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Written and Performed by Alanna Mitchell Directed by Franco Boni, with Ravi Jain Produced by The Theatre Centre TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE

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MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR I am thrilled to welcome you to Sea Sick by Alanna Mitchell, which marks the first live performance in our beloved Warehouse Theatre since we shuttered in March 2020. It feels good to be back.

I first became aware of Sea Sick when Franco Boni, one of the shows two directors and collaborators handed me Alanna’s award-winning book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis (2009), and told me he had been developing it as a piece of theatre with the author. Sea Sick opened the new Theatre Centre space, of which he was the Artistic Director, Kelly Thornton

in Toronto in March 2014. Eight years later, it is still going strong, as Alanna shares her eye-opening

story with the world. But what is also remarkable is how a Prairie girl who grew up to be a science journalist found herself on stage at all, as a theatre-maker, touring the world with this urgent account of her journey to discover our oceans in peril.

Alanna’s quest is as remarkable as any hero’s journey told on a stage, and her message is like a siren cutting through our distracted lives to alert us of danger. But her medium is art, and while deceptively simple, Sea Sick affirms the true power of storytelling, of theatre itself. Told in union with other humans, this collective experience reminds us we are all in community with each other. And recognizing this inextricable bond between us and all life on the planet may be the key to solving the problems we must face to survive.

Thank you so much for joining us.

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BY FRANCO BONI In 2012, I was invited to attend Cape Farewell Canada’s Carbon 14 Workshop. Scientists, journalists, business people, politicians, religious leaders and artists assembled at a waterfront location in Toronto to learn how we could collectively respond to the climate crisis. How could we work together to communicate the truth about climate change.

One of the most profound moments that weekend was listening to a talk by science journalist Alanna Mitchell. Her words hit me like a ‘thunderbolt’. I remember leaving her talk feeling anxious and helpless. What could I do?

A year later, The Cape Farewell Canada Foundation and The Theatre Centre partnered to present a multi-arts festival that featured work by artists responding to issues of Climate Change. Together with Ravi Jain, we began working on a theatre piece that weaved Alanna’s personal story with her journeys to learn what was happening to the global ocean. Sea Sick had its first public workshop at that Festival.

Sea Sick is an example of the critical role our cultural community and artists can play in communicating truth. That is what makes what we do so dangerous, because we have the ability to communicate a new cosmology.

The ocean contains the switch of life.

Not land, not the atmosphere. The ocean.

And that switch can be turned off.

SYNOPSIS – Sea Sick is a critically acclaimed production about climate change, and the state of the global ocean, which has toured Canada and the world. Experience this powerful story in which Alanna Mitchell uses science and delicate wit to tell us about her journey to the bottom of the ocean, the demons she discovered there, and her hope for the future.

Alanna is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author (New York Times, CBC’s Quirks & Quarks, Globe and Mail, and more) who writes about science and social trends specializing in investigative reporting. Sea Sick is inspired by her international bestseller and award-winning book of the same name.

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SEA SICK PHOTO BY CHLOE ELLINGSON

Turning Science into Art

BY ALANNA MITCHELL So, how do you turn a science book about the ocean into a play? And, more to the point, why?

Well, that part of the story starts 10 years ago with the first expedition of the North American branch of Cape Farewell, a group inspired by the British visual artist David Buckland. David decided almost two decades ago that scientists knew about climate and ocean change, but that artists didn’t, so he began putting them together. Often in the Arctic. Often on ships. Often stuck in the ice. It was hard to get away. So people talked.

And astonishing stuff started emerging.

Music, avant-garde visual art, theatre, literature. After I met David for the 10

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first time, I read the British novelist Ian McEwan’s book Solar, the first part of which is based on McEwan’s own ice-fast Arctic adventures with David and others on one of the Cape Farewell journeys.

It was hilarious. It was searing. It was all about climate change, slyly inserted into a rollicking good tale about a shady physicist.

So when David invited me to take part in a small North American version of the Arctic expedition – which took place, wryly, at the Palais Royal in Toronto overlooking Lake Ontario with a few dozen artists and scientists from all over the continent – I just said yes. Again, a raft of fascinating art has come out of that, march 2022

SEA SICK culminating in fall 2013 with the Carbon 14 show at the Royal Ontario Museum.

story mean so much to me? Why had I agreed to make a play?

But for myself, I wasn’t expecting much.

I was at the meeting simply as a source of information for the artists and, on the final morning of the meeting, as the final speaker, I tossed off a short talk about my adventures writing my book Sea Sick.

Unbeknownst to me, however, Franco Boni, artistic director of The Theatre Centre, was in the audience.

I talked and talked and, because there was a blackboard in the makeshift office we were in, I would leap up from time to time to write stuff on the board, to show Franco and Ravi what I meant. And every time I would explain something, either Franco or Ravi would say: “There’s more.”

And I would try again. It was like being enveloped in a world of tough intellect and tougher love. There was no hiding.

That’s when it really started to get interesting. Franco got in touch with me a few months later and asked me to give a talk to a bunch of theatre people who were gathering in Toronto for a conference. I remember it was a Sunday morning and I had a couple of other talks to give that afternoon but I really wanted to say yes to Franco and so I did. It turned out it was on a stage in the café in the basement of the Drake Hotel – lights and everything – and I confess perhaps I hammed it up a bit more than I do sometimes.

Well, a few months after that, I hear through Claire Sykes, who runs Cape Farewell in North America, that Franco wants me to turn my book into a one-woman show, with me as the performer. I thought he was crazy, but I met with them at a café on the Danforth.

They were convincing. It would all be oral, they said. I would only have to tell my stories the way I usually do, shape it a little bit, maybe fashion a new start and end, and voila! There would be our play.

I said yes. And then began the most difficult journey of my life. For months, Franco and Ravi Jain, the artistic director in residence, and I met to talk about why.

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Eventually, it all came down to this: Why does art matter?

My hope is that you’ll find some answers in our play. It’s what we grappled with for all those months.

And I came out of it convinced that we won’t find the solutions we need for this high-carbon world we’ve created until we rewrite the story about how it all ends, and rewrite how we feel about that. So ultimately, the answer lies in culture. In emotion and psychology and all the other things that make us uniquely human. In art, that is to say, which has the potential to take us on journeys we could never take any other way.

The play didn’t turn out the way Franco promised, by the way. It is not just oral. At a fateful point in the process, I transcribed the tapes we were making of the play and then, we had a script – all 10,000 words of it – and we starting honing it, making it leaner and clearer.

And then – worst thing of all – I had to remember all those words, all in order.

Pure hell for a journalist, who’s trained never to tell the story the same way twice!

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Sea Sick

Written and Performed by Alanna Mitchell Produced by The Theatre Centre March 3 – 19, 2022 preview March 2

Director..........................................................................................Franco Boni Co-Director......................................................................................... Ravi Jain Set & Costume Designer.....................................................Shawn Kerwin Lighting Designer.........................................................Rebecca Picherack Sound Designer........................................................................... Tim Lindsay Stage Manager & Touring Lighting Designer........... Melissa Joakim Tour Producer....................................................................... Alexis Eastman Sea Sick is performed without an intermission.

Please join us in the theatre for an informal talkback with Alanna Mitchell after the performance.

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SEA SICK Alanna Mitchell

Franco Boni

Writer & Performer

Director

Alanna Mitchell is an award-winning Canadian author and journalist who writes about science and social trends.

Her international best-selling book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis won the prestigious Grantham Prize for excellence in environmental journalism in 2010.

With the help of The Theatre Centre’s artistic director Franco Boni and Why Not Theatre’s founding artistic director Ravi Jain, Mitchell turned Sea Sick into a one-woman non-fiction play that she has performed across Canada and internationally, her first foray into theatre.

She has written for the New York Times science section, National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, GQ Magazine India, Maclean’s Magazine, Broadview Magazine, the Globe and Mail Newspaper, the Toronto Star Newspaper and is an award-winning radio documentary-maker for CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks. Her fifth non-fiction book, The Spinning Magnet, about the Earth’s magnetic field, came out last year. She is working on a play with Boni and Jain based on her fourth book, Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths. Its working title: The Interview.

Franco Boni is the Artistic and Executive Director of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver.

Prior to this, he served as Artistic Director of The Theatre Centre in Toronto for 16 years. Franco has also served as Festival Director of the Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Artistic Producer of the SummerWorks Theatre Festival. He is a recognized cultural innovator, facilitator and community builder with a demonstrated track record of restoring financial stability and artistic credibility to local arts organizations and festivals for over two decades. In 2019, he directed Prophecy Fog by Jani Lauzon at The Theatre Centre. He is the inaugural recipient of the Ken McDougall Award for emerging directors, was awarded the Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award for outstanding leadership in the development of arts and culture in the City of Toronto, and in 2013 he received the George Luscombe Award for Mentorship in Professional Theatre.

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Ravi Jain is a multi-award-winning artist known for making politically bold and accessible theatrical experiences in both small indie productions and large theatres.

As the founding artistic director of Why Not Theatre, Ravi has established himself as an artistic leader for his inventive productions, international producing/collaborations and innovative producing models which are aimed to better support emerging artists to make money from their art.

In all of his work, exemplified by projects like A Brimful of Asha and his reimagining of classics like Hamlet and Salt-Water Moon, is Ravi’s passion to inspire Canadians to look at new ways of representing Canada on national and international stages. Currently he is working on a new adaptation of The Mahabharata with the Shaw Festival and a new project with Canadian writer Nicolas Billon on a new play titled CODE, which completed a one week residency at the Barbican Theatre in London, UK. Ravi has been shortlisted for the prestigious Siminovitch Prize (2016 / 2019) and won the 2012 Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director and the 2016 Canada Council John Hirsch Prize for direction. He is a graduate of the two-year program at École Jacques Lecoq. theatrewhynot.org

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SEA SICK Rebecca Picherack Lighting Designer

co-produced and designed BFL Theatre’s acclaimed productions of Hedwig & The Angry Inch, and Hard Core Logo: Live in its 2017 Toronto debut.

Melissa Joakim Rebecca Picherack designs lights for theatre and dance. Recent companies include: adelheid, The Blyth Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Volcano, HUM, National Arts Centre, Buddies in Bad Times, Young Peoples’ Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, The Theatre Centre, and Kitchenband.

Rebecca has received three Dora Awards for outstanding lighting design.

Tim Lindsay Sound Designer

Tim is a Toronto-born sound designer & full-time technical director at The Theatre Centre, where he designed their touring production of the award-winning play This Is the Point. Most recently, he designed the world premieres of Clitoria: A Sex-Positive Superhero! and Emotional Labour at Toronto Fringe 2019, and C’mon, Angie! and The Chance for Leroy Street Theatre. His other favourite designs include: six plays for Kat Sandler/Theatre Brouhaha, most recently Bright Lights at Toronto Fringe 2016; four shows for Cue6 Theatre including award-winner pool (no water); back-to-back international Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl Fringe runs and tours for Rebecca Perry Productions; Titus Andronicus for Hart House Theatre; Othello for Driftwood Theatre; Red Light Winter for Unit 102; and After Miss Julie for Red One Theatre Company. He also

Stage Manager & Touring Lighting Designer Melissa Joakim is a lighting and projection designer and stage manager in Toronto. She holds a BFA Spec. Hon.s from York University. She has been nominated for Dora Awards in Lighting Design and Scenic Design and for the Pauline McGibbon Award. Recent credits include: Environmental Design: Prophecy Fog (Theatre Centre and Paper Canoe Projects); Space Cats Invade the Earth (Nuit Blanche North). Lighting and Projection Design: This is the Point (Ahuri Theatre with Theatre Centre); A Side of Dreams (Paper Canoe Projects). Lighting Design: 2 Odysseys (Soundstreams and Signal Theatre); Isitwendam (Native Earth Performing Arts and Theatre Northwest); Balaklava Blues (Self Conscious Productions at Luminato and Latitude Festivals). Projection Design: Dissidents (ARC Stage Company); Flashing Lights (Bad New Days and Ahuri Theatre); Alien Creature (Theatre Passe Muraille). She is grateful to be part of this poignant and deeply relevant show.

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SEA SICK Alexis Eastman Tour Producer Alexis is a writer and producer in Toronto.

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Because of the ongoing support of our dedicated community, Royal MTC not only continues to bring heartwarming and thought-provoking stories to the stage, but we’ve been able to create shared experiences for reflection and critical conversations about what it means to be human. The Bridge: Our Only Earth is a great example of how through artistic presentation and engaging dialogue, we get to explore pressing issues of our time, this year’s festival includes conversations and stories about the climate crisis.

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SUPPORTERS Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between Nov 1, 2020 and Feb 1, 2022.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000+ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson Estate of David Lawrence Didluck Deborah Gray June & Bob Jackson Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts – The Winnipeg Foundation Kingfisher Foundation Bernie & Rhonda Plett Jim & Leney Richardson Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson

$6,500-9,999 David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Leslie John Taylor Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation

$4,000-6,499 Pauline Braun – in memory of Duane Braun‡ David & Lianne Carefoot Sylvia Flam‡ Ms. Sophie Gaska Sara Gray Rita Gunn & Gregory Mason Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ Grace Man Leigh Murphy – in memory of Liam Murphy‡ The Jim & Janice Tennant Foundation Dr. Marcel Van Woensel

$2,000-3,999 Dianne J. Beaven Craig McIntosh & Lorraine Beck Fund Todd & Judy Bourcier Sheldon & Penny Bowles Dr. Lorne Bellan & Dr. Bonnie Cham David* & Barb Christie Kerry Dangerfield*‡ Dr. Lawrence & Ms. Brenda Ellerby Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher‡ John* & Nicola Guttormson‡ Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡ Houston Family of Bradwardine Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Derek & Mary Johannson David & Diane Johnston Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky

Serena Helen Kraayeveld Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Donna & Dave* Lalama Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt‡ Jeff Neufeld & Katrina Lee-Kwen Bill & Shirley Loewen Jim* & Penny McLandress‡ Laurie Lam & Larry Desrochers Vivienne Nickerson Scott Penner Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett Pope Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Sanford & Deborah Riley Maitland & Pat Sundmark Kelly Thornton† & Josep Seras-Gubert‡ Jeremy Trickett* & Brandon Barnes Trickett Scott & Sonya Wright Fund Dr. Dorothy Y. Young Anonymous – in memory of Shannon Hirsch Anonymous

$1,200-1,999 Edward* & Jaime Acuna‡ D. T. Anderson John Borger Cathie & Brian Bowerman Doneta Brotchie, CM* & Harry Brotchie‡ Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Chambers Family*‡ Haderra & Mark Chisick Heather Clarke* Jan* & Kevin Coates Hugh Conacher Ben & Shari Diamond Andrew Drinnan†‡ Helene Dyck Katherine Fox*‡ Susan* & Ab Freig‡ Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Gift Fund Blair & Amanda Graham Mintie Grienke Sharon Hamilton‡ Vivian Hilder-Skwark & David Skwark – in memory of Mike Skwark‡ Jeff Hirsch & Liz Murray Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn‡ Aileen Hunt & George Lamont Katie Inverarity†‡ Hon. William Johnston Karen Klym & Roger Suss David* & Ellen Kroft‡ Katarina Kupca‡ J. Lamothe

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

march 2022

Ovation

Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Andrea Lochhead* Reginald & Judy Low Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Virginia Martin & the late Robert Martin Kathy Menzies Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Jeffrey* & Mary Morton Melissa Novecosky†‡ Dr. H. Nyhof & Jo-Anne Lutz Wayne & Linda Paquin K. Heather Power & Harold Klause‡ Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine‡ Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis‡ Nancy & Loren Remillard Mrs. Shirley Richardson Sudhir Sandhu* Marlis Schroeder Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Logan Family Fund Ken & Susan* Skinner Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines‡ Bill & Laurie* Speers Joan Stephens – in memory of Annice Stephens‡ Shelley† & Mark Stroski‡ Sasha & Josh Thiem*‡ Geeta* & Michael Tucker‡ Sindee & Albert Wilhelmer Rick & Claire* Workman Nicole Zajac 2 Anonymous

COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Dr. Liz Adkins Wendy & Ron Anthony Margaret & Jim Astwood Norma & Glenn Baldwin Wayne Billing Ms. Jo-Anne Drewniak Barbara & Patrick Fawcett Paulo Fernandes‡ Barbara Hamilton Gregg & Mary Hanson Thelma Hitchen N. & L. Holliday Gerald Jewers Jurgen & Glenda Kannwischer Laurence Katz & Zoë Kogan Gerard Kennedy & Jane Hilderman Peter Klippenstein Belinda Knopf Donna L. Korban & Family

†Current Royal MTC staff

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SUPPORTERS The Honourable Guy J. Kroft & Hester Kroft* Josee Lavoie Dr. G. H. Lawler Ian & Nicki LeGrand Kerrie Halprin & Richard Leipsic John & Roberta Lewis Pat & Jim Ludwig Brian & Christie Lysack Mr. G. Markham Gerard Matte & Lydia Surasky Matte Barry§ & Carol McArton Michael McGovern Campbell & Lorraine McIntyre Janet & Alex McKenzie Terri & Jim McKerchar‡ Ron McKinnon & Peggy Barker Marilyn & Robert Menzies Ms. Lisa Neron Tracey Novak D. & G. Nytepchuk Kris Olafson‡ Richard & Bonnie Olfert Ivan & Cathy Oresnik Cameron & Carole Osler Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Donna Plant Ann Pound-Holl Iris Reimer David & Joan Rew Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Barbara Scheuneman Daniel Shapiro & Susan Shore Albert Skiba Carol & Ron Slater Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Deborah Spracklin Shayne & Kathryn Taback Georgia Taillieu Dr. Peter Triggs‡ Vicki Verville‡ Murray & Nancy Wiegand Reed & Arla Winstone Margaret Wollner 4 Anonymous

$250-599 Pat & Darrell Adams Pat & Bob Adamson Brian Adolph‡ Dawn Andersen Wayne & Lee Anderson Bob & Joy Antenbring Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Dennis & Elaine Schultz Peter Bagot Sheena Baird†‡ Dr. J Baluta & Ms. O. Kandia Earl & Cheryl Barish Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora

Ms. Kathleen E. Bell Byrnes Benoit Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch David Bergmann Ryan Bernier Irene Bilan Victoria Blair Ms. Linda Blair Edward Blandford Laurie Bleeks Dick Bloemheuvel Linda Boaz Marnie Bolland Lilian Bonin & Daniel P Levin Colleen & Stephen Bonner R. & D. Boroditsky John & Marilyn Bourbonnais Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Derek Boutang The Hon. Patricia Bovey Ron & Joan Boyd Margaret Braid Kris & Ruth Breckman Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager‡ Sheila & David Brodovsky Mona Brown Ellen & George Bruce Rita Burgess Ms. Maureen Burnham Mr. & Mrs. B. Carruthers Cheryl Chaban Rosemary Chapman Ms. Caroline Charrette Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Nancy Chuback Glen & Lorna Clark Kenneth Clark & Pamela Lockman Aynsley Cockshott The Convery Family Pam & Andrew Cooke Ms. Helen Cooper Diane Coughlin Jim & Gwen Court Robert Coutts Daniel Cowan Drs. Kristen Creek & Josh Manusow A. Worley & P. Czaykowski Werner & Judy Danchura Linda Daniels Chris Darazsi‡ Bob & Alison Darling J. Davidson‡ Doug De Graff Diane Degraves Andrea Hector & Kirk Dellebuur Alan Diduck Diana Dinon Heather Dixon & Tony Harwood Jones Carl & Wilma Doerksen Neil & Carol Duboff Sharron & Joel Dudeck

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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June Dutka H. Dyck Roberta Dyck Glen* & Joan Dyrda Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp Dr. Michael Eleff & Chana Thau Don & Elfie Elias Sheila Engel Ms. Martha Epstein Dan & Lilianne Erickson Jemara Fay‡ Gordon Flaten & Louise Pelletier Susan Fraser Christine Freeman Anne Friesen Chad & Gina Friesen Curwin & Jill Weber Friesen Felicia & Trevor Frost Paul Daeninck & Monica Furer Colleen & Dan Furlan‡ Daniel Gagnon Basil & Judy Galarnyk Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡ Gautron Management Services Inc. Alan & Lee-Anne Gellatly Heather Gillander Lorraine & Ian Glassford Serky & Ben Goldberg Elisabeth Gordon Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Karin Gordon Kayla Gordon & Art Maister Barbara Hague Ms. Christine Halma Sylvia & Doug Hannah Barbara Harrison Frank & Sue Hechter Gail Hechter Dr. Kristin Maria Heinrichs Medical Corp.

Rodney Hick & Tracey Jackson Michael & Crystal Hollas‡ Carol Holmes & Brian Duff Ken Houssin Estate of Elsie Hughes Ms. Kathleen Hughes Robert Hykawy Jean Hyrich Dr. James C. & Muriel Jamieson Sylvia Jansen Neil & Herta Janzen Robert & Karen Johnston Lisa Johnston‡ James Tam & Katherine Jordan Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal Joyal Felines Koren Kaminski Lydia Kandia Budilian Kehler & Tina Fehr Kehler Robert Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc

‡Monthly donors

§ Fondly Remembered

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SUPPORTERS Roger & Brenda Kennedy Peter Kingsley Betty Klassen Eileen & George Klassen Shan Dickson & Andrea Kneale Ms. Julie Koehn Denise & David Koss Lorraine Kozub Brenda & Trevor Kriss‡ Howard & Jane Kroeger Kerry & Janet Kruger Randie & Jan Kushnier Richard Lambert Debra Edie Lamont Ms. Brenda Carter Desiree Lavallee†‡ Mrs. Anita Lavoie John & Heather Lea Bob Leggett Tim Preston & Dave Ling Charles & Diane Littman Lois Litz Chris Loepp Gail Loewen Linda & Ray Loewen Peter & Maureen Macdonald MacDonald/Cageorge Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Shawn Madak Judith Manning Marilyn Marshall Ms. Grace Martel Liz Martin Jim & Lynne McClelland Marlene & Ian McKay Greg & Gloria McLaren John & Carolynne McLure Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Donald G. McNabb Brian Macri & Nancy McQuade Constantina Metaxas Albert & Judith Metcalfe‡ Susie Miclash Janine Milani Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Gloria Moodrey Tom Mooney Vera Moroz Sagan Morrow‡ Cathy Moser & Jeff Itzkow Suzanne & Kenneth Munroe Brad Nance R. Frank Obrigewitsch Marie Ohta Joanne Olchowecki Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Terry Panych Jean-Pierre Parenty Judith Parker Dr. Philip Pass Peter & Anita Pelech

Maryam & Izzy Peltz Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Jo-Anne & Harvey Peltz Fred Goeke & Layna Penner Mrs. Bonnie Penno‡ Rick Pinchin Leonard & Ruth Podheiser & The Podheiser Family Foundation Calvin & Jen Polet Beth Pollard Carolyn Porhownik Jocelyne Prefontaine Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen Ms. Judith Putter Tammy Rabkin Vivian E. Rachlis Linda & Michael Radcliffe John & Marilyn Rae Carole Rankin‡ Elizabeth Ready Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Brad Regehr & Nalini Reddy* Lorraine & Ernest Reinfort Joan Richardson Jean Riggall Tony Robbins Andrea & Michael Robertson‡ Jay & Andria Ross Tamara Rossie Deborah & Neil Rostkowski Pat & Michelle Rowan Olga A. Runnalls‡ Michael T. Ruta Eduard Ryabinov Cathy Sabiston Emile Samuels Cathy & Paul Samyn Ms. Nadine Scholl Harald & Vicki Schulz Faye Scott Darcia & Gary Senft Jewish Foundation of Manitoba – in memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC Diane Shapiro Louise Shaw Bill Shepherd & Beverley Vane Blake Shiaro Shinewald Family Christina & John Slipec Mrs. Lorraine Smith Mark C. Smith & Sabrina Smith Irene & Jim Snell – in honour of Jim Pappas Al* & Virginia Snyder Peter & Geri Spencer Marlene Stern Nancy Streuber Eleanor Suderman Lorne Sunley Mary Ann Supleve

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Ray & Fenella Temmerman Karen Tereck – Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. Leah R. Janzen & Ian R. Thomson Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Greg Tottle Gord & Lorena Trann B. Baydock & W. Tretiak Elizabeth Turnock Mrs. Heather Tymoschuk Tim Valgardson & Cecily O’Callaghan Irvin & Toby Vinsky Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Sheera Waisman – in memory of Mrs. Frances Settler Stirling Walkes Colleen Webb Jesse Wente Norma & Ron Westcott Debra Wiens Lionel & Lorraine Wiens Kathy Gough & Tim Wildman Catherine Wilkie Leslie Wilson Klaus & Elsa Wolf Deborah A. Wolfe Margaret & Paul Wright Klaus & Dorit Wrogemann Ms. Landice Yestrau & Mr. Kyle Reeves A Young Olga & Roman Zubach 16 Anonymous

$150-249 Sherry Allard-Harber‡ Donna Allary R.E. Allison Elena Anciro Tatiana Arcand Jennifer & Scott Ash Elizabeth Atkinson Peter Attwood Nadine Audet Michel & Danita Aziza Marilyn Badke Zaz Bajon & Patricia Hunter Richard & Nancy Ball Dr. Corinne Barrett DeWiele Richard Bartlinski Karen & John Bate Sheila Beauchemin Mrs. Lorna Beaudry James & Dawn-Lynne Bedford Susan & George Benias Trish Bergal Eric & Maureen Bergen Keevin & Faren Bernstein Trust Beta Edwin M. Bethune Kelly Black & Sheila Curry

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD Joan Blight Helga & Gerhard Bock Morva Bowman & Alan Pollard Robert Briercliffe France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky Debby & Bob Brown Brian Brown Ken & Denise Brown Terry Bruneau Carol Budnick Sean & Melanie Bueckert John Burrows Gerald & Carmen Butler Enid Butler L. K. Butler Diane & Gus* Campbell Dr. Lloyd & Marian Campbell Robin Campbell Sandra Campbell Ms. Sherry Cannon Arlene Carr Ken & Elizabeth Carroll Jeff Carter Sylvia Cassie Hilda Cherry Art & Donna Chow A son’s Tribute to Berdie & Irvin Cohen – Flow Through Fund Hy & Pat Cohen Fund Agnes & John K. Collins Donna Collins Diane Connelly Graham & Linda Connor Sarah Corley Larry & Christine Cowan Bob & Lena Cox Greg Cox Roy & Marie Craig Janet Cutler Matthew Cutler & Dr. Avery Miller Susan Cuvelier J. Dale Georges Damphousse Kenneth DeLisle Stan Diachun Margaret & Sylvia Docker Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Tom Dooley Sheila Down Rob Dryden John & Ada Ducas Marilyn Dudek Heather Goulden & Jay Duncan Michael Duncan Craig & Claudette Dunn Pamela Dykstra David & Barbara Ediger‡ John Edwards & Wendy Stelko John & Marylin Ekins Charlotte Enns

Anthony Esposito Marion Fellinger Nelma Fetterman Jo-Anne Findlay Doug & Pat Finkbeiner Ms. Eleanor Finlay Ms. Judith Marchand Elvira & Harry Finnigan Gayle Fischer Beverley & Ronald John Fitzpatrick Lawrence Foster‡ Jack Fraser Gloria & Rick Gallant Frank Filbert & Linda Garwood-Filbert Jane Park & Blair Geisel Trish Gibson Bill & Sharon Glanville Darlene Golinoski Marcia & John Gordon John & Margaret Graham Moira Graham M. Gray Dr. Darrell Grymonpre Derryl Hall Jackie Halliburton Bonnie Hallman F. Hanlon Linda Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith Bruce & Judy Harris Carol Harvey Teresa A. Hay Ken & Ruth Hayes Evelyn & Larry Hecht Mary Heindle Gail Henderson-Brown David & Mary Hickling Ted & Cathy Hlynsky Rob & Jen Hochkievich‡ John & Lenore Hodge Mary Hodge Ann Hodges Kathryn Hofley Carol & Ian Hughes Catherine Hunter Jeremy Hutsebaut Mrs. Kadri Irwin G. C. Irwin-Kilfoyle Wendy & Jim Jackson Marlis & David Jacobson Elizabeth Janzen Margaret Jeffries Lynne Jentsch Dave & Lesia Johns Tiffany Johnson-Sheldon Tannis & Owen Johnston Sheryl Kapitz & Aaron London Brian & Renee Kaplan S. Kasian April & Diamond Kassum Dr. Arvind & Nancy Kati John King & Rochelle Yanofsky

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Melvin & Margaret Klassen Sarah Klassen Paul & Tamara Kochan Marvin Koop William Kops Jennifer & Andrew Kosie Lisa Koss & Alex Vecherya Jacki & Sheldon Koven Lorraine Kraichy‡ Sarah Kredentser & David Lowen Paula Kristjanson Hasiuk Jonathan & Cara Kroft Leonard & Helen La Rue Teena Laird Lisa & Ted Landrum Barbara Latocki Bryen Lebar & Patricia Sauder‡ Helen Leeds Tim & Kate Letkemann‡ Jay Lev Sherrill & David Levene Stephanie Levene Ms. Barbara Lillie Tara Lindgren Stan & Susan Lipnowski Dr. Karen Lischka Judy & Eric Lister Teresa Lopata & Bruce Wagg Sarah Luby Maylene & Israel Ludwig Janis Lumsden Carole Lupkowski Mary Jane MacLennan John Marakovits John & Helen Marakovits Elaine & Neil Margolis Agatha Massey Cheryl & Eric Matheson Linda Matheson Shirley Matile Roxana Mazur Bob & Betty McCamis Barbara McCandless Melanie McCannell Marie McCarthy Mr. & Mrs T. Simoes Colleen McKenty Doug McNeil & Julie Frederickson Linda Meckling Catarina Mello Schultz Barb Melnychuk Heather Mian Jim & Karren Middagh Dr. & Mrs. M. Mollot Allison Moore Rodney Moorhead Mr. Ron Morgan Ryan & Ewa Morphy Kelly Murray B. Nagamori Marika Nerbas

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

march 2022

We applaud Royal MTC for enriching audiences with world-class theatre.

SUPPORTERS Tom Nowicki Irene Onuch Mark O’Rourke Kristen H. Pachet Pak-Wai Chan Marlene & Richard Paterson Sonya & Derek Penner Brian Perchaluk – in memory of Sue Groff Donald & Elaine Peters Linda & Rob Pettit Jocelyn Pitsch Virginia Platt Denise Plett Carla Plummer Dave Plummer & Debra Schweyer David Poggemiller Heather Pullan & Tom Frohlinger Dr. R. & Audrey Ramchandar Jim & Kathy Ranick Mohamed Rashwan Linda Ratynski Cheryl Reid Arnold & Shirley Reimer Brian & Laurel Repski Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Ron Richert – in memory of Gail Rechert Estate of Margaret Ritchie Jan Roberts Roslyn Roberts Nicole Robidoux Linda Robinson Gail MacAulay & Kevin Rollason V. Rosolowich Debbie Roy Sandra Sadler Sandy Sager Denyse & Ken Saloranta Jonas & Susan Sammons Cheryl Samson-Siemens & Gordon Siemens Rodrigo Sanches Cunha Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney Onnolee Scharf Colleen & Bertram Schneider Hans & Gabriele Schneider M. & S. Schumann Ray & Leanna Senez Greg Sexsmith & Joni Lavender Sexsmith Jim & Susan Shaw Lynn Shead Pietra Shirley Margot Sim Dr. Ruth Simkin Linda Simpson Ms. Sandra Slattery Jack & Sabrina Slessor Michelle Smith Elaine Mordoch

Karen Stach Darlene Stepanik Steve Stephanson Kim Stephens Lisa & Daniel Stiver Heidi Struck‡ Tom & Shirley Strutt Pam Sveinson & Brad Oswald Heather & Donald Talocka Ross & Bette-Jayne Taylor Lois Tessier Sharon Timson‡ Karen Tjaden Alex Todd Jonathan Toews D & L Toews Cindy Tolpa Elaine Tolpa Jen & Kevin Tomanek Marilyn Trepel Eric Turner Chris Turyk† & Bryce Weedmark‡ Arlene Van Ruiten Maria A. Versace C & J Vukelic Helmut & Gwen Waedt Carrie Wai Gordon Walkty Jane & Don Walters‡ Paul & Laura Walton Robert & Sherilyn Ward Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Lois & Henry Wedel Mary Agnes Welch‡ Michael & Lydia West Al & Pat Wherrett‡ Alfred Wiebe Theresa Wiktorski Deanna Wilks Dennis & Gustine Wilton Evelyn Witwicki Grant & Sheila Woods Jason Woywada Martina Wuersch & Craig Wray Raymond & Louise Wyant 32 Anonymous

SPONSOR Air Canada The Asper Foundation The Gail Asper Family Foundation Assiniboine Credit Union Bell MTS Birchwood Lexus BMO Financial Group Bonaventure Travel Inc. C&T Rentals Canada Life Culligan Water

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Dycom Direct Mail Services Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. Fairmont Winnipeg Fillmore Riley LLP Friesens Corporation The Gates on Roblin HUB International IG Wealth Management Jones & Co Wine Merchants Lawton Partners Manitoba Bar Association Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries McDiarmid Flowers McNally Robinson Booksellers RBC Foundation RE/MAX Red River Co-operative Ltd. Relish New Brand Experience Stantec Consulting Ltd. Taylor McCaffrey LLP TD Bank Group Torque Brewing Wawanesa Insurance The Winnipeg Foundation The Winnipeg Free Press

CORPORATE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $25,000+ Johnston Group Inc. Richardson Foundation

$5,000-9,999 Cambrian Credit Union The Albert D. Cohen Family Fund PwC

$3,000-4,999 Terracon Development Ltd.

$1,200-2,999 Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd., Kate M. Everett, President Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick Maxim Truck & Trailer Pollard Banknote Limited PRA Inc. Qualico

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

march 2022

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SUPPORTERS CORPORATE COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Astroid Management Ltd. Mid West Packaging Limited Premier Printing Ltd. Winnipeg Building & Decorating Ltd.

$300-599 Acuity HR Solutions Diamond Gallery

$150-299 Diva Lingerie and Swim Wear Funseekers Ladies Travel FWS Group of Companies Gautron Management Services Inc Intergroup Consultants Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE Wayne & Lee Anderson Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* Zdzislaw (Zaz) Bajon & Patricia Hunter Marjorie & Morley§ Blankstein Duane§ & Pauline Braun Doneta Brotchie, CM* & Harry Brotchie Ken & Denise Brown David & Lianne Carefoot Len & Heather Cariou Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM, OM Jennifer Cheslock & George Buri David Christianson & Vera Steinberger David* & Barb Christie Gerry & Chris Couture Hugh B. Cowan Kerry Dangerfield* Laurie Lam & Larry Desrochers Glen* & Joan Dyrda Robert & Florence Eastwood Don & Elfie Elias Bill§ & Gayle Fischer Anthony* & Jennifer Fletcher Jack Fraser James Gibbs§ Sandy* & Rheal Gousseau Rita Gunn & Greg Mason John* & Nicola Guttormson Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Ted§ & Gail Hechter Elaine Heinicke§

June§ & Bob Jackson Fund for the Performing Arts Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen David & Diane Johnston Dr. Leonard & Hope§ Kahane Janis Kaminsky Jason Kasper John Kearsey Gordon & Anne Keatch§ Rob Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc Serena Helen Kraayeveld Leona J. MacDonald Cheryl Johannson§ & Michael Mainman Mark & Gloria Mancini Virginia Martin Peggy Barker & Ron McKinnon Jim* & Penny McLandress Barb Melnychuk Bob & Pat Migliore Jeffrey Morton* Ken & Sharon Mould Dr. Liam Murphy§ Robb & Heather Paterson Chris Pearce Scott Penner Gina & John* C. Petersmeyer Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope K. Heather Power & Harold Klause Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Joan D. Richardson Michelle Rowan Sharon Ryman Susan Skinner* Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines Bill & Laurie* Speers Deborah Spracklin Joan Stephens Joanne Tait Suzanne Ullyot Lionel & Lorraine Wiens Margaret§ & Alfred Wikjord Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham§ Brenda Zaporzan§ 2 Anonymous

TRIBUTE GIFTS In memory of Jackson Armstrong Doris Quinn In honour of Kathleen & Alan Christensen Tannis & Owen Johnston In memory of Irena Cohen Brenlee, Brent, Skyler & Sierra Trepel

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

A Son’s Tribute to Berdie & Irvin Cohen Jewish Foundation of Manitoba In memory of Jim Gibbs Tessa Pearen In memory of Shannon Hirsch Anonymous In honour of Michael Joyal Sheldon & Penny Bowles Serena Helen Kraayeveld Fund The Winnipeg Foundation In memory of Bev Muzyk Kevin, Kirsten, Ian & Finlay McCorrister In memory of Jim Pappas Lillian Neaman & Doug Skoor Irene & Jim Snell Susan & Ken Skinner Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., LL.D & Michael Paterson In memory of Gail Rechert Ron Richert In honour of Frank Sylvester Gaetanne Sylvester

ENDOWMENT – STEVEN SCHIPPER FUND Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between Jun 1, 2020 and Oct 15, 2021. 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

$100,000-249,999 Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD & Morley§ Blankstein Manitoba Theatre Centre Volunteer Corps of Ushers

$25,000-49,999 Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Cam & Carole Osler Terracon Development Ltd.

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

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march 2022

SUPPORTERS $10,000-24,999 The Bowles Family Susan & Keith Knox Norma Anne Padilla Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope George Sigurdson Margaret§ & Alfred Wikjord

$5,000-9,999 Margaret Caie Pam & Andrew Cooke Gail Hechter Gina O’Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Faye Warren Terry & Les Wiens Dr. Dorothy Y. Young

$2,500-4,999 Rita & Don Campbell Ron & Carol Chapman Michael & Lynn Evans David & Ewhenia Gnutel Irene Miller & the late Claire Miller Iris Reimer Anonymous

$1,000-2,499 Joan & Edward Alexander

David & Pamela Bolton Carol Budnick Art & Donna Chow DGH Engineering Ltd. Brenda & Michael Evans Christine Fleetwood Christine Freeman Dr. Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Teresa A. Hay Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Donna & Dave* Lalama Barbara Main Peggy Barker & Ron McKinnon Marlene Milne Jean & Lisa Neron Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Edna Poulter W. & N. Rennie Howie & Sue Simpson Deborah Spracklin 2 Anonymous

$500-999 Marge & Ted Avent Ron & Joan Boyd Nan Carson Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Evelyn Hecht Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn

Lynne Jentsch Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Barbara Latocki Anthony & Joyce McWha Sandra Sadler Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Bryce & Jenna Simes Peter & Sharon Taylor Gabor Vamos & Brenda Silver Anonymous

UP TO $499 Helen M. Arkos John Burrows Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. E. Firth Abigail Grieder Allan & Evelyn Hardy Nancy Latocki Dr. Shelley Mahoney Barry§ & Carol McArton Bob & Pat Migliore Charlotte Murrell Theresa Oye Henry & Sheila Riendeau Linda L. Wiebe 4 Anonymous

MANY THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!

SUPPORTING PARTNERS CORE FUNDERS

SEASON PARTNERS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION SUPPORTER

Return to the Stage Sponsor

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION SPONSORS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE PRODUCTION SPONSOR

OPENING NIGHT SPONSOR

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YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

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KINGFISHER FOUNDATION

NATIONAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

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THE BRIDGE: A FESTIVAL OF IDEAS

REGIONAL TOUR

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SUPPORTING PARTNERS BLACK & WHITE BALL VACATION PRIZE SPONSOR

SPONSORS

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TRAVEL PARTNERS

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CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

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SUPPORTING SPONSORS

WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

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BEHIND THE SCENES Development

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Michael Joyal, Development Data Manager Melissa Novecosky, Director of Development Chris Turyk, Development Manager

Honorary Members

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

Front of House

Executive Officers

John Guttormson, Chair Laurie Speers, Chair-Elect Heather Clarke, Treasurer / Organizational Performance Chair Katherine Fox, Secretary Jeremy Trickett, Governance & Strategic Planning Chair Trustees

Ed Acuna Markus Chambers Jan Coates Susan Freig Shawn Hughes Advisory Council

David Christie, Chair Gail Asper Doneta Brotchie, CM Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Kerry Dangerfield Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA Anthony C. Fletcher John F. Fraser Jean Giguere

David Kroft David Lalama Andrea Lochhead Linda McGarva Cohen Nalini Reddy

Loren Remillard Sudhir Sandhu Josh Thiem Geeta Tucker Claire Workman

Charron Hamilton Gary Hannaford, FCA Yude Henteleff Ken Houssin Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews Jim McLandress Jeffrey Morton, FCA Hon. Jack Murta Lillian Neaman

Shelley Nimchonok John Petersmeyer Lawrence Prout Jeff Quinton Patricia Rabson Margaret Redmond Susan Skinner Al Snyder Maureen Watchorn

Maintenance

Andrew Drinnan, Building Superintendent Chris Fletcher, Assistant Building Superintendent Marketing & Communications

Ksenia Broda-Milian, Education Enrichment Manager Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications Desiree La Vallee, Ticketing Application Specialist Savannah Lillies, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Reba Terlson, Communications & Social Media Manager Paint

Carla Schroeder, Head Scenic Artist Production

Christine Corthey, Production Associate Chris Coyne, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage Zahra Larche, Assistant Production Manager Russell Martin, Director of Production Properties

Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy, Props Builder/Buyer Jamie Plummer, Head of Props Lawrence Van Went, Master Builder (on leave)

STAFF Accounting/Finance

Stage Crew

Sharon Burden, Payroll Administrator Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator Shelley Stroski, Controller

Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Gary Plouffe, Head of Sound Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter

Administration

Natalie Bell, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, Executive Director Kathrin Moncaster, IT Manager

Tom Hendry Warehouse

Chris Brett, Head of Sound Jacqueline Robertson, Head Electrician Evan Wohlgemut, Head Electrician

Artistic

Audrey Dwyer, Associate Artistic Director Melissa Langdon, Apprentice Artistic Director Isabelle Ly, Producer Ian Ross, Program Director, Pimootayowin Creators Circle Kelly Thornton, Artistic Director Leslie Watson, Company Manager Kim Wheeler, Curator, The Bridge

Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Head of Wardrobe Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator WIGS

Beverley Covert, Head of Wigs/Make-Up Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

Box Office

Sheena Baird, Director of Patron Services Meaghan Fletcher, Patron Services Coordinator​ Box Office Representatives: Sharon Bunn, Jorgia Doucet, Chelsea Howgate, Melissa Langdon, Namjoo Park, Robyn Pooley, Julia Ross, Katie Schmidt, Danielle Sinclair, Jordan Skelly, Katie Spring, Lilian Talabis

Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Tori Popp, Festival Manager Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus Steven Schipper, CM, OM, Artistic Director Emeritus

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Sea Sick

Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

Timi Clark, Stage Hand

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

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Samantha Harrison, Front of House Manager Front of House Staff: Jennifer Brisson, Kim Cossette, Shay Cote, Bisan Dasuki, Jenn Davis, Rylen de Vries, Nick Fletcher, Melanie Fowler, Joanna Houston, Christine Leslie, Noah Luis, Kimmy Martin, Graeme Olson, Yashveer Sehrawat, Cobi Winston

Ovation

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