Wardrobe Attendants Paul Hughes Tom Andrews Sheila Filshie Alternate Bruno Hacquebard Cvetka Fujs Sean Poole Keith Handegord William C. Kraft Timothy Hanson Head Electrician Swing Dan Hoodless Caroline Broadley Greg Bride Chris Knarr Wigs and Makeup Show Alternate Paul Levaque Head Christopher Wylie Nancy McCune Julie Scott Head Property Martin Penner Mark Fisher Gerald Van Sickle Wigs and Makeup Crew Jessica Elsbrie Head Sound Michael Watters Stanley Wickens Lance Hinds Wardrobe Head Alternate Mary-Lou Mason Stewart Cappie

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Director of Production Design Coordinator Transportation Simon Marsden Mary-Jo Carter Dodd Charlie Fox Production Administrator Technical Director Dirk Newbery Carla Fowler – Scenic Construction B.J. Shaver James Thistle Administrative Assistant Andrew Mestern Cindy Jordan Scene Shop Manager Electronics Technologist Chris Wheeler Associate Technical Directors Robbin Cheesman David Campbell Technical Management Eleanor Creelman Assistant Michael Besworth

A member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, the Stratford Festival engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Stage crew, scenic carpenters, drivers, wigs and makeup attendants, facilities staff and audience development representatives are members of Local 357 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). Wardrobe attendants are members of IATSE Local 924. Scenic artists are members of IATSE Local 828. The musicians, musical directors, conductors, and orchestra contractors engaged by the Stratford Festival are members of the Toronto Musicians’ Association, Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

19 PROPERTIES Joseph Saunders Assisted by Scott Schmidt Sarah Cook Head of Properties Mark Smith Michael Karn Dona Hrabluk Cliff Tipping Connie Puetz Lead Builder Dyeing Michelle Jamieson WARDROBE Linda Pinhay Assisted by Assisted by Head of Wardrobe Eric Ball Sylvia Minarcin Karine Cusson – Festival Theatre Ken Dubblestyne Bradley Dalcourt Costume Painting Lisa Hughes Kathryn Kerr Head of Wardrobe Shirley Lee – Avon Theatre Millinery Jennifer Macdonald Elizabeth Copeman Helen Flower Nina Mueller Interim Head of Wardrobe Assisted by Dylan Mundy – Studio Theatre Kaz Maxine Heather Ruthig Linda Sparks Monica Viani Lisa Summers Apprentice Milliner Katelyn Vere Costume Coordinator Kimberly Catton Chantal Laurendeau Properties Buyer Purchasing Coordinator Tracy Fulton Cutters Kim Crossley Chevy Barlow Assistant Properties Buyer Melanie Farrar-Jackson Purchasing Assistant Kathleen Orlando Lela Stairs Murphy Erin Michelle Steele Jennie Wonnacott Toronto Wardrobe Buyer SCENIC ART First Hands Susan Rome Head Scenic Artist Monica Berg Wardrobe Apprentice Duncan Johnstone Joanne Davies Hanna Litster Assistant Head Scenic Artist Gina Schellenberg Additional Costumes by Daniel McManus Patricia Taylor Jeff Churchill – Jitterbug Boy Assisted by Sewers Original Footwear Kevin Kemp Cindy Brown Warehouse Supervisor Lisa Summers Victoria Bruer William Schmuck Allison Erb Amparo Villalobos Warehouse Assistant Sharon Gashgarian Michael Wharran Michael Piscitelli Steve Wiseman June Gunn Blair Yeomans Karen Hancock Kiyomi Hidaka WIGS AND MAKEUP Shona Humphrey SCENIC CARPENTRY Head of Wigs and Makeup Jordan Johnstone Gerald Altenburg Head Carpenter Olga M. Kouzmina Construction Crew Ryan Flanagan Debbie Kschesinski Katelyn Low Teddi Barrett Assistant Head Carpenter Mary-Lou Mason Anna Burton McEwin Paul Cooper Elisabeth Mastrandrea Erica Croft Head of Automation Magdalene Raycraft Jessica Elsbrie Ian Phillips Cynthia E. Rusak Lena Festoso Assisted by Joan Scheerer Tracy Frayne Simon Aldridge Laura Snowden Dave Kerr David Bedford Angela Moncur Bijoux/Decoration Sherri Neeb Mark Card Tami MacDonald Gary Geiger Barbara Newbery Paul Hyde Assisted by Mallory Reeves Scott King Rebecca Dillow Alana Scheel Cory Mielke Liane Guttadauria Julie Scott Stephen Morgan Kathi Posliff Stanley Wickens John Roth Boots and Shoes Jody Satchell Karen Beames

Funding for artisan apprenticeships is provided by the William H. Somerville Theatre Artisan Apprenticeship Fund, funded by the J.P. Bickell Foundation and by Robert and Jacqueline Sperandio.

20 DAREN A. HERBERT

MEREDITH WILLSON'S THE MUSIC MAN

A love story with twists. And tunes.

MEREDITH WILLSON'S THE MUSIC MAN BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MEREDITH WILLSON STORY BY MEREDITH WILLSON AND FRANKLIN LACEY DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY DONNA FEORE

BUY NOW PRODUCTION CO-SPONSORS stratfordfestival.ca PRODUCTION SUPPORT IS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY MARY ANN & ROBERT GORLIN, BY THE HARKINS & MANNING FAMILIES IN MEMORY OF JIM & SUSAN HARKINS, AND BY RIKI TUROFSKY & CHARLES PETERSEN 21 ACTING COMPANY

ERIC ABEL GABRIEL ANTONACCI DAN CHAMEROY COLTON CURTIS HENRY FIRMSTON

ERIC ABEL 2018: Linus Britt in The Music Man and Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show. Third season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, Romeo and Juliet, A Chorus Line, The Hypochondriac. Elsewhere: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Theatre Aquarius), Funny Girl – META-nominated (Segal Centre); Anne of Green Gables, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Canada Rocks (Charlottetown Festival); Cats – Dora-nominated (Mirvish – Panasonic). Film/TV: Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Festival, 2017), Full Out (2015), Big Fun Weeknights (YTV), Get Up ’N Move (Revolver Films). Awards: Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival), Amy Wallis Scholarship (Charlottetown Festival), gold and silver medals (International Tap Dance Championships). Online: Instagram/Twitter: @EricMackAbel. Et cetera: Proud McMaster University alumnus. Much love to Mom and Dad, Devon, TH gang and all friends and family.

GABRIEL ANTONACCI 2018: Ed Gammidge in The Music Man and Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show. Fifth season. Stratford: Al in A Chorus Line, Henrik Egerman in A Little Night Music, Rolf Gruber in The Sound of Music, Pinball Lad in Tommy, and appeared in Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, Fiddler on the Roof and Carousel. Elsewhere: Johnny alternate in Green Day’s American Idiot (first U.S. tour); Hank Majewski in Jersey Boys (Dancap); Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown); Issachar/Butler in Joseph...Dreamcoat, Bobby in Cabaret (Theatre Aquarius). Film/TV: Captain von Trapp in the Disney movie The Pacifier starring Vin Diesel. Training: Etobicoke School of the Arts. Online: Twitter: @GabrielNacci. Et cetera: Huge thanks to his family, Colin McMurray and Donna Feore. He could not be here without the incredible support of his wife, Robin Calvert.

DAN CHAMEROY 2018: Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show and member of the Second Track. 12th season. Stratford: Wanderlust, Henry V, The Winter’s Tale, A Funny Thing Happened..., West Side Story, As You Like It, Oklahoma!, Pentecost, The Tempest, Palmer Park, Cymbeline, Gigi, Camelot. Elsewhere: A Christmas Carol (Ross Petty); Life After (Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage, Yonge Street Theatricals); Toronto and U.S. tour of Matilda (Mirvish/Dodger); Of Human Bondage, Idiot’s Delight, The Barber of Seville (Soulpepper); The Wild Party (Musical Stage); Company (Theatre 20); The Arsonists, Into the Woods (Canadian Stage); The Magic Fire, High Society (Shaw); Beauty and the Beast – Dora Award, The Drowsy Chaperone, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables (Mirvish). Film/TV: Hotel Transylvania, Ranger Rob, The Next Step, Oh No! Awards: Dan is a multiple Dora and Canadian Screen Award nominee and received a Toronto Critics Award for his performance of Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda. “Love to Christine and Olivia.”

COLTON CURTIS 2018: Eddie Squires in The Music Man and Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show. Third season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, The Hypochondriac, Mark in A Chorus Line. Elsewhere: Sweet Charity, Light Up the Sky, Peter and the Starcatcher, Pygmalion (Shaw); Mona in Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Buddies In Bad Times/KOVAL Studio); On the Town (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, New York); Pip in Great Expectations (Highlands Summer Festival); Excalibur Trilogy (Florence Ballet Company, Italy); Les Feux Follets (Charlottetown Festival). Training: Honours Bachelor of Musical Theatre Performance, Sheridan College; Shaw Mandate intensive; Florence Ballet Company internship; Theatre New Brunswick Theatre School. Awards: Maureen Forrester Award (Stratford Festival), David Bloom Memorial Award (Charlottetown Festival), Brian Linehan Triple Threat Award (2014, 2013, 2012). Online: coltoncurtis.com. Instagram/Twitter: @coltonccurtis. Et cetera: Thanks to Donna, Laura, Franklin and the team at TH for this opportunity. And big love to my beautiful big loving family.

HENRY FIRMSTON 2018: Davey Dunlop in The Music Man and Swing in The Rocky Horror Show. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Doody in Grease (Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto); Tom of Warwick in Camelot (Drayton Entertainment); Tommy Sloane in Anne of Green Gables (Grand Theatre); Riff in West Side Story (BMT); appeared in What a Wonderful World (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); Playlist Dancer/Singer with Carnival Cruise Lines. Four seasons with The Grand’s High School Project, appearing in Footloose, My Fair Lady, Kyle in Legally Blonde and Gomez in The Addams Family. Training: Dance Steps London, Beal Performing Arts. Online: @thefirmstonator.Et cetera: Love to Ashley, his parents, and Lucy. Huge thanks to the Talent House gang, and all the teachers and mentors who have helped along the way.

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BONNIE JORDAN HEATHER KOSIK BETHANY KOVARIK GEORGE KRISSA ROBERT MARKUS

BONNIE JORDAN 2018: Mrs. Dunlop in The Music Man and Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show. Fifth season. Stratford: Carmen in Guys and Dolls, Judy in A Chorus Line, Malla in A Little Night Music, Betsy in Crazy for You, HMS Pinafore, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Man of La Mancha. Elsewhere: Dancer in Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company); Chorus in Cabaret (French version, Tandem Productions); Chorus in Chantons sous la pluie (Singin’ in the Rain, French version, Just for Laughs); Rockette in Radio City Christmas Spectacular; singer in the revue ’80s Flashback (Tropicana Hotel Casino, Atlantic City). Film/TV: 42nd Street chorus girl in Warehouse 13, dancer on game show Fidèles au Poste. Et cetera: Bonnie wants to thank her family and friends for always supporting and believing in her.

HEATHER KOSIK 2018: Zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man and Swing in The Rocky Horror Show. Second season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore. Elsewhere: Dance captain for Footloose; Fairy Godmother/dance captain for Shrek: The Musical; featured dancer in Damn Yankees (Theatre Sheridan); Betty/Una in Rumspringa Break! (CMTP/Theatre Sheridan); featured performer/dance captain in The Voices of Canada, We Are Canadian (Charlottetown Festival); Apache Dancer/ensemble in Joseph…Dreamcoat (LOT). Recordings: Rumspringa Break!, CMTP/ Sheridan (2017). Training: Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance – Sheridan College. Awards: Alan Lund Scholarship Award, Friends of Confederation Award (Charlottetown Festival), Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award 2014, 2015, 2016 (Sheridan College). Online: Follow on Instagram! @heatherkosik. Et cetera: An enormous thank-you to Donna, Franklin, Laura, Ann and Steve for this opportunity; Talent House; and especially to Mom, Dad, Kyle, Ryan, Justin, G-ma and G-pa for your endless love and support – you all mean the world to me.

BETHANY KOVARIK 2018: Mrs. Squires in The Music Man and Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show. Fourth season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Crazy for You, The Beaux’ Stratagem. Elsewhere: Chicago, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan (Drayton Entertainment); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Aquarius); Dance Legends (Drayton Entertainment, Grand Theatre); Return to Grace (Fallsview Casino, Asian tour); Summer in the City (Stage West Calgary). Film/TV: Warrior, Warehouse 13, Hellcats, Bomb Girls, L.A. Complex, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, Make It Happen and Christmas Dance. Training/Teaching: Sheridan Institute’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance Program and she has also taught at the college. Awards: Jean A. Chalmers Training Award; Lindsay Thomas “The Show Must Go On” Award. Online: @ bethanykovarik. Et cetera: THANK YOU, Mom, Dad, Ry, Talent House team, family and friends – all deeply loved.

GEORGE KRISSA 2018: Ewart Dunlop in The Music Man and Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: UnCovered: Dylan and Springsteen (Musical Stage Company), Elvis in Million Dollar Quartet (Segal Centre, Globe Theatre), Tony in West Side Story (Citadel), The Songs of Sinatra (Drayton), Summer in the City (Stage West Calgary). Film/TV: The Social (CTV), Bed of the Dead (Breakthrough), Civil War Chronicles (AHC), Close Encounters (Discovery ID). Training: Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Awards: 2017/2018 Syd and Shirley Banks Prize for Emerging Music Theatre Artists (Musical Stage Company). Online: georgekrissa.com, @georgekrissa. Et cetera: George is thrilled to be making his Stratford debut! Huge thanks to Mom, Dad, Hez, Brian, Dunbar and BRB for all their support!

ROBERT MARKUS 2018: Jacey Squires in The Music Man and Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show. Second season. Stratford: Fiddler on the Roof and Tommy in Tommy. Elsewhere: Our Town, Sweeney Todd (Shaw Festival), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Theatre Aquarius), Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, Seussical, James and the Giant Peach (Young People’s Theatre), UnCovered: Queen and Bowie, UnCovered: Simon & Garfunkel (The Musical Stage Company), Dream a Little Dream, Shrek (Grand Theatre), Chicago, Twist and Shout (Drayton Entertainment), Next to Normal (Citadel Theatre/Theatre Calgary co-production), The Rocky Horror Show, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago (Mayfield), Hunchback (Catalyst Theatre). Training: Robert is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA program. Online: Twitter: @ robert_markus. Et cetera: Robert would like to thank his family, friends, TH and Jen for their constant support. 23 ACTING COMPANY

TREVOR PATT ERICA PECK JENNIFER RIDER-SHAW SAYER ROBERTS STEVE ROSS

TREVOR PATT 2018: Ian Bell in The Music Man and Eddie/Dr. Everett Scott in The Rocky Horror Show. Third season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, Shakespeare in Love. Elsewhere: The Wizard of Oz, Shrek: The Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Grand Theatre); Billy Elliot (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival/Citadel); Les Misérables, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins (Rainbow Stage); The Sound of Music, 9 to 5: The Musical (Drayton Entertainment); Robin Hood, High School Musical (Theatre Aquarius); The Last Christmas Turkey (Theatre Orangeville); Made in Canada (Smile Theatre); Broadway: Andrew Lloyd Webber (Port Hope); An Evening with Jason Robert Brown (Glenn Gould Studio); Come From Away (CMTP/Sheridan). Training: Proud graduate of Sheridan’s Music Theatre Performance Program and George Brown’s Dance Program. Et cetera: Love and thanks to the Talent House, Jade, and my family for their constant support.

ERICA PECK 2018: Magenta/Usherette in The Rocky Horror Show and member of the Second Track. Second season. Stratford: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy), Wanderlust (Swing). Elsewhere: We Will Rock You (Scaramouche and Oz) (Canadian company and U.S. national tour); Kinky Boots (understudy Lauren, Nichola) (Canadian company and U.S. national tour); Les Belles-Soeurs (Pierrette) (national tour); The Boys in the Photograph (Mary) (world première, Mirvish); Hairspray (Penny), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Songs for a New World (Woman 1), The Wedding Singer (Julia). Backup Vocals: Queen, The Killers. Training: Cawthra Park School of the Arts, Sheridan College. Online: Instagram: WildthingVintage. Et cetera: Owner of WildthingVintage, an online vintage shop out of Toronto. Love to the Talent House family, Marat Maxutov, Mom, Dad and Pluto, and Robin Black – my favorite rockstar and perfect match. Don’t dream it. Be it.

JENNIFER RIDER-SHAW 2018: Alma Hix in The Music Man and Janet in The Rocky Horror Show. Eighth season. Stratford: HMS Pinafore (Josephine), A Chorus Line (Maggie), A Little Night Music (Quintet), The Sound of Music, Carousel, Tommy (Sally Simpson), Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer), Much Ado About Nothing, Jesus Christ Superstar, Camelot, Kiss Me, Kate, Evita. Workshop: The Greenwood Tree. Elsewhere: For Yes Theatre: Carrie: The Musical (Chris). For RMTC: Cabaret (Frenchie). For the Charlottetown Festival: Anne of Green Gables (Josie Pye). For the Grand Theatre: Elf. For Ross Petty Productions: Robin Hood. For Theatre Aquarius: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Recordings: Carousel cast recording, Stratford (2015). Training: Music Theatre Performance (Sheridan Institute), Acting (Red Deer College). Online: Twitter: @RiderShaw. Et cetera: Thanks to Bruce and the Talent House gang, Dad, Mom and Robert – love you!

SAYER ROBERTS 2018: Oliver Hix in The Music Man and Brad in The Rocky Horror Show. Second season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore (2017). Elsewhere: Marius in Les Misérables (Arts Club Theatre Company); Johnny B. in Red Rock Diner (Drayton Entertainment); Curly in Oklahoma! and Barnaby in Hello, Dolly! (RMTC); Forever Plaid (Starvox); Barrett in Titanic (TUTS); Rolf in The Sound of Music (Gateway). TV: Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Reign (CW). Training: Capilano University in Vancouver, B.C. Online: @roberts.the.sayer. Et cetera: When not singing in four-part harmony and wearing high heels, Sayer is climbing everything in sight with the gang at Pursuit OCR in Toronto or training with any sword he gets his hands on. Heaps of gratitude to the gang at TH and two of the finest parentals around.Cariad, rwy’n dy garu di.

STEVE ROSS 2018: Mayor Shinn in The Music Man and Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show. 15th season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Shakespeare in Love, Hamlet, The Alchemist, Man of La Mancha, Crazy for You, Tommy, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Street, The Grapes of Wrath, The Misanthrope, Kiss Me, Kate, Evita, Cyrano de Bergerac, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odyssey, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus. Elsewhere: Fleeto, Oh, the Humanity (Tiny Room); London Road (Dora Award), Indian Ink, Into the Woods, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage); Assassins (TIFT/Birdland); Orson’s Shadow (Pilot Group); A New Brain (Musical Stage Company); Shrek, A Christmas Story (Grand); The Producers (Mirvish, Neptune); Seussical, Sylvia (Aquarius); The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Citadel); The Foursome, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (New Stages); Three Sisters (ATF). Training: National Theatre School. 24 ACTING COMPANY

JASON SERMONIA KIMBERLY-ANN TRUONG

JASON SERMONIA 2018: Clarence Clayton Hix in The Music Man and Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show. Sixth season. Stratford: A Chorus Line, The Hypochondriac, As You Like It, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Jesus Christ Superstar, Camelot, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes. Elsewhere: Miss Saigon revival, Jesus Christ Superstar revival (Broadway); The Lion King (Toronto and Las Vegas); Dirty Dancing (Mirvish); We Will Rock You (Mirvish and U.S. national tour); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse); Mary Poppins (Drayton Entertainment). TV: 71st and 66th Annual Tony Awards; 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards; Dancing with the Stars. Film: Honey (Universal – Billy Woodruff); Oscar- winning movie Chicago (Miramax – Rob Marshall). Awards: Derek F. Mitchell Artistic Director’s Award. Online: Facebook/ Instagram: @JasonSermonia. Et cetera: Love and many thanks to all my friends, family, T House and beautiful wife Melanie.

KIMBERLY-ANN TRUONG 2018: Ethel Toffelmier in The Music Man and Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show. Second season. Stratford: Vicki in A Chorus Line and Fredrika in A Little Night Music. Elsewhere: Ellen/Gigi understudy and Mimi in Miss Saigon (Broadway); Jasmine in Aladdin: The Panto, Eponine understudy/ensemble in Les Misérables (Drayton Entertainment); Rosalia in West Side Story (Rainbow Stage). Training: Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance, Sheridan College, 2015. Awards: Miss Saigon, 2017 Tony Award nominee for Best Revival of a Musical. Instagram: @trukimmy. Et cetera: Happy to be back at the Festival. I’m lucky to call this beautiful place one of my homes. Thanks to my friends, family, AJA and TH for the support. My heart is full.

THE SECOND TRACK In 2018, with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, 13 members of our acting company are devoting part of their season’s work to a program of artistic exploration known as the “Second Track.” This program is conducted under the auspices of the Laboratory, the Stratford Festival’s research and development initiative. THE BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY FOR CLASSICAL THEATRE Stephen Ouimette leads this intensive professional training program that nurtures talented young actors for a future in classical theatre. Selected by audition, participants are usually graduates of an accredited theatre training program who have at least two years’ professional experience. Upon completion of the program – which includes, among other activities, classes in voice, movement and text with Festival coaches and distinguished guest instructors – participants are offered places in the following season’s acting company. Twenty-seven members of this season’s company are past participants. The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre is made possible by the support of the Birmingham family, the Stratford Festival Endowment Foundation and the Department of Canadian Heritage. The 2018 in-season work of Conservatory participants is supported by the Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund, by the Chicago Associates of the Stratford Festival and by John & Therese Gardner.

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JOSEPH ABETRIA C.J. ASTRONOMO LAURA BURTON STEPHEN COTA STEPHAN DICKSON

JOSEPH ABETRIA 2018: Assistant costume designer of The Rocky Horror Show. Second season. Stratford: Assistant costume designer of Romeo and Juliet, 2017. Elsewhere: Two Indians, The Seduction Theory (Sarasvàti Productions); Last Train to Nibroc, Billy Elliot – assistant costume designer (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Richard III (Shakespeare in the Ruins); Iceland (Theatre Projects Manitoba); Concord Floral, Vinegar Tom, The Cassilis Engagement (University of Winnipeg). Training: Honours BA from University of Winnipeg with a focus on theatre design and production.

C.J. ASTRONOMO 2018: Assistant lighting designer of The Rocky Horror Show, Coriolanus and Napoli Milionaria! Seventh season. Stratford (selected): The School for Scandal; HMS Pinafore; The Breathing Hole; The Komagata Maru Incident; All My Sons; Alice Through the Looking- Glass; Blithe Spirit; 42nd Street; Charlie Brown; Wanderlust. Elsewhere: Selected lighting design: Acha Bacha (Theatre Passe Muraille); The Crucible (Hart House); the marquise of O (the red light district); The Rocky Horror Show (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Post Eden (Suburban Beast); Oh, the Humanity… (Outside the March); Serious Money (Nightwood Theatre). Selected associate lighting: Alice Through the Looking-Glass (Charlottetown Festival); Gimme Shelter (Why Not Theatre); HER2 (Nightwood Theatre). Training: BFA – Ryerson Theatre School. Awards: 2015 SummerWorks Award for Design; T.H.E.A.T.R.E. Award (RTS 2009); Paul Eck Award (RTS 2008); Audit Stub Award (RTS 2008); C.J. has also been nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award. Et cetera: “Mahal kita, Nanay.”

LAURA BURTON 2018: Music director of The Rocky Horror Show. 39th season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Mother Courage and Her Children, Charlie Brown, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Composer of numerous productions including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Memoir and Inherit the Wind. Elsewhere: Musical director: Rich and Famous (director John Rando), A Christmas Carol (director Carey Perloff) (ACT San Francisco); Oliver!, The Music Man (Citadel Theatre, director Robin Phillips); Brent Carver in Concert (Soulpepper). Composer: I Am My Own Wife (NAC); Don Carlos (Soulpepper); Cyrano (Citadel Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia). Awards: 2014 Tyrone Award and five Guthrie Awards (Stratford Festival), two Sterling Awards (Citadel) and nominated for Music Direction (San Francisco Bay Awards).

STEPHEN COTA 2018: Associate choreographer of The Music Man and associate choreographer and assistant director of The Rocky Horror Show. 13th season. Stratford: Associate choreographer of Guys and Dolls; choreographer of Romeo and Juliet, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Hypochondriac; Larry in and assistant choreographer of A Chorus Line; assistant choreographer of The Sound of Music; Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Tommy, Fiddler on the Roof (2013, 2000), 42nd Street, The Pirates of Penzance, Kiss Me, Kate, Evita, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, West Side Story, The Music Man, Moby Dick, Oklahoma!, My One and Only, Oliver!, South Pacific; choreographer: Cynthia Dale in Concert: Outside Looking In. Elsewhere: Assistant choreographer of West Side Story (Vancouver Opera); White Christmas, Annie (Drayton Entertainment); Mel Brooks’s The Producers (Canon Theatre). Et cetera: Stephen would like to thank his family for their constant support, especially his wife, Rachel.

STEPHAN DICKSON 2018: Assistant choreographer of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Choreographer credits: My Fair Lady, Robin Hood the Panto (Capitol Theatre), Rock of Ages, Rumours and Dreams (SWC), Fare Trade (Bell TV), Odd Squad (TVO), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Rose Theatre), The Full Monty, Peter Pan (CCMP), Tweed: The Musical (Tweed & Company), The Rocky Horror Show (The LOT), Hit That Jive, Jack (H&S Foundation). Associate choreographer: Grand Hotel (Shanghai, China), Forever Plaid (Rose Theatre), Ragtime (CCMP). Assistant choreographer: In the Heights (Sheridan Theatre), Once on This Island (Acting Up Stage), TIFF thanks you (Cineplex Theatres). Training: The Randolph Academy, Canadian Dance Company. Et cetera: Huge thanks to Donna, Steve, Ann, Franklin, Laura, the cast and the crew. Also thanks to Bruce and the T-House team. Love to my family, friends, Lil L and Big E. 27 ARTISTIC COMPANY

DONNA FEORE MICHAEL GIANFRANCESCO MICHAEL HART BRIAN KENNY HOLLY KORHONEN

DONNA FEORE 2018: Director and choreographer of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. 24th season. Stratford: Director and choreographer of Guys and Dolls, The Madwoman of Chaillot, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Crazy for You, Fiddler on the Roof, Charlie Brown, Cyrano de Bergerac, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, My Fair Lady (choreographer). Elsewhere: Director and choreographer: The Hockey Sweater: A Musical (world première, Segal Centre). Creative producer and director: Life Reflected: a multimedia orchestral project (world première, National Arts Centre Orchestra). Director: Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NACO); Yorkville (world première, Blyth Festival); The Very Best of Broadway with Audra McDonald, Marvin Hamlisch; Rock ’n’ Roll, It’s a Wonderful Life (Canadian Stage); Lecture on the Weather, A Soldier’s Tale with F. Murray Abraham (Detroit Symphony Orchestra); Mozart: A Life in Letters (Toronto Symphony Orchestra); Annie Get Your Gun (Massey Hall). Choreographer: Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company/Opéra National de Lyon); Tosca, Red Emma, Oedipus Rex (Dora Award) (COC). Film/TV: Politics Is Cruel, Mean Girls, Eloise, Martin and Lewis, Stormy Weather, Romeo and Juliette, Don Giovanni Unmasked. Upcoming: Director and choreographer of The Hockey Sweater: A Musical (National Arts Centre, December 2018). Et cetera: I wish to express my gratitude to my incredible team and thank my family, Colm, Jack, Thomas and Anna, for their unconditional love and support.

MICHAEL GIANFRANCESCO 2018: Set designer of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. 15th season. Stratford: Guys and Dolls, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Hosanna, The Comedy of Errors, An Ideal Husband – set; A Chorus Line, Bunny, The Sound of Music, Christina, The Girl King, Taking Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, Edward II, The Triumph of Love – set and costumes. Elsewhere: Designs for the Shaw Festival, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, Canadian Stage, Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet of Canada, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Tarragon Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, The Grand Theatre, Studio 180, Acting Up Stage, Segal Centre, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre. Michael’s set design for Cabaret at the Shaw Festival was featured at the 2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.

MICHAEL HART 2018: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre and stage manager of The Rocky Horror Show. 22nd season. Stratford: The Madwoman of Chaillot, Timon of Athens, The Adventures of Pericles, Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, The Tempest (starring Christopher Plummer), The Importance of Being Earnest and King Lear (both starring Brian Bedford), The Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Fallen Angels, A Delicate Balance, The Duchess of Malfi, The Liar, The Swanne (all three parts), High-Gravel- Blind, Eternal Hydra. Elsewhere: Silence (Grand), Heisenberg, Liv Stein (Canadian Stage), Constellations (Centaur/Canadian Stage), Body Politic (Buddies), The Death of the King (Modern Times), The Winter’s Tale (Groundling 2016), Bombay Black (Factory), Manon, Sandra and the Virgin Mary (Pleiades), Saint Carmen of The Main (NAC/Canadian Stage), Romeo and Juliet (NAC), Mother Courage and Her Children (NAC/MTC), Wit (Centaur), Real Live Girl (MTC Warehouse), Hamlet (Neptune).

BRIAN KENNY 2018: Assistant sound designer of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. Stratford debut. Brian is a designer for theatre from Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Elsewhere (selected): Sound design credits include Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland), Tibb’s Eve, Chapel Arm (Mindless Theatrics), Mamma Mia!, The Last Five Years (Theatre St. John’s), Sherlock, The Haunted Hillbilly, Ballad of the Young Offender (SideMart Theatrical Grocery). Training: The National Theatre School of Canada, Sheridan College, The Banff Centre.

HOLLY KORHONEN 2018: Assistant stage manager of The Rocky Horror Show and Napoli Milionaria! 17th season. Stratford: Assistant stage manager: Timon of Athens, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, A Little Night Music, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Blithe Spirit, Mary Stuart, Charlie Brown, The Pirates of Penzance, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Misanthrope, Kiss Me, Kate, Dangerous Liaisons, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ever Yours, Oscar, Cabaret, My One and Only, The Comedy of Errors, South Pacific, Oliver!, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Edward II, The Count of Monte Cristo, Anything Goes, Henry VI. Stage manager: Birmingham Conservatory, 2006, 2007. Awards: Recipient of the Tanya Award and three Guthrie Awards. Et cetera: Holly would like to thank her partner, Steve, and their children, Jennica and Jackson, for all their love and support.

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PETER McBOYLE GREGORY McLAUGHLIN JAMIE NESBITT DANA OSBORNE JOSHUA QUINLAN

PETER McBOYLE 2018: Sound designer of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. 23rd season. Stratford (selected): Over 60 productions including Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, The Madwoman of Chaillot, A Chorus Line, Shakespeare in Love, A Little Night Music, The Sound of Music, Carousel, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Fiddler on the Roof, Henry V, Tempest, A Word or Two. Elsewhere: Peter has worked at most of the major Canadian theatres and in U.S. cities such as New York, Las Vegas, Boston, Dallas and Atlanta. His Broadway credits include Come Fly Away and Barrymore and his tours include Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can, Come Fly Away, Legally Blonde and West Side Story. Training: BA, MA in Music (McGill). Awards: Suzi (Atlanta), Come Fly Away; Dora nomination, Fire. Et cetera: Thanks to Meghan, Ella and Beatrice for their unending support.

GREGORY McLAUGHLIN 2018: Assistant stage manager of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. Third season. Stratford: Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Breath of Kings: Redemption, production assistant for the Tom Patterson Theatre. Elsewhere: Lear, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure (Groundling Theatre); The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Soulpepper Theatre); Bedtime Stories (The Orillia Opera House); Colours in the Storm, Art, Les Misérables (The Grand Theatre); Oleanna (Matchstick Theatre); Bombay Black (Factory Theatre); Our Eliza, By the Dark of the Moon, Making Contact, Diligent River Daughter (Ship’s Company Theatre). Film/TV: This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Training: Mount Allison University. Et cetera: Gregory is a feminist, a mental-health advocate and an ally who supports the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.

JAMIE NESBITT 2018: Projection designer of The Rocky Horror Show. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Jamie designs across North America and Europe. His résumé includes Canadian Stage, NAC, Soulpepper, Vancouver Playhouse, Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Palazzo Circus (Berlin), Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show, Bard on the Beach, Arts Club, Charlottetown Festival, Electric Company, Kidd Pivot (Germany/ Canada), Pacific Opera, Opera de Quebec, Company 14 (New York), Vancouver Opera, Why Not, Neptune, The Belfry, Old Trouts, ARC, Cahoots, PTE, Touchstone, Vertigo, Pi Theatre, Theatre Network, Birdland, Rumble Productions, Gateway, Green Thumb, Yukon Arts Centre, and many more. Graduate of Studio 58. Awards: Eight Jessie nominations, one Jessie Award, three Critter nominations, two Critter Awards, two Sterling nominations, five Betty nominations, two Betty Mitchell Awards, one Capital Critics Award, 2008 Mayor Arts Award (Vancouver), 2007 Sam Payne Award, 2006 Earl Klein Memorial Scholarship. Online: jamienesbitt.com.

DANA OSBORNE 2018: Costume designer of The Music Man and The Rocky Horror Show. 18th season. Stratford: Costume designer of 20 productions including Guys and Dolls. Set and costume designer: Timon of Athens, Henry IV, Part 1. Elsewhere: Upcoming and recent credits: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Citadel); A Christmas Carol (Ross Petty); The Hound of the Baskervilles, Androcles and the Lion (Shaw); Bed and Breakfast (GCTC, Arts Club, Belfry, Centaur); The Barber of Seville (Pacific Opera/Opéra de Québec); Picture This, Father Comes Home From the Wars parts 1, 2 and 3 (Soulpepper). Awards: Two Dora Awards for Costume Design, 2012 recipient of the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design. Online: danaosborne.ca. Instagram: @danaosbornedesign.

JOSHUA QUINLAN 2018: Assistant designer of Paradise Lost and assistant set designer of An Ideal Husband, The Rocky Horror Show, Coriolanus and Napoli Milionaria! Second season. Stratford: Assistant set designer: HMS Pinafore, Treasure Island and The School for Scandal. Elsewhere: Five Alarm, Buying the Moose, This One, The Drawer Boy, The Melville Boys (set design, Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Bedtime Stories, Lion in the Streets, Blue Stockings, Nine Girls (set design, University of Windsor); Spring Awakening (set and costume design, Machinery of Night Co.); set designs for An Enemy of the People, Don Giovanni, In Here Out There and As You Like It, costume designs for Stupid F*cking Bird, The Norwegians (The Ohio State University). Training: MFA Theatre Design, The Ohio State University; BA Honours Drama, University of Windsor; Off the Wall Production Arts Program.Awards: 2017 Ian and Molly Lindsay Design Fellow, Stratford Festival; 2015 Peggy Ezekiel Award of Distinction in Set Design, USITT. Online: joshuaquinlan.com. 29 ARTISTIC COMPANY

JANINE RALPH BETH RUSSELL ALIA STEPHEN MICHAEL WALTON MAXWELL T. WILSON

JANINE RALPH 2018: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre. 28th season. Stratford: Last season Janine was the production stage manager of the Tom Patterson Theatre and takeover assistant stage manager of The Changeling. Past Stratford Festival credits include stage manager of a variety of productions at the Festival, Tom Patterson and Avon theatres and the Masonic Hall. Elsewhere: Janine stage-managed at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore and production-managed for Singapore Repertory Theatre. She has worked on the Asian Games’ ceremonies in Qatar; in various theatres in Ontario, including Young People’s Theatre; and for CBC TV in Toronto and BBC TV in England.

BETH RUSSELL 2018: Casting director of the Stratford Festival. 10th season. Elsewhere: Beth Russell’s varied career spans more than 30 years. In addition to casting, she has been an artists’ agent, co-producer of CBC-TV’s Triple Sensation, Senior Vice President: Casting and Creative Development for Livent, National Casting Director for CBC Radio Drama and Artistic Associate for Toronto Arts Productions (now Canadian Stage). As casting director, Ms Russell has been responsible for Broadway and West End premières of productions including Parade, Ragtime, Show Boat and Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Show Boat, Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love and The Phantom of the Opera in Canada, the United States, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

ALIA STEPHEN 2018: Assistant lighting designer of An Ideal Husband, The Rocky Horror Show and Julius Caesar. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Having worked primarily in Vancouver and the U.K., credits include lighting design for Alternative Routes (National Dance Company Wales), PROUD, People Like Us (Firehall Arts Centre), Supernatural Noir (Fugue Theatre), Adding Machine: The Musical (Pipedream), set/lighting design for Cabaret (Pipedream), set/lighting/projection design for Secret Service (Fugue Theatre), assistant lighting design for Topdog/Underdog, Boeing Boeing, Henry and Alice Into the Wild, Circle Mirror Transformation (Arts Club), Blue Box (Nightswimming) and assistant projection design for Falstaff(Bard on the Beach). Training: Currently completing thesis work for MA in Lighting Design, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. BFA in Theatre Production and Design, UBC. Diploma in Technical Theatre, Capilano University. Online: aliastephen.com.

MICHAEL WALTON 2018: Lighting designer of The Tempest, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show and Napoli Milionaria! 14th season. Stratford (selected): Guys and Dolls, The School for Scandal, Tartuffe, Macbeth (2009, 2016), A Chorus Line, The Hypochondriac, Hamlet (2008, 2015), The Sound of Music, Oedipus Rex, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2009, 2014), Othello, Fiddler on the Roof, The Matchmaker, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, As You Like It. Elsewhere: The Humans (Citadel/Canadian Stage); A Christmas Carol, Enron (NAC); Jenufa, Maria Stuarda, Albert Herring (Pacific Opera Victoria); Così Fan Tutte (Canadian Opera Company); A Word or Two with Christopher Plummer (CTG/Stratford, Los Angeles); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways (La Jolla Playhouse); Liv Stein, Julie, The Other Place, Harper Regan, Venus in Fur (Canadian Stage); Mary Poppins, Next to Normal (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Chimerica (RMTC/Canadian Stage).

MAXWELL T. WILSON 2018: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre and stage manager of An Ideal Husband. 20th season. Stratford: Selected productions: Treasure Island, The Breathing Hole, Breath of Kings: Rebellion, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, The Three Musketeers, Taking Shakespeare, Henry V, Hosanna, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cabaret, South Pacific, My One and Only, The Winter’s Tale and Death of a Salesman. Elsewhere: Max’s career spans over 30 years, including work with Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Opera Ontario, Opera Atelier, the Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage, Young People’s Theatre and Mirvish Productions on The Who’s Tommy. Training: BA, University of Lethbridge. Awards: 2012 Guthrie Award. Et cetera: For a change, Max works with a leading purveyor of orchid-growing supplies at ravenvision.ca.

30 THE MICHAEL LANGHAM WORKSHOP FOR CLASSICAL DIRECTION Overseen by Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director, and Martha Henry, Director of the Michael Langham Workshop, this program offers an unparalleled opportunity for directors in the mid-stages of their careers to develop their craft within the rich artistry of the Stratford Festival. Each participant works as the assistant director on one production in the season, as well as being offered classes focused on the classics. In the fall, selected participants direct a short piece of classical theatre performed for an invited audience. Participants and alumni this season: Graham Abbey, Mikaela Davies, Andrew Kushnir, Carson Nattrass, Ron Pederson, Tyler J. Seguin, Jennifer Stewart, Laura Vingoe-Cram, Lezlie Wade, James Wallis, Ted Witzel We extend our thanks to the Department of Canadian Heritage, Johanna Metcalf and the George Cedric Metcalf Foundation and the Philip and Berthe Morton Foundation. The Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction is sponsored by

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31 A SALUTE TO OUR DONORS The Stratford Festival truly appreciates the generosity and commitment of our donors. Gifts made by these extraordinary individuals, corporations and foundations guarantee the excellence that patrons have come to expect from the Festival.

CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP

Honorary Campaign Chair: The Honourable Michael Meighen Campaign Co-Chairs: Ophelia Lazaridis and Dr. M. Lee Myers

Steering Committee: Campaign Cabinet: Dr. M. Lee Myers, Steering Committee Chair Daniel S. Bernstein Daniel S. Bernstein, Past Chair, Board of Governors Sylvia D. Chrominska Sylvia D. Chrominska, Chair, Board of Governors Robert H. Gorlin Tim MacDonald, Building Committee Chair Beth Kronfeld Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director Dr. M. Lee Myers Anita Gaffney, Executive Director Rick Orr Rachel Smith-Spencer, Director of Advancement Dr. Cecil Rorabeck Carol Stephenson Donald Woodley

As we embark on this remarkable journey to build the new Tom Patterson Theatre Centre, we pay special tribute to those listed below who have made campaign gifts. This listing reflects gifts made up to January 31, 2018.

$10,000,000 to $500,000 to $999,999 Tom & Rosemary Logan Rita Healey Grave $19,999,999 Sylvia D. Chrominska The Maranger Family David Kew Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster Tim & Alexandra MacDonald April Oakes & Kevin Turner* Ontario Media Development Ophelia Lazaridis Martie & Bob Sachs* Barbara & John Schubert* Corporation John & Arlene Lewis* The Schubert Family* Dr. Philip & Mrs. Maureen Price $5,000,000 to Donald & Janice Woodley Christina & Paul Ross* $9,999,999 $250,000 to $499,999 Stratford & Area Bed & Breakfast Kelly & Michael Meighen and Dr. Desta Leavine $25,000 to $49,999 Association the T.R. Meighen Family Dr. M.L. Myers Mary Winton Green* Foundation Carol Stephenson OC Mary Stowell* *Gifts received through the Anonymous (1) $2,500,000 to $100,000 to $249,999 Festival of America $4,999,999 John & Judith Grant $10,000 to $24,999 Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Brent & Marilyn Kelman Breen Bentley $1,000,000 to Cathy Riggall & Keith Potter Peter & Mary Calamai Esther & Sam Sarick Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* In addition, the Stratford $2,499,999 Chip & Barbara Vallis Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Parnassus Foundation, courtesy Festival would like to thank In memory of Shawn Misener of Jane & Raphael Bernstein* $50,000 to $99,999 both the Government of Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Colin Baxter & Ruth Harris Up to $9,999 Canada and the Government Janet & Richard Lint Antoni Cimolino & Brigit Wilson Bill & Cecilia Davies of Ontario, which have each Andy & Helen Spriet Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker Linda Medland Davis & Jeff Davis contributed $20 million to Jane Fryman Laird* Diane & Rob Fried* this project.

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We are grateful to the many individuals and foundations PETROLIA who support our work and are honoured to acknowledge the cumulative gifts and pledges of a very special group of LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR committed donors whose contributions over the years have Artistic Directors: David Hogan & David Rogers truly made a difference. Good Ol' Country Gospel Commitments received by January 31, 2018

$20,000,000+ Sandra & Jim Pitblado Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis The Schulich Foundation Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* $10,000,000 to Mary Winton Green & the late $19,999,999 David Green* Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster* Kelly & Michael Meighen and $1,000,000 to April 24 - May 13 the T.R. Meighen Family $2,499,999 Foundation Sylvia D. Chrominska Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Willy Russel's Shirley Valentine starring Nora $5,000,000 to Rita & Rudy Koehler McLellan $9,999,999 Janet & Richard Lint The Birmingham Family The J.W. McConnell Family Robert G.E. Murray & the late Foundation Marion Murray Dr. M.L. Myers & the late W.P. Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Hayman $2,500,000 to Martie & Bob Sachs* $4,999,999 Andy & Helen Spriet The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund Matilda R. Wilson Fund* Jane & Raphael Bernstein and the Anonymous (2) May 22 - June 10 Parnassus Foundation* Estate of Mona Louise Campbell *Gifts received through the ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Estate of Estelle H. Cohen* Festival of America. THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER

PLEDGES AND GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATED ANNUAL PROJECTS June 19 - July 8 THE ANDREWS BROTHERS FOR THE 2018 SEASON By Roger Bean Commitments received by January 31, 2018 A MADCAP MUSICAL COMEDY $1,000,000 to The Slaight Family Foundation $2,499,999 Sylvia Soyka Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen The Westaway Charitable $250,000 to $999,999 Foundation Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster* Catherine & David Wilkes July 17 - Aug 3 The Schulich Foundation Anonymous (1) Anonymous (1) $25,000 to $49,999 The POWER of SONG $100,000 to $249,999 Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall with DAVID ROGERS & Friends The Birmingham Family Sylvia D. Chrominska The John & Myrna Daniels John & Therese Gardner* Charitable Foundation Nona Macdonald Heaslip The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb The Philip & Berthe Morton Family Foundation* Foundation Sandra & Jim Pitblado Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Hayman Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Dr. Robert & Roberta Sokol* August 14 - 26 Anonymous (1) Alice & Tim Thornton* $50,000 to $99,999 Diana Tremain Larry Enkin & Family in memory of John H. Whiteside MARK PAYNE'S East Coast KITCHEN PARTY Sharon Enkin $10,000 to $24,999 M. Fainer Estate of Frederick John Bradley Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* The Hitz Foundation* The Harkins/Manning Families in The Richard A. Huntley Trust* memory of Jim & Susan Harkins Sandra Rotman in honour of Louis The Henry White Kinnear Applebaum Foundation Dr. Desta Leavine in memory of $1,000 to $9,999 Sept 4 - 23 Pauline Leavine S. M. Blair Family Foundation The Catherine and Maxwell The Bruce Hotel Meighen Foundation Robert & Phyllis Couzin 1.800.717.7694 Jane Petersen Burfield & Family The Muriel Kassimatis Fund Season Sponsor Martie & Bob Sachs* Tom & Rosemary Logan Barbara & John Schubert* Anonymous (1)* thevpp.ca

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$1,000,000 to Foundation Cecil & Linda Rorabeck The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation* $2,499,999 The Catherine & Maxwell The late Bunny Skelly George & Nancy Taylor Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis Meighen Foundation Dr. Robert & Roberta Sokol* Rheo Thompson Candies The late Frank & Mrs. Nancy Alice & Tim Thornton* Albert M. Williams $250,000 to $999,999 Moore* Diana Tremain Anonymous (1)* Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster* Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. John H. Whiteside Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Hayman Dr. Louis & Mary Jane Zako, $1,000 to $9,999 The Schulich Foundation Jane Petersen Burfield & Family in celebration of our 60th The Morris & Beverly Baker Anonymous (1) Martie & Bob Sachs* wedding anniversary Foundation Estate of Mrs. Mildred Joan $100,000 to $249,999 Esther & Sam Sarick Barbara & John Schubert* $10,000 to $24,999 Beckley The Birmingham Family Richard & Mona Alonzo* The Bruce Hotel Estate of Mona Louise Campbell The Slaight Family Foundation Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen Chicago Associates of the Canada Council for the Arts - The John & Myrna Daniels Stratford Festival* Vida Peene Fund Charitable Foundation The Westaway Charitable Foundation Donner Canadian Foundation Robert & Phyllis Couzin The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Estate of Frederick Charles Farr David B. Edney Family Foundation* Catherine & David Wilkes Anonymous (2) Judy Godfrey & Sheldon Godfrey, The Muriel Kassimatis Fund M.E.H. Foundation C.M. Estate of Alan Richardson Burnett Sandra & Jim Pitblado $25,000 to $49,999 Estate of Thomas Michael Laing The Estate of Stanley Shaw Caitlin Adamson & The Estate of Hammond Hall John & Arlene Lewis* Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Richard Costley-White The Joan & Clifford Hatch Tom & Rosemary Logan Anonymous (1) Lloyd & Marie Barbara Foundation In loving memory of Barbara $50,000 to $99,999 Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall Martha Henry F. Plate* The Frederick C. Dixon & Sharon Sylvia D. Chrominska Estate of Marjorie Jack Anne D. & Robert W. Plyler* A. Dixon Trust* The Peter Cundill Foundation In Memory of Ethel M. Janes Elinor Gill Ratcliffe C.M., O.N.L., M. Fainer John & Therese Gardner* Estate of Edith Mary Marr LLD (hc) Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker The McLean Foundation Owner & Staff of Rundles The Harkins/Manning Families in Nona Macdonald Heaslip Don & Jane Mitchener Restaurant memory of Jim & Susan Harkins Estate of Michael Hermiston The Philip & Berthe Morton The Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund* The Henry White Kinnear Max & Helen Jacobs* Foundation Ben, Jennifer & Stanley Foundation Estate of Donna Kathleen Louise April Oakes & Kevin Turner* Silverman* Dr. Desta Leavine in memory of Lunau Onex Corporation Anonymous (1)* Pauline Leavine Johanna Metcalf & the George Estate of Patricia A. Osborn* The Brian Linehan Charitable Cedric Metcalf Charitable Sandra Rotman in honour of Louis Foundation Applebaum

PLAYWRIGHT’S Michael, Jennifer, Kira & Juliet Michael Barnstijn & Louise Diamond Stage Members Stein* MacCallum $6,500 to $13,999 CDN CIRCLE Carol Stephenson OC Nani & Austin Beutel $5,500 to $12,499 USD Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen Stephanie & Fred Bishop* Artistic Director’s Circle Dr. Robert Close David L. Adams Sapphire Stage Members Nicole C. Eaton Bob & Judy Astley Members $22,000 to $24,999 CDN $100,000+ Margaret & Jim Fleck Charles L. Babcock IV & Nancy W. $20,000 to $24,999 USD The late Judge Thomas P. Griesa* Hamilton* The Schulich Foundation Jane & Raphael Bernstein and the Dr. Desta Leavine Robert Badun & Justice Eileen Platinum Stage Members Parnassus Foundation* Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Gillese $50,000 to $99,999 Jennifer Birmingham Arlene & John Lewis* Charles & Marilyn Baillie James R. & the late Mrs. Margaret Dr. Richard Mackler Colin Baxter & Ruth Harris Ruby Stage Members Bridgeland* Margaret & Lawrence Marsland Kaye & Paul Beeston Delia M. Moog John & Heather Bennett $25,000 to $49,999 Michael & Kelly Meighen April Oakes & Kevin Turner* Louise Morwick & Lynn Miller Lee & Paul Blizman* Sheila & Don Bayne Cecil & Linda Rorabeck Noel Mowat Mark Boyle & Carole Ann Antoni Cimolino & Brigit Wilson Carmi & Chris Murphy* O’Connell Miles Gilburne & Nina Zolt* Emerald Stage Members Pitblado Family Foundation Susan & Hans Brenninkmeyer Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin* $14,000 to $21,999 CDN Denis Schuthe & Lynne Dubeau Ed Brice & Vita Weir* Hartman & Brenda Krug $12,500 to $19,999 USD Shaukat Mangalji & Nargis John W. & Rosemary K. Brown* Tarmohamed George & Martha Butterfield Sandra & Jim Pitblado Richard & Mona Alonzo Family Peter & Carol Walters* William Chapman Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Fund* Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Anonymous (1) Barbara Crook & Dan Greenberg

35 through the Danbe Foundation Dr. David Bach & Judy Hoenich Joan F. Ivory Helen & John Scott Carl Cucco & Blythe Lee* Peter & Marilyn Balan Trisha Jackson & Ramsay Derry Marilyn & Wes Scott William Dillane & Rena Bedard Laurie Barrett Norman Jewison Kenneth G. Shelley* John & Debbie Erb* Elin & Barry Becker Dr. Donald & Christina Jolly Sandor & Mary Shoichet* Geoffrey & Keenie Fieger* Margret A. Beekel* George H. Jones & Vivienne Lee* A. Britton Smith Glenna & George Fierheller Carole Belcher Douglas & Mary Kahn* Bradbrooke & Renée Smith Donald & Cathy Fogel* The Bennett Family Foundation in Mark Kamstra & Lisa Kramer Dr. Robert J. & Roberta Sokol* Gloria Friedman* memory of Avie Bennett Martin Katz* Dr. Diane M. Soubly* Anita Gaffney & Kevin Misener Breen Bentley Danette Gentile Kauffman & Sylvia Soyka John & Therese Gardner* Michael Bernstein & Nandini Diane Adams* Karen & Frederick Spaulding* Heather V. Gibson DasGupta Julia A. Keim* Sandy Stark & Michael Rowlands Dr. David S. Goldbloom & Ron & Elaine Billings Kimberly Kelley* Deirdre Stevenson Dr. Nancy E. Epstein The Birks Family Foundation Ross & Ann Kennedy Janet E. Stewart John & Judith Grant Drs. Sean & Kirsten Blaine Donald W. Kilpatrick Jeanne Sullivan* Dr. Thomas Gray & Linda Bob Boltz* Jim & Diane King Jennifer Surridge MacDonald Terry Boyle & Jim Lawlor Chris & Tom Kujawa* Gerald & Margaret Sutton Ron Gustafson* Bradshaws - Jeremy & Carrie Lee & Susan Lane* Drs. David & Susan Tamblyn Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker Wreford Betty Larkworthy Dr. David Taylor Dan Hagler Family Dr. Deborah Bray Preston & The Lawrason Foundation Nancy & George Taylor Ethel Harris Dr. Daryl K. Heasley Susan Layard Herm & Laurie Thomas* Dr. Jules E. & Josephine Harris* Lynn & Bob Burt* Mrs. Beverley Leaman Dave & Kim Thompson Jane G. Hill Peter & Mary Calamai Donald Lee & Robert De Hoog Anne Toal & Paul Brisson Deanna Horton Craig Campbell Reverend Robert & Mrs. Emily Douglas Trojanowski* Archie & Jean Hunter Kathy & Bernie Campbell* Leland Bettie & Mark Tullis Dick Hurckes & Family* Ellen & Brian Carr Frank Lester* Brady Twiggs* Mrs. Karlene Hussey & Louis Charpentier & Robert Gary Levene & Deborah Eisenberg Douglas & Beverly Valentine Dr. Andrew Hussey Wakefield Susan & Stew Liechti* Jane & Robert Van der Kraan Julie & David Jacobson* Earl & Claude Cherniak The Linden-Fraser Family James van Raalte & Natasha Nancy Jamieson & Bruce Amar Choksi Dr. Jeffrey Loo & Diane Kautz* Pateman Anderson Jean & Joe Chorostecki J. Joseph MacDonald Rick & Virginia Walker Kathleen & David Jerome* Jim & Edna Claydon Nona Macdonald Heaslip Janet K. Welch* Ann & Tom Johnston Charitable John & Pattie Cleghorn James & Connie MacDougall Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Winn Fund* George & Edna Clemans* Paul Maranger & Robert Brown Linda R. Winter* Doug Kennedy Robert A. & Susan E. Cochran* Frederick J. Marker & Anne Dupré James D. Witmer* Margaret D. King Marilyn E. Cook Ken & Diane Marley Dr. Krystyna Wojakowski & Beth L. Kronfeld & Matthew D. Priscilla Costello Dr. Marilyn Marshall Dr. Bruce Murray Means* Cathy & Paul Cotton David & Susan Matter* Donald & Janice Woodley Alexandra & Joe LaCombe* Robert & Phyllis Couzin Richard Matthews & Ann Stasiuk John & Leslie Wright Jane Fryman Laird* Jacqueline Crosby & George Helen McArthur Sylvia Wright Paul & Anne Lake Kerhoulas Don & Marion McDougall Wenda Yenson & Ken Hurdle Peter Letko & Debbie Josephson Robert J. & Janet A. Daniels* Ross & Fran McElroy Mrs. & the late Mr. W. H. Young Dr. Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. H. John Davidson & Cathay George & Anne McFadyen Martha Altschuller Zaritsky* Wittenburg* Weston Graeme & Charlotte McIntosh Jane & Eb Zeidler Tom & Rosemary Logan Patricia G. Debrusk Bob Meinschenk Anonymous (7) Susan & Lawrence Luck* Carol DelZotto Florence Minz Cynthia & Malcolm Macdonald* Patricia Dinsdale Turner* Joan E. Moeller* Silver Stage Members Tim & Alexandra MacDonald Marilynn Scott Doscher* Dr. John Mogan $1,500 to $3,249 CDN Dr. Mario L. & Mrs. Barb Malizia Joseph D. Driskilll & Leslie Bryant Allan Murray & Nancy Caldwell $1,250 to $2,749 USD Kathleen Minor Janet L. Ecker & Derek Nelson The Kitchener & Waterloo The Aaron Family The late Frank & Nancy Moore* William & Nancy Edmunds* Community Foundation - Lewis & Urve Abbott The Northpine Foundation Barbara Evans Ken Murray Fund Abramson/Torrens Family Ellen M. Pearson Ron Farmer & Kathryn Stanley Edward & Judith Narens* Nicola Adair & David Howard Charles Peters* Mark Feldman & Alexandra Hoy Toshi Oikawa Judith M. 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39 David & Jacqueline Rowles* Keith & Nancy Smith Bill & Mary Todt* Dr. & Mrs. Mark Wilkinson Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Montagu J. Smith Gail Tolley & Mark Yakabuski Brian D. Williams Betty Willis Ruben* Nancy & Leonard Smith through Torcor Management Jim & Susan Williams* Norm & Jo-Anne Russell the Flinn Foundation* James Toy* John Williams & Maureen Leila & John Ryan Robin A. Smith & William F. Ballam* Wayne & Nancy Treitz Atkinson Lorraine & Richard Rzepka* Alma Smitheringale & Ron Durand Deborah Turnbull Jim & Nadine Williamson Paul & Janice Sabourin E.M. Smyth Vernon G. Turner Nila Wilson* Margaret & Mark Salmonowicz* John & Donna Sobura Esther Ullman & Morley Witus* W. Barrie Wilson Susan & Peter Salomonsson Evelyn K. Sommers Frank Uniac Mark Wilton Philippa G. Samworth Virginia Sory Brown* Sandra & Guy Upjohn Nandita & Julian Wise Andy & Patti Santoloce Francesca & William Sosnowsky* Gregory Uss Dr. Valerie N. Wise* Mary & David Saunders Renate & Richard Soulen* Reverend Martin A. Vallely Stan & Ros Witkin William & Meredith Saunderson David Southen & Susan Carlyle Brenda van den Horn & David Bernard & Elene Wolfe Robert Paul Savlov Cecil Southward Frechette Diane Wolfenden Jerome Sawchyn & Marianna Carolyn R. Spencer* Gary & Marie Van Graafeiland* Durhane Wong-Rieger & Fritz Schroeder Christine & Jim St. Lawrence Marcel & Edith van Hulle Rieger Schaljo Family Catherine St. Louis Mr. & Mrs. John T. Joseph Wooden & Linda Girard Frank J. Schauerte* Estate of Helen Allen Stacey VanBrandeghen* Nancy Woods & Huntly Christie Bonnie L. Schepers Drs. John Stanley & Helmut Sharon Vance & Edward Johnson Meredith Woodwark & Tristan David & Judy Schiffman* Reichenbacher Beth Vanderhoeden in memory of Walker Carol & Lionel Schipper Gordon & Elaine Steed Hans Vanderhoeden Lillian & Ronald Wosilait* Dr. Anne Schneider* Apollonia Steele Dr.& Mrs. Philip Vandewalle Dr. Don Wright Jean Schneider & Daniel Hoban* John & Cindy Steep Edmond & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke Bettyjane Wylie Drs. Brynah & Clive Schneider- Andrew Stephens in memory of In memory of Anne Marie Varitek* Stephan Young & Cindy Friedman Margaret Stephens Thomas Verny & Sandra Collier Schoenborn-Young* Monica Scholz John & Norma Stickler* Cathy Vitkauskas Sheralyn E. Yundt The Schreuder Family* Douglas Stinson & Janet Feller Dr. Louise Vitou Ruth Zales & Kenneth Greenfield* Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schubert* Jeff & Tondra Stoller* Kim & Henry Vos Dr. David & Terri Zander* Andre Schuh & Catherine Eustace Doug & Joan Storrey James & Michal Wadsworth* Geoff & Ellen Zeiss The Schumacher Family* Molly & Roger Stotts Henry & Mary Frances Wagner* Walter & Marie Zelasko* Michael & Jane Schwenger William & Janice Stover Drs. William & Bonnie Waldrop* Mary Anne & the late George Zinn* Dave & Jan Scislowicz* Arlo & Judith Straight* Dr. & Mrs. J.R. Walker Carole & Bernard Zucker Dr. Brian D. & Brenda Scott Joyce & Gordon Strauss Norris & the late Marilyn Walker Ted & Lily Zurbrigg Heather & Peter Scott Styles Family Foundation Joyce & Bill Wallace Anonymous (48) Dr. Lisa & Mr. Tom Scott Danielle & David Susser* Leo J. Walsh Thomas & Maryellen Scott* Jean & the late Robert Sutherland Edmund Ward Larry & Lynn Scoville* Jan & Rick Sutin Judy & Kevin Ward Cindy Scratch Louise & Bill Sutton Joan & Jean Waricha* Christine, Richard, Victoria & Vesta Svenson* Dr. & Mrs. James D. Watson Elizabeth Seip Janet C. Swaine Peter Webb & Joan York Gregory Sendi & Kristina Hiatt* Joan & Graham Sweeney Cheryl Weeks-Rosten* Harry & Lillian Seymour Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Sweet* June & David Weind Richard & Janet Shantz H. Bruce & Nancy Sykes Mrs. Mary Weingarden Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Short Denis Sykora Daniel Weinzweig & Nancy Bev Shugg Barbeito & Peter Melinda Szilva & Jeffrey Fila Nightingale Barbeito Tom & Sally Tanton* Paul & Martha Weir Nan L. Shuttleworth Beth & Graham Taylor* Lyman & Deana Welch* Debbie Siegel & Bob Altman* Lynne Taylor June & Michael Welsh Sarane & Bruce K. Siewerth* William & Carol Taylor Mary L. Wermuth* Elizabeth V. Sifton Don & Janet Templeton Katie & Doug Wheeler* Mary Anne Silverthorn Bruce & Gayle Thomas Roger & Sharon Wheeler* Pamela Simmons Bertha Thompson Drummond White & Norah Love Cheryl & Paul Simpson Douglas & Valerie Thompson Ian White John & Marjorie Sinclair Gary & Judy Thompson Mr. & Mrs. R. J. White Drs. Artaj & Judy Singh Gordon & Mary-Anne Thompson* Gerri Whiteley Dr. Shiva Singh & Dr. Cathy George Dr. & Mrs. John Thompson Leslie Clare Whitfield* Dr. Linda Sinnaeve & Andrew George Thomson & Judith Beaman Robert & Marina Whitman* Willburger Wendy & John Thorpe Brian Whittaker & Marieken John & Jill Skinner Dr. M. Lynne Thurling & the late Molenaar Gayle & John Smallbridge Dr. John Treilhard Lois & Terry Wichman Mr. & Mrs. David R. Smith* Edith M. Timken* Dr. Blossom Wigdor C.M. & Dr. The late Doreen M. E. Smith Ron & the late Jacky Tiplady Clayton Switzer

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42 ENDOWMENT DONORS

We thank our generous supporters who have contributed to the Endowment Fund over the past 19 years. Your gifts help ensure the Stratford Festival’s future for all time, and for this we are truly grateful.

Eternity Level The Loris & Theodore Birnkrant James & Florence Gibson Fund Norton & Lucille Wolf $5,000,000+ Fund* Estate of Mary-Jane D. Givens* Donald & Janice Woodley Estate of Helen N. Bradburn* Muriel Goodbrand Anonymous (2) Bruce & Betty Birmingham Cathy & Paul Cotton The late Wilfrid P. Gregory Department of Canadian Heritage Barbara M. & Fred A. Erb* The Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Donations received Hon. Michael A. Meighen & Kelly Gatfield Family Foundation Hacker Fund between November 2016 Meighen Heather Gibson & Allan Dr. Jules & Josephine Harris* and January 31, 2018 Province of Ontario - Arts Massingham The Hay Foundation Gay Allison & Geoff Hancock Endowment Fund Program Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation Desmond Heeley Design Ellen E. Atkinson The Stratford Shakespearean Estate of Joan Ferriss Hatch Internship The Nicholas Barakett Fund Festival of Canada Carol & Ronald Horowitz* Michael Homer & Ann Hébert Frederick & Stephanie Bishop* Epoch Level David Horowitz* Estate of Peter Kilburn The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese $2,000,000 to $4,999,999 Margaret D. King Raj & Shaila Kothari Fund* Jane Fryman Laird* Shraddha, Akshara & Shruti Karen Lynn Cheah The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund The Elizabeth Lang Fund Kothari The Tom & Joanne Cowan Fund Estate of Mrs. Estelle H. Cohen* John & Arlene Lewis* Beth L. Kronfeld* Department of Canadian Heritage David Green & Mary Winton Estate of M. Lenore Mackie Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Friends of the Festival Green* Marcia Matsui & Roger Cotton The Anne Linden Fund Gatfield Family Foundation Dr. Robert G. E. Murray & Marion Dr. Ross & Fran McElroy Fund Sandy Linver & Buddy Kornman* Heather V. Gibson I.N. Murray Fund Dr. E. Duncan McEwan & Dr. Joan Estate of Mary Kathleen Lyle Bill & Bridget Harrison Bursary Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* C. McEwan Mathers Desmond Heeley Design Legacy Level Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, The Michael Mawson Fund Internship dedicated to the memory of Marg Misener Wayne & Leslie Ingram $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 Elizabeth Massey* Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. Raj & Shaila Kothari Rita & Rudy Koehler The R. Samuel McLaughlin Hayman Jane Fryman Laird* The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Thomas & Ellen O’Flaherty* The Elizabeth Lang Fund Foundation Hymie & Roslyn Mida Tom & Connie Orr Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Education Initiatives Fund, in Eugene A. & Lois A. Miller* Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Estate of Lorna Jean Loomis honour of Richard Monette The Mosaic Foundation (of the Phillips, Hager & North Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, Sandra & Jim Pitblado late Rita & Peter Heydon)* Investment Management Ltd. dedicated to the memory of Estate of Michael Murray Laura Pogson Elizabeth Massey* Millennium Level Edwin A. Parsons Cecil & Robert Rabinovitch Hymie & Roslyn Mida $500,000 to $999,999 Kayla & Richard Pechter* Estate of Helen Leonore Roszell The Geoff & Marion Neigh Fund Estate of Dr. Viera Barta Dr. Emma Plattor Carolyn Schiff & Noah Millman* The Estate of Diane Pretzer Frederick & Stephanie Bishop* The Florence Richler Education The Jack Segal Memorial Archival Estate of Myrtle Jean Rose In memory of Susan Harkins Fund Fund The Sachs Family Fund Beryl Ivey & Richard Ivey Martie & Bob Sachs* Estate of B. Julian Sibold The Jack Segal Memorial Archival The Richard Ivey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William J. Saunderson John & Jill Skinner Fund Janet & Richard Lint Estate of Mary Campbell Smith The Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund* Cheryl & Paul Simpson The late Frank & Nancy Moore* Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Sokol* Gordon & Elaine Steed The Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund* Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Fund William H. Somerville Theatre Estate of Nancy G. Steen* The Mary Helen Stoetzner Fund* Deirdre Stevenson Artisans’ Apprenticeship Fund The Mary Helen Stoetzner Fund* The Watson/Osborn Fund* funded by the J. P. Bickell Robert Summers-Gill The David Zussman & Sheridan Century Level Foundation Estate of Dr. Clarke Dewey Wells* Scott Educational Fund $250,000 to $499,999 Andy & Helen Spriet John H. Whiteside Fund Anonymous (1) The Summertime Fund* Max & Mary Wisgerhof* Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall Estate of Caroline Hamilton Tate* Family Fund George & Nancy Taylor Elaine & Michael Davies Mary & George Turnbull The Horace W. Goldsmith William George Vivian Fund STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN Foundation The John & Renata Walker Fund Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Leslie Clare Whitfield* FESTIVAL ENDOWMENT Estate of Marjorie Elizabeth Matilda R. Wilson Fund* Hamilton George & Pearl Zeltzer Family* FOUNDATION Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hurckes* The David Zussman & Sheridan 2018 Lawrence & Margaret Marsland Scott Educational Fund The Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation Lifetime Level OFFICERS Dr. R.G.E. Murray & the late Mrs. $50,000 to $99,999 Chair: Janet Ecker, Ajax, ON Marion Murray The Geoff & Marion Neigh Fund Hope Abelson* DIRECTORS Parnassus Foundation, courtesy J. P. Bickell Foundation of Jane & Raphael Bernstein* In Memory of Frances Wells Robert Badun, Toronto, ON Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Biddinger & Gretchen A. Paul Brisson, London, ON Cecil & Linda Rorabeck Gentile* Sylvia Chrominska, Toronto, ON Butch Blake Fund Estate of J. M. B. Smith* Michael Homer, Toronto, ON The John & Renata Walker Fund Estate of William Earl Boettger The Watson/Osborn Fund* Estate of Charlotte Maud Brown Tim MacDonald, Stratford, ON The Helen & Joseph Weinberger The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese Peter G. Restler, Brooklyn, NY Fund* Fund Cathy Riggall, Stratford, ON The late M. Joan Chalmers, C.C., Dynasty Level O. Ont. Kim Shannon, Toronto, ON $100,000 to $249,999 The Eve Cork Fund Chip Vallis, Stratford, ON The Tom & Joanne Cowan Fund Mr. & Mrs. G. John Adamson Bob & Jan Daniels* Address: c/o Corporate Secretary, Stratford The Avalon Fund Charles & Margaret Dingman Festival, P.O. Box 520, Stratford, ON N5A 6V2 The Nicholas Barakett Fund La & Philip Engel* Margret A. Beekel*

43 TRIBUTE GIFTS

In Honour of… Sharon McCue Joseph Garlock Marge McKillican 2018 Stratford Festival Staff & Mary Mogford & Tom Campbell Christine Goad Ann E. McPhee Company Stephen Ouimette Nuala Goldberg Franklin H. Moore Jr Elin Becker Victoria Parkinson Maurice Good Marion & Geoff Neigh Greg Borotsik Lucy Peacock Sybil Hagerman Phyllis Neilson Sharon Butler Valerie Pinder Judith Harper Virginia Offen Sara Farb Kathi Posliff Bill & Bridget Harrison Dorothy M. Oliver Elizabeth Gaffney David Prosser Brenda Ingratta Betty Paxson Rob Gorlin Bob & Martie Sachs C. Arlene Innes Nicholas Pennell Margaret Hayes Esther & Sam Sarick Winnifred Lachman Johnson Robert J. Potters Martha Henry Christine Seip Sheila & Barry Katz John Henry Rogers Donald Hughes Rachel Smith-Spencer Donald Keim Betty Paxson Stephanie Johns Rena Tallis Donna Jean Baker Carol & Edmund Schofield Cathy Kemp Scott Wentworth Eleanor Kenney Jay A. Siegel Jane Laird Antoine Yared Jay Klassen Steve Tatrallyay Rev. Robert K. & Mrs. Emily Hans Kohlund VaDeene Titus In Memory of… Dr. Thomas Lofft Helen Wake Leland Donna Jean Baker Arlene Lewis Brenda Louws Louise Wheatley Brooks Davis Peter Dean Marlatt Henry Wiseman Heather Martin Mary Dyment

2017 STRATFORD FESTIVAL GALA HONOURING ERIC McCORMACK

Gala Co-Chairs: Barry Avrich, Robert Badun, Wendy Pitblado

Thank you to our generous sponsors and table hosts. Platinum Table Borden Ladner Gervais VIP Single Tickets Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin* Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis BT/A Advertising Barbara Crook Nancy Jamieson & Bruce Sylvia Chrominska/Deanna Eleanor Daniels Anderson Gold Table Horton/April Oakes & Kevin Dr. Desta Leavine John & Arlene Lewis* Burgundy Asset Management Turner*/Cathy Riggall/Carol Robert & Martha Sachs* Joe & Lucie Pal Silver Tables Stephenson Brian Rolfes The Garden Single Tickets Alan Shepard BMO Financial Group Earlaine Collins Daniel Bernstein & Claire Dr. David Goldbloom & Dr. Nancy Epstein/Dr. M. Lee Myers/Chip Jeffrey Latimer Official News Media Foerster* Andy & Helen Spriet Sponsor Wendy Pitblado & Barbara Vallis The Brian Linehan Charitable Union Gas Limited The Globe and Mail RBC Ruth Watts-Gransden Russell Investments Foundation Tim & Alexandra MacDonald Special thanks to Aylmer John & Barbara Schubert* Donors to the 2017 Express, print supplier Kelly & Michael Meighen Stratford Festival Gala Bronze Tables David & Shelley Peterson David & Patricia Adams Robert Badun & Justice Eileen Hariri Pontarini Architects Charles Beall & Karon Bales Gillese The Slaight Family Foundation M. Fainer Jennifer Birmingham Anonymous (1)

STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF CANADA – 2018

FOUNDER M. Lee Myers, London, ON Tom Patterson Rick Orr, Stratford, ON David R. Peterson, Toronto, ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS Peter G. Restler, Brooklyn, NY Brian J. Rolfes, Toronto, ON OFFICERS Richard Rooney, Toronto, ON Chair: Sylvia Chrominska, Toronto, ON Martha Sachs, Juno Beach, FL Vice Chair: Carol Stephenson, London, ON Esther Sarick, Toronto, ON Treasurer: Cathy Riggall, Stratford, ON David Simpson, Chatham, ON Secretary: Joy Wishart, Stratford, ON EX OFFICIO GOVERNORS Artistic Director: Antoni Cimolino David Adams, Montreal, QC Executive Director: Anita Gaffney Charles Beall, Stratford, ON Past Chair: Daniel S. Bernstein, Westport, CT Barbara E. Crook, Ottawa, ON Mayor of Stratford: His Worship Dan Mathieson Francine Dyksterhuis, Waterloo, ON Chair, Stratford Shakespeare Festival of America (also Franklin H. Famme, Stratford, ON on the Board of Governors): Robert H. Gorlin, Northville, MI Robert H. Gorlin, Northville, MI Julie Jacobson, Chicago, IL Nancy L. Jamieson, Ottawa, ON Pamela Jeffery, Toronto, ON Address: c/o Corporate Secretary, Stratford Festival, Jaime Leverton, Toronto, ON P.O. Box 520, Stratford, ON N5A 6V2

44 THE PROSPERO SOCIETY

Members of The Prospero Society have provided a bequest by will, or a future gift through a trust, life insurance policy, charitable gift annuity or the beneficiary designation on an RRSP/RRIF or IRA/401(K). If you have remembered the Stratford Festival or Stratford Festival of America in your will or in your estate planning, or would like information on how to do so, please contact Kathryn McKie, Planned Giving Manager, at 519.271.0055, ext. 5640, or 1.800.561.1233, ext. 5640. Eleanor Abra Dr. James H. Dunn* David Horowitz * Bob Meinschenk Debbie & Ian Adare Audrey Durst Deanna Horton Kevin & Tania Meldrum William W. Aitchison Dr. Gloria J. Earl* Susan A. Howard* Pennie A. Meyers* George & Frances Alderson* Marshall & Judi Egelnick Archie & Jean Hunter Alan C. Middleton Meredith Alston The late Dr. John C. & Mary F. Anne M. Hurley Kathleen Minor Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson* Elder* Wayne & Leslie Ingram Marg Misener Luther & Diane Aman* Roger & Janet Emery Marion Isherwood Joan Moeller* Carla Anderson* La & Philip Engel* Cheryll L. Jarolimek* Mark Monette & Judy F. Lane* Edward & Jane Anderson Barbara Evans Kathleen A. Jerome Inheritance The late Franklin H. Moore, Jr. & Alicia Annas* Daniel Evans & Rosa Munoz* Trust* Mrs. Nancy Moore Callie Archer M. Fainer Glenn & Joan Johnson Mary Elizabeth & Ron Moore Ellen E. Atkinson Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* Dr. & Mrs. Kerry Johnson F. Daniel Moreau* Sandra & James Bade* Lois Farber* Monika H. Johnston Catherine & Paul Motz Renee Badertscher* Judy Faucett* Ron & Nancy Johnston Richard C. Mulock Drs. Andrew & Cornelia Baines Dr. Rynaldo & Marilyn Fedorenko Scott & Beth Jorgensen Dr. Robert G. & the late Mrs. Jeannie Baird Robert Feeney Carol & Gilbert Kachmar* Marion I. Murray Laurence R. & Barbara K. Baker* Wilma Ferguson Douglas & the late Mary Kahn* Dr. M. L. Myers & the late Dr. W. Susan Baker-Bidgood Denise Fergusson Eleanor Kane P. Hayman Larry T. Beare Fred & Eleanor Fether* Martin Katz* Trish & Jim Nicholson* Margret A. Beekel* James L. Fiegehen Danette Gentile Kauffman* Jeffrey & Peggy Norton Michael & Sherle Berger* Sherri Fillingham* Kimberly Kelley* Carole Ann O’Connell & Mark Joanne Berrigan Russell C. Finch & Carol Nancy The late Kip Kelley & Family* Boyle Helen L. Beuker* Finch T. M. Kelly Thomas H. & Ellen J. O’Flaherty* Stephanie & Frederick Bishop* Douglas L. Flanders Max Kenney* Lawrence J. Olszewski, PhD* Jeffrey R. Black Karen E. Fleming Judge James W. Kerr, Jr.* Tom & Susan O’Neill Timothy John Blahout Kathryn M. Fleming David Kew Jonathan F. Orser* Marilyn Blatnikoff* Mary Pat & Louis Flores Marjory & James W. Kilgour Harold Pankrac Elizabeth C. Bogner* Gail Fricker & Blair Yeomans Marie E. Kingdon* Deborah Pantoni* Bob Boltz* Gloria Friedman* Merl & John Koegler Elizabeth Papps* Charles & Kathleen Bonneau* James C. Funk * Beth L. Kronfeld* Terrence Paris Monique Boulanger* Patricia J. Fyfe Anthony La Marca & the late Curtis L. & Jody A. Passafume* In Loving Memory of Joan Boyle, Dr. J.M. Gaal & Mr. B. Aravandino Thomas A. Dolan* William P. Pavlov* from her grateful daughter* Jane Gale Jane Fryman Laird* Richard & Sandra Pearse* Margaret A. Bretschneider* Ted & Sheila Gale Marilyn R. Laughlin* Todd R. Pepper Jerry & Carol Brown* James & Jayne Gall* John & Ruth Lawson Catherine Perkin K. Joanne Brown Barbara Garland* Anne Louise Layton Allan & Kel Pero Philip & Judith Brown Dr. & Mrs. Walter C. Gates Jr.* Desta F. Leavine Sandra & Jim Pitblado Schuyler Brown & Margaret Heather V. Gibson Dr. Richard W. Lee* Robin B. Pitcher Meredith Steve & Lauran Gilbreath* Rev. Robert K. & Mrs. Emily Leland Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Stephen Brown Alexander Gluskin & Shauna Dr. Renee S. Lerche* Laura Pogson Michael & Lynn Burshtin* Sexsmith Janet & Ellsworth Levine* Keith Potter & Cathy Riggall Jean Busch Alan L. Goldberg (and Whitney)* Linda M. Levine* Cheryl & William Povalla* Rita & Ted Button Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin* Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. Wallace & the late Diane Pretzer* Dr. Daniel & Marshelle Caccamise* Barbara & Charles Graham Wittenburg* Heather & John T. A. Proctor Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese* M. L. Sam Grant Maury & Leslie Lieberman* Nira Pullin* Mary & Peter Calamai Judith Gravdal, M.D. & Murray Cathy Lindsey Raymond P. Quinlan Barbara R. & Samuel D. Caldwell* Gordon* Janet & Richard Lint Sondra C. Rabin* Christine R. Campitelle* Susan Green & Martin Foster W.H. Loewen William & Isabelle Radock* Thomas A. Caster Heinz Gregor, in memory of Jutta Ann & David Love Carol Rankmore Betty & Franco Catanzariti Lily Gregor John T. Lucas Mira Ratkaj Guy & Alison Chadsey Marilyn Gropp Joanne Luchuk Larry & Sally Rayner* Ann Christie Ronald Gustafson* Patricia Lumsden Patricia Reavy & Denis Beatty Molly Copus Christie Dr. Don & Mary Jane Gutoski Earl K. & Theresa A. Lundy* The late Douglas S. & Marcia Mary F. Christner* Dr. Dennis E. & Dorothea Hacker James & Connie MacDougall J. Rector Greg Clarke Kathlyn Hagerman Polly K. A. MacFarlane Anthony L. Reffells* George & Edna Clemans * David G. Hallman Michele A. Machowicz & Thomas Ann K. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. James M. Clemens Margot & Jerry Halperin* J. Becvar* Wayne & Wendy Rider Janice Coles Jody & Deborah Hamade Peter D. Mackey* Hannah Ridge* Lacey & Bill Collins* Janis Hancock Thomas A. MacWilliam Sharon & Cameron Ridsdale Donald L. Combe Carol & the late Roger Haverfield* Cheryl Elisabeth Manny Margaret A. Riggin Constance & Ron Corrigan* Gebadia Haverkamp Mel Marsh & Rick Rutan* Les Ringer Beverley & Robert Corsini Ellen L. Hawman Nina Martin Dr. Forrest & Cynthia Ann Priscilla Costello Dr. Robert & Mrs. Diana Heard* Keith & Chris Masterman Riordan III* Joanne & Tom Cowan Barbara Heggie Marcia Matsui & Roger Cotton Joseph & Cynthia Ripley* Joyce Crago Estates of Grace & Sandra Heggie Cynthia May* Randall B. Ripley & Grace A. Ann & David Cram Dr. & Mrs. J. Daniel Heilman* Mr. & Mrs. W. Ronald McCallum Franklin* Cynthia M. Crane* Jay Helms & Terry O’Loughlin* Sharon & Harvey McCue Peter S. Roberts Mary C. Crichton* Glenna Hemphill Paul & Margo McDonnell Jim Robertson & Jim Scott Dennis Cusack Miss Rosanne Herold Dr. Ross & Fran McElroy Lisa & Paul Rohrbaugh* Elizabeth & Ted Davidson Andrea & Dr. Edward Herzig* Dr. Murlene E. McKinnon* Susan Pfaff Rojas* Susan & Vernon Davies Robert A. Hetherington* Sylvia M. McPhee Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Jeffrey Davis Lauri & Jean Hiivala Marcia L. Meier & Dr. Klaus V. John Rosten & Cheryl Weeks- Janet Davison Martha J. Hines* Meier Rosten* Drs. Helen R. & Patrick H. Deese* Joan & Ron Holmes The late William A. Meiers* Lillian Roth Diana B. Dorken* Lori Ann Horley Hon. Michael A. Meighen & Kelly Sharon S. Ruble* Patti Doyle* Dr. Sharon Horlick Meighen Martie & Bob Sachs*

45 Sandra & Paul Sales Barry & Sharlyn Stare* Gary & Judy Thompson Leslie Clare Whitfield* Larry J. Santon* Dennis & Rhea Steffler Merilyn & Jim Thompson Violet L. Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Peter W. Schilke* Carol Stephenson Dolly Tiger Nancy Winters John & Barbara Schubert * The late Dr. Florence Stevens Bill & Mary Todt* John Wirtz IV* Elizabeth Ann Scott Gordon & Joan Stevenson Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen Mary & Max Wisgerhof* Helen & John Scott Jayne Stewart* Marie & Peter Van Der Gulik Stan & Ros Witkin Christine & Richard Seip William R. Stewart Jane & Robert Van der Kraan Duncan & Claudia Wood Michael & Joann Sharrow* Glen & Sandra Strawsburg* Hermine J. van Nuis* Donald & Jan Woodley Dr. Cathy J. Siebert Kerry W. Stuckey Valerie Van Reenen Maggie Woodley Pamela Simmons Robert Summers-Gill Peter Varty & Patricia Martin Walter & Elizabeth Work* Father Earl F. Simone* Danielle & David Susser* William & Sarah Vasse* Deirdre Wright Karen & Jonathan Slater* Randal & the late Nancy Sutton Dina Vaz* Dr. Gerald & Nancy Wright Marcia Katz Slotnick* H. Allen & Valerie R. Swanson Nancy Johnson Vazzano* Dr. Louis & Mary Jane Zako* Dale W. Smith Ronald P. Swenson & Susan L. Dr. Nancy J. Vivian Bernice & Peter Ziegler Doug & Maggie Smith Daniels* Anne Walsh Suzanne & David Zimmerman* Gloria & Steve Smith Nargis Tarmohamed & Shaukat Susan H. Warren* Roger & Carol Zinnecker* Russ Smith* Mangalji Deana & Lyman Welch* and anonymous donors as of Terrence L. Smith* Lynne Taylor Estate of Dr. Clarke Dewey Wells* January 31, 2018 Rachel Smith-Spencer Nancy Theisen* Andy Werner & Barb Hoyle-Werner Sperandio Family Foundation* Christine Thomas Drummond White & Norah Love

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46 FESTIVAL STAFF

Artistic Director Speech-Language Gloria Bates Groups & Schools Amelia Darling Antoni Cimolino Pathologist & Voice Elin Becker Administrator Lynne Dewys Executive Director Coach Ian Bennet Jane Bex Sydney Fuhrman Anita Gaffney Lori Holmes Gregory Borotsik Customer Service Arrianne Fulig Singing Coach Karen Brooks Coordinator Brianna Glosner DIRECTORS’ OFFICE Jennie Such Malcolm Browne Bev Nicholson Aden Green Director of the Text Coach Michele Buchanan Guest Accommodation Tania Harvey Birmingham Ian Watson Brad Carew Coordinator Sean Hood Tidman Conservatory for Joyce Chappel Maureen Vankesteren Kayla Jantzi Classical Theatre Professional Jen Culligan Tameka Jenner Stephen Ouimette Development Program – Charmaine Cummings Special Orders Aveleigh Keller Movement Coach Coordinator Director of the Michael Elsie Dahm Stephanie Kropf.Untucht Langham Workshop for Brad Cook Jessica Darling Colleen White Greg Loren Classical Direction Guest Coaches Emily Datema Box Office Supervisors Penny Moss Martha Henry Annette av Paul Sarah Elliot Darlene Harrison Candy Neumeister Producer Frank Bach Lisa Eusebi Sarah Newton Lori Noon Ginette Hamel Barbara Feeney Debbie Steinacker Isaac Page David Auster Marilyn Holmes Christine Teeple Creative Planning Beth Fischer Cassandra Sargent Music Hayden Fischer Revenue Fulfillment Megan Schaff Director Representatives Jason Miller Jeanne Ford Bev Shea Director of Music Ben Fortin Gay Allison Rodrick Spence Casting Director Franklin Brasz Peter Friesen Myrtle Baker Ariana Sprott Beth Russell Director of Music Barry Gammon Cindy Bissell Cameron Sprott Director of New Plays Emeritus Keagan Goforth Anna Burton Melissa Tuer Bob White Berthold Carrière Mindy Gough Jason Colliver Sean Yates Associate Producer Music Administrator Maureen Gratton Elysia Cucksey Connor Zink Bonnie Green Marilyn Dallman Miriam Harrison Christine Darragh Executive Chef Associate Producer, The Administrative Assistant Terry Hastings Susan Davis Kendrick Prins Forum and Laboratory Janice Owens John Hawtin Connor Delaney Sous Chef Geena DeWeerd Keira Loughran ADVANCEMENT Linda Hughes Jason Love Assistant Producer, Deborah Jones Paul Duncan Director of Advancement Teresa Loren Frank Etwell Culinary Team Forum Rachel Smith-Spencer Amanda Boemer Julie Miles Dawson Lott Martin Fielding Major Gifts and U.S. Marlene Macke Nicole Ford Cristobal Franco Presa Company Manager Patron Manager Julio Martinez Miranda Kimberley Grandy Dianne Gingerich Paul Shaw Christine Seip Carol Mason Suzanne Grandy Carol Grasby Taylor Rolston Head of Stage Combat Major Gifts Manager GTA Diana Matheson Lori Hicks John Stead Jill Merner Jennifer Hord Kristin Roth and Campaign Manager Sasha Sharpe Corporate Secretary & Heather McMartin Beverley Meyer Marianne Hord Executive Assistant to the Karen Mills Yvonne Hord Joe Walsh Membership Manager Greenroom Hostesses Artistic Director Ceairy Free Igor Morin Samareh Jones Joy Wishart Cathy Mowbray Janice Kastner Micheala Coddington Planned Giving Manager Donna Kerfoot Meghan Fritch Executive Assistant to the Kathryn McKie Manuel Muncaster Executive Director Glen Oliver Christopher Kokot Kristina McCann Marion Burr Playwright’s Circle Wendy Orchard Anna Kowalchuk Corinne Montgomery Manager Nancy Patterson Donna Lawley Assistant to the Producer Sharon Butler Stratford Festival Susan Lemenchick Valerie Pinder Maria Loghrin Research Manager Mary Rankin Jane Mallory Shop Casting Assistant Shannon MacDonald Shop Manager Jennifer Emery Pat Ranney Aislinn McCauley Research Officer Dale Ratcliffe Meredith McCauley Chaslyn Stevenson- Directors’ Office Cathy Lindsey Terry Raymond Savannah McIntyre Hastings Coordinator Pat Reavy Ruth Ann Miller Avon Supervisor Shira Ginsler Membership Coordinator Susan Mavity Dolores Riehl Janice Mitchell Cindy Ramier Producer Mentee Judy Robinson Geri Morley Merchandise Coordinator Andrea Scott Membership Administrator Oriana Roulston Cheryl Moses Jennifer Hord Metcalf Foundation Deb Sager Lenore Neeb Donna Hyde Sales Associates Intern in Artistic Direction Dove Schade Tara Nimmo Dawn Bell Ted Witzel Program Administrator Carol Schlemmer Julie Ostien George Bertwell The services of Andrea Scott and Cathy Kemp Kathy Partridge Ted Witzel were made possible Judy Smith Madison Burrows through Theatre Ontario’s Stewardship & Event Paul Smith Barbara Redden Allison Erb Professional Theatre Training Coordinator Eliesha Richardson Program, funded by the Ontario Thelma Smith Theresa Gleadall Arts Council; and by the Ontario Mary-Ann Reid Judy Stuart Rod Rychliski Karen Johnston Arts Council, an agency of the Ben Thomas Joanne Schalk Government of Ontario. Ted AUDIENCE Sherry LeSouder Witzel’s internship is also funded Larke Turnbull Raphe St. Pierre Camella Ohler by The George Cedric Metcalf DEVELOPMENT Lois Tutt Jen Temple Charitable Foundation and The Director of Audience Janice Pavelin Chalmers Family Fund. Sharon Twamley Chloe Weir Kaitlyn Rietdyk Development Victoria VanDenBelt Sylvia Weir Sarah Hamza Shireen Sasani Coaches Milton van der Veen Katie Simons Head of Voice & Associate Director of Marilyn Wells Distribution Centre Mailroom Coordinator Dan Stacey Coaching Audience Development Elizabeth West Kim Switzer Janine Pearson Krista Swetman Faye Wreford Candy Neumeister The Head of Voice & Coaching Susan Wright Receptionists COMMUNICATIONS position at the Stratford Festival Front of House is generously endowed by David Caroline Yates Carol Brown Literary & Editorial Green & Mary Winton Green Senior House Manager Parking Lot Attendants Janet Wilson Director Kris Bernard Head of Voice Emerita James MacKinnon Cafés & Catering David Prosser Ann Skinner Associate House Ardeshir Sasani Manager Catering Events Manager CORPORATE Alexander Technique & Gavin Stevenson-Jackson SPONSORSHIP Movement Coach Sam Skowby Victoria Parkinson Kelly McEvenue House Manager – Avon Revenue Fulfilment Events Coordinator Associate Director of Mark James Box Office Manager Nadine Skinner Sponsorship Voice, Text & Dialect Lorraine Patterson Coaches House Manager – Studio Jo-Anne Hood Tidman Cafés & Catering Staff Nancy Benjamin Alexis Rowlinson Revenue Fulfillment Laurie Ash Corporate Sponsorship Paul de Jong Manager Sue Bidgood Coordinator Ushers Susan Bidgood Jane Gooderham Louise Allard Jessica Klumper Sara Brown Kennedy C. MacKinnon Jared Armstrong Don Campbell Matthew Armstrong Lisa Campbell Virginia Copeman

47 ADMINISTRATION John Koperski Groups and Schools GUEST SERVICES Administrative Director Senior Developer Sales Manager Shelley Stevenson Rick Crawford Heather Martin Groups and Schools FOR ASSISTANCE AND Archives Developer Bryan Richardson Officer ACCESSIBILITY Archives Director Joanne Schalk Liza Giffen Facilities Marketing Manager - We’re here to help. If you require Archives Coordinator Facilities Manager Direct Marketing assistance, please ask the House Christine Schindler Jeff Heggie Christi Rutledge Manager or any other member of Cataloguing & Assistant Facilities Graphic Design Manager Digitization Archivist Manager Krista Dodson the Stratford Festival team. Stephanie Vaillant Val Bielecki Graphic Designers Archives Assistant Facilities Coordinator Shelby Boyd Nora Polley Lesley Spencer-Cooper Jessica Dill CAMERAS, CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES Education Carpenters Reporting Coordinator Micah Hussey Leanne Herbert Malvern We welcome your photo memories Director of Education Chief Engineer Lois Adamson Digital Marketing John Luesink Coordinator of your Stratford Festival Associate Director of Shift Engineers Stephanie Leger experience; however, all cameras, Education Richard Arnold Edward Daranyi Interim Digital Marketing audio and video recorders must be Paula Burns Coordinator turned off during the performance. Education Administrative Lewis Pellar Jordan Worsell-Collins Manager Electrician In addition, please turn off all Katherine Laing Tessitura Administrator Tony Iacobellis Michele Keutsch mobile devices, as their sounds Resident Teaching Artist Head Gardener Luisa Appolloni HD Coordinator and lights will disturb actors and Anita Jacobsen Jenn McCaw Education Coordinator Gardeners other guests. Stephanie Johns Analytics & Modeling David Kittmer Coordinator Human Resources Shelly Paulocik Adrienne Steer FOOD AND DRINK Director of Human Head of Maintenance Marketing Coordinator Resources Ron Brown Melinda Timmins We offer auditorium-friendly cups Anne Kircos Maintenance Staff Interim Marketing for our beverages and invite you Human Resources Dar Del Chiaro Coordinator to bring your drink to your seat. Manager Blair Holden Laura Moore Nancy Altenburg Thomas Lemenchick Bottled water is also permitted; Myrna Lewis PUBLICITY however, all snacks are to be Health & Safety Manager Publicity Director Krystal Holmes Larry Shurrie Art Tucker Ann Swerdfager enjoyed outside the auditorium. Payroll Manager Gord Wilson Publicity Coordinator Heather Marriott Housekeepers Amy White LATE ARRIVAL AND Payroll Coordinator Lori Adcock Kathy McKellar Paul Bossence READMISSION Payroll/HR Assistant Jeff Daigneault If you arrive late or leave the Kira Heppes Diane Dench Company Catherine Dishman auditorium during the performance, Accommodations Patti Hinz we will make every effort to seat Supervisor Mandy IlIman you at a suitable break. Please Andy Mark Christine Koehler Company Shawn Larder be advised that this may not be Accommodations Robert Lee the seat you are ticketed for, Assistant Marjorie Lundrigan depending on its location in the Cindy Cnockaert Janet McFarlane Larisa Orlova theatre. In the interim, or in the FINANCE, FACILITIES, Nancy Plummer event we cannot reseat you & INFORMATION Sherry Priestap TECHNOLOGY Jane Rowcliff safely, we invite you to watch Director of Finance, Justin Ruller the performance on our lobby Facilities & Information Clare Stockley monitors. Technology Glen Sutherland Darryl Huras Sandy Thistle Finance Manager David Wick FIRST AID Leanne Atkinson Stage Door Guards Senior Accountants Trevor Bannon We take patron health and safety Todd Bridges Ryan Cleveland seriously. Any member of our team Dianne Matt Kyle Llewellyn will coordinate first-aid assistance Accounting Administrator Darlane Payne for you if required. Automated Joanne Jordan Fred Sinko Finance Assistant Casual Stage Door external defibrillators (AEDs) Shelley Assayag Guards are located in the lobbies and Paul Jamieson balconies of all our theatres. Information Ihor Orenchuck Technology and Application MARKETING Director of Marketing IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Development & Digital Associate Director In case of an evacuation, please Gursharan Flora follow the instructions of Stratford of IT and Application Associate Director of Development Marketing Festival staff, who will escort you to Darren Worswick Trudy Watson safety. If you discover a fire, please Manager of Information Digital Media Producer activate the fire alarm and notify a and Technology Jason Clarke Paul Muncaster Marketing Manager Stratford Festival team member. Office Administrator Carly Douglas Nora Walden Marketing Manager - PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY Systems Administrator Digital Andrei Martchenko Aaron George Please visit stratfordfestival.ca/ Help Desk Technicians Tristan Hughes privacy for our patron and donor privacy protection policy.

48 Bringing award-winning musicals to life.

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