Disney anD Cameron maCkintosh’s MARY POPPINS season sponsor title sponsor Supporting the arts, locally. Each year, through various donations and sponsorships, we are committed to helping our local communities. We’re proud to be the 2019/2020 season sponsor of the Grand Theatre. WELCOME The holiday season is upon us once lives of a real family, in a real city, at a again, and this time around we are real time. And yet imagination, magic, grateful to hear from none other than and abstraction are woven into this the always inspiring Mary Poppins. narrative—and the family’s lives—in Disney’s classic movie version of this a seamless way. This story reminds story has been with us for decades, us that everything really is possi- and is shared by generations of fam- ble—“anything can happen if you let ilies. The stage version, however, is it,” as Mary wisely tells us. relatively new—since debuting on The best thing about this time of year Broadway 14 years ago, Disney and is that we get to spend time with our Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins families. I’m most excited to be shar- has been presented all over the world ing Mary Poppins with my daughter— in a new form, inspiring new gener- live onstage—for the first time. We’ll ations of children. And there is little sing together, laugh together, and doubt that Mary’s words of wisdom, inspire each other to have a super- keen guidance, and catchy songs will califragilisticexpialidocious holiday be around for many more years to season. And I wish the same for you. come. Welcome! I have always been interested in this story’s combination of fantasy and reality. 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Switch your business banking to Libro today! libro.ca/business • 1-800-361-8222 spriet stage, noVember 26 to december 29, 2019 opening night noVember 29, 2019 GRAND theatre’s production of disney and cameron mackintosh’s MARY POPPINS A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Book by Julian Fellowes New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh Original London and Broadway Production Credits: Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher Co-Choreographer Lighting Design Stephen Mear Howard Harrison Scenic and Costume Design Bob Crowley Co-Direction and Choreography Matthew Bourne Directed by Richard Eyre The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. MARY POPPINS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com Downtown’s Finest Rentals Coming Soon tricar PRODUCTION CREDITS Director MEGAN WATSON Musical Director CRAIG FAIR Choreographer STEPHEN COTA Set Designer LORENZO SAVOINI Costume Designer DANA OSBORNE Lighting Designer BONNIE BEECHER Projection Designer JAMIE NESBITT Sound Designer BRIAN KENNY Stage Manager KELLY LUFT Assistant Stage Manager JORDAN GUETTER Assistant Stage Manager KATERINA SOKYRKO Apprentice Stage Manager SKYE MONAGHAN Dialect Coach JANE GOODERHAM Assistant to the Choreographer/ CASSANDRA DI FELICE Child Supervisor Child Supervisor LINDA MARTIN Child Supervisor HEATHER RAYCRAFT Child Supervisor CHRYSTINE ROBINSON The Grand Theatre is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The Grand Theatre acknowledges with thanks the co-operation of Locals 105 and 828 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, and The London Musicians’ Association Local 279. lexus ad CAST CREDITS Mrs. Corry CHRISTY ADAMSON Michael Banks HAYDEN BAERTSOEN Neleus JAK BARRADELL George Banks BEN CARLSON Northbrook MICHAEL COX Winifred Banks ALEXIS GORDON Ensemble JOSH GRAETZ Mary Poppins DEBORAH HAY Mrs. Brill PHOEBE HU Ensemble HEATHER KOSIK* Ensemble JAMIE MURRAY Ensemble SHAKEIL ROLLOCK Miss Lark ANTONETTE RUDDER Ensemble MICHELE SHUSTER Bird Woman/Miss Andrew JAN ALEXANDRA SMITH Robertson Ay GIOVANNI SPINA Bert MARK UHRE Jane Banks ABI VERHAEGHE Admiral Boom/Chairman SANDY WINSBY Park Keeper/Von Hussler ROBERT YERETCH *Dance Captain Orchestra Conductor/Keyboard 1 CRAIG FAIR Keyboard 2 ANDREW PETRASIUNAS Percussion ROB LAROSE Bass PETER HYSEN Cello ADRIAN WRIGHT Clarinet ANTONIO DE LUCA Horn KATE STONE Trumpet CRAIG ROBERTSON 6 SHOWseason 2019/20 season PASS sponsor subscribe bestFOR ONLY seats now for lowest prices free exchanges IT’S EASY TO ORDER Online Up to 25% off regular ticket prices. grandtheatre.com/subscribe Extra Savings on additional tickets. 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MUSICAL NUMBERS act one Prologue Bert Cherry Tree Lane (Part 1) Winifred, Mrs. Brill, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, George The Perfect Nanny Jane, Michael Cherry Tree Lane (Part 2) Winifred, Mrs. Brill, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, George Practically Perfect Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael All Me Own Work Bert Jolly Holiday Bert, Jane, Michael, Neleus, Mary Poppins, Ensemble Let’s Hope She Will Stay George, Winifred, Jane, Michael Winds Do Change Bert A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, Winifred Precision and Order Clerks, Chairman, Von Hussler, Northbrook A Man Has Dreams George Feed The Birds Bird Woman, Mary Poppins, Ensemble Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins, Bert, Jane, Michael, Mrs. Corry, Customers Twists and Turns Bert Playing the Grame Mary Poppins, Toys Chim Chim Cher-ee Bert, Mary Poppins act two Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise) Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay, Jane, Michael, Winifred, George Let’s Go Fly A Kite Bert, Park Keeper, Michael, Jane, Mary Poppins, Kite Flyers Good for Nothing /