17.18 Life After Program

A NEW CANADIAN MUSICAL BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

Britta Johnson

SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 22, 2017

BERKELEY STREET THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS, 26 BERKELEY STREET PRODUCED BY

#LifeAfter THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY PRESENTING SEASON SPONSOR

THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY PRODUCING PATRONS

The Don & Shirley Green Family Foundation

CANADIAN STAGE 17.18 SEASON SPONSOR

PROUD SPONSOR, 17.18 BERKELEY SEASON

WELCOME TO LIFE AFTER Over our company’s 14 year history, I have often been asked why we have dedicated ourselves exclusively to musical theatre. The simple answer is that time and again, stories told through song have been responsible for my most emotionally-resonant artistic experiences. A remarkable musical theatre writer can translate the inner world of a character into musical notes and perfect rhymes that viscerally pierce the audience. And Britta Johnson is — most certainly — one of those remarkable writers who can do just that.

Earlier this year we announced Britta as our inaugural Crescendo Series artist. This opportunity comes with a commitment from us to develop and produce one new musical written or co-written by Britta each season for three years. We are very proud to coproduce Life After with Canadian Stage and Yonge Street Theatricals as the first work in this series. We hope that you will join The Musical Stage Company on this three year journey as we showcase Britta’s work, celebrate extraordinary homegrown talent and collectively experience the power of great musical storytelling.

Mitchell Marcus THE ROGER & KEVIN GARLAND

ARTISTIC & MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY

Salutes our Life After Producing Patrons,

The Don & Shirley Green Family Foundation

In the early fall of 2009, two months after arriving in Toronto to take on the direction of Canadian Stage, my sister Marthe enjoined me to go up to Stratford to attend a onenight performance of Britta Johnson’s Big Box Story, a musical created by Britta for her graduating high-school class, about a small town’s heroic resistance to the onslaught of an invasive mega-store franchise. I was literally gob-smacked by the writing of this piece, the acid-sharp wit, political and human acumen, daring rhythmic shifts, and equally nimble compositional style, already heralding a major and very singular talent. Britta was then 18!

It has taken eight years for Britta to come to Canadian Stage, but those eight years have allowed her to develop her unique style and language, and to put them to the service of a deeply moving, deeply personal story of loss and reconciliation, told, sung and performed in a manner that will enchant. I chuckle in anticipation as I write these words…

This has also been the opportunity to partner with two wonderfully thoughtful and artistically driven partners, The Musical Stage Company and Yonge Street Theatricals — a true collaboration to bring this full production of Life After to the stage and to our audiences for the very first time.

Enjoy.

Matthew Jocelyn

ARTISTIC & GENERAL DIRECTOR, CANADIAN STAGE

CREATOR’S NOTES

The Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage and Yonge Street Theatricals present

LIFE AFTER

The experience of loss is hard to explain. I feel like I don’t know enough words to describe it and I think that means it’s a good thing to sing about. When we grieve, we exist all at once in the past, in the present, in the speculated future, in nightmare, in fantasy, suspended out of time. This is the experience I have tried to create for Alice in Life After. It is about losing and growing up and the many ways that people cope with change (from fridge magnets to self-help books to the furious attempt to find logic where there is none. Everyone has their own style, I guess).

I wrote the first songs for this show when I was 18 years old participating in the Paprika Festival for young writers here in Toronto (a wonderful organization that I think you should consider supporting, by the way) and I am so deeply grateful to everyone who has been involved in its slightly uneven journey since then: To Reza Jacobs and Rob Kempson who were so encouraging when it was a seed of an idea, to Robert McQueen for saying yes to the project when it was hardly a first draft, to everyone at the Toronto Fringe Festival, to Mitchell Marcus, Matthew Jocelyn, Linda Barnett and Natalie Bartello and everyone at The Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage and Yonge Street Theatricals for the scope of your vision, to Lynne Shankel for lending your profound gifts to this piece and to my amazing collaborator, sister and friend Anika Johnson who has helped me to grow this world from the very, very beginning. Finally to my mom, Holly, for everything, and to my father, Jerry, who I dedicate this piece to from the bottom of my heart. And to all of you.

I am so grateful that you are here. I hardly have the words. Maybe I should write a song about it. Sometimes, words aren’t enough.

Britta Johnson, BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS

BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY Britta

Johnson

CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

Neema Bickersteth ENSEMBLE

Robert McQueen DIRECTOR

Rielle Braid KATE

Reza Jacobs MUSIC DIRECTOR

Dan Chameroy FRANK

Linda Garneau CHOREOGRAPHER

Ellen Denny ALICE

Lynne Shankel M USIC SUPERVISOR,

ORCHESTRATOR & ARRANGER

Barbara Fulton ENSEMBLE

Brandon Kleiman SET DESIGNER

Anika Johnson ENSEMBLE

Kimberly Purtell LIGHTING DESIGNER

Trish Lindström MS. HOPKINS

Peter McBoyle SOUND DESIGNER

Tracy Michailidis BETH

Ming Wong COSTUME DESIGNER

Kelsey Verzotti HANNAH

PRODUCTION TEAM Erin Fitzgerald STAGE MANAGER Kate Duncan ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Lucy McPhee APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER* Natalie Voorn HEAD OF WARDROBE

Jeff Lupker MUSIC ASSISTANT*

ORCHESTRA Reza Jacobs PIANO Erica Betson VIOLIN Rachael Abramoff VIOLA

Peter Velocci HEAD CARPENTER

Samuel Bisson CELLO

Aidan Tozer ASSISTANT CARPENTER

Graham Smith BASS

Lisa Burke HEAD SCENIC ARTIST Kim Dykstra-Brown ASSISTANT

Anika Johnson DRAMATURG

Jamie Drake PERCUSSION

SCENIC ARTIST

*PART OF THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY’S RBC APPRENTICE PROGRAM

SONG LIST

BIOGRAPHIES

1.

Frank’s Message

11. Frank’s Message #2 (I Forgive You)

2.

Alice Finds Out/The Funeral

12. Dedication #2

3. If I Knew

13. A Moment

4. Control What You Can

14. Frank on the Porch

5. Dedication #1

14a. Hopkins’ House

6. Line Thirty-Three

15. Wallpaper

7.

16. Did I Grow?

The Party

8. Line Thirty-Three, reprise

17. Snow

9. Back at School

18. Poetry

10. Before Him

Running time is approximately 75 minutes.

There will be no intermission.

As a courtesy to the audience and artists, latecomers will be seated at an appropriate break in the performance, if possible.

Cellphones and other electronic devices are distracting for actors and audience members, please turn them off during the show. The videotaping or other video recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Originally commissioned by The Musical Stage Company (Mitchell Marcus, Artistic & Managing Director; Robert McQueen, Director of New Musical Development) and Yonge Street Theatricals (Linda Barnett and Natalie Bartello, Producers).

The Musical Stage Company & Canadian Stage engage professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, professional musicians who are members of the Toronto Musicians’ Association Local 149, and professional stage technicians who are members of the International Alliance for Theatrical Stage Employees Local 58. The Musical Stage Company & Canadian Stage are members of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.

With gratitude and respect, we acknowledge that we are situated on the traditional territories of the Ashinabek Nation, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Wendat, and Métis Nations. We recognize the enduring presence of Indigenous people on and of this land, upon which we are privileged to be able to live, work, and play.

Rachael Abramoff VIOLA Rachael is passionate about the way music crosses all borders and connects even the two unlikeliest of strangers. While actively playing jazz, classical and experimental music in Toronto, Rachael performs regularly with her vintage jazz quartet, Django Futuro, The Talisker Players, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Opera 5, and her folk roots trio, Coldwater Roots. Ms. Abramoff holds a Masters of Music from The University of Colorado at Boulder and a Bachelors of Music from The University of Calgary. She has also completed her Royal Conservatory Grade 10 violin and Suzuki Violin Teachers Training under the tutelage of William Star.

As a soloist and concert artist, Rachael has performed in ensembles across Canada.

These include: Hamilton Philharmonic, Kingston Symphony, Talisker Players, Red Deer Symphony, Symphony New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island Symphony, The National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Brott Festival Orchestra and L’Orchestre de la Francophonie in Quebec. Rachael loves to inspire children and youth. She is a regular teacher at her private studio as well as at Forest Hill Music Academy in Toronto.

Erica Betson VIOLIN Erica was a member of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Belgian Chamber Orchestra, and NDR Radio Orchestra Hannover. She has performed in numerous shows in Toronto including Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Les Misérables, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, Titanic, The Pajama Game, Strictly Ballroom and many others.

She also performs regularly at the Shaw Festival. Ms Beston has a performance degree from the Faculty of Arts in Maastricht, Holland.

Neema Bickersteth ENSEMBLE Neema Bickersteth has performed internationally in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, including having the great honour of performing for the XIVth Dalai Lama and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Press mentions include: “Neema Bickersteth is all coiled energy that snatches our attention whenever she enters the room.” (The Toronto Star); “Amazing control of her vocal palette, producing a warm and sensual colour” (Opera Canada); and “Bickersteth is, quite simply, a captivating performer.” (Vancouver Presents). She began her training in opera at the University of British Columbia, where she received both her Bachelors and Masters of Music. In recent years, Neema has specialized in contemporary projects in opera, music theatre and experimental theatre. Recent work includes Century Song for Volcano Theatre, a work she co-created and which has toured across Canada and Europe (she received a Dora nomination for her performance at the Theatre Centre); a series of concerts and shows with Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto and New York; and, for The Musical Stage Company, Caroline, or Change (for which she was also Dora-nominated). Upcoming: singing the title role in Volcano Theatre’s Treemonisha, a reworking of ragtime giant Scott Joplin’s visionary 1911 opera.

BIOGRAPHIES Samuel Bisson CELLO Originally from Ottawa, cellist Samuel Bisson is quickly distinguishing himself in Canada as a versatile soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Currently based in Toronto, he performs frequently in the GTA and has performed and toured across Canada, the US, Austria, and China. Samuel currently holds the position of principal cellist with the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra and has appeared as principal and section cellist with the Toronto Concert Orchestra, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Beyond the boundaries of classical performance, Samuel is an active studio session musician and performer/arranger in a variety of genres. He has worked and collaborated with artists such as Drake, Sarah Brightman and members of Barenaked Ladies and Our Lady Peace. Samuel is also a composer and wrote the score to the award-winning short film Nuit Blanche, as well as the soundtrack to the Mandarin language film Lovesick, released theatrically in China.

Rielle Braid KATE Rielle Braid earned a BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria. She was in the Canadian cast, workshop and tour of Ride the Cyclone (Atomic Vaudeville), originating the role of Ocean Rosenberg. Favourite credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Calgary), As You Like It and Blithe Spirit (Blue Bridge Repertory), Belles Soeurs: The Musical (NAC and Charlottetown Festival), Blisskrieg (Atomic Vaudeville), Pop-Up and Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play (Outside the March) where she fulfilled a lifelong dream of playing Bart Simpson. She lives in Toronto with her wonderful husband Jamie.

Dan Chameroy FRANK Dan is delighted to be a part of Life After. He recently appeared as Agatha Trunchbull in the Toronto and US National Tour of Matilda, The Musical for which he received the 2017 Toronto Theatre Critics Award. For The Musical Stage Company: The Wild Party.

For Canadian Stage: The Arsonists, Into the Woods & Side by Side by Sondheim. Other credits include: Of Human Bondage, Idiot’s Delight, The Barber of Seville (Soulpepper); The Winter’s Tale, Wanderlust, Cymbeline, Oklahoma!, Camelot, The Tempest, Gigi, Pentecost (12 seasons Stratford); The Magic Fire, High Society (Shaw); A Funny Thing Happened, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast (Dora Award), Miss Saigon, Les Misérables (Mirvish) and Company (Theatre 20). Mr. Chameroy is a multiple Dora and CSA nominee. Love to Christine and Olivia.

Ellen Denny ALICE Ellen is pleased to make her Canadian Stage and The Musical Stage Company debut in a piece by the powerhouse voice of Britta Johnson. Recent credits include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Capitol Theatre Port Hope); The Audience (Mirvish); It’s A Wonderful Life (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Brighton Beach Memoirs (Drayton); Anne Shirley in Anne & Gilbert (National Arts Centre, The Guild Charlottetown); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Manitoba Theatre Centre, Mirvish); A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick); The Penelopiad (Citadel Theatre); Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, Sweeney Todd (Neptune Theatre). Ellen is a graduate of Dalhousie University (Music & Theatre) and the Citadel / Banff Program. She is currently developing a play about her great-great-aunt Harriet Brooks, one of Canada’s first female scientists. Thank you to Britta, Robert, Reza, Mitchell, Matthew, Natalie, and Linda for trusting me with this story. And thank YOU for supporting new Canadian work! @ellen_denny.

Jamie Drake PERCUSSION Jamie Drake is a Toronto-based percussionist, drummer and composer. His solo and chamber performances have included premieres by Christos Hatzis, Elinor Armer and John Luther Adams.

As a member of TorQ Percussion Quartet, he has performed numerous concerts and workshops across every province in Canada, the United States and Europe, and has been a featured soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed with Evelyn Glennie, NEXUS, Soundstreams, Amici, and Niagara Symphony, and is percussionist and coach for the internationally renowned Hamilton Children’s Choir.

He has served as interim percussion instructor at Acadia University, and as a composer, consultant, and performer for the CBC television show Canada’s Smartest Person. Jamie performs frequently with Soulpepper, Young People’s Theatre, cabaret artist Sharron Matthews, and is the percussionist and assistant arranger for The Musical Stage Company’s UnCovered concert series. Jamie has played for more than 50 musicals, including Canadian Stage’s award-winning London Road, and has recorded theatre music for the Shaw Festival, the Canadian Musical Theatre Project and composer Andrew Lippa. His first solo album, “Night”, was released in 2014. www.jamiedrake.ca

Kate Duncan ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Kate is a graduate of The Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. Kate’s previous credits include: Sarah Ballenden (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Gravenhurst Opera House); Kinky Boots (Mirvish Productions); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (The Grand Theatre); Cats (Nu Musical Theatricals); The Magic Flute (Opera Atelier); The Power of Harriet T! (Young People’s Theatre); La Calisto (The Glenn Gould School); Alligator Pie, The Crucible, The Royal Comedians (Soulpepper); Lillian Alling (The Banff Centre for the Arts).

BIOGRAPHIES Erin Fitzgerald STAGE MANAGER Erin is a Toronto-based stage manager whose credits include Caroline, or Change (The Musical Stage Company); Kinky Boots, The Wizard of Oz (Mirvish); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Mirvish / Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); ARRABAL (BASE/ Marquis Entertainment); and Jersey Boys (Dancap). Other credits include shows for Theatre Passe Muraille, Cahoots, Theatre Aquarius, The Globe Theatre in Regina, Drayton Entertainment and Ross Petty Productions. Thanks to Mike for the love and laughter.

Barbara Fulton ENSEMBLE Barbara Fulton is pleased to be making her Canadian Stage and The Musical Stage Company debut with Life After. She spent 22 seasons with the Stratford Festival with such credits as A Little Night Music, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Sound of Music, Romeo and Juliet, Fiddler on the Roof, Taming of the Shrew, Elektra, Into the Woods, The Miracle Worker, and Bonjour la, Bonjour to name a few. Other credits include Little Women (Theatre New Brunswick); Our Town (Mercury Theatre); Cats (original Canadian company). Barbara received the Richard Monette Travel Grant last season in Stratford. She has sung with both The Duke Ellington and The Glen Miller Orchestras and has recorded two Jazz standard CDs of her own. Beginning February of 2018, Barb will play Diane in the Canadian company of Come From Away in Toronto at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Linda Garneau CHOREOGRAPHER A choreographer, educator and student, with an MA in Dance Studies from York University, Linda is the artistic director of the Helix Dance Project, whose works include The Waiting Room, Rain, Unearth, and Integration. Theatre credits include Onegin (The Musical Stage Company), three seasons with The Shaw Festival, as well as productions for The National Theatre Centre, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Tarragon, Citadel Theatre, Randolph Theatre, and Sheridan Theatre. Other credits include the Opening Ceremony for the Pan Am Games (Guadalajara), Juno and Gemini Awards, and repeat guest choreographer for Stars on Ice. Linda continues to enjoy freelance choreography, teaching both at home and abroad, and is in her second year of study in York U’s PhD program in Dance Studies. Many thanks to be a part of this meaningful work.

Reza Jacobs MUSIC DIRECTOR, PIANO, FINE FURNEAUX DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Reza Jacobs is an award-winning composer, lyricist, sound designer and music director, known for his versatility in style and genre. His credits include sound design and composition for The Musical Stage Company, The Shaw Festival, Factory Theatre, Volcano Theatre, Cahoots Theatre, The Luminato Festival, and Harbourfront’s World Stage Festival. As a Music Director he has won Dora Mavor Moore Awards for London Road (Canadian Stage, Best Music Direction 2014, Best Musical 2014), Caroline, or Change (Best Music Direction, Best Musical 2012) and Assassins (Best Musical, 2010). He was also the Associate Music Director of the World Premiere of Evangeline. Up next Reza will be music directing, vocal arranging, and orchestrating The Musical Stage Company’s UnCovered: Dylan & Springsteen this November and music directing Fun Home in April. Reza Jacobs is The Musical Stage Company’s Fine Furneaux Director of Music for the 2017-2018 season.

Anika Johnson DRAMATURG & ENSEMBLE Anika Johnson is a Toronto composer and performer. Writing credits include — with her sister Britta: Brantwood (Sheridan College; Audience Choice Dora winner), Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (YPT; Dora nominee, Best New Musical), Trap Door (Sheridan College; with bookwriter Morris Panych) and a new site-specific electro-cult musical in development with Outside the March/The Musical Stage Company; with Barbara Johnston: Blood Ties (Next Stage/ Edinburgh Fringe/featured on Orphan Black) and Elly’s Emotions (Dora nominee, Best TYA Production); with Barbara Johnston and Suzy Wilde: Summerland (2015 Toronto Fringe).

Performing credits include seasons with the Stratford Festival and Drayton Entertainment and international touring with Corpus Dance Projects and Wannabe: The Spice Girls Tribute Band. She would like to thank Canadian Stage, The Musical Stage Company, and Yonge Street Theatricals for supporting new work, and her mother for making truly anything possible. It’s an honour to work with her sister on this beautiful show.

Britta Johnson BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS Britta Johnson is a composer, lyricist and writer based in Toronto.

Her writing credits include; with her sister Anika Johnson: Brantwood (Theatre Sheridan; Dora Award for Audience Choice) and Jacob TwoTwo Meets the Hooded Fang (YPT; Dora Nominee Best New Musical); with Sara Farb: Reframed (The Musical Stage Company/AGO; Dora nominee Best New Musical); with Katherine Cullen: Stupidhead! (Dora Nominee Best New Play). She is librettist for choreographer Robert Binet’s adaptation of The Kreutzer Sonata, which premiered with Ballet Moscow this past Summer. Trap Door, a collaboration with Morris Panych and Anika Johnson will premiere at Theatre Sheridan in November. She is The Musical Stage Company’s inaugural Crescendo Series artist and she is so grateful that you came to the show.

BIOGRAPHIES Brandon Kleiman SET DESIGNER Brandon is a set and costume designer based in Toronto. For The Musical Stage Company: Reframed at the AGO. Additional recent credits include: Our Town (costumes, Theatre Rusticle); The Little Mermaid (costumes, The Globe Theatre); Designer in Residence 16/17 Sudbury Theatre Centre, One Night Only (set, Factory Theatre, Dora Audience Choice Award 2016); Blind Date (set, Tarragon Theatre, Dora nominated Outstanding Production); Sousatzka: The Musical (set design associate, Theatro Proscenium Ltd.) Upcoming: Undercover, A New Improvised Murder Mystery (costumes, Rebecca Northan, Tarragon, Vertigo & The Citadel); My Name is Asher Lev (set and costume, Harold Green Jewish Theatre & Studio 180); Shrek, The Musical (costumes, The Globe Theatre). Brandon is a graduate of the York University Theatre Program and was a design assistant with The Stratford Festival for 5 seasons. For more information and a portfolio please visit www.brandonkleimandesign.com

Trish Lindström MS. HOPKINS For Canadian Stage: The Game of Love and Chance (Centaur co-pro). Selected credits include: Children of God (Urban Ink/ NAC); The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre/TIFT); As You Like It, The Hypochondriac, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Chamber Play, The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cabaret, Trojan Women, The Miracle Worker (Stratford Festival); Once (Mirvish—Dora, TO Critics’ Choice Awards); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Bloodless (Theatre 20); In the Next Room; Mimi (Tarragon; Dora nomination); Assassins (TIFT/Birdland; Dora nomination); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Exit the King (Soulpepper); Shaw Festival (2003-2007). TV/Film: Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Jack in the Box (One Plus One). As photographer: www.trishlindstrom.org.

Jeff Lupker MUSIC ASSISTANT Jeff is currently in the second year of his Ph.D (Composition) at The University of Western Ontario’s Don Wright Faculty of Music.

His current research involves the use of various social media platforms and its application in creating, controlling or modifying electroacoustic music. Beyond music research, Jeff is an active performer, music director, arranger and composer within the pop and musical theatre scene around London, Ontario. Jeff is thrilled to be joining the cast/ crew of Life After.

Peter McBoyle SOUND DESIGNER Previously for The Musical Stage Company: Passing Strange, The Wild Party, and Caroline, or Change. Peter has worked at most of the major Canadian theatres and in US cities such as New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Dallas and Atlanta. He lives in Stratford where he has spent 22 seasons at the Stratford Festival designing over 60 productions. His Broadway credits include Come Fly Away and Barrymore and his national tours include Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can, Come Fly Away, and West Side Story. Recent projects include Guys and Dolls, HMS Pinafore, and The Madwoman of Chaillot (Stratford Festival); Anne of Green Gables, Million Dollar Quartet (Charlottetown); and the US premiere of the Tango Rock Musical Arrabal in Boston.

Upcoming projects include a new production of Grease at The Winter Garden and Ross Petty’s A Christmas Carol. Peter is a member of ADC and teaches theatre sound at Humber College. Special thanks to his wife Meghan and their amazing kids Ella and Beatrice for their love and support.

Lucy McPhee APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER Lucy is a Toronto-based Stage Manager, and she is very excited to be back with Life After after Stage Managing it during the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2016. Recent credits include Apprentice Stage Manager for KISS (Theatre Smash/ARC with Canadian Stage); Breath In Between (Crow’s Theatre); Stage Manager for Two Gentlewomen of Verona (Dauntless City Theatre); Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of Your Cremains (Neoteny Theatre/Theatre Rhea/Toronto Fringe); Blood Ties (Next Stage Theatre Festival); Much Ado About Nothing (Hart House Theatre); Life After (Toronto Fringe); O (Paprika Festival/Binocular Theatre); Boston Marriage (Headstrong Collective).

Robert McQueen DIRECTOR Robert is the Director of New Musical Development for The Musical Stage Company. For The Musical Stage Company he has directed The Light In The Piazza, Caroline, or Change, Falsettos, The Wild Party and most recently, Reframed, a Musical Stage Company commissioned work that was presented in association with the Art Gallery of Ontario and You Are Here, commissioned by The Musical Stage Company, which premiered at the Thousand Islands Playhouse. Other recent directing credits include Life After at last year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, the New York premiere of Forest Boy, a new work by the Scottish writing team of Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmor, The Magic Flute for Vancouver Opera; La Boheme for The Canadian Opera Company; Where Elephants Weep at the Chenla Theatre Phnom Penh; Carousel for the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo; The Immigrant for The Harold Green Theatre and Man of La Mancha for the Stratford Festival. Robert has worked on the development of new musicals and opera in both Canada and the US for companies that include Yonge Street Theatricals, The Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver Opera, The Canadian Opera Company, CAP21 (New York), and The O’Neill Centre (Connecticut).

BIOGRAPHIES Tracy Michailidis BETH Canadian Stage Debut. Tracy has performed throughout Canada and the United States, having spent the summer with both the US National Tour of Fun Home, and Lost in Yonkers (Weston Playhouse).

Other theatre credits include: The Light in the Piazza (both with The Musical Stage Company and Theatre Calgary); Parade (The Musical Stage Company, Studio 180); Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Outside the March); Angels in America (WJT); Ethel Sings (Off-Broadway, Beckett Theatre); The Immigrant (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); The Ugly One (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Anything that Moves (Belfry); The Princess and the Handmaiden (YPT); seasons at the Stratford, Charlottetown, and Shaw Festivals, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. Tracy runs her own teaching studio, is passionate about new musicals, and is blessed to be here. www.tracymichailidis.com

Kimberly Purtell LIGHTING DESIGNER Kimberly is a Toronto-based lighting and set designer for theatre, opera, and dance. Previously for The Musical Stage Company, she designed lights for Caroline, or Change, Falsettos and Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata (in collaboration with Alberta Theatre Projects and Citadel Theatre). Most recently she designed Alice Through The Looking-Glass, Man of La Mancha, Christina The Girl King (Stratford Festival); Twelve Angry Men (Soulpepper); Airline Icarus (Soundstreams); Iceland (Magnetic North Theatre Festival); Ariadne Auf Naxos (Pacific Opera); The Gay Heritage Project (Buddies in Bad Times); A God In Need of Help, Soliciting Temptation, Lungs (Tarragon Theatre); Cock, God of Carnage (Studio 180); Minotaur (Young People’s Theatre); Le Carousel (Nightwood); Jane Eyre (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Around (Dancemakers); Voyager (Toronto Dance Theatre); Svadba (Opera Philadelphia). She is a recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award and three Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

Lynne Shankel MUSIC SUPERVISOR, ORCHESTRATOR, AND ARRANGER Lynne Shankel was music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Allegiance starring Lea Salonga and George Takei on Broadway. Her diverse musical background has led her to write orchestrations and arrangements for everyone from Chita Rivera, the New York Pops and Raul Esparza, to Tony Award-winner/Bon Jovi member David Bryan and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She was music director/arranger for the Broadway production of Cry-Baby, as well as the resident music supervisor for the Tony-Award-winning revival of Company, for which she conducted the Grammy-nominated cast album. She was music director/arranger for the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination for orchestrations.

Lynne received a second Drama Desk nomination for The Extraordinary Ordinary by Paul Loesel and Scott Burkell. In 2012, she received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Orchestrations in San Diego for her work on Allegiance. In 2014, Lynne was orchestrator/ arranger for the world premiere of Chasing The Song (La Jolla Playhouse) with director Christopher Ashley. She was music supervisor, arranger and co-orchestrator for Bare The Musical and collaborated with lyricist Jon Hartmere to provide new songs for that production which are featured on her new album, Bare Naked. www.lynneshankel.com

Graham Smith BASS Graham Smith is a versatile double bassist and electric bassist with more than 15 years of professional experience in diverse settings that include orchestral, chamber, jazz, musical theatre, singersongwriter, folk, pop/rock, and more. Recent shows have been with singer-songwriter Jeffery Straker, world music and dance group Ensemble Topaz, and Led Zeppelin tribute band Red Zeppelin. As a composer, Graham’s interest is split between contemporary classical and jazz. He is also in demand as an arranger, transcriber, and copyist. Composition highlights include a sixty-minute requiem mass for large orchestra and chorus, and a three-movement suite for 18-piece jazz ensemble. In 2016 he was a featured composer for Art Song Lab in Vancouver, where his piece Shadow Street was premiered. Graham received his PhD from York University, and was awarded a prestigious SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship for his dissertation research which focuses on the requiem mass. He also holds an MA from York and a BMus from Queen’s University. Graham maintains a private teaching studio in Toronto’s Christie Pits neighbourhood where he resides with his wife and cellist Erika Nielsen. www.GrahamSmithPhD.com

Kelsey Verzotti HANNAH Kelsey is excited to be making her professional debut in Life After. She is a proud graduate of the Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College, where she originated the role of Lucia in the Canadian premiere of Senza Luce. Other theatre credits include: Miss Fish in Rumspringa Break! An Am-ish Musical (Sheridan CMTP), and Betty Blast in Footloose (Theatre Sheridan). Television: Top Ten Dorothy in Over the Rainbow (CBC). Kelsey would like to thank The Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage, and Yonge Street Theatricals for all their work on this production. She would also like to hug all her friends for their support and her loving parents for helping her dreams come true!

BIOGRAPHIES Ming Wong COSTUME DESIGNER Ming is a costume designer, stylist, and wardrobe technician based in Toronto. She has worked on a variety of projects ranging from theatre to film & TV. Selected credits include: The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre-Dora nomination); Strangers, Babies (Theatre Panik); Footloose (Theatre Sheridan); La Cecchina (Glenn Gould Opera School); Breathing Corpses (Coal Mine Theatre); Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry Opera-Dora winner, Outstanding New Opera); Gertrude & Alice (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre-Dora nomination); Domesticated (Company Theatre/ Canadian Stage); The River (Coal Mine Theatre); Supers (Pilot, Good Film & TV); Scales (Short film, Jessica Lea Fleming); Hello Dolly!, Merrily We Roll Along (Theatre Sheridan); Pelleas Et Melisande (Against The Grain); The Wanderers (Cahoots Theatre Company); The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Obsidian Theatre Company/Factory Theatre); Gorey Story (Thistle Project-Dora nomination). Ming was nominated for the Virginia & Myrtle Cooper Award for Costume Design (2017).

Yonge Street Theatricals CO-PRODUCER Yonge Street Theatricals is led by Linda Barnett and Natalie Bartello.

The duo have been working together, in new musical development, at the grassroots level for the last ten years. They develop original musicals and support and nurture exceptional works from the earliest stages. At the heart of their mission they strive to collaborate with the most exciting and engaging theatre professionals with an eye for shows that appeal to all ages. Linda’s former company Stage Kids was the starting grounds for many award winning Canadian actors. They created and produced 17 new musicals in an 18 year period. Natalie is an alumna of York University’s BFA Theatre program and of the Commercial Theatre Institute. Past producing highlights include the Canadian National Tour of Defending the Caveman and the original Toronto production of Evil Dead The Musical.

Current projects include: Come From Away in Toronto and on Broadway (Best Musical: *Tony Award Nomination, *Drama Desk Award Winner, *Dora Award Winner); Something Wicked This Way Comes on stage at the Delaware Theatre Company until Oct 8th; Pollyanna a new musical (short-listed for the Stage West Best New Musical Award); Wally Flynn, and a new untitled musical by Irene Sankoff & David Hein. For more information, visit yongestreettheatricals.com

Creative Strategies Incubator Funder The Metcalf Foundation provides support to professional performing arts companies. The Creative Strategies Incubator program is designed to help companies explore new strategies for addressing longstanding sectoral issues in meaningful new ways, nurture the organizational change that comes from developing and implementing innovation, and foster a culture of shared learning.

The Musical Stage Company has received a three-year grant from the Metcalf Foundation to explore the issue of providing greater opportunities for artistic work to achieve its potential with a focus on strategic US partnerships and initiatives. We are very proud to participate in the Creative Strategies Incubator program for our second time and to engage with a Learning Network consisting of five other fantastic arts organizations who each have their own approach to this Focus Issue.

For more information on the program, please visit Stories from the Inc at metcalffoundation.com.

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ABOUT THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY

STAFF

The Musical Stage Company is Canada’s largest notfor-profit, professional theatre company dedicated to musical theatre. We create transformative experiences through musical storytelling locally, nationally and internationally by:

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Connecting audiences to stories that matter Connecting Canadian stories to the world Connecting young people to their voices Connecting diverse voices to each other

“ONE OF THE MOST POTENT MUSICAL THEATRE FORCES IN OUR COUNTRY!”

— Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star

Established in 2004 as Acting Up Stage Company, we unveiled our new name in 2017 alongside the ambitious goals of making Canada a leader in musical theatre, reaching every Torontonian through diverse musical stories, and creating a national and international presence.

Our productions — including award-winning contemporary musicals, world premieres and concerts — are seen live by 30,000 people over the 80+ nights that we are onstage annually in venues both traditional and surprising. We incubate new Canadian musicals from development to production, investing in Canadian musical theatre writers and building national and international partnerships. To date, our work has been recognized with 61 Dora Award nominations, 11 Dora Awards and 12 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards.

Beyond the stage, we build and enrich communities through musical storytelling. Our robust education programs develop the artists and audiences of tomorrow, offering musical theatre training that boosts self-confidence and self-expression for over 100 young people each year without cost to the participants. We also curate innovative musical programs in partnership with diverse organizations, maximizing the resonance of our work across disciplines and communities.

Up Next: UnCovered: Dylan & Springsteen — November 14-16, 2017

INTERN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR*

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

ACCOUNTANT

Erin Schachter

METCALF FOUNDATION

GRAPHIC DESIGN

GENERAL MANAGER & PRODUCER

Sabah Haque

ARTISTIC & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Mitchell Marcus EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADVANCEMENT

Paul Beauchamp MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Victoria Barber

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Kevin Wong

@musicalstageco

Musical Notes is an online hub for discussions about the latest trends, developments and gossip on musical theatre in Toronto and beyond. Including Artistic & Managing Director Mitchell Marcus’s blog, interviews with many of our season artists and more. Come check out Musical Notes, a home for any musical theatre aficionado.

Visit us at musicalstagecompany.com/musical-notes

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DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

Reza Jacobs

CHAIR

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Ellen Wallace TREASURER

Curtis Barlow

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DIRECTOR OF NEW MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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For more information visit: www.musicalstagecompany.com.

Stephanie Graham

DIRECTORS

Thom Allison, David Auster, Patrick David, Megan Deeks, Philip Doyle, Kathleen Freeman, Susan Goddard, Randy McAuley, Bart Nickerson, Lucy White, Rhonda Zwingerman

Jordan Banks, William J.S. Boyle, Linda Chu, David Daniels, Roger Garland, Lucille Joseph

SPECIAL THANKS Kate Blackburn Katherine Cullen Tim Funnell Janet Gigliotti Kaylee Harwood Alana Hibbert

Barbara Johnston John and Patti Loach Laura Paduch Rebecca Picherack Holly Shephard Rosamund Small

Jennifer and Michael Stein Blair Steinbach The Toronto Fringe Kevin Wong

THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY SUPPORTERS

THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY SUPPORTERS

Special thanks to our sponsors, major supporters, Crescendo Club & Virtuosos – core builders of The Musical Stage Company who have committed to a multi-year donation.

LEAD PLAYER ($750+)

SPONSORS AND MAJOR GIFTS

Anonymous Yousry Bissada Paul Butler & Chris Black The Paul and Margy Campbell Family Foundation Kathy Kacer & Ian Epstein Philip & Claire Holloway Fred & Judy Levy Jamie Martin Corey Shefman Maria Stanley Tim Redmann & Ian Waldron Alexandra Webster Mary Anne Shaw & Barry Yaverbaum

The Banks Family BMO The Aubrey & Marla Dan Charitable Foundation Kate Alexander Daniels & David Daniels Penny Fine & Hugh Furneaux Roger & Kevin Garland The Don & Shirley Green Family Foundation The Haynes-Connell Foundation Hal Jackman Foundation Diana Bennett & Spencer Lanthier The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation Metcalf Foundation MNP LLP Linda & Chris Montague Nu-Trend Construction Purpose/Built RBC Norine Rose Scotiabank TD Bank Group

CRESCENDO CLUB Leading Light: Anne-Marie Canning Aubrey & Marsha Baillie William J.S. Boyle Bulmash-Siegel Fund Brenda Christen Linda Chu & John Donald Barbara & Gary Fogler Kathleen & Dennis Freeman Howard, Barclay & Associates

Nancy Lockhart and The Murray Frum Foundation Gary & Margot Marcus Leanne & David Matlow Family Fund The McLean Foundation Noel Mowat Ellen & Les Wallace Lucy White

VIRTUOSOS The Pat & Tony Adams Freedom Fund for the Arts Angelakos Family Gail & George Anthony The Asper Foundation Marg Steed & Wayne Atkinson Rosemary & Lorne Barclay Curtis Barlow Beauchamp-Winskell Family Byron Bellows Jennifer Angel & Eric Birnberg Bitove Foundation Barbara Black Sheila & Ira Book Helen Burstyn & Family Janice Krangle & Doug Clark Janice Lewis & Mitchell Cohen Mark & Cherie Daitchman Davis Family Kevin Finora Philip Doyle & Yvonne Garcia John & Susan Goddard Dr. Ellen Greenblatt Carmen Griffis Bruce Dean & Robert Hall Victoria Lee & Philip Hebert Paul Harding & Andrew Horberry Kent James

Lucille & Urban Joseph, O.C. David & Sheryl Kerr Scott Lauder Scott Belton & Jessica Leeder Andrea & Ari Levinson Lorie Cappe & Linda Lewis Earl Bederman & Ann MacPherson Jefferson & Sally Mappin Hilda & Leo Marcus Paul, Jaclyn & Michelle Marcus Randy McAuley Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds Sandie Newton / The Edward G. Agency Ltd. Bart Nickerson Opolsky Family Dr. Rhonda Zwingerman & Jeremy Opolsky Megan Deeks & Simon Paabor The Pottruff Family Foundation Dr. G R Rastegar & Family Richard Sniderman & D’Arcy Robert Gary Rogers Phil Lind & Ellen Roland Ann Leese & Irwin Rotenberg Mike Scott Jamie See Charles Seminerio Anne & Jeffery Schwartz Gregory & Crystal Smith Patrick David & Michael Smith Jason Spetter Michael & Ira Tatham Virginia Thompson Louis Charpentier & Robert Wakefield Martin R. Wasserman Mitchell Marcus & Orrin Wolpert

These listings are current as of September 11, 2017 and we have made every effort to ensure appropriate recognition. If, however, your name has been accidentally omitted, listed incorrectly or misspelled, please contact Erin at erin@musicalstagecompany.com. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

FEATURED PLAYER ($350-749) Harriet Lewis & Eldon Bennett Anne Matlow & John Bohnen Daniel Brown Karen Cheah Robert D. Cook Brent Vickar & Don Deboer Doron Dekel Dr. David Goldbloom & Dr. Nancy Epstein Rick Archbold & Rick Feldman Patty Fleming Andrew Gillespie Julia Grant Jeff & Joanne Gray Maggie Hayes The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation David & Donalda Hilton Stacey & Jacquie Ison Adrian & Donald Macdonald Malter Holdings Limited Sarabjit & Amrinder Marwah Shawn McCarthy Don & Danielle McCaw Ronald J. McCloskey Isabell McDorman Helen & Donald McGillivray Louise Ferri & Brian Monti Louise & Derrick Novis Kerry Pond Dorothy Engelman & Richard Quinlan Marlene & Ron Richardson

Felicia Ross Gilda & Allan Rubin Erin Schachter Joel & Renee Schachter Annalee & Brian Schnurr Allison Silver & Hardy Schwartz Rachel Silber Amanda & Scott Sinclair SOCAN Foundation Brenda & Ron Wolpert Connie & Hartley Zwingerman

ENSEMBLE ($100-349) Anonymous David & Janis Auster Chris Lorway & John Austin Lee Rennick & Tom Barker Barry Sniderman & Shirley Barnet Marie Baron Gail Beggs Antoinette Benedette Graham & Helen Bentley Jim Betts Natalie & Mark Biderman Dianne Bradley D. Antony & Mary Brebner Pat Brown John Burge Martha Butterfield Michael Cairoli Gordon Canning Leonard & Cheryl Cappe Marni & Mel Cappe Jane Perdue & Joe Castrilli Paul Christie Laurie Clark Elaine Cole Donna Daitchman Gabriel De Roche Wesley & Louise De Shane Lynda Del Grande Sarah Jarvis & Talya Drennan Sherry & Edward Drew Emily Fan Angela Ferrante Barbara Fingerote Roger Keglevich & Andrew Fleming Alicia Jeffery & Neil Foster Renee Gluck & Mark Frederick Robert Gard David C. Gavsie Nancy Gelber Bonnye & Marty Gollan

Catherine Graham Christopher Green Peter Goring & Suzann Greenaway Susan Marcus & Rozanne Grimard Judy & Bob Habert Michael & Marjorie Hale Daphne Harris Hana Havlicek Denise Hayes Barbara Hirst Lyal Keith Holland Nancy & Matt Holland Brett House Dara, Lorne, Maya & Jenna Indig Shari Porter & Chris Jackman Barbara Jacob Rick & Dianne Jankura W. Edwin & Anna Jarmain John Carnella & Mimi Joh Jon Kaplan Lynn & Aubrey Kauffman Omaya I Elguindi & Hossam Khaattab Andrew & Shirley Kmecz Francy Kussner Paul Kwiatkowski Lassonde Family Foundation Caroline & Matthew Law Gary, Leila & Ryan Lax Catherine Leatherdale Adriana Levy Theo Ling Marilyn & Doug Linton Gail Lord Janet Looker & Antony Lundy Judith Macdonell Janet Macinnis Bill MacKinnon Peter Caldwell & Stephen Mader Mario G. Manza Jerome & Mayta Markson Dirk Matten Marilyn Maxim The McCaigs Pat & John McCormack Robert McGavin & Kerry Adams McGavin James & Jane McMyn Kevin McNamee Abby & Perry Minuk Nicole Mitchell Donald Moffat Shannon Teskey & John Monczka David Montgomery

Joy & Eddy Morassutti Jeff Morris Rosalyn Mosko Carole & Richard Murzin David Nash Briane Nasimok Cindy & Ed Nowina Rosie & Paul Parnass Darryl Peck Sue & Charlie Pielsticker Stephen & Laraine Polevoy Jennifer & John Quish Jess Rapp Talent Goldie Rash Catherine Roe Susan Roncadin Michael Rosenbluth Jacqueline Rother Gina Schochat-Rakoff Gayla Schwartz Doreen Sears Myriam Seers Lesley & Peter Sevitt Lorie Shentow Joy & Ralph Shepherd Michael & Susan Silver Robert Sirman Sharon Smith Saralee Smolkin Janis Spinner Deborah Staiman Robert Steacy Voy Stelmaszynski James Stewart Peter & Elizabeth Stinson Ross Stuart Leonie Thelwell James Thompson David & Diane Thomson Heather Thomson & Richard Thomson, O.C. Rubin & Elaine Todres Alicia Patzalek & Perry Tom Robert Wallace Jennifer Webster Scott Werry Sarah Whitmore Barbara Whittall Catherine Williams Nancy Wilson Deborah Wright Stephen Farb & Esther Yermus Kate Zeidler Hersh Zeifman Joyce & Fred Zemans

THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY SPONSORS PRESENTING SEASON SPONSOR

THE CRESCENDO SERIES LIFE AFTER PRODUCING PATRONS

CRESCENDO CLUB LEADING LIGHT

The Don & Shirley Green Family Foundation

Anne-Marie Canning

CREATIVE STRATEGIES INCUBATOR FUNDER

GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS

We are thrilled to support the work of our Inaugural Crescendo Series Artist, Britta Johnson.

PRODUCING PATRONS UNCOVERED

FUN HOME

Anonymous

Linda & Chris Montague LEADING LIGHTS

UNCOVERED

ONE SONG GLORY

THE BANKS PRIZE

The Haynes-Connell Foundation

Norine Rose

The Banks Family

AUBREY AND MARLA DAN FUND FOR NEW MUSICALS

The Aubrey & Marla Dan Charitable Foundation

ARTIST SPONSORS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

FEATURED PERFORMER

Roger & Kevin Garland

Penny Fine & Hugh Furneaux

Diana Bennett & Spencer Lanthier

Crescendo Club Leading Light: Anne-Marie Canning Aubrey & Marsha Baillie William J.S Boyle

NOTEWORTHY

Brenda Christen Linda Chu & John Donald Barbara & Gary Folger

PROGRAM SPONSORS RBC APPRENTICE PROGRAM

WE SALUTE OUR CRESCENDO SERIES SUPPORTERS!

Bulmash-Siegel Fund

ARTISTIC & MANAGING DIRECTOR

EDUCATION & OUTREACH

The Crescendo Series offers an unprecedented breakthrough for a composer of musical theatre in Canada through a threeyear residency and commitment to produce three of their new musicals. This investment is strategically designed to catapult a selected artist into the local, national and international spotlight resulting in global recognition for the individual and for Canadian musical theatre as a whole.

MAKE ME A SONG

Kathleen & Dennis Freeman Howard, Barclay & Associates

SEASON SUPPORTERS The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation The Musical Stage Company is a registered charity BN 86204 4146 RR0001. If you would like more information, please contact Erin Schachter at 416.927.7880 ext 224 or erin@musicalstagecompany.com.

Nancy Lockhart and The Murray Frum Foundation Gary & Margot Marcus Leanne & David Matlow Family Fund The McLean Foundation Noel Mowat Ellen & Les Wallace Lucy White

Want to see more musicals by Britta Johnson?

Sign up for our mailing list at www.musicalstagecompany.com to be first in line for her next show in our 2018-2019 season.

Proud to support The Musical Stage Company’s Education & Outreach program.

NOTEWORTHY The Musical Stage Company has made a commitment to invest in Canadian composers, lyricists and playwrights, helping to bring new Canadian musicals to life.

We are working together to make a difference in our communities.

Thank you to BMO Financial Group for renewing its support of our NoteWorthy program.

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“ THE BEST BROADWAY MUSICAL IN YEARS WITH THE FINEST SCORE IN A DECADE” — Huffington Post DAVID MIRVISH PRESENTS THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY PRODUCTION OF

MUSIC BY Jeanine

Tesori

BOOK & LYRICS BY Lisa

Kron

BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BY Alison

Bechdel

APRIL 13 – MAY 6, 2018 PANASONIC THEATRE, 651 YONGE STREET

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“ REZA JACOBS’ MUSICAL DIRECTION IS IMMACULATE!” — The National Post

The Musical Stage Company’s signature concert featuring popular hit songs interpreted by an all-star, all Canadian cast.

MUSIC DIRECTION, VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS BY Reza Jacobs

NOVEMBER 14 - 16, 2017 KOERNER HALL, TELUS CENTRE, 273 BLOOR ST. WEST

TICKETS STARTING AT $35 AVAILABLE AT 416-408-0208 OR

FEATURING

Divine Brown, Brent Carver, Jake Epstein, Sara Farb, Melissa O’Neil, Jackie Richardson, and more!