Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare As imagined by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop Originally produced by Canada’s National Arts Centre
January 30 to February 24, 2018
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A Season of New Beginnings
Welcome friends. One of the greatest gifts that Shakespeare has given us is a plethora of plays (both comedies and tragedies) which allow for artistic interpretation by a director. The vision of a director (in our case, Ms. Jillian Keiley) is where the artistic interpretation begins. I've been asked numerous times by individuals who don’t work in theatre exactly what a director does. What makes a director's role unique is that the creative vision, from designers, to casting, to decisions on lighting, props, sound, and costumes begin and end with the director. Now this might sound autocratic, and I don’t, in any way, want to paint that picture because directors definitely collaborate; some to greater or lesser degrees than others. However, collaboration is in the DNA of every theatre practitioner. Collaboration is a huge part of the creative process, and that process comes to life through solid partnerships between the director, the creative team, the designers, the producer, and the actors. Sometimes – and a great deal of the time – an idea or concept is born from a designer's vision, or an actor's suggestion, or a producer’s email. It then becomes the role of the director to act as an editor, sorting through the various ideas, recommendations, and thoughts. So, is the director the pure visionary, the editor, or a gatherer of talents who puts those talents into a room and says “Let's play”? Actually, all of the above; and that is what award-winning director, Jillian Keiley is all about. She is a director of vision, collaboration, and deft storytelling. This will be the first time Theatre Calgary has experienced her artistic interpretations on this stage, and I can’t wait for you all to come face-to-face with her work. Having seen her magnificent production of Bakkhai (a new version of Euripides’ tragedy) at The Stratford Festival last year, I could not wait to see the magic Jillian wove into Twelfth Night. What you will experience at this performance is what I would call genuine artistic interpretation expressed at the highest level. I hope and trust you enjoy it. STAFFORD ARIMA Artistic Director
Theatre Calgary would like to acknowledge that this performance is taking place on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, including the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, and the Stoney-Nakoda and Tsuu T'ina First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES I first saw the work of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop in 2000 in their urban debut, The Unlikely Birth of Istvan, in the Big Secret Theatre just next door to us. Originally created on a ranch south of here, it premiered to an audience of cowboys and Hutterites, Istvan is among their productions that have since toured the world and the Old Trouts are now recognized as a great tangle of genius among the puppeteer set. The night I saw Istvan – a crazy mishmash of notions on the improbability of any of us even being born – I was moved to tears. The piece wasn’t particularly sad – in fact most of the show was hilariously funny. However, in their capacity to see the rich loneliness of our existence and to believe that love is always possible (even if it is love between a man and a flower), the Trouts broke my heart with the hope that small acts of love can still heal our fractured world. Their art, by practice and by design, is counter-cynical. Twelfth Night, in its misplaced and miscalculated loves, and in its incredible resolution, is also counter-cynical. It believes that we can all relate to loss and pride, to love that is unconditional, and to the sort that is simply a crush. Shakespeare, the great elucidator of human beings, reminds us that 500 years ago people in love felt much the same way we do now. The wonderful cast of Calgarians and Canadians in this version make likewise an un-cyncial lot and I think they compliment the Trouts’ ideals wonderfully. I’d like to think that the Old Trouts’ mission statement connects to the aim of all of the performers in this production, and if I might be so bold, to Shakespeare himself: “We struggle against terrible obstacles to create things we think might help make the cruel world more hospitable to the yearning and fragile souls that inhabit it.” I’d like to thank the original cast from the 2016 National Arts Centre production for making it so much fun the first time around that we wanted to do it again, and Dennis Garnhum, who saw the potential in bringing Calgary’s favourite puppeteer sons back to the Theatre Calgary mainstage. Thank you for joining us for this un-cynical adventure in love. JILLIAN KEILEY Director Theatre Calgary gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the City of Calgary through Calgary Arts Development, the Government of Alberta through The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Government of Canada through the Canada Council, Canadian Heritage, and all corporate and private contributors.
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TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare As imagined by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop Originally presented at Canada’s National Arts Centre
Director JILLIAN KEILEY Associate Director BRUCE DOW Set, Costume, and Puppet Design THE OLD TROUT PUPPET WORKSHOP Lighting Design CIMMERON MEYER Sound Design JOHN GZOWSKI Voice Coach JANE MACFARLANE
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interACTive Enhance Your Experience TALK THEATRE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 – Designers – THE OLD TROUT PUPPET WORKSHOP – In the Upper Lobby FEBRUARY 8 – Old Trout’s PETER BALKWILL – In the Upper Lobby Get an insider’s perspective on the process of making theatre. Meet an artist from the production’s creative team before the show, in conversation with a member of Theatre Calgary’s artistic staff.
TALKBACK TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 13, 20 – In our Theatre Join us for a lively post-show discussion with members of the cast.
SPOTLIGHT SATURDAY
Remaining performance dates for our 50th season are:
FEBRUARY 6, MARCH 13 and APRIL 24
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THE CAST
Sebastian Maria Viola Orsino Olivia Malvolio Sir Andrew Aguecheek Feste Sir Toby Belch Fabienne Antonio
RYAN ALLEN KIRA BRADLEY JANELLE COOPER TYRELL CREWS ANNA CUMMER BRUCE DOW CHRISTOPHER HUNT KAYVON KHOSHKAM DOUG MCKEAG JULIE ORTON GRAHAM PERCY
Malvolio understudy – GRAHAM PERCY, Antonio understudy – ERIC WIGSTON
Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
Head of Lighting Head of Sound Head Stage Carpenter Head Dresser Head of Wigs Stage Hands
PATTI NEICE SARA TURNER CATHARINE CRUMB CHRIS JACKO SCOTT MORRIS RACHEL MICHELLE SHERIDAN BRENDA BOUTET ANDREW KERR, TRISHA HERBERT
CAMERAS AND AUDIO/VISUAL RECORDING DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE THEATRE. VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
TWELFTH NIGHT runs one act, with no intermission.
IF IT’S BAROQUE, DON’T FIX IT By Jenna Turk
Welcome to the “Wonder Theatre!” The proscenium you see before you here in the Max Bell was inspired by a visit to an original Baroque theatre housed in a castle in a village called Český Krumlov, outside of Prague. Legend has it that the mad baron of Český Krumlov loved theatre so much that he had one built in his home. The wondrously preserved theatre features all the high-tech theatrical contraptions popularized in the 17th century that brought the stage to life like never before. In fact, the baron loved the theatre so much that he had the scenic painters paint the whole castle and most of the village too! The Old Trout Puppet Workshop has taken great inspiration from that wondrous theatre and its magical village and thrust it upon Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night thanks to the direction of Jillian Keiley. When Keiley originally considered doing a version of Twelfth Night at the National Arts Centre in 2016 (where she is the Artistic Director of English
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Theatre), she wanted to make it “a uniquely Canadian prospect,” and she had one team in mind. “Among my favourite one-ofa-kind Canadians are the singular geniuses the Old Trout Puppet Workshop.” Furthermore, “Twelfth Night is all about finding out who you are by pretending to be something you’re not...and the Old Trouts show us who we are by showing us versions of ourselves that are disarmingly distant from ourselves on the surface.” A motley group of artists, the Old Trouts are notorious for their ridiculous and brave brand of theatre involving – yes, puppets, but also exceptional amounts of humour, creativity, and heart. The Baroque era appealed to the Old Trout Puppet Workshop and to Keiley because it was a period when seemingly everyone was already in costume all the time. Appearances perverted reality with towering wigs, elaborate dresses and suits, and the reddest of cheeks, “in the most delightfully over-the-top way, which is good for comedy,” clarifies Old Trout Judd Palmer. So it seemed a match made in heaven, as Twelfth Night revels in the fun of playing dress up with Olivia’s excessive mourning clothes, Malvolio’s ridiculous yellow stockings, and Shakespeare’s favourite disguise: the breeches part with Viola masquerading as Cesario. Deception abounds, as a key element of the Baroque style is its use of trompe l’oeil painting which gives the illusion that objects exist in three-dimensions through forced perspective. For example, the curtains appear to be layers upon layers of luxurious red velvet, when in reality they are canvas-covered wood flats expertly hand painted by veteran painter Louis Beaudoin (Theatre Calgary’s Head Painter, whose work has been seen on all of Calgary’s stages from the Jubilee to the Stampede Grandstand). Technical Director Adam Schrader knew early on that paint was going to be a huge consideration for this show, “The entire set depends on the painting; a lot of other sets create structure and interest from architectural design and you can tell what the piece is supposed to be, which is then accentuated with paint to complete the look. Without paint on Twelfth Night, you would have no idea what you were looking at. The pieces would just be random shapes living in the air.” It took the team of Beaudoin, Laura Hill (Theatre Calgary’s previous Head Painter) and one assistant two months to tackle Twelfth Night. Schrader notes, “Most shows will have the same man power, but a far shorter period of time.”
In an effort to create a realistic impression of flat objects, trompe l’oeil requires a great amount of attention to detail, and that detail is fantastically suited to the Old Trouts’ inventive sense of fun. Keep an eye out for visual treats in the painting, like a mountain range in the guise of gloomy Olivia, portrait upon portrait featuring only Orsino is his palace, and some surprising statues in the garden… Be forewarned: audiences will have a different view from where they sit, with varying treats depending on sightlines. Palmer teases, “You’ll have to see the show several times.”
The hyper-theatrical quality of the show is enhanced by the lighting design influenced by the era and created by Cimmeron Meyer. She uses footlights, so most of the illumination comes in flat and from out front. The lack of light towards the back of the stage enhances the scenery’s depth perception. Similarly, John Gzowski’s sound design utilizes the sound of the Baroque era with harpsichord and cello, but has turned it on its head by manipulating Top 40 hits from the 1980s – an ingenious twist that ties two periods famous for big hair and loud makeup and over-the-top melodrama together beautifully. While much of the design is meant to deceive, another part of the production’s aesthetic is to reveal. The backstage can be seen throughout with visible flats hanging like spirits above the proscenium and theatrical gack crowding the wings. One imagines the cast as a Baroque theatre troupe putting on a show (maybe they’re doing King Lear next week), and the audience witnesses them employing all of the 17th century theatrical magic at their disposal, with actors rolling set pieces on stage and pulling in flies (although not really, because we are unionized!). While there are some two-dimensional puppets in this production of Twelfth Night, the Old Trout Puppet Workshop cleverly utilizes the acting company as living puppets. Spectacular costumes act as wearable puppet pieces with moving parts that ask much of the cast as well as Theatre Calgary’s wardrobe department (who particularly relished the building of Neptune). This monumental collaboration of genuine artists has brought the spectacular world of Baroque theatre beautifully and uniquely to life. As Theatre Calgary celebrates its 50th anniversary this season, it is particularly special to have both one of the leaders of Canada’s premiere arts institution, the National Arts Centre, at the helm of Twelfth Night with Jillian Keiley, but also to have internationally celebrated local creators the Old Trout Puppet Workshop in the designer chair –even if they insist on wearing only their red long underwear. Hey, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
All drawings courtesy of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop. Photo of the “Wonder Theatre” via http://www.castle.ckrumlov.cz
SPOTLIGHT ON 50: THE CRITICS REFLECT by Stephen Hunt
Throughout our 50th Anniversary Season, we take a look back at the storied history of bringing plays to our stage. The first Theatre Calgary play that caught Western Canada High School drama teacher Louis B. Hobson’s attention was the second one they ever did in 1968. “Christopher Newton directed Peter Schaffer’s Black Comedy & White Liars,” says Hobson, who went on to write reviews for The Albertan, The Sun, and The Herald. Newton had previously been at the Stratford Festival, and started to import actors from there to perform in Theatre Calgary productions. “He brought in so many really good Canadian actors,” Hobson says. “(You would think) oh, so this (live professional theatre) is what it could be! That was really inspiring for the students.” “In that production, there was an actress named Dana Ivey,” Hobson says. “And in that season or next, she did Private Lives. She could go from doing this physical physical comedy to doing the elegance of Noel Coward.” Drama teacher Hobson enjoyed it so much, he called up Newton, Theatre Calgary’s founder and artistic director, to say he wanted to take his students to see it. “He said, round up enough students, and we’ll do a matinee!”
The Condemned of Altona, 1978 (Terry Tweed, Alex Diakun. Photographer unknown)
Even before it became Theatre Calgary, there were telltale signs that something was going right in Calgary’s theatre scene. One day, Hobson walked into Theatre Calgary’s first home, the Allied Arts Centre (later known as the QR Centre) on 9th Avenue, during a rehearsal of a drama called The Knack, and saw a young woman at the top of a step ladder in a state of high anxiety. “That’s where I first saw Sharon Pollock. On a stepladder, yelling,” Hobson says. Pollock’s drama Walsh had its world premiere – her first – during the 197374 season, when Harold Baldridge was Theatre Calgary’s artistic director.
Back to Beulah, 1976 (Maureen Fitzgerald, Marie Mumford. Photo by Glenn Tooke)
Baldridge was from the small town of Provost Alberta, but believed that the only plays Calgarians would come see were Broadway and West End hits, says Brian Brennan, the former Calgary Herald theatre critic – but he also knew Pollock was a theatrical force to be reckoned with. “He did Walsh,” Brennan says. “I don’t know how well it did. I don’t know what his feelings were around Walsh,” he adds, “but he saw that Sharon Pollock was going to be a rising star.” A more established star in those days was W.O. Mitchell. It was Mitchell who almost single-handedly overturned Baldridge’s bias against Canadian plays with the unexpected success of a prairie drama called Back to Beulah. “Harold Baldridge was convinced this one was going to be a real stinker,” Brennan says – so certain of it that he imported Guy Sprung from Montreal to direct, mostly because Mitchell didn’t want naysayer Baldridge directing it.” “It was a raging success,” Brennan says. “It was the most successful play that Theatre Calgary did that (1975-76) season. It won the Chalmers award, and did Baldridge learn anything, in terms of producing Canadian plays?” Instead, during the 1977-78 season, Baldridge programmed French existentialist, intellectual Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Condemned of Altona. “Probably it was the most unpopular play to be staged in Calgary in any theatre,” Brennan says. It was also Baldridge’s theatrical farewell to Theatre Calgary. He quit.” “I think Harold realized that was his swan song,” Brennan says. “The following year, he went back to New York, where he had started.” Rick McNair, who had been producing children’s theatre with The Stagecoach Players, was named to replace Baldridge. McNair was the complete opposite of Baldridge when it came to programming not only Canadian playwrights, but Calgary playwrights. “The first thing Rick did,” Brennan says, “is he went to W. O. MItchell and said, what else do you have in your satchel? Back to Beulah was a great hit. What else? “He said I’ve got this thing called The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon. It’s not a stage play yet but I could make it one.” “The story I heard on that,” Brennan says, “was Guy Sprung came in again to direct that play. When it came to the second act, it was just a stage direction. It said, ‘they curl the game’! The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, 1979 (Jean-Pierre Fournier. Photographer unknown)
“Sprung said, how am I supposed to get an hour out of this?”
Black Bonspiel, which debuted during the 1978-79 season, was an even bigger hit for Theatre Calgary than Back to Beulah had been. “You couldn’t get tickets for love or money,” Hobson says. “People loved it! And I think Theatre Calgary realized early (that) if people could see themselves onstage or laugh, they’d come out.” McNair was a prairie chauvinist, Hobson says. “There was a year (198182) – very early in Theatre Calgary – when they did John Murrell’s Farther West, Sharon Pollocks’s Blood Relations and W.O. Mitchell’s For Those in Peril on the Sea.” “They did three brand new – not just Canadian but Calgary – plays in one season. Three Calgary plays!” Hobson says. “That’s the kind of thing Theatre Calgary was doing very early on, with all the Artistic Directors they brought in. They were all young and eager and I think that really helped.”
The Opening Night invite to Twelfth Night, 1985
The company also provided paid acting work for the local theatre community, Brennan says. “Most of the actors were hired locally,” Brennan says, by both McNair and Baldridge. “We had a very good pool of talent back then,” he says. “There was Stephen Hair. David LeReaney. There were people like Sheila Juner-Moore and Valerie Ann Pearson. I would certainly credit Rick McNair with not just putting Canadian playwrights – but also with putting local actors onstage. “And I think actually Harold Baldridge did that as well,” he adds. “Baldridge may have felt that the plays had to come from someplace else, but he didn’t necessarily feel that the actors did. Or the directors.” And the one actor who was everywhere, on every stage – Lunchbox, ATP, and Theatre Calgary – in the city was Stephen Hair. “Everywhere,” Brennan says. “Back in the day, here’s a kid, as a young actor in his 30s, he was also playing men in their 70s and 80s. Stephen was very good I thought in those character parts.” The shows or the actors weren’t all local, either – sometimes, the theatre world descended upon Calgary.
There was a Romeo and Juliet, during the 1971-72 season, Clarke Rogers’ only year as Artistic Director, starring a very young Christopher Walken as Romeo. “All the girls that I brought were just besotted,” Hobson says. “They all wanted to go back and see him again. He was typical Christopher Walken – he Twelfth Night, 1985 (Christopher Hunt, Jill Dyck, Stephen Hair, was that kind of spacy Brian Gromoff. Photo by Chris Thomas) Romeo – but I remember meeting with him for coffee, and he was saying this is the coldest place on the face of this earth!” All of this took place in the QR Centre, on 9th Avenue – a venue with severe limitations, Brennan says. “I mean let’s face it,” he says, “this is an old tractor warehouse.” While it lacked some of the amenities theatre people took for granted – like a fly tower, or backstage room to keep sets and props – it didn’t bother Theatre Calgary’s audiences, who sometimes attended two shows in a night – one at 8 p.m. and a second at midnight, when the theatre presented its Second Stage series (shows such as Michel Tremblay’s Hosanna). “It was relatively intimate and there were good performances on the stage – so if they didn’t have a revolve of the stage, or didn’t have a fly tower, it didn’t make any difference as far as the audience was concerned,” Brennan says. “They were there to hear a play and for the most part, with the notable exception of The Condemned of Altona, were happy with what they saw.” Eventually, the QR Centre gave way, in 1985, to the Max Bell Theatre, when the Performing Arts Centre opened. Opening night was September 20, 1985, and it was a production of Twelfth Night, directed by Theatre Calgary's new artistic director, Martin Kinch. Brennan panned it. “A rather pallid production of Twelfth Night,” he said. 33 years later, Hobson, still going strong after all these years, scarcely remembers the play – but he’ll never forget the moment. “It was great,” he says, “but what was greater was the theatre. The experience of the new Theatre Calgary plus the play. It could have been a one man show,” Hobson says, “and it still would have been a phenomenal experience.”
Theatre Calgary’s Spotlight on 50 is generously supported by BMO Bank of Montreal.
A look back at some of our past Shakespeare productions:
Macbeth, 2005 (Belinda Cornish, Christy Greene, RenĂŠe Amber. Photo by Trudie Lee)
Hamlet, 1976 (Lynne Griffin. Photo by Glenn Tooke) Hamlet, 1994 (Ted Dykstra. Photo by Trudie Lee) Much Ado About Nothing, 1992 (Valerie Planche, Lindsay Burns. Photo by Trudie Lee)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2012 (Josh Symonds, Julia Guy. Photo by Trudie Lee)
The Tempest, 1981 (Kate Trotter, Lewis Gordon, James Kirchner. Photo by Glenn Tooke)
Romeo & Juliet, 1972 (Christopher Walken. Photographer unknown)
King Lear, 2015 (Benedict Campbell. Photo by Trudie Lee)
RYAN ALLEN
Sebastian Theatre Calgary debut. Ryan is thrilled to return to Calgary. The last time he was in town was as an operatic tenor performing in the World Premiere of What Brought us Here with Calgary Opera. Elsewhere: Broadway – The General in The Book of Mormon; Other theatre – Sousaztka (Elgin Theatre); Oil and Water (Artistic Fraud); Metamorphoses (National Arts Centre); Master Harold and the Boys (Thousand Island Playhouse); Feelgood (Theatre New Brunswick). Selected Film/Television: Between (Netflix); 21 Thunder (CBC); Taken (NBC); Rogue (DirecTV); Blue Mountain State (SpikeTV); Copper (BBC America). @ryallen44
KIRA BRADLEY
Maria For Theatre Calgary: Mom’s the Word - For Crying Out Loud, Counsellor at Law, Dangerous Corner. This is Kira’s very first professional Shakespeare, and it makes her belly flip-flop with excitement. She has been seen recently in Book Club II (Lunchbox), and The Hollow (Vertigo). Kira is the mother to Finn, and a contract house painter. Thank you to Theatre Calgary’s admin staff and crew (they are incredible people). Kira extends her gratitude to all of you for coming out to support the arts!
JANELLE COOPER Viola Theatre Calgary debut. Janelle is an Actor, Producer, Educator and AD of Ellipsis Tree Collective, Calgary’s Afrocentric theatre. National Arts Centre Ensemble member 2015/2016, how exciting the opportunity to reprise her role as Viola in the whimsical interpretation of this fun and foolish tale! Theatre: I Am For You, Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (NAC). World Premiere Sousatzka The Musical (Teatro Proscenium); Waiting For The Parade, Charlotte's Web, Penelopiad (ATP); Speed Dating for Sperm Donors (Lunchbox); ETC’s World Premiere John Ware Reimagined, Canadian Premiere Ruined, Real McCoy, Vagina Monologues. Film: John Ware Reclaimed, Right Kind of Wrong, High Noon, Snow 2: Brain Freeze. This wild ride is for my Big Three... GM, my Everything; BM, my Dearest; BP, my Love. Enjoy the crazy! @janellethecooper
“Love sought is good, but giv’n unsought is better.”
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TYRELL CREWS
Orsino For Theatre Calgary: Blow Wind High Water, King Lear, One Man, Two Guvnors (Betty Mitchell nomination), Pride and Prejudice, Much Ado About Nothing, Our Town (Betty Mitchell Award), Major Barbara, A Christmas Carol (2011). Select Theatre credits include The 39 Steps, Wait Until Dark, The Hollow, Calamity Town, The Game’s Afoot, Murder on the Nile, The Mousetrap, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Vertigo); Benefit (Calgary Critic's Choice Award), The Dishwashers (Downstage); The Merchant of Venice, The Three Musketeers (Stratford Festival); Vincent in Brixton, playRites '08, Unity: 1918, Treasure Island (ATP); Blood: A Scientific Love Story (Sage). Film/Television credits include Horses Of McBride (CTV); Hell On Wheels (AMC); Wynonna Earp (Sci-Fi); Heartland (CBC). So much love and gratitude to my wife and daughter.
ANNA CUMMER Olivia For Theatre Calgary: The Shoplifters, Pride & Prejudice. Elsewhere: Anna is a Calgary-based actor, who most recently in Vertigo Theatre’s The 39 Steps. Other notable theatrical credits include Wait Until Dark, The Mousetrap, The Game’s Afoot, Vintage Hitchcock, and Gaslight (Vertigo), Slipper: A Distinctly Calgarian Cinderella Story (ATP), Macbeth (The Shakespeare Company), Book Club and Book Club 2 (Lunchbox), Sextet and Lungs (Verb Theatre), Tomorrow’s Child (Ghost River), and In The Wake (Downstage/Calgary Children’s Festival). Anna has been nominated for numerous theatrical awards and has been lucky enough to take a few home. Thank you to Craig, Olive and Aubrey for all their love and understanding.
BRUCE DOW Malvolio, Associate Director For Theatre Calgary: Forever Plaid. Elsewhere: Born in Seattle, raised in Vancouver, Bruce spent many of his summers in and around Calgary and Banff. This part of the world is very important to him - though, lately, he hasn’t been here as much as he’d like. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, he holds both a BFA in Acting and an MFA in Directing with an unclassified year of design and technical theatre inbetween. Bruce has appeared on Broadway in four featured roles; at the Stratford Festival in leading roles for over 12 seasons; and has had the honour of appearing on most major regional stages from Victoria, BC to Charlottetown PE. He has also appeared on stages across the US from San Diego to Washington, DC. Bruce is the proud recipient of two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for his work with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Company - the world’s oldest and largest LGBTQ2A theatre. He has two solo CDs of jazz/music theatre music, and is a specialist in cabaret performance. TV includes Rick Mercer Reports, Murdoch Mysteries, The Strain, and varied voices on a number of popular animated series. bruceedow.com @dowbruce
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
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April 17 to May 19 by William Shakespeare as imagined by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop Originally produced by Canada’s National Arts Centre
This beloved classic children’s book comes beautifully30 to life January to in this heart-warming, February 24 Tonynominated Broadway This refreshing take on musical! classic Shakespeare’s comedy will leave you rolling in the aisles and begging for a Thirteenth night!
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Secret Garden Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman Music by Lucy Simon Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tristan D. Lalla, Bruce Dow and Janelle Cooper in Twelfth Night. Photo by Andrée Lanthier.
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CHRISTOPHER HUNT
Sir Andrew Aguecheek For Theatre Calgary: 40 productions, including: The Audience, The Light In The Piazza, The Great Gatsby, 7 Stories, An Ideal Husband, Glorious, Humble Boy, Hay Fever, Copenhagen, True West, Rough Crossing, Private Lives, Memoir, The Importance Of Being Earnest, Charley’s Aunt, Amadeus, Tartuffe. Elsewhere: Flight Risk (Lunchbox); The Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw (Caravan Farm); The Goodnight Bird (Centaur); Much Ado About Nothing (Globe). Awards: Seven of Calgary’s Betty Mitchell awards, most recently for 1979 with ATP. Film/Television: Heartland, Caitlin’s Way, Shanghai Noon, You Know My Name. Christopher will be assistant directing The Humans next at Theatre Calgary. He lives in Calgary with his family - Elizabeth, Grady, Arden & Charlie the dog.
KAYVON KHOSHKAM
Feste For Theatre Calgary: Chelsea Hotel (OYR HPR presentation). Born and raised in Saskatoon, SK, with an Iranian and Irish background, Kayvon studied at the Canadian College of Performing Arts, where he graduated with a focus in playwriting. Based in Vancouver, he is a founding member of Sum Theatre (Vancouver), founder / Artistic Director of the Pull Festival and the current Artistic Director of Speakeasy Theatre. In 2015/16 he had the great honour of being a member of the National Arts Centre's English Theatre acting ensemble. In addition to his theatre work, Kayvon is a filmmaker and a musician. Select Theatre credits include: Shakespeare in Love (Citadel); Othello (Bard on the Beach); December Man (NAC); Chelsea Hotel (Firehall Arts Centre).
DOUG MCKEAG
Sir Toby Belch For Theatre Calgary (selected): Blow Wind High Water, God of Carnage, Enron, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Into the Woods. Doug is an award-winning actor who appears in all manner of live performance, around the globe. Favourite shows include the Canadian Premiere of Chimerica (RMTC/CanStage); Late Company (RMTC); Follies, A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Little Mercy’s First Murder, Our Man in Havana (Vertigo); his one-man show DOOM 2012; The Alan Parkinson’s Project (Betty Mitchell Award: Outstanding Performance) (Ghost River Theatre); Arcadia, Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Junction). Doug has received the Greg Bond Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre, and in 2013 he directed Requiem for a Lost Girl in New York City, with a cast of 40 local singers and musicians. His company Dandi Productions creates Symphony Concerts for Young Audiences that have toured the world. Doug will return to Theatre Calgary later this season in The Secret Garden.
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JULIE ORTON
Fabienne For Theatre Calgary: A Christmas Carol (2013-17), Blow Wind High Water, One Man, Two Guvnors. Julie is a Calgary based performer who has been recognized with three Betty Mitchell Awards, two Calgary Theatre Critic Award nominations and an AMPIA nomination. Selected credits include: To the Light, Intimate Apparel, Shakespeare’s Dog (ATP); As You Like It, Macbeth (The Shakespeare Company/Hit & Myth Productions); Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet (The Shakespeare Company/Handsome Alice); Queer Blind Date (Spontaneous Theatre/ Buddies in Bad Times); Blind Date (Spontaneous Theatre/North American Tour), Evelyn Strange, Calamity Town, Our Man in Havana (Vertigo); Scarlet Woman, Speed Dating for Sperm Donors (Lunchbox); Speed the Plow, Kung Fu Panties, Reasons to Be Pretty, (Ground Zero/Hit & Myth Productions); Cocktails at Pam’s (Teatro La Quindicina). Julie is eternally grateful for blue shift. @fraggletaylor
GRAHAM PERCY
Antonio, Malvolio understudy For Theatre Calgary: A Christmas Carol (2011-17), The Audience, The Crucible, Much Ado About Nothing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Overcoat. Graham is a New Brunswick native who makes his home in Calgary with his wonderful wife Jamie Konchak. Recent projects include the premieres of Ryan Griffith’s The Boat, and Fortune of Wolves with Theatre New Brunswick, the premieres of Aaron Bushkowski’s adaptations of Farewell My Lovely, and The Big Sleep with Vertigo Theatre, and the premiere of Ami McKay’s Nothing Less with Two Planks and a Passion Theatre.
ERIC WIGSTON Antonio understudy For Theatre Calgary: Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)connected Age (tc UP CLOSE w/Forte Musical Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors, A Christmas Carol. Elsewhere: Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Company); Lest We Forget, That Men May Fly (Lunchbox); Jeremy de Bergerac (Forte); Evil Dead: The Musical (Hit and Myth Productions); Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol (Citadel); Spring Awakening (Artist Collective Theatre); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shear Madness (Mayfield); The Soul Collector (Catalyst); Cause & Effect, The Adulteress (Teatro La Quindicina). Later this season you can catch Eric as Dickon in The Secret Garden. He would like to thank his family for all of their love and support and to Emma his adventure partner. JILLIAN KEILEY Director Theatre Calgary debut. Jillian Keiley is an award-winning director from St. John’s, Newfoundland and founder of Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. Ms. Keiley has directed and taught across Canada and internationally. She received her BFA in Theatre from York University and was awarded Honorary Doctorates of Letters from both Memorial University and York University. She was the winner of the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize in 1997. Ms. Keiley assumed her role as NAC English Theatre Artistic Director in 2012, and her productions at the NAC have included The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses,Tartuffe, Oil and Water and Alice Through the LookingGlass. More recently, she directed Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank and As You Like It for the Stratford Festival and her productions of Tartuffe (NAC) and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud) toured through Newfoundland and Labrador.
THE OLD TROUT PUPPET WORKSHOP The Old Trout Puppet Workshop is normally a puppet theatre company based here in Calgary. We don’t typically design shows with actual living actors in them, but when director Jillian Keiley called us up and said “let’s do Twelfth Night, but not with puppets” we were initially frightened but ultimately had to admit we were game. In some strange way it did make sense; the truth is that we Trouts are often given to irrationally prancing off in whatever direction inspires us at any given moment – we’re not so much a puppet theatre company as a group of old friends who like to work together and are crippled by ferociously short attention spans. As a collective, we’ve gotten ourselves into quite a number of different projects over the years, and so to avoid being repetitive in our individual bios we tend to do a collective bio like this one: Our main thing is definitely creating puppet shows, mostly for adults but sometimes children, and touring those shows across Canada, the US, and Europe – recent examples in Calgary include Famous Puppet Death Scenes, The Unlikely Birth of Istvan, Ignorance, and The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan, and our latest show Jabberwocky is opening (or has already opened, depending on when you read this) on February 21st over at the new and beautiful Decidedly Jazz Danceworks theatre. But we’ve also made sculptures – for example, a forty-five foot tall wind-powered cosmological clock out of antique train whistles and combine harvesters for Big Rock Brewery. We’ve made films, including a Juno Award winning video for Feist, and most recently a Christmas special with the NFB called From Naughty to Nice. We help run the Festival of Animated Objects here in town, teach workshops, train apprentices, and occasionally throw some fairly ferocious parties; we also have a house band, the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir. At this exact moment we’re working on a puppet opera based on an ancient Greek ghost story, a puppet circus about a lion tamer, a puppet ballet about Norwegian goblins, and getting ready to take Jabberwocky to Spain, France, and Edinburgh this summer. We’d love to thank the intrepid ensemble of wondrously talented actors for their general fearlessness, and also most especially the massive and amazing gang of people working behind the scenes to make these shows happen – you’ve all been so generous and patient with us, and we are so very grateful for the immense experience and creative finesse you’ve all brought to this project. And of course thanks to you, dear audience, for coming. We really hope you like it. Peter Balkwill, Pityu Kenderes, Judd Palmer Costume, Set, and Puppet designers
PETER BALKWILL (Co-artistic Director of the Old Trouts) Set, Costume, Puppet Design Theatre Calgary debut. Some of the things that Pete is mucking about with are: developing the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry as well as curating the International Festival of Animated Objects. He was facilitating his annual puppetry intensive at the Banff Centre last month when much of the heavy lifting in this production was happening. One thing up next will be a collaboration with Kim Cooper and the dancers from DJD called Mimic in April. Pete’s greatest love is his family - Nan, Walker, Juno and Turtle from whom he receives great joy and constant unexpected brilliance.
PITYU KENDERES (Co-artistic Director of the Old Trouts) Set, Costume, Puppet Design Theatre Calgary debut. Steve (Pityu) Kenderes is a visual artist who lives in Calgary, Halifax, and wherever the Trouts are touring. He has been building, performing, writing and directing puppet theatre for twenty years, and has travelled internationally with his work, in collaboration with his Old Trout brothers. He has built, designed and managed largescale public sculpture projects, worked as a puppeteer for television, and as an art director for film. He has an MFA from the University of Calgary, and a BFA from NSCAD. Over the last few years he has been building his dream studio by hand, which is a 450 square foot tree house along a river in Nova Scotia. He is very grateful to share his life with his lovely partner Jennifer.
JUDD PALMER (Co-artistic Director of the Old Trouts) Set, Costume, Puppet Design Theatre Calgary debut. Beyond his Troutish activities, Judd is sometimes known as a writer and illustrator of children’s books, three of which have been shortlisted for the Governor-General’s Award (The Maestro, The Wolf King, and The Umbrella). In his misspent youth he was the slide banjo player in the punk blues band known as The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir; Lockbox Record Club recently released a vinyl version of their last record, Ten Thousand Years. He lives with his beloved wife Mercedes and their son Max, who just had his first birthday and will grow up to be a great conqueror, except not an evil conqueror – a conqueror for good.
CIMMERON MEYER Lighting Design Theatre Calgary debut. Elsewhere: Bakkahi (Stratford Festival); Twelfth Night (NAC); Famous Puppet Death Scenes, The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan, Ignorance, The Tooth Fairy (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop); Dream Machine, Featherland, A History of Wild Theatre (One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre); Sailor Boy, The Alan Parkinson’s Project, Confessions of a Paper Boy (Ghost River); Closer, Reasons to be Pretty, Urinetown: The Musical, Writer’s Block and The Full Monty (Ground Zero Theatre); Travels with My Aunt, Snake in the Grass, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Shear Madness (Vertigo); Macbeth, Richard III and The Queens (The Shakespeare Company). Cimmeron is alumna of the National Theatre School of Canada and a recipient of a Sterling Award and a Betty Mitchell Award for outstanding lighting design.
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JOHN GZOWSKI
Sound Design Theatre Calgary debut. John Gzowski is a composer, sound designer, musician and instrument maker, who has worked on over 200 theatre, dance and film productions for which he has done composition, sound design, live foley, live music and as musical director. He has played banjo for opera in Banff, studied Carnatic classical music in India and played oud and guitar in jazz and folk festivals across Canada and Europe. His theatre work has won him 6 Dora’s, from 18 nominations for companies like Stratford, Shaw Festival, Luminato, National Arts Centre, the Mirvishes, MTC, the Arts Club, Canstage, Soulpepper, Dancemakers, Red Sky, Tarragon, Factory Theatre and YPT. Gzowski has played on numerous CDs, with recent releases with Patricia O'Callghan, Tasa, and Autorickshaw as well as a Juno nomination with Maza Meze.
JANE MACFARLANE
Voice Coach More than 45 productions since 2000 including: Blow Wind High Water, The Audience, Skylight, Bad Jews, The Crucible, Liberation Days (WCT co-pro), One Man, Two Guvnors, The Mountaintop, Pride and Prejudice, Enron, To Kill a Mockingbird, Much Ado About Nothing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 6 seasons of Shakespeare by the Bow and 15 years of A Christmas Carol. Jane has also worked for ATP, is the Voice & Dialect Consultant for Vertigo Theatre and the Voice & Text Coach for The Shakespeare Company. She has taught at such institutions as York University, Harvard University, Southern Methodist University, MRU, U of C, and U of A.
PATTI NEICE
Stage Manager For Theatre Calgary: Stage Manager – A Christmas Carol (2015-17), Blow Wind High Water, The Audience,‘da Kink in my Hair (NAC co-pro), Bad Jews, The Shoplifters, Dear Johnny Deere. Assistant Stage Manager One Man, Two Guvnors, The Mountaintop, A Christmas Carol (2012-14), Anne of Green Gables – The Musical, To Kill a Mockingbird. Elsewhere: Stage Manager – 1979 (ATP); Calamity Town (Vertigo); The Surrogate, Shopaholic Wedding Bells, Whimsy State (Lunchbox); The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites (Mermaid Theatre tours of Canada/USA/Ireland/South Korea & Singapore). Assistant Stage Manager – The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, Dust, The Valley, Intimate Apparel, Drama: Pilot Episode, Thinking of Yu (ATP); Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show (2012-17).
SARA TURNER
Assistant Stage Manager For Theatre Calgary: Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)connected Age (tc UP CLOSE w/Forte Musical Theatre), The Audience, The Light In The Piazza, The Little Prince – The Musical, The Crucible. Other stage management credits: The 39 Steps, Our Man In Havana, Dial “M” For Murder, Vintage Hitchcock (Vertigo); Touch Me: Songs For A (dis)Connected Age, Naughty But Nice Too! (Forte); Million Dollar Quartet (Drayton Entertainment); Ride, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Lunchbox); Million Dollar Quartet, Rumors & Dreams (Stage West), The Patron Saint of Stanley Park (TNW); The Red Priest (ATP); Polygraph (Sage); Marion Bridge, The Shape Of A Girl (New West); The Peace Maker (Next Stage Festival). Love to her friends and family!
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HERE’S YOUR CUE With Artistic Champions Rod & Betty Wade. How long have you been subscribers with us? We’ve been subscribers since the early 2000s. We definitely enjoy live theatre. Is anyone in your family involved in the arts in some way? I (Betty) did some costume design in high school, took theatre history in university, and did some set design work then too. Why do you think it is important to support the theatre over and above the price of your ticket? We feel it’s an important aspect of our culture, and we know it’s important for those who can afford to give more to do so to ensure that part of our culture is accessible to others. We give more so that a ticket is affordable to most everybody who’s interested. Given the challenging economic times we are in, why do you think it’s important to show philanthropic leadership? The less others have in hard economic times, ideally those that are lucky enough to have would give more. What do you think Theatre Calgary adds to the Calgary community and why do you think a thriving performing arts scene is vital to a city like Calgary? Theatre can be such a shared experience, it can entertain, make you
Betty, now retired, was a homemaker and sold real estate; Rod, also retired, was a Canadian & International Petroleum Engineer.
think, or even make you look at life differently. It’s also an experience that can expand people’s knowledge or get people talking about current issues. Those are all important things for a community’s awareness. What do you think of the quality of work on our stage? We’ve been stunned by the quality of theatre here in Calgary. The performances at Theatre Calgary are world-class. It’s on par with things we’ve seen in London or on Broadway. Are there any shows that stand out or were your favourites over the years? Beyond Eden (2010) was a real favourite, and recently we went to Haida Gwaii, and I (Betty) was really excited to be there because of the feeling that play gave me, that was really memorable for me. Macbeth (2005), I (Rod) just thought that rendition was thoroughly enjoyable, and last year’s Bad Jews – there was so much going on; then discussing with my neighbours heightened my awareness that I really needed more time discussing it with others. It was so thought provoking! That play was an example of just one of
“We feel it’s an important aspect of our culture, and we know it’s important for those who can afford to give more to do so to ensure that part of our culture is accessible to others. ” the plays we get to see each year that’s at that level of depth that really gets you thinking. Why have you chosen to be Artistic Champions, and support the theatre in this way? It’s part of who we are – it’s a lifestyle choice for us to support the things, like the arts, that we love and feel are important to our community. What are your favourite types of enhanced experiences you receive by being an Artistic Champion, and what would you say to others to encourage them to join? We really enjoy getting to know the like-minded people we meet. We get to talk to them in an intimate setting and find out why they are also involved with Theatre Calgary in this way. But our favourite event was dinner on stage! It was just so special, it was a small group, great food – we got to look at things from on stage looking out, which was a completely different experience from what we usually get when we’re watching a show. The benefits we receive at this level allow us to learn about the craft because we get to meet the cast, playwrights, and other theatre personnel. Theatre Calgary is by far the best at providing these services.
Artistic Champions – a different way of giving Artistic Champions are wonderful donors who believe in the importance of the arts and take pride in helping bring great works to our stage. By providing elevated support for Theatre Calgary, our donors add strength and resilience to the company, allowing us to present inspiring productions, star talent and superior craftsmanship. Did you know that there are different financial ways to donate to Theatre Calgary? In addition to the traditional methods of monthly giving or annual donations you can also donate securities (stocks and shares) to Theatre Calgary. Donating this way has allowed many people to support Theatre Calgary over the years. People who donate their securities receive the same benefits as other donors, building a closer relationship with Theatre Calgary through their experiences. Please consider becoming an Artistic Champion this season and enhance your enthusiasm for theatre. Join us at exclusive behindthe-scenes events where you can enjoy spending time with theatre artists and like-minded individuals who share your passion for the stage. To learn more about ways to donate and the unique benefits available to Artistic Champions, please contact Sarah Hughes at 403-294-7440, ext. 1056 or visit our website theatrecalgary.com.
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We are happy to re-introduce gender inclusive washrooms in the Max Bell Theatre. They are the two lower washrooms in the main lobby (house left, close to the WO Mitchell Room), and the two washrooms on the same side of the theatre, up one level. These washrooms may be used by all patrons. This gives all of our guests access to an additional 50% more washrooms and have been highly effective in reducing lines and wait times. Gendered washrooms are also available in our lower lobby, house right in the main lobby, and house left on the second balcony. Having these washroom options ensures that all guests at Theatre Calgary have a pleasant and enjoyable experience where they feel respected, included, and comfortable.
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS Celebrating your contribution to our success. ARTISTIC CHAMPIONS PRODUCER’S CIRCLE ($25,000 +) Joy Alford & Dan Magyar Michelle O’Reilly Foundation Craig D. Senyk, Mawer Investment
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Tom Byttynen & Janet McMaster Christina & Mark Caldwell A.S.L. & Wendy J. Campbell Lorna Carlson & Lloyd Good Ellen & Bill Chidley Carlene & Bruce Chrumka Lois Cole Steacy Collyer & Bryan Pinney Denis Couturier Frances & Bob Coward DIALOG Dr. David & Kris Docherty Patrick & Cheryl Doherty James Doleman & Dori Wood Greg & Tara Draper David Eeles, Norton Rose Fulbright Dr. Reuben & Amy Eng Frances Ferguson, Norton Rose Fulbright Lorie & Mike Flynn John & Audrey Fry S/S James Rob Geremia & Bonnie Kowaliuk Ricardo & Betti Anne Giammarino Gibson Energy Warren & Kristine Gieck Gwyneth Gillette Bruce Graham & Kathy Falla Richard S. Hannah Gord Harris & Nancy Dalton Dean & Trish Harrison Bruce Hartley & Michale Bonn Dick & Lois Haskayne Kevin & Kathy Hildebrand Bernette Ho, Norton Rose Fulbright Lynn & Vern Hult Clarke & Adele Hunter, Norton Rose Fulbright Larry & Carolyn Hursh Narmin Ismail-Teja & Mohamed Teja Andrew & Stephanie Johnson Glenna Jones & Michael Sherman Bill & Elspeth Kirk Barb & Yukio Kitagawa John & Vici Kortbeek Sandy & Parnell Kowalski Bob & Mary Lamond Cameron Lang, Carpet Superstores Rick & Val Lautischer, Awin Insurance Dr. Laurie Lemieux & Dr. Wayne Rosen Elaine Lo
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ADOPT-A-PLAY ($2,500 FOR THE SEASON/ $500 PER PLAY)
ADOPT WHOLE SEASON Dave & Marilyn Bradley Lynda Dunfield Stuart Olley & Myra Diaz Joanne Schaefer James M. Stanford
TWELFTH NIGHT John Armstrong & Karyn Leidal Brian & Yvonne Conway Stuart & Catherine Mugford
OTHER 2017-18 PLAYS Roy & Roberta Barr Sandy & Neill Coad Robert D.D. Cormack Karol Dabbs Demiantschuk Burke & Hoffinger Darin & Belinda Dunlop Dr. Donald Gladman & Irene Shewchuk Ted Jablonski & Monique Courcelles Louise & Mark Lines Howard & Janet McLean Alan & Shelly Norris Carolyn S. Phillips Robert & Andrea Sartor Norm & Kathy Schachar Mike Stillwell John & Peggy Van De Pol
LEGACY CIRCLE LEGACY LEADERS Martha Cohen Estate Jo-Ann De Repentigny Estate Barbara Peddlesden Estate
LEGACY VISIONARIES Paul & Michele Beitel Denis Couturier Alex Osten Norm & Kathy Schachar Allen & Valerie Swanson
INDIVIDUAL DONORS INVESTOR ($5,000 +) Edmonton Community Foundation
The Flanagan Foundation
SUSTAINER ($1,500 +) The David & Janet Bentley Family Fund, at the Edmonton Community Foundation Harry & Martha Cohen Foundation Gord & Eva Hoffman1 Barb & Yukio Kitagawa McCarthy Tetrault Foundation Netherlands Investment Company of Canada Limited O’Donoghue Family Fund The Printing House Norm & Kathy Schachar Family Legacy Fund, at the Calgary Foundation1 1
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BENEFACTOR ($1,000 +) Anonymous Diana & David Ballard Nolan & Carol Blades Stacey & Dale Burstall Cakeworks Barb & Yukio Kitagawa Michael Mezei & Andrea Hopps Alan & Geri Moon Graydon & Dorothy Morrison Susan O’Brien Osten-Victor Fund, at the Calgary Foundation Bernadette & Thomas Raedler Dr. Douglas Rix & Deborah Ferguson Colleen & William Tobman Wanklin Family Fund at the Calgary Foundation Jody Wood & Quentin Pittman
ASSOCIATE ($400 +) Anonymous Baher Family Fund at the Calgary Foundation David & Gwen Baker Larry & Karen Benke Carol Beringer & Phil Boisvert Gary & Tracey Boehm Chris Brooks & Daniel Heng Bruce & Heather Brunette Ian & Gwen Burgess John & Monique Buysschaert Barrie & Joan Cameron Bill & Laurie Clay Robert D.D. Cormack CW4W Afghan, Calgary Chapter Edward & Jean Czaja Gloria J. Davis
Kristen & Denis Dion DLA Piper (Canada) LLP G.M. Gillette Ian & Michele Gunn & Family Danelle Hames Brian & Barbara Howes James Hughes IBM Canada Employees’ Charitable Fund Cindy Johnson Royer Fund at the Calgary Foundation Bill & Kit Kennedy Roy Klassen Lee’s Picture Frame Warehouse Jean Macnab C. Marshall Joan & Robert Martin Leslie & Roger McMechan Brian Mills & Susan Tyrrell Leyton Morris Nancy & Glen Charitable Gift Fund C. Gordon & Joan Packer Murray & Corlieene Pennell Bill & Erisa Penner Michael & Margaret Perlette Jeff Pivnick & Jayne Thirsk Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. Richard Kennedy P.C. The Schmitz Family Foundation Malcolm Turner & Barbara Black Linda & Gord Vogt
Willis Winter Robert Woodrow
FRIEND ($100 +) Anonymous Dinesh & Rajendra Agrawal Sherrill & Robert Allan F. Garfield Anderson David & Bev Andrews Stephen Arsenych Bernice & Ken Baher C. Baker Don & Carol Baker Jane Barlet Hessdorfer Blair & Gail Baxter Jane Baxter The Belangers & The Mix Tom & Bev Benson Allan & Donna Black Gerry Bowland Diane & John Boyd Dave & Marilyn Bradley Brian Brausen Barb & Alex Brough K.R. Brown Mike & Judy Brunner R. Bryant Helga Budwill Judy Burgess Sharon & Royal Burritt
Jared & Diana Burwell David & Sebina Butts Richard & Eleanor Byers Brenda & Gordy Cannady Marlys & Ted Carruthers Cenovus Energy Inc. Marjorie Challand Donna Chapman In honour of Ellen Chidley Jim & Eleanor Chinnick Margaret Churchill J. Clapson CNL Resources Ltd. Maureen Cook Ira Cooper & Erin Storey Greg Coupal Tom & Carol-Ann Cox The Craig Family & The Willis Family D. Christensen Shan Cross M. & C. Crothers A. Cush Thomas & Winifred Day Mike DeNicola Luigi & Joyce De Somma Erisa Didkowsky-Penner Elizabeth Dixon Ric & Lynda Dormer Helga Dressel Denis & Patricia Duke
Willa & Don Dumka Gay Dunlop Tricia Durkin Jane Ebbern & Kevin Johnston Steve & Shawan Edworthy Robert Elsworthy Len & Fran Esler Dwayne & Rita Ewanchuk F. Ferguson G.J. Filyk B. Flood Sarah & Ethan Flynn Cathie Foote & Art Frank Beverley Fujino Denis E. & Yolande Gagnon Jan Geggie Bob & Carol Gerein Barb & Dan Giba Gordon & Dorcas Giesbrecht John Gilpin Christine & Keith Gingerick Jane & Alan Glover Ronald & Helen Goodman Pauline & Don Gray Dennis & Ardele Gregory Irene & J.G. Grier Kent Haidl Elizabeth Hamel Barbara Hay Catherine Heaton John Heffer
Laurie Hillis Brent & Tammy Hironaka Louis & Penny Hogan Aldyth Holder Gillian & John Hopkins Neil & Sue Huckle Carolyn & Henry Huisman John Humphrey & Laura McLeod Carol Jensen Janice & Barrie Johnson Glen & Joan Johnston Edward Juarez Evelyn Keddie Brian & Darlene Kelly Annalise King Phyllis & Larry King John & Maureen Kirby Joyce Kneeland Maryann Kowalsky & Wayne Silvernagle Helle & Juri Kraav Herb & Kathy Kroeker Ruth Kroon George & Suzannah Kurian Lorne & Pat Larson Diana & Roger Leach Robert & Linda Lesoway Larry & Corrie Loomes Frank & Donna Losoncy Barb & Jack Lough Cathy Loughlin
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Gwen Loveless Al & Sandy Lucas Andrew & Emily Lukacik Debbie MacDonald & John Sojak Mary & Don MacLeod Karen MacPherson Evelyne & Harvey Martens James & Donna McDonald Marilyn Mcelheran Ron & Sylvia McIntosh Tonya McKechnie Glenda & Douglas McLean Shirley McNamara Medley Family Annette M. Messer Dr. Julian Midgley David & Maureen Mitchell Jean L. Mitchell Margaret Montgomery Barbara Morin Muir Family Forbes & Margaret Newman Todd & Jean Nickel Chuck & Daphne Nicolle Wayne & Marilyn Niddrie John & Dianne O'Rourke The Paddon Hughes Development Co. Ltd. Bev Palko John & Karen Palmer James Parkes & Laura Hobson
Mike & Lorie Pesowski Louella & Wayne Pethrick Ross & Robin Phillips William Phillips Ronald & Marjorie Potts James & Gabriella Prette Sue & Wayne Ramsden Del Rath RBC Foundation Wendy & Dan Reid Cindi Reopell & Don Watt Mary & Ernest Rewucki Ian & Cheryl Richmond Gay Robinson Howard & Karen Roppel Dr. Peter Roxburgh Robert & Rosalie Rudolf Doreen Sandercock Christine Sargeant William Scheidt Monty & Yolande Schnieder Ken & Sharon Schoor Jo-Ann Schwartzenberger David Severson Rob & Cheryl Sheppard Barb & Don Sibbald Tim & Doris Sidlick Dr. Wilma Slenders & Victor Didkowsky Monty Slim & Sylvie Monfette Kelly Smith & Dan Fichter
Ken & Barb Smith Paulette & Rick Smith Penny Smith Susan Spratt Barb Squires & Robert Elsworthy Kelly Stacey Ray & Pat Stauffer Elizabeth Stock & Alistair Shepherd-Cross Douglas & Laurie Strother Dave & Darlene Swanson Valerie & Allen Swanson Aliya Tafber James & Roberta Taylor R. & M. Tebo L. & M. Tenzer Kathryn Thomas Mark & Linda Thomas Dianne & Owen Thomson Lynne J. Thornton Helene Tonnisen Bill & Carol Twasiuk John & Elizabeth Varsek Jane Virtue & Sean McMaster Jan & Robert Walsh Glenda & Keith Wellon M. Weerstra Dennis & Sylvia Wheatley Bob & Wendy Whyte Robert V. Whyte Ken Wiens
Val & Larry Wolfe George Woodings Lora & Terry Wyman Herrat Zahner Helen & Paul Zeman Doris Zellweger Andy & Mary-Anne Znotins
SENATORS William R. Blain, Q.C. Don Boyes Derek Bridges 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 at 403-294-7440 ext 1002 or donations@theatrecalgary.com.
Building stronger communities one act at a time.
At BMO, we take pride in our local communities. Through various sponsorships and community involvement, we are committed to helping. BMO Bank of Montreal is proud to support Theatre Calgary.
OUR LEGACY VOLUNTEERS Marg Manko, a theatre enthusiast and avid community arts volunteer, has been volunteering with Theatre Calgary for 32 years now. Jamie Tymchuk, our Learning and Engagement Associate, recently spoke to her about her life and how her passion for great theatre has kept her a loyal and valued volunteer at our theatre. Are you from Calgary originally? No, but I am an Albertan and have been my whole life. I was born in Edmonton and moved to Calgary in 1972. What brought you to Theatre Calgary?
Can you tell us how the theatre has changed over the years?
I have always enjoyed theatre and one day I was attending a performance at another Calgary venue when I saw some young people volunteering that I recognized. I thought to myself, “Well, I can do that!” and I started volunteering that same year. One thing led to another, and I now volunteer at many theatre companies in the city.
Well, I think the stories always change. The costumes change. I can, however, always depend on how beautiful the sets will be at Theatre Calgary. They are consistently perfect and always so portable on stage!
Where else do you volunteer?
Do you have any favourite memories of your time volunteering here? Any favourite shows?
I have volunteered with Theatre Calgary and ATP since I started, and have also volunteered for over a decade at Vertigo Theatre, Lunchbox, and The Children’s Festival.
I always look forward to seeing the ladies I volunteer with. They are a good group. Boom really tickled my fancy! It brought back lots of memories of that time and I really enjoyed experiencing them through the production.
What brings you back year after year?
Do you have any advice for anyone thinking of volunteering here?
It almost has become a habit! There are so many good performances and such a vast choice of plays in this city. I am always curious how a performance will go. It is especially exciting to see repeated performances change and evolve such as A Christmas Carol. When they added the skating rink with this current version, it was such a novelty that I very much enjoyed.
It is a good place to volunteer and they treat us well! Of course, it is great in the way it gets me out of the house. The thing I look most forward to seeing is young patrons and first timers entering the theatre for the first time; they are just in awe. If you are interested in volunteering with Theatre Calgary, or would like to learn more, please contact Lee Booth via email: lbooth@theatrecalgary.com
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For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sarah Hughes, Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving: 403-294-7440 ex. 1056 shughes@theatrecalgary.com
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