Ovation Volume 24, Number 5 (March/April 2017)

vol 24 • no 5 mar/apr 2017

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

by ANNABEL FITZSIMMONS, ALISON LAWRENCE and MARY FRANCIS MOORE

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MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR I find it difficult to think about infinity - that realm of the divine - when we spend every day of our lives coping with the finite. A favourite pen runs dry, a neighbourhood tree is cut down, and another show closes. We are tempted to wonder whether anything lasts. Or are our lives made up merely of farewells large and small, our nobility measured by the grace we bring to leave-taking?

If you ask playwrights Annabel Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence and Mary Francis Moore, they’ll sit you down with a tequila shooter and tell you about their good-bye men, the ones who got away and Steven Schipper

slammed the door on infinity as they left. Grace isn’t a bittergirl’s first response, because grace isn’t

as funny as anger, grief, and revenge, but these wronged women earn their girl-power anthems in the end.

Brad Fraser’s Kill Me Now may not be as easy to dance to, but it shares the sardonic humour and no-holds-barred honesty of the Mainstage musical. Of course, a bittergirl’s metaphorical heart can heal, while Fraser’s characters face the limitations of the physical body, and the ticking clock that is human frailty. Yet there is grace in Fraser’s characters, too, and a heroism that defies social norms.

All four of these playwrights know that courage is our only defence against the ravages of time. Their characters dance, they laugh, they risk everything for love. And perhaps their headlong plunge into life (and death) is the best antidote to our own fear of loss and change.

Yours always,

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THEATRE ABBREVIATION LEGEND Arts Club Arts Club Theatre Company • Vancouver, BC ATF Atlantic Theatre Festival • Wolfville, NS ATP Alberta Theatre Projects • Calgary, AB BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music • NYC Bard on the Beach Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival • Vancouver, BC Belfry The Belfry Theatre • Victoria, BC Blyth Blyth Theatre Festival • Blyth, ON Broadway Theatre district • New York, NY CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Centaur Centaur Theatre Company • Montreal, QC Citadel The Citadel Theatre • Edmonton, AB COC Canadian Opera Company • Toronto, ON CS Canadian Stage • Toronto, ON Dora Dora Mavor Moore Award • Toronto, ON Drayton Drayton Entertainment • Ontario Dry Cold Dry Cold Productions • Winnipeg, MB Factory Factory Theatre • Toronto, ON GCTC The Great Canadian Theatre Company • Ottawa, ON Grand The Grand Theatre • London, ON HGJT Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Mirvish Mirvish Productions • Toronto, ON Moving Target Moving Target Theatre Company • Winnipeg, MB MTYP Manitoba Theatre for Young People • Winnipeg, MB NAC National Arts Centre • Ottawa, ON Necessary Angel Necessary Angel Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Neptune Neptune Theatre • Halifax, NS NFB National Film Board of Canada NTS National Theatre School of Canada • Montreal, QC Persephone Persephone Theatre • Saskatoon, SK PTAM Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB PTE Prairie Theatre Exchange • Winnipeg, MB

Rainbow Rainbow Stage • Winnipeg, MB RNT Royal National Theatre • London, England Royal Alex The Royal Alexandra Theatre • Toronto, ON RSC Royal Shakespeare Company • Stratford-upon-Avon, England RWB Royal Winnipeg Ballet • Winnipeg, MB Sarasvàti Sarasvàti Productions • Winnipeg, MB Segal The Segal Centre for Performing Arts • Montreal, QC Shaw Shaw Festival • Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON SIR Shakespeare in the Ruins • Winnipeg, MB Soulpepper Soulpepper Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Stratford Stratford Festival • Stratford, ON SummerWorks SummerWorks Theatre Festival • Toronto, ON TA Theatre Aquarius • Hamilton, ON Tarragon Tarragon Theatre • Toronto, ON TBTR Theatre by the River • Winnipeg, MB TC Theatre Calgary • Calgary, AB TiFT Talk is Free Theatre • Barrie, ON TNB Theatre New Brunswick • Fredericton, NB Toronto Free Toronto Free Theatre • Toronto, ON TPM Theatre Projects Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB TSO Toronto Symphony Orchestra U of M University of Manitoba U of T University of Toronto U of W University of Winnipeg VP Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company • Vancouver, BC West End Theatre district • London, England WCT Western Canada Theatre • Kamloops, BC WJT Winnipeg Jewish Theatre WSO Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra WST Winnipeg Studio Theatre YPT Young People’s Theatre • Toronto, ON zone41 zone41 theatre • Winnipeg, MB

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL

BREAKUP

SURVIVAL GUIDE Got dumped? Don’t fret. These fun and liberating tips will help you pull yourself together and move on.

LET IT OUT

Your friends can only listen to your stories for so long. Buy yourself a journal and use it as a dumping ground for your emotions. Writing can also be a therapeutic way of reflecting.

Delete

The temptation of scrolling through their social media feeds may arise. To avoid this, unfollow and unfriend to prevent getting sucked into the past.

Clean up

The last thing you’ll want to see is your ex’s face, so throw away all pictures and mementos to help start fresh.

Go outside

Locking yourself inside will do more harm than good. Instead, go for a walk or plan a picnic to help de-stress and recharge.

Indulge

There’s nothing wrong with a little indulgence once in a while. Treat yourself to a spa day, dine at your favourite restaurant (and order the chocolate cake) or get some retail therapy.

Get together with friends and family

Surrounding yourself with positive and supportive people will help you cheer up.

Take a class

You know that salsa class you’ve always wanted to take? Now is the time.

Sign up for a dance class, take a pottery lesson or learn how to cook.

Engaging in something new will help you reconnect with yourself.

Exercise

If you’re stuck in a rut, working out will not only boost your energy, but also improve your mood!

Plan a trip

Whether it’s a tropical getaway or a short road trip, planning an excursion will help you detach from negative energy and focus on the present moment.

Take your time

No need to rush into things. Take time to reflect, reconnect and recharge.

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PERFORM A NOT-SO-RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS!

WILL WEEK 2017

Make sure your wishes for the future of your family - and your theatre company - are met. Attend a free estate planning seminar delivered by a local lawyer. Learn how to make and update your Will, and how to include a charitable gift. Health Care Directives and Power of Attorney will also be covered.

To mark the launch of Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Legacy Giving Campaign, a Will Week presentation will be held at Royal MTC’s Mainstage on Friday, April 28 from 12-2 p.m.

Preregistration is required at 204.948.3394 or pgt.gov.mb.ca.

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL

Annabel (Griffiths) Fitzsimmons, Mary Francis Moore and Alison Lawrence. PHOTO COURTESY OF THEBITTERGIRLS.COM

WHAT IS

BITTERGIRL? Summer 1998. Annabel Fitzsimmons (nee Griffiths) and Mary Francis Moore were actors and friends, who had written a play together for the SummerWorks Festival in Toronto. Mary Francis was on a radio show being interviewed with another actor/writer, Alison Lawrence. When they went to commercial break, Mary Francis turned to her and said, “You have to meet my writing partner, Annabel.” So that fall the three women—one divorced, one just dumped by her long-time live-in, and one facing yet another failed short-term romance—started getting together once a week to write. But no matter what work they brought in, the writing and the talk inevitably turned to relationships and bad 10

breakup stories. Quicker than you can say, “It’s not you, it’s me,” the bittergirls were born. bittergirl (the play) first took to the stage at Buddies in Bad Time’s Rhubarb Festival with the three bittergirls in black evening gowns (because if they were going to write about heartbreak, they were going to look damn good while performing it!)

After selling out the festival, the bittergirls spent the next few years performing from the Tristan Bates Theatre in London, England to two sold-out runs at the Tim Sims Playhouse in Toronto and to festivals and summer theatres across Ontario.

And every time they performed, audience members, male and female, gay and straight, young and old, grabbed them after the show and said, “Let me tell you my story…”

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL After a break to pursue their own individual careers and projects, the bittergirls were invited to showcase the play off-Broadway. After their last performance, while Nicky Hilton danced on the table next to them at Joe’s Pub, the girls realized they loved the show too much to put it to bed yet, so they came back to Toronto and mounted a record-breaking run at the Pilot Tavern in Toronto.

Audiences were lining the stairs at the Pilot waiting for their tickets, so Annabel, Alison and Mary Francis wrote poster-sized imaginary book pages and plastered the walls with them to give customers something to read. A literary agent took the hint and on Valentine’s Day 2003 the girls sat down and signed a book contract with Penguin Canada for Bittergirl: Getting Over Getting Dumped.

Plume published the book in the U.S., and the bittergirls were flown to New York to appear on the Today Show (along with Martha Stewart and JLo!) In Canada, CBC’s Shelagh Rogers told them about pouring red wine over her date’s head when he dumped her over dinner. They were featured in magazines like Elle Canada, Glamour, Bust and Complete Woman. They gave relationship advice all over the continent - on the radio, on TV, in the grocery line and at their OB/GYN. But the girls still had more in mind for bittergirl. After a farewell tour that ended up in one last rock star moment selling out the 800-seat Rose Theatre in Brampton, the girls decided to turn bittergirl, the

play, into a musical.

LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY

So they did, and in the summer of 2015, the bittergirls set off for PEI for rehearsals of Bittergirl – the ...

Musical. The show was a sell-out smash hit. One of the artistic directors who came to see it was Steven Schipper from the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre who wanted to bring it to the John Hirsch Mainstage with a brand new production helmed by the wonderful Krista Jackson.

So here we are!

We embarked on this journey way back in 1998, meeting just to see where this piece of writing would go. Never in our wildest dreams could we have imagined where we would end up. We have seen each other through heartbreak, marriage, love, children, career shifts, a whole lot of dressing rooms and who knows how many airports.

For a period of time we all lived on the same street, breaking into each other’s houses for a forgotten ingredient for dinner or a bottle of wine. We finish each other’s sentences and are the first people each of us turns to in times of crisis. The bittergirl adventure continues here in Winnipeg and the three of us couldn’t be happier.

Annabel (Griffiths) Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence and Mary Francis Moore

Synopsis - Bittergirl: The Musical

Howlingly funny and achingly relatable, Bittergirl: the Musical explores the bond formed between three women after they each find themselves unceremoniously ditched by their dream guys. march/april 2017

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Steven Schipper, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director PRESENTS

Bittergirl: The Musical

By Annabel Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence and Mary Francis Moore March 16 – April 8, 2017 previews March 14 & 15

Director................................................................................................Krista Jackson Music Supervisor, Orchestrations & Arrangements................Bob Foster Music Director.............................................................................Rachel Cameron Choreographer.................................................................Kimberley Rampersad Set & Costume Designer........................................................... Charlotte Dean Lighting Designer...................................................................... Scott Henderson Sound Designer............................................................................. Michael Wright Apprentice Choreographer.....................................................Amanda Nuttall Stage Manager...................................................................................Chris Pearce Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................Paul Skirzyk Apprentice Stage Manager.........................................Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

A....................................................................................................Rebecca Auerbach B..................................................................................................................Sarite Harris C............................................................................................................. Alana Hibbert D: Everyman............................................................................... Michael Torontow Bittergirl: the Musical is performed with one intermission.

“Bittergirl: The Musical is produced by permission of the Authors and Marquis Entertainment www.marquisent.ca.”

“Bittergirl: The Musical was first produced by the Confederation Centre of the Arts as part of the 2015 Charlottetown Festival (Canada), and was developed with assistance by Mirvish Productions (Toronto, Canada) and the Banff Centre of the Arts (Banff, Canada).”

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

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Steven Schipper, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director

Bittergirl: The Musical MUSICAL NUMBERS

Prologue: There’s No Other Like My Baby Opening Medley: I Hear a Symphony / And Then He Kissed Me He’s a Rebel There’s No Other Like My Baby Where Did Our Love Go If I Can Dream Mama Said Anyone Who Had a Heart Fitness Medley: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me / Ain’t No Mountain High Enough / Hot Stuff Opening Medley Reprise When Will I See You Again Always Something There to Remind Me Tell Him Be My Baby Reprise: He’s a Rebel Love Hurts Think Anyone Who Had A Heart Yesterday Man Medley: This Is My Life / Keep Me Hangin’ On / I Will Survive Too Many Fish in the Sea Megamix Finale: Mama Said / Ain’t No Mountain High Enough / Think / Hot Stuff / I Will Survive / I’m Gonna Make You Love Me / This Is My Life MUSICIANS

Music Director/Keyboards.....................................................Rachel Cameron Band (Bassist)..............................................................Marie-Josée Dandeneau Band (Guitar)..............................................................................Charlotte Friesen Band (Drums)..................................................................................... Joanna Miller

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL Rebecca Auerbach A

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Rebecca is an actor, playwright, and musician who has worked extensively across the country including seven seasons with the Blyth Festival, two seasons with Bard on the Beach, Bittergirl (Charlottetown/Citadel); The Valley (Belfry); The Wild Party (Acting Up/Obsidian); Dear Johnny Deere (TC/ Blyth/Lighthouse); Ring of Fire (Grand); Spelling Bee (TC); Dai (WJT); East of Berlin (ATP); Rabbit Hole (Arts Club); The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Blyth, Charlottetown, TIP, Drayton); Escape From Happiness (Factory); Unity (1918) (Aquarius); Hello Dolly!, Dead Reckoning (VP); and many others.

FILM/TV Alleys, The Armoire (Sundance/ TIFF); Sahara Sahara (Bravofact); The Tracy Fragments (TIFF); Billable Hours, and many commercials.

TRAINING Graduate of Studio 58.

ET CETERA Upcoming: Onegin (NAC/ Acting Up); Writer/Creator of The Pigeon King (Blyth). Rebecca has been nominated for a Dora Award, a Betty Award, a Calgary Theatre Critics Award, two Jessie Awards and is the recipient of the Jessie Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

(Acting Up/Studio 180); The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Hart House); and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Fallen Rock Productions).

TRAINING Sarite is a graduate from the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts.

ET CETERA Sarite has been nominated for a Dora Award for Best Ensemble. She is a stylist @alwaysthursdays and owner of @littleteacupvintage. She would like to thank her family, Alan, and the cast, crew and creative team of Bittergirl for this wonderful opportunity.

Alana Hibbert C

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Mamma Mia! (WCT/ Aquarius); The Music Man, Sunday in the Park with George (TiFT); The Wizard of Oz (YPT); Carousel, The Sound of Music (Stratford); The Mountain Top, Ragtime, Major Barbara, Trouble in Tahiti, Guys and Dolls (Shaw); Once on This Island, Caroline or Change, Parade (Acting Up); Anne of Green Gables, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Hairspray (Charlottetown); Doubt, All Shook Up (Theatre North West); Hair (CS).

TRAINING BA Simon Fraser University.

Michael Torontow D: Everyman

Sarite Harris B

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Romeo and Juliet Chainsaw Massacre (Bain and Bernard); Into The Woods (Hart House); The Wild Party (Acting Up/ Obsidian - Dora Nomination); Legally Blonde (Aquarius); Les Belles Soeurs (AT); Parade

OTHER THEATRE The Music Man (TiFT); The Light in the Piazza (TC & Acting Up); Floyd Collins (Patrick Street/TiFT); All Shook Up, Forever Plaid, Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage West); Side By Side By Sondheim (Grand); The Full Monty (The Rose); The Last 5 Years (Theatre St. Johns); Lies My Father Told Me

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“…they thought they were making music.

They ended up making history.”

-sam phillips, owner of sun records in million dollar quartet

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL (Segal); Dirty Dancing, Hairspray (Mirvish); Mamma Mia! (US National Tour).

TV Michael stars in the music-based teen drama Lost and Found Music Studios, in its second season on Family. Other TV: Conviction, Remedy, Reign, Hannibal, Being Erica, Forensic Factor.

TRAINING Yoriko Tanno, Lenard Whiting, Elaine Overholt (Voice); Pro Actors Lab; BA in Theatre (U of O).

Annabel (Griffiths) Fitzsimmons

Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Carol Bolt Award); Piece by Piece (Next Stage Festival, Toronto and New American Voices, London, UK) and The Catering Queen. Both bittergirl and The Catering Queen are published by Scirocco Drama. Alison is writing a new play, Close to Home, for the Lighthouse Festival, and has two other plays currently in development. As an actor Alison has worked in theatres across the country and will be seen next year in Alexander Payne’s upcoming film Downsizing. She and Mary Francis Moore are the artistic principals in the mcguffin company, an independent theatre company in Toronto.

Playwright

Mary Francis Moore Playwright

Annabel is a playwright and freelance writer.

Co-author of bittergirl; Bittergirl: Getting Over Getting Dumped; and Bittergirl – the Musical, Annabel has also written a number of plays for kids and young adults. Her writing has been published in print and online in publications such as Today’s Parent; Canadian Family; the Toronto Star, Wedding Bells and numerous health and wellness websites. Annabel also runs a mobile yoga, Pilates and meditation studio. She can be found at www.annnabelfitzsimmons.ca and on twitter: @annabeljfitz.

Alison Lawrence Playwright

Alison is a writer, actor and independent theatre producer based in Toronto. With Annabel and Mary Francis she has written Bittergirl – the Musical (Charlottetown Festival 2015; Citadel Theatre Edmonton 2016; Royal MTC, The Arts Club, Vancouver and a return engagement in Charlottetown, all in 2017); bittergirl (the play which she and her fellow bittergirls performed for many years); and Flush. Her work as a solo writer includes The Thing Between Us (shortlisted for the

Aside from her life as a bittergirl, Mary Francis is an award-winning writer, actor, and director. She is the director of the international touring production of You Fancy Yourself and its critically acclaimed sequel The Cure For Everything and recently co-created and directed the Dora Award-winning One Thing Leads To Another for Young People’s Theatre.

Mary Francis is the current Associate Artistic Director at the Confederation Centre of the Arts/The Charlottetown Festival and is currently touring across Canada creating The Dream Catchers project for The Charlottetown Festival. She lives in Toronto with her husband actor Brendan Wall and their two sons, bitter no more.

Krista Jackson Director

ROYAL MTC Director: Private Lives, The

Seagull, The Seafarer. Actor: Myth of the Ostrich, The Threepenny Opera (with SIR), Quills, The Good Sisters (Les Belles-Soeurs),

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL The Sisters Rosensweig, Brighton Beach Memoirs.

OTHER THEATRE Associate Director: All My Sons (Stratford). Director: The Lion in Winter, Fly Me to the Moon, Much Ado About Nothing (Grand); Dying to Be Thin (MTYP); The Miser of Middlegate (zone41/TPM); Village Wooing (zone41).

ET CETERA Krista is Royal MTC’s Associate Artistic Director, the recipient of the 2015 Stratford Festival Jean Gascon Award and the 2013 Gina Wilkinson Prize. She will be directing Dancing at Lughnasa this season at the Shaw Festival. www.kristajackson.com.

Award nomination and two Betty Mitchell Awards. He has spent many years working with Jann Arden, co-writing the songs “Good Mother” (SOCAN Classic Award), “It Looks Like Rain” and “Give Me Back My Heart,” among others.

Rachel Cameron Music Director/ Keyboards

ROYAL MTC Billy Elliot the Musical.

Bob Foster Music Supervisor, Orchestrations & Arrangements ROYAL MTC Next to Normal, The Boys in the

Photograph (with Mirvish), Little Shop of Horrors, Camelot (with TC/Citadel), Evita (with TC).

OTHER THEATRE Billy Elliot, Rock of Ages, Dirty Dancing, Hairspray (Mirvish); Evangeline, Bittergirl (Mirvish workshops); Cabaret, A Christmas Carol, Fire, Into the Woods, Anne of Green Gables, Piaf (TC); A Year with Frog and Toad (Citadel); Snow White and the Group of Seven (Ross Petty Productions); Twist and Shout (Drayton/ Grand); Rock and Roll (Grand); Legends, The World Goes ‘Round, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Drayton); The Sound of Music, The British Invasion, Five Guys Named Mo, My Fair Lady, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Stage West); Nine Months, Side By Side By Sondheim (Lunchbox Theatre).

TV Much Music Intimate & Interactive; the SOCAN Awards; In Conversation with Gzowski (with Jann Arden), Triple Sensation (CBC).

ET CETERA Bob is Head Of Music at the Charlottetown Festival. He has two Dora nominations, one Elizabeth Sterling Haynes

OTHER THEATRE Children’s Music Director: Shrek (Rainbow). Apprentice Music Director: Sister Act, Les Misérables (Rainbow); The Addams Family (Dry Cold). Music Director: Songs For A New World, Chess, The Musical (Winnipeg Fringe Festival).

FILM This is Why We Fight (Prairie Kid Productions).

TRAINING Opera Nuova (upcoming later in the spring). Bachelor of Arts: Theatre & Film from the University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Thanks to Mom, Dad, Austin and Heidi for their constant support!

Kimberley Rampersad Choreographer

ROYAL MTC Cabaret, The Penelopiad, Legally Blonde (choreographer), Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, Calendar Girls (with Mirvish), White Christmas (Judy), It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (assistant director), Dreamgirls (with TA), Guys and Dolls (with Citadel/TC), Lady, Be Good!

OTHER THEATRE Kimberley has been fortunate to work as an actor, director and choreographer at several theatres across Canada, including a season at each of the Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival.

Choreography: Passing Strange (Acting Up/

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BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL Obsidian); Seussical: The Musical (YPT); James and the Giant Peach, Honk! (MTYP); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions); Annie, Miss Saigon (Rainbow); Head (SIR); US National and Asian tours of Hairspray (NETworks) (associate choreographer).

TRAINING 2013 Artist in Residence (Rainbow); Jean Murray-Moray Sinclair Apprenticeship (Royal MTC); M/A Program (Obsidian); Guthrie Award (Stratford); Maude Whitmore Scholarship (Charlottetown); Bachelor of Arts (University of Manitoba).

Charlotte Dean Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Things We Do For Love, Billy

Elliot the Musical, The Secret Annex, The Glass Menagerie, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, White Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), The Importance of Being Earnest.

OTHER THEATRE Engaged, Sweet Charity, Arms and the Man, Our Betters (Shaw); She Stoops to Conquer, Antony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice (Stratford); Dear Johnny Deere, Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival); Summoned, The Trouble with Mr. Adams, The Valley, The Real World?, The Misanthrope (Tarragon).

TRAINING/TEACHING Charlotte holds a BFA from York University and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. She has coached Costume Rendering at the National Theatre School.

ET CETERA Charlotte is the 2009 recipient of the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design. She has received five Doras for Outstanding Design, and has been nominated for Sterling Awards and Betty Mitchell Awards.

Scott Henderson Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Over 50 productions since 1995,

including Black Coffee, The Audience (with Mirvish), Billy Elliot the Musical, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (with Mirvish), Good People, Next to Normal, Red (with Belfry), The Seagull, Top Girls, The Shape of Things, Closer.

OTHER THEATRE Scott has designed lighting for opera, dance and theatre companies in Winnipeg and across Canada, including the Shaw and Stratford festivals.

TRAINING Scott is a graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

ET CETERA Special thanks to Karen, Sean and Alex for love and support.

Michael Wright Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC Over 20 productions including

Black Coffee, Million Dollar Quartet, Billy Elliot the Musical, Seminar (with Mirvish), Late Company, Private Lives, The Secret Annex, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer, Top Girls, Rope’s End, Fully Committed, The Last Five Years, Cherry Docs.

OTHER THEATRE I Dream of Diesel, North Main Gothic, The Monster Trilogy, The Elmwood Visitation, Age of Arousal (TPM); Everything is Coming Up Roses (Gearshifting Performance Works); Something Drastic, Puppet Munsch (PTE); Macbeth (SIR); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Winnipeg Fringe); Hedwig and the Angry Inch Atrocity

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Amanda Nuttall Apprentice Choreographer

Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, The December Man (L’homme de décembre), The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley (PTE); The Light in the Piazza, A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Kindness, Peter Pan (MTYP).

ET CETERA Three seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe. Seasons at the Stratford, Shaw and Charlottetown festivals and a run in London’s West End.

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ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE The Music Man, Darling of the Day, The Wakowski Bros., Guys and Dolls (TiFT); Carrie: The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wedding Singer, Cabaret (Hart House); Merrily We Roll Along (Theatre Sheridan); Heart of Steel (NSTF/Aim for the Tangent Theatre); Women (Toronto Fringe); The Rocky Horror Show (Fallen Rock Prod.).

TRAINING Graduate of the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts; Kickit Dance Studio; Oak Park High School Dance Company.

ET CETERA Jean Murray-Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarship (Royal MTC). Biggest thank you to the entire team at Royal MTC, especially Kimberley for her incredible support; and endless love and thanks to Mom & Dad.

Chris Pearce Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC 23.5 Hours, Shakespeare’s

Dog (with NAC), Guys and Dolls (with TC/ Citadel), Closer.

OTHER THEATRE 28 years of theatre in Winnipeg, across Canada and globally. In Winnipeg: Manitoba Opera, PTE, Theatre Projects, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Rainbow Stage, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, MTYP. TRAINING/TEACHING Instructor/SM at Banff Arts Centre summer program: Opera - The Magic Flute.

FILM/TV Grip crew member on Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, Channel Zero: Candle Cove, Channel Zero: No-End House, Cult of Chucky.

ET CETERA Also a proud member of IATSE Local 63 - stage and IATSE Local 856 – film.

Thank you to Patti for enabling me to stay happy by following my passions and not keying my truck.

ROYAL MTC 25th production at the

Mainstage, including last year’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; 10 productions at the Warehouse, including August: Osage County and The Seagull.

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TRAINING Graduating this June from the University of Winnipeg with a BA (Hons), specialization in Theatre Production and Stage Management.

ET Cetera Big Thank You to everyone at the U of W Department of Theatre and Film and to Royal MTC for creating wonderful opportunities for young artists!

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ancestry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in a French-speaking family. Over the past 15 years, her tours and studio work have literally taken her all over the globe and been nationally recognized with recording awards such as Canadian JUNO, WCMA-Award & CFM-Award. MJ’s deep-seated roots in her French-Canadian and Métis heritage are translated and embodied in the music she creates. MJ Dandeneau has had seven WCMA Award nominations, three Juno Award nominations and recently awarded On The Rise Award from the Winnipeg Art Council.

OTHER THEATRE The Music Man, Crazy For You, 42nd Street (Rainbow); That’s Life!, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (WJT); Little Shop of Horrors (PTE); Honk! (MTYP).

FILM A Marriage of Convenience.

ET CETERA Joanna has been part of the Winnipeg music community for over 20 years. She has done extensive touring of Canada and the United States with local artist Scott Nolan, and they have toured as backup musicians for Americana artists Hayes Carll and Mary Gauthier. She has also done numerous recordings with a variety of North American bands and songwriters.

Most recently, Joanna and her husband, guitarist Chris Dunn, have been playing locally in their own band, Knob & Tube.

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KILL ME NOW

PLAYWRIGHT’s NOTES

BY BRAD FRASER

From the beginning of my career as a playwright I have done my best to put on the stage those people I didn’t see represented, starting with myself. As a director I have always tried to cast people who vary greatly in size, shape, colour and age, because I believe the eye is more excited by variety than PHOTO BY DAVID HAWE uniformity. Being queer and growing up in poverty led me to see the world from a much different perspective than many, and my desire to see that world reflected in the theatre led to the democracy of my characters — a repertoire that grows with each play I write, each attempt to stretch my imagination, to understand and portray things that are outside of my immediate realm of everyday experience. This is my obligation as an artist, to explore that which is not me. To find the concerns we all share in the traits that make us different.

There’s a great deal of talk today about who has the “right” to tell a particular story, or depict a particular character, or explore a particular situation. These rather arbitrary and selectively applied condemnations, tellingly, are almost always based on race, and almost never on class. This allows those who can afford to attend

university to let themselves off of the ethical hook when they argue so passionately, as they often do, on behalf of another group who has not necessarily requested their aid. My response to these people can be summed up in one question — Who has the right to ask anyone else to limit their imagination?

Is this not the greatest form of censorship possible, to dictate to people what they are allowed to empathise with and what they are not, to tell them to limit their dreams, to squelch the very beginning of the process of understanding? Art that fails and offends is as important as art that succeeds and gains wide acceptance. How can we measure one without the other?

The great thing about art is people are rarely required to experience it if they don’t want to. Voice your disapproval by your absence, rather than calling for anything to be censored. We live in a democracy. Everyone has the right to free speech, even if it hurts your feelings or makes you angry.

This is not a play about disability. It is a play about courage and love, as all my plays are.

Synopsis - Kill Me Now

Widower Jake has been unwavering in his commitment to taking care of his disabled son Joey. As Joey enters adolescence, Jake finds himself in a morally ambiguous position when it comes to charting his son’s passage from a puberty-ravaged teenager to a self-assured young man.

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KILL ME NOW

DIRECTOR’s NOTES

BY SARAH GARTON STANLEY

I took a flight across the country to see the first production of this play. It was directed by playwright Brad Fraser. I remember sitting in the theatre, after the lights had gone to black, after the actors had taken their bows, after people had begun filing out of the theatre, and sitting with my feelings and a profound sense of the beauty and the tragedy of our human existence. I was so moved by the story and so challenged by being so moved. We all die. We all know this and — of course — we also don’t. This is part of what allows us to keep going. In this ground-breaking script, Fraser asks us to engage deeply with our mortality and our agency. Fraser, through the dilemmas of his characters, demands that we sit with the hard stuff, and that we feel gently, compassionately for one another. A few years back I learned that for those among us who do not identify as having the lived experience of disability we have a name we share. We are TABS. United by the fact that - for now - we are Temporarily Able Bodied. And for those of us who are TABS, we know, that through the course of life’s progress we will meet with a moment where our status will change. This is part of life’s progress. Due to circumstances beyond any of the characters’ control (which if we are honest covers most of our circumstances) father and son, sister and friends are all forced to confront their own agonies around one of life’s central questions: when and how will we die? This question is before our courts, both legislative and ethical. As recently march/april 2017

as last summer, Bill C41 was amended (and passed) to legally allow for people whose death is “reasonably foreseeable”, the option for a medically assisted death.

Ethically, this question still rages both nationally and internationally. And the question is most deeply examined in the context of disability. The concern — very simplistically put — is that a TAB might decide the fate of another without ever fully comprehending the agency, power and capacity of this beautiful human person. Ultimately, Kill Me Now is about love and more potently it is about all the questions love demands of each of us.

We must love hard. It is the only way. And we need to laugh too, wherever and whenever we can. I love this play, its honesty, its courage and its unflinching look at the questions that can never be answered with a certainty of being right but can always be met with love.

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LET’S CHAT Join the conversation about Kill Me Now. Several performances include informal talkbacks in the lobby after the show, hosted by community leaders. Visit our website or see the schedule posted in the lobby for details. @MTCwinnipeg #KillMeNow 31

KILL ME NOW The two main laws that protect Manitobans with disabilities from being discriminated against are the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and The Manitoba Human Rights Code.

the LEGAL and

HUMAN RIGHTS of MANITOBANS with DISABILITIES ADAPTED WITH PERMISSION FROM BARRIER FREE MANITOBA Human rights laws require governments, businesses and organizations in Manitoba to accommodate the needs of every person with a disability in a way that respects their dignity, self-respect and self-worth. These laws affirm the principle that society should be structured and designed for inclusiveness. Positive steps are needed to ensure people with a disability can access and enjoy the same benefits of all buildings, facilities, services, programs and employment as everyone else.

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The Charter applies to the government and says that every person with a disability is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection under the law and cannot be discriminated against.

So the government cannot create barriers that exclude persons with disabilities from getting the same benefits as others and that laws, policies and programs must accommodate the needs of people with a disability.

Lawsuits under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are frequently very expensive and may not be resolved for years. It can also be very difficult to enforce your rights under the Charter if you cannot afford a lawyer.

The Manitoba Human Rights Code says that no person, business or organization can discriminate against people with a disability. Customers, clients and tenants with disabilities have the right to equal treatment and equal access to facilities and services. Public and private educational providers also must ensure their services are accessible and appropriate accommodation is available.

Employers must accommodate the needs of people with disabilities. In the workplace, employees with disabilities are entitled to the same opportunities and benefits as people without disabilities.

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KILL ME NOW In some circumstances, employees with disabilities may require special arrangements or “accommodations” to enable them to fulfill their job duties.

The duty to accommodate extends up to the point of “undue hardship”, because of costs or due to a very limited set of other factors. In every case, the employer, landlord or service provider must show that they have made reasonable efforts to accommodate the special needs of people with a disability.

Last year, over 45% of all the formal complaints made to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission related to disability discrimination, making it the primary reason for complaint. No other ground for complaint came close. And this has been true for a long time - in the 15 previous years, over 41% of all formal complaints related to disability discrimination.

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In almost all of these cases, settlements or decisions have required that changes and accommodations be made only for the person who complained. The policies and practices that discriminated against many other Manitobans with disabilities in similar circumstances were left unchanged.

These human rights laws have made many positive changes for Manitobans with a disability. However, despite these laws, the exclusion of people with a disability, and the barriers that prevent their equitable access and participation remain widespread in Manitoba.

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Living on your own, you must have to deal with different agencies to make sure all your needs are met. Do you find that managing a disability is a bit of a bureaucratic nightmare?

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Yes! And working on this show, it’s great, but there are a bunch of other logistical challenges involved. There are issues with getting my personal care looked after, and the fact that my schedule has to change which is going to impact the schedules of a bunch of other people. And then there are challenges with going out of town, since the show will be on tour at NAC in Ottawa. There are challenges with social assistance that I need to deal with, making sure that I have income when I finish the engagement. There’s red tape everywhere. Right now I’m getting a mountain of red tape. I don’t think that’s going to end anytime soon.

MYLES A. TAYLOr MYLES IS AN ACTOR WITH A DISABILITY WHO PLAYS JOEY IN KILL ME NOW. What do you think will be the biggest challenge of playing Joey?

Well it’s my first big role so that entire notion is scaring the bejeezus out of me.

It’s one of those challenges that scares me in all the right ways. I’ve been reading the script and I’m really excited for the character; Joey is someone I can relate to, I was him at 17, socially and emotionally I was pretty much Joey. I was ready to move out, thought I knew what was going on.

Boy was I wrong!

When did you move out on your own?

I was 24 when I moved out of the house.

I felt like it was now, or I was never going to make it. And in all honesty, typical 24-year-old stuff aside, it was getting more and more difficult for my folks to look after me on a daily basis. So I just made it easier on them.

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When I travel to Ottawa I’ll need a personal care attendant to help facilitate things like getting ready in the morning and that sort of thing. I need an attendant and some machinery to get in and out of bed. But I’m fortunate in that, once I’m in my wheelchair, for the most part, I’m pretty much self-reliant and self-sufficient.

So that’s another thing I have to look into taking care of: all the transfer machinery I’m going to need out there as well.

Since the show will be on tour at NAC — have you spent time in Ottawa before?

No. I’ve never been. That’s another thing I’m looking forward to: being a tourist. It’s been on my list of places to go for a while.

What are your thoughts right now about the rehearsal process?

I think it’s all going to be terrifying and

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KILL ME NOW exciting at the same time. I’m looking forward to it. Through theatre and film school I’ve been in plenty of rehearsals.

I’m used to the grind of running lines over and over again and rehearsing blocking over and over again. That’s certainly something that I’m comfortable with, but maybe not to the scale or rigour of a professional show. So it will be interesting to see how my body holds up in terms of energy levels. But I’m looking forward to it, I think it’s going to be fun.

BRAD FRASER PRODUCTIONS ON THE ROYAL MTC STAGE

I think you’re going to be great.

I hope so.

Interview conducted by Assistant Director, Debbie Patterson

poor superman january 4 - 21, 1995 l-r: Kent Staines (as David), Jason Cadieux (as Matt)

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love november 18 - december 12, 1992 l-r: Donald Carrier (as David McMillan), Erica Ehm (as Benita)

PHOTOS BY BRUCE MONK

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Steven Schipper, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director PRESENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE

Kill Me Now

By Brad Fraser March 30 – April 15, 2017 preview March 29

Director.................................................................................Sarah Garton Stanley Set & Costume Designer...................................................................... Amy Keith Lighting Designer........................................................................ Hugh Conacher Sound Designer................................................................................... Chris Coyne Fight Director..................................................................................Paul Essiembre Assistant Director...................................................................Debbie Patterson* Apprentice Director.........................................................................Liam Zarrillo† Apprentice Designer...................................................................Darryl Audette† Stage Manager................................................................................ Leslie Watson Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................Alison Fulmyk THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Robyn Dartona..................................................................................Sharon Bajer Twyla Sturdy..........................................................................Andrea del Campo Rowdy Akers....................................................................................Braiden Houle Joey Sturdy....................................................................................Myles A. Taylor Jake Sturdy..........................................................................................Cory Wojcik Kill Me Now is performed with no intermission.

Author’s Agent: Great North Artists Management, 350 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 1V9.

KILL ME NOW was first produced by the Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta in August, 2013.

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

Special thanks: Stefanie Wiens, OT Reg (MB).

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

*Assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts

†Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program

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KILL ME NOW Sharon Bajer Robyn Dartona

ROYAL MTC Hand to God, Late Company,

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, The Seagull, A Christmas Story, The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias, Humble Boy, Of Mice and Men (with Citadel), Six Degrees of Separation (with CS), Angels in America, Les Belles-Soeurs, Our Country’s Good, Romeo and Juliet.

OTHER THEATRE Over 25 years of performing and directing at PTE, MTYP, Rainbow Stage, Adhere and Deny, Winnipeg Fringe and Masterworks Festivals, as well as across Canada, Europe and Israel.

TRAINING Studio 58, Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction (2 seasons, Stratford Festival). Director-in-Residence (Rainbow Stage 2014). Stratford Festival International Directing Master Class 2016.

ET CETERA Sharon is the playwright of Molly’s Veil, Burnin’ Love and Hersteria and a member of the PTE Playwrights Unit. She would like to thank CancerCare Manitoba, the AFC, Yoga Public and all of her family and friends for helping get her through this year and back on stage! sharonbajer.com.

Andrea del Campo Twyla Sturdy

Nothing (PTE); Stripped-Down A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR); Strike! (Danny Schur Productions).

FILM/TV My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Open Window (Official Selections, TIFF); Blood Pressure; Stegman Is Dead; Radius; The Pinkertons; Wingin’ It (Family Channel); Men with Brooms (CBC TV).

ET CETERA Andrea is a proud member of local musical improv company, Outside Joke.

Braiden Houle Rowdy Akers

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Romeo and Juliet; Angels

in America: Millennium Approaches; No Offense, Diss (High School Tour); Little Red Riding Hood, Wings of Darkness, The Moving Gallery (Winnipeg Fringe Festival); Redpatch.

FILM Juliana and the Medicine Fish - short film - 2006.

TRAINING Studio 58 - Langara College, Manitoba Theatre for Young People Aboriginal Arts Training and Mentorship Program.

Et Cetera Carol Chrisjohn Scholarship for students who express passion for the art of the theatre and joy in the work (Studio 58).

Touchstone Theatre Scholarship to a student who has shown exceptional progress in his/ her work (Studio 58).

ROYAL MTC The Glass Menagerie, The

Penelopiad.

OTHER THEATRE Beautiful Man (TPM); Mr.

Burns: a Post-Electric Play (District Theatre Collective); Sunday in the Park with George (Gallery Works); Les Misérables (Rainbow); James and the Giant Peach, Rich (MTYP); Bad Jews (WJT); Munsch Ado About For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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KILL ME NOW Brad Fraser

Joey Sturdy

Playwright

PHOTO BY DAVID HAWE

Myles A. Taylor

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

TV Life In The Wheel World (web series).

TRAINING B.A. in Theatre & Film from the

University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Thanks to my Mom & Dad, family

and the team at The Collective. With a very special thank you to Christopher Brauer.

Cory Wojcik Jake Sturdy

ROYAL MTC Black Coffee, Hand to God, Billy

Elliot the Musical, Late Company, Harvey, Miracle on South Division Street, August: Osage County.

OTHER THEATRE Butcher (PTE); West Side Story, The Producers, The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow); Jungle Book, Jabber, The Big League (MTYP); Another Way Home (WJT); Strike! The Musical (Danny Schur); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions). Director: Mr. Burns (DTC).

FILM/TV A Dog’s Purpose, Radius, The Pinkertons, Mad Ship.

ET CETERA Cory wants to send extra love out to his wife, Heather and two boys Mackenzie and Logan (the latter will not be seeing this play!). Come see Cory this summer in a new play he wrote, “Joe Job” at the Winnipeg Fringe Fest. A story about a teacher who quits teaching to work at a coffee shop.

Brad Fraser is an award-winning writer/ director/host who has worked extensively in various media. Credits include plays; Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Poor Super Man, True Love Lies, Kill Me Now, and others produced worldwide, film; Love and Human Remains, writer and Leaving Metropolis, writer director, and television; Queer as Folk, writer, story editor and associate producer and Jawbreaker which he hosted for two seasons on Out TV. He has written a number of projects for radio, CBC and BBC, as well as regular columns and stories for Xtra, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and others.

He has been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards and has just finished his Masters degree in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto. Brad’s most recent play Kill Me Now was nominated for a Governor General’s Award in 2016.

Check out Bradfraser.net.

Sarah Garton Stanley Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Bunny (Stratford); The December Man (L’homme de décembre) (NAC); Caught (Theatre Passe Muraille); Helen Lawrence (Arts Club, CS, BAM, Kammerspiele etc.,); We Keep Coming Back (Jewish Culture Fest, Krakow, Ashkenaz, Toronto). Associate Artistic Director of English Theatre & Interim Facilitator Idigenous Theatre NAC, Creative Catalyst SpiderWebShow Performance.

TRAINING BA, MA Queen’s University,

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KILL ME NOW Graduate VFS, trained at École Jacques Lecoq.

ET CETERA Various awards and nominations including The Elliot Hayes Award for Dramaturgy (LMDA), four Dora nominations for directing (Toronto). Sarah is co-curating The Cycle: an in-depth look at Deaf, disabled and Mad arts in Canada https://nac-cna. ca/en/cycle/inclusion and is curator for The Collaborations https://nac-cna.ca/en/ englishtheatre/collaboration.

Amy Keith Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE The December Man

(L’homme de décembre) (NAC); Beatrice and Virgil (Factory); Beethoven Lives Upstairs, The Halloween Tree (Geordie Productions); On This Day, Michel et Ti-Jean (Centaur);

THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE’S

deeply rewarding relationship with theatre companies across Canada has resulted in decades of collaborations that showcase some of the country’s finest theatrical talents.

We are thrilled to partner with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre on this production of Kill Me Now by Brad Fraser.

Canada’s National Arts Centre acts as a catalyst for performance, creation and learning across the country. Through its programming streams — the NAC Orchestra, English Theatre, French Theatre, Dance, the Scene festivals, and a contemporary music series called NAC Presents — the organization is also at the forefront of arts education activities, offering artist training, programs for children and youth, and resources for teachers in Canada.

nac-cna.ca

Love U Lovecraft, Macbeth (The Other Theatre); The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Repercussion Theatre).

FILM/TV Art direction for film and TV. TEACHING Currently teaching at Concordia University, regularly teaches at the National Theatre School.

ET CETERA A wonderful company and a phenomenal play - thank you for the opportunity Royal MTC!

Hugh Conacher Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Hand to God, Million Dollar

Quartet, My Name is Asher Lev (with Segal), Things We Do For Love, Seminar (with Mirvish), The Woman in Black, Cabaret (2015), The Glass Menagerie (2014, 1989/90),

NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE PETER A. HERRNDORF President and Chief Executive Officer ADRIAN BURNS Chair, Board of Trustees NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ENGLISH THEATRE JILLIAN KEILEY Artistic Director NATE MEDD Managing Director CLAYTON BARANIUK Producing Coordinator CHRISTINE BRUBAKER Artistic Associate MIKE D’AMATO Production Director SEAN FITZPATRICK Communications Officer ALEXANDRA LUNNEY Producer NADIA McKENZIE Associate Marketing Officer BRIDGET MOONEY Senior Marketing Manager JUDI PEARL Artistic Projects Coordinator SUZANNE ROY Senior Administrative Officer CRYSTAL L. SPICER Technical Director SARAH GARTON STANLEY Associate Artistic Director

KILL ME NOW Venus in Fur, The Penelopiad, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, After Miss Julie, Macbeth (with English Suitcase Theatre Company), Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Beautiful Lake Winnipeg, A Walk in the Woods, Frankenstein: Playing with Fire.

OTHER THEATRE Hugh has collaborated with choreographers, visual artists and dance and theatre companies worldwide for over 30 years. In Winnipeg, his work has been seen with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, QDance, Gearshifting Performance Works, Theatre Projects Manitoba and Manitoba Theatre for Young People, to name a few.

ET CETERA Hugh enjoys working beyond the constraints of traditional lighting design using various forms of interactive media, video and photography. His photographic work resides in private collections and has been published worldwide. Hugh is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. www.pellucid.me.

Chris Coyne Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC The Hound of the Baskervilles

Paul Essiembre Fight Director

ROYAL MTC The Audience (with Mirvish),

Unnecessary Farce, Things We Do For Love, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Heart of Robin Hood (with Mirvish), Other People’s Money, A Few Good Men (with Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Four seasons at the Stratford Festival, including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Comedy of Errors, The Odyssey, The Duchess of Malfi, Don Juan, Macbeth, Othello, Amadeus. Elsewhere: A Little Night Music (Dry Cold); Butcher, The Best Brothers (PTE); Romeo and Juliet (Citadel); The Normal Heart, The Overwhelming, Stuff Happens (Studio 180); L’Emmerdeur, Le Dîner de cons, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Art (Théâtre français de Toronto); Othello (ATF); Tillsonburg (CS); Zadie’s Shoes, Oui (Factory); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Centaur).

FILM/TV More than 50 film and television appearances and extensive work in documentary narration, animation and commercial voice-overs.

2016 (Tour).

Debbie Patterson

OTHER THEATRE Chris has had the pleasure

of working with many local and international theatre groups. Credits include Routes 2016/17 Tour (MTYP); The Hound of the Baskervilles Mar. 2015, Little Thing Big Thing Sept. 2015 (PTE); EDEN 2013 (Sarasvàti); Bashir Lazhar Mar. 2013 (TPM); Angels in America 2012, Peristroika 2014 (WJT); Three Sisters 2011 (zone41).

TRAINING Chris is a graduate of the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology.

ET CETERA Chris has been involved in the theatre industry in Winnipeg for many years.

Currently working for the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg.

Assistant Director

ROYAL MTC Jenny Diver in The Threepenny

Opera.

OTHER THEATRE Directing: A Midsummer

Night’s Dream, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); Saint Joan (Theatre by the River); Festen, Antigone (PTE@PTE).

Acting: Richard III, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet (SIR); Jillian in Sargent & Victor & Me (Sick + Twisted/TPM). Playwrighting: Head (SIR); Molotov Circus (SummerWorks);

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KILL ME NOW Sargent & Victor & Me (TPM); Munsch Busters (PTE). Currently a member of the PTE Playwrights Unit.

ET CETERA Coming up for Sick + Twisted Theatre: Lame Is… in June and How it Ends in 2018. Debbie was awarded the United Nations Platform for Action Committee’s Activist Award for 2014.

ET CETERA Liam is a founding member of

local theatre company Make/Shift Theatre, having a hand in the development, production and performance of the shows Quickies with Chekhov, The Samovar, The Way We Felt: Searching for Remy, Lantern Town and the upcoming The Party: A Scientific Romance.

Darryl Audette

Liam Zarrillo

Apprentice Designer

Apprentice Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE TASTE (One Trunk

Theatre); The December Man (L’homme de décembre), Mission: Munschpossible! (PTE); Village Ax, Iceland (TPM); Danny, King of the Basement (MTYP); No Exit (Company Link); The Laramie Project (U of W).

TRAINING B.A. Hons. Directing - Dept. of Theatre & Film (University of Winnipeg).

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Set & Costume

Designer: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Seminar. Props 1983/84 season: The Duchess of Malfi, Much Ado About Nothing, Clearances.

OTHER THEATRE Set & Lighting Designer: Raising Roger, WTA, Jonno (Winnipeg Fringe). 25 years of community theatre including I Do, I Do (Stage West); currently

The Asper Foundation is proud to support Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s production of Kill Me Now www.asperfoundation.com

KILL ME NOW Technical Director at Merlyn Productions.

TRAINING Set, costume, lighting, prop design and construction in community theatre. Darryl is currently studying design in Theatre at the U of W, is a member of Associated Designers of Canada.

ET CETERA Darryl is grateful for this amazing opportunity, and wishes to thank Amy Keith and everyone at Royal MTC.

Leslie Watson Stage Manager

Idiot (WST), Another Way Home (WJT).

Assistant Stage Manager: Sister Act (Drayton); Shrek: The Musical, Sister Act (Rainbow). Apprentice Stage Manager: Fidelio, La Bohème, Don Pasquale (Manitoba Opera); The Miser of Middlegate (zone41/ TPM); The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Mary Poppins (Rainbow); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold).

TRAINING University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film, with a Theatre honours degree.

ET CETERA This one is for Tom.

The Asper Foundation Production Sponsor ROYAL MTC Stage Manager: Black Coffee,

My Name is Asher Lev, Myth of the Ostrich, Late Company, Cabaret, Venus in Fur, The Melville Boys (tour), Wingfield On Ice (tour), Looking Back – West, Bad Dates (tour).

Assistant Stage Manager: Billy Elliot the Musical, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, White Christmas, Pride and Prejudice, Fiddler on the Roof, Educating Rita (tour), Guys and Dolls (with TC/Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Over 50 productions at theatres around Winnipeg, including: Rainbow Stage, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Shakespeare in the Ruins and Manitoba Theatre for Young People.

TRAINING Graduate of Sheridan College and member of CAEA. ET CETERA Love to Mr. Watson – I’ll see you in Ottawa.

The Asper Foundation is a private philan­ thropic organization that undertakes and develops major initiatives in the areas of Jewish charity as well as culture, education, community development and human rights locally, nationally and internationally.

It spearheaded the establishment of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights as a Canadian national museum in 2008 which opened September 20, 2014.

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TO BOOK GROUP TICKETS CONTACT: ROYAL MTC Seminar (with Mirvish), The

Woman in Black, Private Lives, Jane Eyre, Other People’s Money.

OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: American

Thomas Urish, Sales Manager p 204 954 6413 e turish@royalmtc.ca

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SUPPORTERS Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between January 1, 2016 and February 16, 2017 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE HERO $6,000+ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson The Albert D. Cohen Family June & Bob Jackson Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts - The Winnipeg Foundation Hartley & Heather Richardson Leslie John Taylor Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation

BENEFACTOR $2,000-5,999 Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech J. W. Burns OC David* & Lianne Carefoot David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Dave* & Barb Christie Heather Clarke* Kerry Dangerfield*‡ John F. (Jack) Fraser* James R. Gibbs Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Elba Haid & Lara Secord-Haid Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ Ms. Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Derek & Mary Johannson John Kearsey*‡ Terry Klassen & Grace Dueck Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky Virginia & the late Robert Martin Drs. Ken & Sharon Mould In memory of Liam Murphy - Leigh Murphy‡ The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Cam & Carole Osler Mrs. Shirley Richardson Derek Riley Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM†‡ Triple A Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Marcel Van Woensel Joan Wright Sonya & Scott Wright Anonymous

LEADER $1,500-1,999 Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD & the late Morley Blankstein Sheldon & Penny Bowles Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan Neil & Carol Duboff Robert* & Florence Eastwood Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher‡ Investors Group Matching Gift Program David & Diane Johnston Kevin & Els Kavanagh Peter & Karen Leipsic Bill & Shirley Loewen Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Jim* & Penny McLandress‡ Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Sanford & Deborah Riley Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines†‡ In memory of Annice Stephens Joan Stephens Maitland & Pat Sundmark Jim & Jan Tennant Helga Van Iderstine* Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Darcy & Brenda Zaporzan

MEMBER $1,000-1,499 Margaret & Jim Astwood Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia Doneta* & Harry Brotchie‡ Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Haderra & Mark Chisick Jan* & Kevin Coates Gerry* & Chris Couture Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Paulo Fernandes*‡ Katherine Fox*‡ Sandy Gousseau* Shayla Harapiak-Green & Patrick Green* John* & Nicola Guttormson‡ Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡ Sylvia & Doug Hannah In memory of Kristin Hanson - Dawn & Brian Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn‡ Katie Inverarity†‡ Jason Kasper* Laurence Katz & Zoe Kogan Gordon Keatch*‡ James & Teresa Kraemer Brenda* & Trevor Kriss‡ Frank Lavitt & Ahava Halpern Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Christine Skene & Nick Logan

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Reginald & Judy Low Pat & Jim Ludwig Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Carol & Barry McArton Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Jeffrey* & Mary Morton Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe Linda & Wayne Paquin M. Plett-Lyle K. Heather Power & Harold Klause‡ Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine‡ Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis‡ Andrea* & Michael Robertson‡ Barbara & Derek* Rolstone‡ Edward Shinewald Ken & Susan Skinner* Bill & Laurie Speers* Shelley† & Mark Stroski‡ Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell‡ Tim Valgardson* Dorothy Y Young Anonymous

FRIENDS OF ROYAL MTC ENTHUSIAST $500-999 Nancy & Bob Adkins Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Foundation Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Ron Blicq Helga & Gerhard Bock Michael & Elizabeth Boroditsky Cathie & Brian Bowerman Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock Cheryl Chaban Mairi Chadwick Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Pamela & Andrew Cooke J. Davidson‡ Selma Enns Ernest & Ruth Epp Mintie & Al Grienke Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Gordon Hannon Gregg & Mary Hanson N & L Holliday Hon. Justice William Johnston Brenda Keyser & Peter Murdock Ian Kirk†‡ Marion Klysh Julie Ann Kniskern Katarina Kupca Karen Lee Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham

†Current Royal MTC staff

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SUPPORTERS Mr. Gerry Matte & Mrs. Lydia Surasky-Matte Terri & Jim McKerchar Irene & the late Claire Miller Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Vivienne Nickerson Chris Nielsen Linda Nugent Richard & Bonnie Olfert Kerrie Orlick Peter & Anita Pelech Donna Plant Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen Iris Reimer Erma Rempel Ricou-Manfreda Charles & Naida Rubin Barbara Scheuneman Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh‡ In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC - Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Diane Shapiro Margaret & Paul Shuckett Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Jennifer Skelly† & Family‡ Debbie Spracklin Louis Trepel & W.T. Grogan Vicki Verville Florence & Donald Whitmore Margaret Wikjord Valerie Wowryk 4 Anonymous

SUPPORTER $150-499 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Acuity HR Solutions† Pat & Bob Adamson Dr. Liz Adkins Dawn Andersen Judy & Jay Anderson Bernice Antoniuk Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Michel & Danita Aziza Richard & Nancy Ball June & Ted Bartman Dianne J. Beaven Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Trish Bergal Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Terri & Morley Bernstein Bruce & Joyce Berry Trust Beta Edwin M. Bethune Lino Bettencourt Tyler & Sable Birch‡ Joan Blight Lilian Bonin Colleen & Stephen Bonner

Denise Bonner Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Ron & Joan Boyd Gill Bramwell Janice Braun Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager‡ Sheila & David Brodovsky France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky Eldon Brown Gerald R. Brown George & Ellen Bruce Carol Budnick Giles Bugailiskis & Margo Foxford Marilyn & Jim Burt Donna Byrne Kelly & Judy Caughlin Ron & Carol Chapman Rosemary Chapman Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Mr. Jaydeep Chipalkatti‡ Shelley Chochinov Glen & Lorna Clark Bev & Ron Clegg Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Agnes & John Collins Diane M. Connelly Graham & Linda Connor Kevin & Sara Convery Philip Coulter James & Gwen Court Ray & Brenda Crabbe R. Lynn Craton Margaret Cuddy Ellen Curtis‡ J. Dale Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton G. L. Damphousse Werner & Judy Danchura Ms. Linda Daniels Mrs. Maureen Danzinger Mr. & Mrs. Hy Dashevsky* J. Dawson Chloe & Ron Del Bigio Faye Dixon Carl Doerksen Beverley Doern Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Mr. & Mrs. Drewett John & Ada Ducas Sharron & Joel Dudeck Helene Dyck Roberta Dyck Mr. & Mrs. Glen* & Joan Dyrda Mr. & Mrs. William Easton Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp Enda Egan John Ekins Mr. & Mrs. John & Martha Enns Dan Erickson Cindy Fernandes

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Nelma Fetterman Elizabeth Findlay Douglas Finkbeiner Gayle Fischer Marcia Fleisher Lawrence Foster‡ Chris Freeman Susan & Ab Freig Arnold Frieman Menno H. & Jolanda Friesen Felicia & Trevor Frost James Fulkerson Monica Furer Colleen & Dan Furlan‡ Ron Gaffray Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant Frank Filbert & Judy Garwood-Filbert.

Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡ Ronald & Denise George Rick & Patti Gilhuly Ms. Heather Gillander Barbara & David Goldenberg Chuck Golfman Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Alicyn Goodman‡ Paul Goodman Jeremy & Maureen Gordon‡ Noreen Greenberg Dr. Richard Greene Leona & Siegfried Hackbart Kari Hagness†‡ Gregory & Heather Hammond Bruce & Judy Harris Teresa A. Hay Frank & Sue Hechter Mr. Kyle Hendin Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Hick Vivian Hilder-Skwark John & Lenore Hodge Mr. Dennis Hodgkinson Michael & Crystal Hollas Gary Hook & Charmine Lyons Mary Horodyski† & Alexander Shewchuk C. Houde Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Karen Howell Frank & Donna Hruska Dan Ilchyna Peter Isaac Marlis & David Jacobson Elizabeth Janzen Cliff Jeffers Margaret Jeffries Lynne Jentsch Claire & Gerald Jewers Robert & Karen Johnston Lisa Johnston‡ Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal Marilyn Juvonen Brian & Renee Kaplan

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Dr. & Mrs. Philip Katz Rick Kendall Robert Kennedy & Claudette LeClerc Nancy Kerr M. J. King Peter Kingsley Paula Klan Eileen & George Klassen Orah & Soody Kleiman Ken & Iris Kliewer Kevin & Deneen Klippenstein Myron & Marion Klysh John & Kathryn Knowles Paul Kochan Ms. Julie Koehn E. Koop David & Denise Koss Lisa Koss & Olex Vecherya Lorraine Kraichy‡ Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Paula Kristjanson Hasiuk Jonathan & Cara Kroft Teena Laird Edith Landy Brenda & Glenn Lange Barbara Latocki Dr. G. H. Lawler Anna Lebrun & Bill Reynolds Iris Lechner Bob Leggett Ellen & Stewart Leibl Kathy & Saul Leibl Gloria Lemke Richard Lemmon Tim & Kate Letkemann‡ Carol & Clifford Levi Wendell & Eleanor Lind Judy & Eric Lister Charles & Diane Littman Wayne Loeppky Mary-Anne Lovallo Dr. Simon Lucy Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Sofia Lukie‡ Tom Lussier Dr. & Mrs. Ted Lyons Mr. & Mrs. E. R. MacDonald John MacDonald‡ Sharon M. Macdonald Dennis MacKay & Annette Stapenhorst Allan & Joanne Malenko Neil Antman & Andrea Mann Mrs. Vera Marchuk Elaine & Neil Margolis Agatha Massey Linda Matheson Peggy May Mr. & Mrs. Campbell McIntyre

Marlene & Ian McKay Richard Comparey & Micheline McKay-Comparey Doug McKeag Greg & Gloria McLaren John & Carolynne McLure Fund The Winnipeg Foundation Barb Melnychuk Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Albert & Judith Metcalfe‡ Susie Miclash Jim & Karren Middagh Marlene Milne Dr. Michael & Sharon Moffatt Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Sagan Morrow*‡ Cathy Moser & Jeff Itzkow Bill Muir Don Munro Suzanne & Kenneth Munroe John Myers Beverly Nagamori Marika Nerbas Alissa Neufeld Edwin & Pat Nicholls‡ Robert Nickel Helen Norrie Deborah & George Nytepchuk Jim & Lou Ogston Gary Oko Joanne Olchowecki Truus Oliver Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Jeff Palamar Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Heather & Harry Panaschuk Dr. Philip & Mrs. Joanne Pass Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Christopher Pearce Aaron & Maureen Penner Gina & John C. Petersmeyer* Rob & Linda Pettit Rick Pinchin Donna & John Platt Carla Plummer Len Podheiser Beth Pollard Carolyn Porhownik Brett Porth Ms. Karen Dawn Power Keith Powls Ms. Judith Putter Tamara Rabkin Barbara Rach Vivian E Rachlis Rudy & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Linda Ratynski Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Vance Rehill

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Cheryl Reid Shelley Rennie Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Joyce Rich Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Marilyn Robbins Tony Robbins Jane Robinson Mr. Robert Rogers Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Renee Roseman Sheryl Rosenberg Jay Ross Pat & Michelle Rowan Olga A. Runnalls Elizabeth & Laurence Russin Michael T. Ruta Paul & Cathy Samyn Shona Scappaticci‡ Hans & Gabriele Schneider Werner & Mary Schulz Ms. Faye Scott Mark Senier Dennis & Karen Sereda Ms. Pat Shklanka Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Shayna & Merrill Shulman Henry & Connie Shyka Pamela Simmons Cliff & Sandra Skrabek Carol & Ron Slater Fund - Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Constance Smith Chad Smith‡ Mrs. Lorraine Smith Al* & Virginia Snyder Deanne Spiegel The Spielman Family Jacqueline St. Hill Mr. David Stacey Evelyn Stephen Heidi Struck† Tom & Shirley Strutt Eleanor Suderman Donald & Lorraine Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Shayne & Kathryn Taback Mary-Lou K Taylor Ross & BJ Taylor Karen Tereck - Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. Linda Thomas June Thompson Marilyn Thompson Phyllis A. C. Thomson Mary E. Tibbs‡ Sharon Timson Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Doug & Heather Tisdale Helen Tomlinson Gord & Lorena Trann

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SUPPORTERS W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Peter Triggs Dr. Stephen Tritt & Dr. Sharon Goszer-Tritt Terry Tully Eric Turner A. Van de Vijsel Patricia Van Doninck Fran & Bob Vannevel‡ In memory of Ruth Paul, longtime MTC subscriber - Bev Venn Irv & Toby Vinsky Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Helmut & Gwen Waedt Dorothy Walker V. Stirling Walkes Sherry & Bob Ward Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Phyllis Watson Walter & Shirley Watts Tamara & John Wells Al & Pat Wherrett‡ Murray & Nancy Wiegand John T. & Justina Wiens Trevor Wiens‡ Peter & Elizabeth Wijtkamp In memory of C. Noreen Wilkie Catherine Wilkie Arthur Williams Leslie Wilson Murray Wilson & Ivy Namaka Dennis & Gustine Wilton Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Winograd R & A Winstone Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Grant & Sheila Woods Adele & Arthur Wortzman Harry & Evelyn Wray Margaret & Paul Wright Raymond & Louise Wyant Ken & Pat Zealand 28 Anonymous

SPONSOR The Asper Foundation The Gail Asper Family Foundation BMO Financial Group Martha Burns CIBC CN Continental Travel Group De Luca Fine Wines Gifts & Accessories Dycom Direct Mail Services Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa & Conference Centre Freeman Audio Visual Canada Friesens Corporation

Gardewine Deborah Gray The Great-West Life Assurance Company Greystone Managed Investments Inc. Investors Group Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Lawton Partners MacDon Industries Ltd. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries MTS National Leasing Planned Perfectly PwC RBC Royal Bank Relish Sleeman Breweries Ltd. Stantec Consulting Ltd. Subway Franchise World Headquarters TD Bank Financial Group Wawanesa Insurance Winnipeg Airports Authority The Winnipeg Free Press

CORPORATE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE HERO $10,000+ Johnston Group Inc. Qualico Richardson Foundation

GUARANTOR $5,000-9,999 Fidelity Investments Canada ULC

BENEFACTOR $3,000-4,999 Cambrian Credit Union Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick Number TEN Architectural Group, Robert Eastwood* Terracon Development Ltd.

PATRON $1,200-2,999 Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance & Risk Management Assiniboine Credit Union Benevity Community Impact Fund Bison Transport, Don Strueber Deloitte Foundation Canada Fillmore Riley LLP George Wakefield Foods Inc., Judy Wakefield* The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Manitoba’s Credit Unions Maxim Truck & Trailer

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

Melet Plastics Inc., Edward Shinewald Pollard Banknote Limited Ruth & Ted Northam PRA Inc. Regal Tours Safeway & Sobeys Winmar Property Restoration

CORPORATE FRIENDS OF ROYAL MTC CONTRIBUTOR $900-1,199 Astroid Management Ltd. Mitchell Fabrics Ltd.

SUPPORTER $600-899 Party Stuff/U-Rent-It

ASSOCIATE $300-599 Mid West Packaging Limited Premier Printing Ltd. Winfield Developments Canada

DONOR $150-299 DGH Engineering Ltd. Intergroup Consultants Ltd. MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Noble Locksmith Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Reitmans (Canada) Limited

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* Marjorie & Morley Blankstein Duane & Pauline Braun Kerry Dangerfield* Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Jack Fraser James Gibbs John & Nicola Guttormson Gary Hannaford & Cathy Rushton Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Dr. Leonard & Hope Kahane Gordon C. Keatch* Leona J. MacDonald Jim & Penny McLandress Barb Melnychuk Jeffrey Morton* Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Heather Power & Harold Klause Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Sharon Ryman Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM†

†Current Royal MTC staff §If you have remembered Royal MTC in your will, please let us know.

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SUPPORTERS Brenda Zaporzan Anonymous

TRIBUTE GIFTS In memory of Linda Wright Tallin Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM†

ENDOWMENT FUND

Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between January 1, 2016 and February 16, 2017.

Amounts are cumulative. $5,000,000+ Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien

$250,000-499,999 Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson

$50,000-99,999 Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Volunteer Corps of Ushers

$25,000-49,999 J.K. May Investments Ltd. Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass

$10,000-24,999 The Bowles Family Terracon Development Ltd. Bryan Klein & Susan Halprin The Estate of Gordon P. Linney Cam & Carole Osler Norma Anne Padilla Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† George Sigurdson

$5,000-9,999 Margaret Caie Donald Fraser & Judy Little Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Susan & Keith Knox Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Garry Markham Jim* & Penny McLandress

L. Blair Philpott & Tom Kynman Heather Pullan & Tom Frohlinger Faye Warren Wearing Williams Limited - Don & Sheila Katz Dorothy Y Young

$2,500-4,999 Sheila & David Brodovsky Ron & Carol Chapman Pamela & Andrew Cooke Helene Dyck John & Margaret Graham Ruth Simkin Fran & Estela Violago Anonymous

UP TO $499 Jacqueline Anderson Margaret & Charles Avent Bev & Ron Clegg Barbara Latocki Frances Lemieux Duane Nicol & Erin Nosal Sandra Sadler Roslyn Silver Geri & Peter Spencer Peter & Sharon Taylor

$1,000-2,499 Joan & Ed Alexander Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn The Bohm Family David & Pamela Bolton Don & Cheryl Breakey Bob & Alison Darling Michael & Lynn Evans Brent & Debbie Gilbert David & Ewhenia Gnutel Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Barbara Main Dr. & Mrs. Donald McInnes Terri & Jim McKerchar Vera Moroz Paul & Elaine Neelon Jean & Lisa Neron Anita & Ron Perron Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Marc & Sherri Rittinger Joan Stephens Frits & Joan Stevens Jim & Jan Tennant Marilyn Thompson Elaine Toms

$500-999 Peggy Bainard Acheson Ms. Jean Bissett Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Dorothy Davidson Christine Fleetwood Betty Ann & Richard Graydon Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Dr. Stan & Susan Lipnowski Anthony & Joyce McWha Estelle Meyers Marcel & Louise Mollot E.M.L. Poulter Bill & Norma Rennie Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Howie & Sue Simpson

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Gabor Vamos & Brenda Silver 3 Anonymous

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SUPPORTING PARTNERS CORE FUNDERS

SEASON PARTNERS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION SUPPORTER

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION SPONSOR

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE PRODUCTION SPONSORS

Deborah Gray

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

BACKSTAGE PASS

WORDPLAY

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

TD THEATRE UNDER 30

BENEFACTORS

Deborah Gray Martha Burns

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CalmAir 50

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SUPPORTING PARTNERS BLACK & WHITE BALL PREMIER SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSOR

Gerry & Barb Price

LAWYERS PLAY

Insurance Brokers and Consultants

DESIGN SPONSOR

CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

2016 WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

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

CHRISTIEFEST

MEDIA SPONSORS

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SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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REGIONAL TOUR

JANUARY 30 – MARCH 4, 2017

Travelling over 8,000 kilometers, the Royal MTC Regional Tour of Last Train to Nibroc enchanted communities throughout Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

Penned by Arlene Hutton, Last Train to Nibroc is a charming love story set in 1940’s small town America. As Mae and Raleigh, Gwendolyn Collins and Kristian Jordan brought to life the innocence, humour and struggles of youth to over 4,000 patrons.

“Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries takes great pride in its partnership with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre to bring live professional theatre to communities across the province,” said President & CEO, Peter Hak. “This year’s production of Last Train to Nibroc was another tremendous demonstration of talent and dedication by the cast and crew. Congrats to everyone on the 24-show run.”

Behind the scenes are several Regional Tour veterans: Kathryn Ball, Company Stage Manager; Ian Kirk, Tour Technical Director; and Chris Hadley, Tour Technician along with Jane Buttner, Apprentice Stage Manager.

Kristian Jordan and Gwendolyn Collins PHOTO BY LEIF NORMAN

2017 Tour dates jan. 30 jan. 31 feb. 1 feb. 2 feb. 3 feb. 6 feb. 7 feb. 8 feb. 9 feb. 10 feb. 12 feb. 13 feb. 15 feb. 16 feb. 17 feb. 20 feb. 22 feb. 23 feb. 24 feb. 25 feb. 27 feb. 28 mar. 1 mar. 4

Brandon, MB Portage la Prairie, MB Crystal City, MB Steinbach, MB Carman, MB Atikokan, ON Sioux Lookout, ON Dryden, ON Red Lake, ON Kenora, ON Powerview/Pinefalls, MB Gimli, MB Thompson, MB Snow Lake, MB Flin Flon, MB Strathclair, MB Neepawa, MB Souris, MB Winkler, MB Virden, MB Minnedosa, MB Deloraine, MB MacGregor, MB Churchill, MB

The cast and crew are always eager to experience the challenges life on the road throws at them including winter storms, freezing temperatures, long drives and the odd moose.

This tour would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, CIBC, MacDon, Manitoba Public Insurance, Calm Air, Winnipeg Airports Authority and Gardewine. We would also like to thank the Manitoba Arts Council for its continued support and all our hard working and dedicated presenters and volunteers.

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BEHIND THE SCENES Front-of-House Staff: Rylen de Vries, Nick Fletcher, Deanna Goring, Elfie Harvey, Marissa Kellet, Talia Kowalchuk, Kimmy Martin, Declan Moulden, Graeme Olson, Amariah Peterson, Angela Rajfur, Hannah Schneider, Lisa Stefanson, Rita Vande Vyvere, Kira Watson

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Honorary Members

Her Honour, Lt. Governor Janice C. Filmon The Honourable Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba His Worship, Mayor Brian Bowman

Maintenance

Executive Officers

Andrew Drinnan, Building Superintendent Chris Fletcher, Assistant Building Superintendent

Anthony C. Fletcher, Chair Jim McLandress, Past Chair David Carefoot, Treasurer Heather Clarke, Secretary David Christie, Chair, Resource Development Sandy Gousseau, Chair, Audience Development Patrick Green, Chair, Organizational Performance John Guttormson, Chair, Governance & Strategic Planning Trustees

Jan Coates Paulo Fernandes Katherine Fox Rita Gunn Shawn Hughes Derek Johannson Advisory Council

Kerry Dangerfield, Chair Gail Asper Doneta Brotchie Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere Charron Hamilton

Marketing & Communications

Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Kathleen Cerrer, Publicist & Online Media Coordinator Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications Savannah Lillies, Publications Coordinator Thomas Urish, Sales Manager Paint

Jason Kasper John Kearsey Sagan Morrow Andrea Robertson Derek Rolstone Laurie A. Speers

Tim J. Valgardson Helga D. Van Iderstine Judy Wakefield Richard L. Yaffe

Gary Hannaford, FCA 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

STAFF Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator Melanie Sexton, Payroll Administrator Shelley Stroski, Controller Brian Adolph, IT Manager Angela Broadbent, Education & Community Engagement Manager Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, Executive Director Mary Horodyski, Archivist Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Jennifer Skelly, IT Administrator Artistic

Production

Christine Corthey, Production Associate Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Paige Lewis, Production Coordinator Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Warehouse Russell Martin, Director of Production Ben Ross, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage Properties

Larry Demedash, Senior Properties Builder Kari Hagness, Head of Properties Lawrence Van Went, Properties Builder Stage Crew

Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter John Tomiuk, House Stage Hand Michael Wright, Head of Sound Tom Hendry Warehouse

Accounting/Finance

Administration

Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Megumi Hari, Scenic Artist

Chris Brett, Head of Sound Randy Zyla Harder, Head Electrician Rick MacPherson, Technical Director Alison Nutt, Head Carpenter Carla Schroeder, Head Scenic Artist Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Cutter Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe Lois Powne, First Hand Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator Wigs

Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor

Krista Jackson, Associate Artistic Director Jeff Kennedy, Literary Coordinator Laurie Lam, Producer Steven Schipper, CM, Artistic Director Casey Shapira, Assistant to the Producer Melinda Tallin, Artistic Coordinator

Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival & Master Playwright Festival

Box Office

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF

Sheena Baird, Ticketing Services Manager Laurie Fletcher, Box Office and Volunteer Manager Raven Wilder, Patron Service Supervisor Box Office Representatives: Katie Adamson, Vicky Chan, Julie Gregorchuk, Paige Lewis, Hayden Maines, Kara Pankiw, Robyn Pooley, Tori Popp, Jessy Ross, Katie Schmidt, Daniel Tompkins, Kira Watson Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

Louis Gagné, Layout Carpenter Brent Letain, Master Carpenter Chris Seida, Scenic Carpenter Development

Michael Joyal, Development Data Manager Melissa Novecosky, Special & Donor Events Coordinator Shelly Smith-Hines, Director of Development Heidi Struck, Individual Giving Manager Front of House

Adam Kozachuk, Patron Experience Manager Kim Cossette, House Manager, Tom Hendry Warehouse

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Jennifer Cheslock, Festival Manager Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

BITTERGIRL: THE MUSICAL

Kim Hamin, Scenic Artist Jacko Garcia, Carpenter Amanda Isaak, First Hand Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Jamie Plummer, Props Buyer Garret Rusnak, Assistant Technical Director Tiffany Taylor, Scenic Artist KILL ME NOW

Shawn Carruthers, Touring Assistant Ntara Curry, Stage Crew Amanda Isaak, First Hand Paul Moore, Stage Crew Jamie Plummer, Props Buyer Garret Rusnak, Assistant Technical Director Burkhard Weiss, Assistant Carpenter Stefanie Wiens, OT Reg (MB), Accessibility Consultant

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