April 1 to October 31 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario JACKIE MAXWELL Artistic Director The 2010 Shaw Festival Company Festival Theatre AN IDEAL HUSBAND 5 TO BE UPDATED Benedict Campbell David Jansen Marla McLean Ken James Stewart April 9 to October 31 Kawa Ada Lisa Codrington Gabrielle Jones Patrick McManus Richard Stewart Beryl Bain Krista Colosimo Claire Jullien Jim Mezon Steven Sutcliffe THE WOMEN 7 Michael Ball Nicolá Correia- Lorne Kennedy Peter Millard Jacqueline Thair May 12 to October 9 Guy Bannerman Damude Corrine Koslo Ali Momen Wendy Thatcher Neil Barclay Saccha Dennis Al Kozlik Laurie Paton Jay Turvey THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA 9 Anthony Bekenn Sharry Flett Peter Krantz Gray Powell Mark Uhre June 10 to October 30 Donna Belleville Patrick Galligan Billy Lake Micheal Querin Jonathan Widdifield Kyle Blair Patricia Hamilton Anthony Malarky Ric Reid Robin Evan Willis Court House Theatre Evan Buliung Mary Haney Esther Maloney David Schurmann Kelly Wong THE CHERRY ORCHARD 11 Andrew Bunker Deborah Hay Thom Marriott Goldie Semple Jenny L. Wright April 20 to October 2 Fiona Byrne Patty Jamieson Julie Martell Graeme Somerville Jenny Young JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND 13 June 18 to October 9 AGE OF AROUSAL 15 July 23 to October 10 Royal George Theatre HARVEY 17 April 1 to October 31 MANDATE TO COME ONE TOUCH OF VENUS 19 May 16 to October 10 HALF AN HOUR 21 LOREM IPSUM June 26 to October 9 LUNCHTIME Studio Theatre SERIOUS MONEY 23 July 31 to September 12 Reading Series 24 How to Order Tickets 25 Gift Certificates + Memberships 25 Theatre for all Budgets 26 Prices and Theatres 28 Calendar 29–35 Seminars, Workshops + More 36 Theatre Day Packages 40 Theatre Overnight Packages 42 Shaw Membership 44 Best for Less 47 Visitor’s Guide 48 Credits + Contacts 63 Directions 64 Cover: Steven Sutcliffe, Anthony Bekenn and Sharry Flett 2 tickets: SHAWFEST.COM / 1-800-511-SHAW 1 “Our playbill reflects Bernard Shaw’s belief that great ideas, struggles and relationships can all be revealed through humour” As the world around us becomes increasingly frenetic And then there is Clare Boothe Luce’s The and unreliable, I believe The Shaw must shout aloud that Women, a gleeful comedy of manners where theatre can bring context and clarity to the madness in ways jungle-red nails prevail — in direct contrast that are thought-provoking, heartfelt and deeply entertaining. to Linda Griffith’s Age of Arousal, in which women find love and liberation through To this end, our playbill reflects Bernard Shaw’s belief that the unlikely means of a typewriter. Add great ideas, struggles and relationships can all be revealed J.M. Barrie’s surprising real-time tale, Half through humour. From the comic edge of Oscar Wilde, an Hour, and Caryl Churchill’s brilliant satire who takes us deep into a marriage threatened by political on corporate greed, Serious Money, and intrigue in An Ideal Husband, to the gentle comedy of I hope you will agree that we really have Chekhov and his eccentric denizens of The Cherry Orchard. covered the gamut of comic invention. From the madcap farce of One Touch of Venus, where the heavenly music of Kurt Weill mixes with the New York It’s amazing what starts to make sense repartee of Ogden Nash and S.J. Perelman, to the rich when you’re laughing — I invite you to humour of Elwood Dowd and his imaginary rabbit in Harvey, come and enjoy. to Shaw’s own distinctive wit in The Doctor’s Dilemma and John Bull’s Other Island. Jackie Maxwell Artistic Director Directed by JACKIE MAXWELL Set and Costume design by JUDITH BOWDEN Lighting design by KEVIN LAMOTTE Composer/Sound design by JOHN GZOWSKI STEVEN SUTCLIFFE, FIONA BYRNE, PATRICK GALLIGAN and MOYA O’CONNELL with Lorne Kennedy and Marla McLean Festival Theatre April 9 to October 31 AN IDEAL HUSBAND By Oscar Wilde “Scandals used to lend charm to a man — now they crush him.” When a husband behaves badly, should a wife always stand by her man? The quest for power and ambition finally catches up with a much-admired politician one night at an elegant party, when a past misdeed is revealed by a beautiful stranger. The options are clear — public scandal or the loss of his trusting wife — but how to choose? Wilde’s play about infidelity and life in the political arena remains witty and utterly relevant more than a century after it was first performed in 1895. “My favourite Wilde play — where virtually every character is revelaed to be not at all what they seem. A delicious puzzle to unravel for actors and audience alike.”JM Production Sponsor: Claire Jullien with Prince Amponsah and Wade Bogert-O’Brien tickets: SHAWFEST.COM / 1-800-511-SHAW 5 Directed by ALISA PALMER Set and Costume design by WILLIAM SCHMUCK Lighting design by KEVIN LAMOTTE PLACEHOLDER and DEBORAH HAY with Lisa Codrington, Nicolá Correia-Damude, Kelli Fox, Mary Haney, Moya O’Connell, Laurie Paton and Jenny L Wright Festival Theatre May 12 to October 9 THE WOMEN By Clare Boothe Luce “I don’t ask any man to understand me. How could he? I’m a woman.” Welcome to a secret society — the world of women. A Manhattan socialite finds out her husband is cheating on her and her girlfriends are no help at all. With manicured claws, these women are fighting to maintain their status while scheming to leave, steal or win back their own husbands. This classic play captures a world that only half the population every really gets to see. A revealing look into the lives of the ladies who lunch that is clever, cut-throat and full of outrageous humour. “A play that takes place in women’s boudoirs, salons, bubble baths and powder rooms — information for the men in the audience, confirmation for the women and a true celebration of the extraordinary actresses in the company.”JM Production Sponsor: Laurie Paton, Deborah Hay and Julie Martell tickets: SHAWFEST.COM / 1-800-511-SHAW 7 Directed by MORRIS PANYCH Set design by KEN MacDONALD Costume design by CHARLOTTE DEAN Lighting design by ALAN BRODIE DAVID JANSEN, MARLA MCLEAN, RIC REID and THOM MARRIOTT with Patrick Galligan, Jonathan Gould, Patricia Hamilton and Patrick McManus Festival Theatre June 10 to October 30 THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA By Bernard Shaw “Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.” A doctor who has discovered a lifesaving cure must make an impossible decision. Who should he treat: a kindly colleague who serves the poor, or an extremely talented but unscrupulous young artist, who also happens to have a beautiful young wife? When there’s only room for one more, who can he afford to save? Shaw’s comic exploration of the medical establishment and the value of art. “As is so often the case with Bernard Shaw, the ethical question he rolls out in this piece is alarmingly timeless.”JM Graeme Somerville, Richard Stewart, Andrew Bunker, Mark Uhre and Peter Krantz tickets: SHAWFEST.COM / 1-800-511-SHAW 9 Directed by JASON BYRNE Set and Costume design by PETER HARTWELL Lighting design by KEVIN LAMOTTE GOLDIE SEMPLE, JIM MEZON and BENEDICT CAMPBELL with Neil Barclay, Jonathon Goad, Al Kozlik, Julie Martell, Severn Thompson, Mark Uhre and Robin Evan Willis Court House Theatre April 20 to October 2 THE CHERRY ORCHARD By Anton Chekhov, Adapted by Tom Murphy “Calamities are happening and I do not even know what I should be thinking.” An aristocratic family’s way of life seems to be disappearing, and with it, their beloved cherry orchard. On the verge of financial collapse, will they finally make the decision to sell their land to make way for holiday cottages? Or will they remain in blissful denial of the unstoppable nature of progress? This adaptation of Chekhov’s seriously comic final play, by one of Ireland’s leading contemporary playwrights, maintains all the power of this Russian classic, with an Irish twist. “I have always thought the Russian and Irish temperaments were alike. We are thrilled to welcome Dublin director Jason Byrne to the Festival to continue the Irish take on this endlessly human play.”JM Al Kozlik, Ken James Stewart, Ric Reid and Goldie Semple tickets: SHAWFEST.COM / 1-800-511-SHAW 11 Directed by CHRISTOPHER NEWTON Set and Costume design by WILLIAM SCHMUCK Lighting design by LOUISE GUINAND BENEDICT CAMPBELL, GRAEME SOMERVILLE and JIM MEZON with Guy Bannerman, Corrine Koslo, Thom Marriott, Patrick McManus and Severn Thompson Court House Theatre June 18 to October 9 JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND By Bernard Shaw “When an Englishman is sentimental he behaves very much as an Irishman does when he is drunk.” Friends and business partners Broadbent and Doyle travel to a small town in Ireland with a business deal in mind. The Englishman, Broadbent, falls in love with everything about the place, including Nora Reilly, Doyle’s old flame. Doyle, the hometown boy, only sees a country trapped in its past. Shaw’s unromantic look at the romance of Ireland. A play so funny that at a royal command performance, Kind Edward VII laughed so hard he broke his chair! “Is it just because I am Irish that I so love watching Bernard Shaw skewer the English and their constant misunderstanding of their neighbouring colony?!”JM Patrick Galligan tickets: SHAWFEST.COM / 1-800-511-SHAW 13 Directed by JACKIE MAXWELL Set and Costume design by SUE LePAGE Movement Creation by VALERIE MOORE Lighting design by ALAN BRODIE SHARRY FLETT and JENNY YOUNG with Kelli Fox, Laurie Paton, Gray Powell and Monica (equal & alpha) Court House Theatre July 23 to October 10 AGE OF AROUSAL By Linda Griffiths “Type, damn you.