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MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

When MTC’s

an old friend from high school has “made good.”

founding Artistic Director

She steps into his world like

John Hirsch first came to Winnipeg as a teenage

a soldier onto a minefield,

Holocaust survivor, he lived

wishing she was anywhere

with an adoptive family in a

else, but moving forward

modest brick house on Polson

with desperation and cour-

Avenue. After living a hand-

age. Almost worse than the

to-mouth existence as an or-

prospect of homelessness is

phan in Europe, he finally felt

her fear of humiliation but, if

at home in the North End of

she senses danger, she has

the 1940s, an unpretentious

a few grenades of her own

multicultural neighbourhood

to lob. But can she detonate

with socialist leanings. Then

them? Will her essential

his father died, and his mother decided to move

decency, her goodness, ultimately triumph over

the family to a new bungalow facing a riverside

self-preservation?

park on Churchill Drive in South Winnipeg. As biographers Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson describe it, John felt betrayed, raging at his family for abandoning the North End and everything it stood for. One day that autumn, John took a walk “along the river and noticed, as if for the first time, the wildflowers growing on the river banks, birds congregating in preparation for the migration south, and the squirrels gathering acorns for the winter.” He stopped grieving the loss of his old home, and became like the nature around him, oblivious to political boundaries and class distinctions.

Such territorial allegiances are not unique to Winnipeg. David Lindsay-Abaire has set the first

Morality isn’t a function of location or prosperity.

It is the realization that we are all connected, and that to help or harm another is to send ripples through all of humanity. The best theatre – like this play and those you’ll see here next season – reminds us that we are all one. That sense of a shared world saved John Hirsch as he wrestled with his new home in South Winnipeg. Little did he know that his success (and, by extension, the success of our theatre) would rest on his belief that good people live at either end of this noble, enlightened city.

Yours always,

act of his play Good People in South Boston, a blue-collar neighbourhood of dollar stores and bingo halls. Margie Walsh has lived there all her life, but now a series of setbacks – the loss of another job, the threat of eviction, the plight of her disabled daughter – compels her to leave the familiarity of Southie and venture north, where

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SETTING THE STAGE Q&A with Good People playwright David Lindsay-Abaire

Q

Good People is not autobiographical, but you did grow up in South Boston, where the play is set. Why did you choose to return to that setting now in your work?

A

I just think the neighbourhood is so complicated and ripe for storytelling. That said, I avoided writing about it for a very long time because the people I grew up with, I love and respect very much and I wanted to make sure I was mature enough as a writer and as a person to write about them respectfully. I kept hearing about British playwrights and how often they wrote about class. And people were asking, “Where are the American plays about class?” I thought, “Good question. Why don’t we write about class? Could I write about class?” I went back to the idea of Southie, and I thought if I wrote about the neighbourhood, then inevitably class would bubble up to the surface.

There is this strange zeitgeist that is happening around South Boston and other working class neighbourhoods in Boston. But those stories are so often about crime and drugs and Whitey Bulger – these stereotypes of South Boston from 30 years ago that weren’t even accurate then, but they continue to get rolled out. I wanted to write about the people I grew up with, 99 per cent of whom just rolled out of bed in the morning, went to work, tried to feed their kids and did the best they could.

How would you describe Southie – both the neighbourhood and the people you grew up with?

Very salt-of-the-earth, working class people who are just trying to make a good life for themselves

and for their families. It’s scrappy, of course, and people are often mouthy. Right now the neighbourhood is very much in transition. It’s becoming gentrified and much more diverse than it was when I was growing up. It will probably be something completely different in five years, and it’s certainly not what it was when I was growing up there. I think I want to go back and write a couple more plays about it, because the more time I spend thinking about it, the more stories start swimming around in my head.

The other location in the play is in the Boston suburbs: Chestnut Hill. Did you have some personal connection to that neighbourhood?

I worked for a few weeks one summer in Chestnut Hill, and I knew some friends from Chestnut Hill.

When I was 11 I got a scholarship to a private school, Milton Academy, which is in the suburbs.

Every day I would get on a train and take it to the end of the line and go to Milton. At the end of every day I would come back to Southie. So that feeling of being aware of two worlds, I was familiar with that from when I was 11 years old.

Was that when you started to feel a distance between yourself and the neighbourhood you were from? The character of Mike, who used to live in Southie but has “gotten out,” seems to feel that conflict very strongly.

It’s the part of the play that I am incredibly familiar with and very aware of, that pull of being “of the neighbourhood” but not “of the neighbourhood” anymore. But I felt similar at Milton – clearly I was not of that world and yet I spent every minute of my day there, practically. After a couple

South Boston and Boston Harbor.

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GOOD PEOPLE

“I wanted to write about the people I grew up with, 99 per cent of whom just rolled out of bed in the morning, went to work, tried to feed their kids and did the best they could.”

– DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

of years of going to school there, I was at Milton but not of Milton, and in Southie but no longer of Southie. I had a foot planted in these very different worlds. That conflict, that tension, shaped me as a person and certainly shaped me as a writer – and I think probably created a writer. It made me the quintessential outsider wherever I went. I think the most significant difference between me and the Mike character is that I was totally aware of what role luck played in the good things that happened to me. Mike seems to be of the mind that he has earned and deserves everything he has. I am not of the same mind. I have certainly worked very, very hard, and yet there are people from my neighbourhood who are just as smart as I was who just didn’t get the breaks I got. The scholarship that I got, it was from the Boys & Girls Club, and it only happened once every six years.

I had to be the right age on the right year for it to be possible for me to even get that scholarship. I was, and continue to be, very aware that my life could have gone in a very different direction.

How do you see Good People fitting into the context of your other work?

When it came time to do Good People, I thought, “What kind of play is this, how should these people speak? What is the style of it?” And again, I loved and respected the people from the neighbourhood so deeply that there was no way I was going to caricature them or write them so broadly that they could be dismissed. Ultimately the play decided for itself what it was going to be, and I suspect that’s what most plays that I write will do.

Interview courtesy of Danielle Mages Amato and The Old Globe.

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CURTAIN CALLS Director’s notes “There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”

– M. Scott Peck

by Vikki Anderson This is my favourite kind of play: authentic characters, an underdog heroine and socially relevant themes written with humour, openness and dignity. I also truly love this play because, like real life, it poses more questions than it answers.

What makes a good person: character, values, morals, choices, words or actions? How do you judge? Who does the judging? What is it to be vulnerable, economically and emotionally? Is it strength of character, or a few lucky breaks that determine your fate? What are the ambiguities of memory when seen from the eyes of the vulnerable? And what are its contradictions when seen from the eyes of those who are privileged?

The play asks challenging questions about the class system and the role that luck plays in separating the haves from the have-nots. The answers to these questions are not as straightforward as they may seem on the surface. You expect the arguments, especially given our current economic climate, to be polarized and fairly evident: Mike is ungrateful and Margie is admirable. Mike seems ungracious and takes his good luck for granted, while Margie inspires our compassion for her years of self-sacrifice. But Margie’s needs are physical: she’s desperate and simply needs a job.

While Mike’s needs are more metaphysical: he’s desperate to secure evidence that, despite his advantages, he is still “good people”.

Mike, who has the luxury of economic stability, struggles to avoid emotional vulnerability and his comfortable lifestyle insulates him from his past and Margie’s reality. Economic vulnerability drives a good person like Margie to become angry, resentful and vindictive and to engage in passive-aggressive tactics to elicit evidence that she has not wasted her life. We watch her wrestle with fear, hope, empathy and bitterness in an 10

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effort to be seen, and to have someone see the world through her eyes. While we can’t deny how Margie has been victimized, we also can’t disparage Mike for wanting to get out.

What makes a good person? Most of us are good people. We can be dignified, empathetic, loyal, generous and conversely petty, selfish, greedy and graceless when our values are tested. Our goodness is examined every day in our capacity to show indifference or compassion towards anyone we come in contact with – from our coffee shop barista to our loved ones at home.

Who is ultimately worthy of the title “good people?” I hope you enjoy discovering the answer for yourself.

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DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE APRIL 17 – MAY 10, 2014 PREVIEW | APRIL 16

Director Set & Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Dialect Coaches Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager

Vikki Anderson Patrick Clark Scott Henderson John Bent Jr. Diane Pitblado, Shannon Vickers Melissa Novecosky Sandra McEwing Matthew Lagacé

THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Stevie Margaret Mike Kate Dottie Jean

Eric Blais Martha Burns Ari Cohen Audrey Dwyer Patricia Hunter Tracey Nepinak

SETTING

Boston, Massachusetts. Present day.

Good People is performed with one intermission.

ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB (LYNNE MEADOW, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR; BARRY GROVE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY BANK OF AMERICA AND RECEIVED ITS WORLD PREMIERE THERE ON FEBRUARY 8, 2011.

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ARTISTS

Eric Blais

Ari Cohen

Stevie

Mike

MTC Brief Encounter (with VP), Looking Back – West.

OTHER THEATRE Angels in America: Perestroika (WJT);

King’s Park (Moving Target Theatre Company); The Vertical Hour, Munsch Ado About Nothing (PTE); North Main Gothic, Age of Arousal, Stretching Hide (TPM); The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey (SIR); Kindness, Romeo and Juliet (MTYP); The Winter’s Tale, Troilus and Cressida (Tom-Tom Theatre).

FILM/TV Cashing In, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, Men with Brooms (CBC TV), Zooey & Adam, Falcon Beach, Northern Town, 2030 CE, Wishmaster 4.

TRAINING/TEACHING BA Honours, U of W; MFA, York University. Taught acting at MTYP and York University.

MTC Proof (with Citadel), The Rainmaker (with VP), A Streetcar Named Desire (with Citadel), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (with WJT/Segal), Proposals (with Mirvish), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (with NAC), The Sisters Rosensweig, Falstaff.

OTHER THEATRE Recent credits: True West, Speed-the-

Plow, Death of a Salesman, Awake and Sing! (Soulpepper); The Little Years, This is War (Tarragon); God of Carnage (Citadel). Upcoming: world premiere of The Waiting Room (Tarragon 2015).

FILM/TV More than 60 appearances. Recent guest starring roles include Remedy, Played, Lost Girl, Suits and Republic of Doyle. Upcoming appearances include Reign, The Listener and David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars.

ET CETERA Ari’s last appearance at MTC was more

Martha Burns Margaret

than a decade ago and he is thrilled to be back with Good People.

Audrey Dwyer Kate MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Happy Days, The Maids, Present

Laughter (Soulpepper); Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, Long Day’s Journey into Night (Stratford); Major Barbara, John Bull’s Other Island (Shaw); Trafford Tanzi, The Changeling (NAC); Memory of Water (Tarragon); The Miracle Worker (YPT); Romeo and Juliet (VP).

Created Hamlet in Grade 4 and the Youth Mentorship Programs for Soulpepper Theatre.

FILM/TV TV: Ellen Fanshaw on Slings and Arrows, Rebecca Baker on Remedy. Film: Mad Ship, Love and Savagery, Long Day’s Journey into Night; Director (with Susan Coyne) of short film How Are You?; Producer of Little Films About Big Moments.

MTC Medea (with Mirvish), The Crucible.

OTHER THEATRE thirsty (NAC); Clybourne Park

(Studio 180/Mirvish); The Penelopiad (Nightwood Theatre); Black Medea (Obsidian Theatre); The Tempest (CS); The Tempest (Persephone); Tideline (Factory); Patty’s Cake (Carousel Players); Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre/MTYP).

FILM/TV ‘Da Kink in My Hair, The 12 Dates of Christmas, Really Me, The Ron James Show, The State Within, Where the Truth Lies, A Marriage of Convenience.

TEACHING Currently teaches at the National Theatre School.

TRAINING Graduate of the National Theatre School

ET CETERA Founding member of Soulpepper Theatre.

ET CETERA Audrey has been nominated for a Dora

Recipient of two Gemini Awards, two Genies and two Dora Awards. Martha is thrilled to be in Good People in her home town.

of Canada.

Award for Outstanding Direction of Darrah Teitel’s The Apology and is the Playwright in Residence at Obsidian Theatre.

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ARTISTS

Patricia Hunter

David Lindsay-Abaire

Dottie

Playwright

MTC The Clean House (with VP), Our Town.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Unity (1918), My Fair Lady,

MacGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas, Sexy Laundry (PTE); Albertine in Five Times, PROK, Age of Arousal (TPM); Three Sisters (zone41 theatre); No, No, Nanette, The Desert Song (Rainbow); Schippel, the Plumber (Grand); Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (MTYP); The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife, Remember the Night (Winnipeg Fringe); Not I (BeckettFest); Blue Kettle (ChurchillFest); Follies (Dry Cold).

FILM/TV Selected: Population 436, Naughty or Nice, The Shields Stories, Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.

Tracey Nepinak Jean

David Lindsay-Abaire is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. His play Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway and went on to receive the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Spirit of America Award and five Tony nominations. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Musical Show Album) and two Tony Awards (Best Book of a Musical and Best Score) for his work on Shrek: The Musical. David’s other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside. His play Good People premiered on Broadway in 2011, starring Frances McDormand; her performance garnered her that year’s Tony for Best Actress in a Play. In addition to his work in theatre, David’s screen credits include his adaptation of Rabbit Hole as well as the features Guardians of Childhood and Oz: The Great and Powerful.

He is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the Dramatists Guild Council.

Vikki Anderson Director

MTC The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes.

OTHER THEATRE Jail Baby (Sarasvàti Productions);

Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (Firehall Arts Centre); The Moving Gallery, Romeo and Juliet (Urban Indigenous Theatre Company); Silverwing, The Happy Prince, Romeo and Juliet (MTYP); Great Expectations, The Rez Sisters, fareWel (PTE); The Sleeping Land (Globe); Cruel and Unusual Punishment (TPM); The Crisis in Oka, Manitoba (Red Roots Theatre).

FILM/TV Earline Muskrat on Cashing In (seasons 1–4),

Something Beneath, Elijah, Tipi Tales, A Wilderness Station, The Law of Enclosures, Desire, A Marriage of Convenience, Trial at Fortitude Bay. ET CETERA Upcoming: Fefu and Her Friends

(Sarasvàti Productions).

MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Recent: Tainted (Moyo Theatre);

4.48 Psychosis (Necessary Angel); The Misanthrope (Associate, Stratford); The Mill Part 4: Ash (Theatrefront/ Young Centre); Romeo and Juliet (CS); The Last Five Years (Grand); Creon (Theatreworks); Buddies in Bad Times, Crow’s Theatre, Factory Theatre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, NAC, Nightwood Theatre, Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Soulpepper, Tarragon, Theatre Calgary, Theatre Direct, Urge Collective.

Upcoming: Vikki commissioned John Murrell’s Climbing Down, a new play for actors Brian Dennehy and Daniela Vlaskalic; working with playwright Sean Dixon on his new play The Orange Dot, a companion piece for Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter.

TRAINING/TEACHING Training: University of Victoria, University of Calgary. Teaching: University of Toronto, York University, National Theatre School.

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ARTISTS ET CETERA Vikki is currently the Artistic Director

of Theatrefront and is the founder of DVxT Theatre Company. She has received Dora Awards for her direction (The Doll House, The Turn of the Screw) and for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Set Design (The Doll House), as well as a Harold Award.

She has been nominated for six Dora Awards and the John Hirsch Emerging Directors Award.

John Bent Jr. Sound Designer

MTC More than 40 shows since 1998, including

Patrick Clark Set & Costume Designer

The Glass Menagerie, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Story, Harvey, Gone With the Wind, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Syringa Tree, Fiddler on the Roof, Over the Tavern, The Rocky Horror Show (with CS), Evita (with TC), Camelot (with TC/ Citadel), King Lear, Wit. OTHER THEATRE The Shadowy Waters (Eternal Rose

MTC The Price.

OTHER THEATRE The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Richard III,

King Lear, The Comedy of Errors (Stratford); Hit the Deck, A Cuckoo in the Nest, She Loves Me (Shaw); Pacific Opera, Vancouver Opera, Theatre Calgary, Soulpepper, Theatre London, Neptune Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick.

TV Witness to Yesterday (costumes).

TRAINING/TEACHING Training: University of New Brunswick. Teaching: University of Victoria, Dalhousie University, Concordia University.

Theatre); The Diary of Anne Frank (Segal/Neptune); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Keely and Du, The Heart As It Lived, Grace (ATP); Lion in the Streets (Sage Theatre); Some Assembly Required (Northern Light Theatre).

ET CETERA Two Betty Mitchell Awards (Grace, Lion in

the Streets). Member of IATSE Local 63 and the Eclub.

Founding member of Eternal Rose Theatre.

Diane Pitblado

ET CETERA Recipient of six Merritt Awards, New

Dialect Coach

Brunswick Arts Award.

Scott Henderson Lighting Designer MTC The Weir (with CS).

OTHER THEATRE Recent credits: Venus in Fur (CS);

MTC More than 40 productions since 1995, including A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Doubt, A Parable (with TC), Shakespeare’s Dog (with NAC), Humble Boy (Mainstage); The Seagull, Red (with Belfry), Top Girls, The Shape of Things, Closer, Poor Super Man (Warehouse).

OTHER THEATRE Recent: The Valley (PTE). Scott has

designed for opera, dance and theatre companies in Winnipeg and across Canada, including the Stratford and Shaw festivals.

TRAINING Scott is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre

School and a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

ET CETERA Special thanks to Karen, Sean and Alex

for love and support.

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Idiot’s Delight, The Norman Conquests, Angels in America, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Great Expectations, La Ronde (Soulpepper); The Dumb Waiter (Wordsmyth Theatre). Diane has been Resident Dialect Coach for Soulpepper since 1998 and has numerous credits at Canadian Stage, Tarragon, Dallas Theatre Centre, YPT and Mirvish Productions.

FILM/TV Selected television credits include: Hannibal, Hemlock Grove, Defiance, Bomb Girls, Flashpoint, Lost Girl. Her film work includes: The Girl King, On the Road, Take this Waltz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Red, Amelia, Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her, Cinderella Man.

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MTC The Secret Annex, Venus in Fur, Gone With the Wind,

August: Osage County, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias.

OTHER THEATRE Voice/Text/Dialect Coaching: DAI

(Enough) (WJT); Village Wooing (zone41 theatre); Bingo! (PTE); The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM); The Merry Wives of Windsor (SIR); Fen (Sarasvàti Productions); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CS).

TRAINING/TEACHING Shannon earned an MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy at the University of Alberta.

She is an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg and is a certified Associate Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork.

Melissa Novecosky

MTC Jane Eyre, Daddy Long Legs, Red (with Belfry), Romeo and Juliet, The 39 Steps, Calendar Girls (with Mirvish). Apprentice Stage Manager, 1985/86 Mainstage season: Barnum (with Grand), The Real Thing, Tsymbaly, Talking Dirty, Hamlet, Filthy Rich.

OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: Big Mama! The Willie

Mae Thornton Story (Belfry/NAC); Helen’s Necklace (Belfry); Dionysus in Stony Mountain (TPM); Gypsy (Huron Country Playhouse); The Motor Trade (TC); B-Movie, The Play (Shaw, VP, CS, international tour).

Resident Mainstage and regional tour I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (Blyth).

Matthew Lagacé Apprentice Stage Manager

Stage Manager

MTC The Secret Annex. Assistant Stage Manager: Gone With the Wind, White Christmas, Next to Normal, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play. Apprentice Stage Manager: Jitters, Our Town, The Real Thing, The Tempest.

OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: The Best Brothers,

Social Studies, The Swearing Jar (PTE); Lawrence and Holloman (PTE/Persephone); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Rainbow); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions). Assistant Stage Manager: Mary Poppins, Footloose, Annie (Rainbow); White Biting Dog, The Price (Soulpepper); Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (National Ballet of Canada); Burnin’ Love (PTE).

TRAINING The National Theatre School of Canada.

Apprentice Stage Manager at MTC and the Shaw Festival.

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MTC The Glass Menagerie, Gone With the Wind, Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (with TC), The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes. Apprentice Director: Harvey.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Aida, The Daughter of the

Regiment (Manitoba Opera); Altar Boyz (PTE/ Winnipeg Studio Theatre); Little Women, Sweeney Todd (Dry Cold); A Stripped-Down Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor (SIR); Maple Route (Theatre Incarnate).

TRAINING Matthew is a graduate of the U of M

Theatre Program/Black Hole Theatre Company.

ET CETERA Two-time recipient of the Jean Murray –

Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarship. Upcoming: Producer of Substitute Teacher from Hell (Winnipeg Fringe 2014) and Stage Manager at Watermark Theatre (PEI). “Thanks to my friends and family for their love and support. Flameo Hotman!”

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One of our community’s ‘good people’ will match your donation Donate for the first time or increase your gift and it will have double the impact!

In Good People, Margie and Mike grew up in the same neighbourhood and shared many youthful adventures. But they drifted apart and lost touch with their old friends.

Margie stayed in the neighbourhood and Mike went to university, became a doctor and moved to an upscale area. Many years later, circumstances bring them together again. Margie needs help and Mike appears to be in a position to provide assistance.

Good People deals with community and the relationships within it. Among other things, the play makes us think about philanthropy.

What is our responsibility to those in our society who need help? What is our responsibility to charitable causes in our community?

This year, we are fortunate that an anonymous “good person” has offered to match each new and increased gift, up to a total of $5,000. So, any donation made to MTC before May 31 will have double the impact.

The generosity of MTC’s family of donors makes a significant difference to our annual budget. Ticket sales only provide half the dollars needed to produce the quality programming we enjoy. The other half comes from corporate gifts, sponsorships and individual giving.

Through your donation to MTC, you not only help the theatre but you also receive great donor benefits. Check mtc.mb.ca for more information.

The MTC donor family is made up of many “good people” who care about this theatre and this community. Join the family now by making a donation.

Send your donation now by mail, online at mtc.mb.ca or phone Heidi Struck in our Development department at 204-954-6412.

Be one of the “good people.”

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Top: Jennifer Lyon and Kimberley Rampersad in White Christmas (2010/11). Middle: Julius Sermonia and Eric S. Robertson in The Drowsy Chaperone (2009/10). Bottom: Mark Weatherley and Eddie Glen in The 39 Steps (2010/11). PHOTOS BY BRUCE MONK

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EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Theatre for Young Audiences

Each season, 25 Grade 11 and 12 students participate in MTC’s Backstage Pass program, which offers workshops with theatre professionals, free lunch from Subway, tickets to all six shows at the John Hirsch Mainstage, and the opportunity to chat with actors after the performances.

“Someone asked me once if i see the arts in my future and i responded simply by saying ‘yes’. Whether we are involved on stage, behind the stage, or in the audience, involvement and inclusion are crucial to sustaining the theatre we love, because we are the next theatre generation.”

– Khylie Graham, Backstage Pass participant from Miles MacDonell Collegiate

• Almost 1,900 students joined us this season for four special student-only matinees – A Christmas Story, The Secret Annex, The Glass Menagerie and Kim’s Convenience.

• More than 200 students subscribed to the entire six-show John Hirsch Mainstage season.

• Approximately 2,000 students and teachers joined us for matinees and evening performances throughout the season.

Thank you to the educators from all the schools involved, and to Great-West Life for helping us share the amazing experience of live theatre!

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES SPONSORED BY

S T R O N G E R C O M M U N I T I E S T O G E T H E R TM

Right: On March 5, actor and fight director Robert Borges led Backstage Pass participants in a special stage combat workshop in our rehearsal hall.

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PHOTOS BY JENNIFER CHESLOCK

This season has seen more than 4,000 seats filled by young people!

Pay for your parking by phone Did you know you can use your phone to pay at Impark lots?

We recommend registering in advance at paybyphone.com for added convenience. Avoid lineups and enjoy the comfort of your car by paying for parking with your cell phone!

PayByPhone eliminates the need for you to pay at a lot’s meter, place a ticket on your dash or be at risk of running out of time. Through a simple registration process, you can create an account profile that includes your vehicle details and payment option. Then, depending on where or how you park, you can use your cell phone or PayByPhone’s website or app to pay for parking. Billing is automatic and you can access and receive reports online or by email… and because Impark uses wireless handheld devices to monitor its locations, your parking is instantly recognized as valid.

PAYBYPHONE PROGRAM AVAILABLE IN MANY IMPARK LOCATIONS

Participation is easy.

There are two ways to use this new service: 1 Call Four easy steps: 1 CALL THE PHONE NUMBER POSTED ON THE LOT’S SIGNAGE Phone numbers for the PayByPhone service are displayed on parking meters and signs.

2 RESPOND TO THE PROMPTS Existing users will be prompted to enter the four- or five-digit location number and parking time required. New users will be guided through a registration process.

3 WAIT TO HEAR THAT PARKING HAS STARTED Once you’ve heard confirmation that your parking has started you may leave your vehicle.

Your vehicle will now appear on the handheld units used by Impark employees.

4 EXTEND PARKING ANYTIME Extension is possible at any time. Simply call the number you dialed in Step 1. Your account will be recognized and you will be given the option to extend your parking session or to start a new one.

2 Use the mobile app Download the free app (available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry), use the mobile website (m.paybyphone.com) or call the number on the meter from any phone.

PayByPhone users receive text message reminders, which cut down on annoying parking fines, and enjoy the ability to add more time from anywhere without having to rush back to the meter.

Other features include email receipts and management of your account online.

For more information or to register, please visit paybyphone.com For more information, please visit www.impark.com

TRIBUTE: GERALD ELDRED (1934–2013) his tenure, helping to increase the organization’s budget from $2 million to $6 million.

Eldred’s ability as a sharp monetary manager also came into play during his tenure as the Executive Director of the Stratford Festival, where he helped bring it through one of the roughest financial periods in its history. In 1986, Eldred moved on to become Managing Director of the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto and retired in 1997.

Gerald Eldred, known universally as “Gerry,” was a distinguished administrative leader, financial manager and longtime arts and culture supporter who became the only person to serve as chief administrator for four of Canada’s major performing arts groups.

On June 18, 2013, Eldred passed away at the age of 78, leaving his beloved wife Marjorie, his twin sister Joan Ferguson of Guelph, and a half sister, Cathy Eadie of Mississauga. Eldred was predeceased by his two sons.

For his strength as an administrator in Canada’s artistic community, Eldred received many accolades in his lifetime, including the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Award in 1997, the 1989 Award from the Association of Cultural Executives and the Silver Ticket Award, presented in 1998 by the Toronto Theatre Alliance.

To be successful, the performing arts community depends on strong anchors like Gerald Eldred to help us weather the storms and ever-changing dynamics in our industry. Eldred played an important role in some of Canada’s greatest arts organizations, and their continued success can only serve as a tribute to his steadfast leadership and unwavering support.

A native of Galt, ON, Eldred originally had aspirations of becoming an actor, but ultimately chose a career in accounting – a combination of talents that contributed to his strength as a leader in the performing arts.

Like many in the arts community, Eldred wore numerous hats before settling into a leadership role. After training in the production course at the National Theatre School, Eldred worked in various capacities at the Canadian Players, Rainbow Stage and the National Arts Centre before coming to the Manitoba Theatre Centre in the late 1960s.

During his time at MTC, Eldred connected deeply with his love of acting and theatre by serving in many roles throughout the organization. He served as an administrator, technical director and a stage manager, and even took the opportunity to direct MTC’s 1968/69 production of The Zoo Story at the Warehouse.

In 1968, Eldred was appointed Administrative Director of MTC, a position he held until 1972 when he accepted the post of General Director of the National Ballet of Canada. Eldred’s financial smarts helped to make many lasting improvements to the National Ballet of Canada during 26

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REGIONAL TOUR

IN 2014, THE MTC REGIONAL TOUR VISITED THESE COMMUNITIES JAN. 27 JAN. 28 JAN. 30 JAN. 31 FEB. 1 FEB. 3 FEB. 4 FEB. 5 FEB. 6 FEB. 7 FEB. 8 FEB. 10 FEB. 12 FEB. 13 FEB. 14 FEB. 17 FEB. 18 FEB. 19 FEB. 24 FEB. 25 FEB. 26 FEB. 27 MAR. 2

STEINBACH, MB CRYSTAL CITY, MB DELORAINE, MB SOURIS, MB BRANDON, MB MACGREGOR, MB CARMAN, MB PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MB NEEPAWA, MB MINNEDOSA, MB BINSCARTH, MB STRATHCLAIR, MB THOMPSON, MB SNOW LAKE, MB FLIN FLON, MB ERIKSDALE, MB GIMLI, MB GREAT FALLS, MB ATIKOKAN, ON SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON DRYDEN, ON KENORA, ON VIRDEN, MB

STEINBACH ARTS COUNCIL PARKLANE THEATRE COMMITTEE SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE INC. SOURIS DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL 7 AGES PRODUCTIONS HEARTLAND RECREATION COMMISSION GOLDEN PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL WILLIAM GLESBY CENTRE KALEIDOSCOPE CONCERT SERIES MINNEDOSA PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE VAGABOND THEATRE COMPANY STRATHCLAIR & DISTRICT THEATRE COMMITTEE, LTD. RECREATION, PARKS AND CULTURE, CITY OF THOMPSON AURORA BOREALIS ARTS COUNCIL FLIN FLON ARTS COUNCIL ERIKSDALE MUSEUM KIWANIS CLUB OF GIMLI AND DISTRICT WINNIPEG RIVER ARTS COUNCIL ATIKOKAN ENTERTAINMENT SERIES SIOUX HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT SERIES DRYDEN ENTERTAINMENT SERIES LAKE OF THE WOODS CONCERT GROUP VIRDEN COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL

MANITOBA LIQUOR & LOTTERIES PROUD TO SUPPORT

ROYAL MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE THE

Supporting Our Communities

2013/14 REGIONAL TOUR

Miracle on South Division Street JANUARY 27 – MARCH 2, 2014

Touring in the middle of a Manitoba winter is not for the faint of heart. Regional Tour veterans, along with one or two novices, took off one blustery Monday morning in January, ready to take the province by storm. Our 36th consecutive Regional Tour included actors Tricia Cooper (Beverly Nowak), Marina Stephenson Kerr (Clara Nowak), Stefanie Wiens (Ruth Nowak) and Cory Wojcik (Jimmy Nowak), stage managers Kathryn Ball and Jessica Freundl, and technicians Ian Kirk and Chris Hadley.

The intrepid company braved over 5,000 kilometres of whiteouts, frozen sets and countless cheeseburgers as they brought Miracle on South Division Street to more than 3,000 audience members all over Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.

We surveyed audiences and the vast majority of respondents raved about their theatre experience.

One audience member remarked, “I am so grateful to have such high calibre of live theatre here in Deloraine.”

“This year, we celebrate a decade-long partnership with MTC as the presenting sponsor of the annual Regional Tour,” said Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries President and CEO Winston Hodgins. “We are honoured to support the very important role the tour plays in connecting and enriching our communities with the joy of professional live theatre. We would like to thank the talented artists and the dedicated crew who made this year’s tour possible.”

This tour would not be possible without the assistance of our sponsors: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Public Insurance and MacDon. We would also like to thank all of our presenters and volunteers.

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ANNUAL GIVING

Each year, hundreds of loyal individuals and corporate supporters return to MTC with a generous annual gift that helps pay for many of the essentials of great theatre. These donors are part of every story we tell and help us open our doors wide with affordable ticket prices.

Many thanks to our donors who gave a gift between March 1, 2013 and March 21, 2014.

MEMBER

HERO

$6,000 +

Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLDt & Michael Paterson The Albert D. Cohen Family Ted & Ruth Northam

BENEFACTOR $2,000 – $5,999 Davet & Barb Christie Kerry Dangerfieldt John F. (Jack) Frasert Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunnt & Greg Mason Gary Hannafordt & Cathy Rushton Ms. Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Derek & Mary Johannson John Kearseyt Terry Klassen Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh Murphy Cam & Carole Osler Donna & Bill Parrish Hartley & Heather Richardson Sanford & Deborah Riley The Winnipeg Foundation – Triple A Fund Anonymous

LEADER

$1,500 – $1,999

Morleyt & Marjorie Blankstein, CM Gust & Diane Campbell Cheryl Dyck & Carl Duerksen Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock Margaret Houston Robert B. & the late S. June Jackson David & Diane Johnston Kevin & Els Kavanagh Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Bill & Shirley Loewen Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard Derek Riley Steven Schipper, CM† & Terri Cherniack Maitland & Pat Sundmark Sonya & Scott Wright Darcy & Brenda Zaporzant

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$1,000 – $1,499

Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech Sheldon & Penny Bowles Donetat & Harry Brotchie Davidt & Lianne Carefoot Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Heather Clarket Gerryt & Chris Couture Robertt & Florence Eastwood Tonyt & Jennifer Fletcher James R. Gibbs Sandy Gousseaut Johnt & Nicola Guttormson Dr. Linda Hamilton & Cst. Grange Morrow Shayla Harapiak-Green & Patrick Greent Shawn Hughest & Bruno Koehn Katie Inverarity† Richard Irish Gordon Keatcht Ian Kirk† Brendat & Trevor Kriss Evant & Susan Kuz Jefft & Jillian Lamothe Shannon Lawton & Michael Long Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Reginald & Judy Low Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini Virginia & Robert Martin Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKerchar Jimt & Penny McLandress Bob McNamara & Dorothy Hooper Jeffreyt & Mary Morton Drs. Ken & Sharon Mould Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe M. Plett-Lyle Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope K. Heather Power & Harold Klause Lawrence Proutt & Lisa Gardewine Margaret Redmondt & Greg Gillis Mrs. Shirley Richardson Andreat & Michael Robertson Rosemary & Leonard Steingarten Shelley† & Mark Stroski Jim & Jan Tennant Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Claire Workman Joan Wright Richard L. Yaffet & John A. Statham Anonymous

ENTHUSIAST

$500 – $999

Judy & Jay Anderson Margaret & Jim Astwood Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Ron Blicq Helga & Gerhard Bock Cathie & Brian Bowerman Ron Chapman Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Haderra & Mark Chisick Shannon Ernst Donald Fraser & Judy Little Gregg & Mary Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Larry Herbert Hon. Justice William Johnston Fern Karlicki April & Diamond Kassum Pat & Jim Ludwig Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky N. Marr Mr. Gerry Matte & Mrs. Lydia Surasky-Matte Irene & the late Claire Miller Richard & Bonnie Olfert Donna Plant Iris Reimer Charles & Naida Rubin Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh Alt & Virginia Snyder Linda M. Tallin Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell Carol & Hugo Unruh Gayle & Bernie Verwey Margaret Wikjord Dorothy Y. Young 2 Anonymous

SUPPORTER

$150 – $499

Pat & Bob Adamson Dawn Andersen Bernice Antoniuk Philip Ashdown Ken Ball & Karen Turner Dianne J. Beaven Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Joan Bender

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Mark Bernstein Tanys & Don Bjornson Arthur & Ken Blankstein-Ure Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Ron & Joan Boyd James A. Bracken Don & Cheryl Breakey Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager Sheila & David Brodovsky Stephen Brodovsky Valerie Buchanan Timothy Burt Donna Byrne Kevin Cadloff & Susan Hunt Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Lawrence Campbell & Family Ken & Elizabeth Carroll Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Mr. David Cheyne & Mrs. Audrey Miller-Cheyne Agnes & John Collins In memory of Malcolm Coombs – Beverley & David Kawchuk Joyce Cooper Martin & Gail Corne J. Dale Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton Donna Daman Ms. Linda Daniels DGH Engineering Ltd. Faye Dixon Pam Dixon Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Thomas Dooley Sally R. Dowler John & Ada Ducas Sharron & Joel Dudeck Helene Dyck Roberta Dyck Mr. & Mrs. William Easton Dr. Micheal Eleff & Chana Thau Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Mr. & Mrs. John & Martha Enns Selma Enns Linda Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason Gayle Fischer Marcia Fleisher Colleen & Dan Furlan Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant Lynne & Lindsay Gauld Dr. & Mrs. Ron & Denise George Rick & Patti Gilhuly

t CURRENT MTC BOARD OF TRUSTEES/ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS † CURRENT MTC STAFF PLEASE NOTE THAT BEGINNING IN THE 2014/15 SEASON, ONLY DONATIONS OF $150 AND HIGHER WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN OVATION

ANNUAL GIVING Vivienne Nickerson Chris Nielsen Helen Norrie Deborah & George Nytepchuk Joanne Olchowecki Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Harry Panaschuk Linda & Wayne Paquin Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Ms. Jo-Anne Pelzer Ms. Karen Dawn Power Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen Angeline Ramkissoon Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Pat & Bill Reid Joyce Rich Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Ricou-Manfreda Tony Robbins Mrs. Linda Robinson John S. Russell Elizabeth & Laurence Russin Michael T. Ruta Morley & Shirley Rypp Gordon Siemens & Cheryl Samson-Siemens Shona Scappaticci Barbara Scheuneman Hans & Gabriele Schneider Dr. Meir Serfaty & Bonnie Talbot Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Dr. Paul & Melanie Shuckett Shayna & Merrill Shulman Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Jennifer Skelly† & Family Mrs. Lorraine Smith Patrick Smith Barb & Ken Stevens Frits & Joan Stevens Naomi Stobbe & Paul Reimer Richard Swain Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Robert Sweetland Shayne & Kathryn Taback Ross & B.J. Taylor Marilyn Thompson Bruce & Anne Thomson Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Phyllis A.C. Thomson Mitchell D. Timmerman Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Terry Tully Susan Turley Grant Tweed Suzanne Ullyot Patricia Van Doninck Fran & Bob Vannevel L. Joy Viberg Irv & Toby Vinsky Cynthia & Stirling Walkes Vanessa Warne Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Deanna M. Waters Al & Pat Wherrett Florence & Donald Whitmore

THE RINGING OF A CELL PHONE DURING A PERFORMANCE CAN BE QUITE DISTRACTING FOR BOTH ACTORS ONSTAGE AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS. DID YOU KNOW TEXTING AND VIBRATING PHONES CAN BE EQUALLY DISRUPTIVE? IN AN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE CELL PHONE DISRUPTIONS DURING PERFORMANCES, THE ROYAL MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE WILL MAKE A DONATION TO THE ACTORS’ FUND OF CANADA FOR EVERY CELL PHONE-FREE PERFORMANCE.

AS OF

TUESDAY, APRIL 15 WE’VE HAD

181 SHOWS THIS SEASON WITHOUT A

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GREG ELLWAND IN STRONG POISON (2009/10). PHOTO BY BRUCE MONK.

Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Paul Goodman Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Dr. & Mrs. W. Gordon Shawn & Bill Gould Mintie Grienke Kari Hagness† Heather & David Hallatt Kathy Hallick Gordon Hannon Linda A. Harlos Bruce & Judy Harris Sandra & Hans Hasenack Teresa A. Hay Ray Henjum Cathy Hobday Mr. Dennis Hodgkinson Jennie Hogan Frank & Donna Hruska Rudy & Gail Isaak David Jacobson Rhea & Dave Jenkinson Lynne Jentsch Claire & Gerald Jewers Garth Johnson Lisa Johnston Dr. Leonard Kahane Dr. & Mrs. Philip Katz Donald & Sheila Keatch Calvin Kim Michael Kinnear Paul Kochan David & Denise Koss Holly Kotowich Teena Laird Barbara Latocki Ellen & Stewart Leibl Tim & Kate Letkemann Carol & Clifford Levi Wendell & Eleanor Lind Catherine Logan Dr. Simon Lucy Israel & Maylene Ludwig Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Sofia Lukie Burton & Mary Lysecki Mr. & Mrs. E.R. MacDonald John MacDonald Sharon M. Macdonald Dennis MacKay, QC & Annette Stapenhorst Elaine & Neil Margolis Agatha Massey Bob & Betty McCamis Patrick & Daniella McDonald Julia & Don McInnes Mr. & Mrs. Campbell McIntyre Barb Melnychuk Jim & Karren Middagh Rena & Reno Molinari Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Vera Moroz Ken & Suzanne Munroe Edwin & Pat Nicholls Robert Nickel

IF YOU USE YOUR CELL PHONE AT INTERMISSION, TO PLEASE REMEMBER E TURN IT OFF BEFOR RE-ENTERING THE THEATRE.

ANNUAL GIVING

SUPPORTER

$150 – $499

CONTINUED Trevor Wiens Peter & Elizabeth Wijtkamp Arthur Williams Murray Wilson & Ivy Namaka Winfield Developments Canada Mr. C. Winstone Harry & Evelyn Wray Jessie Zacharias Ken & Pat Zealand 18 Anonymous

FRIEND

$50 – $149*

Kirsten Albo Bob & Catherine A. Alridge Ian & Debra Anderson Jacqueline Anderson Jeffrey Anderson Ms. Leslie E. Anderson & Mr. Ken MacLeod Michael Ansah Bonnie & Joel Antel A. Robert Antenbring Ignatius Anyadike Helen Arkos Scott Armstrong Lynne Arnason Phyllis Arnold-Luedtke Amy Arsenault & Jeremy Guenette Debra Arsenault Mr. Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Michael & Reesa Averbach B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd., Ross Robinson Gary Babiuk Donald A. Bailey C. Baker Richard Ball Ms. June Bari T.I. Bartman Kathrine Basarab Doris & Burton Bass Brenda Batzel Wilma Beasley Sheila Beauchemin Byrnes Benoit Donald & Edith Besant Pamela Bidewell Brenda Binda Dick Bloemheuvel Mavis Bollman John Bond Oksana Bondarchuk Lilian Bonin Denise Bonner L. Bookbinder Frances Booth Todd Bourcier Helen F. Bowen Garth & Judy Bradley Gill Bramwell Brandt Consultants Kris & Ruth Breckman Robert B. Brennan

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Robert & Phyllis Briercliffe Robert Briercliffe The Broda-Milian Family Mr. & Mrs. Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Miriam Bronstein Dennis Brown Derrick Brown Eldon Brown Gerald R. Brown Irene Brown Jodie Brown Shelley Buchan & Janet Kinley Carol Budnick Sean & Melanie Bueckert Giles Bugailiskis & Margo Foxford L.A. Buhr In memory of James Burke – Ruth Burke Dwili L. Burns Enid & Con Butler Robert & Cheryl Butler Vera Butterworth Linda & Ed Calnitsky Pauline Campbell Pierre Campeau Donna Carruthers T. & J. Carter Mary & Allan Cartlidge Jeanetta Casselman Cole & Carla Castelane Kelly & Judy Caughlin Rosemary Chapman Irma Charney Tom & Edith Checkley Duane Cheskey Steve Chipman Mr. Jaydeep Chipalkatti Shelley Chochinov Ed Choptuik Glen & Lorna Clark Mrs. Krystyn Clouston Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Lloyd Cohen Melissa Colquhoun Christine H. Coltart Bob Conarroe Diane M. Connelly Kevin Convery Pamela & Andrew Cooke Joan E. Coombe Mr. & Mrs. Marek & Karen Corbett Paul Corby Alfred Cornies Edward & Brenda Cotton Anna Coulter James & Gwen Court Daniel Cowan Sandra & Michael Cox Ray & Brenda Crabbe Marie & Roy Craig R. Lynn Craton Bill Crawford Gysbert & Marlene Crielaard Holly Cumming Jo-Ann Cumming Bradley J. Curran

Sheila Curry Nadia Cymbaluk Georges Damphousse Karen Dana & Harry Havey Werner & Judy Danchura Lorraine Daniel Mrs. Maureen Danzinger Bob & Alison Darling Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Darlington Karen David Ms. D. Davidson Richard & Louise Davis Shelley Day Chloe Del Bigio Kirk Dellebuur Diane de Rocquigny Bob & Nancy Desmarais David de Tremaudan Ben & Shari Diamond Heather Dixon & Tony Harwood-Jones Lynn Doerksen Mary Donohue Adams Terry Dorge Margaret Drawson Mr. & Mrs. S.A. Drewett Rob Dryden Donna Dupuis Al Dyregrov William & Helen Eamer Michael Easton Cal & Trudy Edgar Mr. & Mrs. Ken Edie Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp Enda Egan Ken Eisner Don & Elfie Elias Jennifer Elliott Leslie & Craig English Mr. & Mrs. H. Enns Ernest Epp Lilianne Erickson Kim M. Esopenko Euroway Industrial Michael & Brenda Evans Ken Ezinicki Mary & Craig Fardoe Margaret V. Fast Louise & Brian Faurschou Tracy Fehr Michele Feierstein Mrs. Ernestine Fenny Bob & Margaret Ferguson Catherine Ferguson Heather Ferguson Nelma Fetterman Dr. & Mrs. D.D. & B.M. Fillis Mr. & Mrs. Gary W.E. Firth Christine Fleetwood Janet & Brian Fleishman

Denis & Barb Fletcher Ms. Helen Fontaine Marc Fournier Donna Frame Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Francen Chris Freeman Janice French Mrs. Gitta Fricke M. Fricke Annika Friesen Doug Friesen Jennifer Friesen Marie Friesen Felicia & Trevor Frost Monica Furer Ron Gaffray Daniel Gagnon Cindy Gallagher William S. Gardner Linda Garwood-Filbert Michelle Georgi Judy Gerard Naomi Gerrard Sandra Giercke Christa Giesbrecht Susan Gilbert Ms. Heather Gillander Jack Gillespie Barbara & David Goldenberg Alicyn Goodman Roberta Goodman Burton Goodwin Elisabeth Gordon Kayla Gordon & Art Maister Robert & Colette Gordon Jim & Beverly Gowler Donald Graham John & Linda Graham Ms. Linda Graham Rosa Graveline Ms. Mavis E. Gray Gilles & Yvette Gregoire Tracey Groening Darci Gueret Rodger & Marion Guinn Jonathan Gunn Laurie Gyde Mr. & Mrs. S. Hackbart Joanne & David Haines Roy Halstead Danielle Hamm Libby Hanna Allan & Evelyn Hardy Bryan & Pam Harmer Kay Harvey William Harvey C. Haslewood Dr. James C. Haworth Jane Hayakawa Ken & Ruth Hayes Frank & Sue Hechter

t CURRENT MTC BOARD OF TRUSTEES/ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS † CURRENT MTC STAFF * PLEASE NOTE THAT BEGINNING IN THE 2014/15 SEASON, ONLY DONATIONS OF $150 AND HIGHER WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN OVATION

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CONTINUED Mr. Kyle Hendin Judy Heppelle David & Mary Hickling John & Eva Hildebrand Mrs. Audrey Hilderman Marilyn Hill J. Hladiuk Tricia & Denis Hlynka John Hodge The Hollidays C. Houde Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Karen Howell Mr. Ian Hughes Sandy & Murray Hyman Joanne Instance Stu & Alice Iverson Heather D. Janik Sylvia Jansen Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Trevor Jaworski James & Margaret Jeffries Brenda Jenkyns Dr. Chris Johnson Janet Johnson Bruce Johnston Meryle Johnston Neil Johnston A. Jones Glenn Joyal & Joanne Prejet Ijneb Joyal Marilyn Juvonen Phyllis Kalinsky Rod & Joanne Kamins Tanice Kane Wade Kastes Kat & Nat Dr. & Mrs. A. Kati Mrs. Jean Keedwell Mr. & Mrs. S. Kelemen Sandy Kellett Ms. Penny Kelly Ms. S. Kempa Arvella Kendel Janice Kenworthy In memory of Max – Ruth Kettner W.R. Kimpton M.J. King David Kinsley Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Deb Kitching Alicia Kitt Paula Klan Ruth Klapman Eileen & George Klassen Richard & Karin Klassen Soody & Orah Kleiman Ken & Iris Kliewer Sharon Knazan John & Kathryn Knowles Brenda Kochan Ms. Julie Koehn Madeline Kohut Peter & Valerie Kohut

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E. Koop Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kostiuk Sheldon & Jacki Koven Serena Kraayeveld James & Teresa Kraemer D.M. Kristjanson Howard & Jane Kroeger Dr. & Mrs. Israel Krongold Ken & Glenys Krotch Walter Kukurudz & Glenys Norman-Kukurudz Katarina Kupca James Kurchak Rosie Labossiere Bees & William Bees Mr. Kevin Lacey Gene & Janet Lacroix Brenda & Glenn Lange Cheryl Langer Elizabeth Lansard Ms. Nancy Latocki Carol Latter & Michael Herba Dorothy Lauder Mr. Frank Lavitt Mr. Don Lawrence Dora Lawrie Lawton Partners Financial Planning Services Ltd. Joe & Lauren Laxdal Robert E. Leask Patricia Leathers Mrs. I. Lee Sheila Lee Bob Leggett Lehigh Inland Cement Ltd. – Mike Smith Diane Leitold Gloria Lemke Richard Lemmon Sherrill & David Levene Jack & Yetta Levit David & Olwyn Lewis John & Roberta Lewis Kelly Lewis Daniel Lindsay Shelagh Linklater Gordon P. Linney Danica Lister Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lister Charles & Diane Littman Betty Loedeman Wayne Loeppky Mr. David Loewen Linda Loewen Paul Loewen Nick Logan Donna & William Lovatt Tom Lussier Robert & Shirley Lynch Gail MacAulay & Kevin Rollason Kenneth MacKendrick Heather Mackenzie Mrs. Susan L. MacKinnon Al & Patricia Mackling Robert MacLellan & Bev Morton Mr. Jim MacNair

Tracy MacNair Linda Magne Darlene Malazdrewich Allan & Joanne Malenko Sherril Malkoske Beverley Manishen Lori-Jean Manness Tamara Mares Mrs. Vera Marchuk Laurie Mark Carol Markiewich Ms. Grace Martel Carry Martens-Barnes Liz Martin John & Kay Maslechko Nicola Matthews Keith Mayoh Donald McCarthy Marie McCarthy J. McCleary Lynne McClelland Grant McCulloch Betty & Kevin McGarry Diane & Al McGregor Elizabeth McGuire Katherine D. McIntosh Gordon McKee Bradley McKenzie Dr. Liz McKenzie Greg & Gloria McLaren Pat McLaughlin Marilyn McMullan Donald G. McNabb Donna McNamara M. Bryan & Audrey McTaggart Anthony & Joyce McWha Jeff Medwick Ramesh & Lynn Mehta Eleanor Menzies Estelle Meyers Susie Miclash Andrew & Pat Miles Penny Miller Mrs. M.V. Mills Marion Mills Bill & Nancy Mitchell Grant Mitchell & Catherine Lambeth Jack & Marilyn Mitchell Ron Moffat Dr. Michael & Sharon Moffatt Dr. & Mrs. M. Mollot M. Jean Moniuk Valerie Moon Jean Moor Linda Moore Cathie Morgan Matula Charlene Morrow Marlene Mortimer Cathy Moser Ms. Velma Motheral Kenneth Mount

Maren Mueller Bill Muir Don Munro John & Bev Murray Charlotte Murrell Beverly Nagamori Nancy & Harold Nagy Annette & Mark Neskar Edith Neumann Lesley Newsham Merna Niblock Leslie Nichol Glenn & Neva Nicholls April Nicklen Valerie Nordin Sheila Norrie Sheila & Joel Novek Tom Nowicki Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Hon. & Mrs. Nathan Nurgitz Risa Olekshy & P.J. Marchyshyn Truus Oliver Paula Olko R. Ooto Alicja Opyrchal Helen Orestes Theresa Oye Kristen H. Pachet Jack Palmer Mr. James Parker Barbara Parnell-Best Bev Passey Robert Patrick Wayne & Sandee Pauls Beverly Pavlek Rolanda Peacock Christopher Pearce Leanne Peleck Carol Penner Christine & Robert Penner Doris Penner Nettie Peters Bev Phillips Barbara Phillpott Patricia Pidlaski Wayne Piett Rick Pinchin Donna Platt Irvin & Sandra Plosker Carla Sue Plummer Larry & Gladys Pokrant Alan Pollard & Morva Bowman Beth Pollard Jim & Jeanette Popplow Brett Porth Wes Postma Laurie Potovsky-Beachell E.M.L. Poulter Shelagh & Bill Powell Keith Powls Donald & Connie Price

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Philip & Patricia Shaw Sharon Shaydak Cal Shell Shirley E. Sherwood Ms. Pat Shklanka Debra Shnider Dr. Maurice Shnider & Sandy Whan Izzy Shore Mr. & Mrs. Henry Shyka Debbie Shymko Miss Edna Siemens Heida Sigfusson Roslyn Silver Margaret Silverthorne Jonelle Simms Vern & Ann Simonsen Cheryl Simpson Grant Sims Alora Sinclair Paula Sitarik Cliff & Sandra Skrabek Marlene Skuba Connie Smith Norman D. Smith Edward Smook Val Snyder Maureen Southam Peter & Geri Spencer Deanne Spiegel Robert Spielman Kelly Spiring Mrs. J. Sprange Jean Springett Percy & Elizabeth Stapley Linda & Les Stechesen Eleanor Steeg Mr. & Mrs. Jim Steep Maury Steindel Marlene Stern Elva Stevens Amy Stewart Billie Stewart Herb Stewart Jacqueline St. Hill Yvonne Stier Fred Stock Kerrith Storey Dr. V. Marie Storrie Robert A. Stout Tom & Shirley Strutt Tim & Andrea Stuart Alvin Suderman Ron & Lorraine Surcon Jennifer Sveinson & Tom Passey Alicja Szarkiewicz Sophie Szukiewicz Maria Szymanska Heather & Donald Talocka Carolin Taubensee Colleen Taylor Ruth Taylor Karen Tereck Tammy Tervoort Darrel & Marianne Thom Deborah Thompson Douglas & Leeann Thompson

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TRIBUTES In honour of Mrs. Evelyne Anderson Lamont – The Winnipeg Foundation – Triple A Fund Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation In honour of Peggy Barker & Ron McKinnon – Wendy Barker & Frank Murrell In honor of Doreen Brownstone’s Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award (Winnipeg Arts Council) – Sam, Sarah & Joanie Sheps Kerry Dangerfield & Family – With our sincere sympathy on the loss of your beloved mother – Fondly, Richard Yaffe & John Statham In memory of Marie Dangerfield – Sandy & Murray Hyman In memory of our dear daughter, Kristin Dawn Hanson – Brian R. & Dawn E. Hanson In honour of Bryan Klein’s special birthday – Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper In honour of Hayley Main, who performed in Legally Blonde: The Musical – Dr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Taylor John & Carolynne McLure Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation In memory of Ruth Paul, a longtime MTC subscriber – Bev Venn Steven & Terri, With our congratulations and best wishes on the recent marriage of your son, Nathaniel – With our love & best wishes, Richard Yaffe & John Statham Steven Schipper & Terri Cherniack and Susie Schipper: Mazel Tov on the marriage of Nathaniel & Elizabeth – Gail & Rueben Thau

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In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Shelagh Sinclair Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Leslie John Taylor Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation In honour of the wonderful staff at MTC – Ari Weinberg

GUARANTOR

$5,000 +

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BENEFACTOR $3,000 – $4,999 Cambrian Credit Union Gendis Inc. & Associated Corporations Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick Melet Plastics Inc., Edward Shinewald Terracon Development Ltd.

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Accutech Engineering Inc. Bison Transport, Don Strueber Blüfish Japanese Restaurant Bockstael Construction (1979) Ltd. George Wakefield Foods Inc., Judy Wakefieldt Maxim Truck & Trailer Ruth & Ted Northam Number TEN Architectural Group, Robert Eastwoodt PRA Inc. Ranger Insurance Brokers Ltd. Royal Canadian Properties Limited Safeway Sofa Logic, Suzi Bonkt SPONSOR Air Canada The Asper Foundation Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLDt & Michael Paterson BMO Financial Group, John McAuley Cardinal Capital Management Inc., Tim Burt The Chipman Family Foundation CN Delta Winnipeg, Helen Halliday De Luca Fine Wines, Scott & Kate Holden Doowah Design, Steven Rosenberg & Terry Gallagher Dycom Direct Mail Services, Bob Thiessen Esdale Printing Co. Ltd., Dale Hughesman Freeman Audio Visual Canada, Noah Baird

Friesens Corporation GRAJEWSKI FOTOGRAPH INC. Debbie Gray The Great-West Life Assurance Company, Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetors Investors Group, Richard Irish Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Lawton Partners Financial Planning Services Ltd. MacDon Industries Ltd., Allan MacDonald Manitoba Hydro, Scott Thomson Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, Winston Hodgins McDiarmid Flowers National Leasing, Tom Pundyk Planned Perfectly PwC RBC Royal Bank, Grant Simons Richardson Foundation Stantec Consulting Ltd. Subway Franchise World Headquarters, Alexis Teeple Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, Donald G. Douglas Wawanesa Insurance, Ken McCrea The Winnipeg Foundation, Rick Frost Winnipeg Free Press, Bob Cox

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John Hirsch and Tom Hendry shared a dream of creating great professional theatre with mass appeal. With the visionary support of Founders’ Circle members – those who have made a planned gift to MTC – their dream will live on for generations to come. Thank you to our Founders’ Circle members.** Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLDt Marjorie & Morley Blanksteint Duane & Pauline Braun Kerry Dangerfieldt James Gibbs Gary Hannafordt & Cathy Rushton Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Dr. Leonard & Hope Kahane Gordon C. Keatcht Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Leona J. MacDonald Barb Melnychuk Jeffrey Mortont Heather Power & Harold Klause Steven Schipper, CM† & Terri Cherniack

t CURRENT MTC BOARD OF TRUSTEES/ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS † CURRENT MTC STAFF * PLEASE NOTE THAT BEGINNING IN THE 2014/15 SEASON, ONLY DONATIONS OF $150 AND HIGHER WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN OVATION ** IF YOU HAVE REMEMBERED MTC IN YOUR WILL, PLEASE LET US KNOW

ENDOWMENT FUND

Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between March 1, 2013 and March 21, 2014. Amounts are cumulative.

$5,000,000 + Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/ Patrimoine canadien

$500,000 – $999,999 Power Corporation of Canada

$25,000 – $49,999 J.K. May Investments Ltd. Donald K. Johnson, CM Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass

$10,000 – $24,999 Norma Anne Padilla George Sigurdson Terracon Development Ltd.

$5,000 – $9,999 Margaret Caie

Dr. & Mrs. Farouk S. Chebib Garry Markham Jimt & Penny McLandress L. Blair Philpott & Tom Kynman Wearing Williams Limited – Don & Sheila Katz

Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Claude & Pat Precourt Ruth Simkin Faye Warren Barbara & Ken Webb Dr. James & Mrs. Kim Zacharias

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$500 – $999

Mary Campbell Esther & Hy Dashevskyt Helene Dyck Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Ian Kirk† Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Anonymous

Joan & Ed Alexander Peggy Bainard Acheson Ruth & Kris Breckman Margaret E. Clarke Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Dorothy Davidson Chris Freeman Brent & Debbie Gilbert In memory of David Landy – Edith Landy Dr. Stan & Susan Lipnowski Gerry & Corinne McCallum Dr. & Mrs. Donald McInnes Vera Moroz Bill & Norma Rennie Marc & Sherri Rittinger Michael T. Ruta Faye Scott Howie & Sue Simpson Elaine Toms 2 Anonymous

$1,000 – $2,499 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn George Baldwin Paul & Doreen Bromley Dick & Joan Dawson Michael & Lynn Evans David & Ewhenia Gnutel John & Margaret Graham Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Gary & Maureen Hunter Independent Jewellers Ltd. Dr. G.H. Lawler Barbara Main Irene & the late Claire Miller Jean & Lisa Neron

UP TO $499 Margaret & Charles Avent Armand & Judy Baccus

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Gene Pyrz

Robert Glen Thompson

Claire Miller was an insurance executive at Great-West Life when he and his wife Irene started attending the newly created Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1958. Eighteen years later, Claire was elected Chair of MTC, a position he held for two years. Dr. Gregory Poggi, who was MTC’s General Manager at the time, remembers Claire as “an outstanding Chair for MTC – caring, decent, supportive, seeking only the best for the company and the community, and a wonderful mentor to me.”

After Claire completed his term at MTC, the Sterling Lyon government appointed him to chair their Cultural Policy Review Committee, and then the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra board. Jim Carr, who worked with Claire on the Cultural Policy Review, praised his spirit of voluntarism and philanthropy, his huge heart and his ability to bring people together in a common cause.

Gene Pyrz was an actor and musician who swaggered across our stages in 10 productions, including three plays during the 1995/96 season, when he was a member of our resident acting company. He also appeared in such memorable Fringe plays as Yvette Nolan’s Blade and Sam Shepard’s musical The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife, and was the lead singer in the rockabilly band Combo Combo. In a Winnipeg Free Press interview, MTC Artistic Director Steven Schipper remembered how cool Gene was, “… with his gravelly voice and rock-star slouch. He was a man’s man, Winnipeg’s answer to Russell Crowe. I’ll never forget his Mercutio here in the mid-’90s or his Macheath in The Threepenny Opera six years later. But it’s his Hank Williams in The Show He Never Gave that will probably linger in people’s minds, because it was that perfect Gene Pyrz combination of music, theatre and hip.”

Robert Glen Thompson will be remembered by everyone at MTC for his work as Site Supervisor and Front-of-House Manager at our Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, for his brief but jolly stints as Interim Receptionist, and, most indelibly, for his roles as James Lingk in Glengarry Glen Ross and Little Charles in August: Osage County. He delighted an entire generation of Manitoba students with his many performances in school tours such as A Prairie Boy’s Winter (PTE), Romeo and Juliet (SIR) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR). Between acting jobs, he managed to perform stunts for film, play thousands of games of hockey, and travel to more exotic places around the world than most of us will ever read about. His unwavering belief in love, laughter and perpetual motion made him seem eternally young and impervious to mortality, perhaps the greatest acting performance of his career.

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BEHIND THE SCENES HONORARY MEMBERS

ACCOUNTING/FINANCE

MAINTENANCE

HIS HONOUR, Lt. Governor Philip S. Lee THE HONOURABLE Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba HIS WORSHIP, Mayor Sam Katz

Sharon Burden, PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR Yvonne O’Connor, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ADMINISTRATOR Shelley Stroski, CONTROLLER

Andrew Drinnan, BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT Chris Fletcher, ASSISTANT BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

ADMINISTRATION

Kerry Dangerfield, CHAIR Jim McLandress, CHAIR-ELECT, CHAIR, COMMUNITY RELATIONS David Carefoot, TREASURER Brenda Zaporzan, SECRETARY David Christie, CHAIR, GOVERNANCE & STRATEGIC PLANNING Anthony C. Fletcher, CHAIR, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Patrick Green, CHAIR, ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Brian Adolph, IT MANAGER Jennifer Cheslock, OUTREACH MANAGER Garrett Enquist, IT ASSISTANT Camilla Holland, GENERAL MANAGER Daphne MacMillan, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Debbie Neufeld, RECEPTIONIST Alan Waite, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER

TRUSTEES

ARTISTIC

David Atkins Suzi Bonk Heather Clark Robert Eastwood Sandy Gousseau Rita Gunn John Guttormson Shawn Hughes John Kearsey Brenda Kriss Evan Kuz Jeff Lamothe Andrea Robertson Judy Wakefield Michelle Weinberg Richard L. Yaffe

Jeff Kennedy, LITERARY COORDINATOR Laurie Lam, PRODUCER Robb Paterson, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Steven Schipper, CM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Casey Shapira, LITERARY APPRENTICE* Melinda Tallin, ARTISTIC COORDINATOR

ADVISORY COUNCIL Gary Hannaford, FCA, CHAIR Gail Asper Morley Blankstein Doneta Brotchie Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere Charron Hamilton Yude Henteleff Ken Houssin Gordon Keatch Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews Jeffrey Morton, FCA Hon. Jack Murta Lillian Neaman Shelley Nimchonok James Pappas John Petersmeyer Lawrence Prout Jeff Quinton Patricia Rabson Margaret Redmond Susan Skinner Al Snyder Maureen Watchorn

PAINT Susan Groff, HEAD SCENIC ARTIST Lawrence Van Went, SCENIC ARTIST ASSISTED BY: Carla Shroeder, Paul Moore, Ksenia Broda-Milian

PRODUCTION Laura Enns, TOURING & PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Ian Kirk, ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Rick MacPherson, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, TOM HENDRY THEATRE Russell Martin, PRODUCTION MANAGER Benjamin Ross, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, JOHN HIRSCH THEATRE

PROPERTIES Larry Demedash, SENIOR PROPERTIES BUILDER Kari Hagness, HEAD OF PROPERTIES James Sutherland, PROPERTIES BUILDER

BOX OFFICE

STAGE CREW

Laurie Fletcher, PATRON SERVICES OFFICE MANAGER Melanie Sexton, TICKETING SERVICES DIRECTOR Jennifer Skelly, TESSITURA APPLICATION COORDINATOR BOX OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES: Katie Adamson, Sheena Baird, Gwendolyn Collins, Paige Lewis, Robyn Pooley, Jessica Ross

John Bent Jr., HEAD OF SOUND Hart Greenberg, HEAD CARPENTER Joan Lees-Miller, HEAD OF WARDROBE Claude Robert, HEAD ELECTRICIAN John Tomiuk, HOUSE STAGE HAND

CARPENTRY Louis Gagné, LAYOUT CARPENTER Chris Hadley, CARPENTER Brent Letain, MASTER CARPENTER Van McLean, CARPENTER Chris Seida, ACTING MASTER CARPENTER

COMMUNICATIONS Hayley Brigg, PUBLICITY & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Sue Caughlin, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Doowah Design, DESIGN Katie Inverarity, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Mark Saunders, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

DEVELOPMENT Michael Joyal, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT Stephanie Lambert, SPECIAL & DONOR EVENTS COORDINATOR Shelly Smith-Hines, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Heidi Struck, INDIVIDUAL GIVING MANAGER

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE FRONT-OF-HOUSE Deborah Gay-de Vries, FRONT-OF-HOUSE MANAGER ASSISTED BY: Sheena Baird

Jamie Chapman, Kim Cossette, Rylen de Vries, Caroline Graham, Jonny Hall, Elfie Harvey, Tia Levine, Rachael Neal, Jessica Olson, Kayla Parke-Wilson, Amariah Peterson, Angela Rajfur, Jennifer Schmidt, April Smith, Kevin Stroski, Rita Vande Vyvere, Phyllis Van Drunen, Kira Watson, Kirk Wright, Chelsea Zacharias, Derek Zorniak

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE Randy Zyla Harder, HEAD ELECTRICIAN Rick MacPherson, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Alison Nutt, HEAD CARPENTER Michael Wright, HEAD OF SOUND

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE FRONT-OF-HOUSE Kim Cossette, FRONT-OF-HOUSE MANAGER Jamie Chapman, Chelsea Zacharias, Rachael Neal

WARDROBE Thora Lamont, CUTTER Lorraine O’Leary, DIRECTOR OF WARDROBE Lois Powne, FIRST HAND Jackie Van Winkle, BUYER/ACCESSORIES

WIGS Beverly Covert, WIGS & MAKEUP SUPERVISOR

WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL & MASTER PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL Chuck McEwen, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jason Neufeld, FESTIVAL MANAGER

HONORARY STAFF Zaz Bajon, GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS

*POSITION FUNDED THROUGH THE JEAN MURRAY – MORAY SINCLAIR THEATRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND MANITOBA CULTURE, HERITAGE & TOURISM

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