by Norm Foster
Director David Nairn
Set Designer Beckie Morris
Costume Designer Joanna Lee
Stage Manager Paula Stewart
Lighting Designer Lyle Franklin
Apprentice Stage Manager Madie Bennett
The Company (in alphabetical order)
Terry Barna
AJ Bridel
Lee MacDougall
JONAS AND BARRY IN THE HOME is staged by arrangement with Pam Winter, Gary Goddard Agency, www.ggagency.ca JONAS AND BARRY IN THE HOME was first produced by the Theatre Orangeville in Orangeville, ON in October 2015 The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
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THE CAST
(in alphabetical order)
Terry Barna (Jonas Ainsworth)
Drayton Entertainment: The Odd Couple, Buying the Farm, 12 Angry Men, The Birds & The Bees, The Love List, Bedtime Stories, Shear Madness. Adventures in a seniors’ home for Jonas & Barry In The Home marks Terry’s 18th Norm Foster production since escaping from Corporate Canada in 2001, having performed these throughout Ontario, and the Bahamas. Offstage, you may remember him from his two years co-hosting daytime on RogersTV, CTV’s Stock & Awe, or two seasons of CityTV’s Meet the Family, for which he received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination. As always, much love to Lynne. Enjoy the show!
AJ Bridel (Rosie Voight)
Drayton Entertainment (selected): Anna in Disney’s Frozen, Buttons in Cinderella: The Panto, Sandy in Grease, Lauren in Kinky Boots, Sophie in Mamma Mia!, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Other theatre (selected): Claire Chris in Chris, Mrs. (Elgin WinterGarden Theatre); Sherrie Christian in Rock of Ages (More Ent.); Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); leading roles in several Ross Petty Pantos; Lauren in Kinky Boots (Mirvish). Film/TV: Odd Squad (TVO Kids); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Private Eyes (Global); Voice of Pipp Petals in My Little Pony (Netflix). AJ has also recently released original music as Amanda Jean, found on all music streaming platforms! @ajbridel.
Lee MacDougall (Barry Butterfield)
Drayton Entertainment: Performer: The Odd Couple, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rock of Ages, The Sound of Music, ‘Art’, Rocky, Twelve Angry Men, Footloose, Brigadoon, On Golden Pond, The Foursome, Wild Guys. Director: Buying the Farm, All Shook Up. Other theatre (selected): Performer: Nick/Doug in Come From Away (Broadway/Toronto/ Washington D.C./Seattle/La Jolla Playhouse); The Louder We Get (Theatre Calgary); The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, Harry in Mamma Mia!, Smokey in Damn Yankees (Mirvish); Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, and theatres across Canada. Director: Rope’s End (Blyth Festival); Glory Days (Theatre Aquarius); The Producers, Joseph…, Beauty and the Beast (Stage West). Playwright: High Life, The Gingko Tree.
the creative team David Nairn (Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Director: Doris and Ivy in the Home. Actor: Jonas & Barry in the Home. Other theatre: David recently completed a 26 year tenure as Artistic Director of Theatre Orangeville, where he directed over 90 Canadian plays and musicals, many of which were world premieres. As an actor, David has shared many stages with playwright, Norm Foster, the two having appeared together in countless productions of The Love List, The Long Weekend, Skin Flick, Outlaw and most recently, Jonas and Barry in the Home. David is the proud recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award and is a two-time recipient of Rotary Club International’s Paul Harris Award.
Beckie Morris (Set Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: Million Dollar Quartet, Naked Radio, Doris and Ivy in the Home, The New Canadian Curling Club, Jonas & Barry in the Home. Other theatre: Appropriate, Eureka Day! (co-design The Coal Mine), Sweet Delilah Swim Club, Halfway There, Where You Are, On the Air, Prairie Nurse, I’ll be Back Before Midnight (Lighthouse Festival); Cinderella…if the Shoe Fits, Beneath Springhill, Lunenburg, The Gentleman Clothier, Little Women, They’re Found in Trees, Sugar Road, Miracle on 34th St, Stag & Doe, Queen Milli of Galt (Theatre Orangeville). Thank you as always to my beautiful and always supportive family! www.beckiemorrisdesigns.ca
Joanna Lee (Costume Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: Flight Risk, Doris and Ivy in the Home, Mary’s Wedding; Apprentice Stage Manager for A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. Other theatre: Stitcher for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish Productions). Joanna is the Costume Assistant in the Wardrobe Department. She is a graduate of Fanshawe College with an Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design and a Graduate Certificate in Technical Costume Studies. Joanna is also a graduate of Kwantlen Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Technology. Much love to family and friends for all their support!
Lyle Franklin (Lighting Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: Sorry…I’m Not Sorry!, Flight Risk, Country Roads: The Songs of John Denver, Over the River and Through the Woods, Merry & Bright, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Buying The Farm, Kings & Queens of Country, Out of Order, Office Hours, Hilda’s Yard, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, The Affections of May, Lend Me A Tenor, Too Many Cooks, The Love List, Perfect Wedding, Twelve Angry Men, Separate Beds, The Odd Couple, Funny Money, Boeing Boeing. Other theatre: The Marriage of Figaro, The Llandovery Castle (Wilfrid Laurier University); Walking on Water (Fanshawe College); The Anger of Ernest and Ernestine (Lost & Found Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened … (Ryerson University). He is a graduate of Ryerson University. Lyle is pleased to be working on another lighting design with Drayton Entertainment.
Paula Stewart (Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment: Over the River and Through the Woods, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Yesterday Once More, Country Roads: The Songs of John Denver, White Christmas, Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Doris and Ivy in the Home, Evita, Perfect Wedding, Anything Goes, Jonas and Barry in the Home. Other theatre: The Beaver Club, Cinderella... if the Shoe Fits, Darktown Strutters Ball, Boys Girls and Other Mythological Creatures (Tour) (Theatre Orangeville); Smile Serenades, Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol (Smile Theatre). Tapadh leat mo ghaol agus slainte mhath!
Madie Bennett (Apprentice Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment: Apprentice Stage Manager: Sexy Laundry, Naked Radio; Peter Pan: The Panto (Running Crew/Production Assistant). Other theatres: Something Old (Talk is Free Theatre); Apprentice Stage Manager: Eureka Day (Coal Mine Theatre); Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Globe Theatre - Regina); Production Assistant: Avon Theatre (Stratford Festival); Assistant Stage Manager: The Nutcracker Ballet - 2024 performance (Toronto International Ballet Theatre); Associate Producer: All that is between (tiger princess dance projects); Stage Manager: The Sinking of the S.S. Ethie and Ed and Ed’s New B&B! (Gros Morne Theatre Festival 2022 season). Madie is a graduate of the University of Waterloo (2021) and Goldsmiths, University of London (2023 - MA). https://ma2benne.wixsite.com/madiebennett
the Author Norm Foster (Playwright)
Norm Foster has been called Canada’s preeminent comic playwright, and he is also one of the most prolific and most produced of all Canadian playwrights. Halifax Chronicle-Herald columnist Ron Foley writes, “Foster’s stage writing remains one of Canada’s greatest theatrical treasures”, and the Calgary Herald describes him as “one of the funniest writers of intelligent comedy in Canadian theatre today”. Mr. Foster has close to forty plays to his credit including Ethan Claymore, The Foursome, The Melville Boys, The Affections of May, Wrong For Each Other, Jasper Station (with Steve Thomas), The Last Resort (with Leslie Arden), The Love List, Outlaw, Jenny’s House of Joy, and Mending Fences. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for his play, The Melville Boys, and he was recently honoured with an award from Theatre Ontario for his “distinguished service to Ontario’s theatre community.”
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