White Christmas - House Programme

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We need to talk.

Have you noticed how rarely these days you pick up the phone and call someone? It’s just so much easier to send a text, isn’t it? Rather than deal with the messy, complicated, beautiful, real thing called conversation, you just fire off a text and then stare impatiently at the phone, waiting for an answer – thus wasting more time than if you had just called. But then, if you called, you might have to hear what was going on in someone else’s life.

We all know there is a crisis of communication in our world. It manifests in so many ways: people turning in on themselves; the avoidance of opinions or even facts that contradict our position; the replacement of discussion by abuse. None of these things need be so. They have only happened because certain people have worked out that rage is more profitable than joy. Shame on us for letting them get away with it.

To watch a good play is to be reminded of the wonder of good words beautifully spoken. It may well be a wish-fulfilment fantasy – none of us really speaks as well as this in real life – but why not have something to aspire to? Not all of us can stand or move as gracefully as the people up on stage, either: but that doesn’t stop us admiring them – and wishing we could have some of that presence ourselves. If only there were a way to learn how to communicate with such clarity and grace…

There soon will be. The Shaw is about to transform. Soon you will not only marvel at the eloquence and poise on our stages, but will have the chance to learn them yourself, from the best.

Watch this space.

TIM CARROLL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

FESTIVAL THEATRE THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE · ANYTHING GOES · WAIT UNTIL DARK ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE TONS OF MONEY · MAJOR BARBARA · MURDER-ON-THE-LAKE JACKIE MAXWELL STUDIO THEATRE GNIT · BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY SPIEGELTENT DEAR LIAR · LA VIE EN ROSE · ELLA AND LOUIS · MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE? · THE ROLL OF SHAW: THROUGH THE WARDROBE HOLIDAY SEASON A CHRISTMAS CAROL · Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS

2025 BOARDS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ian M.H. Joseph, Chair · Timothy R. Price, Vice Chair · Gregory N. Prince, Treasurer · Elizabeth S. Dipchand, Secretary · Peter E.S. Jewett, Past Chair · Tim Carroll, Artistic Director (ex officio) · Tim Jennings, Executive Director (ex officio) · Philip Akin · Glen Bandiera, MD · Sylvia Bennett · Sheila Brown · Richard P. Ellis · Sandy Henderson, President, Shaw Guild (ex officio) · Thomas R. Hyde · Tim Johnson · Colleen Johnston · Carolyn Keystone · Daniel Patterson, PhD · Jodey Porter · Corinne Foster Rice · Robin Ridesic · Samiha Sachedina · Nicole R. Tzetzo · Jaime Watt

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Timothy R. Price, Chair & Frances M. Price · Ian M.H.

Joseph, Vice Chair & Rebecca H. Joseph · Tim Carroll, Artistic Director (ex officio) · Tim Jennings, Executive Director (ex officio) · Phyllis Ackerman & Hy Ackerman · Marilyn Baillie, CM & A. Charles Baillie, OC · Sylvia Bennett (Chair, Development Committee) · Barbara Besse & Ronald D. Besse · James F. Brown & Jean Stevenson, MD · Robin Campbell & Peter E.S. Jewett · Alberta G. Cefis & Ilio Santilli · Vivien Dzau & Daniel MacIntosh · Wendy Gitelman & Bruce Gitelman · Pamela Davis Heilman · Sandy Henderson (President, Shaw Guild) · Mary E. Hill · Diane K. King · Mary S. Martino · Richard McCoy · James D. Meekison · Katie Militello & Michael M. Militello · Elizabeth A. Simmons & Edward D. Simmons, MD · Nancy Smith · Marc St-Onge (Chair, Boxing Committee) · Elaine G. Triggs & Donald L. Triggs · Michal Wadsworth · Gary Zalepa (Lord Mayor, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake)

The Shaw wishes to acknowledge and honour the land upon which we gather as the historic and traditional territory of First Nations Peoples. In particular, we recognize and thank the Neutral Nation, the Mississauga and the Haudenosaunee for their stewardship of these lands over millennia. We also wish to thank all of the First Nations Peoples in Canada, and the Indigenous Peoples of the United States, for their ongoing and important roles in the caretaking of the lands beneath our feet.

Glass case in Macdonald Heaslip Lounge contains material from the Shaw Archives located in Guelph, ON, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Shaw Seminar. Research and arrangement by Barbara Inglese, Secretary of the International Shaw Society and Shaw’s Education Department.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Copyright © Shaw Festival 2025. The Shaw’s house programmes are designed and produced by Jeff MacKay. They are compiled and edited by Neil Barclay, with assistance from members of the creative management team. Production photography by David Cooper and Michael Cooper. Printed by Aylmer Express Graphics Group.

The Shaw Festival Archives are housed at the University of Guelph and maintained by the staff of the L.W. Conolly Theatre Archives.

Anthony R. Graham, Chair · Lorne R. Barclay, Vice Chair · Richard D. Falconer (Chair, Investment Committee) · Tim Jennings, Secretary (ex officio) · Bo Wang-Frape, Treasurer (ex officio) · Kenneth P. Friedman · Colleen Johnston · Andrew M. Pringle · Samiha Sachedina · William J. Saunderson · Bruce Winter

Ronald H. Luczak, President · James M. Wadsworth, President Emeritus · Sylvia Bennett, Secretary · Kenneth P. Friedman, Treasurer · Bettina Buss · Scott Snow · Nicole R. Tzetzo (Legal Counsel)

FOUNDERS

Brian Doherty, CM (1906-1974)

Calvin G. Rand (1929-2016)

The Right Honourable Mark Carney

The Honourable Doug Ford

The Shaw Festival is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and TCG (USA) and engages professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and The Niagara Region Musicians’ Association, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Local 298.

The Shaw Festival engages stage technicians, audience sales and services staff, and facilities staff supplied by Local 461, scenic artists supplied by Local 828, and designers who are members of Associated Designers of Canada ADC 659, of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories, and Canada.

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR PARTNERS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Marilyn & Charles Baillie

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Tim & Frances Price

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Ethan Rotenberg’s internship in Music Direction was made possible through an investment by the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation and the support of The Shaw Guild. Eve Legault’s appearance is supported by the Women in Musical Leadership (WML) program, facilitated by Tapestry Opera with lead partner the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, along with partners across Canada, including the Shaw Festival. Alexander Batycki, Celeste Catena, Taran Kim and Sepehr Reybod are supported by the RBC Foundation. The 2025 Christopher Newton Interns, Matt Alfano and Gabriella Sundar Singh, are generously supported by Marilyn and Charles Baillie. The 2025 Baillie Cohort: Jaden Kim, Eponine Lee, Dieter Lische-Parkes, Madelyn Miyashita, Joshua Sidlofsky, Éamon Stocks, Mikayla Stradiotto and Lindsay Wu are generously supported by the Baillie Family Fund for Education.

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2025 ENSEMBLE

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tim Carroll EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tim Jennings ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Melissa Novecosky ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kimberley Rampersad DIRECTORS Tim Carroll · Selma Dimitrijevic · Kate Hennig · Peter Hinton-Davis · Eda Holmes · Rebecca Northan · Kimberley Rampersad · Sanjay Talwar · Jay Turvey MUSIC DIRECTORS / COMPOSERS / SOUND DESIGNERS Andy Ballantyne · Allen Cole · Ryan deSouza · John Gzowski · Corey Macfadyen · Kaitlyn MacKinnon · Rachel O’Brien · Miquelon Rodriguez · Paul Sportelli · Joanna Lynne Staub · Claudio Vena CHOREOGRAPHY / MOVEMENT

Matt Alfano · David Chinchilla · Alexis Milligan · Allison Plamondon · Kimberley Rampersad · Geoff Scovell · Genny Sermonia · John Stead CREATORS Marla McLean · Alexis Milligan · Travis Seetoo · Graeme Somerville DESIGNERS Judith Bowden · Gillian Gallow · James Lavoie · Christine Lohre · Hanne Loosen · Lorenzo Savoini · Cory Sincennes · Rose Tavormina · Christine Ting-Huan Urquhart · Ming Wong LIGHTING DESIGNERS Bonnie Beecher · Louise Guinand · Mikael Kangas · Kevin Lamotte · Chris Malkowski · Jeff Pybus PUPPETRY Brendan McMurtry-Howlett · Alexis Milligan ILLUSIONS Kelly Wong STAGE MANAGEMENT Jamie Anderson · Kelly Boudreau · Michael Duggan · Kevin Etherington · Georgia Holland · Amy Jewell · Becca Jorgensen · Sang-Sang Lee · Carolyn Mackenzie · Leigh McClymont · Annie McWhinnie · Lisa Russell · Allan Teichman · Dora Tomassi · Kathryn Urbanek · Jane Vanstone Osborn

THE ENSEMBLE David Adams · Matt Alfano · Mary Antonini · Vivienne Atwood · Alexander Batycki · Kristopher Bowman · Alana Bridgewater · Jenni Burke · Fiona Byrne · Jason Cadieux · Celeste Catena · Julia Course · Nehassaiu deGannes · Cosette Derome · Camille Eanga-Selenge · Allison Edwards-Crewe · Sharry Flett · Kristi Frank · Sochi Fried · Patrick Galligan · Leslie Garcia Bowman · Taylor Garwood · JJ Gerber · Élodie Gillett · Marlene Ginader · Alexandra Gratton · Daniel Greenberg · Virgilia Griffith · Matthieu Handfield · Martin Happer · Bruce Horak · Jeff Irving · Patty Jamieson · Bryce Johnson · Julia Juhas · Celine Jung · David Keeley · Ron Kennell · Qasim Khan · Jaden Kim · Taran Kim · Graeme Kitagawa · Shona Kiyama · Eponine Lee · Dieter Lische-Parkes · Allan Louis · Allison McCaughey · Stewart Adam McKensy · Kevin McLachlan · Marla McLean · Madelyn Miyashita · André Morin · Cheryl Mullings · Kyla Musselman · Mike Nadajewski · Ruthie Nkut · Rebecca Northan · Jade Repeta · Sepehr Reybod · Katie Ryerson · Kiera Sangster · Travis Seetoo · Joshua Sidlofsky · Gabriella Sundar Singh · Graeme Somerville · Jeremiah Sparks · Éamon Stocks · Mikayla Stradiotto · Sanjay Talwar · Taurian Teelucksingh · Michael Therriault · Jay Turvey · Kelly Wong · Shawn Wright · Lindsay Wu

IN MEMORIAM Mona Alonzo · Charles Balbach · Frank Bevan Leslie · Michael Blake · Norman Browning · Denise Coffey · Jillian Cook · Martina Erskine · Robin Farmer · Angelo M. Fatta · Herb Foster · Derek Goldby · Nona Macdonald Heaslip · Bob Heilman · Chris Jennings · Marti Maraden · Sherry Nasmith-Jones · Barbara Proven · Sirgay Sanger · Paxton Whitehead · Frank Zalokar · Joseph Ziegler

George Bernard Shaw from Pygmalion film campaign, 1938. © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation. www.AlHirschfeldFoundation.org

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- Ruth Aspinall, Governors Council and Doherty-Rand Legacy Circle Member

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TIM CARROLL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | TIM JENNINGS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MELISSA NOVECOSKY, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

KIMBERLEY RAMPERSAD, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Irving Berlin’s

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Based on the Paramount Pictures film

Written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank

Music and Lyrics by IRVING BERLIN Book by DAVID IVES and PAUL BLAKE

Original stage production directed by Walter Bobbie

Orchestrations by Larry Blank; vocal and dance arrangements by Bruce Pomahac

with MATT ALFANO, MARY ANTONINI, VIVIENNE ATWOOD, ALEXANDER BATYCKI, JENNI BURKE, JASON CADIEUX, CAMILLE EANGA-SELENGE, KRISTI FRANK, TAYLOR GARWOOD, ÉLODIE GILLETT, ALEXANDRA GRATTON, DANIEL GREENBERG, MATTHIEU HANDFIELD, JEFF IRVING, BRYCE JOHNSON, JULIA JUHAS, CELINE JUNG, DAVID KEELEY, GRAEME KITAGAWA, SHONA KIYAMA, ALLISON McCAUGHEY, KEVIN McLACHLAN, MADELYN MIYASHITA, ANDRÉ MORIN, KYLA MUSSELMAN, RUTHIE NKUT, ÉAMON STOCKS, KELLY WONG and SHAWN WRIGHT

Directed by KATE HENNIG

Music direction by PAUL SPORTELLI

Choreographed by ALLISON PLAMONDON

Sets and costumes designed by JUDITH BOWDEN

Lighting designed by KEVIN LAMOTTE

Sound designed by JOANNA LYNNE STAUB

WHITE CHRISTMAS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals www.concordtheatricals.com

Any video and/or audio recording, streaming or distribution of this production is strictly prohibited.

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

Mary E. Hill

MUSIC DIRECTOR SUPPORTED BY

David & Amy

Fulton

Front cover: Jeff Irving and Camille Eanga-Selenge, illustration design by Key Gordon.

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

Mary E. Hill

MUSIC DIRECTOR SUPPORTED BY

David & Amy

Fulton

Jeff Irving as Bob Wallace, Camille Eanga-Selenge as Betty Haynes, Mary Antonini as Judy Haynes and Kevin McLachlan as Phil Davis.

THE CAST

Gale/Train Conductor/

Dance Captain/Ensemble

Judy Haynes

Susan Waverly

Swing

Martha Watson

Ezekiel

Foster/Ensemble

Betty Haynes

Rhoda/Ensemble

Ervyn/Ensemble

Mrs Snoring Man/Ethel/Quintet/ Assistant Seamstress/Ensemble

Gloria/Cigarette Girl/Ensemble

Standby for Bob Wallace

Max/Quintet/Ensemble

Bob Wallace

Marty/Ensemble

Rita/Ensemble

Susan Waverly

General Henry Waverly

Connie/Quintet/Ensemble

Loretta/Ensemble

Swing

Phil Davis

Dottie/Ensemble

Mike Nulty/Jimmy/Ensemble

Swing

Tessie/Quintet/Seamstress/Ensemble

Swing

Ralph Sheldrake/Ensemble

Ed Sullivan Announcer/Quintet/

Mr Snoring Man/Scooter/Ensemble

In Alphabetical Order

MATT ALFANO***

MARY ANTONINI

VIVIENNE ATWOOD

ALEXANDER BATYCKI*

JENNI BURKE

JASON CADIEUX

CAMILLE EANGA-SELENGE

KRISTI FRANK

TAYLOR GARWOOD

ÉLODIE GILLETT

ALEXANDRA GRATTON

DANIEL GREENBERG

MATTHIEU HANDFIELD

JEFF IRVING

BRYCE JOHNSON

JULIA JUHAS

CELINE JUNG

DAVID KEELEY

GRAEME KITAGAWA

SHONA KIYAMA*

ALLISON McCAUGHEY

KEVIN McLACHLAN

MADELYN MIYASHITA**

ANDRÉ MORIN

KYLA MUSSELMAN

RUTHIE NKUT

ÉAMON STOCKS**

KELLY WONG

SHAWN WRIGHT

Setting: Christmas Eve, 1944 - the Western Front; the week leading up to Christmas Eve, 1954 - The Ed Sullivan Show, Jimmy’s nightclub, New York, a train car, The Columbia Inn, Pinetree, Vermont, The Regency Room, New York, and back to The Columbia Inn.

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Managers

Production Stage Manager

Associate Production Stage Manager

Assistant Director

Associate Choreographer

Associate Lighting Designer

Orchestral Adaptation

Associate Music Director/Rehearsal Pianist

Keyboard Programmer

Music Copyist

Metcalf Foundation Music Intern

Dance Captain

Singing Coach

Voice and Dialect Coach

Child Actor Supervisors

ALLAN TEICHMAN

BECCA JORGENSEN, ANNIE McWHINNIE

LISA RUSSELL

LEIGH McCLYMONT

KIERA SANGSTER

ALLISON McCAUGHEY

MIKAEL KANGAS

PAUL SPORTELLI†

RYAN deSOUZA

DAVID ATKINSON

MICHAEL LERNER

ETHAN ROTENBERG

GRAEME KITAGAWA

EILEEN SMITH

JEFFREY SIMLETT

MARGOT DEVLIN

SUZIN SCHIFF

* RBC Emerging Artists are generously supported by the RBC Foundation.

** The Baillie Cohort is generously supported by the Baillie Family Fund for Education.

*** The 2025 Christopher Newton Intern is generously supported by Marilyn and Charles Baillie.

†Music Director, Paul Sportelli, is supported by David & Amy Fulton.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

Act 1

Overture

Happy Holiday - 1944

White Christmas

Happy Holiday/Let Yourself Go Love And The Weather Sisters

The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing

Orchestra

Bob, Phil

Bob, Phil, Sheldrake, Ensemble

Bob, Phil, Ensemble

Bob, Betty

Betty, Judy

Phil, Judy, Quintet

Phil, Judy, Mr & Mrs Snoring Man, Bob, Betty, Ensemble

What Can You Do With A General?

Let Me Sing and I’m Happy Count Your Blessings Blue Skies Snow

Martha, Bob, Phil

Martha Bob, Betty

Bob, Ensemble

INTERMISSION

Act 2

Entr’acte I Love A Piano Falling Out Of Love Can Be Fun Sisters (Reprise)

Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me/ How Deep Is The Ocean The Old Man

Let Me Sing and I’m Happy (Reprise) How Deep Is The Ocean (Reprise) The Old Man (Reprise) White Christmas I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

Orchestra Phil, Judy, Ensemble Martha, Betty, Judy Bob, Phil

Bob, Betty Bob, Ensemble Susan Betty, Bob Bob, Phil, Sheldrake, Ensemble Bob, Ensemble Ensemble

ORCHESTRA

PAUL SPORTELLI, Conductor; RYAN DESOUZA, Associate Conductor/Keyboard 1; SHANE O’REGAN/ETHAN ROTENBERG, Keyboard Substitutes; ANDY BALLANTYNE, Flute/Alto Saxophone; ERICA BESTON/KATHRYN SUGDEN, Violin 1/Concertmaster (alternating); SASHA BOYCHOUK, Bass Clarinet/Baritone Sax; WILLIAM CARN, Trombone 2; BRAD EATON, Trumpet 2; ALEX GRANT, Cello; JASON LOGUE, Trumpet 1; ROSS MacINTYRE, Bass; TIM MULLIGAN, Drums/Percussion; TOM SKUBLICS, Clarinet/Tenor Saxophone; ROB SOMERVILLE, Trombone 1; MICHAEL VIEIRA, Keyboard 2

UNDERSTUDIES

MATT ALFANO, Ralph Sheldrake; ALEXANDER BATYCKI, Phil Davis; ALEXANDER BATYCKI/ÉAMON STOCKS, Gale/Train Conductor/Dance Captain, Marty, Max/Quintet, Ensemble; DANIEL GREENBERG, Ed Sullivan Announcer/Quintet/Mr Snoring Man/Scooter/Ensemble; TAYLOR GARWOOD, Ezekiel Foster/ Ensemble; ÉLODIE GILLETT, Martha Watson; ALEXANDRA GRATTON, Tessie/Quintet/Seamstress/ Ensemble; GRAEME KITAGAWA, Mike Nulty/Jimmy/Ensemble; ALLISON McCAUGHEY, Dottie, Rhoda, Rita, Ensemble; MADELYN MIYASHITA, Mrs Snoring Man/Ethel/Assistant Seamstress/Ensemble; KYLA MUSSELMAN, Judy Haynes; KYLA MUSSELMAN/ALLISON McCAUGHEY, Gloria/Cigarette Girl, Loretta, Ensemble; RUTHIE NKUT, Betty Haynes; ÉAMON STOCKS, Connie/Quintet, Ervyn, Ensemble; SHAWN WRIGHT, General Henry Waverly

Running time for Act 1 is 1 hour 23 minutes and Act 2 is 52 minutes, for a total of 2 hours and 35 minutes including intermission.

MUSIC DIRECTOR’S NOTE

by Paul Sportelli

Israel Beilin came from Russia to America with his family in 1893 at age five, escaping pogroms against Jews. In America, his first published song (“Marie from Sunny Italy”) spelled his name wrong on the sheet music, and he decided to stick with it. Irving Berlin, the quintessential American composer, was an immigrant.

In New York City, Berlin became one of many Tin Pan Alley composers – most of them Jews from Europe – who were part of the creation of American popular song. Part of, because they borrowed heavily from the music of the African American community, whose ragtime, cakewalks and blues were springboards for Tin Pan Alley composers. Often these Jewish immigrants worked alongside the descendants of enslaved people to create this entirely new music.

In the twentieth century, popular music began superseding Western classical music in popularity; this happened first in America, with Berlin at the centre of the phenomenon. Berlin’s admirers range from Jerome Kern (“Berlin has no place in American music – he is American music.”) to Stephen Sondheim (“...his technique is impeccable...he knows how to fuse music and lyrics into an organic, monolithic whole...”).

Berlin’s compositional genius lies in infectious rhythms combined with strong melodies that seem inevitable. (Earworm alert!) His lyrical genius dazzles with its conversational simplicity. English may not have been Berlin’s first language, but he quickly became supremely comfortable with a playful English that captured the American zeitgeist in such lyrics as: “Come, get together. Let the dance floor feel your leather. Step as lightly as a feather. Let yourself go.” And “Love and the weather, birds of a feather, can’t be depended upon. One day it’s sunny, next day the sunshine has gone.” And who can resist the rhyme “I know a fine way to treat a Steinway”? Not me.

Music Director, Paul Sportelli, is generously supported by David and Amy Fulton.

Ensemble members Shona Kiyama, Madelyn Miyashita, Julia Juhas, Kristi Frank and Alexandra Gratton.

Jeff Irving as Bob with the Ensemble performing “Blue Skies.”

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

by Kate Hennig

What is it about winter that conjures feelings of love? Is it the fireside and sharing its warmth? Is it bundling up for a sleigh ride? Making snow angels? How about a rough and ready snowball fight with lots of screaming and laughter? Tobogganing? Hot cocoa, anyone? So many of our memories and associations with winter – I guess, because we live in Canada – centre around snow and cold, and then… what we do to get away from the snow and cold! And when we do get inside it’s not just the temperature that warms us up; it’s the people we surround ourselves with at this time of year.

White Christmas is a beautiful love story set around the winter holidays in Vermont. It’s not only a romantic story about the love that develops between two couples – there are many kinds of love in this play: the love that a group of soldiers has for their commanding officer; the love between two sisters; the love between a grandfather and his granddaughter; the love and devotion of comrades in arms; the love and camaraderie of “show folks”; love found later in life, when it’s least expected; the love of dance; the love of music… have I missed any? Oh yes! the love of SNOW! So, Irving Berlin knew what he was talking about when he wrote the song that inspired our story: it really is about love… and the weather.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Irving Berlin’s song “White Christmas” was first heard on NBC Radio’s Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day 1941, less than three weeks after America’s entry into the Second World War, and Bing Crosby’s recording went on to become one of the best-selling and most beloved singles of all time. After Crosby sang it to Marjorie Reynolds in Paramount’s 1942 film Holiday Inn, it gained new life twelve years later when it served as the inspiration for Michael Curtiz’s film classic White Christmas, again sung by Crosby, who starred alongside Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, supported by Dean Jagger and Mary Wickes. In 2000, a stage version premiered at the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre, the 11,000-seat outdoor stage known as The Muny, and it has gone on to dozens of productions across Canada and the United States. Among the actors who have appeared in stage productions of White Christmas since its debut 25 years ago are Shaw Festival ensemble members past and present, including Jeffrey Denman, Graham Rowat, Allan Gray, Kyle Blair and Kimberley Rampersad, as well as the director of today’s performance, Kate Hennig, who played Martha Watson at both Toronto’s Sony Centre (2007) and at the Ordway Centre for the Performing Arts in St Paul, Minnesota (2008). This Shaw Festival production was greeted with acclaim from audiences and critics alike when it premiered in November of 2022.

Mary Antonini as Judy and Camille Eanga-Selenge as Betty. Opposite page: Kevin McLachlan as Phil and Jeff Irving as Bob.

MERRY AND BRIGHT

by Lois Kivesto

An Orthodox Jewish cantor, his wife and their eight children left White Russia (now Belarus) in 1893 in search of opportunity in America, the “golden land.” The family settled, along with countless other immigrants, in New York City’s gritty, crowded Lower East Side. There, the cantor’s youngest child was introduced to the traditions of Christmas by kindly Irish-Catholic neighbours.

That child was Irving Berlin, who years later reflected on his first sight of a Christmas tree. “As I grew used to the O’Haras’ annual tree,” he recalled, “I realized they had to buy one with broken branches and small height, but to me that first tree seemed to tower to heaven.”

The entirely self-taught Berlin would become one of the most successful composer-lyricists of popular and theatre music in American history; publishing over a thousand songs, many of which became enduring hits.

Prolific musical theatre composer Jerome Kern acknowledged Berlin’s innate ability “to absorb the vibrations emanating from the people, manners and life of his time, and give these impressions back to the world – simplified, clarified, glorified. In short, Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music.”

Over the span of many years, Berlin considered ideas for a song inspired by the memory of his childhood rapture with that first “towering” Christmas tree. When the song was completed, Berlin declared it, “not only the best song I ever wrote, but the best song anybody ever wrote.” The song was entitled “White Christmas,” and was intended for a revue that Berlin planned to produce. Instead, the song was put aside until it was used in the uplifting Berlin-scored film, Holiday Inn, released in 1942 while the Second World War raged.

As performed by Bing Crosby both in the film and as a recorded single, “White Christmas” became a special beacon of hope and comfort for the military servicemen and women stationed overseas, and for all those waiting at home for their safe return. “We didn’t think it was the big song of the picture,” said Berlin, “but it became a runaway. You see, a war song doesn’t have to be about wars. This is really a peace song.”

Berlin had no idea in 1942 that the popularity of “White Christmas” would be further enhanced by a film of the same title, yet one of his stage musicals may have been the starting

point for that very film. With score by Berlin and book by Norman Krasna, the unproduced 1948 musical entitled Stars on My Shoulder centres on an Eisenhower-like retired general who is persuaded to run for President of the United States.

White Christmas premiered in cinemas in 1954 graced, as Holiday Inn had been, with a score comprised entirely of Berlin songs. Krasna was one of its three screenwriters. In this bright new film, Crosby’s rendition of the title song was again a stellar hit.

It’s noteworthy that both Holiday Inn and White Christmas were adapted for the musical stage in the 21st century. The generous spirit and exuberant optimism that propel these classic films have a definite appeal in the present time. Far more than mere retro curiosities, the musical adaptations provide a refreshing escape into a kinder, gentler way of living. They open the door for the audience’s own fond recollections of festive seasons past, just like the ones they used to know. As proof, Holiday Inn and White Christmas have been a warmly received success at the Shaw Festival in this theatre!

The book of the stage adaptation of White Christmas was written by David Ives and Paul Blake. For Ives, the focal point of the musical is a sense of community responsibility – “in the army, in show business, in running an inn together, in friendship, in sisterhood, in ‘the spirit of Christmas.’”

Ives recalled a moment of great revelation early in the rehearsal process for the 2004 San Francisco premiere of White Christmas. Work was underway on the scene in which the two leading characters – former army pals, now show-business stars – plan to help their former general out of a difficult situation. The scene was not landing well, and Ives contemplated rewriting it. Director Walter Bobbie reminded his cast that the show is not contemporary. Instead, it’s rooted firmly in the 1950s, in the time of the film on which it’s based. Describing the musical’s style as “pre-neurotic,” Bobbie explained that the scene should not be complicated or burdened by the characters’ displaying their feelings. What was needed was a straightforward sense of decency in wanting to assist the general, “the same way they’d help each other out of a jam, without thinking.” Bobbie had illuminated the essence of White Christmas, and Ives noted that the scene began to sparkle with a natural, joyful freedom, as did the rest of the show.

The presence of The Ed Sullivan Show in the musical provides a special source of delight. It offers pleasant nostalgic time travel for those who watched the legendary variety show on television every Sunday evening, or a chance for those of later generations to sample some history of popular culture.

In addition to the title song, the musical’s all-Berlin score includes hits such as “Sisters,” “Snow,” “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep” and “I Love a Piano,” along with other songbook gems. “Happy Holiday” is “borrowed” from the film and stage versions of Holiday Inn as an appropriate festive addition to the stage score.

The wistful charm of the musical’s title song and its universal accessibility across generations and religious denominations have much to do with its popularity. Crosby’s original single version of “White Christmas” is regarded now as the best-selling recording of all time.

In December 1942, the song was as fresh as newly-fallen snow or as a young boy’s first glimpse of a “towering” Christmas tree. Carl Sandburg, the award-winning American poet, highlighted in a Chicago Times essay, “the song of a thousand jukeboxes and the tune whistled in streets and homes. ‘I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.’ When we sing that, we don’t hate anybody. The hopes and prayers are that we will see the beginnings of a hundred years of white Christmases.” Sandburg’s heartfelt eloquence resonates unquestionably now exactly 80 years later. May the stage world of White Christmas bring you peace, comfort and joy.

Lois Kivesto, Ph.D. teaches musical theatre history courses at McMaster University Continuing Education. She is a long-serving programme essayist for the Shaw Festival, most recently for Gypsy and Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon.

Clockwise from above: Kelly Wong as Ralph Sheldrake; Vivienne Atwood as Susan Waverly; Jason Cadieux as Ezekiel Foster and André Morin as Mike Nulty; the Ensemble performing in “Let Yourself Go.”

Left: the Ensemble performing “Snow.” Above: David Keeley as General Henry Waverly. Lower left: Celine Jung as Susan Waverly and Jenni Burke as Martha. Below: Jeff Irving with the Ensemble performing “Blue Skies.”

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THE AUTHORS

IRVING BERLIN (1888-1989) Music & Lyrics

A refugee from the pogroms of late 19th century Russia, five-year old Israel Beilin and his seven siblings arrived at Ellis Island on September 14, 1893 with parents Moses and Lena, eventually making their home in a tenement apartment on Cherry Street on the Lower East Side of New York City, between the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. The family – both parents and children – went to work in kosher meat markets, cigar factories and shirtwaist shops, with Israel beginning a career as a newspaper boy at the age of 8 selling The Evening Journal on the teeming streets of the Bowery, where he heard songs wafting out from the multitude of bars and saloons, planting the seed that, perhaps, his future lay in song. Drawing inspiration from the rough and tumble of ghetto life, he rose through the ranks, from singing waiter to song plugger and eventually writing lyrics for other composers’ melodies. Having taught himself to play piano, he scored his first solo success with “Marie from Sunny Italy” in 1907, which earned him 33 cents for the publishing rights (and incorrectly identified him as “I. Berlin”). This led to work as a staff lyricist in a music publishing firm and, four years later, his first internationally renowned hit, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” Throughout the 1910s he was responsible for hundreds of songs that appeared in over 30 Broadway revues and musicals with titles like Stop! Look! Listen!, The Century Girl and Yip, Yip, Yaphank (from which he excised the song that eventually became an unofficial national anthem when Kate Smith recorded “God Bless America” in 1938), as well as providing regular contributions to the legendary Ziegfeld Follies. In 1921, he – along with producer Sam H. Harris - built the Music Box Theatre on West 45th Street and presented four seasons of the Music Box Revue, as well as writing songs for The Marx Brothers’ great success The Cocoanuts in 1925. The 1930s and ‘40s saw him take his place in the ranks of Broadway’s great composer/lyricists with shows like As Thousands Cheer, Louisiana Purchase, and his greatest hit, Annie Get Your Gun, in which Ethel Merman thrilled audiences with what quickly became the unofficial show biz anthem, “There’s No Business Like Show Business”. Hollywood called and his film scores included Top Hat, Follow the Fleet and Easter Parade. More stage musicals followed and his final Broadway offering was Mr. President in 1962. After more than half a century giving both America and the world songs to sing – “Always”, “Blue Skies”, “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, “Cheek to Cheek”, among them - Irving Berlin wrote only one more: “An Old-Fashioned Wedding” (for Ethel Merman to sing in the 1966 revival of Annie Get Your Gun). He retreated from public life and spent the next 23 years living quietly in his Beekman Place home until his death on September 22, 1989 at the age of 101.

DAVID IVES (b. 1950) has been active in the American theatre for 50 years. His shows include All In The Timing, Time Flies, Venus In Fur, New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, and four verse adaptations of French comedies, as well as radio plays that are available online at PlayingOnAir.org. He collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on Sondheim’s last musical, Here We Are, which premiered off-Broadway at The Shed in September 2023 and also played at the National Theatre’s Lyttleton Theatre in London in the spring of this year.

PAUL BLAKE (b. 1941) served as Executive Producer of the St Louis Muny for twenty-two years. With 11,350 seats, the Muny is America’s largest theatre, and in the summer of 2000 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas began there. He served as lead producer of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2014) and also lead producer for the 2017 Palace Theatre Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close.

BIOGRAPHIES

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KATE HENNIG DIRECTOR

SHAW 2025: Director for White Christmas. In 2007, in an emergency, I stepped in to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, directed by Walter Bobbie. I was having tea in my living room when my agent called and asked if I could be in Toronto the next day! That was Thursday, and the first rehearsal with orchestra. After three brief days of rehearsal, and one day learning the choreography in my living room, I was on stage Monday for the dress rehearsal, and Tuesday I did the first preview. I played Martha that holiday season, and the next year in St Paul, Minnesota. It was these two seasons I spent with White Christmas that made me fall in love with the show, and inspired me to bring that love to you.

PAUL SPORTELLI

MUSIC DIRECTOR

SHAW 2025: Music Director for White Christmas, Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose; Original Music for A Christmas Carol; 27th season. Mom starred in community theatre and my parents took me to rehearsals when I was quite young. Other parents brought their kids too; but while the other kids were in the parking lot playing, I was inside watching rehearsal, mesmerized. So I caught the theatre bug early. Thanks to Dad for all those years of driving me to piano lessons. Shaw productions of Tristan and Maria Severa – two musicals I co-wrote – have been two of many highlights at Shaw. I’m thankful for many wonderful teachers in my life, and I’m happy to mentor up-and-coming music directors at The Shaw.

ALLISON PLAMONDON

CHOREOGRAPHER

SHAW 2025: Choreographer for White Christmas. For me, Christmas is a time to relax and reflect, eat delicious food and spend time with family –as with White Christmas, this very often means my theatre family!

JUDITH BOWDEN

SET & COSTUME DESIGNER

SHAW 2025: Set & Costume Designer for White Christmas, Tons of Money; Costume Designer for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Set Designer for Murder-on-the-Lake. My first experience onstage was as a flame around a cauldron in a production of a very condensed version of Macbeth at Roding primary school. I can still remember the witches’ song. I bet that fire costume and the song I still have memorized led to twenty-some years of designing. I always treasure the words that float around in my head long after the performance of a juicy piece of theatre.

KEVIN LAMOTTE

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SHAW 2025: Lighting Designer for White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Tons of Money, Gnit. My earliest theatre memories are of being in school plays. In grade one I played Joseph in the Nativity scene of my public school’s Christmas pageant. The best thing about being a lighting designer is collaborating with other artists from many disciplines to create something new. Christmas to me means family and the joy of being with all who are present, as well as remembering family and friends who have passed.

JOANNA LYNNE STAUB

SOUND DESIGNER

SHAW 2025: Sound Designer for White Christmas; 1st season. Christmas Eve celebrations were midnight mass followed by breakfast & champagne at 1am before going to bed. I’m certain it was a ploy to get the kids to sleep later on Christmas morning – but it never worked – and it was a trick to avoid Santa sometimes! Grandma & Pap used to give all the Grandchildren our “Christmas Money” on (American) Thanksgiving. We would take the money and buy whatever we wanted for a gift – but we weren’t allowed to use it! We wrapped our treasures, and on Christmas afternoon, our Grandparents would sit and open all the presents to see what they had bought all of us. May the holidays bring peace and joy to all!

RYAN DESOUZA ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR & KEYBOARD 1

SHAW 2025: Associate Conductor for White Christmas, Associate Music Director for Anything Goes, Composer & Music Director for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. My nana’s favourite holiday movie was White Christmas. She used to sneak me into her room over the holidays so I could stay up late and watch it with her. It quickly became my favourite holiday movie and now, after introducing it to my wife and children, we all get to fall in love with this stage production. I’m thrilled to have so many new company members (many of whom are friends from other Christmas shows over the years) join us for the holiday show!

MATT ALFANO

GALE/TRAIN CONDUCTOR/ DANCE CAPTAIN/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose; 4th season. Growing up in the Prairies, I studied dance from a very young age. I was pulled to it: the energy and expression. Early influences were Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse, and Jerome Robbins, among other greats. Dance is a universal language, translating into much more than just movement, as character and emotion drive the narrative. It’s instilled in all I do and guides me through my own artistic voice. I’m grateful and fortunate to continue exploring this in my life and to share it with you all here. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

MARY ANTONINI

JUDY HAYNES

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Anything Goes, Blues for an Alabama Sky; 2nd season. Cozy conversations, twinkling lights and a sense of deep, warm gratitude show up for me without fail at this time of year. Singing with my mum and sister at Christmas was a tradition that gave me truest belonging. I strive to bring those feelings to our show. I have always felt at home onstage and I am happy to be home for the holidays. The best things really do happen while you’re dancing.

VIVIENNE ATWOOD SUSAN WAVERLY

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, 1st season. The holiday season is my favourite time of year because of the warmth, kindness, and togetherness it brings. It’s a time to celebrate with my family and friends, and this community I’m lucky to call home. Niagara-on-the-Lake is wonderful all year, but it feels extra magical during the holidays. I have fond memories of seeing White Christmas here a few years ago and being amazed by the music, dancing, and joy of the show. Now, being part of this production with the incredible Shaw Festival family is truly a dream come true. May your season be filled with laughter, warmth, and your own magical moments.

ALEXANDER BATYCKI SWING

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose; 2nd season. I’m a proud prairie boy, originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The best thing about my job as an actor is that I get to work with incredible people every single day. It has been an honour getting to know everyone onstage and off and becoming a part of the Shaw community. I’m very grateful to be spending this holiday season surrounded by such lovely people.

JENNI BURKE MARTHA WATSON

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 3rd season. Miracles, magic, and angels have always lived close to my heart – and the holidays remind me they’re real. Returning to the Shaw Festival this year, doing what I love with people I love, feels like grace made visible. There’s something so sacred about this season – a softening that invites forgiveness, divine love, and a deeper hope for peace on earth. “Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” – Marianne Williamson. When we return to love – in our thoughts, our actions, and our art – we become vessels of healing for ourselves and, perhaps, others. May that light reach far beyond our own lives and into a world ready to remember its heart.

JASON CADIEUX EZEKIEL FOSTER/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Anything Goes, May I Have The Pleasure?; 6th season. Finding a tree for under $20 bucks – that was our tradition. We had a whole routine worked out. We’d wait until Christmas Eve, then go to the local tree lot at closing. My dad would act out the role of harried father who’d waited too long to buy a tree. Mom would sit in the passenger seat yelling “Hurry up Frank!” I would stand next to the tallest and most expensive tree and point and cry “I want this one” and within 30 minutes, we’d drive away with a medium-sized fir strapped to the roof. All for under $20. Cooperative bargain hunting is what Christmas is all about for me. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

CAMILLE EANGA-SELENGE

BETTY HAYNES

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st season. Christmas has always been the heart of my happiest memories. There’s something about this season that makes the world feel a little cozier, a little more magical, and taste a whole lot better, thanks to my mom’s legendary mac and cheese. I always try to make it home to decorate the tree, never forgetting our hideously-adorned kids’ tree tucked away downstairs. I live for the carols, the eggnog, and the Ottawa snow. (The two green Christmases I’ve had? Torture.) Nothing compares to a holiday soundtrack of the classics and Christmas with Yolanda Adams, surrounded by family, warmth, great food and love. Wishing you all the same kind of joy this holiday season.

KRISTI FRANK

RHODA/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Anything Goes, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; 13th season. I hail from the beautiful Battlefords, Saskatchewan, the land of the living skies. The holidays are a definite highlight of the year for me. I am not a huge fan of the gift-exchange aspect of it, too stressful. Do you want a book or a sweater? I just don’t know. My favourite moments are the times spent with family and friends, particularly while sharing a meal. There is nothing better than old and new friends, each bringing their favourite dish, crowding around a table elbow-to-elbow. Throw in someone playing carols on the piano and I am living my dream!

TAYLOR GARWOOD

ERVYN/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st season. Christmas is my family’s favourite time of year. When we were kids, my brother and I would wake everyone up at four in the morning and force them out of bed to see if Santa had come to visit. This was also a way to ensure the day could be as long as possible (we still try to get away with this!). My new favourite holiday tradition is watching the Christmas spirit infect my niece and nephews, and experiencing the season through them. They remind me to keep looking for the magic. I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday!

ÉLODIE GILLETT MRS SNORING MAN/ETHEL/QUINTET/ ASSISTANT SEAMSTRESS/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 15th season. When I first started seeing live theatre, I was little enough that, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t stay awake until the end of the show. Even so, I was hooked. By age 16, my life changed when I started working on my first show: West Side Story at Theatre Under the Stars in Vancouver. I’ve had many more adventures since then, mostly here at the Shaw Festival. Highlights include Trouble In Tahiti and Me and My Girl. While onstage, I enjoy believing that the next generation of artists are out there watching… hopefully all the way to the end.

ALEXANDRA GRATTON

GLORIA/CIGARETTE GIRL/ ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 3rd season. The holidays are a time where my family – the people I love, the individuals I treasure – get to be together, and another time in the year for us to celebrate each other. It’s a great excuse for me to share my love for them with them and be outwardly thankful to them for being who they are. They are the people that are the foundation of who I am, and I will cherish them every moment I get. This holiday season is one of those moments.

DANIEL GREENBERG

STANDBY FOR BOB WALLACE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 1st season. I love the holiday season because I get the best of two worlds – Chanukah and Christmas. Bring on the latkes and apple sauce. Bring on the turkey and stuffing. These days: Chanukah with my family and Christmas with my wife’s. Those days: I grew up in Thornhill with my mom and brother eating latkes, spinning the dreidel, and learning the story of Chanukah. During those same years, my mother’s friend would invite the three of us over to her home to celebrate Christmas with her family. I got to celebrate both then – and now, too. What kid (or adult) wouldn’t want the best of those two worlds? Happy Holidays!

MATTHIEU HANDFIELD MAX/QUINTET/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st season. Christmas has always been a special time for my family and me. My mom would set up her Dickens Christmas Village in the dining room – collector houses she and my grandma started gathering when she was little – as my sisters and I helped my dad build the ice rink in our backyard for hockey and skating. Christmas shopping with friends, baking, The Nutcracker, Home Alone and Charlie Brown, reminding my parents of their uncanny resemblance to Luther and Norah from Christmas with the Kranks. This season, I hope everyone finds a piece of “home” wherever they may be and let it fill the holidays with comfort and joy. Merry Christmas, everyone!

JEFF IRVING BOB WALLACE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 15th season. Like many performers, I got my big break in the gymnasium at the elementary school Christmas show. I was a shepherd boy and had to follow the Three Wise Men and their luxurious gifts with nothing but a song. Ahhh, musicals. The lyric was, “Me. My gift is me. All I am, all I’ll every be. I’m not afraid for the world to see that it’s me. My gift is me.” (Yes, I still remember my lines!) There stood short, chubbycheeked, eleven-year-old Jeff singin’ his first solo. Mom and Dad, proud as punch. He felt like he was standing on the edge of the world.

BRYCE JOHNSON

MARTY/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025 White Christmas; 1st season. I love the holiday season, especially honouring traditions and creating new ones. Some that come to mind include driving around to see all the homes decorated with lights and displays on my hometown’s “Twinkle Tours.” Or when I bought my first Christmas tree last year for my new home in Toronto and it brought me so much joy to have my own piece of Christmas to decorate. I watch White Christmas every year, and it brings me so much joy and pleasure not only to be a part of this magical production but to be able to share its joy with you. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

JULIA JUHAS RITA/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 3rd season. One of my favourite holiday memories is a sneaky one – the year I accidentally found our Christmas gifts hidden in my parents’ closet. I kept my lips sealed for a while until I couldn’t take the excitement of keeping it to myself any longer, and finally told my brothers. One year the hiding spot had changed and from then on it became an annual hunt to find it! That playful spirit of curiosity and joy continues to guide me today. Growing up in a family of musicians and performing artists, the holidays have always been a precious time – one of the rare moments we all gather under one roof to share stories, laughter, and a bountiful meal.

CELINE JUNG SUSAN WAVERLY

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st Season. Christmas is my favourite holiday. I love everything about it! Opening presents, staying in pajamas all day, playing board games with my family, blasting Christmas carols, and spending time together around the fireplace. Two years ago, my dad’s friends came over for dinner on Christmas Eve and stayed very late. I kept asking my parents when they’d be going home because I was so worried Santa wouldn’t come with all the adults still awake. Thankfully, Santa still made it! This holiday season, performing in White Christmas with such an amazing cast and crew makes my favorite holiday even more magical, and I can’t wait to share this wonderful show with you.

DAVID KEELEY GENERAL HENRY WAVERLY

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st season. Watching my kids decorate the tree. The Grinch cartoon with Boris Karloff. Getting the turkey ready and setting the table. My mom would always make an apple pie (best with a piece of sharp cheddar). My wife has made me realize that Christmas is about love, family, sharing, kindness. I am very blessed, and Christmas elevates it all to a blissful level. Here’s to hope, kindness and love. Happy holidays to all.

GRAEME KITAGAWA CONNIE/QUINTET/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 4th season. Growing up in small town Alberta, my exposure to theatre was limited. However, through competitive dance, I was able to step on the stage at an early age and never looked back. One year, I played the role of The Genie in a production number based on Aladdin. Getting the opportunity to sing “Friend Like Me” meant a lot to me. Of course, no one could hear me over the 15 pairs of tap shoes on stage but I didn’t care. Today, I feel very privileged to be able to perform for a living. Also, they give me a mic now, which is very appreciated! Happy Holidays!

SHONA KIYAMA

LORETTA/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st season. My family makes homemade holiday cards for our friends and family, and one year, we were heavily behind schedule. With many of our relatives living in Japan, the clock was ticking. One night, we set up an assembly line: my mom, dad, sister and I would each cut, glue, emboss, and stamp the cards to try to streamline the process. We were under the clock, but it was the most fun all-nighter I had ever pulled. Never had hot chocolate, coffee, and instant ramen tasted better than that night.

ALLISON MCCAUGHEY

SWING

SHAW 2025: Associate Choreographer for and appearing in White Christmas; appearing in May I Have The Pleasure?; Assistant Director for Murder-on-the-Lake, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; 6th season. Christmas is my favourite time of year! I love watching old holiday movies and spending time with family and friends. Watching Christmas through my daughter’s eyes, I get to relive so many of my own childhood holiday memories and create some new family traditions.

KEVIN MCLACHLAN

PHIL DAVIS

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 6th season. I still remember sitting in the Yukon Arts Centre back home in Whitehorse, watching Singin’ in the Rain. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds were brilliant, but it was Donald O’Connor’s performance of “Make ’Em Laugh” that made me realize just how special theatre really is. Years later, I’m incredibly lucky to be working as an actor – doing the very thing Donald did for me all those years ago: making people laugh. It’s a true gift to be able to do this work, to share joy and laughter with others. And hey, with a little more practice, I might even get good at it one day!

MADELYN MIYASHITA

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 3rd season. At the age of four, I played Mrs Santa in my preschool Christmas play, where I entered the stage via playground slide through a cardboard chimney to save the day and help Santa. I remember being quite nervous about the whole ordeal, but I knew that a) you can’t stop once you’re on the slide, (b) I have one line that’s been practiced thoroughly, and (c) there are cookies after the performance. Since then, Christmastime combined with theatre has always brought joy to my heart, and I am honoured to share this special moment with you.

ANDRÉ MORIN

MIKE NULTY/JIMMY/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Tons of Money, Major Barbara; 4th season. I’ve loved the holidays since I was a kid: enchanted by the lights, the snow, and the energy of the season. For me, it’s always been about the warmth of being with family, the joy of giving, and those small, magical moments that feel timeless – sledding in the morning, baking in the kitchen, or sharing laughter late into the night. Now, I celebrate the season with my partner Daniel and our dogs, Biscuit and Gravy, who wear Santa hats with more enthusiasm than anyone else. Theatre has always been part of that wonder, offering a space to create stories and memories that connect people.

KYLA MUSSELMAN SWING

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 1st season. A huge part of my holiday traditions are… the movies! Some of the rotating family favorites include The Muppet Christmas Carol, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Elf, and most importantly, White Christmas. The moment I saw Vera-Ellen capital-D dance across that screen, I was in love. Her artistry, athleticism, and the twinkle in her eye?! I wanted to dance like her when I grew up. Getting to step into that world, perform this beautiful material, and live my movie-musical fantasy is a dream come true. I can’t wait to share this show with my family. “We’ll follow the old man wherever he wants to go…” Happy Holidays to you and yours!

RUTHIE NKUT TESSIE/QUINTET/ SEAMSTRESS/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas; 2nd season. I am so thrilled to be back at the Shaw Festival and performing in a musical about the best time of the year during the best time of the year. To me, Christmas has always meant joy, love, family, community, hot chocolate, watching the online Santa Claus tracker on Christmas Eve and waiting for the snow to come. Happy Holidays!

ÉAMON STOCKS SWING

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose; 1st season. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Toronto, and I was inspired to take up theatre after seeing a production of Rent at the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts when I was six years old (perhaps not the most appropriate musical for a kindergartener… but I digress). The person who brought me to that show was my mother, Sherri: a woman who once got a tattoo of Judy Garland before deciding that just one wasn’t enough and got a second. I always look forward to hearing Judy’s rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” when I’m out and about around the holidays. It reminds me of Mom, and of why I am where I am today.

KELLY WONG RALPH SHELDRAKE/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 17th season. Christmas memories? Groggily opening presents in my childhood living room; piling into the car to go see my grandparents; my mom making “Christmas Morning Wife-Saver” for breakfast (in retrospect, a dish that could’ve used a rebranding…); my dad helping me assemble the toys Santa delivered; watching the Disney World parade with my brother; late-night board games with my girlf; a pre-Christmas cruise with Lil’ Bao in tow. This year, all I care about is experiencing Christmas through the eyes of my remarkable daughter. All the clichés are true and I’m incredibly grateful that I’m along for the ride.

SHAWN WRIGHT ED SULLIVAN ANNOUNCER/QUINTET/ MR SNORING MAN/SCOOTER/ENSEMBLE

SHAW 2025: White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 9th season. As a child I never enjoyed the hustle and bustle of Christmas. Sensing this, my mother would have my father take my six siblings to midnight mass while I stayed home to watch Miracle on 34th Street with her. I loved when she and I would laugh at the same time when little Natalie Wood would give Kris Kringle the side eye. I flew home on the 24th to continue this tradition with her until she passed in 2014. I now watch Miracle on 34th Street with my new beloved family: Dann, Phoebe, Pepper, Hugo & Augie, and Larry.

ALLAN TEICHMAN

STAGE MANAGER

SHAW 2025: Stage Manager for White Christmas, Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose; 39th season. Christmas is not part of my family or religious tradition. All my experiences of it have been vicarious: through partners and their families, friends and work. Several of the most memorable involved Réveillon, a large Christmas Eve dinner, common in Frenchspeaking cultures. Ranging from house-filling events with extended family, to a more modest one I participated in at a small farm, where the meat course had been raised in the fields outside. Midnight mass at St Mary of the Angels finished the evening. Christmas arrives in many ways – I hope you enjoy ours.

BECCA JORGENSEN

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

SHAW 2025: Assistant Stage Manager for White Christmas, Anything Goes, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; 3rd season. Christmas growing up in Victoria, BC, was about family traditions: Chinese food at Ming’s on Christmas Eve, then mass at St. Andrew’s, followed by brandnew matching pyjamas my mom had sewn. Christmas morning meant Eggs Benedict, hashbrown casserole, ting sticking out of the tree, and The Sound of Music on TV. I loved Julie Andrews – I even told my mom I wanted to be a nun. Funny enough, being a stage manager feels oddly close to my childhood dream: spending my days behind the scenes, keeping things running while people sing and play.

ANNIE MCWHINNIE

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

SHAW 2025: Assistant Stage Manager for White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Anything Goes; 17th season. My earliest theatre memory is seeing musicals as a child and then going home to play the cassette recordings on repeat until I had learned every word. One of my favourite things about working in stage management is collaborating with all the different departments, creative and technical, from the rehearsal process all the way through to the closing of the show. For me, growing up in an interfaith household, the holiday season has always been about celebration and spending time with those I love.

THE ORCHESTRA

Back row: TIM MULLIGAN (Drums/Percussion) After touring worldwide with various musicals including West Side Story, Cats, Evita and most recently Wicked, Tim is happy to be in his second season with the Shaw Festival. SHANE O’REGAN (Keyboard Substitute). MICHAEL VIEIRA (Keyboard 2) Recent credits for Mirvish include Chicago, Wicked, Book of Mormon, Peter Pan, Beetlejuice, Back to the Future and MJ the Musical. PAUL SPORTELLI (Conductor). ETHAN ROTENBERG (Metcalf Foundation Music Intern/Keyboard Substitute). WILLIAM CARN (Trombone 2), one of Canada’s foremost jazz trombonists and composers, is a 2020 Juno Award winner with Turboprop. Leader of CHOICES and Carn Davidson 9, he’s performed with legends including Rob McConnell, Don Rickles, and Aretha Franklin, and teaches at the University of Toronto. BRAD EATON (Trumpet 2) has been an active musician for over 15 years, performing in jazz, pop, electronic and mariachi styles across the GTA. He has shared the stage with Dave Liebman, Norma Winstone, DVBBS and Shakira. DAVID ATKINSON (Keyboard Programmer) is thrilled to be back for his 7th season. Other recent credits: music director, Hamilton (National Tour); associate music director, & Juliet (Mirvish); programming, Great Comet (Crow’s). ROB SOMERVILLE (Trombone 1) works in jazz/pop and theatre idioms in Toronto and has performed with many artists, including Natalie Cole, Paul Anka, and productions of The Producers and Chicago. JASON LOGUE (Trumpet 1) is a five-time Juno Award-winner, who has performed with Aretha Franklin, Dave Brubeck, Frankie Valli, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and his own band, ENNEAD. SASHA BOYCHOUK (Bass Clarinet/Baritone Saxophone) studied music at St Petersburg Conservatory and worked with Moscow Symphony. In Canada, Sasha works in genres of jazz, classical, pop, and musical theatre. ROB McBRIDE (Substitute for ROSS MacINTYRE).

Front row: ANDY BALLANTYNE (Flute/Alto Saxophone) is a versatile performer with over three decades of experience in jazz and musical theatre. He is thrilled to be returning to Shaw for his lucky 13th season. ERICA BESTON (Violin/Concertmaster) was a member of the Canadian Opera Company. Shows in Toronto include The Lion King, Les Misérables, Wicked, Young Frankenstein and many more. ALEX GRANT (Cello) is in his 23rd season. He freelances in Toronto and has been a member of the Blue Spruce Quartet since 2002. TOM SKUBLICS (Clarinet/Tenor Saxophone), 25th season playing and engraving Shaw’s show music. He has backed Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, and played in Toronto productions of Show Boat and Cats

Absent: ROSS MacINTYRE (Bass) has performed worldwide and is featured in over 100 recordings, including thirteen Juno-nominated albums. His musical theatre credits include productions with Mirvish, Drayton Entertainment and Canadian Stage. KATHRYN SUGDEN (Violin/Concertmaster) is in her 21st season at The Shaw and also performs regularly as an orchestral and chamber musician in the Toronto area. RYAN deSOUZA (Associate Conductor/Keyboard 1).

SHAW STAFF

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Artistic Director

TIM CARROLL

Executive Director

TIM JENNINGS

Executive Assistant

PETRICE CUSTANCE

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT

Associate Artistic Director

KIMBERLEY RAMPERSAD

Planning Director

JEFF CUMMINGS

Producer

NATALIE ACKERS

Director, Community

Engagement and Outreach

PRAGNA DESAI

Senior Administrator, Creative Management

SARAH PHILLIPS

Music Director

PAUL SPORTELLI

Associate Music Director/ Company Pianist

RYAN deSOUZA

Publications & Programmes Associate

JEFF MACKAY

Editor, 2025 House Programmes

NEIL BARCLAY

Assistant Producer

THOM MARRIOTT

Ensemble and Housing Liaison

SUZIN SCHIFF

THE SLAIGHT

FAMILY ACADEMY

Voice and Dialect Coach

JEFFREY SIMLETT

Alexander Technique

VICTORIA HEART

Singing Coaches

VAN ABRAHAMS

PATRICK BOWMAN

JAMES OXLEY

EILEEN SMITH

Movement Coach

ALEXIS MILLIGAN

Education Supervisor

WARREN BAIN

Education Co-ordinator

MATT RATELLE

Education Assistants

SYDNEY ALEXANDER

JESS GORMAN

SABRINA MERKS

BENOIT ST-AUBIN

Women In Musical Leadership

Intern/Assistant Conductor

EVE LEGAULT

Metcalf Foundation

Music Intern

ETHAN ROTENBERG

Neil Munro Intern Directors

ALLISON MCCAUGHEY

KERRY ANN DOHERTY

PRODUCTION

Production Director

RUSSELL MARTIN

Production Administrator

MARGARET FERENCZ

Assistant Production Administrator

WHITNEY KEAST

Technical Directors

MARK CALLAN

ANRITA PETRAROIA

As of September 30, 2025

Assistant Technical

Director - Logistics

DAN GALLO

Design

Design Manager

LAUREN REBELO

Design Associate

ROSE TAVORMINA

Design Assistants

CODY BRAYSHAW

SAHDIA CAYEMITHE

AURORA JUDGE

BARRY LIU

ARIANNA MOODIE

Design Mentor

JUDITH BOWDEN

Lighting Design Director

KEVIN LAMOTTE

Assistant Lighting Designers

HINA NISHIOKA

JEFF PYBUS

ALEX SYKES

Stage Management

Production Stage Manager

LISA RUSSELL

Associate Production Stage Manager

LEIGH MCCLYMONT

Stage Managers

MICHAEL DUGGAN

AMY JEWELL

SANG-SANG LEE

ALLAN TEICHMAN

DORA TOMASSI

JANE VANSTONE OSBORN

Assistant Stage Managers

KELLY BOUDREAU

KEVIN ETHERINGTON

BECCA JORGENSEN

CAROLYN MACKENZIE

ANNIE MCWHINNIE

KATHRYN URBANEK

Apprentice Stage Managers

JAMIE ANDERSON

GEORGIA HOLLAND

Properties

Head of Properties

ANNA-MARIE BAUMGART

Assistant Head of Properties

ALEXA MACKENZIE

Properties Co-ordinator

DANA CORNELIUS

Properties Buyer

BRENT HICKEY

Warehouse/Driver

JOSHUA JANTZ

Properties Builder 2

EMILY DYCK

SAMANTHA FELSBOURG

MAC HILLIER

JASON JENNINGS

MATT LECKIE

WAYNE REIERSON

Properties Builder 1

RACHELLE GARRETT

DANI HORTON

AMY WILLIS

BLAKE WILSON

Wardrobe

Head of Wardrobe

JASON BENDIG

Associate Head of Wardrobe

Milliner

MARGIE BERGGREN

Millinery Crafts

TRULY CARMICHAEL Dyer/Fabric Arts

EVELYN LOCKWOOD

Accessories

MICHELLE HARRISSON Boots/Shoes

AVERY DELANEY Tailors

CHERYL HUGHES

MONIQUE MACNEILL

DENIS PIZZACALLA Cutters

PAT GLINKA

ERIN HUITEMA

MORGAN MACKINTOSH First Hands

AUDREY-JOY BERGSMA PILLING

REBECCA BOYD

DARLENE HENDRY

KATHY SCOZZAFAVA

KATHLEEN VAN DYKE

VERONICA WATKINS Stitcher Level 3

CASEY BROWN

HEATHER ENGLISH

CAROL FARNAN

SANDRA LEROSE

ANDREA MACKENZIE

DARLENE NASZADOS

NANCY THIESSEN

MADISON WATSON Stitcher Level 2

KIMBERLY CATTON

SYLVIA FERENCAK

MALLORY GOSSELIN

DEANNA HERBERT

ALLISON MACISAAC

LILLIAN PASQUA

KATE STEINBACH

Stitcher Level 1

SILKE JABLONKA

EMMA TANSLEY

HAILEE WHITE

Scenic Art

Head of Scenic Art

JANA BERGSMA

Assistant Head of Scenic Art

ANDREA HARRINGTON

Scenic Artists

REBECCA LEE

JESSICA MACDUFF

Scenic Construction

Head of Scenic Construction

LESSLIE TUNMER

Asst Head of Scenic Construction

MYRON JURYCHUK

Trades

ROB BROPHY

GEORGE GALANIS

KEVIN HARTE

MICHAEL HASLEHURST

ROB MAZZA

ALAN MCIVOR

MIKE PALMIERI

Shop Administrator

SHANNON ENGEMANN

Construction Electrics

Head of Construction Electrics

JOHN VANIDOUR

Asst Head of Construction Electrics

ANTHONY BLASCHUK, JR

Audio

Royal George Audio Operator

JULIAN MAINPRIZE

Studio Audio Operator/2nd Royal

George Audio Operator

TREVOR HUGHES

Festival RF Tech 2/2nd Studio

Audio Operator

ALAYNAH DEKLEINE

Outdoor Audio Operator 1

PAUL MOCSAN

Outdoor Audio Operator 2

ANTHONY MANCINI

Electrics

Head of Electrics

STUART WILLIAMSON

Festival Electrician

BEN DUPS

Royal George Electrician

BRIAN SKELTON

2nd Royal George Electrician

MICHAEL NASZADOS

Studio Electrician

MEL THIVIERGE

Festival Deck Electrician

PAUL TOYNE

1st Spot Operator

WAYNE BOLGER

2nd Spot Operator

LAURIE PENNER

Festival Changeover Electrician

JERRY NUNN

Outdoor Electrician

GEOFF INWOOD

Stage Crew

Head Stage Carpenter

JEFF BINGLEY

Festival Stage Carpenter

DAVID SCHILZ

Royal George Stage Carpenter

ARCHIE MACKENZIE

Studio Stage Carpenter

JOE BONAR

Festival Properties Runner

JOY BEELEY

Royal George Properties Runner

LAURA MASCITELLI

Studio Stage Properties Runner

ANTHONY BLASCHUK, SR

Royal George Stage Swing

PETER GRACIE

DAVE KESSLER

Studio Stage Swing Supervisor

GEORGE GALANIS

Festival Flyperson

DAVID DIFRANCESCO

Outdoor Stage Supervisor

KEVIN MCGUIRE

Changeover Crew

Festival Changeover Supervisor

PAUL TIMMERMAN

Festival Changeover Flyperson

DANIEL BRIDGMAN

Festival Changeover Hands

FELIX HIGH

SARAH PENNER

JULIAN WARD

Royal George Changeover

Supervisor

ROB GRINDLAY

Royal George Changeover Hand

ROLF LIEDTKE

Wardrobe Running

Head of Wardrobe Running

MARGARET MOLOKACH

1st Festival Wardrobe Supervisor

JOANNE BLASCHUK

JANET ELLIS

Wardrobe Co-ordinator

KENDRA COOPER

Wardrobe Assistant

KRISTINA OJAPERV

JEFF SCOLLON

JASON WOODGATE

Buyer

MAUREEN GURNEY

Head of Audio

COREY MACFADYEN

Assistant Head of Audio

KAITLYN MACKINNON

Festival Audio Operator

FRED GABRSEK

Royal George Wardrobe Supervisor

PAM GALLOP

Outdoor Wardrobe Supervisor

DANIELLE HORTON

2nd Royal George

Wardrobe Supervisor

KATHLEEN VAN DYKE

Studio Wardrobe Supervisor

SHEILA RADOVANCEVIC

Studio Wardrobe Trades

REBECCA COWAN

Festival Wardrobe Trades

ALEX ANDERSON

KRISTEN DOMONKOS

CHRISTINA GALANIS

KATE STEINBACH

DOT WARD

Royal George Wardrobe Trades

STACEY BONAR

Wigs and Make-up

Head of Wigs and Make-up

LORNA HENDERSON

Festival Wigs Supervisor

FLO LEWIS

Royal George Wigs Supervisor

LORENA GHIRARDI

Studio Wigs Supervisor

EMMA DIRKS

2nd Festival Wigs Supervisor

CINDY LOU TACHÉ

2nd Royal George Wigs Supervisor

ROSE HENDRIE

3rd Festival Wigs Supervisor

JEANETTE WARD

Festival Wigs Trade

MELISSA MOTTOLA

CHRISTINE SMITH

Royal George Wigs Trade

MAUREEN POSADAS

MANAGEMENT

Associate Executive Director

MELISSA NOVECOSKY

Campaign & GR Advisor

JON DUSCHINSKY

Owner’s Representative

JOEL PARKE

Procurement & Logistics Specialist

KATELYNN POOLE

Human Resources

Director

DIANNE GIBBS

Housing Manager

NEIL SMITH

Maintenance

LARRY BENNETT

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Advancement

CINDY MEWHINNEY

Associate Director

MERILYN DEFAZIO

Associate Director

MARION RAWSON

Associate Director, Individual Giving

KIMBERLEY WHITE

Senior Officer, Corporate Partnerships

CHRIS WEBER

Senior Development and U.S. Relations Ambassador

CHARLIE OWENS

Senior Officer, Individual Giving

COLLEEN MONFILS

Senior Officer, Stewardship & Legacy Giving

HEATHER SARGESON-CALLARA

Senior Development Associate

STEPHANIE BROWN

Senior Associate, Events

MORGAN ANDERSON

Manager, Governors Council

CHRISTINE PELLERIN

Manager, Membership Services

MARY MARGARET MURPHY

Associate, Major, Corp. & Special Gifts

MANDI GOULD

Associate, Communications

TINA SCHMIDT

Co-ordinator, Events

LAURA GRAY

Co-ordinator, Gift Processing

RACHAEL LILLIE

MADELINE MAMBELLA

Administrative Co-ordinator

TYLER COOK

Administrative Assistant

TRUDY CARR

Membership Representatives

CHARMAINE CHING

TRISH CRAWFORD

THERESA FEOR

CAROLINE MONTGOMERY

ANNE WILSON

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Director/Chief Financial Officer

BO WANG-FRAPE

Controller

JULIE ALLEN-SARGENT

Assistant Controller

KIM EPP

Senior Manager, Payroll

RICK FOKKENS

Senior Accounting Clerk

GREG MCARTHUR

Payroll and Project Co-ordinator

SUSAN ASHUKIAN

Accounts Payable Clerks

MONICA BUDD

TRISH FEDOROWICH

Audience Services and Facilities

Senior Manager

CHUCK MEWETT

Manager, Food and Beverage

JULIANNA UGUCCIONI

Administrative, Front-of-House Manager

WILL CROTHERS

Managers, Front-of-House

LEA BOWMAN

JUDY DENNIS

SUSAN DYER

VERA LENC

GREG MCARTHUR

ROSS RINGLER

MURIEL TRIANO

Head of Housekeeping

DONNA SMITH

Head of Maintenance/Security

GREIG HUNTER

Front-of-House/ Food and Beverage Staff

JEANNIE BERG

ETHAN BONAR

MALCOLM BONAR

LEA BOWMAN

ALYSHA BOYER

KAIT BOYER

LYNN COATES

MOLLY CUMMINGS

JUDY DENNIS

ROXANNE DIFRANCESCO

SAM DIFRANCESCO

EILISH DONNELLY

SUSAN DYER

ÉLIZE EARWICKER

DARCY ELLISON

WENDY FRASER

KOTE GALANIS

HANNAH GILCHRIST

JANE HANNA

ANN HILL

HOPE HODDER

DAVE HUNTER

GINETTE HUNTER

ANNE JACKSON

SHARON JEAN

CONNOR KING

DYLAN KING

GREGG KIRCHOFER

RYAN KIRCHOFER

KAREN KITNEY

ANTHONY KUCHAR

ANNE MARIE LENC

VERA LENC

ISAAC LILLIE

IMANT MALINS

LIAM MARRIOTT

MARY MATHEWS

ALLISON MAZUR

AMANDA MCDONNELL

SANDRA MCDOUGALL

SARAH MCDOUGALL

JULES MOORE

VIC MUDGE

HANNAH OTTA

HANNAH PATTERSON

ROSS RINGLER

DENISE ROBERT

KATHERINE ROBERT

JAMIE SCHILZ

ELEANOR SNIDER

PAUL SNIDER

SANDRA SPROUL

KEITH SUTHERLAND

MARIE SWEETMAN

MELANIE THOMPSON

OLIVIA TRIVIERI

JOCELYN WARD

BRENDA WEAFER

KATHRYN WILSON

Housekeeping Staff

JANICE BOCCABELLA

DAVID BOOTHMAN

DARLENE BOWSLAUGH

DOROTHY CARTER

MARGO DEMARCO

MARIE DUMOULIN

DONNA INGLIS

LORI-ANN MCALLISTER

AGATA MIELCZAREK

LYDIA NYAKIO

SUE SIMS

JUDY SOBIERAJ

MELISSA VILA

Maintenance Lead Hand

DAVID MCCARTHY

Maintenance Crew Heads

ANDY LOUTER

SIMON LEVESQUE

Maintenance Crew

CHRISTIAN SHUGAN

Grounds Crew

SARAH FRASER

Distribution Supervisor

PAUL RODGERS

Assistant

MICHELLE DIPLOCK

Information Technology Director

SARAH FABIANI

Senior Software Manager

VIKTOR STREMLER

Network Administrator

JOHN CHRISTIAN

Security Administrator

TONY RICHES

Reception

Reception Supervisor

LEEANNE PRICE

Database-Maintenance Receptionists

MAUREEN BUTLER

MARGOT DEVLIN

DIANNE HALL

GAIL KERR

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND SALES

Director

AARON BOYD

Senior Marketing and Brand Manager

MARY CLARE LAMON

Direct Marketing Co-ordinator

CATHERINE TAIT

Graphic Designer

CHRISTINE MORRIS

Creative Agency

KEY GORDON

Communications

Senior Manager

JENNIFFER ANAND

Co-ordinator

MATTHEW BICKERTON

Digital Engagement Specialist

KATIE GALVIN

Publicist

B-REBEL PR

Production Photographers

DAVID COOPER

MICHAEL COOPER

Sales

Senior Manager

ALLISON COCHRAN

Senior Manager, Group and On-site Sales

WES BROWN

Managers, Sales and Box Office

CARI GOSNELL

RYAN HULL

Assistant Manager, Sales and Box Office

MICHELLE DAVIS

Co-ordinator, Reports and Scheduling

SARAH RODGERS

Co-ordinator, Sales Technology

PIPPA BARWELL

Group Sales and Special Ticketing Assistant

VICKI BRADLEY

Assistant

JULIE JONES

Box Office Staff

ZACHARY BIGGS

BRYAN BROOME

MATTHEW CHASSE

GENY COLICCHIO-QUINN

DAVID ESHUIS

ELIZABETH HARVEY

SUSANNE HESLOP

AMY HUNTER

CHRYS KALOUDIS

KATRINA LEMAIRE

LAURA MARTIN

JENNIFER PALABAY

JOEL RENNER

TRACY ROMANELLI

JESSICA SWEENY

ANTONETTA TREMONTE

KYLIE VIOLETTE

VICTORIA WILLEMS

Green Room

Supervisors

JUDE JONES

MICHAEL THOMSON Cooks

ELIZABETH ABRAHIM

CHASE CRAWFORD

ERIKA LOFFELMANN

MARIO PUMA

Retail

Manager, Retail Sales and Shaw Express

MATT WEAVER

Staff

MARCUS ANDREWS

SAMARA BALL

MARK FRIESEN

DANA PERESSOTTI

JESSICA SWEENY

CHELSEA TOTTEN

Artistic Director Emerita

JACKIE MAXWELL

DONORS

As of September 2025 +

We are thankful to all of the generous donors who help to create great theatre!

CUMULATIVE GIVING

Cumulative donations and pledges of $250,000 or more.

$1 MILLION+ The 1916 Foundation · Richard & Mona Alonzo · Anonymous Buffalo Donors · Carol & David+ Appel · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Charles Balbach+ · Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · James A. Burton & Family Foundation · Estate of Mona M. Campbell · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Estate of Valerie Delacorte, Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund · Bill & Barbara Etherington · Richard++ & Darleen Falconer · Val Fleming+ · Nona Macdonald Heaslip+ · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · James & Diane++ King · Richard McCoy++ · The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation · The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · The Slaight Family Foundation · Wendy & Wayne Smith · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs · Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker · Jaime Watt & Paul Ferguson - Navigator Ltd. · 2 anonymous gifts

$750,000+ Estate of Walter Carsen, OC · The John R. Oishei Foundation · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle · William++ & Meredith Saunderson · Shaw Festival Guild · 1 anonymous gift

$500,000+ Estate of Bram & Bluma Appel · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · James F. Brown++ · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · Cullen Foundation · David & Amy Fulton · Mary E. Hill++ · Rennie & Bill+ Humphries · Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski · Nancy & John McFadyen · George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation · Jodey Porter++ · Estate of Ada W. Slaight+ · The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

$250,000+ Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Gail+ & Mark Appel · Barb & Terry Babij · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman · Estate of Cairine Caldwell · DeRoy Testamentary Foundation · Donner Canadian Foundation · Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ · Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman · Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham · Estate of Mary Lucille Grant · Mike Grey · Corinne Hansen · The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation · Estate of Lawrence George Hodgett · Humeniuk Foundation · Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt · Mr Richard M. Ivey · Don+ & Gundy+ Jackson · Chris & Jeanne Jennings · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · Michael & Sonja+ Koerner · Cynthia & Malcolm+ Macdonald · The McLean Foundation · Bernard Ostry+, OC · Barbara Palk+ & John Warwick+ · Peter M. Partridge · Esther Sarick · Allan Slaight+ · Nancy Smith++ · Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb · Dorothy Strelsin Foundation · Estate of Douglas Elton Tallon · Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen · Liz Tory+ · Jim++ & Michal+ Wadsworth (Carlos & Elizabeth Heath Foundation, Mulroy Family Foundation, Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation) · M & N Walker Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation · Estate of Paul Warun · Colin+ & Barbara+ Watson · 1 anonymous gifts

We also recognize the following corporations for their cumulative donations.

$1 MILLION+ Bell Canada · BMO Financial Group · Canada Life · CIBC · Honda Canada Inc · HSBC · RBC · Scotiabank · Sun Life Financial · TD Bank Group · Vintage Hotels

$500,000+ KPMG · Northbridge Insurance · Paradigm Capital Inc · PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP · Walker Industries Holdings Limited

ENDOWMENT & ESTATE GIFTS

Contributions made in the last 13 months

Estate of Mona Alonzo · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie, The Baillie Family Fund for Education · Estate of Charles Balbach · Estate of Catherine Black · Estate of Robert Bye · Estate of Thomas Caster · Estate of Douglas G. Crowe · Fiera Capital Corporation · Estate of Lawrence Garfinkel · Estate of Mary Lucille Grant · Estate of Beryl Holtam · Estate of Frances Hyland · Estate of E. Merle Jones · Estate of H. Rachel King · Estate of Laurence Leprell · Macdonald Family, Macdonald Family Fund · H & R Mida Charitable Foundation · RP Investment Advisors · Estate of Patricia R. Russell · Estate of Pamela Samuels · Daniel Shapiro, in memory of Susan Shore who loved The Shaw · Estate of Robert Shaw · The Slaight Family Foundation · Estate of Robert & Barbara Thompson · Michael & Anne Tyler Fund through the Victoria Foundation · Estate of Bill Van Wyck · Estate of Paul Warun · 2 anonymous gifts

ALL. TOGETHER. NOW. CAMPAIGN GIFTS

LEAD DONORS ($1 MILLION+) The 1916 Foundation · Richard & Mona Alonzo · Carol & David+ Appel · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · James A. Burton & Family Foundation · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Bill & Barbara Etherington · Funded by the Government of Canada (Financé par le gouvernement du Canada) · Mary E. Hill++ · Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · Richard McCoy++ · The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · Province of Ontario · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · Wendy & Wayne Smith · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs · Jaime Watt & Paul Ferguson - Navigator Ltd. · 2 anonymous gifts

MAJOR DONORS ($100,000+) Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Barb & Terry Babij · Charles Balbach+ · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · William Charnetski & Kerry Stewart · Mr. G. Mark Curry · DeRoy Testamentary Foundation · Richard++ & Darleen Falconer · Dr Bob Gaines & Toni Burke · Wendy++ &

Bruce++ Gitelman · Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham · Lyle Hall+ · The William & Nona+ Heaslip Foundation · Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt · J&L Rogers Family Charitable Foundation · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · Diane++ King · Mona+ & Harvey Levenstein · Michael++ & Katie++ Militello · Jodey Porter++ · Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ · Barbara Watson+, in memory of Colin Watson+ · 1 anonymous gift

OTHER CAMPAIGN DONORS ($1,000+) Agents of Good · Philip Akin++ · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · Sylvia Bennett++ · Jim Bertram & Bonnie Foster · Dr & Mrs+ John L Butsch · Mary & Brendan Calder · Tim Carroll*++ & Alexis Milligan* · Elizabeth S. Dipchand++ & Gregory Prekupec · Jon Duschinsky & Sonia Vinnik · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman · Shira Hart · Pamela++ & Robert Heilman · Tim++ & Lisa Johnson · Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski · Suzanne B Labarge · Ronald H. Luczak++ · Cindy* & Derek Mewhinney · The Mulroy Family Foundation · Dan Patterson++ · The Jasmine & Kevin+ Patterson Family Foundation · Gregory Prince++ & Erin O’Brien · Eleanor Reed · Joe & Molly Reynolds · Sam & Robin++ Ridesic · Samiha++ & Aseer Sachedina · Ann Savege · In memory of Susan Jane Shore who loved The Shaw · Edward++ & Elizabeth++ Simmons · Nancy Smith++ · Stephen & Monica Spaulding · Mark & Bettie Tullis · Unity · Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld · Bruce++ & Susan Winter · Ellen Wodchis · 1 anonymous gift

ANNUAL DONORS

Gifts in support of annual operations and special projects made over the last 13 months.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS

VISIONARIES ($250,000+) James A. Burton & Family Foundation · David & Amy Fulton · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · The Slaight Family Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

DIRECTORS CIRCLE ($100,000+) Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · The William & Nona+ Heaslip Foundation · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund · Dorothy Strelsin Foundation - Corinne Nemy · 1 anonymous gift

ARTISTS CIRCLE ($50,000+) Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · Nathan & Marilyn Hayward · Mary E. Hill++ · Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde · Diane King++ · Mona+ & Harvey Levenstein · The Martin Family · Richard McCoy++ · The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($25,000+) Hy++ & Phyllis++ Ackerman · Richard & Mona Alonzo · Carol & David+ Appel · Gail+ & Mark Appel · Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong · Mr Bob Breuls · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Gerry Conway & Kanur Srinivasan · Richard++ & Darleen Falconer · Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman · Dr Roe Green · Jacob & Inge Iliohan · Chris & Jeanne Jennings · Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski · Janet Lamb · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · William++ & Meredith Saunderson · Sylvia Soyka · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs · Barbara Watson+ · Jaime Watt++ & Paul Ferguson · 1 anonymous gift

GOVERNORS COUNCIL

DRESS CIRCLE ($15,000+) Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · William Chapman · William Charnetski & Kerry Stewart · Robert & Karen Christmann · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Bill & Barbara Etherington · Marlene & Darryl Fry · Dr Bob Gaines & Toni Burke · Lauren & Vaughn Goettler – Goettler Family Foundation · Mike Grey · Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · Ms Susan Kennedy · Kristian+ & Anita Knibutat · Suzanne B. Labarge · Ann & John Lorenc · R. Susan MacIntyre · Marilyn Pilkington & Wayne Shaw · Jodey Porter++ · Dr Reza Rastegar, Elissa Rastegar & Mrs Sheryl Armstrong Rastegar · J+ & L Rogers Charitable Foundation · In loving memory of Pam Rowcliffe · Frank & Susan Saraka · Esther Sarick · Linda Sauro · Ann Savege · Nancy Smith++ · Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer · M & N Walker Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

FOUNDERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Melissa Balbach & John Bace · Peggy Bell, in loving memory of Ken Bell · Lee & Barbara Bentley · Jim Bertram & Bonnie Foster · Bettina Buss++ & Oliver Jakob · Colin & Sandy Black · Tim Carroll*++ & Alexis Milligan* · John Cleghorn+, in loving memory of Pattie · John & Debi Coburn · Mark Curry, in loving memory of Ann · Patricia G. Debrusk · In memory of Robin Deemer · Marilyn Dickinson · Elizabeth S. Dipchand++ & Gregory Prekupec · Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah · Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ · Wayne & Isabel Fox · Robert C. Gibson · John & Judith Grant · Lyle Hall+ · Ann Holcomb & René Bertschi · Paul & Valerie Kirkconnell · Betty & Jamie Knight · Lori Labatt · Paul Brehl & Ann Lawson Brehl · Mr D’Arcy Levesque · Janet & Sidney Lindsay · Sharmini Mahadevan & Diana Dimmer · Nancy & John McFadyen · Robert McGavin & Kerry Adams · Dr Donna McRitchie & Dr Shaf Keshavjee · Marylee O’Neill, Intersect International Ltd · The Jasmine & Kevin+ Patterson Family Foundation · Gregory Prince++ & Erin O’Brien · Judy Goetz Sanger+ · David Schwartz Foundation, Inc · Sara & Michelle Sirkin · Elizabeth Stirling & Tom Millward · Jim++ & Michal++ Wadsworth · Carol Walker · Jack Watkins & Erin English · Jeanne & William Watson · Stefa & Les Williams · David & Shelagh Wilson · 2 anonymous gifts

BENEFACTOR ($6000+) Susan Addario & David Farrar · Kathleen & Richard Aregood · Ruth Aspinall, in loving memory of Scott Aspinall · Ms Heather Bacon · Carroll & Ted Baker · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Laurie Barrett & Martin Block · Brian & Jenifer Bassil · Michel & Doreen Bell · David & Faith Bell · Nani & Austin Beutel · Doug & Valerie Brenneman · Edward & Caryn Chatten · Carol & Burke Fossee · John & Therese Gardner · Paul & Helen Gareau · Robert Henry Gibson · Mike & Cindy Hansen · Laurie+ & Douglas Harley · Sally Harmer, in memory of Jack Harmer · Timothy & Pamela Hines · Susan & Richard Horner · David & Joanne Jones · Jay & Marni Kell · Johanna Killam · Jane E. Laird · Mrs Susan Lee · Randy & Lynne LeGallais · Larry Lubin · Robert+ & Margaret MacLellan · Leo Maloney, in loving memory of Dennis Thomson · Jefferson & Sally Mappin · Anthony B. & Mary++ S. Martino · John & Marg Mather · Janet+ & Bruce McKelvey · David & Agatha Moll Charitable Fund · Ms Sharon Molnar · Alex & Abby Moore · Noel D. Mowat · Pamela & Richard Nowina · David Pakrul & Sandra Onufryk · Peter Partridge & Poppy Gilliam · Joe & Molly Reynolds · Sam & Robin++ Ridesic · Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ · Sabine & Jochen Schleese · Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb · AJ & Nancy Stokes · Gerald & Margaret Sutton · Mr & Mrs Murray & Emila Walker · Jack Walsh · Bruce++ & Susan Winter · Ron & Kay Woodfine - Just Christmas · 4 anonymous gifts

LEADING PATRON ($3500+) Robert C. Anderson · Ed & Connie Babcock · Barb & Terry Babij · John & Claudine Bailey · Aubrey+ & Marsha Baillie · Ruth Balton · Robert & Loretta Barone · Roland H. & Mary Bauer · Pierre Beausejour & Patricia McQuillan · Donald Bourgeois & Susan Campbell · Michael & Kate Bradie · Mary & Tony Brebner · James F Brown++ & Dr Jean T. Stevenson++ · Denise Carpenter & Drake McHugh · Arlene+ & Rob Carson · Karen Chapman · Karen Cheah · Jeffrey Chessum · Jean & Joe Chorostecki · Roger & Susan Christensen · John+ & Lynn+ Clappison · Glenna & Derek Collins · Gary+ & Cathy Comerford · Katherine Robb Corlett · Kim Cranfield · Marion Cross · Bob & Diane Czarnik · Mrs Margot Devlin* · Britt & Nancy Doherty · Ken & Ginny Douglas · Paula & Thomas Elsinghorst · Janice Everett Sabourin · Mario Ferrara & Annabel Kennedy · Andy Filardo & Beth Profit · Russell C. & Carol N. Finch · James R. Fleck & Dr Sandra Zakarow · Mr David Flora · Donald & Cathy Fogel · Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman · Lionel Gadoury & Catherine Jevons · Wayne & Isabel Gale · Marian Galligan · Nancy & Graham Garton · Dianne Gibbs* · Judith & A.C. Goodson · Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham · In memory of Charles J. (Jack) Hahn: Perelandra Fund · Rob Haines, UE · Alton B. Harris & Andrea S. Kramer · Doris Hausser · Pamela Davis Heilman++ · Sandy Henderson++ · Yolanda & Mike Henry · Lauri & Jean Hiivala · April & Norbert Hoeller · Dr Pamela Hopper · Douglas+ & Colleen Hunter · Kathy Inch · Rob & Elizabeth Jennings · Paul Jensen & Julie Harrington · Ms Linda Johnson · Stuart & Carrie Johnson · Ms Dawn Joki · Catherine & Dan Kaloutsky · Ellen & Nick Kammer · Ed+ & Ann King · Mr & Mrs David & Christine Knight · Mira & Saul Koschitzky · Dr George & Carolyn Kotlewski · Mr & Mrs Charles F. Kreiner Jr · Andy Lam · Helen H.S. Lam & Joseph A. Lloret · Adina Lebo · Nancy Lockhart & The Murray Frum Foundation · Antony Lundy & Janet Looker · Dennis & Bernadette Martin · Gail Martin & John Kaloyanides · Alan McAdams & Ellen Dykes · Donald McGerrigle & Christina Brouillette · Robert McKeown & Kathleen Mundy · Andrea & Endre Mécs · Julie Medland · Virginia Medland · Cindy* & Derek Mewhinney · Michael++ & Katie++ Militello · Florence Minz · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · Mogford Campbell Family Foundation · Bryan & Darlene Mooney · Edward & Judith Mortl · Ms Deborah Nathan · Bill & Lee Nelson · Larry Oakes · Richard & Nadine Osborn · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Wade & Wanda Partridge · Ms Erin Peradotto · David & Cynthia Parks · Brian & Paddy Parr, honorary members · Carole & Paul Pizzolante, ON · Tom & Mary Powers · Joy Rogers · Gregg & Dianne Ruhl · Samiha++ & Aseer Sachedina · Marti & Bob Sachs · Derwyn Sangster · David & Sheryle Saunders · Edward++ & Elizabeth++ Simmons · Barbara A. Smith · Mr++ & Mrs Scott Snow · Dennis Souder & Deborah Bannerman · Stephen & Monica Spaulding · Martha Spears · Marc St-Onge++ & Kellie Saunders · Mr & Mrs Bruce & Chris Tait · Lois Tatelman · Lynda & Stephen Tepperman · Jacques Thibault & Ruth M. Gover · Liz Tory+ · Mark & Bettie Tullis · Greg Virelli & Mario Vecchi · Jack & Debbie Waitkus · Gregg+ & Joan Watkins · Ms Mary McLean Wilson · Eric Yonke · Hua Yu & Levent Kurth · 12 anonymous gifts

PATRON ($2000+) Bob & Dorothy Aaron · Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams · Philip Akin++ · Julie AllenSargent* & Stuart Sargent · Jerome Andersen & June Hajjar · Mr Ronald R. Andersen · Trish Anthony & Kathryn O’Grady · David Antscherl & Carol Lewis · Sherri & William Appell · Callie Archer · Diane Arsenault & Gwyer Moore · Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD & Michael Paterson · Bob & Irene Bader · Graham Bailey · Richard J. Balfour · Gerry & Elizabeth Baranecki · Michael Barnstijn & Louise MacCallum · S. Basmajian & K.J. Conway · Paul & Sue Baston · Fred & Karen Beattie · Don Beddage · Ruthanne Beighley · K. Benoit & J. Brooks · Robert Berckmans & Joanne Heritz · Dr David H. Bergen & Deborah Kehler · Amina & Aziz Bhaloo · Mr Biesty & Ms Batabyal · Stacey Lynn Bilotta · John & Isabella Bisanti · Steve & Helen Bittner · Ellen & Murray Blankstein · Johnny & Lina Blue · Ronald James Boone · Carolyn S. Bornstein · Balfour Bowen Family Foundation · David P. Boyd · AnnLouise Branscombe Fund at Niagara Community Foundation · Debra Breuer & Douglas Goodman · Chris Brown & Catherine Philbrook · Reny Burrows · The Paul Butler & Chris Black Foundation at Toronto Foundation · Dr & Mrs+ John L. Butsch · Mark Callan* & Marion Rawson* · Ms Judith Callender & Dr Thomas Pekar · Douglas & Maureen Cameron · Ms Nicola Campbell · Robin Cardozo & Jeff Richardson · Ellen & Brian Carr · Doreen & Terry Carroll · Greg & Lori Case · Mark Chason & Mariana Botero Chason · Briana Chen · Sandra Chodarcewicz · Gerry & Carol Chrisman · Hazel Claxton+ & Jude Robinson · Janice Coles · Harry M. Core · Dr George Corella & James Frackenpohl · Catherine Cornell & Declan Lane · Dr Lesley S. Corrin · John & Libby Crossingham · Judith Bowden* & Jeff Cummings* · Gordon & Patti Cunningham · Joe & Vicki Daurizio · Barry Davidson, MD · Mrs Marilyn & Mr Philip Davis · David & Linda Dayler · Michael+ & Honor de Pencier · Dr John Defazio · Amanda Demers & Brian Collins · James & Mary Frances Derby · Patrick J. Devine · Mr Michael Disney · Dr Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy Dodson · Mr Chris Doiron · Reed Drews & Lisa Iezzoni · Robert Dunigan & Robert McDonald · Peter & Suzanne Durant · Alan & Susan* Dyer · Victor Eiser · Tom & Kim Elltoft · Steven Endicott · Susan Dalgetty

Ezra & David Don Ezra · Sarah* & Tom Fabiani · Mrs Margaret Fairman · Jamie Ferster & Edwin Frizzell · Tina Filoromo · Ms Gina Foster · Robert & Julia+ Foster · Carole E. Fritz · Ron & Linda Fritz · Richard Furnstahl & Teresa Stankiewicz · Currie & Judy Gardner · Hope & Libby Gibson · Caroline Gill & David Jackson · Penny Gill & Chris Pibus · Sharon & Ian Gillespie · Susan Ginsberg · Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson · Laurie Hoffman Goetz & Wendelin Goetz · Fred & Charleen Gorbet · A. Gorodezky & S. Curtis · Patricia Gosda · David & Sharon Graper · Art Grierson · Marcia & Michael Grimes · Ian S. Haberman · Mr Michael Hale · Diana & Stewart Hall · Shira Hart · Roberta Heath · Suzanne Hébert+ · Judith & David Hecker · Mary & Arthur Heinmaa · Mary Ellen Herman · Wendi & Murray Hiebert · Mary E. Hofstetter & R. David Riggs · Martin & Maria Hoke · Dr Steven Millward & Mary L. Holley · Oleh & Kimberly Hrycko · Dr Judy Hunter · John J. & Maureen O. Hurley · Gundy Jackson+ · Roberta Jacobs-Meadway & Jay Meadway · Elliott Jacobson & Judy Malkin · Mr Kent James · Tim++ & Lisa Johnson · Dr David & Glenda Jones · Jeffrey & Jessica Kahn · Henriette Katz · Prof Joseph Kelly, Esq · Mrs Susan Kinsman · Mr Roger Klotz · Peter & Elke Kluge Family Foundation · Ms Patricia Knipe · Kelly & Bryce Kraeker · Ms Janet Kramer · Barry Kropf · Thomas & Kathy Kuhl · David & Donna Lailey · David Lane & Grayson Sless · Rai Lauge & Jo Holden · Victor C. Laughlin, MD Memorial Foundation Trust · Francois Letaconnoux · Elizabeth Lewis & Thomas Saunders · Richard & Lynne Liptrap · Patrick Little · Susan & Rebekah Little · Daniel & Sharon Lowenstein · Ronald H. Luczak++ · Cynthia Macdonald · Susan MacDonald & Doug Mepham · Bob & Heather MacNeil · Terry+ & Terry Mactaggart · Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes · Rita & Charles Maimbourg · Susan & Todd Makler · Dr & Mrs Mario Malizia · M. & M. Marques · Ms Eileen Martin & Dr Hugh Gayler · Fred W. Martin · Marlene Masales & Victor Ramanauskas · Lynn Masaro · Laura Mason · Elaine Mayo · Robert McChlery & Lorne Swan · Dr & Mrs James W. McClellan · Ms Marcia McClung & Franklyn J. Griffiths · Heather L. McKee · Dr Lisa Mikitch · Mr Jonathan A. Millen · Ken Miller & Jo Anne Jordan · Alan & Patricia Mills · Peter Milne · Valerie & Jim Milostan · Gary & Linda Molinaro · Alfred & Nancy+ Mouget · Mr Thomas & Mrs Marceline Mudie · John Murphy & Joyce Macredie · Linda Murray · Susan Murray, in memory of John Butler · Petrina & Peter+ Nesbitt · Peter & Laurie Nixon · Noble Caplan Abrams · Wanda & Jim Novinger · Ian Orchard & Angela Lange · Jonathan F. Orser · Charles H. Owens* · Anne & Don Palmer · Mr Joel Parke* · Dan Patterson++ · Mr Bruce A. Pearson · Victor & Esther Peters · Jim Pianosi · Polk Family Charitable Trust · Gary Pottruff & Maire Verschurren · John & Norine Prim · The Racioppo Family Foundation · Ms Dyanne Ratner · Pinky+ & Bill Regan · Carol Reid+ · Heather & David Ring · Shirley E. Roberts · Mr Paul Rogers · Dr Lynn Rosen & Bradley C. Rosen · Tuula & John Ross · Lori Russell & David Banks · Mr Glen Salzman · David & Dinah Sanderson · Bill & Kathy Sanford · Robert & Marlene Savlov · Mr & Mrs John Sayers · Kathleen M Schiano, in memory of David Bradley · Terry Schoenick & Debra Reger · Doug & Cheryl Seaver · Linda Seppanen · Beverly & Gerry Shea · Allan Sherwin · Mrs Carolyn Sibbick · Ivor & Renee Simmons · Maureen Simpson & Almos Tassonyi · Bryan Smale & Sherry Dupuis · Dr Kevin Smith & Marian Lips Fund · Wendy & Wayne Smith · William & Linda Smith · Dr & Mrs Robert J. Sokol · Victor & Anne Solomatenko · Bob & Linda Sommerville · Mrs H. Stairs+ & Mr E. Mooney · Susan & Ron Starkman · Renée Stein, in memory of Mel Stein · Mr Lawrence+ & Mrs Pamela Stevenson · Anita Stoll & Pete Clapham · Styles Family Foundation · Mr Brian Sullivan · Vijay Sundar Singh · David Sutherland, in loving memory of Susan Sutherland · Doug & Lynda Swackhamer · Ms Caroline Swinson · Wuchien Michael Than · Gordon & Annette Thiessen · Brian & Christine Thorne · Catharina Tocchio · Gail & Doug Todgham · Ms Karen Tribble · Mrs Nicole Tzetzo++ · Gary & Marie Van Graafeiland · Cynthia Vance & Scott Smith · Verna Lester & Harry Jongerden · Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann · The Walenta Family · Mr & Mrs Alan+ & Diane Walker · Joan & Jean Waricha · Carolyn J. Warner · June & David Weind · Lyman & Deana Welch · Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld+ · Garry & Shirley West · John C. Williams · Mark Wilton · Brenda Wivell · The Honourable & Mrs Theo Wolder · John & Leslie Wright · Yimlei Yep & Stephen Lunt · William Young · Mary V Zimmerman · Carole Zucker Family Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · 10 anonymous gifts

FRIENDS

PREMIER ($1000+) Andy & Karen Abrams · M. Ackerman · Arlene Albrich · David & Jan Angus · Catherine Arnott & Brian Jones · Dr Marion Arthur · John & Eleanor Ball · Fred & Karen Beattie · Ms Abigail Bennett · Sylvia Bennett++ · Timothy & Susan Benning · Diane F. Berlinski · Mr Edward Bickford · Roy & Ronna Birnboim · Steven & Allison Blakey · Ms Christine Bloch · Barry Bolton · Barbara Gage Bolton · Joan & Larry Bourk · Terry Brackett · Earl & Lynne Breen · Paul F. Brett · Trish & Alex Brown · Brian & Jenny Brown · Desi Brownstone & Kandice McKee · Chris Bucko & Eva Wu · Mr Frank Carere · Graham Carpenter · Francesco & Betty Catanzariti · Ms Yvonne Causer & David Bell · Susan Chandler · Rosemary Chew · Ellen & Michael Chirco · Sandra Chodarcewicz · John & Nancy Christodoulides · Ellen Christy & Paul Sikora · Henry & Jeanne Ciok · Mark Cipra & Ann Fairhurst · Ms Lita Clavier · Mrs Claire Conway · Constance & Ron Corrigan · Miss Coral Courtney · John & Hiedi Cox · Joan D. Cranston · Ms Susan N Crisp · Mike & Heather Cross · Mr & Mrs Bill Crothers · Dr Roger I. Dacre · Mr Clayton Dahl · Rita Daniel · Christine Dear · John & Rita Densley · Nicholas & Susan Dietrich · Dr & Mrs Richard Farr Dietrich · Mr Lawrence DiGiulio · Andrew W. Dorn · J. Driskill & L. Bryant · Mary & Frank Eberl · Mr John M. Edmiston · Kathryn Elder · Eleanor L. Ellins · Paul Epner & Janet Gans-Epner · John & Shari Ezyk · Robert & Ruthann Fagan · Mr & Mrs Sheldon & Bev Fainer · Timothy J Finnell · Micheal Firestone & Carol Albert-Firestone · E. Flynn & E. Kulperger · Trevor & Sandra Francis · Frank & Cynthia Franklin · Janet Fraser · Peter Garstang · Thomas M. Gervasi · Mr Edward N Giannino · Virginia Gilbert · Marie Gillespie · Jan & Kathy Goulding · Mary Greco · Alan Green · C.S. Greiner · Mr Bey Grieve · Bruce & Patricia Griffin · F. Gruehl · Vance & Virginia Gudmundsen · Mr I.S. Haberman · Mr Stephen Hale · Joanne Hall · Dr Marguerite D Hambleton · Robert & Pam Hart · Robert & · Josephine Henderson · Glynis A. Henry · Alison Hepburn · Lawrence & Beatrice Herman · Marion F. Hill · Penny Hommel & Jim Bergman · George & Mac Hoover · Dr & Mrs C.E.M. Horning · Mr Robin Hovis · Mary Ellen Hoy & James Keller · Robin & Charlotte Hoy · James Hughes · Roger Hughes & Susan Peacock · James Hunker & Janice Remai · Susan & Stephen Huntington · Barbara G. Inglese · Dr Jann Istead · Leslie Jackson · Dr Ronald Jackson · Mr Mark D. Jacobs · Joan & William Jaynes · Mrs Erin Jennings · Audrey Johnston ·

Christine & George Joyce · Richard & Gretchen Kane · Dagmar Kanzler & David Ross · Elaine Katz · Sylvia Kennedy · Linda Kenny & Ralph Eades · David & Mary Keren · Kyle Kerr · Mr John Kivlichan · Mr Douglas Koschik · Donna & Alan Lambshead · Kevin Lamotte* & Cynthia Kamin · Teresa Lasiuk & Mike Carruthers · Kirk Lawson & Dr. David Braun · Esther Lee · Cathy Lindsey · Robert & Bonnie Logan · Donald Love & Lynn Cross · Matthew Lynn · Nick & Lynn Ross · Ms Linda MacDonald & Dr Thomas Gray · Mary MacDonell · John Brian MacIntyre · Drs Stuart MacLeod & Nancy McCullough · Mr Thomas A. MacWilliam · James & Virginia Mainprize · Michelle Massie · Sue & Biff Matthews · Nancy May · Jim McArthur · D. Ann McClure · Dr & Mrs David M. McConnell, Jr · Jim McDonald & Michelle Arsenault · I. McDorman · Ms Adrienne McLennan · Col & Mrs Cathi Mietkiewicz · Mrs Susan & Mr Stephen Miller · Marg Misener · Kelly Monaghan · Frederick W. & Linda K. Moncrief · Patricia Monger & Ralph Pudritz · Huw & Tricia Morgan · Karen & Peter Mount · Ms Nancy Murray · Robert & Patricia Neill · Miss Melissa Novecosky* · Alek & Dyanne Oleszkowicz · Ms Jennifer Palabay* · James & Linda Perich · Mr Steven L. Peters · Mrs Barbara Phelps · Aren T. Plante · Mr Robert W. Plyler · Mrs Linda Pollack · Anna Porter+ · Mr William Porter · Mr James Quigley · Julian+ & Alice K. Rance · Anthony & Victoria Reino · Mr & Mrs John Rennie · Dr Lyn Robinson · Nancy Rubenstein & Ruth Wahlstrom · Jean Gordon Ryon · Catharine Saxberg · John Schambach · Jan Schmitt · Mary-Anne Seppala · Michael & Sandra Sexton · Heather Sheehan · Christina Skublics · Sheila & Peter Smith · Judy Snyder · Dr Graham Spanier & Dr Sandra Spanier · Phil Spencer · Paul Sportelli* · George Stark · Tom Thornley Stoker · Ann & Ross Stuart · James Sutherland & Susan Ehlers · Dr Catherine Swan · David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel · Ms Jane Taylor · Jan & Ken Thompson · Dr M.J. Toswell · Judith Trotter-Field & Richard Field · Mary Usher-Jones · Miss Kathleen Weber · Lawrence Weis & Dr Kathi McCarroll · Philip & Kimberley* White · Mr Brian Williams · Larry Willis & Robyn Ellis · James Wilson · Robert & Dana Wilson · Vida Winegarden · Julian & Nandita Wise · Jane Worton · Andrew & Tracey Zawadzki · 18 anonymous gifts

SUSTAINING ($600+) Helen Adams · Matthew & Phyllis Airhart · Marilyn & Joseph Allevato · D. Altman & J. Skinner · Audrey Amo & Alan Bowers · Alan Anderson · Sue Anderson · Nancy Brown Andison & Mike Andison · Laurie & Michael Andrews · Dr Charles & Mrs Susanne Armitage · A. Ashworth · James Baillie & Elizabeth Kocmur · Mr Jeff Bamford · Marilyn Bardeau · Ms Carol Ann Bartlett · Ms Pippa Barwell* · Lori Beak · Steve Beatty-Front Row Insurance Brokers · Thomas & Linda Beran · Mrs Grazyna Bergman & Mr Douglas Kiefer · Michael Berlis & Ellen Cheslock · Ms Nancy Bernard · Albert & Lynne Bishop · Helen Bishop · Katharine Bocking · Rory Bolger & Helene Rottenberg · Ms Kimberley Bolton · Lucy & Jim Bondy · Arlene Book · Judy & Gene Bradbury · Mr Rob Coles · Ms Jessica Breski · Dena Broeders & David Hunter · Mr Dan Brown · Mrs Heidi Brown · Ms Katherine Buchanan · Doug & Libby Bullock · Mr Caleb Buys · Mrs Jane Calver · Mr Joseph & Mrs Elaine Capone · Brian Carr & Kathryn Elliott · James Carr & Dina Larsen · Dean & Mary Jane Chamberlain · Don Chamblee & Edward Trenn · Dan & Doris Cherkas · Bill & Sheila Childs · Dr & Mrs

A.G. Clark · Andrew J. Cleland · Mr & Mrs James Clemens · Close Shavians · Rod & Mary Coates · Christina Coldwell · Fran Cook · Kenneth Copland · Jim Cressman · Joyce Czaban · Michael Davies · Mr Warren Davis · Mrs Monique DeJonghe · Cindy Deman · Ray Demarco · Ms Marcie Doan · Frank & Joan Donath · Sheila & James Drury · Vera R. Duchstein · Ms Marjorie Dumbrell · Dr Stephen Dunnett · Mr John R. Edgar · Gina & Steven Edward · Marlene Edwards · Carl S. Ehrlich & Michal Shekel · Bonita Eros & Craig McMullen · Robert W. Esler & Silvia Marcus · Sarah M. Fallon & John R. Fudyma · Mr Greg Fedoryn & Mrs Susan Henry · Mr David Feeny · Paul & Theresa* Feor · Mr Carr & Mrs Marian Ferguson · Mr Daniel H. Ferrier & Mr Ronald Northrup · Mary Thomas & Brian Findlay · Barbara Fingerote · Graham & Silke Flint · Michael & Judy Fox · Linda & Ken Foxcroft · John & Susan Franchi · James & Sondra Franzen · Annick Freed · Dr Deanna Friesen · Bente & Tom Garner · Ms Robin Garrett · Mr Jack Geuzebroek · Mr Murray Gleave · Pamela Mallindine & John Glen · Marcia & Bernie Glick · John & Susan Goddard · Lesley Rigg & David Goldblum · Mr Ray Gormley · Grace Gosinski & Lindsay Brown · Larry & Catherine Graber · Richard & Bibi Grace · Dorothy Graham · Patricia Grainger · Ms Cindy Grant · Brian & Lenore Greaves · Sandra Green · Lorna Greenbaum · Barbara Griffin & Clay Stauffer · Ray & Marjorie Gunther · Mrs Monica Hainer · Peter Hall · Tanis Hall · Virginia Hamill · Rev James Hannah · Ann-Marie Harley · Helen Harper · Nancy R Harris · Russell Harris & Marianne Arseneau · Ms Frances Harvey · Phil & Dolores Haverstick · Helen Hawkins · John Henderson · Audrey Hendrickson · Gayle Henkenhaf · Bill & Rosette Hillgrove · Tom Hoadley & Cindy Lombardo · Carol Hodges · John & Betsey Honek · Harry and Debbie Horricks · Christopher Hough & Donna Estrich · Art Huber & Janet Jeffrey · Mr Timothy R. Hulsey · David & Emily Hyde · Richard Hyde & Laurie Bentley · Gail & Alick Innes · Barbara Jackel · Jean Jagendorf · Janet James · David & Leslie Jeanneret · Alicia Jeffery & Neil Alan Foster · Elisabeth Johnson · Keith Jones · Michael Jones · Scott & Beth Jorgensen · Mr Thomas A. Jorgensen · Richard Joyrich · George & Gail Julie · Richard & Judith Katz · Ms Avril Kearney · Jane Kearns · Marilee Keller · Janet Kennish · Richard & Sally Kinsey · Prof S. Kirschbaum & Dr T. Ambus · Eva M Klein · Celia Knapp & William Cobb · Gail & Robert Kostash · Mr Jim & Sandy Koteles · Mrs Zorica Kovacev · Terry Kratz · Joy Lambert · Bonnie Lamourie & Ronald Newman · Catherine & Dick Lane · Mr & Mrs B.J. Laws · Dr Renee S. Lerche · Murray & Tina Levith · Arlyn Levy · Steve Levy · Craig & Abby Lewis · Mr Colin Lindsay · David & Diane Lisburn · Mrs & Mr Gillian & Bob Little · Michael Litvak · Ms Sonya Livingston · Rev Karl E. Loeb · Mr Steve Lowden · Robert & Wendy L. Lowe · Edward Lupa · Mr Arthur MacDonald · Scott & Debi MacKay · Laurel MacKay-Lee · Doris & Lachlan MacLachlan · James & Gladys MacPherson · Don & Helga MacRae · Allan Magnacca · Kathy & David Maister · Ms Candy Manuel · Mr Leor Margulies · Ms Lillian Martingano · Pauline Mateas, in memory of Lyle R. Nickle · Colin & Sharen Mayers · Margaret Matyus & Sean Foley · Gabe & Nancy Mazzetti · Ms Sheila McBride · Mr Larry Melnychuk · Bishop Daniel Miehm · Lynda Miller · Pauline Miller · John Mills Sr & Jill E Mills · David & Gail Moorcroft · Dr James C. Moore · James & Mary Morgan · John A. Morrison · Arthur & Franca Moss · Dr Mary Ann Mountain · Carol & Linda Muehlig, in memory of Gladys Muehlig · Lynn & Stephen Muench · Mrs Dawn D. Mullinger · Kim Mustill · Debbie Myers · Janet-Lee & George Nadas · Doug & Mary Neal · Nick & Jean Neumann · Rae & Audrey Ney ·

Carol Nissenson · Mr Fergus Odonnell · Lynn & John O’Donnell · Michael & Laura O’Hara · Dr Elizabeth OliverMalone · Charles & Judy Overland · Nancy Kay Owens · Thomas & Susan Palmer · John Park & Sharon Tocher · Mr Wade Partridge · Mrs Audrey Paton · D. Murray Paton · Christopher Patterson & Rosanna Pietrangeli · W. John & Thea Patterson · Jennifer Peace · James & Elizabeth Peddie · Mr & Mrs Frank Penny · John and Debra Perkins · Jill Leigh Perry · Lisa Rae Philpott · Edward Planeta Jr · Mr & Mrs John G. Polzin · Ed Pomeroy · Keith Potter · Larry & Karen Poulos · Jim & Bonnie Powell · Dr Joanne Powers · Gaye-Ann & Les Pracsovics · Bob Price · Rev David & Mrs Judith Pritchard · Mr Joe Proietti · Gerald & Veronica Punnett · Robert Purves · Adele Quarrington & David Robinson · Frances M. & Gary H. Quart · Robert J. Redhead · Judge Bonnie Reed & Stuart Schlossberg · A. Reeve & C. Rose · Laurie Reid · Owen Ricker · Keith & Susan Rivers · Dr & Mrs E. Lee Robbins · Mr John Robinson · Mr Robert Robinson · Mary Anne Rokitka · Russell J. Rowland · Edward & Nina Jane Roy · Lorraine & Manfred Rudolph · Neil Rudolph & Susan Cluff · Mr & Mrs Rushton · Michael & Janet Ryval · Victor M Saccucci · David & Ann Saffer · Rowena & Peter Samuel · Bonnie & Thomas Sanderson · Mr Ken Schander · Catherine & Stephan Schifter · Mrs Karen Schlather · John & Donna Schwartzburg · Jack & Carolyn Scott · Charles & Maureen Scroope · Linda Seifert · Leo & Sheila Serio · Robert and Deborah Shakotko · Paula Shapiro · Ms Barbara Shum · Ms Carolyn Sihler · Robert Simpson & Catherine Craig · Jim & Nancy Sissons · Lisa Skora · Mrs Gene Anne Smith · Alma Smitheringale & Ron Durand · Robert Spadoni · David & Trudy Spence · Mr & Mrs Ken Spicer · Myrna Stait-Gardner · Linda & Mark Steinman · Dagmar & Jan Stodola · David & Beverley Stone · Barbara Stratton · Carol Strom · Dr Alex Sunarich · Carolyn & Ian Sutherland · Mr & Mrs Gregory & Gillian Szabo · Donald Szydlo · Jan & Bob Tanouye · Joanna K. Taylor · Peter Taylor · Helen E. Tazzman · J. Thornburg & E. Skronski · Dr Eva Tlusty · The Toby Family · Mary Toll & William Heimann · Peter Toller · Nanci Turk · Lori L. & John R. Twombly · Larry & Joan Urbanoski · Ms Demetra Valente · Douglas & Beverly Valentine · Fay & Garry Vanden Beukel · Ms Nina Robinson Vitow · Dr Nancy J. Vivian · Vito Volterra · Mr Leslie Vona & Ms Lori Sarazin · Helen Vosu & Donald Milner · W.D. Waite · Nick & Marg Walker · Patricia E. Warren · Lisa Wascovich & Marie Ivkanec · Ms Joan Watson · Grant Wedge & Bob Crouch · In memory of Normand & Sally St-Onge · James & Judith Westell · Alden & Susan White · Justin White · Mr Patric Whyte & Mrs Oralyn Whyte · Dr Gerard Wieczkowski Jr · Rasa & Neil Wilkinson · Alan Wilson · Ms Jane Wilson · Dr Christopher M. Wixson · Mrs Donna R. Wixson · Elaine M. Wolfe & Barry L. Silverman · Rev Mark J. Wolski · Eve Wylie · Craig & Patty Wynn · Bruce Young · Barrie Zwicker · 37 anonymous gifts

ENDOWMENT

The Shaw’s Endowment Fund totals more than $39 million and provides this Festival with a portion of the net income earned each year – a vital and reliable source of revenue. The Shaw’s Endowment has grown thanks to the following generous donors and their Funds which support a diverse range of initiatives and programs: Bram & Bluma Appel, Bram & Bluma Appel Playwright in Residence Fund · Carol & David+ Appel, Carol & David Appel Play Development Fund · Estate of Lillian M. Aylesworth, Robert & Lillian Aylesworth Endowed Academy Fund · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie, Christopher Newton Interns Fund & Baillie Family Fund for Education · Charles Balbach+, Gardens & Beautification Fund · James F. Brown++, Debra J. Graham & James F. Brown Fund · Walter Carsen+, O.C., Rose Fund · John Cronyn, John Cronyn Fund · Margaret & Jim Fleck, Paul D. Fleck Fund · Doralee & Lawrence Garfinkel, David Garfinkel Memorial Fund · George Weston Ltd, Director’s Project Fund · Corinne Hansen, Ali & Corinne Hansen Fund · Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre Fund · Ivey Foundation, Academy Professional Endowment Fund · Beryl Ivey & Richard M. Ivey, Academy Professional Endowment Fund · Don & Gundy+ Jackson, Gundy Jackson Fund · Diane++ & James King, Shaw Festival Travel Fund · Ed+ & Ann King, Ed & Ann King Wardrobe Endowment Fund · Macdonald Family, Macdonald Family Fund · H & R Mida Charitable Foundation, H & R Mida Fund · Michael++ & Katie++ Militello, Katie & Michael Militello Endowed Fund · Tim++ & Frances++ Price, Tim & Frances Price Risk Fund · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle, Andy Pringle Creative Reserve Fund · Calvin G. Rand+, Calvin Rand Fund · William++ & Meredith Saunderson, William & Meredith Saunderson Acting Apprentice Program Fund · Shaw Festival Guild, Shaw Guild Endowed Fund · The Slaight Family Foundation, The Slaight Family Academy Endowed Fund · Allan Slaight+ & Standard Broadcasting, The Newton Awards · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs, Donald & Elaine Triggs Technology Endowment Fund · Michael & Anne Tyler, Michael & Anne Tyler Fund for the Academy through the Victoria Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

In addition, we would like to thank the following who have generously contributed $25,000 or more for Endowment purposes to the Shaw Festival Endowment Fund:

Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · J.P. Bickell Foundation · John & Nancy Bligh · Estate of Ruth Bolt · Shauneen+ & Michael Bruder · Estate of Penelope Carter · Gary+ & Cathy Comerford · Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ · Anthony & Shari Fell · Art & Val+ Fleming · David & Amy Fulton · Brenda Gibson · Estate of Lawrence George Hodgett · Rennie & Bill+ Humphries · Estate of Dr Mary Beth Jennings · Lewfam Foundation · Manulife Financial · Estate of John Mappin · Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation · Norman & Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation · Estate of Angela Roland · Gary & Donna Slaight · Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb · Estate of Helen Allen Stacey · Uplands Charitable Foundation · Walker Industries Holdings Limited · Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker · Estate of Paul Warun · Barbara+ & Colin+ Watson · Bruce++ & Susan Winter · 2 anonymous gifts

With the participation of the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

DIRECTED & RESTRICTED FUND GIFTS

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Peggy Bell, in memory of Ken Bell · Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes · Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund · Marilyn Pilkington+ & Wayne Shaw · Joseph & Jeltje Reid · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · Ann Savege

SPECIAL APPEAL ($600+) Gifts to our Special Appeal help to ensure future generations can enjoy, learn and benefit from the Shaw Festival’s performances and programs.

Richard & Mona Alonzo · Ms Heather Bacon · Mr Evan G. Birks · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Diane King++ · Ian Orchard & Angela Lange · In loving memory of my parents Benjamin & Jeanette Leon · Mark & Bettie Tullis · 1 anonymous gift

PHILIP AKIN BLACK SHOULDERS LEGACY AWARD

This award was established in honour of Canadian Director/Playwright Philip Akin. Gifts to the Philip Akin Black Shoulders Legacy Award are invested by the Shaw Festival Endowment Foundation to support youngin-craft Black Canadian theatre artists through financial support, artistic guidance, and national promotion. Each year, up to five artists are awarded a minimum $5000 prize towards training and opportunities to grow their craft.

LEAD DONORS ($10,000+) Buddies in Bad Times Theatre · Emma Donoghue · Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton · Jefferson Mappin · The Metcalf Foundation · The Musical Stage Company · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle · Shaw Festival

GIFTS ($500+) Thom Allison · Arts Club Theatre Company · David Auster · Alethea Bakeogeorge · Victoria Barber · Paul Beauchamp · Belfry Theatre · Judith Bowden* & Jeff Cummings* · Theresa Boyle · Cahoots Theatre · Canadian Stage · Centaur Foundation for Performing Arts · Suzanne Cheriton · Derrick Chua · Mitchell Cohen · Steven G Cumyn · David Daniels · Patrick David · Megan Deeks · Cassandra Di Felice · Emma Donoghue · Factory Theatre · Yvonne Fleck · John Goddard · Harold Green Jewish Theatre · Kate Hennig* · Ray Hogg · Robyn Hoja · Astrid Janson · Michael Jones · Pauline Jones · Tamara Jones · Thomas Jones · Koffler Centre · Mitchell Marcus · Leanne Matlow · Racheal McCaig · Bart Nickerson · Nightwood Theatre · Stacey Norton · Obsidian Theatre Board of Directors · Obsidian Theatre Company · Playwrights Canada Press · Kimberley Rampersad* · Luke Reece · Suzy Rodness · Alicia Rose · Amanda Rosenthal · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre · Rupal Shah · Michael Sinclair · Celia Smith · Dennis Souder & Deborah Bannerman · Soulpepper Theatre · The Stratford Festival · Summerworks · Talk Is Free Theatre · Tarragon Theatre · Theatre Calgary · Theatre Gargantua · The Theatre Centre · Kristen Thomson · Alan & Janet Walker · Ellen Wallace · Lucy White · Young People’s Theatre · Rhonda Zwingerman · 1 anonymous gift

THE DOHERTY-RAND LEGACY CIRCLE

Recognizes generous individuals who commit to future support through bequests or other legacy gifts. Bob & Dorothy Aaron · Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams · Robert G. Anderson & Charles William Tate · Anonymous Buffalo Donors · Callie Archer · Scott & Ruth Aspinall · Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Rob Ayling · Barb & Terry Babij · Deanna Baker · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · Laurie Barrett · Joann Bean · Peggy Bell · Thomas & Linda Beran · Stacey Lynn Bilotta · Dr Brenda Birkin · Ronald James Boone · Norman Bradshaw · James F. Brown++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · Thomas A. Caster · Anne Cattermole Levy · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · Dr Kathy Jane Chambery · Janice Coles · Amanda Demers & Brian Collins · Glenna & Derek Collins · William & Lacey Anne Collins · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Barry H. Davidson · Patricia G. Debrusk · Marilyn L. Dickinson · Dr L. Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy M. Dodson · Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Steven Endicott · Carol Baggott Forte · Lorna & Walter C. Gates, Jr · John Geller · Mrs Priscilla Gerde · Judy & Peter+ Gill · Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman · Wendy Glazier · Alexander Gluskin & Shauna Sexsmith · Mr & Mrs David Graper · Mike Grey · Maryann & Peter Grierson · Lyle Hall+ · Dr Marilyn J. Haring · Laurie+ & Douglas Harley · Donald Harrington · Brian Harrison & Daryl Novak · Ellen L. Hawman · Suzanne Hébert+ · Pamela Davis Heilman++ · Mary E. Hill++ · Lauri & Jean Hiivala · Susan A. Howard · Hunter Green Trust · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · Ron & Nancy Johnston · Steve Johnston & Ron Price-Jones · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · Karen & Howard Kaplan · Diane King++ · Tom & Barb Kuby · Tammy Laber · Dr & Mrs Richard V. Lee · Larry Lubin · Ronald H. Luczak++ · R. Susan MacIntyre · Joanna Manning · Dennis & Bernadette Martin · Gail Martin · John & Marg Mather · Dr Donald McCreary · Mary I. McLeod Foundation · Mrs Stephanie Meredith · Cindy Mewhinney* · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · Paul & Karen Munninghoff · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Brian & Paddy Parr · Jodey Porter++ · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · Sam & Robin++ Ridesic · Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ · Margaret A. Riggin · Thomas R. Roese & William H. Frank · Joy Rogers · Susan & Peter Salomonsson · Larry J. Santon ·

Manfred & Phyllis Schaefer · Sabine & Jochen Schleese · Nancy Smith++ · Wendy & Wayne Smith · Victor & Anne Solomatenko · Elizabeth A. Stirling · John & Patricia Stocker · Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer · Scott Sunderland · H. Allen & Valerie R. Swanson · Lynda & Stephen Tepperman · Elizabeth Terry · Merilyn & Jim Thompson · Peter & Marie Van Der Gulik · Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann · Carolyn J. Warner · Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld+ · Philip & Kimberley* White · Jim Whitehead · Deborah & Grant Williams · 48 anonymous gifts

TRIBUTES & IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF Diana Beacham · Mona Brennan-Coles · Alexander Macklin Breuls · Eleanor Christine Breuls · Ellen Cochren · Ginny Douglas · Marie Dressler · Ralph Eades · Elizabeth Edgerton · Margaret Ferguson · Mary Goodwin · Beatrice Hamilton · Susan Horner · Elspeth Johnson · Elaine Loveman · Donald Cyril Lubick · Lillian Magder · Arthur Elliott Marshall, Jr · Samuel T. Phillips · Victor Rice+ · Bernice Santor · Barbara & Thomas Scrymgeour · Susan Jane Shore, who loved The Shaw · Normand & Sally St-Onge · Susan Sutherland · Douglas Tufts · Connie Walsh · Martine Vilas & Gerald · Frank Zalokar

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOUR OF Michael Barnstijn · Ian++ & Rebecca++ Joseph · Richard Joyrich · Ronald Luczak++ · Charlie Owens* · Production Stage Manager Lisa Russell* · Bert Shrubsole · Judi Shrubsole · Martha Shrubsole · Sara Shrubsole

FOUNDATIONS

James A. Burton & Family Foundation · Cullen Foundation · DeRoy Testamentary Foundation · Donner Canadian Foundation · Elcan Ridge Foundation, in memory of Elspeth Johnson · Fleming Foundation · Gouvernet Arts Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation · The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation · Humeniuk Foundation · Jackman Foundation · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · The Lawrason Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Mary I. McLeod Foundation · The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation · George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation · The Slaight Family Foundation · Dorothy Strelsin Foundation · 2 anonymous gifts

CORPORATE

THEATRE, PRODUCTION & STAGE SPONSORS 124 On Queen Hotel · BMO Financial Group · Burgundy Asset Management Ltd · Paradigm Capital Inc · The Shaw Guild · TD Bank Group

PROGRAM SUPPORTERS CIBC · Critelli’s Fine Furniture · Hodgson Russ LLP · Holiday Inn Express & Staybridge Suites · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Niagara Falls Bridge Commission · RBC Foundation · Rich’s · Riverview Cellars Estate Winery · Spirit in Niagara - Small Batch Distillers · Vintage Hotels

MEDIA, PRODUCT & IN-KIND SUPPORT Jackson-Triggs Estate Winery · MZ Media · Navigator Ltd · Niagara Airbus · Peller Estates Winery & Restaurant · Toronto Star · Trius Winery & Restaurant · Riverbend Inn & Vineyard · Zoomer Radio

PERFORMANCE HOSTS & BUSINESS MEMBERS Aylmer Express Graphics Group · Cenovus Energy · Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc · IG Wealth Management · Irish Design · It’s All Fun & Games · Jolanta Bula, Legal Professional Corporation · Niagara Holiday Rentals · Procor Limited · STAY Niagaraon-the-Lake · The Scotsman Hotel · The Woodbridge Company Limited · 1 anonymous gift

SHIVAREE SUPPORTERS Genesis Niagara · Dr Hopkins & Associates Optometry · The Irish Harp · Mr Furnace Heating & Air Conditioning · Niagara-on-the-Lake Realty · Ridley College · Tree Amigos Landscaping, Inc

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES

Special thanks to the 400+ volunteers who contribute more than 15,000 hours to this Festival – without their support, many of our programs and events would not be possible.

THE SHAW GUILD Sandy Henderson++, President · Mary Mizen+, Past President

The Shaw Guild is a large group of 400+ volunteers who support and promote the Shaw Festival. They are involved in many activities including greeting patrons, taking tickets, leading backstage tours, beautifying the theatre gardens, running successful fundraising events, and building awareness and engagement for The Shaw. Collectively, they donate more than 15,000 volunteer hours each year. Without their support, many of our programs and events would not be possible.

SHAW BOXING EVENING Marc St-Onge++, Co-Chair · Aaron Toporowski, Co-Chair

SHIVAREE Arlyn Levy, Co-Chair · Chris Semple, Co-Chair

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