Little Willy House Program by Canadian Stage

WILLY Little

The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

The Baillie Theatre season is underwritten by:

A Production of Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes Presented by Canadian Stage

Created and Performed by Ronnie Burkett

Canadian Stage shares our work on four stages spread across our great city. The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts and the Berkeley Street Theatre Complex bookend the vibrant St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood and run along what was once the shore of Lake Ontario. Our beautiful High Park Amphitheatre is nestled within the grassy hills and forests of our city’s most beloved park. And the Winter Garden Theatre is located in the heart of Toronto’s bustling downtown core. Canadian Stage is grateful to be able to tell our stories on this bountiful land that we all share.

This sacred land has held story for thousands of years: stories that live in the fabric of who we are as a nation. Canadian Stage would like to acknowledge and thank the original caretakers and knowledge keepers of this territory: the Anishinaabe Nations (including the Mississaugas of the Credit), the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Wendat and Métis Nations. We give thanks to the Nations recorded and unrecorded, acknowledged and unacknowledged, who also share the responsibility for this territory. We honour the Dish With One Spoon Treaty and our responsibility to peaceably share and care for the resources that surround us. We are honoured to be in this meeting place called Tkaronto that many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from across Turtle Island call home.

A Production of Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes Presented by Canadian Stage

Little Willy

Ronnie Burkett

Marionette, Costume and Set Design

John Alcorn

Music and Lyrics and Music Production

Terri Gillis

Production Manager/Artistic Associate

Creative

Crystal Salverda

Stage Manager/Technical Director

Tanja Jacobs Dramaturge

John Lambert

Associate Producer

Marionettes designed and created by

Ronnie Burkett

Costumes

Kim Crossley

Studio Assistants

Angela Talbot

Gemma James-Smith

Marcus Jamin

Jesse Byiers

Alexander Mantia

Martin Herbert

Shoes and Accessories

Camellia Koo *

Robin Fisher

Marionette Controls Luman Coad

Marionette Stringing Marcus Jamin

Majordomo

Robbie Buttinski

The Daisy Theatre stage created by Mike Kukucska Hamilton Scenic Specialty Inc.

“The Max Blümchen Orchestrale” pit band constructed by Eric James Ball with puppets sculpted by Noreen Young

Running Crew

Gil Ruston Head Technician

The Daisy Theatre theme song sung by Laura Hubert

Music recorded at Desert Fish Studios

Mixing and mastering

Jeff Wolpert

Trumpet

John MacLeod

Clarinet and Tenor

Saxophone

Bob De Angelis

Keyboards and Programming

John Alcorn

Ronnie Burkett received development support for Little Willy from the Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create Program.

Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes is exclusively represented by John Lambert & Assoc., Montreal, Canada (www.johnlambert.ca)

Canadian Stage is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.

Stage Employees of the Berkeley Street Theatre are represented by Local 58 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Wardrobe Employees are represented by Local 822 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

*Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local SC659

This performance runs 90 to 120 minutes with no intermission

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Ronnie Burkett – Creator And Performer

Ronnie Burkett has been captivated by puppetry since the age of seven and began touring his shows around Alberta at the age of fourteen. Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes was formed in 1986, continuously playing on Canada’s major stages, and as a guest company on numerous tours abroad. Ronnie received the 2009 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, The Herbert Whittaker Drama Bench Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre, a Village Voice OBIE award, and four Citations of Excellence from the American Center of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette. In 2019, Ronnie Burkett was appointed as an Officer of The Order of Canada and in 2024 has been awarded Canada’s Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

John Alcorn – Music Arrangements And Production

John Alcorn is one of Canada’s premiere jazz vocalists, delivering his distinctive renditions of jazz standards on the most prestigious bandstands and concert stages across Canada. His list of citations and acknowledgements in music and theatre include both Jazz Report (Male Vocalist of the Year) and Dora (Outstanding Music) awards. As composer, lyricist, musical director, arranger and producer, he has collaborated with numerous significant Canadian theatre artists, including Daniel MacIvor, Deanne Taylor, Sky Gilbert, Theresa Tova, and Tomson Highway, and eight collaborations with Theatre of Marionettes.

Crystal Salverda – Stage Manager

With over 30 years in the entertainment industry, Crystal has been blessed to work both across the country and internationally stage managing some wonderful productions. She has had the pleasure of working with Ronnie fo the past 11 years. She has also worked with companies such as Blyth Festival, Kidoons Network, Calgary Stampede, Necessary Angel, Soulpepper Theatre, Canadian Stage, Harold Green Jewish Theatre, just to name a few. Other work experience includes Operations for Field of Dreams and Little League Classic (BaAM Productions), Sales Manager (Westsun), Concert Stage Manager (Marquis Entertainment).

Our Family of Supporters

Annual Donors, Sponsors and Members

Canadian Stage is grateful to the many individuals, foundations and corporations that supported our activities during the 24.25 season. They allowed us to invest in artist development, build our pipeline of new work and present artistic experiences at the highest level.

$100,000+

BMO Financial Group

Ed & Fran Clark

John & Nancy Embry

TD Bank Group

$50,000-$99,999

Marilyn Baillie, C.M. & Charles Baillie, O.C.

David W. Binet

Hugh Clark & Rebecca Rive

The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

Metcalf Foundation

$25,000-$49,999

Mark & Gail Appel

The Azrieli Foundation

Alexandra Baillie

CIBC Mellon

Ian & Kiki Delaney

Catherine Graham & Katy Graham Debost

Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Jim Lawrence & David Salak

Janet L’Heureux

Paul Maranger & Robert Brown

Fabio Mascarin Foundation

Trina McQueen, O.C.

Polar Asset Management Partners

RBC Foundation

Alan Rowe & Bryan Blenkin

The Sabourin Family Foundation

The Slaight Family Foundation

The Westaway Charitable Foundation

Anonymous (1)

$10,000 - $24,999

Navin Bhat

The Paul Butler and Chris Black Foundation at Toronto Foundation

Castlepoint Numa

Chartwell Retirement Residences

The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation

Davies

Huw Evans & Kathryn Bird

M. Fainer

Sheila Goldman

Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Diane Hatch & Chris Naudie

Brendan Healy

Ken Hugessen & Jennifer Connolly

Nancy Jain

Greg Lemaich & Julie Sutherland

The McLean Foundation

Remembering Otto & Marie Pick Charitable Foundation

Sandra & Jim Pitblado, C.M.

Polar Foundation Power Corporation of Canada

$5,000 - $9,999

Sara Angel & Dr. Michael Angel

Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong

Tony Baylis & Jacqueline Kirk

Adam Burke

Susan Crocker & John Hunkin

Margaret & David Fountain

MakeWay Foundation

- Harbinger Fund

K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation

Kathy Inch & Steve Simpson

Jackman Foundation

Donald K Johnson

Kingfisher Foundation

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys

Gail MacNaughton

Frances & Tim Price

The Racioppo Family Foundation

Gabrielle & Greg Richards

Dennis & Denny Starritt

Margaret Steed

$2,000 - $4,999

Pat and Tony Adams Freedom Fund for the Arts

Richard T. Adams

Norman & Leh-Sih Boersma

Antoinette Tummillo & John Carter

Covell and Edwina Foundation

Aaron Cowan

Peter Daniels & Elly Barlin-Daniels

Lynn Eakin

Dr. Roy Eappen

Monica Esteves

Robert & Julia Foster

Linda Glover & Ian de Verteuil

Colin Gruchy

Colin Hennigar & Justine Turner

Kiki Jamieson & Will Dove

Nina Josefowitz

Brett Ledger & Patricia Olasker

Peter Lyman & Judith Moses

Sheena Macdonald & Phil Schmitt

Frances Mahil

Heather McMartin & David Lightheart

Qasim Mohammad

Alice Morgan

Robert Morassutti

Noel Mowat

Ed & Cindy Nowina

Perry Orestes & Tim Giguere

Linda Reed

In Memory of John and Norma Rogers

In Memory of Elder Pauline Shirt

Sylvia M.G. Soyka in honour of Heather McMartin

Maple Tam

Doug & Gail Todgham

Beth Toombs

Christian Vermast

Anonymous (2)

$1,000-$1,999

Rick Archbold & Rick Feldman

Cathy Bateman

Balfour Bowen Family Foundation

Louise Cannon

The Cohen Kay Family Foundation

Chris Davis

Alexis L. Gordon

Peter Levitt & Mai Why

Trevor Lloyd

Debera McKeen

Julia & Gilles Ouellette

Richard Rooney

Rotman Family Foundation

James Spearing

Anonymous (1)

$500-$999

Ian & Dorothy MacDonald

Agg Family Giving

Dr. Johanna Aitken

Laurie Elaine Barrett

Parveen Dhupar

Eileen Farrow

Valerie Gow

Richard Horner

Karen & Fred Leitner

Tom McGillis

Barbara Nelson

Dr. Helen Ostovich

Keith Potter

Lisa Riley

Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou

Ivor & Renee Simmons

Lois Spencer

Michael Trent

Dr. Paul Truelove

Kaley Walker

$250-$499

G. Chalmers Adams

Jean Augustine

William Beaton

Katherine Bishop

John & Jane Cawthorne

Mr. Bernard F. Cocchiola

Charmaine Dimick

Ms. Sandra Dudley

Ms. Debbie M Dumaresq

Curtis Eisenberg

Paul Faiazza

Ms. Margaret Fisher

Anne Fleming

Tim Fort

Jean E Goodier

Mr. Stanley Griffin

William A Hammond

Sherry Haynes

David Hurlbut

Mrs. Rona Kosansky

Rae & Deborah Lake

Ms. Adrian Lang

Karen Laurence

Mr. Harvey Mandel

Mrs. Kim M Maxwell

Ms. Honora McCabeSlinger

E.D. Mitchell

Susan Moellers

Ms. Diane Morgan

Manraj Pannu

Alexander Perelgut

Mr. John Roeleveld

Robert Sandolowich

Marilyn Sherman

Patricia Stowe

Carol Swindell

Mr. Ken Thomson

Mr. Dean G Valentine

Shraddha Kothari

Walker & Adrian Walker

Mr. Brent Whitby

Barrie W Zwicker

$75-$249

Beth Adams

Ted Addie

Jill Amery

In Memory of Kenneth Burke

Sandra Appel

Jimmy Ayres

Judy Bates

Julie Bean

Kaye & Paul Beeston

Peter Bennett

Cindy Boates

Dianne Bradley

Angela Brown

Marilyn Brownrigg

Sandra L Bullock

David Cameron

Joyce & Rick Coombs

Sheila C. Coulter

Wanda Crickmay

Margaret H Daly

Nancy Davis

Raghunath Davloor

Beatrice T Donald

Elizabeth A. Dyke

Myron & Olena

Dylynsky

Leigh & Buddy Eisenberg

Jeannie Farquharson

Christopher A Ferguson

Marlene Fine

Barbara Fingerote

Donna Fraser

Karl & Barbara Freeman

Raluca Gheorghe

Jenny Ginder

Brenda Graham

Barbara Hackett & John Tory

Bonita Hart

V. Tony Hauser

Glenna Hemphill

Angela Herwin

Bonnie Horne

Lynne Howarth

Tim Hughes

Alfred Johnston

Don & Susan Johnston

Gerda Kaegi

Robert Kee

Greg H. Kelner

Edward & Ann Kerwin

Terra Klinck

Geoff Kolomayz

Heidi Kreuter

Barbara & Edgar Lea

Deborah Lecuyer

Carmen Lehman

George B Lennon

Randal Levine

Diane Mackay

Gopal Makan

Tony Mansfield

Frankie Maranger

Andrew Markowiak

Kulin Matchhar

Stephen A McArthur

Susan McClean

James Joseph

McCracken

Marjorie McLeod

Mary V McMillan

Janet McMurtry

John McQuaker

Maria J Medeiros

Jordan Merkur

Barbara Millar

Dewi Minden

Alice Morgan

Pauline Gale Morris

Michael & Olja Muller

Terry Murphy

John G Myers

Faye Rhonda Newport

Michael O’Connor

Carol Percy

Stephen W Phillips

Diane Pitblado

Jack & Bettie Powers

Pegi Rappaport

Keith Rose

Cynthia Russel

Dan & Diane Sexton

Janet Shacter

Patricia Simmie

Piali Roy & Andrew Simpson

Marvin Singer

Saneh Singh

William Solomon

Elena Soni

Andrea Sonnenberg

Michele A Spencer

Paul B Stewart

Ross Stuart

Jan Thompson

Pamela A. Thomson

Nora Underwood

Rick R. Verrette

Katherine D Vice

Martin Wade

Dianne Weinrib

Alex A Wellington

Scott C. Werry

Eleanor Westney

Shelley White

Marilyn Wilcoxen

Anthea Windsor

Nan Wiseman

Michael Zacks

Janet Zemaitis

Sharon Zier-Vogel

Anonymous

City Builders

Members

Principal

SvN Architects + Planners

Partners Aercoustics

Castlepoint Numa

DIALOG

Diamond Schmitt

Enwave Energy

ERA

Harrington and Associates

KPMB

O2 Planning and Design Inc.

RAW Design

The annual donor listing includes donations received between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025

We have made every effort to ensure proper recognition. If, however, your name has been accidentally omitted, listed incorrectly, or misspelled, we apologize. Please notify us at donate@ canadianstage.com with any corrections.

Lifetime Giving

Canadian Stage wishes to acknowledge the generous contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations whose lifetime financial contributions to the company exceed $100,000.

Above $2,000,000

Bram & Bluma Appel

The Bluma Appel Community Trust

BMO Financial Group

TD Bank Group

$1,000,000 - $1,999,999

Marilyn Baillie, C.M. & Charles Baillie, O.C CIBC

John & Nancy Embry

Sandra Simpson

$500,000 - $999,999

David W. Binet

BMO Harris Private Banking

Susan Crocker, C.M. & John Hunkin, C.M.

Imperial Oil Foundation

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys

William MacKinnon

Manulife Financial

Maureen & Roger Parkinson

RBC Foundation

Scotiabank

The Slaight Family Foundation

St. Josephs Communications Anonymous (1)

$250,000 - $499,999

Alexandra Baillie

Canada Life

Ed & Fran Clark

Hugh Clark

The William & Nona Macdonald

Heaslip Foundation

Hal Jackman Foundation

Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Laidlaw Foundation

Loblaw Companies Limited

Trina McQueen, O.C.

Metcalf Foundation

Jack & Judith Rose

The Sabourin Family Foundation

Sylvia Soyka

Sun Life Financial

Ontario Trillium Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999

The Azrieli Foundation

Cathy Bateman

Jill E. Black & Barry Allan

M. Joan Chalmers

C.C., O.Ont & Barbara

Amesbury

Peter & Frances Chiddy

Mark & Ann Curry

Deloitte Foundation

Ernst & Young LLP

Margaret & Jim Fleck, O.C.

GE Canada

Peter & Dianne Gillin

Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc.

Sheila Goldman

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Barbara Hackett & John Tory

Hewlett Packard Canada

HSBC Bank Canada

Ken Hugessen & Jennifer Connolly

Intact Insurance Company

Ed & Ann Kerwin

KPMG Canada

Adrian Lang & Ash Taylor

Don & Marjorie Lenz

The Brian Linehan

Charitable Foundation

Gail MacNaughton

John & Kay McKellar Household

Molson Coors Brewing Company

Sandra & Jim Pitblado

Polar Foundation

Emmanuel Pressman

Timothy & Frances Price

PwC Canada

Penny & Robert Richards

Jim Riley & Nicole Sigouin

Edward S. Rogers

Rogers Communications Inc.

Ellen & Brian Rose

Schuyler Bankes & Family

TC Energy

Tridel Corporation

Chip & Barbara Vallis

Arlene & Michael Willis

Julie, Peter & James in Memory of John David Wood Anonymous (2)

Legacy Giving

We are grateful to the following individuals who have very thoughtfully and generously remembered Canadian Stage in their estates.

The Estate of Bluma Appel

The Estate of Kenneth C. Dawe

The Estate of John Gordon

Hunter Larry Lubin

The Estate of Helen Joan Kates

The Estate of Stanley Shaw

Theatre Ball 2025 Supporters

Alexandra Baillie Legacy Fund Donors

Matching

and

Lead Donor

$10,000+

Mark & Gail Appel

Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong

Alexandra Baillie

Marilyn Baillie, C.M. & Charles Baillie, O.C.

Hugh Clark

The Krstajic Foundation

Greg Lemaich & Julie Sutherland

Trina McQueen, O.C.

Vafa Mirzaagha

Maureen & Roger Parkinson

Drew Sinclair & Liza J. Stiff

$5,000 - $9,999

Sara Angel & Dr. Michael Angel

Upkar & Nita Arora

Tony Baylis

Navin Bhat

Burstyn Family Charitable Fund

Susan Crocker & John Hunkin

Julia Foster, C.M. & Robert Foster, C.M.

Good & Well Inc

Colin Hennigar & Justine Turner

Nina Josefowitz

Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys

John Montesano

Chip & Barbara Vallis

$100 - $4,999

David Bronskill

Adam & Gayle Burke

Doone & George Estey

Huw Evans & Kathryn Bird

Brendan Healy

Qasim Mohammad

Daniel F. Sullivan

Vandana Taxali

Thanks to our 25.26 Season Sponsors and Funders

Season Sponsor and Access Partner

Baillie Theatre Season Underwriter

The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

David W. Binet

Paul Maranger & Robert Brown

Bluma Appel Season Underwriter

John & Nancy Embry

Dream in High Park Lead Sponsor

Production Underwriters & Sponsors

Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds

Trina McQueen, O.C.

Alan Rowe & Bryan Blenkin

BraveWorks Founding Donors

Alexandra Baillie

Ian & Kiki Delaney

Programmatic Support Lead Donors

Education & Community Outreach

Lead Donor

Marilyn & Charles Baillie Family Foundation

Future Forward Fund Lead Donor

Ed & Fran Clark

EmpowHer Founding Donors

Catherine Graham & Katy Graham Debost

Janet L’Heureux

New Work Development Lead Donor

Foundation and Corporate

Supporters

Marion Armstrong Charitable Foundation

Kingfisher Foundation

Lead Corporate Sponsor

City Builders Principal Member

The Paul Butler and Chris Black Foundation at Toronto Foundation

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Dream in High Park

Production Underwriter

The Westaway Charitable Foundation

Government Support

Canadian Stage Council of Governors

The Council of Governors is a distinguished group of former Canadian Stage board members whose leadership, insight, and advocacy continue to shape the organization’s future. Serving as trusted ambassadors and advisors, Council members remain engaged with Canadian Stage and one another while contributing experience, perspective, and a long-standing commitment to the company’s artistic and organizational journey.

Alexandra Baillie

President

Richard Adams

Peter Agar

Deborah Alexander

Nimal

Amitirigala

Sara Angel

Andrée

Appleton

Lynn Armstrong

Ronald Atkey

Andrew Auerbach

Paul Austin

Judith Baldwin

John Bankes

Barbara Barde

Cathy Bateman

Anne Baumann

Tony Baylis

Diane Bean

Roger Beauchemin

Morris Berchard

Jill Black

Keith Bowman

Glenn Bowman

Marcia Brown

Helen Burstyn

Louise Cannon

Frank Carnevale

Yvonne Catty

Wendy Cecil

Susan Chapman

Peter Chiddy

Ann Chisholm

Debbie

Coull-Cicchini

Gary Crawford

Susan Crocker

Patti

Cunningham

Gord Cunningham

Irene David

Rupinder Dhillon

Brian Doyle

James Egan

Rita Eskudt

Doone Estey

Huw Evans

Kathleen Freeman

Elizabeth Frise

Peter Galanis

Joan Goldfarb

Helena Gottschling

Sharon Gregg

Barbara Hackett

Jon Hagan

Pamela Hallisey

Barbara Hejduk

Kathleen Hermant

Peter Hickman

David Hilton

Nicole Holder

Billie Holiday

Lee Howe

Drew Huffman

Lawson Hunter

Dominique Hussey

Brian Imrie

Linda Intaschi

Anna Jarmain

Peter Jelley

Terry Jenkins

Warren Jestin

Patrick Keeley

Edward Kerwin

Kevin Kimsa

Michael John

Langtry Kirby

Phil Ladouceur

Ron Lalonde

Adrian Lang

Jim Leech

Marjorie Lenz

Barry Leon

Janet Lindsay

Cheryl Longo

Fernando Lopez

Susan Lowe

Peter Lyman

Bruce Macdonald

William MacDonald

William MacKinnon

Harry

Malcolmson

Jason Martin

Fabio Mascarin

Marc Mayer

Richard McCoy

Sean McMahon

Brian Mikulinski

Aaron Marvin

Mildrad

Ingrid Minott

John Montesano

Adrian Montgomery

Ellen Moore

Peter Morin

Doug Murphy

Derek Nelson

Joanne Niblock

Anne Marie O’Donovan

John Ozikizler

Maureen Parkinson

Penny Partridge

Paul Pellegrini

Vanessa Pfaff

Emmanuel Pressman

Frances Price

Sanjiv Purba

Leonard Racioppo

Kyle Rae

Gabrielle Richards

James Riley

W. Brian Rose

David Rosenbaum

Jennifer Rowe

Robert Rowe

Barry Rowland

Joy Rychlik

Paul Sabourin

Erik Sande

Susan Scace

Vincenza Sera

Mary Anne

Shaw

Melanie Shishler

Evan Siddall

Margaret Sims

Drew Sinclair

Samena Sissons

Monika Skiba

James Slater

David Staines

Lorne

Stephenson

Heather Street

Daniel Sullivan

Avery Swartz

Jean Taillon

Noreen Taylor

Timothy Thompson

George Kennedy

Thomson

Mark Tonnesen

Margaritta Topielski

Benjamin Trister

Lucy Troisi

Antoinette Tummillo

Dori Tunstall

Raj Uttamchandani

Chip Vallis

John van Nostrand

Stuart Watson

Scott Wetmore

Cecilia Williams

Arlene Willis

Susan Willmot

Jos Wintermans

Susan Wortzman

Cynthia Young

Irene Zaguskin

Paul Zed

Ron Ziola

Canadian Stage

Board of Directors

Hugh Clark Chair

Navin Bhat

David Bronskill

Eileen Costello

Jamie Crotin

Councillor Paula Fletcher

Management

Brendan Healy Artistic Director

Monica Esteves Executive Director

Daniel Bennett Director of Production and Facilities

Melysa Rogen Director of Marketing and Communications

Heather McMartin Director of Development and Campaigns

Beth Toombs Director of Finance and Administration

Artistic

Lynanne Sparrow Producer

Jordan Laffrenier Associate Artistic Director

Laurie Merredew Assistant Producer

Maple Tam Vice Chair & Secretary

Diane Hatch

Colin Hennigar

Nina Josefowitz

Elaine Kierans

Frances Mahil

Trina McQueen

Finance & Administration

Sunitha Rai Manager, Payroll Administration and HR Support

Kari Seppen Intermediate Accountant

Brian Parsons Senior Manager, IT Services

Ruth-Anne Yiu

Executive Assistant and Board Liaison

Development

Chris Faulkner Senior Manager, Government Relations and Foundations

Luisa Kurtz Senior Manager, Individual Giving

Leslie Francombe

Gala Sponsorship and Sales Manager

Gillian Hoff Manager of Special Events

Faizah Syeda Development Coordinator

Adam Burke Treasurer

Vafa Mirzaagha

Qasim Mohammad

Jeremy Opolsky

James Spearing

Daniel Sinniah

Julie Sutherland

Marketing and Communications

Shannon Tigert Senior Marketing Manager, Loyalty & Growth

Madison Zinger Senior Marketing Manager, New Audiences

Derek Ma Graphic and Digital Manager

Vaishnavi Panwar Marketing Coordinator

Michael Crumpton Senior Sales Specialist

Audience Services

Conor Copeland Ticketing and Audience Services Manager

Faisal Butt Assistant Ticketing Manager

Abbas Abbas

Peter Genoway

Elyssia Giancola

Mima Higashi

Alex Jackson

Naomi Kaplan

Mackenzie Kerr

Colette Mbariko

Seamus Murphy

Sydnie Phillips

Giovanna Rossi

Veronica Schmeiser

Sienna Singh

Miriam Sossin

Mya Wong

Audience

Services Staff

Vandana Taxali

Chris Wood

Production

Brayden Crawford Technical Director

Meg Woods Production & Site Manager

Matthew Hadley Building Operations Manager

Kendalin Bishop Assistant Technical Director

Marcela Prado Assistant Technical Director

Ian Kowalski Production Coordinator

Mary Spyrakis Head of Properties

Janet Pym Head of Wardrobe

Chynah Philadelphia Properties Assistant

Gil Ruston Head Technician

Karen Elizabeth Head Technician

Ben Junor House Technician

Quynh Diep Metcalf Foundation

Wardrobe and Props Apprentice

Thank you to our volunteers

We thank our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to Canadian Stage!

Great performances live here.

At BMO, we take pride in our local communities, and the ar tists that contribute to the cultural diversity and creative richness of our cities. We are proud to be Canadian Stage’s 2025/2026 Season Sponsor and Access Partner.

Fall On Your Knees (2024). Photo by Dahlia Katz

The Bluma Appel Theatre season is underwritten by:

John & Nancy Embry Paul Maranger & Robert Brown