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Stratford Festival 2014 Stratford Festival 2014 This year the University of Rochester’s trip to the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, will take place on September 19-21. The event is sponsored by the English Department, the Undergraduate English Council, the International Theatre Program, Drama House, and TOOP (The Opposite of People). Registration: $250.00. Please remember that U.S. citizens will need a valid U.S. passport, U.S. passport card, or an enhanced driver’s license to cross the border. For international students, please consult ISO. Registration includes tickets to four plays, two night’s housing, and transportation to Stratford and back by Trailways Coach. Dormitory accommodation will be in the Nurse’s Residence of the Stratford Hospital, about a twenty minute walk from the center of town. (See map.) Select one play from each time slot. See registration form below. Slot 1 Friday 19 September at 2:00 p.m. William Shakespeare. King Lear. Dir. Antoni Cimolino. With Colm Feore (King Lear), Maev Beaty (Goneril), Liisa Repo-Martell (Regan), Sara Farb (Cordelia), Jonathan Goad (Kent), Scott Wentworth (Gloucester), Evan Buliung (Edgar), Brad Hodder (Edmund), Michael Blake (Albany), Mike Shara (Cornwall), Stephen Ouimette (Fool). Festival Theatre Bertolt Brecht. Mother Courage and Her Children. Translated by David Edgar. Dir. Martha Henry. With Seana McKenna (Mother Courage), Geraint Wyn Davies (Cook), Ben Carlson (Chaplain), Wayne Best (Recruiting Officer), Patricia Collins (old woman), Deidre Gillard-rowlings (Yvette Pottier), Carmen Grant (Kattrin), Petter Hutt (Commander). Tom Patterson Theatre Slot 2 Friday 19 September at 8:00 p.m. Crazy for You. Dir. Donna Feore. Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. Book by Ken Ludwig. With Josh Franklin (Bobby Child), Chilina Kennedy (Poly Baker). Tom Rooney (Bela Zangler), Lally Cadeau (Mrs. Lottie Child), Shane Carty (Lank Hawkins), Keith Dinicol (Everett Baker), Monique Lund (Patricia Fodor), Shawn Wright (Eugene Fodor). Festival Theatre Lewis Carroll. Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Dir. Jullian Keiley. Adapted for the stage by James Reaney. With Trish Lindström (Alice), Cynthia Dale (Red Queen), Dion Johnstone (White King) Tom McCamus (March Hare), Brian Tree (Humpty Dumpty), Sarah Afful (Tiger Lily). Mike Nadajewski (Tweedledum). Avon Theatre Slot 3 Saturday 20 September at 2:00 p.m. William Shakespeare. Midsummer Night’s Dream. Dir. Chris Abraham. With Evan Buliung (Titania/Oberon), Jonathan Goad (Titania/Oberon), Chick Reid (Puck), Scott Wentworth (Theseus), Bethany Jillard (Hermia), Liisa Repo- Martell (Helena), Tara Rosling (Lysander), Mike Shara (Demetrius), Stephen Ouimette (Bottom), Lally Cadeau (Peter Quince), Keith Dinicol (Snout), Michael Spencer-Davis (Egeus), Michael Blake (Philostrate). Festival Theatre William Shakespeare. King John. Dir. Tim Carroll. With Tom McCamus (King John), Seana McKenna (Constance), Graham Abbey (Philip the Bastard), Patricia Collins (Queen Eleanor), Wayne Best (Hubert), Daniel Briere (Robert Faulconbridge), Peter Hutt (King Philip), Stephen Russell (Earl of Salisbury), E.B. Smith (Viscount of Melun), Brian Tree (Cardinal Pandulph), Brigit Wilson (Lady Faulconbridge) Antoine Yared (Louis the Dauphin). Tom Patterson Theatre Noël Coward. Hay Fever. Dir. Alisa Palmer. With Lucy Peacock (Judith Bliss), Cynthia Dale (Myra Arundel), Ruby Joy (Sorel Bliss), Tyrone Savage (Simon Bliss), Sarah Orenstein (Clara), Gareth Potter (Sandy Tyrell). Avon Theatre Slot 4 Saturday 20 September at 8:00 p.m. George Farquhar. The Beaux’ Stratagem. Dir. Antoli Cimolino. With Colm Feore (Archer), Martha Henry (Lady Bountiful), Lucy Peacock (Mrs. Sullen), Scott Wentworth (Mr.Sullen), Mike Shara (Aimwell), Bethany Jillard (Dorinda). Festival Theatre William Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra. Dir. Gary Griffin. With Geraint Wyn Davies (Antony), Yanna McIntosh (Cleopatra), Ben Carlson (Octavius), Tom McCamus (Enobarbus), Carmen Grant (Octavia), Daniel Briere (Eros), Randy Hughson (Lepidus), Peter Hutt (Agrippa), Stephen Russell (Soothsayer), Brian Tree (Clown), Antoine Yared (Mardian). Tom Patterson Theatre Man of La Mancha. Dir. Robert McQueen. Music by Mitch Leigh. Lyrics by Joe Darion. Book by Dale Wasserman. With Tom Rooney (Miguel de Cervantes), Chilina Kennedy. Steve Ross (Sancho Panza), Shane Carty (Governor), Robin Hutton (Maria), Kayla James (Antonia), Marcus Nance (Captain of the Inquisition). Avon Theatre We will have dessert after the evening performances at The Olde English Parlour (corner of St. Patrick and Wellington), complements of the English Department and the UR Theater Endowment. Stratford Festival Registration Last name: _________________ First Name: _________________ Year:________ Email address: ________________________________________ Major:______________ Phone number: ________________________ Please make checks payable to The English Department, University of Rochester. Checks may be delivered to the English Department main office, 426 Morey Hall. Your registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment. Play Selection Choose one from each time slot. Selections are first come, first served. Time Slot 1 ____ King Lear ____ Mother Courage Time Slot 2 ____ Crazy for You ____ Alice through the Looking-Glass Time Slot 3 ____ Midsummer Night’s Dream ____ King John ____ Hay Fever Time Slot 4 ____ Beaux’ Strategem ____ Antony & Cleopatra ____ Man of La Mancha PERTH ROAD 19 to MILVERTON 19to PERTH ROAD FAIRFIELD (Stratford Airport) (Stratford MORNINGTON MORNINGTON HARRISON RD RUTHER- DR FORDDR PL 37 McMANUS ST GREENBERGPL ROMEO VIVIAN LINE ABRAHAM FINDLAY N KAPPELE NORTH POINTE DR (PRIVATE) CIR ST ST KEMP DR MEIGHEN MEWS MAYBERRY PL CRES PERTH LINE 36 (QUINLAN RD) GRAFF DR SIMPSON RD E. 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DR PATTERSON York ST ST Street THEATRE NILE ST There are a limited Stratford Perth Museum VETERANS Visitor’s ST ST number of special- ST REBECCA PARK DR Centre ST ST AVON ST access parking spots HURON ST YORK THEATRE GRANGE on Richard Monette MATILDA MATILDA P P ST ST ROMEO Way and near our other TOM PATTERSON ERIE THEATRE HWY 8 to GODERICH City STUDIO DOURO Hall THEATRE ST REGENT theatres. 111 Lakeside Drive ST N5A 7K5 DOUGLAS ST MARKET PL FALSTAFF ST S BUCKINGHAM ST For more information ST Stratford ST DOUGLAS ST ST. ANDREW P ST regarding parking, rates, T.J.DOLAN DR P YMCA/ Tourism MILTON GEORGE bus parking and maps, COOPER Play Care MURRAY CAWSTON ST AVON ST ST. PATRICK ST please visit HILL RD WORSLEY ST P SHAKESPEARE ST O’LOANE O’LOANE MANNING DR stratfordfestival.ca/ McLAGAN P University Train Station Golf DR DALY AVE ST LAURIER ST Course visitor. FRANKLIN DR of Waterloo P DOWNIE ST EAST GORE JOHN GUELPH Stratford ROSS NORFOLK ST. 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