Citadel Theatre playbill - Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

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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. (Honourary) Frederick K. Campbell Jacqueline Charlesworth Marc de La Bruyère Wendy Dupree Ex Officio Anne Foote (Honourary) Ada Hole Ralph B. MacMillan Jack McBain Arliss Miller Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Sheila Witwicky Ralph Young

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* Member of the Citadel family who has recently passed away.

ONCE Based on the Motion Picture Written and Directed by John Carney Music & Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová Sep 22 – Oct 14, 2018

REDPATCH

By Raes Calvert & Sean Harris Oliver Nov 1 – 11, 2018

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CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY

By Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon Nov 17 – Dec 9, 2018

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Based on the story by Charles Dickens Adapted by Tom Wood Nov 30 – Dec 23, 2018

SWEAT

By Lynn Nottage Jan 12 – Feb 3, 2019

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Based on the novel by Roald Dahl Adapted by Dennis Kelly Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin Feb 16 – Mar 17, 2019

THE CANDIDATE

By Kat Sandler Mar 30 – Apr 21, 2019

THE PARTY

By Kat Sandler Mar 30 – Apr 21, 2019

THE TEMPEST

By William Shakespeare Apr 20 – May 12, 2019

Message From The

Artistic Director Welcome to Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley This season, our productions are opportunities for us to ReImagine familiar stories through a new lens. This script, by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, is a fantastic imagining of how the lives of the characters of Pride and Prejudice may have continued after the book was over. The story focuses on the often-overlooked sister, Mary Bennet. It is the perfect combination of period romance and contemporary humour, and it is easy to see why Lauren Gunderson was the most produced playwright in America last season.

It is my pleasure to welcome Nancy McAlear to the director’s chair for this production.

Edmonton audiences will know Nancy from her many years as a member of the cast of A Christmas Carol, as well as her innovative (Sterling-nominated!) directing of numerous productions at theatres around the city. This beautiful period world has been designed by the incredible Dana Osborne (Set/Costumes), Oz Weaver (Lights), and Jonathan Lewis (Composition/Sound), and our cast is comprised of incredible performers from Edmonton and across Canada.

This year we are “doubling down” on the holidays at the Citadel, with our productions of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley and our 19th annual production of A Christmas Carol!

We are also hosting our first annual Dickens Fest – which includes a Christmas market and teas, and a Victorian dinner party complete with parlour games, caroling, dancing, and a chance to visit Pemberley. The building will be packed full of holiday celebration.

We hope you’ll join us throughout the month to celebrate 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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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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Students Club The Citadel Theatre believes that young people are integral to the artistic fabric of our community and we are committed to programming and initiatives that develop their creative voices and encourage their participation. Students Club offers a unique glimpse into the world of professional theatre to a wide range of local junior and senior high school students.

Prior to select performances of each of our Mainstage shows, members gather for a light supper and then participate in a highly engaging, interactive presentation with one of our region’s talented theatre artists, covering some aspect of theatre – from choreography to design, from stage combat to Shakespeare. Following the performance, students stay for an informative talkback with members of the production’s cast and crew.

Prior to Students Club performances of Miss Bennet, students will participate in an interactive workshop with Mieko Ouchi. Mieko is a playwright, actor, and director working in theatre, film, and television.

Her plays, The Red Priest (Eight Ways To Say Goodbye), The Blue Light, The Dada Play, Nisei Blue, I Am For You, Consent, and The Silver Arrow have been nominated for several awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama and the City of Edmonton Mieko Ouchi Book Prize. Mieko is co-founder and current Artistic Director of Concrete Theatre, a nationally recognized 29 year-old TYA touring company. She is currently working on several new projects: a new play called Burning Mom with Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre, Fu-Gen Asian Canadian Theatre and The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and an adaptation for Vertigo Theatre, as well as co-directing/dramaturging an opera for families by Dave Clarke performed in sung English and ASL. Through the workshop, the students will learn how playwrights adapt different popular forms into a script ready for stage production, just like Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon did with Jane Austen to create Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.

For more information on Students Club, or to become a part of the program, please contact Shirley Tran at 780.428.2127 or groupsales@citadeltheatre.com.

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taking photos in the theatre Audience members may take photographs in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. Please acknowledge the incredible work of our designers by crediting them in your posts and photos as follows:

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By Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon UMED AMIN................................................. Arthur de Bourgh MIKAELA DAVIES....................................... Mary Bennet ALLISON EDWARDS-CREWE. . .............. Elizabeth Darcy EMMA HOUGHTON.. ................................. Lydia Wickham MATHEW HULSHOF................................. Fitzwilliam Darcy CAMERON KNETEMAN........................... Charles Bingley EMMA LAISHRAM. . .................................... Jane Bingley GIANNA VACIRCA. . .................................... Anne de Bourgh Director........................................................... NANCY McALEAR Set & Costume Designer. . ........................ DANA OSBORNE Lighting Designer........................................ OZ WEAVER Composer/Sound Designer. . ................... JONATHAN LEWIS Assistant Director....................................... ANDREW G. COOPER Dialect Coach. . ............................................. DOUG MERTZ Text/Singing Coach................................... DAWN SADOWAY Stage Manager............................................ ANDREA SCHURMAN Assistant Stage Manager......................... AL GADOWSKY The run time of this performance is approximately 135 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley was originally produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago, Illinois (BJ Jones, Artistic Director; Timothy Evans, Executive Director). Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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 Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) Sponsors

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About the

Playwrights

Lauren Gunderson is the most produced living playwright in America, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s 3-Year Residency with Marin Theatre Co. She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Writing at NYU’s Tisch School where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. Her work has been commissioned, produced and developed at companies across the US including the Denver Center (The Book of Will), South Coast Rep (Emilie, Silent Sky), The Kennedy Center (The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!), the O’Neill Theatre Center, Berkeley Rep, Shotgun Players, TheatreWorks, Crowded Fire, San Francisco Playhouse, Marin Theatre, Synchronicity, Olney Theatre, Geva, and more. Her work is published by Dramatists Play Service (Silent Sky, Bauer), Playscripts (I and You; Exit, Pursued by a Bear; and Toil and Trouble), and Samuel French (Emilie). She is a Playwright in Residence at The Playwrights Foundation, and a proud Dramatists Guild member. She is from Atlanta, GA, and lives in San Francisco. www.laurengunderson.com Margot Melcon

is a theatre artist, administrator and writer. She was the Director of New Play Development at Marin Theatre Company for seven years, where she dramaturged over 30 productions—including six world premieres—and administered the company’s two annual new play prizes and commissioning program.

She has developed plays with TheatreWorks, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Crowded Fire Theater, Shotgun Players, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, the Kennedy Center, the New Harmony Project, and the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis. She is currently the Program Executive for Promoting Culture at the Zellerbach Family Foundation. Margot is a graduate of California State University, Chico.

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Director’s Notes

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley places at its center, the

middle sister of Pride and Prejudice’s Bennet family, Mary. At a time when women were educated just enough to be socially entertaining in order to land a husband, and to help the advancement of said husband, Mary’s curiosity, honesty, and desire to learn for her own edification most certainly seals her fate as a spinster.

Who among us has not felt, at one time or another, invisible, like Mary? Or thought; if I were only more ‘this’ or less ‘that,’ I’d be happier, less lonely or more successful?

I’ve always loved underdog stories. They give hope to anyone who has ever felt that they don’t quite fit the mold of societal expectations. I can’t think of a better show for me to make my Citadel directorial debut. I have found myself of late feeling distressed and concerned by the news of the day and, as I write this, I’m launching into our second week of rehearsals with an incredibly generous and talented group of individuals who make me laugh, and bring joy into the room every day.

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is about new beginnings, family, love, hope, and acceptance. I hope this production provides you a short respite from the stress and chaos of the times we now live in, and that you have a joyful holiday season with loved ones.

– Nancy McAlear

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Perhaps, then, we could launch a final “hale and farewell” to the elegant Bob Baker/Tom Wood Christmas production that has warmed our hearts and launched our festive season for the past 19 years. Having looked back over the articles I have written on the production, here are some thoughts as a memory of Christmases’ past.

Bob Baker - Director: “In my early years in Edmonton, I was taken aback by the community spirit. And I knew the theatre had to tap into that.”

Tom Wood – Writer/actor (Scrooge): “When Bob approached me with the idea of adapting, my immediate reaction was, ‘Oh no! Do we really need another Scrooge?’ And then I re-read the original and by the time I had finished I sat there bawling my eyes out.”

Bob: “I decided we’d put all our resources into it. Maybe people would come more than once.”

Opening night was in November of 2000. The show that the audience saw that night never had a full run-through. There had been a truncated effort at a dress rehearsal but as Baker told Foreshadowing, “We started the rehearsal and when we ran out of time – we stopped...” But the gods of theatre hovered over that holly-filled night and a Christmas miracle happened. “I knew by the second act that I could stop worrying,” said Bob. At the end, the audience rose from their seats to give the evening a heartfelt standing ovation,

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never triggering to the knowledge of how close the Citadel’s Christmas present came to turning into a lump of coal.

In 2000, Lester Myhr was the head carpenter of the Citadel: “It took six weeks to build the set – myself and six carpenters. The biggest undertaking was ‘Merry Town,’ the spinning jewel box of a Victorian street. Then, there was Scrooge’s huge canopied bed. It was a real elevator. It weighed in at 928 pounds and was so perfectly balanced you could move it with your finger. We had to build the set around the elevator and the canopy became the deck for all subsequent productions.”

The backstage was a frenzy that few had ever experienced before. “You had to choreograph yourself with the actors. If anyone zigged when they should zag, the whole set could come thundering down upon them in the semidarkness.”

In those days, Cheryl Hoover was the stage manager (now Director of Production). She sat in the booth, high over the audience, presiding over an army of carpenters and dressers the audience would never see. She watched the action on two television monitors – one showing what’s happening on stage and the other a special system that allowed her to peer into the backstage darkness. Her world was peopled by three dressers, two wardrobe maintenance people, three lighting technicians, two sound men, four stage carpenters, three assistant stage managers, two wig and make-up people, and one child wrangler.

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Siobhan Pettigrew was costumer: “The set stretched over two floors and you have to be where the actors are when they come off stage. I got it timed to about 20 minutes into the second act when I get my first bathroom break. The production was toughest for Tom (Wood). He’s only offstage for about six minutes – and even then he was changing costume.”

(In fact, Tom moved so quickly he magically appeared on stage twice – at the same time).

A running crew of costumers was always at hand on a daily basis with needle and thread to look after the 1,500 pieces that just simply wear out.

Far be it from me to draw back the curtain to expose the wheels and ropes, but with this production off to join the Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come, now it can be told.

When Marley’s fearsome shade springs from his grave in that terrifying opening scene – there are two carpenters and an electrician packed into a small wheeled set on stage behind him. The eerie door knocker that scarily morphs into Marley’s head requires (as per Shelia Cleasby – Head of Electrics at the time), “...two actors – and two men to move the scenery. I unplugged the door and jumped on it as it started to roll or I would get run over.”

I could uncover no technical explanation as to how Marley rises and floats out through that window or how the Ghost of Christmas yet to come disappears from the middle of the stage.

The best explanation probably came from my six-year-old grandson, Luceo who, when I asked him how it was done, observed: “It’s simple, Grampi. It’s magic.” Of course!

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It took a lot more than technical legerdemain to bring forth tears from audiences. And so, loyal patrons, you won’t be surprised that the genuine emotion was shared on both sides of the curtain. Here are some comments from actors who have participated over the years.

The Ryan family had been woven into the fabric of the production. When we talked to her in 2008, matriarch Maralyn Ryan had put her individual A Christmas Carol, 200 0 stamp on Mrs. Dilbert, Scrooge’s much put upon housekeeper, for eight years. That year, her daughter Kate, had been playing the steadfast Mrs. Cratchit for three. Maralyn Ryan brought a distinguished career in theatre but, despite her long experience, the actor told Foreshadowing that she was never more moved on a nightly basis than she was in A Christmas Carol. “It was unique – and it was there every night and it was always the same.”

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Actor Jeremy Baumung: “You can feel the audience on the stage. And the more we felt, the more we came together as cast on stage. I could look into the eyes of a fellow actor and share the genuine feeling we were all together to make this thing happen.”

Bob Baker: “London was overcrowded at the time. I want to create a sense of that community. Always someone watching or just sitting in the shadows. Ragamuffins always on stage.”

Tom Wood: “It’s tough not to fall into old line readings. But the children. Ah, the children.

Every year they brought the innocence of being in the moment. They are not trying to construct anything else. They keep you grounded.”

Ben Wheelwright played Tiny Tim in 2002. Remembers Ben, “I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting myself into but the older actors really welcomed me into the group. When it was over and we had to say goodbye, there were a lot of tears.”

Over the years, actors from four to 90 years of age performed in the production.

As a final gesture to what has gone before, Daryl Cloran has given us a gift. In what he calls “a celebration of our incredibly talented local artistic community,” this final production will be the first one with an entirely Edmonton-based cast.

The final production of the long-running version of A Christmas Carol begins on November 30 and runs through December 23 in the Maclab Theatre of the Citadel.

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UMED AMIN Arthur de Bourgh

This is a play about hope and change and love and new traditions.

I think it’s an important piece of theatre, given the current political climate. To any children reading this, I implore you to follow your dreams. I feel so blessed to make money doing what I’ve wanted to do since I was eight years old. I took a leap of faith after reading an actor’s bio telling me what I’m now telling you, and here I am, years later, flourishing in an environment I chose for myself. You can do it too. I believe in you. Thanks for being here.

MIKAELA DAVIES Mary Bennet

Mikaela Davies has worked extensively as an actor, director, and creator in Toronto. Having spent a few years at Soulpepper Theatre, (Spoon River, The Crucible, Marat/Sade, Idiot’s Delight, The Dybbuk) Mikaela moved to The Stratford Festival (Breath of Kings, Madwoman of Chaillot, Timon of Athens) where in her second season, she performed the leading role of Beatrice-Joanna in The Changeling.

She also assistant directed Robert Lepage on his lauded production of Coriolanus at Stratford, and is currently developing a musical.

ALLISON EDWARDS-CREWE Elizabeth Darcy

Allison is thrilled to make her Citadel debut with such talented artists. Training: Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance. Selected Credits: Girls Like That (Tarragon Theatre); Da’ Kink in My Hair (Theatre Calgary, National Arts Centre); How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Factory Theatre); All Shook Up (Globe Theatre, Stage West Calgary); Othella (Make Art Theatre); Hairspray (Rainbow Stage); Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct); and Dreamgirls (Grand Theatre).

Upcoming: School Girls (Obsidian & Nightwood Theatre). Endless love to my family and friends. Enjoy!

EMMA HOUGHTON Lydia Wickham

Emma is a born and bred Edmonton artist who is delighted to be performing on the Shoctor stage! Recent credits include The Virgin Trial, The Last Wife (Alberta Theatre Projects); Last Chance Leduc (FTA/Snowflake Prod.); Cleave (FTA/Tiny Bear Jaws); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Parade, The Gondoliers (Opera Nuova); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Citadel Theatre). Catch her on Telus Optik’s The Abracadavers and The Psyborgs, and see her next in Miss Teen at Shadow Theatre! Happy Christmas and ribbons for all!

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MATHEW HULSHOF Fitzwilliam Darcy

An Edmonton based actor, Mathew’s most recent credits include A Lesson in Brio, I Heard About Your Murder, Hey Countess (Teatro la Quindicina); Our Man in Havana (Bright Young Things); Witch Hunt at the Strand, Kill Me Now (Workshop West); What Gives, That Men May Fly (Lunchbox Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Tribes, Eurydice (Studio Theatre); Deathtrap (Mayfield Theatre); East of Berlin (East/West Collective); and Nevermore (Catalyst Theatre). Mathew is a three-time Sterling Award nominee and winner for Smokescreen (Concrete Theatre).

CAMERON KNETEMAN Charles Bingley

Cameron is thrilled to be back in his hometown of Edmonton, and to be returning to the Citadel after nine years. He last performed as Peter Cratchit in the 2009 and 2010 A Christmas Carol companies.

Other credits include Gilbert in Anne and Gilbert at the Guild Theatre, as well as Fiddler on the Roof and The Little Mermaid at the Port Hope Capitol Theatre. He would like to thank his Mom and Dad, and send his love and admiration to his incredible wife, Cynthia.

EMMA LAISHRAM Jane Bingley

Emma is a Toronto-based, mixed theatre artist who graduated from the National Theatre School, and the Dalhousie Acting Program.

Recent credits: Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre); In Care, by Kenneth Williams (Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre). She is thrilled to debut at the Citadel doing her most favourite things: living in a Pride and Prejudice fantasy and speaking in a British accent! She is so grateful to Nancy, the cast and crew, her family and friends, and to be a settler on this beautiful land.

GIANNA VACIRCA Anne de Bourgh

Gianna is an actor, dancer, and choreographer from the prairies.

This is Gianna’s Citadel debut! She has performed with Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Thou Art Here theatre, The Maggie Tree, L’UniThéâtre, Madfandango Theatre Collective, Punctuate! Theatre, Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts, Brian Webb Dance Company, Theatre Yes, Northern Light Theatre, Downstage Theatre, The Cultch, and The Theatre Center. This winter, Gianna is heading to Factory Theatre and The Belfry Theatre with Punctuate! Theatre and AAPA’s show Bears. Love to all her families and Oscar, and to all of you for coming! Enjoy!

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Bios NANCY McALEAR

Director

This is Nancy’s Citadel directing debut, but not her first time working here. She’s been seen in a number of shows here over the years, including A Christmas Carol, Hello Dolly, Taming of the Shrew, Da, and Ghosts. Recent directing credits include Billy (Les Jours de Hurlement) (L’Unithéâtre); The Romeo Initiative (SkirtsAfire); The Believers (MadFandango Theatre Collective); Talk to Me Like the Rain, and Hello from Bertha (Shaw Festival). Next up, Nancy will be playing Emily Carr for Handsome Alice Theatre in Calgary.

DANA OSBORNE

Set & Costume Designer

Raised on Vancouver Island and now based in Stratford, Ontario, Dana is pleased to be making her Citadel/Albertan debut! She is an award-winning designer who has designed for theatres across Canada including the Stratford Festival (19 seasons), Shaw Festival, Pacific Opera, Globe Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Grand Theatre, Soulpepper, and Centaur. Recent designs include set and costumes for The Hound of the Baskervilles (Shaw), as well as costumes for The Music Man and Rocky Horror Show (Stratford).

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OZ WEAVER Lighting Designer

For the Citadel: Freedom Singer and Craigslist Cantata. Lighting Designer: Selfie (YPT); Maggie & Pierre (Various); BANG BANG (Factory Theatre); Hamlet and All’s Well That Ends Well (Canadian Stage); LULU v.7, Its All Tru, and Rhubarb Festival 2016 (Buddies in Bad Times). Production Manager: IMPACT Festival (MT Space); The Watershed (TD for Crow’s Theatre); The Cage is the Stage at The PowerBall (Power Plant). Producer: The Dietrich Group; Le Grand Continental, and Until the Lions and Bearing (LUMINATO). www.ozweaver.ca

JONATHAN LEWIS Composer/Sound Designer

Since 1997, Jonathan has appeared as a musician in numerous shows at the Citadel, but this is his first time as a designer and composer. Elsewhere, Jonathan has composed for productions at Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, One Yellow Rabbit, Western Canada Theatre, Quest Theatre, Vertigo, and others. He is also a versatile freelance musician, performing on violin and viola, in styles ranging from classical to jazz, Greek to klezmer, and beyond.

ANDREW G. COOPER Assistant Director

Andrew holds his Bachelor of Arts from Thompson Rivers University and is the recipient of the Kamloops Mayor’s Emerging Artist Award. Previous directing credits include The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm, One Day, Mockus, Frankenstein (Chimera Theatre); The Disordered Mind, The Witness, Crossroads (Tranquille Tunnel Theatre); The Three Munsch-keteers (Project X Theatre); and The Grind (Western Canada Theatre’s High-wire Festival). Next, Andrew is creating a new puppet show called The Robber Bridegroom with Chimera Theatre in Kamloops and Calgary.

DOUG MERTZ Dialect Coach

Doug has coached dialects for numerous shows here (A Christmas Carol – 10 years!, Redpatch, Shakespeare in Love, Million Dollar Quartet), and elsewhere: Vigilante – National Tour (Catalyst Theatre), Pirates of Penzance, The Gondoliers, Parade (Opera Nuova), and many others. Doug has taught dialects for the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program, Theatre Alberta’s Drama Works and Workshops

by Request, Rapid Fire Theatre, Foote Theatre School, and several local high schools. He is the Director of Education and Outreach here at the Citadel.

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Bios DAWN SADOWAY Text/Singing Coach

Dawn is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice in the Theatre Arts Program at MacEwan University. She is also an active performer, vocal coach, and director. Her most recent creative work includes: Last Light Above the World: A War Litany – Actor (RES) and Carmen – Assistant Director (Mercury Opera). Dawn has thoroughly enjoyed working as a Voice and Singing Coach with this exciting group of young actors and would like to thank the very talented Nancy McAlear, whose direction continues to inspire actors and creative teams alike.

ANDREA SCHURMAN Stage Manager

Previous Citadel credits include The Humans, Million Dollar Quartet, Red, and Intimate Apparel. Recent credits include The Orchard (after Chekhov) (Shaw), PSM of the Charlottetown Festival (Anne of Green Gables and A Misfortune), and 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Marquis). Andrea has worked from coast to coast (and Barbados!) with companies including YPT, Canadian Stage, Obsidian, The Grand, Soulpepper, TPM, Factory, The Globe, Persephone, Mirvish, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Cahoots, Nightwood, Studio 180, Vancouver Playhouse, Neptune, TNB, Tapestry New Opera, and the Stratford Festival. Upcoming: SM Victory and ASM The Glass Menagerie for the Shaw Festival.

AL GADOWSKY

Assistant Stage Manager Previously at the Citadel, Al has assistant stage managed The Humans (Citadel/Canadian Stage), Crazy For You (Citadel/Theatre Calgary), The Silver Arrow, West Side Story, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, and apprentice stage managed Avenue Q, Venus in Fur, and Monty Python’s Spamalot. Other credits include Anne of Green Gables, Jesus Christ Superstar, On The Road With Dutch Mason, Million Dollar Quartet, Mamma Mia!, and Glenda’s Kitchen (Charlottetown Festival); La Traviata, Les Feluettes, Turandot and The Merry Widow (Edmonton Opera). Al thanks his family and friends for their continuing love and support.

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