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I am excited and giddy to present to you my first ever full-length play. Mischief is a mixture of all things I love about theatre. Comedy, tragedy, heart, weirdness, peculiar questions, truth, when we decide to steer away from truth, metaphor, fools, and really great acting.
I wrote Mischief in my Toronto apartment in the west end during a cold and isolating January. I was homesick for Nova Scotia, painfully single, and in-between gigs. During these times of loneliness, it is most important to create stories if you’re bored of your own. I stayed put in my apartment, with my roommate’s popcorn bowl as a co-writer, and created characters out of people I loved or have been versions of before.
I wrote the majority of this play in one month. I then went on tour as an actor, finished the play on my plane ride home from Yellowknife- then went right into a workshop the next day with Native Earth Performing Arts to have brilliant artists read it out loud.
Mike Payette was appointed dramaturg of Mischief by Artistic Director Joelle Peters during the Weesageechak Festival of New Works. His thoughtful and precise eye on my work was magic, and I knew his relationship with Mischief was meant to be. When I approached Tarragon Theatre and Native Earth with the idea to program my piece, it all felt really easy. I spent many of my formative years at Native Earth in my twenties, learning from some of the greatest Indigenous artists in the country, surrounded by new works and constant support.
I also grew up with Neptune Theatre, from taking part in their summer camps, teaching camps, directing, taking classes, performing in their touring company, to eventually performing on the Fountain Hall stage.
With this play being so driven by heart, it’s truly incredible to see that the journey of the play holds the same narrative.
Thank you to my loving partner Mitchell Saddleback, for being the first person to ever read it, and for uplifting me ever since. I dedicate this play to my family.
Thank you for being my number one support. Thank you for teaching me that being mischievous is the most fun way to play with life. Grammy Grey, Auntie, Uncle Gordon, Granny, Roddy, Mom, Dad, Tracy, Tim, Emily and Melanie- this is for us.
Lisa Nasson Playwright
WE’RE THRILLED TO BE STARTING OUR SEASON WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LISA NASSON’S MISCHIEF A COMEDY SET RIGHT HERE IN HALIFAX!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IT LIVE IN TWO WORLDS?
Between mystical visits from an ancient ancestor, every-day life at her job at her Uncle’s convenience store on the Rez, and her community rallying to tear down a statue of her city’s founder, Brooke feels torn. She is struggling to reconcile her Mi’kmaw heritage and living in a place founded by a British military officer hell bent on destroying her ancestors.
This gentle comedy asks the question - how can a woman whose family lives in a society placed under a microscope of stereotype, carry the resilience of her ancestors to embrace their existence?
PHOTOS
CAST
LISA NASSON BROOKE
JEREMY PROULX UNCLE CHRIS
TRINA MOYAN TAMMY
DEVIN MACKINNON GOOD GUY/FISHERMAN FRED
YOLANDA BONNELL EMILY
CREATIVE TEAM
LISA NASSON PLAYWRIGHT
MIKE PAYETTE DIRECTOR
JOELLE PETERS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
ANDY MORO SET, COSTUME & VIDEO DESIGNER
TAYLA PAUL REGALIA CONSULTANT & BUILDER
LEIGH ANN VARDY LIGHTING DESIGNER
MADDIE BAUTISTA SOUND DESIGNER
FERNE HUDSON STAGE MANAGER
LAURIE FLEET APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER
MITCHELL SADDLEBACK SMUDGE MAN
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CHAIR’S MESSAGE
Welcome to Neptune Theatre, and thank you for joining us for the world premiere of Mischief by Lisa Nasson.
It is an honour to share this extraordinary story, one that carries humour, heart, and heritage in equal measure. Mischief invites us into Brooke’s world, where the weight of history meets the urgency of the present. At its core, it is a story of identity, legacy, and the lasting impact of colonization, told with honesty, wit, and profound humanity.
We are grateful to our partners at Tarragon Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts for helping bring this important new work to life.
At Neptune, we believe theatre should reflect the full scope of our shared experience, offering stories that challenge us, connect us, and remind us of what we hold in common.
This work is only possible because of the generosity of our patrons and donors. Your support ensures that new voices and new stories continue to be heard on our stage.
By being here tonight, you carry this work forward. Enjoy the show.
Scott McGaw Chair, Neptune
Theatre
Foundation
Welcome to Neptune Theatre and the world premiere of Mischief by Lisa Nasson!
There’s something truly special about developing new plays in Nova Scotia, about Nova Scotia — stories that reflect the people, places, and histories that shape this region. Mischief is one of those rare gems: funny, heartfelt, and rooted deeply in Mi’kma’ki. We’re especially proud to bring Indigenous stories like Lisa’s to the stage - stories that challenge, heal, and celebrate resilience in the face of history.
Creating new work is no small feat, and often a new production is staged once and then never performed again.
To that end, we’re thrilled to partner with Tarragon Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts to create this production and have it also play in Tkaronto/Toronto, ensuring this story reaches audiences outside Kjipuktuk/ Halifax.
Most of all, we’re grateful to you, our audience - for showing up, leaning in, and supporting new Canadian theatre. Your presence makes all of this possible.
Now, sit back, and enjoy some Mischief.
Kimberlee Stadelmann Executive Director
LISA NASSON
ROLE: Brooke NEPTUNE: Controlled Damage, Dear Rita, Billy Elliot The Musical, Pawakan Macbeth OTHER THEATRE: Women of The Fur Trade (Magnus Theatre, National Arts Centre, Native Earth Performing Arts); Pawakan Macbeth (Akpik Theatre); Richard III, All’s Well That Ends Well, R+J, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Stratford Festival) Director: Otihew (Crossroads Theatre); Moose and Hawk (Neptune Theatre, Roseneath Theatre) TRAINING: George Brown College, Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory FILM/TV: Little Bird (Toronto International Film Festival) AWARDS: Michael Mawson Award, Stratford Festival Tyrone Guthries. Robert Merrit Award - Dear Rita
JEREMY PROULX
ROLE: Uncle Chris NEPTUNE: Debut OTHER THEATRE: Beautiful Scars: The Musical (Theatre Aquarius); Owl Calling (Root Sky Theatre); Where the Blood Mixes (Teesri Duniya Theatre); Of Mice and Men (Maples Repertory Theatre); The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (NAC); King Lear (NAC); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia and Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK); Cottagers and Indians (Persephone Theatre and Thousand Islands Playhouse); Feather Gardens (Hudson Village Theatre); Bannock Republic, Bent Boy, Crazy Dave Goes To Town, Sixty Below (Centre for Indigenous Theatre); Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth (Magnus Theatre). AWARDS: BroadwayWorld.com Award for Best Actor in a Play for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Alliance Theatre) and Wilde Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play (Flint Repertory Theatre), META nomination for Feather Gardens (Hudson Village Theatre) OTHER: jeremy-proulx.com
TRINA MOYAN
N EHIYAWAK (P LAINS C REE ) (she/her)
ROLE: Tammy NEPTUNE: Debut OTHER THEATRE: Celebration of Strife (Alumnae Theatre); The Cave that Hummed a Song (Native Earth Performing Arts); Smokeville (Alumnae Theatre); The Trial of Rosie McDougall (Red Sandcastle Theatre); Mno Bimaadizawin (Theatre by the Bay); Encounters at the Edge of the Woods (Hart House Theatre) FILM/TV: Lands Enchanted (APTN), Untold Stories of the ER (TLC), Sunny ( Despesse Productions), Ahead of Their Time (APTN), Lost Treasures of the Northwest Coast (APTN), Planet Indigenous (APTN), Rising Sun Café (APTN) OTHER: Many thanks to Lisa Nasson for her brilliant writing of Mischief and to my agent Rick Gerrits of NCA.
DEVIN MACKINNON
ROLE: Good Guy/Fisherman Fred NEPTUNE: Debut OTHER THEATRE: King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Alls Well That Ends Well, Comedy of Errors, Paradise Lost, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Stratford Festival) King James (Theatre Aquarius/ATP), Heist (The Grand/The Citadel), In This Light, Frankenstein By Fire, The Ruins, Nothing Less!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Liberation Days, The Mary Celeste (Two Planks and A Passion) AWARDS: Best Actor In A Leading Role (Drama) Nomination (KING JAMES, Calgary Theatre Critics Awards), Best Actor In A Musical/Comedy Nomination (CRIME DOES NOT PAY, Betty Mitchell Awards) Best Support Actor Nomination (A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Merritt Awards) TRAINING: The National Theatre School of Canada, The Birmingham Conservatory
YOLANDA BONNELL (They/She)
ROLE: Emily NEPTUNE: Debut OTHER THEATRE: Kamloopa (Soulpepper/Native Earth*), Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin/ Gállábártnit (Signal Theatre/Soundstreams*), The Unnatural and Accidental Women (National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre), bug (manidoons collective, TPM*), The Breathing Hole (Stratford Festival) *Dora nominated AWARDS: PGC Tom Hendry Drama Award - My Sister’s Rage Training: Humber College School for Creative and Performing Arts Theatre Performance OTHER: Yolanda is a 2 Spirit, Queer, Anishinaabe-Ojibwe, South Asian mixed performer, published playwright and multidisciplinary storyteller from Fort William First Nation, ON. Their arts practice lies in land-based creation and Anishinaabe methodologies, working towards disability justice in theatre.
DEC 3DEC 14 2025
MARY SHELLY
ADAPTED BY RONA MUNRO
AMATEUR PRODUCTION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH NICK HERN BOOKS
MIKE PAYETTE
ROLE: Director NEPTUNE: Oil and Water (actor) OTHER THEATRE (SELECTED): Takwahiminana (Soulpepper/Punctuate Theatre); Come Home: The Legend of Daddy Hall and Cockroach (Tarragon), Blithe Spirit (Shaw Festival), Choir Boy (Canadian Stage/Arts Club Theatre), Harlem Duet (Black Theatre Workshop), Another Home Invasion (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre), Hosanna (Centaur), Around the World in 80 Days and Reaching for Starlight (Geordie), Venus, Burning Vision and Indecent (National Theatre School), Sensitivity (Obsidian Theatre/CBC Gem, as part of 21 Black Futures), the French-language premiere of Héritage – A Raisin in the Sun (Théâtre Duceppe), along with the national tours of The Tashme Project (Tashme Prod/Centaur/Factory/Firehall) and Lorena Gale’s Angélique (BTW/Tableau D’Hôte/NAC/Factory/Obsidian) AWARDS: Multiple nominee and two-time Outstanding Directing recipient (Montreal English Theatre Awards) OTHER: Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre. For W & K.
JOELLE PETERS
A NISHIN AA BE (O JIBWE ) (she/her)
ROLE: Associate Director NEPTUNE: Debut OTHER THEATRE (ACTING): Women of the Fur Trade (Stratford Festival), Dreary and Izzy (Theatre Northwest), The Election (Nightwood/Theatre Direct/Commonboots/Passe Muraille), Only Drunks and Children Tell The Truth (Western Canada Theatre/Thousand Islands Playhouse FILM/TV: Shoresy (Crave/Hulu), Web of Lies (Discovery+), In Her City (Raven West Films Ltd) OTHER: Joelle is the Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Honoured to get into mischief with the team here in k’jipuktuk! big love to my friends and family, and chi miigwetch for supporting Indigenous theatre. joellepeters.ca.
ANDY MORO
ROLE: Set, Projection, Costume and Prop Designer NEPTUNE: Tightrope Time, Winter Moons (Nestuita’si) OTHER THEATRE: MISSING (Marie Clements) DavinciCode, Extractionist, La Cucina (Vertigo) The F-Word, Strategy of War (Downstage) Rise Red River, Ministry of Grace, Reckoning, Deer Woman (ARTICLE11) PISUWIN (Atlantic Ballet) Raven Mother (Dancers of Damelahamid) šɛgatəm (RWB) Das Rheingold, Die Walkure (Edmonton Opera) Post Mistress, Rez Sisters (RMTC) War Being Waged (PTE) SkyDancers (Anowara) Blood Tides, Mush Hole (Kahawi) FILM/VIDEO: RECKONING (A11), Road to Hasalala Danxalax (Chan Ctr) DO US PART (Bald Arch). Upcoming: Controlled Burn by Cameron Fraser-Monroe, F-Word (Downstage), A Killing Snow (Vertigo) and Nice White Lady (A11, Tara Beagan) OTHER: Moro is a co-founding Director of ARTICLE 11.
NEW EXHIBITION
May 10, 2025- January 18, 2026
make share a taste of immigration la table le gout de !'immigration
What is Canadian food anyway?
Discover the surprising histories behind popular Canadian dishes in this interactive exhibition and so much more.
Plan your visit today Pier21.ca
NOUVELLE EXPOSITION
10 mai 2025 -18 janvier 2026
C'est quoi, de la nourriture « canadienne », de toute fa on?
Decouvrez les histoires surprenantes qui se cachent derriere certains des plats canadiens les plus populaires, et bien plus encore, dans cette exposition interactive.
Planifiez votre visite aujourd'hui Quai21.ca
Presented by Presente par
LEIGH ANN VARDY
ROLE: Lighting Designer NEPTUNE: Mamma Mia!, Disney’s Frozen, Dear Rita, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Misery, The Rocky Horror Show, Fall On Your Knees OTHER THEATRE: From Alaska, The Lehman Trilogy (Belfry), Guilt, A Love Story (Tarragon), Richard II (Stratford), The Breathing Hole, Metamorphosis (NAC), February (Opera on the Avalon), Between Breaths (Artistic Fraud) OTHER: Leigh Ann is a teacher and coach at NTS.
MADDIE BAUTISTA
ROLE: Sound designer and Composer NEPTUNE: How the Other Half Loves OTHER THEATRE: Steel Magnolias (Capitol Theatre); Pride & Prejudice, Kim’s Convenience (The Grand Theatre); Get That Hope, Les Belles-Soeurs, I Am William (Stratford Festival), Table for Two, Wildwoman (Soulpepper), Stag & Doe (Thousand Islands Playhouse), King James (Theatre Aquarius and Alberta Theatre Projects) AWARDS: Winner of 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, and recipient of 3 nominations TRAINING: Proud Alumni of Humber College’s Theatre Program OTHER: To John -- life on the road is sweeter with you! maddiebautista.com
FERNE HUDSON
ROLE: Stage Manager NEPTUNE: Debut CANADIAN CREDITS: Million Dollar Quartet (Confederation Centre of the Arts) There is Violence (Buddies/Native Earth) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Young People’s Theatre) Candida/The Orphan of Chao (Shaw Festival) The Black Bonspiel of Wullie McCrimmon (Alberta Theatre Projects) 9-5 (Stage West Calgary) Bombay Black (Alberta Theatre Projects) Steve Jobs Opera (Calgary Opera) UK CREDITS: Aladdin (Hackney Arts Theatre) Twelfth Night (Kew Gardens) The White Card (Northern Stage) Hello and Goodbye (York Theatre Royal) Jack and the Beanstalk (Lighthouse Theatre) Once On This Island (Southwark Playhouse) CTL ALT DEL (Lyric Hammersmith)
LAURIE FLEET (She/They)
ROLE: Apprentice Stage Manager NEPTUNE: Debut OTHER THEATRE: Quixote!, The Haunting of Sleepy Hollow by Fire, The Mountain and the Valley, Chased by the Bear by Fire, The Wind in the Willows, Antigone by Fire, Unity (1918), The Stranger by Fire (Two Planks and a Passion Theatre); Newcomers: Stories of Immigrant and Refugee Children, Mi’kmaq Stories: Past and Present (Halifax Theatre for Young People); Sexy Laundry, Shoplifters, He’d Be Your Mother’s Father’s Cousin (Theatre Baddeck) OTHER: Laurie looks forward to a future where twoeyed seeing and respect for the land that sustains us have a place in our artistic processes.
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Afolami Awokulehin
Gordon Colpitts
Ms Susan Crocker
Nancy Doty
Philip Fraser
Mark & Laurel Harrington
Mary Ingraham
Leon Major
Mr Joshua Martin
Josef Spatz
$500 - $999
Harold Crosby
Debby & Tom Rudolph
Jean & Michael Gray
Marilyn & Reid Harrison
Lynn Johnston
Metcalf & Company
Herbert & Phyllis Orlik
Charlotte & Dick Sutherland
Patricia & David Watson
Callie & Alfred Bent & The Bentlea & Sons Charitable Foundation
Bill MacDonald & Patricia Pearce
Alan & Laurie Cruess
Judy Farnell
Paul Laberge & Laurel Broten
Monique LeBlanc & George Kephart
Robbie & Charlotte MacKeigan
David Zitner
Jeanine Bafeeff
Sheila MacLeod & Sean Christie
Stephanie Beaton
In Memory of Dale R. Johnson
Donna L. McGrath
David/Andrea Sibley/Rankin
Stanley Van Dyke
C/O CyberGrants
Travel Agent
Martha Paul
Doug Reid
Barbara Smith
$250 - $499
Mel & Myrna Baird
Susan Grant & William Middleton
Nancy J. Morrison & Gregory C. Baker
Alayne Pothier
Stephanie Connidis
Anonymous
David Ritcey
Susan Sherwin
John & Nicola Young
Melissa & Level Chan
Madelane Chiasson
Ms Gail Eskes
Robert & Beverly Harrison
Sharon Fraser & Dan O’Connor
Irene Orr
Margaret & Howard Anderson
Ms Paula English
James & Stephanie Keast
Ms Leslie MacDonald
Don MacNeill
Ms Tanya Bishop
Jolene Pattison
Jim & Lillian Smithson
David & Sherri Topple
Elizabeth Townsend
James Adderson
Mr Charles Baxter
Angus Bonnyman
Darcy Bower
Graham Bullock
Lorraine Campbell
Marcelle Comeau
Susannah Daines
Dan DeVries
Guy Hurteau & Anne Joyal
Therese Kenny
Mr & Mrs John & Ann Leahy
Noni MacDonald
Michelle Margolian
Mrs Cheryl & Brian McKillop
Alexander Parke
Mr Tim Perry
Arleigh Robar
Sean Seames
Liesje Somers-Blonde
Ms Katherine Stanislow
Jason Vermes
Leah Stewart
Maddox Zwicker
$100 - $249
Lorna J Carter
Edward B. Chase
In Memory of Rev. David Ferguson
Chris & Hiya Field
Mr Edwin Harris
Dave Hunter
Sara Kinley
Mr John Montgomerie
Hazel & Marvyn Robar
Réjeanne & Robert Bell
Linda Cummings
Trinda L. Ernst
Lynn MacDonald
Carolyn Buhr & Rick
Joe Burke
Lynne Donahoe
Patricia & David Hastings
Jerry & Cheryl Inman
The Irwin Girls for the Terry Irwin Music Studio
Rick & Marion Kelly
Anne & Michael Harrop
Felicity Barker
Wilma Mays
Mrs Michelle Ryan
Rose Scott-Lincourt
Anna & Lex Stuart
Mr Ronald Tetreault
Mr David Black
Paul Brousseau
Margaret & Gordon Davis
Rob Fennell & Sally Shaw
Mr Philip Fraser
Sharon Gillam-Locke
Ms Judy Haley
Alex & Janet Handyside
Joanna Holland
Errol & Anne Hughson
Julia Jewett
Todd LeBlanc
Anonymous
Peggy & Dave MacLean
Mary & Ron Macnab
Linda Marks
Carolyn Nobes
Charles Reagh
Debbie Richardson
Jane Scott
Ms Kathie Swenson
Robert Van Wart
Madonna & Tom William
Mrs Joy Williams
Anonymous
Kathy Wolfe
Ms Megan Young
Shelley Aker
Burns Anderson
Bobbi Jo Atkinson
Sarah Aucoin
Mr John Ayer
Sharon Barkhouse
Robert Barkwell
Madison Bell
Lori Bowness
Mr & Mrs James Boyer
Danny Branscombe
Peter Bromley
Mrs Suzanne Brown
Shirley Ann Burdock
Michael Byrne
Mrs Tracey Byrnes
Catherine Cameron
Jyl Carmichael
Susan Casey
Hiraya Castasus
Mona Chamberlain
Susan Clarke
Mr Michael Close
Lori Collins
Karen Comeau
Mrs Sharon Conrad
Alison Cook
Valerie Corkum
Bobbi-Lynn Cox
Ms Janet Crocker
Sherry Crowe
Jon & Judy Davies
Mrs Kathy Day
Ms Linda Demings
Gerald Demone
Ann Dent
Mr Jamus Dorey
The above Individual Support Gifts were made between June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025. We want to thank and recognize our long term donors for their extended giving.
five to nine years of support 10 to 14 years of support
15 to 19 years of support
20 or more years of support
Laura K Dunn
Ms Tammy Fancy
Thom Fitzgerald
Mr Edward Fry
Christa Giddens
Tamara Gordon
Mr Barry Goudge
Glenn Grabove
Doug Hadley
Ms Audrey Haig-Stewart
Jill Hamilton
Shirley & Mark Hazen
Leif Helmer
Kim Hirtle
Camilla Holland
Ms Susan Holmes
Grant Honeyman
Ronald Hopper
Mrs Ann Howe
Cindy HSaulnier
Donald Jacobi
Bruce Jarvis
Ms Genevieve Keen
Betty Kemp
Sara Kirby
Morgan Knox
Caroline Krempulec
Dr. Robert Lea
Denis Linton
Susan Logan
Margaret Logan-Graham
Christie Lutsiak
Jack MacDonald
Catherine MacDonald
Deana MacDonald
Mrs Jane Machum
Jennifer MacKeigan
Mary MacPhee
Tara Magarvey
Rob Maginley
Janice Mah
Deni Makhoul
Kris Markusson
Peggy Martin
Anne McKelvie
Hilarion Melanson
Michele Merrick
David Merzel
Carol Messervey
Thomas Michael
Marlene Moore
Spencer Morris
Mr Kerry Murphy
Wanda Murphy
Albert Murphy
Tanya Myles
David Nicholson
Mr Liam O’Brien
Shaun O’Hearn
Mr Tim Osborne
Mr Eric Parsons
Mr Dane Percy
Mark Peyton
Linda Pirard
Yorgan Pitt
Mrs Lisa Profitt
Jill & Bill Rafuse
Jane Rafuse
Donna Richardson
Matt Robblee
Terry Rudderham
Stacey Scott Nykolyshyn
Peter Sheppard
Brenda Silver
Carlton Skeete
Andrew Smith
Julia Smith
Krista Spurr
Susan Stackhouse
Allyson Stevens
MIchael Thompson
Karen Underwood
Bryan Utas
Dr. Nancy Van Eyk
Ms Carolyn Vroom
Tawny Wallace
Natacha Waring
Tracy Way
Lisa Weatherhead
Diane Webber
Ms Clara Whitman
Tom Wile
Ms Lorraine Williston
Nancy Wilson
Uwe Wittkugel
Leah Woodhouse
Despite the staff’s extensive efforts to avoid errors and omissions, mistakes can occur. If your name was omitted, listed incorrectly, or misspelled, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We would appreciate being notified of any errors at 902-429-7300.
ADDITIONAL STAR DONORS
We want to thank and recognize our longterm donors for their extended giving. five to nine years of support
10 to 14 years of support
15 to 19 years of support
20 + years of support
Mr John Gillis
Terry & Stephanie Hurrell
Gerry & Jennifer Isenor
Melda & Kristin Langille
Roderick & Valerie Macdonald
Gary & Nancy Holt
Alison McDonald
Dr. Rosemarie Sampson
Patrica Arab
Elinor Benjamin
Johanna Eliot
Nora Henderson
Nancy Holland
Mrs Donna Horne
Donald Houle
Mr & Mrs. Rob Mabe
Dr Maureen Nolan
Suzanne Rix
Penelope Stuart
United Way
John Black
SPONSORS & PARTNERS
PRODUCTION
SPONSORS & PARTNER
PRODUCTION ACCOMODATION PRTNER
FOUNDATIONS
JASON ROTH AND CHERYL STEADMAN ROTH TIM MARGOLIAN AND DAWN FRAIL FOUNDATION
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
THEATRE PARTNERS
ARTHUR AND AUDREY CUTTEN FOUNDATION ISABEL BADER CHARITABLE TRUST
