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musical numbers
Act One
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE................................................................................................................. Ann with All
TOP OF THE WORLD........................................................................................................................ Kate with All BAD BAD LEROY BROWN Michael with All YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE...............................................................................Justin & Ann with All SUPERSTITION................................................................................................................................ Justin with All KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR Kate with All YOU’RE SIXTEEN......................................................................................................................... Michael with All YOU’RE SO VAIN....................................................................................................................... Callandra with All LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK Justin with All
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD..................................................................Justin, Callandra, Michael & Kate
CROCODILE ROCK............................................................................................................................... Ann with All DRIFT AWAY..................................................................................................................................................... Ann
SMOKE ON THE WATER................................................................................. Justin, Callandra, Michael & Kate LONG TRAIN RUNNING Justin with All STUCK IN THE MIDDLE.............................................................................................................. Michael with All DESPERADO...................................................................................................................................... Kate with All SHAMBALA Justin & Michael with All DREAM ON............................................................................................................................................. Callandra
LET IT RIDE...................................................................................................................................... Justin with All ROCK THE BOAT Justin with All ANGIE............................................................................................................................................................ Justin THE TWELFTH OF NEVER..................................................................................................................... Callandra AND I LOVE YOU SO............. Michael with All LET’S GET IT ON........................................................................................................................................ ..Justin YOUR MAMA DON’T DANCE........................................................................................
Act two
with All AIN’T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE’S GONE.....................................................................................................
TIE A YELLOW RIBBON
with All YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (ONCE MORE) Ann THE WAY WE WERE..........................................................................................................................
with All TOP OF THE WORLD (REPRISE)
the cast
starring
Justin Bacchus
Drayton Entertainment: Jesus Christ Superstar. Justin Bacchus is a versatile performer and entertainer. Justin keeps busy by inspiring a new generation of performers, spreading the good news of music at the Merriam Music Inc. Here, he leads and teaches within the vocal department, produces live events and community outreach. At Main Event Music Toronto, JB brings his special brand of party as vocalist, event producer, and MC. Finally, Justin is blessed to be the dad to three wonderful kids, (Declan, Savannah, and Makenna), and the lucky husband to Carolyn. Enjoy this historic production. Gracious thanks to David Rogers.
Callandra Dendias
Drayton Entertainment: Debut. Other theatre: Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (Mirvish); Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables, Gingy in Shrek the Musical, Philia in A Funny Thing…Forum, Loggaine in The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee and Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Grand Theatre); 13 Seasons at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, including All About ABBA, onstage this September. When not grooving on stage, Callandra can be found shaking and burning at Lagree Fitness London. Thanks to D2, Mark and Drayton Entertainment for this opportunity to ‘dream on’. Sending love to her parents, Jeff, Kaden, Merridy and Beety. www.callandra.ca Instagram: @callandrad.
Michael Hughes
Drayton Entertainment: Debut. Other theatre: The VPP Holiday Jamboree, Yesterday Once More, Portia, Happy Together 1967 (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); Box 4901 (Buddies In Bad Times, Dora Award nomination); Plaid Tidings (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Into The Woods, Pirates of Penzance, She Loves Me (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Film/ TV: Reign (CW); Odd Squad (PBS); Mayday (NatGeo); Mrs. America (Hulu); Gen V (Prime). Michael is the creator and star of Mickey & Judy (Capitol Theatre Port Hope/Lunchbox Theatre Calgary, Betty Mitchell Award nomination - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical). Upcoming: All About ABBA at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. michaelhughes.ca
Ann Mantini
Drayton Entertainment: Susy in The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Music Man, Big Band Legends, Sister Amnesia in Nunsense, Swing!, You’ll Get Used To It, Vaudeville!, Hurray For Hollywood and The Mikado, Moments to Remember and Home for the Holidays (with The Mantini Sisters). Other theatre: Yesterday Once More, Church Basement Ladies (VPP, Petrolia); You’ve Got A Friend (Starbright Prod.); Anything Goes, Peter Pan (Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg); Suds (Stirling Festival Theatre); Swing!, Fauntleroy, Babies, Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables (The Charlottetown Festival and 1986 National Tour, Winnipeg and in Toronto (with Gordon Pinsent). I’m thrilled to be reunited with this cast and David Rogers. Love to Joe! www.mantinisisters.com.
Kate Suhr
Drayton Entertainment: Good Ol’ Country Gospel. Other theatre: Billboard: Power of Women (Capitol Theatre); Starbright Christmas (D2 Entertainment); Rainy Day People - A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (VPP); Nancy in A New Brain (Ryan DeSouza); Our Lady of the Spa in Nine (Mark Camilleri and Tim Carroll). Kate Suhr is a versatile producer and performer with a diverse career spanning varied musical genres. She attended the University of Western Ontario with a specialization in opera; Kate also holds a Bachelor of Applied Music from Humber College. She is also an accomplished singer-songwriter who has performed at Boots & Hearts, along with other notable events across Ontario. Kate has had the privilege of sharing the stage with Canadian legends such as Natalie MacMaster and Blue Rodeo.
the creative team
David Rogers (Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Harold Hill in The Music Man, Joseph in Joseph…, Che in Evita, Broadway Heroes (one-man show), Fiddler on the Loose (Creator), Canada 151, Sinatra Seven, Good Ol‘ Country Gospel (Creator and Director), Sh-Boom (Director). One of Canada’s leading musical theatre artists, David has appeared as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Toronto, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, Sudbury, Kitchener, Florida, National Arts Centre, and Kingston. He has played many leading roles in musicals across North America, including: The Phantom of the Opera, Tommy, Camelot, Cats and Into the Woods. David created and produced A Starbright Christmas which played for 10 years at the Stratford Festival Theatre and is now at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia, where he is currently the Co-Artistic Director.
Jim Hodgkinson (Music Director)
Drayton Entertainment: Merry & Bright, The Marvelous Wonderettes, We’ll Meet Again, The Crooner, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Kings and Queens of Country, You’ll Get Used To It! … The War Show. Other theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Stratford Festival); Saturday Night Fever (Troika, US Tour); Miss Saigon, Suds, Dames At Sea (Arts Club). Film/TV: Super Dave’s All Stars. Highlights: soloist at Canada’s Embassy to the United States, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York (with vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker). Composer/Lyricist: Little Women (Chemainus Theatre). Pianist/Conductor: Vera Lynn, Variety Club Telethon. Occasionally, Jim anchors a tip jar on cruise ships and performs a comedy show with the brilliant Seana-Lee Wood.
David Hogan (Set & Costume Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: Country Roads: The Songs of John Denver, Sh-Boom! Life Could Be A Dream, Fiddler on the Loose, Man of La Mancha, Broadway Heroes, Hollywood Sings, Godspell, The Songs of Sinatra (Director); Blood Brothers (Performer). Other Theatre: CoArtistic Director of the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia (2012 – present); Artistic Producer of the Starbright Summer Festival in Sarnia, ON (2009 – 2011); Producer and Director of Starbright Christmas (2004 –present); Producer and Director of Broadway on the Avenue, Banff, AB (2007 – 2008). Thank you Alex and the Drayton Entertainment family. Thank you for joining us.
Lyle Franklin (Lighting Designer)
Drayton Entertainment: 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 Last Enchanted Forest (Petrolia); 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: Country Roads: The Songs of John Denver, Over the River and Through the Woods, 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 and 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!
Ben Tuck (Assistant Stage Manager)
Drayton Entertainment: Halfway There. Other theatre: The Phantom of the Opera (Sheridan College); Old Love, Buying The Farm, Tip of the Iceberg, Come Down From Up River, Where You Are, Jack and the Beanstalk: The Panto, Doris & Ivy in the Home, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, Memphis to Motown, Cinderella: The Panto (Lighthouse Festival Theatre); The Bluff (Theatre Orangeville); All love to my friends, family and Clare for their endless support. Enjoy the show!
the band
Jim Hodgkinson (Music Director/Piano)
Drayton Entertainment: Merry & Bright, The Marvelous Wonderettes, We’ll Meet Again, The Crooner, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Kings and Queens of Country, You’ll Get Used To It! … The War Show. Other theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Stratford Festival); Saturday Night Fever (Troika, US Tour); Miss Saigon, Suds, Dames At Sea (Arts Club). Film/TV: Super Dave’s All Stars. Highlights: soloist at Canada’s Embassy to the United States, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York (with vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker). Composer/Lyricist: Little Women (Chemainus Theatre). Pianist/Conductor: Vera Lynn, Variety Club Telethon. Occasionally, Jim anchors a tip jar on cruise ships and performs a comedy show with the brilliant Seana-Lee Wood.
Bob Hewus (Bass)
Drayton Entertainment: The Full Monty, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph…Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, Canada 151, Lucky Stiff, Marathon of Hope: The Musical, Singin’ in the Rain, White Christmas, 42nd Street. Other theatre: The Sound of Music, Crazy For You, Fiddler on the Roof (Stratford Festival); Ned Durango (Theatre Orangeville); Forever Plaid (New Yorker Theatre). Bob resides in the Hockley Valley with his lovely wife, choreographer Candace Jennings, and too many dogs. He is very happy to be returning to work with the talented people at Drayton Entertainment.
Dave Robilliard (Drums)
Drayton Entertainment: Fiddler on the Loose, Good Ol’ Country Gospel. Other theatre: Summer of ’69, Mark Payne’s East Coast Kitchen Party, You’ve Got a Friend, Happy Together 1967, Starbright Christmas (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); Waitress, Dreamgirls (Grand Theatre); Waitress (Theatre Aquarius). Musician: Duo Percussion, Windsor Symphony, London Symphonia, Jeans ’n’ Classics Rock Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Hamilton Philharmonic, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Dave is a proud graduate of Western University and Oklahoma City University, and he is honoured to play Pearl/Adams Drums and Concert Percussion and DREAM Cymbals and Gongs. Thank you to my family and friends for their love and support!
Daniel Steduto (Guitar)
Drayton Entertainment: The Full Monty, Rock of Ages. Daniel is a 28-year-old professional guitarist based out of Guelph, Ontario. He found his love of the guitar at the age of 11, first starting with classical music before immersing himself in a wide range of styles such as Rock, Jazz, Funk and R&B. After playing in bands all throughout high-school, Daniel graduated from Humber College with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2019, and has since been performing and recording professionally all around the GTA. He has had the opportunity to learn from world-class guitarists and educators before and during attending college, such as Nick Johnston, Tony Zorzi, David Occhipinti, Emile Deon and Ted Quinlan.
The Musicians and Music Director engaged for this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, and are performing in the jurisdiction of the Central Ontario Association, Local 226.
