Citadel playbill - A Christmas Carol

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ADAPTED BY

TOM WOOD BASED ON THE STORY BY

CHARLES DICKENS

BOB BAKER I ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PENNY RITCO I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Board of Governors 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 Sandy Mactaggart (Honourary) Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Ex Officio Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Ralph Young

Board of Directors Catrin Owen President Aroon Sequeira Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Stuart Lee Treasurer Jane Batty Lesley Cormack Neil Gower Jane Halford Becky Hole Richard Kirby Ashif Mawji Lisa Miller Margot Ross-Graham Gaurav Singhmar Micah Slavens Larry Staples Sheila Witwicky

HonoUrary Directors

Jack N. Agrios, 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, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Maureen McCaw, Eva McGregor, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Barbara Shumsky, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

By Eugene O’Neill September 21 – October 13, 2013

THE DAISY THEATRE

By Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes September 28 – November 17, 2013 Presented by

2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Written, Starring & Directed by Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt October 26 – November 17, 2013

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted by Tom Wood Based on the story by Charles Dickens November 30 – December 23, 2013

CLYBOURNE PARK

By Bruce Norris January 25 – February 16, 2014

DO YOU WANT WHAT I HAVE GOT? A CRAIGSLIST CANTATA

By Veda Hille and Bill Richardson February 5 – 23, 2014

Disney’s and Cameron Mackintosh’s

MARY POPPINS

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film March 15 – April 20, 2014 Presented by

ROMEO AND JULIET

By William Shakespeare April 5 – April 27, 2014 Presented by

MAKE MINE LOVE

By Tom Wood May 10 – June 1, 2014

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS We gratefully acknowledge the significant support of our donors who make it possible for the Citadel to present world-class theatre that is accessible, intelligent, passionate and relevant.

ANNUAL SUPPORT Artistic Director’s Circle ($5000 +)

David & Jan Bentley Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Ada Hole Muriel Hole John & Maggie Mitchell Tom & Corrie Redl Rob & Beth Reynolds Aroon Sequeira Chris & Dale Sheard Prem & Saroj Singhmar Weir Family Fund Ralph & Gay Young

Director’s Club ($2500 - $4999)

Madam Justice L. Darlene Acton The Honourable John & Ruth Agrios Bob Baker & Tom Wood Dr. & Mrs. Luis & Alexis Baptista Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross John & Judith Cosco Doug & Wendy Davey Dr. Elizabeth Dixon & Dr. Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim Allison & Glyn Edwards Leslie Frankish Cecil & Anne Hoffman Wolfgang & Elizabeth Kaminski Don & Lorna Kramer Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation Sandy & Cécile Mactaggart Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller Ove & Susan Minsos Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern Al & Fran Olson

Esther Ondrack Playhouse Publications Ltd. Poole Family Jerry & Mary Preston Sir Francis Price & The Honourable Marguerite Trussler Penny Ritco Arnold & Grace Rumbold Kayla Shoctor Marshall & Debby Shoctor Eira Spaner Moira & Larry Staples Buddy Victor Paddy Webb Sheila Witwicky

STAR

($1000 - $2499) Shirley Allder Carol & Rae Allen Bonnie Andriachuk & Darrel Ewaschuk Anonymous (2) Becker Bruce & Carol Bentley Dr. Doug & Mary Bosko Joyce Buchwald David & Marlene Burnett Butler Family Foundation Frank Calder Janelle Conrad Lesley Cormack J. Susan Davis Richard A. Gil Greg Greenough J.D. Hole Brenda & John Inglis Gail & Andrew Jarema Linda & Siegfried Kowand In Memory of Dr. Kris Kristjanson James & Maggie Laing Stuart & Sherry Lee Robert & Dawn Lemke

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS Ken & Jennifer Kouri Christine Kyriakides Dr. Ed & Nikki Lazar James MacDonald Teresa Mardon Suzette Marxheimer Ian & Linda McConnan Douglas & Claire McConnell James McFarland Norma & Gordon McIntosh Gordon & Agneta McKenzie Maureen & Jim Moran Bill & Joyce Mustard Laverne & Aaron Nathan Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Fred & Helen Otto Vital & Colleen Ouellette Tom & Judy Peacocke Poster Tech Aline Pratch Curtis & Sandra Prosko Richard Remund Henry & Helen Resta Antoni & Lucyna Rojek Marianne & Kent Stewart Neil & Merle D. Taylor Douglas & Dorothy Warren Crystal Willie Sarah Wylie

David Cornish Marilyn Cree Robert & Marlene Crosbie Marilyn Darwish L.A. Dushenski Carmen & James Dykes Karen Farkas Rose Fowler Jean Fukushima Frank Gibson William L. Gibson Betty & Mike Gibbins Shirley Gifford Gaie Goin Neil Gower Bill Grace Lilian Green Paul Greenwood Patsy Ho Bill & Jana Holden Ray & Elaine Hook Robert & Laurel Hudson Mary Hurlburt Elesavata Hymonyk Norman & Evelyn Jensen Jerry & Miriam Katz Cherisse Killick Liz Kohle Anita Kozyrskyj Ruth & George Lauf ensemble Jack & Diane Latham ($200 - $499) Don & Gwen Lawrence Will Alexander Mary Machum Diana & Laurence Andriashek Estelle Marshall Veronica Azizi Neil & Pamela Martin Diana Bacon Jenna Marynowski Roderick Banks Ian McLernon William & Carole Barton Linda Medland Davis Walter & Stella Baydala Dr. A. & Evelyn Meer Terri & Gary Biasini Gordon & Cathy Moorhouse Beverly Boren Al Morrow Robert & Maureen Braun Craig Neuman Norma Brekke Janice Neumann Norman & Anne Burgess Edna & Cal Nichols Kevin Burghhardt Ian & Lou Nicol Susan & James Burns Jennifer Oakes Martin Carroll Dianne Oberg Lorne Carson James & Beverley Orieux Gordon & Janet Clanachan Kathy Packford 6 A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Fred & Mary Paranchych Leslie & Rick Penny Fay Plomp Jean & Edward Posyniak Barb Prodor Diana Purdy Paul Puszczak Andrew & Carol Raczynski Barbara Redmond-Ellehoj Phil Roy Orla Ryan Allan & Marianne Scott Glenn & Margaret Sharples Richard Sherbaniuk Doug & Devika Short Ellie Shuster Barbara & Gerry Sinn Dale & Jane Somerville Keith & Beverley Spencer Elout Starreveld Delores Stefaniszyn Campbell & Rosalind Sydie Allison Theman Maggie Thompson Michael & Kathleen Tomyn Mary-Ann Trachimowich John & Alana Tucker Darcy & Marion Turner Chris Vilcsak Robert & Ann Weir James Whitton John Wodak Susan Wright Dr. Randall & Nancy Yatscoff Betty & Bill Young

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS Angie Bogner Keith & Elizabeth Bowering E. Ross Bradley Jacqueline Breault Lori Bristow Jack Brown Rita Burns Brian & Barbara Burrows James & Joan Carlson Don Chisholm Brent Christopherson Patrick & Luxie Crowe Wendy Curry Delbert & Jane Dahl John & Carol Danyluk Patricia Dawson Elly De Jongh Lorne & Edith Dixon Herta Doherty Allan & Elaine Douglas Francis & Muriel Dunnigan Roland Duquette Sheila Dyck Liz Edmunds Marion Elder Elizabeth Ruthanna Elson Jacqueline & Martin Elton Noella Fagnan Lorraine & Don Fankhanel Gail Faulkner Lois Field Kristen & Mark Finlay C.R. French Charles Friedrich Isidor & Grace Gliener Joan Green Vivian Grue Jane Halford Jocelyn & Wes Hamilton Tatsuyuki & Dorothy Hayashi Robert Henderson

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Carolyn Pawlenchuk Donna Pawliw Gordon & Margaret Peterson Catherine & Richard Perry Susan & Darrell Portz Olga Predy Susan Priestner Helen Primrose Darlene Rasko Sheila Ringrose Ron & Carol Ritch Barbara Rolheiser Betty Ross Kay Savey Carolyn Scheidt Charles & Marilyn Schroder Robert & Cathy Seidel Tami Shandro Deb Shaw Maurice & Molly Shurgarman Sol & Shirley Sigurdson Lynn Smarsh Trina Smith Brian Sproule Jean & Gerry Staring Mary Sturgeon Gerard Tertzakian Christa Teskey Tony Thai & Alvin Schrader D. Edward Toole Larry Trekofski Henriette van Hees Barbara Varvis Almut von Koenigsloew Violet Watson Kathy & Doug West Sam Withanachchi Margaret Zapf Antonio Zaragoza Diane Zinyk Brian Zrobek

To learn more about our Supporter Program and levels of support and benefits, please visit www.citadeltheatre.com or contact Sydney Stuart at (780) 428-2142 or sstuart@citadeltheatre.com.

As a registered charity, we rely on the generosity of our donors & sponsors.

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters, our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel Theatre/Robbins Academy.

The Hole Family • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund the Eldon & Anne Foote Fund • The Robbins Foundation Canada The Joseph H. Shoctor fund

Government & Foundation Supporters

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

C O U R T E S I E S

Dr. Ghalib Ahmed, and the friendly staff at Coast Edmonton House.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES 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.

ALLERGY ALERT For the safety of those with allergies, please refrain from the use of perfumes or scented products before coming to the theatre.

H E A R I N G A D VA N C E M E N T H E A D S E T S We offer headsets to patrons with hearing difficulties. Ask the usher at the door of the theatre. These are provided free of charge. You will be asked to leave your driver’s license as a deposit until the headset is returned at the end of the performance.

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L AT E S E AT I N G We endeavor 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.

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Recognizing our

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The Daisy Theatre

Mary Poppins

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GIL MICIAK The Citadel engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Production personnel for the Citadel Theatre are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) Sponsors

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(In order of appearance) JAMES MacDONALD.................................................. Ebenezer Scrooge GLENN NELSON. . ........................................................ Ebenezer Scrooge (alternate) JOHN KIRKPATRICK................................................... Jacob Marley DOUG MERTZ.............................................................. Reverend Fish MARALYN RYAN......................................................... Mrs. Dilber RON PEDERSON......................................................... Mr. Swidger BELINDA CORNISH..................................................... Mrs. Cratchit WILL BRISBIN.............................................................. Tiny Tim JULIEN ARNOLD......................................................... Bob Cratchit NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Mrs. Blum ANNETTE LOISELLE .. ................................................. Mrs. Denham DOUG MERTZ.............................................................. Mr. Toll THOM MARRIOTT ...................................................... Mr. Rank PATRICK LUNDEEN.................................................... Caleb Wilmer ERIC MORIN.. ............................................................... Fred IMOGEN WYNTERS/ NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Ghost of Christmas Past RYAN JACKSON. . ........................................................ Youngest Scrooge GAVIN DYER................................................................ Edwin MICHAEL LONG.. ......................................................... Toby NICOLA ELBRO........................................................... Fanny JAMIE CAVANAGH...................................................... Young Scrooge THOM MARRIOTT.. ...................................................... Mr. Fezziwig NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Mrs. Fezziwig PATRICK LUNDEEN.................................................... Will Tetterby PEG YOUNG................................................................ Granny Fezziwig BETH GRAHAM.. .......................................................... Belle THOM MARRIOTT.. ...................................................... Ghost of Christmas Present RYAN JACKSON. . ........................................................ Ragged Caroler HAILEY BENEDICT...................................................... Jenny Cratchit JEVAN GODSMARK.................................................... Philip Cratchit SIAN GODSMARK....................................................... Martha Cratchit JULIETTE ESHLEMAN. . ............................................... Belinda Cratchit CONOR MEADOWS.................................................... Peter Cratchit APRIL BANIGAN.......................................................... Alice RON PEDERSON......................................................... Topper BETH GRAHAM.. .......................................................... Emmeline PATRICK LUNDEEN.................................................... George MARK VETSCH............................................................ Joseph ANNETTE LOISELLE. . .................................................. Tilly ANIQA CHARANIA....................................................... Margaret JAMIE CAVANAGH...................................................... Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come NANCY McALEAR....................................................... Laundress JOHN KIRKPATRICK................................................... Old Joe NICOLA ELBRO........................................................... Nora SYDNEY WRIGHT........................................................ Caleb’s Daughter RYAN JACKSON. . ........................................................ Turkey Boy CORMAC NUGENT.. .................................................... Poulterer’s Apprentice ERIC WIGSTON.. .......................................................... Mr. Denham AIDAN SPILA................................................................ Trinket Seller JACOB MOGG............................................................. School Boy SADIE RAIN BOWLING............................................... Wealthy Twin CAMPBELL HAMILTON.............................................. Wealthy Twin LOGAN WEST.............................................................. Spoiled Boy The townspeople, guests, carolers & ragamuffins are played by members of the ensemble.

The play is approximately 2 ¼ hours with one intermission of twenty minutes.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT TOM WOOD

T

om Wood is an accomplished playwright, actor, director, and teacher and has worked with every major theatre in Canada and a number in the United States. Mr. Wood has spent seven years with the Stratford Festival and five 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) and Clap Trap, a farce, produced at Canadian Stage in Toronto and the National Arts Center in Ottawa. He has also adapted this production of A Christmas Carol (in its 14th 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 on 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. Mr. Wood’s latest new comedy, Make Mine Love, about movie-making in Hollywood circa 1938, will premiere at the Citadel later this season.

Earlier this season he played James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and he has also played Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman (Sterling Award nomination), and John in Shining City (Sterling Award). His directing credits at the Citadel include Doubt, a parable, The Glass Menagerie and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He will be directing Romeo and Juliet in the Spring.

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In interviews, playwright Bruce Norris comes across as a provocateur.

Whether it’s real or not, he takes on an iconoclastic, tough guy, no nonsense demeanour. He started off as an actor but, he says, “Because I’m a very difficult, contrary, unpleasant, irritating human being, I’m not the right psychological type to be an actor.” In another interview he maintained, “The idea that theatre can change anyone is optimistic. The test would be that it just doesn’t change what we think or what we do. I still do what I did when I was 9. I live parasitically off the labour of others and benefit from the power structure that protects me. I’m lazy, selfish and infantile and so are most people.”

Wow! I must admit some interviewers suggest he sets out to offend on purpose and lightens what he says with a gleam in his eye. It is not surprising however that the motivation to write the bruising, take-no-prisoners Clybourne Park, came out of an argument with friends. “I tend to get into arguments a lot,” ruefully observes the playwright. “And more often than not I lose. So I go home and stew about why I lost. And after I stew for a long enough time, I divide the argument between various voices, various people. And that’s usually the genesis of a play. It’s the endless, continuous replay of the argument in my head.”

Norris feels that racism has not changed in America over the last half-century despite a black family in the White House. He chose as inspiration for Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s seminal 1959 play (the 1961 movie

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“And that’s usually the genesis of a play. It’s the endless, continuous replay of the argument in my head.” starred Sidney Poitier), a hopeful and uplifting tale of a black family that buys a home in an all-white neighbourhood.

Norris sets his combustible, bleak (albeit hilarious) view of race relations in the United States down in suburban Chicago – the same (fictional) neighbourhood where Hansberry located her play – and indeed in the same house. He even uses one of Hansberry’s characters.

The first act is set in 1959 where a three generational black family has just purchased a home and is preparing to move in. The Neighbourhood Association wants to keep the area lily-white. The second act is set in 2009, after the flight of whites to the suburbs, and the house has indeed devolved into a graffiti-defaced wreck, after decades of poverty, crime, drugs and neglect. But the neighbourhood is about to change again. A young, white suburban couple intends to tear down the structure and rebuild in an effort to “gentrify” the area. The problem is the middle-class black inhabitants are hostile to the white carpetbaggers coming in and pushing them out. In short, they are as racist as the whites were to the black homebuyers 50 years earlier.

The play is a frank, often inflammatory conversation about race and class. As Norris’ characters haltingly discuss the significance of who owns the house, it quickly devolves into a confused shouting match that exposes the prejudices of both sides.

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“It is my job, to the best of my ability, to set the play in a context that makes sense to the truth of what is being said.”

“I think Norris is a button pusher,” chuckles James MacDonald, the man who will direct the Citadel’s production of Clybourne Park. “He comes from Chicago which has traditionally been representative of middle America – a cross-roads of so many things. He was a member of Steppenwolf,”(the legendary tradition-breaking Chicago theatrical troupe).

MacDonald is an all-round man of the theatre – actor (Sterling Award winner for Einstein’s Gift), director (at the Citadel: Julius Caesar/Billy Bishop Goes to War) and teacher. In fact, last year he followed Tom Wood (the ultimate tough act to follow) into the role you will be seeing tonight, that of Ebenezer Scrooge. And performed with distinction. Citadel patrons will remember the strong sense of time and place he gave his A Few Good Men last year. It’s important to the director that we feel completely at home in the setting even before the actors say a word. This summer he went to Chicago to get a better feel for the racially driven stresses in that city. He visited museums and took a first-hand look at the history of race relations and the everchanging face of local neighbourhoods.

He sees that history dramatically summed up in the characters of Norris’ play. “I’m not a politically correct person so I wanted to approach the play without being particularly

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NORRIS: “It was important to me to depict the people in 1959 as people with good intentions.

They are not racists in the KKK way — they are people who think they are doing the right thing to protect their neighbourhood and their children and their real estate values. But that’s a form of self interest that has, as its unfortunate byproduct, a really racist outcome.”

MacDONALD: “I love the way it works contextually on two levels. There is so much going on for these people underneath. When you visited somebody in the ‘50’s you got dressed up, complete with shirt and tie, even if you were just going next door. You would never confront anybody on their issues and beliefs and consequently the characters hide much of what is going on in their heads. In 2009, you could say pretty well what you want. So, I have the actors playing descendants of the original characters from the first act because I think there is a continuity and resonance there.”

Clybourne Park was an immediate hit with both audiences and critics. It played successfully in smaller theatres all over America and then carried its message across the sea to London

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“verbally dextrous and fast-paced dramas contemplate the complexities of the American psyche and the family dynamic.” where audiences, perhaps seeing a mirror of their own radical problems, embraced it. It won the Oliver – London’s top theatre award. Returning in triumph, its Broadway production won the Tony and in 2011 reeled in the Pulitzer. Two years ago it was the most produced play in North America.

It has lost none of its controversy along the way. The New York Times gave it a rave review but its op-ed page rumbled with comment that “the message of Clybourne Park is that whites build and blacks destroy.” In reaction, a black playwright named Kwame Kewi-Armah wrote Beneatha’s Place, his own (successful) follow up to A Raisin in the Sun. Kewi-Armah observed that the message of Norris’ play is, “White flight equals black blight.”

One critic located in Minneapolis (but apparently seeing a different play) noted that the production was “consistently compelling. You will leave the theatre talking, thinking and maybe even laughing.” Another critic has compared Norris to Edward Albee, observing that his “verbally dextrous and fast-paced dramas contemplate the complexities of the American psyche and the family dynamic.”

So is Clybourne Park a downer? No, it’s too funny and stimulating for that.

“It’s that wonderful, awkward feeling of discomfort when you find yourself laughing at stuff you recognize in yourself.”

Norris, though, must be ecstatic about all the fuss. “I see a lot of plays that sustain the flattering illusion that we are a noble and uplifting generation,” he says. “In reality we’re a destructive, incredibly corrosive force in the world and we should stop reproducing.”

Says MacDonald, “I think we all need to understand that some of our beliefs are out front and others are deep down. Clybourne Park is not an academic discussion.

If this play is to work it has to be about something more profound than race relationships in Chicago. It must be about the way we behave when we confront our own prejudices in Edmonton in 2013.”

Citadel Artistic Director Bob Baker has been trying to land Clybourne Park since he first read it years ago. “We couldn’t fit it into that season and then it became this huge hit and it was impossible to get near it. When the rights came around again I lept at it. The characters and situations are humorous but it doesn’t pull any punches. It’s that wonderful, awkward feeling of discomfort when you find yourself laughing at stuff you recognize in yourself.”

You’ll be able to make up your own mind when Clybourne Park previews on January 25th on the main stage of the Citadel.

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BIOS JULIEN ARNOLD

Bob Cratchit

Last season at the Citadel, Julien appeared as Sir Robin in Monty Python’s Spamalot and as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Other Citadel Theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sterling Award), The Rocky Horror Show, Beauty and the Beast, The Drowsy Chaperone (co-production with the National Arts Centre), The Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, Einstein’s Gift, Servant of Two Masters, Hamlet, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Other Edmonton theatre credits include The Scent of Compulsion, Mother of the Year, Happy Toes and The Ambassador’s Wives for Teatro La Quindicina; Spelling Bee for Mayfield Dinner Theatre; Forsooth My Lovely for Acme Theatre; Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp for Workshop West Theatre; Alias Godot for Theatre Network and As You Like It and Richard III for the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. Julien is an artistic associate of Teatro La Quindicina and the Artistic Director of Atlas Theatre, which operates out of the Lower Hall of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Old Strathcona.

APRIL BANIGAN

Alice

April is delighted to be returning to A Christmas Carol, a show that is very dear to her heart. Previously at the Citadel, April appeared in Death of a Salesman and The Constant Wife (Citadel Theatre/RMTC). Selected theatre credits include The Red King’s Dream, The Last Train and Boston Marriage for Shadow Theatre; Piledriver! for Theatre Network; My One And Only (Sterling nomination) and The Blue Light for Workshop West; Blood Oranges and Silence for Northern Light Theatre, See How They Run for the Mayfield Theatre and she performed Never Swim Alone in Washington D.C. with her own company, Scarface Productions. Television credits include Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Street Justice; Mentors, Media Sense as well as the upcoming feature film War Reporter. April runs school theatre residencies with Concrete Theatre and was last seen in The Maggie Tree/ Blarney Stone’s production of Age Of Arousal. Thank you to her beautiful boys, Sean, Jezec and Avram!

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BIOS WILL BRISBIN

Tiny Tim

Will is excited to join the cast of A Christmas Carol at the Citadel Theatre. Will is 8 years old and enjoys acting, dance, rugby, reading, soccer, swimming, and triathlon. Will has also enjoyed the Foote Theatre School for the past two years where he performed as Prince Charming in Cinderella and the Gingerbread Man in The Gingerbread Man. Will previously appeared as a member of the Children’s Ensemble in Oliver! (Festival Place) and as Harvey in the training video A Day at the Firm of Small & Lyttle (Lindisfarne Productions). This past September, he shot a local movie called Forbidden Playground. In addition to the Foote Theatre School, Will studied dance at Shelley’s Dance Company. Will loves performing, and is outgoing with a vivid imagination. Will would like to wish his family, friends, and everyone at Wes Hosford Elementary School a very Merry Christmas!

JAMIE CAVANAGH

Young Scrooge/Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come Previously at the Citadel Jamie appeared in Death of a Salesman.

Selected acting credits include James Westerley in Flight of the Viscount for Shadow Theatre, Nicholas Nickleby in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Leon Katz in The Gertrude Stein Project, and Tony Aronica in Savage in Limbo for Studio Theatre; Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, 1st Murderer in Macbeth, Martius in Titus Andronicus and Gaoler in Comedy of Errors for the Freewill Shakespeare Festival; Zastrozzi in Zastrozzi: Master of Discipline and Alex in The Survival of Pigeons As Studied by Human Lovers for Surreal SoReal Theatre; Edmund in Edmund and Todd in The Overnight for Mer-Man Productions and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Rudi in East of Berlin, and Hamlet in Hamlet for the University of Alberta. You can also see Jamie as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Citadel Theatre this season. If you would like to keep track of what else Jamie is doing this season you can follow him on twitter @JamieKnifefight. Enjoy the show and Merry Christmas!

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BIOS BELINDA CORNISH Mrs. Cratchit/Fezzi Guest

Previously at the Citadel, Belinda appeared in Rock ‘n’ Roll (a co-production with Canadian Stage Company). She was most recently seen as Regan in King Lear and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill Shakespeare Festival), and in Whiplash Weekend (Teatro La Quindicina). Other credits include Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and Titus Andronicus (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Shear Madness, Boeing Boeing and The 39 Steps (Mayfield Theatre); Mrs. Lindeman Proposes, Witness to a Conga, and A Grand Time in the Rapids (Teatro La Quindicina); Going to St. Ives (Atlas Theatre); Macbeth (Theatre Calgary); and Burlesque, Matt & Ben and Diamond Dog (Panties Productions). This spring, she won an AMPIA for her performance in the sitcom Tiny Plastic Men, and a Sterling award for her performance in Julius Caesar (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Belinda is also a core company member of Canadian Comedy Award-winning live improvised soap opera, DieNasty.

NICOLA ELBRO

Fanny/Nora

Nicola is thrilled to be returning to Citadel Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. Select credits include: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (The Belfry Theatre), Little Elephants (Shadow Theatre - Sterling Award), Mary’s Wedding (Gateway Theatre - Jessie nomination), Bashir Lazhar (Wishbone Theatre), True Love Lies (Citadel Theatre - Sterling nomination), Doubt (Studio Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Upcoming: Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh (Shadow Theatre). Nicola graduated from the University of Alberta with her BFA in acting.

Love to her family and Mike. xo Happy Holidays!

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BIOS BETH GRAHAM

Belle/Emmeline

Last season at the Citadel, Beth played Penelope in The Penelopiad. Other Citadel credits include A Christmas Carol, Death of A Salesman, The Drowning Girls, Penelope vs. The Aliens and The Paper Bag Princess. Other selected theatre credits include Cause and Effect for Teatro La Quindicina; The Wizard of Oz for Regina’s Globe Theatre; Hunchback, Nevermore and The Blue Orphan for Catalyst Theatre; and The Drowning Girls (National Tour). Beth’s new play, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, was recently co-produced

by Factory Theatre and Obsidian Theatre in Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA acting program and was a member of the 2010 Citadel Playwright’s Forum, as well as the 2013 Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program.

JOHN KIRKPATRICK

Jacob Marley/Old Joe/Grampa Fezzi John’s Citadel credits include last season’s A Few Good Men (co-production with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), As You Like It, Rock ‘n’ Roll (a co-production with Canadian Stage Company), Julius Caesar, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off, Fully Committed, Stones in His Pockets, Measure for Measure and Servant of Two Masters. Selected acting credits include Of Mice and Men (Canadian Stage); King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, 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) and Counsellor-at-Law (Theatre Calgary). John has had the good fortune to act for companies across Canada, including The Vancouver Playhouse, The Globe Theatre, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and The National Arts Centre.

John has a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. Happy holidays to all, and love to Breanna for her love and support.

Merry Christmas!

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BIOS ANNETTE LOISELLE Mrs. Denham/Tilly

Annette is thrilled to be back reprising her roles in this fabulous Christmas tradition at the Citadel. Other Citadel credits include Julius Caesar and directing Shelter, Unity 1918, and Vinegar Tom with the Teen Acting Company for the Citadel’s Teens at the Turn Festival. Since last year, Annette performed in STRIKE the Musical for Workshop West Theatre and King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. She is one of the founders of SkirtsAfire, HerArts Festival which had its debut in March 2013, where Her Story, a play she co-wrote with Nadien Chu had a staged reading. Last season she also performed in another play she penned, The Passion of Mary as part of the Roxy Performance Series. Annette is a co-founder of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, for whom favourite roles include Beatrice (Sterling Nomination) in Much Ado About Nothing, Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Hermione in A Winter’s Tale, Rosalind in As You Like It, and Elizabeth in Richard III. Other favourite performances include Rabbit Hole for ATP, Calgary; The Last Train for Shadow Theatre; My One and Only for Workshop West Theatre and Bloody Poetry (Sterling Nomination) for Northern Light Theatre. Annette is a graduate of the U of A’s BFA acting program. Peace to all and much love especially to Terry, Lili, Josie, Dez and Riles.

PATRICK LUNDEEN Will/Caleb/George

This is Patrick’s second season as a cast member of A Christmas Carol. Patrick is an associate on the Citadel’s Audience Development team and teaches at the Foote Theatre School. He began his theatre career in Edmonton at the Victoria School of the Performing and Visual Arts, he then graduated from the National Theatre School in 2009. Recent theatre credits include Sia (Pyretic Productions), Kill Me Now (Workshop West Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Citadel Theatre), Love and Dreaming (SeaCoast Studios) and Fringe productions of: Ruminations of Gayle (The Other Theatre), Electra (Human Loser Theatre), and Shoot Get Treasure Repeat (Theatre YES). Patrick is co-founder and now Chair of the Common Ground Arts Society (CGAS), having served as Artistic Director of CGAS as well as Avenue Theatre for close to two years before deciding to return to the stage. In 2011 Patrick was selected by Edmontonian Magazine as one of Edmonton’s ‘Sizzling Twenty Under Thirty’ in recognition of his work in the emerging arts community. Patrick would like to thank his partner Lianna, his parents, family, friends, and his many theatre mentors that have guided him along the way.

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BIOS JAMES MacDONALD

Old Scrooge

This marks James’ third appearance as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Other Citadel acting credits include Marley in A Christmas Carol, The Three Musketeers, Little Women: the Broadway Musical, Blackbird, Pride and Prejudice, Measure for Measure, Amadeus, Einstein’s Gift (Sterling Award), Wit, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Of Mice and Men (Sterling Award). Elsewhere, his credits include the title roles in Macbeth and Henry V for the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, as well as productions at most of Edmonton’s major theatres, and across Canada. James’ Citadel directing credits include last season’s A Few Good Men (Citadel/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre co-production), God of Carnage, Billy Bishop Goes to War, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Fire, Shining City, Vimy (Sterling Award), Equus, I am My Own Wife, and Stones in his Pockets. Elsewhere James’ directing credits include Julius Caesar for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; The Old Ladies for the Shaw Festival; Much Ado About Nothing, Fire (Dora Award), and As You Like It for Canadian Stage; and seven productions for the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, where he was the founding artistic director. James is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program. He is an Artistic Associate at the Citadel, and the Program Director of the Citadel Theatre/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Next at the Citadel, James is directing Clybourne Park.

NANCY McALEAR

Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs. Blum/ Mrs. Fezziwig/Laundress Nancy was previously seen at the Citadel Theatre in last season’s A Christmas Carol. She has just completed her MFA in Directing at the University of Alberta where she directed pool (no water) at Studio Theatre. Her most recent acting credits include The Soul Collector (Catalyst Theatre); The National Elevator Project (Theatre Yes); Murderers Confess at Christmastime (Outside the March); and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Studio Theatre). Other directing credits include Machinal and Adult Entertainment at the University and Parlour Song for Wishbone Theatre for which she was nominated for a Sterling Award for outstanding direction. Film and Television credits include A Map of the World; The Famous Jett Jackson; Deep in my Heart; Stuart McLean’s Xmas Pageant; Sealed with a Kiss and Urban Legend. Nancy has been nominated three times for Sterling Awards for her performances and was the recipient of one for her work in Frankenstein (Catalyst Theatre).

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BIOS THOM MARRIOTT

Mr. Rank/Mr. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present Thom is excited to join the Citadel for this Christmas season. His acting career has taken him from coast to coast in Canada, as well as stints in Toronto, London, Chicago and Berlin. Eight seasons at the Stratford Festival and six seasons at the Shaw Festival have defined his career in the theatre, appearing in over 40 major productions. Other theatres include Western Canada Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Young Peoples Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick, the Grand Theatre, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Television credits include Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle (CBC), Nikita (CW Network), Suits (USA Network), Bitten (SPACE), and Cover Me (CTV). In 2014, Thom returns home to Niagara-on-theLake, Ontario to appear in The Philadelphia Story and When We Are Married at the Shaw Festival.

DOUG MERTZ

Toll/Reverend Fish/Dialect Coach Doug’s Citadel credits include Captain Matthew A. Markinson in last season’s A Few Good Men, (Citadel/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre co-production), Egeus and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sheriff Gilbeau in August: Osage County. Other Edmonton credits include The Tempest and Julius Caesar for Freewill Shakespeare; Evie’s Waltz for Shadow Theatre; Doubt: a parable for Studio Theatre; Pervert for Northern Light Theatre; and The Unseen, which won the first-ever Critics’ Choice Award, for Chorus Productions in the 2011 Edmonton Fringe. Doug teaches part-time at the University of Alberta and is the Director of the Foote Theatre School and Young Companies here at the Citadel. Doug will be seen later this season at the Citadel onstage in Clybourne Park.

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BIOS ERIC MORIN

Fred/Fezzi Guest

Previously at the Citadel, Eric appeared in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Three Musketeers, Little Women: the Musical and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Other theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Canadian Stage; The Wizard of Oz for The Elgin Theatre/Ross Petty Productions; Gabe in Next to Normal for The Arts Club (Ovation Award Nomination); Luke in the 2010 Dora-nominated production of The Altar Boyz; Guys and Dolls for Port Hope; and Riff and Baby John in West Side Story for The Grand Theatre/Palace Theatre. He has appeared in productions at Smile Theatre, Drayton Entertainment, Ecce Homo Theatre and Silvermist productions. Eric is a graduate of the distinguished Ryerson Theatre School Program and participated in the 2011/2012 Banff Citadel Professional Training Program. Many thanks to his family, Adrian, and the whole team at the Citadel for their undying love, support and passion. www.putMORINtoit.com

GLENN NELSON

Old Scrooge Alternate

Glenn’s Citadel credits include Death of a Salesman, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Equus and The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate. Some past favourites here have included Amadeus, King Lear, 1984 and To Kill A Mockingbird. Other theatre credits in Edmonton include Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night and Comedy of Errors for Freewill Players; Henry IV Part 1, The Odd Couple, Uncle Vanya, Fly Fishers Companion, Sexy Laundry, Harvest and most recently Little Elephants for Shadow Theatre; My One and Only for Workshop West; Metastasis for Northern Light Theatre and Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Rumors, Gypsy, and The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes for the Mayfield Theatre.

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BIOS RON PEDERSON

Mr. Swidger/Topper

For the Citadel: Extinction Song (Sterling Award nominee), Hunchback (co-production with Catalyst Theatre & Vancouver Playhouse), Beauty Queen of Leenane (Sterling Award), Betty’s Summer Vacation, Little Shop of Horrors (Sterling Award nominee), Into the Woods, Babes in Arms, Hello Dolly, The Music Man and Oliver! Ron has worked across the country with most of Canada’s major theatres including The Stratford Festival, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Citadel Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre Network, The Arts Club, The Vancouver Playhouse, Phoenix Theatre, The Young Centre, The Canadian Stage Company, The Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille and The SummerWorks Festival. As well, as an aclaimed improviser Ron has been seen at many theatres and festivals in the U.S. and Europe including The Barrow St Theatre, Off-Broadway.

He is a Sterling Award, SummerWorks Performance Award and Canadian Comedy Award winner and a Jessie Award and Merritt Award Nominee.

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BIOS MARALYN RYAN

Mrs. Dilber

Even though this is Maralyn’s thirteenth year with A Christmas Carol, she’s exhilarated to be wearing Mrs. Dilber’s shoes again. With an exceptional script by Tom Wood and a talented company of staff, designers, cast and crew, this production is holiday heaven. Previously at the Citadel, Maralyn has appeared in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, The Aberhart Summer, Tête á Tête and Lend Me A Tenor. Selected acting credits include Vivian Bearing in Wit (Globe Theatre); A Guide to Mourning (Alberta Theatre Projects); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatre Calgary); Homeward Bound (Grand Theatre/National Arts Centre); Master Class (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Joy and Shop at Sly Corner (Shaw Festival); Crackpot (Prairie Theatre Exchange/Belfry Theatre); Thirteen Hands (Canadian Stage/ National Arts Centre); Hamlet (Freewill Players); Choke (Theatre Network); Private Lives (NLT); Seed Savers (Workshop West), Rabbit Hole (Persephone Theatre) and Sheer Madness (Mayfield Theatre). Recently, she directed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for the Mayfield Theatre and wrote and directed a touring Centennial production for Atco Energy. Ms. Ryan has earned three Sterling Awards for Outstanding Performance and ten nominations.

Maralyn would like to dedicate this performance to those who strive to eradicate poverty, intolerance and injustice. Love to her wonderful family and a Happy Holiday to you!

MARK VETSCH

Joseph/Wealthy Father/Fezzi Guest Mark is very pleased to be making his Citadel debut in A Christmas Carol. A former member of the Citadel’s Young Acting Company, he appeared in While We’re Young, Shelter, and Unity: 1918. Selected credits include Much Ado About Nothing (University of Alberta); Shake the Fringe, Shake the Foundation, and Shaky Love (Thou Art Here Theatre); The Juvyline Cubangbang Show (Blue Sky Theatre); StoryHouse (Adisi Works); Joshua’s Pigeon, The Emcees, and One Fine Day (Dell’Arte International); and Pagliacci (Mercury Opera). Mark is a player and host for Grindstone Theatre’s weekly improvised musical, The 11 O’Clock Number. He has a BA Drama Honours from the University of Alberta and a Physical Theatre and Ensemble Diploma from the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Mark would like to thank his family, friends, and his wonderful girlfriend Katie for all of their overwhelming support.

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BIOS ERIC WIGSTON

Mr. Denham/Fezzi Servant Eric is thrilled to be making his Citadel debut this year in A Christmas Carol. An Edmonton based actor and entrepreneur; select theatre credits include: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shear Madness (Mayfield Dinner Theatre), The Soul Collector (Catalyst Theatre), On The Banks Of The Nut, The Adulteress, Cause And Effect (Teatro La Quindicina), That Men May Fly (Lunchbox Theatre), Jeremy De Bergerac (Forte Musical Theatre Guild), Evil Dead: The Musical (Hit & Myth Productions), Poof!: The Musical (Capitol Theatre). In the spring Eric will be returning to the Citadel, playing Balthazar in Romeo and Juliet. When he isn’t acting Eric runs his own local food business, Gourmet Granola in local Farmers’ Markets and selling out of Save-On Foods stores.

He’d like to thank his family and his beautiful girlfriend Emma for their copious amounts of support and love.

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Granny Fezziwig/Vegetable Vendor Peg is delighted to be working in A Christmas Carol again. In the past she has been the child supervisor for several Citadel shows and appeared last year in Death Comes to Aunty Norma for the ADFA Stage Struck Festival. She loves working with the wonderful cast and crew of A Christmas Carol and is very happy to be a part of the Citadel family. This show is the highlight of her year. “Love and joy come to you…”

Childhood cancer is the number one fatal disease in children. In 1979, a group of concerned parents came together to create the Kids with Cancer Society to provide over 50 vital programs and services not offered elsewhere to children with cancer and their families who reside in Northern Alberta and NWT. Pictured at left: Kleianne, Elizabeth and Maria.

BIOS BOB BAKER

Director

Since returning to his hometown of Edmonton fourteen years ago, Bob Baker as Artistic Director has rejuvenated and expanded the Citadel Theatre. Programming season after season of world-class theatrical productions, Mr. Baker has ushered in an era of growth at the Citadel. Four years ago Mr. Baker was instrumental in incorporating four of the Citadel’s existing creative development programs under one umbrella: The Robbins Academy. The Robbins Academy consists of the Eldon and Anne Foote Theatre School, the Citadel Young Companies, The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program and ongoing Play Development activities, creating Canada’s newest and most comprehensive program for creative development in professional theatre. Mr. Baker was honoured with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for exceptional service, excellence and community involvement, a University of Alberta Distinguished Alumni Award, is a member of Edmonton’s Cultural Hall of Fame and is a recipient of a PACE award from Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes. Last season Bob directed Monty Python’s Spamalot which received six Sterling Awards, including Outstanding Director and Outstanding Musical Production. He was the Artistic Director during the successful turn-around of both the Phoenix Theatre in Edmonton (1982-87) and the Canadian Stage Company in Toronto (1990-98). Earlier this season, Mr. Baker directed his 50th show at the Citadel, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and later this season he will be directing the World Premiere of Tom Wood’s new comedy, Make Mine Love.

Our special guests on December 11th are Maria, Elizabeth, Kleianne, and Samantha, who were able to enjoy the extraordinary experience of “My Dream to be in Theatre for a Day” because of the generosity of Dave Filipchuk & Delphine Brooker, the Citadel Theatre, and Shelley Wegner. Every March, the Kids with Cancer Society hosts the Beaded Journey Gala where “Dream Experiences” are bid on in our live auction. Purchasers have the opportunity to make children dealing with childhood cancer forget about cancer for a day through involvement in an experience they will never forget – like the opportunity of being a part of a special rehearsal and performance of the Citadel’s A Christmas Carol.

Photo by Karen Fidler.

BIOS LESLIE FRANKISH Set & Costume Designer

Earlier this season, Leslie designed set & costumes for Long Day’s Journey Into Night and last season for Private Lives.

Selected Citadel credits include set and costume designs for Pride and Prejudice, Beauty and the Beast (Sterling Award), Oliver!, The Constant Wife, Peter Pan, Blithe Spirit, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Measure for Measure, and Present Laughter. Ms. Frankish began her career at the Citadel in the 1980’s as a resident designer for the Citadel Youth Theatre. Other resident designer positions include The Phoenix Theatre, 1984 – 1987 and The Shaw Festival, 1988 – 1999 where her designs included Pygmalion, Misalliance and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. As well, Ms. Frankish has designed for major theatres across Canada including set and costume design for Angels in America I & II, Singer and Into the Woods for Canadian Stage Company; Hard Times, Lilies and Claptrap for the National Arts Centre; La Bête for Theatre Calgary; A Little Night Music and The Caretaker for the Vancouver Playhouse and recently The Homecoming for the Stratford Festival and Heartbreak House for the Shaw Festival. Leslie was also the senior production designer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

For pictures of these and other productions, please visit lesliefrankish.com.

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BIOS 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.

He has designed 16 productions for the Citadel including: Private Lives, August: Osage County, Wizard of Oz, Macbeth, Oliver! and Peter Pan. Over thirteen consecutive seasons at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, his 29 productions include collaborations with Jonathan Miller, Jennifer Tarver, Peter Hinton, Christopher Newton, Des McAnuff and Antoni Cimolino. Next season he is designing Beaux Stratagem on the Festival Stage. He served as Resident Lighting Designer for 12 seasons at The National Ballet of Canada, designing over 25 productions, and through 24 seasons at the Shaw Festival (ten as Head of Lighting Design) he is credited on more than 55 productions. He has worked with a diverse range of Canadian companies, including the National Arts Centre, Canadian Stage, RMTC, Globe Theatre, The Belfry Theatre and Montreal’s Segal Theatre and Centaur Theatre. Internationally, his designs have been featured at Lincoln Center Theater, Metropolitan Opera, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, ABT and Stuttgart Ballet. Mr. Thomson’s award-winning design for Robert Lepage’s Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung has been seen across Canada and around the world. His acclaimed designs have garnered a Sterling Award, four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and he was recently presented the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for 2012.

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BIOS MICHAEL BECKER

Sound Designer

A Christmas Carol had always held a special place in Becker’s heart and he would appreciate that it is now in its fourteenth season and continues to be warmly received by its audiences.

Becker was always amazed by the generosity of Christmas Carol audiences with their outstanding support of the Edmonton Food Bank. Previously at the Citadel, he worked on Peter Pan. In 1984, he did the same play which opened the Maclab Theatre. For 35 years, Becker composed and designed sound for theatre, radio dramas, and film. Other Citadel credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Metamorphoses, Vanya and Measure For Measure.

Becker began his career at Theatre Calgary and worked at many prominent theatres all over Canada including Stratford, but worked primarily in Edmonton and Calgary. He had the most fun doing all the music for the TV show Acorn, the Nature Nut and had worked often with the piano player from Servant of Two Masters, Darcy Phillips, together they did the music for Jake & the Kid. Later this season at the Citadel, we will hear his music in the sound design for Romeo and Juliet.

LINDA RUBIN

Choreographer

Linda is excited to return to the Citadel for the fourteenth season of A Christmas Carol. Previous Citadel credits include Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some of her choreographic credits include The Edmonton Opera, Opera Nuova, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network, Workshop West Theatre, L’UniThéâtre, and Broken Toys Theatre. Linda is engaged in rehearsal direction and mentoring productions for dance companies that include Windrow Production with Amber Borotsik and Jesse Gervais, Gerry Morita and Mile Zero Dance Company, Kathy Ochoa and Tania Alvarado. Ms. Rubin is a Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, where she taught dance and stage movement in the BFA in Acting professional actors’ training program. Linda is currently engaged in the dance and movement training for The Robbins Academy Young Companies.

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BIOS DON HORSBURGH

Music Director

As Robbins Academy faculty, Don enjoys connecting with both Citadel Theatre Young Companies and the Citadel Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program participants. Earlier this season, Don was music designer for Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Previously at the Citadel, Don has been the music director for Monty Python’s Spamalot (Sterling Award), Next to Normal (co-production with Theatre Calgary; Betty Mitchell Award), The Sound of Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women the Musical, Hunchback, Beauty and the Beast (co-production with Theatre Calgary); Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story (coproduction with Theatre Calgary); Oliver!, Guys and Dolls (co-production with RMTC); Cabaret, Into the Woods, Aspects of Love and Duddy. Don has also provided original music for August: Osage County, Pride and Prejudice, Blithe Spirit, The Constant Wife, and last season’s The Penelopiad. Recently Don visited Winnipeg to music direct Hairspray, White Christmas and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. For the Stratford Festival he has provided original music for 19 productions and music directed Threepenny Opera. He is the recipient of five Dora Awards for his contributions to Rigoletto, A Little Night Music, Fire and Lilies; and Sterling Haynes Awards for outstanding music direction for Cabaret, The Rocky Horror Show and Monty Python’s Spamalot.

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BIOS MICHELLE CHAN

Stage Manager

Earlier this season at the Citadel, Michelle stage managed Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Last season, Michelle was stage manager for Monty Python’s Spamalot, Private Lives, A Christmas Carol and A Few Good Men (Citadel/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre co-production). Other Citadel stage manager credits are The Sound of Music, God of Carnage, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Women: the Musical, August: Osage County, A Christmas Carol, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Blackbird, The Wizard of Oz, The Forbidden Phoenix, Vimy, Wingfield’s Inferno, The Pillowman, Bird Brain, Fully Committed, Vanya, Shakespeare’s Will, Wingfield on Ice, Stones In His Pockets, Homeward Bound and The Sword in the Stone. Assistant stage manager credits at the Citadel include Oliver!, Peter Pan, Blithe Spirit, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Sound of Music, Grease, Servant of Two Masters, Hamlet, Cabaret and Art. Other favourite stage manager credits include Mothership Down with Paper Tiger Productions; Afterplay for Blarney Productions; Evelyn Strange, Cocktails at Pam’s and Fever Land for Teatro la Quindicina and The 7th Circle and A Hero for All for Fringe Theatre Adventures. Big Thanks to Kerry, Wayne and Gil! Merry Christmas to All!

KERRY JOHNSON Assistant Stage Manager

Originally from Winnipeg, Kerry has been happily calling Edmonton home and working as a Stage Manager for the past nine years. Last season at the Citadel, Kerry was the ASM on The Penelopiad. Other Citadel credits include The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, The Forbidden Phoenix, 3 Mo’ Tenors and Noises Off. Kerry has also worked on Beowulf the King (Workshop West), Ride (Northern Light Theatre) and MacBeth (Theatre Prospero). Kerry is a graduate of the BFA Stage management program at the University of Alberta.

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BIOS WAYNE PAQUETTE

Assistant Stage Manager/Associate Director Earlier this season at the Citadel, Wayne worked on Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Additional Citadel credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, Next to Normal, The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Death of a Salesman and The Three Musketeers. For the Citadel, Wayne has directed Blackbird, co-directed The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, and assistant directed The Wizard of Oz, The Glass Menagerie and Doubt, a parable. Wayne is also the artistic director of Blarney Productions, an artistic associate with Shadow Theatre, and is an associate member of the Robbins Academy for the Citadel Theatre. Some of his favourite credits include assistant directing Shining City and The Forbidden Phoenix for The Citadel; directing Three Viewings, Glorious!, The Dazzle, and The Country for Shadow Theatre; Marty Chan’s Mothership Down and God’s Eye for Paper Tiger Productions; Afterplay, The Christian Brothers, Madagascar, The Good Thief, A Body of Water, Orange Flower Water, Skirmishes, and The Year of Magical Thinking for Blarney Productions. Most recently, Wayne directed Murielle, a new play by Ellen Chorley (Blarney Productions and Promise Productions) and Linda Griffith’s Age of Arousal (Blarney Productions and The Maggie Tree). Thanks to Denise.

GIL MICIAK

Apprentice Stage Manager

Gil is thrilled to be working at the Citadel for the first time.

Most recently, Gil was the stage manager on Aladdin for Alberta Opera. Other credits include apprentice stage manager on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Lear (Freewill Shakespeare Festival), The Soul Collector (Catalyst Theatre), and Aida (Edmonton Opera). Later this season, Gil will be the ASM on Nevermore for Catalyst Theatre. Gil was born and raised in Edmonton and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management from the U of A. Thanks to Michelle, Wayne and Kerry.

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