Ovation Volume 26, Number 3 (January/February 2019)

vol 26 • no 3 jan/feb 2019

music & lyrics

book

DENNIS KELLY

TIM MINCHIN

WESTERN CANADIAN PARTNER

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

PART OF

by HENRIK IBSEN

translated by JOAN TINDALE TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE

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

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Roald Dahl didn’t sweep the floor of his writing hut from one year to the next, kept his old hipbone close at hand after it was replaced, and gave his daughter the slightly ominous name Ophelia.

Henrik Ibsen never went to the theatre, was indifferent to all music, and kept a large portrait of Strindberg in his study (“I can’t write a word without that lunatic staring down at me!”). Yet these two great artists have more in common than mere eccentricity. They championed underdogs who rebelled against authority, including two of literature’s best-loved heroines.

Matilda Wormwood is a child of uncommon talents, being raised by common parents (though they’re not so much raising her as tolerating her existence). Worse than their neglect is the tyranny of Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress who uses fear and violence to control Matilda and her classmates. If Dahl teaches us nothing else, it’s that repressing a child is like lighting a bomb with a long fuse: you shouldn’t be surprised when, eventually, an explosion blows your front windows out.

Steven Schipper

Ibsen’s childhood was just such a long fuse. As a child, Ibsen watched his father’s fortunes crumble, as his mother tried to hold their world together. Years later, his vivid memories helped him create frank portraits of women’s frustration and ultimate rebellion. His heroines shocked audiences (Hedda Gabler ends with the immortal words, “Good God – people don’t do such things”) and helped fuel the emerging quest for female equality. If we dare not repress a child for fear of long-term consequences, what might we fear from a woman, who has the benefit of an adult’s agency and speed?

Or from a misunderstood genius? Fifteen-year-old Ibsen wrote about a dream he’d had, only to have his schoolmaster accuse him of copying the composition from some book. A year later, Ibsen “left his parents, whom he scarcely knew, the town which he hated, the schoolmates and schoolmasters to whom he seemed a surly dunce.” At the age of nine, Dahl was sent to a boarding school, where he lived in fear of caning. When Dahl was 14, his boarding school report card described him as, “A persistent muddler, writing and saying the opposite of what he means.” Those early injustices have been reimagined on pages, stages and screens around the world, and remind us that, to paraphrase Shakespeare, every underdog has his day.

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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COMING SOON TO THE JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE

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featuring EX MACHINA/ROBERT LEPAGE written, designed, directed and

performed by ROBERT LEPAGE

A Canadian theatre legend gets personal. Robert Lepage explores individual and collective memory in a visually stunning, evocative and unforgettable show. In this autobiographical story, Lepage reminisces about his childhood and recounts political and social moments that helped form his identity. An internationally celebrated artist known for breaking boundaries, Lepage’s mastery transcends genre with credits in theatre, film, ballet and opera. After premiering at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, 887 wowed audiences on a worldwide tour. Now this “touching, intimate, powerful” show comes to Royal MTC for three performances only.

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL

Magic Effects

BY KARI HAGNESS, HEAD OF PROPERTIES PROP PLANNING

Prop planning starts when the director and designer discuss the overall vision they have of the set, scene by scene, as well as the flow. By that time, our Department reads the script and makes a list of props or set dressing referred to in the script, which the designer can edit. In recent years, designers have provided us with their “inspiration board” so we can get a feel for the world of the play, but these don’t give us working information about what is actually wanted. Most designers will provide us with scale drawings we can use to build the props.

Matilda The Musical is a story about a child who loves to read, and the artistic team has envisioned a world for her that is completely surrounded by shelves of books. These shelves will be climbed on and lit from inside. As the show will also be travelling to Edmonton and Vancouver, the books have to be permanently attached with lighting effects built into the shelves.

These will come apart for loading

onto transport trucks. Most of the books will be vacuuformed plastic attached to the shelves and painted. Of course, many of the books can be removed by the actors. Some will be made from Styrofoam and Coroplast plastic sheets, and some will be real books which are abused by Matilda’s ignorant father.

Others will be made from wood so they can be climbed on.

A week before rehearsals start, stage management comes on board and gets the rehearsal hall ready. We will pull rehearsal props from our stock at that time. On the first day of rehearsal we expect to have something for every prop/furniture piece on the list, either the real thing or a comparable stand-in.

When the director starts to block the movements of the scenes, the actors will have a sense of what they will be moving or holding.

MAGIC TRICKS

With a popular show such as Matilda The Musical, which has had many previous productions, we search online for reference photos and videos of specific

STRIKE A Power POSE! Strike a power pose with our Matilda cut-out in the lobby then share your photo on social media using #mtcpowerpose @mtcwinnipeg!

WHAT IS POWER POSING? – Body language says a lot about how we feel and think about ourselves. How we carry ourselves can have an impact on our minds. A powerful pose, such as the one seen in Matilda, causes neuroendocrine and behavioural changes. This high-power pose can elevate testosterone, decrease cortisol and increase the feeling of tolerance and confidence.

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL “trick” props. A case in point is “The Cake” that is used in the musical number Bruce. This is an enormous cake with one piece missing (too large to be eaten onstage).

The nine school desks also have to be solid enough to stand on, but easy for children to move and spin. For these pieces, we had to design and manufacture custom swivel casters.

Many other magic effects use projections, pop-ups and sleight of hand. Departmental brainstorming sessions resulted in various experiments. It’s important to bear in mind that tricks have to be reliable, simple to operate and easy to reset (for eight shows a week).

We built and sourced over 350 props for the show, not including the hundreds of books. Some help the actors play their roles convincingly while many more are meant to delight audiences and fill us with childlike wonder. All of them help bring to life Roald Dahl’s darkly giddy genius, and the life he imagined for one miraculous little girl.

POWER POSE SOURCE: JOURNALS.SAGEPUB.COM

SYNOPSIS – Matilda’s parents don’t understand her. They mock her decision to read when she could be watching television. Her mom is an amateur ballroom dancer. Her dad is too busy cheating his clients to pay Matilda much attention. But Matilda loves to learn so she finds sanctuary in the library where she befriends Mrs. Phelps. The kindly librarian is mesmerized by the young girl’s stories. Matilda also shines at school despite being terrorized by Miss Trunchbull. Fortunately, Miss Honey recognizes her genius and nurtures Matilda’s ability to lift up those around her.

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

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTS

CLUB THEATRE COMPANY AND CITADEL THEATRE

Roald Dahl’s

Matilda The Musical

Music & Lyrics

Book

Dennis Kelly

Tim Minchin

Orchestrations & Additional Music by Chris Nightingale January 10 – February 2, 2019 previews January 8 & 9

Director........................................................................................ Daryl Cloran Music Director......................................................................Don Horsburgh Choreographer....................................................... Kimberley Rampersad Set & Costume Designer.................................................Cory Sincennes Lighting Designer.......................................................................Gerald King Sound Designer........................................................................Brad Danyluk Fight Director................................................................Jacqueline Loewen Dialect Consultant........................................................... Shannon Vickers Russian Coach.................................................................... Dmitriy Shishkin Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer............. Anna Kuman Assistant Music Director..................................................Aretha Tillotson Assistant Set & Costume Designer.................. Ksenia Broda-Milian*† Assistant Lighting Designer........................................James Thurmeier Stage Manager.....................................................................Allison Spearin Assistant Stage Manager......................................................Kathryn Ball† Apprentice Stage Manager (Performance)................ Nyssa Beairsto Apprentice Stage Manager (Rehearsals)...................... Zahra Larche Child Supervisor..................................................................Liam Naughten Assistant Child Supervisor.............................................Adeline Sokulski Matilda was first commissioned and produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and premiered at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England on November 9, 2010.

It transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in the West End of London on October 25, 2011 and received its US premiere at the Shubert Theatre, Broadway, USA on March 4, 2013.

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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Roald Dahl’s

Matilda The Musical

THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Matilda Wormwood................................................Anna Anderson-EppA Mrs. Wormwood.................................................................... Lauren Bowler Alice....................................................................................Sophie Braunstein Nurse / Ensemble......................................................Cassandra Consiglio Mrs. Phelps / Ensemble.................................................. Sharon Crandall Amanda................................................................................... Quinn Derksen Mr. Wormwood...............................................................................Ben Elliott Bruce.............................................................................. Schaefer Engbrecht Hortensia................................................................................Hudson Francis Acrobat / Ensemble.......................................................Becky Frohlinger† Rudolpho / Ensemble.............................................................Julio Fuentes Tommy / Bruce Understudy...........................................Zachary Gordon Michael Wormwood / Ensemble............................Corben Kushneryk Miss Honey / Ensemble...............................................Alison MacDonald Sergei / Escape Artist / Ensemble......... Andrew MacDonald-Smith Nigel...........................................................................................Johan Malolos Eric........................................................................................... Nathan Malolos Matilda Wormwood................................................................Lilla Solymos1 Doctor / Ensemble..............................................................Justin Stadnyk† Miss Trunchbull / Entertainer................................................John Ullyatt Lavender.....................................................................Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is performed with one intermission.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Wigs fabricated by Sean Malmas at the Arts Club Theatre.

Special thanks: University of Winnipeg, Theatre and Film department – Production.

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

APerforming: Tue Jan 8 • Thu Jan 10 •

Sat Jan 12 - 4pm • Tue Jan 15 • Wed Jan 16 - 7:30pm • Thu Jan 17 - 7:30pm Sat Jan 19 - 4pm • Sun Jan 20 • Wed Jan 23 - 2pm • Thu Jan 24 • Sat Jan 26 - 4pm • Sun Jan 27 • Wed Jan 30 - 2pm Thu Jan 31 - 11:30am • Fri Feb 1 • Sat Feb 2 - 8:30pm 1Performing: Wed Jan 9 • Fri Jan 11 • Sat Jan 12 - 8:30pm • Wed Jan 16 - 2pm • Thu Jan 17 - 11:30am • Fri Jan 18

Sat Jan 19 - 8:30pm • Tue Jan 22 • Wed Jan 23 - 7:30pm • Fri Jan 25 • Sat Jan 26 - 8:30pm • Tue Jan 29 Wed Jan 30 - 7:30pm • Thu Jan 31 - 7:30 • Sat Feb 2 - 4pm WESTERN CANADIAN PARTNER

www.roalddahl.com, www.facebook.com/roalddahl, www.twitter.com/roald_dahl, www.instagram.com/roald_dahl *Position funded through the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program †Past Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship award winner

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Roald Dahl’s

Matilda The Musical

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT 1

Miracle..................................................Kids, Parents, Matilda, Ensemble Naughty...................................................................................................Matilda School Song..................................................................................................Kids Pathetic...........................................................................................Miss Honey The Hammer.....................................Miss Trunchbull, Miss Honey, Kids The Chokey Chant.....................................................................................Kids Loud........................................... Mrs. Wormwood, Rudolpho, Ensemble This Little Girl...............................................................................Miss Honey Bruce...............................................................................................................Kids ACT 2

All I Know................................................................................Mr. Wormwood When I Grow Up............................................. Kids, Miss Honey, Matilda I’m Here..................................................................... Matilda, Escape Artist The Smell of Rebellion......Miss Trunchbull, Miss Honey, Matilda, Kids Quiet..................................................................................................................Matilda My House................................................................ Miss Honey, Escape Artist Revolting Children........................................................................................... Kids MUSICIANS

Music Director / Conductor / Keyboard 2.................Don Horsburgh Keyboard 1........................................................................... Rachel Cameron Bass..........................................................................................Julian Bradford Cello.............................................................................................Karin Erhardt Guitar...................................................................................Derrick Gottfried Percussion..................................................................... Brendan Thompson Reed 1............................................................................................Janice Finlay Reed 2....................................................................................Sharon Atkinson Trumpet 1....................................................................................... Shane Hicks Trumpet 2.....................................................................................Dave Lawton Trombone....................................................................................... David Grott Contractor...................................................................................Dave Lawton

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Anna Anderson-Epp Matilda Wormwood

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

TV Anna provides various voiceover work

for Hogie the Globehopper cartoon series and multiple commercials.

TRAINING Multi-award-winning competitive dancer and musical theatre soloist for five years. Anna has studied at MTYP and Encore Studios Dance Academy. She has trained with Julie Lumsden since the age of four, and now also trains with Donna Fletcher.

ET CETERA Anna would like to thank Julie, Donna and all of her dance and musical theatre teachers for their coaching and support, especially Tobi Leveille, Artistic Director of her studio, for her advice and for allowing Anna to take time away from classes to participate in this production. A very special thank you to all of her friends and family who supported her on this journey, but most of all everyone at Royal MTC and her parents for believing in her.

Fun Facts: Anna’s favourite colour is pink and she loves unicorns.

Lauren Bowler Mrs. Wormwood

Sophie Braunstein Alice

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Seussical the Musical

(WST Studioworks).

TRAINING Kickit Dance Studio competitive

training in musical theatre, jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and lyrical. Winnipeg Studio Theatre Studioworks.

ET CETERA Sophie is thrilled to be part of Matilda The Musical, a production that promotes a powerful message of standing up for what you believe in and for what is right. She would like to thank Royal MTC for this amazing experience, and also her friends and family for their love and support. Enjoy the show!

Text connect to 686868.

ROYAL MTC Guys and Dolls.

OTHER THEATRE Recently: Out of Order

Chaperone (VP/Citadel/NAC).

ET CETERA Lauren has been nominated for five Jessie Richardson theatre awards, and spends some time on the side singing with Side One Band, and doing voiceover work. She also owns the Great Wall Tea Co. in New Westminster, where she steeps a mean cuppa. Up next, Lauren weds her delightful fiancé, Kale, after which she hopes to honeymoon for the rest of time. @laurbowl

(Drayton); Cabaret (Royal City Musical Theatre); Jitters, King Charles III, Bittergirl: The Musical, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, One Man, Two Guvnors (Arts Club); Chelsea Hotel (Firehall Arts Centre); Putting on the Ritz (Belfry); Fiddler on the Roof (WCT); The Drowsy

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Cassandra Consiglio

Quinn Derksen

Nurse / Ensemble

Amanda

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Disney Cruise Line;

TRAINING Voice (Paula Potosky), musical

West Side Story, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Rainbow).

TV Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Syfy).

ET CETERA A special thank you to my family and friends for their endless love and support.

Sharon Crandall Mrs. Phelps / Ensemble

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE As You Like It, Lysistrata

(Bard on the Beach); In the Heights (Arts Club); Shrek, Legally Blonde, The Music Man, Annie, Hair, Big, Bye Bye Birdie (Theatre Under the Stars); Shit (Firehall); Satellites (Solo Collective); Spring Awakening (Phantom Moon).

FILM/TV TV: A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix); When We Rise (ABC); Christmas on Holly Lane; Til Ex Do Us Part; Game of Love. Film: The Package (Netflix); Welcome to Marwen; The Marine 5: Battleground (WWE); Action #1.

TRAINING Arts Club Actors Intensive, Andrew McIlroy at McIlroy and Associates.

ET CETERA Huge thanks to Melissa and Shannon. Lots of love to Lucas and Sam. Enjoy the show! www.sharoncrandall.com

theatre/ballet/jazz (Kickit Dance Studio), intermediate piano, clarinet.

ET CETERA Quinn is thrilled to be making her Royal MTC debut. She was honoured to be awarded the Junior Musical Theatre Scholarship at the 2018 Manitoba Provincial Dance Festival and the VIEW Dance Challenge Triple Threat and Overall Awards. Quinn is passionate about her faith, family, friends, theatre, dance, music, education and her love for animals.

She would like to thank her family, friends, dance and vocal instructors, school, teachers, and the Kickit Dance Studio for their encouragement, prayers and support.

A great big thank you to Royal MTC for making her dreams come true!

Ben Elliott Mr. Wormwood

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE As You Like It, Macbeth,

The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors (Bard on the Beach); Chelsea Hotel, (Firehall Arts Centre); Good People, Other Desert Cities (Arts Club).

TRAINING Graduate of Studio 58.

ET CETERA Ben is a Jessie Richardson award winner and eight-time nominee.

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Schaefer Engbrecht Bruce

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

the View Dance Challenge Most Potential Award, and the Canadian National Dance Competition Broadway Bound Scholarship.

She would like to thank all her family, friends, music and dance teachers for their continuous love and support. Hudson is grateful for the opportunity to perform on the Royal MTC stage!

OTHER THEATRE Last year, Schaefer

played the lead role of Young Simba in the Winnipeg School Division musical, The Circle of Life.

TRAINING Schaefer has always loved dance, theatre and music. He is a student in the Recreational Division at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, taking classes in tap, jazz, hip hop and musical theatre. He takes acro dance at Monica’s Dance Gym. He has taken musical theatre classes at the Prairie Theatre Exchange school, and acting at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. He is enrolled in Performing Arts classes at Grant Park High School.

ET CETERA Schaefer is thrilled to be performing for the first time at Royal MTC!

Hudson Francis Hortensia

Becky Frohlinger Acrobat / Ensemble

ROYAL MTC Gypsy (Royal MTC/MBA),

White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Fiddler on the Roof.

OTHER THEATRE Jersey Boys (Dodgers/ NCL); Shrek The Musical (The Muny); Shrek The Musical (Rainbow); Les Misérables, Hairspray, Anything Goes, The Wizard of Oz (The Prizery); A Way to Heaven (WJT).

FILM Shall We Dance (Miramax).

TRAINING Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre Elon, University.

ET CETERA Thank you, Talent House. I owe everything to my biggest cheerleaders: Mom, Dad, Alexandra and Joey. Grateful four-time Royal MTC Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Scholarship winner.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

Julio Fuentes

OTHER THEATRE Beauty and the Beast

(Rainbow); Winnipeg is Beautiful (Winnipeg Fringe Festival).

TRAINING Hudson is a competitive intermediate student of Ken Peter Dance Express where she trains in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and musical theatre. She studies voice with Melanie Whyte and plays piano and percussion.

ET CETERA Hudson performed in the Canada Summer Games Opening Ceremonies. She has earned the 5678 Showtime 12 and under Dancer of the Year,

Rudolpho / Ensemble

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Mamma Mia!, Beauty

and the Beast, Mary Poppins, In the Heights (Arts Club); world premiere of The Little Prince (TC); The Little Mermaid (Ovation nominee for Best Supporting Role as Sebastian) (Align Entertainment).

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL TEACHING Instructor at Harbour Dance Centre in Vancouver; freelance choreographer, instructor, adjudicator across North America and Asia.

ET CETERA Thanks to family and loved ones for the constant love and support.

Joshua 1:9

MacEwan University’s Theatre Arts Program.

ET CETERA Corben is an Artistic Co-Producer with Edmonton’s Impossible Mongoose. His productions The Fall of the House of Atreus and Prophecy have each earned multiple Sterling Awards.

Alison MacDonald

Zachary Gordon

Miss Honey / Ensemble

Tommy / Bruce Understudy

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE A Closer Walk

OTHER THEATRE Beauty and the Beast

(Rainbow).

TRAINING Student at Kickit Dance Studio since 2010, with training in musical theatre, jazz, tap, hip hop, ballet and lyrical.

ET CETERA Zachary also plays the trumpet and has performed in school musical productions, choirs and jazz band. A big thank you to all my dance and musical theatre teachers, family and friends for all your support!

Corben Kushneryk Michael Wormwood / Ensemble

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Mamma Mia! (Citadel);

All Shook Up, Jesus Christ Superstar, 9 to 5: The Musical (Mayfield); The Bully Project (Concrete Theatre/Persephone); Shakespeare’s R & J (Kill Your Television/ Roxy Performance Series); The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant Ever!

(Whizgiggling Productions); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! (Opera NUOVA).

TRAINING Graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA (Acting) Program and

With Patsy Cline (Thousand Islands Playhouse/WCT); She Loves Me, The Pirates of Penzance, SUDS, The Marvelous Wonderettes (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Les Misérables, Company (Arts Club); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Belfry); The Penelopiad (Citadel); The Sound of Music, The Secret Garden (Gateway); Elf: The Musical, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Songs for a New World, The World Goes ‘Round (Another Musical Co-op); Back To You (PTE).

TRAINING Graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Red Deer College’s Theatre Program and the Banff/ Citadel Theatre Program.

ET CETERA Alison is a Jessie Awardwinning performer. Currently, she is working on creating music for kids with her music duo The Whoopsie Daisies – you can find a number of their singles on iTunes!

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Andrew MacDonald-Smith

Poppins and One Man, Two Guvnors (Citadel), and two Betty Awards for Mary Poppins and Crazy for You (TC). @drewmacsmith

Sergei / Escape Artist / Ensemble

Johan Malolos Nigel

ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with

Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Alice Through the

Looking-Glass, Crazy for You, Avenue Q, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Pillowman (Citadel); Cocktails at Pam’s, Pith!, Witness to a Conga (Teatro la Quindicina); The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance (Edmonton Opera); Forever Plaid, Little Shop of Horrors, Shear Madness, The Wizard of Oz (Mayfield); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Crazy for You, Mary Poppins (TC); The Liars, The Best Brothers (Shadow).

FILM/TV Tiny Plastic Men, Inward Edward, The Man That Got Away.

ET CETERA Andrew has received two Sterling Awards for his performances in Mary

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Competitive dance expe-

rience, including representing Canada this coming year.

FILM/TV A part of upcoming feature film Molly and Max and is featured in Manitoba Public Insurance’s recent campaign #savethe100.

TRAINING Currently training at Marquis Dance Academy.

ET CETERA Thank you to Royal MTC for this opportunity and a special thank you to my mom and dad for being so supportive.

Nathan Malolos Eric

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ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Competitive dance

Congratulations to Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Dance Ensemble Student Schaefer Engbrecht on your role as Bruce in Royal MTC’s production of Matilda the Musical!

Where will we take you?

Recreational Division registration opens for students in May 2019.

Find out more at rwb.org/school.

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ET CETERA Thank you to Royal MTC and thanks to my mom, Portia, and dad, Dave, for everything that you do.

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Lilla Solymos Matilda Wormwood

John Ullyatt Miss Trunchbull / Entertainer ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE A Christmas Carol, 2015-2017 (Citadel); Charlotte’s Web, 2017 (Festival Place).

TRAINING Acting: Foote Theatre School; Dance: Shelley’s Dance Co.; Voice: Mhairi Berg; Cantilon Choirs.

ET CETERA Lilla is very excited to share Matilda’s story with audiences of the Western Canadian premiere of Matilda in Winnipeg and her hometown of Edmonton.

She would like to thank the wonderful cast and crew, friends and family for all the support. Follow her journey on Instagram @lilla_solymos.

Justin Stadnyk Doctor / Ensemble

ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Crazy for You, Cabaret, Private Lives, The Pillowman, I Am My Own Wife, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Spamalot (Citadel); The Best Brothers, Puttin’ on the Ritz (Belfry); Funny Girl (Segal); A Little Night Music (VP); The 39 Steps, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Vertigo); and eight seasons with Freewill Shakespeare.

ET CETERA John is a co-founder of Firefly Theatre and Circus in Edmonton, and is a notable street artist whose works include The Human Fountain and the 21st Century Gargoyles.

Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae

ROYAL MTC Grumpy Old Men: The

Musical, White Christmas, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), Fiddler on the Roof, The Wave.

OTHER THEATRE Kinky Boots (Mirvish); Falsettos (WJT); Saturday Night Fever (National Tour); Hairspray, Camelot, The Mikado (Drayton); Rock Legends, Footloose (Chemainus); Mamma Mia!, Legally Blonde, Blood Brothers (TA); Anne of Green Gables, Ring of Fire, The Full Monty (Charlottetown); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Rent (Rainbow); Robin Hood, Cinderella (Ross Petty).

TV King of the Camp (YTV).

ET CETERA Justin is incredibly happy to be performing back at home in Winnipeg.

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ROYAL MTC First appearance.

TRAINING Kaelyn is a full-time invitational student at the Shelley Shearer School of Dance, training in all dance styles including ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, modern, hip hop, tap and musical theatre.

She is also in their Pre Pro Musical Theatre company. She has several years of experience competing and performing in various dance competitions and festivals, and has attended conventions, conferences, camps and master classes, learning from various

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL industry professionals. Kaelyn also has had vocal training with Joy Lazo, Bonnie Wallace, and at the MCMA. ET CETERA I’d like to thank my whole family for their support and care. Special thanks to my mom, dad and my sister Kaiya for supporting me and helping me through everything. Thank you to EVA, SSSOD, and to all of my teachers for believing in me, with a special shout-out to Joseph Sevillo and Catherine Wreford Ledlow for being such great mentors.

Last but not least, thank you to my friends and dance family for all of their love and encouragement!

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His first children’s story, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961 and was a huge hit. Every subsequent book became a bestseller.

Today, his stories are available in 59 languages and, by a conservative estimate, he has sold more than 250 million books. Many of these stories have also been adapted for stage and screen, including the 1971 film classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wes Anderson’s acclaimed Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical. www.roalddahl.com www.facebook.com/roalddahl www.twitter.com/roald_dahl www.instagram.com/roald_dahl

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Daryl Cloran

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Director

Work for theatre includes Debris, Osama the Hero, After the End, Love and Money, Taking Care of Baby, DNA, Orphans, The Gods Weep and The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas. He has written the book for the new musical of Pinocchio which opened at the National Theatre at the end of 2017, and in 2018 his new play Girls and Boys opened at the Royal Court. His plays have been performed worldwide and to date have been translated into nearly 40 languages. For television he co-wrote and co-created Pulling and wrote and created Utopia, and for film he wrote the screenplay for Black Sea, directed by Kevin MacDonald. He also wrote the book for the Olivier and Tony-winning Matilda the Musical.

Tim Minchin Music & Lyrics Tim is a musician, actor, comedian, writer and director. He’s toured extensively in the US, UK and Australia, performing solo, with bands, and with symphony orchestras.

He’s released five DVDs, the most recent recorded with the Heritage Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Screen acting credits include Robin Hood Origins (2018), Secret River (2015) and Californication (Season 6 – 2013). Stage acting credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Sydney Theatre Company) and Jesus Christ Superstar (UK/Australia tours). Tim has written extensively for theatre, and is the composer-lyricist of Matilda the Musical (with Dennis Kelly) and Groundhog Day the Musical (with Danny Rubin).

ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), The Last Five Years.

OTHER THEATRE Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre. Former Artistic Director of Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops) and Theatrefront (Toronto). Directing includes: UBUNTU: The Cape Town Project (Citadel/PTE); As You Like It (Bard on the Beach); Liberation Days (TC/WCT); Mary Poppins (Persephone/WCT); Tribes (CS); And All For Love (NAC); Generous (Tarragon); Afterplay (Shaw); and RETURN: The Sarajevo Project (Theatrefront).

ET CETERA Daryl has been awarded the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Director and a Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Director (Halifax). Upcoming: Daryl returns to Royal MTC to direct Made in Italy, as well as directing two interconnected comedies, The Candidate and The Party (Citadel).

Don Horsburgh Music Director

ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), White Christmas, Guys and Dolls (with TC/Citadel), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – A Love Story (with CS/TC/VP), The Constant Wife (with Citadel), Cabaret (2003) (with Grand), Arcadia (with CS).

OTHER THEATRE Music Director: The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hairspray (Rainbow); Crazy for You, West Side Story, Evangeline, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, The Penelopiad,

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Next to Normal, The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women, Into the Woods, The Wizard of Oz (Citadel); Aspects of Love, The Sound of Music (US National Tour); and 18 seasons at the Stratford Festival – The Threepenny Opera. Composer: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Pride and Prejudice, Blithe Spirit, and The Constant Wife (Citadel).

ET CETERA Awards: five Doras, four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes and two Betty Mitchells.

Kimberley Rampersad Choreographer

ROYAL MTC Choreographer: Bittergirl: The Musical, Legally Blonde (Royal MTC/ MBA). Assistant Director: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (2009). Actor: Cabaret, The Penelopiad, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, Calendar Girls (with Mirvish), Judy in White Christmas, Dreamgirls (with TA), Guys and Dolls (with Citadel/TC), Lady, Be Good!.

TRAINING Neil Munro Directing Internship (Shaw Festival); Mentor Apprentice Program in direction (Obsidian); Bachelor of Arts (University of Manitoba).

ET CETERA Recipient of 2018 Prix Rideau Award for Outstanding Production as Director; two Dora nominations for Outstanding Choreography; 2017 recipient of the Gina Wilkinson Prize. For Tiaga and Caitlin.

Cory Sincennes Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Shakespeare in Love (with

Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Anne of Green Gables,

Mamma Mia!, Bittergirl: the Musical, Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival); Once, Mary Poppins, The Rocky Horror Show, Crazy for You, Million Dollar Quartet, Spamalot (Citadel); The Secret Garden, Da’ Kink in my Hair, Liberation Days, Next to Normal (TC); I Think I’m Fallin’, Puttin’ on the Ritz (Belfry).

TRAINING MFA Theatre Design (U of A), BA Architecture (Carleton University).

ET CETERA Member of ADC, www.corysincennes.com.

Gerald King Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC God of Carnage (with VP), The Rainmaker (with VP).

OTHER THEATRE Beauty and the Beast (Arts Club); The Merry Widow, Dead Man Walking, Otello (Vancouver Opera); Macbeth, As You Like It (Bard on the Beach); Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave (NAC); Crazy For You, Ubuntu, The Drowsy Chaperone (Citadel); King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing (TC).

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Brad Danyluk Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Mamma Mia!, Onegin,

Fun Home, Million Dollar Quartet, Bittergirl: The Musical, Avenue Q, Rock of Ages (Arts Club); Cinderella, 42nd Street, Mary Poppins, The Drowsy Chaperone (Theatre Under the Stars); It’s a Wonderful Life, A Little Night Music, The Music Man, Closer Than Ever, Crazy For You (Gateway Theatre, BC). Resident designer for Patrick Street Productions since 2008.

TRAINING System Design and Optimization (Meyer Sound), Musical Theatre Sound Design and Mixing Masterclass (Tony Meola).

Jacqueline Loewen Fight Director

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: Vietgone, 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 Fraser University.

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

Shannon Vickers Dialect Consultant

ROYAL MTC Sense and Sensibility, 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.

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Dmitriy Shishkin

Aretha Tillotson

Russian Coach

Assistant Music Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

ET CETERA Dmitriy has managed folk

groups and is currently the general manager of the literary and art magazine Novy Svet (New World), which publishes Russian-speaking writers and poets living in Canada and the United States.

Anna Kuman Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Hadestown, Mamma Mia!,

Bittergirl: The Musical (Citadel); Mary and Max (TC); 9 to 5 (MacEwan University).

TRAINING Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance at the University of Toronto, Diploma in Bass Performance from MacEwan University.

Ksenia Broda-Milian Assistant Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Direction: Circle

Game: Reimagining the Music of Joni Mitchell (Firehall, Persephone, Arts Club tour); Godspell (Assistant – Arts Club). Choreography: Mom’s the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty (Arts Club, Belfry, WCT, Persephone, PTE); Miss Shakespeare (Assistant – Firehall); American Idiot, Jesus Christ Superstar, Spring Awakening, The Rocky Horror Show (Fighting Chance Productions); The Threepenny Opera, Raymur Mothers (Theatre In the Raw).

Performance: Beauty and the Beast, Red Rock Diner, Mary Poppins, Hairspray, White Christmas (Arts Club); The Producers (Stage West); All Shook Up, Oklahoma (Chemainus).

TRAINING Graduate of the Capilano University Musical Theatre Program.

ET CETERA Anna worked on Protocol for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Opening Ceremony in Brazil and as Assistant Mass Choreographer for the 2017 AIMAG Opening Ceremony in Turkmenistan. She thanks Daryl, Kimberley and Ashlie for this opportunity; and Andrew – for everything.

ROYAL MTC Design Apprentice: The Seagull, Cabaret, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily. Scenic Art Assistant 2013-14.

OTHER THEATRE Recent set, costume and/ or lighting designs: Becoming Dr. Ruth (WJT); Bang Bang (Magnus); Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Ring of Fire (Rainbow); Armstrong’s War (WCT); New Beginnings (Sarasvàti); Frankenstein (U of W); Stage Frights (One Trunk/True North Sports and Entertainment).

TRAINING/TEACHING Training: Banff Centre, Ghost River Devised Intensive, Creative Manitoba, Off the Wall; BAH University of Winnipeg, MFA University of Alberta. Teaching: University of Winnipeg (interim instructor and TA), MTYP, Rainbow Stage Musical Theatre Conference.

ET CETERA Upcoming designs: Arcadia (U of W); Pippin (WST). Grateful for the support of the Kingfisher Foundation, and that of my friends and parents (love you!). www.broda-milian.weebly.com

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL James Thurmeier

Kathryn Ball

Assistant Lighting Designer

Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Lighting Design Apprentice: Black Coffee.

OTHER THEATRE Women of the Fur Trade (Vault Projects); Evil Dead the Musical, The Rocky Horror Show (Wasteland Productions); Vinegar Tom (U of W).

TRAINING BA Honours in Theatre Production and Stage Management (University of Winnipeg).

ET CETERA James is delighted to be working under Gerald King on Royal MTC’s production of Matilda. He would like to thank his family and his partner Tori for their continued support.

Allison Spearin Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Mainstage: Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Steel Magnolias, The Shunning, The Importance of Being Earnest, Dreamgirls, Orpheus Descending.

Regional tours: Last Train to Nibroc, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Armstrong’s War, Miracle on South Division Street, Ed’s Garage, The Melville Boys, Bad Dates.

OTHER THEATRE Numerous productions with Manitoba Opera, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Rainbow Stage, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) and the Globe Theatre (Regina).

TRAINING Theatre Production program at MacEwan University in Edmonton and Bachelor of Commerce at University of Manitoba.

Nyssa Beairsto Apprentice Stage Manager (Performance)

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Onegin, Saint Joan, In

a Blue Moon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata, His Greatness (Arts Club); Hotel Bethlehem (Ruby Slippers); Sexy Laundry (Gateway/WCT); Walk Right Up, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, The Swanne Part Three (Stratford); Vigil, Kilt, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Neptune); The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Mermaid).

TEACHING Stage Management Instructor, Douglas College.

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Soiled Doves: A

Burlesque With Boots On (Send in the Girls); Shakespeare in Love, A Christmas Carol (Citadel); Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Nuova); Bright Burning, God’s Ear (U of A); Never Swim Alone (Fringe); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Coriolanus (Freewill).

TRAINING Bachelor of Fine Arts Technical Theatre – Stage Management.

ET CETERA Nyssa is proud to be welcomed onto such an incredible production. Love to my family and friends for their ongoing support.

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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Zahra Larche Apprentice Stage Manager (Rehearsals)

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Stage Manager: Vietgone, 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).

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, and my graduating class at NTS.

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Founded in 1965, the Citadel Theatre is recognized and respected as a national centre of excellence in production, creative development and audience engagement – the artistic and cultural heart of our community. Located in downtown Edmonton, the Citadel Theatre is one of North America’s largest not-for-profit theatres. Core programming in the 2018/19 season features a Mainstage Season of nine productions plus Beyond the Stage, a series of six outstanding presentations that push the boundaries of traditional theatre through experimentation; from shows that tell stories in song to a production in which the actor is handed the script for

the first time when they step on the stage.

The Citadel also offers creative development programs through our Academy.

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The Arts Club Theatre Company is pleased to partner with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Citadel Theatre for this production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical.

The Arts Club, one of the largest not-for-profit theatre companies in the country, is the principal gathering place for the theatrical arts in British Columbia.

Comprising three unique venues across Vancouver, the Arts Club welcomes more than a quarter million guests annually, tours provincially and nationally, and engages students and artists alike through educational and professional programs.

Above all, the Arts Club is dedicated to the advancement of local artists telling stories from around the globe and, in particular, those of our region. From this, we believe that culture expands, an understanding of differences is nurtured, and art bursts forth.

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EXPLORE MORE Matilda The Musical Explore More: Roald Dahl

Danny, the Champion of the World.

Everyone knows children are smarter than adults. In this story, Danny and his father outsmart their greedy neighbour Mr. Hazell. Hilarious scenarios and wacky plots will keep you in stitches.

J FICTION DAHL The Witches. The adventures of a little boy who finds himself trapped in a hotel filled with the very creatures his grandmother taught him to avoid – witches! If you love the mishaps and suspense of Matilda, this story will grip you too.

J FICTION DAHL Explore More: Feisty Heroines

Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson.

Hilda is a determined, adventurous young girl who lives with her mother in the wilderness. There, she encounters all kinds of magical creatures in this charmingly illustrated graphic novel.

J GRAPHIC FICTION PEARSON Howl’s Moving Castle by Diane Wynne Jones. Cursed by the Witch of the Waste, young Sophie is transformed into an old lady. Breaking the enchantment will take all her wit and ingenuity, plus some help from the heartless wizard Howl. J FICTION JONES

her students decide to bury her instead of reporting it to avoid being sent home.

YA FICTION BERRY Explore More: Adventures for All Ages

The Demon Dentist by David Walliams.

Something strange has happened to the tooth fairy! Instead of money being left under children’s pillows after a tooth has fallen out, kids are waking up to find all sorts of nasty creepy bugs instead.

Who could be behind it? J FICTION WALLIAMS Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman.

When Dad steps out for milk at the corner store, he’s abducted by aliens and sucked into a bizarre time-travelling adventure involving a stegosaurus, ‘wumpires’ and pirates. Can he hang on to the milk and get home in time for his children to enjoy their breakfast cereal?

J FICTION GAIMAN The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. Four children (as clever and resourceful as Matilda) are chosen for a secret mission at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is there are no rules. J FICTION STEWART

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eight, Ibsen and his family experienced poverty due to problems of his father’s business. Their fortune was sold to cover debts and his family relocated to a rundown farm. Ibsen spent a lot of this time reading, painting and performing magic tricks.

While attending the University of Christiania in Oslo, Ibsen made friends with writers and people who had a passion for the arts. One of them was Ole Schulerud, who funded the publication of Ibsen’s first play, Catalina.

CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND WORK OF

henrik ibsen Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian dramatist and poet who was one of the most famous and controversial writers in world literature. He was the founder of the Modernist theatre movement and was regarded as the father of modern drama.

Ibsen was born in Norway on March 20, 1828 and showed no signs of becoming a writer as a child. He was the oldest of five children and at age 15 stopped school and began working as an apprentice in an apothecary.

His father was a successful merchant and his mother was a painter and loved going to the theatre. At the age of 34

At age 23, Ibsen met violinist and theatre manager Ole Bull. This serendipitous encounter led to Ole offering Ibsen a job at a new theatre. Though the position was challenging, it proved to be a learning experience and a source of inspiration to writing new plays. As theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, Ibsen directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863.

Ibsen played a significant role in the rise of realism in theatre, challenging audiences to question conventional morality and social conditions. The goal of realism was to create theatre that resembled real life and included dialogue that sounded natural and not scripted.

In 1862 Ibsen left Norway and relocated to Italy. It was there that he wrote Brand, a five-act dramatic poem which garnered popularity in Scandinavia.

A few years later, Ibsen wrote one of his praised works, Peer Gynt, which

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IBSENFEST chronicles the adventures of Peer Gynt of Norwegian folklore. This play is one of the most performed Norwegian plays to date.

In 1871 Ibsen began writing what he considered to be one of his greatest works, Emperor and Galilean. This play was based on the life of Julian the Apostate and has been revived rarely.

One of his best known and most widely performed plays, A Doll’s House, deals with the limitations and harsh expectations of women.

Some of his other works include: An Enemy of the People, The Burial Mound and The Feast of Solhoug, which was inspired by Norwegian folk songs.

Ibsen returned to Norway in 1891 and was recognized as a literary hero. At first the spotlight was hard to take, but in later years he embraced it as Kristiania (known as Oslo today) became a tourist destination because of his work. There is a statue in honour of Ibsen in front of the National Theatre in Oslo. Created by Stephan Sinding, this statue was built in 1899 and is located near the Ibsen Museum.

FEATURED WORK IN IBSENFEST PLAYS A Doll’s House A Doll’s House, Part 2 An Enemy of the People Ghosts Ghosts: After Ibsen Hedda Gabler Hedda, Reimagined Heroine Addiction Letters to a Father Little Dead Lady Peer Gynt The Pillars of Society Tête-à-Têtes When We Dead Awaken

READINGS Eyolf Love’s Comedy The Youth League

FILMS A Master Builder

RADIO/WEB BROADCAST John Gabriel Borkman

Henrik Ibsen remains one of the greatest dramatists who ever lived.

Many of his plays continue to be revived and adapted today. His works stay relevant because of relatable, universal themes and the way he explored the human condition.

“It is no use lying to one’s self” — HENRIK IBSEN

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IBSENFEST2019 • JAN 29 – FEB 17 VISIT ROYALMTC.CA/MPF FOR MORE INFORMATION SOURCES: THOUGHTCO.COM, BRITANNICA.COM, DRAMATISTS.COM, SAMUELFRENCH.COM, BIOGRAPHY.COM

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

A Doll’s House

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Joan Tindale January 31 – February 16, 2019 preview January 30

Director............................................................................. Rona Waddington Set & Costume Designer................................................Brian Perchaluk† Lighting Designer / Video Designer...........................Hugh Conacher Stage Manager.........................................................................Chris Pearce Apprentice Stage Manager................................................Katie Schmidt Child Supervisor................................................................Adeline Sokulski THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Dr. Rank..............................................................................................Eric Blais† Torvald Helmer........................................................................ Kevin Klassen Anne-Marie................................................................................Jennifer Lyon Child.................................................................................Gavrail Momtchilov Emmy............................................................................Kaloyana Momtchilov Kristine Linde............................................................................... Toni Reimer Nora Helmer..........................................................................Shannon Taylor Nils Krogstad............................................................................... Cory Wojcik A Doll’s House is performed with one intermission.

In agreement with the translator’s estate, there have been two slight changes: the roles of Anne-Marie and Helene have been combined and the number of children appearing on stage will be two.

Production photography by Dylan Hewlett.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE Barbara Blackwood, The Pinkertons, Elijah, New in Town, Niagara Motel.

ET CETERA Kevin is also an Artistic Associate with Echo Theatre: go see their production of Hedda Gabler featuring the incredible Charlene Van Buekenhout!

Eric Blais Dr. Rank

ROYAL MTC It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, 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.

Kevin Klassen Torvald Helmer

ROYAL MTC It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, 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, 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,

Jennifer Lyon Anne-Marie

ROYAL MTC It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, 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 The Cottage at Royal MTC this season.

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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A DOLL’S HOUSE Gavrail Momtchilov Child

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Hamlet (Such Stuff

Players). Upcoming: Such Stuff Players Production, March 2019.

FILM/TV STAND! (Frantic Films); In Plain Sight.

TRAINING Funky Boys (Masterworks Dance Studio), Piano (Arlie Schulz).

ET CETERA Gavrail is a cheerful young boy who is always eager to lend a helping hand to those around him. He is just beginning to enjoy acting after watching his older siblings and is excited to perform with Royal MTC! “Thank you so much, Royal MTC, for this opportunity to act in A Doll’s House and my teachers who help me learn new skills!”

Kaloyana Momtchilov Emmy

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Hamlet (Such Stuff

Players). Upcoming: Such Stuff Players Production, March 2019.

FILM/TV STAND! (Frantic Films); In Plain Sight.

TRAINING Ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, acro,

rhythmic gymnastics (Masterworks Dance Studio); audition workshops (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); private acting coach (Karen Ridd); piano (Arlie Schulz).

ET CETERA Kaloyana is a soft-hearted soul who loves opportunities to perform.

She has fun playing around with dramatic characters and accents. She also enjoys art, animals and playing with her friends.

She is very grateful to follow in her older sister’s footsteps and have an opportunity to work with Royal MTC! “Thank you also to my parents for giving me a chance at this experience.”

Toni Reimer Kristine Linde

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Timon of Athens, Richard III, A Stripped-Down Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR); The Good, the Bad and the Munsch, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, Mission: Munschpossible (PTE); Danny, King of the Basement (MTYP); Morning Coffee (Winnipeg Fringe); Fen (Sarasvàti).

FILM/TV Before Anything You Say, Men with Brooms, Less Than Kind, The Lookout.

ET CETERA Love to Nathan.

SYNOPSIS – It’s the holidays and Nora has been shopping. Although her husband, Torvald, is due a promotion, he playfully scolds her for spending money. They’re interrupted by Mrs. Linde, an old friend of Nora’s, who has fallen on hard times and hopes Torvald can help her with work. Nora promises to talk to him but admits to their own financial struggles. Torvald had fallen ill and Nora illegally borrowed money so he could recover in Italy. She’s secretly working to pay back the money, which Torvald believes came from her father. Later, when Nora mentions Mrs. Linde, Torvald agrees to hire her since he’s planning on firing Mr. Krogstad. But Krogstad knows of Nora’s deceit and when he threatens blackmail, she must decide how far she’ll go to protect her family.

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Proud to support the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s production of A Doll’s House

www.asperfoundation.com

A DOLL’S HOUSE Shannon Taylor Nora Helmer

ROYAL MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Twelfth Night,

The School for Scandal, Shakespeare in Love, The Hypochondriac, The Diary of Anne Frank, Oedipus Rex, She Stoops to Conquer (Stratford); King Charles III (Mirvish/Studio 180); The Wars (Grand); The Road to Mecca (Soulpepper); Pride and Prejudice (NAC/TC); The Jones Boy (Surface/Underground); A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women: The Musical (Citadel); The Madonna Painter (Factory).

FILM/TV Private Eyes, MayDay, Eloise.

TRAINING Birmingham Conservatory; Ryerson Theatre School.

ET CETERA Mary Savidge Award; Dora nomination for The Jones Boy (Outstanding Performance). Upcoming: Shannon returns to the Stratford Festival for the world première of Mother’s Daughter and The Crucible.

Cory Wojcik Nils Krogstad

Another Way Home (WJT); Strike! The Musical (Danny Schur); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions). Director: Mr. Burns (DTC); various productions with Celebrations Dinner Theatre and Winnipeg Fringe.

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

ET CETERA Lots of love to Heather, Mackenzie and Logan.

Henrik Ibsen Playwright

One of the most-produced dramatists in the world, Ibsen (1828-1906) is revered in Norway as its most famous author and a national symbol, even though he spent much of his life abroad. He was largely responsible for the rise of realism in the theatre. In works that possess revelatory power, Ibsen challenged his audiences to question conventional morality and social conditions. Often controversial, his works were deeply unsettling to many of his Victorian contemporaries. He is now widely regarded as the “father of modern drama” and one of the greatest dramatists who ever lived.

Rona Waddington Director ROYAL MTC Actor: Once (with Grand), Kill Me Now (with NAC), Black Coffee, Hand to God, Billy Elliot the Musical, Late Company, Harvey, Miracle on South Division Street, August: Osage County.

Assistant Director: Morning After Grace.

OTHER THEATRE Actor: Butcher (PTE); West Side Story, The Producers, The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow); Jungle Book, Jabber, The Big League (MTYP);

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Hamlet, Julius Caesar,

Antony and Cleopatra, The Three Musketeers, The Comedy of Errors (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival); The Tempest, King Lear (New Open Space, Paris); Pygmalion, Ménage à Trois (Theatre

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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A DOLL’S HOUSE Lac-Brome); Dry Streak (Grand); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Steel Magnolias, The Mousetrap (Drayton); Trying (Centaur); Oleanna (Sudbury Theatre Centre & Théâtre de Nesle).

Orson’s Shadow, Waiting for Godot, The SantaLand Diaries, Chekov’s The Bear, Driving Miss Daisy, Power Lunch. Assistant Directing includes American Conservatory Theatre, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival.

Resident Director The Railway Children (Mirvish).

ET CETERA Rona received an Ottawa Capital Critics Award for best director for Hamlet; an Ottawa Capital Critics nomination for direction of The Comedy of Errors; and a Les Masques nomination for best production for Trying.

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

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

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

TRAINING Graduate of U of W and NTS. ET CETERA Recipient of Gemini, Jessie

Richardson, Prix Rideau and Winnipeg Theatre Awards.

Hugh Conacher Lighting Designer / Video Designer

ROYAL MTC It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Vietgone (Lighting & Video Designer), 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 (Lighting & Video Designer), 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.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE Chris Pearce

Katie Schmidt

Stage Manager

Apprentice Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC 27 productions at the Mainstage, including Sense and Sensibility; 12th production 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.

ROYAL MTC Apprentice Stage Manager: Sense and Sensibility. Apprentice Costumer: Sarah Ballenden.

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 working on another Royal MTC production. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Raya and Moosie.

She hopes you enjoy the show!

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Revealing a Fabulous Night!

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Imagine an evening of elegance. An evening of fine dining and dancing. An evening of masquerade. On Saturday, November 3, Royal MTC welcomed guests to the Black & White Ball, celebrating the power of storytelling.

The night was filled with delicious food and amazing auction prizes. Enthusiastic masked guests danced throughout dinner and well into the night.

On behalf of the artists supported by the funds raised, we’re deeply grateful to all the guests, sponsors, corporate table purchasers, donors and volunteers for creating another unforgettable event.

Your generous contributions support our many programs and productions while ensuring that live theatre continues to thrive in our community. Special thanks to Premier Sponsor RBC for their continued partnership.

Please join us for another spectacular Black & White Ball on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Reserve your corporate table or individual tickets early so you don’t miss the party of the year!

Email blackandwhite@royalmtc.ca.

A standing ovation for Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Nothing brings a community together quite like a night at the theatre. It’s one of the reasons why we support Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and its long-standing role in bringing theatre to everyone. Together we can build strong, vibrant communities through the power of the arts.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO Students of Balmoral Hall La Belle Baguette Momentum Aerial & Acrobatic Troupe Our Auction Donors Our Volunteers

COMMITTEE Tiffany Johnson Sheldon – Co-Chair Jodee Stewart – Co-Chair Peggy Alto Liz Baines Albiana Bugujevci Alana Chernecki Barb Christie Patty Christie Aynsley Cockshott Paulo Fernandes Ashley Holtmann Kelly Johnston Jason Kasper Elsebeth Kriening Deb Mazur Brad McCabe Linda McGarva-Cohen Aideen Nash Maybelle Pacak Rhonda Plett Barbara Pritchard Bronya Rae-Pemberton Jenny-Lou Ryan Lynda Tjaden Claire Workman Lisa Zadro

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

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$2,000-3,999 Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech Gus* & Diane Campbell David & Lianne Carefoot Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM†‡ 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‡ 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 Carol & Barry McArton Pat McCullough & Chris Brown

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$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* 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* Gordon Keatch*‡ James & Teresa Kraemer Brenda* & Trevor Kriss‡ David* & Ellen Kroft‡ Katarina Kupca Donna & Dave Lalama Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Gail Loewen Christine Skene & Nick Logan Reginald & Judy Low Dr. Douglas MacEwan Mark & Gloria Mancini‡ Virginia & the late Robert Martin Terri & Jim McKerchar‡ Grant Mitchell & Cat Lambeth Jeffrey* & Mary Morton Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe Kris Olafson‡ M. Plett-Lyle

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SUPPORTERS Marilyn Thompson Dr. Peter Triggs‡ 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†‡ Jorslaw & Mary Barwinsky 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 Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Mrs. Aynsley Cockshott Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton Chris Darazsi‡ J. Davidson‡ J. Dawson James Dugan & Mary Bawden Helene Dyck H. 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 Jennie Hogan Bernd & Tanis Hohne Michael & Crystal Hollas‡ N & L Holliday Marlis & David Jacobson Sylvia Jansen Margaret Jeffries Claire & Gerald Jewers Dr. Danielle & Mr. Brendan Roddy Robert & Karen Johnston Lisa Johnston‡

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$150-249 Nazir & Pat Ahmad Elena Anciro†‡ Dawn Andersen Bernice Antoniuk Dr. Ignatius Anyadike Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Lynne Arnason Peter Attwood Ian Backus Richard & Nancy Ball Lynley Baranyk June & Ted Bartman Dr. John & Karen Bate Dianne J. Beaven James & Dawn-Lynne Bedford Susan & George Benias Trish Bergal Bruce & Joyce Berry

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Trust Beta Edwin M. Bethune Tanys & Don Bjornson Joan Blight Marnie & Keith Bolland Lilian Bonin Audrey Book Carol Ann Borody-Siemens Tim & Shelly Borys Lee & Karen Bowman R. Bruce Boyd Gill Bramwell Jackie & Steve Broda-Milian Miriam Bronstein Brian Brown Gerald R. Brown George & Ellen Bruce Carol Budnick Sean & Melanie Bueckert G. Burge & K. England John Burrows Karen Buss Enid Butler Donna Byrne Kelly & Judy Caughlin Merv & Jan Cavers Douglas Chapman Ron & Carol Chapman Rosemary Chapman Lorraine Chatel Duane Cheskey‡ Shelley Chochinov Bobbi Chomiak Glen & Lorna Clark Hy & Pat Cohen Fund Agnes & John K. Collins Donna Collins Melonee Collins Diane M. Connelly Philip Coulter Roy & Marie Craig R. Lynn Craton Margaret A. Cuddy Ellen Curtis‡ J. Dale G. L. Damphousse Ms. Linda Daniels Maureen Danzinger Diane de Rocquigny Faye Dixon Sylvia & Margaret Docker Beverley Doern Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Tom Dooley Dennis Doyle Rob Dryden John & Ada Ducas Sonya Dyck-Ledochowski Mr. & Mrs. William Easton David & Barbara Ediger‡ Greg Edmond & Irene Groot-Koerkamp E.N. Egan Dr. Michael Eleff & Ms. Chan Thau

Don & Elfie Elias Mr. & Mrs. John & Martha Enns Dan Erickson Debra Evaniuk Michael & Brenda Evans 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 Rick & Gloria Gallant Frank Filbert & Judy Garwood-Filbert Guy & Melanie Gaudreau Lynne & Lindsay Gauld‡ Trish Gibson Juanita Giesbrecht Rick & Patti Gilhuly Sharon & Arnold Glass Morris Glimcher Barbara & David Goldenberg Alicyn Goodman‡ Paul Goodman Michele Goossen‡ Shawn & Bill Gould Linda Graham Rosa Graveline Karen Guenther Kari Hagness†‡ Rhonda & Glen Haight Joanne & David Haines 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 Stan & Edith Hildebrand Ted & Cathy Hlynsky Gwen Hoare 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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Lynne Jentsch Dave & Lesia Johns Mary Janine Johnson James Tam & Katherine Jordan Marilyn & Sheldon Joyal Marilyn Juvonen Loretta Kampeas & John Gartner Brian & Renee Kaplan Dr. Arvind & Nancy Kati Ms. Penny Kelly Nancy Kerr Vernon Klassen Orah & Soody Kleiman Paul & Tamara Kochan Ms. Julie Koehn Peter & Valerie Kohut Donna Korban Lisa Koss & Olex Vecherya Richard & Janice Kostelnyk‡ Jacki & Sheldon Koven Lorraine Kraichy‡ Jonathan & Cara Kroft Leonard & Helen La Rue Teena Laird Glad & Lloyd Lamont 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 Dianne & Laurie Logan Nora Losey Sarah Luby Dr. Simon Lucy Carole Lupkowski Tom Lussier Enid Lyons Dennis MacLean Daphne MacMillan† Allan & Joanne Malenko Andrea Mann & Neil Antman Tamara Mares Elaine & Neil Margolis Ms. Grace Martel Agatha Massey Linda Matheson 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 Jim & Karren Middagh Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Dr. Michael & Sharon Moffatt Ray Montague Bill Muir

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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SUPPORTERS Lauren Mulhall Don Munro Sharon & Mel Myers Jacqueline Nagel Harold Nagy Marika Nerbas Betty Nesbitt & Peter Chambers Sheila Norrie Tom Nowicki Gary Oko Joanne Olchowecki Gloria & Robert Olynyk S. Joy Ooto 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 Jocelyne Prefontaine Elizabeth Prudhomme W. John Rae Dr. R & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Linda Ratynski Vance & Bev Rehill Cheryl Reid Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Mr. Louis Ricciuto Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Jean Riggall Kent Ringler Marilyn Robbins Jane Robinson Celia Rodd M. Rogalsky Gail MacAulay & Kevin Rollason Renee Roseman Mary Anne Rosenbloom D. Ross & Rita Romsa-Ross Ms. Debbie Roy Olga A. Runnalls Craig Russell & Janet Shaw-Russell In memory of Patrick Brown – Elizabeth & Laurence Russin Michael T. Ruta Barbara Ryan Sudhir Sandhu Shona Scappaticci‡ Carolyn Schellenberg Hans & Gabriele Schneider Harald & Vicki Schulz Ms. Faye Scott Ryan Scott Carol Scurfield Jim & Susan Shaw Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Debbie Shymko Pamela Simmons Anna Sipinski Jennifer Skelly & Family‡

Marlene Skuba Lillian Smith Caterina & George Sotiriadis Adrienne Stach Karen Stewart-Paley Lisa & Daniel Stiver Tom & Shirley Strutt Eleanor Suderman Ross & Bette-Jayne Taylor Mary-Lou K. Taylor Mary E. Tibbs‡ Sharon Timson‡ Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Gavin & Judy Todd Norma Toews W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Terry Tully Eric Turner United Way Mr. Charles R. Vandekerkhove Helmut & Gwen Waedt Sherry & Bob Ward Veralyn Warkentin Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Tamara & John Wells Al & Pat Wherrett‡ Murray & Nancy Wiegand Leslie Wilson Dennis & Gustine Wilton Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Dennis & Janet Woodford Grant & Sheila Woods Mrs. Lorraine Woods-Bavasah Adele & Arthur Wortzman Raymond & Louise Wyant Landice Yestrau Brad Zander‡ Ken & Pat Zealand Gary Zimak Dr. & Mrs. A. Zimmer Mr. & Mrs. Roman Zubach 25 Anonymous

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

$5,000-9,999 Cambrian Credit Union

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

SPONSOR

$1,200-2,999

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

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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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

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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

†Current Royal MTC staff

‡Monthly donors

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$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* 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 honour of the marriage of Edward Ledson & John Erskine Joan Stephens

ENDOWMENT FUND Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between Sep 1, 2017 and Dec 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

$100,000-249,999

$50,000-99,999 James Gibbs§ Darcy & Brenda§ Zaporzan

$25,000-49,999 Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson J.K. May Investments Ltd. Allan MacDonald Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Cam & Carole Osler Jim & Leney Richardson Maureen & Bill Watchorn

$10,000-24,999 Lee & Wayne Anderson David & Ruth Asper The Bowles Family John F. (Jack) Fraser* Bryan Klein, Susan Halprin & daughters The Estate of Gordon P. Linney Virginia & the late Robert Martin Norma Padilla Lawrie & Fran Pollard 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 Anonymous

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Volunteer Corps of Ushers Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda

*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 Joan & Ed Alexander Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn David, Ruth, Daniel, Rebecca & Max Asper Jean Bissett Don & Cheryl Breakey Dave* & Barb Christie Jan* & Kevin Coates 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 Bill & Norma Rennie Marc & Sherri Rittinger Deborah & Neil Rostkowski Pat & Michelle Rowan Susan Sammons Bill & Laurie Speers* Miss Debbie Spracklin Marilyn Thompson Margaret & Paul Wright 2 Anonymous $500-999 In memory of Judy Acheson – Peggy Bainard Acheson Heidi & Rennie Balciunas Helga & Gerhard Bock Nan Carson Art & Donna Chow Doug & Patty Christie Dorothy Davidson Dennis Engel Tino & Daphne Ethans Nelma Fetterman Christine Fleetwood Tom & Heather Foss Chris Freeman Gail Granger Linda Hamilton & Grange Morrow Shelagh Hare Evelyn Hecht

Martha Henry Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Edith Landy Barbara Latocki Dr. Evelyn Ferguson & Nick Martin Heather & Blaine Maxwell Gerry & Corinne McCallum Debbie & Lee McFadden Estelle Meyers Marlene Milne Marcel & Louise Mollot Edna Poulter Paul Jensen & Maureen Prendiville RBC Global Asset Management Michael T. Ruta Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Jim & Susan Shaw David P. Silcox & Linda Intaschi Howie & Sue Simpson Barb Stevens Anonymous

UP TO $499 Helen M. Arkos Marge & Ted Avent Balmoral Hall School Ms. June Bari June & Ted Bartman Susan Benias Patti Bews Heidi & Bruce Birchard Daniel Blankstein Ingrid Bolbecher Laurie Bonten Booke & Partners Jocelyn Burns Laura Butler Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Howard Cherniack Lawrence & Bea Cherniack Wes & Tracy Christie 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 Dr. & Mrs. James C. Jamieson David & Diane Johnston The staff of Josef Ryan Diamonds

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

Joanne & Rod Kamins Ken & Laurie Keats Caroline Kiva Hubert & Bernice Kleyson Jim & Wendy Krovats Mr. Timothy & Dr. Carol Kurbis J. Lamothe Nancy Latocki Frances Lemieux Edward & Evelyn MacDonald Bruce & Yvonne MacKay Daphne MacMillan Barbara & Robert Madden Kathleen Mico & Stefan Fischer Thorlein R. Mitchell Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton 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 R & A Winstone Myra Wolch & the late Saul Cherniack Cliff & Heather Yaffe Al & Barbara Zaporzan Wayne, Olga & Ryan Zaporzan 5 Anonymous

THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!

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

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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

SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSOR

STEWART-RENOUF SCOTIA WEALTH MANAGEMENT

LAWYERS PLAY

DESIGN SPONSOR

CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

SEASON MEDIA SPONSORS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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

MASTER PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL

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BEHIND THE SCENES Development

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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

Honorary Members

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

Front of House

Executive Officers

Kim Cossette, Front of House Manager, Tom Hendry Warehouse Belinda Uings, Front of House Manager, John Hirsch Mainstage Front of House Staff: 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, Daniel Tompkins, Rita Vande Vyvere

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

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

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

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

STAFF

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

Accounting/Finance

Properties

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

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

Administration

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

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

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

Tom Hendry Warehouse

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

Sheena Baird, Director of Patron Services Olaolu Fayokun, Patron Services Coordinator Julie Gregorchuk, Box Office Manager Box Office Representatives: Candace Adelberg, Jennifer Bahniuk, Melissa Langdon, Robyn Pooley, Joshua Robertson, Katie Schmidt, Katie Spring, Lisa Stefanson, Daniel Tompkins Carpentry (John Hirsch Mainstage)

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

Wigs

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

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

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

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

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BEHIND THE SCENES ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Roald Dahl’s Matilda the musical

Patrick Bellmare, Props Buyer & Builder Carolyn Bradshaw, Sewer Brittnay Fisher, Wardrobe Ray Galinaitis, Carpenter Jacko Garcia, Props Robyn Hasselstrom, Props Apprentice* Amanda Isaak, First Hand Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Karen Luchak, Sewer Barb Mackenzie, Sewer Kevin Maguire, Sewer Sean Malmas, Wig Fabrication; Arts Club Theatre Van Mclean, Carpenter Kayla McSwain, Scenic Painter Farrah Okolita, Scenic Painter Steph Porrior, Scenic Painter Tiffany Taylor, Scenic Painter Joy Willis, Sewer A Doll’s House

Patrick Bellmare, Props Buyer & Builder Brian Britton, Assistant Carpenter Jacko Garcia, Props Amanda Isaak, First Hand James Jansen, Video Programmer Zane Kirk, Hairstylist c/o Urban Crush Salon Karen Luchak, Sewer Barb Mackenzie, Sewer Kayla McSwain, Scenic Painter Farrah Okolita, Scenic Painter Steph Porrior, Scenic Painter Tiffany Taylor, Running Crew Joy Willis, Sewer

Your seat awaits.

Will you consider a gift to Royal MTC in your will?

Is Royal MTC already named in your will?

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

For more on the Legacy Giving Campaign contact: Kate Supleve 204 954 6412 or ksupleve@royalmtc.ca LEGACY GIVING CAMPAIGN PARTNER

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Thank You! “Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it.

Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable...” — MATILDA

As we approach the mid-point of our season, we want to take a moment to simply say “Thank you.”

Your support allows us to take risks. To be outrageous. To go whole hog.

Thank you for honouring the memory and generosity of Ellen Hirst by rising to the challenge of her matching gift. Thank you for buying a ticket to see this show and bringing life to our theatre – you are the reason we do what we do.

Your support comes in many forms.

Whether it be giving donations to support our endeavours, being a loyal 58

subscriber, or volunteering, we see you and we thank you. Royal MTC is nothing without you, the amazing community that inspires and supports us.

We’ve had an incredible season thus far; one filled with the kind of magic that makes us feel like kids again and reminds us of just how special live performance is.

We’re so excited to show you what’s up our sleeve for the rest of the season.

For more information about donating and donor benefits, contact Kate Supleve, Development Manager, at 204 954 6412 or email ksupleve@royalmtc.ca.

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