2014 Major Barbara - House Programme

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Theatre Calgary in association with American Conservatory Theater presents

MAJOR BARBARA

By George Bernard Shaw February 11 - March 9, 2014

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This production of Major Barbara marks a historic collaboration between Theatre Calgary and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Over the past few years, we have shared ideas and projects, but this is the first time we’ve created a project together from the ground up: two theatres, from two countries joining together to create a truly international collaboration.

Martin Luther King Jr. is examined and celebrated with The Mountaintop.

We are thrilled to be presenting the Canadian Premiere of this stunning new play.

Our companies were interested in what happens when we share our similarities and our differences. We’ve chosen a classic British play to examine with a glorious group of American and Canadian artists. This production was rehearsed, built, and ran originally in San Francisco in January. We are now proud to be on the final leg of our journey, bringing this production home to Calgary. We welcome our American colleagues—and now friends—to our stage and to our city. This has been an experience I will never forget and an invaluable collaboration.

The Artistic Director of A.C.T., Carey Perloff, and I chose to present Major Barbara for the same reason: the overwhelming relevance this play has to our modern world.

When George Bernard Shaw was writing in the early 1900s he was commenting on the world around him—a world where commerce and industry ruled and human need was secondary to the health and wealth of the dominating class. Sound familiar? Shaw’s ideas of war, poverty and goodness remain vibrant and essential conversation points.

At the centre of this story is a family. The father has left years ago and now he returns. It’s this simple act that sets our story in motion.

Watch as his return upends, delights and disturbs. In the midst of large conversations of war and peace, of poverty and generosity, a family is restored. In the end, it’s the humanity of belonging to each other that dominates the outcome. Shaw has created something that is both far reaching and yet very contained.

Human contact leads to human understanding.

I admire and respect the powerful Mr. Undershaft, and I love the beautifully idealistic Major Barbara. Both have a lot to offer the world if we dare to listen.

Thank you for sharing this historic event with us.

DENNIS GARNHUM Artistic Director

Photos top to bottom: The company of Major Barbara on opening day at A.C.T. (Photo: Cordelia Miller) Dean Paul Gibson, Carey Perloff and Dennis Garnhum.

(Photo: Mark Thompson) Theatre Calgary Dress Circle patrons get an onstage tour of the show at A.C.T. (Photo: Mark Thompson) Our Dress Circle patrons and board members who made the trip to San Francisco.

(Photo: Mark Thompson) Dennis Garnhum outside A.C.T.'s Geary Theater in San Francisco.

(Photo: Pak Han)

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The night before his assassination, martin luther King Jr. retires to room 306 in the now famous lorraine motel in memphis.

When a feisty young maid visits him to deliver a cup of coffee, King is forced to confront his life, his legacy and the future of his people. a truly original and unexpected look at what it means to feel human in a fight for humanity.

Theatre gives you the opportunity to tell stories in surprising ways.

This play contains laughter and spirituality with a stunning dose of magic. See a hero in an astounding and deeply stirring way. England awarded this the Olivier award for Best New play in 2010. – Dennis The MounTainTop conTains sTrong language and adulT conTenT

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By George Bernard Shaw

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GRETCHEN HALL KANDIS CHAPPELL STAFFORD PERRY DAN HIATT ELYSE PRICE NICHOLAS PELCZAR TYRELL CREWS DEAN PAUL GIBSON VALERIE PLANCHE DAN CLEGG NEMUNA CEESAY BRIAN RIVERA JENNIFER CLEMENT

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Theatre Calgary is a professional non-profit company that performs in the Max Bell Theatre. It is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and operates within the jurisdiction of The Canadian Theatre Agreement. Theatre Calgary employs technicians under a collective agreement with the I.A.T.S.E.

Theatre Calgary gratefully acknowledges the support provided from the Alberta Lottery Fund, by the Government of Alberta through The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the City of Calgary through Calgary Arts Development, the Community Spirit Donation Grant Program, the Government of Canada through the Canada Council and Canadian Heritage and all corporate and private contributors.

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Barbara Undershaft Lady Britomart Undershaft Stephen Undershaft Morrison, Peter Shirley Sarah Undershaft Adolphus Cusins Charles Lomax Andrew Undershaft Rummy Mitchens Snobby Price, Bilton Jenny Hill Bill Walker Mrs. Baines

S E T T I NG Three successive days in January 1906, London.

ACT I: The library in Lady Britomart Undershaft’s house in Wilton Crescent.

ACT II: The West Ham Shelter of the Salvation Army.

ACT III: The library and then among the high explosive sheds at the arsenal of Messrs.

Undershaft and Lazarus, near the model town of Perivale St. Andrews.

DENNIS GARNHUM DANIEL OSTLING ALEX JAEGER ALAN BRODIE SCOTT KILLIAN ZACHARY MOULL MICHAEL PALLER JANET FOSTER, CSA

Director Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design and Composition Dramaturg, Assistant Director Dramaturg Casting

ELISA GUTHERTZ HEATHER RYCRAFT

Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

CATHARINE BEVANS CHRIS JACKO RON SIEGMUND BEN WILSON ADAM SCHRADER DONNIE OSLER SCOTT PATERSON TRISHA HERBERT CARLEY POWELL RACHEL SHERIDAN

Head of Lighting Head of Sound Wig & Hairstylist, Wardrobe Master Head Stage Carpenter Assistant Head Stage Carpenter Stage Hand Stage Hand Stage Hand Dresser Dresser

MAJOR BARBARA has one 20-minute intermission.

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Kandis Chappell, Dan Clegg, Elisa Guthertz, Gretchen Hall, Dan Hiatt, Nicholas Pelczar, Brian Rivera are members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

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the company

N E M U N A C E E S AY

TYRELL CREWS

Jenny Hill

Charles Lomax

Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: A Christmas Carol, A.C.T.; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Bacchae, The Colored Museum, UC Irvine; The Mousetrap, Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl, The Piano Lesson, A Flea in Her Ear, Hairspray, Avenue Q, Summer Rep; Polaroid Stories, The House of Bernarda Alba, Seven Guitars, Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party, Twelfth Night, Tartuffe, A.C.T. MFA Program. Nemuna received her BA in acting from University of California, Irvine and is graduating from the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program in May.

DAN CLEGG Snobby Price, Bilton (Understudy - Adolfus Cusins)

Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: A Christmas Carol, A.C.T.; Lady Windermere’s Fan, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Verona Project, California Shakespeare; Blue/Orange, Lorraine Hansberry Theater. Dan is also the voice of Winston in The Winston Show, a new iPad app created by ToyTalk, a family entertainment company based in San Francisco.

for theatre calgary: Pride and Prejudice, Enron, A Christmas Carol (2011), Much Ado About Nothing, Our Town, A Man of the North (FUSE ’09), Jake and the Kid (FUSE ’08), Timothy Findley’s The Wars (FUSE ’07). elsewhere: Henry IV Part I, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Tempest, Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare in the Park; Henry VI Part III, Shakespeare Company; My First Time, Reasons to Be Pretty, GZT; Blood, Sage; Mousetrap, Murder on the Nile, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Vertigo; Vincent In Brixton, Unity 1918, Shakespeare’s Dog, The Clockmaker, The Good Egg, ATP; Do Not Disturb, Lunchbox; The Dishwashers, Downstage. awards: Betty Mitchell Award – Actor in a Supporting Role – Our Town. Tyrell is a graduate of Mount Royal University’s Performance Conservatory.

KANDIS CHAPPELL Lady Britomart Undershaft Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: More than 30 productions at The Old Globe (San Diego); more than 25 productions at South Coast Rep (Costa Mesa); productions across America on Broadway, with Lincoln Center (New York), Huntington (Boston), Hartford Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Intiman (Seattle), Berkeley Rep, Kansas City Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles). film/television: Another You, L.A. Law, Sheridan’s Deal, Frasier. awards: Associate Artist of The Old Globe, four Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, three San Diego Theatre Critics’ Circle Awards, fourteen Dramalogue Awards, five Robbies (LA).

JENNIFER CLEMENT Mrs. Baines (Understudy - Lady Britomart Undershaft, Rummy Mitchens)

for theatre calgary: Enchanted April, Tons of Money, Charlie’s Aunt. elsewhere: Dangerous Corner, Top Girls, The Miracle Worker, Proof, Equus, Candida, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Vancouver Playhouse; The Wedding, ATP; Heidi Chronicles, Citadel; The Trespassers, The Real Thing, Belfry; It’s a Wonderful Life, Diary of Anne Frank, School for Scandal, Hamlet, Blithe Spirit, Arts Club; Agnes of God, NAC. Director – Dinner With Friends, Italian American Reconciliation, The Woods. film/television: Supernatural, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Eureka, Fido, Waydowntown, the series My Life as a Dog, Da Vinci’s Inquest. awards: Jessie Award – The Trespassers – Belfry. Jennifer is currently the Senior Instructor for the Essentials Acting Program & Deputy Manager in the Acting Department at VFS - Vancouver Film School. She is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School and has a BFA from York University. She has also had the pleasure of being a part of the development of many new Canadian plays at theatres across Western Canada.

D E A N PA U L G I B S O N Andrew Undershaft for theatre calgary: Actor – Tosca Cafe, The Drowsy Chaperone, Vigil. Director – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 7 Stories. selected credits: Actor – Jitters, Belfry; Falstaff, Bard on the Beach; The Drowsy Chaperone, MTC. Director – Xanadu, The 39 Steps, Black Comedy/Marriage Proposal, The History Boys, It’s a Wonderful Life, The School for Scandal, A Flea in Her Ear, Arts Club; Toronto Mississippi, Theatre Aquarius/Vancouver Playhouse; True West, No Great Mischief, Noises Off, Vancouver Playhouse; The Boyfriend, Studio 58; King John, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Merry Wives, Pericles, Twelfth Night, Two Gents, Bard on the Beach; Lend Me a Tenor, Good Night Desdemona – Good Morning Juliet, Powerlines, Gateway Theatre; Coup De Tat, WCT; Lettice and Loveage, Pacific Theatre. Dean has been seen on stage across the country and in various film and TV roles. awards: Dean has been honoured with Jessie Richardson Awards for his acting and directing and Cont.

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Great thinGs are created under the briGht liGhts.

The Trotter & Morton Group of Companies is a proud supporter of Theatre Calgary.

| PENUMBRA by Linda Zwicker | THE POSTMAN RINGS ONCE by Sky Gilbert | WINNING by David Bolt | GRAVEL RUN by Conni Massing | MOO by Sally Clark | THE COLOUR OF COAL by Clem Martini | THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AVRO ARROW by Clinton Bomphray | WELCOME TO THE NHL by Alan Williams | OFF ON A COMET by Steve Petch | SACRED HEARTS by Colleen Curran | UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE by Brad Fraser | WAVES by Lyle Victor Albert | QUEEN OF THE CADILLAC by Kent Stetson | THE BASEBALL PLAY by Peter Froehlich | THE WEDDING by Jim Harrison | WARRIORS by Michel Garneau translated by Linda Gaboriau | A CHANGE OF MIND by Clem Martini | FINAL DECISIONS (WAR) by Guillermo Verdecchia | KIDNAPPING THE BRIDE by Frank Moher | PANTHER AND JAGUAR by Linda Zwicker | ODD FISH by Pamela Boyd | OLD FLAMES by Karen Wikberg | SKYGEEZERS by Conni Massing | THE UGLY MAN by Brad Fraser | ALL FALL DOWN by Wendy Lill | HUNTER OF PEACE by Sharon Stearns | JOHANNESBURG by James Harrison | TUCK TUCK by Brian Drader | KAWARTHA by Dave Carley | SAINT FRANCES OF HOLLYWOOD by Sally Clark | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by Eugene Stickland | WHO LOOK IN STOVE by Lawrence Jeffery | CRACKPOT by Rachel Wyatt | ILLEGAL ENTRY by Clem Martini | MAD BOY CHRONICLE by Michael O’Brien | SCARY STORIES by Gordon Armstrong | BLOWING UP TOADS by Margret Hollingsworth | OTHERWISE BOB by Connie Gault | SITTING ON PARADISE by Eugene Stickland | THE DUCHESS by Linda Griffiths | BETWEEN PANCHO VILLA AND A NAKED WOMAN by Sabina Berman translated by Shelley Tepperman | EMPHYSEMA (A LOVE STORY) by Janet Munsil | THE HEART AS IT LIVED by Mansel Robinson | TOLSTOY’S WIFE by Frank Moher | A GUIDE TO MOURNING

by Eugene Stickland | ANGELIQUE by Lorena Gale | GRACE by Michael Lewis | SPEAK by Greg Nelson | DYING IS EASY by Paul Quarrington | THE ABERHART SUMMER by Conni Massing | TWO WORDS FOR SNOW by Richard Sanger | WEATHER by Frank Moher | APPETITE by Eugene Stickland | KNOCK, KNOCK by Rachel Wyatt | MOTHERLODE by Deirdre Dore | THE CORONATION VOYAGE by Michel Marc Bouchard translated by Linda Gaboriau | 24 EXPOSURES by Serge Boucher translated by Shelley Tepperman | RED LIPS by Connie Gault | RESPECTABLE by Ron Chambers | THE SHAPE OF A GIRL by Joan MacLeod | FOR LOVE AND MONEY by Rachel Wyatt | MARY’S WEDDING by Stephen Massicotte | MIDLIFE by Eugene Stickland | MOLIERE by Sabina Berman translated by Shelley Tepperman | THE RED PRIEST (EIGHT WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE) by Mieko Ouchi | PAGEANT by Daniel Macdonald | THE PLUM TREE by Mitch Miyagawa | STRAWBERRIES IN JANUARY by Evelyne de la Cheneliere translated by Morwyn Brebner | MY ONE AND ONLY by Ken Cameron | ALL CLEAR by Eugene Stickland | DOWN THE MAIN DRAG by Steve Laplante translated by Crystal Beliveau | BIG BABY by Frank Moher | GET AWAY by Greg MacArthur | THE LEISURE SOCIETY by Francois Archambault translated by Bobby Theodore | THE MYTH OF SUMMER by Connie Massing | MICK UNPLUGGED by Greg Nelson | HIPPIES AND BOLSHEVIKS by Amiel Gladstone | THE BLUE LIGHT by Mieko Ouchi | PICKING UP CHEKHOV by Mansel Robinson | DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES by Mammalian Diving Reflex | LE GROS SPECTACLE by Wind Up Dames | AGE OF AROUSAL

by Linda Griffiths | THE DECEMBER MAN (L’HOMME DE DECEMBRE) by Colleen Murphy | THE KNOWING BIRD by Ron Chambers | WHY FREUD FAINTED by David Rhymer & Vanessa Porteous | THIS IS CANCER! By Bruce Horak | THAT ELUSIVE SPARK by Janet Munsil | AUGUST, AN AFTERNOON IN THE COUNTRY by Jean Marc Dalpe translated by Maureen Labonte | THE GIFT OF THE COAT by Sean Dixon | TRAIN by Theatre Replacement/Maiko Bae Yamamoto | THE DROWNING GIRLS by Beth Graham & Charlie Tomlinson & Daniela Vlaskalic | THE CLOCKMAKER by Stephen Massicotte | ANOTHER HOME INVASION by Joan MacLeod | THE GOOD EGG by Michael Lewis MacLennan | NiX by The Only Animal/ Kendra Fanconi | ABRAHAM LINCOLN GOES TO THE THEATRE by Larry Tremblay translated by Chantal Bilodeau | TYLAND by Greg MacArthur | HOW DO I LOVE THEE? by Florence Gibson | THE HIGHEST STEP IN THE WORLD by David van Belle & Eric Rose | HEARTBREAKER by Morwyn Brebner | THE ROMEO INITIATIVE by Trina Davies | NISEI BLUE by Mieko Ouchi | 300 TAPES by Public Recordings | DRAMA: PILOT EPISODE by Karen Hines | THINKING OF YU by Carole Frechette translated by John Murrell | ASH RIZIN by Michael P Northey & Kyprios | GOOD FENCES by Downstage Creation Ensemble | THE APOLOGY by Darrah Teitel | THE VALLEY by Joan MacLeod | DUST by Christopher Morris and Jonathan Garfinkel in association with Human Cargo | THE GOD THAT COMES by Hawksley Workman & Christian Barry in association with 2b theatre | LEGEND HAS IT by Rebecca Northan | YOU WILL REMEMBER ME by Francois Archambault translated by Bobby Theodore | SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT by Anita Majumdar | GAMES by Linda Griffiths | PENUMBRA by Linda Zwicker | THE POSTMAN RINGS ONCE by Sky Gilbert | WINNING by David Bolt | GRAVEL RUN by Conni Massing | MOO by Sally Clark | THE COLOUR OF COAL by Clem Martini | THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AVRO ARROW by Clinton Bomphray | WELCOME TO THE NHL by Alan Williams | OFF ON A COMET by Steve Petch | SACRED HEARTS by Colleen Curran | UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS AND THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE by Brad Fraser | WAVES by Lyle Victor Albert | QUEEN OF THE CADILLAC by Kent Stetson | THE BASEBALL PLAY by Peter Froehlich | THE WEDDING by Jim Harrison | WARRIORS by Michel Garneau translated by Linda Gaboriau | A CHANGE OF MIND by Clem Martini | FINAL DECISIONS (WAR) by Guillermo Verdecchia | KIDNAPPING THE BRIDE by Frank Moher | PANTHER AND JAGUAR

by Linda Zwicker | ODD FISH by Pamela Boyd | OLD FLAMES by Karen Wikberg | SKYGEEZERS by Conni Massing | THE UGLY MAN by Brad Fraser | ALL FALL DOWN by Wendy Lill | HUNTER OF PEACE by Sharon Stearns | JOHANNESBURG

by James Harrison | TUCK TUCK by Brian Drader | KAWARTHA by Dave Carley | SAINT FRANCES OF HOLLYWOOD by Sally Clark | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by Eugene Stickland | WHO LOOK IN STOVE by Lawrence Jeffery | CRACKPOT by Rachel Wyatt | ILLEGAL ENTRY by Clem Martini | MAD BOY CHRONICLE by Michael O’Brien | SCARY STORIES by Gordon Armstrong | BLOWING UP TOADS by Margret Hollingsworth | OTHERWISE BOB by Connie Gault | SITTING ON PARADISE by Eugene Stickland | THE DUCHESS by Linda Griffiths | BETWEEN PANCHO VILLA AND A NAKED WOMAN by Sabina Berman translated by Shelley Tepperman | EMPHYSEMA (A LOVE STORY) by Janet Munsil | THE HEART AS IT LIVED by Mansel Robinson | TOLSTOY’S WIFE by Frank Moher | A GUIDE TO MOURNING by Eugene Stickland | ANGELIQUE by Lorena Gale | GRACE by Michael Lewis | SPEAK by Greg Nelson | DYING IS EASY by Paul Quarrington | THE ABERHART SUMMER by Conni Massing | TWO WORDS FOR SNOW by Richard Sanger | WEATHER by Frank Moher | APPETITE by Eugene Stickland | KNOCK, KNOCK by Rachel Wyatt | MOTHERLODE by Deirdre Dore

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is a graduate of Studio 58. Later this year Dean is directing A Midsummer Night's Dream for Bard on the Beach’s 25th Anniversary Season and Spamalot at the Arts Club’s 50th Anniversary Season.

VALERIE PLANCHE Rummy Mitchens

N I C H O L A S P E LC Z A R GRETCHEN HALL Barbara Undershaft Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Measure for Measure, Cymbeline, Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, Shakespeare Santa Cruz; A Doll's House, The Old Globe; Trouble in Mind, Arena Stage; The Importance of Being Earnest, Let There Be Love, CenterStage; A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare on the Sound; The Playboy of the Western World, Hangar Theater; Pericles, The Continuum Company; Stickfly, Cort Theater; Saturn Returns, Lincoln Center (New York). film/television: Person of Interest, Law & Order, Deception, Louie, Gossip Girl, Lipstick Jungle, Almost in Love and The Weekend. Gretchen received her BA from Fordham University and her MFA from New York University Graduate Acting Program.

Adolphus Cusins Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Arcadia, War Music, Rock ’n’ Roll, A Christmas Carol, A.C.T.; Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, The Whipping Man, Othello, The Glass Menagerie, boom, Marin Theatre; The Pitmen Painters, TheatreWorks; Hamlet, As You Like It, Pacific Rep; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival; Marius, Dublin Carol, Aurora Theatre; Daniel Handler’s 4 Adverbs, Word for Word; Hamlet, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Othello, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Importance of Being Earnest, California Shakespeare. He is a graduate of the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program in San Francisco.

for theatre calgary: A Christmas Carol (1992 – 98, 2011), Much Ado About Nothing, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Cyrano De Bergerac, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Amadeus. elsewhere: Little Elephants, Shadow Theatre; Equus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Crucible, Citadel; Half Life, Age of Arousal, Treasure Island, Marion Bridge, Down the Main Drag, Perfect Pie, Red Lips, ATP; Jekyll and Hyde, Blood Relations, Mousetrap, Snake in the Grass, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Vertigo; Music for Contortionist, Frozen, Scorched, Sage; The Constant Wife, Boy Gets Girl, The Good Life, Theatre Junction; Elizabeth Rex, Mob Hit; and many theatres across Canada. film/television: Brokeback Mountain, Right Side of Wrong, In Cold Blood, Shanghai-Noon, The Jack Bull, Blackstone, Heartland, Terminal City, Tom Stone, Caitlin’s Way and Honey I Shrunk the Kids. awards: Elizabeth Sterling Hayes Award for Little Elephants, Betty Mitchell Award for Communion and The Good Life, Betty Mitchell Award Nominations for Music for Contortionist, Elizabeth Rex, The Constant Wife, Perfect Pie.

S TA F F O R D P E R R Y D A N H I AT T Morrison, Peter Shirley (Understudy - Andrew Undershaft)

Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: 1776, The Rivals, Curse of the Starving Class, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, ‘Round and ‘Round the Garden, Happy End, A.C.T.; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Menocchio, Dinner with Friends, Berkeley Rep; Noises Off, Flea in Her Ear, The Immigrant, This Wonderful Life, San Jose Rep; Hamlet, Arms and the Man, Romeo and Juliet, King John, Much Ado About Nothing, Man and Superman, Uncle Vanya, Nicholas Nickleby, California Shakespeare; The Twentieth Century, Upright/Grand, The Pitman Painters, The 39 Steps, TheatreWorks; The Arsonists, Aurora Theatre; Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Ford’s Theatre; Sylvia, Stage West, Mississauga. awards: Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Principal Performance – Uncle Vanya – California Shakespeare; A Flea in Her Ear, San Jose Rep.

Stephen Undershaft for theatre calgary: Enron, A Christmas Carol (201112), Enchanted April, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Much Ado About Nothing (FUSE ’07). elsewhere: Romeo and Juliet, Neptune; As You Like It, Pride and Prejudice, Citadel; Double Indemnity, Rope, The Mousetrap, And Then There Were None, Vertigo; Stray, Workshop West; With Bells On, Lunchbox; The Clink, The Cherry Orchard, Double Inconstancy, Studio Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Two Gentleman of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare in the Park. Stafford is a graduate of the University of Alberta BFA in acting program and was a part of the Banff/ Citadel Professional Theatre Training Program for two seasons.

E LY S E P R I C E Sarah Undershaft (Understudy - Barbara Undershaft)

Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: A Christmas Carol, A.C.T.; Pizza Man, Don Juan in Chicago, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, The Actor’s Nightmare, Benefit of the Doubt; The House Of Bernarda Alba, Moscow Art Theatre; Much Ado About Nothing, Wandering Players; Tartuffe, The Country Wife, Cloud 9, The Odyssey, Polaroid Stories, Twelfth Night, The Wild Party, Very Still and Hard To See, A.C.T. MFA Program. Elyse will be receiving her MFA from A.C.T. this May.

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Photos of Bob Frazer, Amy Rutherford, and cast of The Great Gatsby by Trudie Lee.

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BRIAN RIVERA

DANIEL OSTLING

Bill Walker

Set Design

(Understudy - Morrison, Snobby Price, Peter Shirley, Bilton)

Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Set Design – Stuck Elevator, Endgame, Play, Once in a Lifetime, The Homecoming, War Music, Brainpeople, A.C.T.; Jungle Book, Goodman/Huntington. Set & Lighting Design – The North China Lover, Lookingglass; A Delicate Balance, McCarter; Clybourne Park, Broadway (2012 Tony nomination); White Snake, Oregon Shakespeare/Berkeley Rep/McCarter; Metamorphosis, Arena Stage/Lookingglass/Circle in the Square (2003 Tony nomination); Romeo & Juliet, California Shakespeare. Regional credits include work at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center, Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Long Wharf Theatre, Steppenwolf, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, and Portland Center Stage among others. Opera designs include Lucia di Lammermoor, La Sonnambula, Metropolitan Opera; Merry Widow, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Philip Glass’s Galileo Galilei, New York City/ London/Chicago. Daniel is a Lookingglass ensemble member and teaches at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: American Night, Hamlet, California Shakespeare; Yellowjackets, Berkeley Rep; Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker, Doing Good, San Francisco Mime Troupe; Alleluia, the Road, The River, Nobody Move, Fukú Americanus, Campo Santo; Immortal Heart, Word for Word; Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano De Bergerac, Sacramento Shakespeare; The King & I, Rashomon, Sierra Rep. film/ television: Trauma, Favors, Cuff Me If You Can. awards: Falstaff Award for Best Play–Hamlet; Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award – Best Ensemble, Best Production (Drama) – Immortal Heart. Brian studied at Oxford University through BADA and earned his BA in Drama from San Francisco State University. He will be seen next at A.C.T. & La Jolla Playhouse as Han Jue in The Orphan of Zhao.

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DENNIS GARNHUM Director for theatre calgary: Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, Pride and Prejudice (NAC co-pro), To Kill a Mockingbird, Much Ado About Nothing, Lost – A Memoir, Beyond Eden, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Timothy Findley’s The Wars (Vancouver Playhouse co-pro), Of Mice and Men, Enchanted April, Trying, A Christmas Carol (2006 - 2013). elsewhere: Twelfth Night, Bard on the Beach; Carmen, Pacific Opera; Barber of Seville, Vancouver Opera; La Traviata, Pacific Opera (Victoria); This Could Be Love, New York City Musical Festival; The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Shadows, The Trials of Ezra Pound, Stratford; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Still Life, Sorry, Wrong Number, S.S. Tenacity, Shaw; Two Orphans, Brandeis Theatre Company (Boston); Rat in the Skull, Berkshire Theatre Festival; Down the Main Drag, ATP playRites ‘04; Vinci, NAC/MTC/Canadian Stage; Skylight, Slavs, Tarragon; Closer, Three Tall Women, MTC; The Laramie Project, National Theatre School. awards: Governor General’s Literary Award Nomination – Lost – A Memoir, Sterling Award – Outstanding Director – Of Mice and Men. Recently Dennis was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dennis was appointed Artistic Director at Theatre Calgary in September, 2005.

ALEX JAEGER Costume Design Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Arcadia, 4000 Miles, Maple and Vine, Once in a Lifetime, The Homecoming, November, Speed-the-Plow, Rock ‘n Roll, A.C.T.; Buried Child, Se Llama Christina, Bruja, What We’re Up Against, Or, Oedipus el Rey, Goldfish, Mrs. Whitney, Mauritius, Magic Theatre; Two Sisters and a Piano, Public Theater; All My Sons, True West, Nostalgia, South Coast Rep; A Streetcar Named Desire, August: Osage County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, Handler, Stop Kiss, Fuddy Meers, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Other Desert Cities, A Parallelogram, Mark Taper Forum; The Nether, The Paris Letter, Eclipsed, Kirk Douglas Theatre; Doubt, Tally’s Folly, Looped, Pasadena Playhouse. Other credits include many productions with the Studio Theatre in Washington D.C., Geffen Playhouse, Shakespeare Santa Cruz. awards: Several design awards including two L.A. Ovation Awards, three Back Stage Garland Awards and four Drama-Logue Awards.

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for theatre calgary: The Great Gatsby, Beyond Eden, 7 Stories, Vigil, The Overcoat, Glorious!, The Miracle Worker, Humble Boy, Romeo & Juliet, Rough Crossing, Tons of Money. elsewhere: Grease, Studio 58; Uncle Vanya, Blackbird Theatre; Emergence, Pacific Northwest Ballet; Avenue Q, Arts Club; Major Barbara, Our Betters, Shaw; Terminus, Pi Theatre; The Magic Flute, Vancouver Opera; Tear the Curtain, Electric Company; The Light in the Piazza, Persephone; Macbeth, Pacific Opera; Wanderlust, Stratford; Vigil, The Overcoat, A.C.T.; as well as shows at Vancouver Playhouse, Canadian Stage, National Ballet of Canada, Canadian Opera Company, NAC, Citadel and the Belfry. awards: Alan was shortlisted in 2012 for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, Canada’s most prestigious theatre prize. Betty Mitchell Award – Beyond Eden – Best Lighting Design, Bay Area Critics Circle Award – The Overcoat. Alan is a member of The Associated Designers of Canada. He resides in Vancouver with his wife Michele and their Boxer, Ellie.

for theatre calgary: Assistant Director – Tosca Cafe. elsewhere: Director – Places We Will Never Go: A Travelogue, The Possible Lives of Dolores Garcia Rodriguez, Sage Theatre’s Ignite! Festival. Assistant Director – Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, A.C.T. Zachary is in his second year as Assistant Dramaturg and Assistant to the Artistic Director at Theatre Calgary. He was Dramaturgy Fellow at A.C.T. for the 2010-11 season and was Resident Dramaturg at Dancers’ Studio West this past fall. He is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and holds an MA from the University of Chicago.

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SCOTT KILLIAN Sound Design and Composition for theatre calgary: Lost – A Memoir, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, A Christmas Carol (2006-2010). elsewhere: Off-Broadway: Duchess of Malfi, Women Beware Women, Edward the Second, Red Bull Theatre; Side Effects, Manhattan Class Company; Sarah, Sarah, Five by Tenn, A Picasso, The Other Side, Manhattan Theatre Club; Steve and Idi, Miss Julie, Rattlestick Theatre. Scott has served as Resident Composer/Sound Designer for the Berkshire Theatre Festival since 1997 (over 30 productions) as well as Resident Artist at Shakespeare & Company where he recently composed original music for The Tempest with Olympia Dukakis. His work has been produced at many regional theatres, including The Alley Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Westport Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Seattle Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse-in-thePark and Vancouver Playhouse (Jessie Award for Outstanding Sound Design).

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Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Scorched, Maple and Vine, Endgame/Play, The Scottsboro Boys, The Normal Heart, Elektra, A Christmas Carol, 4000 Miles, Dead Metaphor, Arcadia, A.C.T. Broadway: The Light in the Piazza (Artios nomination), Lennon, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Taking Sides (Co-Cast). Off-Broadway: Lucky Guy, Lucy, Close Ties, Brundibar, True Love, Endpapers, The Dying Gaul, The Maiden’s Prayer, Dream True, Trojan Women, A Love Story. Playwrights Horizons: Floyd Collins, The Monogamist, A Cheever Evening, Later Life and many more. Regional credits include work at Intiman, Seattle Rep, A Contemporary Theater, California Shakespeare, Berkeley Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Pittsburgh Public, Yale Rep, Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, Old Globe, CenterStage, Westport Country Playhouse, Two River Theater and ART. film/television/radio: Cosby (CBS), Tracy Takes on New York (HBO), The Deal by Lewis Black, Advice From A Caterpillar , The Day That Lehman Died (BBC World Services and Blackhawk Productions) (Peabody, SONY and Wincott Award winner) and WNYC Tom Stoppard Radio Plays for 2010/2011.

ELISA GUTHERTZ Stage Manager Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Stage Manager – Underneath the Lintel, Arcadia, The Normal Heart, Endgame and Play, Scorched, Once in a Lifetime, Clybourne Park, Marcus; Or The Secret of Sweet, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, November, Boleros for the Disenchanted, Rich and Famous, The Rainmaker, A Number, Hedda Gabler, Waiting for Godot, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Three Sisters, A.C.T.; The Mystery of Irma Vep, Suddenly, Last Summer, Rhinoceros, Big Love, Civil Sex, Collected Stories, Cloud Tectonics, Berkeley Rep; Big Love, Goodman/ Brooklyn Academy of Music; The Vagina Monologues, Alcazar Theatre. Broadway: Assistant Stage Manager – Eve Ensler’s The Good Body. Elisa is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

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Theatre Calgary debut. elsewhere: Dramaturged over 50 productions and workshops at A.C.T. since 2005, including Arcadia, Dead Metaphor (George Walker, World Premiere), Elektra, The Normal Heart, Endgame, Tales of the City (World Premiere), Tosca Cafe (World Premiere), The Homecoming, Boleros for the Disenchanted, Rich and Famous, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Travesties, Blood Knot, Speed-the-Plow, The Government Inspector, November, Hedda Gabler, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Michael also teaches in A.C.T.s renowned MFA Acting Program and has taught at Columbia University and Purchase College (SUNY). He adapted Peer Gynt for performances by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. He is the author of Gentlemen Callers: Tennessee Williams, Homosexuality, and Mid-Twentieth-Century Drama.

Assistant Stage Manager for theatre calgary: Assistant Stage Manager – Cats. Apprentice Stage Manager – Timothy Findley’s The Wars (Vancouver Playhouse co-pro). elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager – Vintage Hitchcock, In the Heat of the Night, Panic, The Ends of the Earth, It Could Be Any One of Us, Double Indemnity, When Girls Collide, Blithe Spirit, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Murder On the Nile, Blood Relations, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, The Mousetrap, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Vertigo; True Love Lies, The Penelopiad, Communion, East of Berlin, playRites ’09, ’10, ’11, ATP. Apprentice Stage Manager – Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Banff Centre; Regina, Pacific Opera; Fidelio, Vancouver Opera.

“If a man cannot look evil in the face without illusion, he will never know what it really is, or combat it effectually.”

- George Bernard Shaw

ME E T O U R CO P RO DU CE R :

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The cast of 1776; Olympia Dukakis in Sophocles’ Elektra; The Geary Theater (photo by Orange Photography); the cast of A.C.T.’s The Tosca Project.

All photos by Kevin Berne unless otherwise noted.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), San Francisco’s Tony Award–winning nonprofit theatre, nurtures the art of live theatre through dynamic productions, intensive actor training, and an ongoing engagement with our community. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Carey Perloff and Executive Director Ellen Richard, A.C.T. embraces the responsibility to conserve, renew, and reinvent its relationship to the rich theatrical traditions and literatures that are the world’s collective legacy, while exploring new artistic forms and new communities.

Founded by pioneer of the American regional theatre movement William Ball, A.C.T. opened its first San Francisco season in 1967. Since then, it has performed more than 350 productions to a combined audience of more than seven million people, reaching more than 250,000 people through its productions and programs every year.

Starting in 1992, Perloff’s 20-season tenure has been marked by groundbreaking productions of classical works and new translations creatively colliding with contemporary theatre; cross-disciplinary performances; the advent of an education department that reaches more than 9,000 Bay Area students each season; and international collaborations. Notably she has been labeled a “feisty ally” of Canadian work and artists in the States and has worked with Stratford Festival and Theatre Calgary, playwrights Wajdi Mouawad and Morris Panych, directors Kim Collier and Wendy Gorling, and actors Dean Paul Gibson, Seana McKenna, and Peter Anderson.

A.C.T.’s 45-year-old Conservatory is at the center of A.C.T.’s work. Their Master of Fine Arts Program has moved to the forefront of America’s actor training programs. Other programs include the world-famous Young Conservatory; Studio A.C.T. for adults; and the Summer Training Congress, an intensive program that attracts enthusiasts from around the world. Launching this fall, A.C.T.’s Conservatory will be home to the San Francisco Semester, a new study-abroad program for undergraduate and recently graduated university students. The SFS will bring young theatre artists into an active, ongoing engagement with the eclectic and energetic arts community of San Francisco through inspiring, experiential courses and wide-ranging artistic encounters.

A.C.T. recently opened The Costume Shop, an intimate black box theatre across the street from San Francisco’s Civic Center, which contains many of the city’s largest government and cultural institutions. Just two buildings away, A.C.T. is renovating a century-old cinema, which will open in spring 2015 as a 300-seat venue called The Strand Theater. Both theatres are located in the heart of a long-blighted neighbourhood that is undergoing a transformation with an increased presence of tech companies and art institutions. The Strand represents a pivotal moment in A.C.T.’s storied history and also reinforces A.C.T.’s cultural and civic commitment to the city it calls home.

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By Zachary Moull, Assistant Dramaturg, Theatre Calgary, and Shannon Stockwell, Publications Fellow, American Conservatory Theater

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW George Bernard Shaw was the son of a Dublin corn merchant and a singer, who exposed him to music and theatre during his childhood.

Shaw was well read, but he never attended university, instead entering the work force as a clerk in a land agent’s office when he was 16. His parents divorced the following year, and when he was 20, he followed his mother to London.

Through his voracious reading, Shaw began to develop his progressive political stance and took to soapboxes to deliver speeches. In 1884, the 28-year-old Shaw joined the Fabian Society, a socialist group that, compared to other socialist organizations of the day, had a decidedly pragmatic and gradualist approach to the reform of English society.

Instead of destroying the structures of capitalist society, the Fabians sought to permeate existing legislative systems with progressive ideas.

Shaw became one of the society’s most prominent spokespeople.

Shaw earned his living by writing criticism and reviews of music and theatre. Eventually, he decided that the best way to illustrate his disappointment in English theatre would be to write plays himself.

His first produced play was Widowers’ Houses in 1892 with London’s Independent Theatre Society, which produced plays of high literary value that were rejected by commercial theatres or suppressed by censors.

In 1898, Shaw published Plays Pleasant and Plays Unpleasant, two collections of plays that attacked social hypocrisy. That same year, Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a rich Irish heiress he met through the Fabian Society, and after a successful run of The Devil’s Disciple in the United States, he was no longer reliant on his journalism for money. With this freedom, he focused on politics and playwriting and wrote three of his most important plays: Man and Superman (1903), John Bull’s Other Island (1904), and Major Barbara (1905). These plays, produced at London’s Royal Court Theatre, solidified Shaw’s reputation as a leading dramatist and public intellectual of his day.

or in desperately overcrowded and unsanitary slums. In 1865, Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife Catherine co-founded the East End Christian Mission, which aimed to convert those whom other churches had rejected: thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards. Members of the Christian Mission soon adopted a military metaphor to describe their work, and in 1878, the organization changed its name to the Salvation Army.

As the name suggests, the Salvation Army’s principal goal was to save souls. Salvationists believed that once a person accepted Jesus Christ, a good life would follow. After a while, though, Booth realized that the denizens of the East End were not responding to this call. His 1890 treatise In Darkest England and the Way Out marked a major shift in his philosophy. Booth realized that before the Salvation Army could save the souls of the poor, it had to feed them. This new understanding transformed the Army. Seeing to people’s material needs (as well as their spiritual needs) remains at the core of its mission today.

MILLIONAIRES AND MODEL TOWNS Though now overshadowed in our minds by the horrific warfare of the 20th century, the decade that preceded Bernard Shaw’s writing of Major Barbara saw wars across the globe. This meant that the turn of the century was a prosperous time for arms manufacturers, who were among the era’s most innovative and successful industrialists.

Shaw had several examples available for the peculiar character of Andrew Undershaft. One is Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist who invented dynamite and, despite his own socialist convictions, made millions selling arms to factions of any ideology. Upon his death in 1896, he left a large part of his vast fortune to endow the Nobel Prize. Another is Basil Zaharoff, a mysterious arms dealer who sold weapons to both sides in many conflicts and arranged large lines of credit for warring nations, leading to accusations that he provoked wars for his own profit.

Shaw again won admiration for Pygmalion (1914), but he quickly lost favour when he wrote an essay entitled “Common Sense about the War” after the outbreak of World War I. He felt the war was “a monstrous crime against civilization and humanity,” contrary to the mounting war fever of his fellow countrymen. It would be nearly a decade before any of Shaw’s plays saw even moderate success. He regained his stature with Saint Joan in 1924, and in 1926, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature – “for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty.”

Foremost in the minds of Major Barbara’s first audiences may have been Fritz Krupp, the German weapons magnate and close associate of Kaiser Wilhelm. The Krupp industrial dynasty famously followed a strict tradition of primogeniture, with the eldest son inheriting the full wealth and power of the family business. So when Fritz died without a male heir in 1902, the family faced a crisis of succession.

Aside from his many contributions to weapons technology, Krupp was also a pioneer of the factory town. The Krupp ironworks was situated in the Rhine Valley town of Essen, and under Krupp’s direction, the company built picturesque garden cottages for its workers and sponsored schools, churches, and even beer halls in the town. Krupp offered a pension plan and fostered institutions such as a literary circle, a chess society, and an amateur orchestra.

THE SALVATION ARMY London’s East End experienced a huge population boom during the nineteenth century, and the city could not keep up with the flood of people. Many were left homeless

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Shaw could find similar stories close to Gretchen Hall. Photo by Pak Han.

home. In 1851, wool tycoon Titus Salt founded Saltaire, a so-called “model town” built in the English countryside around a massive new mill, on a site that was chosen for its natural beauty.

Industrialist George Cadbury built a similar town around his chocolate factory near Birmingham in 1879. And in 1887, William Lever built a new soap works and model town outside Liverpool, which he named Port Sunlight after his Sunlight Soap brand. The soap works was hidden away at one end of the charming townsite, but the smell of soap still permeated the whole community – a symbol both of the town’s pristine cleanliness and its total reliance on Lever’s patronage.

MISCELLANY Undershaft’s aerial battleship is a futuristic invention in 1906. The first real-world use of Kandis Chappell, Nicholas Pelczar, Stafford Perry, Dean Paul Gibson and a bomber plane was Gretchen Hall. Photo by Pak Han. in 1911, and bombers weren’t in heavy use until the latter half of World War I. Blood and Fire is the Salvation Army’s motto. Blood refers to redemption through the blood of Christ. Fire refers to the purifying power of the Holy Spirit.

Euripides is the ancient Greek playwright who wrote tragedies such as Medea and The Bacchae.

Dionysos is the ancient Greek god of wine and theatre. He was worshipped through ecstatic revelry and lively songs known as dithyrambs.

Machiavelli is the Italian Renaissance political theorist and author of The Prince whose name became synonymous with the unscrupulous pursuit of power.

GET IN ON THE ACT AT THEATRE CALGARY TALKBACK TUESDAYS Meet members of the cast after the performance for an intimate and lively Q&A session about the play, the theatre and the acting process. This is a great opportunity to share your questions and get a behind-the-scenes perspective on the performance.

Talkback Tuesdays will take place during Major Barbara on February 18, 25 and March 4.

TALK THEATRE THURSDAYS Get an insider’s perspective on the process of making theatre. Before the performance, join an artist from the production’s creative team in conversation with a member of Theatre Calgary’s artistic staff.

Talk Theatre Thursdays during Major Barbara will take place on February 13 and 20.

*NEW* MONEY MATTERS In the British currency system of Shaw’s day, twelve pence made one shilling, and twenty shillings made one pound. Shillings were sometimes called “bob,” while pounds were also known as “quid.”

A basic standard-of-living calculation, which compares the cost of the same bundle of essential goods in different years, shows that £1 in 1906 is roughly equivalent to £90 (or $150 CAD) in 2013.

There is a great disparity between the figures discussed by Major Barbara’s wealthy and poor characters. For example:

• Snobby Price boasts of earning “thirty-eight bob a week” when he has a job. This is equivalent to $285 a week, or just under $15,000 a year.

• Charles Lomax receives £800 a year from his trust fund. This is equivalent to $120,000 a year.

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A wealthy donor offers £5000 to the Salvation Army. This is equivalent to $750,000.

For expanded versions of these articles, in-depth interviews with director Dennis Garnhum and set designer Daniel Ostling, and much more, download the Major Barbara Play Guide at theatrecalgary.com.

SPOTLIGHT SATURDAY

OPEN TO ALL Dig deeper into the ideas. Join us after a matinee performance for a special guest speaker, lively panel discussion, or interactive experience inspired by the themes of our subscription plays.

Spotlight Saturday for Major Barbara will take place on March 8.

GET ONLINE Behind-the-scenes videos, photos, play guides and more about all of our upcoming productions can be found at www.theatrecalgary.com. Follow us on Facebook or on Twitter: @theatrecalgary #tcMajorB

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C O M I N G I N M ay t O t H E at R E C a L G a Ry The Theatre Calgary Production of Disney’s and Cameron Mackintosh’s

MARY POPPINS THE PR ACTICALLY PERFECT MUSICAL A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film • Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman • Book by Julian Fellowes • New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe • Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh • Directed by Michael Shamata • A Co-Production with the Citadel Theatre

Things haven’t been going well for the Banks family. The children are out of control and a new nanny is required to put things in order.

When a myster-ious young woman appears on their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way. A Broadway musical spectacular for the whole family.

This brand new Theatre Calgary production of the much-loved classic will burst onto our stage.

Rediscover the gorgeous songs, loveable children and that magical woman. As Mary would say: It’s practically perfect! – Dennis

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Here’s Your Cue Q: Would you recommend our Student Education Series to other teachers? Why?

A: Yes. Whether students come from

junior high, or high school, or are enrolled in a private school, they are going to enjoy the live production. The theatre will enhance their studies of English, Social Studies and Humanities.

Q: Are Theatre Calgary’s play guides

helpful to prepare your students for their trip to the theater?

Q: Tell us a bit about Discovering Choices.

A: Yes, the play guides offer contextual and background information about the production, which help engage my students.

It gives them a sense of purpose; they know there will be questions and assignments that follow the performances.

A: Discovering Choices is an outreach

Q: How else do you prepare

Ross Hart, teacher at Discovering Choices, has been attending Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series for the past 12 years.

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program that offers courses to students at the high school level who struggle in regular academic settings.

Q: What are some academic

benefits of attending Theatre Calgary’s student matinees?

A: A live performance transcends into my students’ assignments, whether it’s an essay reflecting on character development, or a reflection on a theme. We also look at the elements of the plot and storyline.

Q: How does Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series help students develop life skills?

A: It allows them to see a performance that can’t be edited or altered with special effects. The actors have to be prepared and well-rehearsed. My students appreciate live theatre because it doesn’t allow for mistakes, or retakes, or edits. It inspires them to improve their own public speaking skills.

Q: How has Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series impacted you and your students?

A: I give students some historical background that relates to the course and an introduction to the play. Students anticipate and expect what they’re going to see, but they aren’t told too much. That way they can react and respond genuinely.

Q: What have been your students’ responses from participating in our programming?

A: Many of our kids don’t have the opportunity to see live theatre because of their limited income situations. I’ve seen tears of joy and sadness during some of the more emotional scenes, like in The Kite Runner. It shows how engaged our students are.

Q: What are your students’ impressions

Student Education Series Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series is our program of educational enrichment that offers valuable teaching and learning opportunities to educators and students.

Students will be introduced to: •

Literature & the power of language

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The exploration of personal, social & political issues

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Creativity & problem solving

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The beauty of performance arts

Our support materials include: •

Curriculum Connection: curriculum dD ocument created by retired teachers

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Play Guide: educational activities & theatre etiquette

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Curtain Raiser: upon request, a Theatre Calgary staff member will prepare the students for the production

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Meet the Actors: question & answer session in the theatre after the show

For more information on Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series:

Tryphena Fric: (403) 294-7440 tfric@theatrecalgary.com For information on sponsoring or donating to Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series:

Terry Roberts: (403) 294-7419 troberts@theatrecalgary.com

of the theatre after their visit?

A: The kids are moved by the performances.

Depending on the outcome of a production, the responses might be mixed, for instance in A Christmas Carol, they were affected by the redemption that Scrooge goes through. The following day I usually overhear them tell their classmates how much they enjoy the theatre and are eager to see the next production.

A special thank you to our current sponsor, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life, and to our previous sponsor, Imperial Oil Foundation, for their generous support of Theatre Calgary’s Student Education Series.

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A: My students appreciate seeing actors perform without a lot of special effects, editing, or computer animation. They learn the elements of live theatre and understand the importance of stage entrances and exits, voice projection, and acting with emotion and feeling.

your students for their experience at the theatre?

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SENATORS William R. Blain, Q.C. Don Boyes Derek Bridges Martha Cohen Joyce Doolittle Kay Grieve David Haigh Harry Hartley Margaret Hess, Q.C. Les Kimber Jan McCaghren Victor Mitchell Barbara Morin Gerry Nichol Fred Scott Lynne J. Thornton Derek Warren Nomi Whalen For more information on donating to Theatre Calgary, contact Shirley Yurchi-Weber at 403-294-7440 ext 1002 or donations@theatrecalgary.com

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