2025 Stratford Festival House Programs | Macbeth

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SEASON SPONSOR: OPHELIA LAZARIDIS

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A MESSAGE FROM ANTONI CIMOLINO

SEEKING HARMONY What do I aim for when choosing a playbill?

I aim to celebrate life’s joys without shying away from life’s ills. In a theatre, we bear witness to intense experiences without risk to ourselves and we are made better for it. We may laugh, we may cry, but in either case we look to theatre to inspire and invigorate us, to make us more fully alive, more in harmony with our fellow human beings.

Conflict and passion are the stuff of theatre and in planning our 2025 season theme—Apollo, Venus & Mars: Reflections on Harmony, Love and War—I have been struck by how these seeming opposites are intimately linked.

Most conflict is driven not by random hatred but by some passionate vision of how things should be—a vision we feel impelled to defend against whatever we perceive, rightly or wrongly, as a threat. Thus brothers are pitted against brothers in As You Like It, friendship and love breed fatal jealousy in The Winter’s Tale and the child-deprived title character of Macbeth seeks to eliminate the lineages of his rivals.

To an orphan bereft of parental love, the world must seem a lonely battleground— but the spirits of unparented youth emerge

triumphant in our new dramatic adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and in the beloved musical Annie. In our other musical, the hilariously witty Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, con men try to prey on seemingly vulnerable female hearts, while in Sense and Sensibility, hearts are held hostage to economic insecurity. Meanwhile, in a self-declared “war” between the amoral aristocrats of Dangerous Liaisons, desire is weaponized to hurt and harm.

With its visceral description of the realities of combat, The Art of War brought me to tears when I first read it, while the new play Ransacking Troy delights us with its unexpectedly comic take on a mythical conflict. But the play that unites the threads that run through this season’s playbill is Forgiveness, a story about families finding their way beyond bitter wartime experiences to a place of resolution and healing.

To celebrate life’s joys in harmony with others.

This Festival season, as always, I hope that will prove true for you.

ANTONI CIMOLINO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

2025 SEASON APRIL TO NOVEMBER AS YOU LIKE IT | ANNIE | SENSE AND SENSIBILITY | DANGEROUS LIAISONS MACBETH | DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS | ANNE OF GREEN GABLES THE WINTER’S TALE | FORGIVENESS | RANSACKING TROY | THE ART OF WAR STRATFORDFESTIVAL.CA | 1.800.567.1600 COVER: LUCY PEACOCK AND TOM McCAMUS. THIS PAGE: ANTONI CIMOLINO. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

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OUR THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT: 2025 SEASON SPONSOR: OPHELIA LAZARIDIS PROUD SEASON PARTNERS: THEATRE SPONSORS

Festival Theatre Sponsor: Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster

PERFORMANCE HOSTS

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. CJCS FM 107.1 & 2day FM 107.7 Famme & Co. Highstreet Asset Management Inc.

Support for the 2025 season at the Tom Patterson Theatre: Hunter-Steel Sales Ltd. Orr Insurance & Investment Pazzo Pizzeria & Cafe Bouffon Rhéo Thompson Candies Steed Standard Transport Limited

Stratford School of Interaction Design & Business Sylvanacre Properties Ltd. Wonderland Printing Limited Woodbridge Investments Corporation

NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT

Support is generously provided by The Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNER

THE BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY

The Birmingham Conservatory is made possible by the support of the Birmingham family, the Stratford Festival Endowment Foundation and our generous donors. This program is made possible in part by the Government of Canada.

Support for the 2025 in-season work of Conservatory participants is generously provided by the Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund.

THE LANGHAM DIRECTORS’ WORKSHOP

We extend our thanks to the Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation. This program is made possible in part by the Government of Canada.

The Langham Directors’ Workshop Supported by RBC Foundation

EDUCATION SPONSORS Tools for Teachers includes InterACTive Preshows, Study Guides and Stratford Shorts Sponsored by Support for education initiatives is generously provided by the Martin Family, the Estate of Noelle Saville and Laurie J. Scott. Support for Teaching Stratford is generously provided by the Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation and the MEH Foundation. Theatre Arts Camp financial assistance is generously provided by The Nancy and George Taylor Theatre Arts Camp Financial Assistance Program.

THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THESE CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR SUCCESS:

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MACBETH PRODUCTION UNDERWRITERS The Fabio Mascarin Foundation and Laurie J. Scott MACBETH PRODUCTION SPONSORS Sylvia Soyka, Carol Stephenson, O.C. and Catherine Wilkes in Memory of David

SYNOPSIS A mesmerizing prophecy. Unchecked political ambition. Tyranny and civil war. In Macbeth, Shakespeare dramatizes the consequence of individual evil with a stark clarity that continues to shock audiences centuries later.

where lies the blame: in prophecy, fate or Macbeth’s secret desires?

Are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth victims of fate, dangled before them in the form of three guileful witches? Or do the witches merely grant the couple permission to act out their power-starved will?

Three witches speak a prophecy of power to the ambitious warrior, Macbeth. As the prophecies come true and bodies pile up,

This bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy sets the uncanny action during the biker wars of the 1990s.

PLAY BY

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. By 1592, Shakespeare had written several plays, including Henry VI, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Titus Andronicus, establishing himself as a well-known London writer and actor.

During a plague outbreak in 1593, Shakespeare turned his attention to his long narrative poems, including “Venus and Adonis,” and began writing the Sonnets, a series of 154 complex poems. By 1595, Shakespeare was back in the theatre, writing and acting for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In 1597, he purchased Stratford’s New Place and in 1599 became a shareholder in London’s newly built Globe Theatre.

James I awarded Shakespeare’s company a royal patent, becoming known as the King’s Men, in 1603. Shakespeare began to spend most of his time in Stratford from around 1609 until his death on April 23, 1616.

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A TIMELY TALE OF POWER AND AMBITION

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES BY ROBERT LEPAGE Of all Shakespeare plays, Macbeth is the shortest.

Throughout the ages, many scholars and specialists have entertained the idea that this is because there are at least two or three missing scenes. But of course, none of them agree on which ones they might be.

Whatever the reason for its brevity, this great story doesn’t seem to have any of its limbs missing and reads as an impactful and concise modern screenplay.

Because that’s exactly what The Tragedy of Macbeth is: a “modern” play. Whatever way you stage it or whatever historical period you set it in, its despotic tragic hero is easily recognizable in many political leaders past and present. So, the director should not try to “modernize” it but rather choose a context in which contemporary audiences can better grasp the twists and turns of the intrigue and the psychological complexities of the characters. One way to achieve this is to set a plot of epic proportion in a small and compact microcosm.

In our case, we chose the world of motorcycle gangs.

Surprisingly, bikers seem to be ruled by the same medieval systems of hierarchy and rank, with codes of conduct and honour. It is a patriarchal system of governance where members show respect and loyalty to their leaders. It is often populated by goodhearted people who have chosen a different and adventurous way of life. But some are also highly skilled when it comes to murdering, drug dealing,

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arms trafficking as well as countless other illicit activities. And, of course, it is often a world of toxic masculinity where violent acts are normal rites of passage. In some gangs, patches are awarded to members as a badge of honour for having murdered on behalf of the club. In this kind of setting, a strong and ruthless character like Lady Macbeth would certainly want her man to prove his manliness. She actually manipulates him into murdering Duncan by challenging his masculinity: “When you durst do it, then you were a man; / And to be more than what you were, you would / Be so much more the man.” Later, Macbeth himself provokes the murderers he hires to kill Banquo by questioning their manhood, and when Macduff learns of the murders of his wife and children, Malcolm tells him to take the news in a “manly” fashion by seeking revenge.

The challenge for an actor when playing these types of characters is not to condemn them but to try to understand their reality. At the start, Macbeth is a courageous soldier who is not inclined to commit evil deeds, yet he deeply desires advancement.

Duncan apparently has the merit to not be a corrupt boss, attracting “golden opinions” from others, and is even referred to as a saint. Once Macbeth kills Duncan, his ambition to hold on to his position becomes intertwined with paranoia. Rather than being able to enjoy the fruits of his ambition, he becomes obsessed with maintaining the power he has won.

I believe a tragedy about a powerful leader with unchecked ambition is all too timely and definitely a “modern” play.

ROBERT LEPAGE Director

MACBETH

by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

created in collaboration with EX MACHINA

THE CAST MACBETH, THANE OF GLAMIS, LATER OF CAWDOR, LATER KING TOM McCAMUS LADY MACBETH, LATER QUEEN LUCY PEACOCK DUNCAN, THE KING DAVID COLLINS MALCOLM, HIS SON AUSTIN ECKERT BANQUO, A THANE GRAHAM ABBEY FLEANCE, HIS SON ANTHONY FRESCURA-DENOMME DAXTON SCURR MACDUFF, THANE OF FIFE TOM ROONEY THE WITCHES AIDAN deSALAIZ PAUL DUNN ANTHONY PALERMO

THERE WILL BE A

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MINUTE INTERVAL

ROSS, A THANE ANDRÉ SILLS LENNOX, A THANE EMILIO VIEIRA PORTER MARIA VACRATSIS SIWARD, AN EARL DAVID COLLINS SEYTON MATTHEW KABWE MESSENGER AIDAN deSALAIZ PARAMEDIC PAUL DUNN DETECTIVE ANTHONY PALERMO THE MURDERERS DAKOTA JAMAL WELLMAN MATTHEW KABWE BIKERS, PICNIC GUESTS, BODYGUARDS AND OTHERS PLAYED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

3rd APPARITION GORDON PAUL MILLER UNDERSTUDIES LADY MACBETH, PORTER MICHELLE GIROUX WITCH 1 CHRISTO GRAHAM LENNOX, WITCH 2, PARAMEDIC, WITCH 3, DETECTIVE JOSH JOHNSTON ROSS MATTHEW KABWE MACDUFF, DUNCAN, SIWARD JOHN KIRKPATRICK MALCOLM, SEYTON, MURDERERS TARIQUE LEWIS MACBETH ANDRÉ SILLS BANQUO EMILIO VIEIRA

AUDIENCE ALERT: This production explores mature themes and includes scenes of staged violence, murder, death and substance abuse. Pyrotechnics, theatrical haze and gunshot sounds are used to enhance storytelling.

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ARTISTIC CREDITS Director and Designer Robert Lepage

Set and Props Designer Ariane Sauvé

Creative Director Steve Blanchet

Costume Designer Michael Gianfrancesco*

Assistant Director Félix Dagenais

Lighting Designer Kimberly Purtell*

Assistant Director André Sills

Stage Manager Brian Scott

Technical Director Eleanor Creelman

Assistant Set Designer Jung A Im

Assistant Stage Managers Madison Kalbhenn Melissa Rood

FOR EX MACHINA

Assistant Costume Designer Lindsay Forde Assistant Lighting Designers Arantza Luna Emilie Trimbee Associate Fight Director David Chinchilla Fight Captain Emilio Vieira Motorcycle Captain Austin Eckert

Composer and Sound Designer John Gzowski* Fight and Intimacy Director Anita Nittoly * Indicated designers are members of the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.

Producer Michel Bernatchez

Production Stage Manager Bona Duncan

Production Manager Nadia Bellefeuille

Production Assistant Madie Bennett

Technical Director Olivier Bourque

Motorcycle Consultant Olivier Normand Child Performer Advocate Maggie Blake

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to thank the following artists who were involved in development of this production: Graham Abbey, David Collins, Mikaela Davies, Aidan deSalaiz, Austin Eckert, Tom McCamus, Anita Nittoly, Lucy Peacock, Melissa Rood, Tom Rooney, Brian Scott, André Sills, E.B. Smith and Maria Vacratsis.

Special thanks to Dr. Jennifer Anderson, MD, MSc, FRCSc, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Darcy Trefiak, PT, B.Sc.P.T., FCAMPT, Physiotherapy Alliance, Stratford; Marilyn Holmes, PT; Lisa Parker, RMT; Dr. Simon McBride, MCISc, MD, London Health Sciences Centre— Vocal Function Clinic; Fowler-Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, London; Dr. Leigh Sowerby, MD, MHM, FRCSc, St. Joseph’s Hospital, London; Dr. Benjamin van der Woerd, MD, FRCSc, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Dr. John Yoo, MD, Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry—London Health Sciences Centre; Dr. Thomas Verny, MD, DHL, DPsych, FRCPC, FAPA, Stratford; Dr. Christine Ly, MD, Stratford, Dr. P. Neilsen, Goderich; Dr. Laurel Moore, MD, Dr. Sean Blaine, MD, Dr. Erin Glass, MD & Dr. Jacob Matusinec, MD, STAR Family Health Team, Stratford. Pianos tuned and maintained by Stephenson Concert Group.

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TOM McCAMUS. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

MUSIC

Music recorded by John Gzowski

Director of Music Franklin Brasz

Music Administrator Janice Owens

LUCY PEACOCK AND TOM McCAMUS. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

BACKSTAGE Head Carpenter Paul Levaque

Head Electrician Greg Bride Alternate Kevin Snell Head Property Adam Qualter Alternate Brad Stephenson Head Sound Andy Allen

Crew Stewart Cappie Jeremy Cox Rob Hamilton Scott King Nancy McCune Kurtis McSwain Kirk North Kevin O'Callaghan Michael Poole Drew Rabbets Jennifer Schamehorn Mike Watters Christopher Wylie

Wardrobe Swing Tasmin Kuno Wigs and Makeup Show Head Melissa “Maloo” Veal Wigs and Makeup Crew Lauren Druif Taraleigh Wallace Wigs and Makeup Swing Melissa Mulder Child Performer Supervisor Olivia Jacque

Wardrobe Head Mary-Lou Mason

Alternate Chase Robbs Head Automation Chris Knarr

Wardrobe Attendants Tracy Fulton Bill Kraft Annette Lenze

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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DIRECTORS’ OFFICE Executive Director Anita Gaffney

Associate Producer Heather Cassels

Executive Producer David Auster

Assistant Producer Natasha Sinclair

Creative Planning Director Jason Miller

Company Manager Hilary Nichol

CASTING

Casting Director Ari Weinberg

COACHING

Co-Heads of Coaching Paul de Jong Kennedy C. MacKinnon

The Co-Heads of Coaching positions at the Stratford Festival are generously endowed by David Green & Mary Winton Green

Alexander Technique and Movement Coach Kelly McEvenue

Producing Assistants Melissa MacGougan Beka Morrison

Casting Associates Aaron Jan Jennifer Emery

Movement Coaches Brad Cook Adrienne Gould

Speech-Language Pathologist & Voice Coach Lori Holmes

Voice, Text and Dialect Coaches Rebecca Cuthbertson Jane Gooderham Janine Pearson

Singing Coach Jennie Such Text Coach Tim Welham Guest Coaches Frank Bach Ginette Hamel

PRODUCTION CREDITS Director of Production Elissa Horscroft Head of Design Michael Walton Technical Director – Festival Theatre Robbin Cheesman Technical Director – Tom Patterson Theatre Greg Dougherty

Production Administrative Assistants Christin Bossenberry Ally Burgess Technical Management Assistant Kimbra Young

Design Coordinator Lindsay Forde Transportation Greg Lamure Peter Pasyk Mike Peleshok James Thistle

Head of Sound Design Ranil Sonnadara

Technical Director – Studio Theatre Tristan Goethel Technical Director – Scenic Construction Andrew Mestern Scene Shop Manager Sean Hirtle Associate Technical Director Andrew Clemens Production Administrator Miranda Forbes

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LUCY PEACOCK. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

PROPERTIES Head of Properties Dona Hrabluk Lead Builder Dylan Mundy

Assisted by Matthew Burgess Kameron Doyle Shirley Lee Jennifer Macdonald Danielle Poirier Abi Stushnoff Lee Summers Katelyn Vere

SCENIC ART Head Scenic Artist Duncan Johnstone

Assistant Head Scenic Artist Michael Wharran

SCENIC CARPENTRY Head Carpenter Ryan Flanagan

Assistant Head Carpenter Paul Cooper Head of Automation Ian Phillips

Assisted by Shayne Adair Simon Aldridge Jeff Buck Phil Buhler Samuel Claveau Cameron Corbett Jeremy Cox

Properties Apprentice Edwin Wentworth Properties Buyer Kathleen Orlando Assistant Properties Buyer Ariel Slack

Assisted by Thomas Lappano Blair Yeomans

Chad Hunt Paul Hyde Corey Mielke John Roth Jody Satchell Scott Schmidt Mark Smith Cliff Tipping

WAREHOUSE Warehouse Coordinators Sandy Davis Jennie Wonnacott

COSTUME Costume Director Michelle Ashbourne

Associate Costume Director Amy McDougall Interim Head of Wardrobe Maddison Bell

Assisted by Mary-Jo Carter-Dodd Caitlin Luxford Allie Marshall Dana Osborne Costume Coordinator Michelle Angela King

Wardrobe Assistant Indigo Esmonde Costume Buyers Isabella Redgate Jennifer Smith-Windsor Erin Michelle Steele

LUCY PEACOCK AND TOM McCAMUS. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

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WIGS AND MAKEUP Head of Wigs and Makeup – Avon Teddi Barrett Construction Crew Teddi Barrett

WARDROBE Cutters Kim Crossley Anna Farquharson Melanie Farrar-Jackson Lela Stairs Murphy First Hands Karen Merriam Emma Pawluk Gina Schellenberg Georgina Schinkel Sewers Sabrina Abballe Amanda Boni Caroline Broadley Cindy Brown Rachel Bühler Natalie Crittenden Eve Diemand Allison Erb

Eric Evans Tracy Frayne Roxanne Jodoin Angela Moncur Sherri Neeb Kelly Probyn-Smith

Mallory Reeves Alana Scheel Julie Scott Chris Vaughan Melissa “Maloo” Veal

Bonnie Getty Clara Herbert Meredith Hubbard Polina Ivansenco Eli Jorgensen Laurie Krempien-Hall Jessica Lowrie Holly Matthews Colleen McCutcheon Cindy Rusak Jennifer Snowsill Ty Wilson Anna Yaworski

Boots and Shoes Connie Puetz

Bijoux/Decoration Kathi Posliff Assisted by Lacie George Liane Guttadauria Tami MacDonald

Assisted by April Burns Mike Karn Sarah Spence Cook Laura Wemyss Paint and Dye Sylvia Minarcin Linda Pinhay Assisted by Penelope Schledewitz Millinery Kaz Maxine Assisted by Truly Carmichael Lilian Gibson Monica Viani

A member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, the Stratford Festival engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

Stage crew, scenic carpenters, drivers, wigs and makeup attendants, wardrobe attendants, production wardrobe staff, facilities staff and audience development representatives are members of Local 357 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).

Scenic artists are members of IATSE Local 828.

The musicians, musical directors, conductors and orchestra contractors engaged by the Stratford Festival are members of the Toronto Musicians’ Association, Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

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ACTING COMPANY GRAHAM ABBEY

LANGHAM DIRECTORS’ WORKSHOP, 2015/2017

2025: Banquo in Macbeth and Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. 26th season. Stratford: Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), Benedick (Much Ado), Claudius (Hamlet), Simon Pilkings (Death… King’s Horseman), Mr. Ford (Merry Wives of Windsor), Aufidius (Coriolanus), Orgon (Tartuffe), Bolingbroke/Henry IV, conceiver, adaptor (Breath of Kings), Iago, Petruchio, Henry V, Macbeth, Romeo, Henry VIII. Elsewhere: Hamlet (Resurgence); Sam Byck (Assassins). TV: Lead—The Border (CBC). Recent: Under the Banner of Heaven (Disney/Hulu), SkyMed (CBC). Recurring: Degrassi, Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle.

Guest star: Flashpoint, Lost Girl, Remedy, Frontier, Ransom. Film: Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures), Delia’s Gone, Take This Waltz, Casino Jack, Defendor, Stealing Paradise, Milton’s Secret. Awards: Two Dora Awards, Monte Carlo Television nomination. Directing: Stratford: The Front Page; associate director, Breath of Kings; assistant director, Twelfth Night, The Alchemist. Elsewhere: The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, Lear (Groundling). Et cetera: Artistic director, Groundling Theatre.

DAVID COLLINS

2025: Duncan, Siward in Macbeth and Antigonus in The Winter’s Tale. 17th season. Stratford: London Assurance, Twelfth Night, Richard II, Grand Magic, Richard III, The Miser, The Front Page, Coriolanus, Napoli Milionaria!, The Changeling, Macbeth, As You Like It, Pericles, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, Caesar and Cleopatra. Elsewhere: Shakuntala (Premiere Dance Theatre); The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Mirvish); Twelfth Night, Donut City (Canadian Stage); Pusha Man, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Passe Muraille); Top Gun the Musical (Factory Theatre/NYC); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in Action); Founding Member of Obsidian Theatre Company. Film/TV/video games: Sex/Life, Frankie Drake, Diggstown, The Coroner, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Killjoys, Watch Dogs 2, Saving Hope, Murdoch Mysteries, Nikita, Owning Mahowny, The Incredible Hulk, Nurse.Fighter.Boy. Training: MFA, York University.

Awards: Tyrone Guthrie Award. Dora nominations: Twilight Café, The America Play.

AIDAN deSALAIZ (HE/HIM)

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2006

2025: Witch 1 in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Seventh season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Caesar and Cleopatra, Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Pentecost, Of Mice and Men, Othello, Coriolanus, Twelfth Night. Elsewhere: Into the Woods (Winter Garden/New Zealand, Dora nom.); The Judas Kiss (Talk Is Free); The 39 Steps (Chemainus Festival); The Last Five Years, Having Hope At Home (Neptune); The Best Brothers (Western Canada Theatre/TNW); Red, The Mousetrap, Cabaret, Legally Blonde (Theatre Aquarius); Wedding Singer (Stage West, Calgary Critics’ nom.); A Christmas Carol, The Wild Guys (Grand Theatre); Lucky Stiff, Spamalot (Drayton); Sherlock Holmes (MTC); Lies My Father Told Me (Segal Centre); Visiting Mr. Green (Harold Green). Voiceover: Videogame: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided; audiobook: The Virgin Cure. Training: Toronto Met (BFA, Theatre). Awards: Chalmers Apprentice Award. Online: @aidandesalaiz Et cetera: Love to Billy and my family.

PAUL DUNN

2025: Witch 2 in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Eighth season. Stratford: Peter Pan, Dangerous Liaisons, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra, Taming of the Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Richard III, The Swanne, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Henry V, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Elizabeth Rex, Macbeth, Richard II, Glenn and playwright of High-Gravel-Blind (Studio Theatre). Elsewhere (selected): The Donnellys Trilogy: Sticks and Stones, St. Nicholas Hotel, Handcuffs (Blyth); Wildfire (Factory); Bed and Breakfast (Arts Club, Centaur, GCTC, Belfry, Globe); The Gay Heritage Project (Buddies in Bad Times and national tour); Tartuffe (NAC); TomorrowLove (Outside the March); Vigil (TNB); HAIR (Grand); East of Berlin (Tarragon and national tour); The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Canadian Stage). Film/TV: Murdoch Mysteries, Elizabeth Rex. Awards: John Hirsch Award. Training: National Theatre School, Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts.

AUSTIN ECKERT

2025: Malcolm in Macbeth and Florizel in The Winter’s Tale. Fourth season. Stratford: Charles Courtly (London Assurance), Sebastian (Twelfth Night), Paris (Romeo and Juliet), Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing), Albany (King Lear), Laertes (Hamlet). Elsewhere (selected): The Royale (Citadel Theatre); Being Here: The Refugee Project, Taking Shakespeare, Spring Awakening (Belfry Theatre); As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare Theater/Citadel Theatre/MTC/Bard on the Beach); Beauty and the Beast (Arts Club Theatre); Miss Understood (PuSh Festival); The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Shakespeare in Love, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale (Bard on the Beach); Mamma Mia! (WCT); HAIR (Mayfield Theatre). Film/TV (selected): Supernatural, Batwoman, The Flash (CW); Colony (USA); The Magicians (SYFY); Narcoleap (CBC/ Telus). Training: The Canadian College of Performing Arts. Awards: Sterling Award (The Royale), Leo Award (Narcoleap), Max Helpmann Award (Stratford Festival). Online: @austineckert.

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ANTHONY FRESCURA-DENOMME

ACTING

2025: Fleance in Macbeth. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Elf: The Musical (Grand Theatre); Peter Pan: The Panto (Drayton Entertainment). Training: Little Theatre Company. Online: @anthonyfdenomme (Instagram). Et cetera: Thank you to the teachers and staff at St. Nicholas for their continued support. I am especially grateful to my Mom, Dad and brother Max; this dream would not be possible without them.

MICHELLE GIROUX

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 1999

CHRISTO GRAHAM

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2022/2023

JOSH JOHNSTON

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2014/2015

2025: Emilia in The Winter’s Tale and understudy in Macbeth. 14th season. Stratford (selected): Elise in The Miser, Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal, Nina in The Seagull, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Jean-Louise in To Kill a Mockingbird, Isabella in Edward II, Katerina in Brothers Karamazov, Joan of Arc in Henry VI, Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Althia in Front Page.

Michelle has also performed in plays at the New York City Center, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Crow’s Theatre, Segal Centre, GCTC, Theatre Aquarius and with Groundling Theatre. Film: Blackberry, Delia’s Gone, Blood Pressure and Life in a Year. TV: The Hardy Boys, The Hot Zone, Mockingbird, Suits, See, L.A. Complex, Accused, Black Mirror, King, The Good Doctor, Flashpoint, Anne, Saving Hope and The Listener.

2025: Young Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale and understudy in Macbeth. Third season. Stratford: Gennarino Fucecchia in Grand Magic, Moth in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Norfolk in Richard III and appeared in All’s Well That Ends Well. Elsewhere: Guildenstern in Hamlet (Dream in High Park/ Canadian Stage); Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet (Grand Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Segal Centre, Citadel Theatre); Zach in Unsafe (Canadian Stage); Isaac in Isaac’s Eye (Unit 102 Actors Co.); Lee Piper in Jerusalem (Crow’s Theatre). Christo’s latest album, Music For Horses, is available through We Are Busy Bodies record label. All my love to Kelly, Reaney and Clarence.

2025: Military Lord, Musician Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale and understudy in Macbeth. Fourth season. Stratford: Timon of Athens, Madwoman of Chaillot, Shakespeare in Love, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Elsewhere: Isle of Demons (Guild Festival), Where You Are (Globus Theatre), Sam Phillips in Million Dollar Quartet, Comedy of Errors (The Grove), Jack in Scavenger’s Daughter (Buddies in Bad Times/Paradigm Productions), Book Club (Port Stanley), Michael in Armstrong’s War (Theatre Kingston), Who’s Under Where?

(Lighthouse Festival). Writing and creation: Deer Blood, TOMORROW (Wildside Festival), Rant (Concordia). Producing: Evil Dead the Musical, Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience, Xavier Mortimer: Master of Magic (Starvox Entertainment). Film: Mrs. America (FX), Thicker Than Water (Investigation Discovery). Awards: Michael Mawson Award, Douglas Campbell Award (Stratford).

Online: @edwardthegirl (Instagram).

MATTHEW KABWE

2025: Seyton, Murderer in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Fourth season. Stratford: The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Cymbeline, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard II, Grand Magic, Death and the King’s Horseman, Hamlet. Elsewhere: Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Repercussion); Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage); Sir in Encore (Tableau D’Hôte); Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop (Persephone). Film/TV/video games: Lucy Grizzli Sophie, La Maison Bleue, Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR. Training: Dawson College, Soulpepper Academy. Awards: Outstanding Lead Performance META for Martin in MOB (Centaur). Online: matthewkabwe.com, agencebridgetdechene.com. Et cetera: Matthew sends wishes of love and thanks to his many supporters, especially Dr. AAHW. Matthew is thrilled to be returning to the Stratford Festival.

Matthew is also B.

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COMPANY JOHN KIRKPATRICK

2025: Appears in The Winter’s Tale and understudy in Macbeth. 11th season. Stratford: Twelfth Night; London Assurance; Reynaldo, Hamlet; Endicott, The Front Page; Walter Cunningham Sr., To Kill a Mockingbird; Lt. Brannigan, Guys and Dolls; Apothecary, Romeo and Juliet; Doctor, Macbeth; Oliver, As You Like It; Deuxfois, The Hypochondriac; Marcellus/Fortinbras, Hamlet; Boyet, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Descartes, Christina, the Girl King; Red Knight/Walrus, Alice Through the LookingGlass. Elsewhere: Jaques, As You Like It; Cassius, Julius Caesar; Lucio, Measure for Measure (Citadel); Slim, Of Mice and Men (Canadian Stage/Theatre Calgary); Tybalt/Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Calgary); Everard, Age of Arousal (ATP); Milan, Rock ‘N’ Roll (Canadian Stage/ Citadel); Kent, King Lear; Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night (Freewill). Training: BFA Acting, University of Alberta. Awards: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award, Measure for Measure. Et cetera: Former artistic director, Freewill Shakespeare Festival. All my love to Breanna, Aidan, Finn and Betsy.

TARIQUE LEWIS

2025: Appears in The Winter’s Tale and understudy in Macbeth. Second season. Stratford: Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, London Assurance. Elsewhere: Kirk in Riot (Renaissance Canadian Theatre Company). Training: Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Performance.

Online: @Incogtico. Et cetera: I dedicate this to my family and friends, who continue to support me. P.S. Momma, I love you.

TOM McCAMUS

2025: Macbeth in Macbeth and Old Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale. 18th season. Stratford (selected roles): Richard III, Coriolanus, Edmund Tyrone, Macheath, King John, King Arthur, Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), Vershinin, Brutus, Captain Hook, Valmont, Friar Lawrence, Aslan, Horace Vandergelder, Judge Brack, Arthur Miller. Elsewhere (selected roles): Shaw: Peter Pan, Androcles, King George III, Charles II, Ephraim Cabot. Toronto and environs: Hamlet, King Lear, Leontes, Angelo, Claudius, Thom Paine, Rhett Butler, Marc Blitzstein, Mozart. Film/TV (selected): I Love a Man in Uniform, The Sweet Hereafter, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Room, Orphan Black, Anne with an E. Awards: Dora Award, Genie Award, Gemini Award, ACTRA Award. Et cetera: Tom lives on a farm in Warkworth with his wife, Chick Reid, and their two dogs.

ANTHONY PALERMO

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2025/2026

2025: Witch 3 in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Second season. Stratford: The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Cymbeline. Elsewhere: Alcestis, Tartuffe, The Witch of Edmonton (Theatre Erindale); She, Men, and the Giant Snake (Soulpepper Theatre/Buddies in Bad Times); Retrograde (Toronto Fringe); Julius Caesar, Bare: A Pop Opera, Ghost Quartet, Essay (University of Toronto). Film/TV: Workin’ Moms seasons 6 and 7 (CBC/Netflix); Macy Murdoch (CBC/Shaftesbury); Pie Boy (Ace Entertainment). Writer/composer: The Gray: A Wilde Musical (Hart House Theatre); One Song Glory (Musical Stage Company); Mythic Women (University of Toronto). Training: Theatre and Drama Studies—University of Toronto/Sheridan College. Online: anthony-palermo.com, @anthxnypalermo. Et cetera: Grateful for the mentors who have taught me so much, and my family and friends for their endless support.

LUCY PEACOCK

2025: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Time in The Winter’s Tale. 38th season. Stratford: Last season: Stevie in The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? and Queen Cymbeline. Recipient of the 2023 Stratford Festival Legacy Award. Over 80 productions including Ophelia, Rosalind, Viola, Portia, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth, Titania, Beatrice, Gwendolyn, Helena, Duchess of Malfi, Masha, Mary Stuart, Volumnia, Queen Elizabeth and Satan. Also: Three Tall Women, All My Sons, Private Lives, Hello, Dolly!, The King and I, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Les Belles-Soeurs, The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead and Late Night with Lucy. Training: The National Theatre School and the grace and wisdom of all the extraordinary artists, colleagues and conspirators over these many years.

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TOM ROONEY

ACTING

2025: Macduff in Macbeth and Camillo in The Winter’s Tale. 14th season. Stratford: R&J, Coriolanus, Napoli Milionaria!, Twelfth Night, The School for Scandal, Tartuffe, The Taming of the Shrew, Crazy for You, Man of La Mancha, Waiting for Godot, Wanderlust, The Winter’s Tale, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, All’s Well That Ends Well. Elsewhere: Cyrano de Bergerac, Victory, Apple Cart, My Fair Lady (Shaw Festival); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Citadel); Uncle Vanya, Fifteen Dogs, The Seagull, The Wedding Party, Someone Else (Crow’s); My Mother’s Feet (Munich); Hairspray (Toronto, Broadway); Hamlet (NAC); Roméo et Juliette (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan). Film/TV: CBC’s This Is Wonderland; The Gilda Radner Story; The Day After Tomorrow; Murdoch Mysteries; Coroner. Awards: Two Gemini nominations; Dora Award, Outstanding Actor, 2013; Sterling Award, Best Actor, 2016.

DAXTON SCURR (HE/HIM)

2025: Fleance in Macbeth. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Young Will in Big Fish (Musical Theatre Productions); Children’s Chorus in Wizard of Oz: The Panto and Peter Pan: The Panto (Drayton Entertainment). Training: Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts; the mirror in my bedroom.

Awards: Best “Being Sick” performance for taking the day off school. Online: @dax.scurr.

Et cetera: Excited and a little nervous to be part of this production. Thanks to the family, and Mum and Dad for their support. I promise to pay back the gas money one day!

ANDRÉ SILLS

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2005

2025: Assistant director and Ross in Macbeth and Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale. 11th season.

Stratford: Get That Hope (director), Twelfth Night, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus, The Tempest, etc.

Elsewhere: Director: The Royale (Citadel Theatre); Gloria (ARC/Crow’s). Acting: Glass Menagerie, Sex, An Octoroon, “Master Harold”...and the Boys (Shaw Festival); Julius Caesar (Crow’s Theatre).

Film/TV: Revenge of the Black Best Friend, Kim’s Convenience (CBC); Slumberland (Netflix); Private Idiots (YouTube). Voiceover: Tiny Louis in Summer Memories (Family); Fins in Sago Mini Friends (Apple TV). Training: George Brown Theatre School. Awards: Sterling Award for Direction, The Royale; Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award and Dora Award—Best Actor, “Master Harold”...and the Boys; MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Award—Best Actor, An Octoroon. Online: @dre373 (Instagram). Et cetera: Love you, Rian and NAIA.

MARIA VACRATSIS

2025: Porter in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Fifth season. Stratford: Mother’s Daughter, The Crucible, The Boys from Syracuse, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, Agamemnon, Electra, The Flies, The Swanne, The Elephant Song. Elsewhere: Through the Leaves, Domesticated (Company Theatre); Escaped Alone, Home, Endgame, You Can’t Take It With You, The Way of the World, Twelfth Night, A Streetcar Named Desire (Soulpepper); The Old Ladies (Shaw); Prince Hamlet (Why Not Theatre); Cake and Dirt, Slavs! (Tarragon); The Piper, Beating Heart Cadaver, King Lear (Necessary Angel); Such Creatures (Passe Muraille); Glorious, The House of Bernarda Alba (Canadian Stage); 2nd Nature (VideoCabaret); Romeo and Juliet (Persephone). Film/TV: Mamma Mia 2; My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1, 2 and 3; Schitt’s Creek; Tommy Boy; Shoot ’Em Up; Dino Dana; Rent-A-Goalie.

EMILIO VIEIRA (HE/HIM)

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2015/2016

2025: Lennox in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Eighth season. Stratford Festival credits include: London Assurance, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Richard II, Grand Magic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III, The Miser, The Tempest, Coriolanus, Napoli Milionaria!, A School for Scandal, Tartuffe, Macbeth, All My Sons, Bunny. Elsewhere: HEIST (Grand Theatre); The Three Musketeers (RMTC); february: a love story (Globus Theatre); Two Noble Kinsmen and Cymbeline (Shakespeare BASH’d); Towards Youth: a play on Radical Hope (Crow’s Theatre); Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare in High Park); Tartuffe (Canadian Stage); Coriolanus (Dartmouth, New Hampshire). Emilio trained under the direction of Martha Henry and Stephen Ouimette at the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Thank you for supporting live theatre. This one’s for Uncle Butch. Online: @emiliovieira (Instagram).

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COMPANY DAKOTA JAMAL WELLMAN

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY, 2025/2026

2025: Murderer in Macbeth and appears in The Winter’s Tale. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Segal Centre/RMTC), Fall On Your Knees (Canadian Stage/ Neptune Theatre/NAC/Grand Theatre), Simone: Half and Half (Black Theatre Workshop), Pool: No Water (Persephone Productions), Much Ado About Nothing (Repercussion Theatre), An American Hymnal (Terra Bruce Productions). Film/TV: Terror Train, The Christmas Checklist, Witchboard, About Sex, 23 décembre, Matthias et Maxime. Training: Bishop’s University, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Awards: META for Outstanding Supporting Actor (Simone: Half and Half). Online: @airbnbeyonce. Et cetera: Thank you to the cast, crew and audiences!

Thank you to my agent, Marc and thank you to my family, friends, and to Kevin for your love and support. Let’s go!

SET AND PROPS DESIGN BY ARIANE SAUVÉ. MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY AT THE FIRST REHEARSAL OF MACBETH. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANN BAGGLEY.

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STEVE BLANCHET

ARTISTIC

2025: Creative director of Macbeth. Second season. Stratford: Coriolanus. Elsewhere: Steve has been working in the arts and cultural sector for over 25 years. Since 1996, he has been a creative director in communication firms. His media campaigns have received both national and international recognition. Blanchet began his collaboration with Ex Machina in 2005 during the creation of the large-scale outdoor video projection The Image Mill. He was the designer of its images until its final edition in 2013. He continued with Robert Lepageʼs one-man show, 887, and The Library at Night, an immersive exhibition exploring virtual reality. As creative director and co-designer, Blanchet has worked on an array of productions, including Frame by Frame with the National Ballet of Canada, The Magic Flute at the Quebec Opera Festival, Courville, The Riopelle Project, SLAM!, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, as well as the museum exhibition Lutte. He is designing the immersive reality experience for the Canada Pavilion of Osaka’s World Expo in 2025.

DAVID CHINCHILLA

2025: Associate fight director of the 2025 season. Fourth season. Stratford: Wendy and Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet, Cymbeline, Monty Python’s Spamalot, King Lear, Richard III, Little Women. Elsewhere: Major Barbara, Candida, The Amen Corner (Shaw Festival); Hamlet (Hit and Myth Productions); Romeo and Juliet (National Theatre School); Girl in the Photograph (Chameleon Productions); Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet (National Theatre School).

Acting: FUBAR, The Fabric of Christmas, My Husband Hired a Hitman, The Last Woman Who Lived Here, Chucky, Mayor of Kingstown, Reacher, Revenge of the Black Best Friend, The Hot Zone. Stunts: The Boys, Dark Matter, Kill Joys, Teen Titans, Lucky Day, Amazing Race Canada, Frankie Drake. Voiceover: Far Cry 6, Pinkalicious and Peterrific. Training: Humber Theatre Performance program, various martial arts, acting at the renowned Pro Actors Lab in Toronto.

Online: @davidchinchillaofficial (Instagram).

FÉLIX DAGENAIS

2025: Assistant director of Macbeth. Stratford debut. Assistant director and narrative designer, Félix holds a Bachelor’s degree in Drama from UQAM. In 2002, he joined Ex Machina and worked alongside Robert Lepage on more than a dozen theatrical productions, including The Dragons’ Trilogy, The Andersen Project, The Blue Dragon, Lipsynch and The Riopelle Project. Félix also contributed to the creation of the operas Der Ring des Nibelungen and The Tempest, presented at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as to the architectural video projection The Image Mill. Félix also collaborated with Brigitte Haentjens on the productions Hamlet Machine, Vivre and Rome, and with Martin Genest on Le hangar des oubliés produced by Cirque du Soleil. In 2023, Félix directed the show Entre ciel et mer, produced by Cirque Eloise and presented on tour in Quebec and Europe.

BONA DUNCAN

2025: Production stage manager of the Avon Theatre. 25th season. Most recently: Salesman in China, National Arts Centre (Ottawa). Stratford: Stage manager: Salesman in China, Frankenstein Revived, 1939, Rez Sisters, Private Lives, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bakkhai, Tartuffe, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Taming of the Shrew, King John, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Dangerous Liaisons, Cyrano de Bergerac, Zastrozzi, All’s Well That Ends Well, Fanny Kemble, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Electra, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hamlet. Assistant stage manager: The Neverending Story, Antony and Cleopatra, The Matchmaker, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It. Training: Technical Production, National Theatre School of Canada. BA, Bishop’s University.

LINDSAY FORDE (SHE/HER)

2025: Design coordinator for the Stratford Festival and assistant costume designer for Macbeth.

Fourth season. Stratford: Head of wardrobe for the 2024 season, assistant costume designer for Rent (2023), costume stitcher (2009). Elsewhere: Costume design for The Shape of Home: Songs in Search of Al Purdy (County Stage/Crow’s); Outside Mullingar, A Beautiful View, The Drawer Boy, Mary’s Wedding, Stones in His Pockets, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (County Stage); Mules (Theatrefront); Hairspray, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Divas Do It All (Sharon Playhouse); and beyond. Film/TV: IATSE 873 Costume Member. Assistant costume designer for Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt; background costume supervisor or set costumer for many, including Accused (season 1), A Higher Loyalty, Jupiter’s Legacy, The Handmaid’s Tale, etc. Training: George Brown College. Et cetera: With love and gratitude, always, to family, friends, fellow creators and most of all, John.

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COMPANY

MICHAEL GIANFRANCESCO (HE/HIM)

2025: Set and costume designer of Annie and costume designer of Macbeth. 21st season.

Stratford: Richard II, Chicago, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show, Guys and Dolls, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Hosanna, The Comedy of Errors, An Ideal Husband—set; Something Rotten!, The Crucible, A Chorus Line, Bunny, The Sound of Music, Christina, The Girl King, Taking Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Edward II, The Triumph of Love—set and costumes. Elsewhere: Set and costumes for Emma Bovary (National Ballet of Canada), Jasper (Signature Theatre, Off-Broadway); set for Embrasse (Théâtre du Nouveau Monde), La Dame Aux Camélias (Les Grands Ballets) and Hadrian (Canadian Opera Company); costumes for Hamlet (Ex Machina/Côté Danse), Frame by Frame (The National Ballet of Canada/Ex Machina), and for Ricciardo e Zoraide (Rossini Festival, Pesaro, Italy).

JOHN GZOWSKI (HE/HIM)

2025: Composer and sound designer of Macbeth. Fifth season. Stratford: Sound designer of Serving Elizabeth and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, composer and sound designer of The Front Page. Elsewhere: Hamlet (Ex Machina/Côté Dance); Mahabharata, Sherlock and the Mystery of the Human Heart, Dracula, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Shaw Festival); Three Sisters, Jesus Hopped the A Train, La Bête (Soulpepper); The Children, Helen Lawrence, Cruel and Tender (Canadian Stage); It’s a Wonderful Life (MTC, Canadian Stage, YPT—live Foley); Twelfth Night (NAC, Theatre Calgary); Post Democracy, Theory, Other People’s Children (Tarragon); The War of the Worlds (Art of Time); Gziganes (Dancemakers). Recordings: Matador (Patricia O’Callaghan), Frey (Lenka Lichtenberg), Alchemy (Tasa). Awards: Six Dora Mavor Moore Awards for sound design, Juno nomination for Maza Meze. Online: johngzowski.com. Et cetera: As a musician and composer, John has performed at most of Canada’s jazz and folk festivals.

JUNG A IM (SHE/HER)

2025: Assistant set designer of Macbeth and The Winter’s Tale. Third season. Stratford: Set designer of Shakespeare’s Ni**a; costume designer of Macbeth, The Fall of the House of Atreus: A Cowboy Love Song (2023 Langham Directors’ Workshop); assistant set and costume designer of A Wrinkle in Time; assistant set designer of La Cage aux Folles, Wendy and Peter Pan, Salesman in China and Frankenstein Revived. Elsewhere: Set and costume: Harabogee and Me (Shakespeare in Action). Set: Beyonsea and the Mothers, Late Company (Green Light Arts), Indecent (National Theatre School of Canada). Costume: Erased (Open Heart Surgery Theatre/ Theatre Passe-Muraille), I got my life back! (National Theatre School of Canada). Training: National Theatre School of Canada, Hong-Ik University, Yon-Sei Graduate School of Human Environmental Sciences. Online: imjunga.com.

MADISON KALBHENN (SHE/HER)

2025: Assistant stage manager of Macbeth and The Winter’s Tale. Seventh season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Wendy and Peter Pan, Little Women, I Am William, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Production assistant for the Avon and Festival theatres. Elsewhere: Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); The Guide to Being Fabulous (Soulpepper Theatre); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish); Idomeneo, Actéon and Pygmalion, The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Atelier); Julius Caesar, The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre); Anne of Green Gables (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Script supervisor for Ross Petty’s A Christmas Carol; stage management intern at Wicked (Broadway). Et cetera: Many thanks to my friends and family, especially my Mom, for all their love and support.

ROBERT LEPAGE

2025: Director and designer of Macbeth. Second season. Stratford: Coriolanus. Elsewhere: 887, Needles and Opium, The Far Side of the Moon, The Tempest, The Magic Flute, Der Ring (Metropolitan Opera); Playing Cards, The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Blue Dragon, Le Projet Riopelle, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Courville, The Dragons’ Trilogy, KÀ and Totem (Cirque du Soleil). Training: Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Québec. Awards: Glenn Gould Prize (Toronto); Eugene McDermott in the Arts (MIT); International Opera Award (London); Stanislavsky Prize (Moscow); Europe Theatre Prize (Greece); Japan Foundation Award.

Et cetera: Hailed by international critics, his original, contemporary and unique works—inspired by recent history—transcend borders and challenge the standards of scenic writing, particularly through the use of new technologies.

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ARANTZA LUNA

ARTISTIC

2025: Assistant lighting designer of Macbeth, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Anne of Green Gables. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Followspot caller and operator for Echo by Cirque du Soleil; associate video designer for The Last Timbit (Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre); lighting designer for Bol, Brown Boy, Bol at the Toronto Fringe Festival; Associate Member of ADC 659. Training: Diploma in Theatre Technical Production (Humber College); Master’s in Event Management and Public Relations; Show Production Seminar (Walt Disney World); Diploma in Video Mapping (SAE Institute); BA in Entertainment Business Management. Awards: Toronto Fringe Festival 2024 award-winning play: Bol, Brown Boy, Bol. Online: okra-plantain-587t.squarespace.com, @araluna_production. Et cetera: A creative explorer blending light to tell unforgettable stories.

ANITA NITTOLY

2025: Fight and intimacy director of the 2025 season. Eighth season. Fight and intimacy director (selected): Stratford Festival 2024 season; Fat Ham, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hamlet, Fairview (CanStage); Groundhog Day (YES); CRAZE (Tarragon); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Perchance); The Bidding War, Wights, Bad Roads, Prodigal (Crow’s); Roberto Zucco, Angels in America (Buddies in Bad Times); The Retreat (Imago); Truth (YPT); Jesus Christ Superstar (Here for Now); WildWoman (Soulpepper); Hamlet (The Rose); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (TIP); Fall on Your Knees (CanStage/NAC/Grand); Counter Offence (Segal Centre).

Stunt performer/actor credits (selected): Copenhagen, Slasher, Twisted Metal (season 2), Law & Order: Toronto, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, The Boys, Handmaid’s Tale. Upcoming theatre projects: Robin Hood (CanStage). Upcoming film/TV projects: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (season 2). Online: anitanittoly.com.

KIMBERLY PURTELL (SHE/HER)

2025: Lighting designer of Annie and Macbeth. 16th season. Stratford: La Cage aux Folles, Frankenstein Revived, A Wrinkle in Time, Hamlet, Private Lives, Mother’s Daughter, The Front Page, Brontë: The World Without, Timon of Athens, The Virgin Trial, Madwoman of Chaillot, Breath of Kings: Rebellion/Redemption, Bunny, Taming of the Shrew, Possible Worlds, The Last Wife, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Man of La Mancha, Christina, The Girl King, Waiting for Godot, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Little Years, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. Elsewhere: Mirvish, Shaw, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, NAC, Pacific Opera, Arena Stage DC, Opera Philadelphia, Edmonton Opera, Theatre Calgary, RMTC, Citadel, among others. Awards: Three Doras, Pauline McGibbon Award, Montreal English Theatre Award, Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award, Ottawa Critics’ Circle Award, Elizabeth Sterling Award. Kimberly is the Vice President of the Associated Designers of Canada and ADC659.

MELISSA ROOD

2025: Assistant stage manager of Macbeth. 25th season. Stratford: Favourites include Robert Lepage’s Coriolanus (Stratford, Dartmouth College, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde), Much Ado About Nothing, Every Little Nookie, Shakespeare in Love, The Last Wife, Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods, Henry V, Christopher Plummer’s A Word or Two and Beau Dixon’s cabaret, Freedom. PSM for the Langham Directors’ Workshop Presentation and director of the Festival’s Theatre Arts Production Camp. Elsewhere: Opera, dance, new works and events, including Walter Borden’s The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time (NAC); The Wedding Party, Stars: Together, Julius Caesar (Crow’s). Education: Sheridan College (Technical Production); University of Waterloo (Social Work). Et cetera: Stage management instructor at the University of Windsor, University of Toronto, Sheridan College, National Theatre School. For my family.

ARIANE SAUVÉ

2025: Set and props designer of Macbeth. Second season. Stratford: Associate set and props designer of Coriolanus. Elsewhere: For Ex Machina: Associate set designer for Le Projet Riopelle, SLAM!, Courville, The Seven Streams of the River Ōta and the exhibition, Lutte. Le Québec dans l’arène in the Musée de la civilisation (Québec City). Independently: Hozanna ou la Shéhérazade des pauvres, le vrai monde?, Heimat/Revenir, Hope Town, Kanata, Feydeau, Scapin. Opera set design for Festival d’Opéra de Québec: l’Elisir d’Amore. Circus set designs: Récréation and Transit (Flip Fabrique) and Changes (Machine de Cirque). Founder and artist member of the company Nous Sommes Ici: N’essuies jamais des larmes sans gants, Singulières, Hotel Dieu. Training: Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Québec (2010) and Polytechnique Montréal (2017). Online: Ariane Sauvé (LinkedIn).

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COMPANY BRIAN SCOTT

2025: Stage manager of Macbeth and assistant stage manager of Anne of Green Gables.

31st season. Stratford: Brian has stage managed several productions, including Ex Machina’s previous collaboration with Stratford, Coriolanus. Other favourite productions stage managed include Jesus Christ Superstar (Stratford/La Jolla/Broadway), The Who’s Tommy and the MillerPlummer King Lear (Stratford/Lincoln Center). Thank you to the company, everyone backstage and all artisans and staff in Stratford production and at Ex Machina.

EMILIE TRIMBEE (SHE/HER)

2025: Assistant lighting designer of Macbeth and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Second season. Stratford: Assistant lighting designer of La Cage aux Folles and Wendy and Peter Pan. Elsewhere: Lighting designer: Big Stuff (Baram and Snieckus/Crows), Sympathy for the Devil (Soulpepper), NightShift (Citadel + Compagnie), Antigonick (Shaw Festival, Directors Projects ’24), Bright Lights, OverRuled (Shaw Festival, Directors Projects ’23). Associate lighting designer: What the Constitution Means to Me (Soulpepper), Cinderella…if the Shoe Fits (Theatre Orangeville), Rubaboo (Grand Theatre/Arts Club), Prodigal (Crows Theatre/The Howland Company). Assistant lighting designer: Nabbuco/Faust (Canadian Opera Company), Dion (Coal Mine Theatre), Clue (RMTC/Grand Theatre), The Amen Corner, The Apple Cart, Playboy of the Western World, Gem of the Ocean, Everybody, Too True to Be Good (Shaw Festival).

Film/TV: Assistant BOH lighting director: Canada’s Got Talent (2024). Training: BFA Performance Production and Masters of Digital Media (TMU). Online: emilietrimbee.com, @emilietrimbeedesigns.

ARI WEINBERG

2025: Casting director for the Stratford Festival. Fourth season. Stratford: Tootles in Peter Pan. Directing: The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Dear Jack, Dear Louise, After Jerusalem, Tribes, The Whipping Man, Stars of David… (WJT); The Theory of Relativity, The Secret Garden (MTYP Musical Theatre Company); Frankenstein (University of Winnipeg); Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Knavish Hedgehogs at Winnipeg Fringe). Acting: Mendel in Falsettos (WJT/ Dry Cold Productions); Snail in A Year With Frog and Toad and Snoopy in A Charlie Brown Double Bill (Manitoba Theatre for Young People); Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); George in Hana’s Suitcase (Magnus Theatre). Et cetera: Ari served as Winnipeg Jewish Theatre’s artistic and managing director from 2015 to 2022. “This season is dedicated to the memories of my Zadie George and Bobby Garcia, a kindred spirit.”

SET AND PROPS DESIGN BY ARIANE SAUVÉ. TOM McCAMUS AND LUCY PEACOCK WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY AT THE FIRST REHEARSAL OF MACBETH. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANN BAGGLEY.

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WITH THANKS TO OUR DONORS Our donor community brings magic to our stages by inspiring artistic excellence, investing in our artists and young audiences, and giving us the opportunity to showcase our work worldwide. * Festival of America donors ^ Stratford Festival Board and Senate + Stratford Festival staff

LIFETIME DONORS Reflects gifts to the Stratford Festival and the Stratford Festival Endowment Foundation.

$20 MILLION +

Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis^

$10 MILLION TO $19,999,999

Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster*^ Kelly & Michael Meighen and the T.R. Meighen Family Foundation^ Sandra & Jim Pitblado^ Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner^

$5 MILLION TO $9,999,999

The Birmingham Family^

The late Robert G.E. Murray & the late Marion Murray Anonymous (1)

$2.5 MILLION TO $4,999,999

The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund Jane & Raphael Bernstein*^ Estate of Mona Louise Campbell Estate of Estelle H. Cohen* The Schulich Foundation Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio* Mary Winton Green & the late David Green*

$1 MILLION TO $2,499,999

Richard & Mona Alonzo* Sylvia D. Chrominska^ Dalio Philanthropies* The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation* Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin*^ MEH Foundation Rita & Rudy Koehler The Elizabeth Lang Fund Janet & Richard Lint^ Tim & Alexandra MacDonald^ The Richard James Mackler Endowment Fund for the Stratford Festival Estate of Nina Martin

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Dr. M.L. Myers & the late W.P. Hayman^ The Northpine Foundation The Honourable David & Shelley Peterson^ Tim & Frances Price Martie & Bob Sachs*^ Barbara & John Schubert*^ The Slaight Family Foundation Andy & Helen Spriet^ The George & Nancy Taylor Fund^ Catherine Wilkes in memory of David Matilda R. Wilson Fund* Anonymous (2)

LEADERSHIP DONORS Gifts and pledges in support of Productions and Special Projects in the 2025 season Reflects gifts and pledges made up to February 28, 2025

$2.5 MILLION +

Ophelia & Mike Lazaridis^ Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner^

$1 MILLION TO $2,499,999

Mona Alonzo Trust* The Marilyn and Charles Baillie Fund Catherine Wilkes in memory of David

$250,000 TO $999,999 Oriana & Rob Gordon^ The Elizabeth Lang Fund The Schulich Foundation Anonymous (2)

$100,000 TO $249,999 Tony & Anne Arrell Shawn & Judy Denstedt David & Amy Fulton Foundation* John & Therese Gardner*^ The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation The Fabio Mascarin Foundation MEH Foundation Laurie J. Scott Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio*

$50,000 TO $99,999

Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin*^ Dr. Dennis & Dorthea Hacker

Jody & Deborah Hamade The Harkins-Manning Family in memory of Jim & Susan Harkins The Henry White Kinnear Foundation Dr. Desta Leavine in memory of Pauline Leavine The Martin Family The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation Peggy Ptasznik in memory of Vic Ptasznik* Martie & Bob Sachs*^ Three Generations of the Schubert Family*^ Sylvia Soyka Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen Peter & Carol Walters*^ The Whiteside Foundation

$25,000 TO $49,999

Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall^ Bryan Blenkin & Alan Rowe Sylvia D. Chrominska^ Priscilla Costello Cathy & Paul Cotton Catherine Elliot Shaw Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* Marilyn Gropp Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation Jackman Foundation

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MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY AT THE FIRST REHEARSAL OF MACBETH. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANN BAGGLEY.

Doug Kennedy Jane Fryman Laird* The Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation Dr. M. L. Myers^ Esther Sarick^ Dr. Robert J. & Roberta Sokol* Carol Stephenson, OC^ The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation* The Tremain Family Anonymous (3)

$10,000 TO $24,999

Kate & Gil Arias*^ Nancy Cobban & Allan Walkinshaw Donner Canadian Foundation Julia Fesmire* Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation Huebner Waller Family Fund*^ The Jentes Family* Mark Monette & Judy F. Lane* Franklin H. Moore and Nancy S. Moore Foundation* Sandra Rotman in honour of Louis Applebaum Anonymous (2)

ESTATE GIFTS The Stratford Festival is grateful to these individuals who had the foresight and commitment to include the Festival in their estate plans.

As of Janaury 31, 2025 Estate of Catherine Black Estate of Jean Busch Estate of Mary Alice Doyle* Estate of Jane Elizabeth Gale Estate of M.L. Sam Grant Muriel Kassimatis Charitable Fund

Estate of Arline Kettle Estate of Anthony LaMarca* Marilyn Laughlin Trust Estate of Laura Lloyd-Carella Estate of Doris McCarthy Estate of Margaret McKelvey

Estate of Ellen Pearson Estate of Vida Peene Estate of Carole Rankmore Estate of Cecily Ratney Sharon Ruble Trust* Estate of Noelle Saville Estate of Nancy Schiefer Estate of Jeremiah Stamler*

Estate of Terrence Smith* Estate of Cynthia Trainor* Estate of James Franklin Walker Estate of Paul Warun Estate of Stephanie Wellis Estate of E. Joan Williams

PLAYWRIGHTS’ CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP Reflects gifts made between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $100,000+

The Schulich Foundation

PLATINUM STAGE $50,000 TO $99,999

Carol Stephenson, OC^

RUBY STAGE $25,000 TO $49,999

Sheila & Don Bayne Nani & Austin Beutel^ John Cassaday^ Antoni Cimolino & Brigit Wilson+ Nicole C. Eaton^ Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin*^ John & Judith Grant Doug Kennedy Hartman & Brenda Krug Paul Maranger & Robert Brown Margaret & Lawrence Marsland^ Delia M. Moog* Cecil & Linda Rorabeck^ In loving memory of Pamela Rowcliffe Martie & Bob Sachs*^ Jacqueline Sperandio* Mary Stowell* April & Kevin Turner*^ Peter & Carol Walters*^ The Westaway Charitable Foundation

SAPPHIRE STAGE $22,000 TO $24,999 CAD $20,000 TO $24,999 USD Arlene & John Lewis*^ Susan & Peter Restler*^ David Staines & Noreen Taylor^

EMERALD STAGE $14,000 TO $21,999 CAD $12,500 TO $19,999 USD David & Patricia Adams^ Richard & Mona Alonzo Fund* Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong C. E. Atkin-Phillips Charles L. Babcock IV & Nancy W. Hamilton* John & Dian Bell^ Bishop Family Foundation* William Chapman Marilyn E. Cook Barbara Crook & Dan Greenberg through the Danbe Foundation^ Jim Fleck Dr. Bob Gaines & Toni S. Burke* Brenda & James Grusecki* Dr. Desta Leavine Tom & Rosemary Logan

Louise MacCallum & Michael Barnstijn Michael & Kelly Meighen^ Nancy & the late Frank Moore* Louise Morwick & Lynn Miller Noel Mowat Carmi & Chris Murphy* Hilary Pearson & Michael Sabia^ Cathy & John Phillips Frances & Timothy Price Ann Savege Denis Schuthe & Lynne Dubeau Nargis Tarmohamed & Shaukat Mangalji^ Cindy Taylor & Scott McLauchlan Christopher Winn

DIAMOND STAGE $7,000 TO $13,999 CAD $6,000 TO $12,499 USD

Karen & Andy Abrams* Don & Nancy Allen Bob & Judy Astley^ Charles & Marilyn Baillie Laurie Barrett & Martin Block Colin Baxter & Ruth Harris Bishop John Baycroft Larry Beare Elin & Barry Becker Kaye & Paul Beeston^ Lee & Paul Blizman* Bob Boltz* George & Martha Butterfield Sharon & Howard Campbell Ellen & Brian Carr John Cleghorn & Gail Selley George & Edna Clemans* H. John Davidson & the late Cathay Weston William Dillane & Rena Bedard J. Driskill & L. Bryant John & Debbie Erb*^ M. Fainer Elaine Fieldman* Tina Filoromo* Donald & Cathy Fogel* Robert Forsythe* Wayne & Isabel Fox Anita Gaffney & Kevin Misener+ John & Therese Gardner*^ Heather V. Gibson Ian & Helen Giffen^ Miles Gilburne & Nina Zolt* M.A. Glover Dr. Thomas Gray & Linda MacDonald Ron Gustafson* Jody & Deborah Hamade Dr. William & Dr. Gretchen Harris Heidi Henschel

Archie & Jean Hunter Mrs. Karlene Hussey & Dr. Andrew Hussey^ Kathleen & David Jerome* The late Norman Jewison^ In memory of Mr. & Mrs. William Judson Johnson* Ann & Tom Johnston Charitable Fund* Martin Katz* Julia A. Keim*^ Kimberly Kelley* The Henry White Kinnear Foundation Cindy & Timothy Konich* Jane Fryman Laird* Paul & Anne Lake Dixi Lambert The Lawrason Foundation Donald Lee Janet Birnkrant Levine/ Ellsworth Levine* Tim & Alexandra MacDonald^ Mario & Barbara Malizia Mary McDougall Maude Graeme & Charlotte McIntosh Kathleen Minor Dot Morgan* Patricia Peloso Erica Peresman & David Jaffe*^ The Hon. David & Shelley Peterson^ Pitblado Family Foundation^ Jackie & John Porter Julian & Anna Porter^ Peggy & the late Vic Ptasznik* Paul & Ruth Rab* Anthony L. Reffells* Bonnie & Kenny Resinski* Brian Rolfes & Brad Berg^ Sabourin Family Foundation Sabine & Jochen Schleese Kay Schonberger^ Dr. H.G. Schwarz Sandor Shoichet* Gloria & Steve Smith Montagu J. Smith Rachel Smith-Spencer David Southen & Susan Carlyle Andy & Helen Spriet^ Karen Sprogis* Lawrence & Pamela Stevenson^ Dom Tassielli & Elena Pastura Kristin Taylor^ Chip & Barbara Vallis^ Ed & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke Peter Varty & the late Pat Martin Rick & Virginia Walker Lyman & Deana Welch* Nandita, Julian & Mayu Wise

Max & Mary Wisgerhof* James D. Witmer* Jim & Hilary Young^ Anonymous (6)

GOLD STAGE $3,500 TO $6,999 CAD $3,000 TO $5,999 USD

Diana & Rodger Alexander* Robert C. Anderson* Katie & Dave Andrea* D.L. Anthony, PhD* Gil Arias & Kate Hurckes Arias*^ Albert & Julie Ashley Gail Asper OC,OM, LLD & Michael Paterson Judy Axelrod & Tom Amatruda* Evelyn & Brian Babineau David Bach & Judy Hoenich John & Claudine Bailey Sarah & Jason Bandey Grant & Judi Barker Lee & Floy Barthel* Patti & David Beckett Breen Bentley Michael Bernstein & Nan DasGupta The Birks Family Foundation Jeffrey Black Marilyn Blatnikoff* Terry Boyle in memory of Jim Lawlor Michael Bradie* Lynn Brooks Ellen Brubaker & John Ross Patrick & E. Jane Burk* Paul Butler & Chris Black Nathan Butterworth & Jacques LaBelle Deborah & the late Dr. John Button Cambia Development Foundation In memory of Libby Campbell Brad & Stephanie Carson Joan Caruso* Louis Charpentier & Robert Wakefield Karen L. Cheah Austin & Gillian Chinn* Jean & Joe Chorostecki Allison Christilaw & Paul Douglas Emerson Doug & Terry Clark Greg Clarke Howard Cohen Vivienne Collinson Rhon & Jennifer Cooke Cathy & Paul Cotton John & Laurie Currie Rick & Elizabeth Davey Charles & Raisa Deber Patricia G. Debrusk Paul Dengel & Paula Morency* Shawn & Judy Denstedt

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Marie desJardins & John Park* Edward Devlin Dan & Penny Dodge Sharon E. Dowdall Catherine Dowell Anne W. Dupré Janet Ecker & Derek Nelson^ Nancy & William Edmunds* D. & G. Estey Family Foundation Barbara Evans Carol Fahey David Farmer Ron Farmer & Kathryn Stanley Robert Feeney Mark Feldman & Alexandra Hoy Sharon Feldman & Louis Porter* Dan Ferrier & Ron Northrup* Sara & Karl Fiegenschuh* Russell & Carol Finch Brian Flannery* Zela & Raymond Foley Patricia A. Forbes Mrs. William Clay Ford* Craig Foster & JoAnna Gordon Julia & Robert Foster^ Robert & Dr. Diane Fox* Alan & Ann Frank* Grace A. Franklin & the late Randall B. Ripley* Rhoda Jean Fraser Judith R. Freeman* Dick Furnstahl & Terri Stankiewicz* Patricia Fyfe Robert Gatfield Mr. & Mrs. B. Gibbings Sonny Goldstein & Dr. Betty Rozendaal Oriana & Rob Gordon^ Dr. Peter & Sheila Gorman Eleanor Gow Alex Graham & Karen Madorsky^ Charles A. Graham Neil Graham & Jeanie Nishimura A. Grice Stanley I. Griffin Sue & Cliff Haka* Vern & Lois Hall Doris Hausser* Glenna Hemphill Mary Ellen Herman Lauri & Jean Hiivala Nigel & Bridget Hodges Mary E. Hofstetter & R. David Riggs Warren Holmes & Lucille Roch John & Leni Honsaker Fund at Edmonton Community Foundation Susan & Richard Horner Sara Hradecky Trisha Jackson & Ramsay Derry Brenda & Len Jewitt Kent & Amy Jidov* Dr. Donald T. Jolly & Mrs. Christina Jolly George H. Jones & Vivienne Lee*^ Jeffrey & Jessica Kahn* Mark Kamstra & Lisa Kramer Danette Gentile Kauffman & Diane Adams* Gary & Mary Margaret Koreen Angelo & Rosalinda Lamberty* Jane Larkworthy Jeanne Petz Leaver* Reverend Robert & Mrs. Emily Leland

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Robert Lemon David & Susan Lewis The Linden-Fraser Family Mary Lister Nancy Lockhart & The Murray Frum Foundation Bobby & Cynthia Lowe* James & Connie MacDougall R. John MacLeod & Elizabeth Miller Janice & Swaminathan Madhu* Leor Margulies & Seval Alkin Dr. Marilyn Marshall Helen McArthur Margaret McCoy* Basil McDonald & Linda Ratcliffe Ross & Fran McElroy George McFadyen Elizabeth McGavin Jean & Paul McGrath Bob McKay, Nancy Pope, Judy Faucett & Barb Coffman Esther McNeil in memory of John D. McNeil Nancy McPherson Gloria & James McSherry^ Julie Medland Dr. Don Melady & Mr. Rowley Mossop Eugene & Lois Miller* Jean Misener Marg Misener Deirdre & Dennis Moore* Colleen Moorehead^ Deborah Ann Nathan Rev. Richard Newland Dr. Roy Norton Dr. Ellen J. O’Flaherty* Lawrence Olszewski, PhD* J. & S. Ondercin Daniel O’Reilly Rick & Jane Orr^ Mrs. Tom Orr^ Oxford Sand & Gravel Limited Sunny & Nini Pal Neil & Sharon Parkinson Drs. David Parratt & Janis MacNaughton Christie Peck & Buck Baker* Dave & Liz Pelletier Suzanna Perine* Michael Pharoah & Linda Lee James & Anne Pianosi Polk Family Charitable Fund* Scott Pollard & Suzannah Patmios Dr. Reza & Sheryl Rastegar Marcia Rector Linda K. Rexer*^ Thomas & Susan Richey* Cathy Riggall & Keith Potter^ Dr. Anne Robinson John & Cheryl Rosten* Sharyn & the late Rainer Rothfuss Alan Rowe & Bryan Blenkin Ruth & Joseph Rudner Anne Sado^ Dianne & Jim Sanderson Marion & Victoria Saunderson Ken Scaddan & Sean Trofin Schaljo Family Judy & David Schiffman* Bill & Dallas Schubert* Jack Scoffield Laurie J. Scott Marilyn & Wes Scott Thomas & Nancy Seitz* Kenneth G. Shelley* Cheryl & Paul Simpson John & Jill Skinner Barbara A. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Smith* Deborah Smith Dr. Patrick Smith & Peter Coleridge Dr. Robert J. & Roberta Sokol* Dr. Diane M. Soubly* Renate & the late Richard Soulen* Sylvia Soyka Karen & Frederick Spaulding* Sandy Stark & Michael Rowlands Ann Marie Stasiuk & Rick Matthews Gordon & Elaine Steed Apollonia Steele Deirdre Stevenson Janet E. Stewart Kerry Stuckey Beverly & Geoffrey Suderman-Gladwell Drs. David & Susan Tamblyn^ Dr. David Taylor William & Carol Taylor Tom Terpstra* Herm & Laurie Thomas* Gordon & Mary-Anne Thompson* Kim & Dave Thompson+ Bettie & Mark Tullis Robert & Eloise Turner Douglas & Beverly Valentine Jane & Robert Van der Kraan Marcel & Edith van Hulle James van Raalte & Natasha Pateman Dr. Kelly Vogt & Dr. Brad Moffat Henry & Mary Frances Wagner* Joan & Jean Waricha* Janet West Geoffrey & Lisa Wheable Leslie Clare Whitfield* Dr. Valerie Wise* Brenda Wivell Jan Woodley Jeremy & Carrie Wreford Bradshaws^ John & Leslie Wright Sylvia Wright Mark Yakabuski Wenda Yenson & Ken Hurdle Eleana Yun Saul & Tracy Zackson Martha Altschuller Zaritsky* Anonymous (18)

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Eleanor Abra Abramson/Torrens Family M. Ackerman Doug & Lavonne Adams* Michael A.W. Adams+ George & Frances Alderson* Anne & Douglas Alexander Michael & Suzan Alexander* Clive V. Allen Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson* Alan Anderson Michael Andrassy & Ann Guthrie Susan Andresen & Paul Newell Thomas Anglewicz & Florentina Cruz* Caroline Archer Judie Arrowood A.J. Ashley Margaret Atwood

Laurel & Rob Austin Ted & Carol Aziz James C. Baillie & Dr. Elizabeth Kocmur Dr. Cornelia & the late Dr. Andrew Baines Jeannie Baird Laurence R. & Barbara K. Baker* Richard J. Balfour Balfour Bowen Family Foundation Gerry & Elizabeth Baranecki Bev Shugg Barbeito & Peter Barbeito Helga Barenberg Calvin Barrett Barbara Barrie Arlene M. Barris* John Battaglia & M. Ellen Tarpey* Pam M. Baxter* Karen Beazley R. Joanne Beckett Katherine Beebe* Charles & Mary Anna Beer Norbert Beilstein & Alan Lee Rob Bell & Diane Walker^ Betty Jo & Tom Belton Janis Berg* Michael & Sherle Berger* Joseph & Roza Berkowitz Dr. Ira Bernstein Kathryn & Michael Berry* Rick & Kaila Bingen* Lorna Blair Susan Blakney Murray & Ellen Blankstein Christine Bloch & Guy Chadsey Brian & Rebecca Blowes Robert & Judith Blowes Anne Bode Dr. R. Bolger & H. Rottenberg* Barbara Bolton Ted & Michele Boniface Ruth-Ann Boos Sandra Boucher & Kathy Larkins Bob & Donna Bourne Dr. Nancy Riedel Bowers Phil & Ann Bowman David & Patti Bragg Larry Brennan & Moira Burke Doug & Val Brenneman The Brett Law Firm Ltd. Elaine L. Brickman* David Bridger & Jan Cullen Michael Brisbin & Julie Konrad Paul Brisson & Anne Toal Doug & Mary Lou Brock Anne J. Brown Stephen Brown Dr. Stephen E. & Mrs. Patricia Brown Trish & Alex Brown Wendy Brown Alan & Sally Bryant Chris Bucko & Eva Wu* Roberta & Phil Bucksbaum & Bea & Dan Kleppner* Marjorie & Bill Buhlman Rapley Bunting Aimee Burbridge Deb & Fred Burklen Sharon & Martin Butler+ Mary Byers Dorothy Lynne Byrne-Jones Joseph Cabell & Roy Forrester Eileen F. Calabrese* Richard & Janice Caloia* Billie-Rose Cameron & Peter Cybulski Stacey Campbell Dr. Janette Caputo* Sue & Ron Carroll* Terry Carroll

Harriet & Jeff Carter* Roddy & Patricia Caulfeild Rick Chambers Beverley Chernos Olia & Bohdun Chodoriwsky Amar Choksi Gerry & Carol Chrisman* Bonnie Christensen Roberta Christianson Laura Clark & Curtis Vander Hyden+ Debi & Ken Clarke Dr. Janice Coates Rod & Mary Coates Nancy Cobban & Allan Walkinshaw Paul Cocker & Trish Fulton Justice Carol Cohen Robert Colliver Dr. Lee Ann Conover* Holly & Bryan Conroy* C. Ann, William J. & Liana Cook Susan Cooper-Twiss Ruth & Barry Corbin & Friends, Romans & Countrymen Katherine Robb Corlett Constance & Ron Corrigan* Colin Couchman & Elan Paulson Dorothy Courtnage Robert & Phyllis Couzin Dr. M. L. Coveney David Cowan* Don Cowan Joanne & Tom Cowan Derek & Gay Cowbourne Dr. Timothy & Linda Cox* Joyce Crago Lynne Cram David & Kathleen Cranmer Bill & Rochelle Crawford Elizabeth T. Crawford* Heidi Croot & Phil Carey Jacqueline Crosby & George Kerhoulas Dianne & Bill Cross Carl Cucco & Blythe Lee* Carole Curtis Margaret Daicar Marylee Dalton & Lynn Drickamer* B. H. Davidson MD Elizabeth & Ted Davidson^ Mrs. Elaine Davies Barbara F. & Dale G. Davis* David & Linda Dayler Margaret De Koyer-Watson* Cynthia Baine De Maagd* Michael & Christine De Santis Barry Deathe & Susan Brown Richard Dees & Jennifer Kwon* Lia Del Duca-Howie Sandra Ragland Demson Dennis DesRosiers Fraser Deziel & Jessica Jones-Deziel George Dickey Gus & Judy Diestel Subhash & Jayashree Dighe Chuck & Margaret Dingman^ Michael Dingman & Susan Sumner-Dingman* Michael Disney Gail & Neil Dolson Stuart & Heather Dombey* George & Corinne Donald Mearle & Elizabeth Doucet Bradley Douglas & Tong Zhou Mark R. & Susan L. Draves* Dr. Diane Driessen & Ronald W. Currin* Diana Drouillard* Arnold & Cheri Drung Jean E. Dryden

Robert Dunigan & Robert McDonald Alma & Ron Durand Michael & Leslie Dyon Harry Edgar Mr. & Mrs. Donald Edward The late Philip Edwards C. A. Eierman* Stanley & Susan Eisenhammer* Frederick R. Eldridge Paul L. Epner & Janet Gans Epner* Marjory Winkelman Epstein* James & Mona Ermatinger* The Marguerite & Ted Evans Family Foundation Maggie Ewert Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* Dr. Allan & Dr. Renee Falconer Franklin & Stephanie Famme^ Howard & Donna Famme^ Drs. Donald Farquhar & Kathryn Myers N. J. Farrell Lou & Merle Fazzini* Jason Fear Claudia M. Fegan* Abel Feinstein & Julie Towell* Arthur & Shirley Fergenson* Denise Fergusson Marilyn & Tim Field John & Karen Fischer* Mike Fischer & Elaine Griffin* Peter & Jean Fleche* Bill & Ann Fleming Jan Fleming & Mitch Winnik Karen Fleming & Kathryn Fleming Kate & Rowland Fleming^ Louis & Mary Pat Flores Dr. Michael Flores & Dr. Alan Grigg* Sandra L. Flow* Larry & Gayle Folliott Fondel Chemicals Limited Christine Foote Sean & Shauna Forbes Karen L. Ford* J.E. & Michele Fordyce Carol & Burke Fossee* Bonnie Foster & Jim Bertram William & Kathleen Fothergill* Libby Fowler^ Stephen Francom Margaret & Katherine Fraser In memory of Yvonne Fraser Gloria Friedman* Mr. & Mrs. James R. Fugitte*^ James C. Funk* Susan & Henry Gabriels Elizabeth Longfield Gagnon Jim & Jayne Gall* Joyce Garnett Paul Gaspar & Celia Zanatta Marie Gear & Larry Cerson Glen Geiger Suzanne Gerhold* Hope & Libby Gibson John & Toni Gibson* Catharine Gilbertson & Norman Scott Nigel & Rhonda Gilby Luke Gilgan^ Penny Gill & Chris Pibus Christine Gill-Cuffaro* Wayne Gilpin Donna & Trevor Gimbel Brent & Heather Gingerich Lucie Gingras Stephen Gleason & Ron Schwab Halbert Gober

Laurie Goldbach & Brett Code Dr. David Goldbloom & Dr. Nancy Epstein^ Jim & Eva Good Abby Goodrum Fred & Charleen Gorbet Arlene Gorelick* John & Sarah Gosling* Lynn & Robert Gould Jim Govanis Bruce & Jane Graham Dorothy J. Graham Ron & Gitte Granofsky Stephen Gray Brian Greenspan & Marla Berger Kathryn L. Greenspan* Gilles Grenier & Juliet Howland Julius Grey & Lynne-Marie Casgrain Michael G. Grey Katherine Grimsdale Theodoor & Jacquelyn Groen Marilyn Gropp Julie Gustafson* Dr. Don & Mary Jane Gutoski Suzanne McDonald Gysbers & Neil Gysbers^ Kathlyn Hagerman Jane Halliday Paul & Anne-Marie Halliday E. Hamilton James Hammontree & Alexander Parr* Tom & Sarah Hamza+ Danielle & William Hanson* Robert & Pam Hart* Ronald & Franziska Hart* Nancy Hartry & Frank Burke Neil & Annmarie Hawkins* The Hay Foundation Judy & David Hecker* In memory of Mildred S. Hedrick* J. Daniel Heilman MD* Jane & Ralph Heintzman Jay Helms & Terry O’Loughlin* John & Ann Hemingway Glynis A. Henry Vic & Marion Hepburn James & Susan Herman*

Lawrence & Beatrice Herman Roberta Herod Ann & Glen Herring Wendi & Murray Hiebert Trish & Chuck Higgins* Ron Hikel & Tricia O’Malley Hank & Mary Hildebrand* Barbarie F. Hill* Donald & Jean Hillis Nora Hillyer Wendy & Joe Hirschegger Dr. Susan Hiscock Patti & Peter Hnatiw^ Brent & Rachel Hodge Ted & Judy Hodgkiss* Laurie Hoffman-Goetz & Wendelin Goetz Geoffrey Hole Ron & Susan Holliday Ron & the late Joan Holmes Michael Homer^ Kenneth & Janet Hook Grant & Lily Hopcroft Michiel Horn & Cornelia Schuh Dr. Ronald & Carol Horowitz* Dr. Barbara Hort* Dr. & Mrs. Andrew A. House Robin & Charlotte Hoy Sally A. Hoyles John & Karen Hueston Jill Humphries James C. Hunt Darryl & Colleen Huras+ William Hurst Paul & Margaret Hurtubise Laura Hutter Jeffrey Hyttenrauch John Inciura Wayne D. & Leslie Ann Ingram Dr. Jann Istead Stanley Jackson Elliott Jacobson & Judy Malkin John L. Jacobson & Carol J. Hargreaves* Kent & Pat James Sandy Jamieson Arlene Jillard Glenn & Joan Johnson Mary Johnston & Andrew Crawford* Dorothy Jolliffe

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Harry Joosten & Kathleen Murphy Richard Joyrich* Cheryl Jurjens Jacob & Grace Jutzi Dan & Catherine Kaloutsky Eleanor Kane^ Sheri-Lynn Kane & Jim Dickey Craig & Carol Kapson* In memory of Thomas Kaska* Thomas Kay & Bryan Kaufman Patrick & Barbara Keenan Foundation Lisa Keeping & Doug Brown Heather Kellerhals-Stewart John F. Kelley* Margaret Kelly & David Crombie Brent & Marilyn Kelman David & Tracey Kempsell* Nancy Keppelman & Michael Smerza* Kyle Kerr & Stephen Bique* Marie E. Kessler* Sharon & David Kessler* Dr. Prakash & Mrs. Ulka Khare Dr. Mary Kirtz & Dr. Thomas Van Nortwick* Thomas I. & Linda Z. Klein Philanthropic Fund* John & Marge Knebel Alexis Kneeland & Gay Strakshus* Lois Knepflar & David Cramton Jennifer Knox & Blair Gunhouse Doug & Debbie Koegler In memory of Rudy Koehler Larry Koerner Mary Kowaltschuk & Ron Linseman Barry Kropf* Karen E. Krueger* Alexandra & Joe LaCombe* Deb Ladeheim* Christine R. Laing* Sally E. Lane Kim N. Lang Jeremy & Heather Langohr Tom & Nancy Laurie Barbara Law Susan Layard Anne Louise Layton & Jamie Isbister Lynda E. Leaf Eda & Bruce Leaman Neal & Dominique Lee Alexander & Anna Leggat Dr. Barbara Lent & Prof. Robert Solomon Robert & Maureen Leon Dr. Renee S. Lerche* Robin & Jerrold Lerman Dr. Harvey & Mona Levenstein Dr. Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. Wittenburg* Janet Lewis & John Mader* John & Michele Lewis Douglas Lindner Carole Lindsay David & Charmaine Lindsay Cathy Lindsey+ Sandy Linver & Bud Kornman* Roger & Susan Lipsey* Anthony & Betsy Little^ Clare & Ken Livak* Velda Lloyd* Gail Lockyer The Rev. John Lockyer Dr. Jeffrey F. Loo & Diane M. Kautz* Esther Loth* Barbara & Alan Low Jeff & Marg Low

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Steve Lowden Rebecca Luce-Kapler & Kevin Kapler Patricia Lumsden Tom Luxon & Ivy Schweitzer* The Lyons Family* Joan MacDermid Doug MacDougald & Barbara Green Michele A. Machowicz & Thomas J. Becvar* R. Susan MacIntyre Dr. Angus & Janice Maciver Thomas MacKay & Dr. R. Darren Stanley Alistair W. MacLean & Gail B. MacAllister K. MacLeod Kevin & Nancy Magee Meg Mahoney & Mike Connelly* Nancy Saunders Maitland Cheryl Manny Wendy L. Mansbridge John A. Manwaring Peter & Beverley Maranger Catherine March & John Wdowczyk Stephen Markan & Coral Markan Davidson Kerry Marshall Veronica Anne Martin Laura Anne Mason Chris & Keith Masterman W. Matheson Dan & Carolyn Mathieson Marcia Matsui & Roger Cotton^ Sue & Biff Matthews Alan & Debbie May Christian & Shelley Mayer Dr. Fran McCordic Dr. J. E. McCruden Harvey & Sharon McCue^ Nora McDonald Margo McDonell Elda McDowell Nancy & John McFadyen Robert McGeachy & Kimberley MacKenzie H. E. McGill John McGrade Kandice McKee & Desi Brownstone Sharon McKenzie Dr. Murlene E. McKinnon* Dianne McKnight Fred & Kate McLean Jean Anne McLeod & David Stones Jenn M. McMillan Daniel & Cindy McPhee Warda Shazadi Meighen^ Drs. P. & N. Mercer The Very Reverend James Merrett The Mersol Family* Peter & Sandra Metelski Gord & Maggie Miall Brian & Anne Miatello Dr. Lisa Mikitch Michael Milde & Valerie Mills-Milde Denny & Libby Miller Glen Miller Mary Anne Miller Andrea F. Mitchel* Bert & Kathy Moberg* Mary Mogford & Tom Campbell Doug Moles Ruth Molzan Kelly Monaghan* In honour of Pinuccia Latino Moncada Suneeta & Amit Monga^ Dr. Angela & Mr. Neil Montgomery F. G. Moore & D. E. Arsenault

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A. James Memmott & Cynthia Schmitt* Cedric Miller Phillip & Yuko Moll* Tina & Fred Monreal* Roslyn Moorhead Mary & James Morgan Daniel & Paula Most* Dr. Brian Murphy & Toni Sanchez-Murphy* Linda A. Mutton* Joe Nash* Leisha Nazarewich Dr. Brooke Noftle Michael O’Beirn & Christine Whatley Andre & Gina Paradis Peter Parolin* Pat & Dave Paruch* David J. Pasquino Hilary H. Patriok* David & Cathy Pawson Carol & Wade Peacock* James R. Pearson Elizabeth A. Pentland David Porter & Margaret Poutasse* Mary Poss Jane Prance J.A. Prestage & Lisa Goodmurphy Alison N. Reeve & Charles R. Rose Karen & Paul Rempel Hannah Ridge* Judith Ritchie Keith Ritchie Scot Robertson Catherine M. Rod* Felix & Caroline Rogers* David & Barbara Rohde* Margaret Rutherford & Dean Van Hooydonk Dr. Vinod & Mrs. Gail Sahney* Sandra Salerno David & Terese Salisbury* Michael Samborsky Drs. Jeffrey Sams & Linda Hall* Janet Schmitt* Rebecca F. Schupbach* Herbert & Melody Shanbaum Dennis Shaughnessy* Kimberly Shaw

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP SUSTAINER MEMBERS $1,200 TO $1,749 CAD $1,000 TO $1,499 USD

Lisa Adams Elpida A. Agathocleous Diane Aman* Rex & Mairelis Anderson* The Annis Family Ann & Brian Arnold David Arnold & Patricia Robb* Ellen E. Atkinson Les & Sue Barber* Earl & Elizabeth Barnsley Jeffrey & Janet Bean* Jonah Bea-Taylor* Cynthia & David Beekley* Mary Jane Beingessner Susan & Tim Benning* Peter & Robin Bernath* Milt Betteridge Drs. James Biagi & Barbara Fuller Charles & Linda Borgsdorf* Lynda & David Bowen Barry & Pam Bradford* John & Irene Briedis* Betty Brush James Bullock Dr. Susan Butler Sam & Barbara Caldwell* Margaret Campbell-Boyle & Brian Boyle Angela Carruthers & Andrew Hammond Eva Chapin Jeanne & Henry Ciok John & Claudia Cook* Robert & Maureen Cook David Copeland Coral Courtney Dr. Joanne Coutts Kate Crawford Robert Crouch & Grant Wedge* Bill & Lora Cummings Fred Dean & Karyn O’Neill Patricia Dehaan* Pauline Demeester Patty Dempsey & Tom Maguire* Jim & Mary Fran Derby* Nicholas & Susan Dietrich Sandy Di Martino Eileen Dobell

R. Arthur & Margaret Duboyce Kate & Jerry Dudding* Tara Duhan* Richard Dumala Mary & Frank Eberl* Victor Eiser Cheryl Elliott Ken & Amy Elwert* Mara Engel Charlotte Estafen* Patricia Farrow Donald & Stella Farwell Anna Lynn Ferguson Elizabeth Finlay Edward & Nancy Fody* Anne & Fabrizio Fontana James & Rachelle Frederick* David & Carmen Fuller Dr. Judit Gaal Peter Garstang Marek & Ann Gawel Dr. Hugh Gayler & Eileen Martin Thomas M. Gervasi* Cathy Gibbs Joan Gilroy Robert Glatt Shelley & Ken Glick Elaine Godwin The Goldblatt Family, in Honour of Gordon Spergel Darcy Gordon & Ann Cullen Richard Gotlib Judith H. Graves* Dale & Kurt Grossen Vance & Virginia Gudmundsen* Heather & Preston Gurd Jane Hair David Hamilton David N. Harris* Gunter & Margaret Hartwig Karin Henderson Maureen & Bill Henderson Pamela & Howard Holmes* Dr. Sharon Horlick Kirsten Hughes Karen Hultin Ronald & Marilyn Humphrey Bruce & Mary Hutchinson Susan & Paul Hyman* Mr. & Mrs. A. Incretolli David James

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Maureen Simpson & Almos Tassonyii Shelly & Bob Siskind Adrienne & Arthur Smith-Windsor David Smukler Christopher Southam & Donna De Boehmler David & Trudy Spence Marion Steele Douglas Stinson & Janet Feller David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel* Bruce & Gayle Tait Christine Teeple+ Robert & Anne Thaler Nancy Theisen* Linda Thompson* Margaret Thompson & Larry Davidson Jonathan & Diane Townsend Terry Triskle & Sabina de Stecher Dorothy Turner* The Rev. Richard L. Ullman* Henry Van Drunen & Lykke Brandemark Van Drunen Martha Vander Kolk* Gary J. von Holwede Barbara Wasserman* Bruce Westlake & Linda TerHaar* Dianne & Gary Westlake Tim & Arlinda Wickland* Andrea Willis* Larry Willis & Robyn Ellis* James & Sharon Wilson Vida Winegarden John & Julia Worthen* Wayne Young Ann M. & Daniel Zsebehazy* Anonymous (23)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS $700 TO $1,199 CAD $650 TO $999 USD

Christine O. Adams* Steven & Laurie Adams* Arlene Albrich Bill Allen Tom & Lois Allum* Meredith Alston Bill & Nancy Anderson Pat & Leslie Andrews Robert Andrews Dr. Philip Anisman Lori Anschuetz & Celia Easton* Ross & Yvonne Archibald Dr. Marion Arthur Richard E. Austin Sandra & James Bade* Marvin Baer Catherine Baker* Edward & Janice Bardzik* Anne Baumann David & Rebecca Bean Kevin Bell Doris Belland Paul & Rosemary Bender Elizabeth Bennett* R. Peter Bennett Daniel Benson & Grant Campbell Maia Bent & Michael McKinlay Janet Bernreuter Wanda Bielawski Margaret W. Bird* Steve & Allison Blakey Diane Bleich* K. & K. Bocking T.J. & Chrissy Bogan* C.A. Bolton Clare Booker & Jay Mowat Carol Bossenberry & Ralph Wallis

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Lorne & Pam Bossin Roger & Rita Boyle Walter & Kim Bradley John & Lyn Bredell* John & Peg Breslin* William & Arlene Brewster* David Brock Diane & Douglas Brohm Beverly A. Brown Alex Browning Walter Brunner Ruth Anne & Mark Brus* Donald & Tracy Bryce Michelle Bryk* Jean Bubba Brian Bucknall & Mary Jane Mossman Keith & Tamar Burnett Joanne Burns & Larry Shoffner* Thomas & Pat Buscher Rita Button Anthony & Carol Caminite* Ann Campbell Brian Carey Paul & Andra Carpino Terry & Magdalen Carter Barbara Caruso John Casey* Franco & Betty Catanzariti Carol S. Chadwick* Dianna Chandler Karen Cheadle* Noam & Beryl Chernick Cherlye Clark Earl C. Clark Philip & Kay Clarke Bruce & Judy Clarkson Lita Classen & Allan Behan Michele & James Clemens Maurice & Christine Clement David & Clare Closz* Ellen T. Cole Rev. John P. Comiskey Jeff & Marjorie Conner* Barbara & Cody Cooper Christa & the late Norm Corell Dr. James Coulton & Judith Kashul John Coulton George & Wink Covintree* Jim Cressman Ian & Beth Croft Margaret Croft Steve Dalton & Lynn Leith Sherry Daniel John David Reid & Linda Davis Bonnie Dawe Fred & Trudy DeVries Dr. Robert C. Dickson Dr. Mark & Katie Diotallevi Maribeth Ditchfield Neil & Susan Dobbs Frederick & Nancy Dolehanty* Neil & Marcia Dorsey* James & Ellen Doyle* J. Thomas Dukes* Elizabeth Durand Sheila Durant & Judy Walsh Allan & Susan Edwards Jeff & Karen Egan Wendy & Elliot Eisen Eleanor Ellins Roger & Janet Emery eTrenchless Group John & Charlotte Eufinger* John & Pat Evans Lance & Ann Evoy Michael & Nancy Fair Charles Fairbank & Pat McGee David Feeny Bill & Mildred Ferguson Julia Fesmire* Richard & Judith Field Barbara Fingerote

Ron J. Fischer & Dr. Joyce Banks Sophie & Leon Fisher Graham & Silke Flint Pete Flintoft* Martha L. Foote Margaret J. Ford* John Francis & Wanda Thompson Cindy & Frank Franklin* Jacquie Fraser Ceairy Free & Matt Bossence+ Jan & Doug Gayman Douglas George Steve & Lauran Gilbreath* Ellen Gilmore John & Sarah Gilmour* Mary & O’Derald Gingerich Susan Ginsberg Trevor Gittins-White & Nana Deshima Marcia & Bernie Glick John & Susan Goddard John & Kathie Gonder John R. Good Jean & Ray Goodier Mary Gordon Leslie F. Graham Larry & Martha Gray* Charles Greiner Dr. Franklin & Mrs. Merle Griff* Betty A. Gropp Paul A. Grose William & Frances Gruber Lloyd & Randy Gussis* Fred & Connie Hall Fred & Clare Halliwill* Vincent & Elizabeth Hamacher Gavin & Beatrice Hamilton Bill Hammond John & Ruth Hannigan Rev. Dr. Nancy E. Hardy Robert & Betty Harlow William Harper & Susan Pepper Carol I. Harrison* Roy & Debora Harrold Ron Hart Susan & Ken Hasseler* Helen Hawkins William Heimann & Mary Toll* Barb & Kevin Hendrick* Mary & Larry Hennessey* Don & Sylvia Henry* Debbie & Doug Herridge David & Ellen Hildner* Thomas Hill Charles Hillary & Nadean Yovanovich Hillary* The Hiller Ophoff Family* Anne & Bruce Hilton Steven C. Hisey Gerry & Greta Hofstra Cecil Holtrop & Mary Jansen Lori & Brian Hoppe* Derf & Rita Hopsecger* Naomi & Sandy Horodezky Robert & Maureen Horrell* William Horrell & Kate Nessler* James Hughes Graeme & Susan Hunter Grant & Jane Inglis Mr. & Mrs. Alick C. Innes Colleen & Roy Ireland Dr. Roderick & Alberta Jack Barbara Jackel Margit A. Jackson* Jacobs Family Mark Jacobs* Susan & David James Teresa Janik & Steven Ries Norma Jansson William Martin Jean & David Gooding*

Calvin Jen & William Wyatt Kathryn & David John Kristina R. Johnson* David & Stacey Jones James Jordan George & Chris Joyce Pat & Sue Kaltenbach* Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kamen Philip & Caroline Kane David E. Kaplan* Diane & John Kaplan* Timothy & Debra Kavanagh Betty Kellenberger & Eleanor Love* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Kendzior* Dr. Mary A. Kennedy Francine Kenney & Mario Richard Barbara Kidd* Steve King Lise Klemme Richard & Mary Kay Koerner Kim Koivukoski R. Kong Marjorie & Dave Kostelnik* John & Susan Koval Rosemary Krimbel & John Garton* Marilyn Kronis Deborah Kuehnbaum Alex Kuskis & Judy Harvey Susan Kusturin & Joanne Dundass Linda Kutter Catherine & Tim Kwiatkowski Jennifer Laird Margaret & Stephen Lamont Greg Lashutka & Catherine Adams* Mr. & Mrs. Laws Julie Y. Lee Dr. Susan Levitt Chalom & Frank Mandlebaum* Richard & Sandray Levy Dorinda Lewis Nicole & Roger Lewis* Robert & Maureen Leyser Michael & Debra Lisull* Susan Little Robert & Bonnie Logan* Anna & Armando Lopez James Macanuel Carole & John Macaulay Art & Carol MacDonald Flora Macdonald Derek MacIsaac Dianne MacKeigan Joanne MacKenzie Dr. Gail Macpherson Thomas A. MacWilliam David & Kathy Maister* Dr. Suzanne Majhanovich Allan R. Male Chris & Jen Marrocco Laura Martin Randall Martin+ Roy Martin & Frank Ripplinger Sara Martin Stan & Sue Martin William & Agnes Martin* Lillian Martingano Deb Matthews Sandra Maxwell Gordon McArthur Sharon McCarthy Susan McCawley & Dennis Hewitt Thomas D. McClenaghan D. Ann McClure Lucy & Bruce McDiarmid Hugh & Jane McDonald Allan & Nellie McDowell* Rob & Susan McEwen Anne & John McGee Helen & Donald McGillivray Nancy McKeraghan Sarah McKnight Steve & Denise McLaren

Howard & Janet McLean Larry & Ardyth Melnychuk Beth & Bob Mepham Susan Merskey Pennie A. Meyers* Richard & Karen Middaugh* Don & Lisa Miettinen Jason L. Miller+ Kenn Miller* Stephen Milligan John & Jill Mills Barbara E. Minshall Harriet & Dale Mitchell Joan E. Mollon Ilene Montana* Ann & Steve Moriarty Reverend J.P. Ian Morrison Judith Mosel Larry & Deb Mosnyk Sylvie Mougeot & Neil Crawford Deb & Doug Mountain Thomas & Marceline Mudie* Carol & Linda Muehlig* Dawn D. Mullinger* Frances Murray Vickie Murray Geoffrey Nathan* Sam Nelson* Nairn Nerland Sybil Nowell Paula Nunes Lynn & John O’Donnell* Dr. Terry O’Donnell* Janice Oliver Marney & Gary Opolsky Tim O’Regan Barbara Ortelli Brian & Beverley Osborn Nancy K. Owens Carolyn Ozimek Maria Pacheco & Peter Hurley Dr. Joe Pagliarello & Heather May Donna & Harvey Palmer* Leslie Palmer Rev. Lou Papes* Barry & Lynne Paquette Bob Parker Michael Parody

Edward Parsons Doug Paterson Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Pawlowicz* Michael & Carolyn Pearce Michael Pearson Dr. Gary Pekeles Paul & Cathy Penman Frank & Sue Penny Bruni Penzhorn Mary Pickett & Rich Teets* Robert Pilon Lauren & Lois Pitalis* Elaine Pomeranz & Joel Bregman* Kevin & Marcia Pufpaff* Brigitte & Rod Quinney Ian Quirt & Jacinta Meharchand Brenda Million Radford William & Isabelle Radock* Barbara Rand & Dr. Olaf Plotzke Jodi & Ron Ranney Mr. & Mrs.Yaddanapudi Ravindranath* Harold Redekopp Jim & Marian Redford Dr. & Ms Steven & Leonie Reinhart Karen Reist Bonnie Richardson Sue & Mark Richardson* Cameron & Sharon Ridsdale Edward & Arlene Robinson Dr. Gertrude Robinson Robert Robinson Laura Robison* Kevin & Teresa Rodger Eleanor Rogers Louis & Cindy Rose* Greyson Ross Wayne Rosser Dr. Karen Roth* Marcia Ruff & Tom Wilkinson* Richard & Nancy Runels* Paul & Joan Rutherford Cameron & Darren Sabino Sandra & Paul Sales Steve & Karla Salese

Maureen L. Sampson Jason Sands & Cat Schmitt Sands* Brad Saunders John Sayers & Eleanor Latta Paul & Wendy Scagnetti Lyn Schlotzhauer Eleanor Schnall Marjorie Schryer & Joan Reynolds Ed & Jenn Senez In memory of Sheila K. Shaw Dr. Kevin & Cheryl Shine Mary Ann & Peter Shumaker* Susan Simenz* Robert Simpson Dr. Glenn W. Sinclair Maureen G. Singleton Keith & Dorothy Sjogren Robert Slattery & Toni Morales* Ron & Kathleen Slaughter Elliot & Retta Slotnick* Jim & Sheree Slott* Calvin & Katherine Smith Rev. Clifford G. Smith* John & Lois Smith Alvin Spaxman Jacqueline & Erich Specht Michele Speir Alan & Julie Spergel Dr. & Mrs. F.R. Sprague* Susan & Ray Stancer Elaine & Joseph Steiner Andrea & Norm Steinhauser Ken Stephen Robert A. & Sylvia S. Stevens* Shelley Stevenson+ David & Beverley Stone Ann & Ross Stuart+ Mr. & Mrs. E. Sudmals Dr. Jamie & Laurie Syer Katie Tanious Joanna K. Taylor Reid S. Thebault & Catherine Duchon* Catherine Tile Rowland & Linda Tipper Neil & Jo-Ann Tobin

Jim & Margaret Toni Susan Traill & Gene Burdenuk JoAnn Trottier April Truant David & Heather Tuttle Grace Untucht Mary Usher-Jones Karen Vander Kant Sally Vernon Rick Verrette & George Jolink Halina & Kurt von dem Hagen Peter & Diane Waldock Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann Bill Wallace* Edward Waller* Lesley Walthers Donna & Royal Ward* Richard & Donna Warden* Catherine Warner Dr. Arthur Watton Mark & Catherine Weaver* Lawrence Weis & Dr. Kathleen McCarroll* Christine & Richard Weisfelder* Robert & Judith Weiss* Gloria Whelan* Alden & Susan White Jon & Catherine Whitehead David Whitney Mai Why & Peter Levitt Margaret Williams Robert & Ann Williams F. Alan Wilson Margaret E. Wilson Fred Wrobleski* Renee Yardley George Young Hilda Young & Bruce Hanna Jill & Dave Young* Wayne & Dianne Yundt Gregory Alan & Bernadette Mary Zemenick* David & Suzanne Zimmerman* Anonymous (61)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 | FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, TORONTO

A SPECTACULAR EVENING CELEBRATING THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL AND HONOURING

DONNA FEORE For more information visit stratfordfestival.ca/Gala

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED BELTON.

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ENDOWMENT DONORS ETERNITY LEVEL $5 MILLION+

Bruce & Betty Birmingham^ Department of Canadian Heritage Hon. Michael A. Meighen & Kelly Meighen^ Dr. Robert G. E. Murray & Marion I.N. Murray Fund Sandra & Jim Pitblado^ Province of Ontario - Arts Endowment Fund Program The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada

EPOCH LEVEL $2 MILLION TO $4,999,999

The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund Estate of Mrs. Estelle H. Cohen* David Green & Mary Winton Green* Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio*

LEGACY LEVEL $1 MILLION TO $1,999,999

Rita & Rudy Koehler The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Education Initiatives Fund, in honour of Richard Monette The George & Nancy Taylor Fund^

MILLENNIUM LEVEL $500,000 TO $999,999

Estate of Dr. Viera Barta Frederick & Stephanie Bishop* In memory of Susan Harkins Estate of Barbara Jo-Anne Heggie Beryl Ivey & Richard Ivey The Richard Ivey Foundation The Elizabeth Lang Fund Janet & Richard Lint^ The late Frank & Nancy Moore* Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Fund Deirdre Stevenson

CENTURY LEVEL $250,000 TO $499,999

Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall Family Fund^ Elaine & the late Michael Davies^ The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

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Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin*^ Estate of Marjorie Elizabeth Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hurckes*^ Lawrence & Margaret Marsland^ The Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation Estate of Marion Isabelle North Murray The Geoff & Marion Neigh Fund Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane & Raphael Bernstein*^ Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner^ Cecil & Linda Rorabeck^ Estate of Cairine Elizabeth Scott Estate of J.M.B. Smith* The John & Renata Walker Fund The Watson/Osborn Fund* The Helen & Joseph Weinberger Fund* Anonymous (2)

DYNASTY LEVEL $100,000 TO $249,999

Mr. & Mrs. G. John Adamson The Avalon Fund The Nicholas Barakett Fund Margret A. Beekel* The Loris & Theodore Birnkrant Fund* Estate of Helen N. Bradburn* The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese Fund* Cathy & Paul Cotton Barbara M. & Fred A. Erb* Gatfield Family Foundation Heather Gibson & the late Allan Massingham Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation Estate of Joan Ferriss Hatch Carol & Ronald Horowitz* David Horowitz* Estate of Dr. Mary Beth Jennings The John & Verla Killer Fund Margaret D. King Jane Fryman Laird* Estate of Richard Lee* John & Arlene Lewis*^ Estate of M. Lenore Mackie Marcia Matsui & Roger Cotton^ Dr. Ross & Fran McElroy Fund Dr. E. Duncan McEwan & Dr. Joan C. McEwan

Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Massey* The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Hymie & Roslyn Mida Eugene A. & Lois A. Miller* The Mosaic Foundation (of the late Rita & Peter Heydon)* Estate of Michael Murray Edwin A. Parsons Kayla & Richard Pechter* Dr. Emma Plattor The Florence Richler Education Fund Martie & Bob Sachs*^ Mr. & Mrs. William J. Saunderson Estate of Cairine Elizabeth Scott Estate of Mary Campbell Smith Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Sokol* William H. Somerville Theatre Artisans’ Apprenticeship Fund funded by the J.P. Bickell Foundation Andy & Helen Spriet^ The Summertime Fund* Estate of Caroline Hamilton Tate* Mary & George Turnbull William George Vivian Fund The John & Renata Walker Fund Leslie Clare Whitfield* Estate of Marian Wilkinson Matilda R. Wilson Fund* Janice & the late Donald Woodley^ George & Pearl Zeltzer Family* The David Zussman & Sheridan Scott Educational Fund ^

LIFETIME LEVEL $50,000 TO $99,999

The late Hope Abelson* J.P. Bickell Foundation In Memory of Frances Wells Biddinger & Gretchen A. Gentile* Butch Blake Fund Estate of William Earl Boettger Estate of Charlotte Maud Brown The late M. Joan Chalmers, C.C., O. Ont. ^ Estate of Molly Christie The Eve Cork Fund The Tom & Joanne Cowan Fund Bob & Jan Daniels*^ Charles & Margaret Dingman^ La & Philip Engel*^ James & Florence Gibson Fund Estate of Mary-Jane D. Givens* Muriel Goodbrand The late Wilfrid P. Gregory^ The Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker Fund The Hay Foundation Desmond Heeley Design Internship In memory of Martha Henry Michael Homer & Ann Hébert^ Wayne & Leslie Ingram Estate of Peter Kilburn Raj & Shaila Kothari^ Shraddha, Akshara & Shruti Kothari

Beth L. Kronfeld*^ Janet & the late Ellsworth Levine* The Anne Linden Fund Sandy Linver & Buddy Kornman* Estate of Mary Kathleen Lyle Mathers The Michael Mawson Fund Marg Misener Drs. M.L. Myers & the late W.P. Hayman^ Thomas & Ellen O’Flaherty* Connie & the late Tom Orr^ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. Laura Pogson Fund Cecil & Robert Rabinovitch^ Estate of Helen Leonore Roszell Estate of Patricia R. Russell Carolyn Schiff & Noah Millman* The Jack Segal Memorial Archival Fund Estate of B. Julian Sibold John & Jill Skinner The Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund* Gordon & Elaine Steed Estate of Nancy G. Steen* The Mary Helen Stoetzner Fund* Robert Summers-Gill Estate of Dr. Clarke Dewey Wells* John H. Whiteside Fund Max & Mary Wisgerhof* The late Norton & Lucille Wolf Anonymous (1)

DONATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND DECEMBER 31, 2024

Ellen A. Atkinson The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese Fund* Estate of Molly Christie Paul Raphael Feig Fund Friends of the Festival Gatfield Family Foundation Estate of Barbara Jo-Anne Heggie Wayne & Leslie Ingram The Elizabeth Lang Fund Marilyn R. Laughlin Living Trust* Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Massey Hymie & Roslyn Mida Sandra & Jim Pitblado^ Laura Pogson Fund Estate of Patricia R. Russell The Estate of Cairine Elizabeth Scott Jack Segal Memorial Archival Fund Estate of Terrence L. Smith* The Mary Helen Stoetzer Fund Michael & Anne Tyler Fund through the Victoria Foundation Richard and Margaret Ullman Fund* Estate of Marian Wilkinson The David Zussman & Sheridan Scott Educational Fund^

ANTONI CIMOLINO AND MEMBERS OF THE ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION TEAMS AT THE FIRST REHEARSAL OF MACBETH. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANN BAGGLEY.

TRIBUTE GIFTS The individuals recognized below were honoured with gifts received between January 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025.

IN HONOUR

Richard & the late Mona Alonzo Lynn Atkin-Phillips M.J. Baker+ Karon Bales & Charles Beall^ Bates, Neary & Terry Families Murray Biggs & Lita Wright Jennifer Birmingham^ Molly Bloom Blaire Butler Sharon Butler+ John Cassaday^ Antoni Cimolino+ Mary & Guy DiTomaso Anita Gaffney+ Elizabeth Gaffney John & Therese Gardner^ J. Ian Giffen^ Luke Gilgan^ Tommy Gorman Ofra Harnoy Laurie & Wendel Hoffman-Goetz Eric & Barbara Holmes

Linda & Robert Jenkins Janice Kastner+ The Ladies of Advancement+ Rev. & Mrs. Robert K. Leland Arlene Lewis^ Arlene & John Lewis^ Carole Lindsay David Mirvish Dot Morgan Tara Nimmo+ Valerie Pinder Margaret Pippy Linda K. Rexer^ Martie & Bob Sachs^ Esther Sarick^ Lila Sarick Bruce & Dale Scott Eileen & Shoel Silver Mr. & Mrs. Sigmund Soudack Stratford General Hospital Juliana & Paul Tiefenbach Barbara Vallis Barbara & Chip Vallis^ Carrie & Jeremy Wreford^

IN MEMORY

Mona Alonzo Dariel Bateman Diana Beacham Cathy Black Jason Michael Bornstein George C. Brackett Logan Brideau+ Jill Carradine Neil Cheney+ Molly Christie^ Robert K. Coyle Joan Daynard Ed Doherty Philip Edwards Fred Euringer Ronald J. Fischer Peter Godsoe Nona Macdonald Heaslip Douglas E. Hodgson Joan Holmes Lisa Hughes+ Marion Isherwood Gertrude & Robert Jones Dr. Eleanor C. Kane Barbara Kolekamp Douglas Lawson

John Lawson Jean & Peter Lewington Nancy Lofft John Macaulay Elspeth Macdonald Beth Majerszky Bryan McLennon Dr. John Miller Charles F. Moles Sally Scanlon Monaghan Brigid O’Reilly Patricia Anne Pilon Robert J. Potters Elizabeth Prower Dr. James L. Rapport Cathy Riggall^ Gloria Robins Anne Romanchuk Gertie Rusticus Barbara & Thomas Scrymgeour Dame Maggie Smith+ Elsie Ann Sparks Steve Tatrallyay Rosamond Van Pelt June Welsh Elizabeth Wyatt

STRATFORD FESTIVAL ALL-IN! DONORS Reflects gifts made between January 1, 2024 and March 1, 2025.

Brian Cooper & Lori Belanger Hyde Construction Limited

Tim & Alexandra MacDonald Larry McCabe at Pazzo Company

Lee Myers Rhéo Thompson Candies

Stratford Non-Fiction Book Club Marcel & Edith van Hulle

2024 STRATFORD FESTIVAL GALA HONOURING SEANA McKENNA PLATINUM

Sandra & Jim Pitblado

GOLD

Canada Life/Power Corporation of Canada Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney/Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin

SILVER

Daniel Bernstein & Claire Foerster BT/A Advertising Sylvia D. Chrominska/ Carol Stephenson, OC The Peter Gilgan Foundation RBC Royal Bank Anonymous

BRONZE

David & Patricia Adams/ John Cassaday & Janet Meredith Bennett Jones LLP Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc./ Crestview Strategy BMO Capital Markets Burgundy Asset Management Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP EllisDon Corporation Hariri Pontarini Architects McCarthy Tétrault MEH Foundation Hugh Meighen & Warda Shazadi Meighen/ Kelly & Michael Meighen

Wendy Pitblado Scotiabank The Slaight Family Foundation Larry & Pamela Stevenson Peter & Carol Walters

VIP SINGLE TICKETS Priscilla Costello Barbara Crook/ Danbe Foundation Dr. Desta Leavine

SINGLE TICKETS

Khalidah Bello M. Fainer Esther Sarick Andy & Helen Spriet Kristene Steed & Marc Johnstone Jeremy & Carrie Wreford

SET DESIGN BY ARIANE SAUVÉ. FIRST REHEARSAL OF MACBETH. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANN BAGGLEY.

DONATIONS

Arctic Wolf Networks Bensimon Byrne Julia & Robert Foster John & Therese Gardner John & Arlene Lewis Harvey & Sharon McCue M. Lee Myers Tara Parker Linda K. Rexer Brian Rolfes & Bradley Berg Martie & Bob Sachs Daniel Weinzweig

MEDIA PARTNER

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THE PROSPERO SOCIETY The Stratford Festival is grateful to donors with the foresight to make a legacy gift, such as a bequest, life insurance or beneficiary designation, to support the future of the Festival. Thank you for your deep belief in the power of theatre. For more information, please contact Dawn Marie Schlegel, Director, Legacy Giving: dmschlegel@stratfordfestival.ca or 1.800.561.1233 ext 3330.

Reflects gifts made as of January 31, 2025.

Eleanor Abra Andy & Karen Abrams* Debbie Adare David Agro William W. Aitchison George & Frances Alderson* Richard & Mona Alonzo* Meredith Alston Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Luther & Diane Aman* Carla Anderson* Edward & Jane Anderson John Anderson Robert Andrews Alicia Annas* Callie Archer Paul J. Asselin & Jack H. Sytsma* Ellen E. Atkinson Sandra & James Bade* Renee Badertscher* Dr. Cornelia & the late Dr. Andrew Baines Jeannie Baird Laurence R. & Barbara K. Baker* Tony Baker Susan Baker-Bidgood+ Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall^ Deborah & Paul Barton Pam M. Baxter & Gordon T. Law* Larry T. Beare Elin & Barry Becker Margret A. Beekel* Kevin A. Bell Michael & Sherle Berger* Joanne Berrigan Helen L. Beuker* Stan & Jackie Bezaire Stephanie & Frederick Bishop* Jeffrey R. Black Timothy John Blahout J. Blake & C. Heyerdahl Marilyn Blatnikoff* Bryan Blenkin & Alan Rowe Elizabeth C. Bogner* Bob Boltz* Charles & Kathleen Bonneau* Carol Bossenberry & Ralph Wallis Monique Boulanger In Loving Memory of Joan Boyle, from her grateful daughter* Larry Brodsky Jerry & Carol Brown* K. Joanne Brown Schuyler Brown & Margaret Meredith Stephen Brown Michael & Lynn Burshtin* Rita & Ted Button Dorothy-Lynne Byrne-Jones Dr. Daniel & Marshelle Caccamise* Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese* Barbara R. & Samuel D. Caldwell* Georgina M. Cameron Christine R. Campitelle* Brian & Kathryn Carey Ellen & Brian Carr Betty & Franco Catanzariti Guy & the late Alison Chadsey Ann Christie

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Mary F. Christner* Sylvia Chrominska^ Greg Clarke George & Edna Clemans* Mr. & Mrs. James M. Clemens Janice Coles Lacey & Bill Collins* M. Cath Collins Donald L. Combe Virginia Cooper Christa & the late Norm Corell Constance & Ron Corrigan* Beverley & Robert Corsini Priscilla Costello Joanne & Tom Cowan Joyce Crago Ann & David Cram Cynthia M. Crane* Mary C. Crichton* Dennis Cusack Dr. Barry H. Davidson Elizabeth & Ted Davidson^ Susan & Vernon Davies Jeffrey Davis Janet Davison Drs. Helen R. & Patrick H. Deese* Shawn & Judy Denstedt Katherine Dillon Diana B. Dorken Catherine Dowell Dr. Gloria J. Earl* David Edney Marshall & Judi Egelnick Catherine Elliot Shaw Roger & Janet Emery La & Philip Engel*^ Barbara Evans Daniel Evans & Rosa Munoz* M. Fainer Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra* Lois Farber* David John Farmer Nita Farmer & Ken Stowe Judy Faucett* Dr. Rynaldo & Marilyn Fedorenko Robert Feeney Denise Fergusson Fred & Eleanor Fether* Sherri Fillingham* Russell C. Finch & Carol Nancy Finch Douglas L. Flanders+ Karen E. Fleming Kathryn M. Fleming Mary Pat & Louis Flores Grace A. Franklin & the late Randall B. Ripley* Amanda French Gail Fricker & Blair Yeomans Gloria Friedman* James C. Funk* Patricia J. Fyfe Dr. J.M. Gaal & Mr. B. Aravandino Ted & Sheila Gale James & Jayne Gall* John & Therese Gardner*^ The late Dr. & Mrs. Walter C. Gates Jr.* Gatfield & Campbell Arts Foundation William & Helen Gawley Kate Gfeller & Kyran Cook* Heather V. Gibson Steve & Lauran Gilbreath* Alexander Gluskin & Shauna Sexsmith

Alan L. Goldberg (and Whitney)* Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin*^ Barbara & Charles Graham Judith Gravdal, MD & Murray Gordon* Susan Green & the late Martin Foster Heinz Gregor, in memory of Jutta Lily Gregor Marilyn Gropp Heather Grace Gurd Ronald Gustafson* Dr. Don & Mary Jane Gutoski Dr. Dennis E. & Dorothea Hacker Kathlyn Hagerman Louise Morfitt Hall David G. Hallman Margot & Jerry Halperin* Jody & Deborah Hamade Janis Hancock Carol & the late Roger Haverfield* Gebadia Haverkamp Ellen L. Hawman Dr. Robert & Mrs. Diana Heard* Dr. & Mrs. J. Daniel Heilman* Jay Helms & Terry O’Loughlin* Glenna Hemphill Karla Hendrickson Andrea & Dr. Edward Herzig* Robert A. Hetherington* Lauri & Jean Hiivala Mary E. Hofstetter, C.M. & R. David Riggs Joan & Ron Holmes Lori Ann Horley Dr. Sharon Horlick David Horowitz* Dr. Barbara Hort* Deanna Horton Susan A. Howard* Sara Hradecky Archie & Jean Hunter Wayne & Leslie Ingram Cheryll L. Jarolimek* Allen & Jacqui Jensky Jerome Family Trust* Glenn & Joan Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Kerry Johnson Monika H. Johnston Scott & Beth Jorgensen* Carol & Gilbert Kachmar* Eleanor Kane^ Martin Katz* Danette Gentile Kauffman* Kimberly Kelley* T. M. Kelly Max Kenney* Judge James W. & Virginia P. Kerr* David Kew Marjory & James W. Kilgour^ Marie E. Kingdon* John Koegler Beth L. Kronfeld*^ Michael J. & Katherine M. Lague* Jane Fryman Laird* Jane Larkworthy Ruth & the late John Lawson Anne Louise Layton Desta F. Leavine Rev. Robert K. & Mrs. Emily Leland Robert G. Lemon Dr. Renee S. Lerche*

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A stage for bold stories, told by Canada’s best YOU, ALWAYS by Erin Shields Directed

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by Matt Murray Directed by Mary Francis Moore with Julia Pulo Eddie Glen Julius Sermonia LITTLE WILLY by Ronnie Burkett CLYDE’S by Lynn Nottage Directed by Philip Akin with Sophia Walker Sterling Jarvis Augusto Bitter Jasmine Case Johnathan Sousa ROMEO & JULIET by Shakespeare Directed by Marie Farsi with Praneet Akilla Lili Beaudoin Matthew G. Brown Joella Crichton Daniel Krmpotic Ziska Louis Stratford audiences get the Diego Matamoros Dan best seats for the best prices Mousseau Asher Rose Mike Shara Michaela BOOK NOW Washburn Bluma Appel Theatre Season Underwriter: John & Nancy Embry Baillie Theatre Season Underwriter: The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation Season Sponsor & Access Partner

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