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vol 26 • no 2 nov/dec 2018

adapted by PHILIP GRECIAN

based on the film by FRANK CAPRA

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

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

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR A man just walked by me in a kangaroo costume with a baby roo in his pouch. He didn’t seem to notice the vampires trailing him, blood drying on their cheeks, or Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz stopping to rebuckle one spangly red shoe.

Halloween has exhumed the subconscious of an entire city, yet all I can think about is Christmas.

In case you’ve somehow missed seeing our 2009 production or the iconic Frank Capra film on which it was based, It’s a Wonderful Life is set on Christmas Eve. Philip Grecian’s stage adaptation Steven Schipper

takes us behind the illusion of reality, into a studio full of actors in street clothes. The artists have

been hired to perform a radio play, but they can’t help getting caught up in their roles, just as we forget we’re watching a play within a play. We care only that George Bailey has sacrificed his own dreams to make the town of Bedford Falls a better place, and now this decent man is in danger.

The demons threatening George aren’t the red-horned kind who’ll ring my doorbell tonight. Our story’s demons are greed and bureaucracy, and they don’t care that it’s Christmas Eve. Peace on earth isn’t in their job descriptions, but it is in ours.

Winnipeg is our Bedford Falls, and our theatre exists (like Clarence) to remind us of our shared humanity. Theatre may not always be an angel, but it is touched by the divine, and helps make of this earth a heaven.

Yours always,

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

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

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY

The set of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, 2009, designed by Michael Gianfrancesco.

PHOTO BY B. MONK

Welcome to CMTC Studios! Thank you for being a part of our ‘live studio audience’ for the radio presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life.

We invite you to sit back and enjoy this twist on the holiday classic. Our cast of multi-talented actors will bring George Bailey’s story to life. But that’s not the only treat we have in store for you. You’ll also see our Foley artist work with the cast to create the soundscape of Bedford Falls right in front of your eyes. From sound effects and jingles to the melodies performed by our composer, we’ll transport you to another time and place. Last but not least, we’re counting on you to be part of the action. Just like any studio audience, your participation is the soundtrack to the show.

So get ready to play your role when the ‘On Air’ sign lights up!

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Christopher Sigurdson in It’s a Wonderful IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Life: A Radio Play, 2009. PHOTO BY B. MONK

Radio Theatre A RICH LOCAL HISTORY

BY GARRY MOIR Radio has often been described as “theatre of the mind.” A listener’s imagination can picture whatever it wishes when hearing a sound that has travelled the airwaves. Slowly crunching and twisting a paper bag can create the illusion of a crackling fireplace. Add the sound of a cork popping, water poured on water, two glasses clinking and one has the perfect romantic setting…all in front of a microphone.

Radio theatre in Manitoba has a long and rich history dating back to the early 1920s. The first radio stations in Winnipeg were owned and operated by the Winnipeg Free Press and Winnipeg Tribune. Unable to make a go of it, the newspapers sold their broadcasting outlets to the government-owned Manitoba Telephone System which established its own station in 1923, known as CKY. It was the first publicly-owned radio station in Canada.

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welcomed as long as they were prepared to work without pay. From the beginning, homemade sound effects such as chimes and bird calls were used to differentiate one station from the other. One enterprising professor from the Manitoba Agricultural College went so far as to bring in a box of chirping baby chicks which he placed beside the microphone while giving a lecture on poultry.

Writing in 1937, CKY’s first manager, Darby Coats, recalled that “within weeks of its official opening CKY explored some new territory….with the first serious attempts to adapt stage plays for microphone presentation.” At first homemade sound effects were used, but before long the station added a new level of sophistication. In all likelihood, CKY was the first radio station in the country to use pre-produced sound effects which were recorded on wax cylinders and then played on a clock-work phonograph under the voice of the actor.

At roughly the same time, the Canadian National Railway decided to install

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY radios on its passenger trains and set up studios in major cities to provide programming. The Winnipeg studio was located in the Fort Garry Hotel. The railway made a significant investment in radio drama, commissioning a series of historical plays titled The Romance of Canada. British stage director Tyrone Guthrie (a founding member of the Stratford Festival) was brought in to oversee the production. Among the stories told was that of the arrival of the Selkirk settlers in the Red River Colony.

By the 1930s there was no shortage of radio plays for audiences to listen to.

CKY and a new private station, CJRC, were both airing weekly dramas with most of the on-air talent coming from the Winnipeg Little Theatre*. American radio was also very popular, offering a plethora of mystery, comedy, science fiction and western programs. Lux Radio Theatre featured adaptations of Broadway shows and movies for radio.

It’s a Wonderful Life aired in 1947.

Not that everyone was impressed with radio theatre. There were those in the acting community who questioned whether radio was a true form of the craft. CKY even ran a debate on the topic “Is Radio Real Theatre?” There were listeners who complained about the content of certain productions. “I wish you wouldn’t run so many dramas with weeping women, frivolous daughters, wayward sons and so forth,” wrote one Winnipeg listener to CKY. “Surely there is enough trouble in our lives without filling our homes with stories of more misery.”

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had been providing some local drama and comedy, actors and directors suddenly found a whole new source of revenue working in radio. Over a span of three decades, CBC produced countless radio plays. CBC Winnipeg had its own drama department. Notables such as John Hirsch (co-founder of MTC), Tom Hendry (co-founder of MTC), Gordon Pinsent, George Waight, Beth Lockerbie, Esse Ljungh, Tommy Tweed and others moved back and forth freely between the stage and radio. Ljungh would go on to become National Supervisor of Drama for CBC. A unique aspect of radio theatre was its ability to draw a crowd. While produced for a listening audience, it was not uncommon for people to flock to a local radio station to watch a program being produced. A former CBC staffer once recalled “people showing up every day – up to a 100 sometimes” just to watch the production of a noon-hour soap opera.

The theatre of the mind has deep roots in the theatrical community. It’s hardly surprising then that old-time radio produced on stage remains a very popular attraction.

Garry Moir has spent over 45 years in the broadcasting industry. His career includes work at CBC as well as several private radio and television stations.

He has written extensively about local broadcasting history, including a book titled “On the Air: The Golden Age of Radio in Manitoba”. Garry currently is a part-time newscaster and produces the daily “history vault” at CJNU Radio, 93.7 FM. *Winnipeg Little Theatre merged with Theatre 77 (co-founded by John Hirsch and Tom Hendry) to become MTC.

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The Foley Artist

BY JOHN GZOWSKI, SOUND DESIGNER / FOLEY ARTIST There are days when I have to ask myself ‘how is it that I’m being paid to slam doors, break celery, stomp my feet and knock things over on stage’. I mean I love it, but it’s ridiculous that I spend days looking through junk shops for squeaky things, for rusty hinges, old horns and generally rubbing, bumping and knocking things around to see if they sound like the sound I’ve got in my head for an effect.

Who’s to blame? Well, we could start with Jack Foley. He’s the one who started doing sound effects for film and had an industry named after him. Of course, theatre crews have been making sound effects in the backs of theatres for centuries before, but the techniques for film really started with Jack Foley.

When the talkies came around and sound was added, people realized you kind of needed to fill out the sound with some effects as well. Cue the Foley artist, who would take the film and add in all the sounds that bring the actions to life. Back in the day it all had to be done in one pass and one take and they’d rehearse a team of Foley artists for a day to do a tough sequence. On YouTube, if you’re interested, there’s a great Disney piece called The Reluctant Dragon that has an amazing Foley/music performance sequence.

For those old-time radio shows, like the one we’re replicating for you in It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, it would have been similar. Usually a small team of Foley artists (or sound effects technicians as an 84-year-old ex-CBC Foley artist told me after he came to see a show once) would get the script, 8

figure out the effects they needed to or could do, pull the junk out and rehearse for the show.

These days Foley artists mostly work in film. Sadly, CBC isn’t doing radio drama much anymore and neither is anyone else. Modern film Foley artists create those specific sound effects that are too slow and tedious to be done with a sound effects library, like footsteps, cloth movement, fights and body actions. I got a bit of help from the guys who run Footsteps, an Ontario-based Foley studio out in a rural house with a small studio and a massive supply of junk, walking surfaces, old bits of cars, doors and shoes of every kind. There they create full sonic worlds one sound at a time, layering in multiple tracks of sounds to create the sonic picture.

For this production, we’re doing it old school. For the most part this is what they did in the day. These are the ways they made almost all of these sounds, though there are a few exceptions.

They did use turntables and records for some sounds, like street ambiences and car sounds.

Do me the favour of closing your eyes a few times and seeing how much of the action you can visualize from the sounds.

I’m trying to recreate as many sounds as I can live, so I’m using old sewing machines that have been tinkered with to be extra noisy to replicate the old jalopy and cab for this show. The script calls for four Foley artists as well, but it’s more fun to try and do them all, so forgive me if I don’t get to them all, but enjoy the ride.

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Feb 27 – Mar 17 / 2019

PRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE PTE.mb.ca | Call (204) 942-5483

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

It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play Adapted by Philip Grecian Based on the film by Frank Capra November 22 – December 15, 2018 previews November 20 & 21

Director.................................................................................Steven Schipper Original Director...................................................................Robb Paterson Set & Costume Designer.................................. Michael Gianfrancesco Lighting Designer...............................................................Hugh Conacher Composer..................................................................................Danny Carroll Sound Designer....................................................................... John Gzowski Choreographer............................................................. Catherine Wreford Apprentice Director..................................................... Daphne Finlayson* Stage Manager...................................................................Margaret Brook Assistant Stage Manager..........................................Katherine Dermott Apprentice Stage Manager........................................... Sarah McDowell SETTING: CMTC Studios, Winnipeg, 1947.

It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play is performed with one intermission.

Produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois.

Special thanks: Dr. Michael Eleff.

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

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. *Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner

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It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Announcer / Mr. Bailey / Chairman / Reineman / Ed / Welch / Osgood / Mr. Partridge / Man.......................Eric Blais†

as Hank Tremayne

George Bailey..........................................................Wade Bogert-O’Brien

as Fletcher Tweed

Keyboards..................................................................................Danny Carroll

as Francis Peterson

Foley Artist................................................................................ John Gzowski

as Wally Lawrence

Joe / Marty / Floor Manager / Reporter / Sheriff / Tommy / Tom / Man.........................Toby Hughes

as Bucky Carmichael

Harry / Bert / Freddie / Carter / Nick / Peter / Man..... Kevin Klassen as Ned Reave

Mary / Hortense / Woman..............................................Amanda Lisman as Gracie Garrick

Mrs. Bailey / Tilly / Mrs. Hatch / Janie / Helen / Potter’s Secretary / Mrs. Thompson / Woman.............Jennifer Lyon as Virginia B. Mayers

Clarence / Uncle Billy.........................................................Robb Paterson as George R. McLennon

Violet / Ruth / Zuzu / Mrs. Davis / Woman.................Tracy Penner† as Sherrea Manor

The Boss / Ernie / Sam Wainwright / Charlie / Mickey / Mr. Gower / Martini / Man...............................Ray Strachan† as Lee Washington-Hipper

Mr. Potter / Joseph / Man..............................................Jon Ted Wynne† as Leslie Nielsen

SYNOPSIS – After a lifetime of putting off his own plans in order to help others achieve their dreams, George Bailey becomes firmly rooted in Bedford Falls. One Christmas, George is pushed to the brink when accused of a crime he didn’t commit. As he contemplates the unthinkable, it’s up to his guardian angel to show George how his small life has made a big impact on those around him. Our Mainstage is transformed into a recording studio during the golden age of radio to share this beloved holiday story, complete with live sound effects, music and old-time jingles.

*Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Eric Blais

Danny Carroll

Announcer / Mr. Bailey / Chairman / Reineman / Ed / Welch / Osgood / Mr. Partridge / Man

Keyboards / Composer

(as Hank Tremayne)

(as Francis Peterson)

ROYAL MTC Clever Little Lies, The Woman in Black, Private Lives, Good People, Brief Encounter (with VP), Looking Back – West.

OTHER THEATRE Theatre Projects Manitoba, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Shakespeare in the Ruins and Manitoba Theatre for Young People.

FILM/TV Break My Heart 1000 Times, All The Visible Light, The Pinkertons.

TEACHING Instructor at the University of Winnipeg.

Wade Bogert-O’Brien (as Fletcher Tweed)

George Bailey

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Chariots of Fire (Grand);

King Charles III (Studio 180/Mirvish); Saint Joan, Dracula, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Woman of No Importance, The Divine, Pygmalion, The Sea, When We Are Married, Major Barbara, Our Betters, French Without Tears, Misalliance, When the Rain Stops Falling, Candida, The Doctor’s Dilemma, An Ideal Husband, Ways of the Heart, Brief Encounters (Shaw); The Prince of Homburg (TiFT); A Christmas Carol, Pride and Prejudice (Citadel); Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Chemainus Theatre Festival).

TV Good Witch (Hallmark); V-Wars (Netflix); Reign (CW); Frontier (Netflix/Discovery Canada).

TRAINING Graduate of George Brown Theatre School and Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program.

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Carol (2017, 2005), Gone With the Wind, Romeo and Juliet, The Shunning, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Pride and Prejudice, Over the Tavern, The Tempest, Retreat from Moscow, Trying, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Play) and La Cage Aux Folles – Music Director (Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Play).

OTHER THEATRE Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Music Director (Rainbow); How the Heavens Go, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, Best Brothers, Having Hope at Home (PTE); Jungle Book, New Canadian Kid, Peter Pan, James and the Giant Peach – Music Director (MTYP); Lenin’s Embalmers, Death of a Salesman, Einstein’s Gift, Tales of the Allergist’s Wife (WJT).

ET CETERA Danny Carroll is a Winnipeg musician and composer. Hugs to LinsHilDot and l’aura. www.dannycarroll.ca

Managing your mental health can be challenging, especially during the holidays. If you need help, or know someone in distress, please call Klinic Crisis Line at 1-888-322-3019 Toll-Free 24/7 or visit klinic.mb.ca.

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MAIRI BABB, MIKE SHARA AND LISA ANNE DURUPT IN IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY, 2009. PHOTO BY B. MONK

Welcome to CMTC Studios

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends!

We wish to welcome all our friends to the Royal MTC production of It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, and extend our congratulations to Steven Schipper on his remarkable leadership of Royal MTC for the past 30 years!

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY John Gzowski

Kevin Klassen

Foley Artist / Sound Designer

Harry / Bert / Freddie / Carter / Nick / Peter / Man

(as Wally Lawrence)

(as Ned Reave)

ROYAL MTC Selected: It’s a Wonderful Life:

A Radio Play, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

OTHER THEATRE Over 200 shows at Stratford Festival, Dracula (Shaw Festival), Luminato, National Arts Centre, Arts Club, Citadel, Mirvish, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, Tarragon, Factory Theatre, Theatre Calgary.

ET CETERA 6 Dora Mavor Moore awards. As a musician, has toured Canada and the EU.

Toby Hughes

(as Bucky Carmichael)

Joe / Marty / Floor Manager / Reporter / Sheriff / Tommy / Tom / Man ROYAL MTC Nine Dragons (with Gateway/ Vertigo), Sarah Ballenden, Hand to God, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Shakespeare’s Dog (with NAC), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Tour).

OTHER THEATRE American Idiot (WST); Richard III, Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, Henry IV, Henry V (SIR); The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley, The Dishwashers (PTE); The House at Pooh Corner, The Hobbit, Liars (MTYP); The Cherry Orchard, Edward II (TBTR); The Walworth Farce (Incompletely Strangled).

FILM/TV Channel Zero, Trench 11, The Pinkertons, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil.

TRAINING University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Toby is a founding member of the musical improv company Outside Joke and an Artistic Associate with Shakespeare in the Ruins.

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Carol, Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Sarah Ballenden, The Audience (with Mirvish), Chimerica (with CS), Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Romeo and Juliet, The Melville Boys (Tour), The Shunning, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Bleeding Hearts, Our Town, The Tempest, A Christmas Carol, The Dresser, Feelgood (with GCTC), King Lear, Romeo and Juliet.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Beauty and the Beast (Rainbow); HAMLET (the rest is silence) (Echo); A Little Night Music (Dry Cold); Time’s Fancy (Sixth Planet); Edward II (TBTR); Antony and Cleopatra (SIR); Arcadia (Citadel); Till It Hurts (PTE); John and Beatrice (TPM); Death of a Salesman (WJT).

FILM/TV Selected: Percy vs Monsanto, Smoky Mountain Christmas, Channel Zero, Barbara Blackwood, The Pinkertons, Elijah, New in Town, Niagara Motel.

ET CETERA Kevin is also a director and playwright, and has received the Harry Rintoul Award and the Reg Skene Award.

He is an Artistic Associate with Echo Theatre, and is happily married to Echo’s Artistic Producer: the incredible Charlene Van Buekenhout.

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Amanda Lisman (as Gracie Garrick)

Mary / Hortense / Woman ROYAL MTC 23.5 Hours.

OTHER THEATRE Titus Andronicus, Cyrano

de Bergerac, The Tempest, Zastrozzi, Macbeth (Stratford); Venus in Fur (ATP); Othello, Noises Off, What’s in a Name?

(Segal); A Christmas Carol (Belfry); The Big Sleep (Aquarius); Pride and Prejudice (Arts Club/Citadel); Private Lives, My Fair Lady (Blue Bridge).

TV Suits, iZombie, Reign, Taken, Carter, The Listener, Arrow, Supernatural, Copper, The L.A. Complex, Psych.

TRAINING University of Victoria (BA in Anthropology), University of Alberta (BFA in Acting), The Citadel/Banff Theatre Program and Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory.

ET CETERA Betty Mitchell Award (Venus in Fur), Winnipeg Theatre Award Nomination (23.5 Hours), Montreal English Theatre Nomination (Noises Off), Critic’s Choice Spotlight Award and M Award (My Fair Lady).

Jennifer Lyon

(as Virginia B. Mayers)

Mrs. Bailey / Tilly / Mrs. Hatch / Janie / Helen / Potter’s Secretary / Mrs. Thompson / Woman ROYAL MTC Myth of the Ostrich, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Secret Annex, A Christmas Story, The Penelopiad, Next to Normal, White Christmas, Pride and Prejudice, Guys and Dolls (with TC/ Citadel), My Fair Lady, A Christmas Carol – The Musical, Steel Magnolias (1993).

Assistant Director: The Fighting Days.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Little Thing,

Big Thing (PTE); Spamalot (TA/Drayton); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Darling of the Day, The Wakowski Brothers, Guys and Dolls (TiFT); The Road to Hell, Communicating Doors (Persephone); My Fair Lady (Arts Club); The Comedy of Errors (SIR); The Father (WJT); Skylight (TNB); Comet in Moominland (MTYP, YPT, Montreal, NYC); 19 shows at Rainbow Stage (Wall of Fame inductee); Camelot, Man of La Mancha (Stratford); The Who’s Tommy (Mirvish).

ET CETERA Jennifer will also be seen in A Doll’s House and The Cottage at Royal MTC this season.

Robb Paterson

(as George R. McLennon)

Clarence / Uncle Billy / Original Director ROYAL MTC This is Robb’s 84th produc-

tion at Royal MTC. Director: (selected) Next to Normal, Our Town, Guys and Dolls (with Citadel/TC), Trying, My Fair Lady, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, White Christmas, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Woman in Black, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Retreat from Moscow, Steel Magnolias, Fully Committed. Selected roles at Royal MTC: Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Reverend Peters in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Billy Bishop, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol – The Musical and many others.

OTHER THEATRE Director: Crazy for You, 42nd Street, Big The Musical, The King and I, Beauty and the Beast (twice) (Rainbow); Rick: The Rick Hansen Story, Seussical the Musical, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (MTYP); Oliver!

(Centaur); The Affections of May (Sudbury Theatre Centre). Recent acting: Prairie Nurse, The Birds and the Bees (PTE);

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors (Rainbow).

ET CETERA Robb was the Associate Artistic Director at Royal MTC from 2003 to 2015. Love to Heather, Alex and Tara.

Tracy Penner

(as Sherrea Manor)

Violet / Ruth / Zuzu / Mrs. Davis / Woman ROYAL MTC Private Lives, The Seagull, Ed’s Garage, Top Girls, Camelot (with Citadel/TC).

OTHER THEATRE A Short History of Crazy Bone, John and Beatrice, The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM); Shiksa (WJT); Village Wooing (zone41); Passion (Red Hen); Fefu and Her Friends (Sarasvàti); A Year of Winter (Shadow); The Shape of a Girl (Concrete); Frankenstein (Catalyst).

Most recently, Tracy played Ophelia in Three Mysterious Women (StageLab Festival, U of A).

FILM Somebody’s Someone, The Grudge, Scopophobia, Cemetery Love Story.

TRAINING Graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta.

Ray Strachan

(as Lee Washington-Hipper)

The Boss / Ernie / Sam Wainwright / Charlie / Mickey / Mr. Gower / Martini / Man ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), The Audience (with Mirvish), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (with TC).

OTHER THEATRE Deserter, Remember the Night (Moving Target); Hedda Noir (Theatre NorthWest); The Whipping Man (WJT); Romeo and Juliet (SIR); Dutchman

(PlayOn Theatre); Peg and the Yeti (MTYP); Fen (Sarasvàti); Dog Act, A Behanding in Spokane, Shock Corridor, The Ingrates (Winnipeg Fringe); Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Black Hole Theatre Company).

TRAINING Black Hole Theatre Company.

ET CETERA Ray is a Winnipeg-born theatre artist of Filipino and Grenadian descent.

He can be seen later this winter in Intimate Apparel at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and will be directing Hedda Gabler with Echo Theatre at the Dalnavert Museum as part of IbsenFest. Love to Mom, Dad, Gerls and Megan.

Jon Ted Wynne (as Leslie Nielsen)

Mr. Potter / Joseph / Man ROYAL MTC One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Much Ado About Nothing (2005 & 1984), King Lear, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Three Musketeers, Richard III (1983).

OTHER THEATRE South Pacific, Brigadoon, Oedipus The King, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Tempest, The Hunting Party.

FILM/TV Fantasy Makers (as C.S. Lewis), Heaven Is for Real, We Were Children, The Crooked E, The Don Cherry Story (1 & 2), Falcon Beach, A Bear Name Winnie, We Were the Mulvaneys.

ET CETERA Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Creator of six-part film series Standing On Guard. JTW dedicates his performance to the angels who work at CancerCare Manitoba and those whose lives are impacted

by Parkinson’s Disease.

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Frank Capra

Philip Grecian

Filmmaker

Playwright

Frank Capra (1897-1991) was a multiple Academy Award-winning film director who is best known for movies like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can’t Take It with You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and, perhaps most notably, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). Starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore, It’s a Wonderful Life was considered a box office disappointment at the time of its release due to high production costs and stiff competition. Despite its poor commercial success, the film was nominated for five Academy Awards. The intense popularity of It’s a Wonderful Life came later, however, as it became a staple of Christmas television around the globe and was named one of the best films ever made by the American Film Institute.

This came as a welcome surprise to Frank Capra, who told the Wall Street Journal in 1984: “It’s the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen. The film has a life of its own now and I can look at it like I had nothing to do with it.

I’m like a parent whose kid grows up to be president.”

Philip Grecian’s full stage adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life has been produced multiple times by North American theatre companies, while the staged radio version has been broadcast on radio and television, and continues to be produced in theatres throughout the United States and Canada.

His stage adaptation of A Christmas Story has had well over 1,000 productions, both professional and amateur, and his adaptation of A Christmas Carol has been on the boards for 40 years.

Other works include The Dragon of Nitt and The Lion and the Lyre (both translated and performed in Russia); the stage production of In His Steps, a drama; Little Pills, a farce; Toby Saves the Farm, a musical salute to tent shows; and a translation of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. In addition to It’s a Wonderful Life, Grecian’s staged and televised radio dramas include Dracula (Emmy winner), Twisted Tales of Poe, A Christmas Carol, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Blood Countess, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and others.

WARM WEAR DONATION DRIVE In the spirit of giving, Royal MTC is calling for donations of new or gently used scarves, toques and gloves/mittens to give to our community members who need them this cold winter season.

During the run of It’s a Wonderful Life, we’ll be dressing up John and Tom in donated outerwear so people can simply help themselves. We’ll be accepting donations at the Box Office. Thank you for your warm-hearted generosity!

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Steven Schipper Director

ROYAL MTC Selected: Million Dollar Quartet, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Glass Menagerie, Gone With the Wind, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), Fiddler on the Roof, the world premieres of Maureen Hunter’s Atlantis (with TC) and Sarah Ballenden, Mark Stein’s Mating Dance of the Werewolf (with Rubicon), Olaf Pyttlik’s The Wave and Bruce McManus’ A Christmas Carol (2005 and 2017), and the Canadian premieres of Doug Wright’s Quills, Neil Simon’s Proposals (with Mirvish) and Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (with NAC).

OTHER THEATRE How My Light Is Spent starring Andrea del Campo and Tom Keenan (2018 Winnipeg Fringe Festival), Stratford, Shaw, Centaur, Segal, Mirvish, Theatre Plus (Toronto), Toronto Free, YPT, Persephone, PTE, TC, VP, Rubicon Theatre (Ventura, CA).

TRAINING McGill, Bishop’s, National Theatre School of Canada.

ET CETERA In 2007, Steven received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Winnipeg. In 2012, he was appointed to the Order of Canada

and was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2015, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Manitoba.

Michael Gianfrancesco Set & Costume Designer ROYAL MTC Set & Costume Designer: Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, The 39 Steps, Looking Back – West, Bad Dates, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. Set Designer: White Christmas.

Costume Designer: Fiddler on the Roof, Long Day’s Journey into Night.

OTHER THEATRE Michael has worked extensively at the Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival. Recently he designed the set for the world premiere of Hadrian at the Canadian Opera Company directed by Peter Hinton, the costumes for Ricciardo e Zoraide at the Rossini Opera Festival in Italy, and the costumes for Frame by Frame with Robert Lepage for Ex Machina and The National Ballet of Canada.

ET CETERA Michael is a recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award, two META awards, the Brian Jackson Award and The Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design.

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Hugh Conacher

Catherine Wreford

Lighting Designer

Choreographer

ROYAL MTC Vietgone, 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.

ROYAL MTC Choreographer: Heisenberg.

Assistant Director: Million Dollar Quartet.

OTHER THEATRE Selected acting credits: West Side Story (Stratford); Annie Get Your Gun, 42nd Street (US Broadway Tour); 42nd Street, Oklahoma! (Broadway); The Music Man (Pittsburgh CLO); The Sound of Music, The Music Man, Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!, Beauty and the Beast (Rainbow); A Chorus Line (WSO/Rainbow).

ET CETERA Catherine is originally from Winnipeg and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award. In the summer of 2013, Catherine was diagnosed with brain cancer. She had an awake craniotomy, radiation, four kinds of chemotherapy for a year and was given two to six years to live.

She is happy to be home and doing what she loves best. She has two amazing kids and an awesome husband.

Daphne Finlayson Apprentice Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Director: Deadly Politics

(or a Murder Mystery Murder Mystery), Empathy, Pith! (Black Hole Theatre Company); Praised be the Playwright! (The 4th Wall Wrecking Balls). Stage Manager: The Last 48 (ArtLaunch Theatre Company); Starman (WTFunk Productions); Matt & Ben (Black Hole Theatre Company). Actor: The Sea, This is a Play (Black Hole Theatre Company).

TRAINING Graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Theatre Program.

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IT ’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY ET CETERA Daphne wishes to thank her

family for their eternal support. She is also incredibly grateful to Robert Smith and the Fighting Mongooses for helping her progress in her theatrical career. This story has been part of Daphne’s Christmas traditions for as long as she can remember. She hopes you enjoy the show as much as she does.

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

Sarah McDowell Apprentice Stage Manager

Margaret Brook Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE The Cassilis Engagement,

Enchanted April, Hamlet (U of W).

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

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

Katherine Dermott Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Di and Viv and Rose, Outside Mullingar, The Audience (with Mirvish).

OTHER THEATRE Recent credits include: Brontë: The World Without, Paradise Lost, Macbeth, The Hypochondriac, Festival Theatre Production Assistant (Stratford); Wilde Tales (Shaw); 1979 (Shaw/GCTC); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare BASH’d); Anne & Gilbert: The Musical, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, The Sound of Music, Pacino One Night Only (NAC); Tosca, Madama Butterfly (Opera Lyra, Ottawa); This is War (GCTC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Hal & Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V (A Company of Fools).

TRAINING Graduate of the University

of Winnipeg with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film. Sarah has training in many different areas of theatre including stage management, carpentry, lighting, design, scenic painting, costuming, musical theatre, drafting, stage makeup, stage combat and much more.

ET CETERA Sarah is overjoyed to be a part of Royal MTC’s 2018/2019 season. Many thanks to her professors at the University of Winnipeg for their mentorship and guidance, and to her family for their unconditional love and support.

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NEXT AT THE JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

JAN 8 – FEB 2 in partnership with arts club theatre company and citadel theatre

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DIGITAL EXHIBITION FEATURING PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED BY

steven schipper During Steven Schipper’s 30-year tenure as Artistic Director at Royal MTC, he has directed more than 70 productions, including It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play. We are pleased to launch a digital exhibition featuring images from selected productions of the past three decades of his work.

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The cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, 2016 PHOTO BY B. MONK

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INDIVIDUAL GIVING The cast of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, 2009. PHOTO BY B. MONK

‘The Greatest Gift’ Did you know the original title of It’s a Wonderful Life was The Greatest Gift? Under its original title, the script bounced around studios and nobody knew what to do with it. That is, until Hollywood director Frank Capra got his hands on the project and brought the story to life on the silver screen.

Our donors are people who believe in Royal MTC and see the magic and potential in what we do.

Ellen Hirst was one such donor. She had been coming to our theatre with her dear friend Janice Kaminsky for more than five decades. Ellen passed away earlier this year, but she believed in the power of giving back and her wish was to challenge you to do the same. In her estate, Ellen left $25,000 to Royal MTC to match all new or additional donations made before December 31, 2018.

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Believing in something means knowing your investment helps us reach our full potential. Patrons become donors because they want to see Royal MTC thrive and know their gifts truly make a difference. The support and resources provided by people like you give us the tools we need to create the best season possible and strive for an even brighter future. Thanks to the generosity of Ellen Hirst, your gift will go twice as far.

For over 60 years our community has believed in us and that’s the greatest gift.

After all, what would the holiday season be without It’s a Wonderful Life and what would Royal MTC be without you?

For more information on donor opportunities and benefits, visit us at royalmtc.ca.

To become a donor or make an additional year-end gift, please contact Kate Supleve, Development Manager, at 204 954 6412 or ksupleve@royalmtc.ca.

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SUPPORTERS Many thanks to our donors who made a gift between Aug 1, 2017 and Oct 29, 2018.

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

$4,000-6,499 In memory of Duane Braun – Pauline Braun‡ The Albert D. Cohen Family 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* Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt‡ Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow‡ Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock‡ 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 Cam & Carole Osler Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Derek Riley Sanford & Deborah Riley Bill & Laurie* Speers 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 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‡ Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Jeffrey* & Mary Morton Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe Kris Olafson‡ M. Plett-Lyle

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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†‡ In memory of Annice Stephens – Joan Stephens‡ Shelley† & Mark Stroski‡ Dr. 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 Gregg & Mary Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Hon. Justice William Johnston Kevin & Deneen Klippenstein Marion Klysh Serena Kraayeveld Reginald & Judy Low 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 Henriette Ricou & June Manfreda Andrea* & Michael Robertson‡ Diane Shapiro Margaret & Paul Shuckett Jennifer Skelly & Family Carol & Ron Slater Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Debbie Spracklin Donald & Lorraine Swanson Marilyn Thompson Vicki Verville‡ Margaret Wollner Anonymous

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS $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 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 Peter Kingsley Betty Klassen 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 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 Sandra Sadler Cathy & Paul Samyn Barbara Scheuneman Renate & Bill Schulz Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh‡ 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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Gord & Lorena Trann 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 Elena Anciro†‡ Dawn Andersen 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 & Karen Bate Dianne J. Beaven Susan & George Benias Trish Bergal Bruce & Joyce Berry Trust Beta Edwin M. Bethune Tanys & Don Bjornson Joan Blight Lilian Bonin Audrey Book 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 Douglas Chapman

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Ron & Carol Chapman Rosemary Chapman Duane Cheskey‡ Shelley Chochinov Bobbi Chomiak Glen & Lorna Clark Agnes & John K. Collins Melonee Collins 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 & Barbara Ediger‡ Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp E.N Egan Don & Elfie Elias Dan Erickson Debra Evaniuk Jemara Fay‡ Marion Fellinger Nelma Fetterman 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 Frank Filbert & Judy Garwood-Filbert 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 Kathryn & Wayne Harrison Sandra & Hans Hasenack Ken & Ruth Hayes Evelyn Hecht Frank & Sue Hechter Mary Heindle 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 & Tamara 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 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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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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‡ Donald G. McNabb Barb Melnychuk Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Susie Miclash Jim & Karren Middagh 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 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 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

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS 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 W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Peter Triggs‡ Eric Turner 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

Dr. & Mrs. A. Zimmer 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 Gates on Roblin 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 Volvo Winnipeg

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

$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

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SUPPORTERS 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 Welcome to Winnipeg Inc. – Karen Tereck

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 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

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

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

$50,000-249,999

Henriette Ricou & June Manfreda 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 Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† Bryan Klein, Susan Halprin & daughters Virginia & the late Robert Martin Norma Padilla Lawrie & Fran Pollard 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 Dr. 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 In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh Murphy Cheryl Ogaranko Ruth Simkin Jim & Jan Tennant Fran & Estela Violago Anonymous

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Volunteer Corps of Ushers James Gibbs§

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

†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 Jean Bissett The Bohm Family 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 Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Marc & Sherri Rittinger Deborah & Neil Rostkowski Pat & Michelle Rowan Susan Sammons Bill & Laurie Speers* Marilyn Thompson 3 Anonymous

$500-999 Heidi & Rennie Balciunas Helga & Gerhard Bock Nan Carson Art & Donna Chow Doug & Patty Christie Dorothy Davidson Dennis Engel Tino & Daphne Ethans Christine Fleetwood Tom & Heather Foss Gail Granger 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 David P. Silcox & Linda Intaschi Howie & Sue Simpson Miss Debbie Spracklin Barb Stevens Unitarian Church Theatre Group

UP TO $499 Balmoral Hall School Ms. June Bari June & Ted Bartman Susan Benias Patti Bews Heidi & Bruce Birchard Daniel Blankstein Ingrid Bolbecher Laurie Bonten Booke & Partners Anonymous Jocelyn Burns Laura Butler Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Howard Cherniack Lawrence Cherniack Wes & Tracy Christie Jan* & Kevin Coates & Family Dr. Mark Cohen Sheila Cooper-Simon Marsha Cowan Kelvin & Diana Dereski M. Alyce Ellis Kim & Richard Enright Brenda & Michael Evans Orest & Marion Fedak John & Clara Fjeldsted Heather Gray Stacey Greenbaum Robert & Elaine Gregg Garth & Abigail Grieder Donna Grove Vince Haight Allan & Evelyn Hardy Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Elizabeth E. Jackson 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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Frances Lemieux Edward & Evelyn MacDonald Bruce & Yvonne MacKay Daphne MacMillan† Barbara & Robert Madden Kathleen Mico & Stefan Fischer Marlene Milne Thorlein R. Mitchell The Penman Family Janine & John Pennington Sandra Plosker Keith Powls Pratts Wholesale Lori Ranta-Rodrigues RBC Wealth Management, Private Banking Gerry & Susan Rosenby Hugh & Christine Ross Judy & Christopher Rousseau Zivan Saper & the staff at Saper Agencies Jack & Regina Schipper Marcy Schwartz Marsha Schwartzman Joanie Sheps Jan Shute & Doug Harvey Bryce & Jenna Simes George & Elma Sinclair Susan Skinner Kim & Frank Stockl Mike & Connie Sworyk Geraldine & Brian Taillieu Peter & Sharon Taylor Gwenda Templeton Marlene & Craig Thiessen Lesley Thomson Robert & Margaret Tollefson Karen Torbiak Mitch & Rosemary Vodrey Elaine Walker 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 4 Anonymous

THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTING PARTNERS BLACK & WHITE BALL PREMIER SPONSOR

PLATINUM SPONSOR

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DESIGN SPONSOR

CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

SEASON MEDIA SPONSORS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

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MASTER PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL

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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 Seraph-Eden Boroditsky, Indigenous Arts Leadership Fellow 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

Thora Lamont, Cutter Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe / Cutter Lois Powne, First Hand Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival & Master Playwright Festival

Jennifer Cheslock, Festival Manager Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer

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 Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

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

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

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Wardrobe

Wigs

Box Office

Development

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

Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF It’s a wonderful life: the radio play

Jane Buttner, Scenic Painter Jacko Garcia, Assistant Properties Builder Amanda Isaak, First Hand Karen Luchak, Seamstress Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Barb Mackenzie, Seamstress Van Mclean, Carpenter Sharon Ryman, Wigs Tiffany Taylor, Scenic Painter Joy Willis, Seamstress

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