Singin' in the Rain Presented by Chemainus Theatre Festival

Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film by special arrangement with Warner Bros.

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James A Glen Design Daniel James White, Michel LaFleche, Kelli McLeod

David Cooper Photography

Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Screenplay by

Mark DuMez Artistic Director

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Screenplay by

Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by

Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film by special arrangement with Warner Bros.

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Director & Choreographer Tracey Power Musical Director Steven Greenfield Fight Director Jonathan Purvis

Cast Dora Bailey/ Miss Dinsmore Kevin McAllister R.F. Simpson Barbara Clayden Rosco Dexter John Webber Lina Lamont Paul Tedeschini Sid Phillips Sara Robb Zelda/Busby Girl Cumberland Spendrill Musicians Cosmo Brown Piano Steven Greenfield Don Lockwood Bass Eugene Burton Busby Girl Drums & Percussion Alicia Murray Rod Violin Alex Rose Busby Girl Trumpet Daniel James White Busby Girl Kathy Selden SETTING: 1920’s Hollywood INTERMISSION: One 20 minute intermission

Scenery & Projection Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Stage Manager

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Now Open Late Friday and Saturday Evenings Electric Open Mic First Saturday of Every Month Acoustic Open Mic Third Saturday of Every Month Tropical Vibe with Keoki and Special Guests Every Friday Night

Stacie Steadman Evan Frayne Greg Armstrong-Morris Emma Slipp Jesse Martyn Robyn Wallis Daniel James White Jonathan Purvis Leon Willey Krista J. Konkin Alex Rose Kate Blackburn Megan McKinnon Rachel Harrison

Presented with the generous assistance of:

DUNCAN IRON WORKS

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Singin’ In The Rain is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com The Chemainus Theatre Festival engages, under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The Chemainus Theatre Festival acknowledges the support of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and its members.

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MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

MARK DUMEZ

TRACEY POWER

There is something about a good summer rain that seems to change things. The smell of blooming flowers and greenery soaking up the gift of growth reminds me of possibility and promise. We've recently witnessed a tectonic shift in culture as the Industrial Age, some have said, has given way to the Age of Information. Old forms and functions have bent to new ways of thinking and doing. In this play, Don and Kathy are in the middle of their own changing worlds, as technology alters their career and personal courses.

Singin’ in the Rain is a musical that inspires memory. Over the past six months whenever I told someone I was directing this musical, their face would light up and they’d immediately begin to tell me what they loved and remembered about the show.

Laughter, love and heart are ever LAUGHTER, LOVE present in this bright beautiful little AND HEART ARE package, but also present is the more EVER PRESENT conflicted idea of progress. The entertainment industry has changed dramatically since the days of “the silent picture” and “the vaudeville stage”. We as artists of theatre are constantly re-evaluating our relevance in this new, ever challenging, cultural THE SHARED DESIRE landscape. But no matter how far FOR A GREAT STORY technology and progress take us, there will always be one thing that remains unchanged; the shared desire for a great story. We are here as artists to share this story with you; to inspire old memories and new!

Change, even positive change, can be challenging but can also invite the same kind of glorious and happy feeling that a good summer storm does. After all, we are built for change, for growth and for possibility. Even those of us set in our ways, with the possible exception of Lina, can learn to adapt and even thrive after the rain of change. Aristotle put it another way, “Change in all things is sweet.” And, in the case of this show, well worth singing about!

Enjoy the show!

MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR RANDAL HUBER A remarkable serendipity has come to the Chemainus Theatre Festival. Theatre Angels Alf and Yvonne Pink have generously gifted their private collection of 28 exclusive Arthur Vickers serigraphs. The pieces, all purchased directly from the artist over the past 30 years, are appraised at over $105,000 and celebrate the incredible diversity of Mr. Vickers’ work.

This year the Chemainus Theatre will auction 10 of these art pieces. The select works are on display in the upper lobby of the theatre and we invite you to bid in person tonight or online at our website. The silent auction will run until November 16th – the night of our annual benefit gala – though should you wish to take something home with you, there are ‘buy it now’ prices available.

TRACEY POWER Director & Choreographer Raised in the Comox Valley, Tracey was last in Chemainus performing in Christmas on the Air. Recently, she directed and choreographed Chelsea Hotel, featuring the songs of Leonard Cohen for The Firehall Arts Centre and assistant directed Axis Theatre’s, The Number 14. Her work as an actor, writer, choreographer and recently director has been seen across Canada and internationally and she has been the recipient of the Sterling and Jessie Richardson Awards.

Thank you to the Pink family for this unbelievable gift and to Arthur Vickers for your amazing contributions to Canadian art.

For more information about the art pieces and this fabulous donation of art in support of the arts, please visit our website.

This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire your own serigraph by this iconic West Coast artist and, with 10 pieces available, one is bound to catch your eye. I certainly have my eye on one.

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GREG ARMSTRONG-MORRIS Rosco Dexter

EVAN FRAYNE R.F. Simpson

Greg has recently returned from Santiago, Chile, where he performed with Teatro Chaos, the country's only professional English-language theatre company, founded by the late Jacob Chaos, a fellow Chemainus alumnus. Other credits include: Albin/Zaza, La Cage aux Folles (Vancouver Playhouse - Jessie Award); Barfée, Spelling Bee (Western Canada); Hunter [title of show] (Equity Co-Op); Kane, True Love Lies (Touchstone); Malcolm, The Full Monty (Patrick Street); The Wizard, Wizard of Oz (Carousel); Hedwig, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, (Hoarse Raven).

Raised in Duncan, Evan is very excited to make his Chemainus debut. Theatre credits include: King Lear (Honest Fishmongers); Re:Union (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades- Jessie nominee); Life After God (Touchstone). TV/Film credits include: Fringe, Arrow, Supernatural, and Continuum. Evan spent a season with Pacific Theatre, acting in Jesus Hopped the "A" Train, The Great Divorce and directing his adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Evan is a graduate of UBC’s BFA in Acting Program.

KATE BLACKBURN Busby Girl

STEVEN GREENFIELD Musical Director/Piano Born and raised in Calgary, Steven has been based out of Vancouver since 2006. Chemainus Theatre Festival credits: Little Women, Nightingale, My Fair Lady, Munsch Alley, South Pacific, Mr. Pim Passes By, Oklahoma! and Motel in Fiddler on the Roof. Recent credits: Fiddler on the Roof (WCT); Ordinary Days, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Relephant); The Spitfire Grill (Midnight Theatre); Titanic (TUTS). Thanks to Tracey, Mark and Alex. Love to family, friends and Jessie.

Kate Blackburn is currently in between her second and third year at Capilano University's Musical Theatre program. This is her first show with Chemainus Theatre Festival and is very grateful to be a part of the show.

EUGENE BURTON Bass

RACHEL HARRISON Kathy Selden

Eugene Burton is thrilled to be back in Chemainus this summer.

One might recognize him from such past shows as Chickens and All Shook Up (Chemainus Theatre Festival). Eugene is a graduate of the Capilano University's renowned Jazz Studies program and considers himself somewhat of a jazz enthusiast.

When not performing music, he enjoys cats and the video game StarCraft II.

Rachel is thrilled to make her Chemainus debut! Past credits include four seasons with Theatre Under the Stars, most recently as Zaneeta in The Music Man, Doria in Smile (ASP), and Jo in Little Women (Imagine Theatre, Ovation Award Nomination). Rachel is currently pursuing her degree in Musical Theatre at Sheridan Institute. Many thanks to Tracey and Steven for this opportunity, and to my family, Matt, Chris, and Anne for always telling me so.

BARBARA CLAYDEN Costume Design

KRISTA J. KONKIN Busby Girl

Barbara Clayden has been a theatre artist for over 30 years, designing costumes and sometimes sets for various theatre and dance companies around Vancouver, including the Arts Club Theatre, Blackbird Theatre, Carousel, Mortal Coil, Neworld Theatre, Presentation House, Pi Theatre, Rumble, and Theatre Replacement. She has been nominated for numerous Jessie Richardson Awards for Outstanding Costume Design and won a few along the way. Most recently, her work was seen in the Carousel Theatre production of Arthur, Boy King.

Krista was last seen on the CTF stage in the summer of 2007 when she made her BC theatre debut as Kay in Murder On The Nile and Hope in Anything Goes. It was also that summer that she fell in love with her leading man, Leon Willey, marrying him exactly one year later. So, it is with joyful heart that Krista returns with Leon to Sing (and dance:) In The Rain. For more info on KJ's past/present theatre projects visit www.liveoutloudtheatre.com.

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JESSE MARTYN Phillips

JONATHAN PURVIS Cosmo Brown/Fight Director

This marks Jesse's third show in Chemainus after appearing in Joseph last summer and the season closer, The Gifts of the Magi. In Vancouver, he has performed in readings and workshops with Solo Collective, Whistler, BoucheWHACKED & rEvolver. Other favourite credits include: Joseph (WCT, Kamloops); The Stepmother (North American Premiere, Shaw Festival); and In Flanders Fields (World Premiere, Smile Theatre).

Follow @JesseMartyn or jessemartyn.com.

This is Jonathan's Chemainus debut. Other select credits: Spamalot, Little Shop of Horrors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Three Musketeers, Love’s Labours Lost, Dying City, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Forbidden Phoenix, Beauty and the Beast. Jonathan is a producer of Action Playground (www.actionplayground.ca). Thank you to his Grandma for getting him his young start in theatre, and thank you to his parents and Alana for their endless support.

KEVIN McALLISTER Scenery & Projection Design

SARA ROBB Stage Manager

This is Kevin’s 20th show for Chemainus Theatre Festival.

Recently he designed scenery for Sisters (Gateway); The Gifts of the Magi (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Xanadu (Arts Club); and both The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth (Bard on the Beach). He was Associate Designer on the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies (both David Atkins Enterprises).

Kevin has earned nine Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations. www.modelbox.ca

As the resident Stage Manager for Pacific Opera Victoria, Sara has been involved with Tosca, Albert Herring, Macbeth (2012/13), Maria Stuarda, Carmen, Mary’s Wedding and Flying Dutchman (2011/12). Other credits include: Little Shop of Horrors, Arms and the Man (2012), Fire!, Blithe Spirit (2011) at Blue Bridge Repertoire Theatre. A graduate of the Theatre Department at VIU, Sara apprenticed at the Belfry Theatre (2008-10) and Bard on the Beach (2010).

MEGAN McKINNON Busby Girl

ALEX ROSE Rod/Violin This marks Alex’s first production in Chemainus, a beautiful place to work! Recent credits include: Three Sisters (Only Child Collective) Out in the Open (Green Thumb Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor, King John (Bard on the Beach); Red Letters (Red Letters Co-Op); The Thirteenth Chair, The Crucible, The Comedy of Errors (Studio 58); Pharaoh Serket and the Lost Stone of Fire (Carousel Theatre). Alex is a graduate of Studio 58.

Meggie is very excited to call Chemainus home this summer!

Originally from Trail BC, Meggie now bases herself out of Vancouver. She has been performing in and around Vancouver for the past 2 years since graduating Capilano University’s Musical Theatre diploma program. Selected theatre credits include: Kelly/Cleopatra, Math Out Loud (Mitacs); PenelopeAnne, Bye Bye Birdie (Theatre Under the Stars); Joy, Cinderella: The Enchanted Edition (Exit 22).

ALICIA MURRAY Drums/Percussion

EMMA SLIPP Lina Lamont

Alicia is excited to be back in Chemainus for another great summer on Vancouver Island! She graduated Capilano University in 2011 with her Bachelors of Music and has been playing for theatre and various bands since then. Some of the shows she has previously played for are: Some Enchanted Evening (Kay Meek Centre), The Gifts of the Magi, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat and All Shook Up (Chemainus Theatre Festival).

Career highlights: Three Sisters (Masha, Only Child Collective); King Lear (Regan, Honest Fishmongers, Jessie nomination); How I Became Invisible (creator/performer, Clunk Puppet Lab); Trolley Car (Florence, Solo Collective, Jessie nomination); The Crucible (Mary Warren, Two Planks and a Passion); and The Violet Hour (Rosamund, Belfry). She has toured Mermaid Theatre's Very Hungry Caterpillar across North America and Asia. Graduate of Studio 58.

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STACIE STEADMAN Dora Bailey/Miss Dinsmore

DANIEL JAMES WHITE Cumberland/Trumpet

This production marks Stacie's Chemainus debut and she is thrilled to be on Island time for the summer – with so many of her favourite people! Stacie has appeared in numerous plays, staged readings and workshops in Vancouver including Ubuntu:The Cape Town Project (WCT) and was a member of the acting company at the Stratford Festival from 2008-2010. Stacie dedicates this performance to her Dad, Brian Steadman, who loved to see her shine.

Daniel is thrilled to be back “home” for this production of Singin' In The Rain. It just so happens that Singin' was the first show Daniel performed after graduating theatre school (CCPA Jacques Lemay/Janis Dunning), and he is delighted to go for round two! Recent credits include: Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph (Western Canada Theatre): Chickens, Joseph, All Shook Up (Chemainus Theatre Festival).

PAUL TEDESCHINI Sound Designer

LEON WILLEY Don Lockwood

Paul is a sound designer, as well as a full time mixing and mastering audio engineer. Recent sound design credits include: Buddy –The Buddy Holly Story, The Gifts of the Magi, Chickens (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Noises Off (Chemainus Theatre Festival/Western Canada Theatre); Fresco (Shadbolt Centre/The Cultch), Circle Mirror Transformation (Arts Club Theatre). Live mix credits include Liona Boyd, Sheri Ulrich, Barney Bentall, Tom Taylor and John Gogo.

Leon is thrilled to play an iconic part like Don Lockwood. Thank you Tracey and Chemainus for this opportunity. Other favorites roles: Gordon/Dwight, Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Persephone); Freddy Fellowes, Noises Off (WCT/Chemainus Theatre Festival); Berowne, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Autolycus, A Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare On The Sask.); Jerry, The Full Monty (PSP/Persephone); Ain't We Got Fun! (Live Out Loud). Love to Krista K. my wife and coach. www.leonwilley.com :-)

ROBYN WALLIS Zelda/Busby Girl

BETTY COMDEN & ADOLPH GREEN Screenwriters

Robyn is very happy to be back in Chemainus and performing in Singin’ In The Rain. Selected credits include Hodel, Fiddler on the Roof (WCT); Poppy, Noises Off (WCT/Chemainus Theatre Festival); Dorothy,The Wizard of Oz (Carousel Theatre); Penny Pingleton, Hairspray! (Arts Club); Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (Alberta Opera); Tipi Lala, Everybody Goes to Mitzi’s (Teatro La Quindicina); and Edna, June Moon (Media Room).

The team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, 1991 recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, and the longest running creative partnership in theatre history, began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called The Revuers, which included the late Judy Holliday. They went on to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was the first show for all of them, "On The Town." Also with Mr. Bernstein they collaborated on the score for "Wonderful Town." With Jule Styne they wrote the book and/or lyrics for "Bells Are Ringing," "Do Re Mi," "Subways Are For Sleeping," "Peter Pan" and others.

They also wrote the book for "Applause," the book and lyrics for "On the Twenith Century" and the lyrics for "The Will Rogers Follies," with Cy Coleman, and "A Doll’s Life." Five of these, "Applause," "Hallelujah Baby," "Wonderful Town," "On the Twentieth Century" and "The Will Rogers Follies" won them six Tony Awards, and "A Doll's Life," a Tony nomination.

JOHN WEBBER Lighting Designer John has been designing both lighting and sets since the early 1990’s and over the years has had the privilege of working with some of Western Canada’s most talented and adventurous artists. He has received eight Jessie Richardson Awards and one Ovation Award for Outstanding Design along the way. www.johnwebber.ca

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Their many film musicals include "Singin’ in the Rain," "The Band Wagon," "On the Town," "Bells are Ringing," "It’s Always Fair Weather," "Good News" and "The Barkleys of Broadway."

Their non-musicals include "Auntie Mame" and "What a Way To Go." Two of these musicals, "The Band Wagon" and "It’s Always

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Fair Weather," received Academy Award nominations and, along with "On The Town," won the Screen Writers’ Guild award.

ARTHUR FREED Lyricist Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Freed was a lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. He began his career in vaudeville, and appeared with the likes of the Marx Brothers. He soon began to write songs, and was eventually hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

For years, he wrote lyrics for numerous films.

"Singin’ in the Rain" was recently voted one of the ten best American films ever made and, by a vote of international film critics conducted by the prestigious magazine Sight and Sound, it was ranked third among the ten best films of all time.

They are both members of the Council of the Dramatists Guild, have been elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and have received the Mayor of New York’s Certificate of Excellence.

Ms. Comden received the Woman of the Year Award from the Alumni Association of New York University. She appeared in the films "Garbo Talks" and "Slaves of New York," and on the stage in the Playwrights’ Horizons production of Wendy Wasserstein’s "Isn’t It Romantic?". Mr. Green appeared in the films "Simon," "My Favorite Year," "Garbo Talks," "Lily In Love" and "I Want To Go Home."

In 1939 he was promoted to the position of producer, and helped elevate MGM as the studio of the musical. Freed choose to surround himself with film directors such as Vincente Minnelli and Busby Berkeley. He also helped shape the careers of stars like Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. His team of writers, directors, composers and stars came to be known as the "Freed Unit" and produced a steady stream of popular, critically acclaimed musicals that lasted until the late 1950s.

Freed served as associate producer on THE WIZARD OF OZ. His most famous song is "Singin' in the Rain," and two of his films won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Those being, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) and GIGI (1958).

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide.

Some of their best-known songs include "Just In Time," "The Party’s Over," "Make Someone Happy," "New York, New York," "Neverland," "It’s Love," "Lonely Town" and "Some Other Time."

Stars they have written for in their musicals and films include Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Rosalind Russell, Judy Holliday, Mary Martin, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett and Nancy Walker.

NACIO HERB BROWN Composer Brown was born as Ignacio Herb Brown in Deming, New Mexico.

He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles.

He was a successful writer of popular songs, and Broadway theater music in the 1920s, originally doing this as a sideline to his financially successful career in California Real Estate. In 1928 he was hired to work in Hollywood by MGM and write movie music for the new medium of sound film. For his film work, he often collaborated with lyricist Arthur Freed.

Brown appeared in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929. In the 1930s he was married to actress Anita Page. Brown's hits included "Fit as a Fiddle and Ready for Love", "Pagan Love Song", "Singin' in the Rain", "Wedding of the Painted Doll", and "You Are My Lucky Star". Nacio Herb Brown died in San Francisco, California.

Brown is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Drawing by Alan & Lea Daniel

As performers, Comden and Green appeared in "On the Town" and later did an evening at the Golden Theatre, "A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green," comprised of material from their own shows and movies, and from their act, The Revuers. In 1977 they did a new version of "A Party" to unanimous acclaim at the Morosco Theatre, and toured with it. "A Party" received an Obie Award when it was first performed.

to say!

Based on the stories by

Robert Munsch

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COOKIN’ UP A CLASSIC THE CHEMAINUS THEATRE FESTIVAL HAS ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS Ask people to describe Singin' In The Rain and you're likely to hear one word come up again and again. “Classic.”

As both a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film (starring Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly), and an award-winning stage production, the show has earned its iconic distinction.

From London to Broadway, thousands of people have enjoyed the theatrical musical's THE SHOW HAS light-hearted EARNED ITS story of ICONIC DISTINCTION upheaval in the saucy and stylish Hollywood movie biz during the roaring 20's. Critics have heralded the tour “a night of sheer delight.

The perfect pick-me-up” (London's Daily Telegraph), while community theatres around the world have donned their most glitzy and glamorous flapper wear to stage the Tinseltown spoof.

There's no denying the popularity of Singin' In The Rain; its wide appeal is one reason we CLASSIC THEATRE chose the IS ABOUT EMOTION musical to headline our summer schedule at the Chemainus Theatre Festival. But classic?

That was an idea we just had to explore.

What defines a film, play, musical – or a theatre for that matter – as a classic?

Ask around, like we did, and you'll get a number of answers...

“Classic theatre is about emotion. Shows that have songs that please the ear, dances that please the eye, a story that touches the heart – or the whole combination – can endure. Classic shows make you feel what is happening, regardless of where you seat is from the stage.”

“A plot that evolves is the most important part in a show. There needs to be some discovery and progression to draw people in and make them hang on for what will happen next.”

“A classic show has an idea you know from the past. It's reminds you of something you've heard or A COMFORTABLE done or talked THEME THAT IS about before.

UNDERSTOOD AND There's a SHARED BETWEEN comfortable EVERYONE ON theme that is STAGE AND OFF understood and shared between everyone on stage and off, no matter where they come from.”

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“I think it [a classic] has to do something different for people to take notice. When a performance can get people talking it has impact, and the whole production lives on.”

“Classics are shows that you can watch again and again – and each performance is just as much fun as the last. They last through generations and can be enjoyed equally by kids, parents, and grandparents – those are classics.”

challenges that only creative and engineering experimentation can solve.

With timelessness, emotion, creativity, comfort, and heart, our revered summer show has all the ingredients to be considered a “classic.” And we hope your entire Chemainus Theatre Festival experience is just as satisfying!

To everyone in our artistic and production teams, staff, volunteers, and sponsors who Judging by the decades and decades of cook up a memorable show, you have our expertise behind these answers (and deepest WE HOPE YOUR ENTIRE more, from our gratitude.

STIMULATION, CHEMAINUS THEATRE artistic and And we EVOLUTION, FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE production thank all our IS JUST AS SATISFYING FAMILIARITY, teams, and staff), patrons who EXPERIMENTATION, we discovered have come to taste the hummable tunes, STAYING-POWER five key exuberant dancing, comedic love stories, ingredients that seem to make the perfect creative theatrics, and torrential fun of recipe for an artistically classic experience: Singin' In The Rain! stimulation, evolution, familiarity, experimentation, staying-power.

Does our applauded summer show fit the “classic” mould? Most definitely.

It has been 60 years since Singin' In The Rain first appeared on film, and 30 years since it debuted on the stage; now that's endurance.

30 YEARS SINCE IT The musical DEBUTED ON THE promises to STAGE; NOW THAT'S “make 'em ENDURANCE laugh” and does much more. Evoking love, deception, jealousy, humour and more feelings we all share and can't get enough of.

Will Don end things with Lina? Will Kathy get caught in the 'act'? Are you excited to find out what happens when silent films screech to a halt? Singin' In The Rain tap dances through its story, keeping audiences rapt for the next twist in the tale.

How do you make it rain on stage? What makes this show special? A stand-out musical comes with all the show-stopping

Costume Renderings by Barbara Clayden

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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN SONG LIST ACT I Overture I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ Fit As a Fiddle All I Do Make ‘Em Laugh Beautiful Girl You Are My Lucky Star You Were Meant for Me Moses Supposes Good Morning Singin’ in the Rain Good Morning

Zelda Zanders Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown Kathy Selden, Busby Girls Cosmo Brown Cumberland Spendrill, Kathy Selden, Busby Girls Kathy Selden Don Lockwood Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown, Sid Phillips Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown, Kathy Selden Don Lockwood Busby Girls

ACT II Entr’acte Would You What’s Wrong With Me? Broadway Ballet Would You You Are My Lucky Star Singin’ in the Rain

Kathy Selden Lina Lamont Full Company Kathy Selden, Cosmo Brown Don Lockwood, Kathy Selden Full Company

Daniel James White, Kelli McLeod, Michel LaFleche

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PHONES Please turn off all your cellular phones or pagers in the theatre.

HEARING SERVICES Audio assistance for the hearing impaired is available

BABES IN ARMS In consideration of our patrons and performers, children three and under will

not be admitted to Main Stage performances (excluding KidzPlay series).

NEW PERFUME? Some patrons suffer from allergies related to fragrances. Please refrain from using perfumes for the health and well-being of your fellow patrons.

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VA N C O U V E R I S L A N D ’ S T H E AT R E G E TAWAY

Barbara Lebow

The story begins 20 years after scarlet fever, the depression, and world war II divided their family between Holocaustseized Poland THEY SHARE LITTLE and sheltered IN COMMON BEYOND New York.

THEIR FRAGILE Meeting now BLOODLINE. as grown-ups in mid-century Manhattan, they share little in common beyond their fragile bloodline.

As sudden roommates, strong-willed Luisa and selfish Rose endeavour to rise above their obvious differences by confronting unexpected family truths, revealing scars of their past, and dealing with their domineering father's relentless guilt.

Though many of her dearest allies are now gone, Lusia's imaginary conversations with her Mama, childhood friend Hanna, and lost love Duvid help her cope with her new life in America. Exploring her surroundings and her past, she discovers how seemingly minor, everyday decisions can have enduring consequences.

The 1986 play by Barbara Lebow is more than a typical work of dramatic theatre. A Pretty Girl moves through time, reality and fantasy to tell a beautiful story of tragedy and hope.

A PRETTY GIRL MOVES It is a THROUGH TIME, REALITY touching AND FANTASY TO TELL A play that BEAUTIFUL STORY OF calls on TRAGEDY AND HOPE. audiences to consider their perception of inner and outer beauty, and the tenacity of the human spirit.

Called “theatre at its finest” (DC Theatre Scene), this gentle story of picking up the pieces and moving forward will appear at The Chemainus Theatre Festival from September 13 to 28.

Tickets for A Pretty Girl are available now at chemainustheatre.ca, or by calling the box office at 1-800-565-7738.

"…a tribute to the sustaining power of family and to man's indomitability."

NY Times

"It's an emotional powerhouse of almost overwhelming proportions."

Hartford Journal Inquirer

"…anyone who sees it will not soon forget it."

Atlanta Constitution

Drama Its 1946. Two sisters have been separated since childhood – one raised in New York while the other stayed in Poland and endured the Holocaust.

They are reunited with their indomitable father in this powerful and deeply affecting portrait of one family’s strength. A Pretty Girl (A Shayna Maidel) explores deep love, inner beauty and the tenacity of the human spirit.

September 13 - 28 VA N C O U V E R I S L A N D ’ S T H E AT R E G E TAWAY

Barbara Lebow

David Cooper Photography

In A Shayna Maidel – A Pretty Girl (Yiddish) – the consequences of one innocent decision change the course of a family's life forever. After many years of separation, Polish sisters Lusia and Rayzel “Rose” Weiss have reunited in a collision of vastly different worlds. Amid the chaos of becoming reacquainted, each girl struggles to honour her past and live for the future.

by

Laura Ross, Briana Buckmaster

by

LAST CHANCE FOR SEASON TICKETS DRACULA

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

from the play by

Hamilton Deane

Screenplay by

and

Betty Comden and Adolph Green

John L. Balderston

Songs by

Oct 11 - Nov 9

Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Mystery/Drama

Jun 14 - Aug 25 Broadway Musical

A PRETTY GIRL

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

A Shayna Maidel

by Barbara Lebow

Based on the film by

Frank Capra

Sep 13 - 28 Drama

Nov 22 - Dec 23 Holiday Musical

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