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On the other side, my father was a Brit
sort of mashup pristine Shakespeare? Probably not. But the joy of experiencing a play like As You Like It through this 1960’s Okanagan Beatles lens feels to me almost like discovering a new Shakespearean play. There is the brilliance of the language, but through this adaptation I discover things in the play that I had never seen or felt before. For those of us who are at home with Shakespeare it allows us that feeling of new-ness. At the same time, the language of music in this production opens a door of accessibility to people who sometimes feel daunted by Shakespeare. If that is you, I hope your enjoyment of tonight’s production will help you to feel a bit more belonging in Shakespeare – not just this one, but in others as well.
take us part of the way and the Beatles can pick up the baton!
I spend a lot of time thinking about adaptation in general, and of Shakespeare in particular. Is this
While this play is of course a love story, I am also always moved by it as a story of friendship. Loyalty and love, along with a willingness to go anywhere that is needed, is a mark of truly magical friendship. Who do you love enough to support as they wander in the forest? This play might just move you to give them a call.
Enjoy!
RACHEL PEAKE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Above Photo by Dahlia Katz. Front Cover Photos by Trudie Lee for Theatre Calgary. Pictured: The Cast of AS YOU LIKE IT.
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Spriet Stage, OCTOBER 15 TO NOVEMBER 2, 2024
Opening Night October 18, 2024
AS YOU LIKE IT
By william shakespeare
ADAPTED & DIRECTED by DARYL CLORAN
CONCEIVED by DARYL CLORAN &
BARD ON THE BEACH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
CREATIVE TEAM
ADAPTOR/DIRECTOR DARYL CLORAN
MUSIC DIRECTOR/SUPERv ISOR BEN ELLIOTT
CHOREOgRAPHER/FIgHT DIRECTOR JONATHAN HAWLEY PURVIS
SET DESIgNER PAM JOHNSON
COSTUME DESIgNER CARMEN ALATORRE*
LIgHTINg DESIgNER HINA NISHIOKA*†
ORIgINAL SOUND DESIgNER PETER McBOYLE
SOUND DESIgNER OWEN HUTCHINSON*
INTIMACY DIRECTOR ANITA NITTOLY
CREATI v E CONSULTANT RICK BOYNTON
STAgE MANAgER CHRISTINE LEROUX
ASSISTANT STAgE MANAgER SUZANNE McARTHUR
APPRENTICE STAgE MANAgER EMMA JO CONLIN
† Original Lighting Design by Gerald King • Pre-show content and comedic contributions by Kayvon Khoshkam • Clearance & Music Consulting by John Ciccone, Copyright Music and Visuals • Production Originally Created by Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival (Vancouver) • Additional Production Materials Created by Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg), Citadel Theatre (Edmonton), Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
This adaptation of AS YOU LIKE IT originated at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival on the BMO Mainstage, in Vancouver, Canada. Chicago Shakespeare Theater further developed and produced the U.S. premiere in the Jentes Family Courtyard Theater in 2021.
Photography and video/audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
CAST
WILLIAM/JACQUES DE BOYS/ ASSASSIN/FOREST LORD/MUSICIAN
AMIENS/HYMEN/ASSASSIN/MUSICIAN
DAME FRANCES/DAME SENIOR
CORIN/DAME FRANCES’ ATTENDANT
ROSALIND
ORLANDO DE BOYS
PHOEBE/ELEANOR RIgBY
SILv IUS/FOREST LORD/MUSICIAN
OLI v ER DE BOYS
AUDREY/LADY DANgER
FOREST LORD/MUSICIAN
CELIA
ADAM/MARTEXT/MUSTACHIO
JAQUES/LE BEAU
FOREST LORD/MUSICIAN
TOUCHSTONE
CHARLES THE WRESTLER/FOREST LORD
‡ MuSic capTain
HENRY BEASLEY
TYLER CHECK
NADIEN CHU
JENNIFER COPPING
DANIELA FERNANDEZ
JEFF IRVING
ALEXANDRA LAINFIESTA
ANTON LIPOVETSKY ‡
MATTHEW MACDONALD-BAIN §
JENNY McKILLOP
JUNE MIROCHNICK
NAOMI NGEBULANA
TROY O’DONNELL
JAN ALEXANDRA SMITH
ISAIAH TERRELL-DOBBS
LEON WILLEY
JACOB WOIKE
§ FighT capTain
For Bard on the Beach ShakeSpeare FeStival:
Artistic Director: Christopher Gaze • Executive Director: Claire Sakaki • Associate Artistic Director: Dean Paul Gibson • Director of Finance and Administration: Fernando Jacob • Director of Marketing and Communications: Emma Lancaster • Director of Development: Diane Cook • Director of Operations: Ava Forsyth • Director of Education: Mary Hartman • Production Director: Jonathan Ryder • Production Manager: Jessica Chambers • Technical Director: Richard Hansen • Artistic and Company Manager: Susan Miyagishima • Head of Wardrobe: Amy McDougall • Interim Head of Wardrobe: Melissa McCowell • Head of Wigs, Hair and Makeup: Caitlin Peake • Head of Properties: Heidi Wilkinson/Flying Fox Productions • Head of Lighting: Conrad Tugnum • Head of Audio: Chris Engleman • Technical Advisor: Brent Letain
*Indicated designers are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.
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DIRECTOR’S NOTE
As You like It is a love story.
Love in its many forms. From youthful, romantic love, to the love of a mother and a daughter, to the belief that to get what we want in life, truly, all we need to do is love and respect each other – a belief that resonated as much in Shakespeare’s time as it did in the sixties – and does today.
We are telling this story with “a little help from our friends”, the Beatles. The Fab Four’s songs integrate perfectly into this story. I have cut A LOT of Shakespeare’s text to make room for them. The Bard’s story comes alive through song, particularly as the characters find themselves in the woods where emotions can no longer be contained by words alone.
Orlando’s love letters become love songs. Amiens and the lords sing as they refine their philosophy about life and love. Even the evolution of the Beatles’ songwriting is perfect for the story arc of the play. The early Beatles songs are naïve and youthful, which is where the young lovers start. But as we meet the thinkers in the forest and life becomes more complicated, we are able to transition into the Beatles' later, more spiritual and philosophical songwriting.
This production premiered at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver in 2018. Since then, we have shared it with audiences in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Chicago, Milwaukee, Vancouver (again!) Washington, D.C. and Calgary. It is such a joy to share this As You Like It with so many audiences!
Shakespeare, the 1960s and the Beatles are a perfect combination. I’m so glad you have joined us for this adventure into the forest. I hope by the end of the play we will send you out of the theatre with a song in your heart and a belief in our shared humanity.
DARYL CLORAN ADAPTOR & DIRECTOR
2024 coMpany oF AS YOU LIKE IT
MUSICAL NUMBERS
PRESHOW:
ACT I
Money (ThaT’S W haT i WanT) (1)
W e can WorK iT ouT (2)
She loV eS you (3)
i WanT To hold your hand (4) help! (2)
i SaW her STanding There (3)
W hile M y guiTar genTly W eepS (5)
i a M The WalruS (2)
The Fool on The hill (2)
leT iT be (2)
do you WanT To K noW a SecreT (2)
eighT dayS a W eeK (2)
ACT II
When i’M 64 (2)
you’V e goT To hide your loV e aWay (2)
loV e Me do (6)
SoMeThing (5)
can’T buy Me loV e (2)
goT To geT you inTo M y liFe (2)
helTer SK elTer (2)
good day SunShine (2)
here coMeS The Sun (5)
acroSS The uniV erSe (2)
all you need iS loV e (2)
AS YOU LIKE IT runs 2 hours and 30 minutes, which includes a 20 minute intermission.
(1) Written by Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy Jr., Courtesy of Jobete Music Co. Inc./ Stone Agate Music (BMI) administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
(2) Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Courtesy of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
(3) Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Used by special arrangement with Concord Music Group, Inc., www.concord.com.
(4) Words and Music by John Winston Lennon and Paul James McCartney, Courtesy of Universal Music Publishing Canada on behalf of Northern Songs Ltd.
(5) Written by George Harrison, Published by BMG Rights Management Canada A (SOCAN)
(6) Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Courtesy of MPL Communications Inc (ASCAP) administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Used by permission. All rights reserved. Not for broadcast transmission. DO NOT DUPLICATE.
Behind-the-scenes in the
DEVELOPERS REHEARSAL HALL
From the cast and crew meet-and-greet until the team moves to its final dress rehearsals on the Spriet Stage, the magic of theatre comes alive in the rehearsal hall.
The joy of making theatre exists long before a company takes its bow at the end of the first performance. From day one of a new project to staging, sitzprobe, and more, the process of creating a new production means turning an idea into reality through creativity, craft, and collaboration in the Developers Rehearsal Hall.
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JeFF irVing & daniela Fernandez
daniela Fernandez & henry beaSley
JeFF irVing & daniela Fernandez
June MirochnicK, anTon lipoVeTSKy, Tyler checK, henry beaSley, & iSaiah Terrell-dobbS
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BEFORE & AFTER: Cultural Icons
The pop culture Effect of William Shakespeare & the beatles
Before William Shakespeare, English literature was predominantly influenced by religious and historical themes, with works often written in Latin. Shakespeare's works introduced complex characters, innovative plots, and a rich use of the English language, transforming English literature and drama. His plays blended various genres, combining elements of comedy, tragedy, and history, creating multifaceted narratives that appealed to a wide audience.
Shakespeare's influence extended into the development of the English language, coining many words and phrases still in use today, such as "break the ice," "heart of gold," and "wild-goose chase." His mastery of verse and prose allowed him to convey deep human emotions and philosophical ideas, making his characters relatable and timeless. The introduction of soliloquies, where characters reveal their innermost thoughts directly to the audience, added a new dimension to storytelling, offering profound psychological insights.
Shakespeare's impact is evident in the works of countless writers, from his contemporaries like Christopher Marlowe to modern authors like James Joyce and Tom Stoppard. His plays continue to be performed worldwide, showcasing their enduring relevance and universal themes.
Shakespeare is also celebrated in Ontario with the presence of the prominent theatre company known as The Stratford Festival (previously the Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Since 1953, The Stratford Festival has produced works by Shakespeare during each annual festival season.
THE gLOBE THEATRE, BUILT IN 1599 CLOSE TO THE SOUTH BANK OF THE THAMES, PREMIERED MANY OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS.
"THE FIRST FOLIO" CONTAININg 36 PLAYS
Before The Beatles, English rock music was heavily influenced by American rock 'n' roll and blues. British bands often emulated American artists like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. However, The Beatles, with their innovative songwriting, harmonies, and recording techniques, revolutionized the genre. Their distinct British sound, characterized by melodic bass lines, sophisticated vocal arrangements, and inventive studio effects, influenced countless artists.
The Beatles' impact extended beyond music to fashion, culture, and social movements. They popularized the "mop-top" hairstyle and influenced 1960s fashion with their iconic suits and later, their psychedelic clothing. Culturally, The Beatles' music addressed themes of love, peace, and social change, resonating with the countercultural movement of the 1960s. Songs like "All You Need Is Love" and "Revolution" became anthems for peace and change, reflecting the societal shifts of the era. Additionally, their groundbreaking use of the recording studio as an instrument, with albums like "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," set new standards for musical production and experimentation.
ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN LONDON, CIRCA 1967. MARK AND COLLEEN HAYWARD/REDFERNS vIA gETTY IMAgES, FILE.
ON JAN 30, 1969, THE BEATLES PERFORMED AN IMPROMPTU 42-MINUTE gIg FROM THE ROOFTOP OF THEIR APPLE CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT 3 SAvILE ROW.
ARTISTS
Henry Beasley (HE/HIM)
William/ Jacques de Boys/Assassin/ Forest Lord/Musician
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): As You Like It (Bard on the Beach/Shakespeare Theatre Company/Theatre Calgary); Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach); Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Stage Play (Infinitheatre); Salt-Water Moon (Rising Tide); Grease, The Sound of Music, The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Chemainus); Cabaret (NTS).
OTHER: Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (Acting) and Capilano University (Musical Theatre). www.henrybeasley.ca.
Tyler Check
Amiens/Hymen/Assassin/Musician
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Million Dollar Quartet.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): The Buddy Holly Story (Mayfield Dinner Theatre/Drayton Entertainment); Once, Jersey Boys (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Mamma Mia! (Stage West); Canada 151 (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Stage West/Mayfield/ Drayton Entertainment/Mirvish); Perfect Wedding, You’ll Get Used To It…The War Show!, Kings & Queens of Country, Marathon of Hope (Drayton Entertainment); Forever Plaid (Starvox/Stirling Festival Theatre); Spamalot (Stephenville Theatre Festival).
OTHER: Graduate of the Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College. @tylerbcheck
Nadien Chu Dame Frances/Dame Senior
F OR THE gRAND THEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Pretty Goblins - Sterling Award (Workshop West); As You Like It (Theatre Calgary); The Thin Man (Vertigo Theatre); All the Little Animals I Have Eaten (One Yellow Rabbit); Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Alberta Theatre Projects); Macbeth, Titus Andronicus - Sterling Award (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); The Three Muskateers, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice, Network, Jane Eyre, The Garneau Block, The Tempest, The Penelopiad, August Osage County (Citadel Theatre); Pig Girl, Palace of the End (Theatre Network).
Jennifer Copping Corin/Dame Frances’ Attendant
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): As You Like It, Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach); Kinky Boots, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Arts Club); Detroit (Mitch & Murray); Jersey Boys (Dancap); Indian Arm (Rumble); Tommy, Les Miserables (Mirvish). Director: Into the Woods, City of Angels, Good People.
F ILM & T v C REDITS: The Hunting Party (NBC); Alaska, Daily (ABC); Devil in Ohio (Netflix); Debris (NBC); Becoming Redwood (Leo Award for Best Actress).
OTHER: Langara Film Arts Instructor, Railtown Actors Studio Instructor.
H ENRY BEASLEY TYLER CHECK
N A DI EN C HU J ENNIFER C OPPINg
Dominique LeBlanc as Maria. Adam Stevenson as Captain Von Trapp Costume Design by Jessica Oostergo.
Photography by Mai Tilson.
Start your holidays with Maria and the von Trapps in this timeless, beloved, family musical ... a very good place to start!
The abbey life is not the life for Maria: an exuberant, free-spirited, would-be nun with the habit of eeing her studies to sing in the Austrian mountainside.
For a change of scenery, Maria is o to join the von Trapp household as the latest in a long string of governesses for humourless naval captain Georg von Trapp and his seven disciplined but mischievous children. While the family is initially no match for Maria’s unstoppable love of music and whimsy, it isn’t long until the power of song brings much welcome harmony, romance, and the promise of a bright future, into their home.
Grand Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Peake helms this 2024 holiday production, based on the Tony Award-winning musical, Academy Award-winning lm, and featuring memorable classic songs: “My Favourite Things”, “Do-Re-Mi”, “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”, “So Long, Farewell”, and “Something Good.”
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ARTISTS
Daniela Fernandez (SHE/HER)
Rosalind
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Guys & Dolls, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Arts Club); As You Like It (Theatre Calgary); A Christmas Carol, Jersey Boys, Going Solo! (Citadel Theatre); The Wolves (The Maggie Tree/Citadel Theatre); Mamma Mia! (Mayfield Theatre).
OTHER: Daniela is so excited to be making her eastern Canada theatre debut at the Grand this season! She is a Latin-Canadian actor, singer, dancer and emerging sound designer. She’s a graduate of the Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts Program, and inaugural recipient of the RBC Horizon Emerging Artists Mentorship Program for Sound Design at the Citadel Theatre. Daniela is also a Sterling Award nominee and Ovation! award winner. Instagram: @thedanielafernandez
Jeff Irving
Orlando de Boys
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Cyrano, White Christmas, Man and Superman, Androcles and the Lion, Sweeney Todd, the Light in the Piazza (Shaw Festival); As You Like It (RMTC/Citadel/ Shakespeare Theatre); This Isn’t Happening, Alice the Magnet, Grimly Handsome (Theatre Animal); Fury, Seeds (Blyth Theatre); Tom at the Farm (Buddies in Bad Times); Romeo and Juliet, The December Man (Canadian Stage); Parade (Studio 180/Acting Upstage); White Christmas (Drayton ); For Pops (DRI Collective); Viv’s Socks (GG Productions); Sing Something (Redmond Collective).
F ILM & T v C REDITS: Country Hearts, Country Hearts Christmas (UPtv); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC).
Alexandra Lainfiesta
Phoebe/Eleanor Rigby
F OR THE gRAND THEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Three Musketeers (Citadel/Arts Club); Clean/Espejos (Neworld); Napoli Millonaria!, Comedy of Errors, The Miser, Henry VIII (Stratford Festival); Anywhere But Here (Electric Theatre); A Tonic For Desperate Times (Theatre Gargantua); Re-framed (Electric Theatre); Be-longing (Frank Theatre); As You Like It, Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach).
F ILM & T v C REDITS: Family Law (Global/The CW); Love Hard (Netflix); Abreme (Strange Company Productions); Bella Ciao! (Commercial Drive Productions).
OTHER: A two time Jessie Award winner actor, and a two time Dora Mavor Moore Awards winner as part of the Ensemble that created “A Tonic for Desperate Times”. www.alexandralainfiesta.com
Anton Lipovetsky Silvius/Forest Lord/Musician
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare in Love, Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet, Cymbeline, Elizabeth Rex, Measure for Measure, Macbeth (Bard on the Beach); As You Like It (Theatre Calgary); I Think I'm Fallin', Vigil, Equivocation, A Christmas Carol (Belfry Theatre); King Arthur's Night (Neworld Theatre/NAC/ Luminato Festival).
OTHER: Graduate of Studio 58 Acting Program and the Stratford Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Acting. Musical composer with comissions across Canada. Tiktok: @antronsongs
D ANIELA FERNANDEZ J EFF I Rv INg
A LEXANDRA LAINFIESTA
ANTON LIPOv ETSKY
ARTISTS
Matthew MacDonald-Bain
Oilver de Boys/Fight Captain
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): As You Like It (Shakespeare Company Theatre in Washington DC/Bard on the Beach); Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach); Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Day Before Christmas (Arts Club); The Cafe, Wet, The Competition Is Fierce (ITSAZOO); Love/ Sick, The Wolves (Pactific Theatre); Not So Dumb (Green Thumb); The Out Vigil (Firepot); Bright Blue Future, Bug, Of Mice and Men (Hardline).
OTHER: Graduate of Studio 58, Vancouver BC.
Jenny McKillop
Audrey/Lady Danger
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): As You Like It (Citadel Theatre/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Theatre Calgary); The Fiancee (Citadel Theatre); A New Brain (Plain Jane Theatre); The Exquisite Hour, Fever Land, Pith, Marvelous Pilgrims and A Lesson in Brio (Teatro Live!); Mary Poppins (Globe Theatre); Outside Mullingar (Shadow Theatre); Airswimming (Praise Doris Productions); The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet (Free Will Players); You Are Happy, The Cabin on Bald Dune (Blarney Productions/Dogheart Theatre); Legoland (Blarney Productions).
OTHER: Jenny has recieved a Sterling Award for her performance in You Are Happy and Sterling nominations for her work in Pith, Marvelous Pilgrims and Airswimming.
June Mirochnick (THEY/THEM)
Forest Lord/Musician
F OR THE gRAND THEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Super Seniors (Western Gold); Parade (Raincity); As You Like It (Bard on the Beach); Beauty and the Beast; The Little Mermaid; Alice in Wonderland; Pinocchio; The Wizard of Oz; Panto Come Home; Little Red Riding Hood; Hansel and Gretel (Theatre Replacement/The Cultch); Made in Canada: An Agricultural Operetta (Rice and Beans); Do You Want What I Have Got?: A Craigslist Cantata; Onegin (Arts Club); King Arthur’s Night (Neworld).
F ILM & T v C REDITS: King Arthur’s Night.
OTHER: As Drummer - Great Aunt Ida, Veda Hille, Patsy Klein/Tony Wilson Band, and others.
Naomi Ngebulana (SHE/T HEY)
Celia
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers (Shakespeare in the Ruff); As You Like It (Shakespeare Company/Theatre Calgary/ Bard on the Beach); Fall On Your Knees (Canadian Stage); DRACULA: A Comedy of Terrors (Segal Centre); Educating Rita (Watermark Theatre).
OTHER: Graduate of the MFA in Acting at the Guildford School of Acting & Randolph Acadmy for Performing Arts. @nanaomibar
MATTHEW MACDONALD-BAIN
J ENNY Mc K ILLOP J UNE M IROCHNICK N AOMI Ng EBULANA
ARTISTS
Troy O’Donnell
Adam/Martext/Mustachio
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, The Royale, The Tempest (Citadel Theatre); The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); It’s a Wonderful Life, Ten Lost Years (Theatre Northwest); An Inspector Calls, The Diary of Anne Frank (Rosebud); The Umbrella, Le Parapluie (Quest Theatre); The Baffled Blossom, The Early Bloomer (Concrete Theatre); The 39 Steps (Mayfield); Anxiety, The Righteous Woman (Theatre Yes); Adult Entertainment, The End of Civilization (Punctuate! Theatre); The Falstaff Project (Thou Art Here).
OTHER: BFA Program at University of Alberta.
Jan Alexandra Smith
Jaques/Le Beau
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Director), Grand Ghosts, Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia!, Vigilante, A Christmas Carol (2018), Timothy Findley’s The Wars, A Christmas Carol (1992), The Dining Room, High School Project: Evita (Director/ Choreographer).
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Dinner with the Duchess (Here for Now); 12 Dinners, Life Without & Take Care (Director, Here For Now); As You Like It (Theatre Calgary); Driving Miss Daisy (Director, Stage West Calgary); Much Ado About Nothing (Director, Shakespeare Co.); Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre); The Hollow (Director, Vertigo Theatre); Mamma Mia!, Alice Through The Looking Glass (Charlottetown Festival); Seussical (Director/Choreographer, St. Lawerence College); As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare in High Park/
CanStage); The Mountaintop, God of Carnage (Director, Theatre Calgary); Lost (Theatre Calgary); Forests (Tarragon); Shakespeare’s Will (Citadel Theatre); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Shaw Festival); Les Misérables (Royal Alexandra).
Isaiah Terrell-Dobbs
Forest Lord/Musician
F OR THE gRAND THEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): As You Like It (Bard On The Beach/Shakespeare Theatre Company/Theatre Calgary).
OTHER: zaiah.bandcamp.com
Leon Willey
Touchstone
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Little Mermaid (Persephone Theatre); Making Spirits Brighter (Globe Theatre); Mamma Mia! (Theatre Aquarius); Network (Manitoba Theatre Centre/ Citadel Theatre); Cabaret (Arts Club Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Mayfield Theatre); Noises Off (Western Canada Theatre/Chemainus Theatre); Closer Than Ever (Thousand Islands Playhouse/Western Canada Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespaere on the Sask).
OTHER: Love for my daughter, Sawyer.
T ROY O’D ONNELL J AN A LEXANDRA SMITH
ISAIAH TERRELL-DOBBS L EON W ILLEY
ARTISTS
Jacob Woike
Charles the Wrestler/Forest Lord
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Vimy, Jesus Christ Superstar (Western Canada Theatre); The Legend of Georgia McBride, Les Misérables (Art Club); Ghost the Musical (Chemainus).
FILM & T v CREDITS (SELECTED): Woman of the Hour (Vertigo Films; dir - Anna Kendrick); Reginald the Vampire (Syfy).
Daryl Cloran Director/Adaptor
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Helen’s Necklace.
OTHER: Daryl is the Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. He has built an international reputation for the Citadel with three Citadel-associated shows carrying on to Broadway: Hadestown, SIX: The Musical and Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Daryl’s adaptation of As You Like It has played at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Milwaukee Rep Shakespeare Theater Company (Washington, DC), Theatre Calgary, Citadel, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and twice at Bard on the Beach (Vancouver). Born and raised in Sarnia, Daryl is thrilled to be back in Southwestern Ontario! This one is for my parents!
Ben Elliott
Music Director/Music Supervisor/Music
Captain
F OR THE gRAND THEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Comedy of Errors (Bard on the Beach); I, Claudia (The Arts Club); Our Man in Havana (Vertigo Theatre); Marigold (Musical Stage Co.)
OTHER: Graduate of Bishops University and Studio 58, Langara College.
Jonathan Hawley Purvis (HE/HIM) Choreographer/Fight Director
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, MacBeth, Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare in Love (Bard on the Beach); As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare/ Milqaukee Rep/Shakespeare Company); Three Muskateers, Silver Arrow, Shakespeare in Love, West Side Story, Romeo & Juliet, The Penelopiad, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Citadel Theatre).
FILM & T v CREDITS (SELECTED): Stunts for The Last of Us, Motherland, Under The Bridge.
OTHER: www.jonathanpurvis.com
J ACOB WOIKE D ARYL C LORAN BEN E LLIOTT JONATHAN H AWLEY PURv IS
Driven by the Arts
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT:
Meyer Liston
I have grown up around the arts and have always been impacted by the things around me. It gives me a chance to see different perspectives, culture and emotions. Live performance evokes emotions and has fostered my creativity.
Meyer Liston (She/They)
GRAND Connection:
High School Project alumni - Wardrobe for The Phantom of the Opera (2023) and Roald Dahl’s MATILDA The Musical (2024).
Every time I get to go to a show, I get to see the friends I made while working on the show and other students in the community who enjoy and appreciate theatre as much as I do.
If anyone were interested, I would gladly tell them to try it out. It’s only every few weeks, so it’s not a huge commitment, and after the show you get to talk to other students and actors about the show over a nice pizza dinner. It’s definitely worth it.
I want to do a few things when I grow up like firefighting, tattooing, and costumes. I also want to stay connected to theatre. I hope within the next five years I have a stable firefighting career and sew and practice tattoos in my off time. Theatre has taught me to work hard at the things I’m passionate about, and that I can do anything I set my mind to.
As a student club member, I have experienced so much help from the community for achieving education and hobbies in my future. Everyone gets to share their love and passion for theatre and arts together.
Theatre is committed
Photo by Angelina Moses
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Pam Johnson
Set Designer
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Billy Bishop, Rock and Roll, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Top Girls, Gaslight, New Canada Kid, King Lear.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): 23 seasons at Bard on the Beach, 24 seasons at Vancouver Playhouse. Shaw Festival, Belfry Theatre, Arts Club Theatre, Pacific Opera.
O THER : Design instructor at Studio 58, Langara College for 28 years.
Carmen Alatorre
Costume Designer
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, Arts Club Theatre Company, Electric Company, Caravan Farm Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Globe Theatre Regina, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Milwaukee Rep Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC.
OTHER: Graduate of MFA Theatre Design, University of British Columbia. Recipient of four Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for Outstanding costume design. Assistant Professor in Performance Design at the University of Victoria. carmenalatorre.com
Hina Nishioka †
Lighting Designer
F OR THE gRAND THEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure (Bard on the Beach); Spongebob, The Cherry Orchard (Capilano University); Hurricane Mona, Yaga (Touchstone Theatre); A Wonderheads Christmas Carol (A Wonderheads Theatre).
FILM & T v CREDITS (SELECTED): Monster High (Nickelodeon), Blockbuster Season 1 (Netflix), Grease: Ride of the Pink Ladies (Paramount).
OTHER: BFA Graduate at the University of Victoria. www.hinalighting.com
Peter McBoyle
Original Sound Designer
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Annie, It's A Wonderful Life, Mamma Mia!
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Broadway: Come Fly Away, Barrymore. American National Tours: Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can Companies based in New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and 26+ years at the Stratford Festival where he designed 80+ productions.
OTHER: Peter taught at Toronto Metropolitan University (formally Ryerson University) and Humber College. As a mentor he inspired and guided a generation of sound designers in the performing arts in Canada and the US. He holds a Bachelor of Music, and Masters of Music (Media and Technology) from McGill University. Home and anchor for Peter was Stratford, ON with his wife Meghan and daughters Ella and Beatrice - the value and importance of his work and legacy live on in this production which he was very grateful to have been involved in.
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Owen Hutchinson
Sound Designer
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Sound Design: Million Dollar Quartet, Almost a Full Moon, 9-5: The Musical (Citadel); Prison Dancer (NAC/Citadel). Associate Sound Designer: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel/Arts Club); As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre).
O THER : Recipient of the 2022 Jack King Award.
Rick Boynton
Creative
Consultant
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): It Came from Outer Space, The Book of Joseph, Ride the Cyclone, Murder for Two, Sense and Sensibility, Cadre, The Three Musketeers, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Othello: The Remix, Funk It Up About Nothin’, Q Brothers Christmas Carol. OTHER: Rick is an accomplished producer, script consultant and dramaturg who has collaborated with some of the world’s leading creators. He was instrumental in shaping the recent productions of SIX, The Notebook and Illinoise, from early stages through to their Broadway debuts. Boynton served for many years as Creative Producer at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, overseeing season programming and serving as the lead creative consultant and dramaturg for all new, reimagined, and developed work. He was artistic director of the Marriott Theatre and is a multiple Jeff Award-winning actor. He has lectured at his alma mater, Northwestern University, and is a former president of the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.
Christine Leroux (SHE/HER)
Stage Manager
F OR T HE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Made in Italy (Theatre Aquarius/Arts Club/Citadel/Theatre Calgary/Thousand Islands Playhouse/Western Canada Theatre); The New Canadian Kid (Green Thumb Theatre); Serving Elizabeth, Meet My Sister, The Best Brothers, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth (Western Canada Theatre).
O THER : Christine is so excited to be joining this fantastic production. All my love to Leon and Charlie. Enjoy the show!
Suzanne McArthur
Assistant Stage Manager
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: 17th season.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): The Diviners, Les Belles-Soeurs, Hamlet-911, Hosanna, The Tempest (Stratford Festival); The Birds and the Bees, Aladdin: The Panto, Snow White: The Panto, Weekend Comedy, Perfect Wedding (Drayton Entertainment); The Fixer-Upper, It’s Your Funeral, Lunenburg, Buying the Farm, Birds of a Feather, Storm Warning, Wrong for Each Other, Knickers! A Brief Comedy (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); The Normal Heart (Studio 180/Buddies in Bad Times Theatre); Forests (Tarragon Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Silver Mist Productions).
OTHER: Love to Michael and Charlie.
RICK BOYNTON
CHRISTINE LEROUX SUZANNE Mc ARTHUR
OWEN H UTCHINSON
Costume Design by Carmen Alatorre
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E MMA JO C ONLIN B ARD ON THE BEACH SHAKESPEARE FESTI vAL
Emma Jo Conlin (SHE/HER)
Apprentice Stage Manager
F OR THE gRAND T HEATRE: Debut.
T HEATRE C REDITS (SELECTED): Apprentice Stage Manager: The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (Stratford Festival); Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 (That Theatre Company/Buddies in Bad Times); Post Democracy (Tarragon Theatre). Director: Genielogy (Alumnae Theatre New Ideas Festival); Death by Horoscope (SATCoo). Stage Manager: Othello (Phoenix Theatre).
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Founded by Artistic Director Christopher Gaze in 1990, Bard on the Beach is Western Canada’s largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare Festival. Presented in Vancouver’s Sen̓ákw/Vanier Park against a spectacular backdrop of mountains, sea and sky, the Festival offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas, and special events in two modern performance tents from June through September, with an annual attendance of 100,000.
The Festival is known for its signature blend of high-quality artistic programming and a welcoming, informal experience for local residents and visitors from around the world. Bard Education offers year-round opportunities to play and explore Shakespeare, through programs for youth, emerging theatre artists, and our general community. https://bardonthebeach.org/
g O SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
A Regional Tony Award recipient, produces a bold and innovative year-round season that includes Shakespeare, original plays, musicals, family programming, and international theatrical events. CST is committed to serving as a cultural center across its three stages—the 700+ seat Yard, 500 seat Jentes Family Courtyard Theater, and the 200 seat Carl and Marilynn Thoma Theater Upstairs as well as in classrooms, neighborhoods, and venues around the world. CST has a deep commitment to education and lifelong learning with robust programming for students, teachers, and lifelong learners, and engagement with communities across the city. Onstage, in classrooms and neighborhoods across the city, and in venues around the world, Chicago Shakespeare is a multifaceted theater—inviting audiences, artists, and community members to share powerful stories that illuminate the complexities, ambiguities, and wonders of our world. www.chicagoshakes.com
CHICA
AS YOU LIKE IT: Daryl Cloran & Bard on the beach shakespeare festival’s eastern canada premiere at the grand
They say there’s nothing new under the sun, but it was Sarnia, Ont. born Daryl Cloran, in partnership with Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival founder and Artistic Director Christopher Gaze who dreamed of producing As You Like It as a musical featuring the music of The Beatles. Despite four previous productions of “As You” in the company’s history (1991, 1998, 2005 and 2011), adding popular music was a new twist on a familiar theme. Christopher tapped Daryl, whose 2015 Roaring ‘20s musical adaptation of Love’s Labour's Lost was an audience favourite. Daryl infused the Fab Four into the charming plot, adapted to cleverly integrate the song lyrics into Shakespeare’s text. The result? A runaway hit.
In 2018, Bard on the Beach welcomed 60,000 people to the most successful production in their history. But As You Like It’s extraordinary run was not over. In 2019, the production continued to evolve and was seen in Edmonton at the Citadel Theatre and in Winnipeg at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. The pandemic cancelled plans to tour to Chicago and Milwaukee, but As You Like It was finally able to play at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2021 and Milwaukee Repertory Theater in 2022. After the summer of 2022 and another run at Bard, the production moved to the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C. in late 2023, and then to Theatre Calgary in early 2024 before finally landing at the Grand Theatre.
“As You Like It is already one of Shakespeare’s most musical plays. It already had a couple of songs in it, and is quite lyrical in its construction,” explains Cloran, who is the Artistic Director of The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. “I think one of the great successes of the show is that all of [The Beatles’] songs continue the journeys of these Shakespearean characters through song.”
As for who should be making their way to London, Ontario’s downtown to see this mash-up: “this production is definitely for Beatles fans. It’s definitely for Shakespeare fans. But I think it’s also a great gateway to Shakespeare,” says Cloran.
CHOREOgRAPHY BY JONATHAN HAWLEY PURvIS.
SET DESIgN BY PAM JOHNSON
LIgHTINg DESIgN BY gERALD KINg.
COSTUME DESIgN BY CARMEN ALATORRE PHOTO BY TRUDIE LEE FOR THEATRE CALgARY
THE CAST OF aS YoU like it
DIRECTED BY DARYL CLORAN
As You Like It was first performed in the early 17th century and has since become one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. Set in the enchanted Forest of Arden (which has been re-dressed as the Okanagan Valley in Cloran’s production), the story follows the journey of Rosalind as she navigates various complexities of love and identity. Filled with witty dialogue, mistaken identity, memorable characters, and a touch of magic, As You Like It continues to resonate with audiences over 400 years later.
For the 1960s edition coming to the Grand, existing themes of love and friendship carry through effortlessly, and with so many of Shakespeare’s texts taking characters down ‘long, and winding roads’ into a pastoral forest-scape, it is not difficult to imagine those same characters hopping into a Volkswagen Bus for their journey into the wood.
And then there's the WWE-style wrestling match that kicks off the audience experience for every performance. Shakespeare’s As You Like It famously begins with a wrestling match that sets into action the events of the story. In As You Like It (Beatles’ Version) audiences will be taking their seats as a full-scale wrestling match is already on stage.
“Often in musicals, you talk about actors being ‘triple-threats’, meaning they can sing, dance, and act,” explains Cloran. “We need quadruple, and sometimes quintuple threats, because not only do they have to be great at Shakespeare, and great singers, musicians, and great dancers, a number of them have to be great wrestlers as well. The virtuosity on display by these actors, is amazing.”
What does the future hold? Who can say, but in the words of Vancouver Sun critic Jerry Wasserman, “You’d have to be a real Nowhere Man not to be on your feet and singing along,” wherever it plays next.
1. Sarnia, ON
2. Vancouver, BC
3. Edmonton, AB
4. Winnipeg, MB
5. Chicago, IL
6. Milwaukee, WI
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Calgary, AB
9. London, ON
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In Memoriam
Cathrine Woods
Andrew Wright
Pat & Glen Wright
Sharon Wright-Evans
Richard Allan Yake
Michelle Young Tova Zarnowiecki
11 anonymous
Thank you to those who gave in memory of Noreen Davis, Eleanore Reynolds, Shirley Brown, Vivian Deleary, Mary Loncke, James A. Ross, Pam Samuels, Robert Swartman & Lister Waugh, Pamela & Joseph Samuels, cherished friends of the Grand who are dearly missed.
Housing Partners
Thank you to the following members of our community who have welcomed visiting artists into their homes:
Barb MacDougall
Jill Ellis-Worthington
Bob Ward & Susan Yerema
Aaron & Josh Swan
Leon Melville
Peter Markvoort
Denise Hay
Cam Quinn
Brian Baillargeon
Delilah Cummings
Becca Beith
Jan & Peter Vogel
Denise Jung
Janet McAllister
Proscenium Society (Planned Giving)
Julie Ryan
Francine Rheault
Wendy Sanderson-Culley
Sergey Bornow
Ingrid Johnsrude
Songbird & Leaf
Lia Karidas
We are deeply grateful to the compassionate individuals who have made the important and thoughtful decision to make a planned gift to the Grand Theatre. We honour them through their membership in the Proscenium Society. Their legacy will help ensure that the Grand continues to flourish:
Barbara Belbeck
Hazel E. Bell
Marista Ateena Brooks (Mikolaski)
Robert Crawford
Buck A. M. Cuddy
Theresa Cutler
Lynn Davis
Helen Ann Day
Walter R. (Wally) Duffield
Cathy & James Dunlop
Innis Hammond
Barbara Horne
Dr. Nicole le Riche &
Dr. John Howard
Beryl Ivey
Elizabeth Ann Jones
Karen Killeen
EJ Lamb
Mary & Roger Lilliman
Myrtle McCallum
Douglas McCullough
Mary Eleanor Miller
Susan Nickle
Diane & Gary Alan Price
Glenda Robinson
Maureen Elizabeth Ryan
Joseph Samuels
Pam Samuels
Donald Smith
Doris Spence
Helen & Andy Spriet
Elizabeth Stratton
Judy White
Michael Wojtak
Membership to the Proscenium Society is available to those who have chosen to make a planned gift in one or more of the following ways:
• Bequests (donations through your will)
• Listed Securities
• Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation
• Charitable Gift Annuities
• Life Insurance Policies, RRSP, RRIF
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