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BOOM X celebrates and examines many ideas of our past. Whether you are a He is a master of many talents. First of all, proud member of Generation X, like me, his talent as an actor to interpret and imi- or otherwise, I hope that you enjoy both tate people, famous or otherwise. Next, the memories this show conjures but his brilliant talent for creating a dynamic, also the notions it stimulates. But mostly, multi-media form of performance – a let’s all enjoy being in the presence of a form which he executes with rapid fire magically talented human. speed and precision. And most notably, Welcome. his remarkable ability to create and tell a story – a deeply relatable, informative, dennis garnhum and wildly entertaining story – in such a artistic director distinctive fashion.

Rick is constantly firing on all cylinders – one moment being a director, then a writer, then an actor. He’s channelled the talent of his gift into sharing his point of view in such a full, unique, and honest way. Given his incredible presence on

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boom x written, directed, and performed by rick miller

Produced by Kidoons and WYRD Productions, in association with Theatre Calgary and The 20K Collective.

The world premiere of BOOM X was presented at Theatre Calgary in January 2019.

Development of the show was supported by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

The 20K Collective acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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The show runs approximately 100 minutes, plus 1 intermission.

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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CAST & CREDITS Writer/Director/Performer RICK MILLER* Executive Producer JEFF LORD Dramaturg/Stage Manager CR AIG FR ANCIS* Technical Director AIDAN WARE Production Manager RICK MILLER Video & Projection Co-Designer NICOLAS DOSTIE Video & Projection Co-Designer IRINA LITVINENKO Lighting Designer BRUNO MATTE Costume & Props Designer VIRGINIE LECLERC Set & Sound Designer/Composer RICK MILLER Additional Music Production CREIGHTON DOANE Appears as "Brandon" on video SÉBASTIAN HEINS* Graphic Design/Marketing LOGOGRAPH Original Illustrations CRAIG FRANCIS Touring Agent MENNO PLUKKER THEATRE AGENT Music Licensing MICHAEL PERLMUTTER (INSTINCT) Official Site boomtheshow.com Education Site encyclopediacanada.com Podcast Site xingthegap.com Social Media @kidoons, @rickmilleractor @BoomtheShow

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WRITER'S NOTES “I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you're really alive.” - Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991)

We all search for meaning, in one way or another. We want our little lives to be part of a bigger picture, which is why some of us are drawn to storytelling – the great connective tissue of the human race.

This is the 2nd in a trilogy of shows designed to tell a big-picture story: 75 years of history in this corner of our planet. If BOOM (Part 1) and BOOM YZ (Part 3) are the stories of my parents’ and daughters’ generations, respectively, BOOM X (Part 2) is the story of my own generation, dubbed “Generation X”. What that means, and whom it represents, is up for debate.

What is not up for debate is that we’re a relatively small demographic, on the thin edge between hordes of “Baby Boomers” and “Millennials”. This precarious position, though, gives GenXers a unique perspective, one that can hopefully keep building bridges and breaking through walls.

We live in deeply polarized times, and BOOM X peers back at some of the origins of this polarization, when we were mired in a different Cold War.

But remembering the past is only useful if it helps us navigate the present moment: how do we live together here and now? I don’t have a clear answer, but I do have a story to tell.

This show blasts through the defining events of a generation, tracing my own upbringing in Montreal through the 1970s, 80s, and early 90s. It has the restless energy of a little kid playing with toys, throwing on costumes, and mashing up voices. Like in BOOM, I play 100 characters, including famous rockstars and politicians, and not-so-famous people who guided me through it all (including my life partner Stephanie, who grew up Exeter, ON – not far from London!)

At its core, BOOM X is a search for identity: of a person, a country and a generation. No matter how young you are, or where you come from, I hope you find yourself reflected in one of its many shiny surfaces.

Explosively yours, rick miller

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Rick Miller Writer/Director/ Performer/Production Manager

Rick Miller (he/him) is a Dora and Gemini award-winning writer / director / actor / musician / educator who has performed in five languages on five continents, and who Entertainment Weekly called “one of the 100 most creative people alive today”. He has created and toured solo shows such as the BOOM Trilogy (BOOM, BOOM X, and BOOM YZ), MacHomer, Bigger Than Jesus and HARDSELL; and family shows with Craig Francis and Kidoons, such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jungle Book, and Frankenstein. With Robert Lepage, he has collaborated on Geometry of Miracles, Zulu Time, Lipsynch, and on the film Possible Worlds.

Current projects in development include MONEY, Andersen Fairy Tales and Rose Red - a new musical.

Rick hosts an intergenerational podcast called Xing The Gap, and sometimes teaches an interdisciplinary class at the University of Toronto called The Architecture of Creativity. He lives in Toronto with his partner Stephanie Baptist and their two daughters. www.rickmiller.ca

Jeff Lord Executive Producer Jeff has a lifelong passion and vision for combining art and technology to develop original works, including 7 world premieres, 6 Canada / US tours, 4 French-language world premieres, and 2 Off-Broadway runs over the past decade. His projects are inspired by a love of storytelling and innovation. Through Kidoons theatrical productions, and the many digital works on the Kidoons network, Jeff's artist collaborators help organizations to tell their stories onstage and online.

Jeff works with Not-for-Profits, governmental, Non-governmental organizations, and corporate clients across Canada and the United States with a vision to inspire and empower all generations.

He dedicates his work on this play to his mother, Evelyn Lord.

CRAIG FRANCIS

AIDAN WARE

Craig Francis Stage Manager/ Dramaturg/Original Illustrations

Craig Francis (he/him) is a writer, director, illustrator, and multidisciplinary creator. His shows have toured Canada and the US, including Off-Broadway in 2016 and 2019. A founding member of The 20K Collective, Craig co-created Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Game of Clones, and Jungle Book and with Rick Miller; and Frankenstein with Miller and Paul Van Dyck. He's a producer, dramaturg, and stage manager for Miller's solo trilogy (BOOM, BOOM X, and BOOM YZ) in Canada, the US, France, and Taiwan. Craig co-directed a workshop of the musical Blocked (TheaterWorksUSA), and is a mentor of emerging artists, including co-authoring Redwood Avenue with Andrea Friesen. New projects include CYNIC, Andersen Fairy Tales, and Rose Red. Craig is a speaker on LGBTQA2S+ issues. He performed improv comedy with Just For Laughs, CBC, CTV and Showtime, and his animated videos with Kidoons and not-for-profits are installed in museums in six provinces. Craig lives in Montréal, has illustrated several books, and voiced animated series.

Aidan Ware Technical Director

Aidan Ware hails from Calgary, Alberta, and is a graduate of the BFA Technical Theatre program at the University of Alberta. Upon completing an 18-month lighting practicum program at the Banff Centre, Aidan moved to Toronto where his creativity and passion for bringing new technologies to live performance have led him to work with various creative houses including Solotech, Moment Factory, TIFA, and Canadian Stage. Most recently, Aidan was the Director of Production for Fall for Dance North’s 8th annual festival. He continues to freelance as a Technical Director and Lighting Designer and is excited to be back on the road with the Boom Trilogy as the Technical Director for BOOM X.

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Nicolas dostie

irina litvinenko

Nicolas Dostie Video & Projection Co-Designer

An accomplished director, editor and visual artist, Nicolas Dostie studied Media Arts and Technology with a focus on television. With the arrival of the digital era in 2002, he became interested in large-scale architectural projection, and helped design the multimedia for the highly visual spectacle Cavalia. His design career then pushed him more and more into the worlds of theatre and circus. He worked for Ex Machina and Robert Lepage, on Le projet Andersen, the Jeux de Cartes series, 887 and Kodo, and with BOOM X, his work as co-designer has garnered several award nominations across Canada. Considered one of the pioneers in architectural projection, Nicolas has worked on the 2014 Sochi Olympics (with Pixmob), and the Cirque du Soleil productions Delirium, the Michael Jackson world tour, and Varekai. He currently teaches at CEGEP La Pocatière, passing on his knowledge to a younger generation.

Irina Litvinenko Video & Projection Designer

Irina is a creative artist, graphic designer for print and web, and video production artist.

She has worked on multimedia campaigns for Performing Arts Centers across Canada and the U.S. and managed event marketing campaigns ranging from The Joy of Dance Studio Toronto to TELUS Skins. Irina has been a longstanding multimedia collaborator with Rick Miller and Craig Francis, including assisting on onscreen media projections for MacHomer, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, and Game of Clones.

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virginie leclerc

Recent work includes branding and projections media design for BOOM X and BOOM YZ, for which she was nominated alongside Rick Miller and Nicolas Dostie for the Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Projection or Video Design.

Irina is the multimedia designer for Jungle Book, Frankenstein, and upcoming projects Andersen Fairy Tales and Rose Red. As a web and video production artist, Irina is the designer and production editor of the Kidoons Network animated series.

Bruno Matte Lighting Designer

Bruno was born in Quebec City and graduated from Cegep Limoilou in 2005 in audiovisual design. A music enthusiast, he began his professional career as a lighting designer for concerts. He began working with local artists, then moved to international acts ranging from Richard Séguin to Charlotte Cardin to Cypress Hill to Daniel Lanois. In an effort to expand his creative research, Bruno began working on several bold theatre productions. Whether with Ex Machina or Kidoons, he found ways to seamlessly integrate lighting with video, under very rigorous technical constraints. His spatial design exploration continued in the world of dance, where he has worked with several La Rotonde choreographers on productions such as Alan Lake and Le fils d'Adrien dance. Bruno regularly designs for the circus, which seems a natural fulfilment of his experience in music, theatre and movement. In productions ranging from Flip Fabrique or Machine de Cirque, the complexity of the work allows him to keep refining his craft. He now works as a production manager.

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Virginie LeClerc Costume & Props Designer

After a Bachelor’s degree in theatre and cinema from Université Laval, Virginie went on to study scenic design at Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Québec. She was the first recipient of the design scholarship Théâtre Blanc-Desjardins. She received Quebec’s Prix d’excellence des arts et de la culture for costume designs on L’asile de la pureté (2009) and Fin de Partie (2012), and was nominated for Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) and Dans la République du Bonheur (2015). For Ex Machina, she toured with La Celestina (2004), designed props for La Tempête (2011), Jeux de Cartes : Pique (2012), Coeur (2013) and Lipsynch (2007), and costumes for Seven Streams of the River Ota (2019), Courville (2021 - nominated for best costume design) and Le Projet Riopelle (2023). She is also a frequent designer with other renowned Quebec-based companies, including Théâtre de la Bordée, Théâtre Périscope, Théâtre du Trident, and Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec. Virginie’s work on BOOM X has won Prix de Théâtre in 2021 for best costume design and she’s delighted to be working with Kidoons/WYRD.

Creighton Doane Additional Music Production

Music producer / composer / sound designer/ songwriter / musician Creighton has worked with some of Canada’s best-known recording artists, and written and produced music for TV, jingles, theatre and film. Composition and sound design for theatre include The

Importance of Being Earnest (NAC), Scott Thompson's The Lowest Show On Earth, The 39 Steps and A Few Good Men (Theatre Aquarius), Frost/Nixon (Canadian Stage), Tuesdays with Morrie (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company), Salt-Water Moon, Jitters, The Norman Conquests (Soulpepper) and Rick Miller’s BOOM. Music producer/writer and post audio supervisor for CBC Kids TV show UKULELE U. Writer/ producer of songs and themes for animated TV series (Beyblade, Barbie, Bakugan & Care Bears).

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HERE’S YOUR CUE As Dickens wrote – “it was the best of times. It was the worst of times”. Little did he know that he would perfectly sum up what it was like to grow up as part of Generation X – the latchkey kids born between 1965 and 1980.

Sandwiched between the boomers and millennials, this group is often referred to as the “forgotten generation”. If you are one of the lucky ones who is part of this generation, you will appreciate reliving your glory years with Rick. If you are not, after seeing BOOM X, you will be hard pressed to forget this generation ever again.

At Ahria, we believe that one size fits one. This approach informs everything we do - from helping leaders become better versions of themselves to helping organizations to increase their performance and decrease their risks. As Rick takes us on a journey through the formative years of Gen X, you’ll get a better understanding of how it is possible that so many Gen Xers are so different – it was the first generation to become inundated with so much information, and most importantly MUSIC! (uhmmm….. the BEST music).

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lost generation It’s a late summer afternoon in 1981. You lay on your stomach in your living room, listening to the latest hit song on MTV - “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell – while twisting and turning your newly-acquired Rubik’s Cube. Tired of waiting for your parents to return home from work, you tie your sweatshirt around your waist and leave a note for them saying you will be home ‘later.’ 20 minutes and 12 blocks after, you meet your friends Chad and Jenn at the local arcade before spending hours, and your last remaining quarters, on getting the top score on Space Invaders.

If you find yourself waxing nostalgic for this familiar flash back, you may be a member of the lost generation: Generation X. But, who really are Generation X? Let’s break it down…

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IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)

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KID FEARS

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KNOCK ON WOOD

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SO LONELY

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STAYIN ALIVE

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TAINTED LOVE

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GRACE, TOO

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PRODUCTION HISTORY BOOM X was commissioned by Theatre Calgary in 2017, and is produced by Kidoons and WYRD Productions, in association with The 20K Collective. It was developed over a series of workshops at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity and Ex Machina’s La Caserne in Quebec City: March 2017 (Banff writer’s residency), Feb 2018 (Quebec workshop), March 2018 (Banff residency), and Nov 2018 (Quebec workshop). A work-in-progress performance was held on March 24th at the Harvie Theatre in Banff. The world premiere was held at the Theatre Calgary’s Max Bell Theatre on January 18, 2019.

CONTINUE THE EXPERIENCE Listen to Rick Miller’s podcast, featuring intergenerational conversations with cool Canadians www.xingthegap.com Watch online videos about history and culture, for families, teachers and students www.EncyclopediaCanada.com Watch our animated series on some communities featured in BOOM X and other great places! www.kidoons.com BOOM X script booklets and soundtrack available on CD, and as digital download. www.RickMiller.ca

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BOOM X was lovingly created over 3 years, and there are many people to whom we owe thanks: Jeff Lord, and Kidoons, Stafford Arima, Lesley MacMillan and the team at Theatre Calgary, Janice Price, and the team at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Ex Machina, and the team at La Caserne, Lucie Bourgouin and Michael Perlmutter, Andrew Lis and his pal Gene Simmons, Members of Rick’s band TRAINWRECK, Creighton Doane, Marie Gignac, A. Chandimal Nicholas, Mark Bulgutch, Michael Levine, Jaclyn Seidman, Goodmans LLP, Terry Mosher, Larry Weinstein and Alexina Louie, Peter Anthony Holder The four main characters in BOOM X have been inspired by true stories generously shared by: Antje Budde, Mark Kingwell, Sébastien Heins, Ravi Jain, Sean Devine, Deena Aziz, Frédéric Lacombe, Myriam Kamehiro, Johnny Leroux, Irina Litvinenko, Craig Francis, and Stephanie Baptist, Rick’s onstage and offstage partner for 25 years.

Finally, a heartfelt merci to the Miller and Baptist families. They’ve provided inspiration, support and a diamond mine of photos and videos that glow at the heart of BOOM X.

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ENDOWMENTS & GIFTS THROUGH the LONDON COMMUNITY Foundation The Barbara & John Cronyn Fund • The Grant & Lily Hopcroft Fund • The Larry & Susan Agranove Family Fund • The Megan Holliday Memorial Fund • The Verna D. Davis Endowment for the Arts • The William and Katharine Kostuk Family Fund • Crawford MacLeod Foundation

In Memoriam Thank you to those who gave in memory of Shirley Brown, Mary Loncke, Pam Samuels, and Lister Waugh, cherished friends of the Grand who are dearly missed.

PROSCENIUM SOCIETY 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.

Barbara Belbeck Lynn Davis Cathy & James Dunlop Dr. Nicole le Riche & Dr. John Howard EJ Lamb Mary & Roger Lilliman

Susan Nickle Diane & Gary Alan Price Glenda Robinson Judy White Michael Wojtak Karen Killeen

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 Securites • Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation • Charitable Remainder Trust and gifts of Residual Interest • Charitable Gift Annuities • Life Insurance Policies, RRSP, RRIF

We remember the following members of the Grand Theatre family who have made a bequest to the theatre. Their legacy will help ensure that the Grand continues to flourish.

Hazel E. Bell • Marista Ateena Brooks (Mikolaski) • Robert Crawford • Buck A. M. Cuddy • Theresa Cutler • Helen Ann Day • Walter R. (Wally) Duffield • Innis Hammond • Barbara Horne • Beryl Ivey • Elizabeth Ann Jones • Myrtle McCallum • Douglas McCullough • Mary Eleanor Miller • Maureen Elizabeth Ryan • Joseph Samuels • Donald Smith • Doris Spence • Elizabeth Stratton

We would also like to thank the members of our community who have welcomed visiting artists into their homes as Artist Housing Partners for this season: Lesley Beagley • Ross & Cathy Burgar • Jill Ellis-Worthington • Anna Grigg • Christine Hoover • Denise Jung • Beth Leibovitz • Pam Mandich • Cam Quinn • Patricia Reilly • Wendy Sanderson-Culley • Anita & Amit Shah • Lene Stentoft • Allan Stichbury • Mark Uhre • Peter & Jan Vogel • Bob Ward & Susan Yerema • Megan Watson • Doug & Connie Weir

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