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POVERTY COVE THEATRE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED BY MEGAN GAIL COLES AND SHANNON LYNN HAWES IN 2009. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, COLES AND HAWES LED THE COMPANY AS THE CREATIVE DRIVING FORCE WRITING AND PRODUCING COLES’ WORK AS WELL AS DEVELOPING WORK FROM OTHER EMERGINGPLAYWRIGHTS

IN 2014, HAWES LEFT THE COMPANY TO PERMANENTLY PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE WHILE COLES REMAINS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT IN RESIDENCE. IN 2020-21, EMMA TIBALDO FORMALLY JOINED PCTC AFTER BEING A CORE CREATIVE TEAM MEMBER SINCE ITS INCEPTION. ELIZABETH HICKS AND EMILY BRIDGER ALSO JOINED AS ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES ROUNDING OUT THE CORE TEAM TO FOUR WE CURRENTLY HAVE A THREE PERSON BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTING OF PHILIPPAJONES,MAGGIEBURTONANDMELANIEOZON

PCTC IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE NEW WORK OF DEVELOPING NEWFOUNDLAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND-BASED PLAYWRIGHTS. PLAYWRIGHTS, ALONGSIDE LITERARY WRITERS AT LARGE, RARELY, IF EVER, SUBSIST ON EARNED INCOME RELATED TO PLAYWRITING BUT INSTEAD PLAY-WRITE WITHIN THE MARGINS OF STOLEN TIME. PCTC AIMS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURE PLACED ON PLAYWRIGHTS BY PROVIDING CONTINUAL SUPPORT THAT PRIVILEGES THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PLAYMAKING AND THEATRE IN OUR PROVINCE AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WE CALL CANADA. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARTNERS, PRESENTERS AND FUNDERS FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR WORK ANDTHANKYOUTOTHEAUDIENCEFORCOMINGTOOURSHOW WEMAKETHEATREFORYOU

PLAYWRIGHT’SNOTES MEGANGAILCOLES

I READ LISA MOORE’S OPEN IN A NEWFOUNDLAND LITERATURE CLASS OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO I KNEW AT ONCE THAT GRACE, IN PARTICULAR, WOULD STAY WITH ME ALL THE WHILE CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF MY ACADEMIC AND ARTISTIC LIFE YEARS LATER, WHEN I WAS REQUIRED TO SELECT PROSE FOR AN ADAPTATION PROJECT AT THEATER SCHOOL, THE CHOICE WAS OBVIOUS. I WAS TWENTY-FOUR, ROUTINELY PENNILESS AND CHRONICALLY UNREFINED, ATTEMPTING TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF SELF WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THAT WOULD EVEN DEMAND OF A PERSON. IN THIS WAY, ELEANOR’S PERPETUAL STRUGGLE RESONATES WITH ME STILL AS IT LIKELY WILL WITH MULTITUDES THOUGH I HAVE NO DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMY, I HAVE UNFORTUNATELY COUNTLESS TIMES FOUND MYSELF COERCED INTO MEETING THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF OTHERS IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY PAINSTAKING, YET UNDENIABLY NECESSARY, TO EXAMINE ONE’S FLAWS ANDFALSEHOODSASELEANORDOESANDSOSHEISOURDESERVEDANTIHERO. DRUNK AND ANGRY, FIGHTING FOR HERSELF. IMPERFECT. DETERMINED. COMPLEX. LIFE IS FULL OF LESSONS IN RESILIENCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING, THE LIKES OF WHICH CAN ILLUMINATE THE JOY OF LIVING IF ONLY WE REMAIN COMPASSIONATE WHILE NAVIGATING OUR WELL-INTENDEDERRORS

IN THESE MOMENTS OF TRANSITION AND STRIFE, ART CAN PROVIDE A PHYSIOLOGICAL BUFFER AGAINST THE DAMAGE DONE WHILE UNDOING THE WORST OF IT. THEATRE ESPECIALLY, AS A REPRESENTATIONAL ART FORM, HAS THE REVOLUTIONARY CAPACITY TO ENACT PRO-SOCIAL CHANGE AND IMPROVE COLLECTIVE WELLNESS THROUGH EXAMINING SHARED BELIEFS. THE PLAY’S THE THING YOU SEE, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. STORYTELLING IS OUR CONNECTIVE TISSUE, THE STORIES WE TELL MAKE ANDREMAKEUS

IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO FINALLY TELL THIS STORY WITH THESE PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE WE CALL HOME. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.

DIRECTOR’SNOTES

EMMATIBALDO

EVERY NEW PLAY BY MEGAN GAIL COLES UNLEASHES AN UNFORGETTABLE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS THAT HAUNT YOUR DREAMS AND IGNITE YOUR IMAGINATION THE CHARACTERS IN GRACE, ADAPTED FROM LISA MOORE’S NOVELLA, ARE NO DIFFERENT I AM BEYOND THRILLED THAT YOU GET TO EXPERIENCETHEMONTHISSTAGETONIGHT

RELATIONSHIPS CAN FALL APART, LOVE IS SOMETIMES FLEETING, FAMILY IS ALWAYS COMPLICATED. BUT WE STRUGGLE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL, TO LOVE AS WELL AS WE CAN, AND FIND A SENSE OF WELL-BEING, PERHAPS ATTAINGRACE.IT’SMESSYBUTNECESSARY.

THECAST,ANDCREATIVETEAMCOMMITTEDTOTHESTORYWITHFEROCITY IN TRUTH, THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT HAS MARKED ME, IN A GOOD WAY, FOREVER EVERYONE BROUGHT THEIR HEARTS, AND IMAGINATIONS TO THE WORK EVERY DAY, WITH KINDNESS, HUMOUR, AND ATOUCHOFDANGER.

PRESENTER’SNOTES AIDENFLYNNDIRECTOR,ARTSANDCULTURECENTRE

THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES TO TRACK IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE CENTRES’ WORK WITH POVERTY COVE THEATRE IN THE DELIVERY OF GRACE TO THE MAINSTAGE POVERTY COVE THEATRE COMPANY HAS WORKED WITH THE ACC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2 PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS, OUR ELIZA AND FALLING TREES, AND MEGAN BROUGHT GREAT VISION, BEAUTIFUL WRITING, AND A WONDERFUL SENSE OF PURPOSE TO THESE PROJECTS. GRACE BEGAN AS A DISCUSSION ABOUT COVID RECOVERY AND WHAT THEATRE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN A POSTPANDEMIC WORLD. I AM SO HAPPY THAT THIS WORK HAS FINALLY REACHED THE MAINSTAGE AND THANKS TO MEGAN, CAST AND CREW, AND PCTCFORBRINGINGGRACETOTHEACC

THE ACC STAFF WORKS TIRELESSLY WITH PERFORMING ARTS CLIENTS ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES AND ALL LEVELS IN THE DELIVERY OF THEIR PRODUCTION GOALS AT ALL OUR PROVINCIAL VENUES. EVERY RELATIONSHIP IS UNIQUE, AND REQUIRES OUR PARTICULAR RESOURCES AND STAFF SKILLS IN ORDER TO GET TO CURTAIN. OUR CLIENT WORK IS ALWAYS SUPPORTED BY TECHNICAL TEAMS, PROMOTIONAL TEAMS, BOX OFFICE RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, AND HOUSE MANAGEMENT IN THEIR REGULAR ROLES AND AT TIMES THEY ARE CALLED UPON TO EXTEND THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO MEET CLIENT REQUEST AND REQUIREMENT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ACC STAFF WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIMETOWORKONGRACE,ANDALLTHEIREFFORTSACROSSTHEPROVINCE IN HELPING OUR CLIENTS AND PARTNERS REALIZE THEIR OWN PRODUCTIONGOALS356DAYSAYEAR.

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POVERTY COVE THEATRE COMPANY AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE CENTRE - PRESENTS -

WRITTEN BY MEGAN GAIL COLES

DIRECTED BY EMMA TIBALDO*

BASED ON THE NOVELLA BY LISA MOORE

CAST

AIDEN FLYNN - PHILIP**

AMELIA MANUEL - ELEANOR

CRAIG FRANCIS POWER - FRANK HARVEY

DARRYL HOPKINS - GLENN MARSHALL

DEIDRE GILLARD-ROWLINGS - CONSTANCE*

MEGHAN GREELEY - SADIE

CHORUS

ANDRYA DUFF

HILARY WALSH

MARTIN VALLÉE

*THEPARTICIPATIONOFTHESEARTISTSISARRANGEDBYPERMISSIONOFCANADIANACTORSEQUITY ASSOCIATIONUNDERTHEDANCEOPERATHEATREPOLICY.

**ACCSTAFFWHOAPPEARLISTEDASCASTANDCREWARENOTCONTRACTEDCOMPANYMEMBERS FORPOVERTYCOVETHEATRECOMPANY.

CREATIVE TEAM

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - MARIE JONES**

SET AND LIGHTING DESIGNER - RENATE POHL

COSTUME DESIGNER - ELIZABETH PERRY

SOUND DESIGNER - DON ELLIS

CHOREOGRAPHER AND MOVEMENT DIRECTOR - LYNN PANTING

STAGE MANAGER - NEFREN FEIZO-GAS

PRODUCTION MANAGER - PATRICK FORAN

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - RANDY FEENER

PRODUCTION MENTEE - SPENCER BELLOWS

SCENE PAINTERS - JACK SOUCEY AND SARA DOREY

PROPS - AUDREY GEROW AND ANDREW PYNE

CREATORS

MEGANGAILCOLES PLAYWRIGHT

Megan Gail Coles is a writer from the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland/Ktaqmkuk. Her books include Squawk, Satched, Eating Habits of the Chronically Lonesome and Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club Her work has been a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller prize, a Canada Reads contender and has twice won the BMO Winterset award

EMMATIBALDO DIRECTOR

Emma is Artist in Residence at Concordia University, Theatre Department. She is Associate Artist with Poverty Cove Theatre in NL, and a freelance Director and Dramaturg She is the former Artistic and Executive Director of Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal. Emma has directed new Canadian plays across the country and is a recipient of LMDA’s Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy, and the Conseil Québécois du théâtre Prix Sentinelle.

LISAMOORE AUTHOR

Lisa Moore is a writer of short stories and novels from St. John’s. She has won the Commonwealth Fiction Prize, CBC’s Canada Reads, and the Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award and received nominations for the Man Booker Prize, Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Her third novel, Caught, was adapted into a CBC television series Moore often sets her stories in Newfoundland, where she was born, raised, and lives with her family.

CAST

AIDENFLYNN PHILIP

Aiden is an accomplished actor, producer, writer, director, promoter, and administrator He has creator status on numerous festivals, venues, and companies and has worked alongside many great NL and Canadian artists, across all disciplines In 2011, Aiden began his tenure at the helm of the six provincial Arts and Culture Centres, first as programming manager and then director, a position he holds to this date He has produced and presented works across all disciplines in this position and had great success in 2023 as co-producer of the Gander production of Come From Away He still continues his work as an actor in theatre, tv, and film Recent credits include the RCAT production of Rig in 2023 at the LSPU Hall, his one-man show in its 21st season Penning The Carol at the LSPU Hall in 2023, and an appearance in the most recent season of Hudson and Rex.

AMELIAMANUEL ELEANOR

Amelia Manuel is an actor/singer/writer from Clarenville, NL. Some of her past theatrical credits include Birthday Balloon, Tartuffe, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Chicago, Tempting Province Supper Club

Amelia has appeared in the films Hunting Pignut, Black Conflux, Sweetland and The King Tide, as well as the television shows Astrid and Lilly Save the World, SurrealEstate and Hudson & Rex Amelia is also cocreator and co-writer of Double Out, a television comedy based on NL women ' s darts which is in development

CRAIGFRANCISPOWER FRANKHARVEY

Craig Francis Power (he/him) is an author, visual artist, and now an actor whose previous stage credits include the role of Noseworthy in She Said Yes!/RCA Theatre's production of "The Incomplete Herstory of Women in Newfoundland (and Labrador!)," and as Tiger/Pony in Persistence Theatre's "Room For A Pony" by Andrea Cooper He is the award-winning author of three novels, with a collection of poetry forthcoming in the fall of 2024. As a visual artist, he has shown widely at galleries across Canada, and is a previous nominee for the Sobey Art Award He lives in St John's with his partner, daughter, dog, and cat

DARRYLHOPKINS GLENNMARSHALL

Darryl Hopkins is an actor and musician from Mount Pearl, NL He holds a BFA from SWGC (MUN), where he received the Tommy Sexton Award in 2002 Hopkins spent the following decade touring and performing Robert Chafe's Tempting Providence to over 120,000 people on 3 continents. He was awarded Best Actor in a Short Film from both the Monaco International Film Fest (2017) and the Social World Film Fest (2018) for his performance in Noel Harris' short film, Touch He has appeared in three other Poverty Cove productions: The Battery, Rabbit Rabbit and Falling Trees.

DEIDREGILLARD-ROWLINGS CONSTANCE

Deidre is from the Great Northern Peninsula She holds a BFA from MUN From 2002-2012 she toured with Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's production of Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe She’s worked with theatre companies across the province and the country, including four seasons at the Stratford Theatre Festival She’s appeared in Gordon Pinsent’s Heyday!, CBC’s Republic of Doyle, City TV’s Hudson and Rex, Discovery’s Frontier and Christian Sparkes’ Hammer, as well as many shorts The last time she worked with Pover Cove was in 2011 when she appeared in The Battery

MEGHANGREELEY SADIE

Meghan Greeley is a writer, performer, and director from Corner Brook, NL She holds a BFA in Theatre from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. As a performer, select theatre credits include: Jawbone, Hunger, Kingdom, Out of It, West Moon, Saltwater Moon, Play Me Home,Three Sisters, Richard III and Rabbit Rabbit For film: Crackie, Warehouse 13, Quelle Affaire, and Swallowed. If Meghan looks vaguely familiar to you but you can’t quite place her, it might be because you ’ ve seen her as Lucy Maud Montgomery in a Canadian Heritage Minute

ANDRYADUFF CHORUS

Andrya Duff is a multi-disciplined performer and creator who has brought this blended approach to stages to screens across North America, some highlights include, The Baroness Von Sketch Show (Choreographer/Dancer), Close to the Bone (Ian Foster Video Album), Fictional Dance Party (Geoffrey Pugen - Mulitple film festivals) Pleasure Principle (Ryan McNamara - Harbourfront Centre), Soundstreams (The Children’s Crusade - Luminato), Peaches (Opera House), Broken Social Scene (Sound Academy), Girl Talk (Toronto Island Festival). Circus Orange (Tricycle - World Pride, Hamilton SuperCrawl, Rochester Fringe), Theater Rusticle (Dinner at 7:30/The Stronger Variations - Buddies in Bad Times), Sore for Punching You (Exhale - Citadel, Dancemakers), Young Drones (Maggie MacDonald featuring The Bicycles Summerworks Music Series, Long Winter 2 4 the Great Hall) The Proust Project (Canstage Festival), Eli and The Death Curse (Untellable Movement Theatre) and Bad New Days (Summerworks)

HILARYWALSH CHORUS

Hilary Walsh (she/her), is excited to be joining Poverty Cove Theatre Company for Grace. A settler from St. John's, Newfoundland, Hilary is a multidiscipline dancer and aerial artist She has spent many years both dancing on the ground and in the air with local companies Recent credits include: Rocky Horror (Tada Entertainment), The Dress (Lynn Panting Dance), Eli & the Death Curse (Untellable Movement Theatre), Sidewalk Dandelion (Choreographer: Lauda, Shallaway Youth Choir), Four Parts (Untellable Dance Theatre), La Cage Aux Folles (Tada Entertainment). Outside of this Hilary is a registered occupational therapist and a qualifying dance movement therapist

MARTINVALLÉE CHORUS

Martin Vallee was Artistic Director of Kittiwake dance Theatre between 2007 and 2023 Trained at L’École Supérieure de Dance du Quebec and the Alberta Ballet School, his performing dance career took him to the United States and Europe with companies including: the Alberta Ballet, Calgary City Ballet, Banff Festival Ballet, Ottawa Ballet and The National Folk Ensemble, Les Sortileges In 2018, Martin was named the BMOArtsNL Artist of the Year for Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a member of the Dance Teachers Association of Newfoundland and served on the founding board of directors of DanceNL who recently granted him honorary lifetime Membership.

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CREATIVE TEAM

An actor, director and writer from Lac Ste Anne County, Alberta, Marie has been at home in St. John’s since 2012. Marie holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Alberta and completed conservatory training at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto Some of her creative work here includes Island in the Sky, Lig & Bittle (Stephenville Theatre Festival), Under Wraps (Artistic Fraud of NL), Proud, Her Closely (Double Sure/RCAT), Trinity Pageant, West Moon, No Man’s Land (Rising Tide Theatre), Isle of Demons, Women Playing Hamlet, The Haunting of Margaret Duley (Persistence Theatre), Girls from Away (Grand Falls Theatre Festival), Village Wooing, Cookstown, Invictus, Bridey’s Birth Control (St. John’s Short Plays Festival) and After Dark (Double Sure/O’Brien Farm) She looks forward to returning to historic O’Brien Farm this July, to appear in Jez Butterworth’s The River

RENATEPOHL SETANDLIGHTINGDESIGNER

Renate is a Set, Lighting, Projection and Costume Designer with a background in performance and social theatre facilitation She is a Resident Designer, Associate Professor and current Chair of the Theatre Program at Memorial University, Grenfell Campus Some of the theatre companies in Newfoundland she has worked with include: Persistence Theatre Company; Double Sure; RCA Theatre Company; Arts and Culture Centres; She Said Yes!; NAX; White Rooster; C2C; Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland; Opera on the Avalon; and Theatre Newfoundland Labrador Outside of Newfoundland, some of her credits include work with Eastern Front Theatre in Nova Scotia; Mixed Company and Nightswimming in Toronto; Old Earth Productions and Free Will Players in Edmonton; and Union Theatre, Greenwich Theatre, Bush Theatre, New Ambassadors Theatre, Arcola Theatre, and Heart and Soul in London, UK Renate’s work also includes research in applied creativity for STEM education and the space industry, including the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency

ELIZABETHPERRY COSTUMEDESIGNER

Elizabeth Perry is the Head of Wardrobe at Memorial University in Corner Brook, NL She is a graduate of the Dalhousie University Costume Studies program and works as a costume builder and costume and set designer She has worked with theaters across Nova Scotia and Newfoundland including Neptune Theatre, Rising Tide Theatre, Festival Antigonish, Halifax Theatre for Young People, Halifax Opera Festival, Mocean Dance, The Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo, Mulgrave Road Theatre and The Stephenville Theatre Festival She was the costume director for Symphony Nova Scotia’s Nutcracker and her work can be seen on stage, TV, and in museums She is a member of The Associated Designers of Canada and she’s been nominated for a Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt award for costume design and was recipient of the 2019 Wes Daniels design award

MARIEJONES ASSISTANTDIRECTOR

DONELLIS SOUNDDESIGNER

Sound design credits include The Neverending Story(NAC/Stratford Festival); Anne and Gilbert, A Christmas Carol (NAC); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It (Stratford Festival); The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Under Wraps, Afterimage, Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Ann and Seamus (Shallaway); Rick Mercer's Show Me the Button, I'll Push It. Film/TV: Boom Operator: Republic of Doyle, Random Passage (CBC); Love and Savagery (Morag); Rare Birds Production sound: Danny(NFB); Misery Harbour (UIP Denmark). Producer/engineer: Hunter Hunter, Spectators (Amelia Curran); Dardanelles, The Eastern Light (Dardanelles); The Once, We Win Some We Lose (The Once); All Will Be Well (Fortunate Ones) Musician: Boy on Bridge (Alan Doyle). Awards: JUNO for Hunter Hunter; East Coast Music Award for The Once, Duane Andrews; MUSIC NL - Industry Professional of the Year

LYNNPANTING COREOGRAPHYANDMOVEMENT DIRECTOR

Lynn Panting is a Newfoundland-based artist, arts educator and arts advocate known for creating innovative and accessible dance works She is deeply committed to the growth of creativity and self-confidence through movement and holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Memorial University as well as a Master of Humanities concentrating in performance, dance and the body Lynn is the owner and artistic director of Lynn Panting Dance, the Artistic Director and Producer of Untellable Movement Theatre, and a founding member of Ladies Who Lunch Productions lynnpantingdance com

NEFRENFEIZO-GAS STAGEMANAGER

Nefren Feizo-Gas is an Arts Practitioner who has been based out of St John’s since 2002 Over the years she has taken on a wide variety of roles in the local arts community She was the Festival Coordinator for The St. John’s Short Play Festival, Company Manager for Terra Bruce Productions, and Manager for The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival She has been a writer and performer in both English and French having her work shown across Eastern Canada. As an SM and ASM she has worked with many local companies such as The Festival of New Dance, The Feast of Cohen, Power Productions, RCA Theatre, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, Nightswimming Theatre, White Rooster, Shakespeare By The Sea, Choral Canada, C2C Theatre, and The Rabbittown Theatre Company

She is delighted to be working with such a talented team

PATRICKFORAN PRODUCTIONMANAGER

Patrick is a theatre maker living in St John’s Sometimes an actor, sometimes a producer and this time a Production Manager He is known for his work on stage at the Perchance Theatre (Hamlet, Flying Doctor, A Servant of Two Masters, Julius Caesar) and for many years behind the scenes at Artistic Fraud where he produced Under Wraps, Oil & Water, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Between Breaths, transVersing, Everybody Just C@lm the F#ck Down and I Forgive You He also developed that company ’ s locative audio projects (The Other Side of This, Ephemera and The Imaginary Real) with playwright Robert Chafe and sound designer Chris Brookes, who is dearly missed With Marie Jones he has brought several plays to the stage, including Judith Thompson’s Nailbiter, Michael Healey’s Proud, GB Shaw’s Village Wooing and Jones’ own play, Her Closely, which Poverty Cove supported through its Playwrights Unit He has appeared on screen in Hudson & Rex, Republic of Doyle, Being Erica, Sons of Terra Nova, Stolen, and The Care Package. Pat has helped many community initiatives including the St John’s Short Play Festival, The Association of Professional Theatre of NL and the CAPE Fund He is often found riding his bike, sometimes to the office where he is an Economic Development Officer for the Gov’t of NL Congrats to Megan on a fabulous play Thanks for asking me!

RANDYFEENER TECHNICALDIRECTOR

Randy is from Grand Falls-Winsor. During high school, he wa offered the opportunity to work as a student at the Arts and Cultur Centre for two seasons After graduating, he went on to pursue othe adventures, including designing graduations and weddings with hi wife, Michelle He later returned to work at the Gordon Pinsen Centre for the Arts He later transferred to St Johns Arts an Culture Centre where he has worked for 12 years and is now th Technical Director.

SPENCERBELLOWS PRODUCTIONMENTEE

Spencer Bellows (he/they) is an actor, producer, and sketch comedian based in St John’s Recent theatrical credits include “Much Ado About Nothing” (Shakespeare by the Sea), “Tamasha, O Tamasha” (This Might be Satire Productions), and “The Cherry Orchard" (Shakespeare by the Sea) As a sketch comedian, he has performed in and produced sketch comedy shows as a founding member of Bicycle Jousting Comedy, and has also served on several Halfhandsome projects Off the stage and on the screen, they appeared in Season 4 of “Hudson & Rex”, and performed in and produced various short films for the Nickel Independent Film Festival's film challenges

JACKSOUCY SCENICPAINTER

Jack Soucy is a Scenic Painter and Graphic Artist working in TV, film, and theatre. From St. John’s, he studied Animation and Fine Arts at CNA and The Ontario College of Art & Design His capstone project, Reincrustation, was featured at the Nickel Film Festival in 2015 Jack is always keen to learn and collaborate and is proud to have worked on Grace with Poverty Cove Productions Jack’s work can be seen on Son of a Critch, Astrid & Lilly Save the World, Hudson & Rex and The King Tide

SARAHDOREY SCENICPAINTER

Sara Dorey (they/she) is a theatre and filmmaker based in St John’s, NL She has strong roots in the performing arts and studied Visual Arts at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Sara has had opportunities to work in various areas of theatre, film and television production, finding a deep passion for scenic art & design She adores her work, her favourite aspect being that each day differs wildly from the next.

AUDREYGEROW PROPSANDSETASSISTANT

Audrey Gerow is a Puppeteer/Puppet Builder, Producer, Stage Manager, and Actor based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland (Ktaqmkuk) and Labrador who has a love for all things theatre Recent theatre credits include: Puppeteer (Brass Button Man/The Kraken/The Selkies - Under The Bridge Productions), Puppeteer (It’s Up to You - Studio Squidcicle), Production Assistant (Coriolanus - Shakespeare by the Sea), Actor (Buried TreasureJames Elloso), Puppeteer/Puppet Builder (Frankenpuppet - Jamie Skidmore), Assistant Stage Manager/Production Assistant (Tamasha, O Tamasha! - This Might Be Satire Productions), Stage Manager (Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare by the Sea), Actor (Queen of Hearts - Studio Squidcicle), Puppeteer/Puppet Designer (Land of Sparrows - Venus Barrington), Writer/Director/Puppet Designer - The Wholly Untrue Origin of the Ugly Stick)

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THANKS TO THE POVERTY COVE THEATRE COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HOUSE OF ANANSI PRESS, ANDREW AND RUBY SUSAN PYNE, LITTLE PEOPLE'S WORKSHOP, HOWLEY ESTATES (ESPECIALLY AMY AND NANCY), NERIA AYLWARD AND AUDREY REES-POWER, DANIELLE IRVINE.

MARIA FOLEY (ACC ADMINISTRATION), ACC’S TECHNICAL OPERATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION ON GRACE: RANDY FEENER, RYAN KENNEDY, MARK ROWSELL, DEBORAH CLARKE, DAVE HEWITT, KEITH MALONE, TIFF ROBERTS, JEAN SHEARS, DALE DREW, TIM BEST AND NICK DECKER.

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