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PETER PAN TINY TREASURES
Bad Hats Company in Peter Pan. photo: Nicholas Porteous
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SOLVING A MYSTERY artistic director
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I must confess that, when planning a season, we don’t look at which shows will end up being paired together in our house programs. The problem is that I tend to be a pattern-seeker. Most of the games I love involve some kind of a puzzle, a riddle, a mystery that needs to be solved. So when writing program notes, I am always trying to figure out what the underlying pattern is. This one was easy: the boy who refused to grow up and the boy who is forced to grow up. Case closed, mystery solved, let’s move on. Actually, let’s not. Growing up is hard. In Untangled, psychologist Lisa Damour breaks down the seven transitions into adulthood teenagers have to make. Parting with Childhood is Chapter 1. Empirically, I see how challenging it is for my 11 year old daughter to navigate the first steps of this transition, balancing the joyous but dependent freedom of being a child against the responsibilities and independence of becoming a teenager. Theatre helps us look at the world through someone else’s eyes. What is it like for Peter Pan to methodically refuse to grow up? Is it just fun or is there a cost? And what is the cost of being the responsible 13 year old James’ family needs him to be in Tiny Treasures? Is one of these paths preferable? That last mystery is harder to solve. Let’s fly to Neverland and into the whirlwind of James’ life and see what we find out.
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Recommended for ages 5+ approximate running time adapted by
75 minutes with no intermission
Fiona Sauder and Reanne Spitzer music by
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Severn Thompson
music direction by arrangements by
Nathan Carroll
Nathan Carroll and Company
fight / flight direction by
Christopher Fulton
original fight / flight direction by fight captain production design by choreography by lighting design by stage manager
Jack Rennie
Matt Pilipiak Amy Marie Wallace Reanne Spitzer
Katherine Johnston Margaret Brook
FEATURING Jocelyn Adema as tootles / noodler Gabriella Albino as wendy darling Andrew Cameron as curly / bill jukes Landon Doak as michael darling Christopher Fulton as slightly / barbecue Matt Pilipiak as mr. smee Victor Pokinko as john darling Paolo Santalucia as captain hook / mr. darling Fiona Sauder as peter pan Tal Shulman as nibs / cherry Reanne Spitzer as mrs. darling / starkey / tinkerbell Manitoba Theatre for Young People Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors' Equity Association under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement. is a member of the
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Kevin Maguire
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Janelle Regalbuto
Andrea Von Witchert
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Fiona, Lauren, Matt, Nicola, and Victor The history of this piece dates back to 2015 when the first production was staged at the Old Flame Brewery in Port Perry Ontario, produced by our Composer and Associate Artist, Landon Doak. The following year, Bad Hats produced our first Brewery Tour, taking the production to five local breweries across Toronto. The next holiday season found us performing at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto, where Peter Pan has found a home for the last three years. It has been a gift and a joy to continue bringing this piece to life in different communities. Each iteration has allowed for further exploration, development and collaboration with new artists, and the spirit of play between these artists has always been at the heart of creating Peter Pan. Every person who has touched this piece has changed it in some way or another and it is with great pride that we share this culmination of many hearts and minds with you. We hope that you, in turn, will help us tell this story – as each and every performance of Peter Pan is uniquely shaped by its audience.
There is extraordinary power in the minds of children and their lens of openness and discovery. The lessons this piece endeavours to teach are the same lessons we’ve learned time and time again as a company. There is extraordinary power in the minds of children, and their lens of openness and discovery guides us in all aspects of our creative process. Curiosity and invention are the pillars around which we build our work, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to continue exploring the power of imagination through our ongoing productions of Peter Pan. We are so happy to bring this piece to Winnipeg and to collaborate with the generous artists at Manitoba Theatre For Young People. We hope you will carry the spirit of Neverland with you when you leave the theatre. Thank you for joining us. We have a lot of exciting things on the horizon and we have a website that talks about it all, www.badhatstheatre.com. We’d love for you to stay in touch with us @ Bad Hats Theatre well after you’ve left Neverland, and continue to never grow up with us.
BIOS • ARTIST BIOS TOOTLES / NOODLER JOCELYN ADEMA • Jocelyn is a Saskatchewan raised director, musician, and Dora Award winning actor. She now calls Toronto home. Jocelyn is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School, and has performed with Soulpepper, Essential Collective Theatre, Theatre Direct, and Carousel Players. She is so grateful to be performing with these Neverfolks, on the beautiful prairies. She'd like to thank her family for their constant support and love. WENDY DARLING GABRIELLA ALBINO • Gabriella is a FilipinoCanadian actor from Toronto. Favourite theatre credits: Bunny (Tarragon Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players), The Penelopiad, As You Like It, Cavalcade, Munsch-O-Mania (George Brown Theatre School), In the Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast, Sound of Music (Yes Theatre), Emotional Creature (Nightwood/YPT/V-Day). She has worked as an actor developing new Canadian works with Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper, Cahoots, Factory Theatre, Fu-Gen, Blyth Festival, Studio 180, and Festival Players. Gabriella was a member of Factory Theatre’s emerging actors company during their 2017/2018 season. TV: Private Eyes (Global). Training: George Brown Theatre School. CURLY / BILL JUKES ANDREW CAMERON • Andrew is a Toronto based performer and theatre creator. He is a recent graduate of George Brown Theatre School and is a co-founder of the Montrealbased Chocolate Moose Theatre Company. Recent credits: Peter Pan (Bad Hats/Carousel Theatre), The Five Points (Theatre by the Bay), The Glass Menagerie (Kingbaby Theatre), The Provok’d Wife (George Brown), Candide (George Brown). Andrew plays several instruments including Bass, Guitar, Piano, Mandolin, and Dobro. MUSIC DIRECTION NATHAN CARROLL • Nathan has performed on stages across Canada, from Vancouver to Charlottetown. As an actor, his credits include: Next to Normal (Musical Theatre Company/ Mirvish), Vimy (Western Canada Theatre), Hook Up (Tapestry/ Theatre Passe Muraille) Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story, Ring of Fire (1000 Islands Playhouse/WCT), Terry Fox in Marathon of Hope, Honk! (Drayton), The Drawer Boy (Port Stanley), Once (Mirvish), Two Gentlemen of Verona/The Tempest (St. Lawrence Shakespeare), Floyd Collins (TiFT/Patrick St.), and The Book of Esther/Bordertown Café (Blyth). As director: In On It (EmerGENce), Little One (Common Roof). He has been a member of Three Dora Award-winning ensembles (Once, Chasse Galerie, The Wizard of Oz) and is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. He lives in Toronto with his dog Henry. continued on next page
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BIOS • ARTIST BIOS MICHAEL DARLING LANDON DOAK • Landon Doak is a Toronto based actor and singer-songwriter, and an Associate Artist of Bad Hats Theatre. Selected writing credits include Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan (Bad Hats Theatre), The Welland Canal Play (Essential Collective Theatre), Pippi! (Fourth Gorgon Theatre), and Life in a Box (Toronto Fringe). Selected Acting Credits include Shazam! (New Line Cinema/DC Films), Peter Pan (Bad Hats Theatre/Soulpepper), A Woman of No Importance, Dance of Death (Shaw Festival), The Drawer Boy (Essential Collective Theatre), Salt-Water Moon (Old Flame Brewing Company), Life in a Box (Toronto Fringe). SLIGHTLY / BARBECUE CHRISTOPHER FULTON • Christopher is elated to be a part of the Bad Hats Theatre team and to be working with such passionate artists. Fight direction is one of the many hats (get it?) he wears as a professional artist; he is also an actor and a singer. He is a certified advanced member of Fight Directors Canada and trained in Stage Combat at Rapier Wit Combat for Stage and Screen in Toronto. He has choreographed fights for YES Theatre, Sheridan College and Mainstage Theatre Company. Big thanks to Jack Rennie and the whole team at Bad Hats. LIGHTING DESIGNER KATHERINE JOHNSTON • Katherine is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg’s Department of Theatre and Film where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Production and Stage Management. Select design credits include Dib and Dob and the Journey Home (MTYP), Edward II and Constellations (Theatre by the River). Katherine also toured as a Stage Manager with MTYP for five seasons, and now coordinates the tours as Assistant Production Manager. She owes a lot to Pablo and everyone at MTYP, and is thrilled to be lighting Neverland. MR. SMEE MATT PILIPIAK • Matt Pilipiak is a Toronto-based actor, theatre producer and pizza aficionado born and raised in the Prairies. Matt is best known for his work in Pea Green Theatre’s Three Men in A Boat, which received a Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Outstanding Ensemble. Other favourite credits include Boys, Girls and Other Mythological Creatures (Carousel Players), Finishing The Suit (Bear & Co), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Humber River Shakespeare) and The Wedding Singer (Hart House Theatre). Matt is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School and an Artistic Producer for Bad Hats Theatre.
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BIOS • ARTIST BIOS JOHN DARLING VICTOR POKINKO • Victor is an award-winning producer, actor, theatre-creator, and music-man who has entertained audiences on stages ranging from parks to museums, from stone amphitheaters to the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai, India. He is best known for his work in Pea Green Theatre's criticallyacclaimed Three Men in a Boat, which continues to tour after four consecutive years, and the new hit sequel, Three Men on a Bike. Recent credits: Murder for Two (Globus Theatre), Clique Claque (Pea Green), Romeo and Juliet Chainsaw Massacre (Bain & Bernard), Munsch Mash, The Princess Knight (Solar Stage), Gorboduc (Shakespeare BASH’d), Out of the Lens (Theatre 20/Musical Works). He is a proud Artistic Producer of Bad Hats Theatre and also with Bad New Days and The Cave Collective. CAPTAIN HOOK / MR. DARLING PAOLO SANTALUCIA • Selected Theatre: Nine Seasons at Soulpepper Theatre, Including: Betrayal, Bed and Breakfast, La Bete, Animal Farm, The Goat, Picture This, Of Human Bondage and Spoon River (Toronto, NYC Off-Broadway), The Heidi Chronicles, The Dybbuk, Great Expectations, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Crucible, The Royal Comedians; Four Chords and a Gun (Toronto/Chicago)(Starvox); Mustard (Tarragon Theatre); Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew (Driftwood Theatre); Armstrong’s War (CanadianRep); After Juliet (YPT). TV: Kim’s Convenience (CBC). Two Dora Awards. PETER PAN FIONA SAUDER • Fiona Sauder is an Ottawa born actor, director, writer, and educator who has worked throughout Ontario and internationally. She has had the pleasure of collaborating with such companies as Canadian Stage, The Blyth Festival, Nightwood Theatre, Driftwood Theatre, YPT, YES Theatre and Theatre Gargantua. Fiona is a Dora Award winning performer and creator, and recipient of the Timshell Challenge Award for Excellence and the Jon Bannerman Scholarship for Theatre. She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School and the proud Artistic Director of Bad Hats Theatre. Instagram: @fionasauder NIBS / CHERRY TAL SHULMAN • Tal is excited to be making his MTYP debut! Born and raised in Toronto, this adventure marks only his second Canadian province he’s ever visited— it’s about time! Tal has performed on stages around Ontario, including the Stratford Festival, Soulpepper, and YPT. He was humbled to receive a Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Individual for his work in Risky Phil at YPT in 2018. He played a principal role in Angry Angel, a film starring Jason Biggs and Brenda Song. Tal is also a member of the core cast of a new CBC Kids show, premiering in 2020. Tal would like to thank all those who have made this, and every iteration of Peter Pan, such a success over the years. He hopes to never land.
MRS. DARLING / STARKEY / TINKERBELL REANNE SPITZER • Reanne is very excited to be making her MTYP debut in this funloving, ever-giving production of Peter Pan! Born and raised in Ottawa, Reanne is an actor and theatre artist of many capacities based in Toronto. She is Co-Artistic Director of Fourth Gorgon Theatre alongside Peter Pan’s very own Tootles (Jocelyn Adema). She is also a hip-hop dancer and comedian and is always eager to explore how those art forms influence the kind of work she creates. Select Theatre credits: The Fighting Days, The Welland Canal Play (Essential Collective Theatre), Peter Pan (Bad Hats/Soulpepper Theatre/Carousel Players), Molly Bloom, You Know I Know (Fourth Gorgon Theatre), mamaDADA-workshop (Pea Green Theatre), Romeo & Juliet, Salt Water Moon (Old Flame Brewing Co). Upcoming: The Velveteen Rabbit (Fourth Gorgon Theatre & Carousel Players). Training: George Brown Theatre School. DIRECTOR SEVERN THOMPSON • Severn is an award-winning director, actor, theatre creator and parent of two lost boys. Most recently, she co-created and directed The Pigeon King for the National Arts Centre (with Blyth Festival), Measure for Measure for Canadian Stage and Team on the Hill for the Blyth Festival where she is the associate artistic director. As an actor, Severn has performed in theatres across the country, including PTE with Elle, a play she also adapted (co-produced by Theatre Passe Muraille). PRODUCTION DESIGN AMY MARIE WALLACE • As an Actor Selected Theatre Credits include: Living History: A Walking Tour (Tweed and Co.), Hastings: The Musical (Tweed and Co.), Strange and Unusual (Theatre Aquarius), Salt Water Moon (Tweed and Co.), Heart of Steel (Next Stage Theatre Festival), The Seance (Theatre Passé Murille), Centre of the Universe (Theatre Lab), Or Be Eaten (Silent Protagonist). Selected Film/TV credits include: Wolf (Haus of Casati), Poor Agnes (Splice Films), 11.22.63 (Hulu/Bad Robot), Diaphony (Cinematoscape), Woods (Km4 Prod.). As Costume Designer: Hastings: The Musical (Tweed and Co.), Heart of Steel (NSTF), The Wakowski Bros. (Best of Fringe). Amy is a graduate of The George Brown Theatre Program and a violinist with a Bachelors Honours degree in Music from Wilfrid Laurier University. continued on next page
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Q&A RETHINKING NEVERLAND Toronto’s Bad Hats Theatre are an exciting new theatre company whose production of Peter Pan took the theatre world by storm. This fall, Bad Hats head west, first to Winnipeg and then to Vancouver, where their Peter Pan will fly for the first time outside of Ontario. We caught up with director and performer Fiona Sauder, and asked her a few questions about the production. Q. Tell us about the creation of Peter Pan. How did the process go and what did you discover along the way? A. It’s such a delightful and unique aspect of working on this show that our development process has truly reflected the themes of the piece itself, which are centred around the power of imagination and play. So much of what the audience sees are inventions and discoveries that have come out of each rehearsal period, and each has been different. One of the joys of working on the same piece for this long is that we are constantly learning, and those lessons have manifested in different ways over the years; songs have been re-written, instrumentation has been altered, text has been added and subtracted and so on. Some things, the key conventions, have always been constant, however. We’ve never used fly lines, Tinkerbell has always been a tennis ball, and the set has always been a couple trunks, some swords, and a sheet. As the show grows, we grow alongside it and the goal is always the same: to have as much fun as we possibly can and to implicate our audiences in that fun as much as possible. Q. Bad Hats version of Peter Pan celebrates joy and playfulness. Was this deliberate or how did this come about? Why do you think it’s important? A. The playfulness of this show was certainly deliberate, but also unavoidable. The project was born in a room of very familiar and very goofy friends, all working, initially, for minimal pay. If we weren’t going to have an uproariously good time, it wasn’t going to be worth it, so we got down to the business of making each other laugh straight away, and that energy has carried on to become a cornerstone of our take on Neverland. The minimalism in the design was also born out of that initially minuscule budget, and this later became the backbone of what the piece is about. Incorporating so few technical elements meant that the show relied upon the performers’ dexterity and physical invention to make the piece come to life. As the show developed, we maintained and made further use of this aspect, as it brought to the forefront a key lesson from the story: you have to believe. To fly, to bring fairies to life, to fight pirates, and to find your way home, you have to believe. Inspired by this notion, we’ve come to frame the whole production as a demand to our audiences that they believe along with us. Instead of showing them every literal element of the play, we use mime, gesture, song and sound to generate clarity in the storytelling, but leave
ample room for audiences to fill in the empty spaces, and they always do. Though it’s certainly a point of focus, our goal in developing work for young audiences isn’t simply to educate young people, but rather to remind the older generations of wisdom from their youth that they may have forgotten. This intention is directly reflected in what is possibly the biggest liberty we’ve taken in our version the story, which begins with an older man alone in his study, having grown up and forgotten the joys of his youth. The play follows him as he’s pulled back to Neverland and reminded that growing up is by no means an end of our ability to imagine, play, and invent stories. Our adaptation not only celebrates playfulness, but uses it to reframe the story as a cautionary tale, proposing that the willingness to play that lives in our youth is something we must maintain throughout our lives. Q. While a beloved story, Peter Pan isn’t always in line with contemporary ideas and values. How did you approach this? A. Honestly, we just hacked away at all the parts that felt dated. Namely the racism, sexism and classism. They lifted out quite easily! If only this could be the case in society, eh? Reanne and I also worked over the years at elevating certain parts of the narrative that we felt needed better representation. Most notably, we wanted to make sure that Wendy Darling was a strong representation of female strength and imagination. We wanted her to be someone who could fight her own battles and defend herself against the dangers of the world. We were keen on making sure Peter was just as enamoured by her as she was by him, for more substantial reasons than simply that she was a girl, fascinating as this is to him. We wanted to make strong storytelling the most valuable currency in Neverland, and made sure this was something the character of Wendy had in droves. Q. Bad Hats is in the middle of developing a new work right now. What did you learn from the process during Peter Pan that is helping you with this? And what are you finding is different this time around? A. We’ve learned a lot about patience, style and clarity. It’s incredibly informative to be performing something that remains forever in process. Each rehearsal period has felt more like a development period because we’ve always been adjusting to new things (new venues, new company members, new instrumentation, and newfound wisdom found in reflective periods between productions). Peter Pan was always a magical story but the dissection of what made it important and why it should happen took place over several years. We’ve learned that learning happens in process. Peter Pan has remained in process since it’s first production so, moving forward, we’re giving ourselves more permission to develop ideas over time and invite audiences into our process in stages. We’ve really learned the value of time away from the work. Some of your best thoughts on your art happen when you’re not meaning to think about it at all, and you have to create the space for that thinking. Our time with Peter Pan has also allowed us to develop and refine our unique style of storytelling. This ensemble-driven, physically inventive style of musical theatre is something our audiences can look forward to seeing in all of our work.
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Stephen Colella
assistant director
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set and costume designer movement director composer
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Thomas Morgan Jones
Marie-Joseé Dandeneau
lighting designer stage manager
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Katie Schmidt
CAST james
Nathaniel Hanula-James
susan
Gwendolyn Collins THE CREW
production manager
Brooklyne Alexander
assistant production manager
Katherine Johnston
technical director
Curtis Cushnie
head of wardrobe
Kevin Maguire
head of properties
Janelle Regalbuto
venue technician scenic carpenter scenic painter
Eric Bosse
Christian Hadley
Andrea Von Witchert
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Special thanks to the following for their assistance with Peter Pan and Tiny Treasures: Prairie Theatre Exchange • Red Rover Entertainment, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre • Farrah Okolita
Director's Message Stephen Colella I can. I can run. I can cope. I can fix things. I can solve things. I can. In Tiny Treasures, James can do anything and everything. He possesses an indomitable capacity for hope. He hopes that, despite being in a challenging situation, he can help – help his sister feel normal, help his mom through each day, help make his family's small corner of the world a better place. At the very least he can keep their lives from becoming worse. The only thing greater than his hope is the responsibility that he has taken onto his shoulders. Undaunted by the enormity of the task at hand, James can do it all for those he loves. When I first read an early draft of Kevin Dyer's play I was struck how clearly he saw the young carers he had worked with while creating this play – mature beyond their years, capable beyond expectations and compassionate beyond their means. But he also saw the cost – emotional, mental and developmental – that these young caregivers paid to keep up these exceptional responsibilities alongside their everyday lives. Their stories are unheard and absent, but Tiny Treasures is a window into what many face on a daily basis. It is estimated that more than 1.25 million youth in Canada aged 15-24 provide some form of unpaid caregiving. No reliable statistics exist for young people under 15 in Canada. In the UK, where this play was researched and created, it is estimated that 1 in 14 young caregivers receive support from the government and social services. In Canada is it estimated that 1 in 1,000 receive similar support. There are incredible unseen acts of love and sacrifice taking place daily, but the price is a tremendous one. I hope that we as individuals and as a society can take the time to recognize these young caregivers and muster even just a small portion of the caring and patience that they give every day and return it to them in support and understanding.
BIOS • ARTIST BIOS DIRECTOR STEPHEN COLELLA • Stephen is the Associate Artistic Director and Dramaturg at Young People’s Theatre. Past projects at YPT include: Director/Dramaturg for Selfie (Dora Award–Outstanding TYA Play, PGC TYA Award) and Co-Director/Dramaturg for Antigone; Dramaturgy for over twenty world premieres including: Hana’s Suitcase, i think i can (Dora Award–Outstanding New Musical), Scarberia, Sultans of the Street (Dora Award–Outstanding TYA Play) and Minotaur (YPT/Polka Theatre/Theatr Clwyd); Co-adapter of Love You Forever…And More Munsch (Dora Award – Outstanding TYA Production/Canada Council TYA Prize) and Munschtime!. Other work includes: Dramaturgy for Alameda Theatre, Marionetas de la Esquina/ Kennedy Center, fu-Gen Theatre, and The Paprika Festival. He is currently the President of ASSITEJ Canada. Upcoming: Dramaturg, A Million Billion Pieces and You and I (YPT). SUSAN GWENDOLYN COLLINS • Gwendolyn is an actor and devised theatre artist living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a frequent contributor to One Trunk Theatre having co-created and performed in 204FM, Mission Potluck and I Dream of Diesel. Recent Theatre credits include One Trunk Theatre/ Theatre Projects Manitoba; Red Earth. PTE; Munschtopia. MTYP; The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. RMTC; Last Train to Nibroc, Alice Through the Looking Glass and The Penelopiad. Gwendolyn also works as a film actor and has recently been trying her hand at screenwriting. She is thrilled to be back at MTYP having spent many fond years here as a young theatre student. COMPOSER MARIE-JOSEÉ DANDENEAU • MJ Dandeneau, of Ojibwa/ Métis ancestry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in a French-speaking family. Over the past 13 years, MJ has created a multi-faceted and diverse musical career that includes Professional Touring, Musical Broadway & Studio Bassist, Tour Management, Booking Agent, Sound Engineer and Producer. Now the CEO/Founder of MJ Entertainment Canada Inc. She has worked with numerous promoters, labels, publicity and distributors in Europe, Australia and Canada. Her tours and studio work have literally taken her all over the globe and she has been nationally recognized with awards including a couple of Canadian JUNOs, WCMA-Awards & CFM-Awards. Her unique style of bass playing and versatility have given her the opportunity to toured and play with international musicians such as Buffy Saint-Marie, The Violent Femmes, Xavier Rudd, The Good Lovelies, Leela Gilday, Crystal Shawanda, Don Amero, and Rose Cousins, just to name a few. MJ made her theatre debut in RMTC's production of the musical Bitter Girls. Never forgetting where she comes from, MJ gives back to her community by acting as a juror for the Canada Council for the Arts, FACTOR, OCFF, Manitoba Film & Music, WCMA, JUNO, by offering workshops to emerging artists and by sharing her love of Métis Culture in schools across Canada. continued on next page
BIOS • ARTIST BIOS PLAYWRIGHT KEVIN DYER • Kevin is an acclaimed playwright who has written over 50 commissioned plays, many award-winning. The Monster Under the Bed, which was produced at Young People's Theatre in Toronto in 2010, won The Writers’ Guild Best Play for Children and Young Audiences Award, and was selected by The Kennedy Center in Washington as one of their best 25 plays over the last 25 years. Kevin was also awarded the Most Inspiring International Playwright Award by ASSITEJ at their World Congress in Cape Town. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KATIE GERMAN • Katie is a Winnipeg based Métis director, performer, and educator. She received her training in Theatre Performance at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton and studied classical voice through the University of Manitoba. Katie is the owner and director of Junior Musical Theatre Company (JMTC), artistic associate with MTYP, voice director and character voice for an upcoming cartoon with Media RendezVous and Big Jump Entertainment, a theatre performer and a mother to a beautiful four year old who loves to share stories. In 2017/2018, Katie Assistant Directed A Charlie Brown Double Bill (MTYP) and Directed the Canadian premiere of Tuck Everlasting (JMTC). Other performance credits include: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Rainbow Stage), Pippin (Winnipeg Studio Theatre), Women of the Fur Trade (Vault Productions & Carol Shields Festival of New Work), South Pacific (WSO), Sweeney Todd (Dry Cold Productions), Seussical: The Musical (MTYP). JAMES NATHANIEL HANULA-JAMES • Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Nathaniel is a recent graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, and was last seen touring Ontario as Lysander/Flute in Driftwood Theatre’s A (musical) Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tiny Treasures is his first production with Manitoba Theatre for Young People, and he could not be more grateful for the opportunity. Other recent credits include Ryan in Think Of The Children (NTS) and Zackerman in Serious Money (NTS). A draft of Nathaniel’s solo show Untitled Flamingo Play received a staged reading last February as part of the Caisse de La Culture Queer Reading Series, presented by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal and Centaur Theatre. LIGHTING DESIGNER jaymez • With a multi-faceted and distinct visual style, jaymez has worked in the visual art, dance, theatre and music communities. His lighting, video and sound work has appeared in a number of international festivals, theatrical and dance productions and he has performed live video alongside dozens of musicians and artists and he has created lighting, video and sound designs for a wide and diverse range of companies and choreographers. His work has been featured in a number of cities including Stratford, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Edinburgh, Londom, Osnabrück, Germany and, Utrecht,
Netherlands. In 2018 he co-won the Winnipeg Theatre Award for outstanding design for his work on Deserter. He currently sits on the board of Video Pool Media Arts Centre and holds a BFA in Video from the University of Manitoba. jaymez is thrilled to be back at MTYP for his third production with the company. MOVEMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS MORGAN JONES • Thomas has worked across Canada and internationally as a director, playwright, dramaturg, instructor, and movement coach. His productions have received eleven Dora Mavor Moore Awards and eight nominations; he received the 2011 Dora Mavor Moore Guthrie (Stratford Festival), and has been nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award and twice for the John Hirsch Award (2008 & 2011). He has been creating works for young audiences for almost twenty years and it is one of his greatest passions as an artist. Thomas is currently the artistic director of PTE. SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER ANNA TREUSCH • Anna is a Toronto-based Set and Costume Designer for Theatre, Opera and Musical Theatre. A few recent design credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Costumes, CanadianStage); The Secret Garden, Under The Stairs (Costumes, Young People’s Theatre); The Father, Category E (Coal Mine Theatre); The Magic Flute (Set, Glenn Gould Opera School); Chamber Werx (Banff Centre); Mamma Mia (Theatre St. Johns); 9 to 5 (Set, Randolph College); The Canadian (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Trigonometry (Timeshare); Calpurnia (Set, Nightwood and Sulong Theatre); Sir John A: Acts of A Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion (National Arts Centre); Up The Garden Path (Obsidian Theatre). Anna has received two Dora awards for her work and been nominated for The Pauline McGibbon Award and the Virginia Myrtle Cooper Award. She is a proud member of ADC and IASTE 828. Upcoming: Figaro's Wedding (Against the Grain); Sweat (CanadianStage) STAGE MANAGER KATIE SCHMIDT • Katie Schmidt is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg. Recent credits include: MTYP's fall tour of Still/Falling; Royal MTC's Sense and Sensibility, A Doll's House and The Cottage; and Rainbow Stage's Strike: The Musical. Her hobbies include sewing, cuddling with her cat, and reading a good book. Much love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Raya, and Moosie.
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