Citadel Theatre playbill - A Christmas Carol - 2017

Season Sponsor

daryl cloran | Artistic Director penny ritco | executive Director

Board of Governors

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Solomon Rolingher, Q.C. Chair Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. Past Chair J. G. Greenough, F.C.A. Treasurer Tom Redl, Secretary David D. Bentley, F.C.A. Frederick K. Campbell Jacqueline Charlesworth Marc de La Bruyère Anne Foote (Honourary) Ada Hole Ralph B. MacMillan Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Sheila Witwicky Ex Officio Ralph Young

Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Sep 16 – Oct 8, 2017

Board of Directors Sheila Witwicky President Catrin Owen Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Julie Afanasiff Treasurer Jeff Boadway Helen Calahasen James Casey Tim Coldwell Lesley Cormack Wendy Dupree Robert Fernandez Neil Gower Dave Hancock Sandra Haskins Myrna Khan Tammy Patterson Julia Pratt (Intern) Micki Ruth Micah Slavens

HonoUrary Directors Jack N. Agrios, Jane Batty, Ken Bautista, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, Guy Bridgeman, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Allison Edwards, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jane Halford, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Becky Hole, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Richard Kirby, Stuart Lee, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Ashif Mawji, Maureen McCaw, Lisa Miller, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Margot Ross-Graham, Barbara Shumsky, Peter Silverstone, Gaurav Singhmar, Larry Staples, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

UBUNTU (THE CAPE TOWN PROJECT)

By D. Cloran, M. Grootboom, D. Hay, D. Jansen, H. Lewis, M. Monteith, and A. Nebulane Oct 11 – 22, 2017

HADESTOWN

By Anaïs Mitchell Developed with & directed by Rachel Chavkin Nov 11 – Dec 3, 2017

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens Dec 1 – 23, 2017

THE HUMANS

By Stephen Karam Jan 6 – 28, 2018

EMPIRE OF THE SON

By Tetsuro Shigematsu Jan 31 – Feb 18, 2018

MAMMA MIA! Music & lyrics by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Book by Catherine Johnson Feb 17 – Mar 18, 2018

CHILDREN OF GOD A musical written & directed by Corey Payette Mar 3 – 24, 2018

UNDERCOVER

By Rebecca Northan With Bruce Horak Apr 4 – 29, 2018

THE SILVER ARROW:

THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROBIN HOOD

By Mieko Ouchi Apr 21 – May 13, 2018

message from the

Artistic Director Welcome to A Christmas Carol!

This is the 18th year of our beloved holiday production. As the new guy in town, I have been so delighted to meet countless Edmontonians who consider our production of A Christmas Carol such an important part of their family holiday tradition. And this season, I have been able to experience the production like a true Edmonton parent, as my nine-year-old son, Liam, is part of the cast. I have been able to see, first hand, the incredible work the children (and adults!) in the cast do. To me, that’s what theatre is all about – the joy of bringing people together, young and old, to create something wondrous.

This year marks a “passing of the torch” for our Christmas Carol. After 17 years of directing this production, Bob Baker has invited his long-time associate, Wayne Paquette, to direct this year. Wayne and his team have recreated the production true to Bob’s vision, with Tom Wood’s incredible script adaptation, and the beautifully envisioned designs of Leslie Frankish, Robert Thomson and Michael Becker. We also welcome a new Scrooge to our family – Edmonton’s own Julien Arnold, who played Bob Cratchit in this production for many years.

Thanks to the incredible work of the hundreds (and I mean hundreds) of actors and craftspeople and technicians and stage managers who have lovingly brought this show together. I am so proud to be a part of it all: a proud Artistic Director, and a proud Dad. Thanks so much for being a part of the Citadel family and for sharing the holidays with us!

Merry Christmas!

Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director

We wish to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is Treaty No. 6 territory and a traditional meeting ground and home of the First Nations, including both the treaty signatories – Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stony and Cree-Iroquois – as well as other Indigenous peoples, such as the Blackfoot and Métis, who occupied this land. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live, create and perform on this territory.

Nikistêyhtamâkânân oma askîwihtâwin ita kâ mâwasakôyâhk Nikotwâsik Kâ akihtêk omâmawôpayônôwâw Nistam Îyinôwak, nânapo ôkih tipahamawâkan tahkikwanênkêwak-Nêhîyawak, Nahkawînôwak, Opwâsîmowak, Asinî Pwâtak êkwah Nêhîyaw Paskosikanak-êkwah kotakak Îyinôwak, tâpiskôc Kaskitêwayasitak êkwah Âpihtwâyak, kâkîh kikîwîhkêcik otah. Nitâniskê nanâskôtênân tawâw ôtah êh ayâyâhk tita wîci pimâtisîhtamâhk, tita osîhcikêyâhk êkwah tita nôkohtihiwêyâhk otah askîwihtâwinihk.

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Capital Power is proud to be the 2017/18 Season Sponsor of the Citadel Theatre. After each performance of A Christmas Carol, cast members will be accepting donations to Edmonton’s Food Bank. Capital Power will match these donations up to $20,000.

Strong communities are powered by strong partnerships.

Happy holidays.

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ENCORE | Campaign Support VISIONARY

MENTOR

Maclab Development Group

ATB Financial Bryan & Company LLP Capital Power Felesky Flynn LLP The Highbury Foundation Muriel Hole Richard & Erin Kirby Deanna & Peter Kiss Jack & Lorraine McBain Rob & Beth Reynolds Chris & Dale Sheard Susan Wylie & Bruce Hagstrom

Gifts of $1,000,000 and above

FOUNDER

Gifts of $500,000 - $999,999 The Eldon & Anne Foote Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

AMBASSADOR

Gifts of $250,000 - $499,999 Darren & Laurel Durstling

LEADER

Gifts of $100,000 - $249,999 David & Jan Bentley Family Dentons Ashif, Zainul, Kinza & Aariz Mawji Arliss Miller Al & Fran Olson The Shoctor Family

Gifts of $50,000 - $99,999

INITIATOR

Gifts of $25,000 - $49,999

Lesley Cormack L. Neil Gower Q.C. Lisa Miller & Farrel Shadlyn Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Catrin Owen & John Sumner Aleda Patterson & Family Sir Francis Price & The Honourable Marguerite Trussler Tom & Corrie Redl The Sequeira Family Micah & Kristi Slavens Moira & Larry Staples The Summit Foundation Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp Ralph & Gay Young

J.G. Greenough Lisa & Marshall Sadd

FRIENDS

DREAMER

Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross Don & Lorna Kramer Stuart & Sherry Lee Dave & Sandy Mowat Esther & Howard Starkman Joseph & Nancy Thompson

Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999 Keith & Valerie Alessi Lorraine Bray & Jim Carter Susan & James Burns Butler Family Foundation

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999

| Annual Support STEWARD

Gifts of $10,000+ Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Ada Hole The McCoy Family Foundation Maggie & John Mitchell Rob & Beth Reynolds

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999

The Honourable John & Ruth Agrios David & Jan Bentley Muriel Hole Melcor Developments Ltd. Dave & Sandy Mowat Al & Fran Olson

The Overhead Door Co. of Edmonton Marshall & Debby Shoctor Paddy Webb Weir Family Fund 1 Anonymous

DIRECTOR

Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 The Honourable Darlene Acton Bob Baker & Tom Wood Luis & Alexis Baptista Bruce & Carol Bentley Jim Casey & Gail Verity John & Judith Cosco Elizabeth Dixon & Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim L. Neil Gower Q.C. Cecil & Anne Hoffman Wolfgang & Beth Kaminski

Don & Lorna Kramer Cecile Mactaggart Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern David Mundy Esther Ondrack Pekarsky & Co. The Poole Family Sir Francis Price & The Honourable Marguerite Trussler Tom Redl Grace & Arnold Rumbold Aroon Sequeira & Ellen Sitler Kayla Shoctor Eira Spaner Buddy Victor Sheila Witwicky & Phil Beauchamp a christmas carol 7

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Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Diana Wiebe

Dr. Ghalib Ahmed Becker Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross Norman & Anne Burgess David & Marlene Burnett Brian & Barbara Burrows Frank Calder Canadian Western Bank Daryl Cloran & Holly Lewis Lesley Cormack Susan Davis DiBattista Family Fund J.G. Greenough Sandra Haskins Christopher Head Brent & Deborah Hesje Elizabeth, Rosalina & Cynthia Hicks J.D. Hole Brenda & John Inglis Michele Jackson Gail & Andrew Jarema Linda & Siegfried Kowand Marilyn Kristjanson James & Maggie Laing Robert & Dawn Lemke Peter & Dorothea Macdonnell Fund Linda & Kim Mackenzie Hugh McPhail & Yolanda van Wachem Catherine Miller & Len Dolgoy Lisa Miller & Farrel Shadlyn Susan & Ove Minsos Jim & Celestine Montgomery Catrin Owen Tammy & Wes Patterson The Press Gallery Corrie Redl Penny Ritco Sol & Marilyn Rolingher Alan Rose Tom & Micki Ruth Naomi Shoctor Moira & Larry Staples Marianne & Kent Stewart Mike & Michele Thompson Lee Ann & Lorne Tyrrell

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We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters; our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel.

The Hole Family • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund the Eldon & Anne Foote Fund • The Joseph H. Shoctor fund Maclab Development Group

Government & Foundation Funders

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor, 1922 – 2001

executive producer and founder, the citadel theatre

Joe’s vision brought professional theatre to Edmonton Joe’s dream built the Citadel Theatre Joe’s spirit continues to inspire the theatre we create today Joe’s legacy lives on through a generous gift to the Citadel from his estate

HENRY HOLE, 1884 – 1954 On the Citadel’s 30th Anniversary, a gift was made by the Company of Harry Hole, James F. Hole, Ralph K. Hole and Robert W. Hole on behalf of the Hole family — in honour of their late father, Henry Hole.

The Citadel Theatre is proud to honour Henry Hole’s integrity, compassion and leadership in the dedication of this complex to his memory.

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THE CITADEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON

• Dr. Ghalib Ahmed • The Audiology Clinic of Northern Alberta • Al Gadowsky

EL EC T RO N IC D E VIC E S No doubt we have all been distracted by a cell phone, pager or watch alarm ringing or lighting up when attending the theatre.

Out of consideration for your fellow audience members we ask that you turn off all electronic devices that emit noise or light.

Thank you.

AL L E R GY A L E R T For the safety of those with allergies, please refrain from the use of perfumes or scented products before coming to the theatre.

L AT E S EATIN G/R E A D M ITTANCE We endeavour to minimize the distraction for our patrons and the actors when seating latecomers. If you arrive late for a performance, you will be seated at the first appropriate moment in the play in designated latecomer seating. You are welcome to move to your assigned seat at intermission. If you must leave the theatre during a performance you will not be allowed to return to your seat until intermission.

EM ER G E N CY E X ITS We ask that you please take a moment to identify the exit nearest you, so you can safely exit in the event of an emergency.

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Starring JULIEN ARNOLD, ROBERT BENZ, DARLA BICCUM, OSCAR DERKX, PATRICK DODD, BETH GRAHAM, JULIA GUY, AARON HURSH, ALEX KELLY, JOHN KIRKPATRICK, LAURA KREWSKI, ANNETTE LOISELLE, ANDREW MacDONALD-SMITH, DAVID MADAWO, NANCY McALEAR, GLENN NELSON, AMY SAWKA, LILLA SOLYMOS, SHANNON TAYLOR, JAMIE WILLIAMS, ASHLEY WRIGHT With NOAH BAKER, VIRGINIA BRIGGS, WILL BRISBIN, SKYLAR CAMPBELL, LIAM CLORAN, MADISON DENNIS, LAUREN MARUSIN, JAKE OLEKSIW, GREGORY PETRUK, AOIFE ROWE-DOYLE, LUCIA ROWE-DOYLE, SASHA RYBALKO, CARSYN SEETOO, KYDEN SEETOO, ADAM SKOGSTAD, ANNA SVEISTRUP, MAKAYLA SCHWARTZ, KAYSON TAYLOR Director..................................................................

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WAYNE PAQUETTE BOB BAKER LESLIE FRANKISH ROBERT THOMSON MICHAEL BECKER DON HORSBURGH LINDA RUBIN HEATHER CANT DOUG MERTZ MICHELLE CHAN MOLLY PEARSON RACHEL DAWN WOODS NYSSA BEAIRSTO NYSSA BEAIRSTO, ADAM BLOCKA, EMMA INGEN-HOUSZ, ERIN VALENTINE

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(In order of appearance) JULIEN ARNOLD......................................................... Ebenezer Scrooge GLENN NELSON. . ........................................................ Ebenezer Scrooge JOHN KIRKPATRICK................................................... Jacob Marley ROBERT BENZ.. ........................................................... Reverend Fish DARLA BICCUM.......................................................... Mrs. Dilber ANDREW MacDONALD-SMITH. . ................................ Mr. Swidger BETH GRAHAM........................................................... Mrs. Cratchit LILLA SOLYMOS......................................................... Tiny Tim JAMIE WILLIAMS. . ....................................................... Bob Cratchit NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Mrs. Blum ANNETTE LOISELLE.. .................................................. Mrs. Denham ASHLEY WRIGHT........................................................ Mr. Toll ROBERT BENZ.. ........................................................... Mr. Rank ALEX KELLY................................................................. Caleb Wilmer AARON HURSH........................................................... Fred Nancy McAlear/ANNA SVEISTRUP...................... Ghost of Christmas Past NOAH BAKER.............................................................. Youngest Scrooge KYDEN SEETOO.......................................................... Edwin KAYSON TAYLOR.. ...................................................... Toby Liam Cloran............................................................. Schoolboy AMY SAWKA................................................................ Fanny OSCAR DERKX............................................................ Young Scrooge ASHLEY WRIGHT........................................................ Mr. Fezziwig NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Mrs. Fezziwig ALEX KELLY................................................................. Will Tetterby LAURA KREWSKI........................................................ Granny Fezziwig JULIA GUY................................................................... Belle ASHLEY WRIGHT........................................................ Ghost of Christmas Present WILL BRISBIN.............................................................. Ragged Caroler Carsyn SEETOO....................................................... Jenny Cratchit ADAM SKOGSTAD...................................................... Philip Cratchit LAUREN MARUSIN.. .................................................... Martha Cratchit VIRGINIA BRIGGS....................................................... Belinda Cratchit SKYLAR CAMPBELL................................................... Peter Cratchit SHANNON TAYLOR.................................................... Alice ANDREW MacDONALD-SMITH. . ................................ Mr. Topper JULIA GUY................................................................... Emmeline ALEX KELLY................................................................. George PATRICK DODD........................................................... Joseph ANNETTE LOISELLE.. .................................................. Tilly MAKAYLA SCHWARTZ............................................... Margaret OSCAR DERKX............................................................ Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Laundress JOHN KIRKPATRICK................................................... Old Joe AMY SAWKA................................................................ Nora SASHA RYBALKO.. ...................................................... Caleb’s Daughter ADAM SKOGSTAD...................................................... Turkey Boy JAKE OLEKSIW.. .......................................................... Poulterer’s Apprentice DAVID MADAWO......................................................... Mr. Denham GREGORY PETRUK.................................................... Trinket Seller AOIFE ROWE-DOYLE. . ................................................ Wealthy Twin LUCIA ROWE-DOYLE.. ................................................ Wealthy Twin MADISON DENNIS...................................................... Spoiled Boy a christmas carol 27

TOM WOOD

T

om Wood is an accomplished playwright, actor, director and teacher.

He has worked with every major theatre in Canada and a number in the United States. Mr. Wood has spent eight years with the Stratford Festival and six with the Shaw Festival. For the theatre, he has written B-Movie, The play (five Dora Mavor Moore awards and the Chalmers Award for Best New Play), Clap Trap, a farce, produced at Canadian Stage in Toronto and the National Arts Center in Ottawa, and Make Mine Love, a comedy about movie-making in Hollywood, circa 1938 which premiered during the Citadel’s 2014/15 season. He has also adapted this production of A Christmas Carol (in its 18th season), Pride and Prejudice, a new version of Servant of Two Masters (set in the Klondike), a new version of Uncle Vanya (set in Alberta in 1928), and a new version of Peter Pan (set in the prairies during the depression). His production of Vanya debuted in America, starring William Hurt at the Artists Repertory Theatre for an extended run and rave reviews.

He has performed at the Citadel as James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (Sterling Award nomination), and John in Shining City (Sterling Award). Some of his directing credits at the Citadel include Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, Romeo and Juliet, Doubt: a parable, The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, The Sound of Music and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mr. Wood’s latest adaptation, the world premiere of Sense and Sensibility, was presented as the finale of the Citadel’s 2016/17 season.

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The dream had become tarnished.

So, why was this demographic struggling? It’s not economic pain brought on by globalization because European countries are also affected by that phenomenon and residents are getting healthier and living longer.

Playwright Stephen Karam maintains he wasn’t aware of the report when he set about writing his award-winning hit play, The Humans, which is coming next to the Shoctor Theatre mainstage. To put the play into a Citadel context, it is the sad/funny look at a dysfunctional family in somewhat the same vein as these other successful productions from the theatre: Other Desert Cities, Clybourne Park, God of Carnage, and August: Osage County.

Karam was certainly responding on some level to the events that he saw unfolding around him. “I wanted to write a horror story,” he has been quoted as saying. Not a horror story in the usual sense with butcher knives and ghosts. “I want to write a play about human fear that was actually scary. It is an interesting time to think of what ‘terror’ means to us.

We keep hearing the word ‘recovery’ in the news, but I think most Americans are still trying to climb out of their weird black pit of dread and malaise set off by 9/11 and the financial crisis. I’m drawn to the strangeness of people who live in a state of dread. It’s the psychological realism of everyday, it seems, that fires my imagination. I wanted to write about how we all cope with our basic existential level fears.”

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Humans is a profoundly affecting “Thedrama that stretches the physiological and emotional contours of an average American family. ” Somehow in The Humans, the play and the scary world outside the walls of theatre merged at absolutely the right moment. It became a huge audience draw. Critics swooned. Said the Pulitzer Prize committee: “The Humans is a profoundly affecting drama that stretches the physiological and emotional contours of an average American family.” It won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.

Today, Stephen Karam is a mature writer very much in command of his gifts. For years, most everyone familiar with his work felt that the young playwright was a major talent just waiting for “the big one” to come along. Karam is still a young man, looking considerably younger than his (37) years. He has close-cropped hair, shining eyes that speak of intelligence and a sense of fun. He has already written two movies, Speech and Debate — about a trio of misfit teenagers who have undergone a traumatic sexual experience and a version of Chekov’s The Seagull, which boasts a big budget with a big budget cast (Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth Moss, and Brian Dennehy), that will be released next year.

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Born of Lebanese/Irish parents he grew up in Scranton, Pa. with little exposure to theatre.

At the age of 10, he began writing plays. “They weren’t very good plays, some only about two minutes long, but they were simple and honest,” he maintains today. To those around him, he was, “a serious kid with a sly sense of humour.” He continued to write into his twenties (he even penned the libretto for a salon opera) and his efforts began to cultivate an audience culminating with his highly regarded work Sons of the Prophet. That comedy/ drama was about the travails of a pair of Lebanese/American brothers living hand-to-mouth in a small Pennsylvania town. It was highly autobiographical but not in the sense that word invokes. He observes, “What really interests me is emotional autobiography. I don’t know how to produce works that are not something that’s deeply scaring or troubling to me.”

Karam’s accomplishments are starting to pile up. Next came The Humans and the solid fulfillment of his earlier promise of the “big one” they said was coming. “A game changing work for this gifted young playwright,” said the Chicago Tribune in its review of the world premiere in the Windy City.

really interests me is emotional autobiography.

“WhatI don’t know how to produce works that are not something that’s deeply scaring or troubling to me. ”

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We need a bit of plot here but with a warning that a simple outline of events reads as rather dreary and gives the wrong idea of the dramatic intent of the work.

After a sleepless night, Erik Blake has brought his lower income blue collar family from their home in Pennsylvania for a Thanksgiving dinner at his daughter Brigid’s new apartment in NYC, which she shares with her boyfriend, Richard. It’s a crumbling, cement block, doublelevel duplex basement tenement in Chinatown. Present are his wife, Deidre, his daughter Aimee, who lives outside the city and suffers from a stomach ailment, and grandma, who is deeply lost in Alzheimers. A mysterious force keeps thumping loudly on the ceiling above.

The parents, Catholic and traditionally minded, are well into middle age and unhappy that their girls have left home and abandoned their religion. As supper winds down, tensions reach a boiling point.

Before I go any further, I should point out that despite what you’ve read so far, The Humans is a warmly human drama about the resilience of family in the face of great duress. And... it’s funny. Or, as one American critic phrased it, “...very, very funny.” It’s a play about fear, but it is hopeful as well. Karam observed in an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS, “I really wanted to write a play that was celebratory, fun and joyous. Although it started in an atmosphere of fear it is the story of a family unit, imperfect and suffering, that untimely vanquishes its fear and comes together out of love – demonstrating just how much astonishing resilience there is in family.”

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The Humans says something about “the American family at this moment and

it’s something that’s very true. Human connection will help the characters find their way.

Families find some way to keep going.

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That thought was echoed in the New York Times in its review of the Broadway opening, “Mr. Karam specializes in painful comedies that really shouldn’t be as funny as they are.”

Audiences have responded to The Humans with lots of laughter and standing ovations.

Said actress Jayne Houdyshell, who played the mother in the New York cast, shortly after opening night: “The audience’s reaction to the play was extraordinary. You know you’re in a really fine play when, after the play, people come up to you and say, ‘I loved it’ and then immediately start talking about their own lives. They see themselves on the stage.” Karam’s dialogue is spare and pointed – “jarring naturalism,” is how one of his actors phrased it. The playwright has written The Humans on one set and in real time. Comments Karam, “It freaks me out a bit to lock the doors and see what happens without blackouts, without relief, without rest. That is a scary place to go for a playwright.”

Director Joe Mantello, talking to Rose in the PBS interview, offered: “This is what love looks like. Sometimes it’s messy, haphazard – even quite vicious – but the two emotions exist side by side in the play. That’s why audiences respond to it. The Humans says something about the American family at this moment and it’s something that’s very true. Human connection will help the characters find their way. Families find some way to keep going.”

The Canadian premiere of The Humans, a co-production with Canadian Stage, will be directed by the distinguished ex-Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, Jackie Maxwell, and begins its run on the Shoctor stage on January 6.

In Memory of

Ruby Johnson

On October 16, 2017, the Citadel Theatre lost one of

our most cherished family members. Ruby Johnson was a lover of theatre and the Citadel, through and through. She knew that seeing a live performance could enrich lives and create memories, which is why she attended performances for over 40 years. After a chance lunch with Margaret Mooney, former long-term Citadel Theatre Artistic Coordinator, Ruby’s irrepressible love of the Citadel led her to start volunteering here in 1988. For the next two decades, her time was spent carefully archiving the Citadel’s history so that nothing would be forgotten. Ruby greeted everyone with an infectious smile and always had time to talk to her fellow employees. She will be missed dearly by all those who knew her.

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BIOS JULIEN ARNOLD

Ebenezer Scrooge

Citadel Theatre credits include: Sense and Sensibility, Evangeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sterling Award), The Wizard of Oz, One Man, Two Guvnors, Spamalot, Travels with My Aunt (Sterling Award). Other Theatre credits: Cocktails at Pam’s, Shockers Delight!, The Glittering Heart (Teatro La Quindicina); A Picasso (Shadow Theatre); A Skull in Connemara (Theatre Network); The End of Civilization (Workshop West Theatre); Spelling Bee (Mayfield Dinner Theatre). Julien will be directing a production of the awardwinning play Going to St. Ives this coming April as part of the newly formed Varscona Theatre Ensemble.

ROBERT BENZ

Reverend Fish/Mr. Rank/Coachman This is Robert’s second year with A Christmas Carol. He recently appeared in Shakespeare in Love at the Citadel. Robert is a Saskatchewan-born, Edmonton-based actor who has worked with companies across western Canada, including the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Freewill Shakespeare, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Wild Side, Blarney, Dancing Sky, Persephone, Western Canada, Aquarius, Network, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, Blackbird, Magnus, Globe, and Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre. Selected television: Corner Gas, renegadepress.com, The Englishman’s Boy, and Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story.

DARLA BICCUM

Mrs. Dilber

Darla is thrilled be a part of Citadel’s holiday tradition. Select theatre: Superior Donuts (Coal Mine Theatre); The Wizard of Oz, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Marg Szkaluba/Pissy’s Wife (Globe Theatre); Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad, A Doll’s House, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Persephone). Film/television: Vampire Dog, Dolan’s Cadillac, The Listener, Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Corner Gas. Special thanks to Mary and Bob for all of their support and, as always, love to Sheldon. www.darlabiccum.com

OSCAR DERKX

Young Scrooge

Oscar is delighted to be returning for his fourth production of A Christmas Carol with Citadel Theatre. Selected credits include Peter and the Starcatcher (Citadel Theatre); The Hothouse Prince (Teatro La Quindicina); Much Ado About Nothing (Thou Art Here); Wish You Were Here (Plain Jane Theatre); Suburban Motel Series (Punctuate Theatre); The Antyssey, and Undercover (Concrete Theatre). He is a graduate of the University of Alberta with a BFA in Acting. Happy holidays! a christmas carol 37

BIOS PATRICK DODD

Joseph

Patrick is a Calgary-born actor and improviser. Recent credits include Sense and Sensibility (Citadel Theatre), Viva and Red (Aenigma Theatre), and The Heart of Robin Hood (Beach House Theatre), as well as performing in the Vancouver International Improv Festival and the Del Close Marathon (New York). He has a bachelor’s degree (McGill) and a master’s degree (UBC) in Engineering.

BETH GRAHAM

Mrs. Cratchit

Citadel credits include Alice Through the Looking-Glass, The Drowning Girls (co-creator), A Christmas Carol, The Penelopiad, and Death of a Salesman. Beth has worked in theatres across Canada including Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Arts Club Theatre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Factory Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, and has toured internationally with Catalyst Theatre. Beth’s play, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. In April, her new play, Pretty Goblins, will premiere at Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre.

JULIA GUY

Belle/Emmeline

Julia is an Edmonton and Calgary-based actor and improviser.

Select theatre credits include Arcadia, Sense and Sensibility, and A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Calgary/National Arts Centre); Othello, and Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow); Cymbeline, Fuddy Meers (Studio Theatre, U of A); and Whisper (Studio Theatre/Catalyst). Julia is a graduate of the BFA Acting program at University of Alberta.

AARON HURSH

Fred

Based in Saskatoon, Aaron is an actor, director, producer, and technician. Previous Alberta credits include A Christmas Carol and Arcadia (Citadel Theatre), and Ash Rizin (ATP/Green Thumb). Other acting credits include Lungs (Fire in the Hole Productions), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare on the SK), Salt-Water Moon (Station Arts Centre), Quick Bright Things (Persephone Theatre), Dogbarked (Dancing Sky Theatre), and Sleeping Beauty (Globe Theatre). Aaron trained at the University of Saskatchewan and the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

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BIOS ALEX KELLY

Caleb/William/George

Born and raised Prince Edward Islander Alex Kelly has performed as Billy in Crazy For You, A-Rab in West Side Story, Evangeline (Citadel); We Are Canadian and Abegweit Soul of the Island (Confederation Centre); Burnett/Lary in Perry Loved Mary (Old Flame Brewing Co); Tyler/Vince in Brantwood 1920-2020, Usnavi in In The Heights, Hello Dolly!, Rolly in Marathon of Hope, Governor Slaton in Parade, and Judas in Godspell (Theatre Sheridan). Lots of love to the fam jam and the Talent House!

JOHN KIRKPATRICK Jacob Marley/Old Joe

John’s Citadel credits include A Few Good Men (co-production with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), As You Like It, Rock ‘n’ Roll (co-production with Canadian Stage Company), Julius Caesar, Noises Off, Fully Committed, Stones in His Pockets, Measure for Measure, and Servant of Two Masters. Selected recent acting credits include: Guys and Dolls, and Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Festival); Of Mice and Men (Canadian Stage); King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night and Hamlet (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); The Leisure Society (Theatre Network); The Gift of the Coat, That Elusive Spark, and The Age of Arousal (Alberta Theatre Projects). John has a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. The very best of the holidays!

LAURA KREWSKI

Granny Fezziwig/Dance Captain Laura’s credits include West Side Story, Spamalot, and As You Like It (Citadel Theatre); Next to Normal (Citadel Theatre/Theatre Calgary); Enron (National Arts Centre); Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago, and Footloose (The Mayfield); I Think I’m Fallin’, Home is a Beautiful Word, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Belfry Theatre). Laura has choreographed the original musicals Fortune Falls, Vigilante, Nevermore, Frankenstein, and Hunchback for Catalyst Theatre. Laura will be choreographing Mamma Mia! for the Citadel later this season.

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BIOS ANNETTE LOISELLE

Mrs. Denham/Tilly

Citadel credits include Calpurnia in Julius Caesar and directing Shelter, Unity 1918, and Vinegar Tom for Teens at the Turn.

Annette is Festival Director for SkirtsAfire and a co-founder of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, with whom favourite roles include Beatrice (Sterling nomination), Kate, Rosalind, and Queen Elizabeth. Other favourites include The Mothers (SkirtsAfire); Rabbit Hole (ATP); and Bloody Poetry (NLT, Sterling nomination). Annette was most recently in Urinetown at the Edmonton Fringe and looks forward to Fly Me to the Moon with Shadow Theatre next spring.

ANDREW MacDONALD-SMITH Mr. Swidger/Mr. Topper

Andrew’s previous Citadel credits include Shakespeare in Love, Crazy for You, One Man, Two Guvnors (Sterling Award), Alice Through The Looking-Glass, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins (Sterling Award, Betty Mitchell Award), A Christmas Carol, and The Pillowman. Selected roles include Avenue Q on Broadway, Cocktails at Pam’s, Pith!, Witness to a Conga, The Pirates of Penzance, Little Shop of Horrors, Shear Madness, The Wizard of Oz, The Liars, The Best Brothers, Crazy for You (Betty Mitchell Award), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

DAVID MADAWO

Mr. Denham

David studied in the Citadel’s Young Acting Company, and performed in their production of Concord Floral. He appeared in West Side Story and Once on This Island while receiving training at Victoria School of The Arts. He also appeared in Catalyst Theatre’s Songs for Sinners and Saints concert, as well as Fractured, directed by Scott Swan, at the Edmonton Fringe. Film credits include Defiance in Berlin, a music video called “More” by Arlo Maverick, and Water on Earth, a commercial for ADLC.

NANCY McALEAR Mrs. Blum/Mrs. Fezziwig

Nancy is a performer, director, and producer. Her company MadFandango Theatre Collective was nominated for four Sterling awards this year for her production of The Believers. Other recent directing credits include Hello from Bertha and Talk to Me Like the Rain…(Shaw Festival), and Category E (The Maggie Tree). She will be directing The Romeo Initiative for the SkirtsAfire Festival next March. Nancy has performed across the country in theatre, film, and television for close to 30 years. a christmas carol 41

BIOS GLENN NELSON

Ebenezer Scrooge

Glenn’s Citadel credits include Peter and the Starcatcher, West Side Story, One Man, Two Guvnors, Death of a Salesman, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Equus, A Christmas Carol, Amadeus, King Lear, 1984, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Other theatre credits in Edmonton include Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, and Comedy of Errors (Freewill Players); Little Elephants, The Odd Couple, Uncle Vanya, Fly Fishers Companion, Sexy Laundry, Harvest, and Mistakes Were Made (Shadow Theatre, Sterling nomination).

AMY SAWKA

Fanny/Nora

Amy is delighted to be back for another merry Christmas with this amazing team! Recent theatre credits include Ride, Fritters in Kandahar (Lunchbox Theatre); Goldilocks and the Three Polar Bears: Alberta Tour (Evergreen Theatre); As You Like It, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Shakespeare Company Outreach and Bard in the Yard); Drama: Pilot Episode (Alberta Theatre Projects). Amy would like to thank her wonderful family and fantastic friends for their support and love.

LILLA SOLYMOS

Tiny Tim

Lilla couldn’t be more honoured to play Tiny Tim for the third season. She started acting at the Foote Theatre School. She is currently dancing at Shelley’s Dance Co. and singing in the Cantilon Choirs. Lilla has appeared as an ensemble member in Charlotte’s Web (Festival Place). When she grows up, she would like to be a world-renowned actress, dancer, or maybe both.

She wishes a very Merry Christmas to all!

SHANNON TAYLOR

Alice

Shannon is thrilled to be returning to the Citadel Theatre.

Selected theatre credits: School for Scandal, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare in Love, The Diary of Anne Frank, Oedipus Rex (Stratford Festival); The Road to Mecca (Soulpepper); Pride and Prejudice (National Arts Centre/Theatre Calgary); The Jones Boy (Surface/Underground); Salt-Water Moon (Thousand Islands Playhouse); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women: The Musical (Citadel Theatre). Training: Birmingham Conservatory; The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program; Ryerson Theatre School. Awards: Mary Savidge Award; Dora nomination for The Jones Boy. Upcoming: King Charles III (Mirvish/Studio 180 Theatre).

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BIOS JAMIE WILLIAMS

Bob Cratchit

Most recently at the Citadel, Jamie appeared as John Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. He is a two-time participant of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, performing in Arcadia and Romeo and Juliet. In 2017, Jamie portrayed the role of Dr. Watson in Baskerville at the Lighthouse Festival Theatre, followed by the role of Sean Merrit in Halfway There at Upper Canada Playhouse. It is a great pleasure to be back at the Citadel reprising the role of Bob Cratchit.

ASHLEY WRIGHT

Mr. Toll/Mr. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present Ashley has worked with theatre companies across Canada, including Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Bard on the Beach, Citadel Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre Calgary, The Globe, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre, Canadian Stage, Stratford Festival, The Aquarius, Theatre New Brunswick, and Neptune Theatre. Directing credits include: Twelfth Night, Oedipus the King, Miss Julie, Silent Words, I Ain’t Dead Yet, Burlesque!, and Henry V. The Biggest Little Collector Shop in Edmonton

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BIOS WAYNE PAQUETTE

Director

For the Citadel, Wayne has directed Blackbird, Polaroid Stories, co-directed The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, and assistant directed West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, The Glass Menagerie, Shining City and Doubt: a parable; elsewhere, he has directed The Country, The Dazzle, and Glorious (Shadow Theatre). Wayne is the artistic director of Blarney Productions, as well as the artistic coordinator here at the Citadel Theatre. Most recently, Wayne produced six plays at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, directing The Small Things, The Superhero Who Loved Me (Premiere), and Slack Tide (Premiere) for Blarney Productions. Much love to Denise.

LESLIE FRANKISH Set & Costume Designer

Leslie began her theatre career as resident Set and Costume Designer for the Citadel Youth Theatre in 1982. Since then, she has designed across Canada for such theatres as the National Arts Centre, Canadian Stage Company, the Stratford Festival, and the Shaw Festival, where she enjoyed a long-term association. For the Citadel, over the last four decades, she has designed 38 shows including Arcadia, Private Lives, Pride & Prejudice, Oliver, Measure for Measure and, her particular favourite, A Christmas Carol. In 2010, as Senior Production Designer of the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Leslie was honoured to show the world the quiet magnificence of Canada. For pictures and more, visit www.lesliefrankish.com.

ROBERT THOMSON

Lighting Designer

Robert Thomson is widely recognized as one of Canada’s most prolific and versatile lighting designers for theatre, opera, and dance. Citadel credits include Private Lives, August: Osage County, Wizard of Oz, Macbeth, Oliver!, and Peter Pan. He served 12 seasons as Resident Lighting Designer at The National Ballet of Canada, 24 seasons at the Shaw Festival and 13 seasons at the Stratford Festival. He designed for a diverse range of Canadian and International companies, including the NAC, Canadian Stage, RMTC, Globe Theatre, The Belfry Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Lincoln Center Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, and Stuttgart Ballet. His award-winning design for Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung has been seen around the world. His designs have garnered a Sterling Award, four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the prestigious Siminovitch Prize. He is Associate Professor of Lighting Design for Carnegie Mellon University.

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BIOS MICHAEL BECKER Sound Designer, 1954-2011

Becker loved Christmas, loved the magic of it. All the more fitting that he was asked to be a part of and to create the score for the Citadel’s production of A Christmas Carol. He was ever so thrilled and proud with its return year after year.

Becker had a kinship with the theme of A Christmas Carol.

He was compelled to help those in need. Every year, he gave generously to the Salvation Army, an organization that once gave him food and shelter for a night in his early teens. For 35 years, Becker composed music and designed sound for theatre, radio dramas, and film. Becker is with us all tonight, a shining star. “Merry Christmas, everyone.”

DON HORSBURGH

Music Director

Don Horsburgh has music directed multiple Citadel shows, including Crazy for You, West Side Story, Evangeline, Avenue Q, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, Penelopiad, Next to Normal, The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women, Into the Woods, Guys and Dolls, and The Wizard of Oz, and composed for Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Pride and Prejudice, Blithe Spirit, and The Constant Wife. He spent 18 seasons as a composer at the Stratford Festival, and music directed Three Penny Opera. He has five Dora Awards, four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, and two Betty Mitchell awards.

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BIOS LINDA RUBIN

Choreographer

Linda is excited to return to the Citadel for the eighteenth season of A Christmas Carol. Previous Citadel credits include Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some of her choreographic credits include Edmonton Opera, Opera Nuova, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network, Workshop West Theatre, L’UniThéâtre, and other theatres in western Canada.

Linda is also engaged in rehearsal direction and mentoring productions for dance and theatre companies. Ms. Rubin is a Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, where she taught in the BFA Acting professional actors’ training program.

HEATHER CANT

Assistant Director

Heather is an accomplished theatre practitioner who works as an actor, director, playwright, and producer. She comes to the Citadel having just completed her post as Associate Artistic Director of Western Canada Theatre. She couldn’t be more excited to be diving into the Christmas spirit with a show that is so warmly cherished by the artists that create it and audiences that enjoy it. Up next, she will be directing the Thousand Islands Playhouse/Western Canada Theatre revival of The Birds and the Bees in Kamloops before coming back to Edmonton to appear in SkirtsaFire’s production of The Romeo Initiative. Happy Holidays!

DOUG MERTZ

Dialect Coach

This is Doug’s ninth year as dialect coach of A Christmas Carol. Recent credits include Shakespeare in Love, Million Dollar Quartet (Citadel Theatre), Vigilante – National Tour (Catalyst Theatre), Pirates of Penzance (Opera Nuova) and many others. Doug has taught dialects for the U of A’s BFA Acting program, Theatre Alberta’s Drama Works and Workshops by Request, Rapid Fire Theatre, the Foote Theatre School, and several local high schools. He is the Director of Education and Outreach at the Citadel.

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BIOS MICHELLE CHAN

Stage Manager

Michelle Chan’s selected Citadel credits include: Shakespeare in Love, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Sense and Sensibility, West Side Story, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Christmas Carol, Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, One Man, Two Guvnors, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Clybourne Park, Spamalot, Private Lives, A Few Good Men, The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women: the Musical, August: Osage County, The Forbidden Phoenix, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, Blackbird, The Wizard of Oz, and The Pillowman. Huge thanks to Molly, Rachel and Nyssa (and Al)!

MOLLY PEARSON Assistant Stage Manager

Molly’s recent credits include Stage Managing Bello (Concrete Theatre/l’Unitheatre), The Merchant of Venice (The Freewill Shakespeare Festival), Made In Italy (Beyond the Stage series, The Citadel Theatre), Bust (Theatre Network), The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux (Northern Light Theatre/l’UniTheatre), La Voix Humaine (l’UniTheatre/Opera NUOVA), assistant stage managing Peter and the Starcatcher (The Citadel Theatre), Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, As You Like It, and Coriolanus (The Freewill Shakespeare Festival), and A Christmas Carol (The Citadel Theatre).

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BIOS RACHEL DAWN WOODS Assistant Stage Manager

Rachel is a proud Maritimer and graduate of the National Theatre School and St. Thomas University. Select stage management credits include Les Feluettes, The Merry Widow (Edmonton Opera); Irma Voth (Theatre Network); Ah, Romance! (Plain Jane Theatre); Annapurna (Shadow Theatre); The Bully Project (Concrete Theatre); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Travesties, The Graduate, Guys and Dolls (Segal Centre); The Other, Bears (Pyretic Productions); A Christmas Carol, Gifts of the Magi (Theatre New Brunswick); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera on the Avalon); Dear Johnny Deere (Blyth Festival, Lighthouse Festival); Falsettos (Acting Upstage); Don Giovanni (Glenn Gould School); Ed’s Garage, Footloose (Grand Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (National Arts Centre).

NYSSA BEAIRSTO

Apprentice Stage Manager/Child Supervisor Nyssa is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta’s Stage Management program, and is thrilled to be a part of the tradition of A Christmas Carol. Some of her most recent stage managing opportunities include: Shakespeare in Love, Cunning Little Vixen, Bright Burning, God’s Ear, Never Swim Alone, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, and Coriolanus. Special thanks to Jen and Kia for life sustaining.

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4 Tony Awards including Best Play Finalist, 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama “…blisteringly funny, bruisingly sad and altogether wonderful…” –NY TIMES

JAN 6 – 28, 2018 CANADIAN PREMIERE

“I can’t say enough good things… one of the best shows of the year.”

–GEORGIA STRAIGHT

JAN 31 – FEB 18, 2018

“Mamma Mia! is a mega-hit that has audiences dancing in the aisles.” –ASSOCIATED PRESS

FEB 17 – MAR 18, 2018

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THE SINGING

CHRISTMAS TREE

DEC 14-17

EDMONTON JUB I LEE AUDI TORIUM E dmo ntonSingingChristma sTre e .c om JO H N C AM ERO N E N T # YE GSIN GTREE A N EV EN T B Y:

Staff Rochelle Laplante Annette Loiselle Joey Lucius Producer Barb Mah Rachel Peake Associate Artistic Director Byron Martin Conni Massing Doug Mertz Brooklyn Melnyk Director, Education & Outreach Rebecca Merkley Christine Frederick Anna Paquin Indigenous Associate Artist Clayton Plamondon Don Horsburgh Jessica Poole Resident Music Director Andrew Ritchie Wayne Paquette Joyanne Rudiak Artistic Coordinator Adrianne Salmon Diana Stevenson Geri Schaer Manager, Alieda Sekulich Foote Theatre School Liana Shannon Neil Kuefler Linette Smith Education Outreach Jennifer Spencer Associate Eileen Sproule Young Company Mark Vetsch Instructors Janine Waddell Amber Borotsik ADMINISTRATION Shannon Boyle Kimberlee Stadelmann Matt Graham Senior Director/Sales and Dave Horak Patron Development Don Horsburgh Marianne Bouthillier Heather Inglis Associate Executive Neil Kuefler Director Doug Mertz Peni Christopher Kate Ryan Asst. to the Artistic Director/ Kim Mattice-Wanat Company Manager FTS Instructors FACILITY Matt Alden Louis Barron Joleen Ballendine Director Elena Belyea Mhairi Berg Maintenance Rebecca Bissonnette Bill Daniels Adam Blocka Jackie Kirschner Shannon Boyle Janitorial Sam Bronson Bee Clean Services Chris Bullough Ashley Butler Security Tracy Carroll Alberta Crowd Ellen Chorley Management Quinn Contini Building Porter Jonah Dunch William Cardle Sarah Emslie Tara Gale Murray Farnell Sophie Gareau-Brennan FINANCE Matt Graham Pat Bradley Emi Gusdal Director of Finance Crystal Hanson Bettyanna Huggins Mathew Hick Accounting Assistant Brady Hughes Crystal Johnston Sally Hunt Payroll Accountant Binaifer Kapadia Josh Languedoc Jessie van Rijn

GUEST SERVICES

Kristen Finlay

Kim North

Virginia Potkins

Debbie Theuss

Charlotte Hunt

Manager, Communications Scenic Artist Patron Relations Manager – Academy/Social Media Amy Sanders Kristen Hiemstra Scenic Artist Sarah Farnsworth Graphic Designer Jim Meers Asst. Patron Relations Mel MacDonald Head of Props Manager Administrator, Marketing Angie Sotiropoulis Theresa Hovdestad & Fund Development Assistant Head of Props House Manager

Josh Wickard

Rentals Manager

Jennifer Graham

Asst. Rentals Manager

Shirley Tran

School Booking Coordinator

Guest Services Supervisors Rebekah Andrews Melissa Budinski Cody Carver Jessica Glover Mark Harding Caitlin Hart Jacob Liska Jim Maher Brittany Molner Sifiso Nidza Jules Pepin Calvin Simonson Guest Services Representatives Mac Brock Colleen Bunyan Franco Correa Carol Dreger Jonah Dunch Eden Edwards Sara Knourek Taylor Ogilvie Ben Osgood Natasha Pigford Emily Pole Chris Powell Evelyn Scheibli Dustyn Tennessen Michael Vetsch Kali Weber Hayden Weir Vanessa Wilson

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Ken Davis

Director, Marketing & Communications

Sydnee Bryant

Manager, Corporate Relations

Props

Fund DEVELOPMENT

Marc Anderson

Head of Stage Carpentry

Neil Luipasco

Jamie O’Dell

Sydney Stuart

Dan Beggs

Assistant Head of Stage Carpentry

Director, Fund Development

Stage Carpenter

Manager, Fund Development

Perry Harris

Stage Carpenter

PRODUCTION

Cheryl L. Hoover

Kelly Menard

Bill Heron

Kieran Thomas

Michelle Chan

Patsy Thomas

Patrick Fraser

Terri Grant

Gal Minnes

Judith Darough

Kyla Maki

Barb Becker

Owen Hutchinson

Helen Flower

Nick Rose

Tammy Barry

Nick Shostak

Brenda Inglis

Peter Locock

Kathryn Neuman

Chris Hayes

Genevieve Savard

Stage Carpenter

Director of Production

Stage Carpenter

Technical Director Resident Stage Manager

Head of Wardrobe

Head of Technical Director, Rentals Assistant Wardrobe

Assistant Production Manager

Cutter

Administrative Assistant

Miliner

Head of Audio

Assistant Head of Audio

Head of Scenic Carpentry

Greg Cardinal

Scenic Carpenter

Stitcher Stitcher

Audio

Assistant Head of Scenic Carpentry

Fabricator

Stitcher Stitcher

Lorraine Price

Head of Wardrobe Running

Serge Menard

Terri Grant

Sheila Cleasby

Amy Sanders

Meaghan Skerik

Michelle Warren

Elijah Lindenberger

Christy Hutchinson

Larissa O’Hare

Danine Regenwetter

Denis Pellerin

Samantha J. Rumball

Scenic Carpenter Head of Electrics

Dresser Dresser

Assistant Head of Electrics Dresser Electrics Electrics Electrics

Scherrer Manager, Media Relations Nicole Electrics Brent Felzien Nicole Deibert Video Editor/Designer

Head of Scenic Paint

Wardrobe Maintenance Wardrobe Maintenance Head of Wigs

Katie Patton

Assistant Head of Wigs

Tammy Preston Wigs

The Citadel is grateful for the kind generosity of its volunteers listed below. If you want to volunteer with the Citadel, please call Theresa Hovdestad at 780-428-2118 or e-mail volunteers@citadeltheatre.com.

Zoé Afaganis, Johanna Andreoff, Nelda Arnst, Judith Babcock, Shelley Benson, Lance Beswick, Erika Beyer, Florence Borch, Ken Borch, Allan Budlong, Patrick Caron, Dee Cartledge, Gina Chea, Charmaine Chinyemba, Ruth Diaz, Liza Dutka, Lil Filewych, Irene Gagne, Louise Gagne, Bonita Gillespie, Sarah Griffith, Margaret Gronnestad, Jeff Haswell, Rosemarie Heaney, Brad Heller, Daniel High, Maria Hollinshead, Theresa Hryciw, Madison Hucal, Laura Hughes, Bruce Johnson, Madalyn Johnson, Mary Johnston Therrien, Diane Jonsson, Joanne Kallal, Walter Kehl, Eva Kopecka, Arndt Kuethe, Janice Kuethe, Joy Lardner, Susan Lauridson, Karen Lewis-Caron, Leola Losier, Elizabeth Luchko, Doris Lutzer, Neelam Mabood, Ross Machetchuk, Dawn Madill, Joslyn McDonald, Donna McKay, Linda McMurdo, Donna Miller, Karen Miller, Janice M Minamide, Vic Mixap, Monica Molina, Vanessa Montes, Bob Moore, Joan Murchie, Florence Nieberding, Linda Orlecki, Elena Panadero Gascon, Edith Parsons, Susan Patenaude, Greg Petruk, Donna Prato, Barbara Reinhardt, Lori Ristoff, Cheryl Ritchie, Monica Robillard, Louise Rogucki, Tracey Schaufele, Susan Schroter, Angela Seery, Maureen Silver, Amanda Sim, Tia Sloan, Phyllis Solsberg, Rhonda Taft, Arlene Travnik, Diane Trithardt, Arlene Vaxvick, Brenda Voyce, Annette Ware, Janet Wheler, Leslie Whervin, Liz White-MacDonald, Grace Wilke, Wayne Wilke, Kay Willekes, David Wilson, Laura Wylde, Lauren Zazula, Colette Zuberbuhler

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CITADEL VOLUNTEERS

ARTISTIC

Betroffenheit MAR 30 – APR 1, 2018

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