Ovation Volume 26, Number 1 (October/November 2018)

vol 26 • no 1 oct/nov 2018

adapted by ELLEN PETERSON

from the novel by JANE AUSTEN

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

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Enchants the senses

Proud to celebrate the sights & sounds of Winnipeg’s creative community.

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Have you been looking at the sky this fall, the distant honks drawing your gaze up to the dark vees of geese? How easily they seem to migrate.

No moving van. No garage sale. No padlocked POD on the driveway. Just a frenzy of feathers as they lift off, and then the long flight toward the horizon.

We humans put down roots that can run generations deep, and uprooting ourselves can threaten our identity or even our survival. When Jane Austen’s Dashwood sisters are forced to leave their large home for a distant cottage, they feel Steven Schipper

betrayed and alone. The people and places that have surrounded them since birth are torn away,

and they struggle to forge new attachments amid their straitened circumstances.

Marriage seems the only hope for recovering their former comforts, even while their romantic ideals and genteel poverty limit their prospects.

Of course, their situation could be worse. They could be fleeing their country, like the characters in Vietgone, who narrowly escape 1970s Vietnam with their lives. To leave behind one’s family and possessions, learn a new language and adopt a new culture requires a courage far beyond anything Elinor and Marianne Dashwood could imagine.

Yet the characters in Vietgone bring a sassy, sexy bravado to their Arkansas refugee camp, in Qui Nguyen’s imaginative, hip-hop, kung-fu take on his parents’ unlikely courtship. Will love feather their new nest, and give purpose to their struggles?

As it turns out, geese struggle too. Scientists have found high levels of stress hormones in Canada geese during and after migration. The great upheaval is a physical and emotional strain, as it is for us, but they find consolation, as we do, in a mate and offspring, in a perfect landing or a lawn well-grazed. And how they must love the annual return to the place of their birth, the familiar sight of sky and shore, the scented memories of youth.

Perhaps we are made up of all the places we have called home. If so, we hope this theatre is one of those homes for you, and that our seasons draw you back again each year.

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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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VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

JANE AUST EN Born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England, writer Jane Austen is best known for her novels Pride and Prejudice and Emma which have become literary classics. She is known as one of the best writers in English history. Her enduring popularity is evident in the many film and TV adaptations of her work.

The seventh of eight children and the daughter of an Oxford-educated rector for an Anglican Parish, Jane and her siblings were encouraged to read from their father’s extensive library. As young children, they began writing books as well as putting on plays and charades.

Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma, all under a pseudonym.

As one of only two girls in her family, Jane was close to her older sister Cassandra, with whom she would later collaborate.

At a young age, Jane was fascinated by writing and would write stories in bound notebooks. During her adolescence in the 1790s, she began writing Love and Friendship, a story based on a series of love letters and a parody of romantic fiction. The following year, she wrote The History of England and included illustrations by Cassandra. Her love for writing continued to grow as she read her works to her family every night.

It was not until she was in her 30s that she began to anonymously publish her works. From 1811-1816 she published Sense and Sensibility, Pride and 6

Jane Austen wrote the first draft of her first major novel, Sense and Sensibility, in 1795. Initially, it was titled Elinor and Marianne whose main characters are sisters. The story was rewritten in 1797 and published in 1811 with the title Sense and Sensibility.

LOVE LIFE

Jane Austen’s stories focused on love and romance, but she was quite private about her own love life.

She lived during the Regency period when it was rare for a woman to live her entire life without getting married.

Though she dated, she never walked down the aisle, and passed away at the age of 41.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Austen had a romance with Irish politician Thomas Langlois Lefroy, but nothing came of it. It is said that money was a factor in whether she’d marry or not as she saw it is as one of the benefits of marriage, but Lefroy just didn’t have the financial security she was looking for.

In 1880, Austen’s family moved to Bath, Somerset, England where she fell in love.

Unfortunately, this mystery man passed away before they could marry.

Even though she didn’t wed, she came close. In 1802, Austen was engaged for a day to Harris Bigg-Wither, but after a sleepless night she broke off the engagement and fled his estate.

Jane’s sister Cassandra also did not marry.

WHY JANE IS STILL TRENDING TODAY

Jane’s stories remain relevant today and are filled with wit, wisdom and humour that stand the test of time. Fan clubs, book clubs, exhibitions, workshops, performances and writing competitions are held worldwide to celebrate and honour Jane’s remarkable storytelling.

She portrayed women in a way that hadn’t been done before. She created characters who were believable and relatable. Most of her main characters, though flawed, cared about being good people. She reminded us that we can change for the better and that we too can be the heroines and heroes of our own stories.

Local playwright, actor, dramaturg and teacher Ellen Peterson has been at work on her adaptation of Sense and Sensibility for just over two years. Research, consultations with dramaturgs, collaboration with the director and designer, and workshop readings have been ongoing throughout the process of bringing Austen’s classic novel to life.

For Ellen, this story is anything but a simple romance. It highlights the relationship between the Dashwood sisters, who are close despite their differences. The love story is played out against the hard economic realities and rigid class system of the Regency Era. At the end of the novel, no one ends up with an unrealistic “happily ever after.” Life is never perfect, and seldom easy. Characters are often selfish or foolish, and just as often truly noble. Ellen brings these qualities forward with compassion and wit in a sophisticated play that touches on themes of love for one’s family, loyalty, forgiveness, the perils of romantic love, and the necessary balance we must all strike between what our heads tell us, and what our hearts desire. Can we have what we want and what we need at the same time?

Ellen’s plays have been produced by Theatre Projects Manitoba, Prairie Theatre Exchange and at the Fringe.

Several short works have been anthologized. She is a dramaturg, and teaches acting, playwriting and creative writing.

SOURCES: BIOGRAPHY.COM, BRITANNICA.COM, BUSTLE.COM, JANEAUSTENTOUR.COM, NOTABLEBIOGRAPHIES.COM, BBC.COM, IRISHEXAMINER.COM

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Currency Conversions Cost of living during the Regency era converted to today's Canadian dollars.

REGENCY ERA

TODAY (as of 2017)

1 shilling/yard

$4.80

2 shillings, 6 pence

$12.00

PAIR OF GLOVES

4 shillings

$19.20

SIMPLE WHITE DRESS / A FAN

5 shillings

$23.83

WHITE SILK HANDKERCHIEF

6 shillings

$28.79

6 to 11 shillings

$28.79 to $52.79

12 shillings

$57.58

£1, 6 shillings

$124.76

£2

$191.93

FEMALE SERVANT EARNINGS

£5 to £15/year

$479.83 to $1,439.52/year

RENT (medium size house)

£12 to £25/year

$1,151.60 to $2,399.19/year

Male servant earnings

£20 to £60/year

$1,911.38 to $5,734.14/year

£50/year

$4,778.45/year

£200 to £500

$19,113.81 to $47,784.53

£500/year

$47,784.53/year

Cotton fabric WOOLLEN STOCKINGS

SIMPLE SHOES SILK STOCKINGS Silk fabric to make a dress Walking Boots

COAL A court dress THE DASHWOODS LIVING

SOURCES: NATIONALARCHIVES.GOV.UK, REGINAJEFFERS.BLOG, JANEAUSTENSWORLD.WORDPRESS.COM

SYNOPSIS – After the passing of her husband, Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters teeter on the edge of financial ruin. When a cousin offers them a place to live, there’s a momentary reprieve. But without financial stability, Elinor and Marianne are expected to find suitable husbands. Marianne is quickly swept up in a breathtaking romance while Elinor tentatively opens her heart to a bashful suitor. Amid a whirlwind of societal gossip, misread intentions and loyalty to duty, the sisters must find a way to satisfy both their heads and their hearts.

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

Sense and Sensibility Adapted by Ellen Peterson From the novel by Jane Austen October 18 – November 10, 2018 preview October 17

Director......................................................................................... Krista Jackson† Set & Costume Designer.........................................................Judith Bowden Lighting Designer..................................................................Scott Henderson Sound Designer.........................................................................Michael Wright Text & Dialect Coach........................................................... Shannon Vickers Dramaturg................................................................................. Bruce McManus Stage Manager............................................................................... Chris Pearce Assistant Stage Manager........................................ Heather Lee Brereton Apprentice Stage Manager......................................Christopher Brackett Apprentice Stage Manager.....................................................Katie Schmidt THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Mrs. Dashwood / Mrs. Lill........................................................... Sharon Bajer Mrs. Jennings / Mrs. Ferrars............................................... Terri Cherniack† Lucy Steele / Constance.............................................Ava Darrach-Gagnon Sir John Middleton / Thomas / Gammon.......................... Paul Essiembre John Willoughby......................................................................Luke Humphrey Colonel Brandon........................................................................... David Jansen John Dashwood / Lampwyck / Wibbles / Mr. Donavon........Tom Keenan Marianne Dashwood.................................................................Julie Lumsden Edward Ferrars / Robert Ferrars.........................................Aaron Pridham Lady Mary Middleton.......................................................Cherissa Richards† Elinor Dashwood.................................................................... Heather Russell† Margaret Dashwood / Sophia Grey............................... Natalie Viebrock Fanny Dashwood / Anne Steele............................................Alissa Watson Sense and Sensibility is performed with one intermission.

We would like to acknowledge the actors who took part in readings and workshops of this play: David Arial, Sharon Bajer, Mariam Bernstein, Eric Blais, Andrew Cecon, Terri Cherniack, Ava Darrach-Gagnon, Andrea del Campo, Paul Essiembre, Darcy Fehr, Toby Hughes, Lindsay Johnson, Kristian Jordan, Tom Keenan, Julie Lumsden, Jennifer Lyon, Doug McKeag, Carson Nattrass, Beverly Ndukwu, Laura Olafson, Robb Paterson, Tracy Penner, Cassandra Potenza, Aaron Pridham, Daria Puttaert, Cherissa Richards, Heather Russell, Jan Skene, Stephanie Sy, Natalie Viebrock, Alissa Watson, Melanie Whyte and Cory Wojcik.

Production photography by Leif Norman. †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Sharon Bajer

Terri Cherniack

Mrs. Dashwood / Mrs. Lill

Mrs. Jennings / Mrs. Ferrars

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

OTHER THEATRE Coming up, Sharon will be directing the world premiere of Meet My Sister by Bonnie Green at Western Canada Theatre/Theatre Northwest and acting in Pippin for Winnipeg Studio Theatre/Village Conservatory and After Jerusalem for Winnipeg Jewish Theatre.

TRAINING Studio 58, Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction (2 seasons, Stratford Festival). Director-in-Residence (Rainbow Stage 2014). Stratford Festival International Directing Master Class 2016, Intimacy Directors International Intensive 2018.

ET CETERA Big shout out to my wonderful husband Carson Nattrass and my amazing children, Ameena, George and Theo! sharonbajer.com

ROYAL MTC Outside Mullingar, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel), Chimerica (with CS), Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Late Company, The Seagull, Other People’s Money, Gone With the Wind, Romeo and Juliet, Calendar Girls (with Mirvish), Strong Poison, The Price, Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Our Town, The Dresser, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Philadelphia Story (with TC), King Lear, The Crucible, Season’s Greetings, Homeward Bound (with VP), Dancing at Lughnasa (with NAC), The Miracle Worker, The Heidi Chronicles (with Mirvish), The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls, None is Too Many (with WJT), Waiting for the Parade.

OTHER THEATRE In Winnipeg: The Swearing Jar, The Savannah Disputation, Glorious, Having Hope at Home, Copenhagen, Love and Anger, All Fall Down, The Fighting Days (PTE); Stripped-Down Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors (SIR); Tribes, Social Security, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Crossing Delancey (WJT); Blithe Spirit (Echo Theatre); The Colour of Vowels, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (TPM). In Canada: Terri has performed major roles at VP, TC, Citadel, Persephone, The Globe, Tarragon, CS, YPT, Mirvish, Theatre Passe Muraille, Theatre Plus, NAC, Centaur, Segal and Neptune.

FILM/TV Burden of Truth, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, Category 7: The End of the World, Haunting Sarah, Everybody’s Doing It, Hell on Heels.

TRAINING Graduate of U of W, U of M and the National Theatre School of Canada.

Royal MTC acknowledges that our two venues are on Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Ava Darrach-Gagnon Lucy Steele / Constance

ROYAL MTC Unnecessary Farce.

OTHER THEATRE Joe Job (Imaginary

Productions); Revenge of the Meek (Thinlizotte Productions); God: A Play in One Act (1042 Productions); Pizza Man (Coffee Guy Productions).

FILM/TV Journey Back to Christmas, Washed Away, Escape or Die. TRAINING Graduate of the University of Winnipeg’s Acting Honours Program.

ET CETERA Love and thanks to the most supportive of family and friends.

Stuff Happens (Studio 180); L’Emmerdeur, Le Dîner de cons, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Art (Théâtre français de Toronto); Othello (ATF); Tillsonburg (CS); Zadie’s Shoes, Oui (Factory); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Centaur).

FILM/TV More than 60 film and television appearances and extensive work in documentary narration, animation and commercial voice-overs.

Luke Humphrey John Willoughby

Paul Essiembre Sir John Middleton / Thomas / Gammon

ROYAL MTC Actor: A Christmas Carol, Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Sarah Ballenden, The Audience (with Mirvish), Unnecessary Farce, Things We Do For Love, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Heart of Robin Hood (with Mirvish), Other People’s Money, A Few Good Men (with Citadel). Fight Director: Morning After Grace, Kill Me Now, Sarah Ballenden.

Director/Fight Director: Witness for the Prosecution (Royal MTC/MBA).

OTHER THEATRE Four seasons at the Stratford Festival, including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Comedy of Errors, The Odyssey, The Duchess of Malfi, Don Juan, Macbeth, Othello, Amadeus. Elsewhere: The Bridges of Madison County, A Little Night Music (Dry Cold); Butcher, The Best Brothers (PTE); Romeo and Juliet (Citadel); The Normal Heart, The Overwhelming,

ROYAL MTC Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (with Mirvish).

OTHER THEATRE Shakespeare in Love, The Hypochondriac, The Three Musketeers, Taking Shakespeare (Stratford); Wormwood (Tarragon); The Graduate (Segal); The Last of Romeo and Juliet (TiFT).

FILM/TV Star Trek: Discovery (CBS); Taken (NBC); Frankie Drake (CBC); Cruel But Necessary (Anchor Bay Entertainment); Ronny & I (A Guy Shalem Film).

TRAINING Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre, Stella Adler Studio, NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY David Jansen

Tom Keenan

Colonel Brandon

John Dashwood / Lampwyck / Wibbles / Mr. Donavon

ROYAL MTC King Lear.

OTHER THEATRE Love and Information, The

Winter's Tale (CSC); Ubuntu (PTE/Citadel); The Audience, Cloud 9 (Mirvish); The Ugly One (Tarragon/Theatre Smash); A Moon for the Misbegotten; Little Foxes; A Month in the Country; The Circle; Design for Living (Shaw); Macbeth (Festival of Classics); The Cherry Orchard, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Death of a Salesman (Stratford).

TV Selected credits include The Detail (CTV); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Reign (The CW); The Kennedys (The History Channel).

TEACHING David has taught theatre at George Brown Theatre School, Ryerson University and the University of Toronto.

ET CETERA He lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake with his wife Fiona and their two children Molly and Nora.

ROYAL MTC Selected: The Humans, Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), 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: Burden of Truth, Men with Brooms (CBC); Love, Of Course (Hallmark); 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); 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.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Julie Lumsden

Cherissa Richards

Marianne Dashwood

Lady Mary Middleton

ROYAL MTC Sarah Ballenden.

OTHER THEATRE A Charlie Brown Double

Bill, James and the Giant Peach (MTYP); The Flats (PTE); Les Flats (Théâtre Cercle Molière); Les Misérables, The Little Mermaid (Rainbow); The Addams’ Family Musical, Little Women (Dry Cold); Heathers: The Musical, Spring Awakening (WST).

TRAINING Julie holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice Performance from the University of Manitoba’s Desautels Faculty of Music.

Aaron Pridham Edward Ferrars / Robert Ferrars

ROYAL MTC The Hound of the Baskervilles

ROYAL MTC Di and Viv and Rose, A Christmas Carol, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel), 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 Molly & Max, Under the Autumn Moon, A Tennessee Christmas, Max & Shred, The Christmas Heart, Wrong Turn 4, Heater.

TRAINING/TEACHING M.F.A. Acting–York University, National Theatre School, B.A.H. Theatre–University of Winnipeg, Ecole Philippe Gaulier-Clown. Instructor: 1st year Theatre Performance–University of Winnipeg, York University.

(tour), Alice Through the Looking-Glass.

Heather Russell

OTHER THEATRE Portage & Munsch: 50

Below, The Hound of the Baskervilles (PTE); Dib and Dob and the Journey Home (MTYP); Avenue Q, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (District Theatre Collective). Upcoming: The House at Pooh Corner (MTYP).

TRAINING BA Hon University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Big thanks to everyone who helped work on this show and a special thanks to his family, friends, Hel, Fen, Pep and most of all Ky for being so supportive in everything he does.

Elinor Dashwood

ROYAL MTC The Humans, 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 Brandon University; PTE@PTE; University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Love to Cam and Casper.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Natalie Viebrock

Ellen Peterson

Margaret Dashwood / Sophia Grey

Playwright

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Story.

FILM/TV If I Was God, Cordell Barker

(National Film Board); What’s Your News?

(CBC Kids).

TRAINING Manitoba Theatre for Young People (After-School Leadership Program), The School of Contemporary Dancers.

ET CETERA Thanks to my friends and family for supporting me, and St. Mary’s Academy for allowing me to participate in this production. Enjoy the show!

Alissa Watson Fanny Dashwood / Anne Steele

ROYAL MTC Harvey.

OTHER THEATRE Mission Munschpossible,

Small Things, Magical Mystery Munsch (PTE); Dib and Dob and the Journey Home, Night Light (MTYP); A StrippedDown Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR); Whitechapel Redemption (Theatre Incarnate); Miss N Me, Harold and Vivian Entertain Guests (Sarasvàti). Upcoming: Torn Through Time (MTYP).

TRAINING B.Mus/B.Ed from Brandon University. Studied theatre at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in England, The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance and is an alumna of the Professional Training Ensemble at Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE@PTE).

ET CETERA This performance is dedicated to the memory of Gwen Watson; a lover of literature.

ROYAL MTC Actor: Over the Tavern, The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes, The Last Doors’ Bootleg.

OTHER THEATRE Playwright: The Brink (PTE); The Eight Tiny Reindeer of the Apocalypse (TPM); The Goose (public reading at PTE Festival of New Works). Actor: Fly Me to the Moon, Small Things, Marion Bridge (PTE); Baloney, Liars, Mirror Game (MTYP).

OTHER WORK Includes dramaturgy (Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre), teaching theatre (MTYP, PTE) and teaching creative writing. Currently creating a work of public art with young artists at Siloam Mission through WAC’s Youth WithArt program. Also a member of the PTE Playwrights Unit.

ET CETERA My heartfelt thanks to Steven Schipper for putting me up to bat, to Krista Jackson for seeing it through, to Bruce McManus for dramaturgy above and beyond the call. To Don Hannah, Ryan Griffith and Ginny Collins for additional dramturgy. To the workshop actors and the cast. I am grateful beyond words for the support of my family and friends and most of all, Rob, Carly and Griffin.

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Proud toyoung support the Opening minds Manitoba Chamber Orchestra to the power of creativity PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE ROYAL MTC

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Krista Jackson Director

ROYAL MTC Upcoming: Director of A Doll’s House, Part 2 (with Mirvish). Director: Morning After Grace, Bittergirl: The Musical, Private Lives, The Seagull, The Seafarer.

Actor: Myth of the Ostrich, The Threepenny Opera (with SIR), Quills, The Good Sisters (Les Belles-Soeurs), The Sisters Rosensweig, Brighton Beach Memoirs.

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

ET CETERA Krista is Royal MTC’s Associate Artistic Director, the recipient of the 2015 Stratford Festival Jean Gascon Award and the 2013 Gina Wilkinson Prize. www.kristajackson.net

Judith Bowden Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Costume Designer:

A Christmas Carol (2005 & 2017), Gone With the Wind, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, The Tempest, Pride and Prejudice.

Set & Costume Designer: Chimerica (with CS), Strong Poison, Proof (with Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE 15 seasons with the Shaw Festival, including recently: Grand Hotel, Saint Joan, An Ideal Husband, Sunday in the Park with George, Belle Moral (Set & Costumes). Recently, as Costume Designer: Watch on the Rhine, The Music Man (Arena

Stage, Washington DC); Faith Healer (Soulpepper). Recently, as Set & Costume Designer: Paradise Lost (Stratford); Musik für das Ende (Soundstreams and Crow’s Theatre); La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) (Pacific Opera Victoria); Top Girls (Soulpepper); Cloud 9 (Mirvish).

Judith’s designs have also been seen at Canadian Stage, PTE, Alberta Theatre Projects, Tarragon, Theatre Calgary and the Grand Theatre.

Scott Henderson Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Over 50 productions since 1995, including Morning After Grace, A Christmas Carol (2017, 2005), Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Sarah Ballenden, Bittergirl: The Musical, Black Coffee, The Audience (with Mirvish), Billy Elliot the Musical, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (with Mirvish), Next to Normal, Red (with Belfry), The Seagull, Top Girls.

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

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

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

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Michael Wright Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC Over 20 productions including Morning After Grace, The Humans, 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.

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

Shannon Vickers Text & Dialect Coach

ROYAL MTC Hand to God, The Audience (with Mirvish), Myth of the Ostrich, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Woman in Black, Private Lives, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Good People, The

Secret Annex, Venus in Fur, Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias.

OTHER THEATRE Voice/Text/Dialect Coaching: Tribes, DAI (Enough) (WJT); Village Wooing (zone41); Fly Me To The Moon, Bingo! (PTE); The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM/SAC); The Merry Wives of Windsor (SIR); Fen (Sarasvàti); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CS).

TRAINING/TEACHING Shannon earned an MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy at the University of Alberta. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg and is a certified Associate Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork.

Bruce McManus Dramaturg

ROYAL MTC Playwright: A Christmas Carol (2005 & 2017). Playwright in Residence 1984-85.

OTHER THEATRE Playwright: All Restaurant Fires Are Arson, Selkirk Avenue, The Chinese Man Said Goodbye, A Doll’s House, Schedules (PTE); Three Sisters (zone41); Selkirk Avenue, Calenture (Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba); Caffe, House Rules, Getting Somewhere (U of W). Various independent and Fringe productions and Arts Club Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Magnus Theatre.

ET CETERA Playwriting Instructor/ Playwright in Residence Prairie Theatre Exchange, Manitoba Association of Playwrights, University of Winnipeg.

Nominated for a Governor General’s Award for Drama.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY ET CETERA Heather works in various

Chris Pearce

capacities as a stage manager, seamstress and props builder for regional and independent theatre companies – sometimes all in the same production! She also does custom sewing et al for private clients (Heather Lee Bea). Love (tonnes) to Leif.

Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC 27th production at the Mainstage, including last year’s Morning After Grace; 11 productions at the Warehouse, including August: Osage County and The Seagull.

OTHER THEATRE Three Sisters (zone41/ TPM); La Traviata (Manitoba Opera); La Bohème (COC); Butcher, The December Man, The Valley (PTE); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Kindness, (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.

Heather Lee Brereton Assistant Stage Manager ROYAL MTC Million Dollar Quartet, The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes (2008/2010/2012), Top Girls, Doubt, A Parable (with TC), The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Dracula Unearthed, Jonno, Blithe Spirit (Echo); Stripped-Down Hamlet, A Stripped-Down Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR); The Secret Mask, The Three Munschketeers (PTE); The God Box, VVITCH (Out of Line); Remember the Night (2008 Moving Target).

TRAINING BA (Hons.) Theatre Production and Stage Management, University of Winnipeg.

Christopher Brackett Apprentice Stage Manager ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Upcoming: The Hockey

Sweater (Segal/NAC). Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, A Musical (Disney Cruise Line); Richard III (Shakespeare BASH'd); A Christmas Carol (Soulpepper); The Virgin Trial, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford); Matilda The Musical (1st US National Tour/Mirvish); Rufus Does Judy, Contemporary Color, If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway (Luminato). Other credits include work with Disney Theatrical, the Toronto International Film Festival and Ronald McDonald House Charities.

TRAINING Graduate of Ryerson Theatre School.

ET CETERA Christopher is excited to be making his Royal MTC debut this fall. Much love to mom, dad and D16.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Katie Schmidt

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OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: Fem

Fest Bake-Off and Cabaret (Sarasvàti).

Costumer: Mary’s Wedding (TPM). Props and Set Coordinator: Timon of Athens (SIR).

TRAINING University of Winnipeg Theatre and Film.

ET CETERA Katie is excited to be participating on stage for the first time at Royal MTC. She hopes you enjoy the show!

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NOV 20 – DEC 15 With our next production, it’ll almost feel like we’re seeing two shows at once. On one hand, we’ll be transported to Bedford Falls where noble George Bailey finds himself at a crossroads on Christmas Eve. And we’ll also experience the joy of watching an old-time radio show being created in front of our eyes.

Robb Paterson, who directed our production 10 years ago, takes the stage as the angel Clarence. He’ll be joined by a multi-talented cast who will bring this memorable story to life during the golden age of radio. Also returning to the show are Foley artist John Gzowski and musician Danny Carroll, who team up with the actors to create a soundscape of live effects, music and old-time jingles.

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EXPLORE MORE Sense and Sensibility Explore More Regency Life

Cooking with Jane Austen by Kirstin Olsen. What did people eat in Regency England? Olsen’s book covers the history of food preparation and provides recipes for food found in Austen’s novels. If you don’t have a hearth to cook the food, fear not! She has modernized the recipes to make them accessible for today’s cooks. 641.5942 OLS 2005 Dinner with Mr. Darcy by Pen Vogler.

This cookbook, filled with beautiful pictures of mouth-watering recipes with a side of history, is the perfect pairing for Austen fans. Vogler includes quotes from the texts as well as letters from Austen herself discussing different meals, which adds a whimsical feel.

641.5942 VOG 2013 The Best of Jane Austen Knits by Amy Clarke Moore. Georgiana Darcy’s Fancy Shawl and Emma’s Overdress and Boteh Shawl are just some of the items you can learn to knit. All come with detailed, step-by-step instructions and beautiful pictures that will have you eager to show off your new pieces at the next ball.

746.432 BES 2015 Explore More Sisters in Fiction

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. Identical twin sisters Julia and Valentina have inherited a London flat from their estranged aunt. Once there, they meet their strange neighbours, including their aunt’s lover, and come to the frightening realization that perhaps their aunt never left. FICTION NIFFENEGGER

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Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman.

Raised by their aunts, sisters Gillian and Sally long to get away from the town rumours that their family are witches and cursed. Though the sisters venture off on their own, love and heartache bring them back to town and to family.

FICTION HOFFMAN The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are leading separate lives in France on the eve of the Second World War. As war breaks out, Vianne’s husband is drafted and she’s left to look after their daughter.

With no family, Isabelle joins the French Resistance. This New York Times bestseller explores the very different lives of the sisters as they struggle for family and country during one of the darkest times in history. FICTION HANNAH Explore More England with Jane Austen

Walking Jane Austen’s London by Louise Allen. Containing nine walking tours to lead you through familiar landmarks in Austen’s novel to hidden gems, Allen’s book includes photographs and maps to allow the armchair traveller to enjoy the walks just as much as those bound for England. 914.212 ALL 2013 A Walk with Jane Austen by Lori Smith.

Follow Lori Smith on her journey of self-discovery through Jane Austen’s haunts. Smith heads to Bath, Lyme, London and the Hampshire countryside, where she discovers what Austen always believed: “the worth of an ordinary life.”

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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jane Austen’s England by Roy & Lesley Adkins. Austen’s novels are filled with rich characters from different walks of life whose thoughts are filled with marriage, matchmaking, happiness and dances. However life in late Georgian and Regency England was not always happy. The Adkins explore the social history of England during Austen’s time, both the good and the bad, to allow us a fuller appreciation of the characters in her novels and the life Austen led.

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VIETGONE

THE MOMENT WE’RE IN

BY DAVID YEE, FU-GEN THEATRE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

We’re experiencing a moment. Right now, in Canadian theatre, sort of unbeknownst to anyone, we’re experiencing something profound.

In a country whose national stages have produced very little work (if any) of note by Vietnamese North American playwrights, this season alone there are five. Five. Vietgone by Qui Nguyen, A Perfect Bowl of Pho by Nam Nguyen, Fine China by Julie Phan, Good Morning Viet Mom by Franco Nguyen, and Ga Ting by Minh Ly. Five plays… three of them by totally unrelated guys named “Nguyen.”

When we founded fu-GEN in 2002, there was no home for Asian Canadian theatre in Canada. There was no dedicated company to bring stories of the East Asian diaspora to the stage.

Yet, in the just over 15 years that we’ve been producing theatre, we have never produced a work that came from or spoke of a Vietnamese subjectivity until now. We’ve seeded and developed some work and artists, but have never seen any through to a full mainstage production.

For some reason, Canadians seem to believe that the Vietnam War and subsequent effects were the cultural property of the United States. When you look at movies

like Apocalypse Now, Good Morning, Vietnam, Platoon, etc. it’s easy to see how one could reach that conclusion.

The Vietnam War in all its reminiscence seems, largely, an American cultural export. That isn’t unearned, American involvement in the war itself was a high stakes affair. But the refugee crisis inextricably associated with that war wasn’t.

The Vietnamese people displaced by the war landed on many shores, and Canada was a leader in resettlement efforts. Between 1975 and 1976, directly following the fall of Saigon, we took in 5,600 political refugees. From 1979 to 1982, we resettled 60,000 displaced people, 10,000 more than our original commitment when resettlement started.

Those refugees weren’t settled solely by government programs, over half of those placements were (much like our most recent Syrian refugee crisis) organized and implemented by

“Vietgone is an important play, and it comes at an important time.” — DAVID YEE

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VIETGONE private citizens: community groups, families, charitable and religious organizations, not-for-profits. In 1986, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees awarded the Nansen Medal to Canada in recognition of its “outstanding service to the cause of refugees, displaced or stateless people”. It was awarded “to the people of Canada”, and remains the only time in history this honour has been bestowed upon an entire nation.

Vietgone is an important play, and it comes at an important time. These are dark days; compassion is under attack, walls are the dominant metaphor and the word “haven” doesn’t mean what it used to. It’s essential, in these times, to raise the voices of those who have historically been silent. To remember that the strength of our nation lies in our diversity, our collective capacity to survive and tell stories of that survival.

Vietgone (and the four other plays from a Vietnamese subjectivity) represents a voice that has been missing from our stages, a narrative that has been lost in the shuffle; outweighed and subjugated by dominant cultures, even within our own diaspora.

I don’t know what it means, if I’m honest, that there are suddenly five production-ready plays where before there were none. It happened as instantly and unexpectedly as any movement, I suppose. If it’s not your business to know the sector, I doubt you’d even notice. But that’s why we’re here, it’s why we come to the theatre: to notice. To pay attention. To open our eyes to that which we might have missed otherwise. To hear the unexpected voice. To see something important. Momentous, even.

DID YOU KNOW? The Vietnam War began on November 1, 1955 and ended with the fall of Saigon April 30, 1975, lasting 19 and a half years.

The Vietnam War took place in several locations including, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The Vietnam War was the longest in US history until the Afghanistan War (2002-2014).

In 1975, more than 100,000 Vietnamese refugees fled to the United States after the fall of Saigon. Canada accepted more than 60,000 refugees.

8,744,000 is the total number of US troops that served worldwide during Vietnam.

Many Vietnamese immigrants migrating to Canada spoke French or English as a second language.

SOURCES: HISTORYNET.COM, THECANADIANENCYCLOPEDIA.CA

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Glossary BAO LOC – A city of Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

CAMP PENDLETON – The major west coast Marine base in San Diego, California. Established in 1942 to train marines for service in World War II.

NHA TRANG – A coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

OPERATION FREQUENT WIND – The final

CAMP INDIANTOWN – Located in central Pennsylvania. Chosen on two separate occasions as a refugee resettlement camp.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE – A US Air Force base in Valparaiso, Florida designated to house Southeast Asian refugees.

FORT CHAFFEE – An Army National

Guard installation in western Arkansas.

GUAM – An unincorporated territory of

the US in the western Pacific Ocean.

HUEY – The attack helicopter used by US and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War. LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE – A US Air Force base in Bexar County, Texas.

MO DUC – A district of Quang Ngai Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

NEWPORT BRIDGE – Now known as

Saigon Bridge, it crosses the Saigon River, connecting Binh Thanh District and Ho Chi Minh City, on the Hanoi Highway.

phase in the evacuation of American civilians and “at risk” Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam prior to the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese Army during the Fall of Saigon. So many helicopters attempted to land on US ships that South Vietnamese helicopters were pushed overboard to make room.

SAIGON – The largest city in Vietnam,

now known as Ho Chih Minh City.

SOC TRANG – The capital of Soc Trang

Province in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, it held a base for the fourth Air Division of the Vietnam Air Force.

TH-55 – Piston-powered light training helicopter produced for the US Army.

USS MIDWAY – A US aircraft carrier commissioned in 1945, the largest boat in the world at the time.

VIET CONG – Communist political party known as the North Liberation Front. The party had its own army of guerrilla and regular army units. Also known as “VC’s.”

VUNG TAU – The largest city of Ba Ria– Vung Tau Province in Vietnam.

GLOSSARY APPEARS WITH PERMISSION FROM THE SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE. THIS MATERIAL WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE'S PRODUCTION PLAY GUIDE.

SYNOPSIS – Saigon, 1975. As the war escalates, pilot Quang flies to freedom, saving many lives but leaving his family behind. He ends up in a refugee camp in Arkansas, where he vows to return for his loved ones. Also landing at the camp is Tong, a strong-willed beauty. The attraction between Quang and Tong is immediate but the pull of home is strong for him and she’s determined to make it work in America. Vietgone smashes stereotypes while sharing the journey of two warriors who must redefine the meaning of home.

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The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

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Steven Schipper, Artistic Director • Camilla Holland, Executive Director PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH FU-GEN

THEATRE AND HOPE AND HELL THEATRE CO.

Vietgone

By Qui Nguyen November 1–17, 2018 preview October 31

Director...........................................................................Robert Ross Parker Choreographer....................................................................... Wayne Santos Set & Costume Designer............................................................ Joanna Yu Lighting Designer / Video Designer...........................Hugh Conacher Sound Designer / Composer..............................................Alex Punzalan Fight Director................................................................Jacqueline Loewen Assistant to the Director.....................................................................Loc Lu Stage Manager................................................................ Michael Duggan† Apprentice Stage Manager................................................. Zahra Larche THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Playwright / Giai / Bobby / Captain Chambers / Redneck Biker / Hippie Dude...................................... Peter Fernandes Quang....................................................................................................Simu Liu Tong...............................................................................................Stephanie Sy Huong................................................................................Jennifer Villaverde Nhan..................................................................................................... Jeff Yung Vietgone is performed with one intermission.

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

Royal MTC acknowledges that our two venues are on Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner

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VIETGONE Peter Fernandes

Stephanie Sy

Playwright / Giai / Bobby / Captain Chambers / Redneck Biker / Hippie Dude

Tong

ROYAL MTC The Penelopiad, Romeo and

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

Juliet.

OTHER THEATRE Romeo and Juliet, A

Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, Twelfth Night, Love and Information (CS); Jerusalem (Outside The March/Company Theatre); A Charlie Brown Double Bill, The Last Tree of Rapa Nui (MTYP); Onegin (Musical Stage Company/NAC); Peter and the Starcatcher (Citadel); Passing Strange (Obsidian/Musical Stage Company); Alligator Pie, Father Comes Home From the Wars, The Just, Incident at Vichy, Marat/Sade, The Dybbuk, Spoon River, Tartuffe, Idiot’s Delight, The Crucible (Soulpepper); Evil Dead (Ground Zero, Hit & Myth); Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (Freewill).

TRAINING Soulpepper Academy, University of Alberta (BFA Acting).

Simu Liu Quang

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Banana Boys (Factory);

About Allegra (Toronto Fringe).

OTHER THEATRE Prairie Nurse (PTE);

Beauty and the Beast, Footloose (Rainbow); A Chorus Line (WSO/Rainbow); Tribes (WJT); The Little Mermaid (Globe Theatre); American Idiot (WST); Prom Queen (Segal); A Little Night Music, Little Women (Dry Cold); Yorkville - the Musical (Blyth); Velocity, A History of Breathing (SATAward nominee) (Persephone); James and the Giant Peach (MTYP); Queen’s We Will Rock You (First National Tour). Upcoming: Chicago (Pizza Party Productions); Next to Normal (Mirvish).

FILM/TV Nikola Tesla and the End of the World – Season 2 (Web Series); The Grudge Reboot (Sony Pictures Entertainment); Breakthrough (FOX 2000 Pictures); Smokey Mountain Christmas, Washed Away, Perfect Match (LifeTime); Colour of Scar Tissue (APTN Web Series); An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (Universal Studios); Channel Zero (NBC/ Universal); Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (Space Channel).

TRAINING University of Winnipeg – Honours Program.

ET CETERA For my family and for my Matt.

TV Kim's Convenience (CBC); Taken (NBC);

Blood and Water (OMNI); The Expanse (Syfy); Slasher (Netflix); Bad Blood (CityTV); and more.

ET CETERA ACTRA Award Nominee (2018) and Winner (2017), CSA Nominee (2017), Dora Award Nominee (2016) and MyTheatre Award Winner (2016).

For all the dreamers who came from afar in search of a better life; you are home.

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VIETGONE TRAINING Graduate of Ryerson Theatre

Jennifer Villaverde

School.

Huong

ET CETERA I connect profoundly to Qui's

ROYAL MTC Top Girls, My Fair Lady, Evita.

OTHER THEATRE Music Music Life Death

Music (One Little Goat); Animal Farm, Alligator Pie, As You Like It, The Time of Your Life, Three Sisters, Our Town, The Threepenny Opera (Soulpepper); James and the Giant Peach, Hana’s Suitcase (Dora nomination for Best Ensemble), Seussical, A Year With Frog and Toad (Dora award for Best Musical), Blue Planet (YPT); A Year With Frog and Toad, Mirror Game, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Romeo and Juliet, The Secret Garden (MTYP); The Importance of Being Earnest, Godspell (PTE); West Side Story, A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Damn Yankees (Rainbow).

ET CETERA Many thanks to Mike, Caitlin, my parents and Newton Landry for their tremendous support!

Jeff Yung Nhan

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Portia's Julius Caesar

(Shakespeare in the Ruff); Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, King John, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare BASH'd); Coriolanus (Skipping Stones); Banana Boys (Factory/fu-GEN); Sex Tape Project (fu-GEN); Comfort (Red Snow Collective); Monday Nights (6th Man Collective); The Forbidden Phoenix (MTYP/YPT); Picture This (Soulpepper).

TV Private Eyes, Mayday, How To Buy A Baby, Fare Trade, Nikita, Orphan Black, Flashpoint.

play, though I acknowledge, I'm not Vietnamese. I feel deeply privileged and immensely grateful to have a part in telling this story. If this is your story, I thank you for the space to tell it and hope we have honoured it. Thank you for coming.

Qui Nguyen Playwright

Qui Nguyen is a playwright, screenwriter, and co-founder of the OBIE Award-winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company of NYC. His plays include Vietgone (2016 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, 2016 LADCC Tim Schmitt Award, 2016 Edward M. Kennedy Prize finalist); War is F**king Awesome (Frederick Loewe Award); She Kills Monsters (2014 AATE Distinguished Play Award, 2012 GLAAD Media Award nom); Soul Samurai (2009 GLAAD Media Award nom), and the critically acclaimed Vampire Cowboys shows: The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G, Alice in Slasherland, Fight Girl Battle World, Men of Steel, Six Rounds of Vengeance and Living Dead in Denmark.

Recent awards include a 2016 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program (Peg+Cat) and a 2015 New York Community Trust Helen Merrill Playwriting Award. He is a proud member of the WGA, The Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Ma-Yi Writers Lab. He’s an alumnus of New Dramatists and Youngblood. For television, he's written for PBS’s Peg+Cat and Syfy’s Incorporated. Currently, he’s a screenwriter for Marvel Studios.

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VIETGONE Robert Ross Parker Director

Wayne Santos

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Directing: Vampire

Ensemble Studio Theatre. Currently he is the Artistic Producer of Keen Teens.

From 2007-2011 he was the editor of The Dramatist, the Journal of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Choreographer

Cowboy Trilogy, A Beginner’s Guide to Deicide, Living Dead in Denmark, Men of Steel, Fight Girl/Battle World, Soul Samurai, Alice in Slasherland, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G, Geek and Six Rounds of Vengeance (Vampire Cowboys); Disgraced (Mirvish/Hope and Hell/Citadel); Fast Company (Ensemble Studio Theatre); How to be a New Yorker (CRC Productions); Branched (InViolet); She Kills Monsters (The Flea); Goodbye Cruel World (Roundtable Ensemble); Hamlet (solo) (Hope and Hell). Acting: Constellations (Hangar); Light, a Dark Comedy (Paper Canoe); Frankenstein (Soho Rep/the Flying Machine); Alice (the Flying Machine).

TRAINING BFA Concordia, MFA Ohio University.

ET CETERA Robert is a New York based Canadian theatre artist. He is the co-founder of the Obie winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre and a member of the

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

ET CETERA Wayne has been a choreographer in the dance industry for nearly 15 years. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Wayne has spent much of his life training in hip hop and urban dance styles. He is the founder and former director of Sikat Dance Company who have won multiple competitions locally and abroad. Wayne has also choreographed for Team Canada, leading competitive groups in both Austria and Taiwan. Known for his intricate detail and storytelling through his unique movement, Wayne brings his original choreography style to theatre for the first time in Vietgone.

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VIETGONE Joanna Yu Set & Costume Designer

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OTHER THEATRE Selected credits:

Breathing Hole, The Comedy of Errors, The Komagata Maru Incident, The Aeneid (Stratford); Shakespeare in Love (Neptune); Butcher (Mirvish/Why Not Theatre/The Theatre Centre); The Drawer Boy (TPM); Beauty and the Beast, James and the Giant Peach (YPT); Bearing (Luminato/Signal); Acquiesce (Factory/ fu-GEN); Trace, The Unplugging (Factory); Freedom Singer (Project: Humanity); Passing Strange (Musical Stage Co/ Obsidian); Millennial Malcontent, The Circle (Tarragon); Body Politic (Buddies/ Lemon Tree); The Wilberforce Hotel (Blyth); Intimate Apparel (Grand); John and Waleed (Cahoots).

TRAINING Graduate of York University, Theatre Production programme and member of ADC. ET CETERA Joanna is the 2017 recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award.

Hugh Conacher Lighting Designer / Video Designer

ROYAL MTC Heisenberg, The Humans, 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 35 years. In Winnipeg, his work has been seen with Canada’s RWB, QDance, Gearshifting Performance Works, PTE, TPM and MTYP, to name a few.

ET CETERA Hugh enjoys working beyond the constraints of traditional lighting design using various forms of interactive media, video and photography. His photographic work resides in private collections and has been published worldwide. Hugh is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada and L’Association des professionnels des arts de la scène du Québec www.pellucid.me.

Alex Punzalan Sound Designer / Composer

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OTHER THEATRE Third World, High Blood

(SummerWorks); Casa Loma Escape Games; Durango (Theatre Smash/fu-GEN); Sex Tape Projects (fu-GEN); Bone Cage (Hart House); In the Shadows of Elephants (Carlos Bulosan Theatre); Every Letter Counts, The Unplugging (Factory).

FILM/TV Animal Kingdom (HBO); True North (Red Bull/NFB); Tattoo Age (Vice); CSI: NY (CBS). Video games: SSX, Fight Night (EA Sports); NHL 2K11 (2K Sports).

ET CETERA Alexander is part of a band called DATU and released an album called High Blood mixing gongs and electronic with stories of Filipino folklore. He is also producing for artists such as Han Han, Dylan Sinclair and Just John.

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VIETGONE Jacqueline Loewen

Michael Duggan

Fight Director

Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: Black Coffee, Hand to God, 23.5 Hours, Unnecessary Farce, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Private Lives, A Christmas Story, Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer. Actor: Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Top Girls.

Assistant Director: Other People’s Money.

OTHER THEATRE Selected fight directing: Macbeth (Bard on the Beach); Indigenous Playwrights New Works Workshop (Playwrights Theatre Centre – Vancouver); Beauty and the Beast (Rainbow); The Flood Thereafter (CS); Don Giovanni (Manitoba Opera); Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); Prairie Nurse (PTE).

TEACHING Jacqueline has taught at University of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, Trinity Western University and Simon Frasier University.

ET CETERA Jacqueline is very pleased to be working with both Royal MTC and such fine performers.

ROYAL MTC Stage Manager: Hand to God.

Assistant Stage Manager: A Christmas Carol, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel), Chimerica, Clever Little Lies, The Glass Menagerie, Other People’s Money. Apprentice Stage Manager: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, The Shunning, Brief Encounter, The Seafarer, Steel Magnolias.

Props: Gone With the Wind.

OTHER THEATRE Mary's Wedding (TPM); Mamma Mia! (Rainbow); Fly Me to the Moon, The Birds and the Bees (PTE); Am I Not King? The Last Concert of Richard II (zone41); Timon of Athens, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III (SIR).

TRAINING B.A. (Hons) in Theatre Production and Stage Management at the University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Enjoy the show!

Zahra Larche Apprentice Stage Manager

Loc Lu Assistant to the Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

ET CETERA Loc is a Vietnamese Canadian

theatre performer, instructor and administrator. He is very grateful to be working with such a wonderful and diverse group of artists in Vietgone.

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Stage Manager of The Humans. Assistant Production Manager (2017/18 season).

OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager: Ed & Ed – Trapped!, Outside Mullingar, Neddy Norris Night, 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).

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VIETGONE 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. FOR FU-GEN THEATRE

fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company is Canada’s premiere theatre company dedicated to Asian Canadian theatre artists and their work. Founded in 2002, fu-GEN has been solely dedicated to the vitality of the Asian Canadian voice, the development of new work to proliferate that voice and the fostering of Asian Canadian talent in all aspects of theatre. Hit plays Kim’s Convenience, Prison Dancer and Nine Dragons were all first developed by fu-GEN through our various programs. fu-GEN’s 2018/19 season focuses on stories from the

Vietnamese diaspora and features productions, partnerships and presentations of work by Nam Nguyen, Julie Phan and the inimitable Qui Nguyen with Vietgone.

FOR HOPE AND HELL THEATRE CO.

Hope and Hell Theatre Co. was formed

by Birgitte Solem and Raoul Bhaneja for a Fringe Festival tour of Sad Surgeon in 1995 (which included a stop in Winnipeg) and have since gone on to produce national and international tours of Hamlet (solo), Life, Death and The Blues (which played at PTE), the smash hit Disgraced with Mirvish Productions/The Citadel Theatre and now Vietgone.

SUPPORTERS Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between Mar 1, 2017 and Sep 17, 2018.

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

$4,000-6,499 In memory of Duane Braun – Pauline Braun‡ Gregg & Mary Hanson Gerry & Barb Price Hartley & Heather Richardson

$2,000-3,999 Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia 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 Gerry* & Chris Couture Kerry Dangerfield*‡ Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher‡ John F. (Jack) Fraser* Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt‡ Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡ Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ Investors Group Matching Gift Program Ms. Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen 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 Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Carol & Barry McArton

Jim* & Penny McLandress‡ Drs. Ken & Sharon Mould In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh Murphy‡ Vivienne Nickerson The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Cam & Carole Osler Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Derek Riley Sanford & Deborah Riley Maitland & Pat Sundmark Triple A Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Helga Van Iderstine* Marcel Van Woensel Sonya & Scott Wright Darcy & the late Brenda Zaporzan Anonymous

$1,200-1,999 Margaret & Jim Astwood Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Jim Blanchard Marjorie Blankstein CM, OM, LLD & the late Morley Blankstein Sheldon & Penny Bowles Doneta* & Harry Brotchie‡ Haderra & Mark Chisick Heather Clarke* Jan* & Kevin Coates Andrew Drinnan†‡ Paulo Fernandes*‡ Katherine Fox*‡ Susan* & Ab Freig‡ Sandy Gousseau* Shayla Harapiak-Green & Patrick Green* Mintie & Al Grienke John* & Nicola Guttormson‡ In memory of Kristin Hanson-Dawn & Brian Hanson Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn‡ Katie Inverarity†‡ Jason Kasper* Dr. Laurence Katz & Ms. Zoe Kogan Gordon Keatch*‡ James & Teresa Kraemer Brenda* & Trevor Kriss‡ David* & Ellen Kroft‡ Katarina Kupca Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers J. Lamothe Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Christine Skene & Nick Logan Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Virginia & the late Robert Martin Pat McCullough & Chris Brown Terri & Jim McKerchar‡

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Jeffrey* & Mary Morton Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O'Keeffe Kris 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 Barbara & Derek* Rolstone‡ 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

COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Ryan Bernier Helga & Gerhard Bock Todd Bourcier Cathie & Brian Bowerman Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock Pam & Andrew Cooke Ben & Shari Diamond Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Hon. Gary Filmon & Hon. Janice Filmon CM Gordon Hannon Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Hon. Justice William Johnston Ian Kirk†‡ Kevin & Deneen Klippenstein Marion Klysh Serena Kraayeveld Pat & Jim Ludwig Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham Gerry Matte & Lydia Surasky-Matte Richard & Bonnie Olfert Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton Donna Plant Iris Reimer Ricou-Manfreda Andrea* & Michael Robertson‡ Diane Shapiro Margaret & Paul Shuckett Jennifer Skelly & Family‡

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Carol & Ron Slater Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Debbie Spracklin Donald & Lorraine Swanson Marilyn Thompson Vicki Verville‡ Margaret Wollner‡ Anonymous

$250-599 Pat & Bob Adamson Dr. Liz Adkins Brian Adolph†‡ Philip Akin Jay & Judy Anderson Joy & Robert Antenbring Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Sheena Baird†‡ Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Ron Blicq Denise Bonner John Borger Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Kris & Ruth Breckman Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager‡ Sheila & David Brodovsky MacDonald/Cageorge Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Cheryl Chaban Kenneth Clark & Pamela Lockman Mrs. Aynsley Cockshott Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton J. Davidson‡ J. Dawson Sharron & Joel Dudeck Helene Dyck Roberta Dyck Mr. & Mrs. Glen* & Joan Dyrda Marcia Fleisher Arnold Frieman Felicia & Trevor Frost Colleen & Dan Furlan‡ Denise & Ron George Ms. Heather Gillander Ben & Serky Goldberg Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Jeremy & Maureen Gordon‡ Sylvia & Doug Hannah Kathryn & Wayne Harrison Rodney Hick & Tracey Jackson Vivian Hilder-Skwark & David Skwark‡ Mr. Dennis Hodgkinson Bernd & Tanis Hohne Michael & Crystal Hollas‡ N & L Holliday Marlis & David Jacobson Margaret Jeffries Claire & Gerald Jewers Robert & Karen Johnston Lisa Johnston‡

Robert Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc Brenda Keyser & Peter Murdock Peter Kingsley Eileen & George Klassen Myron & Marion Klysh Julie Ann Kniskern John & Kathryn Knowles David & Denise Koss Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Brent Kvern Barbara Latocki Desiree La Vallee†‡ Dr. G. H. Lawler Wendell & Eleanor Lind Charles & Diane Littman David & Marie Loewen Jack & Belva London Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Harriet & Ted Lyons Bryan & Christie Lysack Helen & Paul Major N. Marr Dr. & Mrs. Donald McInnes Mr. & Mrs. Campbell McIntyre Marlene & Ian McKay Albert & Judith Metcalfe‡ Irene & the late Claire Miller Rena & Reno Molinari Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Sagan Morrow*‡ Suzanne & Kenneth Munroe Brad Nance Robert Nickel Linda Nugent Marie Ohta Helen Orestes Jeff Palamar Linda & Wayne Paquin Dr. Philip & Joanne Pass Peter & Anita Pelech Gina O'Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Calvin Polet Beth Pollard Keith Powls Ms. Judith Putter Tammy Rabkin Vivian E Rachlis Carole Rankin‡ David & Joan Rew Tony Robbins Rosenberg Family Trust Jay Ross Charles & Naida Rubin Sandra Sadler Cathy & Paul Samyn Barbara Scheuneman Renate & Bill Schulz Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh‡

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of MTC – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Sharon Shaydak Shayna & Merrill Shulman Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Cliff & Sandra Skrabek Chad Smith‡ Mrs. Lorraine Smith Al* & Virginia Snyder The Spielman Family Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Shayne & Kathryn Taback Karen Tereck – Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Dr. Stephen Tritt & Dr. Sharon Goszer-Tritt Grant Tweed Strang/van Ineveld Family Patricia Van Doninck Fran & Bob Vannevel‡ Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Jesse I. Vorst Dorothy Walker Stirling Walkes Donald Wardrop Mary Agnes Welch Florence & Donald Whitmore Kathleen Gough & Timothy Wildman In memory of C. Noreen Wilkie – Catherine Wilkie Valerie Wowryk Harry & Evelyn Wray 10 Anonymous

$150-249 Nazir & Pat Ahmad Brock & Donna Alexander Elena Anciro†‡ Dawn Andersen Judy & Jay Anderson Bernice Antoniuk Dr. Ignatius Anyadike Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Lynne Arnason Marion Arnason Ian Backus Richard & Nancy Ball June & Ted Bartman Dr. John and Karen Bate Dianne J. Beaven Trish Bergal Bruce & Joyce Berry Trust Beta Edwin M. Bethune Tanys & Don Bjornson Joan Blight Lilian Bonin Audrey Book

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SUPPORTERS Carol Ann Borody-Siemens Lee & Karen Bowman R. Bruce Boyd Gill Bramwell Miriam Bronstein Brian Brown Gerald R. Brown George & Ellen Bruce Carol Budnick G. Burge & K. England John Burrows Donna Byrne Kelly & Judy Caughlin Merv & Jan Cavers Ron & Carol Chapman Rosemary Chapman Duane Cheskey‡ Shelley Chochinov Bobbi Chomiak Glen & Lorna Clark Agnes & John K. Collins Melonee Collins Martin & Gail Corne Philip Coulter Margaret A. Cuddy Ellen Curtis‡ J. Dale G. L. Damphousse Ms. Linda Daniels Chris Darazsi‡ Diane de Rocquigny Faye Dixon Sylvia & Margaret Docker Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Tom Dooley Dennis Doyle Rob Dryden John & Ada Ducas James Dugan & Mary Bawden Sonya Dyck-Ledochowski Mr. & Mrs. William Easton David Ediger Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp E.N Egan Don & Elfie Elias Dan Erickson Debra Evaniuk Jemara Fay‡ Marion Fellinger Nelma Fetterman Douglas Finkbeiner Gayle Fischer Beverley & Ronald John Fitzpatrick Lawrence Foster‡ Linda Freed & Leezan Freed-Lobchuk Chris Freeman Menno H. & Jolanda Friesen Monica Furer Daniel Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant

Guy & Melanie Gaudreau Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡ Trish Gibson Juanita Giesbrecht Rick & Patti Gilhuly Sharon & Arnold Glass Morris Glimcher Alicyn Goodman‡ Paul Goodman Michele Goossen‡ Shawn & Bill Gould Karen Guenther Kari Hagness†‡ Rhonda & Glen Haight Sharon Hamilton‡ Gregory & Heather Hammond Bruce & Judy Harris Joanne Harris Sandra & Hans Hasenack Ken & Ruth Hayes Evelyn Hecht Frank & Sue Hechter Mr. Kyle Hendin Ted & Cathy Hlynsky Rob & Jen Hochkievich‡ John & Lenore Hodge Tom & Dianne Hodgson Carol Holmes Gary Hook & Charmine Lyons Ken Houssin Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Karen Howell Dr. Frank & Donna Hruska Carol & Ian Hughes Dan Ilchyna G. C. Irwin-Kilfoyle Krista Jackson† & Matthew Handscombe‡ Brenda Jenkyns Dave & Lesia Johns Mary Janine Johnson James Tam & Katherine Jordan Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal Loretta Kampeas & John Gartner Brian & Renee Kaplan Dr. Arvind & Nancy Kati Ms. Penny Kelly Nancy Kerr Vernon Klassen Paul Kochan Ms. Julie Koehn Peter & Valerie Kohut Donna Korban Lisa Koss & Olex Vecherya Richard & Janice Kostelnyk‡ Jacki & Sheldon Koven Lorraine Kraichy‡ Jan & Randie Kushnier Teena Laird Glad & Lloyd Lamont John & Heather Lea Bob Leggett

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Kathy & Saul Leibl Kerrie Halprin & Richard Leipsic Tim & Kate Letkemann‡ Carol & Clifford Levi Pat Lewicki & Paul LaRiviere Dr. Jack Lipkin & Debbie Szternfeld Lipkin Linda Loewen Nora Losey Sarah Luby Dr. Simon Lucy Carole Lupkowski Tom Lussier Dennis MacLean Daphne MacMillan† Andrea Mann & Neil Antman Tamara Mares Elaine & Neil Margolis Ms. Grace Martel Agatha Massey Bob & Betty McCamis Doug McKeag Gordon McKee Dr. Liz McKenzie Greg & Gloria McLaren John & Carolynne McLure Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Barry McNabb‡ Barb Melnychuk Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Susie Miclash Dr. Michael & Sharon Moffatt Ray Montague Bill Muir Lauren Mulhall Don Munro Sharon & Mel Myers Jacqueline Nagel Shelley Neel‡ Marika Nerbas Betty Nesbitt & Peter Chambers Tom Nowicki Gary Oko Joanne Olchowecki Gloria & Robert Olynyk Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Heather & Harry Panaschuk Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Chris Pearce & Ruth Magnuson B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Rob & Linda Pettit Rick Pinchin Bill Podolsky Carolyn Porhownik Brett Porth Dr. R & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Linda Ratynski Vance & Bev Rehill Cheryl Reid Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Kent Ringler Jane Robinson Celia Rodd M. Rogalsky Gail MacAulay & Kevin Rollason Renee Roseman Olga A. Runnalls In memory of Patrick Brown – Elizabeth & Laurence Russin Michael T. Ruta Barbara Ryan Sudhir Sandhu Shona Scappaticci‡ Hans & Gabriele Schneider Harald & Vicki Schulz Ms. Faye Scott Ryan Scott Carol Scurfield Darcia & Gary Senft Jim & Susan Shaw Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Debbie Shymko Pamela Simmons Anna Sipinski Caterina & George Sotiriadis Deanne Spiegel Adrienne Stach Karen Stewart-Paley Tom & Shirley Strutt Eleanor Suderman Mary-Lou K Taylor Mary E. Tibbs‡ Sharon Timson‡ Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Gord & Lorena Trann W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Peter Triggs‡ Eric Turner Dr. & Mrs. I. Vinsky Sherry & Bob Ward Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Tamara & John Wells Al & Pat Wherrett‡ Murray & Nancy Wiegand Leslie Wilson Dennis & Gustine Wilton Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Grant & Sheila Woods Mrs. Lorraine Woods-Bavasah Raymond & Louise Wyant Landice Yestrau Brad Zander‡ Gary Zimak 20 Anonymous

SPONSOR The Asper Foundation The Gail Asper Family Foundation Assiniboine Credit Union Banville & Jones Wine Co. Bell MTS Canada One Travel CN Culligan Water Dycom Direct Mail Services Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. Fillmore Riley LLP Freeman Audio Visual Canada Friesens Corporation Gardewine/Winnipeg Moving & Storage The Great-West Life Assurance Company Greystone Managed Investments Inc. Hermanos South American Steakhouse HUB International IG Wealth Management Lawton Partners MacDon Industries Ltd. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries McDiarmid Flowers McNally Robinson Booksellers Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg MMP Architects/ Hippo CMMS Peak of the Market Pizza Hotline PwC RBC Convention Centre RBC Royal Bank Relish New Brand Experience Sleeman Breweries Ltd. Stantec Consulting Ltd. Stewart-Renouf Group Subway Franchise World Headquarters, LLC TD Bank Group University of Manitoba Wawanesa Insurance Winnipeg Airports Authority The Winnipeg Free Press

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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

$3,000-4,999 Cambrian Credit Union Terracon Development Ltd.

$1,200-2,999 Bison Transport, Don Strueber BRR Logistics Ltd. (Judy & Michael Wakefield) Deloitte Foundation Canada Fillmore Riley LLP Manitoba Blue Cross Manitoba's Credit Unions Maple Leaf Construction Ltd. Maxim Truck & Trailer Pollard Banknote Limited Ruth & Ted Northam PRA Inc. Regal Tours Safeway & Sobeys Winmar Property Restoration

CORPORATE COMPANY CIRCLE $600-1,199 Astroid Management Ltd. Party Stuff/U-Rent-It Premier Printing Ltd.

$300-599 MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Mid West Packaging Limited

$150-299 Funseekers Ladies Travel 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*& Harry Brotchie David & Lianne Carefoot Len & Heather Cariou Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† David Christianson & Vera Steinberger David* & Barbara Christie Gerry* & Chris Couture Hugh B. Cowan Kerry Dangerfield* Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers

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

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SUPPORTERS Glen* & Joan Dyrda Robert & Florence Eastwood Don & Elfie Elias Bill* & Gayle Fischer Anthony* & Jennifer Fletcher Jack Fraser James Gibbs§ Sandy* & Rheal Gousseau John* & Nicola Guttormson Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow Gary Hannaford & Cathy Rushton Ted & Gail Hechter June§ & Bob Jackson Fund for the Performing Arts Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen David & Diane Johnston Dr. Leonard & Hope* Kahane Jason Kasper* John Kearsey Gordon* & Anne§ Keatch Rob Kennedy & Claudette Leclerc Serena Helen Kraayeveld Leona J. MacDonald 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 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 Joan Stephens Suzanne Ullyot Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Brenda Zaporzan§ 2 Anonymous

TRIBUTE GIFTS In memory of Mark Adkins Jane Carroll

Lawrence Cherniack Myra Wolch In honour of Steven Schipper Gus* & Diane Campbell In memory of Diane Stefanson Lynne & Brent Stefanson Ashleigh Everett & Stuart Murray Irene & Brian Hamerton Ms. Eleanor Suderman Dionne Klein Claire Stefanson Board of Directors & Neighbours of Winnipeg Condo Corp. #500 Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass Nancy Routley CIBC Central Canada Regional Office Ms. Louise Kuharski Mr. Brian Scott Ms. Karen Dunlop & Ross Phillips Mr. John F. Fraser OC Gregg & Mary Hanson Mr. Filip Fileccia Mrs. Carol Guicheret Alan Borger Ladco Company Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Vodrey Worth & Rhu Hayden In honour of Drs. Sharon & Steven Tritt's 40th Anniversary Jackie & Sheldon Koven Cathy Moser & Jeff Itzkow Harriet & Alex Zimmer Faren & Keevin Bernstein In memory of Brenda Zaporzan Eleanor Wiebe

ENDOWMENT FUND Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between Mar 1, 2017 and Sep 17, 2018. Amounts are cumulative. $5,000,000+ Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien

$250,000-499,999

In memory of Saul & Sybil Cherniack Marsha Schwartzman Howard Cherniack

Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

$50,000-99,999 Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Volunteer Corps of Ushers Darcy & the late Brenda Zaporzan

$25,000-49,999 Allan MacDonald Cam & Carole Osler Jim & Leney Richardson Maureen & Bill Watchorn

$10,000-24,999 Lee & Wayne Anderson David & Ruth Asper The Bowles Family Bryan Klein, Susan Halprin & daughters Virginia & the late Robert Martin Norma Padilla Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† George Sigurdson Terracon Development Ltd.

$5,000-9,999 In memory of Campbell Wright – Lynne Arnason Zaz Bajon & Patricia Hunter Doneta* & Harry Brotchie Margaret Caie Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Susan & Keith Knox Serena & Dan Kraayeveld Leona MacDonald & Douglas Riske John Maguire & Susan Collison Gina O'Connor & John C. Petersmeyer* Heather Pullan & Tom Frohlinger 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 Ruth Simkin Jim & Jan Tennant Anonymous

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

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SUPPORTERS $1,000-2,499 Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn David, Ruth, Daniel, Rebecca & Max Asper Don & Cheryl Breakey Dave* & Barb Christie Robert & Sandi Coghlan Agnes & John K. Collins Ken & Lynn Cooper 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 The Estate of Alan Richardson Burnett Laing Mark & Gloria Mancini Patrick* & Clarice Matthews Vera Moroz Paul & Elaine Neelon Jean & Lisa Neron Theresa & Bill Parrish Marc & Sherri Rittinger Pat & Michelle Rowan Susan Sammons Bill & Laurie Speers* Marilyn Thompson 2 Anonymous

$500-999 Heidi & Rennie Balciunas Jean Bissett Art & Donna Chow Doug & Patty Christie 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 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

UP TO $499 Margaret & Charles Avent Don Bailey Balmoral Hall School Ms. June Bari June & Ted Bartman Dan Battiston Susan Benias Sophie Bertram Patti Bews Heidi & Bruce Birchard Daniel Blankstein Ingrid Bolbecher Laurie Bonten Georgia Brook Booke & Partners Jocelyn Burns Laura Butler Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Howard Cherniack Lawrence Cherniack Wes & Tracy Christie Jan* & Kevin Coates & Family Dr. Mark Cohen Alex Cook Sheila Cooper-Simon Marsha Cowan Kelvin & Diana Dereski Meg Dunlop Mike Egden M. Alyce Ellis Kim & Richard Enright Orest & Marion Fedak Heather Gray Stacey Greenbaum Robert & Elaine Gregg Garth & Abigail Grieder Donna Grove Vince Haight Allan & Evelyn Hardy Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Dave & Diane Johnston The staff of Josef Ryan Diamonds Joanne & Rod Kamins Ken & Laurie Keats Caroline Kiva Hubert & Bernice Kleyson Jim & Wendy Krovats Mr. Timothy & Dr. Carol Kurbis J. Lamothe Barbara Latocki Nancy Latocki Frances Lemieux Edward & Evelyn MacDonald

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Bruce & Yvonne MacKay Daphne MacMillan Barbara & Robert Madden Meg McNevitts Praveer Melwani Kathleen Mico & Stefan Fischer Thorlein R. Mitchell Selena Ng The Penman Family Janine & John Pennington Sandra Plosker Ayrlea Porter Pratts Wholesale Tyler Press Lori Ranta-Rodrigues RBC Wealth Management, Private Banking Billy Rosenburg Gerry & Susan Rosenby Hugh & Christine Ross Judy & Christopher Rousseau Zivan Saper & the staff at Saper Agencies Matt Sardella Jack & Regina Schipper Marcy Schwartz Marsha Schwartzman Joanie Sheps Jan Shute & Doug Harvey George & Elma Sinclair Susan Skinner Kim & Frank Stockl Mike & Connie Sworyk Geraldine & Brian Taillieu Peter & Sharon Taylor Gwenda Templeton Marlene & Craig Thiessen Robert & Margaret Tollefson Karen Torbiak Mitch & Rosemary Vodrey Kirby & Jessica Watson Penny Webber Audrey & Jerry Weiss Eleanor Wiebe Myra Wolch & the late Saul Cherniack Cliff & Heather Yaffe Al & Barbara Zaporzan Wayne, Olga & Ryan Zaporzan 2 Anonymous

THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!

†Current Royal MTC staff

‥Monthly donors

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SUPPORTING PARTNERS CORE FUNDERS

SEASON PARTNERS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION SUPPORTER

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION SPONSOR

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE PRODUCTION SPONSOR

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

YOUTH PROGRAMS

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

TD THEATRE UNDER 30

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

REGIONAL TOUR

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SUPPORTING PARTNERS BLACK & WHITE BALL PREMIER SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSOR

STEWART-RENOUF SCOTIA WEALTH MANAGEMENT

LAWYERS PLAY

DESIGN SPONSOR

CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

SEASON MEDIA SPONSORS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

2018 WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

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

SHANLEYFEST

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BEHIND THE SCENES Front of House

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kim Cossette, Front of House Manager, Tom Hendry Warehouse Belinda Uings, Front of House Manager, John Hirsch Mainstage Front of House Staff: Rylen de Vries, Stacy Ducharme, Nick Fletcher, Deanna Goring, Elife Harvey, Marissa Kellet, Breanne Korban, Tia Levine, Kimmy Martin, Daniel MacPherson, Declan Moulden, Graeme Olson, Hannah Schneider, Lisa Stefanson, Kevin Stroski, Rita Vande Vyvere

Honorary Members

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

David Christie, Chair Anthony C. Fletcher, Past Chair 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 John Kearsey 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

Maintenance

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

David Kroft David Lalama Linda Mcgarva-Cohen Sagan Morrow Bradley D. Regehr

Derek Rolstone Laurie A. Speers Helga D. Van Iderstine Judy Wakefield Richard L. Yaffe

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

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

STAFF

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

Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Carla Schroeder, Head Scenic Artist Melissa Smigelski, Scenic Artist Production

Christine Corthey, Production Associate Chris Coyne, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Warehouse Russell Martin, Director of Production Jessie Potter, Assistant Production Manager Properties

Kari Hagness, Head of Properties Jamie Plummer Properties Builder Lawrence Van Went, Master Builder Stage Crew

Accounting/Finance

Sharon Burden, Payroll Administrator Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator Melanie Sexton, Payroll Administrator (on leave) Shelley Stroski, Controller

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

Administration

Tom Hendry Warehouse

Brian Adolph, IT Manager Brooklyne Alexander, Special Projects Manager Elena Anciro, Education & Community Engagement Manager Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, Executive Director Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Kathrin Moncaster, Senior Developer & Systems Administrator Artistic

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

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

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

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

Box Office

Sheena Baird, Director of Patron Services Julie Gregorchuk, Box Office Manager Daniel Tompkins, Patron Services Coordinator Box Office Representatives: Candace Adelberg, Jennifer Bahniuk, Melissa Langdon, Steve Locke, Robyn Pooley, Karla Raymundo, Joshua Robertson, Katie Schmidt, Katie Spring, Lisa Stefanson

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

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

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

Michael Joyal, Development Data Manager Melissa Novecosky, Sponsorship Fulfillment & Events Manager Shelly Smith-Hines, Director of Development Katherine Supleve, Development Manager

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BEHIND THE SCENES ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Sense and Sensibility

Kim Crossley, Cutter Ray Gallinitis, Carpenter Jacko Garcia, Assistant Properties Builder Penny Hanford, Seamstress Amanda Isaak, First Hand Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Karen Luchak, Seamstress Barb Mackenzie, Seamstress Van Mclean, Carpenter Farrah Okolita, Scenic Painter Denis Pizzacalla, Tailor Lela Stairs, Cutter Avril Stevenson, Cutter Jim Sutherland, Assistant Properties Builder Joy Willis, Seamstress

ACT LIKE A STAR! Scents and Sensibility

Many theatre lovers experience adverse medical reactions from scented products. Please consider others before using scented products.

Park Your Mobile Device

We know something interesting is happening on social media. It always is.

But your neighbours want to watch the play. Please turn off all mobile devices.

Vietgone

Kim Crossley, Cutter Jacko Garcia, Assistant Properties Builder Penny Hanford, Seamstress Amanda Isaak, First Hand Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Karen Luchak, Seamstress Barb Mackenzie, Seamstress Farrah Okolita, Scenic Painter Maureen Petkau, Shopper Denis Pizzacalla, Tailor Lela Stairs, Cutter Avril Stevenson, Cutter Tiffany Taylor, Scenic Painter Joy Willis, Seamstress

The Sound of Silence

Our theatre has great acoustics. So when you’re talking during the show, everyone can hear you. Your neighbours, the ushers and even the actors. We want you to talk about the show but at intermission or after the final bows.

The 2018/19 Royal MTC Board of Trustees. PHOTO BY DYLAN HEWLETT

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ROYAL MTC/MBA LAWYERS PLAY

THANK you!

Agatha Christie’s suspenseful thriller Witness for the Prosecution kept audiences guessing until the very end, with 15 Manitoba Bar Association members serving up shocking testimony, impassioned outbursts and a surprising twist. The Tom Hendry Warehouse was buzzing from May 9 to 12 for the Lawyers Play — a fundraiser in support of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre.

Celebrating its 26th production, the Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Play is a vital fundraising event for the theatre and has raised more than $1 million since 1990!

We wish to thank our patrons, donors, advertisers and sponsors for supporting our efforts to offer extraordinary theatre at accessible prices to all Manitobans. Royal MTC would also like to extend sincere thanks to the talented cast and hardworking crew, as well as our many volunteers and committee members.

CAST David Dick Caleigh Glawson Brenda Keyser Peter Kingsley

Ashley Korsunsky Ryan Krahn Alex Nisbet Jeff Palamar

Kaitlynn Porath Brad Regehr Steve Scarfone Priti Shah

Robert Tyler Heather Wadsworth Kyla Wills

Director / Fight Director: Paul Essiembre*

PRESENTING SPONSOR

RECEPTION SPONSORS

COMMITTEE

PwC Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg

RBC Convention Centre University of Manitoba

SILVER SPONSORS

WINE SPONSOR

Lawton Partners

De Luca Fine Wines

Jamie Jurczak, Chair Kalyn Bomback John Harvie Melissa Hazelton Reannah Hocken Shawn Hughes Jessica L.M. Isaak Cynthia Lau Harmanjit Mavi Stacy Nagle Stéphanie Tétreault Nalini Reddy

SUPPORTERS Stella’s Catering WOW! Hospitality Safeway & Sobey’s

Join us May 6 to 11, 2019 as Royal MTC and Manitoba’s legal community present Mamma Mia!, directed by Steven Schipper* and Teri-Lynn Friesen. *The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance • Opera • Theatre Policy.

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You can play a leading role!

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