MAGAZINE FOR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS SUMMER 2021
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2 THE EXTENSIVE 6 CATCHING UP WITH KYLE 10 SHAPING OUR WORLD: ON WITH THE SHAW! 12 THE NOT-SO-MYSTERY PROJECTS 15 CALENDAR 18 UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS 19 WELCOME NEW GOVERNORS COUNCIL AND CORPORATE PARTNERS 20 LEGACIES OF LOVE 21 2021 ENSEMBLE
Shaw Magazine is a publication for the Friends Editor: Marion Rawson and Partners of the Shaw Festival. Design: Key Gordon Communications Production and Ensemble photography: David Cooper Photography Editorial Committee: Tim Carroll, Kate Hennig, and Lauren Garbutt Tim Jennings, Kimberley Rampersad, Marion Rawson Backstage and Niagara photography: Cosmo Condina Photography
Artistic Director: Tim Carroll Your comments are welcome. Executive Director: Tim Jennings Please call the Membership Office at 1-800-657-1106 ext 2556 4 “In 2016, while I was still a rather ghostly figure about The Shaw – it was Jackie Maxwell’s last season; I was busy putting together my first – I spent a good deal of my time among the audience during intermissions. I would plant myself in a discreet spot to watch and listen. I learnt a lot, as you can imagine. Perhaps the most surprising thing I discovered was that we were not making the most of one of our most thrilling advantages: our garden, with its view of the Commons.
I soon realised that, for shows at the Festival, the vast majority of our audience simply parked up early in our car park and sat in their seats for twenty minutes, or rushed to the front door late having had a terrible time trying to park in the town. At the end of the show there was a predictable rush to avoid the traffic and get on the road. I calculated that most people who saw a show at the Festival not only never went into the garden; they probably didn’t even know it was there.
Well, COVID has solved that, hasn’t it? After four years of Pop-up Patios, Secret Theatre events, Poems in the Trees and other initiatives designed to lure people out to discover the stunning beauty of our situation, now I lurk in the intermissions and hear people saying: “This is so beautiful out here! Who knew?”
We know it now. And we shan’t forget.”
This page and cover: photos by Andrew Broderick. Andrew by photos and cover: page This – Tim Carroll, Artistic Director
Shaw Festival 10 Queen’s Parade BMO Stage is sponsored by: Box 774 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 1 The Extensive
The Academy “extensive”: that’s what Peter Jewett, our board chair, dubbed 2021 Slaight the 2021 Slaight Family Academy Intensive. I thought it entirely apropos. Family Academy Two things became abundantly clear through our process: nothing replaces in-person learning; and the virtual Intensive — world provides unique opportunities and outreach — take advantage of it! Engaging with virtual learning allowed us March 1-13 to expand our annual training program in several ways. First, and most dramatically, we increased our attendance. Where normally we have between eight and twelve participants, this year we had sixty-three! The elimination of distance, was the second bonus: we were able to bring teaching artists from the UK, from Pittsburgh, from Chicago, from Halifax, and from Vancouver. We were able to provide training to artists from Newfoundland, from New York City, and from the Yukon. I think that both artist and educator were relieved to “stay at home” under the current circumstances. The programming began with core classes, as always: voice, movement, scene study. In addition we had singing, puppetry, rhetoric, and accent work. In the evenings, after classes, we held four Symposia on various topics: Indigenizing Musical Theatre - Dillan Meighan Chiblow, Anishnaabe actor/singer/storyteller
2 The by Kate Hennig Extensive
in conversation with the Shaw’s Julie Lumsden; and Writing as Creative Process - Governor General’s Literary Award winning playwright, Hiro Kanagawa, in conversation with The Shaw’s Kate Hennig, were broadcast live on YouTube. The Actor and Universal Law, with life coach and inspiration speaker Claire Lautier; and Gender Identity in Theatre, with gender consultant and theatre maker Josephine Kearns, were each broadcast on Zoom. With the help of our communications and education departments we reached out to training programs across North America, and, though it’s hard to say how far afield we were broadcasting, we did reach about 300 people in all. Zoom fatigue is real, and everyone was pretty bleary-eyed by the time the wrap party happened on Saturday night. But, all in all, despite trying to do movement class in one’s apartment, and trying to do voice class with the mute on, and endlessly dealing with “freezing” and “dropping out”, we all managed, quite miraculously, Quick Facts to pull off an exceptional two weeks of connection, practice, learning, and 2 weeks of online classes contribution. So grateful. 63 participants on 17 courses 300 attendees of 4 symposia
In addition to the ongoing support A virtual wrap party - BYOP of The Slaight Family Foundation, the Shaw Festival gratefully (bring your own pizza) acknowledges a generous bequest from Ada Slaight earlier this year.
3 The Monologue Jam — A new initiative
In the early autumn, as the pandemic was in a bit of a trough before the second wave, I was feeling compassion for the young people who were planning on entering their professional lives as actors in 2020, some of whom we would normally be auditioning at this time. So I came up with a two-stage initiative we called the Monologue Jam. The first stage consisted of individual monologues in a group setting. We received 130 applicants, and saw 115 of these in Zoom rooms of 14-16 actors each session. Actors prepared a two minute monologue of their choice. The sessions were one hour in length, and actors attended the entire session observing their peers at work. From this initial group I chose 40 actors for the second stage. This was a virtual acting class, with 8 participants in each session, led by Tim Carroll and Kimberley Rampersad. For this second stage the young actors had one week to prepare a two minute monologue of George Bernard Shaw. In the end, Tim Carroll, Kimberley Rampersad, and I agreed on sixteen young actors that were given “honourable mention”. It was later decided that due to the unique “virtual” circumstances of this year’s Slaight Family Academy Intensive these young artists would be invited to apply for courses and continue to work within this Shaw Program. Of the sixteen, fourteen were able to participate.
Previous page: Puppetry class with Mike Petersen. This page: Kalarippayattu with Brandy Leary (bottom left hand corner of lowest picture). All photos captured by Kate Hennig. Participants from Monologue Jam
Alison Beckwith Owen Boucher
Jack Copland “My pal Dillan Chiblow and I took our usual topic Brynn Godenir of conversation public exploring the future possibilities and opportunities of bringing Ray Jacildo the Indigenous experience into line with new, Karthik Kadam old and yet to be created musicals. We were humbled to see over 150 artists, friends, and David Klein community members tune in to watch. We Erin Loretta Mackey were even more grateful for the thoughtful Jawon Mapp questions that flooded in in the final 30 minutes of the chat. The possibilities of Indigenizing Francis Masaba theatre are endless, as we discussed that night, Izzy Nagel and there is not one right way to move forward, but many, especially with the support of those Anni Ramsay who watched, reached out and participated in Elena Reyes our Symposia talk. We are all moving the needle for Seven Generations from now. Iris Rhian Maarsii to all who joined us!” — Julie Lumsden
4 2021 Slaight Family Academy Intensive Team
Kate Hennig Director of Artist Development Jeff Cummings Planning Director Stephanie Filippi Company Manager Meredith Macdonald Series: Andrew Broderick participates Production Stage Manager in Esie Mensah’s Movement and Michelle Mohammed Intention class. Communications Assistant
Teaching Artists
Brandy Leary Kalarippayattu Tim Carroll TC Class Kate Hennig Voice and Text Alexis Milligan Speaking in Silence Suba Sankaran South Indian Singing and Rhythm Kimberley Rampersad Scene Study - Shaw Ausar Stewart Free Your Voice Graeme Somerville The Word Hoard Mike Petersen Puppetry Esie Mensah Movement and Intension Paul Sportelli Song Interpretation Marcus Youssef Character, Self, and Other Edda Sharpe How to Do Accents Jaz Fairy J Movement and Imagination Philip Akin Scene Study - Suzan-Lori Parks Nova Bhattacharya Playlists for Practice Selma Dimitrijevic Scene Study - Ella Hickson
5 CATCHING UP WITH
BY: MARION RAWSON KYLE 6 M: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST LONG DISTANCE INTERVIEWS HAVE YEAR AND A BIT? K: Needless to say, the past fourteen months have been unlike any other. Some of what I try to bring to my acting has suddenly become BECOME THE NORM THESE DAYS, critical to practice in my daily life: simply trying to be in the moment without getting caught in thinking too far ahead. The Shaw’s resilience in the face of these challenges has been SO IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT THAT astounding. Just over a year ago we moved our 2020 rehearsals to Zoom. Then through the summer Ryan deSouza and I produced a series called “Gift of Song” where members IS HOW I CAUGHT UP WITH KYLE BLAIR of the ensemble recorded musical offerings which were delivered to over 50 individuals as well as long-term care homes in the Niagara community. I ended 2020 performing in The RECENTLY. WHAT MAY BE SURPRISING Shaw concert series. In the midst of this, not knowing if we’d be able to continue our Shaw work, I decided to start a Master’s degree which I am still engaged with. It has been, unbelievably, a year of satisfying and challenging work for IS WHAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON! which I am hugely grateful. M: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM DURING A PANDEMIC?
K: The concerts were a special moment in time for a few reasons. We were all very aware that we were coming together for the first time since the start of the pandemic, and also in the context of the renewed and vital Black Lives Matter movement. We were exploring how to proceed in both a safe and more inclusive manner. It was complicated, difficult, and joyous. It was not always comfortable, but we collectively leaned in. I will always be grateful to The Shaw for making space for this and for the camaraderie and leadership of Kimberley Rampersad, Paul Sportelli, Ryan deSouza, Meredith Macdonald, Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane, Élodie Gillet, Alexis Gordon, Kristi Frank, Jonathan Tan, Andrew Broderick, and James Daly. The concert series reaffirmed for me the value of TC’s [Artistic Director Tim Carroll] “two-way theatre”. I originally understood this concept to mean that a story is created in the space between actor and audience. However, I was humbled and moved to see that this exchange transcends what we do on the stage. We started those concerts in people’s backyards. There we were, seeing each other in the light of day, all struggling through a difficult time, and trying our best to hold on. It became clear to me that the core of The Shaw experience is in the reciprocity between artist and audience. I am certain that we got as much out of those performances as our audiences did. It drove home for me how Shaw is in, and of, many communities and that we all benefit from coming together.
7 M: WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO GET A MASTER’S M: HOW FAR BACK IN TIME DID YOUR DEGREE AND WHAT IS YOUR DEGREE IN? RESEARCH TAKE YOU?
K: Pursuing an MA had always been at the K: My research took me to place, more than back of my mind, but the timing had never time. I began this inquiry by performing felt right. With all the uncertainty around the physical searches of Shaw buildings. I pandemic, it felt like a productive thing to do discovered that by virtue of reorganization, to keep myself focused. I’m working toward staff changes, and renovations, various an MA in Theatre Studies at the University documents and even some spaces had been of Guelph. It has been illuminating to look at largely forgotten. (My favourite example of what we do as practitioners from an academic this is a tiny room at the Festival which used to perspective. Guelph was attractive to me as function as a stage management booth over they have some exceptional artists on faculty a rehearsal studio which now serves as the (Dionne Brand, Lawrence Hill, and Judith Design offices. The booth window has been Thompson among them), but also because The dry walled over but the cubby behind still Shaw’s archives are housed at Guelph. I am exists. If you are missing a pair of downhill skis interested in examining Shaw’s history because circa the 1990s, they are still there.) To date, I have become aware that there are a number my searches of the Festival and Royal George of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of theatres, the prop shop, and the warehouse Colour) artists that have been largely forgotten have uncovered forgotten photographic or erased from Shaw’s past. evidence of 11 BIPOC artists who appeared in productions at The Shaw between the years of 1963 and 1998. M: CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT These artists, in order of their Shaw debuts, are: Percy Rodriguez (1963), Leonard Chow YOUR RESEARCH? (1983), Michelyn Emelle (1984), Debra Benjamin (1989), Cassel Miles (1992), Catherine Bruhier K: As we look ahead with the desire to build (1992), Nigel Shawn Williams (1996), Brenda an equitable future, I believe that we must Kamino (1996), Janet Lo (1996), D. Garnett also look back and reexamine our past. Many Harding (1998), and Camille James (1998). of The Shaw’s histories—as produced by the photo display in the George bar, the poster hallway backstage at the Festival, and in L.W. Conolly’s The Shaw Festival: The First M: WAS THERE ANYTHING Fifty Years—document predominantly white narratives. While this is largely reflective of THAT SURPRISED YOU? the makeup of the company in years past, K: The photo of Percy Rodriguez was a many BIPOC individuals are overlooked by this discovery that really excited me. Rodriguez This page, from top: Text from original generalization. To his credit, Conolly states appeared to rave reviews in 1963 (The Shaw’s photo, taken from The Performing Arts in his book: “I hope and expect that in the in Canada, Winter-Spring edition of 1964: second season), and again in 1966. A Black “Percy Rodriguez as the mighty Ferrovius, fullness of time there will be other histories actor from Montreal, he went on to have Andrew Allan as the effete Caesar (perhaps of the Festival.” I interpret this to mean not Claudius) in Androcles and the Lion”; Percy an astounding career breaking down race Rodriguez as Commodore Stone in Star only “future histories” to come, but also “past barriers by playing an officer of authority on Trek (1967). Next page, clockwise from histories” which have gone unexplored. The top: Leonard Chow (1983); Michelyn Emelle Star Trek and a neurosurgeon on the soap in Roberta (1984); Catherine Bruhier with goal of this research is to give a platform to opera Peyton Place. (You can still hear his Mary Haney in Overruled (1992); Rosalind Shaw’s underrepresented artists and to avoid Keene and gentlemen of the Nymph Errant voice in the trailer for the film Jaws.) Most of ensemble (1990); Catherine Bruhier with (further) erasure of BIPOC artists who have these “found” artists were not included in the Peter Hutt in Overruled (1992); Neil Barclay made valuable contributions to the Festival and Camille James in Village Wooing (1999); various archival installations throughout the Lisa Waines, Shaun Phillips and Janet Lo as early as 1963. Following archivist Lae’l theatres. We are remedying that. Jenniffer give Ben Carlson a warm welcome in The Hughes-Watkins, I think of this as “social Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles (1996); Anand (Communications Coordinator), as Debra Benjamin in Nymph Errant (1989); justice through archival repair.” well as Ensemble members Marla McLean, Photos on opposite page by David Cooper. Kiera Sangster, and I are working to augment what is currently displayed. We have been combing through the digital archives in order to represent the Ensemble in the fullest way we can. These displays are important as they communicate—to audiences and artists alike— who belongs in these spaces. Of course, we want these spaces to belong to everyone.
8 M: DO YOU SEE A BROADER APPLICATION OF WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED BEYOND YOUR MASTER’S DEGREE?
K: While (I hope!) my acting career isn’t over yet, I’m interested in continuing a relationship with The Shaw’s history. I had first visited the archives at Guelph before rehearsing our 2019 production of Man and Superman. (It’s an intimidating play, and I thought it would be helpful to see how other directors and actors had approached it.) The archive is an astounding resource, but I was worried by what I encountered there. The production recordings are still on VHS tapes, which are obviously deteriorating. Although beyond the scope of my MA work, I hope to someday contribute to the preserving of The Shaw fonds. I’d also love to see the archives become more accessible for artists, students, community members, and other visitors to The Shaw. It’s a unique and important collection. M: WHAT DOES “FONDS” MEAN?
K: “Fonds” is an archival term which means a collection of documents from one institution. It is a new word for me as well! M: HOW DO YOU THINK THIS UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SHAW’S PAST WILL INFORM YOUR FUTURE? EITHER AT THE SHAW OR ELSEWHERE?
K: This research has reinforced that there is never just one way of looking at history, just as there is not one way of doing a play. I’m trying to practice that in my own thinking these days: being willing to sit in contradictions and complications. M: WHAT’S COMING UP NEXT FOR YOU?
K: I plan to finish my MA work by the end of the summer, and I have my fingers crossed that I’ll be on a Shaw stage again soon!
9 The life of an artist is often SHAPING A NEW one of uncertainty and instability – something made so much clearer WORLD FOR OUR through this pandemic. Moving contract to ARTISTS – AND contract, and often across the country or beyond in OUR COMMUNITY the off-season from The Shaw, makes settling into a community and planning “As artists in theatre, we live precariously. long-term for their lives No matter how successful we are, or how nearly impossible, so we hard we work, as self-employed contract are piloting a program that workers we have no financial or job security.” we hope will change the – Marla McLean, Shaw Festival Ensemble landscape for our artists.
Nine actors and one musician have been chosen for the 2021 Season as embedded artists: Kristopher Bowman, Kristi Frank, Julie Lumsden*, Marla McLean, Kiera Sangster, Travis Seetoo, Sanjay Talwar, Jonathan Tan, Kelly Wong and Associate Music Director Ryan DeSouza. As usual they will participate in one or two productions, but outside of their rehearsal and play schedule they have been, and will continue to be, deeply involved in outreach and education activities with our donors, patrons and youth. This fulltime employment status means they are more readily available to work with other departments. Not only as celebrated guests in our events, but also in planning and facilitating initiatives. For example Marla recently organized, researched, directed and hosted a limited capacity program called “What Comes Next?” where a group of actors would read the first act of a play followed by patron discussion about the possibilities of the second half; and Kiera has been, and continues to be, a vital leader in our wellness and connectivity initiatives for our members, students and for our own company. Not to mention some projects that will reveal themselves throughout the 2021 Season! As always, the schedules for these embedded artists will be chock full of rehearsals and performances, but the rest of their time will be spent with other departments. This is an opportunity to try new things and gain new skills providing mutual benefit to the artists and the Shaw Festival. A perfect example of this is the project that Kelly Wong and Sanjay Talwar worked on: a virtual backstage tour. Since we have not been able to hold them in person, and also to extend the experience to those who can’t get here as often as they like, or at all, Kelly and Sanjay are creating a fun and informative tour that can be accessed by anyone, anywhere through our website. It is truly a win-win situation. The Shaw gains creative and engaging leaders for our education and outreach programs but for the artists, it will be literally life-changing. If successful, this initiative will see artists receiving long term, year round, multi year contracts that will allow them a great deal more stability for life-planning, including benefits like health care, maternity/paternity or sick leave, and access to The Shaw’s RRSP contribution program. They will also gain invaluable experience in other areas of the theatre that they can use in the future. Finally, this will also allow the Ensemble members to plant firmer roots in their community and get involved in ways previously impossible, enriching the fabric of the town. We hope our new initiative will inspire other theatres to look differently at employing and investing in their artists. From top: Kristopher Bowman, Ryan Desouza, Kristi Frank, “This program not only affords us this stability, but an ability for growth. Both in our work Julie Lumsden*, Marla McLean, Kiera Sangster, Travis Seetoo, Sanjay Talwar, Jonathan Tan, Kelly Wong. as artists and in areas that each individual is keen to explore within the company: creating *RBC Emerging Artist, sponsored by the RBC Foundation a mutually beneficial working relationship. As we grow in these new directions, we can and RBC Emerging Artists Project become more viable to support and work for the company in a wide variety of ways. I am honoured and humbled to be a part of this pilot program. At its best, this new way of hiring artists could change the face of theatre in this country.” – Marla McLean By Tina Schmidt
10 Setting the stage for ON WITH THE SHAW! deeper connection.
Join us as we step forward and build programs that set the stage for deeper connections including: • new outdoor stages and programming • increased digital engagement with students • significant investments in health and safety protocols for a safe return to live theatre • enhanced support of our artists, providing them with more stable, and longer-term employment through our Embedded Artist project (see page 10)
DONATE TODAY TO THIS SPECIAL APPEAL. A BRIGHT CONNECTED FUTURE BEGINS WITH YOU. VISIT SHAWFEST.COM/ON-WITH-THE-SHAW TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS!
HOW CAN YOU HELP? To help, consider making a gift: • Online at shawfest.com/on-with-the-shaw • Call at 1-800-657-1106 ext 2556 Alexis Gordon. Photo by Peter Andrew Lusztyk. Andrew Peter by Photo Gordon. Alexis
11 The Not-So- Mystery Projects
By: Kimberley Rampersad
We here at The Shaw knew we wanted to program something to welcome you all back this summer but we did not know what it could be due to all of the unknowns. This gave rise to us referring to these dreams as our ‘mystery projects.’ The Mystery Projects have since evolved into a collection of theatrical events sparked by our genuine desire to go beyond performing for you to engaging with you. In beautiful Niagara, on land steeped with generations of song, storytelling and celebration we pick up this mantle and invite you to our mischief, music and magic of theatre!
12 Mischief “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” — GBS
Led by ensemble member Sanjay Talwar, the Ensemble of Shaw Festival has created the Fairgrounds for all! Visit booths and demonstrations, try your (socially distanced) hand at something new, behold great feats of artistry and silliness in a tight and bright hour-long romp! Feeling for something more thoughtful? Do you wish to furrow your brow and rub your chin contemplatively? Then the Shawgrounds will hit the spot. Curated and created by the same team bringing you the Fairgrounds, it is inspired by our namesake and master provocateur. Chomp down on ideas and thoughts as delicious to hear as to speak as to tear apart. This is fare for the grown n’ sexy people.
Music “Most people go to their grave with their music inside them.” — GBS
We’re off of Zoom! That means music! Paul Sportelli and Ryan This page and next page: Photos by Andrew Broderick. deSouza have elixirs to fill some of the hollowness of being away from one another for so long. Listen to some of the most beautiful classical music at our Coffee Concerts, played with virtuosity by a string quartet and other members of our Shaw Orchestra. Sublime! The separate lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Baldwin are pulled together more tightly through music in Gatsby’s Jazz, Sonny’s Blues. Jazz, blues and gospel music weave a tapestry of a dynamism in America. The Duke Ellington concert of last season has been revived as The Duke and Two Irenes. This time Ellington is accompanied by both Irene Kitchings and Irene Higginbotham. As we celebrate the music of these three Black American composers, link arms with us as we strut off the A-Train and into the Cotton Club! Featuring the Blue Spruce Quartet and accompanied with text by members of the Ensemble, be dazzled with Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9, OP. 47., The Kreutzer Sonata. Dedicated to Rudolph Kreutzer, this sonata continues to serve as the inspiration for Magic great works. “Art is the magic mirror you make to GBS might have been a teetotaler but he would have dug the vibe and the jazz music of these Speakeasies! Hear the music happening reflect your invisible dreams in visible during his lifetime on the other side of ‘the pond’ played by the pictures. You use a glass mirror to see some of the best and stankiest musicians in the country – members of the Shaw Festival Orchestra! your face: You use works of art to see Get to know Ensemble members through What’s in Your Songbook? your soul.” — GBS – the magical binder which accompanies them to auditions, cabarets and concerts, and an occasional house party. Ask questions and What would all of this be without a puppet show?! Join our artists perhaps make a request as you get to know them better through at the sweetest caravan you ever did see for A Short History of this unique lens. Niagara. How short? It’s a delightful 30 minutes of charming storytelling and world-class puppeteering about this rich place, who has gone before us and who we are journeying with.
13 OUTDOORS @ THE SHAW (aka The Mystery Projects)
Once we started dreaming up things to do, we couldn’t seem to stop! See calendars on pages 15 to 17 for the full schedule of events.
FAIRGROUND and THE SHAW FESTIVAL SPEAKEASIES SHAWGROUND: PRESENTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF NIAGARA July 22, August 7, September 18 / Fairground: July 23 to October 8 / $20 / The BMO Stage Shawground: August 19 to October 6 July 29 to August 15 / $10 / $5 / $35 / $30 under 30 / $10 youth / youth / The Humeniuk Foundation Three evenings of Jazz, featuring Associate Festival Theatre Gardens Stage OR The BMO Stage Music Director Ryan deSouza, members of the Shaw Orchestra and special guests. Guided journeys from one delight to another! A charming 30 minutes of pure storytelling, the rich history of our region brought to life Sponsored by by wordless puppets. GATSBY'S JAZZ, SONNY'S BLUES This production is generously supported by the Niagara Region, presented in partnership WHAT’S IN YOUR July 10 to October 8 / $35 / $30 with Parks Canada and sponsored by the SONGBOOK? under 30 / The BMO Stage Humeniuk Foundation. July 28, August 22 / $20 / A play woven from excerpts from F. Scott THE KREUTZER SONATA The Nona Macdonald Stage Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby and James Baldwin's Sonny’s Blues, featuring music. August 26 to October 9 / $35 / Two intimate and interactive evenings of songs and stories, with company members sharing $30 under 30 / The Humeniuk THE DUKE AND TWO IRENES their audition songbooks and the stories that Foundation Stage go along with those songs.
July 14 to October 7 / $35 /$30 under A dramatic journey of music and text featuring 30 / Festival South Lawn Patio the Blue Spruce Quartet as well as members of POP-UP PATIO the Shaw Ensemble. The Duke Ellington concert from last fall returns July 22 to September 2 / Free with added music from two other composers: COFFEE CONCERTS admission; $ food / refreshments / Irene Higginbotham and Irene Kitchings. Marilyn & Charles Baillie Courtyard July 17 – September 30 / $10 / Food, drinks and music in a beautiful location The Humeniuk Foundation Stage on a summer day. What more could you want? Three different classical music concerts, each performed three times by a string quartet, composed of members of the Shaw Festival Orchestra. All concerts are 10:30am am.
14 “The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return SEASON of art to life.” CALENDAR — Oscar Wilde
August Sunday Mon Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Niagara 11am HFS Niagara 11am HFS Flush 11:30am HFS Fairground 11am Fairground 11am Niagara 11am BMO Sherlock 1pm FT P Gatsby 2pm BMO Sherlock 2pm FT P Niagara 4pm HFS Niagara 1pm BMO Niagara 12:30pm BMO Niagara 5:30pm HFS Niagara 4pm HFS Niagara 4pm BMO Pop-up Patio 4:30pm Flush 2pm HFS Duke 2pm SLP Flush 8pm HFS Sherlock 2pm FT P Niagara 4pm BMO Niagara 3pm BMO Speakeasy 8pm BMO Devil's 7pm NMS Sherlock 8pm FT O
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Niagara 11am BMO Niagara 11am BMO Niagara 11am BMO Fairground 11am Niagara 11am BMO Niagara 11am HFS Niagara 12:30pm BMO Niagara 12:30pm BMO Niagara 12:30pm BMO Niagara 12pm HFS Niagara 12pm BMO Niagara 12:30pm HFS Sherlock 1pm FT Duke 2pm SLP Sherlock 2pm FT Niagara 3pm HFS Trouble 2pm JMST P Niagara 3pm HFS Trouble 1pm JMST P Niagara 4pm BMO Niagara 3pm BMO Gatsby 4pm BMO Sherlock 2pm FT Devil's 7pm NMS Niagara 4pm BMO Sherlock 8pm FT Charley's 8pm RG Pop-up Patio 5pm Niagara 3pm BMO Charley's 8pm RG Devil's 7pm NMS Trouble 8pm JMST P Devil's 7pm NMS Charley's 7pm RG
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Fairground 11am Devil's 2pm NMS Coffee Concert 10:30am HFS Shawground 11am Flush 11:30am RG Coffee Concert 10:30am HFS Niagara 12:30pm BMO Charley's 2pm RG Flush 11:30am RG Duke 4pm SLP Devil's 7pm NMS Gatsby 2pm BMO Trouble 1pm JMST P Flush 8pm RG Sherlock 2pm FT Pop-up Patio 5pm Charley's 8pm RG Flush 2pm RG Sherlock 1pm FT Trouble 2pm JMST P Trouble 8pm JMST P Trouble 6pm JMST O Niagara 2pm BMO Sherlock 8pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Niagara 5pm BMO C Duke 7pm SLP Charley's 7pm RG
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Shawground 11am Devil's 7pm NMS Shawground 11am Coffee Concert 10:30am HFS Gatsby 2pm BMO Flush 11:30am RG Devil's 1pm NMS Charley's 8pm RG Charley's 2pm RG Flush 2pm RG Fairground 5pm Trouble 2pm JMST Charley's 1pm RG Devil's 2pm NMS Sherlock 2pm FT Devil's 7pm NMS Sherlock 2pm FT Sherlock 7pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Trouble 2pm JMST Charley's 8pm RG Songbook 7pm NMS Flush 8pm RG Pop-up Patio 4:30pm Kreutzer 7pm HFS
29 30 31 2021 Season Locations Performance Codes Shawground 11am Trouble 2pm JMST The Devil's Disciple FT - Festival Theatre P - Preview Devil's 1pm NMS Sherlock 2pm FT Sherlock Holmes and The Raven's Curse RG - Royal George Theatre O - Opening Charley's 1pm RG Gatsby 7pm BMO Charley's Aunt BMO - BMO Stage C - Closing Duke 4pm SLP Flush HFS - Humeniuk Foundation Stage Relaxed - Relaxed Performance Sherlock 7pm FT Desire Under the Elms NMS - Nona Macdonald Stage Trouble 7pm JMST Trouble in Mind JMST - Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre A Christmas Carol SLP - South Lawn Patio Holiday Inn
15 September Sunday Mon Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Shawground 11am Flush 11:30am RG Fairground 11am Flush 11:30am RG Charley's 2pm RG Kreutzer 2pm HFS Devil's 2pm NMS Gatsby 3pm BMO Devil's 2pm NMS Duke 4pm SLP Charley's 2pm RG Trouble 8pm JMST Flush 8pm RG Pop-up Patio 5pm Sherlock 8pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Devil's 7pm NMS Trouble 8pm JMST Charley's 8pm RG
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Trouble 2pm JMST Shawground 11am Devil's 2pm NMS Garden Tour Sherlock 1pm FT Sherlock 2pm FT Charley's 2pm RG Charley's 2pm RG Flush 11:30am RG Flush 2pm RG Duke 5pm SLP Gatsby 7pm BMO Kreutzer 12pm HFS Devil's 7pm NMS Flush 8pm RG Sherlock 8pm FT Charley's 8pm RG Sherlock 8pm FT Trouble 8pm JMST Trouble 8pm JMST
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Fairground 11am Duke 2pm SLP Shawground 11am Kreutzer 12pm HFS Flush 11:30am RG Devil's 2pm NMS Charley's 1pm RG Sherlock 8pm FT Devil's 2pm NMS Sherlock 2pm FT Trouble 8pm JMST Charley's 2pm RG Devil's 1pm NMS Trouble 8pm JMST Charley's 2pm RG Trouble 2pm JMST Sherlock 8pm FT Speakeasy 7pm BMO Sherlock 7pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Flush 2pm RG Trouble 8pm JMST Devil's 7pm NMS Charley's 8pm RG
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Coffee Concert 10:30am HFS Sherlock 2pm FT Charley's 2pm RG Flush 2pm RG Coffee Concert 10:30am HFS GC Fall Weekend Fairground 1pm Gatsby 2pm BMO Kreutzer 2pm HFS Devil's 2pm NMS Duke 8pm SLP Directors Project Gatsby 5pm BMO Devil's 7pm NMS Shawground 5pm Trouble 8pm JMST Charley's 8pm RG Charley's 2pm RG Sherlock 7pm FT Charley's 8pm RG Sherlock 8pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Devil's 7pm NMS Flush 7pm RG Trouble 8pm JMST Flush 8pm RG
26 27 28 29 30 GC Fall Weekend Trouble 2pm JMST Flush 11:30am RG Coffee Concert 10:30am HFS Fairground 11am Sherlock 2pm FT Devil's 7pm NMS Charley's 2pm RG Flush 1pm RG Charley's 8pm RG Devil's 2pm NMS Sherlock 1pm FT Sherlock 8pm FT Trouble 1pm JMST Trouble 8pm JMST Flush 8pm RG
October Sunday Mon Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
2021 Season Locations Performance Codes 1 2 The Devil's Disciple FT - Festival Theatre P - Preview Fairground 11am Devil's 2pm NMS Sherlock Holmes and The Raven's Curse RG - Royal George Theatre O - Opening Flush 11:30am RG Charley's 2pm RG Charley's Aunt BMO - BMO Stage C - Closing Sherlock 2pm FT Duke 5pm SLP Flush HFS - Humeniuk Foundation Stage Relaxed - Relaxed Performance Trouble 2pm JMST Flush 8pm RG Desire Under the Elms NMS - Nona Macdonald Stage Gatsby 7pm BMO Trouble 8pm JMST Trouble in Mind JMST - Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre Sherlock 8pm FT A Christmas Carol SLP - South Lawn Patio Holiday Inn 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kreutzer 11am HFS Trouble 8pm JMST Shawground 12pm Charley's 2pm RG Fairground 12pm Kreutzer 12pm HFS C Shawground 1pm Sherlock 8pm FT Devil's 7pm NMS Devil's 2pm NMS Gatsby 3pm BMO C Trouble 2pm JMST C Gatsby 4pm BMO Charley's 8pm RG Duke 5pm SLP C Sherlock 8pm FT Sherlock 2pm FT Sherlock 7pm FT Trouble 8pm JMST Devil's 7pm NMS C Charley's 8pm RG 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Charley's 1pm RG C Desire 2pm JMST P Desire 8pm JMST P Sherlock 7pm FT C
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Desire 1pm JMST P Desire 2pm JMST P Desire 2pm JMST P Desire 2pm JMST P Desire 6pm JMST O Desire 8pm JMST P
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Desire 1pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 8pm JMST Desire 8pm JMST
31 Desire 1pm JMST
16 November Sunday Mon Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Desire 2pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 8pm JMST Desire 8pm JMST
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Desire 1pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Desire 7pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Christmas 1pm RG P Christmas 1pm RG P Desire 1pm JMST Desire 7pm JMST Christmas 7pm RG P
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Christmas 2pm RG P Holiday 2pm FT P Holiday 1pm FT P Desire 1pm JMST Christmas 1pm RG P Desire 1pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Christmas 1pm RG P Holiday 1pm FT P Christmas 1pm RG O Holiday 2pm FT P Christmas 1pm RG P Holiday 1pm FT P Holiday 7pm FT P Holiday 6pm FT O Desire 7pm JMST Christmas 7pm RG P Desire 7pm JMST Christmas 7pm RG
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Christmas 2pm RG Christmas 2pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Desire 1pm JMST Desire 2pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 2pm FT Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Relaxed Holiday 7pm FT Holiday 1pm FT Holiday 7pm FT Christmas 7pm RG Desire 7pm JMST Holiday 7pm FT Desire 7pm JMST Christmas 7pm RG Desire 7pm JMST
28 29 30 2021 Season Locations Performance Codes Desire 2pm JMST Christmas 2pm RG The Devil's Disciple FT - Festival Theatre P - Preview Christmas 2pm RG Sherlock Holmes and The Raven's Curse RG - Royal George Theatre O - Opening Holiday 2pm FT Charley's Aunt BMO - BMO Stage C - Closing Flush HFS - Humeniuk Foundation Stage Relaxed - Relaxed Performance Desire Under the Elms NMS - Nona Macdonald Stage Trouble in Mind JMST - Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre A Christmas Carol SLP - South Lawn Patio Holiday Inn
December Sunday Mon Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Holiday 1pm FT Desire 1pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Desire 1pm JMST Christmas 1pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Christmas 7pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Holiday 7pm FT Desire 7pm JMST Desire 7pm JMST Holiday 7pm FT Holiday 7pm FT Christmas 7pm RG Desire 7pm JMST
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Desire 2pm JMST Holiday 2pm FT Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Desire 1pm JMST Christmas 2pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Desire 1pm JMST Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 2pm FT Desire 1pm JMST Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 7pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 7pm RG Holiday 7pm FT Desire 7pm JMST Holiday 7pm FT Desire 7pm JMST Christmas 7pm RG Desire 7pm JMST
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Desire 2pm JMST C Christmas 2pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Christmas 2pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Christmas 1pm RG Holiday 1pm FT Holiday 1pm FT Holiday 2pm FT Holiday 7pm FT Holiday 7pm FT Holiday 7pm FT Christmas 7pm RG Christmas 7pm RG
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas 2pm RG Holiday 2pm FT Holiday 1pm FT Holiday 1pm FT C Holiday 2pm FT Christmas 2pm RG Christmas 1pm RG Christmas 1pm RG C Christmas 7pm RG Christmas 7pm RG Holiday 7pm FT Holiday 7pm FT
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17 We are excited to Upcoming welcome all of our Friends and Partners back to The Shaw for these events – Events designed to enrich your Shaw experience!
For those who won't make Upcoming Happy Hour events - fun and casual Mix & Mingles willl resume in October. it to The Shaw just yet, conversations timed for the cocktail hour of 5pm: Various dates and locations, both online we have some virtual Thursday August 26 meet Peter Fernandes and in person. events just for you! Thursday September 30 TBA
Governors Friends of Council The Shaw
The Half Hour
Sunday September 12 See what happens in the half-hour prior to the performance of The Devil’s Disciple Feature Weekend to transform an actor into their stage character. Book early – space is limited! Fall Weekend September 25 & 26 For all Friends, Corporate Partners and Governors Council members. Free Highlights include: Directors Project
performances, discussions with Intern Lusztyk. Andrew Peter by Photo Daly. James On-stage Rehearsal Directors, and dinner with Ensemble members. $265 + tax Holiday Inn Thursday November 11 Bridging The Directors Project For Sustaining level and above ($600+) Borders – Live September 25 and Corporate Partners. Free from NOTL! Short plays by this year’s Intern Directors. Post-Show Chats Currently sold out. Ask about our wait list. Knowing it may be a little while before Free many of our U.S. patrons are able to Wednesdays and Thursdays starting in July, join us in person, we're creating a To book events, call the Governors Council except those marked P and O. series of unique experiences especially office at 1-800-657-1106 ext 2208 or Box Informal chats with the cast or creative team for our U.S. GC members and other Office at 1-800-511-7429. after matinees of The Devil’s Disciple and Friends in our largest U.S. markets. Sherlock Holmes and The Raven’s Curse. Imagine enjoying your favorite Brian Doherty For all Friends, Corporate Partners and beverage and other light fare in a Governors Council members. Free private club, private home, or other Legacy Circle landmark venue, while members of the Shaw Company perform for you On-stage rehearsal To book events, call 1-800-511-7429 – and take your questions – live from Governors Council and Premier Friends Niagara-on-the-Lake on a big screen. NEW! We are excited to offer onstage call 1-800-657-1106 ext 2208 If you’re in Buffalo, Cleveland, or rehearsals just for our Legacy Circle Rochester, watch your in-box for news members: shawfest.com/beyond-the-stage/friends of these live, interactive, and in-person events coming soon to your area and featuring Tim Carroll, our illustrious Artistic Director, and members of the Shaw Ensemble. Looking ahead, we Desire Under the Elms plan to expand these offerings to New Thursday October 14 York City and Pittsburgh later this year. To book, contact Kim White at at kwhite@ Stay tuned – and see you soon! shawfest.com or call 289-783-1924
18 Welcome and Thank You!
It has been too long since we were able to
acknowledge our newest Governors Council Tim Carroll, members and Corporate Partners in this Artistic Director way. We are both sincerely grateful to all of these new members who have joined this group of our most generous supporters since our last Magazine in the summer of 2019, and to everyone who has continued to Tim Jennings, support us over these challenging months. Executive Director
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7 Communications Steve Goldberger & Dorothy S. Karr David & Agatha Moll Charitable Fund Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams Eve Gordon, In memory of Ali & Alfred & Nancy† Mouget Susan Addario & David Farrar Corinne Hansen Mr Thomas & Mrs Marceline Mudie Michael & Judy Alexander John D. Ground Niagara-on-the-Lake Bed & Breakfast David Antscherl & Carol Lewis Myfanwy Hall Niagara Holiday Rentals Bob & Irene Bader Alton B. Harris & Andrea S. Kramer Eliza & Hugh Nevin Graham Bailey Shira Hart John D. Nicklas Ruthanne Beighley Maxine A. Hartley Penny Noble Sylvia Bennett†† John Hawley - in loving memory of Liz Hawley Novick Family, In memory of Olga Novick John & Isabella Bisanti Mary & Arthur Heinmaa Deborah Pacinda Colonel James D. Blundell Yolanda & Mike Henry Wally Pieczonka Patricia Bossert Mary Ellen Herman Cecylia Podoski & Derwyn Sangster Terry Brackett Margot Hickson & Ian Reece Chick Reid* & Tom McCamus* Mrs Reny Burrows Wayne & Joanne Hill Neil Rudolph & Susan Cluff The Paul Butler & Chris Black Foundation James Hinds Mr & Mrs John Sayers at Toronto Foundation Timothy & Pamela Hines Drs Michael & Joanne Schwartz Mark Chason & Mariana Botero Chason Dr & Mrs C.E.M. Horning Charles & Ruth Schwartz Karen Cheah Oleh Hrycko Mary-Anne Seppala Elizabeth & Robert Lee, In memory of Kathy Inch Kadri & Cecilia Sercan Joan Chilcott Mr & Mrs D. Bruce Johnstone Heather Sheehan Gerry & Carol Chrisman C. & D. Kaloutsky Edward†† & Elizabeth†† Simmons Dr John & Nancy Christodoulides Howard Kaplan Brent Simmons & Devon Richardson Richard Gallagan & Bud Coffey Jared Kaplan & Maridee Quanbeck Victor & Anne Solomatenko Don Cole, In memory of Jon Kaplan Paul & Valerie Kirkconnell Dennis Souder Mr Robert Cole Peter & Elke Kluge Family Foundation Sylvia Soyka Sheila Croft Suzanne Kopas Paul Sportelli* John & Libby Crossingham David & Sarena Koschitzky Jim & Sydney Storry Mark Curry, In loving memory of Ann George & Carolyn Kotlewski Rosalie Tansey Dr Roger I. Dacre Ms Val Koziol Dr Peter & Mrs Janet Thomas Professor K.G. Davey Helen H.S. Lam Marilyn & Geoff Trout Betty Disero†† Andy Lam Mrs Nicole Tzetzo†† Elizabeth S. Dipchand†† & Gregory Prekupec Alan & Margaret Leaver Bill Van Wyck Andrew W. Dorn Richard & Lynne Liptrap Richard Wachsberg Paula & Thomas Elsinghorst Mary Maglio Nick & Marg Walker Doone & George Estey Marlene Masales & Victor Ramanauskas Joan & Jean Waricha Mr & Mrs Sheldon & Bev Fainer Mr Spurgeon McAdams Alan Wheable Robert & Julia† Foster Donald McGerrigle & Christina Brouillette Mark Wilton Mr Randal Froebelius Heather L. McKee Donna & Barry Winnick John & Therese Gardner Mrs Norma Meyer 4 anonymous gifts Paul & Helen Gareau Miskin Law Professional Corporation † Board Alumni Howard & Joann Girsh Gary & Linda Molinaro †† Board Member Laurie Goetz * Shaw Company/Ensemble Member
19 By: Kim White
The Shaw Festival recently lost Legacies two dear friends: Malcom Stewart Macdonald, from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Colin De la Court Watson of Toronto, Ontario. Two gentlemen– one American, one Canadian–with an of Love: abiding love for theatre.
ike Mac, Colin Watson was born in England at the height of the 'Blitz'. His father was a Canadian (PPCLI) Lsoldier and his mother was English. After the war, the family moved to British Columbia where Colin graduated from UBC with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, followed by an MBA at the Ivey Business School in London, Ontario. Colin spent most of his career (close to 50 years) with Rogers Communications as a Corporate Director then as CEO of Rogers Cable systems. He left Rogers to become CEO of Spar Aerospace and subsequently Vector Aerospace in 2004.
Malcolm ‘Mac’ Macdonald Malcolm “Retirement” meant continued corporate board involvement with several Canadian boards. Along with his wife Barbara, ac spent his first three birthdays in an air raid shelter during WWII which Colin joined The Shaw’s Board of Governors when it was helped shape the courage and strength that characterized him. While established in March 2020 and both are long-time supporters Mattending Grammar School as a young man, Mac dabbled in a little theatre and familiar faces at The Shaw for over 25 years. in one of Bernard Shaw’s iconic plays, The Devil’s Disciple, playing none other than Colin was a unique, direct and driven individual; he had a the scoundrel, Dick Dudgeon! The Shaw has dedicated our 2021 production of this clever wit and a great sense of humour that made people play in memory of Mac. smile. Most importantly, Colin loved his friends and family, Though born in England, Mac retained his Scottish identity throughout his life. At the not least the many friends he developed through his age of 19, Mac joined Ford of Britain in Dagenham, England. He earned an accounting association with The Shaw. He was known for his wonderful degree while working there and in 1963 moved to the U.S. to attend Harvard Business sense of camaraderie whenever he visited the Festival. It School. After business school Mac joined Ford Motor Company and proved to be a is also evident how much family, friends and giving back to strategic and forward-thinking Treasury expert, leading industry best practices in the community mattered to him. A testament to his love of financing, capital allocation, investment and risk management. Mac was also dedicated friends and his love of the arts, we are pleased to announce to talent development and diversity, and many corporate treasurers, investors and CFOs that many in the Shaw community have come together to count Mac as the key leader that shaped their careers. Outside of work, Mac had a deep donate in Colin’s memory. These generous gifts, inspired by love for his family, and enjoyed fine wine, world travel and the theatre. Colin’s engaging spirit, carry forward his legacy. Malcolm, known as “Mac” sat on The Shaw’s Board of Directors from 2002-2006. He also sat on our U.S. Advisory Board from 2008 – 2014. Mac and his family stumbled on the Shaw Festival, and Niagara-on-the-Lake, enroute to the family summer house in New Hampshire. His daughter, Eleanor reflects on theatre and her Dad: “Growing up, it was a house filled with theatre in small ways I am not sure I still fully appreciate. When we moved from England to Michigan in 1980, my 7 year old sister Alison reported that she would miss 'Gilbert and Sullivan most of all', but we never had a chance to miss it because from my earliest memories we were always seeing plays, talking about plays or earning extra pocket money by memorizing sonnets and monologs and poems. The Watson and Barbara Colin summer drive to New Hampshire always meant a stop at Stratford or Shaw, sometimes both–memorably one time both in the same day, a matinee at Stratford and mad dash for an 8pm curtain at Shaw. It seemed inevitable that both Alison and I would become involved in theatre as we got older–Alison was on the stage in high school and college, while I was always backstage starting in high school, and my lack of fear of heights put me on a clear lighting track”.
Eleanor’s degree in Theater Lighting, which was the inspiration for Mac to establish an Endowment Fund in her name. The Eleanor Macdonald Endowment Fund has To help plan for your Legacy Gift supported lighting design and lighting design assistants since 2008. or for more information, contact: As his final gift to The Shaw, Mac left a lasting Legacy through a significant gift to Kimberley White, Senior Development Officer, his endowment fund, which Eleanor has decided to rename The Macdonald Family Individual Gifts & Legacy Giving Endowment Fund. We are grateful for Mac’s contribution as a valuable leader, volunteer and true advocate for theatre and how it improves the world–one he 289-783-1924 or 1-800-657-1106 ext 2397 travelled so well. [email protected]
20 2021 Ensemble
Kaleb Alexander David Alan Anderson Damien Atkins Neil Barclay Kristopher Bowman Andrew Broderick
Fiona Byrne Jason Cadieux Julia Course James Daly Peter Fernandes Kristi Frank
Patrick Galligan Katherine Gauthier Alexis Gordon Martin Happer Claire Jullien Andrew Lawrie
Julie Lumsden* Marie Mahabal* Tom McCamus Kevin McLachlan* Marla McLean Peter Millard
Michelle Mohammed Nafeesa Monroe Alexandra Montagnese Mike Nadajewski Mike Petersen Drew Plummer*
Chick Reid Ric Reid Kiera Sangster Travis Seetoo Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane† Gabriella Sundar Singh
Donna Soares Graeme Somerville Johnathan Sousa Sanjay Talwar Jonathan Tan Jacqueline Thair
*Supported by
†Christopher Newton Intern supported by Marilyn and Charles Baillie Shauna Thompson* Jay Turvey Kelly Wong Jenny L. Wright
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