Ovation Volume 25, Number 5 (March/April 2018)

vol 25 • no 5 mar/apr 2018

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

by STEPHEN KARAM

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AMELIA BULLMORE

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE

IMAGINATION TAKES US EVERYWHERE Proud to support the imaginative talent in our creative and cultural arts community.

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR In the hands of a playwright, homes can be havens of inclusiveness or arenas for epic battles or in the case of The Humans and Di and Viv and Rose — ­ they can become confessionals, places of disquieting truths and unexpected absolutions.

Playwright Stephen Karam understands how a home can both reflect and affect its inhabitants.

The odd two-storey apartment that Brigid and Richard have rented in Manhattan’s Chinatown features dodgy electrics, strange noises, and the possibility of less tangible faultlines running Steven Schipper

through its walls. Even though the young couple is still unpacking, they’ve invited their family for

Thanksgiving. Like every family, this one has issues, and an evening in this unsettling (and unsettled) apartment will churn them all up. Will all that is hidden be revealed and, if so, will love prevail?

At the Warehouse, Amelia Bulmore takes us into a Manchester house where three university students — Di and Viv and Rose — decide to live together the way students did in the 80s and maybe still do today. The athlete, the academic, and the sexual adventurer find temporary common ground in music and in a mutual fascination with each other’s profound differences. After graduation, they struggle to sustain their relationship despite the fissures caused by time and distance.

Both plays remind us that we love our friends and family not because of our similarities, but doggedly, despite our differences. In fact, those differences are our greatest collective strength: passion needs reason, faith needs imagination, courage needs kindness. Karam and Bullmore advocate here for something more profound than mere tolerance: they celebrate love, forgiveness, and the whole-hearted embrace of all that makes us human.

Yours always,

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IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE REMEMBER

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TRANSIT OF VENUS

BY MAUREEN HUNTER

We take for granted that there is a thriving Manitoba playwriting community but forty years ago, despite exceptions, it seemed a distant possibility.

Yet, a decade later a whole generation of playwrights — supported by local theatres, independent productions, and the creation of the Fringe — was flourishing. It was an exciting time. The list is long of those who emerged as the eighties ended and the nineties began.

Rick Chafe, Brian Drader, Bill Horrocks, Wendy Lill, Bruce McManus, Yvette Nolan, Harry Rintoul, Ian Ross, Alf Silver, Vern Thiessen, and many others came of theatrical age.

and then at the Manitoba Theatre Centre, an providential match for both the playwright and the theatre.

Her early plays, including her first hit, Footprints on the Moon, were produced

by Agassiz Theatre, but beginning with a thriller, Beautiful Lake Winnipeg, in 1988, most of her plays premiered at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, including what she has announced is her final play, Sarah Ballenden in 2017.

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Of that generation, Maureen Hunter is a good example of how a close relationship between an artist and a nurturing theatre spurs the growth of the artist and deepens the theatre’s commitment to new work. A playwright, finally, needs a home theatre. Hunter found it first at the long-gone Agassiz Theatre,

Maureen Hunter has taken the most restless journey of any of her generation when it came to the setting, place, and time of her plays. From Prairie realism to an array of historical dramas, Hunter has roamed from the local to the exotic in her work. At the heart of each was the story of the individual seeking love, and losing it, as much as finding it.

Among these works was Transit of Venus in 1992, the first play by a Manitoban to be produced on the MTC Mainstage in 25 years. An intimate romantic drama set in 18th-century France, Transit of Venus is about astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil’s desire to track the movement of Venus across the face of the sun. It is really a play about how love can transit from one heart to another, as Le Gentil discovers to his regret.

As Maureen wrote to this author: “I often wonder how differently my life

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PLAYS THAT HE LPED DEFINE EACH OF OUR SIX DECADES

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would have gone without Transit of Venus, and especially a Mainstage launch like the one it was given. I’ll be forever grateful to this theatre and everyone involved for the support I’ve been given over the years.”

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Transit of Venus, like its protagonist, had its own long journey, being presented as MTC’s regional tour of Manitoba in 1996, performed across Canada by theatres large and small, internationally by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the BBC, and even transformed into an opera in 2007.

Three more world premieres of Maureen Hunter plays followed at Royal MTC, including her farewell to the stage, Sarah Ballenden. That farewell is not an abandonment but a considered retirement, a graceful exit.

Her work lives, as shown, for example, by the recent revival of Footprints on the Moon at the Finborough Theatre in London, England.

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Transit of Venus, 1992 1. Larissa Lapchinski & Jim Mezon 2. Joyce Campion & Donna Goodhand 3. Donna Goodhand, Larissa Lapchinski and Joyce Campion 4. Duncan Ollerenshaw 5. Jim Mezon & Larissa Lapchinski

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ALL PHOTOS BY B. MONK

RORY RUNNELLS

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“It’s about the love of knowledge, it’s about the love of life.”

– CBC RADIO march/april 2018

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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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THE HUMANS

Why do we dream?

Dreams play a key role in The Humans, providing insight to life-changing events.

As the Blake family faces challenges, strange and unusual dreams give food for thought, as they adapt to this turning point in their lives.

example, studies have shown that those who did not dream, experienced anxiety, weight gain, depression and increased tension. Dream researchers suggest dreams exist to process emotions, help solve problems and recall memories.

Although extensive research has been done as to why we dream, many theories have emerged with not one concrete reason. Some researchers say dreams are the result of the sleeping brain during REM sleep. REM sleep happens 90 minutes after you fall asleep, with the first portion lasting 10 minutes. Since the brain is typically more active during this phase, intense dreams are most likely to happen.

Other theories include dreams as a form of consciousness which unite the past, present and future. Information from these moments in time come together and blend into one, reflecting the experiences of waking life.

Experts say dreams are simply thoughts and images that have no purpose or meaning, while others say that they are necessary for optimal health. For

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TOP 10 COMMON DREAM MEANINGS

falling To dream of falling is often related to a major life problem including relationships and work. being chased This indicates

running away from a situation or person that gives you fear or anxiety.

The chaser can represent these feelings that have not been dealt with.

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teeth falling out Dreaming of your teeth falling out is typically related to self-confidence issues. It represents a sense of powerlessness and lack of control.

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Neurologist Sigmund Freud believed that dreams occurred to satisfy desires that may be unacceptable to society.

Whether or not this is true, studies have shown that dreams do help individuals process emotions and thoughts. People have often gone to bed with a problem and have woken up with a solution, so dream on!

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flying Being afraid to fly means

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being naked in public Often

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being late The unconscious mind

you are having trouble keeping up with goals and pressures of life.

Alternatively, being in an airplane and having difficulty flying suggests someone is stopping you from reaching your goals. represents vulnerability, with research suggesting it is common in those who have accepted a new job, promotion, or are in the public eye.

may suggest it’s never too late to take on another dream or goal. On the

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THE HUMANS flip side, this may also indicate worry about a new direction in your life.

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death To dream of dying translates to the desire to say goodbye to a relationship, career path or part of your life you no longer want. Though it may seem negative, this type of dream may encourage one to embark on a new journey.

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out of control vehicle

A feeling of not having control or confidence to manage your life goals.

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finding an unused room

Discovering an open and unused room means you’ve found new skills, abilities and qualities about yourself that you can now put to good use.

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preparing for an exam

This type of dream is one of the most common with one in five people experiencing it in their lives. Dreams about exams suggest a lack of confidence or hesitation to take the next step with your goals.

SOURCES: WEBMD.COM, PSYCHOLOGYTODAY.COM, MENTALFLOSS.COM

There are six basic fears, of which every human suffers at one time or another... the fear of poverty the fear of criticism the fear of ill health the fear of loss of love of someone the fear of old age and the fear of death.

– NAPOLEON HILL, THINK AND GROW RICH

Peppermint Pig Tradition The tradition of the famous Peppermint Pig™ started in the 1880s with candy makers in Saratoga Springs, NY. It’s a festive way to celebrate the holidays, and the tradition is even more popular today than when it was originally released.

In Victorian culture, the pig represented good health, happiness and prosperity.

Inspired by this symbol, old-fashioned candy makers in Saratoga started to create Peppermint Pigs™ each year during the holiday season. These sweet treats were made of hard peppermint

candy — ­ similar in taste and texture to a candy cane — and appropriately coloured a very festive pink.

When families gathered together for holiday meals, the tradition was to break the Peppermint Pig™ after dinner (inside a small cloth pouch) using a miniature hammer. All family members would then share in eating the sweet candy pieces, hoping for good fortune in the coming year.

SOURCE: SARATOGA.COM

SYNOPSIS Mom and Dad have ventured from the suburbs to Brigid’s New York duplex for Thanksgiving. Grandma’s barely coherent. Mom’s insecure and overwrought.

Dad has something to hide. But if the family has cracks in it, the foundation is solid. As the booze flows, nothing is off limits. And when secrets gradually come to light, this wonderfully messed-up family is heartbreakingly relatable as they mirror us all in our imperfect — but perfectly human — glory. march/april 2018

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

The Humans

By Stephen Karam March 22 - April 14, 2018 preview March 21

Director............................................................................................ Philip Akin Set & Costume Designer................................................Brian Perchaluk† Lighting Designer...............................................................Hugh Conacher Sound Designer....................................................................Michael Wright Assistant Director........................................................... Frances Koncan†‡ Set & Lighting Design Apprentice...................................... Darah Miah* Stage Manager...................................................................Margaret Brook Assistant Stage Manager............................................. Linsey Callaghan Apprentice Stage Manager................................................. Zahra Larche THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Aimee Blake............................................................................ Kate Besworth Erik Blake............................................................................... John Bourgeois Fiona “Momo” Blake................................................................ Jane Burpee Deirdre Blake....................................................................Nicola Cavendish Richard Saad............................................................................... Tom Keenan Brigid Blake........................................................................ Heather Russell† The Humans is performed without an intermission.

The Original Broadway Production of THE HUMANS was produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Roundabout Theatre Company, Fox Theatricals, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Roy Furman, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Eli Bush, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, Amanda Lipitz, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lauren Stein, and The Shubert Organization; Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, and John Johnson, executive producers.

Commissioned and Originally Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert, Managing Director; Julia C. Levy, Executive Director; Sydney Beers, General Manager).

THE HUMANS had its world premiere in November 2014 at American Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois (PJ Paparelli, Artistic Director).

THE HUMANS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

Royal MTC acknowledges that our two venues are on Treaty 1 Land, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people and the homeland of the Métis Nation. Royal MTC thanks them, the Cree, Dakota and Oji-Cree, and all of the custodians of this land. *Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner ‡Position funded through the Canada Council for the Arts and the Winnipeg Arts Council

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THE HUMANS Kate Besworth

Jane Burpee

Aimee Blake

Fiona “Momo” Blake

ROYAL MTC Gone With the Wind.

ROYAL MTC Humble Boy, Pride and

Prejudice.

ET CETERA Thank you for coming to see

OTHER THEATRE Mary Barnes, Tartuffe

theatre!

John Bourgeois Erik Blake

ROYAL MTC Clever Little Lies, The Price, Prospero in The Tempest, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Lost in Yonkers, Oleanna, Cherry Docs, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Directing: Broadway Bound, After Miss Julie.

OTHER THEATRE God of Carnage, The Normal Heart (Studio 180); Bea’s Niece, The Summoned (Tarragon); Tamara (Off-Broadway); Troilus and Cressida (Stratford).

FILM/TV Carter (series regular), Condor, Schitt’s Creek, The Prince and Me, Murder at 1600, A Different Loyalty, X-Men Apocalypse, XIII. TEACHING Director for screen acting at Humber College.

ET CETERA Two Dora nominations, Teaching Excellence Award.

(Black Hole Theatre); Oedipus, Slag, Eleemosynary, Suddenly, Last Summer, A Phoenix Too Frequent (Winnipeg Fringe Festival); Fen (Sarasvàti); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (BrechtFest); Mary Rose (Snakeskin Jacket); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare in the Park); Durang Durang (Scattergood Theatre); Nellie McLung (Equal Voice).

FILM Alternating Current, Unsolved Mysteries, The Diviners.

ET CETERA Jane is honoured to be part of The Humans and has deep respect for all those families touched by dementia.

Nicola Cavendish Deirdre Blake

ROYAL MTC Life Skills, Shirley Valentine,

A Perfect Ganesh.

OTHER THEATRE Shaw Festival, Vancouver

Playhouse Theatre, The Citadel Theatre, Theatre Calgary, ATP, The Belfy Theatre, Canadian Stage, Centaur Theatre, Arts Club Theatre, National Arts Centre, Neil Simon Theatre­52nd Street NYC. FILM/TV The X- Files, The Returned, Hallmark films, The Christmas Secret, Christmas Wish, The Bouquet, The Sleep Room, Angel Square, Romeo Section CBC. TRAINING Graduate of the Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC, 1976.

ET CETERA Deeply grateful to Christopher

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THE HUMANS Newton who set me on my trajectory 40 years ago casting me as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion when I was 24 and fresh out of UBC. I have not had time to look back since.

Heather Russell Brigid Blake

Tom Keenan Richard Saad

ROYAL MTC Selected: Shakespeare in Love, Sarah Ballenden, Hand to God, Unnecessary Farce, The Seagull, Gone With the Wind, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Christmas Carol.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Am I Not King?

The Last Concert of Richard II, Three Sisters (zone41); The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (PTE); Dear Johnny Deere (Persephone); Ring of Fire (Rainbow); The Power of Harriet T, New Canadian Kid (MTYP); White Rabbit Red Rabbit, The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM); One Man, Two Guvnors (TC); The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV (SIR).

FILM/TV Selected: Channel Zero (NBC/ Universal); Nomis (PalmStar); The Pinkertons (Buffalo Gal/Rosetta Media); The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (20th Century Fox); Bunks! (Disney); Zooey and Adam (Bedbugs Films); Men with Brooms (CBC); Less Than Kind (HBO Canada); House Party (Comedy Network); Something Beneath (Peace Arch); The Crooked E (CBS).

ET CETERA Find his music at tomkeenanmusic.com and heavybellmusic.com.

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Carol, Unnecessary Farce, Armstrong’s War. OTHER THEATRE Romeo and Juliet (SIR); Iceland (TPM); Expressions vives (Cercle Molière); Night Light, Dying To Be Thin (MTYP); Magical Mystery Munsch (PTE); My Name is Rachel Corrie (MayWorks); The Sh!t Show (The Talentless Lumps); The Crackwalker (Sweet and Salty Collective).

TRAINING University of Winnipeg; PTE@ PTE. ET CETERA Heather is a founding member of Sweet and Salty Collective and The Talentless Lumps. Love to the Russells, the Shaws, the Smiths and the Smerchanskis.

Stephen Karam Playwright

Stephen Karam’s plays include The Humans (Tony Award, Obie Award for Playwriting, Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist), Sons of the Prophet (Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist) and Speech & Debate. His adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout’s 2016 season; his film adaptation of The Seagull starring Annette Bening will premiere in 2018.

Recent honours include two Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award and a Hull-Warriner Award. Stephen is a graduate of Brown University and grew up in Scranton, PA.

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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THE HUMANS OTHER THEATRE Brian’s work has been

Philip Akin Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Selected directing:

1837: The Farmers’ Revolt by Rick Salutin (Shaw); Passing Strange by Stew and Heidi Rodewald (2017) (Musical Stage Co./ Obsidian); Master Harold and the Boys

by Athol Fugard (Shaw/Obsidian); Up the Garden Path by Lisa Codrington, Venus’ Daughter by Meghan Swaby (Obsidian).

ET CETERA Dora Awards for Best Director in the General Theatre Division (2012, 2017); Toronto Theatre Critics Award: Best Director (2017); My Entertainment Award: Best Director: Venus’ Daughter (2016); William Kilbourn Award for the Celebration of Toronto’s Cultural Life (2014); CAEA Life Membership Award; PGC: Women’s Caucus Bra D’Or Award for supporting and promoting the work of Canadian women playwrights; Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award; TAPA Silver Ticket Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts (2010).

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: Once (with Grand), Sarah Ballenden, Black Coffee, 23.5 Hours, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Harvey, August: Osage County, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, M. Butterfly (with NAC).

featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Selected recent credits include: The Whipping Man (WJT); Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables (Rainbow); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Vimy (NAC/GCTC); Gracie, The Flats, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (PTE); A Little Night Music (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); Proud (TPM).

TRAINING Graduate of U of W and NTS. ET CETERA Recipient of Gemini, Jessie Richardson, Prix Rideau and Winnipeg Theatre Awards.

Hugh Conacher Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Outside Mullingar, Kill Me Now (with NAC), 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), 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

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THE HUMANS OTHER THEATRE I Dream of Diesel,

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 and L’Association des professionnels des arts de la scène du Québec www.pellucid.me.

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 Tour 2004 (Rose Tinted Productions, UK).

FILM The Last Harvest, Métis, Métis Not, Dead Mothers Kitchen Floors, Dust.

ET CETERA Michael is active in the music world with over two dozen album credits and is a member of IATSE 63.

Michael Wright Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC Over 20 productions including Bittergirl: The Musical, 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.

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THE HUMANS Frances Koncan

Margaret Brook

Assistant Director

Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC As apprentice director: Seminar (with Mirvish).

OTHER THEATRE As director: Savage in Limbo, The Hollow, Hamlet, Matt & Ben; as director/playwright: Women of the Fur Trade, Riot Resist Revolt Repeat, Riot Resist Revolt Redux, zahgidiwin/love, How to Talk to Human Beings, Little Red; as playwright: The Dance-off of Conscious Uncoupling, Dragons of Decolonial Gas Stations.

FILM Outdigenous (Writer/Director).

TRAINING MFA Playwriting, City University of New York Brooklyn College.

ET CETERA Frances is hella stoked to be here! As always, love to Keanu. This one’s for you, sweetie. At me at @franceskoncan!

Darah Miah Set & Lighting Design Apprentice

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Lighting Design for

The Gentle Art of Punishment (Camden People’s Theatre Calm Down Dear Festival and Zone Homa Festival); Docile Bodies (La Chapelle). Set and Lighting Design for Peekaboo Didu (Aux Écuries’ “Vous êtes içi”). Lighting Designer, Collaborator, Co-Founder of Daughter Product performance collective. Technical Director of the Revolution They Wrote Festival (MainLine Theatre).

TRAINING BFA Theatre Design, Concordia University.

ET CETERA Darah is delighted to be back in Winnipeg.

ROYAL MTC Outside Mullingar, Million Dollar Quartet, Unnecessary Farce, The Devil’s Music, The Glass Menagerie, The Penelopiad, The Fighting Days, The 39 Steps, The Syringa Tree.

OTHER THEATRE PTE, Manitoba Opera, MTYP and Royal MTC co-productions with the Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse, Royal Alex, Saidye Bronfman.

Linsey Callaghan Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Assistant Stage Manager: Nine Dragons, The Audience (with Mirvish).

Apprentice Stage Manager: Chimerica, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, The Seagull, A Christmas Story.

OTHER THEATRE Assistant Stage Manager: Nutcracker (RWB); The Birds and the Bees (PTE). Production Assistant: Romeo and Juliet, Fiddler on the Roof, The Three Musketeers, The Merchant of Venice (Stratford). Apprentice Stage Manager: Danny, King of the Basement, James and the Giant Peach (MTYP); Les Misérables (Rainbow); King Lear, The Beaux’ Stratagem, All My Sons (Stratford); Gifts of the Magi, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Initiation Trilogy (Electric Theatre Company).

TRAINING Graduate of the National Theatre School’s Production Program.

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THE HUMANS Zahra Larche

Roundabout Theatre Company

Apprentice Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Assistant Production Manager

(2017/18 Season).

OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: Fly

Me to the Moon, Newfoundland Vinyl and The Out Vigil (Gros Morne Theatre Festival); Shape of a Girl (Cart Before the Horse). Apprentice Stage Manager: The Halloween Tree (Geordie Productions); The Amazing Adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre (A Company of Fools).

TRAINING Graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada - Production Program (2017).

ET CETERA A very special thanks to my Royal MTC family, my parents, my family and friends from Gatineau to Tasmania, Ilana Modulevsky, Brian Britton and my graduating class at NTS.

Home to more than 44,000 subscribers, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is committed to producing definitive productions of classic plays and musicals, along with new plays. Since moving to Broadway in 1991, Roundabout productions have received 150 Tony nominations, 135 Drama Desk nominations and 154 Outer Critics Circle nominations. Production highlights include Anna Christie (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival), She Loves Me (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Nine (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Assassins (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Intimate Apparel (Outer Critics Circle and Audelco Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play), Twelve Angry Men (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Revival of a Play), The Pajama Game (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical) and Cabaret (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical).

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Are you happy? Right now? Could you be happier if you tried harder? Although Americans spend more time and money in search of happiness than any other nation on earth, research shows that the United States is one of the least contented, most anxious countries in the developed world. British immigrant Whippman set out to get to the bottom of this contradiction. 306.0973 WHIPPMAN 2016 The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.

As Alfred and Enid Lambert gather with their three adult children for “one last Christmas,” Alfred’s Parkinson’s disease is progressing and the USA is on the verge of a financial crisis. This sprawling family saga touches on some of the same themes as The Humans: economic uncertainty, the conflicts between parents and their drifting children and the issues of an empire in decline. FICTION FRA Poet in New York by Federico García Lorca. Written during the nine months Lorca spent in New York at the very beginning of the Great Depression, this influential collection portrays a city populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence and solitude. A pathbreaking and defining work of modern literature.

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DI AND VIV AND ROSE

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

BY HEIDI MALAZDREWICH

This play celebrates friendship. I read on a pillow somewhere, “Our friends are the family we choose.” It seems to be a simple statement.

So simple that it can fit on a pillow and be sold in gift shops. But when I think about my long-held friendships, those relationships are anything but simple.

They are messy and heartbreaking at times and silly and joyful at others. My old friends are the people I call in the lowest moments of my life and the first people I want to speak with when I have good news. They are people who have witnessed my life in all of its intricacies: triumphs, terrors and fumbles. They are the keepers of my secrets, audience

to my jokes and engaged witness/participants in my heartache and joy.

Friendships are not necessarily ‘easy’. In order to maintain these life-long connections with our chosen families we must be open and vulnerable, both giving and receiving and that can be hard. It can be costly to expose one’s soul to another and in turn to openly embrace another’s humanity. At times this bond can feel too much to bear. Like any relationship friendships can be nurturing, and joyful and they can be really hard work. But I think it is in this process of messy, hard, vulnerable work that we can find rooting. Through the risk of being seen in all of our quirky, neurotic individualism we may reap the benefits of support and really being known.

Amelia Bullmore’s script explores these roots of platonic love. With her three heroines, we get to experience in detail the tumultuousness and tenderness of longterm friendship. We watch Di and Viv and Rose grow up (and their friendship evolves along with them). This is a story that exposes the bravery of friendship and the courage it takes to allow ourselves to be seen and to be needed.

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The curtain call never has to end.

Bob and Pat Migliore have joined the Royal MTC Founders’ Circle

If you have been coming to Royal MTC for any length of time, you may recognize the friendly faces in the picture above. Bob and Pat Migliore have been volunteering with us since the 1970s and as their family has grown up and had children of their own, they too have become volunteers.

With three generations of volunteers all working together to support Royal MTC, Bob and Pat have decided to deepen their commitment by becoming members of our Founders’ Circle.

Bob and Pat invite you to join them. You can make a difference to the future of Royal MTC by becoming one of the first 60 Founders’ Circle members by the end of the 60th season, May 31, 2018. Your most personal and lasting gift to Royal MTC can be of any size. Will you join us?

“By joining the Founder’s Circle, our love and commitment to MTC becomes public knowledge. Hopefully it will inspire others to do the same. Each person’s small contribution ensures MTC’s future for many generations to come” PAT MIGLIORE

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We’d love to honour you as a member of the Royal MTC Founders’ Circle.

For more on the Legacy Giving Campaign contact: Kris Olafson 204 954 6412 or kolafson@royalmtc.ca

“Our Founders’ Circle ensures that the future of Royal MTC is secure for generations to come. Membership, no matter the size of the gift, is like planting a tree knowing full well its shade will benefit others for years to come.”

STEVEN SCHIPPER, ROYAL MTC ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

John Hirsch and Tom Hendry – the two visionaries who founded R professional theatre that would inspire and enlighten our citizens. sharing extraordinary stories and memories with you. The Founde future success of Royal MTC – honours the commitment, creativity Royal MTC is thrilled to announce that we now have 53 members of the Founders’ Circle. We are so close to our goal of 60 Founders’ Circle members by the end of the 60th season (May 31, 2018). Would you consider being one of our first 60 members? The Legacy Giving Campaign is your opportunity to make a real difference in the future of Royal MTC. When you make a gift in your will it will last forever.

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You can become a Founders’ Circle member by committing to leave a gift to Royal MTC in your will. All gifts are welcome, no matter the size.

When you leave a gift in your will, you extend your contribution forever.

Your legacy gift will be directed to the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

Endowment Fund. The endowment fund was established in 2001 and is held in trust by The Winnipeg Foundation. The income from that fund currently provides the threatre over $850,000 in financial support to every season.

All donations to the endowment fund, including legacy gifts, are eligible for matching grants, increasing the impact of your donation. And donors who make a legacy gift to Royal MTC’s endowment fund are automatically included in The Winnipeg Foundation’s Legacy Circle.

The Foundation’s prudent financial stewardship of gifts ensures legacies created by donors are respected, and Royal MTC can count on the annual support its fund generates.

“Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is an excellent example of the power of endowments.

Royal MTC has one of the most successful Agency Endowment Funds at The Winnipeg Foundation in terms of both number of gifts and market value. Through its Legacy Giving campaign, Royal MTC is ensuring it has a reliable revenue stream forever, which in turn allows for continual production of top-notch theatre in our community.”

RICK FROST, THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION CEO

Royal MTC – believed strongly that Manitoba deserved a Their dream started 60 years ago and has taken us on a journey ers’ Circle – a group of generous donors who want to ensure the y and vision of John and Tom. their story, look for a copy in our lobby or contact Kris Olafson at 204 954 6412 or kolafson@hotmail.ca. Or find out more online at wpgfdn.org.

The Black Bonspiel of Wullie McCrimmon

Bob and Pat Migliore are featured as the cover story in the current edition of Working Together, published by the The Winnipeg Foundation. To receive your copy and read more about

“Among the first plays I saw at MTC was The Black Bonspiel of Wullie McCrimmon.

The drama, the comedy, an on-stage curling game, Satan jumping into the fiery pit of hell – all got me hooked. This play got me into being a student ticket holder, then asked to drive artists from the airport to their hotels, volunteering as an usher, key usher, behind the scenes (and even once) a back stage tour guide.”

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Cherissa and Sarah and Charlene share personal stories about the friendships in their lives cherissa ­(Di) I’m always amazed at the journey friendship has taken in my life. I find myself growing up, having these intense, life-altering moments with people who are often only around for a brief but significant time and shape me in significant ways. I think of them fondly and sometimes mourn their absence. But as I get older, the friends I hold most dear are the rare few who were there from the beginning and then one or two-friend “soul-mates” I’ve met later in life and I wonder how I could’ve lived without all this time! sarah ­(Viv)

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When I moved to Winnipeg from Dauphin where I’m from, I was moving to the big city away from my “little village” (just as Rose does in the play) and away from my family and community. I had a roommate and a character apartment in Osborne Village and was really excited to come into the world and find who I was on my own. I didn’t realize what a shock that would be. Feeding myself, starting a new school, trying to find my

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SYNOPSIS When Di and Viv and Rose meet in university, little do they know they’ll form a lifelong bond. But friendships, like any other relationships, can be complicated.

This heartwarming comedy celebrates life, love and everything in between accompanied with lots of laughs. march/april 2018

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

Di and Viv and Rose

By Amelia Bullmore March 8 - 24, 2018 preview March 7

Director........................................................................ Heidi Malazdrewich† Set & Costume Designer................................................Brian Perchaluk† Lighting Designer.................................................................... Larry Isacoff‡ Sound Designer.............................................................................Chris Brett Apprentice Director....................................................Angelica Schwartz* Stage Manager.........................................................................Chris Pearce Assistant Stage Manager..........................................Katherine Dermott THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Viv.............................................................................................Sarah Constible Di.......................................................................................... Cherissa Richards Rose................................................................... Charlene Van Buekenhout Di and Viv and Rose is performed with one intermission.

Special thanks: Dr. Maureen Flaherty, Fred Beckwith, David Ley. Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

Royal MTC acknowledges that our two venues are on Treaty 1 Land, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people and the homeland of the Métis Nation. Royal MTC thanks them, the Cree, Dakota and Oji-Cree, and all of the custodians of this land. *Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner ‡Past Naomi Levin Theatre Scholarship award winner

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DI AND VIV AND ROSE Ecole Philippe Gaulier-Clown. Instructor: 1st year Theatre Performance-University of Winnipeg, York University.

Sarah Constible Viv

Charlene Van Buekenhout ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Sarah Ballenden, Things We Do For Love, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, The Penelopiad, Gone With the Wind, The Fighting Days, The 39 Steps, After Miss Julie, Bleeding Hearts, The Threepenny Opera.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Am I Not King? (zone41); Beautiful Man, Reservations, The Monster Trilogy (TPM); Ivanov (WJT); Richard III, Henry V, Othello, The Merchant of Venice (SIR); The Swearing Jar, Strawberries in January, Unity (1918) (PTE).

FILM/TV Lovesick, Aloft, Euphoria, My Awkward Sexual Adventure, High Life, House Party, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil.

Cherissa Richards Di

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Carol, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

OTHER THEATRE 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt, Dracula, Richard III, The Power of Harriet T, Eating Pomegranates Naked, Tough Case, Eternal Hydra, Dirty Butterfly, On the Rocks, The Admirable Crichton, An Ideal Husband, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Seven, Our Lady of 121st Street.

FILM/TV Max & Shred, The Christmas Heart, Wrong Turn 4, Heater.

TRAINING/TEACHING M.F.A. ActingYork University, National Theatre School, B.A.H. Theatre-University of Winnipeg,

Rose

ROYAL MTC Assistant Director: The Woman in Black. Actor: Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Bleeding Hearts.

OTHER THEATRE Recent (selected) credits: Postcolonial Postcards (Dalnavert Museum); JONNO, A Strange Pair, Blithe Spirit, Dr. Kellogg’s System, Lulu: A Monster Tragedy, The Skriker, Jumpers (Echo Theatre); Stripped-Down Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR); The Paper Bag Princess and More, Love You Forever and Other Stories (PTE).

FILM/TV Lanfeust Quest, Kung Fu Dino Posse, The Green Squad, The Magic Snowflake (daCapo), Juliacks’ Architecture of an Atom, Guy Maddin’s The Saddest Music in the World.

TRAINING BA (Hons.) Theatre, U of W. ET CETERA Love and thanks to Kevin for his support and for sharing his vast knowledge of music from throughout the ‘80s with me.

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DI AND VIV AND ROSE Award Finalist in 2000 for her original 90-minute drama, The Middle (owned by Compulsive Viewing/BBC).

Amelia Bullmore Playwright Amelia Bullmore studied Drama at Manchester University. Having started out as an actress, she began writing in 1995 and continues to do both. Her first stage play, Mammals, had an extended sell-out run at the Bush Theatre in April 2005 and a successful national tour in 2006. It was also co-winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and shortlisted for the What’s On Best New Comedy Award.

Bullmore’s second play was an adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts, premiering at the Bush Theatre in 2009. She wrote two episodes of the second series of This Life for World/BBC2, and devised the series Black Cab for World/BBC2, writing three of the episodes. Bullmore wrote two episodes of the first series of Attachments, also for World/BBC2. She was a Dennis Potter

Heidi Malazdrewich Director

ROYAL MTC Director: Twelve Angry Jurors

(Royal MTC/MBA), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel), Myth of the Ostrich, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Royal MTC/ MBA), The Secret Annex. Assistant Director: The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith. Apprentice Director: Gone With the Wind, Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

Actor/Apprentice Director: Romeo and Juliet.

OTHER THEATRE Director: Romeo and Juliet (SIR); New Canadian Kid (MTYP);

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DI AND VIV AND ROSE The Heidi Chronicles (U of W); Perfect Pie, Essay (University of Calgary); The Princess and the Pea (Little Opera Company); The Apiarist (Whole Hearted Productions); The Darling Family (Winnipeg Fringe).

TRAINING/TEACHING Heidi has taught theatre at both the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. She holds an MFA in directing from the University of Calgary.

ET CETERA Heidi was the Director-inResidence at Rainbow Stage for the 2015 season.

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: Once (with Grand), Sarah Ballenden, Black Coffee, 23.5 Hours, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Harvey, August: Osage County, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, M. Butterfly (with NAC).

OTHER THEATRE Brian’s work has been featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Selected recent credits include: The Whipping Man (WJT); Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables (Rainbow); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Vimy (NAC/GCTC); Gracie, The Flats, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (PTE); A Little Night Music (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); Proud (TPM).

TRAINING Graduate of U of W and NTS. ET CETERA Recipient of Gemini, Jessie Richardson, Prix Rideau and Winnipeg Theatre Awards.

Larry Isacoff Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC 23.5 Hours, Armstrong’s War, The Secret Annex, Harvey, Other People’s Money, August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, The Seafarer, Looking Back – West, Bleeding Hearts, Rope’s End, The Retreat from Moscow, Fully Committed, Mating Dance of the Werewolf, The Miracle Worker, Cloud Nine, Bedroom Farce, How I Got That Story, The Affections of May, Mrs. Klein, The Gin Game, Paper Wheat.

OTHER THEATRE Cercle Molière, Globe Theatre, 25th Street Theatre, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, PTE, MTYP, Persephone Theatre, Dry Cold Productions.

ET CETERA Larry divides his time between engaging theatre projects, sitting on the Board of Directors for Sarasvàti Productions and teaching yoga.

Chris Brett Sound Designer ROYAL MTC Outside Mullingar, Hand to God, 23.5 Hours, Things We Do For Love, Myth of the Ostrich.

TEACHING Chris has taught Audio Engineering at Mid Ocean Recording, Ambience Professional and Studio 11.

ET CETERA Chris is a music composer as well as an audio engineer, music producer and sound designer.

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DI AND VIV AND ROSE Angelica Schwartz

Katherine Dermott

Apprentice Director

Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Savage in Limbo, Riot

Resist Revolt Redux, The Hollow (Vault Projects); Inertia, Heavenly Bodies (Happy/ Accidents); The Drowning Girls (Creative Minds/Pocket Frock Productions); Infidelity, Stare Cases (Mirror Stage Productions).

TRAINING Graduate of Studio 58’s Theatrical Production program in Vancouver, BC. ET CETERA Angelica is the Artistic Producer of Happy/Accidents.

Chris Pearce Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Outside Mullingar, The Audience (with Mirvish).

OTHER THEATRE Recent credits include: Wilde Tales (Shaw); 1979 (Shaw/GCTC); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare BASH’d); Macbeth, The Hypochondriac, Festival Theatre Production Assistant (Stratford).

Anne & Gilbert: The Musical, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, The Sound of Music (NAC); Tosca, Madama Butterfly (Opera Lyra, Ottawa); This is War (GCTC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Hal & Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V (A Company of Fools); Pacino One Night Only (NAC).

ET CETERA In 2016 Katherine was awarded the Jean A. Chalmers Apprentice Achievement Award from the Stratford Festival of Canada.

ROYAL MTC 25 productions at the Mainstage, including last year’s Bittergirl: The Musical; 11th production at the Warehouse, including August: Osage County and The Seagull.

OTHER THEATRE Three Sisters (zone41/ TPM); La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, Transit of Venus, Carmen (Manitoba Opera); Gracie, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, The December Man (L’homme de décembre), The Valley (PTE); The Light in the Piazza, A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Kindness, Peter Pan (MTYP); five productions (Rainbow).

ET CETERA Three seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe. Seasons at the Stratford, Shaw and Charlottetown festivals and a run in London’s West End. In his free time, Chris volunteers at Habitat for Humanity.

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DIGITAL EXHIBITION FEATURING SET AND COSTUME DESIGNS BY

Brian Perchaluk Winnipeg-based designer Brian Perchaluk has designed more than 70 productions with Royal MTC, including The Humans and Di and Viv and Rose. We are pleased to launch a digital exhibition featuring images from selected productions of the past three decades of Perchaluk’s set and costume designs.

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2010 - After Miss Julie - Maquette PHOTO BY BRUCE MONK

1992 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream Planning - L to R: Brian Perchaluk, Thora Lamont and Lorraine O’Leary

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1985 - Filthy Rich - Set Rendering

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SUPPORTERS Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between December 1, 2016 and February 1, 2018.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000+ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson June & Bob Jackson Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts - The Winnipeg Foundation $6,500-9,999 Hartley & Heather Richardson Leslie John Taylor Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation

$4,000-6,499 The Albert D. Cohen Family Gregg & Mary Hanson Andrew & Wendy Jensen Gerry & Barb Price

$2,000-3,999 Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech David* & Lianne Carefoot Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM†‡ David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Dave* & Barb Christie Heather Clarke* Gerry* & Chris Couture Kerry Dangerfield*‡ Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher‡ John F. (Jack) Fraser* Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Sandy Gousseau* Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡ Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ Ms. Maureen E. Jay Derek & Mary Johannson David & Diane Johnston Kevin & Els Kavanagh John Kearsey*‡ Dr. Terry Klassen & Grace Dueck Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky Bill & Shirley Loewen Reginald & Judy Low Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Carol & Barry McArton Jim* & Penny McLandress‡ In memory of Liam Murphy-Leigh Murphy‡

The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Cam & Carole Osler Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Derek Riley Maitland & Pat Sundmark Triple A Fund-The Winnipeg Foundation Helga Van Iderstine* Marcel Van Woensel Sonya & Scott Wright 2 Anonymous

$1,200-1,999 Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Jim Blanchard Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD & the late Morley Blankstein Sheldon & Penny Bowles Doneta* & Harry Brotchie‡ Haderra & Mark Chisick Jan* & Kevin Coates Pam & Andrew Cooke Robert & Florence Eastwood Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Paulo Fernandes*‡ Katherine Fox*‡ Susan & Ab Freig James R. Gibbs Shayla Harapiak-Green & Patrick Green* Mintie & Al Grienke John* & Nicola Guttormson‡ Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt Sylvia & Doug Hannah In memory of Kristin Hanson-Dawn & Brian Hanson N & L Holliday Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn‡ Katie Inverarity†‡ Jason Kasper* Dr. Laurence Katz & Ms. Zoe Kogan Gordon Keatch*‡ Julie Ann Kniskern Serena Kraayeveld James Kraemer Brenda* & Trevor Kriss‡ Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers J. Lamothe Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Peter & Karen Leipsic Gail Loewen Christine Skene & Nick Logan Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Virginia & the late Robert Martin Pat McCullough & Chris Brown Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Jeffrey* & Mary Morton

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Vivienne Nickerson Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe Kristine Olafson‡ M. Plett-Lyle Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard K. Heather Power & Harold Klause‡ Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine‡ Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis‡ Brad Regehr* & Nalini Reddy Murray & Cindy Reimer Mrs. Shirley Richardson Sanford & Deborah Riley Barbara & Derek* Rolstone‡ Leah & Michael Routledge Diane Shapiro Edward Shinewald Ken & Susan Skinner* Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines†‡ Bill & Laurie Speers* In memory of Annice Stephens Joan Stephens Shelley† & Mark Stroski‡ Jim & Jan Tennant Tim Valgardson* & Cecily O’Callaghan Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Dorothy Y Young 2 Anonymous

COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Margaret & Jim Astwood Helga & Gerhard Bock Cathie & Brian Bowerman Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky J. Dawson Ben & Shari Diamond Ernest & Ruth Epp Hon. Gary Filmon & Hon. Janice Filmon C.M. Gordon Hannon Ian Kirk†‡ Eileen & George Klassen Marion Klysh Pat & Jim Ludwig Mr. G. Markham Terri & Jim McKerchar Richard & Bonnie Olfert Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Donna Plant Iris Reimer Andrea* & Michael Robertson‡ Barbara Scheuneman Jennifer Skelly† & Family‡

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SUPPORTERS Carol & Ron Slater Fund - Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Debbie Spracklin Melinda Tallin & Glen Mitchell‡ Margaret Wollner

$250-599 Pat & Bob Adamson Dr. Liz Adkins Robert & Joy Antenbring Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Foundation Ron Blicq Lilian Bonin Denise Bonner Michael & Elizabeth Boroditsky Todd Bourcier Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Duane & Pauline Braun Kris & Ruth Breckman Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager‡ Sheila & David Brodovsky Cheryl Chaban Mairi Chadwick Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Donald & Cheryl Courcelles James & Gwen Court Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton J. Davidson‡ Chloe & Ron Del Bigio Andrea Hector & Kirk Dellebuur Helene Dyck Roberta Dyck Sonya Dyck-Ledochowski Felicia & Trevor Frost Colleen & Dan Furlan‡ Ms. Heather Gillander Ben & Serky Goldberg Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Kathryn & Wayne Harrison Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Rodney Hick & Tracey Jackson Vivian Hilder-Skwark & David Skwark Mr. Dennis Hodgkinson Jennie Hogan Bernd & Tanis Hohne Michael & Crystal Hollas Cliff Jeffers Claire & Gerald Jewers Robert & Karen Johnston Lisa Johnston‡ Hon. Justice William Johnston Dr. & Mrs. Philip Katz Robert Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc Brenda Keyser & Peter Murdock Peter Kingsley Kevin & Deneen Klippenstein John & Kathryn Knowles

E. Koop David & Denise Koss Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Katarina Kupca Dr. G. H. Lawler Wendell & Eleanor Lind Charles & Diane Littman David & Marie Loewen Dianne & Laurie Logan Jack & Belva London Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Harriet & Ted Lyons Peter & Maureen Macdonald Helen Major N. Marr Gerry Matte & Lydia Surasky-Matte Dr. & Mrs. Donald McInnes Mr. & Mrs. Campbell McIntyre Marlene & Ian McKay Irene & the late Claire Miller Rena & Reno Molinari Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Sagan Morrow*‡ Beverly Nagamori Linda Nugent Deborah & George Nytepchuk Marie Ohta Helen Orestes Jeff Palamar Dr. Philip & Joanne Pass Peter & Anita Pelech Aaron & Maureen Penner Carol Penner Gina O’Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Leonard & Ruth Podheiser - Gift Funds Canada Calvin Polet Beth Pollard Ms. Judith Putter Tammy Rabkin Vivian E Rachlis Erma Rempel David & Joan Rew Ricou-Manfreda Tony Robbins Renee Roseman Rosenberg Family Trust Jay Ross Charles & Naida Rubin Cathy & Paul Samyn Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh‡ In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC - Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Sharon Shaydak Margaret & Paul Shuckett Shayna & Merrill Shulman Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler

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Chad Smith‡ Mrs. Lorraine Smith Al* & Virginia Snyder The Spielman Family Evelyn Stephen Donald & Lorraine Swanson Ross & BJ Taylor Marilyn Thompson Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Phyllis Thomson Dr. Stephen Tritt & Dr. Sharon Goszer-Tritt Grant Tweed Patricia Van Doninck Fran & Bob Vannevel‡ Vicki Verville Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Jesse I. Vorst Dorothy Walker Stirling Walkes Florence & Donald Whitmore Margaret Wikjord Kathleen Gough & Timothy Wildman In memory of C. Noreen Wilkie Catherine Wilkie Arthur Williams R & A Winstone Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Grant & Sheila Woods Adele & Arthur Wortzman Valerie Wowryk 9 Anonymous

$150-249 Nazir & Pat Ahmad Brock & Donna Alexander Dawn Andersen Judy & Jay Anderson Bernice Antoniuk Dr. Ignatius Anyadike Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Marion Arnason Michel & Danita Aziza Brenda Badiuk Richard & Nancy Ball June & Ted Bartman Dr. John & Karen Bate Dianne J. Beaven James & Dawn-Lynne Bedford Byrnes Benoit Trish Bergal Trust Beta Edwin M. Bethune Lino Bettencourt Brenda Binda Tyler & Sable Birch‡ Tanys & Don Bjornson Colleen & Stephen Bonner Audrey Book Gill Bramwell

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SUPPORTERS Janice Braun Jackie & Steve Broda-Milian Eldon Brown George & Ellen Bruce Carol Budnick Giles Bugailiskis & Margo Foxford Cheryl Butler Enid Butler Donna Byrne Kelly & Judy Caughlin Merv & Jan Cavers Rosemary Chapman Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Mr. Jaydeep Chipalkatti‡ Shelley Chochinov Bobbi Chomiak Art & Donna Chow Glen & Lorna Clark Kenneth Clark & Pamela Lockman Hy & Pat Cohen Fund Agnes & John K. Collins Melonee Collins Graham & Linda Connor Martin & Gail Corne Roy & Marie Craig R. Lynn Craton Margaret A. Cuddy Ellen Curtis‡ J. Dale G. L. Damphousse Werner & Judy Danchura Ms. Linda Daniels Chris Darazsi Diane de Rocquigny Faye Dixon Sylvia & Margaret Docker Carl Doerksen Beverley Doern Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Tom Dooley Rob Dryden John & Ada Ducas Mr. & Mrs. Glen* & Joan Dyrda Mr. & Mrs. William Easton David Ediger Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp Mr. & Mrs. John & Martha Enns Debra Evaniuk Michael & Brenda Evans Marion Fellinger Cindy Fernandes Nelma Fetterman Douglas Finkbeiner Gayle Fischer Beverley & Ronald John Fitzpatrick Marcia Fleisher Lawrence Foster‡ M & D Francen Chris Freeman Menno H. & Jolanda Friesen

Marian Friesen Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant Guy & Melanie Gaudreau Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡ Denise & Ron George Juanita Giesbrecht Rick & Patti Gilhuly Sharon & Arnold Glass Jacqueline & Denis Godard Barbara & David Goldenberg Chuck Golfman Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Alicyn Goodman‡ Paul Goodman Michele Goossen Jeremy & Maureen Gordon‡ Shawn & Bill Gould Kari Hagness†‡ Joanne & David Haines Sharon Hamilton Bruce & Judy Harris Sandra & Hans Hasenack Ken & Ruth Hayes Evelyn Hecht Frank & Sue Hechter Mr. Kyle Hendin Stan & Edith Hildebrand Ted & Cathy Hlynsky John & Lenore Hodge Tom & Dianne Hodgson Carol Holmes Gary Hook & Charmine Lyons Mary Horodyski† & Alexander Shewchuk Ken Houssin Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Karen Howell Dr. Frank & Donna Hruska Dan Ilchyna G. C. Irwin-Kilfoyle Marlis & David Jacobson Margaret Jeffries Brenda Jenkyns Lynne Jentsch Guenter & Crystal Jochum Dave & Lesia Johns Bruce & Grace Johnson James W. L. Tam & Katherine Jordan Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal Brian & Renee Kaplan Edgar Kellett Nancy Kerr Vernon Klassen Orah & Soody Kleiman Ken & Iris Kliewer Paul Kochan Ms. Julie Koehn Peter & Valerie Kohut Lisa Koss & Olex Vecherya Richard & Janice Kostelnyk Lorraine Kraichy‡ Howard & Jane Kroeger

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Eileen Kroeker Jonathan & Cara Kroft Jan & Randie Kushnier Teena Laird Glad & Lloyd Lamont Edith Landy Brenda & Glenn Lange Barbara Latocki John & Heather Lea Iris Lechner Katrina Lee-Kwen & Jeff Neufeld Bob Leggett Kathy & Saul Leibl Kerrie Halprin & Richard Leipsic Tim & Kate Letkemann‡ Carol & Clifford Levi Pat Lewicki & Paul LaRiviere Shelagh Linklater Judy & Eric Lister Linda Loewen Nora Losey Mary-Anne Lovallo Sarah Luby Dr. Simon Lucy Carole Lupkowski Tom Lussier Enid Lyons John MacDonald‡ Sharon M. Macdonald Dennis MacKay & Annette Stapenhorst Dennis MacLean Allan & Joanne Malenko Andrea Mann & Neil Antman Tamara Mares Mrs. Vera Marchuk Elaine & Neil Margolis Ms. Grace Martel Agatha Massey Linda Matheson Jemara Fay Bob & Betty McCamis Richard Comparey & Micheline McKay-Comparey Doug McKeag Gordon McKee Dr. Liz McKenzie Greg & Gloria McLaren John & Carolynne McLure Fund The Winnipeg Foundation Barry McNabb Donald G. McNabb Ramesh Mehta Barb Melnychuk Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Albert & Judith Metcalfe‡ Susie Miclash Jim & Karren Middagh Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Marlene Milne Jacqueline Mitchell

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SUPPORTERS Ray Montague Shelley Morris Cathy Moser & Jeff Itzkow Maren Mueller Lauren Mulhall Don Munro Suzanne & Kenneth Munroe Charlotte Murrell Sharon & Mel Myers Jacqueline Nagel Harold Nagy Dr. Leanne Nause Medical Corporation Shelley Neel Marika Nerbas Robert Nickel Tom Nowicki Jim & Lou Ogston Gary Oko Joanne Olchowecki Gloria & Robert Olynyk Cynthia Orris Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Heather & Harry Panaschuk Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Chris Pearce B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Rob & Linda Pettit Rick Pinchin Donna & John Platt Carla Plummer

Bill Podolsky Carolyn Porhownik Brett Porth Ms. Karen Dawn Power Keith Powls David & Sharon Putter Rudy & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Carole Rankin‡ Linda Ratynski Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Cheryl Reid Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Mr. Louis Ricciuto Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Marilyn Robbins Jane Robinson M. Rogalsky Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Pat & Michelle Rowan Olga A. Runnalls Craig Russell & Janet Shaw-Russell In memory of Patrick Brown Elizabeth & Laurence Russin Michael T. Ruta Sandra Sadler Shona Scappaticci‡ Carolyn Schellenberg Hans & Gabriele Schneider Harald & Vicki Schulz Ms. Faye Scott

Ryan Scott Bob & Rosemary Scurfield Darcia & Gary Senft Dennis & Karen Sereda Bonnie Talbot & Dr. Meir Serfaty Jim & Susan Shaw Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Henry & Connie Shyka Debbie Shymko Pamela Simmons Anna Sipinski Cliff & Sandra Skrabek Marlene Skuba Lillian Smith Deanne Spiegel Mr. David Stacey Karen Stewart-Paley Heidi Struck Tom & Shirley Strutt Eleanor Suderman Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Shayne & Kathryn Taback Ross & Bette-Jayne Taylor Mary-Lou K Taylor Karen Tereck - Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. Mary E. Tibbs‡ Sharon Timson Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Doug & Heather Tisdale Gavin & Judy Todd

SUPPORTERS Norma Toews Helen Tomlinson Gordon & Mary Toombs Gord & Lorena Trann W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Peter Triggs Terry Tully Eric Turner Robert Tyler & Laurel Hammond-Tyler Mr. Charles R. Vandekerkhove Dr. & Mrs. I. Vinsky Fran & Estela Violago C & J Vukelic Sherry & Bob Ward Donald Wardrop Peter & Joan Washchyshyn David & Deanna Waters Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Mary Agnes Welch Tamara & John Wells Al & Pat Wherrett‡ Murray & Nancy Wiegand Trevor Wiens‡ Ms. Lynda Will Leslie Wilson Dennis & Gustine Wilton Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Harry & Evelyn Wray Raymond & Louise Wyant Landice Yestrau Brad Zander 27 Anonymous

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SPONSOR Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance & Risk Management The Asper Foundation The Gail Asper Family Foundation Bell MTS BMO Financial Group CapeRace Cultural Adventures CIBC Wood Gundy Madams Investment Group CN De Luca Fine Wines Gifts & Accessories Dycom Direct Mail Services Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. Fillmore Riley LLP Freeman Audio Visual Canada Friesens Corporation The Great-West Life Assurance Company Greystone Managed Investments Inc. HUB International Investors Group Lawton Partners MacDon Industries Ltd. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries McDiarmid Flowers Mercedes-Benz National Leasing Planned Perfectly Plett Wealth Management Group PwC RBC Convention Centre RBC Royal Bank Relish SGI Canada Sleeman Breweries Ltd. Stantec Consulting Ltd. Subway Franchise World Headquarters, LLC TD Bank Financial Group The Thomas Sill Foundation Wawanesa Insurance WestJet Winnipeg Airports Authority The Winnipeg Free Press

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$1,200-2,999 Assiniboine Credit Union Benevity Community Impact Fund Bison Transport, Don Strueber Deloitte Foundation Canada Fillmore Riley LLP George Wakefield Foods Inc. Investors Group Matching Gift Program The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Manitoba’s Credit Unions Maxim Truck & Trailer Pollard Banknote Limited Ruth & Ted Northam PRA Inc. Regal Tours Safeway & Sobeys Winmar Property Restoration

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SUPPORTERS FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE Wayne & Lee Anderson Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* Zdzislaw (Zaz) Bajon & Patricia Hunter Marjorie & Morley§ Blankstein Duane§ & Pauline Braun Len & Heather Cariou Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† David Christianson & Vera Steinberger David* & Barbara Christie Gerry* & Chris Couture Hugh Cowan Kerry Dangerfield* Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Glen* & Joan Dyrda Bill & Gayle Fischer Jack Fraser James Gibbs§ John* & Nicola Guttormson Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter June§ & Bob Jackson Fund for the Performing Arts Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Dr. Leonard & Hope§ Kahane Jason Kasper* Gordon C. Keatch* Rob Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc Serena Helen Kraayeveld Leona J. MacDonald Jim* & Penny McLandress Barb Melnychuk Bob & Pat Migliore Jeffrey Morton* In memory of Dr. Liam Murphy (Dr. Leigh Murphy) Robb & Heather Paterson Chris Pearce Gina O’Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Heather Power & Harold Klause Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Michelle Rowan Sharon Ryman Susan Skinner* Bill & Laurie* Speers Joan Stephens Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Brenda Zaporzan§ 2 Anonymous

TRIBUTE GIFTS In memory of Brenda Zaporzan Cathryne Johannesson Gwenda Templeton Maureen & Bill Watchorn In memory of Jim Gibbs Cathy Auld In memory of Shirley Diner Cathy Auld

ENDOWMENT FUND Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between December 1, 2016 and February 1, 2018. 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 Darcy & Brenda Zaporzan

$25,000-49,999 J.K. May Investments Ltd. Allan MacDonald|| Cam & Carole Osler Jim & Leney Richardson|| Maureen & Bill Watchorn||

$10,000-24,999 Lee & Wayne Anderson The Bowles Family Bryan Klein, Susan Halprin & daughters|| Norma Padilla Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† George Sigurdson Terracon Development Ltd.

$5,000-9,999 Zdzislaw & Patricia Bajon†|| Doneta* & Harry Brotchie|| Margaret Caie Donald Fraser & Judy Little Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Susan & Keith Knox Serena & Dan Kraayeveld|| Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Leona MacDonald & Douglas Riske|| John Maguire & Susan Collison Garry Markham Gina O’Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Faye Warren Wearing Williams Limited - Don & Sheila Katz Dorothy Y Young

$2,500-4,999 Ron & Carol Chapman Pam & Andrew Cooke Helene Dyck John & Margaret Graham Peter & Maureen Macdonald|| Irene & the late Claire Miller Margaret & Fred Mooibroek In Memory of Liam Murphy-Leigh Murphy Cheryl Ogaranko|| Barbara Scheuneman Ruth Simkin Jim & Jan Tennant Fran & Estela Violago Anonymous

$1,000-2,499 Joan & Ed Alexander Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn David, Ruth, Daniel, Rebecca & Max Asper|| The Bohm Family Don & Cheryl Breakey Dave* & Barb Christie|| Robert & Sandi Coghlan|| Agnes & John K. Collins Ken & Lynn Cooper|| Bob & Alison Darling Roberta Dyck Michael & Lynn Evans Marcia Fleisher|| Charlie & Bonnie Froebe|| Brent & Debbie Gilbert David & Ewhenia Gnutel Debbie Gray|| Sara Gray|| Teresa A. Hay Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Bob Jones & Lori Tastad|| Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz

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$500-999 Heidi & Rennie Balciunas|| Jean Bissett Art & Donna Chow Doug & Patty Christie|| Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Dorothy Davidson Dennis Engel|| Tino & Daphne Ethans|| Christine Fleetwood Tom & Heather Foss|| Gail Granger|| Betty Ann & Richard Graydon Shelagh Hare|| Evelyn Hecht Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Edith Landy Dr. Evelyn Ferguson & Nick Martin Heather & Blaine Maxwell|| Gerry & Corinne McCallum Debbie & Lee McFadden|| Marcel & Louise Mollot Anonymous Edna Poulter Paul Jensen & Maureen Prendiville|| RBC Global Asset Management|| Bill & Norma Rennie Michael T. Ruta Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Howie & Sue Simpson Barb Stevens|| Unitarian Church Theatre Group 2 Anonymous

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APR 25 – MAY 19 “At our age, funerals are better than singles bars.” — angus Fiona Reid portrayed the Queen with dignity and grace, but audiences know her best when she’s letting loose. A Royal MTC favourite, Fiona has the chops to elicit spontaneous applause mid-scene and we’re thrilled she’s playing Abigail in Carey Crim’s romantic comedy about second chances.

She’ll be sparring with another comic master, C. David Johnson (Jitters), who plays Angus. After Abigail and Angus hook up at a funeral, they wake up to a whole new reality. What follows is a roundabout journey of self-discovery that explores the highs and lows of life after 60. No matter what life stage you’re in, we suggest you come for the ride.

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BEHIND THE SCENES Stacy Ducharme, Nick Fletcher, Deanna Goring, Elfie Harvey, Marissa Kellett, Breanne Korban, Tia Levine, Kimmy Martin, Daniel MacPherson, Declan Moulden, Rachael Neal, Graeme Olson, Hannah Schneider, Lisa Stefanson, Kevin Stroski, Rita Vande Vyvere, Kira Watson

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Anthony C. Fletcher, Chair David Christie, Chair-Elect Patrick Green, Treasurer Katherine Fox, Secretary Heather Clarke, Organizational Performance Chair Sandy Gousseau, Audience Development Chair John Guttormson, Governance & Strategic Planning Chair Jason Kasper, Resource Development Chair Trustees

Jan Coates Paulo Fernandes Susan Freig Shawn Hughes Maureen Jay Advisory Council

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

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

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Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator Melanie Sexton, Payroll Administrator Shelley Stroski, Controller

Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Melissa Smigelski, Scenic Painter Production

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

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Brian Adolph, IT Manager Elena Anciro, Education & Community Engagement Manager Stephanie George, Archive Intern, Young Canada Works Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, Executive Director Mary Horodyski, Archivist Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Kathrin Moncaster, Senior Developer & Systems Administrator Artistic

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

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

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

Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival & Master Playwright Festival

Jennifer Cheslock, Festival Manager Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Tori Popp, Festival Assistant

Box Office

Sheena Baird, Director of Patron Services Julie Gregorchuk, Box Office Manager Daniel Tompkins, Patron Services Coordinator Box Office Representatives: Jennifer Bahniuk, Melissa Langdon, Hayden Maines, Robyn Pooley, Tori Popp, Katie Schmidt, Katie Spring, Lisa Stefanson, Hunter Watson, Kira Watson Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

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

Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF The Humans

Jacko Garcia, Assistant Carpenter Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir, Design Apprentice Di and Viv and Rose

Development

Michael Joyal, Development Data Manager Melissa Novecosky, Special & Donor Events Coordinator Kris Olafson, Individual Giving Officer Daniel Robinson, Major Gifts Manager Shelly Smith-Hines, Director of Development Kim Cossette, Front of House Manager, Tom Hendry Warehouse Belinda Uings, Front of House Manager, John Hirsch Mainstage Front-of-House Staff: Sharon Burdon, Rylen de Vries,

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Paint

Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Gary Plouffe, House Stage Hand Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter Michael Wright, Head of Sound

STAFF

Front of House

Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Kathleen Cerrer, Publicist & Online Media Coordinator Megan Heke, Project Coordinator Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications Savannah Lillies, Publications Coordinator Jennifer Skelly, Marketing CRM Specialist Thomas Urish, Sales Manager

Brian Britton, Stage Hand Ntara Curry, Stage Hand Drew Derbowka, Stage Hand Jacko Garcia, Assistant Carpenter Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir, Design Apprentice Alanna Holder Riches, Hairstylist c/o The Golden Comb Beauty Salon

Ovation

Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Van Mclean, Carpenter Jamie Plummer, Props Buyer Amanda Isaak, Tailor James Jansen, Stage Hand Kayla McSwain, Running Crew, Dresser Farrah Okolita, Assistant Scenic Artist Garrett Rusnak, Stage Hand James Thurmeier, Stage Hand Jacob Wall, Stage Hand In loving memory of Paul Moore

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